So I Thought
D Gray Man
Move Along
Devit got Raina to calm down and sit down. She was once again sitting on the chair that had his coat on it. She was leaning back, trying to keep herself calm. Devit was trying to keep her calm too. He was sitting on the edge of her bed watching her with wary eyes. He didn't want her doing anything stupid or crazy. She took a shaky breath and sighed, rubbing her temple again.
"Are you sure it's not just a headache?" he asked, raising an eyebrow. She kept rubbing her forehead. Maybe she just had a bad headache. She had just hit her head. Who knew? She seemed one hundred percent convinced that her twin sister was in really bad pain. He didn't believe her but he didn't want her freaking out.
"I'm completely sure that this isn't just a headache" she snapped back at him, clearly annoyed. He was going to make a snappy comeback when she groaned as if in bad pain. He swallowed the comment whole and fidgeted as he sat there, feeling awkward. She seemed to sense this and she sighed. "Look, I just...I don't know what's wrong with her. I never asked to be her twin, in fact I find this whole thing annoying." she huffed, crossing her arms.
"Well, can't you ignore it somehow?" asked Devit, eyes a little worried. Raina shrugged. She didn't know if she could ignore it or not. She never tired to before because it had never been relevant to ignore her sister's pain. Usually she only got little shots of pain when her sister got scrapes or paper cuts, as her sister wasn't a fighter and didn't often get hurt. Raina was sure on the other hand Fae was about fed up with their link so she supposed that Fae could ignore it.
Now Raina wished she could. Fae's pain was stunning to her, and that's how she felt, stunned. She hated to know what the actual pain felt like. She wondered what happened to Fae. Was she dying or something? What would it feel like if her twin died? Her mind shuddered away from the thought and she looked up at Devit again. His eyes were worried, about her.
Devit sighed. He guessed, since he saw her physically shudder that her ignoring the pain would be a mentally or physically bad thing. So that left the next thing they could do. She could go back to her hometown and check on her twin. He opened his mouth to suggest just that but she spoke before he could.
"I haven't seen her in years you know" she sighed. "The only thing that lets me know how she's doing is this silly twin 'sense' I have. She annoyed the hell out of my when I was young, but I do love my twin. I worry about her. Sometimes I feel happiness that isn't mine; its hers. I feel anger that doesn't belong; because something upset her. I feel like something missing and its her. Twins are mirrors and you can't have one without the other." She looked at Devit and then he saw her eyes go over to the sleeping lump that was Jasdero. "And so I miss her so badly sometimes."
"Then go back tomorrow, before you go back and see your 'boss'" he said the word almost sarcastically because what she did wasn't a job. It was forced suicide, but he kept that thought to himself. He wouldn't say that to her because he didn't want to upset her anymore or again.
Raina sighed. "It's against the Order's rules to get in contact with people we were close with before we joined the Order" Devit raised an eyebrow at her and then wrinkled his nose.
"Oh, but it's totally not against the rules to keep in contact with us because we're old friends and we're Noahs; which by the way means we're you're fucking enemies!" he snapped at her, angry again. He didn't like being angry at her but her views were so goddamn twisted it was sick. He couldn't stand it; she'd say one thing and do the total opposite. He knew she hadn't always been like that. He wondered when she had started.
She was glaring at him by that point but her eyes unexpectedly hardened further and she turned her head away from him. "Maybe we shouldn't be friends anymore and should just be enemies. It seems to be what you want Devit. You're always complaining."
Devit sat there for a moment and didn't unfreeze until she started to stand up. "Hey! Hey, hey! No! I didn't mean anything...I don't want-" he didn't know how to finish that but his fingers were wrapped around her arm, holding her in place. She looked down at him, angry. His fingers on the bare flesh of her arm felt weird, for both of them. Wrong.
"Let go of me Devit. Just let me go" her voice had gone cold and Devit let out a small string of curses. Leave it to Raina to get the wrong fucking idea. She pulled on her arm, trying to get him to let her go. He didn't let her go though and she glared at him.
"Rain would you just listen to me?" he growled, eyes flashing. He didn't want to fight with her but he could see this held the edge to become rather violent.
"Fuck you Devit!" she hissed and she pulled harder on her arm and managed to get free and stumbled up. She turned to grab her coat. Devit grabbed her arm and spun her around. She clenched a fist and punched him. He knew there was enough force behind her punch to knock back the normal human. He wasn't normal nor was he a human. Her punch just made him angry but he remembered the words he had to say.
"I didn't mean that we shouldn't be friends" he said, spitting out the words quickly so she'd have to listen. She struggled out of his grip again and slipped on her one coat. He rolled his eye and grabbed both her arms.
"I'm leaving"
"Like hell you are"
"Why don't you go to hell?" She twisted their arms so that they were closer together but it loosened his hold on her arms and she was quick to break his grip. Tired already of the little spat he sighed. She turned to find her boots and he charged her, slamming her against the wall, pinning her. She struggled against him but he was stronger in the current situation.
"You're not leaving" he told her, golden eyes gleaming.
"Fuck. You" she spat the words were such venom it was hard not to flinch. He heard the hurt in her voice though and he sighed.
"Look, all I meant by that was 'If you're going to break one damn rule why the fuck don't you break them all?'" Her struggles stopped for a moment and then she brought her legs between them and kicked out sending him sprawling. Devit was going to jump up and, oh he didn't know, maybe slam her head against the wall once so she'd have a headache equal to the one she was giving him. He stood up quickly, but she was ready. She punched him again, this time it was much harder and it made his head snap back. He looked back at her, finally feeling the anger in him well up and boil over. She didn't seem to sense the danger of an angry Noah.
Raina was angry. Devit's original words hurt; it was like he didn't want them to be friends anymore. It was as if she didn't really matter that much to him. She hated to think that thought and she knew it wasn't true but she needed to get some of the hurt and anger out. Devit was her outlet. She was beyond hurt and pissed so she figured she had a reason to hit him once or twice. She could see by the second time she punched him, he was angry. Maybe that was the wrong word? He was beyond pissed. He pushed her so hard it sent her flying and she hit the wall. She coughed as she stood again, but she could see that his anger was still there. Her leg wound was throbbing and it was warm, she figured it was bleeding. Her head was pounding too. Her little scratches were screeching from too much movement.
"So you suggest I just break all the rules?" she asked. "You don't understand the Order, Devit! They won't catch me with you and Jasdero but they could have someone watching my family" She figured they might because she had tried to run away once before, when she found out that she might not ever see her family again. She had tried to run, she had been caught and she had been dragged back to the Order.
"You're right, I don't know the Order but you don't know the Earl! If you're found with us, he won't just slap us on the wrist....He'll kill you!" Devit hissed back at her. He was in a crouch, ready to attack her again. She figured the 'shove' was just a start. She was ready though. He moved, fast, but she managed to swing around and kick him in the stomach with her good leg...Right as he delivered a solid hit to her side. She hit the wall and he hit the floor. He coughed and she rubbed her head, feeling for wet, warm blood. It was amazing that they hadn't woken up Jasdero so far.
"Why do you have to be such a prick?" she yelled at him. Jasdero grunted in his sleep and rolled over. They both looked over at him and she looked back at Devit, her eyes still narrowed and angry. She lowered her voice. "I don't understand why you'd stop me from leaving if I'm such a problem"
He glared at her. "Because I don't want you to die."
"How do you want it? You keep saying its bad for me to be around you but now its bad for me to leave too. Would you just make up your fucking mind!" She felt her Innocence react to her anger and it felt burning hot on her fingers. It wanted to tear into him, to just kill him right then while his brother was asleep. An instinct she didn't know she had was telling her that he was pretty defenseless right then and that it would be easy to kill him. All it would take was one swift movement.
"I...I don't know!" he hissed, storming away. He stood over by the door out now, blocking her way. His arms were crossed and his face was twisted up. Raina sighed and rolled her eyes. She pulled her coat off again and dropped it on the floor. She guessed she had to be the one to make amends and she was tired of fighting. She wanted to go to bed. Fighting with him wasn't worth it. She knew she should have been glad to be talking to him and that fighting was stupid, childish and...and...she didn't want to anymore! She would make herself a better friend to them instead of wishing for things to go back. She silently made the promise to herself and then spoke.
"I'm sorry Devit, I overreacted" she said. "We just have to be friends as long as we can. When it comes to the fight....well we both will do what we have to" She walked over towards him and held out her hand to him. "Friends?"
He looked at her, frowning. She wasn't smiling either but she hoped he could forgive her. She knew she had been freaking out but everyone had their moments didn't they. He rubbed his head and slapped her hand away. "Go to sleep. We'll talk about it in the morning" he grunted. She supposed it was some kind of victory if he said he'd sleep on it. She returned to her bed and lay down. She heard the springs of his bed groan as he lay down again and shoved Jasdero aside. She looked up at the ceiling and then closed her eyes. It didn't take long for her to fall asleep.
It was the type of dream, that you knew it was a dream. At least she knew. She was floating above a small town and below her she saw three children, two boys and a girl. The one boy had golden blonde hair that was a little longer than shoulder length. She knew right away that it was Jasdero. The other boy had shaggy black hair. She knew that it was Devit. She knew the girl as herself, a much younger innocent version of course. The three of them looked a little older than any of her memories of the three of them. Maybe twelve years old. But she hadn't seen them again past the age of ten. Still she enjoyed watching herself and the three of them running in circles, playing what appeared to be tag.
Of course her dream couldn't stay innocent...
There was an explosion in town and the three of them stopped running and all stared towards the center of town. Her child-self went over to where Jasdero and Devit were standing, her dream self floated closer, and trying to get a better look of what could have scared the three children. She saw it then, a Level One Akuma. It grinned evilly and approached the three frightened children.
"No!" she cried jumping between the killing machine and the children. "Leave them alone!" She had already forgotten that it was a dream. The Akuma walked through her, like she didn't exist. It stood in front of the kids and pointed the gun at her child-self. Just before the explosion, Jasdero and Devit pushed her aside. Her child-self landed hard on the ground. She turned to look at the twins but they were already crumbling. She reached for them, sobbing. One word came to her and her child-self's lips;
"No!"
Sitting up fast cleared the remainder of the dream from her mind. Raina was panting and covered in a cold sweat. That nightmare had been one she had often right after she became an Exorcist and was told what had really happened to Devit and Jasdero's hometown. Back then, that was what she had thought really happened to them. Her master had often been angry when she woke up crying and calling out for her friends that were 'dead'. She wiped at the tears that came to her eyes. She looked over at the other bed then, the two masses that were there. She couldn't see them in any detail because it was too dark, but she could see them both breathing. She could hear Jasdero making a small noise that sounded like a squeak in his sleep and Devit sighed, muttering something. She felt like a weight had been lifted off her chest and that she could breathe easier.
She was feeling a little restless though and she figured if she went back to sleep she'd just have another nightmare. She really didn't want to have another one. It might be worse, and she might scream, so she stood and walked to the window. She looked outside into the snowy world of Germany. It was truly beautiful and soon her thoughts were of snowy landscapes and beautiful mountains instead of dark and gloomy dreams.
She paced the room a little, still too restless to go to sleep. She finally collapsed in the chair that was near her bed. She shivered lightly and tried to think good thoughts, like at least she had a few hours tomorrow to spend with Devit and Jasdero before she had to high-tail it back to the Order. She ran her hand over the chair and found something odd on it. Devit's coat.
She glanced back over where Devit and Jasdero were sleeping before slipping Devit's coat on. He had always been possessive so she doubted he would let anyone wear his coat. Too bad he was asleep and couldn't yell at her. It was big on him, it was huge on her. She shoved the sleeves back so her hands could peek out and she flipped the hood up. She ran her fingers across the fur lining along the hood. It was very soft and she thought it was weird that it was; his coat looked worn like it had been through a lot. His coat smelt of something homey and comforting...suddenly she felt tired. She drug herself up and back over to her bed. She curled up and smiled to herself. Whatever the next day would bring for her, she was sure she could handle it. She quickly fell into a dreamless sleep.
The morning light was what woke up Devit, that and the fact that Jasdero pushed him off the bed. Devit was quick to jump up and push his brother off the bed, just to get back at him. There was a pleasing thump as Jasdero hit the ground and Devit grinned. This was the norm for the twins. One would wake the other and the other would get back at the one. He chuckled to himself as Jasdero sat up looking disoriented. Then he saw Jasdero seem to come to his sense and realize what happened to him. Jasdero jumped across the bed and tackled Devit to the ground. They briefly wrestled, which was almost a daily thing for the twins as well, before they decided they would wake Raina with all the ruckus if they didn't stop. By the time they were done, their bed was a mess and the pillows had disappeared. They looked over at Raina, she was still asleep.
As Devit thought of her, he rubbed his cheek, which wasn't swelled at all. He was lucky because he didn't really want to explain his and her small fight the night before to his twin. Jasdero picked up his vest and slid it on and then found his boots. His hair was hardly ruffled, even though he had wrestled roughly with Devit, but he'd spend a half an hour combing it either way. He always did. Devit's hair was always a little shaggy and messy so he didn't really care. He slipped on his boots and looked for his coat. It wasn't on the chair from the night before.
"Jasdero, do you see my coat?" he asked his brother, looking around the chairs. Jasdero was already perched on the bed combing his long golden locks. He was grinning. "What?"
Jasdero let out a snickering giggle and then pointed to Raina's bed. He didn't say anything and Devit frowned. Wasn't it too early for games? He went to Raina's bed and moved the covers a little. Wasn't that his hood? That was his jacket! She took it! She yawned and rolled over on her back. Her eyes fluttered open and she rubbed her face. He looked down at her, eyebrow raised. She looked first surprised and then abashed.
"Oh, good morning Devit" her voice was cheery.
"Morning Rain. Say, I don't know but do you think you could give me my jacket back?" his voice was teasingly annoyed. She sat up and pulled his hood down. Her hair was tangled from sleeping in it, but she didn't seem to care. She slipped the jacket off and handed it to him.
"Sorry" she said, getting up. "It's really comfy by the way"
He just grunted and slipped the coat on. It smelt like her by that point and it was hard to ignore that fact. It scrambled his senses and made it hard to keep on one track of mind. "Sleep well?" he asked her, feeling like he should.
"Um...Yeah" He sensed a lie but didn't call her out on it. If she wanted them to know, she'd tell them. Same with them, if they wanted her to know anything, they'd tell her. Hopefully this was an unspoken rule for the three of them. He didn't want to have to explain it to her, but he figured she was a smart enough girl and he wouldn't have to. "You two sleep well?" she asked getting up off the bed and scratching at her bed head.
"Yup!" chirped Jasdero.
"I guess" Devit answered running his fingers through his shaggy hair. He moved into the bathroom, leaving the door open, and checked his hair. It was messed up but all he did to fix that was to pat a few pieces down. Then he walked back out. Raina was attempting to comb her tangled locks. He heard his stomach growl. He and Jasdero hadn't eaten in a while. "I'm going to get us some breakfast" Both of them just nodded and he walked out the door.
Raina grunted trying to get the comb through her long hair. It hurt to comb it and she hated to. She wanted to cut her hair short but unfortunately she had promised herself she wouldn't cut it short until she got to see her family again. Since she hadn't gotten to see her family yet, she wouldn't be cutting her hair. She looked over at Jasdero who was combing through his long golden locks easily. It seemed to be a simple thing for him. He looked over at her.
"You're hair is really tangled, hii" he stated the obvious and she had to try to keep from rolling her eyes at him. She didn't want to take out her anger at her hair on him. "Let me comb it" He didn't wait for her to tell him he could or he couldn't. Jasdero got up, took her comb from her fingers and started combing through her hair effortlessly. She could only feel the brush swishing through her hair lightly. "Isn't that much better?" he asked, a wryly smile on his lips.
"Wow, I never had anyone comb through my hair so easily" she stated, and she glanced carefully back at him. He just kept combing her hair gently. They were silent for a little while and then she bit her lip. She wanted to talk to him about Devit but didn't know if he would tell his brother or not. She didn't think he would…She figured she might as well risk it. "Jasdero...?"
"Rai?"
"I'm just wondering...but is your brother usually so...what's the word I'm looking for? Overbearing?"
"Overbearing?"
"Over-protective, then maybe"
"Hiii. It all depends on who you are. He's protective of me and I'm protective of him, but we're wins and its going to be that way for us. You, on the other hand, are human. Like you pointed out last night you might get killed by an Akuma and that thought scares both Dero and Devi. Jasdev- We don't want you to die" She and Jasdero were both frowning.
"I care about you guys too. I have to worry about you guys too"
"We can take care of ourselves Rain" Jasdero and Raina both looked up to see Devit closing the door with his foot. He was frowning too.
"Devi!" squeaked Jasdero. He looked surprised. He obviously knew how long Devit had been listening. She didn't.
"How long have you been there?" asked Raina, trying to keep from looking upset. It wasn't that she was upset that he was there; she was upset that he may have heard her calling him overbearing. She didn't think he would take that as a compliment. He didn't smile at her, only walked to the small bedside table, setting down a tray. There were three coffee cups and a pot, which was steaming. There were also three pieces of a type of bread.
"I don't know what you like to drink in the morning, so I got coffee and some bread" he said, avoiding her question. She shook her head and took the offered cup of coffee, she didn't usually like coffee but she'd drink it. It would give her the energy needed to deal with the boys. Then again, maybe not. She remembered how wild they sometimes were when they were kids. They could run around all day and not get tired.
Jasdero took his cup and took a drink right away. "Ow!" he cried as he burnt himself. The hot coffee splashed out of the cup and against Raina's bare arm. She echoed his statement, quickly putting her cup back on the tray and grabbing her arm.
"Sorry Rai!" Jasdero quickly amended. She rubbed her arm and gave him a quick smile. She saw Devit sigh and take Jasdero's cup from him and set it back on the tray before sitting down on the other bed.
"Coffee was the wrong choice" he grumbled. Then he muttered something about the two of them burning themselves up. Raina took a piece of bread and took a bite of it, then broke a bit off tossing it at Devit.
"Don't be so uptight" she told him. "Relax, we're all friends here."
"But how long is it going to last before me or Jasdero snaps and shoots you dead?" asked Devit out loud. His eyes glimmered with danger, golden eyes, eyes of a predator, and Raina found herself afraid of him for a moment. She swallowed hard and turned her head away from him.
"You guys aren't that scary. Really. Plus I'm not afraid to be shot once or twice." She paused for a moment but it wasn't long enough for either of them to comment on her apparent selfless thoughts. "By the way, those guns you have... Can I see one of yours? Please? I promise to be careful not to shoot it"
Devit grinned at that, quickly forgetting about his gripes with her. She wondered what the joke was and what she was missing but his next statement pretty much told her. "They don't have bullets in them" Then he handed her his gun. She took it carefully from him and frowned.
"They're not loaded? At all?" she asked, but she quickly figured out how to check and just as Devit had said, his gun wasn't loaded. She gaped at that fact for a while then looked back at Devit. He was grinning like a madman and when she glanced at Jasdero, he snickered. "What?"
"It's your face, hii!" Jasdero burst into a fit of giggles, Devit laughed as well. She smiled again at their laughter. It brought back wonderful memories. Once they had subsided, Jasdero went back to combing her hair and she turned to face Devit again. He was still grinning.
"So, are you going to tell me how you shoot empty guns?" she asked. She aimed at the wall past Devit and pulled the trigger. It didn't go off or anything. It was like it was a simple toy gun. She could tell it was a real one though, it just wasn't loaded or anything.
Devit was frowning then. She knew he didn't want to tell her and she held up her hands, telling him that he didn't have to. Why force it out of him? It would just force them apart even more so than they were so far. Yeah, she could sense it. Devit was trying to force her, ever so slowly, away from them. She was surprised that they hadn't disappeared with the moon. She wished that she wasn't surprised but she realized that she didn't trust them as much as she used to.
She stroked her fingers over the barrel of the gun and then handed it back to Devit. He put it away and then took a cup of coffee and sipped at it absentmindedly. She saw his lips curl at the taste and she smiled. "What don't like coffee Devit?" she teased.
"Not really" his lips were still curled. She laughed then, doubling over for a moment and then she groaned, rubbing at her head. It hurt. "Raina? Let me check your head wound" He was up before she could protest. She had unwrapped it sometime during her sleep and he just had to move her hair to expose the wound. She heard him and Jasdero inhale sharply.
"What?" she asked. "What's wrong? Am I bleeding?" She couldn't see of course but she fidgeted worried about their reaction. They didn't say anything, just stayed still behind her. "Devit? Jasdero? What's going on guys? Wha-What's wrong? You're scaring me!" They still didn't say anything but she felt their hands on her head. "Guys?"
"It's nothing Raina" she heard Devit mutter. He looked away from her. "Jasdero finish up, me and you need to get out of here" He walked to the other side of the room, eyes distant. Raina frowned and she felt Jasdero combing her hair again. "Jasdero!" snapped Devit. "Didn't I just say we need to leave?"
Jasdero didn't reply. She felt him doing something with her hair and in a few minutes it was in a long thick braid. He tied it off with a hair tie she didn't see him get out and then stood. He hugged her carefully. "Your head is healed. Check your leg when we're gone." he whispered in her ear. She kept the shock from showing on her face. She kept a careful calm about her and then quickly hugged him back. "We'll see you again Rai"
"No" Devit's voice was flat and hard. "It's a bad idea. The only way we'll see you again is if we run into you by chance and I doubt that we will."
"That's fine. I will see you guys later...alright?" she could hear the strain in her voice and swallowed hard. Devit glanced at her and she looked away, as if the wall was suddenly interesting. She could feel her heart pounding in her chest. How could she already be healed? She knew she healed up fast but less than a day? That was...impossible, it couldn't be true.
"Rain." She looked at Devit and forced a small smile. "Keep yourself safe please?" It was phrased as a question.
"Silly" she said, standing and walking over to him. "I know what I'm doing by now. I've been an Exorcist for a while." Then she threw her arms around him and hugged him. He didn't hug her back. When she stepped back, she could see that his hands were shaking. "Stay safe you two" Then they both slipped out the door. She watched it click close and she sighed. She quickly turned and walked into that bathroom. Her head hurt and she just wanted to slam it off a wall or something. Sad part was, that would hurt less than what she was feeling.
She ran her fingers down the braid Jasdero had done her hair in and then felt around on the back of her head for the cut. All she felt was a thin line. It wasn't completely healed, but it would be by the next day. She quickly shed her pants and took the bloody bandages off, ripping them in her haste. She had been right. Her leg had started bleeding again last night but not as bad as she thought. The wound on her leg was a puckered mark, a scab turning scar. She pressed her hand against her mouth, stifling as scream, or maybe a sob, she wasn't sure yet.
She just took another deep breath and sank down to the floor. This wasn't human. Before she had healed fast, just a little faster than most people. Now she was inhuman. Why was she healing so fast? Did it have something to do with her sister? Her mind spun in circles and she felt violently sick. She knew if she had something more in her stomach, she might have gotten violently sick. Instead she could only sit there while her mind spun answers that she didn't enjoy.
Two Days Later – Black Order HQ, London
Raina was semi-glad to be back at the Order. It was like home to her. She smiled at the other Exorcists and she walked in. She had been gone for about as long as they thought she would. A little less actually. Because she had healed up from her fight with the one Noah in about two weeks, she had left about a week to two weeks ahead of time. It was good for the Order but that just meant more work for her. How was she going to explain to Komui that she was healing much faster than she should have been?
"Miss Raina!" squealed a voice and someone flung themselves at her. She fell over in surprise, having the person end up on top of her.
"Ghost!" cried a familiar voice. "Ghost! What are you doing? Get off of her! Oh, Raina I'm so sorry"
The first girl was dragged off of her and she looked up at girls. One was the girl from the town in Italy, the girl who had never given Raina her name. The other girl was Komui's little sister, Lenalee. Lenalee was holding Ghost by her arm but Ghost was still grinning.
"Ghost?" asked Raina standing up. "That's your name?"
"It's the one I'm using" she answered. "I'm happy to see you're alright Miss Raina! You saved my life and I want to repay you! I annoyed Mister Komui until he agreed to send us on a mission together soon!" She danced in a circle around Raina. The girl seemed overly hyper, but she also seemed awfully sweet.
"She's excited that you're back." Lenalee smiled. "Welcome home Raina"
"Thanks Lenalee. When did you get back?"
"Four days ago. I was on a mission with Ghost"
"Ah, how did it go?"
"We got a lot of Akuma together!" Ghost imputed. "You know my whole body is an Anti-Akuma weapon! I can also change my nail length and shred through them and a whole bunch of other stuff! I've been practicing hard to become strong!" She seemed very proud of herself. Raina figured she should be. She just started and she already got to go out on a mission. That led Raina to wonder who was training the girl. She didn't ask.
"I have to go talk to Komui" she said, excusing herself from their company.
"Oh! That's right! Raina, brother wanted me to tell you to come see him right away, but I forgot" Lenalee rubbed the back of her head and gave an apologetic smile.
"It's okay, Lenalee" Raina waved it off. "I was planning to go see him right away anyway" She smiled at the other girl and started to walk away. She heard footsteps following her and she looked to see the girl who was calling herself Ghost. Her almond-shaped sea-foam green eyes were bright.
"Miss Raina!" her voice was bright too. Full of innocence, even as her childhood and life was being taken away. "Take this!" She held out a ring with a large and odd looking stone one it.
"What is it Ghost?" Raina pondered while taking it from her. She slipped it on her forefinger on her left hand. She didn't wear any other jewelry other than her Innocence because the claws usually destroyed everything else.
"It's a special ring." She told Raina. "The stone in it is moon stone! It was my lucky charm but because you saved me, I want you to have it" Raina looked at the ring again and the beautiful, but rough. It was pearl white with an odd shimmer around it and a creamy band running through it. She traced the band and then looked back at Ghost.
"Thank you very much, Ghost." She said sincerely. "But, I can't wear it. My claws will break it" Ghost frowned then dug through her pockets to produce a silver chain. Raina took the ring off, put it on the chain and then put it around her neck. "Alright, now I can wear it!" She smiled at the girl.
"Good luck Miss Raina!" cried Ghost as Raina walked off, towards Komui's office. She passed the Scientists and waved to them as she walked. They cried out with "Welcome Homes" which made her feel good. In the back of her mind she felt a little guilty. They would be disappointed in her if they knew who she had been hanging out with just a few days ago. She didn't say anything though and kept moving, as she knew she had to do. The door to Komui's office was unlocked as it always was and she just pushed her way into the place, pushing papers and books aside so she could take a step into the room.
The place was littered with papers and books, as usual and Komui was reading a paper and sipping at his cup of coffee. He was humming to himself and he looked up when she closed the door. He smiled at her. "Welcome home Raina" were the first words out of his mouth. She smiled back, thanked him and took a seat.
"You wanted to talk to me?" she asked him.
"Yes." he put down the paper he was reading. It wasn't like he'd ever find it again then. It would disappear onto his desk forever, or at least until he cleaned it next. She doubted that would be anytime soon and she waited for him to get to the point. "You should have reported back to the Order two days ago. We were getting worried about you"
"Or you're looking to stick your nose in my business" she snapped. She didn't like the rules, she didn't like when she got caught in the rules either. She had before and they were always suspicious of her. She got tired of it after a while. She liked Komui, he was the big brother she never had, but she hated when he had to stick his nose where it didn't belong. She understood, but it didn't mean she liked it.
Komui sighed. "Let's cut to the chase?" She stiffly nodded. "Where were you?" Raina pressed her lips together and she felt the need to clutch the letter that Jasdero and Devit had left her in the hospital tightly, it was in her pocket because she couldn't bear to burn it. She didn't touch it though. She wouldn't give him any hints if she could help it. "Raina...Just answer me please"
"I was in Germany" she answered. That would be on the records anyway. She had used the Order's money to get there.
"We know that. Why were you there?"
"I saw some Akuma" she lied easily. It was partly true. One had shot at her. She hadn't seen it, but if she hadn't reacted so quickly, she would have been dead. "I killed them, but one almost got me."
"Almost?" Komui's voice was alarmed now.
"Yeah, but my Innocence saved me. Since it encases my chest, it deflected the bullet and I was able to grab it. It threw me into a building though. The Akuma must have assumed that I was dead because it disappeared after that. I was wounded from the building partly falling on me." She gave him the semi-full report. She left out any part that included Devit or Jasdero of course. She couldn't have him knowing about the twins. She wouldn't let her friends hurt her best friends.
"You were injured? Have you been to the-"
"No need. Even though it was only a few days ago, I'm already fully healed" She heard Komui take a sharp breath and she rubbed her forehead. She could feel her sister's pain again. She could feel her screaming and thrashing, almost as if it were herself.
"We'll need to study this" said Komui standing. He placed his hands on his desk and gave her an even, but strict gaze. "You are not to leave the Order until we are done with this Raina. Something may be wrong with you"
"Why hurt a good cause? The faster I heal, the faster I can get back to the battle field!" She smiled, like that thought pleased her. It did, only because the battle field was where she belonged. She just wasn't sure what side she was on anymore. She felt her Innocence heat up a little, as if reminding her.
"Raina, I want to know what's causing you to heal so fast. Stay at the Order. Do not leave" Komui's voice was very serious. "I mean it" Raina met his gaze with an even look of her own.
"You can't hold me here" her voice was low and angry. "I'll leave when I want to"
"Raina…please. Just stay here for three days. Will three days hurt anyone? Just let us take a look at you. Something could be wrong" Raina felt like screaming, but that was her sister's feeling. She was pretty good at telling them apart. Her emotions were usually…different than her sister's. She had her whole life to get used to her emotions and feeling her sister's emotions, she knew the difference.
"Three days." She said, taking a deep breath. "Then I'm leaving for my next mission."
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Yay! Another part out! Thanks to the 'random person' and iPrincessxBri for reviewing! Oh, by the way...Please use some sort of name when reviewing so that I may thank you~! Annnnyway...I found out some news that pretty much just sunk my battleship (if you get what I'm saying). I found a translated version of the offical DGM character profiles on the internet annnnnd it seems our lovely friends, Devit and Jasdero are from America. That is right, Devit and Jasdero are American. If you haven't guessed by now, Raina is French. I know before it said that Raina and her father walked to Devit and Jasdero's home village but from her on out, I'll be writting about boat trips. I will fix the earlier chapters sooner or later, promise.
And in related news! Next chapter is already written, but if you want to see it, I'll need reviews. Oh and its a Tyki Mikk chapter, by the way. Little bit of Fae and the twins in there too, but mainly Tyki because everyone loves Tyki. Keep on reading and give me some reviews!