A.N. I wasn't good, so the first character appearance is in the next chapter, but anyways I hope you enjoy this chapter.
Three months later…
You could say that Yako had gotten used to Neuro's presence in her life and often wasn't too annoyed with his behavior.
Thankfully after making a deal with him, he left her during school hours and only bugged her when she was home.
Smiling wryly to herself, she ducked a flying CD case and continued walking to her room. 'I'm getting better at dodging, that would have hit me not to long ago.'
"Neuro, remember to put back that case back from wherever you got it from."
Yako opened the door to her room only to get it slammed in her face. Rubbing her nose, she glared at the door.
Grumbling, she mumbled, "Okay, I get it."
Turning around she walked back to grab the CD case on the floor to take with her into her room. Sighing, she told the air around her, "I wasn't ordering you to do it you know. It was only a request."
Neuro smirked, "You should know better than to give your master a request, worm."
Yako rolled her eyes and entered her room, placing the CD case on top of her drawer, 'Yeah, Yeah. The least he could do is put things back, but noooo, I'm the one who has to clean up after him.'
Neuro snorted, "Did you forget that I know what you are thinking, worm."
Yako grit her teeth together, "I didn't forget."
While Neuro's torture didn't bother her that much anymore, his stupid ability to know her every thought irritated her beyond belief.
She had no privacy whatsoever.
Flopping onto her bed, Yako knew she was grateful that Neuro didn't comment on her thoughts too often, but still knowing that he knew everything that she was thinking unnerved her.
Yawning, she got up from her bed and quickly changed into her pajamas before crawling back into bed. 'I wish that there was some way I could block him from my thoughts.'
Neuro smirked at the girl's wish as he silently watched her fall asleep. Once the girl was fully unconscious, he turned his attention inward towards the domain in the girl's mind where he lived.
Blinking, he sneered at the flowers that filled his vision, 'Let's see if I can open the door today.' Standing up from where he was lying down, he walked towards the door only to stop.
Eyes narrowing, he reached out a hand in front of him and encountered a barrier. 'What's this?'
Pushing against it, he found out that it wouldn't budge no matter how much force he applied. Frowning, he turned away from the door's direction to head back towards his tree only to bump into the same barrier. Eyes flashing with suppressed annoyance, he tired the other two directions only to be stopped by the barrier again.
'I'm in a box…'
Growling, he launched himself at one of the invisible walls, 'I will not be trapped!'
The barrier crackled and promptly flung him backwards. Snarling, Neuro thought furiously, 'What did that girl do?!'
Turning his attention outward, he saw that the girl was in a comfortable deep sleep. 'Not for much longer,' he thought coldly.
Throwing open her window with a loud bang, Neuro watched her jump awake at the loud noise.
"Neuro?!" Yako yelped in surprise.
Rubbing the sleep out of her eyes, Yako looked around her dark room in confusion and spotted the open window.
She yawned and sleepily asked the air around her, "Why did you wake me up?"
Neuro frowned; he could clearly see her speaking so... 'Why can't I hear her?'
"Worm, what did you do?"
Yako sighed when she didn't hear him answer, "Is this your new tactic? Deprive me of sleep?"
Neuro growled silently to himself when he noticed another fact, 'I can't even hear her thoughts,' his eyes widened slightly,' wait…don't tell me this is because of that damn wish she made?'
Scanning the room for something to communicate with he grabbed a notebook from her desk and flung it at her not too gently, not getting any amusement when it smacked her on the head.
"Hey!" Yako hissed indignantly, "What's your problem? Can't you do this in the morning?"
Neuro snorted, he didn't need to read her thoughts or hear her to know what she had just said, she was too predictable.
Grabbing a pen, he ripped the notebook out of her hands and flipped to an empty page and wrote a big [NO].
Yako eyed the floating notebook with annoyance. 'What does he mean, NO. Of course it can wait….annoying stupid spirit.'
Yako watched as more words appeared on the page. [What did you do?]
"What do you mean, 'What did I do?' I was asleep." Yako responded tiredly. She just wanted to go back to sleep.
Neuro shook his head in irritated exasperation as her read her lips and wrote his response. [You did something with that wish of yours, worm.]
Yako blinked confused, 'Wish? What is he talking…oh…,' she smiled slightly.
Neuro smacked her on the head with the notebook and wrote angrily, [Wipe that grin off your face, worm.]
She rolled her eyes and stopped smiling, "So what did I do, exactly? Wishing doesn't make anything happen, that's why it is a wish...and what's with the notebook anyway?"
[Well, your wish seems to have worked…]
Yako stared at the notebook blankly, not sure what he meant by that, 'What does he mean it worked?'
[Take that stupid look off your face worm…what did you wish for?]
"Well I wished for you not hear…my thoughts…wait does that mean…"
[Yes…I can't hear your thoughts or you at all for that matter…]
Yako stared at the notebook in disbelief, "So you really can't hear my thoughts right now?"
The detail of him not being to hear her talk was ignored for now. 'This is so awesome! All it took was a simple wish?'
Yako watched the pen write out an obviously irritated message, [Yes, now don't make me repeat myself again…its annoying].
She smiled gleefully, 'Yahoo! I have privacy again.'
Neuro frowned, it was clear that he wasn't going to get any help from her. 'Tsk and I wanted to avoid using more power than I had to.'
[Rejoice while this lasts worm, I have no intention of leaving things how they are. Since you are not going to undo whatever you did, I'll…]
"Wait, if you can't hear me at all, how are you having this conversation with me?"
Neuro rolled his eyes; he had wondered when she was going to notice that little fact. [Lip Reading... Now as I was saying before you interrupted…]
A stream of light entered her room fully distracting her from reading Neuro's response.
Yako realized with dread that her mother was opening her door to check up on her, 'I wonder if she heard me talking to Neuro? Not good...'
She eyed the notebook that was still hovering in the air and then quickly glanced at the slowly opening door. It only took a split second for her to decide what to do.
Neuro smirked to himself, 'Well this will be entertaining, and such a shame I won't be watching this play out. Now then... time to break this barrier of hers…'
Yako lunged for the floating notebook; she couldn't have her mother seeing that, only to have it drop on the ground in front of her causing her to stumble and crash into her dresser.
She inwardly cursed Neuro and became resigned to face her mother's questioning.
Yako's mother flung the door open upon hearing the loud thud, "Yako? Are you alright?"
Squinting at the sudden increase in light, it took her eyes a moment to adjust before she found herself staring into her mother's concerned eyes.
Yako hurriedly reassured her mother, "I'm fine. I just…uh…fell out of bed?" She mentally winced at her own excuse, 'Why did I make it sound like a question?! She definitely won't believe that flimsy excuse.'
Her mother raised an eyebrow, "You fell out of bed…by your dresser?"
Yako closed her eyes tightly, 'This is bad.' "Um…I rolled over here…"
Yako's mother frowned to herself, "I thought I heard you talking…"
Yako hastily interrupted her mother, "I was probably talking in my sleep…yeah…I wasn't talking to anyone," Yako promptly shut herself up and mentally groaned, 'I am positively awful at lying under pressure.'
Yako's mother stared at her daughter for a moment and fretfully wondered if there was something seriously wrong with her daughter. It wasn't that long ago that she spotted her daughter talking to nothing and she found out that this "Neuro" wasn't even real.
Her daughter had confessed that she could hear this Neuro's voice in her head and after that worrisome conversation; he was never brought up again.
At first she didn't see the harm of allowing her daughter to keep this imaginary friend, but when the school nurse called her with concerns about Yako's school performance and unusual behavior, she observed her daughter more closely and came to the conclusion that her father's death and lack of attention from her had hurt Yako's psyche badly.
"Okay, dear. I'll let you get back to bed, try and not fall out this time." Yako's mother smiled slightly and closed the door.
Eyeing the closed door for a moment, she knew that in the morning she would call and make an appointment with a psychiatrist, but right now all she wanted to do was ignore the fact that something was wrong with her baby.
Yako opened her mouth to say "Good Night" to her mother, only to clutch her head in pain. 'Ow. … What is going on?' She had a feeling this sudden headache was due to Neuro.
Her eyes fell onto the forgotten notebook and she read the rest of Neuro's response. […Break out of this box you have placed me in.]
"What does that mean?"
Yako hissed in pain as her headache got worse, but then something just clicked into place. Eyes widening, she stood up quickly and went back to her bed before she passed out like the dark spots in her vision indicated. 'I will just have to test my theory tomorrow.'
A.N. With Yako's realization, the playing field shall become slightly more balanced, wonder what Neuro's reaction to that will be? lol
Finally I get to leave the intro arc and will begin the first major arc of this story with the next chapter, yay! Oh and thank you for the lovely reviews they make me happy. Glad you folks are enjoying this story so far, till next time then...