Myuki's eyes blinked open when her alarm went off. She hit 'snooze' and was about to go back to sleep when she realized she could hear a strange thump Thump Thump noise. She sat up quickly. Amaimon was in her bed! She let out a shriek and fell over and onto the floor.
She got to her feet. How was he still asleep? No, more importantly, why was he in her bed?
Myuki shoved him off.
He hit the floor with a 'thud.'
"Ouch…"
"What are you doing in here?" She cried grabbing a lamp as he stood up.
Seeing the lamp, Amaimon ducked down, eyes wide.
"What do you remember from last night?" he asked while using her bed as a shield.
Myuki's jaw dropped.
"D-did we have sex?"
"N-no! We didn't do anything like that!"
"Oh…."
Could he hear disappointment? That certainly puzzled him…
"That doesn't explain what you're doing in here!"
Amaimon sighed. This was going to be awkward explanation…
Ameri woke up the next morning, or she thought it was morning at least, and it was still snowing.
She felt a warm breath on her neck. She looked under the covers. The white Scottie from before, was asleep in her arms.
She slowly moved away from the dog, careful not to wake him. She looked around. She couldn't see Mephisto, but that didn't mean he wasn't in his back room. She climbed out of the nice warm bed. The fire wasn't going yet. She figured she should start it up when the pain hit her.
"No!" She let out in a gasp as she fell to her knees.
The pain hit her in the gut. She almost screamed. It felt like a car had hit her. She could feel the blue symbols flaring to life all over her body as the blood began to pour from her eyes. She endured every lash of pain she received, unaware that the dog was watching her.
Yamada shut and locked Erin's apartment door behind them.
Erin watched as her roommate went into the kitchen. They pulled out a giant container of salt and began to pour it on the window sills.
"What the hell is going on?" Erin demanded.
Yamada looked over at Erin, never pausing in dumping the salt.
"Just who the hell are you anyway?"
Her roommate yanked down her hood.
Erin's jaw dropped. It was a girl…and her teacher!
"Shura Kirigakure is my name. I'm a first class exorcist and right now we're being chased by demons."
Erin laughed.
"You're crazy!"
Shura dumped the salt in front of the door.
"It's all linked back to your visions, Red."
Erin froze.
"W-what?"
"I know about your visions and in fact I've been sent to protect you."
Erin's brain couldn't process this. Shura stood back after the last of the salt had been poured.
"We're protected…for the moment…"
Shura looked over at Erin.
The red head was still trying to figure out how any of this was possible.
Shura sighed. She hated explaining…
Myuki glared at the boy as he finished.
"You expect me to believe that?"
He nodded.
"I'm going to need some proof."
He frowned.
Proof? Where the hell would he get that? Then he remembered the object he noticed last night.
He ran downstairs two at a time with Myuki following. He pointed at the object on the floor. It was a ball cap for the Saints of Los Angeles.
"That would have dented my hair." He said referring to the spike on the top of his head.
Myuki picked up the cap and studied it. There was a strand of short wavy hair inside.
"Do you know who did this?"
Amaimon blinked. He did know. Should he tell her? He slowly shook his head.
Myuki sighed.
"I still don't fully believe your story, but alright."
She gave him a small smiled.
He returned it.
Ameri opened her eyes once it was over. Plop! A wet rag landed in front of her. The dog sat down and stared at her.
She blinked.
"Thanks…"
Ameri picked up the rag and washed the blood from her face then the floor where a few drops had landed. After that, she washed the blood from the washcloth and laid it out to dry on the side of the tub.
Back in the main room of the cabin, Ameri searched for the dog. He wasn't around. She sat down on the couch. The Scottie appeared out of nowhere and sat beside her. She scratched behind his ears as she wondered what to do. Without her consent, her thoughts shifted to Mephisto. Just who was he exactly? What did he want with her? She sighed involuntarily when she remembered his forest green eyes…
She frowned and shook her head to clear away those thoughts. Falling for someone who was basically her kidnapper was not an option…even if he did have green eyes and a sexy smile.
Alyx sang while she washed the dishes.
"' There's something I don't want you to understand, the only way a woman's gonna want a manthe only way you'll ever keep her in your handsis breaking apart her heart.'"
"What are you singing?"
Alyx looked over her shoulder. Yukio was admiring her from the couch.
"Aren't you supposed to be doing your homework?"
"You're a distraction." He stated standing up off the couch and walking over to her.
She smiled apologetically at him.
"Sorry."
He sighed.
"I've been working too hard anyway…I need a break. Would you like to go out for lunch today?"
"Sure!"
Yukio smiled and almost wrapped his arms around her waist, but when he noticed something blue under her shirt.
"Do you have a tattoo?" he asked.
Alyx's eyes widened.
"No…why?"
"There's something blue under you shirt…."
Alyx laughed nervously…
"Huh. That's strange…oh! I bet it's from my little brothers!"
Yukio looked confused.
"They were throwing paint everywhere. I thought I had washed it all off, but I guess not."
"Ah."
"I'll go take care of it." She hurried off to the bathroom.
Yukio stared after her. It didn't make much since. The paint could have only gotten there if she was in a tank top and in this weather…well he didn't think so….
In the bathroom, Alyx looked at her bare back in the mirror. Her strange birthmark was glowing again. She touched the blue mark gingerly. What did it mean?
Myuki jumped back from the stove as it burst into flames. In a flash, the fire was gone and Amaimon was dumping the ruined breakfast into the garbage.
"Told you I couldn't cook." Myuki grumbled.
Amaimon took off his gloves.
"I can."
Before she knew it, the strange green-haired boy was making the mix to chocolate chip pancakes.
"Where did you learn to do that?"
"My older brother watches cooking shows a lot…he still can't cook…." He said as he flipped the pancakes onto a plate.
Myuki blinked. What just happened?
"That was fast."
"Syrup?"
"Oh!" Myuki opened the fridge and handed him a bottle of strawberry syrup.
"Thanks."
He began to pour the sweet liquid all over the stack of pancakes on his plate. Myuki looked at hers. There was so much chocolate in the pancakes that she couldn't even tell if there were any pancakes. She took the syrup and began to dump it on.
Erin fell back onto her couch after the explanation. Her visions….were a link to Satan? He actually exsisted?
"All these times…." Erin sighed heavily as if the weight of the world was on her shoulders.
"My grandmother was right."
Shura looked over at Erin.
"What?"
Erin didn't answer. She was too busy being lost in her memories.
*****FLASHBACK*****
"She has the mark, Lissa!"
"Mother, I don't care! I've told you it won't happen!"
Young Erin, age five, watched as her mother and grandmother fought in the kitchen. She was supposed to be in bed, but something had drawn her downstairs. The girl hid by the doorway and listened as her mother sighed tiredly, her emerald green eyes closing as she struggled to remain calm.
"You don't know that! The Prophecy is in place! If we don't destroy her-"
Lissa's eyes snapped open in anger.
"We will not destroy my daughter."
The grandmother waved her hand unsympathetically.
"You can have more, Lissa."
Erin watched as tears rolled down her mother's face. Lissa's hands clenched into fists as her body shook with anger.
"I will not,mother." She spat out the word for her parent venomously. "Erin is my one and only daughter and no matter what your precious Prophecy states, I will not give her up."
Lissa turned and would have strode out of the room had she not noticed Erin.
"Sweetie, what are you doing up?" Lissa dropped to her knees by the five-year-old.
The young girl didn't know how to answer. Her little hand just reached up and touched her mother's face.
"Mommy, don't cwy."
Lissa smiled and picked the girl up. The grandmother watched coldly from her spot in the kitchen.
"Come on, sweetie, time for bed."
Upstairs, Lissa laid Erin down on the bed and tucked her in.
"Where's Green Pi at?"
Erin pointed to the floor by her closet.
Her mom walked over and scooped up the teddy-bear before returning it to her daughter. Erin accepted the bear and squeezed it tightly against her chest.
"Looks like he needs another repair." Her mother smiled as she touched the Frankenstein teddy-bear's eye that was falling out.
Erin shook her head frantically.
"He likes the way he looks."
Lissa smiled again and placed her hand on her daughter's head.
"Mommy?"
"Yes, sweetie?"
"What's a pwo-pwep-pwophecy?" Erin struggled to get the complicated work out before looking up at her mother with the innocence only a five-year-old could have.
Her mother froze before laughing nervously.
"Your grandmother was just being silly. Don't worry about it." Lissa kissed Erin's forehead as she stood up to go. "Good night, sweetie. Pleasant Dreams."
"Night Night…" Erin rolled over and snuggled closer to the mutilated teddy-bear.
Lissa smiled sadly as the tears rushed to her eyes again. She quickly put a hand over her a mouth as a sob threatened to escape. She shut the door to the room before hurrying to her own.
Erin didn't realize she was crying until Shura asked if she was alright.
"Yeah…I'm fine…." She wiped away the tears angrily.
Why had she remembered that? The memory had laid dormant and forgotten for years until this moment, but why did it choose now to let itself be known?
"I think they left…." The Exorcist spoke suddenly from the window.
"The…Demons?"
Shura nodded and looked back at Erin.
"How much do you know?"
Erin gulped. She needed a drink.
"Is there a Prophecy?"
Shura blinked.
"How did you know?"
"I just remembered something…." Erin said weakly with a shrug.
"Tell me." Shura demanded.
Sorry it's been almost three months since I updated... :( Erm anyway... the song Alyx was singing is 'Breaking Apart Her Heart' by Good Charlotte
I'm typing more now so it shouldn't be long before I post again...hopefully