So I Thought
D Gray Man
Homecoming: Formalities
It only took two days for Raina to get back to the Order because had rushed herself back. She needed to get back right away and talk to Komui and Lenalee and then she had to go see her sister and she what was so wrong with her Alexandre would leave the family estate to come tell her. She felt tears fill her eyes at the thought of her brother's death. She hated that fact that he had been killed. She hated it. She wanted to stab someone or something or scream or something along those lines. She couldn't stand this, it wasn't fair.
She was walking through the Order at that moment, fighting the tears as she did. A few people looked at her shocked. She had never cried at the Order, no matter what, unless she was angry. Many of the people who had grown to know her over the years took the tears that had over flowed over her cheeks to be tears of anger. She didn't want their cautious looks or their judging eyes and she took off running towards Komui's office. She shoved the door open, sobs shaking her body by that point. Inside Lenalee and Komui were talking. They both looked at her as she came in.
"Raina?" Komui's voice was worried, alarmed.
"Raina! I'm so sorry; we just got the news yesterday." Lenalee cried, hugging her close.
"What…What news?" asked Raina, pulling away from Lenalee, wiping at her eyes.
"You haven't heard?" she asked, frowning.
"Your home was destroyed and bodies were discovered inside. Your family is dead" Komui said, his voice sad, but distant.
"What?" Raina felt like the world was far away and suddenly the tears came faster, pouring out of her eyes. "My brother…and then my whole family!" She covered her mouth with her hand trying to control the grief inside her. She hated crying this much, it made her feel weak.
"Raina, because of the situation, we're going to have to ask you to remain at the Order for an extended amount of time" Komui said, coming over to her and placing a hand on her shoulder. He guided her to the chair and had her sit down. "It's not safe for you to go out because the Earl may see it as a chance to turn an Exorcist into an Akuma."
Raina looked up at him, angry in an instant. "You can't hold me here" she gave Komui the deadliest glare she could with tears in her eyes. She knew it wasn't very impressive.
"Don't glare at me. This is for the good of the Order Raina" Komui said, softening his look. "Just stay here till it doesn't hurt as much. Please, we're asking you this for the sake of the Black Order"
"I can't! I need to make sure I don't lose my friends too!" the words were out of mouth before she could stop them and she covered her mouth. How could she blurt that out? How could she betray Devit and Jasdero's trust?
"You have friends outside the Order?" Komui didn't sound mad, but she knew he was disappointed. She was trying to think of ways to get out of this. Finally one came to her.
"Yeah…I met them while on my mission. I knew it was them and I couldn't help myself. I wanted to act like a normal person again! I just needed some normal friends again. I'm really sorry about it Komui!"
Komui sighed and then patted her head, as if he were her big brother. "It's alright Raina. I understand. Did you have any plans to contact them again?" She bit her lip.
"I…"
"Don't contact them Raina, if you do, go to cancel any ties with them. It's not safe to be around your old friends anymore. You need to focus on your job as an Exorcist. Do you understand?"
"Yes, but I-"
"Go to your room, relax and recover Raina. You need some sleep and to calm down a little" Komui helped her up and gave her a push towards the door. She could feel some tears in her eyes yet. At least she hadn't spilled Devit and Jasdero's secret. "We're going to place a guard outside your room soon so you can't sneak out"
"I won't!"
"Better to be safe than sorry" he said simply and then guided her out the door. She glared at the closed door and then turned, running as fast as she could. She had only gone a short distance before running into someone. It was Lavi. She recognized his red hair and the eye patch.
"Raina!" he sounded surprised as she steadied her from falling over. "Raina are you alright? Why are you crying?"
"Komui is locking me in my room…because my family died" She felt the tears start to drip down her face again, more than just the left over tears from before.
"Your family died?" he asked. She just nodded her head. "Come on, I'll walk you to your room, we'll talk. It'll make you feel better" She let him put an arm around her shoulder and walk with her while she tried to wipe the tears from her cheeks. Once again she felt like a child for crying, but she couldn't seem to help it.
They were almost to her room before she took a deep breath and looked at Lavi. "I can't stay here" she said.
"Why not?"
"Akuma killed my brother, they may have been the ones that helped kill my family and I know that my sister is still alive" She could still feel the bond between her and her twin. Fae was still alive.
"You want to find her?" asked Lavi.
"Yes, I have to find her." She bit her lip for a second then spoke "Will you help me get out of here Lavi?"
"All you had to do was ask."
Finally they had gotten their butts to the Noah Manor. It had only taken them two days because they had taken their time getting there. Now it seemed almost worth it, seeing the food that the Earl had laid out for the party. They were standing in the doorway, pointing their guns at one another, because they quite obviously could, when they first saw her.
"Ra-" Jasdero started to cry out their childhood friend's name before Devit hit him on the head with his gun.
"Shut it!" he hissed to his twin. The girl in question turned anyway to look at them. Her face and Raina's face was a mirror of each other, except this girl's nose was a bit of a different shape and her lips were a little more full. Her hair was the same shade as her's, exactly, but it was much shorter, cut to brush against her cheeks and it was razor straight. Her eyes were a different color too; they were a bright sky blue.
"Hey, I know who you two are" she said strutting up to them. As she did she shifted to her Noah form, her blue eyes becoming golden. Devit and Jasdero looked at each other and then at her. "You're the infamous twins, Jasdero" she touched Jasdero's locks, causing him to hiss at her, "and Devit" She touched his face causing him to jerk away from her. "Pretty touchy aren't you?"
Devit wrinkled his nose and then tossed some of his shaggy hair out of his face. "Whatever. We're hungry" They walked around her, leaving her shocked and took their regular seats. She sat across from them, next to Road. She smiled at them and Devit preoccupied himself with the food. Jasdero was quick to follow suit. Neither wanted a thing to do with the new Noah right now.
A person entered the room and everyone looked up. It was just Tyki so the twins went back to eating. He was most likely just going to sit down and whine about how hungry he was. The twins didn't feel like listening. Instead he cleared his throat. They looked up at him again.
"The Earl told me to tell you guys that he will be a little late, so I am to go ahead and start the introductions." The new Noah popped up and trotted to Tyki's side, looking too much like a dog. She looked at him with an adoring look on her face. Then she looked at the rest of the Noah that were there. Devit's eyes glanced around the table. Road was there, so was Skin and the twins, but Lulu was missing, per usual.
"My name is Fae Fitzgerald and I am the Trust of Noah" She smiled, showing her teeth. "It's a pleasure to finally awaken and join you Noahs" Her name struck a chord with the twins. Fitzgerald was Raina's last name wasn't it? They studied the girl a little and it couldn't be conicidence that she looked so like Raina. They looked at each other, knowing their thoughts were the same. This was Raina's twin sister.
Road smiled back at her. "It's great to have another girl join us! I'm tired of all these boys...They don't let me braid their hair" She frowned directly at Jasdero and his long golden hair. He would never let Road touch it, which pissed her off. The twins didn't care though, it was Jasdero's hair, he could decide who he wanted to touch and who he didn't.
Skin looked up from eating his piece of cake that looked overly sweet with too much icing. He didn't say anything, but Tyki was quick to speak for him. "That's Sweet Tooth"
"My name is Skin!" he shouted, instantly loud. Devit flinched. There was really no need to be that loud. Devit and Jasdero glanced at each other again and decided to skip introductions and instead began eating again.
"Are you going to introduce yourselves?" they heard her demand. Devit looked up with a chicken bone hanging out of his mouth. He sighed.
"I'm Devit"
Jasdero quickly swallowed what food he had in his mouth. "And I'm Jasdero."
"Together we're Jasdevi!" they said together, no interest really in their voices. Then they went back to eating, trying to ignore their family. They were doing a good job until someone laced their arms around Devit's neck and pressed their lips close to his ear.
"Don't you like being away from her?"
Devit stiffened.
"Does it worry you what she does while you're away? Or is it that you miss her because you hold her dearly to your heart?"
"Fae, leave Jasdevi alone" Tyki was taking his seat. He took off his hat as he did and amazingly Fae grinned at Devit, but let him go, backing off to go sit back down. "What did you say to him?" She shrugged as she sat, combing some of her hair out of her face.
"Where is the Earl?" asked Road then.
Tyki shrugged. "He said he had to take of something. He gave me these to give you all though" He held up cards.
"We already have missions though" pointed out Skin
"He wants you to work on these first, don't worry, even I have one." He sighed, as if work bothered him so much. Devit rolled his eyes and took his and Jasdero's card. He read it and then reread it. Jasdero blinked at it as if he couldn't read at all, which wasn't true. They had trouble with it, but they were both able to read well enough.
"You have to be fucking joking us! This is right near where our hometown was!" Devit glared at Tyki, as if it was his fault.
He held up his hands. "I didn't have any say in where we're going. I have to go run down by where my hometown was too."
"That's where I have to go too" Skin frowned at his card. "Back down to the South"
"The Earl is sending us all out for Innocence" said Road, gazing at her card with amusement on her face. "It looks like these will be long ones. We better all be prepared."
"Yeah" agreed Skin. With that Jasdevi stood and walked out of the room, as did everyone else, leaving most of the food uneaten. The twins started down the hall but they only got out of hearing distance of the other Noah before someone grabbed Devit's arm, forcing him to stop. He and Jasdero turned. It was Fae.
"What do you want?" he asked, annoyed.
"I just came to talk to you, Devit" she said, letting go of his arm. "I just want to ask you how my sister is doing."
"So you are Raina's sister" he stated. "Leave her alone. She hasn't seen you in years right? Just let her alone then"
"Protective of her, are we?" she asked, a knowing smile gracing her lips.
"She's our friend" Jasdero inputted.
"But you think of her as more than a friend sometimes, don't you Devit?" Fae's eyebrow lifted as she asked this. She was giving him a look that said she knew that was true.
"I...don't" denied Devit, feeling some blood rush to his face for a stupid reason.
"Oh really? Well you are a Noah; you love blood and destruction, just as I do. Let's see...Think about this.... Raina covered in blood. Don't you like that image? I bet you think she looks beautiful covered in blood" Devit started to shake his head, but he could see it, see her covered in blood, it staining the tips of her hair, the surprised or shocked look of innocence on her face. He felt his own face heat up.
"No I can't" he grabbed Jasdero's arm and stomped away.
The twins walked, well Devit walked and Jasdero was dragged, to their room and opened the door, closing it behind them. The room was a mess, clothes along with other things thrown everywhere. Devit went and laid on the bed, which was large enough for a few people. The twins felt better if they slept in the same bed. The sense of closeness was calming and they felt it was good for them.
"We should get going soon" said Devit, trying to forget the scene with Fae.
"What about Raina, she might go looking for us. Hii"
"We'll leave her another note" Devit's idea sounded good, but with Fae being a Noah, they were most likely trying to kill her. She was walking around with a huge target sign on her chest. They both bit their lips.
"I wonder where she is…" muttered Jasdero.
"This wouldn't be a problem if we could just watch her to make sure she's safe" growled Devit, rubbing his one eye, suddenly feeling very tired and cranky. Then their door was forced open and in the doorway stood Fae.
"I can help you find her." She chirped, walking in the room, closing the door behind her. "But you have to do as I say"
Devit sat up and glared at her. "Why the hell would you know where she went?"
"Hello! Don't be an idiot! I'm her twin sister! We have a freaky, very annoying and stupid twin 'sense'. I know where she's going because I can feel the tremor of emotions from her. She's going home to pick up leads on me"
"Home? Isn't she from France" Jasdero pointed out. Devit jumped up then and they moved towards the door but Fae caught them with surprising strength and threw them back into the room.
"Our home isn't for boys who dress like idiots" she said, putting her hands on her hips. "I'll give you some proper clothes and direct you to our old home" She smiled.
"Why are you helping us?" asked Devit, knowing she had to have another motive.
"I want to see how you look at her." She admitted with a shrug. "I have someone I want to look at me the way I imagine you look at my sister. I want to see how you look at her in hopes that someday, that man will look at me that way"
"Uh..what?"
"It doesn't matter, I'll go get your outfits and be back with directions, I'll even help you guys do your hair" She quickly swept out of the room with a wink. Devit just sighed, what had he gotten into now?
Raina looked at Lavi frowning. He fixed the wig he had on, and grinned at her, his green eye trying to assure her that it was totally okay that he was doing such a thing.
"If you don't want to do this Lavi, its okay, we'll figure out another way" she said, fixing her own wig. The clothes she was wearing were overly large on her and a little saggy, but it was alright. She adjusted the eye patch that Lavi assured her was never used before. His own eye patch was on, as usual, but he looked nowhere near comfortable.
"No, it's totally okay! I swear!" he said, rubbing the back of his head. The wig started to slip so he quickly fixed it. "But are you sure that Komui got rid of all your pairs of pants?"
"I'm really, really sorry Lavi" she said. "But thank you so much for helping me. In twenty minutes, change your clothes and escape through the window okay? Just wear that in case they come in. I'll hurry out of here." She smiled at him. He was wearing a pair of her clothing, while she was wearing a pair of his. She had a bag of some items she'd need while away from the Order which included a small bag of money she had thought to grab when she left home, some extra clothes and the address of a place she'd have to make a stop to on the way home.
"S'kay" he said, rubbing his nose. "I can't ever resist a cute girl" She smiled and hugged him tightly.
"Thank you so much, I'll repay you sometime! I promise!" She had left the red-headed wig that she was wearing with its hair down, instead of spiked up in its usual style that he wore his hair. She hurried out the door and past the guards, keeping her head down.
"See ya Lavi" said one. She just waved, once and quick, careful to let the guard get a good look at her hands. She didn't want them to see how feminine she looked. She almost ran down the halls and towards the underground waterway, which was her way to escape. It didn't take ten minutes to get down into it. There was a few Finders standing guard, but they didn't say anything to her and then there was one in the boat.
"Hey Lavi" he said cheerfully. "Going alone?" she nodded once and he pushed the boat off. The waterway was long, too long for someone to swim. She waited until they were out of shouting distance of the other Finders and then she stood. "Lavi?"
She quick pushed the Finder out of the boat, letting him land in the water. It wasn't that deep but it was deep enough he had to swim. He quickly bobbed to the surface, looking at her in surprise.
"Sorry!" she called. "I can't stay here though!" then she pushed off with the boat, willing it to go faster and faster down the waterway. It didn't take long to get towards the end so she slowed down. There weren't any Finders at the other dock so she got off the boat and pushed it back down the waterway, where it bobbed like a fish for a while before disappearing into the darkness.
She walked out of the waterway and into a hidden alcove. There were Finders there. They smiled and said hi to her but she hurried past them and out into the world a free woman. She sighed, removing the wig, letting her long blonde hair flow around her before hurrying and running as fast as she could. There was a town near the hidden waterway entrance and she had to reach it and be on the train before they discovered her room empty, Lavi would have left by now. She dropped the wig and the eye patch behind her but that was the only proof that she had ever been there.
Tyki looked at Fae as she walked into her new Noah room. He was waiting there for her because the Earl told him to take her with him. They were paired up for this mission and for killing people afterwards. She smiled at him, humor glinting in her eyes.
"Did you tell them?" he asked her.
"Of course I did, Tyki" she said, sitting down on the bed. He was seated in a chair by the bed. She looked at him with those eyes, the admiring eyes that he didn't want to see, so he looked away.
"What did they do?"
"Demand that I tell them everything and they almost refused to do what I asked." She sighed, as if they had been no more of a bother than spoiled children. "But they're off now. They even let me do their hair."
"Really?" Tyki's voice sounded interested now. She watched him, waiting for that interest to be turned towards her. Instead his face became impassive. "I suppose we better get to work then. We want to finish up this mission and be ready, don't we?"
"I suppose" she pouted. He stood and she was surprised when he took her chin in his hand and made her look up at him.
"Hey, don't make that face" he said and surprise passed over her face before he let go and started out of the room. She quickly jumped up and ran after him, hope filling her heart yet.
Three Hours Later
She was close to her home town. It had only taken three hours because she took the most direct route there she could. She was almost home, to France. It felt both good and bad to be there. First she went to an old friend's place. The bell chimed as she walked in the door of the shop. It was way too fancy to suit her tastes but they had what she needed.
"Hello!" sang a woman coming from the back. "Can I help yo-" Her voice cut off when she looked at Raina, still dressed in Lavi's clothes, holding the bag that carried the things she needed. Raina's hair was tied up, out of her face as well and she looked a little bit like a traveler.
"Hello Eve" Raina said softly. "I'm sorry I came on such short notice"
"I never expected to see you again Raina" she said, her voice just as soft. "Let me guess, you need my help?"
"Yes, I need some clothes appropriate for some investigation in my old neighborhood."
"Ah, yes…" she walked up to Raina and spun her in a quick circle. "That outfit would not do! Yes, yes! Let us get started then! I feel I have just the thing for you! A beautiful one…"
"Could you maybe do my hair as well Eve, although I hate to ask…" Eve's face brightened and she just barely held back a squeal of delight. She grabbed Raina's hand.
"Come on darling, we have to get you dressed!"
A while later...
Raina pulled at the top of the ridiculous outfit that Eve had her in. It was a light purple, just off white color that was long sleeve, winter was just beginning to let up. There was lace that was pinned, hiding her chest but leaving her shoulder exposed. The lace was white and well made; it was beautiful, closing with a large white bow. The top of the dress was almost a corset top, white with white thread connecting it around the lighter purple of the dress. The ends of the sleeves also had the white lace on lining them.
Her shoes were high heeled and yet not so bad that she couldn't walk or even run with them, but stomping or stepping hard would be out of the question because she'd surely break the thin heels. Her hair was up in some complex style with one of those hair bands with the weird mini lace hat place to the left holding it in place. The hat was an off purple color with a small white ribbon wrapped around it while the hair band itself was white. She looked down at her bare hands where her two rings were visible. Eve followed her line of sight.
"Ah...I was going to ask where those are from."
"Gifts" she stated and then she started to walk towards the door. Eve said no more on the topic, quickly switching to something else instead. She grabbed her bag which sat by the door. Eve had switched the bag into something more ladylike. It made Raina want to rip her eyes out but nevertheless she would take it with her.
"I'm glad I could help Raina. Let me guess, you're going to find out who killed your family" Raina looked at Eve in surprise. "I know that fire wasn't an accident. I hope you find whoever it was that did that to your family. Good luck Raina and come see me if you need another dress!" She smiled and waved Raina out the door.
Raina walked out with a sigh. She didn't like wearing dresses but she knew how to walk in the heels she was wearing and how not to step on the hem of the dress. As she walked, she felt eyes on her. The dress's lace showed some skin, but didn't show that much of her chest. It was long sleeves besides and then she realized that there was a button under her neck keeping the longer sleeves on, so if it came to a fight she wouldn't have to ruin the pretty dress after all, what a shame. She already hated it.
She had only walked a little while before she bumped, rather hard into someone. They seemed in a hurry, but they did bother to catch her before she fell. She looked up and she could have sworn her jaw almost fell off. It was Devit and Jasdero; well Devit had been the one she ran into. His hair was combed down and neat, he was wearing proper gentleman clothing but his makeup remained. Jasdero was a shocker too. He wasn't wearing the stuff he usually did on his head and instead of being free around him his golden hair was tied behind him. He was also wearing a suit. His makeup and stitches remained but all and all they looked very...she couldn't find words to describe them.
Although one thing that did comfort her was that they were wearing their familiar green eyes. Another thing she noted was the fact that Jasdero was carrying a rather large and heavy looking bag on his back.
"Raina?" they asked at the same time.
"Devit? Jasdero?"
No words could describe how shocked they were to see Raina and dressed up like a rich man's daughter. They had walked around the city, disliking it because of its high-up-snobs that lived in it. They wondered if Raina didn't live somewhere near here instead of in the city itself, but they had followed their sense of Innocence and found her. Not that she didn't look good the way she was dressed, she looked beautiful, but all and all it wasn't her.
"What are you two doing here?" she asked in a hissing whisper.
"We came to find you" Jasdero explained.
"Why?"
"We're going back-"
"Are these two young men troubling you, miss?"
All three of them turned to see a pleasant young man dressed in an expensive looking suit. His dark brown hair was combed back. He had warm brown eyes that were smiling, but traced with a protectiveness of a woman he didn't know. Devit and Jasdero instantly disliked him, but they could see in Raina's eyes that she knew him.
"Marc!" she exclaimed.
"Do I know you?" he looked at her, studying her now in a way that Devit did not like.
"It's me! Raina! Do you remember?"
"Raina? Oh, I remember now! Darling, Raina it has been a while!" he took her hand and kissed the back of it as Jasdero and Devit stood stiffly at her side. "You should come to my house, we can catch up"
She smiled, but Devit could somehow tell it forced and faked. "That would be lovely, do you mind if my friends come with us?" she gestured at them. The guy, Marc hesitated. Then he smiled again, but Devit could see how he really disliked the idea.
"Of course not; the more the merrier!" he said with another cheerful smile. He turned. "Follow me; or do you know where I live?"
"No, but I have always wondered" she replied. Devit thought she looked like she'd like to punch Marc in the face. Still she followed him as he started to walk off. "Jasdero, Devit, come along" she called. Confused by Raina's façade, they followed.
It wasn't a long walk to a huge house, which made Devit dislike Marc even more, with a huge drive and a huge garden. They walked up the drive, Marc and Raina side-by-side, chatting cheerfully. Devit didn't like him, at all and each passing moment it was harder not to pull his gun out and shoot the asshole in the head.
His shoulders slumped and they walked into the garden with them. He and Jasdero sat on either side of Raina while Marc sat across from her. He smiled at her, his white teeth showing and she let a smile grace her lips. Again, Devit wanted to shoot him, right in the face with a huge fireball. Jasdero didn't look like he trusted Marc either.
"So, Raina, it has been so long! How have you been?"
"Well enough I suppose" she answered, brushing some of her hair from her face. Devit saw his brother now observing the hairstyle that Raina was using at the moment. From the set of his lips, he didn't approve. Then again Jasdero had always been obsessed with long hair and Raina's hair was long. "I see you and your family are doing very well though"
"Yes, we have been doing better and better" he answered, puffing up like a bird. "So, who are these two...young men?" he seemed to be choosing his words carefully.
"Jasdero" Jasdero answered, looking at him.
"I'm Devit" he didn't look at Marc.
"You...don't seem to be from around this area" his words were hesitate. Devit glanced at him, wishing that he could go to his Noah form and scare the crap out of this idiot. But he didn't think that Raina would like that so he sat by her side, looking around the garden. It was pretty enough but he really didn't care about it.
"They aren't." Raina said. "But they're close friends of mine"
"Friends? With boys?" he sounded like he thought it a sin. Devit noticed Raina's grip on the table shifted and he could see that she looked like she wanted to break it. Devit and Jasdero both bit the inside of their cheeks.
"Yes, I am" she snapped at him. "Is there a problem with that?"
"Your tone is very disresctful!" Marc snapped back. "I was once your intended."
"What?" cried Devit, looking at this idiotic bastard with wide eyes. He and Raina were once meant to be married?
Raina just managed to ignore Devit's outcry. "Yes, I was, for what? Five minutes? Ten minutes?" she smiled at him but her smile was filled with malice. "I'm no longer your intended and I never mean to be again" The memory of the few minutes she had to spend with Marc flooded her mind.
Raina looked up at her mother, who was frowning. They had been arguing the whole time that her bother braided her long hair. She was wearing in an elegant dress, as usual. She was meant to look as beautiful as she could, even though she was eight and still a child.
"I don't want to meet him" she growled, stubborn, through her teeth.
"Really, Raina, it won't be so bad. I promise he'll be better than the last few" Raina rolled her eyes.
"I want to meet a man I can fall in love with, I refused to be paired with someone I don't know!"
"Fairy Tales have taken to your head!" her mother snapped. "In the real world you learn to love who you are paired with from a young age"
"I won't love him!" she shrieked, but her mother. Her mother gave her a solid glare.
"Well try" Then she pushed her older daughter into the garden room. Raina hesitated there, seeing the boy was already there. He looked a few years older than her with dark hair and warm eyes. He was smiling and she already hated him.
She walked to the table and sat in her chair with an unlady-like sigh. His smile faltered but came back.
"My name is Marc-"She cut him off there.
"Look 'Marc', I don't really care. I don't want any part in this stupid arranged marriage." She looked at him with a glare. "And I don't like you"
"That's…That's a rather rude thing to say"
"Bite me"
"You're a very crude young lady, weren't you taught manners?"
"No"
He sat there at stared at her for a moment. "Well…why don't we have some of the tea they brought out for us and we can talk it all out?" his voice was a little high, nervous.
"How about no?" she pushed the tea pot, not meaning to but letting it, crash onto his lap, spilling over half the tea onto his lap. He jumped up with a pain-filled cry and ran out of the room. Raina looked at the cookies on the table and picked one up. She took a bite out of it and she heard her mother shout out. She was clearly on her way to yell at her daughter.
"Oops" she said with a coy smile "I think I did it again"
He glared at her as she smiled. "You are still a crude young lady!" he snapped at her and she let go of the table, placing both hands on it. "But, I've come to realize over the years that the calm, tender young women do not please me at all! I love wild women with all my heart! And Raina, you are the wildest young woman I have ever met!" Raina looked disgusted and her hands balled into tense fists on the table.
Devit and Jasdero wanted to kill him even more now, but they could see how tense Raina looked. Without thinking, they both took one of her hands in theirs. Devit squeezed her hand reassuringly. She looked at him and then a smile broke out on her face again. Just a small one but one big enough that he knew she was alright.
"Who are you two to her?" asked Marc.
"Her best friends" answered Devit. "We don't like how you look at her or how you are acting towards her."
"Like you really have any say!" Marc stood slamming his hand down on the table, hard. Devit stood too, still keeping one of Raina's hands and decked Marc, not hard as he could but he could still hear the delightful crunch as some of his bones broke. Jasdero stood and they both lifted Raina out of her chair, careful not to dislocate her shoulders as they lifted her. She looked at them both, shocked.
"Thanks guys" she said, smiling lightly. They all started to walk out of the garden, not bothering to look at Marc whose face was bleeding. She didn't know if he was dead or what but she couldn't force herself to care.
"No problem Raina" answered Jasdero. They stopped at the edge of the garden because Raina stopped.
"Why did you guys come here?" she asked. Devit was inspecting the blood on his suit, well it wasn't his it was a gift from Fae. One he intended to burn as soon as he could but nevertheless. He looked at Raina when she asked her question.
"We came to get you. We thought we told you that before..." Devit answered.
"We're going home! We want Raina to come with! Hii!" Jasdero sounded excited and Devit gave him the 'Shut your mouth' look. He shouldn't have blurted that. Raina knew that their hometown had been destroyed years ago.
"You want me to come home with you? Why?" Devit was trying to think of a way to explain it to her but she suddenly shook her head. "You know what? Why does it matter? You two are my best friends and I trust you"
"So you'll come?" Jasdero asked, excitement glittering in his eyes.
"Yeah, as long as I can change first" she said.
"We need to change too" Devit pointed out.
"Oh why?" she asked, in an almost-whiny voice. "You two look so good!"
Devit felt his face heat up and he looked away trying to hide it. He grumbled something at her but he wasn't even sure what he said. He heard her laugh, just a light chuckle and he looked at her again. She was taking her hair down. The lace-hat was the first thing out of her hair and she tossed that onto the ground.
"Come on, I know a place we can change and then we best be on our way. America is a long ways away"
"Yeah, let's go."
She took their hands again and unlike the usual, Devit gripped her hand in his. She was his best friend and he felt like the need to kill her was dying. He knew it was wrong to be around her, but then again maybe that's why he was around her. Because it was wrong and it was a thrill to break all the rules. He sighed, he was over thinking things but he knew one thing;
If he and Jasdero didn't protect Raina, Tyki and Fae were sure to kill her.
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Besides that, I hope you guys enjoy this chapter. This part one of Homecoming! This was just a little peek into what Raina had to deal with as a child. This chapter was fun to write and let me tell you guys something (This might be considered a spoiler, so if you don't like them, stop reading!) Things are about to get deadly. Now with that, I leave you! Please keep reading and reviewing!