Author's Note: Yaaayy, we're on Chapter 10! Thank you all who have been reading and reviewing up until this point.. I love you! ^^
Chapter 10 A Certain Destiny
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Atanashia?
Who the hell...?
Oh right, it's Evanjerin… Ughh…
Yes? What happened? I feel so tired…
I don't know, Atanashia..
I opened my eyes. And jumped up and screamed.
My room… it's an utter mess!!
Get the maids to clean it.
Oh, they always do, I feel so bad…
That's why they're maids.
Where are you, and why are you using telepathy?
I'm walking back home from school…
Oh, okay.
..
WAIT, WHAT?! I MISSED SCHOOL!?
Atanashia, you were out cold. I didn't bother waking you up because you looked so peaceful.
But, but, but! What was homework?
I could hear Evanjerin sigh.
I'll tell you when I get back. I feel weird using telepathy. And you don't have to do homework, you probably know the answers anyway.
No. As a diligent student, I must.
Okay fine. I'll tell you when I get home.
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Today was not a good day.
Today, I find out that Enzeru Yuri is not Enma Ai.
And today, for the first time, Evanjerin Kent entered the classroom alone. Her sister was not with her.
Atanashia Kent… could she be involved in this somehow? Or was she really just sick, like Airisu and Rin told me?
So many questions boggled my mind as walked home, alone.
Alone because the Hell Correspondence took her—Akie. The same way it took Adelle.
I passed by a grocery, when I heard it again.
Driiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiing.
I turned around, and saw Enma Ai, standing on a roof.
She wasn't alone though.
Enzeru Yuri stood beside her.
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Evanjerin.
What?
I sensed the irritation in her voice. Okay, okay, no need to get mad… Do you think the toad might be here?
I don't know. Hell.
What's your problem?
Nothing.
Fine.
I stood up, and walked out of my room, and headed downstairs.
The intercom was just installed. 'About time it was,' I said under my breath, while pressing the button.
'Helena?'
'Yes, Mistress Athanasia?' I winced at the sound of my name, but instantly regretted it.
'I'm very sorry to report that my bedroom has become a mess, and I would like someone to clean it.'
'Right away, Mistress.'
I let go of the button I had been pressing.
I went out on the porch, and sat on the stairs. Evanjerin, where are you?
I'm nearly there.
The gates slowly opened, and Evanjerin walked up to me.
My stomach grumbled.
I feel hungry, when was the last time we ate?
About a year ago, why? I stood up, and walked inside with her.
Are we allowed to go hunting?
If you mean hunting humans, no. If it's animals, yes.
Go hunting with me?
What?
Will you go hunting with me?
What, right now?
Yes, I thought, as my stomach made another complaint.
Fine, but be careful. Get dressed, appropriately. Your school uniform is hardly a good outfit to hunt in.
Thanks! I ran up to my room to change. As I looked out my window, I said, We'd better hurry… It's getting dark.
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'So Mikage Yuzuki has a certain destiny, is that what Ojou said?' I asked Wanyuudon. We were back to teaching, and Wanyudon to his gardening.
'That's what Ojou said.'
'I can't imagine what destiny it could be,' I said, just as Hone-Onna stopped her usual pacing and sat down beside me.
She seemed to be thinking deeply about something. 'What if… We were wrong about Enzeru Yuri, Ren?'
'What do you mean?'
'Think about it… Mikage Yuzuki sees all that happens in Hell Correspondence, and recognized us.'
'And…? Enzeru Yuri is immortal, knows and looks like Ojou, and is a part of the Hell Correspondence.'
'No, Ren! What if the next Jigoku Shoujo doesn't have to be immortal?'
'So you're basically telling me that Mikage Yuzuki can be the next Jigoku Shoujo?'
'Maybe… I'm not so sure…'
'Ojou certainly has it hard. The need for another Jigoku Shoujo never came until now. It was bound to happen,' Wanyuudon said, not tearing his eyes from the hydrangea he was watering.
'If the next Jigoku Shoujo is to be awakened… Who is it, then? Enzeru Yuri, or Mikage Yuzuki?'
Who has the inevitable fate of the Jigoku Shoujo, the successor of Enma Ai?
The wind blew hard. Too hard.
Only time will tell…
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