Chapter 11
"Revelation…"
In the main hall…
Tomomi wipes her tears as she walks in at their classroom. No one seemed to mind her and Yuuki and Kaname weren't even there.
"Tomomi!" shouted Ichijo who was holding the same invitation she was.
"Have you read the invitation?" he asked
"Yes, what party is this?"
"Don't know" Ichijo replied. Tomomi sighed and never talked again. The whole day Yuuki and Kaname weren't around. Ichijo kept her company but they never talk much. It was a depressing day for tomomi.
Dismissal time…
"tomomi-chan" shiki called her up. Ichijo went back first since he had urgent matters. Tomomi stood and went to shiki.
"Yes?" she asked.
"Lets go" Rima pulled her wrist leading her somewhere she didn't know where. Shiki followed along while eating his favorite snack.
Inside a room filled with girly stuffs…
"Where are we?" tomomi asked wandering around make-ups and dresses.
Rima began shuffling the clothes and found a white silk dress. Its knee-length and cotton on the first layer of the dress. The second layer is silk that has detailed designs. Unique for a party, id say. Shiki glanced at Rima, the dress then tomomi and back again at the dress.
"Looks good" he said. Rima smiled and threw the dress to tomomi.
"You'll wear that. Keep it, wash it and don't get it permanently stained. Your shoes will be this…" Rima showed a pair of Shiny metallic faux leather upper in a slip-on dress sandal style with a round open toe.
"wait-" tomomi tried to ask. But, Rima began arguing with shiki if purple colored make-up or a skin tone make-up would do for tomomi. Then jewels and accessory was next round, by the way, shiki won with the skin tone make up. Jewels were favored on Rima. Diamonds are truly girl's best friend. Tomomi became annoyed.
"Would you kindly tell me what are you two doing?! And what is going on here anyway!?!?!?!?!" Tomomi blew up. The two didn't mind and explained with bad sentences.
"Order Kaname-sama. Follow orders, a must" Rima said.
"Tomomi-chan looks pretty for party, a must. Cooperate please" shiki added.
"Eh…?" tomomi didn't understand and didn't want to understand it, but, just followed orders that are a must.
After 3 hours…
"Bye bye! Take care of those stuffs!" Rima shooed tomomi away after having her prepared. Tomomi had a hard time carrying the stuffs and wished for some help. And it came, zero to the rescue.
"What's all this girly stuff?" he asked.
"Please…" she gave a gleam in her eye with a pout.
"What?"
"Help me!!!" she threw all the things at zero. He didn't have a choice but to carry them all heavily as he follows tomomi back to her room. Tomomi enjoyed the short time since she had zero for some time and her room was pretty far off from her spot.
In Tomomi's room…
"Ugh…done! Can I go now?!" zero was already pissed.
"Uh wait!" tomomi pulls him with no reasons whatsoever.
"What now?" zero was really annoyed. And then it rained. Tomomi thought of something.
"It might have thunder, I'm scared of it, please accompany me" she smiled like a little girl pleading for candy.
Zero didn't want to and so he said "go under your blanket and listen to music. You'll be fine. I'm going"
Before zero could leave half the door tomomi said "if it was Yuuki, you would stay right? If its Yuuki… not me…" tomomi hides her face with her hair. Zero turns to her.
"What?!" he smirked feeling guilt.
"Nothing, you can go now… it was nothing…never mind…" she jumped on her bed squishing her face on her pillow. Zero never spoke and slammed the door as silent as he could and went on his way. When his footsteps were only echoes, she took her face out of her pillow, seeing the pillow wet, it meant she cried. She wipes her tears, yet they still flow. She rubbed them again and again and again. Her eyes were already red and yet her tears still flowed like waterfalls.
"what is wrong with me?" she asked as she sniffs "it hurts more and more again…it really hurts" she took a grip on her chest as she lay down and gradually fell in a sweet sleep. In her sleep, she dreams.
*dreaming*
In a pitch black place, not a single object can be seen. She was wearing the dress Rima gave and barefooted. She was covered in blood and so were her feet. She was in the middle of nowhere with blood as her land. She ran here and there, still left as it is. Then voices of people she was knew before keeps calling a name.
"Airi…" voices said.
"Airi nee-chan….Airi-chan…beware… be safe…don't let her find you!" they echoed as she looks around to find their source. Then another voice different from the others shouted.
"Die! Airi!!! Die!!!" a monster of full length black began to attack. Yet, she awoke that time and never knew what had happened next.
*morning*
"Hah!!!...!!!" Airi stood with eyes terrified. She looked next to her, still, no Yuuki. She hasn't seen Yuuki for some time now nor didn't Kaname and the others seem to mind. She felt alone. Alone in the bliss of pitch black like her dream. She stood and went to the window. It was morning; day class was having their break. Tomomi taught on visiting Sayori, since she was a bit lonesome. She took one of yuuki's old day class uniforms and hurryingly went down at mixes up with the day class. She adds in her disguise two ponytails, braided and fake freckles. She found Sayori near the stairs at the main hall.
"Yori-chan" she whispered. Sayori didn't hear it and went straight to a room. Tomomi followed with a dash of bad luck. Sayori had extra classes and she just entered it.
"Who are you?" the teacher asked.
"Uhm…well…its" tomomi felt nervous. Sayori began to notice her in her disguise and stood.
"Sensei, she's my friend, a new one, Mimoto-chan, you're late come on" good acting for Sayori.
"Well then, go sit by Sayori-chan and let's get this started" sensei never mind any further details. Tomomi went straight next to Sayori with a very cheerful smile.
Break time of Sayori….
"Say, what were you doing here? You should've gone with Yuuki" Yori insisted. Tomomi, who was eating takoyaki, squished the paste out when she heard yuuki's name. Yori noticed it.
"What's wrong? Did you have a fight with Yuuki?"
"No" tomomi turned and smiled at Sayori though it was an act "I haven't seen Yuuki-sama for some time so…I kind of…felt lonely"
"Oh…" Yori smiled "then why not stay over for the night?"
"Eh?!" tomomi's eyes were sparkling. Sayori smiled and after break they set up on to the sun dorm.
In the day class dorms…
"It seems same as ours…" tomomi, gazing at every corner was excited.
"Well, of course. Oh, here's where we'll sleep" Sayori showed her room. Tomomi was excited. It was a slumber party. They had fun with chats and snacks and by the time they pass out, they showed happy smiles in their evening gowns.
By morning…
"Tomo-…. I mean Mimoto-san! With Sayori-chan! Please come with me! ~" early in the morning, the chairman swept his way into the dorms and caught single-handedly, tomomi and Sayori. When both were awake, changed clothes, both wearing black uniforms, followed the chairman to his office.
Inside the office was Kaname-sama. Tomomi felt chills in her spine. They entered and seated in front the chairman's table.
"You called for us, chairman" Yori was composed and calm as she eye to eye with the chairman.
"Well then… we jus-" the chairman was interrupted when tomomi began to stood and make her speech.
"It was my fault I was in her room! Don't punish her! It's my fault I escaped from the moon dorm and went here! I'll take further responsibility and punishment! Please!" tomomi was already panting with nerves all tingling. The chairman had his mouth open all that time.
"Eh…" he said
"Eh?"
"Hahaha~" the chairman laughed do happily, as if he heard the best joke he could hear in his entire life.
"Eh?" still bewildered, tomomi just stood from her spot. Kaname pats her head and smiles.
"Did you had a good time?" he asked
"Umm…yes…" she smiled with her reply.
"Well then…no need for a punishment or any cases…hahaha" the chairman controlling himself was already out of it "you may all leave"
Kaname and tomomi went back to the moon dorms while Sayori went to her class, they part with a farewell.
On their way…
"Uhm...how did you-" tomomi was interrupted with the early reply of Kaname.
"You'll go nowhere than at sayori's…I suppose I knew where the players go like in a chess"
"Chest?" tomomi thought of her chest. How do you play a game with your chest?
"No…chess…" Kaname smiled with a silent laugh "I'll teach you when we get back at the dorms"
"Ok! ~!" tomomi was glad no one had to go on scolding.
The past few hours…
"Here! Your turn! ~!" tomomi was so happy to discover chess. Kaname makes his moves and in the end, he wins.
"You're doing well, bit more practice and you'll get your first win" he smiled. Tomomi was excited to win a game from Kaname some day that since that day, she was nowhere to be found, but, just playing with Kaname the whole day.
Days past and preparations were being prepared; all that was left was for it to begin. Ruka and Kain did the party venue and decorations. Aidou had to assemble the arrangements. Rima and shiki, on the other hand, did the invitations and the attire. Everyone was busy and quick in each movement, after days of labor, the party was now set and ready to begin.
In tomomi's room…
"Oh no…" tomomi had a hard time on her dress. She wasn't good at wearing clothes right I guess.
"Here, let me help you" a familiar voice was heard. A girl in her own blue gothic like dress had come to help her. When preparations were done, tomomi gave a look at the lady's face to say her gratitude, unexpectedly, it was Yuuki.
"Yuuki-sama! ~!" tomomi hugged her tightly. Yuuki understands why though.
"Where have you been all this time?!" she asked
"I had matters to attend…and anyway, the party is about to begin, let's go"
"Yes!" they hurryingly went to the party where guest, who seemed to be all the night class had chatters and gossips and dances. Everyone was having fun with their time. Tomomi, on the other hand, was searching for someone. When she found it, she ran to it with open arms.
"Zero~kun!!" she hollered while hugging him from the back.
"What the?! Let go!"He grumbled. She let's goes with a pout and then asked him a question as she turns around.
"How's my dress? Am I cute? ~?" She wanted a nice reply.
"It looks ok" zero turned as he smirks. He saw Yuuki after a while and was a bit more amaze at what Yuuki is wearing. Though he can't come near her since he thinks it's none sense. Tomomi didn't like it, didn't like it one bit and again it hurt.
"You really can't forget her…" she whispered. He heard her in a faint matter and asked.
"What? You said something?"
"Nothing!" she ran as she shouted. A yard away from him she began to cry.
As she ran she was about to pass by Aidou. Aidou noticed her from afar.
"Hey nice dr-" she was too fast for him to even give a complete statement. Then he looked at his fingertip, it had a drip. Then he realized "she was crying?"
When she had come far away at an isolated place. She began to kneel and cry once again. She hated it most. After some time, she had wiped her tears away, and so is her messed up make-up.
"No more make-up…sighs" she wanted to come back to the party but seemed to be loss. Then to the rescue…comes…
"Yo…what are you doing here missing the party?" a boy smiled at her.
"Ai-chan?! How did you find me?" she was amazed.
"Well, when your little teardrop on my hand- well never mind that. Yuuki-sama was looking for you so come on" he pulled her wrist, she followed him searching his face, when she had a chance to see it, it was all red. She smiled to that and followed with a giggle whispered.
In the party…
Everyone was circled, Aidou had no idea what was going on. Both of them tried to ask but no one replies. Then they were pushed to the center. Aidou was pulled away; tomomi was the only one left. Aidou was placed next to a small stage where Yuuki and Kaname were sitting, like queen and king. Zero was also there, on the opposite of the stage, he also seemed bothered from what's going on.
"Yuuki-sama….Kaname-sama…" she looked at them with eyes of confusion. Yuuki eyes widened a bit but Kaname holds her hand; Yuuki then sits with chins up and gave no reply. Tomomi then looked at zero, it didn't have any help, jealousy was written all over zero's face from the holding hands of Yuuki and Kaname.
"What's going on…" tomomi asked feeling hurt again.
Suddenly Seiren holding came with a tray, on the tray a wine glass, it was empty. Then Kaname and Yuuki stood. Kaname called the night class. Ruka, Kain, zero, Rima, shiki, Ichijo, and also Aidou. Each was ordered to give droplets of blood inside the glass. Aidou wanted to ask the reason before he did what was ordered, but, he can't, a glare from Yuuki and Kaname was making him scared. It was like their saying…*do what is ordered, no buts, who disobey is punished*. When the night class filled the glass half full, Kaname took his turn and so is Seiren, the last was Yuuki. Tomomi was getting confused.
She was about to run away but her feet were forcedly glued to the ground, it was like Kaname was at fault on that. Seiren then came near her.
"Airi…" she whispered with a sad face.
"Eh?" Tomomi was getting more bewildered on what was going on. Seiren sighed and placed a serious look on her face.
"Drink this…" she demanded. Tomomi disagreed with a shook of her head. Seiren then forced her. In the end she drank it all. Well it wouldn't taste good for her if she's human, well, what happened, it hadn't got a taste on her tongue, but the beating of her heart was as loud as a roar.
Then everything in her body began to thump. Her heart was going to explode. Her eyes could pop out, her head hurts, and she began to stagger. She fell on her knees as she loses her breath. The others wanted to go near her but Yuuki and Kaname forbid them, though Yuuki wanted to come near her to.
Then blood came out of her head, it was showering her body. She stayed in her spot, unable to move while filled with blood. Suddenly, the blood wrapped around her began to freeze. It made her turn to a stone of blood. The stone was shining in a figure of tomomi on her knees.
After some moments of silent, no one had any comments or chatters; all was waiting for the next thing to happen. Suddenly, the stone broke to small red glitters. The tomomi who had black hair and brown eyes turned to a girl having long smooth silver hair and shinning blue eyes.
"Whaaaa…." Zero astonished and so are the others, stared at her who was just like tomomi though had a different aura. The girl looked around her also wandering what they are looking at, and then she had a glance on Aidou. Aidou froze on his spot. She was familiar to him.
"ai-chan…" the girl smiled at him showing her fangs. The familiar girl gave memories back to Aidou.
"Airi…" he said with the breeze of the wind.
Then in the midst of the darkness, hiding from the highest peak of trees, a voice of a girl said "finally found you…Airi"
Under the eclipse, a revelation was made. New challenges, characters and travels to the past will be unraveled in this new beginning.
