Fate: Rebirth
Summary: Death can be cruel and you find you have so many things you want to say to the people you love so dearly but... What if you were reborn and the memories you held so dearly then are still there. Would you not want to make things right for your past-self?
Elliot X Reo (main)
There will be spoilers so please be aware.
Chapter 13- Alyss
"I cannot believe my mother would do something like this…" Reo mutters as he swept the kitchen out from all the broken shards of glass. He had come back to the apartments after work to find his mother had left him a note stating that she had a new mattress, couch, and several other things for his apartment that she would drop off later that day. He was shocked by it but he knew he couldn't keep sleeping in Elliot's apartment so he planned on telling his mother that he'd pay her back. While he was cleaning he heard shuffling of feet before he looked up to see who it was.
"Reo-kun, where do you want me to put these books at?" Jill asks appearing in the kitchen with a stack of eight, thick, books in her arms.
"Oh, you can just set them by the bookshelf… Thanks for helping me out here, Jill-chan." He says smiling slightly at the girl, who smiled back at him.
"It's not a problem. I want to know about this thing that's planning on attacking you anyway." She says with a serious sounding voice as she walked into the living room and Reo dumped the shards of his plates into the garbage.
'The thing that's attacking me…Ellyn Bertrand, the white queen, the one that had kidnapped you.' He thought silently not wanting to tell Jill that, afraid of what she might do. "Yeah, about that… I'm not really sure who it is. It's just someone who wants that rabbit my friend gave me when I was little." Reo says as he heard the sound of books falling and Jill appeared back in the kitchen with wide eyes.
"Whatever you do, don't give it to them!" She says with a serious tone and Reo looked at bit curious as to why she responded the way she did. "I-I mean…It's important to you! It's the only thing that you have left of that kid right?" She says with a slight blush forming on her cheeks as she looked to the side.
'What was that about?' Reo thought frowning as he sighed, not wanting to upset her so he played along with her cover up. "Yeah, it's the only thing I have left." He says watching her smile slightly. "I wasn't planning to give it to anyone, especially someone who trashes my apartment trying to steal it." He adds with a slight scowl and Jill nodded with a slight relieved look.
"Right… I'm going to finish putting the books away." She says before she disappeared into the living room. Reo simply shook his head and grabbed a garbage bag.
'I wonder why Jill reacted like that…I figured that she'd act the opposite and tell me to just give it to them.' Reo thought frowning at the thought. 'Why am I not just giving it to them again?' Reo thought frowning as he moved to the bed room where the bed and curtains were still shredded but the walls were no longer filled with death threats and gruesome details of how he would die. Shuddering at the memory of what was once on the walls he remembered that Elliot had said Ellyn would just kill him no matter what. 'Just my luck… I move out and I get attacked by a psychopath.' He thought as he began picking up the shredded pieces from the floor. While he cleaned he thought he heard a phone ring and glanced toward the door to see Jill digging through her purse. He smiled slightly before he went over to take down his ruined curtains. As he did so he noticed a familiar looking woman walking up the hill. "Isn't that the whore that hit on Elliot when we were in the piano room?" Reo thought frowning slightly as he remembered her and how she called him a woman. "Does she even live here? That was the only time I saw her… Maybe she lives on a different floor." Reo says softly as he heard Jill yelling at someone.
"I don't care that Miki-san's coming, Jacob!" Jill states with an annoyed tone as Reo walked out of the bed room. "No, I don't want to go there; you know what happened the last time! It won't happen again? As if, I am not going down there! Why? Because you're a jerk, Jacob, that's why!" She states throwing her hand up in the air. "Why am I being so mean, you are the one who is being mean! You know I can't stand that part of town, and to think you can handle it! Ugh… Just thinking about going even close to that church's area makes me sick with fear." Jill says with a slight pained look on her face. "Elliot won't want to go either! Oh, don't you dare call him! Elliot will throw a fit, if you drag him out there! Don't you hang up on me! Jacob!" Jill shouts before glaring at the floor. "That bastard… He knows none of us like going to the west sector but just because there's a rave going on he wants to drag us all down there." She growled before dialing a number but she noticed Reo standing there and she closed her phone. "Hey, what's up? Find something missing?" She asks causing Reo to blink in confusion before laughing softly.
"No…No, I just heard you yelling at someone and I came out to make sure you were okay." He says softly and Jill sighed.
"I am… Jacob just wanted me to go to a rave. I'm not into the human stomping crowds or drugs and alcohol." She says sighing as Reo smiled slightly.
"Didn't think he was either…" Reo says crossing his arms as he recalled the brief encounter with the young man.
"He's not…He's going for the damn blinking binkies and techno music. He's so weird…" She says with a slight pout before smiling slightly. "I just wish it wasn't down there… I mean he's really brave, braver than me at least. But I just cannot go down there." She says sighing slightly causing Reo to open his mouth to ask her why she was afraid but she continued. "Oh yeah that reminds me, an old friend from high school called me the other day. She said that she had something big to tell me and wanted to get the old gang together tonight and go drinking. Want to come and play escort, since you have today and tomorrow off." Jill says with a casual look on her face and Reo smiled slightly at the fact she changed subjects so quick.
"If you want me too…" Reo says with a slight chuckle watching the girl smile brightly.
"Of course, she'll be happy to see I'm not friendless." Jill says with a slight giggle. "Ah, maybe we should convince Jacob to come too so he won't go to that damn rave." She says opening her phone to call Jacob. Reo simply smiled slightly at her before he went to finish cleaning up the mess in his bed room.
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"So, Elliot moved back here...I suppose, since this is where it all started, he would come back here." A girl says with a solemn look on her red lips with the rest of her face hidden in the shadow of her white bangs. She then moved forward with her long white hair swaying back and forth behind her gently. 'Maybe I should have called him first…but I don't know his number.' She thought with a bit of misery in her purple eyes as she walked into the apartment complex, her white heals click against the concrete of the apartment complex. Her red dress flowed around her cream colored legs as she approached the desk, where the landlady was sitting doing paper work. She asked the lady at the desk what floor Elliot Bertrand lived on before she sensed someone behind her and instantly knew who it was. "Good afternoon, Miki-san. It's been four years since we've last seen each other, you haven't changed a bit." The girl says calmly as she turned to look at the woman with a warm smile.
"I didn't believe it when I was told you'd come back but you actually did decide to show your face here again, even after we warned you to stay away, Oujosama." Miki says as the girl glared at her with piercing purple eyes.
"I've come to speak to my little brother about something… And I will not allow you or anyone else, for that matter, call me Oujosama… that name is tasteless and foul. I have no interest in such a title. Now if you excuse me, I have to speak to Elliot." She says passing Miki before her arm was grabbed and she was pulled into a hall way away from the stairs. "M-Miki-san!" She growls before she got 'shhed' and they watched as the blond woman, Chiara walked into the building. Chiara was looking around confusedly before she spoke to the lady at the desk, asking her about a white haired woman before turning toward the stairs. As she walked away Miki let the girl go and she turned to Miki.
"Who is that and why is she asking about me?" She questions.
"Calm down, Alyss-chan… It's just one of the obsessive girls that are after Elliot. I have my suspicions about her but you have to go back to Reveil. Ellyn showed her face again and Elliot's got his priority to protect the target!" Miki states harshly as he watching the girl frown.
"Haven't you got my invitation yet?" She asks softly in a slight confused way, watching the girl raise her eye brow.
"Invitation to what?" Miki questions before the girl smiled gently.
"It's a surprise... And my name is no longer Alyss. It's Alyson but Alyss is still my nickname." She states calmly as Miki frowned slightly.
"Seriously? You change your name more than anyone I've ever met." Miki says with a slight sigh and the girl laughed slightly.
"This time I legally changed it…" She says watching Miki tilt her head curiously. "I changed it because Ellyn was getting close to finding me and was sending me death threats." She explains with a small sigh. "I wanted to tell Elliot to watch out because she might be here in Sablier but I didn't have his number. Kain had to give me his address so I could send out the invitations… but…He's going to be mad at me if he has yet to receive it." She says with a small frown on her lips.
"Alyss-chan… Ellyn is here in Sablier or one of the neighboring towns and she's threatening a boy, who lives here. Elliot doesn't need you to give information to him but if you are being threatened, that's what he needs to know." Miki says softly and Alyss shook her head.
"I am being threatened by one of the subordinates of Ellyn Bertrand, not Ellyn herself. Miki-san, you know, you were my friend but I am able to fight for myself. My baby brother doesn't need to worry about me… Who's the boy that is being threatened?" She says placing her hands onto her hips.
"That's none of your concern, it is Pandora Business… Just go back to Reviel. Elliot's got his hands full right now so he doesn't need you bothering him." She states causing the girl to pout.
"Fine…I'll just contact Kain again and get Elliot's number. I need to speak to him but I hope you get my invite, Miki-san, and I would really like for you to attend." She states before turning and storming out of the building with a scowl on her lips. Miki simply sighed and scratched the back of her head.
"The last thing we needed is her coming back into the picture. Damn bitch… I don't know why William liked her so much!" Miki states with an annoyed look on her face before she turned around intending to find out what Chiara was doing asking about the girl, Alyss.
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"No, he wasn't able to stop by today... Something came up and he had to go into work." Elliot says into his cellphone as he wrote on a top spiral tablet. "Hn… I know you want to spend time with her Oz but that place is dangerous, Ellyn might still be hiding in that sector." He continues tapping his pen onto the spiral of wire at the top of his notebook. "You should really apologize to her… You need her on your side. She'd do anything to make you happy." He says calmly and he chuckled slightly at the whine that was emitted. "That doesn't matter to Jill, does it?" Elliot says softly as he sighed. "Call her back and apologize, tell her that she doesn't have to go and tell Miki that's she's not allowed to breach Pandora's restrictions on her. Okay?" Elliot says softly before smirking. "Right…Kiss my ass, Vessalius." He says before hanging the phone up. "Honestly, that man is worse than his sister, when it comes to stirring up trouble." He says shaking his head slightly as he smirked at the memories that popped into his head. 'Well, he's always been worse.' He thought smiling at the thought before he heard a knock at the door and frowned. 'Maybe it's Reo and Jill… I told them they would need help, moving that mattress out of the apartment.' He thought walking over to the door. He opened the door before seeing Chiara and he frowned. "What do you want?" He questions as she pushed her way into the apartment.
"Looking for someone…" She says casually scanning the room. "Huh…She's not here." She says with a slight annoyed look before she turned to Elliot with a sweet smile. "But that means I have you all to myself for now." She says standing inches away from Elliot.
"Considering you came into my apartment without my permission, I can use force to get you to leave." Elliot says with no emotion in his voice.
"That's mean… And here I thought we could get to know each other better... You never return my calls, it's rude you know." Chiara says poking the center of Elliot's chest with a small pout on her lips.
"Stealing my cell number from one of my cousins after you drugged them, at the bar, doesn't make you, number one on my list of people to answer calls to…now does it?" Elliot says pushing her back but she frowned.
"I didn't do anything like that…They gave it to me out of the kindness of their hearts because they know we love each other." Chiara says softly causing Elliot to roll his eyes.
"Just because you were family in the past life, does not mean I love you in this life." Elliot states glaring at her and she smiled lovingly to him.
"But we can be family again…" She says softly causing Elliot shake his head.
"Remember what I did to said family, Chiara? My name's Queen of Hearts for a reason, you know." Elliot says coolly as Chiara shook her head.
"It doesn't matter to me… I still care about you. You were being controlled by the Humpty Dumpty… by that Baskerville! You didn't do it to me on purpose." Chiara says softly reaching out, wrapping her arms around Elliot's neck.
"Right… That's what you want to believe." He says grabbing her arms to push her away but he heard someone clear their throat. Elliot looked to see Miki leaning against the open door way.
"I don't mean to interrupt you, Elliot. Lord knows, you love doing it with whores, but I thought it was my turn today." She states watching Chiara pull away from Elliot and glare at her.
"What's that supposed to mean…How dare you call me a whore. I don't believe you…" Chiara growls but Miki pushed her out of the apartment and slammed the door shut, locking it as she did so. Elliot smirked as the two listened to her yell at Miki before Elliot held out his head offering a seat on the couch.
"Thanks for the help, she's really a pain sometimes but she wasn't being as bad today." Elliot says softly as he watched Miki sit down on the couch.
"You're too powerful... Your siblings, from two hundred years ago, still have sibling complexes for you even though they're reborn into different people." She says in a complaining voice as she leaned over the arm of the couch she sat on. "And the siblings you have now are fighting over you like a couple of children." She says with a slight laugh as Elliot walked over to the back of the couch, right behind Miki.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Elliot says softly watching Miki shift so she was staring up at him.
"I ran into Alyss-chan a few minutes ago. I got her to leave but she said that she was being threatened by one of Ellyn's people." Miki says with a small frown on her lips. She watched the surprise pass through his eyes before worried filled them.
"Was she here to ask for help?" Elliot asks softly and Miki smirked.
"I doubt it…She had something big to tell you apparently." She says softly as Elliot glanced to the door before looking back at Miki.
"If you see her again, tell her to go to Pandora and inform them, please. I have work tonight so if you could keep an eye on her…" He says softly and Miki smiled.
"You'll owe me." Miki says with a childish tone before Elliot smirked.
"What do you want?" He asks watching her eyes light up.
"The usual…Please and thank you." She says with a bright childish grin on her face.
"Right… I'll give it to you after work tonight." He says casually and Miki sighs.
"Can't… I'm going to a rave with Jacob… I could swear that he and William are one and the same, with the way that they act." Miki says gleefully and Elliot frowns slightly.
"Where exactly is this rave, Miki?" Elliot says casually and Miki frowns.
"West sector." She replies crossing her arms with a slight frown on her lips and Elliot nods.
"And what is in West sector?" Elliot asks with a parental tone causing Miki to roll her eyes.
"The Red light district…" She responds with a sigh.
"And what's there that is forbidden to all heads of the head sector?"
"The church... Where Ellyn and your father, Basile locked all of us away in the basement and tormented us to the point of madness in order to obtain the intention of the abyss's powers." Miki states coolly watching Elliot smile.
"And why are people not allowed there, Miki?" He questions causing Miki to groan.
"On the outside, it's because the church's suspensions had given away and it is now a pile of unstable ruins and if we went there and caused something more to collapse we'd get in trouble. But in reality, it's because we could…" She states in annoyance as Elliot smiled slightly and cut her off.
"Very good…" Elliot says with a slight laugh and Miki frowned.
"Fine, I'll tell Jacob that I can't make it but I want that picture to be the best damn picture I've ever seen of him, got that!" Miki states in annoyance and Elliot chuckled softly.
"Right… I'll make sure it is." He says with a laugh as he turned away from the couch. "I'll make it a nice nude shot." Elliot says with a slight grin on his lips as he heard a squeal from Miki.
"Don't, you, dare, He'll think I'm a perv! He won't ever talk to me again!" Miki shouts with a red face brimming with rage and embarrassment.
"You said 'the best damn picture', didn't you?" Elliot says with a teasing way as a smile playing across his thin lips causing the girl leer at him with a silent threat of death if he took a picture like of the person in such a way.
"I meant quality! Not, what is in the damn picture!" Miki states as she watched Elliot turn toward the kitchen.
"Okay…Okay… I'll get it you the picture and it'll be a normal one, okay? Geez, getting so worked up over some teasing, I never thought someone like you could be like that…" He says with a slight laugh as he sensed her follow him.
"Like you're one to talk, Mr. I'm Elliot Bertrand, Respect me, you whore!" Miki states with a red face and Elliot smiled at her reference to his past life.
"Right and the response was Shut up you stupid brat, or I'll drop you and show you what I'm made of. And you meant a different type of drop then I thought." Elliot says coolly as Miki smiled at him gently.
"You know it… But because of that, you became my first friend in a long time. I wish I could at least find my special person like you did." Miki says with a small sigh causing Elliot pat her head.
"I'm glad you got over Ellyn… It was unhealthy to be in love with her." Elliot says gently as his hand was swatted away.
"Knock it off! I'm older than you, yah know." She states in annoyance before Elliot snorted in amusement.
"You don't act like it…" He says as he walked over to the fridge. "Want to have lunch with me? Kain and his sisters were supposed to come over but they had to cancel their plans because of work." He says pulling out some vegetables and Miki tilted her head in amusement.
"Am I being asked on a date by the Queen of Hearts? My lucky day…" Miki says playfully as Elliot pushed her back slightly so he could set the food, he had gathered from the fridge, down.
"If you think so… Personally, I think it'd be your unlucky day. Doesn't the Queen of Hearts also mean the Beheading Queen?" Elliot says playfully, pulling a cutting knife out of the draw.
"Hmm… I suppose so." Miki says with a slight laugh.
"Don't forget to call Jacob and tell him that you cannot make it." Elliot says beginning to wash the vegetables he had gotten from the fridge. Miki simply shrugged and pulled out her phone.
"Well, since you're making me lunch." She says with a slight wink before walking out into the living room, listening to Elliot chuckle as she did so. 'He's still the same Elliot I remember… I hope he does get attached to Reo again though. He's only going to cause himself misery again…' She thought smiling sadly as she dialed the number to Jacob's cellphone.