Recap:
A lot of things had happened when Team Tiedoll consisting of Juuri, Kanda, Marie and Marshall Froi Tiedoll himself, had reached Edo, Japan only to witness the remaining members of Team Cross in a pinch. One of the things that had happened was Kanda Yu's battle against the Noah of Wrath, Skinn Bolic and how the group had reluctantly left the said teammate alone on his own.
All had been moving according to normal when Juuri had unexpectedly found herself yearning for something, making her unleash one of her newly acquired skill, Reaper.
On the side note, bad things must always happen as Moloch has once again entered the stage and stole Juuri's journal, hoping for it to fall on the enemies hands and thus trying to prepare the next stage for his dear Master.
Things had become a lot messier when Lemi, a friend of Jirainne in High School had mysteriously found herself in D. Gray Man.
How did she got here and what exactly is her Innocence?
Disclaimer:
I do not own D. Gray Man, Katsura Hoshino does.
I do not own The Beginning by ONE OK ROCK, I just love it. I use it for inspiration.
I only own my OC's.
Warning: May Contain Excessive Cursing
"Just give me a reason,
To keep my heart beating.
Don't worry it's safe right here in my arms.
That flash of light called grief is a driving impulse
So blinded I can't see the end
So where do I begin?"
'Dirty.'
"Just hold on tight," Eighteen year old male wearing slightly ragged clothes said as he dangerously swerve the bike near the gutter, almost a hair breadth away from falling off the road. "I promise, once we get to the capital, I'm sure we will lose them."
'Unclean.'
"Get them!"
"You two are not going to make it!" The pursuers cackled, sending cold shivers down the male's spine. He tried to hide it, desperately, just for the sake of the girl clutching his worn out jacket behind him. But Glen was no fool; he knew something was wrong with her.
'Trash'
She was not speaking nor responding to everything he said. It was like; she was completely detached to the world for a while now.
That is why she hated him.
'If ever they were able to lost them, so what?' She thought.
He was too late to save her. And she knew this too.
What is the point of running away? Everything, everything she ever had is now gone.
All that was left was her beating heart, trying to pump away the coldness in her veins.
"Please no! I beg of you! Let me go!"
"Ahaha!"
"Please! PLEASE!"
No matter how much she pleaded, they never listened.
"Nooooo….NO!"
No matter how much she cried, they never stopped.
"This is going to be fun."
"Ya' bet it will!"
"PLEASE!"
She remembered it, how she tried to thrash around, only to be knocked back to the cold floor of the podium.
Why was it her? Why of all people it was needed to be her?
Those lustful eyes, those dirty hands, those…those!
'Dirty.'
"SAVE ME ANYONE! PLEASE!"
It hurts! It hurts! IT HURTS!
It is that thing's fault! Those people were just controlled. They're eyes- those barren eyes.
"STOP!"
And now, she asked herself, what was the reason for her to continue living after this?
'Unclean.'
"Don't worry, I will do anything to get away from here. Just trust me L-" Glen tried to reassure the girl behind him, only to be cut off by small hands pushing him off the bike in an alarming rate.
'Huh?'
Everything seem to move in a slowly as his body completely fell off the other side of the road, only for a truck to appear out of nowhere and run over the poor fellow.
What did she do?
There was a sickening crack heard. At the same time, the bike made a screeching sound against the asphalt, crashing on the side railing and sending the female harshly against the pavement. The pursuers, having witnessed the accident, instantly left the two in disappointment.
She killed him.
"S-S…a…ve…m…me! "
And no matter how much she asked for help, no one ever came.
It has only been a day since the return of the Exorcists but the ruckus caused by the urgent prioritization of studying the great white mass that is the Ark is making the whole science division in a mess. Scientists from different branches can be seen scattered around the South Laboratory, either in awe or confusion of looking at another big, strange, round object called the Egg.
After all it was used by the Millennium Earl to make those heinous and heartless Akuma.
However, this kind of noise is only contained inside the South Laboratory.
On the darker halls of the Black Order, it was a different issue. There were no scientists walking or lumping around to get toward the cafeteria, no Finders bickering or complaining about their unsuccessful search for any Innocence fragment, even the Exorcists were still strictly detained inside the infirmary, which made the hallways more dreadful that what it originally looks like.
But these gloomy halls can never compare to the perplexing creature that was currently making its way swiftly into the ambiguous darkness of the hallway.
It sneered, delightfully tracing random lines on the wall before slowing down to a stop.
"Finally,"
Out nowhere, a lone man with disheveled brown hair had stepped in to the hallway, alerting the other of its presence.
"Hey, you there! What are you do-"The man paused for a moment, squinting his eyes through the darkness. "Ah! I remember you! Weren't you the one with the Supervisor yesterday?"
The other person seemed to be surprised for a moment, trying to calculate the situation in silence. Fortunately enough when the unknown person had taken a good look on the scientist's face, an idea immediately crossed its mind.
"Yes, I was that person," The unknown person smiled, stepping out from the shadows, revealing long straight brownish-yellow locks and tangerine eyes. " -forgive me but I was quite lost in my way, Scientist-san."
Reever being the gentleman that he is immediately obliged without a second thought. "Ah, lost, huh." He scratched his head in thought, mildly cursing himself for his probably disheveled appearance infront of a lady. "Actually, I was about to go to the cafeteria, you like to grab something there?"
After a few seconds of silence, the hesitant female shook her head in reply.
"It…is not the cafeteria. "
"Eh! Ugh, well," Reever having realized his fault, started panicking a little before sighing in defeat.
Who could not blame him for being disorganized much worse for the lack of any specificity?
The numbers of scientist coming over from different branches, assembling different machines of different sizes and to add, the growing competition between the science division and the other scientists is not helping anyone at all.
Did he say that the Central Administration from the Vatican has started, to again, influence the Order's actions with regards to the Egg and the Fourteenth?
And just when everything seems to be back to normal again…" The Chief of the Science Division cannot help but shake his head in dismay.
"Umm.."
Reever hurriedly cleared his throat and taking yet another look at the young girl's form.
Small thin arms that seem to break from the slightest touch, her awfully pale complexion that probably suggests slight anemia and to top it all, this girl seems to remind him of Miranda when she first came here.
But the main point is, this child will certainly go out there killing Akuma and fighting against the Millennium Earl with the same thin arms.
Deep inside Reever, he felt weak.
This kind of stress is nothing compared to the pain and suffering of these children are facing every single day of their lives out there in the battlefield.
Before his mind completely wandered off into oblivion, the brown haired Australian scientist gave out a huge sigh.
"Then where do you want to go?"
"Really now, you cry far too much."
Lenalee chided her brother who in return, only flailed around in objection. She had just woken up a few hours ago inside the infirmary only to found herself being asked for a hundred times about her condition before the said male had finally ceased to crying on the bed sheet.
Which was quite more problematic than before.
"But Lenalee's beautiful hair was…" The undignified face of the supposedly Supervisor of the Black Order came out from the confines of the now poor sullied bed sheets "-the most lovely hair in the world!"
Sadly enough, Lenalee does miss her long hair. The soft long locks that always flow down her shoulder is not there anymore.
But she'll definitely regrow it, just like what Anita-san had wished for.
Still, the green haired female exorcist cannot help but sigh in defeat from her brother's childish actions. But no matter how childish it is, Komui will always be his beloved brother, always cheering her up especially at these times.
But it doesn't mean she can tolerate it all the time.
"Quit saying such embarrassing things!"
"But!But!But!But!"
The Head Nurse angrily tried to snatch the dirty sheets away from Komui. "Cut it out! You're in the way Supervisor!" She tried to yank it for a second time but to no avail. "If you're just going to soil the bed, you can just g][=et out!"
"How am I soiling the bed?" Komui sniffed a gooey.
"With your face!"
There were actually other occupants of the room considering that the small room of the infirmary consists of only female patients. Miranda the German female exorcist who is lying next to Lenalee, is chuckling softly from all the chatters.
"Head Nurse, how cruel..."
While the others are engrossed in a conversation or much more an argument to literally forcing the sister complex brother out, another occupant of the room remained alienated from all the commotion.
"Ne, Nii-san," The younger Lee asked his brother just enough before the said male was chased out of the room, gaining the attention of the others. "Is she," Lenalee took a dejected look at the girl lying soundlessly at the far end of the room. "-will Juuri be fine?"
For a second, no one dared to utter a word.
"Lenalee-chan…"
At that time when Miranda was about to cease her activation, no one was prepared to witness an act.
Komui who had remained silent for a whole minute, made his way toward the far end of the room where the supposedly girl was resting.
Deep long black tresses combed sideways probably by the Head Nurse, were neatly framing Juuri's feverish face. There were also a lot of bandages strapped around her arms and chests which still do have faint blood smears, most likely were about to be changed. At least now, she is not using the respirator anymore.
The amount of blood dripping down the floor was still fresh in their minds.
"JUURI!"
"Oi! What-"
There was a sudden gleam of green light as Juuri's Innocence the Death Scythe, strangely activated out of the blue, not in its normal scythe form but as multiple blades shooting out from inside the female exorcist's body.
The Innocence rampage only lasted for a few seconds but enough to deal great damage towards its accommodator.
THUMP!
All that Komui can do was just to stand there and adjust the blanket over her.
The thirty five years old Supervisor made his way toward the exit, not minding thee worried looks that was given to him by the others. "All we can do is wait," With a final nod toward the Head Nurse, Komui gave a small smile at his sister before finally closing the door behind him.
"-and also hope for a miracle."
11:58 am
"-So form a group of two and critique one Shakespearean tragedies such as Othelio, Titus Adronicus, Hamlet-" The short haired Vietnamese teacher said as she walked around the room reading her old literature book. The room has open windows on both sides, acting as ventilation since the start of school, it also provides some relaxation for the High School building itself since it is locatoed on top of a lush green hill.
Of which now turned into a picturesque sepia color as fall had started to begin again.
'A group of two? How troublesome.' The short-haired brunette gingerly thought as she looked around dully the room. 'The other one will do all the work, while the other will just stupidly brag about the merit.'
Out of the blue, a lone maple tree leaf fell innocently on the lone girl's desk. With a surprised look, she took it, playfully flipping the stem as she think of what tragedy of Shakespeare she will critique. Probably the revengeful soldier Titus or maybe just Hamlet?
"Hey, hey! Where do you think we should eat lunch?" She heard a girl from behind said "How about Mcdonalds?"
"Haven't you got enough of that? You'll get fat!"
"Bodoh! Anda perlu berfikir tentang angka anda!"
"Aku lapar…"
"Shhh!"
11:59 am
She cannot believe that those girls who were chatting just awhile ago were the nearest thing that she can call "friends".
It was not actually a friendship made out of trust but rather of deceit, these people who were all after fame and power in this world called high school.
"-And on Monday, we will have a small quiz concerning Hamlet-"
A group of girls that do nothing but talk about boys, their figure, the latest fashion, gossips and their favorite hobby after school, to dine at their local café and backstab a certain person.
The girl is not after this frivolous thing nor interested in it either. She was just led by this group because of her superior grades and also by her family's social status.
She knows it is wrong, even rotten of her, to let things happen.
But she still embraced it. She didn't care that much anymore.
Simply put, she was long tired of being the goody-two-shoes.
Silently, she looked down at her silver wrist watch for the time, intent on watching the seconds hand to approach the number 12.
12:00
DING DONG!
"-and remember, you need to submit that report on Friday. I won't entertain late submissions."
The bell from the nearby abandoned chapel had started to resonate, signaling the end of the morning classes and implying the time for lunch. Before she was even invited for lunch, she immediately rose up to her feet and left the room.
...
Next period was supposed to be Advanced Music Class but the professor called sick yesterday, making the whole afternoon free, which was good for her as she ate her lunch silently at one of the podium of the abandoned chapel.
This place had become her small haven since she was still a freshman. And by means of haven, means that she even hid her heavy chemistry books and even her violin under the altar. After all, students were strictly prohibit to come into this premises, so practically, there was nothing to worry about losing her stuff.
She had found this place when she was strolling around the campus perimeter when she came upon this isolated building behind the agriculture building. Although abandoned, the chapel bell was still used automatically to signal time since the bell was not yet able to be transferred into the new chapel near the gymnasium.
She took another look at her wrist watch.
12:37 pm
Quite enough time to practice some music sheets with her violin.
"Hey,hey! We are not supposed to go in here, are we?"
'Eh?'
"Just give me a moment, okay?"
"Chinese people aren't supposed to be religious."
"Where did that messed up logic came from?"
"From your ass."
"You two…"
'I better hide!' The short haired brunette thought as she duck under the altar table.
Without warning, the double doors of the chapel opened widely, revealing three female students wearing the same yellow ribbon that she also had, which only means that they were students from her class.
"Bloody fantastic, Lim. Bloody fantastic."
'Lim? Isn't that the last name of the rumored slut girl that had sex with her father?' She unconsciously raised her brow in thought. 'I forgot she was in Section A.'
"Hey guys!" From nowhere, a hand suddenly grabbed her shoulders from behind, making her jump in surprise. In reflex, she harshly smacked it way, but not enough to break free from the iron-wield grasp. When she turned around, she was greeted by mischievous hazel orbs of a Hispanic teenage girl.
"If it isn't the famed Ms. First? Fancy meeting you here.."
"This girl…?" The girl known as Lim muttered as she innocently blinks her tangerine colored eyes. "-the one who scored the highest at the national entrance exam?!"
"I think Miss Valedictorian also had a weird hobby of praying at restricted places." A tall girl with short curly black hair said softly as she leans back onto on of the double doors. "I think I heard that breaking even one school rule is enough to stain your perfect mark with a line of 75 in morals and values."
She cannot help feel alarmed at their next words.
"Why don't we try it out?"
'Are they serious?'
Surely, her peaceful days of eating here in confinement will end right at this moment-
" That critique too! I just remembered! You are the answer to my prayers!" Without warning, the girl named Lim said as she hurled herself towards the slightly wary girl. "Actually, we are just a bunch of three and I still need a partner for English!"
'What is with this people..?'
"-Lemi! Are you even listening to what-"
"Will you be my partner? You see, Fiamma already have Krysten-jie." She smiled brightly as she gently took a hold of her cold hands. "Sorry! Er-yeah! You can call me Lemi! That is what I am called by my friends!"
'Friends?' She thought, as she unconsciously recall the image of a Chinese slut girl that was always been talked upon every afternoon at a nearby café. This girl was the complete opposite of what she had thought she was.
'Her hands is so warm. It is so warm.'
"We are four now, huh.." The older female leaning on the doorway cannot help but smile a little.
"No way! We are supposed to blackmail this rich girl-"
"So, it is Jirainne Serra, right? Will you join us at my house this afternoon? My mother makes really sweet cakes, you know."
'How can you ask me that when you already have a hold of my hands?'
For a moment, the girl who is known as Jirainne seemed to be lost in thought from this unsure warmth.
'Will it still be a tragedy?'
"Umm..?"
"Y-yeah." Jirainne instantly looked away, averting her eyes on the clear blue sky. "I'll be your partner."
It seemed like she is not going to go to those silly afternoon tea at the local café ever again.
"Well, you are just new here afterall. You sure you're fine here?" Reever asked for the third time. The sleep deprived and caffeine dependent scientist had been leading the new female exorcist around the Order, only to end up infront of the infirmary door.
Lemi nodded gratefully. "Yes, thank you so much for your help."
"Goodluck there then."
With a small wave, Lemi watched the retreating form of the man as it disappeared from the pitch black halls of the Order.
"It is here, huh."
The brownish-yellow haired female knocked a few times before opening the said door and taking a small peak." Erm, I a was just-" The moment Lermiana had opened the door, a small metal pail came flying straight to her head. Without any second to spare, all she could do was closed her eyes, waiting for the impact.
"YU!"
CLANG!
Confused as to why she hasn't felt any pain or any oozing blood from head, the Chinese female took this as a cue to open her eyes, only to come face to face with an old man with messy gray hair wearing thick red glasses. "Are you hurt?"
"Y-Yes. " Lermiana said, still stunned from the recent event while also feeling the eyes of all the room occupants centered at her. "I- I mean, no! No, I'm just fine."
Marshall Tiedoll nodded."That's good to hear." The old Marshall adjusted his glasses before sending his student a disappointed look. "Yu-kun, you should show some manners and apologize to this lady."
"Che."
When Lermiana got a better look at her surroundings, she immediately noticed two things. The first one was that the room is full of, or mostly men aside from a single nurse that is currently picking up what she perceived as hospital materials, including the pail that was almost became the reason of her demise.
In which she was very, very, very thankful of not having contact with her face. Who knows what concussion of worse coma she will have if it ever did happened.
'Thank the heavens for my luck.'
Lastly, she took note of how odd they were to her eyes. She know somehow that she should get used to this 'animately' projection of things and human appearance but every single time she looked at them, especially the red and blue haired males that was standing a few meters away from her, Lermiana always gets this uneasy feeling of being swept away inside a kaleidoscope. Like it is a reality different from her own.
Even her own pastel like appearance bothers her.
"STRIKE!~"
Before she even fully collected her thoughts, the red haired male that she was just looking awhile ago, immediately disappeared from her sight, only to reappear a few inches infront of her, his hands grasping hers out of a sudden.
Rather than being embarrassed, she felt surprised.
"Ne, ne! What is your name, beautiful Miss? This is the first we've met," The red haired male eagerly asked. Lermiana noticed how odd he is by wearing an eye patch over his right eye and yet revealing green marble like eyes on the other. Was it the time for Halloween for him to be playing pirate?
"-and taking note that we don't have much female member, I take it your new?"
"Baka usagi." She heard the long haired male, who she assumed as the one who had thrown the pail to her face, grumbled in what she thought in Nihongo.
"What was that about, Yu~"
Lermiana might try not to show it but she is kind of feeling intimidated the mere thought of being surrounded by the opposite sex much worse, being hold upon by a complete stranger.
She was in any case, has a boyfriend of her own.
'But saying that, Glen will-is-' Lermiana immediately shook her head, forcefully dismissing her thoughts to the back of her head.
The man with glasses intervened for the second time."Lavi," He made a gesture to pat the younger male on the back. "-I think you should introduce yourself first. It seems to me like the miss here was quite uncomfortable with you holding her out of the blue. "
"Ah! My bad, my bad."
"You should apologize, Kanda." Another man with burly features, whom Lermiana recognized to be sitting on the bed beside a comatose male, spoke in avertedly.
Kanda, feeling condemn by a thing that wasn't even his fault in the first place, impatiently clicked his tongue in irritation. "Why should I?" When the blue haired samurai met the look of his Marshall, Kanda cannot help but feel his agitation rising up to the next level.
'Why can't they understand the simple meaning of solitude?'
Seriously, what was so wrong with getting some fresh air and a peaceful nap? A thing that very much the opposite of what he is experiencing inside this rambunctious cell called an infirmary.
He has better plans rather than sitting around with a bunch of idiots.
Another thing that has been bothering him lately was what exactly the condition of that idiot residing on the other side of the wall.
Him knowing nothing about the situation and just sitting around here is completely pissing him off.
Those stupid nurses would not even tell them a single thing rather than she was still knocked out, which didn't help much with his mood.
And this, what he guess might be another stupid girl, marching inside like some royalty.
'Who the fuck is she anyway?'
As if his questions were heard, the old man suddenly brought out the topic itself. "Ah, right! I heard from Komui that we are going to have a new Exorcist."
Kanda immediately caught on where this talk is going.
"Yes," She spoke hesitantly. "My name is Lermiana Mei Lim. Glad to meet you."
'You can't be serious!'
"Really?! Lucky me! Woohoo!"
"Another Exorcist-san?"
"Welcome to the Black Order."
"Oi, oi-"
BAM!
The door was opened harshly from its hinges, catching the attention of the whole room, some of which had jumped from their feet in surprise, including Lermiana.
"NURSE!" A girl with long dark hair, just like the night said, making the poor Nurse that was still picking up the discarded tools from the floor, unconsciously cringe in surprise. "Y-yes?"
"Do you have some paracetamol? Ibuprofen? I feel like my head was just smashed by a truck and I can't," She grabbed a handful of her hair, harshly gripping it from the roots. "-just please hurry."
The moment they had gotten a glimpse of that familiar black hair, the room instantly turned quiet.
The nurse having realized the situation, immediately excused herself to get some medicines from the storage.
The idiot brat that Kanda was referring to awhile ago is now in front of them or more like in front of him, her chocolate brown gaze still held light in them. Her appearance was the same as ever, the only difference was the white top and short shorts that she is wearing, and also the bandages that cover her body. Some of it, still have some blood stains. Although it was obvious that the brat is having a terrible headache with her constantly clutching her head, all in all, she was whole lot better than what he assumed her to be.
Which silently cut off his work of blasting the wall just to godforsaken-fucking know her condition.
Tiedoll, being the first to recover from his student's recovery, frowned in thought. "You shouldn't be up walking around."
"J-U-U-R-I~!" Lavi immediately jumped over to hug the female, only to meet the floor as the said girl swiftly side step to the right, avoiding his assault. "Meanie…"
"Exorcist-san!"
"Ah, guys, you're here." She muttered, as she finally took a good look at Chaoji and his friends. "Sorry, I wasn't aware that..."
"Wait, you just noticed us now….?"
They cannot help but face palm at her.
When you are having a terrible headache to the point that opening your eyes was already enough to curse your existence, how can they blame her? All she knows is that there is a nurse somewhere around the other room tending the still comatose Krory.
Juuri doesn't have much time to fool around, actually. 'Maybe later?' she thought.
Kanda wanted to say some remark, but for some strange reason he can't make his brain to work.
"You should get some rest."
Maybe because there were a lot of people that he cannot say his thoughts out loud.
"Marie is right. Go back to your room, we'll tell her that you were back to your room." Tiedoll said.
He heard her mutter small apology as she made her way back.
Why did she collapse? What in the world was wrong with the Innocence? How can she walk here like nothing ever happened? How in the fuck these people weren't fucking asking her about that incident?
She was leaving.
Is she alright?
"…Jirainne?" A feminine voice coming from the other visitor of the room, cut through the air, getting the attention of the others especially from Kanda, Tiedoll, Marie and Juuri.
For the others, that name was just a foreign word. But for those four who knows, it holds an important meaning.
For a split second, chocolate brown orbs met with light tangerine.
No way.
"Lemi?"
"Could you tell me the reason why this?" The black haired female eyed herself with disdain and stomping her newly worn sandals against the hard cemented floor. "Are you pulling a prank on me!?"
Six hours had only passed since she has received her lovely dosage of Ibuprofen and was temporarily discharged from the infirmary to eat in the cafeteria and yet it seemed like they still need to check for a second time if she is really alright to go.
"Let's just hurry up or Miranda might start panicking on the other room."
When they examined her, all the medical staff, even the Head Nurse was surprise that all the broken bones, internal bleedings, damaged organs, tissues, muscles, down to the smallest scars were all gone in an instant.
All that was left though was a throbbing head and slight feebleness, in which she thought, was just from lack of nutrition.
Juuri tried her best to focus on the girl infront of her before she can even tear up herself.
At that time, even she was worried of what will happen to her body.
Or maybe, before she can even think of it wholly, she had already lost consciousness.
"Silly, it suits you perfectly!"
Lenalee playfully slapped her back as she made her way to adjust the ribbon on her back. The dress was a simple white summer dress long enough to reach her thighs with a few ribbons at the back, a few frills on the hem, and a lavender color pattern around the chest and the sides, accentuating her curves perfectly.
She didn't even know that she had those what they call, curves in the first place.
"I don't see any reason to wear a summer dress at a time like this, Lenalee."
Still, she hated the fact that it is sleeveless and too girly for her.
"Besides, when will you be able to have the chance to wear this? " The sixteen years old Chinese exorcist made her way to comb Juuri's own long dark tresses, neatly.
"-Only at a time like this right?"
For some odd reason, she felt like the girl behind her is about to break down, so she quietly waited.
And she is nothing more than right about that matter.
"We were so, so worried about you." Truth enough, Lenalee's shaking hands was a clear indication that there is clearly something going on. "I even thought that we might have lost you."
The black haired female having realized that she was the reason of the other girl's anxiety, cannot help but smile faintly at her.
Juuri gave the female a playful slap on the back.
"So, can I take these clothes off now?"
"Juuri!"
"Hey, you!"
A scrawny red haired scientist called out from the blue as he instructed the new recruit from the Oceana Branch to his side. "Make sure to give this documents to Captain Reever Wenhamm. These are all the lists of scientists from our branch. So take good care of this! "
The long blonde haired recruit just nodded as he left the South Wing Laboratory to look for the said Captain who is probably inside the control room right now.
As he walked through the hallway, the recruit cannot help but reminisce the time when he himself was working like this before- running some documents, doing paperwork, and even doing some experiments.
Those were the precious days that he always, always seek to instill in his mind.
But at the same time, he regretted that he ever became one at all.
"This is great!"
"This tablet will surely answer all our questions about the universe!"
"Great job, everyone!"
Because of him, she had suffered greatly.
His family had become miserable.
'But this time, even for just a moment,' The ex-scientist thought as he gave out a weak smile.
He knew he doesn't have much time to spare but he also knew that there is always hope for him, even in this state.
'-I want to see her, as myself'
It is difficult in how these invisible chains kept pushing his consciousness away from him, mocking him of his futile actions in taking control of his own body.
Unfortunately for him, that hope will always be distinguished forever as he himself had long ago given out his freedom to him.
"Il est inutile."
"Why are they taking so slow-sa?" Lavi muttered wearily as he took another look at the cafeteria entrance.
'So unlucky.'
Why does he need to be stuck with Allen's repulsive eating, much worse together the new blonde Inspector 'friend' from Central?
Unlucky indeed.
But atleast he felt that luck was still on his side as the Inspector Two-Spots blonde, as what he calls him, dismissed himself saying something along the lines of making some room arrangements, in the meantime leaving the cafeteria.
Too be honest, Lavi doesn't want the suffocating atmosphere around a guy from Central.
At any rate, staying at the cafeteria is way more reassuring than being stuck at the infirmary itself.
Just look at the seat across from him is none other than the new female accommodator, Lermiana Mei Lim-chan!
She was just so frail and cute that he wanted to cuddle the female all by himself.
"Yeah! Lemi-chan, right?" Taking this as an opportunity to be sitting beside the new girl, Lavi felt obliged to start a conversation, and so he did. "So, you and Juuri-chan are long time friends, huh. I'm so jealous~"
One more thing that made the morning more interesting than before was when they all found out that Lerminana Mei Lim is actually a close friend of Juuri in her High School years, as Juuri put it, for two years now.
What a shock, really.
FLASHBACK:
"…Lemi?"
Before Juuri had enough time to respond, the former had already thrown herself on Juuri's arms, making the them both collapse on the floor with a thud.
"I'm so happy! You're…you're alive!" The new female exorcist continue to mumble as she cried her heart out. "I can't believe it! J-Jiri! Jiri!"
"Jiri? Whose Jiri?" Lavi asked, confusion written evidently on his face.
Why is she calling Juuri as Jiri?
"Erm! Well, um- Geez, Lemi!" The black haired female who was still painfully clutching her head, tried to sit up while pushing the wailing friend away from her face. "Get your pronunciation right! It's Juuri not Jiri! Stop giving me nicknames at a time like this! Mou!"
Jiri?
Pronunciation?
When Lavi looked up around the room, he seemed to conspicuously notice that some people were intently listening way too seriously on the two females. Even Kanda who was cursing loudly awhile ago is now reduced to a still stone, well, minus the fixated look he have in his eyes.
How strange.
"That is not enough of a reason for an eighteen year old female like you to molest me." Juuri said as she pushed the girl away.
"Wait…she is already eighteen years old!?"
"The same as as me-sa!?"
Juuri just shrugged. "Don't be fooled to easily."
It was like he knew something bad might happen.
"Um,anyway, I thought Jiri was your nick-"
Juuri took deep breath as if to calm her nerves before unexpectedly squeezing the other female's cheek, hard. "So, I am saying that call me Juuri, since that is my real name! You are causing the some misunderstanding, can't you realize it?"
"…."
The two seem to continue 'telepathically' talking to each other as they completely ignore the people around them and focus on watching the other person intently.
"…you get it?"
Without a doubt, those two are truly close friends to be able to perform such a feat.
"Ok, Juuri it is."
With a sigh of relief, Juuri smiled gratefully to her friend.
"Good, now get off me please because I absolutely didn't miss your cuddle dive."
"I'm sorry! Sorry! Hey- OUCH!" Lemi shrieked as she felt her cheeks to be squeezed way too hard for her liking, leaving a great pinkish-red pigment on the battered skin. "What was that for?!"
"You are making my head hurt!"
"And that's my fault!?"
END OF FLASHBACK:
"It's not something to be jealous, about. Jirr- I mean, Juuri is very popular among the students," The tawny haired female replied as she randomly continue to stir her hot chocolate. "-not just because she's smart but because she is very well known to be a kind person, making almost everyone to be her friend."
"Almost?" Lavi asked in confusion. "What do you mean "almost"?"
Lemi took a sip on her cup of chocolate. "You could say, because she's very astounding student, many people were envious from a genius like her."
"Hmm, envy, huh?"
"Shut up, stupid rabbit." Lavi heard the blue-haired macho-wanna-be and buddy snorted from the other table to their right.
Lavi, who is being his usual self, started to fool around 'a little bit', not fully knowing the fact that he is just digging his own grave in the process. "Oh? Could it be that Yu-chan is jealous?"
"What, usagi?" Kanda sending the said male one of his deadly glares sneered in japanese.
"Well, you see, it was quite rare of you to join us." Lavi winked. "-so I was thinking that maybe it was all about having Lemi-chan here that made you come all the way, near us! Maybe, Yu-chan-"
Not giving the other male a chance to finish his stupid rants, the infuriated male stood up hastily, almost knocking out the plate of soba in front of him.
"What the fuck gave you that stupid idea, you God forsaken excuse for a-"
The said girl, Lermiana sensing the bad predicament slowly inched away from Lavi, hoping that somehow, she will not be caught into the upcoming slaughter.
Somehow.
The young Bookman raised his hands in defense. "Why do you always need to be so violent, Yu?"
"Yeah, I hate to ask or much worse, hate to ask you in particular since asking you is like talking to a retarded parrot," The white haired male having finished his bowl of carbonarra, muttered in distaste, not even sparing a glance at the blue-haired exorcist. "-Why are you even eating with us? I don't remember inviting you."
"Uh-oh?"
Kanda, recognizing the voice to belong from none other than Allen aka the Bean Sprout, rose up from his seat the second time, but this time his glare is a hundred times more intense than before.
"And what gives you the right to order me around, Bean Sprout?"
Allen taking the challenge himself, stood up from his seat. "Didn't I tell you, many, many times to call me Allen? BaKanda?"
"I don't have interest on saying you're stupid name!"
"Stupid?" Allen draws his hands from the plate of mitarashi dango and pointed an accusing finger toward the other male. "The only stupid thing that I know here is your brain!"
And within a second, the two warring sides had completely started their never-ending barrage of insults. This scene, as usual, earned a lot of attention.
"Hey, those two are it again?"
"Shh. Stop it, they'll hear you!"
"I heard Mugen was sent on repairs, so it's safe, I guess."
Lavi, having saved from the angry marks of Kanda by Allen, felt quite calm to see those two bickering.
He may not admit it but seeing this kind of scenery was quite relaxing to him. After all, they had one hell of a fight back there. So taking a breather is all that they needed right now.
Unexpectedly, a small nudge of his jacket, caught his attention. "Umm ,is it alright?" The new female exorcist quietly asked, as she fixatedly witnesses the two squabbling men for the first time.
For some reason, Lavi does not know where to start explaining. So he just said the first thing that popped into his mind.
"We could say that those two are really, really great couple!"
Too bad for him, he said it way too loud.
"…eh?"
There seem to be small pause before the whole room was even able to grasp the humor itself.
"WHAT WAS THAT FOR USAGI!"
"WHAT WAS THAT FOR LAVI!?"
Sensing the two beastly glares coming for him, Lavi immediately thought of a way out. Just as he was thinking, his right green eye was lucky to catch a glimpse of the three other female exorcists talking and ordering their respective menu with Jerry.
"Oi~ Lena! Juuri! Miranda!"
And is it just him that Lenalee and Juuri are all wearing cute dresses?
'How cute!'
The two males including Lermiana immediately cast their attention towards the said girls. On the other hand, the red haired male cannot help but tease the black haired female about her appearance.
Knowing Lenalee she forced the poor girl to actually wear these kind of clothes.
"G-Good Morning." Miranda greeted the others, smiling as she made her way to seat across the new female exorcist, but not before spilling half of her glass water and dropping her utensils one at a time.
"I'm so sorry! So sorry! Sorry!"
"Are you alright, Miranda-san?!"
"Che."
There are surely a lot of things that never change.
"Hello, evryone." Lenalee smiled her usual smile as she seated herself between Allen and Miranda. Lenalee iss wearing a purple knee length dress which also accentuates her curves also, there is a small patch of bandage left on her left cheek.
Juuri on the other hand, just quietly seated herself beside Lavi, not even uttering a single hello. Her dress is a pure white summer dress with ribbons and frills adoring the hem and chest line.
The plainness itself greatly complemented her own dark long, wavy locks.
It was truly a paradise with these beautiful females compared to the hell he experienced around the two males awhile ago.
What was Lemi doing seating herself beside Lavi?! Doesn't she know or sense that he was quite the pervert?
'Much worse, she is actually here in the Black Order of all places!'
Just how in the world she got herself here? Goodness how!?
And to make matters worse, why the only available seat was beside Lavi, the seat nearest to the blue-haired swordsman's table just to her right.
She can bet he was just less than 2 feet away from her which was very, very bad for her since she doesn't want to deal with him for now- to deal with her hormones in particular.
She doesn't want to think about him.
She doesn't want him to talk to her.
She doesn't want to see him.
She doesn't want him to see her.
It was just so embarrassing since this dress is so unlike of her.
Does it even suit her in the first place?!
As she started her meal, which is again, another order of her favorite beef ramen, she accidentally linger her gaze way too much to her right to get a glimpse of dark blue orbs gazing intensely back to her.
"…"
Juuri immediately looked away and coolly took a deep breath, just in time before she was completely mesmerized by those eyes.
'T-THAT! THAT!'
HOLY MACARONIS, GIVE HER A BREAK!
Momentarily, she felt all her blood rushed to her cheeks in an alarming rate. Thank goodness the ramen is also hot so there is no room for the others to misunderstand her possible flushed appearance.
To the people around her, she might look like a girl that is calmly enjoying her meal, but deep inside, a tornado of thoughts is actually raging inside her head like a storm.
The things that she were mainly affecting her head are actually this guy, her Innocence, herself, Lemi, and much more important, the event that will aspire a day from now.
Priorities. How she hate that word.
With another deep breath, Juuri decided to contain her thoughts and focus on the girl seating from Lavi's left side.
She needs to make her understand her real intentions, later.
However, for some odd reason, there seem to be a slight tension forming around the group that is quite directed at her as she noticed the white haired boy across her to be throwing some worried looks at her direction here and there.
As if sensing the internal turmoil, Juuri promptly chewed a chunk of meat from her beef ramen and said. "I'm fine. Don't think about it too much."
"Are you sure?" Allen asked in concern.
"Do you see any wounds?"
"Are you sure you are just going to eat a bowl of ramen?" The red haired male inquired further. "You're parasitic after all."
"I'm fine."
"Che!" Kanda, finding the answers to be too vague for his liking, snorted in annoyance. "-its about the Innocence, you idiot brat."
Juuri took another deep breath.
Where was her concentration again?
From the corner of her eye, she noticed Lermiana who had kept quiet for a long time now, said with a small smile. "You…have changed."
Juuri was about to say something when the said girl hastily stood up from her seat and hugged her from behind, giving her no chance to interrupt her words. "I'm so glad to see you here."
"-so happy that you are alive."
"Why do you need to hug me every single time? I don't get it."
The tawny haired female just stifle a laugh before making her way back to her seat."If I said I was trying to measure your cup size, will you get angry?"
The other occupants of the room, including the ones around her, immediately blushed in their seats.
'Oh God, its starting…'
"-I also noticed 'they' had grown to be bigger and softer than before. Maybe 'they're' C now? "
Lemi as what Juuri or more like Jirainne had known her to be is a person with a bizarre character. At first she might look like a complete idiot, looking all lady-like with manners and honorifics. She's also a complete klutz with a terrible, terrible sense of direction that rivals even that of Roronoa Zoro from One Piece. Her academics are mediocre, but her art skills and literacy is higher than Jirainne.
However, the other disturbing side of her and that mainly constitutes her perverseness is how she handles and talks using sexual innuendoes. And the fact that she doesn't even have the slightest shame talking about those matters are very alarming.
And that's where Juuri's or Jirainne's main hatred of pervert matters came from.
How the trauma is still freshly inscribed in her mind when Lemi had once given her a four hour lecture about it in Science club.
'Trust me, it was not pleasant.'
"Lemi, stop."
"-Ah! Guys! Did you also knew about Jir-Juuri's collection of lewd underwear? Well, let's see, her favorite is actually the lacy black thong-"
"Enough!"
"Well, she secretly wears it on P.E., I guess since I've seen her when she was changing. Also there's that erotic blue bra that I found in her room last time, it had many ribbons-"
"I SAID STOP! Wait!-" Juuri paused as she looked alarmingly at the said girl. "-you went into my room!? WHEN? HOW….?"
Lemi who had completely discarded her image as the "pure and fragile girl", tauntingly shook her finger at her bewildered friend. "Tsk, tsk. You should'nt underestimate me, dearie~ Even now, I can exactly tell the color of the underwear you are wearing!"
"You can say I am the underwear guru!"
"Um, should we stop them?" Miranda stuttered as she tries to get her thoughts elsewhere from the disturbing topics the two females are conversing in.
"I- I," Allen having heard this kind of talk, felt uneasy from either listening or from the weird words the two were spouting seem to completely not make any sense to him. "-I don't know."
Lenalee feeling quite embarrassed from Lemi's vulgar talking instantly hid her blushing face with her hands.
"Lace…lace?….Juuri likes lace? Whoa…" Lavi mumbled as he tried to imagine a shy Juuri wearing black bunny ears in her lacy underwe-
'SMACK!'
Too bad Kanda had already known on what exactly had the stupid, perverted rabbit had been thinking all along which only took him a second to smack the back of Lavi's head to oblivion.
"Idiot!" But of course, with him unavoidably having a slight tinge on his cheek.
Back to the two supposedly best of friends, Juuri cannot help but take an exasperated sigh as she watch he friend's ramble to no end.
Well, ice breakers are good but never with Lemi.
Good thing Fiamma taught her how Lemi can be easily controlled or subdued in case of emergency.
"STOP OR ELSE I'LL TELL THEM ABOUT YOUR AFFAIR WITH A MAN AND HOW YOU TWO HAD SEX!"
...
Is it just her or all the occupants of the room seem to be frozen in their spots including the said girl?
Anyhow, it was just a simple joke to make Lemi automatically think of her boyfriend and atleast, have some shame and consciousness of herself.
"Hey, hey, I'm the real victim here!"
For crying out loud, it was nothing but a method for a legal verbal right to defend her own life and especially her privacy.
"M-my ears…"
Unfortunately, this method brought more trauma to the other people than she thought it would to the said Chinese bestfriend.
"Allen-kun! G-Get a hold of yourself!"
"Sh-she w-w-w-whaaaat!?" Miranda muttered as she fainted on her seat.
"Ugh. Eh? EH!? You had that kind of experience!?" Lavi asked, mortified as he felt conscious of his dignity as a man being trampled on by the supposedly sweet Chinese Exorcist.
Kanda who was about to take a bite of his usual soba, withdraw himself and instead, pushed his meal away, clearly disgusted.
"…"
In the good side, she was able to successfully silence the wound up female all by herself.
Juuri cleared her throat. "It was just a joke, guys."
"SAY THAT SOONER!"
"Fine, fine! Geezers," The black haired female apologized as she took one last sip of her oolong tea. "By the way, what type is your Innocence, girl?"
"Girl?"
"Jir-" Lemi sighed before cursing silently to herself. "-she have that habit of calling me girl, don't mind it. And about my, well, that, its here with me."
She pulls out a medium-sized thick white book under the table.
"Whoa, so that's what that big book is all about…?" The red haired male asked. "What do you call it?"
'That looks like…'
"I, I never considered giving it a name." Lemi replied, sending a meaningful look towards the black haired female. "-since it is not mine, I think."
"Not yours? What do you mean?"
"Che. What can that do anyway?"
"Don't be too hard on her, Kanda!" Lenalee gave the eighteen year swordsman a scolding look in which only been replied with a small grumble.
"I can summon characters; I mean words as long as it is written in this book." Lemi answered timidly. "-material things like a pencil or umbrella. I haven't particularly able to summon something that much, so I am hoping to practice these skills better."
Kanda demanded."Are you kidding me?" But when Kanda stole a look at the other female sitting beside the Bean Sprout, he cannot help but wonder what made the brat that he had known to be the overly enthusiastic and simple minded person to turn into a quiet sitting duck, doing nothing.
Truth to be told, she had been ignoring him all day since this morning in the infirmary.
"Umm, Miranda-san?" Allen, who was the lone person to notice the still unconscious female, tried to call out for help. "Guys..?"
Unfortunately, all of them were too interested in talking about the Chinese girl's Innocence.
"Yes, it's not mine, and considering that I cannot invocate it successfully," Lemi looked up and with slight effort, raised the book for the others to see. "You see this?"
"Huh? What do you mean?" Lavi, having known much about books was the first to notice the only three letters engraved on the backside of the book. "Oh! I see! Those were initials of a person?"
Lemi just nodded while sending yet another meaningful look towards her reserved friend, who had been intentionally avoiding the other female's gaze.
Why does Lemi needs to be so darn stubborn on pushing things onto people? It's like she wanted her, of all people, to explain everything.
"Like an author…?" Lenalee asked, out of the blue.
"J.d.S? "Allen thought loudly, as he too joined in the conversation. "Who is J.d.S.?"
"First of all, how did you get that thing here, Lemi?" Juuri, who had remained silent for the whole time, said, her voice slightly shaky and hoarse than normal. "-I don't take you to be the kind of person to be sneaking around people's houses and getting their stuff away without a word."
J.d.S, those initials that had been long gone from history, how she cannot help but bit her lips question.
"How did you get it?"
Was it wrong of her to trust luck that Lemi won't say something stupid about her? About them?
This sudden yearning, that maybe somehow, she might have a clue on what is exactly happening here? That why was her friend, an outsider just like her is here? Is it really possible to travel through time and space, vice-versa?
But the main point is, is she still alive?
"August 23 around summer, I think," The brownish- yellow haired female expertly said as she tried to look away elsewhere, as if recalling a scene inside her head.
'Two months after March is May,-'
"I was to attend something but halfway, I felt very intimidated so I left. Regrettably, I have a very bad sense of direction so I got lost on the way. Before I knew it, I found myself and this book lying in a pile of dirt."
'-She enrolled in College in June,'
"Why were there a lot of people?"
Wrong.
'August?'
Lavi interjected. "Wait, wait, where were you in the first place? In the market?"
She took a deep breath.
'Something about August?'
"It's…a place for grieving."
'A funeral?'
She remembers now.
"-I know this book, and I know exactly the only person who has the capability of writing this kind of stuff."
Kanda who had remained silent from the conversation, continue to watch the brat's face grew paler and paler as time goes by. "Oi, "
Not good.
'My full name is-'
Lemi took one last look around her.
"-Jirainne de Sabellis Serra, a bestfriend of mine who died from suicide"
After the great commotion in the cafeteria, much to Juuri's depression, she cannot help but find that her energy is depleting way too fast with Lemi around.
How can't she not be when the girl kept popping weird and strange questions out of the blue?
But what really shocked her was that incident. Those moments felt like eternity, like those moments where she had end up drowning underwater with no air and help.
'For some reason, I feel empty.'
Truth is, emptiness is just an understatement of how all the energy that she had kept inside of her just burst out like air from an inflated balloon.
She did not hope for something to happen.
On the good side, at least she knows how to patch up things. Pretty little liar that she had become.
'Lame.'
"Where will you go after this, Juuri?" Allen muttered beside her.
In reality, Allen and Juuri were called just a while ago by a random scientist to go to the infirmary to get their check-up, as they are both parasitic type, the medical team deemed in necessary to relate their cases much often since Allen's Crown Clown had great healing ability just like her own.
Or so they thought.
But it was obviously useless as she and Allen had completely passed the medical tests, releasing them out of the infirmary sooner than expected.
"I think, I'll just go to my room and take a nap." The black haired girl just replied, shrugging her shoulders as if to exercise her exhausted limbs. "-I'll go at Hevlaska after to check for my synchro, I guess. You?"
Now that the matter with Lemi is almost patched the way she wanted it to be, there are just quite a few more arrangements that she needed to do, and that includes her Innocence, Death Scythe.
"Hmm, me?" Allen thought for a moment. "-I think I'll be sneaking into the Ark again…"
Juuri shook her head in disproval. "That's dangerous, Allen."
The two continue to walk around the halls until they both reach Juuri's room. Earlier, Allen insisted to walk her back to her room to safely, pointing that a gentleman like him are supposed to do this kind of things and that he also wanted to talk to her about something important.
But for the whole twenty minutes or so that they had been talking, Allen has not yet imposed a single topic even worthy to be called important.
"I'd like to return something."
'Something?' She thought as she raised her left brow in question.
"Juuri. I have this with me, or more like Lavi gave this to me." The white-haired exorcist extended his black left hand, revealing a familiar white piece of wood.
The white pawn.
"-He said he found it together with the deck of cards scattered on the ground where I was supposedly been killed by Tyki Mikk."
It was the white pawn that she had given to Goz for him to deliver to the exorcist, Suman Dark.
More importantly, what was her reason again in giving out that pawn?
When she looked up, Juuri was immediately greeted by those gray eyes belonging to the younger male. "I want to ask you why did you asked Komui-san to tell me about Suman Dark's daughter."
Yeah, she had forgotten the reason.
To tell the truth, there was no reason or whatsoever. She just wanted to test how a small object, signifying herself, might be able to change the outcome.
But just as expected, there were nothing new about it, since everything had all been decided from the beginning.
"Could you have known that we will meet Suman in China?"
How selfish indeed.
For Allen to overcome his current synchronization, it was necessary for Suman Dark to get killed in the process.
It was all necessary for the story to commence.
Come to think of it, the deaths including Daisya Barry and Marshall Kevin Yeegar are all still fresh in her mind just like yesterday.
Those feelings of utter defeat in failing to protect the people whom she had sworn to save had still left her heart in disarray.
But to tell the truth, with all that had happened today, she doesn't know what to think or feel anymore.
"If I said yes," The black haired female exorcist clutched and unclutches her hold around the hem of her white dress tightly. "-will you hate me?"
'How many times have I asked people with those kinds of questions in the past?'
Allen who was slightly taken aback by the other's answer blinked in confusion before he himself, smiled reassuringly as he remembered the same words of thanks that Johnny had given him early this morning.
"No. Of course not." The fifteen year old male scratched his head in thought. "Because of your words that you had passed through me by Komui, I was able to completely reach Suman-san even at the last second." Out of the blue, Allen had bow to her, gratefully saying thanks while hiding his tearful face.
"He was really happy to hear from his daughter!"
That moment, Juuri cannot help but wonder what kind of emotion she will convey that time.
Unbeknownst to her, right at that time, the young female had started to understand how she was even able to save someone's soul for the first time.
Why does she need to be unceremoniously dragged out from her bed, in the middle of the night on this dark hollow hallway?
She thought hallways are supposed to be lighted brightly, not dimly like some haunted movie!
How she wanted to watch a horror film right now.
"I thought I heard you say were going to get some nap," The tawny haired Chinese Exorcist asked as she sleepily rubbed the sleep from her eyes. "Why drag me here in the middle of nowhere~?"
"Just keep quiet will you?" The female infront of her, who has been dragging her with her left arm replied quietly. "-and I have a very important topic that I want to discuss with you as soon as possible."
"Then why not talk about it in my room?"
"Are you nuts?"Juuri who had suddenly stopped from her tracks and single-handedly open the big double doors, revealing what seem like a huge chapel with its well adorned chandeliers and clean podiums. "The room next to yours is where Allen and his observant, Inspector Link had been staying. "
"Do you want them to overhear us?"
Lemi, who was too caught up inside her musings about how beautiful and well preserved the chapel was, cannot help but adore the holy place.
Oh, didn't she say she was a religious fanatic since she was a child?
"This place is so great! How did you found this?" Lemi excitedly checked the altar, starting from its religious markings, to its marble table, and finally to its golden adornments.
"This place might seem so beautiful to you but this place is nothing but a funeral place full of coffins of those who had died in the battle."
"There are actually people who dies…?"
"Lemi…" Jirainne whom is now called as Juuri Nightray, grumble in distaste as she had almost head butted her friend for her lack of knowledge about this world. "Anyway, back to the topic, first question, first:"
How can she blame her? She is not as well-versed as Jirainne about this place at all.
"How did you get here?"
"...in-" The Chinese female muttered some inaudible Mandarin language that unluckily, not in Juuri's line of expertise.
Was it her fault that people pushed her to learn Western language than Mandarin?
"Lemi, please." She asked, while submissively giving the said female a small pat in the back. "-I'll try to say my part. I promise."
When she did not get any reply, Juuri had inwardly blamed herself for her stupidity by not being very persuasive enough with her words.
"-ice."
Out of the blue her friend's voice had cut through the thick air, stopping Juuri's train of thought and at the same time, flooding her mind in confusion.
Ice?
"What?"
"I said, they-" The tawny haired female, who was always been mostly the very person Juuri or Jirainne knew to be the happiest and flippant person, is now looking very distressed and in conflict with her own self. "I-"
This is not good.
It was like their positions just a while ago in the cafeteria is repeating itself.
What's will all the controversy?
The point is, is she prepared to hear all of this? Was it right of her to ask?
But there is nothing much she can do right now, it is now or never.
And she is sure Lemi is thinking of the same thing too.
Juuri was too caught up in her thoughts when Lemi had completely stripped her clothes off of her, fully naked for the world to see.
"H-hey! Don't try to pull a pra-"
She being the conservative her, immediately closed her eyes, only to open them again when she noticed a weird tattoo of a silver snake running down her back.
On a simple note, tattoos just like that are normal, but knowing her overly religious friend who clearly believes about purity and stuff, there is never a way for her to consent to such things.
'Those kinds of tattoos, only means, unless-'
"Oh no...Lemi, you,"
She was too late in protecting her.
"Sorry, I'm so sorry. I can't-" A tear or two fell down on Lemi's pale face until she had completely collapsed on the floor crying.
"I've been sacrificed to a demon."
"Look how far we made it
The pain i can't escape it
As it is I don't think I can put an end to it yet
Even it seems I rotted away,
Even if I will crumble to dust, this is not the end,
It finally begins.."
- The Beginning by ONE OK ROCK
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Let me dedicate this dots for...just for something, I guess.^^
For all the people that supported this fanfic and me, thank you very much for continuing your support, messaging me out of the blue, reviewing me to get up and type, and also for those who encouraged me, not just this year, please let me have the honour of thanking you from the bottom of my heart for being patient in waiting for this. I thank you. :) Seeing you guys message me even when I am having a hard time in College. Thank you. Sorry if I was not able to write back at you or even type this because I was just too busy living alone and studying at the same time playing some games. Mainly because I don't want to rush things. And also, I reread my writing and I noticed a few errors on my part atleast. It was like I had started to sway away from my style? So I took some time to think and redo my thoughts. Once again, I wish you a belated Merry Christmas! Happy New Year guys!
Sorry too because in my last post, I said something about updating fast...broken promises. Sorry. I'm not going to say any promises ever again.
OKAY! BAck to the great me~ lol(JOKE!)
"Il est inutile."- means "its useless" It is a french. So...ahaha...*shuts own mouth*
I used "sacrificed" not as contracted to a demon because, firstly, Lemi does not consent to it. She was forced to it(as youve read.), still, that ritual (CANNOT REVEAL fully) is not the same as Juuri. Still there is a demon involve and that's that. Probably a new OC? lol
-jie is a kind of honorific just like -nee-san, particularly used as older sister. (Please correct me if I am wrong, I am not Chinese..)
Well, to those people who asked what happened to Juuri...it was not yet revealed actually. But since its Christmas(still) , I'll give a hint. SPOILER ALERT:(It is directly not the Innocence doing nor the contract itself but a different thing. )SPOILER END
Hmm, I don't know what to say, either apologize- Ah! I am going back to the city tomorrow noon with my grandma and we will be spending the New Year together with my aunt. Anyway, not like anyone wants to know about that.
If you guys have questions or clarifications, please just pm me or REVIEW here. ahaha. XD
Also, I just noticed one thing(mainly my friend), umm...if it is not to much to ask, will you Review? As in critic this work/point out my errors/weakness/ and not just say hi and tell me to work for the next chappy? I'm not saying that it is wrong of you to do that or like I am dictating you for my own gain.
No. I. am. not.
I just want to hear much about your opinions guys. Because...it feels awkward like..WHAT WILL I REPLY THEM!?WHAT TIME WHAT DAY IS THE NEXT AGR!?MATH CALCULUS INTEGRAL SHIT!?
Yeah..sorry about that.
Again, if you feel like it, please message me. But a review will really help me a lot. Really. Jokes aside.
-Jacqueline