Disclaimer: Ayashi no Ceres and all its characters belong to the Almighty Holy One, Yu Watase. I don't own anything but myself. But I sure as hell wish I owned Yuuhi Aogiri.
"Aya, where have you been?" the young man said.
"What? You know me? Who are you?" Helen replied.
"Don't play tricks with me, Aya."
"Are you annoyed at me? You keep saying 'Aiyah.' Are you Chinese or something?" Helen said.
"Idiot! That's your name! Do you have amnesia?"
"Ah-Aya? Y-you said my name is Aya?" Helen asked, confused.
"That's your name isn't it? Unless you go by another name that we don't know about."
"Look, you person. I don't know you. I've never seen you before. Don't act like you know me. You're probably trying to lure me somewhere right?" Helen asked with suspicion.
"What are you talking about?! Aya! We have to go home!" the young man yelled.
"Home? What home? I don't live with you. And my name's not Aya. It's Helen. Now if you please, just leave me alone!" Helen said as she turned around and tried to run off. She was stopped when she felt the young man grab her wrist and twirled her around.
"What are you--" Helen got cut off when she caught a glimpse of her hair that swung in front of her face. B-bleached hair? I never bleached my hair! My hair's black not bleached! "M-my hair...i-it's bleached," Helen stuttered as she looked at the tips of her hair.
"Yeah? So what else is new?"
"I never bleached my hair."
"What are you talking about?! Your hair was like that since we first met!"
Helen ran to the nearest window, trying to see if she could see her reflection. Her eyes widened and she became stunned. This isn't me...How could...
"What are you doing?" the young man asked. "People are staring."
Helen was doing an impression of a mime, checking to see if her reflection moved as she did. "Th-that's me?!" she asked in disbelief as she pressed her face against the window. "I-I have a bigger bust! My waist is a tad bit smaller and my hips are a little wider!" Helen's eyes began to widen even more. I have the almost perfect body, Helen thought. "I look so beautiful!" she whispered. Tears of joy began to fill in Helen's eyes.
"Aya, what's wrong with you? You're acting strangely," the young man said as he sweatdropped.
Helen began to check out her newly wonderful body and looks and noticed her school uniform. "This is so cute! I've always wanted to wear a Japanese schoolgirl uniform!"
"Aya, I think we should go home. Suzumi's waiting."
"S-Suzumi?" Ideas began to form in Helen's brain. Could it be that my wish came true?! "Um...Wait, what's your name?" Helen asked.
"Have you gone insane?!" the young boy demanded.
"Please, just tell me your name."
"Aya, it's me, Yuuhi. Hello? Remember? We just talked in school today. Did you hit your head or something?"
"Y-Yuuhi???" Helen was stunned. Yuuhi??? And there's Suzumi, too??? This must mean...I'm living in the world of Ayashi no Ceres!
"Um...yeah. That's my name," Yuuhi said. Helen took a look at the window to see her reflection and realized who she was seeing. Aya Mikage??? Could it be that I have the body of Aya Mikage?, Helen thought. That's impossible!! But...if I'm here...then where's the real Aya?
"Y-Yuuhi...let's go home," Helen finally said. "I wanna talk to Suzumi about something."
When Helen and Yuuhi reached the Aogiri household Helen ran straight to the nearest mirror. She noticed the traditional Japanese style house and loved it immediately.
"How could it be? How can this even happen?" Helen asked herself, looking in the mirror. Maybe Aya and I somehow switched bodies, she thought.
"Are you sure you're not sick?" Yuuhi asked, feeling her forehead.
"Yes!"
"I think we better talk to Suzumi," Yuuhi suggested. "It probably might have to do with the tennyo thing."
That's right!, Helen thought as she looked as Yuuhi's concerned face. If I have Aya's body, then that means Ceres is also living inside of me. But...all this is from an anime...Is it possible at all that I could live in the world of Ayashi no Ceres?
The two reached the room where Suzumi sat. Yuuhi slid open the door and said, "Suzumi? I think there's something wrong with Aya."
"Wrong? What do you mean?" Suzumi asked.
"She keeps acting weird. It's like she's a totally different person," Yuuhi said. "Let her explain."
Helen sat there, in front of Suzumi, explaining everything that had happened, hoping that she would believe her. Yuuhi, however, didn't believe a single world.
"So you believe that you and Aya somehow were able to switch bodies?" Suzumi asked.
Helen nodded. "I may look like Aya and sound like her, but I'm not her. You can even give me a lie detector test if you don't believe me!"
"Well, then. I guess we'll have to figure out a way to return you and Aya to your rightful bodies," Suzumi said.
"Y-you believe it?" Helen asked, feeling grateful. "Yuuhi doesn't believe any of it, no matter how many times I tell him. Or maybe he's just stubborn."
Yuuhi pouted and said, "Am not."
"You'll be living here for a while then. Please, make yourself at home," Suzumi said with a warm, welcoming smile.
"Thank you so much for understanding," Helen said. "Can someone show me to where my...um...where Aya's room is?"
"Yuuhi, show her to her room," Suzumi said. "And remember, you are to protect her as you would protect Aya. She may not be Aya, but she has her body. Not to mention Ceres is insider her also. No one is to know about this. If any of the Mikages found out about this, they would surely take advantage of this situation."
"Sure thing, Sis." Yuuhi began to lead her to her room. Aya...where could she be? How could this happen, he thought and began to get concerned. "It's a nice day today."
"You know," Helen stopped and said shyly, "you don't need to babysit me. I can take care of myself."
Yuuhi stopped to turn around and say, "It's not a big deal. I gotta listen to Sis anyway or I'll get electricuted by this headband. Besides, what if something happens to you and I'm not around? I would never forgive myself if something happened to you while I was gone."
Helen looked up at his handsome face and her knees began to grow weak. Is this a dream? Is it really happening? Yuuhi's just like how I imagined him if he were real. She blushed and started to collapse.
"Careful!" Yuuhi said as he caught her before she fell to the ground. "See what I mean?"
Yuuhi held onto Helen for a while before they both realized how long they'd been in that position. Helen quickly regained her composure and said, "Sorry about that. I'm not usually like this." Actually, I nearly faint like this all the time when guys like Yuuhi are around.
"Not a problem. Here's your room," Yuuhi said, sliding the door open for her.
"Thanks," Helen said as she walked in, with Yuuhi following her behind. "Um...what are you doing?"
"Oh! Er...my room's next to yours. It's behind this sliding door," Yuuhi said as he slid open the other sliding door.
"Oh...I see."
"Don't worry! I won't do anything to you. The worse thing that could happen is you hearing me snore," Yuuhi warned.
Helen smiled as Yuuhi slid the door that separated both their room closed. This is just like it is in the anime, Helen thought. How am I gonna be able to control myself?! Yuuhi's just a sliding door away!