The door flung open to a black car, rain pouring down on them, the man
carrying Hitomi on his shoulder. The front door or the Aogiri house opened
revealing a steaming Suzumi, who ran down the steps and attempted to chase
the car. The man flung Hitomi in and shut the door, the car speeding away
with Suzumi panting and running behind.
"Oh dear," Suzumi said to herself as she sunk deep into the muddy ground. "What am I going to do?" She stared up into the dark gray mist of clouds and closed her eyes, letting the rain fall down on her.
Hitomi awoke in a dark cellar type area with masses of computers and wires hanging from the ceiling and scattered over the floor. She was bound with thick metal clamps, to the wall with chains holding her to the ceiling and ground. In front of her was a clear glass wall, and people, masked from no lights. Hitomi could only see a blonde-haired woman with brown rimmed glasses taking notes on a clipboard and occasionally saying something Hitomi could not make out.
Six heads turned as the blonde-haired woman emerged again and removed a small cylinder of clear liquid from her white lab coat. Adjusting her glasses, she also revealed a needle, and one of the men poured the liquid into the case. He stood up and the isolated door opened and closed with a bang.
Hitomi could not say a thing, she only struggled to try to release the chains with no luck, and the man just simply stated, "They're not coming off, there's no use to even try." The man walked to Hitomi, the light finally hitting his face. It was scarred, and his hair was mussed brown. He took a string from his pocket and tied it around Hitomi's arm, just above her elbow. Then he carefully placed the needle on the top of Hitomi's skin, and said, "This'll hurt, but it's all for the cause." The man injected it with a thrust, causing Hitomi to shudder and suddenly she felt very weak, and her whole body fell limply.
The man removed the needle, untied the string, and left. He returned with a large pair of goggles and placed them over Hitomi's eyes. Several wires were attached to the goggles and a small keyboard, and the blonde-haired woman entered, and started typing something.
Suzumi sat at the counter, and solemnly said, "I can't believe they got her."
Yuuhi replied, "Well, why aren't we going after her??"
"Because we don't know where she is, dork," Aya scolded and slapped Yuuhi on the back of the head.
"Exactly," Suzumi said, "and we don't know who kidnappe-"
The door burst open, and Hitomi entered, only, it wasn't Hitomi. She was dressed in a black tank top that revealed her stomach, and very short pants. Hitomi was also wearing thigh-high boots, and her eyes seemed cold and harsh.
"Hi-Hitomi??" Aya exclaimed. "What happened to you!?"
"Nothing," Hitomi replied.
"Then why are you dressed...like that!?"
"No apparent reason."
Suzumi stood up and asked Hitomi, "What did they do to you?"
Hitomi laughed and answered, "Nothing."
"You need medicine, and now." Suzumi walked over to the cupboard, but Hitomi grabbed Aya, who screamed, and removed a large gun. Hitomi placed the gun to Aya's head.
"What are you doing!?!" Suzumi shouted.
"Don't move, or I'll shoot," Hitomi warned, placing her finger on the trigger.
Neither Suzumi nor Yuuhi moved. Hitomi slowly backed toward the door, and opened it. Suzumi telekinetically closed it, but Hitomi shoved her foot in the way. Hitomi took a large leap off the porch and elbowed Aya in the stomach, knocking her out cold. A man in a black suit took Aya and put her in the car, and drove off, while Hitomi jumped into a tree.
Suzumi, Yuuhi, and Tooya ran out, and scanned the ground. They didn't see anybody, or anything, so they were walking out further. When they started spreading out, Hitomi jumped out and landed on the other side of the wall, near the street. She sprinted down, but Tooya was there at that exact moment, and he started chasing her.
Hitomi jumped up onto a wall and disappeared into some bushes, closely followed by Tooya. She ran down an alleyway, and jumped on a trash can, which toppled over and she threw herself over the brick wall. Tooya jumped up and clung onto the wall with his hands, and started to pull himself up, when Hitomi landed briskly in between his hands.
"Well, well," Hitomi retorted. "What do we have here?" She stamped her foot down on Tooya's right hand, and he immediately released it, and also revealed his knife, which at the second she was about to step on his other hand, he threw it at Hitomi's arm, and she easily dodged it, but Tooya quickly regained it, this time throwing at her leg.
She did not have the time to dodge it, and the knife dug deep into her boots, penetrating the thick leather, and entering the flesh of her thigh, she fell forward, onto Tooya. She collapsed and screamed out in pain, as she gripped the knife and pulled it out in a whim. She threw the knife at Tooya, and got on all fours. Hitomi glared at Tooya and blood trickling down her thigh, she stood up, trembling and rammed into Tooya, knocking him over.
Hitomi jumped onto the wall, missing by a few inches, and ended up holding the top with her hands, but she quickly flung herself over the wall and ran away, leaving Tooya clueless as to where she was.
She lay in a bed, dressed in a small gray dress, white cloth, red from blood, bound at her thigh. "Are you well, Miss Ikeda?" a young lady asked.
"Hmm..." Hitomi replied, turning her head away.
She got up and closely followed the lady out, going in the opposite direction, heading into the large cellar-room where she had once been. "How is she?" Hitomi asked.
"Fine," the blonde-haired lady replied.
"Dr. Azama," one man said. "We need the test results in order to see if Ceres will come out or not."
"Right away," she said, and briskly walked away, sticking a pencil in her fluffy blonde hair.
"Ceres?" Hitomi asked.
"The Tennyo inside of Aya, and maybe..." the man replied, "...she might not reside in Aya, but in you."
Hitomi did not looked very shocked, she just nodded, and Dr. Azama returned with a small stack of papers. The man looked them over briefly and nodded. "She's ready. Bring in her brother."
Dr. Azama nodded and pointed for three men to go retrieve him. A few minutes later, they returned with a blonde-haired boy, who looked slightly malevolent. He eyed Hitomi, who turned her head away from him, and they shoved him into a computer-free area of the window. They turned on the speakers, and he shouted out at Aya. Aya awoke, and was shocked, but her eyes started turning golden, and then a deep brown. He hair grew slightly longer, and turned a dark amethyst. The first words that came through her mouth were, "GIVE ME MY HAGAROMO BACK!!!"
The man was satisfied, and Aya's brother was grinning wickedly. "Good work, Aki," the man said, and turned off the speakers.
Through the soundproof window, you could still hear Ceres screaming, "GIVE ME MY HAGAROMO BACK!!! THAT MAN!! HE TOOK MY HAGAROMO!!!"
Aki left, eyeing Hitomi, and closed the door. Hitomi rolled her eyes, and sat on a large black chair. After countless hours, Ceres had finally stopped, but was still using all her power to rip the cuffs off, with no luck. "We need to change her back," Hitomi smugly remarked.
"But how?" one of the men inquired.
"I don't know, but she can't stay like this too long," Hitomi sarcastically spat.
Dr. Azama nodded, and finally said, "She needs to be unconscious. If she's unconscious, Ceres can't stay in Aya's body for long."
Several men nodded, and one ran out and quickly returned with a flask of liquid. Dr. Azama inserted it into a hole in the wall and pressed a button. Instantly, the fluid was sucked away, and pure gray gas floated into the chamber. Ceres started coughing, turning her head away, but no luck. Within seconds, Ceres had fallen lifeless and turned back into Aya.
"What do we do Suzumi?" Yuuhi asked, behind a large glass of tea.
"I do not know..." she replied, sighing.
The front door flung open, and Aya stepped through, bleeding and panting. She took a quick glance behind her, and then ran towards Yuuhi and Suzumi, grabbed their wrists, and dragged them out the front door. "We have to run!" Aya shouted.
"No, really," Yuuhi remarked. Aya shot him a dirty look and ran ahead, closely tailed by Yuuhi and Suzumi.
"How did you escape!?" Yuuhi asked.
"I'll explain later," Hitomi called and jumped swiftly over a small bush.
Hitomi led them down an alleyway and she opened a large iron door, slamming it shut behind them. The warehouse reeked of onions and dead fish, with a hint of wine. "We'll have to stay here for now, unless we can find a safe place to go," Hitomi whispered.
Suzumi nodded. "This would be a great time to tell us how you got away from the Mikage," Yuuhi ill manneredly said.
Aya walked to a large glass window with sharp fangs and a light breeze blowing through the empty glass. She brushed her bloodstained fingers against the point and dug her forefinger into it, blood splurging from it.
"Aya!" Yuuhi exclaimed, and rushed over. He attempted to pull her finger out of the corner, but she swung around and blasted him with a strong force, knocking him out.
Suzumi looked surprised; she slowly backed away, but the door would not open from the inside. "Aya, what is going on here?" she asked.
Aya withdrew her finger, and stepped to one side. "I am doing nothing, except deplete the race of blood Tennyo's," she scoffed. Hitomi stepped through the broken window, her boots making a loud clack. Large yellow lights suddenly flashed on, and Aya called out, "This is where it all begins."
"Oh dear," Suzumi said to herself as she sunk deep into the muddy ground. "What am I going to do?" She stared up into the dark gray mist of clouds and closed her eyes, letting the rain fall down on her.
Hitomi awoke in a dark cellar type area with masses of computers and wires hanging from the ceiling and scattered over the floor. She was bound with thick metal clamps, to the wall with chains holding her to the ceiling and ground. In front of her was a clear glass wall, and people, masked from no lights. Hitomi could only see a blonde-haired woman with brown rimmed glasses taking notes on a clipboard and occasionally saying something Hitomi could not make out.
Six heads turned as the blonde-haired woman emerged again and removed a small cylinder of clear liquid from her white lab coat. Adjusting her glasses, she also revealed a needle, and one of the men poured the liquid into the case. He stood up and the isolated door opened and closed with a bang.
Hitomi could not say a thing, she only struggled to try to release the chains with no luck, and the man just simply stated, "They're not coming off, there's no use to even try." The man walked to Hitomi, the light finally hitting his face. It was scarred, and his hair was mussed brown. He took a string from his pocket and tied it around Hitomi's arm, just above her elbow. Then he carefully placed the needle on the top of Hitomi's skin, and said, "This'll hurt, but it's all for the cause." The man injected it with a thrust, causing Hitomi to shudder and suddenly she felt very weak, and her whole body fell limply.
The man removed the needle, untied the string, and left. He returned with a large pair of goggles and placed them over Hitomi's eyes. Several wires were attached to the goggles and a small keyboard, and the blonde-haired woman entered, and started typing something.
Suzumi sat at the counter, and solemnly said, "I can't believe they got her."
Yuuhi replied, "Well, why aren't we going after her??"
"Because we don't know where she is, dork," Aya scolded and slapped Yuuhi on the back of the head.
"Exactly," Suzumi said, "and we don't know who kidnappe-"
The door burst open, and Hitomi entered, only, it wasn't Hitomi. She was dressed in a black tank top that revealed her stomach, and very short pants. Hitomi was also wearing thigh-high boots, and her eyes seemed cold and harsh.
"Hi-Hitomi??" Aya exclaimed. "What happened to you!?"
"Nothing," Hitomi replied.
"Then why are you dressed...like that!?"
"No apparent reason."
Suzumi stood up and asked Hitomi, "What did they do to you?"
Hitomi laughed and answered, "Nothing."
"You need medicine, and now." Suzumi walked over to the cupboard, but Hitomi grabbed Aya, who screamed, and removed a large gun. Hitomi placed the gun to Aya's head.
"What are you doing!?!" Suzumi shouted.
"Don't move, or I'll shoot," Hitomi warned, placing her finger on the trigger.
Neither Suzumi nor Yuuhi moved. Hitomi slowly backed toward the door, and opened it. Suzumi telekinetically closed it, but Hitomi shoved her foot in the way. Hitomi took a large leap off the porch and elbowed Aya in the stomach, knocking her out cold. A man in a black suit took Aya and put her in the car, and drove off, while Hitomi jumped into a tree.
Suzumi, Yuuhi, and Tooya ran out, and scanned the ground. They didn't see anybody, or anything, so they were walking out further. When they started spreading out, Hitomi jumped out and landed on the other side of the wall, near the street. She sprinted down, but Tooya was there at that exact moment, and he started chasing her.
Hitomi jumped up onto a wall and disappeared into some bushes, closely followed by Tooya. She ran down an alleyway, and jumped on a trash can, which toppled over and she threw herself over the brick wall. Tooya jumped up and clung onto the wall with his hands, and started to pull himself up, when Hitomi landed briskly in between his hands.
"Well, well," Hitomi retorted. "What do we have here?" She stamped her foot down on Tooya's right hand, and he immediately released it, and also revealed his knife, which at the second she was about to step on his other hand, he threw it at Hitomi's arm, and she easily dodged it, but Tooya quickly regained it, this time throwing at her leg.
She did not have the time to dodge it, and the knife dug deep into her boots, penetrating the thick leather, and entering the flesh of her thigh, she fell forward, onto Tooya. She collapsed and screamed out in pain, as she gripped the knife and pulled it out in a whim. She threw the knife at Tooya, and got on all fours. Hitomi glared at Tooya and blood trickling down her thigh, she stood up, trembling and rammed into Tooya, knocking him over.
Hitomi jumped onto the wall, missing by a few inches, and ended up holding the top with her hands, but she quickly flung herself over the wall and ran away, leaving Tooya clueless as to where she was.
She lay in a bed, dressed in a small gray dress, white cloth, red from blood, bound at her thigh. "Are you well, Miss Ikeda?" a young lady asked.
"Hmm..." Hitomi replied, turning her head away.
She got up and closely followed the lady out, going in the opposite direction, heading into the large cellar-room where she had once been. "How is she?" Hitomi asked.
"Fine," the blonde-haired lady replied.
"Dr. Azama," one man said. "We need the test results in order to see if Ceres will come out or not."
"Right away," she said, and briskly walked away, sticking a pencil in her fluffy blonde hair.
"Ceres?" Hitomi asked.
"The Tennyo inside of Aya, and maybe..." the man replied, "...she might not reside in Aya, but in you."
Hitomi did not looked very shocked, she just nodded, and Dr. Azama returned with a small stack of papers. The man looked them over briefly and nodded. "She's ready. Bring in her brother."
Dr. Azama nodded and pointed for three men to go retrieve him. A few minutes later, they returned with a blonde-haired boy, who looked slightly malevolent. He eyed Hitomi, who turned her head away from him, and they shoved him into a computer-free area of the window. They turned on the speakers, and he shouted out at Aya. Aya awoke, and was shocked, but her eyes started turning golden, and then a deep brown. He hair grew slightly longer, and turned a dark amethyst. The first words that came through her mouth were, "GIVE ME MY HAGAROMO BACK!!!"
The man was satisfied, and Aya's brother was grinning wickedly. "Good work, Aki," the man said, and turned off the speakers.
Through the soundproof window, you could still hear Ceres screaming, "GIVE ME MY HAGAROMO BACK!!! THAT MAN!! HE TOOK MY HAGAROMO!!!"
Aki left, eyeing Hitomi, and closed the door. Hitomi rolled her eyes, and sat on a large black chair. After countless hours, Ceres had finally stopped, but was still using all her power to rip the cuffs off, with no luck. "We need to change her back," Hitomi smugly remarked.
"But how?" one of the men inquired.
"I don't know, but she can't stay like this too long," Hitomi sarcastically spat.
Dr. Azama nodded, and finally said, "She needs to be unconscious. If she's unconscious, Ceres can't stay in Aya's body for long."
Several men nodded, and one ran out and quickly returned with a flask of liquid. Dr. Azama inserted it into a hole in the wall and pressed a button. Instantly, the fluid was sucked away, and pure gray gas floated into the chamber. Ceres started coughing, turning her head away, but no luck. Within seconds, Ceres had fallen lifeless and turned back into Aya.
"What do we do Suzumi?" Yuuhi asked, behind a large glass of tea.
"I do not know..." she replied, sighing.
The front door flung open, and Aya stepped through, bleeding and panting. She took a quick glance behind her, and then ran towards Yuuhi and Suzumi, grabbed their wrists, and dragged them out the front door. "We have to run!" Aya shouted.
"No, really," Yuuhi remarked. Aya shot him a dirty look and ran ahead, closely tailed by Yuuhi and Suzumi.
"How did you escape!?" Yuuhi asked.
"I'll explain later," Hitomi called and jumped swiftly over a small bush.
Hitomi led them down an alleyway and she opened a large iron door, slamming it shut behind them. The warehouse reeked of onions and dead fish, with a hint of wine. "We'll have to stay here for now, unless we can find a safe place to go," Hitomi whispered.
Suzumi nodded. "This would be a great time to tell us how you got away from the Mikage," Yuuhi ill manneredly said.
Aya walked to a large glass window with sharp fangs and a light breeze blowing through the empty glass. She brushed her bloodstained fingers against the point and dug her forefinger into it, blood splurging from it.
"Aya!" Yuuhi exclaimed, and rushed over. He attempted to pull her finger out of the corner, but she swung around and blasted him with a strong force, knocking him out.
Suzumi looked surprised; she slowly backed away, but the door would not open from the inside. "Aya, what is going on here?" she asked.
Aya withdrew her finger, and stepped to one side. "I am doing nothing, except deplete the race of blood Tennyo's," she scoffed. Hitomi stepped through the broken window, her boots making a loud clack. Large yellow lights suddenly flashed on, and Aya called out, "This is where it all begins."