Disclaimer: aria is a kewl word...and minuet of dawn sounds really pretty um yeah...i don't own 'em...so...yeah...meh
and um liang is like...iunno people tend to pronounce it wrong...um it's actually pronounced like lee ahng except linked together...
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"Well, class, your semester exams are coming up-"
Eclipse heard the two evil words and flinched. That was all she needed to hear. The semester exams were the Japanese versions of midterms. What a wonderful day it was when the teacher stats one's day with a reason for migraines. She gingerly laid her head on her desk as the teacher's voice droned on.
"Eclipse Liang,"
~shit...~ Eclipse lifted her head, face set in a look that almost said 'what the hell do you think you're doing, disturbing my nap'
"Were you allowed to sleep during class in the school you transferred from?"
"My reputation goes to say that I was never caught, so what was the point of worrying about allowance?"
"...I think...uh....she has a point,"
Eclipse hadn't noticed the visitor standing in the doorway. ~since when was he there?~
The teacher tossed the visitor a disapproving glare, then faced the students. "Everyone, this is Soma Cruz, one of my former transfer students from 2 years ago. He is here to give some advice about your exams,"
~please don't tell me he's some geek who got a perfect score on the exams.~ Eclipse rolled her eyes and glanced out the window, tuning out for the rest of the morning.
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"Keri. Keri...KERI! WAKE UP!" Eclipse whacked Keri on the head.
"Wha-?"
"It's one thing to not pay attention, another thing to sleep, and yet another altogether category to not know when to wake up!"
"Oh...it's lunchtime, right?"
"Damn straight it is," Eclipse pulled Keri out of her chair and followed the other students out of the classroom, muttering 'uh...thanks' to Soma on her way out. ~yeah...thanks for something that I didn't listen to...heh~
"I totally missed everything. What did he say?" asked Keri.
"Something or other about the exams," Eclipse shrugged. "I didn't pay any attention either,"
"Great. I'm screwed. You can afford to stare out the window all day because your a genius child. Always, were, is, and will be. I'm screwed,"
"You can always get someone to tutor you, but not me. I can't explain a damn thing,"
"Sure you can. You just always use technical terms so you make it more confusing for everyone,"
"Heh thank you for the wonderful compliment,"
"Looks like it will rain," Keri switched the topic to hopefully something more cheerful.
"Like always? Marvelous," Eclipse stared up at the endless patchwork of clouds. "I need my sun...I need my sun..."
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The second school ended, it began to rain, and not small, pathetic drops. The heavy rain pouring onto the streets and rooftops sounded like gunshots. Thunder and lightning complemented the rain.
"I don't want to walk home in this storm," Keri dug through her backpack for an umbrella.
"But it will be so much fun!"
"I thought you didn't like rain,"
"I like storms," Eclipse shrugged off her backpack and cloak and ran outside, instantly becoming soaked. She spun and let the rain fall on her face, her eyelashes heavy with water. "It's like...an aria...or a minuet of rainfall..." she said to herself.
"You're insane, you know that?" Keri appeared next to her, face half hidden by the umbrella. "You're going to get a cold,"
"I doubt it,"
"Come on, let's go," Keri paced herself in a brisk walk. Eclipse reluctantly followed.
"Walk slower, Keri. I don't want to go home yet,"
"UM...too late...we're halfway there already..."
"Oh. We're at the cemetary..." ~the cemetary of the Hakuba Shrine...~
"Eclipse, look, it's that person again!"
"Which person?" Eclipse squinted to make the image clearer. He was so far away...yes, him, she remembered him too well. It was like she had never left that field trip, or like she was staring at a photo of that day. "Does he come here every day?"
"I would not know,"
"Just hold on a second. There is someone with him...I believe...Cruz?"
"Why would Soma and the creepy person hang out together at a cemetary?"
"Mina,"
"Who?"
"There is a chance that they are both related to Mina. Mina Arikado,"
"Sure...well let's go home now...we have to...study?"
"You? Willingly study? When hell freezes over, Keri," Eclipse laughed and continued walking.
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"Arikado,"
"Soma," Arikado ddin't even look up from the gravestone as he greeted Soma. There was really no point in doing so.
"Have you been feeling any better?" no answer. "I guess not," no reply. "I really miss her too..."
"I didn't deserve her," Arikado's voice was low and angry. "And she didn't deserve this...death,"
"You need to stop that. Brooding over what is not true will not help anything. She was happy to be with you...even though she knew about the curse. That's at least somewhat important, right? And...maybe it was her time to go..."
"Don't you even DARE suggest that. It was NOT her time. She was too young,"
"Sorry, but...Arikado, you believe in God. You should know that sometimes, He takes people away when they're young,"
"He didn't take her. My curse took her. It was I..."
~can't argue with him...won't get anywhere.~ even though he was technically Dracula, Soma would rather not see Arikado's rage explode.
Sorrow never fades. They all knew, but why did Mina have to be the one to prove it.
Arikado shouldn't be able to justify blaming himself. If anything, Soma thought that it was his fault, and not Arikado's. If Soma had not existed, Mina would never get herself into that vampire mess. She would never have met Arikado. The story ends there. She would have been alive.
Arikado, as if psychic about Soma's turmoil, had once told him that if he had never existed, some other person would be Dracula's incarnation, and as fate would have it, the incarnation would meet Mina and everything would end up the same way except with Soma replaced. It made sense, but logic was never good medicine for guilt and an aching heart.
"Arikado, I didn't find you today to talk about Mina. Actually, I've tried hard to avoid thinking about her-"
"The flower lived,"
"...What?"
"The flower lived,"
"Um is there some symbolism behind this that I am not understanding?"
"It lived. She made it live,"
Soma frowned and looked at the grave. Next to the brittle remains of a shriveled rose was a beautiful flower, very much alive.
"...She made it live? Who, Arikado? Are flowers that you touch beginning again to be revived by Mina's grave?"
"No. That girl made it live despite me. That mortal girl..."
"Who? Do you know her name?"
"She is in the senior class of the high school you attended,"
"Oh, there are ONLY a few hundred of them!"
"She has black hair and black eyes. She is a transfer student. She does not know about my curse...but she countered it,"
Soma's eyes windened. "How...wow, what a coincidence. I've come here today to talk to you about that very same person. Her name is Eclipse Liang..."
"Did you sense anything?"
"Not really, but she had some odd vibe...I'm not really sure what I was sensing. She is just a mortal, after all..."
"You don't know that,"
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yeah...u have to review now...because random girl with claws commands you to...and no u don't know random girl with claws...she's the protagonist in another story i am conjuring up at the moment...lol
and um liang is like...iunno people tend to pronounce it wrong...um it's actually pronounced like lee ahng except linked together...
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"Well, class, your semester exams are coming up-"
Eclipse heard the two evil words and flinched. That was all she needed to hear. The semester exams were the Japanese versions of midterms. What a wonderful day it was when the teacher stats one's day with a reason for migraines. She gingerly laid her head on her desk as the teacher's voice droned on.
"Eclipse Liang,"
~shit...~ Eclipse lifted her head, face set in a look that almost said 'what the hell do you think you're doing, disturbing my nap'
"Were you allowed to sleep during class in the school you transferred from?"
"My reputation goes to say that I was never caught, so what was the point of worrying about allowance?"
"...I think...uh....she has a point,"
Eclipse hadn't noticed the visitor standing in the doorway. ~since when was he there?~
The teacher tossed the visitor a disapproving glare, then faced the students. "Everyone, this is Soma Cruz, one of my former transfer students from 2 years ago. He is here to give some advice about your exams,"
~please don't tell me he's some geek who got a perfect score on the exams.~ Eclipse rolled her eyes and glanced out the window, tuning out for the rest of the morning.
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"Keri. Keri...KERI! WAKE UP!" Eclipse whacked Keri on the head.
"Wha-?"
"It's one thing to not pay attention, another thing to sleep, and yet another altogether category to not know when to wake up!"
"Oh...it's lunchtime, right?"
"Damn straight it is," Eclipse pulled Keri out of her chair and followed the other students out of the classroom, muttering 'uh...thanks' to Soma on her way out. ~yeah...thanks for something that I didn't listen to...heh~
"I totally missed everything. What did he say?" asked Keri.
"Something or other about the exams," Eclipse shrugged. "I didn't pay any attention either,"
"Great. I'm screwed. You can afford to stare out the window all day because your a genius child. Always, were, is, and will be. I'm screwed,"
"You can always get someone to tutor you, but not me. I can't explain a damn thing,"
"Sure you can. You just always use technical terms so you make it more confusing for everyone,"
"Heh thank you for the wonderful compliment,"
"Looks like it will rain," Keri switched the topic to hopefully something more cheerful.
"Like always? Marvelous," Eclipse stared up at the endless patchwork of clouds. "I need my sun...I need my sun..."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The second school ended, it began to rain, and not small, pathetic drops. The heavy rain pouring onto the streets and rooftops sounded like gunshots. Thunder and lightning complemented the rain.
"I don't want to walk home in this storm," Keri dug through her backpack for an umbrella.
"But it will be so much fun!"
"I thought you didn't like rain,"
"I like storms," Eclipse shrugged off her backpack and cloak and ran outside, instantly becoming soaked. She spun and let the rain fall on her face, her eyelashes heavy with water. "It's like...an aria...or a minuet of rainfall..." she said to herself.
"You're insane, you know that?" Keri appeared next to her, face half hidden by the umbrella. "You're going to get a cold,"
"I doubt it,"
"Come on, let's go," Keri paced herself in a brisk walk. Eclipse reluctantly followed.
"Walk slower, Keri. I don't want to go home yet,"
"UM...too late...we're halfway there already..."
"Oh. We're at the cemetary..." ~the cemetary of the Hakuba Shrine...~
"Eclipse, look, it's that person again!"
"Which person?" Eclipse squinted to make the image clearer. He was so far away...yes, him, she remembered him too well. It was like she had never left that field trip, or like she was staring at a photo of that day. "Does he come here every day?"
"I would not know,"
"Just hold on a second. There is someone with him...I believe...Cruz?"
"Why would Soma and the creepy person hang out together at a cemetary?"
"Mina,"
"Who?"
"There is a chance that they are both related to Mina. Mina Arikado,"
"Sure...well let's go home now...we have to...study?"
"You? Willingly study? When hell freezes over, Keri," Eclipse laughed and continued walking.
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"Arikado,"
"Soma," Arikado ddin't even look up from the gravestone as he greeted Soma. There was really no point in doing so.
"Have you been feeling any better?" no answer. "I guess not," no reply. "I really miss her too..."
"I didn't deserve her," Arikado's voice was low and angry. "And she didn't deserve this...death,"
"You need to stop that. Brooding over what is not true will not help anything. She was happy to be with you...even though she knew about the curse. That's at least somewhat important, right? And...maybe it was her time to go..."
"Don't you even DARE suggest that. It was NOT her time. She was too young,"
"Sorry, but...Arikado, you believe in God. You should know that sometimes, He takes people away when they're young,"
"He didn't take her. My curse took her. It was I..."
~can't argue with him...won't get anywhere.~ even though he was technically Dracula, Soma would rather not see Arikado's rage explode.
Sorrow never fades. They all knew, but why did Mina have to be the one to prove it.
Arikado shouldn't be able to justify blaming himself. If anything, Soma thought that it was his fault, and not Arikado's. If Soma had not existed, Mina would never get herself into that vampire mess. She would never have met Arikado. The story ends there. She would have been alive.
Arikado, as if psychic about Soma's turmoil, had once told him that if he had never existed, some other person would be Dracula's incarnation, and as fate would have it, the incarnation would meet Mina and everything would end up the same way except with Soma replaced. It made sense, but logic was never good medicine for guilt and an aching heart.
"Arikado, I didn't find you today to talk about Mina. Actually, I've tried hard to avoid thinking about her-"
"The flower lived,"
"...What?"
"The flower lived,"
"Um is there some symbolism behind this that I am not understanding?"
"It lived. She made it live,"
Soma frowned and looked at the grave. Next to the brittle remains of a shriveled rose was a beautiful flower, very much alive.
"...She made it live? Who, Arikado? Are flowers that you touch beginning again to be revived by Mina's grave?"
"No. That girl made it live despite me. That mortal girl..."
"Who? Do you know her name?"
"She is in the senior class of the high school you attended,"
"Oh, there are ONLY a few hundred of them!"
"She has black hair and black eyes. She is a transfer student. She does not know about my curse...but she countered it,"
Soma's eyes windened. "How...wow, what a coincidence. I've come here today to talk to you about that very same person. Her name is Eclipse Liang..."
"Did you sense anything?"
"Not really, but she had some odd vibe...I'm not really sure what I was sensing. She is just a mortal, after all..."
"You don't know that,"
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yeah...u have to review now...because random girl with claws commands you to...and no u don't know random girl with claws...she's the protagonist in another story i am conjuring up at the moment...lol