The Wrong Girl
Chapter 19
Disclaimer: see previous chappies
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Celena stayed leaning against the wall for a while longer, then went to find everyone. As she walked down the dim hall she felt like she was being watched. The hair on the back of her neck stood on end. Celena quickly turned around, but she was too slow to see the black figure moving in the shadows. Fear was building in her. "He-hello? An-anyone there?" she stuttered When no one answered she shook her head and said, "It must have been my imagination, it's pretty creepy down here at this time of day" She then turned and ran for the bridge still not too sure she was the only one there. The cloaked figure stepped out of the shadows and softly laughed to himself. He then turned and with a wave of his cloak was gone.
Yukari was walking down the hall to the bridge when someone ran into her from behind. They both flew forward some two feet, then slid to a stop. "Owwwww!" Yukari yelled, her loud voice muffled in the floorboards.
"Oh, sorry Yukari! I didn't see you" Celena apologized
"That's okay Celena. Just be more careful when you're running down the hall" Yukari told her, slowly picking herself up from the floor. She cracked her back then stood up straight. Against Celena, Yukari looked like a giant. She was at least six inches taller than Celena.
"Well, see ya!" Celena yelled back
"Huh? How'd she get all the way up there? Weird girl" Yukari wondered She then presumed walking to the bridge. There was going to be a meeting for everyone, and it was supposed to start when everybody got there. She walked leisurely into the bridge and once again she had seven pairs of eyes upon her. "Sorry, I guess I'm a bit late. I would have been on time if a certain person hadn't run into me"
"Well, since everyone is finally here I suppose we'll start" Van said, "This meeting is just to inform you that we will be landing in Asturia momentarily, and everyone should be here when we do"
"So how long till we land?" Hitomi inquired
"In approximately or about 10 minutes" Van answered "Isn't that right Allen?"
"Yes, just about ten minutes and we should be in Asturia" Allen said
"So we should just stay here is what you're saying, right?" Yukari asked
"Yes, I suppose so" Van answered
"So why don't you just say we'll be landing in10 minutes, please stay here until we land?"
"I don't know"
"Would be much easier"
"That may be but that's just the way I said it"
"Okay" Yukari shrugged her shoulders and went to sit on the floor. She heard shuffling of feet and it seemed that everyone was doing the same as her. Then she heard something that disturbed her slightly. It was Hitomi and Van; they were talking about something. It seemed hurried and whispered but she couldn't make out the words until they moved slightly closer to the spot where she sat. They were talking about her.
"Van, I know you don't like Yukari that much. But she's my best friend, plus what's so bad about her anyway?" Hitomi was saying
"Well for one she seems like she doesn't give a damn about anything. She's always late for everything and she's got no manners whatsoever" Van replied
"If you knew her before she came here, your views would definitely be different." She said her voice sounded a bit angrier than last time she spoke "You have to have known her before you can make judgments like that, she's got a good reason for how she is. Just like you do"
"I have known her for at least four moons now, I think that's long enough"
"But it isn't, just like knowing you for only two moons is not enough"
"Are you saying that we act alike? I do not act like that emotionless rock of a girl"
"How dare you say that? She might seem strong and together on the outside but on the inside she's really insecure"
"That still doesn't explain why she can't open up to anyone. Not even you, no matter how good of friends you are she still won't completely open up"
" She doesn't want to get hurt again. Her parents haven't been parents at all, all they ever did was fight and yell curses at one another. Then here's this fifteen-year-old girl in the middle of it all, she knew all the curses by the age of five and had been mentally and physically hurt for life. That good enough for ya?"
Van didn't know what to say. At least he'd been loved for some of his life. Yukari never had been loved at all and in her mind never would be. Yukari slumped against the wall she'd been listening through and a single tear slid down her face. She wiped it away quickly and fought her urge to cry telling herself that only the weak cry and she was not weak. Instead she stood up and started to slowly walk towards the hall. Before she could reach the hall though Van and Hitomi came back in the room and saw Yukari with her head down.
"What's the matter Yukari?" Hitomi asked afraid of what she might say
" You know exactly what's the matter don't you Hitomi? Well I knew you knew about my whole past cause you're just that perceptive. You didn't have to tell Van that though, I thought I was doing okay hiding everything. Guess not" Yukari said slowly and just above a whisper "Now he feels sorry for me, that is not what I want. Pity is the very last thing I need"
"You heard then? I was just trying to make him understand why you are the way you are"
"People either accept me or they don't. Van obviously didn't. That is all I have to say" She turned and continued to walk
"Well maybe I have something to say" Van said
"No one's stopping you, so say it why don't cha?" Yukari calmly told him
"Fine then. What makes you so certain I pity you? The truth is I don't, and I never will. How would you like to lose your Father, Mother, and Brother in a span of five or six years? You probably wouldn't like it at all"
"I don't have a brother to lose and losing my mom and dad wouldn't be all that bad" Yukari cut in
" Then you are one of a kind. It crushed me and I did the exact same thing you did, hid it all away so no one could see my pain. It worked and no one suspected anything. Not even Merle, I brought myself out of suicide many times and never told anyone that I might kill myself. I occupied my time with everything I could think of so as to get my mind off of it. Then Hitomi came and I realized that it's so much better to just let people know how you feel so they can help you" Van finally finished and waited for a reaction from Yukari. She just stood there with her back to them and let his words soak in.
"For me it's not that simple. I do everything under the sun to not go home in the afternoon. When weekends come I wish I wasn't there at all. My parents don't care about me, never did never will. Everyone's the same though, trying to help poor Yukari" She scoffed and went on " I slept in the park near my school so I could actually get some sleep. No one noticed. As I said everyone's the same when it comes to dealing with me, the social workers, Guidance counselors, teachers, even you Hitomi. Everything I say eventually comes back to basically kill me. So don't even try to say you know what I feel like" She turned around and there were no tears, just the wavering of her voice let you know she was upset.
"If that's the way you see your life then there's nothing I or anyone else can say that will change your mind. Just know this, many people do care about you" Van told her
" There's only one person that might care if I died, and that's Hitomi. You wouldn't give if I just dropped dead this instant would you? Nor anyone else in this room because they all think I'm a bitchy ice queen with nothing good about me, that shoves everyone away" She retaliated, much hate and aggravation dripping from her words
"That's not true! I would care because I see you as my sister. We act alike in certain situations and I can tell that you'd be good at swordplay if you would just pick up a sword" Van said
"Really? Well then I guess both of us misunderstood the other. Leave me alone for a while though. Okay? I might just live to see another day, if you would really care. I know Tomi would cause she's my friend but I didn't think anyone else would. Parents and teachers the least, they all hate me, but oh well I guess I've got some new friends then" She briskly turned and walked out of the room to her own.
"Van? Did you really mean all the things you said?" Hitomi asked
"Yeah, why?" he answered
"Just that I was her only friend but now she has someone else that she can live for"
"What are you talking about?"
"When she left earth for here, she was going to commit suicide. I accidentally saw her notebook when I was over her house, it said how unhappy she was, then how she should just die but the knowledge that I care about what happens to her held her back somehow. I'm proud of you for showing her that there's more to life than being scared and unhappy"
"I did that with my words?"
"Yep"
"Ummm… we're about to land, everyone should hold on to something just in case there's some wind traffic" Gaddes said
They landed and got out of the ship. What they saw surprised them all.
A/N: Sorry, sorry, sorry!!!! I know I'm taking sooo long to update but it's getting harder and harder to find time to do all this stuff. It's all school's fault I tell you, it keeps getting in my way of updating. Hope this is long enough to make up for not updating for so long. Hehehehehe ^_^ Also in one week and one day, I get my braces on! -__- I have to have them for one tooth that's twisted around 90 degrees. It needs to be twisted back then the gaps have to be closed and my whole upper line of teeth moved over. Nice huh? At least only for a year or so. Well as always please R&R!!! see ya!