::Byakko no Miko:: Chapter 2 ::
"Damn those sickening idiots!" Caerria snarled unpleasantly under her breath as she passed a bunch of girls standing by the main gate of Jonan Academy on her way out, talking in low conspiratorial tones and shooting her strange looks.
(Scum of the earth, the world would definitely be a better place without them.)
Caerria kept her face smooth, showing no trace of the tumult of emotions beneath the surface. She didn't want to give those bitches the satisfaction of seeing her pissed. Sure, they had talked behind her back, humiliated her in front of the whole class by stealing the Chinese Culture essay she had stayed up to complete, said to her face that she was a bloody asshole know-it-all who walks with her nose in the air, etc.
But WTF.
She didn't want to think about it anymore.
They could say whatever they want, she didn't care, couldn't care, wouldn't care less.
She was used to it by now.
Silence by Aisu Caerria
The silence
Seems dark and forbidding
A presence
That lingers
Even when all is gone
I hear it.
They saw her as proud, a loner, a bloody stuck-up bitch who didn't want to speak with anyone other than herself.
Was she?
Perhaps. But she loved the silence. The silence that came with not speaking. The silence that seeped into one's bones and made its presence known with a shrill sharp whine.
The peace and quiet.
"You put her down this instant! I won the court case and you know it, so she is mine now!"
"Yours? She is yours? You are treating her like some kind of possession! What kind of father are you?"
"I…I am not! Who says I was…"
"Well YES YOU ARE! Look Kei, I know what happened to us was a mistake right from the beginning, but that gives us no reason to treat our daughter here like some kind of thing…"
"A mistake? All that love and care for each other was simply a mistake?! Alexandra…"
"Shut up. I'm leaving."
Caerria stepped out of the lift and strode down the corridor leading to the entrance of her apartment. As she neared the large wooden door that was the only thing that barred her from finding solace in her books and music, her footsteps quickened… and stopped dead.
The door was ajar.
A billion thoughts were running through her head. Had she left the door open? Was there a burglar in the house? Or maybe it's just the both of them. But Ran and Miyuki weren't due home just yet. Or maybe Ran was home early… Freelance photography was pretty flexible…
She reached a tentative hand towards the grainy polished oak, and as her fingers found the glistening brass doorknob, Caerria pushed the door open.
The sight of numerous brown cardboard boxes littering the narrow doorway and the living room beyond left her speechless for a moment.
Then a burning blaze of flame exploded from within her.
"Akira Ross huh? Researcher and highly eligible male? If you asked me for my opinion, I'd tell you that he's just a big dumb-block who doesn't know the meaning of the content printed on the flyers found in the post every week with the big neon words SECURITY IN THE HOME," Angry and embarrassed, Caerria stormed through the house, silver hair streaming out behind her from under the smart beret on her head, and screeched to a stop in front of the room door.
With a sharp knock, she most –impolitely- shoved the door open with a simple maneuver of her wrist, and came face to face with a …
"Library?!" Caerria's voice was a mixture of incredulity and disbelief.
Why the hell was there a library in the apartment?
She backtracked out of the room, looked around for a moment to determine if this was truly her house, then stepped into the room again.
"This is…" The word 'ridiculous' got stuck in her throat as she glimpsed the spines of a few of the books close to her.
"Fantastic!" Caerria took a book that caught her eye down from the shelf (one of a dozen on the wall) and flipped through it eagerly. "I've been after this book for months!"
As she flipped through the book, slowly but surely getting absorbed in its pages, a sudden scratchy noise drew her attention.
She whirled around immediately, dropping into a defensive combat stance, froze for a moment, then slowly straightened up when all she saw was a book, its pages fluttering slightly in the light breeze that was blowing in the window, on a small sofa bed in the corner.
"So this IS that Ross' room then," Caerria said with a smile as she walked over to the bed. She knew this was most impolite, poking around in people's rooms like that, but with a dozen books on Chinese culture/history/philosophy/mythology lining the walls of this room like that, never mind basic manners, not even a bulldozer could keep her away.
"Wow…" A small gasp of awe escaped her lips as she picked up the other book on the bed.
(Where was that Ross guy anyway?)
"Shijin Tenchisho?" She opened the book with gentle hands.
"This is the story of a girl
who single-handedly gathered the Seven Stars of Byakko
and gained the power to make all of her dreams come true.
The story itself is an incantation
and whomever reads it gains the main character's power
to have their wishes granted.
As soon as the page is turned,
the story will become real and begin."
Fluent Chinese spilled from her lips as Caerria read the words on the pages out loud.
(Hmm… Ancient Chinese… Interesting..)
Then, she turned the page.
!!-!!
OOoh… a little cliffie, eh? I just had to do it, since I didn't in the previous chapter. I meant to, you know :D but spared you guys since I was going on holiday.
See what a good authoress I am :D
BTW
This was a rather long chapter for me, so I trust you guys will be satisfied for now huh :D
Anyway
To Rhapsody: Daughter of the Sky: Aww… (I guess it's not a gd idea to thank you again cos you'd say welcome and I'd say thank you and you'd say welcome and I'd say thank you and that sort of thing) Anyway, here's the chapter (you've finished reading it)
To Hydra-Star: Um… I think I agree with you on the yawn thing. Hmm… Shoulda tot of that earlier… Or maybe she should go "WoaaArrr" or something of the sort. :D And with the thoughts thing, as long as the words are on the same line, they are being thought by the same person. I separated the two to show a pause. Thank you for correcting/pointing out my mistakes or where I can improve on. Really. Thank you.
To avariel: I know who you are all right…. And I like silver haired chars, so, sue me.
To Meitantei Lili: Thank you so much for the compliments :D and I loved your wallpaper.
