House of Fallen Angels

Disclaimer: Disclaimer: FLCL storyline with my own, Yuri Hyuga does not belong to me, he belongs to Shadow Hearts, and Yevonites belong to Squaresoft's FFX! Sonic the Hedgehog belongs to Sega!!!

Prologue

BGM: FLCL – Stalker goes to Babylon

"Yawn...morinin'..." I grumbled, rubbing my eyes. "Flo-...? Where did she...?"

Oh great, Flonne's missing again. No, maybe Yuri's seen her, after all I knew that he woke up kinda earlier than me...I was about to knock on the door, but decided against it. If he doesn't bother to respect me why should I respect him??

So I just opened the door, not caring what he thought. At first I started to ask him, but when I saw him sprawled out on the floor mumbling...I'm not sure what freaked me out more, the way he was mumbling, the symbol under him, or the way he smiled...

"Oh really? The noise...all the angels are upset about something? Ah, they're all just paranoid! There's no need to carry out the plan! You'd just be causin' a ruckus for fun!! Nothing's gonna happen!" He raised a hand and slammed it, emphasizing his frustration. "This is nothing but a buncha bull, came all the way up here for nothin'!! Mean, that Flo's more crazy than resourceful, but it seems she's doin' a whole better job of ruinin' God's plan than I am..."

My eyes widened as Yuri lifted his head to glare at me, a sinister smile on his face.

"...you..."

"I wasn't listening to anything!"

"Oh?! S'tat so??!!?" He tackled me, and we tumbled down the stairs. When we hit the floor, he grabbed at my arms, pulling them back like a wrestling pin-down. "Fess up, kiddo!!!"

"It's not real! It's all in my head!!!" I screamed, blood running down my nose from the impact.

"All in yer head, huh? But I thought you didn't even have a brain!!!"

"Ow!!! It's true! I was just looking for Flonne, that's all!!!"

"She's been missing since yesterday..." Yuri released me and stretched an umbrella to shade himself from the blood of Joshua's lamb. "You didn't do anything to upset her did you?" ".........?" Joshua gave me another one of those irritatingly blank stares, the lamb in baaing in pain, causing me to grunt in protest.

"Of course not! It's not like it's my fault......" I kicked at my dad's bedroom door, the slipperiness of the floor along with the cotton socks I wore, gave me the effect of falling. "Whoa! Umph!!!"

"It's all my dad's fault..."

Episode Five: Daddy's Little Girl

BGM: FLCL – Instant Music

"......" The thought of what Yuri was doing in his room upset Aria so much, that he went straight to the nurse's office, and downed some aspirin. "........"

With the mix of voices echoing through his head, Florina's, Yuri's, Father Kano's, and Piyoko's, he threw the bottled water at the ground, and clutched himself, trying to control the rage he felt burning inside.

"God...the Devil..." His body shook with denial, soon his voice started to rise, almost as if he were screaming at someone. "No, no, no...they don't exist!!"

After letting out the frustrated declaration, he turned his head, and heard a voice, "What do you mean God doesn't exist?"

At that moment, Alyssa who had been in the bed he was sitting on, smashed into him, her amulet tangling with his Malice.

"......" They both were speechless as they tripped to the floor, their legs entwined in an indecent way. "...................."

Alyssa was the first to shriek, "WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING TO ME???!!??!!???"

"Wha-?!? WELL, WHAT ABOUT YOU???!!!!!???"

Both red in the face, they untangled themselves and their trinkets, sitting awhile, before the bell rang, indicating their delay, but did they care? No.

"S...sorry..." Aria murmured in embarrassment. "It's my fault...I, uh, wasn't watching where I was going..."

"......It's all right..." She heaved a heavy sigh. "I'm to blame as well..."

"Why're you here so early, Aria-kun?"

"Trouble at home..."

"Really? Same here."

With light footsteps, Alyssa and Aria reached the classroom. Opening the door with a cheerful smile, Alyssa exclaimed, "Good morn-"

But quickly became silent, peering at all the stares the other students presented to her. "......" She closed her eyes, walking past them, and seated herself, as Aria yawned behind her.

"?" Aria frowned at the scene, pondering why a bunch of the Yevonite girls weren't rushing up to her like they always did. Alyssa was popular, for a Christian that is... "What's going on?"

"Aria!" Song and Wish raced over to his side, panic written all over their expressions.

"Did you hear?! Alyssa's father was thrown in the Path to Repentance!!"

"Path of Repentance...you mean the Yevonite jail?! What...?"

"I'm not really sure what happened, but Maester Kinoc was giving a speech, when Dr. Hale, wielding a pistol shot him in the arm!" Song whimpered, nibbling on the ribbon around his thin, black hair.

"But...that doesn't make any sense..." Aria mumbled, eyes dazed. "Dr. Hale is such a kind man..."

"We all know that! He raised Alyssa despite the fact that she was abandoned for being openly accused of being cursed...but...Song! You give the details!! I think I'm gonna cry!!" Wish shoved at her brother, ignoring the tears, which welled up in his eyes.

"Dr. Hale......I'm not saying this is true...there wasn't any evidence...but before he shot Kinoc...he was a bit hysterical...and claimed that the Maester sexually harassed his daughter..."

All eyes turned to Alyssa, who was sitting, blankly gazing at the chalkboard. "..........."

Darn it. I should've known this would happen...I could just ignore it, but then they'd just think I'm trying too hard to hide it......I know...I'll break out into tears. Yes, I'll make them feel sorry for me, then they'd comfort me, even those filthy, rotten Yevonite teachers. They're nothing but hypocrites......here goes...?

Before Alyssa could do anything, she discovered Aria looking at her, and it threw her off. "Sigh."

BGM: FLCL – Sad Sad Kiddie

"And don't forget to bring me the right soup this time!!" Hyuga spat, watching Joshua slip on his jacket and start fingering through the wads of money he had given to him.

"Well, I was simply making a speech, then that mad man attacked me out of the blue." Maester Kinoc laughed with some priestesses, eyeing Lady Dona. "I mean what was I supposed to do? Fight back? He had a pistol for Yevon's sake!"

"Oh, it must've been so scary." Lady Shelinda shivered, hands to her cheeks.

Their discussion was interrupted by Alyssa, as the she opened the door, and stood there, staring at them. They right back at her, ignoring the tension, which crept in. Until finally, Maester Kinoc broke the silence by asking her why she came.

"Ahem, you must be his daughter." The fat man uttered with false compassion. "I'm terribly sorry about your father. It must be really hard on you. Being a daughter and living with that poor, disturbed man."

Alyssa's face twisted into a glare, "My father trusted you Maester Kinoc. He allowed you to come to my vocal concert, but you betrayed him."

"Hmph. Young lady, are you accusing us because you think Christians are better than us?"

"No. And I know that it's not my place to lecture all of you. Since you're all adults and I'm just a child, I mean, what would I know? I'm just a kid."

Lady Dona and Maester Kinoc nodded, but Lady Shelinda gave her a worried look, somewhat confused by the entire situation.

"So you tell me, Maester Kinoc...what's it like? To be such a b—tard?"

The two young priestesses gasped and Dona spoke once again in a hateful tone, "Well I never!! How rude! Is this how Christians act?! You're the hypocrites."

Maester Kinoc chuckled, "You're a clever girl, Alyssa and to tell you the truth, I've hate your entire family, you know why? They make me look bad, you being a rich little girl. But...I've always liked you, and that's the truth. I hope you can believe me."

He stopped to offer her a drink.

Alyssa tiled an eyebrow, taking the bottle into her perfected hands. "............"

"Now then, we'll probably never speak to another ever again. Goodbye." With that he shut the door.

BGM: FLCL – Hybrid Rainbow

Florina giggled, tickling Autumn with a cat's tail weed, and he mewled, paws swiping at it. "Autumn-sama...I'm happy. Aren't you?"

"Nyow?" The black cat tilted his head upwards, noticing the gentle affection that perched itself onto her eyes, making them sparkle.

"Because..." She pushed herself up, dusting the grass from her skirt, and adjusting the halo in her hands before turning around to smile at the silent figure behind her. "Because you're here."

Joshua blinked at her and would've scratched his head if not for the grocery bags in his hands. "....."

She skipped over to his side and yanked the bags from his grasps, dropping them to the ground.

"...You saved me...yes. You saw that I was in danger and stopped one of the devil's servants from hurting me, thank you......thank you, Polly-sama!"

When she flapped her wings, and fluttered ungracefully closer to him, he jerked away, a scared look on his face. But then she held the halo into view, "I...I fixed this for you..." And she placed it on his head, eyes clouding over, and "Even if you aren't an angel even if you're a devil I want you to be yourself, and you'll always be my guardian angel in my heart."

Staring for a while, Joshua stepped closer, and curved his mouth into that smile, which touched the young angel's heart from the second day he met her. His arms clasped her intimately, then released.

Florina watched, as he picked the groceries back up and opened his hand once again for her to take. She was glad to do so.

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Another announcement soared above their heads; "It seems Sonic the Hedgehog is not alone, for there are other in pursuit for Eggman, so there is very little need to worry! One of them is Rouge the Bat, a professional government trained spy! Eggman will have great difficulty affecting this town!!"

Alyssa was sitting on a bench near the forest where Aria had played with his dear sister; sipping the bottle Maester Kinoc had given her. She quickly dismissed the announcement; it was like that every day. Her face was flushed and eyes unclear, she had to shake herself awake from time to time, as the rage bubbled inside her.

"Oy, oy. Should a class president really be doing this?" She spun her head around to see Aria smirking playfully at her. "You look pretty smashed. A Christian really ought to not be drinking, you know?" Alyssa gasped, forcing her eyes into focus, just in time to read the labels on the bottle. "Alcohol?! Arggh!! Why that filthy, lying, no good, sick jack-"

"And who agreed with Song not to be blaspheming?"

"......It's not blasphemy. I just...never mind." She pushed herself clumsily to her feet, grabbing the top of the bench for support. "To tell you the truth...I'm pretty rich you know. So take me to eat, hic."

"What're you mumbling about?" Aria asked, hands stuffed into his pockets. "Now I know you're definitely drunk. Besides, I've got a group of people I'm waiting for."

BGM: FLCL – Runners High

"Oh there they are!" Aria exclaimed, joy picking at his face.

"Who are they?" Alyssa grumbled, still trying to clear her head.

"My family."

Yuri was cruising down the road with his motorcycle, then took a sudden turn in front of traffic, causing the cars behind him to crash, spinning out of control behind him. Aria and Alyssa dropped their mouths, as they watched the adult look behind him then back, suddenly at Autumn in front of him hissing. "Eh?! One of my master's servants??!?"

He made a sharp turn, and the bike halted suddenly, sending him flying, as it tumbled, rolling straight towards Aria. Of course before the poor boy could leap out of the way it crashed into him, hurling him at Alyssa, whose lips were so close, but was conked over the head, as their skulls connected.

"Autumn-sama!!" Florina cried, rushing the pesky cat into her arms with Joshua closely by her side, looking over at the car massacre.

"S—t! I almost died there..." Yuri cursed, rubbing his bruised head, "Stupid neko."

"I-itai..." Alyssa moaned, also rubbing her head. "At least I'm not drunk anymore...huh?"

She was about to reach out and touch the Malice, which became yellow, but Florina hopped in front of her.

"?! ....oh, it's just you. The silly angel want to be. Fine, I won't touch it, whatever, I'm going homeeeeee..."

Right then and there she collapsed, Yuri rushed to her side checking her, then glanced at Joshua, "Hey! It isn't my fault all right, so quit looking at me like on, carry her back to our house..."

Kero Guardian: Thanks Crobdan for all the reviews, you're very kind! Sometimes I don't think my story is descriptive enough though. I'm not sure what you mean by original...should I change the description on my summary???