She was sitting in the classroom.
Her classmates were talking amongst themselves and once in a while they would send her distasteful glances.
She didn't notice.
Her brother came back from the hospital Friday afternoon.
She and her dad had to carry him inside the house while he was joking about the 'royal treatment' as he called it.
After he came out of shock he took the news about his legs rather well but he asked to be left alone for a while. When they came back they could see he was still shocked to his core but slowly adjusting and the family sat down to talk about making arrangements for him. It had also saddened him greatly that he couldn't continue his study and basketball. Aria had caught him watching a game with much longing and pain. Talking in the family was hard and forced. No one wanted to make a comment related to the injury to keep their minds off it but you could see it wasn't working. He did apologize for hitting her though. When Monday came she was almost glad to go to school if only to escape the depressed environment that was her home.
She hadn't slept much over the weekend and big bags were under her eyes.
She was drowning in guilt.
It pained her so much she was beginning to avoid her brother only to avoid seeing the broken look in his eyes.
She was tearing up inside.
The bell rang.
She looked up to her classmates once and started gathering her things. She just ignored the whispers and walked to her next class. German.
She took her place halfway down the row beside the window.
Soon a short girl came in and sat in the seat in front of her. Her 'friends' around her.
"So, the sick girl decided to show up." She commented to her 'friends'.
"I don't know why though, it's not like she does her homework or actually says something in class." Laughter from her friends filled the air but Aria ignored it.
"Why don't you stay home next time so you don't irritate people who actually want to learn something." The small girl practically hissed but focused her attention immediately on the teacher when she walked into the classroom. Quickly she got her book and notepad out of her bag, straitening herself on the chair with her pen in her hand ready to make notes.
Aria watched her for a moment. It was sad. The girl really thought that school was so important. She had no social life besides when her 'friends' wanted to copy notes from her and stuff like that. She always started studying two weeks before a test and managed to get A's all the time.
Aria got her stuff out of her bag so it looked like she was paying attention and tuned the teacher out. Her eyes flicked over her classmates for a moment before settling outside. Immediately her thoughts turned to her brother.
'There has to be a solution.'
'I just can't let him live like this.'
'I should have been the one to take the blow. Not him. Stupid baka.'
Her nails made half moon patterns on the palm of her hand and her hands were white from the pressure she was applying.
She knew there was a way to save him.
But was she willing to pay the price?
She looked around.
'No one is going to miss me here. But my family....'
'They love me so much. Could they understand? Could my brother understand? Am I willing to give it all up for him?'
That was an easy question.
'I should just do it. They will have to understand. I can't live like this. He can't live like that. They will have to let me go. I don't belong in this society. They will not understand. I will miss them so much.'
Her eyes filled up but she determinately wiped the moisture away. She stood up, asked the teacher if she may go to the bathroom and walked out of the door with the stares and whispers of her classmates following her. She walked to the toilet, looked if there was someone there, locked herself in a stall and sat down.
She thought it over for a moment.
'If I do this there will be no turning back.'
She sighed.
She took a deep breath to calm herself.
She closed her eyes and began to focus on the two other parts of her soul.
She could feel their life forces.
As bright as usual.
She concentrated on their life forces.
A big red-black and a big dark blue-white one.
The red-black one was irritated about something.
She could feel that they knew she was there.
She opened her mouth and let her voice carry though out her soul, reaching the two parts that weren't in her possession.
"'Sesshoumaru, Inu Taiyoukai Lord of the Western Lands of the Demon Human World of Japan of the year 752 and Hiei, Fire Ice Apparition Taiyoukai Lord of the Southern Lands of the Demon Human World of Japan of the year 752, I Aria Imhyando Amanheru Peters, a Human of the Human World of 2004 will, should you accept to completely heal my brother and give me a chance to say goodbye, be yours. Do You Understand the Consequences and Accept?'"
She had felt their surprise and concern when she started, she had never addressed them so formal before, but when she had spoken her words she could feel astonishment, shock and two things she couldn't identify. She opened her eyes.
A silent conversation seemed to pass between the two demon lords and she doubted that they would accept for a moment. And.... For a moment she wanted them to turn her down.
That was shattered when two voices spoke as one though her soul.
'We Understand and Accept Aria Imhyando Amanheru Peters, Human of the Human World of 2004.'
She closed her eyes in desperation. It was done. She would be theirs. Her body began to glow with a bright white light when her soul surged forward to make it possible for them to cross. She bit her tongue and digged her nails in her palms to stop herself from screaming at the pain of another piece of her soul splitting with her. A big part of her soul left her to join with the two lords. She only had less than half left now.
She could feel the part of her soul that left her split up and enter the two lords. She could feel that it didn't fully merge with their souls but she could feel them much better now. They were very pleased with this development.
When the part of her soul she just splitted with reached the part that made the connection between the Lords, the pain lessened and she took a shuddering breath. She unclenched her hands and opened her eyes. She could live with the pain that was still present. She sighed and closed her eyes again.
Hiei's voice filled her mind.
'Smart move my pet.'
Her eyes snapped open when she heard that.
'Yes, I am very pleased with this agreement as well pet, you do understand that you will stay with us now? We won't let you go. We won't let you out of our sight. You are ours.'
She shuddered.
'Yes I know.' She hissed.
'And I'm not yours yet.'
'Ah, a minor detail that will be solved shortly, we are coming for you pet. You will take us to your brother. Than we will mark you and you will be ours forever.'
She could feel them crossing worlds.
She could feel them coming closer and grinning madly inside her head.
They would reach her shortly.
'Wait outside. I will come to you.'
She could feel their grins widening.
She left the bathroom and went back to the classroom.
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Ooooh, cliffy! I'm evil and crazy, so stop interrupting when I'm talking to my imaginary friends!
Thank you for reading. I hope you liked it. I will post the rest of the story soon, if it isn't posted already. I would love to know what you think about the story so please review. I have a one-shot posted as well that is a bit of a precursor to this story. It's called storm. Very cute one-shot. Check it out sometime. Thanks again for reading.
Ja ne!
Grz xxx Aria-Chan