Chapter One
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"How dare you disobey me!?" Sheena's fist connected soundly with Ayashi's face. The twelve-year-old jyuunishi rat let out a startled cry, clapping a hand to her cheek where the Head of House had struck her.
The young girl annoyed Sheena to no end.
The way she looked at her.
The way she cringed and whimpered when Sheena beat her.
Now she was staring at Sheena.
"GET OUT OF MY SIGHT!" Sheena screamed at the young rat. Ayashi bobbed her head obediently and scrambled from the room, tears of fear streaming down her cheeks.
How like Sheena she was.
That is what annoyed the Head of House the most.
The way that helpless, whimpering rat was an image of Sheena's former self.
Sheena clenched her fists tightly, her violet eyes sparkling with misdirected rage.
"I HATE YOU!!! I HATE YOU ALL!!" An intricately decorated porcelain vase shattered as it connected solidly with the wall as the image of her once loving father swam into Sheena's vision.
"Especially you father." Sheena was no longer yelling, the strength drained out of her by the helpless angry tears that now streamed down her pale face. She sank to the floor, her hands shaking violently.
What had changed?
Sheena wondered for the thousandth time.
What changed Daddy? What changed?
She knew the answer, as much as she hated to admit it.
Her.
She had changed.
Damn Akito.
Damn Akito for choosing her.
Damn Akito for dying.
Damn her father for letting it happen.
Damn Ayashi for being so like her.
Damn Hatori for being so cruel.
Damn them all.
Damn them all.
She hated them. She really, truly did.
She stood up slowly, her tears a memory now, straightened her kimono and opened the door, walking down the hall. She blinked in the light as she emerged from the dark house and paused for a moment, letting her eyes adjust.
Ayashi played in the courtyard with two of the other jyuunishi, but al three stopped as Sheena walked by them, watching her; their eyes round with fear.
Sheena passed them without a glance, exiting Sohma property by the main gate. No one tried to stop her.
They wouldn't dare.
She was sixteen years old and she ruled her own life. She headed towards the city, no real intention other than escape from her family in mind.