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A/N: Well, here's the next chapter of Open my Eyes. Anyways hope you like it!
Chapter Four
The Test
"Amaya! Get your ass up! Were gonna be late." The raven haired girl slowly opened her eyes, the room slowly coming into view.
"Here, put these on." Rei said, throwing some clothes at her.
"Alright, keep your fuckin' clothes on." She muttered, pulling on the leather clothes. The outfit was pretty simple, a one strip tank-top with a leather vest and plain leather pants. "What the hell is with all the leather?"
"It's our gangs dress code, we have to wear all black, and I happen to like leather." Rei replied. Amaya nodded as she put her hair up in it's usual high ponytail.
"Alright." Rei said, pulling out some things from the drawer. "Your going to need these." Amaya stared at the knives that Rei was laying out on her bed.
"I'm going to school." Amaya said, looking confused. "Why the hell would I need the heavy artillery?"
"You never know when someone form the opposite gang is going to attack you." She said, making her way back to the closet and pulling out a black trench coat. She handed it to Amaya who inspected it, she found that it had a lot of inner pockets.
"The inner pockets are for weapons." Rei explained, loading the coat with knives. Once she was finished she held it up for Amaya to put on, which she did. "Now be fucking careful, if the school finds those, your in shit." Amaya nodded.
"Right. Now let's get going, I have to grab my backpack from my house."
"Then what the hell are we waiting here for, let's get going." Rei grabbed her keys off the counter and headed to the front doors were a guard was standing.
"Name and business?" He asked
"Rei and Amaya, she's our new member. School." Rei said, the guard nodded and opened the door. Rei walked to her car, fired the engine and was off with a roar of the motor.
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The black car pulled to a stop in front of Amaya's house and she stepped out. She walked up the front door and opened it, heading to her room to get her backpack.
"And where do you think your going?" Her mother said form the bottom of the stairs. Amaya turned around.
"I'm getting my backpack so I can go to school." She replied, but her mother wasn't listening, her eyes were fixed on her outfit.
"What in the world are you wearing?"
"It's called leather mother, and it doesn't bite." Amaya entered her room, grabbed her backpack and began heading for the front door.
"After school your coming straight home and were having a talk." Her mom said, Amaya mentally groaned. Having talks with her mom usually meant she was grounded, and this case, she knew she was.
"Whatever mom." And with that Amaya was out the door.
"God she is so annoying." Amaya complained as she slammed the car door shut.
"All parents are annoying." Rei remarked. They reached school and Amaya was about to get out of the car when Rei stopped her.
"Wait a sec." She said, looking in her purse and pulling out a black cell phone. "Here, it only takes in calls from the gang, so never turn it off, and when it rings you had better answer it."
"Alright, thanks." She said and got out of the car.
"Amaya!" The raven haired teen turned around to see Demi running towards her.
"What the fuck happened to you last night?" She asked. "I called your house and you weren't there." Then her emerald eyes fell on what Amaya was wearing. "And what the hell are you wearing? You look like that chick from the Matrix."
"Look, I can't explain right now, but I'll talk to at lunch." She said opening her locker and gathering her books. "I'll see you later." And with that she took off down the hall, towards her next class, leaving a confused and hurt looking Demi behind.
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The bell signaling the end of school and Amaya wasn't in the greatest mood. She had lied to Demi about where she had been, and Demi hadn't seemed to believe her at all, and plus she had her mother to deal with when she got home. She heaved her backpack out of her locker and slammed it shut. She had stayed back in class deliberately trying to avoid Demi, and seeing as she wasn't there, Amaya guessed that she had accomplished what she had set out to do.
The walk home was fairly uneventful, the biggest highlight of the whole damn thing was startling a cat in the trash can. The orange tabby had meowed and hissed at her before running away. Amaya walked up the steps of her front door, and was instantaneously met with her mother.
"So where were you really last night?" Her mom asked, looking cross.
"I already told you mom, I was at Demi's." Amaya replied, her mother really getting on her nerves at the moment.
"That's funny." He mother clucked in a way that Amaya knew she was about to be caught in a lie. "Because after you hung up on me, I called Demi's house and she said that she hadn't seen you since you left the club." Amaya felt her stomach slip notch, and her anger rise.
"So what if I wasn't at Demi's? I'm eighteen, I'm not a baby!" She yelled, her eyes blazing cold fury.
"I'm still your mother, and I still have the right to know where you were last night!" He mother yelled back.
"You want to know where I was last night?" Amaya asked, her voice dripping venom at the one that gave birth to her. "None of your goddamn business, that's were." And with that said she stormed upstairs and slammed her door angrily.
'Why does she always have to treat me like a fuckin' baby?' She fumed mentally as her mother's muffled yells that she was grounded floated up to her. 'I'm eighteen, I can take care of my fuckin' self.' She flopped down on her bed and pulled out the binder that had her drawings in it. She always drew when she was pissed off, and the binder had a lot of drawings, most of them from a favorite TV show that she watched called Inuyasha. (A/N: I love that show! It's like my favorite Anime! Neways, on with the fic!) She picked up her pencil and started on a picture of Inuyasha sitting in a tree.
She only went downstairs to eat dinner and then she was right back up in her room, wanting to avoid her mother as much as possible. It was around 8:00 when her cell phone rang. She reached into her coat pocket and brought it to her ear.
"Hello?" She said into the mouthpiece, Rei's voice answered her back.
"Hey, I'm parked behind your house, can you see me?" Amaya peered out her window.
"Ya. Why?"
"Get your ass out here in five minutes and where something comfortable." And with that the phone went dead. Amaya, knowing she was grounded, but also knowing that she could easily climb out her window that faced the back of the house and reach the ground, and (following her new gangs dress code) changed into a black T that was loose fitting, leaving on her leather pants and trench coat. She redid her ponytail and applied a small amount of clear gloss to her lips before opening her bedroom window and stepping lightly onto the roof. She turned of her bedroom lights, so that he parents would think that she had gone to sleep and not bother her.
She walked cautiously to the edge of her roof where the wooden bar for the large gate was and eased herself onto it, stepping onto the gate door and jumping down, landing safely on the ground. Without wasting anytime she made straight for Rei's car and hopped in.
"Took you long enough." Rei said from the drivers seat.
"Well excuse me, I had to change and climb out of my window." Amaya replied. "So where are we going anyway?" Rei grinned.
"Your getting initiated." She said, and Amaya looked up.
"What's that mean?" she asked, a little worried, she had heard that in some gangs the initiation was brutal.
"You get tested." She replied. "See if you fight well enough to get into the gang. Don't worry you'll do fine." Amaya nodded. At least it wasn't having to sleep with anyone or something along those lines, fighting was good, fighting she could handle. After all, she had been taking martial arts since she was three.
"That I can handle." She replied as the car pulled into a dimly illuminated alley. Both girls stepped out the car, and one man walked up to Rei.
"So she's the new member." He said, surveying Amaya with interest. "She doesn't look very strong."
"I'm probably one hell of a lot stronger then you so I wouldn't talk." Amaya retorted, her eyes carrying a sparkle of arrogance. Rei was shaking with silent laughter.
"Fiery little thing." He said, looking at the petite girl. "But I'll let Yami put you in your place."
Amaya glared at him, and Rei stepped in between them.
"Ok, chill out guys." She said, and then looked at the man. "And Randy, go somewhere else." He shot Amaya a glare which she matched will full force before he walked away. Suddenly there was a silence and Amaya turned her head in the direction that everyone else had.
A figure stepped into the alley, his face was shadowed, but Amaya's breath caught in her throat none the less. Yami stood in front of the alley, his back to the street. She couldn't quite put her finger on it, but for some unknown reason his presence caused her blood to stop running in her veins. It wasn't fear that made this happen, but awe. His very occupancy radiated a sense of power.
"Is she ready?" He asked, and Rei nudged her from behind.
"Yes." She said, her calm voice masking the nervousness that she felt. "I am." She stepped forward, acting braver then she felt. He took a few steps forward and everyone back up, giving the two room to fight. He stopped when he was about an arms length away from her and their eyes locked. Amaya felt her body freeze at the depth and power of his lavender gaze. He removed his coat and she did the same.
"No weapons." He said, and she shivered at his voice, not quite knowing why. The same guy that bothered Amaya earlier, Randy his name was, came up on the side, he was obviously acting as the referee. He smirked at Amaya.
"1.......2.......3.......GO!" He shouted, bringing his hand down. Amaya ducked as Yami attempted to punch her in the face, and she brought her hand up, catching his fist. She stood up and kneed him in the stomach, earning gasps of surprise from the group of onlookers.
Without a word the spiky haired fighter, swung his foot around, catching her in the face and knocking her to the ground. She picked herself up and sent a heated glare to him. She charged at him, punching him in the stomach a good four times before jumping back, clear out of the way of harm.
The crowd applauded her and she felt the thrill of the fight rushing in her veins.
"You are a good fighter." He said, his voice was deep and oddly captivating.
"Thanks." She said and charged at him again, but he sidestepped out of her way and took the opportunity to put the fiery girl in a full nelson. With expert ease she completely straightened her arms towards the heavens and dipped out of his arms and in one quick movement, back kicked him in the face, causing him to stumble back.
Amaya figured that he would be pissed off, but his eyes were friendly, mysterious still, but they had a benevolent air in them.
"I see no reason to continue this." He said, his intense gaze never leaving her cerulean eyes. "It is quite obvious that she has passed." At his words Amaya felt the tug of a smile on her lips. She had done it. She had passed a test by the leader of the chains himself. Her eyes returned to his, her smile still on her face, which oddly was returned by a peculiar one that made it's way to his lips.
He turned and walked away, leaving the crowd to gape at the small girl.
"Holy shit!" Rei exclaimed, running to her side and staring open mouthed at her.
"No-one has A) Ever been tested by Yami personally, and B) No one's ever been able to land a punch on him." Amaya shrugged.
"Well, I'm in." She said. "So I guess that's all that really matters."
"Your more then just in girl." Rei said, still sounding astounded. "I'll bet any money your second in command."
"Well that's a bonus." Amaya replied. "Now I'll get to boss you around."
"You don't get it!" Rei exclaimed. "You just kicked his ass! That means that you'll be getting a black chain for sure!" Amaya tilted her head.
"Black chain?" She asked.
"Tattoos. All the members of the gang have different color chains on their tattoos." She explained. "Black is the highest rank you can get, it means that your an elite, you have power over everyone but Yami."
"Sweet." Amaya said. "What color chain do you have?"
"Red. It's the next down form black, and there's white, and that's all the low class people." Rei replied. Amaya nodded.
"So when I do I get this tattoo?" She asked Rei grinned.
"Right now, come on!" She said, grabbing Amaya's arm and leading her to the black car.
A/N:
Well, that's another chapter down, and it was pretty long to boot. And to show your appreciation you can leave a nice review (Hint, Hint) Anyway, hope you like the fic so far, now continue on the next chapter!
A/N: Well, here's the next chapter of Open my Eyes. Anyways hope you like it!
Chapter Four
The Test
"Amaya! Get your ass up! Were gonna be late." The raven haired girl slowly opened her eyes, the room slowly coming into view.
"Here, put these on." Rei said, throwing some clothes at her.
"Alright, keep your fuckin' clothes on." She muttered, pulling on the leather clothes. The outfit was pretty simple, a one strip tank-top with a leather vest and plain leather pants. "What the hell is with all the leather?"
"It's our gangs dress code, we have to wear all black, and I happen to like leather." Rei replied. Amaya nodded as she put her hair up in it's usual high ponytail.
"Alright." Rei said, pulling out some things from the drawer. "Your going to need these." Amaya stared at the knives that Rei was laying out on her bed.
"I'm going to school." Amaya said, looking confused. "Why the hell would I need the heavy artillery?"
"You never know when someone form the opposite gang is going to attack you." She said, making her way back to the closet and pulling out a black trench coat. She handed it to Amaya who inspected it, she found that it had a lot of inner pockets.
"The inner pockets are for weapons." Rei explained, loading the coat with knives. Once she was finished she held it up for Amaya to put on, which she did. "Now be fucking careful, if the school finds those, your in shit." Amaya nodded.
"Right. Now let's get going, I have to grab my backpack from my house."
"Then what the hell are we waiting here for, let's get going." Rei grabbed her keys off the counter and headed to the front doors were a guard was standing.
"Name and business?" He asked
"Rei and Amaya, she's our new member. School." Rei said, the guard nodded and opened the door. Rei walked to her car, fired the engine and was off with a roar of the motor.
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The black car pulled to a stop in front of Amaya's house and she stepped out. She walked up the front door and opened it, heading to her room to get her backpack.
"And where do you think your going?" Her mother said form the bottom of the stairs. Amaya turned around.
"I'm getting my backpack so I can go to school." She replied, but her mother wasn't listening, her eyes were fixed on her outfit.
"What in the world are you wearing?"
"It's called leather mother, and it doesn't bite." Amaya entered her room, grabbed her backpack and began heading for the front door.
"After school your coming straight home and were having a talk." Her mom said, Amaya mentally groaned. Having talks with her mom usually meant she was grounded, and this case, she knew she was.
"Whatever mom." And with that Amaya was out the door.
"God she is so annoying." Amaya complained as she slammed the car door shut.
"All parents are annoying." Rei remarked. They reached school and Amaya was about to get out of the car when Rei stopped her.
"Wait a sec." She said, looking in her purse and pulling out a black cell phone. "Here, it only takes in calls from the gang, so never turn it off, and when it rings you had better answer it."
"Alright, thanks." She said and got out of the car.
"Amaya!" The raven haired teen turned around to see Demi running towards her.
"What the fuck happened to you last night?" She asked. "I called your house and you weren't there." Then her emerald eyes fell on what Amaya was wearing. "And what the hell are you wearing? You look like that chick from the Matrix."
"Look, I can't explain right now, but I'll talk to at lunch." She said opening her locker and gathering her books. "I'll see you later." And with that she took off down the hall, towards her next class, leaving a confused and hurt looking Demi behind.
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The bell signaling the end of school and Amaya wasn't in the greatest mood. She had lied to Demi about where she had been, and Demi hadn't seemed to believe her at all, and plus she had her mother to deal with when she got home. She heaved her backpack out of her locker and slammed it shut. She had stayed back in class deliberately trying to avoid Demi, and seeing as she wasn't there, Amaya guessed that she had accomplished what she had set out to do.
The walk home was fairly uneventful, the biggest highlight of the whole damn thing was startling a cat in the trash can. The orange tabby had meowed and hissed at her before running away. Amaya walked up the steps of her front door, and was instantaneously met with her mother.
"So where were you really last night?" Her mom asked, looking cross.
"I already told you mom, I was at Demi's." Amaya replied, her mother really getting on her nerves at the moment.
"That's funny." He mother clucked in a way that Amaya knew she was about to be caught in a lie. "Because after you hung up on me, I called Demi's house and she said that she hadn't seen you since you left the club." Amaya felt her stomach slip notch, and her anger rise.
"So what if I wasn't at Demi's? I'm eighteen, I'm not a baby!" She yelled, her eyes blazing cold fury.
"I'm still your mother, and I still have the right to know where you were last night!" He mother yelled back.
"You want to know where I was last night?" Amaya asked, her voice dripping venom at the one that gave birth to her. "None of your goddamn business, that's were." And with that said she stormed upstairs and slammed her door angrily.
'Why does she always have to treat me like a fuckin' baby?' She fumed mentally as her mother's muffled yells that she was grounded floated up to her. 'I'm eighteen, I can take care of my fuckin' self.' She flopped down on her bed and pulled out the binder that had her drawings in it. She always drew when she was pissed off, and the binder had a lot of drawings, most of them from a favorite TV show that she watched called Inuyasha. (A/N: I love that show! It's like my favorite Anime! Neways, on with the fic!) She picked up her pencil and started on a picture of Inuyasha sitting in a tree.
She only went downstairs to eat dinner and then she was right back up in her room, wanting to avoid her mother as much as possible. It was around 8:00 when her cell phone rang. She reached into her coat pocket and brought it to her ear.
"Hello?" She said into the mouthpiece, Rei's voice answered her back.
"Hey, I'm parked behind your house, can you see me?" Amaya peered out her window.
"Ya. Why?"
"Get your ass out here in five minutes and where something comfortable." And with that the phone went dead. Amaya, knowing she was grounded, but also knowing that she could easily climb out her window that faced the back of the house and reach the ground, and (following her new gangs dress code) changed into a black T that was loose fitting, leaving on her leather pants and trench coat. She redid her ponytail and applied a small amount of clear gloss to her lips before opening her bedroom window and stepping lightly onto the roof. She turned of her bedroom lights, so that he parents would think that she had gone to sleep and not bother her.
She walked cautiously to the edge of her roof where the wooden bar for the large gate was and eased herself onto it, stepping onto the gate door and jumping down, landing safely on the ground. Without wasting anytime she made straight for Rei's car and hopped in.
"Took you long enough." Rei said from the drivers seat.
"Well excuse me, I had to change and climb out of my window." Amaya replied. "So where are we going anyway?" Rei grinned.
"Your getting initiated." She said, and Amaya looked up.
"What's that mean?" she asked, a little worried, she had heard that in some gangs the initiation was brutal.
"You get tested." She replied. "See if you fight well enough to get into the gang. Don't worry you'll do fine." Amaya nodded. At least it wasn't having to sleep with anyone or something along those lines, fighting was good, fighting she could handle. After all, she had been taking martial arts since she was three.
"That I can handle." She replied as the car pulled into a dimly illuminated alley. Both girls stepped out the car, and one man walked up to Rei.
"So she's the new member." He said, surveying Amaya with interest. "She doesn't look very strong."
"I'm probably one hell of a lot stronger then you so I wouldn't talk." Amaya retorted, her eyes carrying a sparkle of arrogance. Rei was shaking with silent laughter.
"Fiery little thing." He said, looking at the petite girl. "But I'll let Yami put you in your place."
Amaya glared at him, and Rei stepped in between them.
"Ok, chill out guys." She said, and then looked at the man. "And Randy, go somewhere else." He shot Amaya a glare which she matched will full force before he walked away. Suddenly there was a silence and Amaya turned her head in the direction that everyone else had.
A figure stepped into the alley, his face was shadowed, but Amaya's breath caught in her throat none the less. Yami stood in front of the alley, his back to the street. She couldn't quite put her finger on it, but for some unknown reason his presence caused her blood to stop running in her veins. It wasn't fear that made this happen, but awe. His very occupancy radiated a sense of power.
"Is she ready?" He asked, and Rei nudged her from behind.
"Yes." She said, her calm voice masking the nervousness that she felt. "I am." She stepped forward, acting braver then she felt. He took a few steps forward and everyone back up, giving the two room to fight. He stopped when he was about an arms length away from her and their eyes locked. Amaya felt her body freeze at the depth and power of his lavender gaze. He removed his coat and she did the same.
"No weapons." He said, and she shivered at his voice, not quite knowing why. The same guy that bothered Amaya earlier, Randy his name was, came up on the side, he was obviously acting as the referee. He smirked at Amaya.
"1.......2.......3.......GO!" He shouted, bringing his hand down. Amaya ducked as Yami attempted to punch her in the face, and she brought her hand up, catching his fist. She stood up and kneed him in the stomach, earning gasps of surprise from the group of onlookers.
Without a word the spiky haired fighter, swung his foot around, catching her in the face and knocking her to the ground. She picked herself up and sent a heated glare to him. She charged at him, punching him in the stomach a good four times before jumping back, clear out of the way of harm.
The crowd applauded her and she felt the thrill of the fight rushing in her veins.
"You are a good fighter." He said, his voice was deep and oddly captivating.
"Thanks." She said and charged at him again, but he sidestepped out of her way and took the opportunity to put the fiery girl in a full nelson. With expert ease she completely straightened her arms towards the heavens and dipped out of his arms and in one quick movement, back kicked him in the face, causing him to stumble back.
Amaya figured that he would be pissed off, but his eyes were friendly, mysterious still, but they had a benevolent air in them.
"I see no reason to continue this." He said, his intense gaze never leaving her cerulean eyes. "It is quite obvious that she has passed." At his words Amaya felt the tug of a smile on her lips. She had done it. She had passed a test by the leader of the chains himself. Her eyes returned to his, her smile still on her face, which oddly was returned by a peculiar one that made it's way to his lips.
He turned and walked away, leaving the crowd to gape at the small girl.
"Holy shit!" Rei exclaimed, running to her side and staring open mouthed at her.
"No-one has A) Ever been tested by Yami personally, and B) No one's ever been able to land a punch on him." Amaya shrugged.
"Well, I'm in." She said. "So I guess that's all that really matters."
"Your more then just in girl." Rei said, still sounding astounded. "I'll bet any money your second in command."
"Well that's a bonus." Amaya replied. "Now I'll get to boss you around."
"You don't get it!" Rei exclaimed. "You just kicked his ass! That means that you'll be getting a black chain for sure!" Amaya tilted her head.
"Black chain?" She asked.
"Tattoos. All the members of the gang have different color chains on their tattoos." She explained. "Black is the highest rank you can get, it means that your an elite, you have power over everyone but Yami."
"Sweet." Amaya said. "What color chain do you have?"
"Red. It's the next down form black, and there's white, and that's all the low class people." Rei replied. Amaya nodded.
"So when I do I get this tattoo?" She asked Rei grinned.
"Right now, come on!" She said, grabbing Amaya's arm and leading her to the black car.
A/N:
Well, that's another chapter down, and it was pretty long to boot. And to show your appreciation you can leave a nice review (Hint, Hint) Anyway, hope you like the fic so far, now continue on the next chapter!