Curriculum 10: Treacherous Love

They had not noticed, but the ship was out of lock down now and the alarms had stopped ringing. It then occurred to her that it meant all of the officers were free to roam around again, but the candidates were to remain on their designated areas.

"Uh, Ga-... Gareas..? I don't suppose you could... Well, uh..." she began to blush in embarrassment, for she had never found herself in a situation quite like this before. Gareas raised a brow at her odd question.

"What is it Arie? Oh, and you can call me Garu." he said cheerfully to her.

"Well I kind of... Don't remember my way back..." her face had become completely flushed by that time and in the process her legs had crossed over and she was twiddling with her hands. She was a complete mess!

"Uh... Well, since you put it that way, yeah. Hey Rusai, you want to come along, man?" Gareas asked him as he walked over to Arie and tried to help her embarrassment.

"Sure!" Rusai replied, wincing slightly as his wings and claws retracted back into his body. "I'm sure things are gonna be more peaceful now, at the very least..." Rusai remarked, having enough of the chaos that had been stuffed into one day. Ever since the emergency state had ended on the ship, Rusai had been relieved, but one question was still bugging him at the back of his mind... "Hey, guys, how are we gonna explain what happened to the Giseisha?" Rusai blurted out, knowing that the whole ship was gonna wonder on how they had made it through without the Goddesses being there to help.

A shiver ran down Arie's spine as she heard Rusai mention the Giseisha. She then began to panic, for Gareas had not seen what Rusai had done to the Giseisha, nor had he known about Rusai being outside the ship in the first place. Gareas, on the other hand, was quite curious as to what Rusai actually meant. He raised a brow at him and uttered the words in which Arie was not too happy to hear.

"What's there to explain, exactly..?" he said as he walked up to Rusai, getting right in his path. He was determined to get an answer out of him, or Arie. Arie panicked for a few moments, then hastily did the first thing that came to her mind.

"Um, uh Gareas, could you come over here for a second..?" she said quite shaken, for what she was about to do would not be something that could be taken lightly. She began to motion to him as a smile crept onto her face.

"Yeah, sure..." he said as she turned his head to speak out to her. "I'll be back for that answer..." he whispered to Rusai as he made his way over to Arie. When he was about three feet away from her he stopped. "So, what is it?" he said a bit obnoxiously.

"Garu... There's something of mine that you have..." she said to him as she stepped closer with each word.

"What exactly do you mean..?" he asked as he tripped over his leg and was now backed into a corner, raising his head a little higher as Arie approached further.

"You have my stolen my heart Garu... and I would very much like it back." she said to him as she placed her hand on his chest and moved her head close to his. Gareas was completely flustered and confused. Just a few seconds ago she was affectionately supporting Rusai and now, this! He just couldn't comprehend it all at once and so he gave in and moved closer to Arie, as he placed his hand around her.

"Your heart...? But I... I-..." as Gareas attempted to explain what had happened, Arie moved in closer. Closer, to the point that their lips soon touched. Gareas eyes widened, as he did not expect such a thing from her. As Arie slowly stepped back after a few moments he felt a slight pain and squinted as he grabbed his arm. He then fell back against the wall and slid down to the floor as he lost consciousness.

"You stole my heart, Garu. But that doesn't mean I can't steal it back..." she whispered to him as she opened the palm of her hand that used to be situated on his chest to reveal the sapphire pendant.

Rusai was quite lost...That is until he saw what Arie had retrieved.

'Arie! What did you do to him?" Rusai exclaimed, both shocked and amused by Arie's earlier actions. He stared at Garaes' limp form and shivered at the thought of what would happen to him if he ever dared anger Arie. "Well, that takes care of Garaes, but what are we gonna tell the rest of the ship?" Rusai asked, not wanting anyone else to find out about his little excursion out side of the ship. "Anyways, what if someone comes down this hall?" Rusai questioned once more, not wanting to imagine the scenario that would occur if someone were to intrude in on their little situation. At that moment, the door opened and a new candidate walked in.

"What's going on here?" he demanded in a cold tone, his red eyes taking in the scene.

Arie sighed, her creativity for tight situations was immense but there was only so much she could take in a single instance. She strung the pendant back onto the chain that she took out of her pocket and tied it back around her neck as she flipped her hair out of her face. 'What to do with this one..?' she thought to herself as she looked at him closely. Just then a thought popped into her mind, as she walked up to Rusai and began to whisper in his ear so no other could hear her.

"The Giseisha fled, that's all the crew knows, or needs to know. And as for Gareas, I'll take care of him, but I need you to take care of this guy for me." and with that she walked forward and bowed slightly to the candidate as she looked at him in the eyes. "Nothing, nothing at all. We just bumped into each other is all, I'm going to go take that guy up to the nursery. Good day to you." and with that she casually walked back to Gareas and helped him up as he regained slight consciousness.

"Wha-... What happened.." he moaned as he rubbed his forehead.

"Nothing, Garu. We just happened to be walking by and bumped into these people. Now we're going to go see a nurse to get that arm of yours checked!" she said cheerfully, acting as if nothing had happened. Arie made her way towards the door, supporting Gareas who limply followed by her side. "Bye." she said waving back to the two as she left the room.

'Great...' Rusai thought. He gave a small sigh and put his sociopathic demeanor back on.

"You heard her, she just bumped into the guy, that's plainly it." Rusai muttered, not bothering to even look at the candidate. The silver haired candidate gave him a hard stare.

"So where were you in all this?" he asked in a mocking tone.

"Just caught up in the attack I guess." Rusai muttered once more, trying to get rid of the candidate.

"Hmph, the name's Hiead...and don't forget that I'll be keeping an eye on you..." he stated and started towards the door.

"I go by Rusai, nothing else." Rusai gruffly responded, not liking the fact that he had just earned himself a new stalker. Hiead just strode out the door leaving Rusai alone in the hall. 'Hm, now he's an interesting one...' Hiead thought while walking down the hall.

Meanwhile, Rusai was still in the hallway trying to figure out just what kind of trouble he had decided to get himself into now. After a couple moments of thinking, Rusai, just couldn't figure it out, so he decided to find Arie, where ever she was...