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The Girl, The God, and The Demons
Chapter Two: The exchange
The next morning, while Diana pondered the odd dream, her thoughts were interrupted by her mother, who excitedly proclaimed,
"Di, Di!!! You've been accepted into the exchange program!!! You're going to JAPAN!!!!!!!!"
"No need to sound so excited about it..." She replied sullenly, reluctant to leave her American life behind.
Ever since her mother had forced her to apply to that dumb program, she had become more depressed than ever. Her friends had tried to cheer her up, but Diana would accept no comfort. She was set on enduring the horrible ordeal by herself, and she was infamous for being stubborn. Her ideas of weakness were utterly ridiculous, but that was just who she was. She finished the rest of her burnt breakfast(Her mother wasn't paying too much attention to it) and sulked up to her room, to get ready for her last day of eighth grade, as well as her last day in America for a year. A year without any of my friends, she thought grimly, a year with a stupid school, and a year with a strict family. Oh, joy. She was to stay with the Minamino family, whoever they were. All she knew about them was that there was only a single mom, raising a son named Shuichi, about her age, and that his father had died when he was young.
"Earth to Di. Come in Di. Di? What's up? You seem sad. Is this about the exchange thing? Listen, it won't be too bad. Hey, you might even get a foreign boyfriend. Goodness knows that you need one. Hmm, Di?" Her best friend Cerfi said in one breath, trying her hardest to brighten up Diana's mood.
"Shut it, Cerfi." Diana snapped back, smiling in spite of herself. She was always against dating, viewing it as 'an extremely bias activity'. She was too busy moping in her gloom to be cheered up, not for lack of effort.
Later that day, her parents saw her off at the airport, after promising to keep in touch by email. After what seemed like an eternity, she arrived at the Tokyo airport. She waited by her luggage until the Minamino family arrived. After a while, Diana spotted a pair of people, both with long hair; the person's on the left was a vivid red; the right, black. Diana assumed that these were the Minamino's, as they were carrying her luggage. Why didn't anyone tell me about their daughter? She thought confusedly as she flagged them down.
"Hi, Diana! That is your name, right?" the one on the right said, adding a slight bow. Diana assumed that this was the mother, judging by the motherly tone. Diana noticed that she had rather large scars on both of her arms, and tried not to look at them.
"Yeah, and your Mrs. Minamino, right? My exchange parent?" Diana said politely, offering her hand, suppressing her thoughts of rage and betrayal.
"Yes, but call me Shiori. This is my son, Shuichi." Mrs. Minamino replied, ignoring Diana's outstretched hand. Son? Diana thought, bewildered. Oops... The person next to Mrs. Minamino gave a slight bow and spoke,
"Pleased to meet you." He smiled politely and Diana returned it, not bothering to extend her hand. He was very attractive, with long, red hair and bright emerald eyes; he looked vaguely familiar. She couldn't think how; he just did. This will be interesting...she thought, as she went with the family to the exit, Very interesting...
Their house was pleasantly tidy, and smelled, oddly, of roses. Her room was to be right next to Shuichi's, and she, being bored, wandered into his room after trying on her new school outfit. She had added some trinkets to it, to add some style. It was blood red, and complete with a knee skirt and long-sleeved blouse. She rather liked it, once she made some modifications.
"So, how do I look?" She asked eagerly, interrupting his reading. She twisted this way and that, so as to present all sides to him.
"Good. Your uniform fits well." He smiled his polite smile. Diana still couldn't shake the feeling that she had seen before. She voiced this in the form of a question,
"Have we ever met before, because I seem to think we have?" Ugh, I must sound so stupid, she thought.
"No, I don't believe we have." he replied politely, like all his replies. Diana could have sworn that she saw the shadow of a smile on his face. She shrugged and walked off, her auburn hair swaying side to side. She shut herself up in her room, and a short figure appeared in Shuichi's room out of a puff of blue-grey smoke. He coughed a few times, muttered something about 'ogre fixing that', shut the door with a wave of his hand, and cleared his throat importantly.
"I believe you have an important mission, Kurama. This girl cannot know of our existence. She must see you as a distant person, always studying and whatnot. Do not get emotionally attached." This person wore a blue suit, accompanied by a pink sash. In his mouth, he sucked on a blue pacifier, and his hat was larger than his head.
"Yes, Koenma, sir, I know. I merely wish that she be given time to adjust to her surroundings, as she is not from around here. It would seem like we were trying to hide something from her, sir. I hear Americans have dreadfully short tempers, sir. My apologies if I am mistaken, sir." He bowed slightly, trying to hide a sly smile, and backed away, as if to give the toddler look-alike room to have a tantrum.
"No, you are right as usual, Kurama." Koenma said exasperatedly, while thinking, how did he get so smart? I'm the spirit world ruler, but he's much wiser than me! He then continued, "Anyway, until this girl leaves, you will hold all Reikai Tentai meetings here. You will also report back to me every week on her progress. Got that?"
"Yes, sir. Is that all, sir, because I need to be in bed by ten. Its nine forty-five." Kurama replied, wondering what exactly having the meeting at his house would accomplish.
"Oh, I suppose it is. Well, good luck this year, especially with the girl. I must be leaving." And with that, he became enveloped in a haze of blue-grey smoke, accompanied by a cough. Kurama then yelled after him,
"Her name is Diana, sir..." As Koenma departed, he smiled to himself. He is quite hopeless..., he thought.