Chapter 3

After hours, or was it only minutes, of running, I finally stopped to breathe.

I still can't believe what Shigure told me. It seems like I only dreamt of that conversation, but I know better. So, I headed to school. Hoping that I didn't miss too much, I went into the classroom and sat down, then the bell rang and the professor came in. I have a small secret from the family and that is the course that I'm taking. Even if it doesn't seem like it, I've always wanted to be a teacher. Just seeing kids makes me happy, and just hearing them laugh makes me smile.

"Good afternoon. Since this is your final year in this course, this entire year will be dedicated to internships at different schools."

Wow! I didn't know that it's already time for internships! I wonder which school I'm going to be in.

The teacher continued talking about what they should do, and to remember to teach well..blah blah blah. I wonder when the bell is going to ring.

As if on cue, the bell rang and the teacher said one last thing.

"The school that each of you will intern in will be posted on the bulletin board tomorrow morning. Now, go."

Finally, she walked the way home so she could study and prepare herself for her internship. Then while she was studying, there was a knock on her door.

"Ah, who's there?"

"It's me, Hatori."

Though she hesitated for a while, she finally said.

"Come in!"

Hatori came in and looked at her for a while, trying to see if she was really okay.

"Hello Ha'ri! Why are you here? I don't have any illness."

'Great, I just know this has something to do with my..erm..discussion with Shigure.'

"I am not here to talk with you about some events, those may wait until later. Akito wishes to see you now."

To say that I was afraid would be an understatement. I thought that one time would be enough for him. Hopefully Ha'ri will be there to make sure nothing else happens to me. So I followed him to Akito's room, unluckily for me Akito told Ha'ri to leave and to only come in when he told him to.

"Hello there, Kagura." He said while walking towards me. I had to force myself not to wince at his closeness to me.

"You must be wondering why I brought you here. You see, I think it is unfair of you to go around and tell people that I raped you. When it was obvious that you wanted me anyways." He said while cradling my face in one hand, which just further made me try not to hurt him. But I'm not the boar for nothing.

"What makes you think that I would want you to do that to me? Isn't controlling my life enough for you? Isn't it enough that you have hurt so many of the ones who are cursed? But you still find the need to make up excuses for your actions, when it was YOU who wanted ME in the first place."

At what I said, his grip on my face tightened, as I could see in his eyes that he was angry.

"You filthy little whore. You think that I would want to touch you. You, a filthy creature that does not even has someone to love her the way she wants to be loved. I was doing you a favor."

"OH, when you put it that way. Why, I thank you MY LORD, for making me your little whore. I thank you MY LORD, for dirtying me by your touch. I thank you MY LORD, for taking something away from me that I can never get back. THANK YOU for ruining MY LIFE because you are not happy with your own!" I screamed at him while his grip tightened even more and I was starting to bleed, but I didn't care, I just knew I needed to get this out of me.

It was then that Akito could not hold in his anger anymore. He used his other hand to get me to stand up by pulling me by my hair.

" You ungrateful little bitch. Is this how you repay someone who was doing you a favor? No wonder you aren't loved, you're the boar the most unladylike of signs and the most disgusting! You will never be loved, nobody will ever want a filthy creature like you for a wife!" He shouted as he took the vase that was near me and he smashed it on my struggling body. I shouted from the pain and he seemed satisfied with the fact that I shouted. So, he left me there on the floor, with the shattered vase around me, finally letting the tears flow down my face and to the floor. He must have told Ha'ri to "clean up the mess", and I could barely see Ha'ri's face as it showed for a moment a shocked expression. He picked me up carefully and carried me to his office. It was after a few moments that I finally passed out from exhaustion, pain, and relief.