Chapter 3

She slowly made her way toward the cafeteria. She wasn't feeling hungry, she actually wasn't feeling anything. Her day had been a whirlwind of papers, dirty looks from the girls and lustful glances from the guys. It was all very standard to her. She had gone through all of it many times over. But now wasn't the time to be thinking about that. She looked around the loud, crowded room. She found a table way at the back that was empty. She quickly walked over and sat down. Setting her head in her palms she suddenly felt like letting a few tears fall. Yes it was true she really never cried, but when she was stressed small drops just happened to escape. She knew the year here would be hell. It was the same as any other school. No one would ever understand her and her ways and that's just how the world worked. She removed her sword and its sheathing from her back and set it under the table. Keeping her eyes closed she laid her head down on her arms and sighed deeply. Just then she felt a tap on her head. She looked up and found that same pair of dark brown eyes.

"Found you." he said with a smirk as he sat down across from her.

"Hey there" she blushed involuntarily.

"So how was your day, if it was as bad as mine I feel sorry for you." he say with a mock sympathy that she found slightly amusing.

"Ahh, it was probably worse than yours. You might have had a hard time with finding classes and stuff, but I've been dealing with dirty looks all day. And if one more guy attempts to feel me up I'm castrating him right then." she spat.

"Whoa, all right remind me never to get on your bad side."

This eased her mood slightly and she smirked. But it was not to remain so enjoyable. Three girls had started her way and by the look on their faces they had something to say to her that wasn't very pleasant.

" Oh look girls, it's the school new resident whore. Hey I wonder why she had to change school in the middle of the year. Get yourself in trouble at your old school. Or did too many guys want too many favors." The girl snickered and her friends joined her.

Aurora just sat there her temper reaching its peak. She wanted to grab her sword and chop the girl's head off but she knew that wouldn't go over well. But the image of the girl running around like a headless chicken amused her and she let a slight laugh slip.

"What are you laughing at? Are you mentally retarded or something? And what's with the sword? There has to be something wrong with you." it was another girl this time.

"Listen, if the three of you had half a brain combined you would realize its not a good idea to mess with someone that has an extremely sharp sword sitting at her feet. But hey, if you wanna keep going, be my guest."

"What… you won't do anything, you can't."

At this Aurora couldn't help but smirk. Oh what little these mere humans knew. In one swift motion she jumped up, kicked her sword into her hand, landed on the table top and held the blade of her sword at one of the girl's throat. The other two stood there stunned for a moment then looked on in horror as they saw the predicament their friend was in. Aurora set the very tip of her sword up under the girl's chin, making the girl stand on her toes and whimper loudly. Allen sat their awe struck at what he had just seen and the cafeteria stopped and looked in the direction of the commotion

"Now, here's the question, and you better not get it wrong. Are you done running your mouth without having the balls to back it up?" Aurora spat into the girls face with a deadly tone.

"I…I…I…"

Aurora hadn't the care to hear anymore and in another smooth motion she sheathed her sword back to its proper place and pushed the girl away with her foot. The terrified girls didn't stick around to see what would happen next, they turned quickly and ran as if the devil himself were chasing them. Aurora jumped down off the table and sat back in the chair. The population of the cafeteria just stood there. Not sure about what they had just seen or for that matter if it was real.

"What… what the hell was that?" Allen stuttered.

"What?" Aurora said earnestly.

"That…you…the sword…what are you?"

At that Aurora's eyes snapped open and she glared at him with curiosity and caution.

"What do you mean, what am I"

" I mean… I've heard of people like you, skilled in ancient sword arts with amazing accuracy in shooting . Demons I believe, but I thought that was just stories my dad use to tell me when I was little I never believed they were real. Until now that is." his voice trailed off.

She glanced around to see if anyone had overheard. Her eyes fell on a girl sitting the next table over. She was dressed in all black with black make-up and all. She quickly glanced away when she saw Aurora glance and got up to leave.

"I have to go…" Aurora stood quickly and grabbed her stuff. She managed to get out of the cafeteria without much difficulty. She made her way around the halls aiming to get to the front lobby doors and out of this place. She had almost reached the doors when, to her dismay, she was stopped. It was the girl from the cafeteria.

"Are you really a demon? I mean truly… if you are I need to speak with you, I never thought I'd meet…" Aurora cut her off

"Listen, whatever you heard at lunch forget it. All right… If you don't you'll just put yourself in danger that you can't understand."

"But you need to hear this." she whined.

"Listen forget it, all right…and heres one better forget what you saw too."

"Aurora, I know who you are… all right… You're Dante's daughter aren't you?"

Aurora stopped and looked at the girl.

"Who the hell are you?" Aurora reached for the handle of her sword.

"You can't tell… You don't recognize me? Of all people I thought the daughter of the Legendary Dante would know me."

Aurora's eyes searched the girl. She thought hard of who this could be. But nothing came to her. No name, no memory, nothing. And in that moment her thoughts were interrupted by a loud screeching from outside of the school. Aurora's eyes flashed at the girl once and she left to find out what the sound came from.