Attara: Hi everybody! I know it's been a while since I last updated, but I just came back from vacation visiting my relatives (in China), and during school, I was completely bombarded with homework (I always went to sleep at least at 1:00 AM and woke up at 4:30-5:00 to do some more studying)! Ugh, life as a high schooler...
Aria: Excuses, excuses, you're just slow/retarded. Who takes twelve hours doing homework?
Attara: Oh be quiet, unlike you I actually know how to do work!
Aria: And what is that supposed to mean?
Attara: Of course, you're too thick to understand… Well, anyway, on with the show!
It was a beautiful day; too bad ugly events occur any time in the year, but not everything in a day has to be ugly, right?
"Aria, I'm going to go for a walk, okay?" Devi peeked out the window to see the weather. "Days like this rarely happen in Mornedra." She frowned, "We always need to use simulations, or telepaths."
"All right, but I need to finish my report, so I can't come." The girl grumbled, "Miss Tokaru is so mean!"
"Your fault for hanging out with Yami all the time…" Devi shook her head before she spoke, "I warned you, didn't I?"
She slid into her perfectly white sneakers and jumped outside. She took a deep breath, absorbing all of what nature chose to give at that moment. She started at a slow jog to reach the center of town, where the queen could watch the behaviors of the citizens inconspicuously. The small shops were lined up in a modest fashion. Only the large companies would tower over the petite buildings. Devi slowed her walk to a steady pace. She glanced into the windows of the stores, mentally recording the popular games, toys, accessories, or fashion.
She stopped in front of a shop filled with Duel Monsters cards. So that's the popular game today. Devi thought. Whoever rediscovered it should have known what kind of havoc he had released into the world… She bit her lip. Of course, they're supposedly just harmless pictures on pieces of paper. But still…
"Of all the places! Hey, Liana." A male grabbed Devi's shoulder from behind.
"Get off of me." She flicked his hand off and spun around.
"Feisty little thing, aren't you?" He grinned. "Don't you remember me? We were supposed to go out after school yesterday. But you stood me up!"
Devi slowly shook her head and wrinkled her brow as if in thought, "Hm, yes, I suppose a recall that monstrous face of yours. And about that 'going out' thing you're talking about…well, then you must have experienced some sort of memory lapse."
"You talking about Kaiba?" He snorted, "Don't worry about him. You won't need him anymore."
The boy licked his lips.
"Stay away from me, got that?" Devi turned on her heel and walked away.
"Hey, where are you going now, Liana? You owe me a date."
"Ah, so you still think that we have this 'date,' but, you insolent fool, it shall never happen."
"Did you just insult me?"
"No-" she let her eyes travel over his entire body, face and all, "-I was complimenting you by your standards. Now, be gone, you scoundrel."
He grabbed her wrist, "I'm the most popular guy in school, you hear me?"
"Well, considering that you're screaming in my face, I think I do hear you."
He dragged her into a nearby alley.
"What are you doing?" She walked backwards until she felt the cold, brick wall come into contact with her back.
He stepped up to Devi and placed his arms on both of her sides. She was trapped.
"I'll never take 'no' for an answer!" He looked menacingly into her eyes.
She stared back, not allowing herself to reflect any of her conflicted thoughts. Don't kill him. That's the exact thing the Council would disapprove of. They had always doubted my sovereignty… Devi broke the eye contact and looked down at the dirty ground. I forgot about my sunglasses, but it does let me dig in his brain a little easier…
"Look at me!" He screamed.
"You know, Susumu, I pity you." She mumbled.
"I said, 'look at me!'"
"Sorry, but I'd prefer the filthy floor infested with insects and rabid rodents than look at your atrocious face any day." She smirked.
Susumu grabbed her wrist.
"What did you just say?"
"I'm only a couple of inches from your face, which is quite uncomfortable, might I add; it's hard to not hear me." Devi took in a deep breath. "Please get off of me." She struggled to be released from his hold.
"Oh, and what are you going to do about that?" He moved his face closer to hers. "You're…pretty."
He leaned into her squirming body.
"Get off!" She screamed loud enough to attract a pedestrian's attention.
"What's going on here?" A female voice demanded from the street. "Devi, is that you?"
"No, it's Liana!" Devi attempted to shake the boy's grasp. "Help me!" She pleaded.
Tori ran over and handed Devi a roll of paper towels.
"Another wench?!" Susumu sneered.
Devi ran to the side and watched as Tori confronted the adolescent. First, she punched him in the face with her right fist and after the lengthy struggle, she finally kicked him in the stomach hard enough that his body slammed into the wall. He slid to the ground, unconscious.
"Are you all right?" Tori rushed over to Devi as she wiped a strand of hair from her eye.
"Yeah, of course I'm all right," Devi smiled. "Thanks… I'm really grateful for your rescue." She then glanced at the limp figure on the ground and the rats that now came to look at it in curiosity, "I hope he gets rabies."
Tori was still breath heavily, "Looks like watching action movies do pay off after all." She grinned as she looked at her grocery bag. "I'm glad I ran out of paper towels. Come on, let's go."
She held her arm as they headed in the direction of the Kaiba residence.
"Are you all right?" Devi looked at the injury.
"No, I'm fine." Tori faked a smile, "He managed to get a punch in."
The other girl bit her lip. It was obvious that she was thinking about something that would be controversial in the society she had come from, the dogma of royalties in Mornedra. Pushing the thoughts out of her mind, the genteel and decorous queen decided to ignore all of the rules that were drilled into her mind ever since she was born.
"I-I can heal you! You know, if you want me to…" Devi offered.
"You can do that?"
"Yeah, as long as I feel…never mind. I've never healed a mortal, but I can give it a try."
Devi stopped walking and handed Tori the grocery bag.
"Come over here." She waved Tori closer.
She approached Devi, "So, what do I have to do?"
"Just tell me where it hurts."
Tori pointed to her left arm. Devi nodded, breathing deeply and slowly.
"It takes a lot of magic." She explained after several moments.
The sun was setting quickly, and it allowed Tori to see her soft glow. She touched Tori's skin and closed her eyes. An electric jolt started from the mortal's arm and spread through her entire body, travelling through her veins. Devi opened her eyes.
"Done." She started to walk, now weak herself.
Tori touched her arm. It felt completely healed, maybe even better.
A part of Devi now was inside of her forever. She could feel it in the cells of her tissues of her organs of her systems, and of her soul. This was why Devi was reluctant to heal a human. It was something that was permanent in the human's soul, and now Tori knew that her rival for Seto's love would be inside her forever, which would mean that no matter who he chose, it would be Devi.
"Wait for me!" She jogged after her new friend.
Attara: How was that? Good? Bad?
Aria: Of course it was bad! I wasn't in it!
Attara: Nah, that only improves it... Well, please review!