Hi, lol. It´s been a while, I must admit, and for that, I apologize. But, here´s the new chapter... Oh yeah! I must thank Head. E.J - Off (Guest) for the wonderful review. Umm, I saw it and I was quite happy that you took your precious time to read my story. Thank you to the people who actually take the time to read this, and without further adieu-
How does it feel to know that I don't care at all?
Your words don't mean a thing at all
I chose to rise, you chose to fall
How does it feel to know that I am capable?
Of more than you will ever know
Romeo had just left to get some snacks and drinks, while I was having a hard time trying to decide on what I was going to tell them. I know I promised them I would tell them why I left Fairy Tail. I have to give them a real reason instead of an excuse because I know if I do that it would only make things more complicated. I start pacing around the room, getting my thought together, ignoring the looks I was getting from the two boys.
"Okay, I decided." I say drawing the two boys attention even further on me. "I'm going to tell you why my reasons to what I did and decided to do….Let's-" but before I even got to finish my sentence, the door was slammed open.
In came a marching Romeo, the snacks nowhere in sight, just a fuming Romeo. He came marching up to me until he was an arm length from me. "Why?!" he fumes towards me.
"Why would you trust them so much?! You will tell them, people you barely even know, things you won't even explain it to us, and we've known you for a good year now!" he says clearly pissed off at this development.
"What are you talking about, if you-" but I was cut off once again.
"First of all, why are you doing this? Even though we didn't want to snoop into your private life and give you time to accept us and tell us on your own. You didn't! All we wanted to do was help you-"
"Help me?! Help me from what! Did I ask you for your help! No! I was told that you guys accept people, so I didn't need to tell you guys everything about myself! I don't feel comfortable telling some people things I didn't feel ready to share."
"Some people! You know very well what Fairy Tail isn't just 'some people'! Fairy tail is family! We wanted to be your family! We wanted to hold your burden, to share it! Yet you refused us! The people that wanted to become your family! If you didn't want somebody to share your pain with, then why did you join Fairy Tail?!"
"Shut up! I joined the guild because I thought it might be fun! Never did I think I would have to open myself to a bunch of noisy brats-"
"Noisy Brats?! What do you mean by that? You joined us, you entered on your own accord. Is it so wrong to try and help our friend!"
"Helping and prying are two different things! What you are doing is trying to forcefully get me to open up! That not helping! It's called being a nuisance!"
"Nuisance! Rin! When have I, or anyone else, tried to force information out of you. Shut up and listen to yourself-"
"No you shut up! Couldn't you see I wasn't ready! I know you noticed the looks I'd get! You think I could right away open up! Well you be Damned wrong!"
"It's been a year! A freaking year! Rin! No matter how big of a problem is! It doesn't take a person an entire year to open up or ask for help!"
"Then you don't know how big my pain is! You don't know the burden of my pain! So shut the Fuck up!"
"That's why I keep telling you to open up so we know how big the pain is! So we could share that burden! Were we nothing but strangers to you? Did we mean anything? Because you were family to us!"
We were up each others faces growling. I start baring my fangs at him.
"Shut up! I can't tell you! You won't get it! You won't get the pain I feel, The pain I felt, The pain I receive! Even if I did open up, what good would that do! You would pity me! I don't want- No I don't need your FUCKING PITY!"
My tail flares up and my glare hardens
"Rin! I would never think of pitying you-"
"Well what about the others! You don't know what they would do, do you!?"
"Well...no… But Fairy Tail would never pity you!"
"How can you be so sure! I don't know when they will turn their back to me,-"
"Rin!"
"-if they would treat me the same as the rest-"
"Rin!"
"-or when they might even think I'm not worth protecting!"
"I'm tired of your crap! Why can't you just accept us why can't you just embrace use!? Do you not know how a guild works? You are a member of Fairy Tail!" he shouts, pointing at my exposed emblem. "We care for all of you members. We Are more than a guild, but a family. There are people that had horrid lives before coming to us, and we always greet them with open arms. Gajeel and Juvia helped destroy the guild hall and harmed our members, but now they are two of you strongest and best members. Because you haven't told me much, I don't know what you've been through, but I'm here for you. Everyone was there for you. Why do you make every small detail into a huge problem-"
"If my pain is just a small detail…..then you won't understand me."
A shadow covers my face and the silence lingers in the air. I start shaking at the thought of my friend thinking my problems, my pain, my agony, my torture, my hardships are all just a small detail.
"Get out" I state wanting to get this dipshit out of my presence.
He only stares at me wide shaking eyes as he mumbles a small 'huh'.
"I said Get the hell out!"
Huh…..?
He stares back at me with such hatred I would have never guessed he had, and ran out the door. I slowly collapse to my knees and stare at the ground with such hatred. I know I was in the wrong for suddenly blowing up like that, but all he did was argue with me, plus I don't even get what he was pissed about. If anyone had to be pissed about something, it should be me. I swear he is such a dramatic piece of crap.
I was to caught in my mental tantrum, that I had not noticed a pair of arms snake their way across my shoulder. I saw from the corner of my eye spiky green hair.
"G...Gon" the words come out more of a question that an statement.
"It's okay. We're here for you. We won't leave you, we won't abandon you. And when you want to explain it to us, we will wait. It doesn't matter how long. Days, weeks, months, years. As long as you feel comfortable and safe around us. That's the only thing that matters."
My eyes widen considerably. I couldn't even manage a sentence before someone sense says.
"And don't worry, we will protect you. If anybody wants to try anything, say anything, or do anything. Even if you did something in the past, we would still be friends with you, so rest at ease." I lift my head staring a Kil who had a grin/smirk on his face, jabbing a thumb to himself. I smile at both of them, being pulled out of the warm embrace.
"There is something we do in whale island to calm down. You put your hand on your heart and start naming a lot of good things. Like food, games, or happy memories. Aunt mito would always tell me to do it when I felt down, She would always tell me everything was going to be okay" Gon says mimicking the actions he said.
I do as told and hold a hand to my chest while thinking of good memories. I smile thinking of all the good memories with papa and all of our good times together, soon I'm thinking of Iris but then come to a halt when I start thinking of iris's death. I smile a small sad smile at gon, seeing the hope in his eyes. I rub his head while saying,
"I don't think this work all that well. But thank you." He looks a bit sad before he asks me, "Then what do you do to help you calm down, what do you do to tell yourself it's going to be fine?" I can't believe he actually asked me that. Normally I sing, Je 'Taime. But I only sing when I'm alone, and right now I'm not alone.
"W-well…" I stutter not knowing what to tell them. "I….I-"
"Sing"
I look towards Killua. Why would he suggest that, I thought I told him to keep it a secret. "B-but.." I stutter, looking away embarrassed. " I can't sing…" I said looking away.
"Yes you can, I heard you." I whipped my head in his direction, suprsing myself at the sudden movement,
"Wha-when?"
"It doesn't matter when! It just matters right now that you're fine, and you're not! So do what calms your nerves and sing!" I looked down,
"O-ok, then please don't make fun of me…..here goes nothing.
"Je t'aime, je t'aime toujours
I am forever yours
Sweet dreams, sweet dreams mon cher
You're always in my prayers
Softly, sweetly
Wrapped up in heaven's arms
Sailing, soaring over the moon
Gathering stardust
Be still, be safe, be sure
Je t'aime, je t'aime toujour
Wishing, praying
All of your dreams come true
Please remember
Where'er you are my heart is with you
Sweet dreams, sweet dreams mon cher
Always in my prayer
I am forever yours
Je t'aime, je t'aime toujour
Killua's P.O.V
I listen to Rin as she sang her heart out. The emotions filled into every phrase. I could hear the hurt in her voice. I could only clench my fist thinking that that Romeo bastard was the one who made her act like this. I've never seen her so vulnerable and broken. She was always so mysterious. Even back at the hunter's exam I knew something was off about her. She was always so quiet and serious, yet I mainly remember her with a smile or grin on her face. Even though most of it was covered with a hood.
The way she would smile, that smile filled with love, comfort and care. The grin she would put on when she got her way. The way her eyes shone with excitement. The way she laughed whenever she was happy. The way she was made just for me. The way my hand fit perfectly in hers. The way she would hold me tight, never letting go.
My heart beats hard and loudly against my chest. Huh, what this….why is it doing this. I think while putting a hand on my chest right on my heat. It beat loudly and hard, making me think it could jump out any second now. Why is it that whenever I think of you, my heart starts beating loudly. Why is it that whenever you smile, my stomach does all these flips and turns. Why is it that whenever laugh, I can't help but stop and listen to the sweet melodic sound of your voice.
Why is it that I feel as if you put me under a spell. One that can be broken only by you.
"Sweet dreams, sweet dreams mon cher
Always in my prayer
I am forever yours
Je t'aime, je t'aime toujours"
I hear Rin's voice snap me out of my weird trance. She smiles, then starts laughing. "Thank you." She says after calming down. "I think I just needed to get that out of my mind. So thank you for helping." She says with a small smile then into a full on grin.
BA-THUMP BA-THUMP. (A/N: XD I cringed and laughed so much as I wrote this)
There it goes again. I smile back at her, then my mind takes a full 180. I need to get that bastard for what he did. I won't let him put my Rin, in a position like that again...Wait did I just say my Rin. Snap out of it. The first thing I need to do is teach that bastard a lesson.
"I'll be back," I mumble turning away and walking to the door. "Come back safe." "Have a nice trip." Gon and Rin say at the same time. At least be concerned as for where I'm going. I think dully, but oh well this puts me to an advantage at least I won't have to lie about where I'm going. Closing the door I head towards the elevator.
Time skip~
Something peaks my interest when I hear someone yell. 'Get up, Kid'. Helping wasn't really my style but I couldn't help but be curious. Deciding to check it out I follow the sound until it led me to a dark alley and at the end was five brawny males picking up on a kid. The closer I look at him, the more I realize that it was Romeo. Having a mini argument inside my head about whether I should ignore or help, I decide to ignore. But hearing him mutter a word made me snap my head glaring at him.
"R-Rin…" He barely managed to get out before getting kicked in the gut. I step closer getting ready to interfere, "So…" I say getting myself noticed by the five guys and Romeo. "You know it isn't nice to gang up on defenseless people," I say as I allow a bit of my blood lust to leak through just a little to scare them. It works on all but one. He stands there, standing his ground.
"Oh, so you will stay, well it's not my problem," I say running behind him, delivering a swift chop to the neck. He falls limply to the ground as I make my way over to Romeo.
"What are you doing here!" He practically spat at me. "Don't think you're about the get a thank you from me?!" I just stare at him as he continued to rant.
"Oi! Shut up will you." I say really annoyed with this guy. How can Rin even be friends with this abomination? "Let's get one thing straight. I didn't come here to help you, In fact, I came to do the exact opposite. I was going to give you hell for what you did to Rin." He looks confused before realizing what I was talking about.
"Let's just get this down, I hate it when she worried, and that's all you're making her do, so stop. I don't want to see your face around her. She is as fragile as glass right now, if you shatter or break her then I won't hesitate to kill you" I say letting my bloodlust go wild at him, just to get him to agree.
His eyes go wide with fear, and his face drips with sweat. He shakes his head stiffly. "Good…..Let's go." I say walking away with my hand in my pocket. Not even caring if he was following I walk back to the arena and back to My room.
"I'm back.." I say walking into my room, only to see a sleeping Gon and Rin cuddle up together. A smile plays it way onto my lips, before turning towards the boy behind me. "You're going to sleep in your own room, I don't want you near Rin now," I say closing the door before seeing his response. It's not like he has a choice.
I move towards the sleeping duo and grab Rin first and put her on the bed then Gon. Looking at their sleeping face, (stalker), I couldn't help but think of how these two changed me. I would do anything just to help them, even if it means sacrificing everything I have.
I climb into the bed on the other side of Rin. So it's Gon, Rin, then me. It takes me a while, but soon I am drifting off into a deep slumber.
Romeo P.O.V.
I can't believe him. I never asked for his help in the first place, but if it wasn't for him I could be hurt or possibly even worse. I don't want to think of that. 'Romeo!' A voice grabs me from my thoughts. Huh, I don't remember- 'Romeo!' That voice can't be.
I stumble across my room and grab my lacrimal from my bag. I was right, as I see my blue haired friend. 'Wendy!' I think excitedly. I pour some magic into it, officially activating it.
"Romeo' how is it going. Did you find Rin yet?"
"Yeah, I found her."
"Do you know when you guys are coming home?"
"That is actually a big problem right now."
"I found Rin, but she doesn't want to come home." A consecutive gasp comes from all around.
"Wendy, who are you with?"
"Oh, just the gang." She moved the lacrima in a better position so I could see everyone. Lucy-nee, Gray-nii, Erza-nee, and Natsu-nii.
"Why doesn't she want to come home?!" Natsu-nii shouted.
"Natsu calm down. I'm sure there is a rational explanation." Erza-née said crossing her arms.
"Yeah well. Rin…..found friends." I shut my eyes for a brief moment, before opening then only to come face to face with confused faces.
"She found….friends?"
I nodded stiffly once again. Cheers filled the room, "She did it, she found friends!" Was heard across the halls.
I blinked a bit confused and taken back. "Aren't you supposed to be mad?"
Lucy-née, Natsu-nii, and Wendy stopped while the rest continued partying. "Why should we?" Lucy-née asked.
"You don't know if these people are good people, they bad mouth fairy tail and threatened me so I wouldn't take Rin back."
"But isn't that good. I mean, if they really liked her, they would want to be with her, and they wouldn't want her to leave," Wendy said
"Yeah I mean, if I made new friends and they thought that way about me. I would be elated," Lucy-née pitched in.
"So you don't have to worry about anything, little buddy. If Rin wants to come back let her, but if she wants to stay. Leave her. It's her choice, and I don't think anyone would mind. Though we might get a little sad because of her absence, we will always remember her in our hearts," Natsu-nii said with a giant grin, which I could only give back. The lacrima flicked for a moment
"I guess time is running out. Tell Rin I said take care and we miss her and to visit anytime she is available! Oh, and next time you call, bring Rin. I want to talk to her again!" Wendy's words faded as the connection cut.
'If Rin wants to come back let her, but if she wants to stay. Leave her, huh? But I don't want her to leave, I really want her back. But….is that really for the best, or am I just being selfish. I can't help but want to be selfish when it comes to Rin. I just really want her to stay, is that really so much to ask.' I lie down onto my bed thinking, 'If it was me, how would I feel. If I was the one being forced to go back to Fairy Tail, leaving all my new friends behind, how would I feel.' I waited and waited and waited, but I didn't feel the change at all.
'Maybe it's different for different people. Rin looked happy with those two, but she looked the same when she was with Fairy Tail. I just don't get it, what makes them so special that she has to leave Fairy Tail to be with.' I kept thinking of it, not realizing I was slowly drifting to sleep.
Next day~ Rin's Pov
I sat with the three boys in Gon's room. I wasn't as nervous as I was last time, but I'm still a bit nervous. I just don't want them to know what kind of a monster I am. I sigh, "Okay well, if I had to start with anything, I guess it would be the reason I left Fairy Tail. The reason goes way back, to way before I even joined Fairy Tail. It started with the death of my best friend/sister, Iris-"
"I know her, you would say her name a lot of random times at the guild, and when we asked you about it. You told us not to worry." Romeo cut me off. I swear this boy has a thing for not letting me finish my sentences.
"I was about to get to that," he shrank back with a glare, "Iris was the world to me. I was lost and alone, and she was the one that helped me find they way.
That night is one I would never forget.
I was walking in the streets of Magnolia, tears ran down my face, calling out for someone that would never answer me.
"Father?" I called out, my voice barely audible to the crowd of people. My vision was slightly blurred by the tears I wept. "Father, Father where are you?" My voice was nothing but a mere squeak, which people either didn't hear or completely ignore.
'Why isn't he answering me? Where is he, who are all these people?' Thoughts wondered frantically through my mind.
I was scared, I was lonely. Father where are you?
I walked over to an area where no one else was. I sat by a tree, head buried in my knees. The noise, the people, it was scary, but it was quiet here. 'Maybe I can think here,' I thought. 'Where no one else is. Father wouldn't be where there are a lot of people, he never liked it like that. It was always us two, so why would he want to leave after nine years? Where could he have gone?
"Hey," a voice said. I sniffed and looked up. In front of me was a girl about my age with olive skin. Her hair was short and a pale green. Her large hazel eyes looked at me with worry. Her face was slightly pink and her breath came out a bit harshly as if she is calming down from a run. "What's wrong?"
I didn't say anything, I just stared at her. Our eye contact didn't break for what seems like an eternity. She looked away and up at the sky, to the twinkling stars. "It's a pretty night, right?" As soon as the words left her mouth, a petal fell in her hair. As if it was a foreshadowing, a swarm of multicolored petals began to fill the sky.
"Wow, the cherry blossoms are falling," the girl said with glee. My eyes didn't look at the falling flower but fell onto her hair. In an instant, the pale green locks have changed to blonde.
"Your hair," I managed an audible gasp.
"Hm," she hummed, turning towards me with a smile. She looked out the corner of her eyes, eying her blonde hair. "Oh, that. It does that. I like your hair, though."
I stared at the girl in awe. As the petals came down, she stood with her hands out. Her white, sleeveless dress blew slightly in the wind along with her now blonde hair pull back behind a white headband. She inhaled deeply through her nose, and let it out after holding it in for a moment. With a cheeky smile, she said bubbly, "What's your name?"
I wiped my tears from my eyes and said, "I'm Rin."
"Hello, Rin, it's nice to meet you. You look pretty lonely, so just stick with me. So don't cry, I'll be your friend." Her smile grew even wider and she held out her hand.
I didn't know what I was getting myself into at the moment. I didn't know where Father was, or myself for the matter. I didn't know why he had abandoned me. I didn't know who this strange girl was, whose hair changed colors. I didn't even know what a friend was. I didn't know if she was trustworthy or could help me. I didn't know this girl would become the rainbow in my monochrome world. I didn't know she would become my lifeline for so long. I didn't know I would discover so much with her.
All I knew was that the smiling girl in front of me was different, that she was strange. That the smile on her face was one of a kind person.
That night, as the rainbow cherry blossom rained down on me and my tears of sadness were brushed away, I met Iris.
And I took her outstretched hand.
I spent a year with Iris. She wasn't even ten yet, but she said she was living on her own for about two months. She said that six months before she met me, she and her mother were constantly going from town to town after her father's death. She never gave me any details about why they had such a life style, but I never pestered her about. Because of the constant moving, her mother taught her many things that the normal nine-year-old would never have to worry about; things such as stealing and fighting.
Even though it seemed like a hard life, Iris never seems too unhappy about the way she lived. She may have had to grow up faster than most kids, but she always had her childish spirit. That spirit kept us happy and optimistic through bad times.
Another interesting thing about her was her hair, which I was instantly drawn to. She told me it changes colors depending on her current mood. For instance, it would be blonde when she was happy but can turn to red when she was angered. On most occasions, she was sporting the blonde look. She said it wasn't always like that, though. When she was first born, she had maroon hair, which was present whenever she was sleep. The color changing started to happen when she became a wizard.
Her magic was Colored Crystal. She had an array of different colored crystal she could make, each of having a different property. Her blue crystal was slippery, like ice, and her green ones were sticky. I thought it was weird at first, but it was actually quite fun to guess their abilities at first.
Even though she basically took me in, it took me some times to open up to her. After about a month or so with each other, we became extremely close, as if we knew each other our whole lives. I became more trusting towards her and she taught me many things. After some time, I started to be more of an equal that the underlying. Even though we were nothing but two orphans on the street, we made the best of life.
We had stuck together throwing thick and thin. She had me and I had her, we were the world to each other, we didn't care what the world thought about us. That was until that fateful day. That day changed my life forever, as I know, no matter why we say, it was all my fault." I had stopped my explaining, so I could catch my breath and try not to cry. I told myself I wouldn't cry and I won't. I continued,
"IRIS" I yelled through the smoke, trying to find my only friend and family. Thanks to my enhanced hearing, I heard a weak 'r-rin' I quickly ran to the source of the voice.
"IRIS!" I yelled again only to hear a fainter response. I found a pile of fallen debris to see my friend pinned under it. I begin to remove the crushing debris, trying to free Iris. Once she is no longer under the wood, I inspect her. She is bloody and bruised, her body shaking despite the smothering heat suffocating us.
"I-Iris," I said, choking up at the sight of the girl. "Please live, live for me, Iris."
"It's funny, I always thought we could be together forever, but this is the only thing I can do for you," she said. I noticed that her hair wasn't one color, but everyone one imaginable. I didn't know why it was like that at the time. I now know that you don't feel on certain emotion before death. Iris raised her hand toward her ear. She took off her most precious earrings and gave me one. "But with this, we can be together forever, I'll alway be with you," she said, putting it in for me as I held her in my embrace
"P-please stop talking, don't waste your breath," I demand as my tears fell ungracefully on the cold floor behind her.
"Wh-where is that s-smile of your that I love? Come on, s-smile al-always, be h-happy, smile, never forget to s-smile," she murmured weakly.
"Je t'ai-me, je t'aime to-u-jou-rs
I am for-ever your-s
S-we-et dre-ams, swe-et dre-ams mon cher
You-'re al-wa-ys in my or-ay-ers," she said taking her last breath waiting for me to continue.
"Softly, sweetly
Wrapped up in heaven's arms," I sang to her in the most soothing voice I could muster up.
"Sailing, soaring over the moon
Gathering stardust" I slowly pick her up wrapping her in the nearest thing I can find. I look at her to see her smiling face as she starts breathing heavily
"Be still, be safe, be sure
Je t'aime, je t'aime toujours" I start to walk outside as she faces the sky. that smile of her never once leaving her precious face
"Wishing, praying
All of your dreams come true
Please remember
Where'er you are my heart is with you"
I walked to for a while I don't know how long, I look to see her favorite spot in the entire world, the rainbow cherry blossom tree. I looked to see her holding on for her dear life
"Sweet dreams, sweet dreams mon cher
Always in my prayer
I am forever yours
Je t'aime, je t'aime toujours" I finished off our song as I look to her. She was smiling with half lid open eyes.
"Thank you." Her words were barely a whisper. She mutters the last words and went limp in my arms. She closed her no longer shining hazel eyes. Her multicolored hair turned maroon like she was simply sleeping. But…..she was never to wake again.
I looked at her once more before bursting into tears as I fell to my knees with her in my arms. I kept crying, the tears unable to convey the amount of pain I was feeling. When I finished, I gazed at her pale face, her beautiful smile still on her lips, the one person who accepted me for me without judging, my one and only true friend, dead.
"You'll always be with me," I said, putting her wrapped body near the tree and raise a hand to left ear to feel our earring. Getting up once more, not before saying a goodbye, I walked away from her without looking back.
"That's how I got this," I say taking out my earring, showing it to them.
"Is this why you got so mad whenever you thought you lost it?" Romeo asks looking at the earring. I nod my head,
"Yeah, it is so precious to me. I wouldn't dream of losing it. It's like losing my only connection with her. The one that changed me." I whispered the part lowly, hoping it escaped their hearing, and to my luck it did. "What I'm about to tell you, is me I want to keep hidden. The me, I never want to show. The me, that is dirty, filthy, tainted. What I'm about to tell you, might change your perspective on me. I just hope we can still be friends after I tell you this.
It was only one day after Iris' death, but it felt like a lifetime. I kept circling the burnt debris I once called a house, wondering what could cause a fire so big, and have her not notice it. For the next week, I kept searching for signs that would lead to a suspect, criminal, or a clue about this god damned mess. That was until I found something unusual, something you wouldn't have noticed if you didn't look closely enough. I notice a pile ash that looked strange. It was covering something perfectly round, like a semi-sphere. I walked over to the ash and dusted it off. I immediately felt something hard, but I didn't see anything. Even with the heavy smell of ash and burnt wood in the air, I picked up the faint scent of Iris. I rubbed my hand over the round, invisible object until I realize it must be Iris' reflection crystal, the one she uses as a shield. I was able to break it after a few attempts, the crystal not as strong as when it was first formed.
Shielded by the crystals were a sphere and a shiny object in the shape of a cube. I picked up the sphere first, noticing it's a movie lacrima. I didn't know we had one of these. Hesitantly, I touched the object, which soon displaces a video in front of me. An image of Iris is formed, which immediately caught my attention. I played the movie, hoping it helps me in some way.
"Hi, Rin," the Iris in the video said. She was sick her final day, you could tell by her cough and rough voice. "I'm happy you found the lacrima. Well, if you did, then I'm no longer with you, sorry." She looked apologetic, sorrow written over her face. "I-I haven't been fully open to you, and I'm sorry. I never told you why my mother and I were also moving and why I didn't like coming to Magnolia too often. My parents were in a guild called Raven Tail. They weren't the best people. My mother didn't want to be part of the guild and tried to leave after my father was killed because of the master. Mother had information the master didn't want to seep out so he tried to stop her. I was young at the time, around four before things changed. Master Ivan threatened to kill my grandparents, who I was staying with at the time if my mother left. She countered it by saying she would spill all the information she knew if he did so. They were at a stand still and my mother and I were able to escape one day."
I was surprised by the story. I heard of Raven Tail, they were a dark guild that shouldn't be messed with. Iris never told me any of this, though.
"You may wonder what any of this has to do with anything," Iris continued. "Well, ever since then, assassins from Raven Tail have been after my mother and I. I don't know any of the information myself, but they didn't care. Anyone that was linked to my mother was never heard from again. So my mother and I were constantly going place to place. My mother was killed sometime before I met you, but the assassins never stopped looking for me. I saw them the other day in town, and I'm sure they spotted me. So I decided the best thing to do was to stop running and finally fight."
I unconsciously started shaking my head, not wanting the thoughts in my head to be true. She couldn't have…
"I didn't think it was right to mix you up in my own problem, so I sent you away. Rin, I love you very much," she said with a meek smile. Even with the fuzziness of the screen, I saw her eyes begin to water. "You were the best thing that ever happened to me. My life might have not been the easiest one, but you were the greatest thing about it. I'm hoping that you don't find this, that there would be no reason for a video watched. I want this to all end and for me me to be able to explain everything once you're done healing me and we get ice cream. But that may not be the case. You may be lonely at the moment, and this will be the last time you see me. I don't want you to see me crying as your last look at me." She wipes the unshed tears from her eyes. As she does this, I see her hair change from blue to yellow. But then it fades into a green, and after, it soon takes the form of every color. Her water hazel eyes seen to still have that shine in them and her now rainbow hair frames her smiling face. "Please continue to smile and live, even though it can be hard." A loud banging sound could be heard, probably from the bore in the back. She looked at her and whispered, "I guess they're here." She turns back to me, he smile never fading, and said, "I love you, Rin." The video then stopped, nothing else to show. I clench the lacrima until I heard it crack. How could she leave me like this? Why didn't she want my help? We were together, we said we would always stick with one another and help when things got bad. I could have protected her, I could have saved her. I felt fresh tears run down my and I fell to my knees. Why did she try to do things on her own? She also did that, she tried to protect me even when i didn't need it, when it would have been better for me to protect her.
It takes me some time to calm myself and I remembered the other item that Iris protected. I look at the cube shape object. I've read about this once with Iris. It's a magic cube, Perfect Cube. It keeps anything in with no way out, once you get in there is no escape. I didn't notice earlier because it was shattered in many different pieces scattered. I had come to a conclusion that they used this to keep her in, but how did they also get the fire in. If Perfect Cube prevented anything from getting in, how did the fire get in?
The only way was to start the fire inside the perfect cube, but there's no way someone sane would get in there to just die with her. Unless they had magic. Unless they were working in coherence with someone else. But how did they get out, you can't get out of perfect cube there is no way. I started searching the cube noticing there was the numbers 0:00 on it. I thought it was a design but then it seemed a bit weird. Must have been ticking down, that must be why she looked beaten up even though I thought she was just in a fire.
I saw everything. I got it. Their 'master plan' I just solved. The culprit waited until Iris was completely defenseless, and took that time to strike. The culprit must have some fire magic and must be working with someone else. He started setting fire to the house. That's when Iris would have noticed something bad and wanted to escape. She would have wanted to escape taking the back, and they must have planned that.
Getting into the position they set up the perfect cube, just close enough to get her trapped in. That's when they tormented her. They kept fighting along with her fighting, but she ended up losing and paid with her life. The culprit must have waited until perfect cube was done and smashed it into pieces. Judging by how Iris looked this would be by the time I came in. They must have hurried back noticing someone was coming. They made a break through the forest and escaped.
I almost immediately started scanning the forest for any remains of the crooks. I searched and searched and came across nothing. That was until I found a village. Thinking someone might have some information, I ran towards the village going to the nearest bar. Where else would you find lying thug? I slammed the doors open causing everyone to stare at me. Before I could utter a single word, some spit comes my way.
"Hey, little girl, what is a kid like you doing in a place like this."
"Run along to your mommy and dolls, little girl."
"This isn't a game go home."
And much more, but the one that made me snap was.
"Ha don't tell me you don't have a home. You're just like that girl we had to kill. Man, oh man, was she a tough one. Put up a strong fight, but was still weak. Master Ivan gave such a loot for that little girl, though I don't know what he wanted with her, I don't care. Now I am set for a whole year!" He shouted raising his jug of beer in the air, swinging his arm around another, who I suspected to be working with him. Along with full-blown of laughter.
"What did you say," I say as I stalk up to them with a glare that could kill. "You had a girl you killed, let me guess. You are the fucking bastards that murdered my rainbow!"
"Your rainbow? Ha! That little girl didn't have anyone! She was alone, and I never got any details on another daughter. I guess I'll have to kill you too and tell the master I forgot to kill one!"
Everything went dead silence until a loud slam of a beer jug echoed throughout the bar. "What did you just say." a new deep voice says filled with demands. I immediately looked towards that person. His hair was slicked back and he was wearing a cloak not allowing me to see what underneath, but the one thing that caught my attention was the scar running down his face cutting out one of his eyes.
I stared at him as he stared back at me. "Then let's test it out." I stared at him for a while before I mumbled.
"Huh?" he rose to his feet and started moving towards me. Once he was a meter or two away he stopped.
"Let's see if you can take me." he says with a smug look.
I shook my head, "I have no need to fight someone who isn't involved." I looked at him, looking at everyone else. "The one who murdered my best friend is the one who I'll fight. Be a man and face me!" I shout towards the other men, none of them come forward. "Oh, all bark and no bite. The one that 'forgot' to kill me, come forward. The one that murdered my best friend, fight me."
Before I had any time to register what was happening, I have punched out the doors and onto the ground. "I was the one who murdered the one you call a best friend." I stared at him, my eyes widened dramatically.
"What did you say," I said venom dripping from my voice.
"Oh is the little girl going deaf. I said I killed your friend. If you got a problem then take it out with me." He said with an even smugger look than before. I got up glaring at him.
I immediately ran towards him lighting my fist in a pale yellow glow. I punched him constantly as he dodged some but not all. He punched me twice. The first time I coughed up some saliva and the second time I was sent flying back. "Weak," He says mocking me. "Here, I thought you wanted to avenge your dead friend. You can't do that because you're weak." He yelled as he spat near my face.
'I'm weak.' I knew that I was weak at that time but nothing could explain what to come. People started hanging up on me one by one, till the one I came to kill stood all high and mighty in front of me. "Don't worry, you'll reunite with you dead friend in no time." He says preparing for a powerful spell.
IRIS. BlOody. MurdeR. DeaD. AveNge. KiLl. SuffeR. CrIes. LAUGHTER. AngeR. HAte. DespISE. RevengE. Agony. TorturE. SCreaM. PleAds. BEgs OF merCy.
"This was the first time she came out. I never did find out a name for her, but she is me and I am she. But I only figured this out by myself later. I don't know how she came out but I do remember everything that happened."
"Foolish humans." I/she said with a taunting laugh. She/I started to get up as the shadows seep from my skin and the shadows around came towards me. "You think you can kill me?!" She/I said in a taunting voice. Everyone backed away, seeing the little girl from before becoming this demon. Giant black demon wings sprouted from my back, and my tail became longer. My fangs grew out, and my covered eye became exposed.
"W-what-what are y-you!?" One screamed out, She/ I looked towards the culprit.
"I am you." With that, she/I headed for the murderer. Without giving him a chance to fight back, She/I plunged punched him in the gut. Resulting him in throwing up blood, some landed on the ground and some on my face. She/I licked some of the blood that landed near my mouth, and a smirk grew wide on me/her face. "It's sweet." She let out a laugh, that sent shivers to everyone.
"More." She/I punched him again, more blood.
"More." Again.
"More." Again.
"Let me taste more of you!" By the time he was dead, and lying unmoving on the ground, unresponsive, My/her whole face was covered by his blood, my/her hair was stained with it, and my clothing was drenched.
"So," she/I said with a tilt of the head, "Who's next." By this time, the whole village was out and screaming pleading for mercy. But I/she was not merciful, She didn't like traitors, neither did I. She/I cast a spell, a barrier, disabling anyone from entering or leaving. She/I slowly hovered towards the nearest person, and slowly killed them. One by one, we ripped, killed, stabbed, shot, gut, peeled, any sort of method to slowly kill, we did it onto every single person in the village. By the time it was over, She/I was drenched in the blood, covered from head to toe. I was slowly gaining control when I heard a cry.
It wasn't a loud cry, like the one from before, but a soft cry. "Mama, papa. Please wake up." A little girl stared at the dismantled body part, cradling the head of which seemed to be one of her parents. "Please don't leave me." She cried, and all I did was stare. I slowly approached the girl, forgetting my appearance. Once she laid her on me, she started backing away, until she tripped. I stopped, and she started crawling once again to her parents. "Mama, Mama!"
"She won't wake up," I said.
"But Mama said she won't leave me, Papa, too!"
"They won't wake up!" I shouted, my bangs covering my eyes.
"But-but." Tears were streaming down her eyes, but I didn't feel anything. Not the single remorse for what I did, and what I caused. I had stalked up to her and delivered a sharp slap to the face.
"Face reality! Your parents are dead! Dead, Gone!" She stared at me with wide teary eyes and a trembling body.
"Dead…"
"Gone!"
"Did you do this."
"Yeah, thats right! I killed them! I killed all of them!" Rage filled her and she took shaky steps towards me and started hitting me.
"Why! Why did you kill them! They were my family!"
I stayed quiet, as she continued to sop into my dry blood stained shirt. "Your mean...So mean! Why did….kill them." She stayed still with the constant sobbing. "Take me with them. Let me go with Mama and Papa! Please, you did this, take me with them!"
I pushed the girl off of me, and she landed on the ground with a 'kya'.
"I killed them. Do you hate me? I killed your Mama, Papa, family, village."
"...yes." She mumbled
"Do you resent me."
"..yes."
"Do you want to kill me."
"Yes."
"Do you want revenge."
"Yes!" She stood up and ran towards me with much more hate that I built up. I just pushed her down, and she glared at me.
"Then come kill me. Come and fight me, and stand victorious. For you will have your revenge." And you will live.
Omake:
"Finally, I've been introduced!" Iris says as she throws her hand in the air.
"Not fully, just a bit," Rin mumbled looking away.
"Oh, oh. Is that jealousy I see~" She purrs with a grin.
"No! I just-"
"Just what?" She implied with a smirk.
"Just- I don't want them knowing about you." Rin pouts.
"Oh, that's not fair!~ Everyone should get a piece of me!~"
"No! You're mine! I don't share what's mine!" Rin grabbed Iris's chin, forcing her to look up at her.
"R-Rin," She stuttered.
"You're mine, and only mine," Rin replied with a smirk.
"M-mhm," She stuttered through her flush cheeks and weak legs.
"What about us?" The males in the room asked through a gloomy cloud hanging over them.