Kuronue's New Life
Chapter 2: Victoria
2 weeks after being told he would be bumped up to the fifth grade, Lucius found himself in front of a group of 10 year olds.
'Damn me for my atrocities' was the thought that past through Lucius's mind.
His new teacher, Ms. Laurel, was smiling brightly at him.
"Class. This is Lucius Penn. He's only seven years old but he's being allowed to learn in the fifth grade. Now lets all welcome him into our class"
She turned to smile down warmly at Lucius. He only stared ahead. A hallow feeling was beginning to spread through his body.
Ms. Laurel turned back to the class, uncomfortable with the unusual child.
"Um… now who would like to show Lucius around"?
Hands shot up around the classroom as the children squirmed in their seats to make their hands seem taller than everyone else's.
"Um… how about… Victoria", the teacher said, pointing to a small quiet girl in the corner. Staring wistfully out the window to her left, she seemed oblivious to the rest of the world. Her mahogany eyes slowly wandered up to the front of the classroom, her ebony v-cut hair swishing in an invisible wind.
Lucius's heart nearly stopped.
'Her energy… It's different… Not quite human' was the thought to pass through his head.
A light flickered in his eyes as he stared intently at the young girl in the back.
"Lucius… Lucius"
Lucius snapped out of his trance and jerked his head back to look at the teacher. "Hmmm" was the little reply he made.
Soft giggles arose from the crowd of children as the teacher looked down lovingly at the youth.
"As I was saying", Ms. Laurel bent down to Lucius's level, looking at him straight in the eye, " Victoria is special like you. She is only eight. Now, she is going to show you around so why don't you take the open seat next to her", She said while pointing to the desk next to Victoria.
Lucius bowed respectfully in front of Ms. Laurel, gaining a few strange glances from around the room.
'Damn old traditions' Lucius thought as he hurriedly took his place beside the black haired girl.
She was back at looking out the window, her mind far away from normal life.
She remained like that for the rest of the morning, until lunch came around.
Victoria got up and waited for Lucius to get his lunch before walking out of the classroom. Lucius looked down at his lunchbox. It had a picture of what was supposed to be a popular TV shows – a cartoon if he remembered the name right – called poke-something or another. He really wasn't quite sure. Lucius had never been to fond of the ningen pastime of sitting in front of a box and watching pictures move around on the screen. He was a more active person, set to running about or climbing a tree.
Lucius followed Victoria down a locker-lined hallway. Its blue tile walls and red lockers clashed in a horrible color mixture. Lucius shriveled his nose in disdain. Not looking where he was going, Lucius bump into Victoria.
She was probable about two inches taller than him, causing Lucius to have to look up to her face, not that he wasn't used to this by now.
"Would you like to sit inside or outside", Victoria asked, speaking for the first time. Her voice was strangely melodic and held a dreamy quality to it. As if she wasn't fully there.
"Outside" old habits die-hard.
Lucius felt free when he lay down under an old oak tree.
They were sitting farthest away from the school yet still on school ground, all the way across the football field and to a small wood.
Lucius noted at how soft the grass was in this area: like lying on a cloud.
Lucius's stomach rumble and he reluctantly got up to eat his home packed lunch. A turkey sandwich, an apple, and some fruit juice.
What Lucius wouldn't give for a normal lunch instead of this healthy crap, as he so articulately called it?
"Lucius isn't your real name is it?"
Lucius looked over at the girl, a curious expression written on his face.
'Random much' he thought.
Regaining his composure, Lucius decide to wander into what this girl was saying.
"What do you mean by that"
"I mean that Lucius doesn't seem to fit you. Like it isn't your real name"
"Well what do you think my name should be?" It was true that he had never been too fond of his human name but there was nothing he could do about that.
"I sense something beginning with the letter 'k'. Kuren.. Koorin-"
Victoria was cut off by the flying of juice that came from none other than Lucius.
Lucius sat there with a dumbfound look on his face.
He was shocked. Did this girl really know who he was? Did she come here from the other side? From where he was from?
Wiping his face free of spit, Lucius turned his head to look at her.
He looked up to find her sitting with her legs tucked under her body, waiting patient for his to answer while holding a ham sandwich in her hand.
He took a deep breathe before answering.
"Actually. It's Kuronue"
Victoria smiled at him. The first smile he had seen her face hold.
"I knew it. Is it from a past life? Do you remember you're past life"? She asked, bubbling up all over.
Kuronue looked at her for a second before hanging his head. She definitely did not know who he truly was.
"Well, yes. I guess you could call it my past life."
Kuronue thought for a second. Had he truly died?
"Wow. Someone who actually remembers there past life. Who were you? More importantly, what were you? Were you human or something else?" Victoria eagerly asked, edging closer to Kuronue all the time.
"Well…" Kuronue thought for a second. He didn't really want to tell her that he was a demon.
"I was a bat"
"Really! What kind"
"Um"
"Please", Victoria asked in a pleading voice. Kuronue couldn't refuse such a cute face.
He racked his brain for all the human bats he could think of.
"A… a… a fruit bat?"
"Kawaii. I love fruit bats. You know that they're called flying foxes?"
Kuronue nodded while sliding himself back a few feet.
In Victoria's excitement she had been moving uncomfortable close to him.
Kuronue rubbed the back of his head. What had he gotten himself into?
"RINGGGGG!"
"Oh. That's the bell," Victoria said while standing back up. Kuronue noticed that she hadn't eaten a bit of her lunch and was packing it back up.
"Aren't you going to eat anything" Kuronue asked, slightly confused.
"No. I'm not hungry. Too much excitement" Victoria replied with a grin.
Kuronue and Victoria walked back to class and took their seats at the back of the room. Victoria gazed out the window and Kuronue just looked up at the blackboard. They were the first in class and Kuronue watched as his peers filed in.
As the teacher began, Kuronue looked over at Victoria.
"So why do you sit in the back?" he asked her in a hushed voice.
Victoria turned away from the window to face Kuronue. "Because I like the windows and when I'm in the back, teacher's usually don't notice"
Kuronue nodded. He was beginning to like this girl.
The bat smiled. Maybe life in this class will be more fun than he thought. With a lively smile and a sparkle of his blue eyes, Kuronue turned to his new teacher. Hopefully he would not have to leave this class, if he could help it.
So since i obviously rated this story 'M', it is going to be quickly going thru Victoria and Kuronue's life together. So the yuyu gang probable wont appear till way later in the story. It mostly going to focus on the relationship between Kuronue and Victoria for a while.
K. Ill try to update sooner than I did with this chapter.