Doroty wakes up to the constant noise of the other children, while they were in a hurry, she kept trying to wake up completely. The night before she couldn't sleep because she felt quite confused with her surroundings, it seemed as if nothing was real, as if everything was a simple illusion.
She prefers not to pay attention to that thought, it caused her a lot of dizziness to think too much about something that she didn't have an answer. After all, everything was in her mind. She got out of bed and looked in the closet for her uniform, which was an olive green dress, a color quite boring for his taste. The buttons were the same color while the bow she had around the neck of the dress was white. She put on her white socks and black strap shoes. She put on a brooch that had a Peridot gem so that her hair would stop hiding her left eye.
She hurried out to go down to have breakfast with the other children, went through the office of the owner of the orphanage and heard that she was talking to a couple, apparently they were going to adopt a child. How lucky some of them are.
Finally she arrived at the dining room, just in time, she prevented her from being scolded for being late.
In the meantime...
—"Are you sure you want to adopt her? She is not a very sociable girl, she also has several medical problems. It would be a burden for you, she is better here. We can suggest other girls who are more outgoing and affectionate, I doubt that Doroty is the right one for you."—. The owner of the orphanage told them, who began to look for the documents of another girl who met the expectations that she believed the couple in front of her had. —"Here are my suggestions. Aquamarine is a pretty playful girl, she loves to be with other children. Or Nancy, she is quite affectionate with everyone and is kind-hearted."—.
"As if she needed to be sociable."—. Hone Onna thought as she listened with "interest" to the names of the other girls who were offered to them to adopt them.
—"We are sure of our decision, Mrs. Leone. We want Doroty, we believe that her true personality will appear while she is with us. It's just a matter of time and patience."—.
The woman looked at them somewhat doubtful to access the papals of the minor. The little girl would not take it at all well, but she couldn't do much for her if they wanted to adopt her. In addition, the whereabouts of his biological parents were still unknown, which was very strange. They were found neither alive nor dead. It was as if the wind had taken them away. She let out a sigh of surrender and looked for Doroty's papers, she hoped that the couple would not regret it later and they return the youngest to the orphanage.
—"Here are all Doroty's documents, the social workers will go to see you after a month to make sure that Doroty is safe and comfortable with you... I hope you don't return her after this to the orphanage, you would break the heart of that brat"—.
—"Then I can assure you that she will not come back here, she will grow up with us and live happily."—. Sone Anna replied to Mrs. Leone.
—"I hope so..."—.
After they both signed everything, that woman guided them where the other children were. Doroty was not there so she guided them to the library they had for the children to read. There was the little blonde, in the middle of a wall of books that she had made while reading a book entitled "Lolita" which the owner of the orphanage quickly snatched from her.
—"Doroty! This is not an appropriate book for your age, how many times should I repeat it?"—.
—"... Doroty has already read it twice when no one is nearby."—.
—"Do you understand the concept of that book, Doroty?"—. Ichimokuren approached the youngest, giving her something to talk about.
—"Doroty understands! Doroty knows that there are perverse people... who can harm Doroty... hurt her a lot, that's why Doroty wants to fight! Doroty wants to grind eggs!"—.
Hone Onna endured her laughter as much as she could, letting out a slight sound that indicated that she wanted to laugh at what the youngest had said. Ren now felt in danger.
—"Ay, Doroty..."—. Mrs. Leone put the book in its place.. —"I have good news for you, they will be your new parents, you were adopted by them, Doroty"—.
The blonde looked at them quite surprised, she was supposed to have to wait for her mom not to leave with some strangers.
She took a few steps backwards, throwing away the books she had behind her. She didn't look happy unlike other children who would be quite happy to have been adopted.
—"... Bye!"—. The little girl made an attempt to flee from the elders, but was caught by another caregiver. —"LET ME GOOOOOO"—.
Only Ichimokuren and Hone Onna realized that a window cracked before the youngest's cry, she had a powerful voice.
—"Doroty, calm down! They will be good to you, they will take care of you and you will grow with them."—.
But the little blonde didn't seem to listen, she kicked and twisted to be able to free herself and hide somewhere in the orphanage. She didn't want to go with them, it was what the owner of the orphanage feared, that Doroty would put herself that way.
Some children heard the scandal that the minor was putting and looked out to see what was happening. Some even began to say that Doroty was ungrateful because she had an insured family and was completely rejecting them. Doroty fought until the end but when she realized it they were already approaching a car to leave with that couple.
—"DOROTY DOESN'T WANT TO GO!!"—. Late, she was already sitting in one of the car seats and with the seat belt on.
The owner of the orphanage gave the couple all the information about Doroty, her documents and the few belongings she had in the orphanage. The couple got in the car and set out on a trip back home. Doroty saw how they were moving further and further away from the orphanage, now how was her mother going to find her if she was no longer there? She was very worried about that.
She wanted to start crying but she was distracted by the landscape. Not being able to go beyond the courtyard of the orphanage, she was amazed by the landscape she saw.
—"Do you like it?"—. Hone asked the little girl.
—"... Are you going to sell Doroty?"—.
—"Huh? Of course not, we are your parents now. We must take care of you, see for your well-being... those things."—. Ichimokuren told the little girl.
—"Oh... but, what will happen when Doroty's mom goes to look for her at the orphanage?"—.
—"Well, in that case we will let her visit you and now being your new parents you will not be able to live with her until you are 18, there will be your decision to go with her or stay with us."—. Hone responded to the little blonde.
—"Doroty understands... Can Doroty have more dresses?"—.
—"As many as you want"—. Ichimokuren answered him quite carefree without knowing that he has just given her the authorization to have all the dresses she wanted and that would not stop with the centuries.
—"Doroty is grateful!"—.
Both youkai smile at how naive the little girl could be, I was starting to trust them quite quickly. It was the best, they would "raise" her while the Mistress arrived at the location where they were. They would only have to entertain the blonde at that time, it wouldn't be difficult. It was easy to find her after 200 years, her soul managed to reincarnate after having died in such a violent way. Although after reincarnating it only lasted six more years so it took them 10 years to find her again. In simple words, the little blonde was already 210 years old and didn't even know it.
At the moment she didn't remember anything like that, but she would soon do it. Her memory had gaps that confused her a lot, but soon that would make sense to her. She would take it quite badly, they were sure of that and they would be prepared for that moment.
After an hour they managed to enter the city, Doroty saw with great emotion the large buildings and the cars that passed by, she hadn't seen them for a long time and it seemed like it was the first time she saw them in her life. Ichimokuren parked the car near an apartment building, where she would live from now on. If they lasted a few years there before the Mistress presented herself to Doroty.
—"Doroty, it's okay if you want to call us by our names and not 'dad or mom', we'll understand"—. Ichimokuren told her.
—"... daddy... mother... Doroty will tell you mother and daddy..."—.
—"Huh? Why do you say daddy to him, and don't you call me mommy!?"—. Hone didn't look happy with the little girl's favoritism, she did something wrong from the beginning.
"The lady is going to finish me off, I did something wrong and now Doroty hates me, what am I going to do? Never before has a girl hated me!"—. Hone thought as she tried to remember everything she did, she had done nothing to make the little girl angry.
—"Doroty... Doroty doesn't know why... I just feel that it's comfortable for Doroty to call you that... Doroty hopes that she can soon call you 'mommy' instead of mother!"—.
At least Doroty didn't hate her, she just felt comfortable calling her 'mother'. They entered the building and went up an elevator to their apartment. Upon entering, the little blonde's attention turned to the booksellers who were on the sides of the television. They thought she would turn on the TV to watch the channels it had but apparently those books caught her attention more.
—"Lots of books... Can Doroty read them?"—.
—"Of course, they are now yours, read them as many times as you want."—. Ichimokuren told her.
Doroty began to see the titles of the books, everyone caught her attention, she wanted to read them all.
—"Oh, right... next week you'll go to school"—. She listened to Hone.
—"WHAT!?"—. Doroty dropped the book she had taken, she didn't look happy enough with that news.
They both thought she would be happy since she adored literature so they thought she loved studying, but they saw that she didn't. It would be quite difficult for her to adapt to the school then, but they had to enroll her. They had to keep her busy for when the Mistress arrived and they could explain everything to her calmly, it was better that her mind was distracted by school chores.
—"You have to go to school, you are 6 years old. You are old enough to go to school, I'm sure you'll love it later"—. Hone told her as he approached the youngest and stroked her blond hair. —"I know you don't like the idea, but you will see that you will soon be the best in your class."—.
—"... Doroty expects that..."—.
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Doroty managed to enter a private school where children with parents of a lot of money attend. The little blonde felt that she didn't fit in that school, she had no one to talk to and some children looked at her mockingly.
There was a stereotype hovering in those directions: Blondes are stupid, they have no intelligence, only one nut per brain but of great beauty. Doroty was not like that, she had a great IQ, she could take an exam in less than five seconds and leave everyone impressed, but she did not want to earn a bad reputation for being smarter than others so she clung to the idea of failing on purpose so that her beauty would overshadow her little intelligence.
Hone Onna and Ichimokuren realized the minor's low grades, if she continued to do so, the school could expel her for not meeting the expectations they imposed on the students. Something was happening inside her head that wouldn't let her concentrate or she was just failing on purpose.
—"... Doroty"—. The oldest called her.
—"Doroty is busy, Daddy"—. A entertained blonde responded, she was watching a program about Greek mythology, she was quite concentrated until the TV was turned off. —"Eh! Doroty was watching that"—.
—"I know, but you are losing the privilege of watching TV with these low grades, is there anything that bothers you? Is anyone bothering you at school?"—. The blonde denied. —"So? What is the reason for these low grades?"—.
—"... Doroty fails on purpose... because Doroty is blonde, so Doroty is stupid..."—.
Those words surprised both adults, where did she get that idea from? Someone must have been bothering her then to have that idea in her head, that stereotype was affecting her.
—"You're not stupid, no one is stupid. That you are blonde does not make you stupid, much less, you are an intelligent girl and you must know that, you must make it clear that you are a hardworking and studious girl"—. Hone told the youngest.
The little girl could only look down and play with her fingers, she didn't want to make a bad impression and ended up worrying her parents. She had to make up for it.
—"Doroty will improve! Doroty will not be carried away by bad words and will make a great effort!"—.
—"That's how we talk!"—.
At least they would no longer worry about the minor's qualifications, it was easy to handle. They expected it to be like that when she became the next Hell Girl.
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The director had called them because Doroty had beaten another child. His name was Arthur, his father is a famous lawyer and police chief, that worried them more than the blow that Doroty gave him with a clean fist.
Things were going too well in those months, but the Mistress just arrived on an unexpected night and the problems began. They still didn't explain anything to Doroty, but they were suspecting that she already knew something. They were suspicious, but they weren't sure.
It was just 12:00am when the lady made her arrival, Doroty was already asleep for hours since the next day she had classes.
—"Where is she?"—. Wanyuudou asked them.
—"She's been asleep since 9 o'clock, I don't think you can see her, miss"—. Hone Onna replied.
What they didn't know was that the youngest had gotten up for a glass of water, but when she saw the light still on, she decided to spy because she believed that her parents were flirting, she loved to bother them with that. But this time it was different, there were more people.
—"She's smart, isn't she?"—. It was Enma's question, she hoped that stereotype would be false and avoid having to do more work than she should.
—"She is, Doroty can solve an exam in ten seconds, the fastest she have answered is five seconds."—. Ichimokuren answered her.
—"You shouldn't judge a book by its cover, miss."—. Wanyuudou told her.
—"You haven't told her anything, have you?"—. The youngest looked at Hone and Ren, if the blonde didn't remember anything then they should refresh her memory. —"About the unforgivable sin he committed in life... she must pay the price, be expiated like a Jigoku Shoujo..."—.
The little blonde listened with boredom what they were talking about, she was already starting to feel very sleepy until she heard the words "Jigoku Shoujo". Something inside her felt that she already knew that word somewhere, but she couldn't remember where.
Sleep was beginning to beat her, but she was also very thirsty and was not willing to go back to bed with thirst. She got up from where she was and pretended that she had just gotten up, yawning and carving her left eye, went to the kitchen and that's where those present saw her.
—"... Doroty is thirsty..."—. That's what she told them, Hone was the one who gave the blonde a glass of water. —"Who is she?"—. Doroty asked as she looked at Enma. —"Holis, Ojīchan"—. Educated above all.
—"My name is Enma Ai"—. The black-hair girl responded to the blonde. Doroty only stared at Enma with her left eye visible because her right eye was covered by her hair.
Something inside her brain crossed like lightning, a somewhat confusing memory. She only looked at that girl for a few seconds and her brain began to send her memories that were confusing her more and more. Being so confused, her mood became to be scared of Enma, she looked at the eldest again and began to cry as she dropped the glass with the water she could not drink.
—"MONSTER!"—. Doroty yelled at Enma in the middle of his cry and the glass that was on the ground ended up exploding in millions of bits.
Hone tried to calm the blonde but she ran directly to Ichimokuren and jumped to carry her. The black guy lifted up the blonde and the little girl clung to him while she kept crying. That was a bad start, they hoped that Doroty would like Enma and start wanting to play with the Mistress, but she yelled at her and cried. Enma was just looking at how the little blonde had a kind of tantrum that she didn't understand at all, she hoped that she would already remember the sin she committed so that she could start working.
Ichimokuren and Hone took Doroty back to bed, calming her as they could because it was too late for them to make noise and the little blonde had a pretty loud voice. Doroty's cry calmed down little by little, she was just trembling with fear.
—"Daddy... onee-chan is quite terrifying... Doroty is very afraid of her"—. The blonde spoke as she clung to the eldest's arm.
—"You two started with your left foot... but I'm sure you'll get along later. For now, sleep, you will go to school in a few more hours and you need to rest. In the morning you will have breakfast together and you will be able to get to know her better, you will see that she's not so terrifying, she's only reserved."—. Ichimokuren told her to calm the blonde.
Doroty just nodded. Both older ones were going to leave the room but Doroty wanted Hone to stay with her because she was still uninsecure with that girl in the house.
When it dawned and they wake Doroty up to go to school, both girls met again for breakfast. Doroty looked at her with distrust and Enma looked at her with indifference, they hoped that they would not go to hate each other or something like that. They just hoped that the relationship they had would improve, they were going to be together for an eternity and it was better for them to get along.
They only expected the youngest to remember her past, at least part of what she did to fulfill her debt. If they had known that meeting would guide them to more problems, they would have better tried to bring them together in a different way, but it was too late to change what happened.
—"As you know, Doroty beat one of his classmates and hasn't told us the reason for her action."—. The director told them, he didn't look upset but they were sure he was in the inside. —"Arthur's father will not be able to introduce, but his son has the last word on what will happen to Doroty."—.
That wasn't good news. The youngest was going to spray Doroty, he would have her suspended from school.
Meanwhile, Doroty was outside the infirmary, she had to wait for her classmate to go to the principal's office together. She didn't wanted to hit him but she was so angry, confused and sad. And the fact that Arthur started fucking her liver caused her to explode and give him a good punch. Doroty heard the door open and turned around to meet the youngest with brown hair. He had a band-aid on his cheek and nose, she really hit him quite hard. She didn't expect to have that strength.
—"What are you looking at, dwarf?"—. Arthur looked at her with anger and disgust, the blonde only under his gaze to the ground as she continued to think about those confusing memories she managed to obtain.
Doroty didn't understand them, she was quite confused. She turned to see Arthur again, but she also found Enma's face. Doroty didn't understand how she entered school if only the parents and the janitor who cleaned the school facilities could enter. That scared her a lot, she didn't think about it and she approached Arthur to hide.
—"Hey! What are you trying to do now? Let me go, weirdo!"—. The youngest was trying to keep Doroty away from him. He managed to push her after turning her around, Doroty turned his back on Enma and Arthur was in front of Doroty. —"You're lucky to be a dwarf brat! I'll get you expelled from school! It's what you deserve, let's go to the principal's office!"—.
The youngest with brown hair took the blonde by the arm and began to walk with her to the director's office, gradually moving away from Enma who disappeared a few seconds later. Doroty turned sideways and when she saw that Enma was no longer there, she let out a sigh of relief. Now what worried her was that she would be expelled from school, all because she was in a bad mood, for having her classmate beaten and she also blamed that strange girl.
—"It's not to scare you, but... I also managed to see her."—. Doroty looked at Arthur when he confessed that to her. —"Do you know who she is? It must be your sister, right?"—. Seeing that Doroty denied, he was quite worried. —"... No one else can enter here... only our parents."—.
Both children stopped before arriving at the director's office, Doroty fell to the ground, he was trying to keep calm but could hear her heart beat to the fullest.
—"Oi! What's wrong with you? Why are you getting like this?"—.
—"... Doroty... Doroty is sorry"—. Arthur was confused by that apology. —"Doroty regrets beating you... Doroty was upset and when you bothered me... Doroty was more upset..."—. She told him as she began to cry. —"Doroty is afraid... sniff... she... she is Jigoku Shoujo... *sob* Doroty... Doroty doesn't want to... Doroty doesn't..."—.
—"It's okay... don't worry, I believe you... you shouldn't be afraid of her, she can't hurt you"—. Arthur hugged Doroty and she clung to him, she was crying with fear, confusion and anger, she felt betrayed, disappointed and frustrated.
A few minutes passed when the blonde finally calmed down, they were both outside the director's office. Doroty was overloaded on her partner's shoulder, things were fixed between them. Arthur was analyzing the situation in his head, he could not simply ignore what was going on in front of his eyes, he managed to epically ignore the presence of Jigoku Shoujo. Although he couldn't sing victory yet, sooner or later that girl would realize that he saw her and would have him between the sword and the wall. He had seen Jigoku Shoujo! What was he going to do now? He was putting his hands directly into the fire! The girl he had recharging on his shoulder, there was an 80% chance that she would be a Jigoku Shoujo too! And he was helping her! He was literally putting the rope on his neck, digging his own hole for his grave and getting into a rather dangerous path.
Although... how bad could it be? He would only distract her so that the weight on her shoulders wasn't so heavy. He could be a shoulder on which she can cry, he would be the ears that would hear her and he would be the boyfriend...
What was he thinking about?
He shook his head as he turned red like a tomato in the market, he was falling in love with the girl who hit him for fucking his liver. Arthur may be liking rude girls or something like that, who knows. He let out a heavy sigh, he was only 6 years old, facing something as dangerous as Jigoku Shoujo. He was risking being sent to hell for walking like chewing gum in Doroty's blond hair.
The office door opened, Arthur moved the youngest a little and she looked at the door of the director's office. They both came in and there he saw Doroty's parents, he was judging them with his eyes. They were youkais, he could be a small child but he wasn't stupid, they couldn't deceive him that way. Doroty approached his "father" and he sat her on his legs while Arthur sat on one of the chairs available in the office.
—"Mr. Arthur, Mr. and Mrs. Ishimoto are aware of the situation, now it is up to you to make the final decision"—. The director spoke.
—"... We have already fixed our differences, it is not necessary for her to be suspended or expelled from school. In addition, Doroty was very frustrated because the exams are close and it is not as if she had a lot of intelligence, without offending."—. The youngest spoke and after saying the last thing he looked at the blonde.
—"Doroty is not offended..."—. The minor replied reluctantly. Arthur was enduring the desire to hug her again to give her energy.
—"I would also like to ask you something, Mr. Director... I want to be Doroty's study partner, of course... if her parents agree"—.
He hoped that they would not suspect that he already knew they were youkais, he was taking a lot of risk but in order to keep the blonde safe and that she felt safe then he would risk everything he had. Even his soul.
—"Of course you can, it's the least we can do after our daughter beat you."—. Hone told the minor.
Things were fixed, everything was going too well. After everything was fixed, the four of them left the principal's office and the minors returned to their classes. Arthur had to put together a good escape plan if he wanted to help Doroty not to end up as Jigoku Shoujo, it would be risky because he did not know the system or rules of the Jigoku Shoujo, but he could investigate.
Meanwhile, Wanyuudou and Enma were outside the school, they already knew that Arthur was a small bump on the road that they should not worry about because he hated Doroty. But if they saw suspicious movement on their part then they would have to keep him at bay with anything he tried to do.
Arthur was focused on his classes and his mind was divided at that time. He was in his classes and planning the getaway of his life, at least for Doroty. He could try to distract those youkais with some tricks that his great-grandparents of two past generations created, those could help him a lot and Jigoku Shoujo would be surprised by the trick under his sleeve.
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He managed to find the book he was looking for in the large bookstore of his home. His father would not realize that he was using it since he was not interested in what he did in his spare time, he did not pay as much attention to it anyway only in public it was when he paid attention to him, maybe that is why he loved going out with his family because he got some attention from his parents.
He envied Doroty's fake family at that time, but that fake family was hurting her and he had to get her out of there as soon as possible or everything would go straight to the pipe. And who knows what would happen to the blonde if he failed? Arthur hid that book in his room, there were more books but that was the one he needed for the moment. He felt that at any time something would appear in his room and he had to prepare his best performance so not to be scared or show reaction to...
—"You saw me"—. He heard the voice of Jigoku Shoujo.
—"Don't show reaction, don't show reaction"—. He was thinking as he took his notebooks out of his backpack to do his homework. He was able to ignore her epically at school, he could ignore her in the same way in the comfort of his room.
—"Do you plan to ignore us? That doesn't work for you anymore, we know you've seen the Mistress"—. Wanyuudou spoke. Arthur didn't count on the presence of that man.
—"I'm fucked, I'm fucked, I'm fucked, I'm fucked, I'm fucked"—. Arthur shouted internally as he made some equations in his notebook, his hand did not tremble with luck but one of his legs was trembling with fear. Arthur didn't even want to turn to see her, barely and had seen her sideways, he was still afraid but now it was different, he had that girl behind him, staring at him.
For his good luck, a bark was heard, it was his pet Franky. His dog as soon came in and noticed those two, it was about to bark at them again but Arthur got up from his seat and stopped his pet from doing that.
—"Franky, you know that my mother doesn't like your barking... what do you look at anyway?"—. He looked at the front where those two were and pretended not to see them. —"There's nothing... it's not like there are ghosts here, is it?"—. Arthur stroked his pet's head but the animal took him from the sleeve of his pajamas and tried to pull him to the exit of the room. —"I can't play with you, I have to finish my homework and keep my high grade... you know how my father is about this"—.
He took out his pet as best he could, he could not have it for long in his room because it was a "distraction" from his studies when that was not true, it helped him but his parents did not care about the constant stress of his school homework and the expectations they put on him. Arthur returned to his desk to continue studying and finish his homework.
It came back to his mind the relationship that Doroty had with her parents, since he saw them and noticed that relationship so healthy, joyful and pure, he felt great jealousy, envy and anger. It was one of the reasons that began to annoy the minor, teaching her things she shouldn't know yet, putting stereotypes in her head and creating rumors about her. And he was angry as that relationship was getting stronger and stronger... he wanted to have that, he wanted to have that attention, he longed to be in her place.
—"I wish I could sent her to hel-"—. Arthur stopped what he was doing to quickly take out a pistol with a silencer that his father had given him in case someone wanted to kidnap him or something like that. He pointed directly at Enma and still with trembling hands shot. It was in vain because the black-hair girl only slipped to one side, avoiding that bullet that went straight to her head.
—"Stop playing with my mind... you wanted my attention, now you have it... what the fuck do you want, Jigoku Shoujo!?"—. He asked quite angry, she changed his thoughts that way and he was not happy, she was manipulating him.
Send Doroty to hell... never!
He would prefer to work for her than send her to hell. Doing that is something cruel, but more cruel was the fact that Jigoku Shoujo manipulated his thoughts to get to think about that... send Doroty to hell out of the jealousy of having that desired family.
—"Come on, talk! I don't have all night... or did you just want to make me angry?"—. Arthur's patience was ending in the face of the silence of those two. His plan was falling at that time, although... he could still save it! He could use certain things in his favor.
—"I'm going to give you some advice, boy. Don't mess with her and the Mistress, it will bring you a lot of problems."—. Wanyuudou told Arthur.
—"I'm not getting in the middle of anyone, I'll just help that dwarf pass the exams, who needs it. That doesn't mean that I risk my neck knowing the kind of monster I have in fro-"—. He interrupted himself when the same bullet he had fired returned to him, rubbed his cheek and some blood was sliding due to the small wound. He was very lucky, that bullet could have killed him.
He prayed internally that there was no one on the other side of the wall, some poor servant passing quietly around and suddenly he would be in the sky. He didn't hear anything fall, so he assumed that there was no one nearby.
—"Don't go where it doesn't suit you..."—. He heard the girl from hell speak, it was chilling to hear her. —"What happens to her is not of your least interest..."—.
—"... It's true... it's not of interest to me..."—. The boy replied.
Enma and Wanyuudou believed that the minor had understood and would no longer get in the middle, but they were wrong.
—"But that doesn't mean I don't worry about her, now that I'll be helping her study I need her to be in a good mood and the only thing you are doing is hurting her, you made her cry and make a girl cry is not right."—.
—"Aren't you the one who bothered the little girl? Why do you care who makes her cry now?"—. Wanyuudou asked.
—"Yes, but I'm planning how to remedy it! If I had known what or rather who I was messing with, then I wouldn't have done anything... so, I'll amend what I did. It's the least I can do... amend what I did."—. He answered them a little embarrassed about the nonsense he did because of the jealousy he had of the blonde, she had what he didn't have and that made him angry.
He was a child, what could he do? It was normal for children to be jealous of others, to be envious of what others had. It was quite normal. Although he went a little too far with his actions and now that he had an idea of what was happening around him, it was quite obvious that he was going to correct his mistake.
What those two didn't know was that he would use everything to his advantage. They will not notice it at the beginning until his plan B and C are carried out.
—"By the way... what do you bring with Doroty? What did she do...?"—. His question was on the air when he saw that neither of the two youkais were in his room. They had left completely. Better for him, he could continue planning without being interrupted because he managed to deceive Jigoku Shoujo.
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—"No, silly! That's misspelled. 'Two of the eighth'... since when does that exist? Stop inventing words!"—. Arthur scolded the blonde for writing that, it seemed quite ridiculous to him.
Arthur was trying to help her study but she was making it difficult. Doroty didn't memorize anything and his patience was falling short. At least her "parents" were giving them food and drink, that would keep him relaxed for a few moments.
—"Let's see... you must start doing mental calculations, you have 10 seconds to give me the answer and if you don't succeed, I will throw a cherry on the tractor forehead that you carry."—.
—"Doroty doesn't have a tractor forehead!"—. The blonde defended herself against that insult on her forehead, it was not her fault to have inherited that from her biological family.
—"Anyway... 10 divided by 2!"—.
—"5!"—. The blonde replied.
—"24 multiplied by 13!"—.
—"312!"—. The minor had another correct answer again.
—"13 multiplied by 250 divided by 34 and subtracts 570"—. Arthur was sure she wouldn't get the answer.
—"-474.411..."—.
Arthur looked at Doroty incredulous. He took his notebook and started to make that problem.
When he got the answer, he looked at the blonde again. He was so wrong to say that the blondes were stupid.
—"... Is correct..."—.
—"Did Doroty guess?"—.
—"You didn't guess, your mind has the ability to make calculations in a matter of seconds... are you wrong on purpose?"—. Arthur asked her as he crossed his arms.
—"Well, ahh... Doroty... Doroty can explain it..."—.
—"You shouldn't... it's my fault... I imposed that stereotype on you because I didn't like you on the first day because of... personal matters"—.
—"But Arthur has the best life, doesn't he? You told Doroty that your family is a millionaire"—.
—"Yes, I did... but it's not as you think, there is a big difference between your parents and mine."—. He told her while he was writing something on a piece of paper and passing it on to the youngest in a covert way, taking advantage of the fact that the youkais who pretended to be parents were distracted. —"I'm jealous of you..."—.
Jigoku Shoujo went to visit me last night, she didn't look happy about me being in the middle of the two of you, we must act ahead of time.
I hope you are ready...
Read quickly.
—"... Why are you jealous of Doroty?"—. The blonde asked as she nod, Arthur already knew what to do.
—"My parents don't pay much attention to me, they are more concerned about work than knowing how I'm doing at school... if I have a dog it's just to distract me and protect me, but they prefer it to be just for protection and not as a friend. On the other hand, your parents give you the attention you need, they are aware of you and you don't feel abandoned in your own house... sometimes I feel lonely... but I learned to deal with that, I study to the fullest when I feel that way, that fills part of that emptiness"—. He told her while writing on another piece of paper the plan he had in mind.
The blonde listened to that attentively, she felt bad for him. Even if he got to annoy her at school, she could forgive that because all that was due to the little attention and affection that the parents were giving him. She wanted to tell him that he could use her parents, but then she knew that they were a fake family... she no longer felt so attached to them.
This is the plan:
As we know, Jigoku Tsūshin can't go beyond Japan, at least that's what I managed to find out by changing my father's computer settings.
I plan for you to take a train to an airport in Japan, from that airport you will go to Russia, you will be safe there.
I have to make a few simple moves, a few calls and reservations, and you will be safe in a safe place.
We must find the perfect day to carry out the plan, but how essential it is to be a weekend. I will do my best to unsubscribe from school and you don't have to worry about it.
In addition to getting you a school to attend in Russia, a personal translator for you and a guardian dog for you, don't get fond of the dog, he won't know how to give you back your affection, he will only protect you.
The blonde read everything quickly. She was unsure of that plan, but she would place all her trust in Arthur. Now he is her friend and she was sure that nothing bad would happen to her next to him, he was protecting her and that... made something grow inside her.
—"All children deserve a couple of parents... but not all parents deserve a child... I read that somewhere... a good book, by the way."—. The blonde said. She noticed the strange look that Arthur gave to her. —"What's up?"—.
—"You didn't say your name at the beginning of the sentence..."—.
—"Oh... Doroty didn't realize..."—.
The blonde saw that in the lower part of the paper there was a small sentence: 'eat the paper'. Of course! She had to make the evidence disappear so that they wouldn't catch them.
She doubled that paper and put it in her mouth at Arthur's surprised look. He had written that as a joke, he didn't expect her to eat the paper literally.
—"Don't eat that! It's toxic, clod!"—. But it was late, the youngest had swallowed the paper. —"You... you're silly sometimes..."—.
—"Were you sending notes of love to each other?"—. Hone's voice made them jump out of fright, they didn't expect her to get out of her "work" at home as a secretary so quickly.
Although the "work" of that woman was obvious, they had to keep a close eye on the next Jigoku Shoujo. Prevent her from escaping with someone and blindly believed that the minor would not do anything about it. But they were wrong. He already had an escape plan, even a plan B in case of failure in the middle of the road. He just had to start it and he already had the day for that.
—"I'm sure Doroty will find someone better than me."—. The youngest said as he crossed his arms, he wanted to avoid at all costs becoming like his father because he knew that his mother did not live the best life even with all the money she had in her bank account, she looked miserable every day that passed. His father was not the best husband or father either, he only cared about the money... instead of caring about his family.
"Maybe if I married Arthur they will leave me alone... and make world peace."—. The blonde thought as she imagined herself having the best wedding of all, there were even penguins with a bow walking around the salon.
—"Doroty wants to marry Arthur and achieve world peace!"—.
—"EH!?"—. Arthur turned redder than the tomato on the market. A new plan arose in his head about marrying the blonde and taking her away from Japan for "work" reasons, when in reality it would be an excuse to escape. Abandoning her inheritance, living humbly with the blonde... didn't sound so bad. And then the image of his pet came to his mind, he didn't want to leave him, but what options did he have? It would be risky, He had to put Doroty's security first.
He didn't realize when he had started crying in silence due to the stress he was being subjected to. So much stress and pressure fell on him, he had to make risky decisions, abandon many things and risk his own life.
—"Ah!? Why does Arthur cry? Did-Doroty say anything wrong? Do-Doroty is sorry!"—.
Now the elders had two kids crying in the room, they didn't know what to do because they didn't find a reason for them to be crying that way.
After a while, both minors fell asleep on the couch. They didn't draw any conclusions to why they were crying, at least not them. Enma was there, she had appeared after the kids fell asleep, she looked at them attentively, mostly at Arthur. The youngest still asleep felt that someone was seeing him, a rather heavy look that made him tremble and as an impulse he clung more to the blonde.
—"Do you think we should do something, miss?"—. Wanyuudou asked.
—"No"—. Enma whispered. —"Don't get attached"—. She looked at Hone Onna and Ichimokuren.
—"... Understood..."—. Hone replied, she was starting to get attached to the youngest even though she was more attached to Ren, but sometimes they cooked together.
—"We have no reason to get attached to her, miss."—. Ichimokuren spoke.
—"Says the one who gave her a giant whale stuffed animal"—. Hone replied to the black-hair guy, Doroty wanted a pet whale which was impossible for her to get and Ren went to get her a stuffed animal.
They had to admit it. They were taking affection for the blonde, she was too innocent to be a Jigoku Shoujo, but they couldn't do anything to prevent it. They had to let things happen eventually. She had to pay the price of her sin even if she didn't like it, it would be difficult and knowing that her "parents" would not defend or protect her would be a great betrayal.
[. . .]
—"She told me that she could go home alone, that she knew the way so I left her... I should have accompanied her... I'm sorry, Mr. and Mrs. Ishimoto"—. Arthur told them with some embarrassment, he was still waiting for his parents who were already taking a long time also due to traffic.
They had left school for an hour and Doroty was the first to go home earlier. But it turns out that her parents were going to pick her up, God knows why she decided to go alone when her parents were going to pick her up. Arthur made the mistake of letting her go alone, he let a girl leave alone even with thousands of dangers lurking around. He felt guilty. If something happened to Doroty, it would be his fault.
Hone and Ichimokuren left the minor to start looking for Doroty, she could not have gone that far, surely she was in some park because she forgot her way home.
Meanwhile, the little blonde was in the middle of a masonry bridge, looking down where there was a lake full of fish, some people came to throw bread at those fish and some ducks that passed by.
The few people who saw her thought she was just browsing, waiting for her parents or just wanting to feed the fish. But in reality, she was remembering something, she was quite confused about those memories that came to her mind. Her parents, the orphanage and a big wave. She didn't understand anything, she was supposed to have already passed through the orphanage. Why did she remember another different orphanage?
She started walking to cross the bridge, walking for five minutes until she stopped in front of a school where they cared for children between 2 and 4 years old. She saw herself with her mother whose face she could not remember. She was leaving her in the orphanage as a "game" that she invented, promising her that she would return. But she never come back.
Doroty escaped from the orphanage after four years only to realize that her parents had died. Her father had died, the man who raised her with love and patience had left, leaving her alone because her mother did not care about her. She realized that she cruelly deceived her, abandoning her forever but managed to escape only to cruelly find out that she was alone in that cruel world.
Not even her damn sister deigned to go look for her, practically she and her mother disappeared Doroty from the family tree. It was so much her pain that she cried, shouted and cursed her mother, and sister. Releasing all the hatred she had in her heart until she was empty, broken and sad. To end her miserable existence, she threw herself from the bridge she was on a few minutes before, and in the process of her death... She flooded that state.
That flood was recorded as the most catastrophic that almost ended up disappearing Saga. Fortunately, that did not happen and little by little that city was rebuilt because it became famous after that flood, giving it some recognition. For a few years only.
Doroty didn't realize she was crying, she was dead and barely remembered that detail. The people who lived with her would forget her and she would feel miserable again.
Arthur would forget her, his schoolmates would forget her, the people in the orphanage would forget her.
Remembering all that is horrible, she just wanted to forget it once and for all and hide in the depths of a cave so she never get out of there. She heard that someone called her name and saw her "parents" approach her with an expression of concern on their faces. Why did they care about her? They were just pretending and in the end they would hurt her, they would hand her over to Jigoku Shoujo to work for her and she would feel even more miserable. She felt betrayed, she felt abandoned. She felt angry, disappointed. So many emotions together were too much for her little body and she ended up vomiting right there.
—"Doroty! What did you eat? It made you sick"—. Hone Onna patted the little girl's back.
—"Potatoes..."—. She didn't lie, that's what she ate but not what was hurting her. The vile lie they gave her about raising her like a daughter was hurting her, all that was a lie. They were using it.
After that they returned home, the blonde was very depressed and they assumed that she was tired of school. The blonde bathed and changed her clothes, had her gaze lost in her reflection, looked at herself and only saw a monster that destroyed a small town because of a tantrum.
She was disappointed in herself for having done that and for trusting others so much, they ended up lying to her. But... I still had a hope, didn't she?
Arthur... Arthur was her only hope.
(...)
Arthur looked at the blonde surprised, not so much for the fact that she was going to be a Jigoku Shoujo but for the fact that she destroyed a small town with a fairly large flood.
While Doroty ate her lunch reluctantly, she wasn't in a good mood and had been down since the day before, which the minor understood. It was difficult for her to accept all that truth.
—"Don't worry Doroty, we already have the plan ready and the day is near, you just have to follow the game for a few more days and you can be free of them."—. He said as he patted her on the head.
—"... It's okay... Doroty will continue to pretend, Doroty already wants to go far"—.
—"I assured you that you will be comfortable in Russia, nothing will bother you and I will be able to visit you every Christmas, you will love being there. In addition, having peace in your life is the main thing, so don't feel bad later if you come to think that they will be worried about you. They're just using you, we've already realized that"—. Arthur was right, it was just a toy in Enma's companions plan.
—"You're right…"—.
The days passed, Arthur told her to only carry the essentials to escape more easily, she should not have any difficulty during her flight.
During those days she was hiding some things that she would take to survive, she even wore sweets to calm her nerves and anxiety. She tried to act as she always did, happy and going unnoticed. She just had to act as if she were a fool who didn't know the truth about her past, at least the first part of it.
Arthur in the other hand was making calls and reservations, everything had to go perfectly so that they both managed to get out of that situation unharmed, it would be difficult to ignore the full power of Jigoku Shoujo but not impossible.
The day of the flight arrived, it would be at night so Doroty was ready to leave that house full of lies. She had to go out the window because if Enma appeared the moment she tried to cross the door then she would be lost and the plan would go straight to the pipe.
She tied the sheet rope to one of the legs of the bed and the rest of it threw it out the window to be able to go down. She heard voices in the living room, took her things and began to go down as fast as she could, once downstairs she began to run away from that building. She calculate quite well how many sheets she would need to go down, she was smart, she had to thank herself for her great intelligence.
Arthur was already waiting for her with his driver, she got on and they marched to the train station because the next train to Japan's main airport would leave in an hour.
Meanwhile in the apartment, Enma entered the blonde's room and did not find her there, she had fled. She returned to the room completely alone, she had an idea of who had helped the blonde flee. Only one person had seen her and that was Arthur.
—"She just fled..."—. She told her companions.
—"Do you think it was that little boy, Arthur?"—. Wanyuudou asked.
—"Yes"—. The youngest replied.
—"Then we must find them before they try anything."—. This time Ichimokuren spoke. Wanyuudou took his form of a cart and they got on it, they had to locate the youngest before she managed to escape from them.
Back with the minors, they had arrived at the train station and boarded the train that would take them to the airport. They were quite quiet and comfortable where they were, the VIP area was the best.
Arthur saw with a smile how Doroty was enjoying the softness of the seats, the attention she received and the sweets she managed to grab to eat them later. Arthur hoped to see her again soon once she went to Russia, she would be safe there. Receiving education, learning the language and making a new life, he did not want to forget it so he repeated her name in his head over and over again with the promise of never forgetting it. After sitting for a long time, they got up and went out to the balcony of the train, the weather was cool so Arthur gave his scarf to the blonde.
—"Doroty can withstand the cold"—.
—"Leave it, you need it more than I do, take it as a farewell gift from me."—. The youngest told her.
They both stared for a few more seconds with a smile. A smile full of love and the other of appreciation. The blonde noticed that the youngest was getting closer to her face, she didn't understand why but she just let him approach. By impulse, Arthur turns his eyes sideways and sees Enma's cart, puts the blonde behind him to protect her. Doroty clings to Arthur when she saw that the plan was going straight down the pipe.
—"Run, Doroty!"—.
—"Where should Doroty run?"—.
—"Inside the tra-"—.
A metallic sound interrupts Arthur, the train was derailing, it soon began to burn in flames. Arthur didn't know what to do, he had the blonde in his arms to protect her from any damage as the cart got closer and closer to them.
—"Think about Doroty's safety and give her to us! She will die here if you don't!"—. He listened to Ichimokuren.
—"D-Don't give Doroty! Please don't leave me!"—.
Pressure. That's what he was feeling at the time. He wanted her to be saved, but she had to go to misery. Arthur couldn't do that to her. But...
He take the blonde and extended to them before her pleas not to be surrendered, he would rather die for her, than let her to die as well.
Although they could not receive her since the train began to overturn. The minor supported how he could with the blonde as not to let her go, he could not let her fall or her death would be fatal.
—"Why is this happening? The train was in good condition! I don't understand! Let me go, clod! You must go with them if you want to live!"—. The youngest screamed as he tried to push the blonde away.
—"Doroty doesn't want to!"—.
—"Idiot... Idiot! If you don't go..."—.
He did not manage to finish his words at the sound of an explosion, this explosion hit them next to the metal parts of the train. Arthur had severe burns and a piece of metal pierced his head. While Doroty dropped metal parts on her body, crushing her.
That escape ended in the death of both, it became a viral new. In a tragic accident.
Tragic death.
Tragic night.