Azriel now 16 slowly sat up in his bed and yawned. His eyes half way closed he looked towards the window of his room and stretched out his arms. The sun filled almost every part of his room and his clothes were nicely folded on one of the chairs in his room. A gentle smile played onto his face this was a signal to him that his mother had already been in there and greeted him. His mother had always comforted him with everything that he needed even though Fiona had caused her great pain. To him that was the strongest anyone could get and he admired that. Quietly he climbed out of his bed and walked over to the window as he looked towards the ocean. He always loved the view from his room every angle inspired him, not to mention the fresh smell of the ocean breeze was nice...! Hey, even if he loved smelly things he also enjoyed a good breeze every once in awhile. It was probably a trait he'd picked up from his mother. The kid scratched his back and first climbed into a pair of black pants, putting on a pair of brown and green shoes afterwards. The next thing he grabbed up was a green and brown sweater which he pulled over his head, and soon released his long blond locks of hair from. "Okay, now where'd I put that thing...?" Quietly he mumbled to himself as he looked around for his black hair tie.
Once he found it he pulled back most of his hair into a pony tail. The last thing he pulled on was a short sleeved black and green long coat with a hoodie on it. The thing is the long coat parted from just above his belly. It was the kids own weird sense of fashion, but it made it pretty loud and clear what his favorite color was. With his hands placed in his pockets he strolled down the hall way and gazed boredly at the floor. The kids mind was always on everything but what he was doing at the moment. It was hard to tell what he thought about all of the time. Every five minutes it'd change to something different or at least it seemed that way. When he reached the stair case his eyes shifted both ways as he grinned to himself and turned to his ghostly form. It was only then that he proceeded to slide down the stairs banister and land to his feet once he turned back to normal at the end. He'd practiced his powers since he was 5 so he managed to get most of them under control by now. Though the one thing he wished he could get under control more than anything was his home life. Everyday he prayed that Fiona would just crossover already.
Standing in front of the kitchen he could hear his Uncles bickering with his Father. Kat was even in on the whole thing at this point. Sighing heavily he rolled his eyes and walked in anyways. "I DON'T CARE!! I can't clean all of this up on my own and still keep my job going! AUGH, Can't you three act like adults for once...!? Be a little civilized?!" Kat hounded on the Trio and Fiona.
"No, we're ghosts, we're past the civilization part...! Deal with it sweety...! We have our ways and you have yours. You can be all tidy-fidy in your room. We're not going to suck up to you...! " Fiona laughed along with the Trio.
"Too bad, because when ya act like that ta yer 'family' or friends, you get a SUCKY response!" Azriel piped as he aimed the hand-held vacuum at Fiona and sucked her up into it. "OOPS, Slipped.." With a swift shrug he purposely let go of the vacuum and watched it land in the trash. "Dang... butter fingers today!" Smirking Azriel perked up an eyebrow and looked at Kat who grinned in response. Even his mother smiled a little bit and giggled at it.
"HEY! Dat wasn' noice...! What'd y'go an' do dat for...? She wasn' dissin' on you...! In fact She's been more den noice to ya's since she arrived here...! Treatin' ya like ya's was her family..!" Stinkie harped on him as he released her from the Vacuum.
"Oh right, she's just been an ANGEL..! I'm SOOOOO sorry..." The boy rolled his eyes and grabbed up his breakfast. "Thanks for the food, Cuz...!"
"No problem, Ozzie..! Hey, y'wanna hang out in the lab after school again...?" Casper chimed happily as he floated next to him. "It's been a week since we were last down there...!"
"Sure, That'd be cool!" Azriel grinned widely as he took a bite of his sandwich Casper had made for him. Little did anyone know that Casper and Azriel had been working on a secret project this whole time. They were working on the Lazarus and attempted to get it back up and running for Casper's sake. It was something that had always intrigued Azriel as a little boy. The stories that his Uncle and Cousin had both told him, wanted him to explore into the science field and mechanics, he wanted to know how it worked..! Despite all of what had happened so far as well, Casper still wanted to be with Kat as a human and live with her through her years that were left.
"Dat dang lab again...? Why don'tcha try an' have some fun sometime..? Cain't ya's do somethin' loike a normal kid would...? Goin' t'the arcade or somethin'!?" Stinkie stared at his son and wondered just why he didn't really like to do any of those things.
"Y'know, I'm going to head to school now because, Haha, I figure, Why should I stay here and get ridiculed for being myself, when I can get that same treatment at school AND actually make it there on time." A sarcastic grin formed on the boys face as he moved over and kissed his mom on her cheek. "Later Ma, Love ya...!" With that he dashed out of the kitchen Leaving Stinkie to stare after him looking rather disappointed and confused.
"Don't worry... He still loves you..." Melle hugged Stinkie close and kissed his cheek gently which forced him to smile at least a little. Though something still bothered and ate at Stinkie in the back of his mind. Though he couldn't place exactly what it was, it was almost a blurred image, like he could see it, but he couldn't make out what was going on. "Well... I've gotta go now sweety, Work, but I'll ... see you later." Smiling lightly she waved and started for the door.
Quickly Stinkie raced behind her and spun her around and kissed her deeply as she reached the door. "Hey, have a good day gally..." when he finished running his hand through her hair he just floated there as he watched her on off. It'd been 16 years and slowly but surely he'd finally noticed what he'd started to become, what they had become since Fiona came around. Quietly he stared down at his ring a moment which was still very much a part of him. It was sad he noticed how worn it looked. Some how he associated it with the fact that things had turned really rough between the two of them. "What... am I doin...? I.. I need to... talk... wit... Dr. Harvey... But when?? Dat ghoul's always followin' me aroun'... an'..." his voice trailed off quietly.
Once Azriel arrived at school he didn't even pay much attention to the students around him. Most thought it was because he thought he was better than everyone else. In his mind he was, but only for the fact that he didn't just judge people from the cover. Though this didn't mean he wouldn't talk back if he was confronted by them. After all, if they had the balls to speak without thinking he had them to turn right around and answer. The reason he ignored most of them was the fact that they indeed did judge him for how he looked, where he lived and even dressed. What was there to speak to the other kids about or even acknowledge them...? That is until he entered the hall way and heard a scream that echoed. The big jerk, er, jock on campus was already after the new girl. Azriel watched as the jock pressed her against the wall and proceeded to make crude statements, "You don't have a boy friend do ya...? Hah, what about me...? I think a little voo-doo girl like yourself would be fun t'play with...! You like it rough dontcha? All of your type likes it rough and strange..!"
"Augh, I swear if you get any closer to me I'll pour battery acid in your pants!!" Rin did her best to stick up for herself though she couldn't hide it that she was afraid. In fact the poor girl was terrified she had no friends at this school so far and already a jerk wanted to play mind games with her. Azriel watched sickened while this went on and groaned as he placed his books into his locker. Why couldn't just one day start out normal...? Well either way he wouldn't let this continue, not if he could do anything about it, which he could. Without hesitation he closed his locker and looked for an opening to change into his ghost form. Once the opportunity presented itself he dashed through the wall and morphed himself up a really disgusting and scary face. Careful not to scare the shit out of the poor girl he quietly popped his enlarged head through the wall, fully loaded with blood shot glowing eyes, drool and sharply pointed teeth with rotted hair. However, the jock and everyone who surrounded the area only stared and screamed, their feet having carried them away so fast that most of them tripped over one another. The text books were flying for sure. This interested Rin in just what had happened there and by the time she turned around Azriel was gone.
Not but a few moments later though he'd grabbed his books back out of the locker and happily whistled as he strolled down the hall with one hand in his pocket. Looking at Rin as he passed he grinned widely, "Haha, Those jerks left in a hurry! It almost looked as if they'd seen a ghost. I guess cute Gothic girls are the scariest thing to their breed of human..!" He thumbed over his shoulder at the jocks and preps who trampled their way out.
"U-uhm, yeah... I ... uh... I'm not a goth really.." Rin looked a little bashful as she grabbed up her back pack. "At least I don't think I am.."
"Really...?" Azriel raised an eyebrow and continued to smile. "Well you've got my interest peeked! Why do you wear black clothes, black hair... and all that jazz...?" Slowly he walked with her towards his class.
"Well, I just really like the look... I think it's neat. The baggy pants are nice and the styled shirts are pretty cool too. As far as my hair goes, I just got tired of it being blond.. I wanted something different! Something bold... It's actually.. heh, it's actually something I did to go against my father and his stupid ways. I wanted to be my own person and so... this is how I acted out, pretty extreme, huh...?" Her voice trailed off as her light blue eyes looked up at him.
"Y-yeah, but very cool..! I wish I could do something like that to my Dad. Well, about being more bold..! Tck... I'm bold towards the other folks in my house but, him...? It's like talking to a brick wall..." Azriel blushed a little as he looked away from the freckled face girl.
"Yeah, it's like that for me too...! My names Clarinda, but I prefer Rin, You are...?" She waited for his reply as she walked into class with him.
" W-WAIT...!" Azriel jumped back a moment and pointed at her as a mental image of the little girl he met when he was in kindergarten appeared. "Did you get that name from a little boy with short blond hair about here...?" He stared at her a moment as he waited for a response.
"Yes...?" Staring at him oddly, Rin raised an eyebrow and wondered just how he knew.
"T-That was me... .! I-it's me Azriel...! Though friends call me Ozzie, but, but, It's you! I can't believe it! I always wondered what happened to you! You were one of the cooler girls in the class." He grinned at her widely and couldn't believe his eyes or ears at that point. He'd found his bet friend from so long ago. "Whew, well now that I know it's YOU, I'll say your image sure changed, and for the better I might add..."
"It's... It's YOU?? That...??" Rin blushed deeply now as she recognized him and swallowed. "Well, What's THAT supposed to mean?!" She smirked and turned away from him. "You didn't think I was cute??"
"O-Oh no, I didn't say that..! I uh... Hmn, After school y'wanna hang out a little...??" He grinned widely and hoped she'd agree after all he couldn't wait to see what she'd been up to all of these years.
"Hmn, Why not...?" Sticking out her tongue at him Rin grinned. So that afternoon when school was released Azriel led her outside towards the parking lot. The two of them had spent most of the day working together as a team. Azriel kept the bullies off of Rins back and she in turn did the same for him, making rash statements about causing voodoo on them if they didn't back off. Hey, she was labeled for her look so why not take the advantages it had and use them for her own...?
"Alrighty, Here we are...!" Climbing onto his Sports Motorcycle, Green in color of course, Azriel picked up the helmet and handed it to Rin as he winked. She'd need that helmet more than he did really. After all if he had to he could turn into a ghost, while she didn't have that ability. The last thing he'd want is for her to ride without the helmet anyways, it was more gentlemanly to let her have it. Rin just stared at him as she accepted the helmet. That was the last thing she'd expected him to ride was a motorcycle..! Then again as she thought more about it with his spunky personality it suited him more than anything.
"This is YOUR ride...? Cool.. It...suits you..!" Placing the helmet on her head she hopped onto the motorcycle right behind him and grabbed on tight to his waist. "Though for some reason, I just think this is an excuse to get my arms around you..." Rin laughed and teased at him.
"OH-Ho really...? Dang, You caught me...! That was TOTALLY the point of this... You are one clever girl y'know that..?" His eyes brightened up as this was about the first time he'd actually been happy about something for awhile. "Now hang on tight...!" With that the boy revved up that engine and took off towards town so the two of them could hang out for awhile. After all he couldn't take her to his place, not with it being overly haunted with a conniving witch there and all the messed up drama. Why would anyone want to go to THAT place...? Tck, Definitely not first date material...! At least he hoped it wouldn't be for her...Not... that it... was a y'know, DATE...