Chapter 2~The Least Happiest Day of My Life

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Sorry for that filler chapter. I was in a rush and I really wanted to post it, so I scrawled everything out. It will be much better now, though, OK?

(This is before the level 4 but after the ark)

R&R and I hope you enjoyed~!

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I held Nao's hand as we walked together to the dining room for breakfast. I glanced up at his opaque golden eyes and marveled at the inky lashes. How does he have such girly lashes...? I thought. And then my thoughts started to wander to places I didn't like.

Do I love Nao? No, I don't. Love is for whimsical people like Robin...And I can't love Nao, I only care about him because of his disability...but I know that's not true...He's my best friend, so of course I love him. But like a partner? Not likely--An image of him shirtless conjured up, which freaked me out.

"Yo, Ana~" an American voice squealed out. I turned around to see that Robin was running towards us, her boots' laces undone and her hair unbrushed.

I smiled at her. "Why are you so untidy?" I asked as I saw how her short red hair was sticking up everywhere.

"Because today is your birthday and I want to spend it with you~ The entire day~" she said birthday in with an 'f,' instead of a 'th.' So it sounded like she said birfday. (A/N: Sound familiar, Gabby? XD)

Both Nao and I were used to her speaking in English instead of one of the Asian languages that our branch of the Order traditionally spoken. Everyone else knew English, of course, but Nao and I had the best fluency because of Robin.

My smile immediantly disappeared. "You didn't do that the past times. Why now?"

"Silly~!" she grabbed my other hand and held it down as she bent forward so her face is even with mine. "Today is your twentieth~ You're an adult now~" she had something else to add but I knew she wouldn't tell me. I could tell by the depressed tone in her voice.

"Okay, although that's not really a big deal to me..."

She smiled, but it didn't reach her eyes.

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The entire day, she stuffed me full of sweets and all of my favorite foods. Then she decided to paint my nails, although she complained about how my feet smelled and how she didn't like how I bit my finger nails. (A/N: Even more familiar, Gab~?)

The entire time we did somehting, I would ask her who was getting transferred and she'd laugh and say 'how did you get that idea?' every time.

But her laughter grew more and more sadder each time.

At the end of the day, we met back up with Nao, who had spent the day helping out at the Science Department. I knew that he was helping with the celebration for my birthday, because I ate my meals in my room and wasn't allowed anywhere near the kitchen or dining room.

Nao smiled then reached his hands forward, towards my face. I sighed and knew the routine. I took his hands and used them to cover my eyes. He always was the one to cover my eyes when I was going to be surprised.

Robin held onto his sleeve and onto mine as she led us to the dining room. (I could walk there blind, no offense to Nao, of course)

I heard the door shut and I realized we were inside already. (OK, maybe I was wrong about knowing how to get there...-__-;)

When Nao pulled his hands away, I nearly shreiked with laughter. Everyone had the entire room decorated with my favorite colors (blue and white, mind you). There was a high tower of presents, although I knew all of them wouldn't be anything different then things for my innocence or cheap things.

Yet I loved each and every one of the people in the Black Order Asian branch.

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No one actually paid attention to me after that because they knew what I acted like when I was extremely happy.

I was bouncing around the room, hugging my closest friends and slipping a warm 'thank you' to my enemies.

And everyone looked sad, which made me face the cold, hard facts.

I was being transferred. To a faraway branch.

I started to lose my cheer, and became dead serious. I was followed by the youngest excorsist, a fifteen-year-old, who didn't even bother talking to me. He just smiled and hung on my arm. He was always like a little brother to me.

I smiled, hugged him, and muttered a 'I'll miss you.'

He nodded and left to tell Bak that I had figured it out.

After a short conversation with Robin, we all heard Bak yelling over the audience.

"QUIET!!!!" he screamed.

Everyone hushed down and turned to look at him, except for Nao.

"Eh-hmm. You all know why this particular birthday celebration is more exaggerated then the rest of our excorsists, or any one else, for that matter. It is because one of our female excorsists, Miss Anamikoro Sora, is being transferred to the central branch." Someone cried while another applauded.

The central branch should NOT be such a big honor!!! I wailed inside my head.

It was then that too many of my friends attacked me with hugs.

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That night, I packed up my two pairs of uniforms, my six or seven pairs of blue and white striped stockings, my favorite boots, and at least five packages of copy paper, three packages of notebook paper, three spiral notebooks, a blue and a white binder, and who-knows-how-many packages of colored pencils, markers, and paint sets.

God, why did I have to like painting and drawing so much? It took me two suitcases to fit all of the art supplies together. And then all of my clothes, toiletries, and everything else fit into a simple duffel bag.

All of the bags and then my innocence and all of the other crap I was taking with me was hogging up my bed, so I managed to sneak into Nao's bed with him.

I then went to sleep with tears streaming down my face, where I would be woken up nine hours later.

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Nao was already dressed and ready when he woke me up.

"Ana," he muttered rather groggily. I rolled onto my stomach to look at his alarm clock. It was four a-fucking-m.

I groaned and curled up in a ball to keep the creeping cold air out. "Wake up, Ana!!" he groaned, shaking my shoulder.

I muttered some gibberish in a whiney tone then got up, clinging the blanket around my shoulders.

I pulled on a black dress with lots of lace, a low-cut v-neck, and long billowy sleeves. I didn't want to wear my uniform when I wasn't on a mission and wasn't at headquarters.

I pulled on my dark blue cloak on top to keep me warm, and then I walked into the bathroom and ran the brush through my hair repeatdely, even when it was obviously fully brushed. I think deep down I was hoping that I could brush my transfer away.

Finally, I gave up and pulled on a blue and white furry 'Russian' hat.

"Ana," I heard him call from the bedroom, "the finder that's accompanying you is here."

I picked the brush up hesitantly, then threw it down with a loud clatter, took a deep breath, and finally went into the room and get my bags.

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I was crying as Robin, Nao, the finder, another excorsist, and I were at the train station, waiting for the train to arrive.

I was clinging onto Nao's hand, and both he and Robin were messing with my hair. The finder was politely looking away, pretending to watch for the train. And the excorsist, who was from the central branch and had a mission nearby, who would also accompany us, was sitting, playing solitaire on the ground while he smoked.

Robin was muttering something about how it wasn't fair, and Nao had the most unhappiest smile I have ever seen.

As they stopped when the finder said something about seeing the train, I turned and wrapped my arms around Nao's neck. And then what I did next probably scared the crap out of both of us.

My hands reached up into his hair, weaving my fingers through each thick strand, and then I stood on tiptoe and kissed him on the lips.

He wrapped his arms around my waist and deepened the kiss. The finder started glancing around, pretending to figure out who would carry what, while Robin was giggling and looking down at the ground.

It was the rude excorsist who interrupted.

*Insert loud cough* "Train's here, girl." He rolled his eyes and started packing up his cards.

Nao and I both pulled away, me with wide-eyes and him with his eyebrows furrowed.

"Eto...." I mumbled, trying to pull away. Instead, he pulled me into a tight hug and whispered 'Aishiteru...'

I mumbled a reply, I have no idea what it was, turned away, and followed the finder to the train.

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I sat curled up, all of me hiding underneath the cloak.

I was about to fall into a depressing sleep when the finder knocked on the cabin door. "Comein" I mumbled, pulling the hood away.

"Master Excorsist has been gone for awhile and it would be rude if I went to look so--"

I moaned then nodded. "I'll search, then..." I got up, stretched and walked out the cabin past him.

As I walked, I wondered if it was possible to get lost on a straight line.

I began knocking on closed and peeking inside open ones, not seeing anyone I recognized or anyone who could help me.

After about a bajillion doors, I found one that had the smell of smoke wafting out from the open door. I wrinkled up my nose and stepped inside as I heard the excorsist's laughter.

This was when I first took a good look at him. He looked about eighteen, he had coal black hair, spikey at the top, and had dark eyes. There was a scar right underneath his right eye in a horizontal line. His skin was somewhere between pale and tan, although I have no idea how else to describe it. Naturally, he had a cigarrette in his mouth.

He had only a white undershirt on, along with his uniform pants of course. Wide glasses lay next to his deck of cards. His uniform lay next to the man in front of him.

The man looked about twenty-five, and had a messy crop of dark hair. He wore black suspenders, and a white work shirt and dark work pants. His boot's laces weren't tied at all, as if he was preparing to take them off.

But what drew me in was his deep golden eyes. They were what I imagined to be Nao's eyes if he wasn't blind and had that grey opaque veil shrouding them.

And the thing was, he was looking right at me, and my green eyes met his gold.

He smirked. "Sorry, miss, but this isn't a place for young ladies." He took a drag of his cigarette then turned to speak to the excorsist. "Now, Jun, another hand?"

But 'Jun,' as he called him, was looking at me. "Ana, what are you doing here? Shouldn't you be fantasizing about your boyfriend or doodling or something?" he didn't sound happy that I had walked in on him somewhat naked.

I looked at him with an equally irritated look. "The finder was worried about you and sent me to find you."

"Pfft, since when do you get ordered around by lowerclassmen?"

I glared at him, then looked at the cards. This game looks familiar....I thought, trying to figure out if I knew it well enough to whip his ass just to make him shut up.

"Ana, you shouldn't join in," he muttered angirly. 'Poker isn't for teenagers..."

"I'm twenty, retard." I mumbled angrily, realizing that I had played the game enough to probably beat card boi over here. "And anyway I know how to play."

"Oh, so the little miss isn't so little," the other man chuckled.

"Tyki, don't egg her on..." Jun mumbled.

"If she wants to play, then let her play."

And with that, I was drawn into something I completly regretted.

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Ahhh, Tyki, Junichi, and Ana make a wonderful Poker game. I can't wait to show you guys the hilarity.