Chapter Two ~ START

AUXILIARY

The day at school was ordinary, nothing special. Just the same repetitive pattern as my last two years at this school. Arrive at school, drop stuff off at my locker, waste time until first period, go to class and endure, next class, eat, class, class, leave. Terribly boring. It wasn't until after school that all the interesting events happen. I stood beside Jae outside, my fingers intertwined with his. A sudden breeze made my hair go askew. I brushed the hair away from my face and reminisced on our last encounter before... before Seimei...

( ...Ah, look at him, he's so cute. My Ritsuka... / Seimei.../ Hey Yukii, how old are you? / Fifteen, why? / Only fifteen? Haha... )

I gently touched my cat ears and felt a sharp pain in my chest. He knew. Seimei knew. Only then did I realize the familiar voice calling my name.

"Miyukii."

"Yeah?" I said as I turned to Jae.

"Let's go."

I nodded as he led me to the bus stop.

Getting closer and closer to our stop, I began to wonder if we would see the other team again. The one's who called themselves Listless. I focused hard as we stepped off the bus, but there was nothing.

"Good, they're not here." Jae said, as if he were reading my mind.

"I kinda expected them to be here, though..." I replied as he took my hand and began walking.

We reached his house in no time. Slowly taking off my shoes, I watched as he went to the kitchen to see if anyone was home. He shook his head to me. Seems like no one was here yet. I followed him up the stairs, to his room where I placed my bag down beside his bed. Immediately, he turned on his game system. I smiled. He was terribly predictable. I just lay down in his bed and wrapped myself up in his blanket. I was so tired these days. I stared at him as he played. His posture, his expressions... I only began to notice recently.

"I love you" I whispered as I closed my eyes.

A painful sleep washed over me...

His voice so gentle, but his words cut deep. I remember...

Hey, we need to talk. I have Butterflies. Do you know what I'm going to say? It's not you it's me. Are you okay? I never meant to hurt you but... I'm not committed to this. TAKE CARE...

His words pierced all the way down to my soul.

It felt like only a minute had passed when I felt someone watching me. I slowly opened my eyes and found Jae kneeing at the edge of his bed, watching me.

"Wake up sleepyhead." He said. I yawned and sat up, fixing my hair. I looked at the clock. I had been asleep for an hour. Suddenly, I felt his lips on my forehead. I sighed, burying my face into the nape of his neck. His hand gently ruffled my hair and he just held me. I kissed his neck, as I usually did, tracing my fingers over the nine letters etched into his skin. Senseless. We shared that name. It was proof of our connection, our bond. I would never leave him. No matter what.

"I love you" he said suddenly. I gazed into his eyes. Ever since he came back to me, he said it whenever we were together. I was glad.

"I love you too" I replied as our lips met. Nothing mattered at that point. And once again, all my worries disappeared. All I knew was that he was here with me, and I had nothing to give except all my heart.

Midnight came swiftly as I sat on my bed, typing away at my laptop. My current obsession's name is Wisdom Resurrection, a mmorpg. I had heard about it from a friend at school and it seemed to win me over pretty fast.

WELCOME

TO THE WORLD OF

WIZDOM RESURRECTION

I logged in my username and password. The question that came next always sent a shiver down my spine.

ARE YOU REALLY SENSELESS ? [ yes ]/no

I sighed as I loaded my profile and waited to be connected to the server. For an online game, the graphics were amazing.

SENSELESS. LV.011/W38.S43.

14:26 STATUS/FINE

I heard Seimei use to play this too, when he were alive. Thinking of Seimei always made me upset. Not only did his death drive his mother to insanity, but his little brother Ritsuka has become cold and distant. My cousin, Ritsuka... I haven't seen him for a while. I made a decision then and there to go see him tomorrow. Just to make sure he is alright...

I made my way to my usual floor, B-3. I clicked.

ROOM IS FULL.

I made a face.

"That's weird, since when do floors get full?" I asked myself, glancing at the time in the bottom right corner of my screen. 2:13AM.

I tried another floor... Full as well. Then another.

I was getting annoyed as I angrily clicked about and checked the floors' status.

I scrolled down the long list, amazingly all the rooms were full except...

WILL YOU ENTER A-11 ? [ yes ]/no

I entered. Something was definitely weird here. The doors opened and I took my cue to enter.

An oasis themed floor, how pretty. I wandered around.

"Full my ass. Where are the other players?" I said to the screen.

A small movement caught my eye. I averted my gaze towards a large fountain. Atop the highest peak sat an Angelic guardian player, named 7.

"Hello Senseless"

I replied.

"Hi"

"Dark mage character, huh. I have some spells that could be useful to you. Wanna trade?" She said.

"Um, sure. What did you want of mine?"

"Ritsuka. LOVELESS." She replied, smiling.

I sat up in my bed. How did....

"What about him?" I asked. I knew it. This was not normal.

"Well not him exactly, but his BELOVED." She said as she scratched her head.

"What are you talking about?!" I snapped.

"Haha, I have to go. I hate stupid children."

7 IS OFFLINE.

I exited the room and looked at the rooms' status again.

All the rooms were 12-30% full now. A-11 was now EMPTY.

So weird...

I didn't even bother levelling up. I yawned as I was about to click the logout button.

1 NEW MESSAGE !

Appeared on my screen. Hmm...

FROM: ANONYMOUS

A private message? I clicked it. It was probably from that woman.

FROM: ANONYMOUS

HEY SENSELESS,

DID YOU KNOW THAT SEIMEI IS STILL ALIVE? :3

At that moment, it felt as if millions of daggers had pierced my heart.

"Seimei Aoyagi is... alive?" I cringed at the thought.

This made me very uneasy. Various thoughts rushed through my mind. I couldn't even reply to the sender. Seimei CAN'T be alive. I won't allow it.

Chapter Two ~ END

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There was something about the way he spoke, the way he acted that sparked a sense of fear within me.

His very presence reeked of disaster.