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Chapter 1: A chance a freedom.
~Dream~
I couldn't see a thing; only darkness surrounded me. My heartbeat was going at a rapid speed and I could hear myself hyperventilating- something that only happens when I'm completely terrified. It confused me, usually the darkness gave me a sense of comfort; the fact that I could hide from people who wished to harm me within the dark led me to believe it could never cause harm towards me. Yet, here I am with my heartbeat accelerating, my mouth gasping for air that I already have and my body beginning to tremble.
"Akuma!" My mouth tried to push out the words but they only resounded throughout my head, "Akuma, please help me!". However, no matter how hard I pleaded, Akuma didn't reply.
Just as tears gathered within my eyes and I began to feel my head spin from my hyperventilating- I heard a voice. It was soothing and obviously feminine; she seemed to be singing.
"As the light falls, and the darkness arises, I'll hold you tight and our love will surprise it"
For reasons unknown, my body relaxed and my breathing began to calm. The tune she sang made my heartbeat slow down but made the tears I had been trying to hold back spill from my eyes. She sounded familiar to me and the sound of her voice made me feel a heavy sense of nostalgia and longing.
"It will befriend us and then we will be free, under the moonlight just you and me"
I could hear her voice getting further away from my ears as her singing took on a sorrowful tone, "Then the sun will rise and the darkness will be gone, with it me and our last love song"
And just like that, I was encased in silence again; except now I no longer felt scared- only upset. I wanted to hear her sing some more as she sounded like someone I knew- although I do not remember who...
"Akune? If you can hear me, you must wake up immediately"
I didn't want to- not without knowing the lovely voice would accompany me.
"Please wake up, I don't know how long I can stall for before she realises something's wrong"
The darkness began to slowly deteriorate, a bright light replacing it. I could see a woman with dark amber eyes, straight navy blue hair that reached her shoulders and pale skin. She was sitting on a couch and her eyes were directed upon a small girl sitting on a chair in front of her. The little girl had steel grey eyes, long messy black hair and brown skin; she was covered in dirt from head to toe and it seemed as though she was trying to refrain from openly glaring at the older female.
"Thank God your awake. Any longer and I would've torn this bitch into multiple pieces! Take over- NOW!"
~Dream End~
The sound of a stern voice filled my ears; my eyelids snapping open in shock. The lady I had seen before was inspecting my profile with blatant boredom in her eyes; her voice laced in disgust.
"To think, something so insignificant would cause the organisation this much trouble" she clicked her tongue and stood gracefully, "follow me, girl"
I could feel a feral growl building within my chest- Akuma's explosive anger beginning to effect me- and had to clench my fists in order to control it. Whoever this lady is, she must be really bad news to be able to get Akuma riled up so easily; especially since the last thing I remember is being knocked out (and basically kidnapped).
"You haven't missed much, just her bitchy barking about rules and fucking regulations you'll have to follow"
"Rules and regulations? Who the hell does she think she is?!"
The lady suddenly stopped at a wooden door, causing me to nearly crash into the back of her blue and black laced Victorian styled dress, and peered at me from over her left shoulder. She let out a sigh and turned to face me directly, "It is not polite to ignore the one who is currently housing you; although I doubt you were taught any real manners within that deteriorating dump of a building"
Akuma was raging within my mindscape; I could feel the frown she must have been producing, "For fuck sakes, this is why I needed to switch out- every time she speaks I just wanna punch her in the jaw!"
The woman's eyes narrowed as she stepped away from the door and looked me right in the eyes, "We will discuss more on your deplorable mannerism's after you have become more presentable. You will find all necessities within your room: take a shower- wash your hair and body thoroughly- then proceed to put something on from your wardrobe. When you are finished, return to the living room... you have fifteen minutes"
She walk away without even waiting for my response.
"What crawled up her ass and died?"
"Her humanity, that's what and I don't like any of this. It all seems... too easy; like her speaking to us was merely for formalities sake"
I touched the metal doorknob before me, it was ice cold and rust crumbled down from it as I pushed it open. The room I had walked into was surprisingly comfortable. It wasn't too spacey or too cramped; it was cosy and hand a relatively big bed in the middle of it. On the left wall was a door which I'm assuming led to a built in bathroom, on the right side was a huge wardrobe and near the wardrobe was a body sized mirror. The wallpaper was a light blue and the floor was covered in furry blue carpet. I couldn't help but gape in shock- I had never been in a proper room before. Back at the orphanage they made all the kids sleep in one room together on the floor- a cold wooden floor that would splinter if you stepped upon it too hard. They told us it would help us with stealth as the splinters infesting the floor would ultimately go into our feet; it worked, we were able to walk light enough to sneak past the authorities that chased us down for crimes.
"Don't get too comfortable Akune, we have eleven minutes left and I really don't want an excuse to kill the bitch in blue"
I went towards the blue door on the left wall and pushed it open; my eyes began to sparkle due to the intense gleam of the clean tiles that decorated the floor. There was a shower and a bath tub inside- unlike the orphanage, it was clean and didn't have any specks of blood from the wounds of children who had been beaten or cut by the caretakers- this seemed too good to be true.
"Keep that thought in mind when we speak with the bitch in blue; I have a really bad feeling about all of this..."
I nodded my head in open response. Akuma was right, nice things like this never come without a price as life in general has taught me. "Don't worry, I won't be fooled by all this glamour; I'm prepared to do all I can to escape this place- I refuse to be caged"
~Some time later~
I was staring inside the mirror with a frown upon my face. This had to be the first time in years that I have seen myself so well groomed and... I really don't know what to make of this cleaned up version of myself.
Akuma gasped in surprise, "Your pretty!"
"I don't know if I should be offended or not" I gave the mirror a deadpanned look and listened to Akuma's laughter, "seriously, your annoying me"
"I guess I didn't expect it is all. Your very tomboyish so I expected you to look a little less... cute"
The dirt had been removed from my body, my hair was now more wavy than messy and my steel coloured eyes seemed to shine when the light of the room touched them; making it appear more silver than grey. The wardrobe I had just been inside only held Victorian styled dresses upon its racks; thus I picked up a black one that had red lacing and ended at my knees.
"I didn't think the Lolita style would look so adorable on you; although... how the bitch in blue got our size is questionable"
I shivered, "a question I don't want the answer to"
With a sigh, I turned away from my reflection and went out of the comfortable room, down the stairs; into the living room.
Akuma was already shouting threats within my mind when we saw the 'bitch in blue' sitting on the same couch as before with a china tea cup in hand. She had a blank expression upon her face, as if the fact I had entered the room did not occur to her.
"You are two minutes early, girl" Her eyebrows furrowed, a show of frustration, "your earliness is an inconvenience"
I gritted my teeth and managed to politely hum in agreement.
"I'LL SHOW HER A FUCKING INCONVENIENCE!" Akuma growled, "BY INCONVENIANTLY BURNING HER TO ASHES!"
She took a sip of her tea and placed it lightly upon the matching china saucer that was on the small table in front of her. She nodded her head towards the same chair I had sat upon the last time we had conversed and so I sat myself down in a careless way. The stern woman let out a noise of disappointment and rubbed her fingers in a circular motion upon her temple.
"Could you be even a little less shameless?" She said, "it seems as though I will have to be the one to discipline you"
"Would you stop talking to me like some damn parent! I don't even know who you are and-!"
-SLAP-
"Did ... she... just"
Akuma had gone silent in shock; my own thoughts free to echo around my head.
"Uncivil, barbaric, impolite and troublesome children will be punished within this household" she lashed the object within her hand at my other cheek, causing it to connect with a sting and forcing me onto the floor, "the sooner you learn that, the quicker we can move on to the requirements of your last chance"
My mind was a complete blank as she used the belt within her hands to hit various spots on my body; the feeling of pain was unable to come across as anything more than small stinging sensations to me. Growing up within the orphanages has giving me an extremely high tolerance for pain; only the most brutal methods of torture seem to alert my pain receptors. No tears left my eyes, the usual emptiness I felt during unpleasant experiences overwhelmed me.
"Let me out, Akune..."
"It's okay, It doesn't hurt much"
"Let me OUT!"
"Like little... bug bites touching my... skin"
"AKUNE!"
However, before I could let Akuma out- she stopped, her mouth placed within a firm frown. I could see she was slightly out of breath due to the quick rise and fall from her chest; the force she had been hitting with was a lot more than I could feel.
The belt left her hands as she placed it gently onto the table top, "Why are there no tears within your eyes child?"
I didn't respond as I was still within my empty state of mind.
"Was the punishment they inflicted upon you so painful... that you no longer feel it?"
My lifeless eyes raised to meet hers, the feeling of shock and a miniscule amount of pity was apparent within them. She gracefully sat back onto the couch and sighed, "My name is Chieko Aoi and I'm your guardian from now onwards"
I nodded slowly and placed myself back onto the chair; this time I was more soft with the way I sat on it. Chieko placed a cup of tea within my hands, her eyes alone seemed to encourage me to drink from it however, I felt no need- the emptiness within me was still in effect.
"Your name from now onwards is Akune Aoi, by law you are my adopted daughter. In case you have not realised it, your life with me is your last chance" She coughed uncomfortably, "my father is the owner of the love life industries and has decided to leave you within my care"
I responded with a small tilt from my head.
"If you are able to comply with the tasks I give you, the tasks Father sends for you and my rules; then you will be free to do as you wish as soon as you are aged eighteen"
My heart picked up speed at the mention of freedom, something a child like me thought existed within fairy tales.
"You answer when you are spoken to and you will call me mother"
I opened my mouth and spoke, "Yes mother"
"At least three times a week it is mandatory for the Aoi family to have dinner with the family of our funders, the Sakamaki's and we visit the church that helps to raise money at least once a week" Chieko's made a sound of annoyance at the mention of Sakamaki and a sigh at the mention of church.
"When we are at any of these places, do not socialize without permission"
"Yes Mother"
"Do not forget your manners; if I find out you have, you will be punished"
"Yes Mother"
"Do not speak to me about any emotional trauma you may experience- I do not care"
"Yes Mother"
I saw a slightly lost expression appear on her face; it dispersed within a split-second, leaving me to wonder if it was ever truly there.
"When we are at the church, stay quiet and away from Yui Komori"
My heartbeat stopped in shock; the church I would be forced to go to would be Yui's church. The same girl who's hug made me feel as if I was actually worth something- the only girl I've felt the need to thank aloud.
"..."
Chieko's eyebrows furrowed and her frown turned into something slightly more feral; giving me a glimpse of the unnaturally pointy incisors within her mouth.
"Do you understand me child?"
"..."
I didn't want to answer, Yui Komori is someone I want to get close to; someone I feel I don't have to distance myself from.
"ANSWER ME!"
However, my need to be free from the everlasting chains of my life was far stronger than my need for companionship; that's what Akuma's for after all.
"Yes Mother"
I closed my eyes as the feeling of guilt swept over me. The words that left my mouth seemed to leave a heavy weight within my heart.
"Good girl"
I opened my eyes, only to see an empty room; Chieko had literally just vanished. The reality of my situation had finally occurred to me; along with the emotions that had been previously stopped due to my empty state- a method of coping through pain.
Akuma spoke gently, a comforting tone to her usually casual speech, "Akune... it's damaging you know. Blocking out your pain in such a way"
The emotions rapidly swirling through my body caused me to respond aloud, "I know but I don't have much of a choice now"
Especially if I'll be living with Chieko Aoi. I have a feeling I will be needing my coping mechanism a lot more throughout the years.
"We can't just submit to everything she tells us to do! You know what that organisations capable of, what if they make you do unpleasant things again?" her voice raised slightly, "WHAT IF THEY TELL YOU TO-"
"I DON'T KNOW AKUMA!"
"..."
"I ... don't know" tears fell from my eyes, "I just want to be free... I want to have my own life"
Being free is what I've wanted for as long as I can remember. Having a chance to control my own life, make something less awful out of myself and finally being able to do as I wish. This is the first chance at true freedom that I've ever been offered and to get that freedom I would do practically anything.
"Even if you are free, you know you won't be able to forget all of this right?"
I curled up within the chair; a strange sitting version of the foetal position.
"I'll be haunted by it all but even if I could..."
I don't ever want to forget. Never again.
"This means I'll just have to protect your troublesome ass even more now" Akuma sighed, prompting a giggle to escape from my throat and making my tears dry up.
"I can protect myself, thank you very much"
"That's right; cause I am you and I do all the protecting"
"Shut up, Akuma"
I never want to forget my past ever again; it's already happened once- I don't know what situations could occur if it happens again.
Memories are precious, no matter how much pain they hold; my memories are what make me strong. Besides, not all of them are bad...
A peaceful sigh escaped my lips as my mind focused on the warm memory of a certain blonde girl with pink eyes and another memory of a loud mouthed voice within my head-
"Shut up, Akune!"
The possibility of being free would mean more chances at... making friends too, right? At living life with people who could truly care for you.
Maybe I could find them... the people I've forgotten.
~Chapter 1, end~
I kind of feel like this was more of a prologue part 2... but I'm just gonna pretend its a chapter 1 because I need a chapter 1 after a prologue when I write :)
So the plot is slowly thickening.
Hope you enjoy this chapter; I know you'll enjoy the next...
Guess who's finally gonna show up? *Hint* In chibi childhood form *Hint*
;) Angelcakes4life signing off xxx