AN: I'd like to thank elvisfan994 for their continued support and for letting me use there OC. They are a super nice person. Also I'd like to thank Legionnas, Major Simi, cv snowblind, and slog13 for there support as well. Oh, and I'd like to thank Pop Pop Heathen Drop for helping me and giving me all those writing tips. Sorry that my english isn't very good. I'll try to keep on working on it. Also I hope that all of you have a wonderful week. Thanks for reading and good luck with everything.
Can you see her there in the darkness? Out of the infirmary, back in her old room, and still just as damaged. Did any one tell you that there's a fire in her soul? Can you see that distance in her eyes? Will any one ever know about her?
Rin was back. More or less safe and more or less the same, and she was dreaming now. It was strange seeing her smile like that. Whenever she tried to smile it came out as a snarl. Whenever she tried to help people got burned. Didn't you know she still cared?
Can you guess what she dreaming about?
She's dreaming of home. About all the games they used to play. Her little brother could never find her when they'd play hide and seek. She almost never lost at anything. Winning was as natural for Rin as water running down stream.
Yet she couldn't take back what she'd done. Why couldn't she have been there for him? When he got beat up. Why couldn't she have been there to lay those pig F***er's heads in?
She asked her little bro what their names were. She asked him what they looked like. She asked him where they lived. But Kasumi wouldn't budge. He wouldn't tell her what they looked like because he didn't want to see them get hurt.
What got her every time was one specific memory. She came home and found Kasumi crying. A friend of his had moved away. Rin didn't now how to react. She didn't now how to save him. All she could do was sit down by him and wait. She wanted to see him smile again. How could she make it better? She wanted to wrap her arms around him and keep him safe. Why couldn't she take his pain away? Why couldn't it be her crying? He just wasn't strong enough. He was just a boy.
When the dawn came and Rin opened her eyes she didn't know how to feel. She decided to skip class and visit Kasumi in the infirmary. To make sure he was all right.
She walked down the hallways. Every footstep didn't feel real. The mind has a funny way of blurring things out. Memories can get distorted, things can get blocked out, and you can be staring down at a coffin without believing that a loved one is truly dead.
When Rin came to the infirmary she didn't even notice the Nurse. Instead she noticed the smell of disinfectants in the air. As she walked a little further to the bedside she didn't notice how healthy he looked. Rin was too busy staring into his dull brown eyes.
"Are you all right, brother?"
Her voice cracked, her arms were shaking . . . were those tears? She didn't remember the last time she cried.
"Rin, aren't you supposed to be in class right now?"
Rin smiled and embraced him. She didn't care that he didn't reciprocate, or that the nurse was asking her to stop, or that she was crying. All she cared about was that he was okay. If she'd lost him then she didn't now what she'd do.
"Rin, you can let go of me now"
She didn't let go for about fifteen more seconds. She was smiling. He was blushing. Why would he be-
Rin spun around. There was some one at the door. It was that girl who had pinned him against the wall a few days ago.
She balled her fists and took a step forward. The something stopped her. Kasumi had grabbed her arm. She met his eyes again. He was shaking his head.
When Rin walked away from the bedside she didn't knock that bitches lights out. Instead she took special care in avoiding her as she made her way out. Rin didn't always win. Sometimes water does run up stream. Some times even hearts of iron can melt.
On the other side of the campus Ice was sitting in class. She hadn't skipped class. Right about now she was wishing she had. Professor Granger was covering the topic of Gentlemen's clubs today in their advanced muggles studies class.
Ice rolled her eyes as their Professor had to answer yet another round of in depth questions. Ice already knew everything she would ever need to about the institutions. Ageha had dropped by last Valentines Day to give every one still stuck at the Aono residence a few helpful reminders.
Nearly all of her older sisters had found convenient excuses to not be there that day. Except for Kino who had taken her favorite hiding spot. Now Ice was practically an expert on the subject of gentlemen's clubs and other such topics. She could list off the geography of over a dozen red light districts. Not to mention Ice now had a fearsome catalogue of terms, which she could call upon, should she feel the need.
Which is why she was bored out of her mind right about now. She'd rather watch Kermit the frog perform a Russian bobsled on miss piggy then be stuck here.
"Now as I was saying. The exchange rate for the correct amount to tip an exotic dancer in Greenland is- oh hello there, did you just arrive?"
Ice did a double take. Some new girl wearing a blue school uniform had just shown up out of nowhere. Ice was thanking the powers that be for this new distraction.
The new student wasn't very tall. Some one might describe her as petite. Another thing that didn't escape Ice's attention was how pale she was. The new student was practically glowing. It made Ice feel uncomfortable. It didn't get much better from there. Ice noticed this new transfer was staring at her rather intently.
Without so much as making a sound the new student made there way to a desk next to Ice.
The youngest daughter of Tskune Aono took a deep breath. Fuck it shit happens drive on. It'd take more than this to break her.
Next period however came close. It was Music/Dance class with Professor Clodfelter. Today they'd bee covering one of the classics, Anaconda by Nicki Minaj. It was over a decade old and among one of the finest lyrical hits of its generation.
"Hello class, are you all ready for some Niki Minaj today. Haha, actually I was just fucking with you. Instead were going to listen to some Five Finger Death Punch. Are you ready to mosh?"
"F*** Yeah!", screamed some random kid in the back of the class.
The Professor then hit a button and METAL started blasting over the entire schools intercom. Professor Clodfelter then started head banging so hard that his brown shoulder length hair started blurring.
Eventually headmaster Aono found a way to cut off the intercom. The Professor however was completely undaunted by all this. He stopped head banging for a moment and gave a cocky grin.
The master of music then slammed their foot down. A crack appeared and several skeletons wearing Iron Maiden T-Shirts started crawling out of the breach. One of them handed Clodfelter a guitar. Yet more started setting up a sweet sound system. Eventually a glorious stage was prepared and fire started spewing out of the crack. Looks like there would be pyrotechnics at this concert.
"Are you ready to rock?", bellowed the Professor.
That same dude in the back screamed, "Up The Irons!"
"Close enough", said Clodfelter as he started rocking out.
Every one formed a mosh pit and started going crazy. Eventually the student police had to be called in. When they opened up the doors and walked in wearing full riot gear they instead found an ordinary classroom.
"We were called in because of a noise complaint", grunted one of the enforcers.
"Were you know?", asked Professor Clodfelter.
While the enforcers exchanged looks the professor finished up writing down a series of notes about the importance of having buns. He also drew a diagram on the most effective method of twerking. As soon as the enforcers left Professor Clodfelter put down the chalk and turned to address his students.
"I'm afraid that that's all the time we have for today. Next class we will be studying Ramstein. Army helmets while not required are strongly recommended. Watch out for the flames by the way. See you soon class".
Every one then peacefully filed out of the classroom.
Yet another day had passed at Youkai Academy. Teachers and students interacted, several new and exciting learning opportunities occurred, and Ice Aono still had no clue what the F*** had just happened.
Bio
Name: Aquero de Chienne
Species: Vampire
Height: 152 cm
Weight: 48 kg
Hair: white
Eyes: Dark brown
Build: Petite
Psych Evaluation: Status Destroyed
Other Pertinent Information: N/A