Bcozy- Konichiwa min'na-san. I am back with another chapter. With the dancing, watch Marko and Ricky from 'So You Think you Can Dance?' The link is here
Http * :/* www.* youtube.* com/ watch?* v=Iylh-yarpNQ
Just take out these (*). Rebecca is Marko and Lenalee is Ricky. Change the song to Gekidou by putting the video on mute and open another tab of youtube with Gekidou.
After I came back to the classroom, I didn't say a word. I was to interested in the recent events that just occured at the principal's vision was captured by the court yard below my window. It was still winter but the sun was out. Making the cold winters wind blow the leaves of my favorite tree, no matter how much the seasons changed, there would always be leaves on that tree. The whole world semed distant and gone. Only me and that tree. Strange memories came from that tree.
"Rebecca. Do you see what I see?" It was the professor with a winter's jacket on and holding my 7 year old hand. He pointed with his gloved finger to the tree with fresh snow on it's leaves. I remember I couldn't answer. I still didn't know him that well and I could only make out what he was saying with some of his movements. I was wearing a coat similar to his but my covered most of my body. I shook my head to his question. He gave an encouraging smile. "It's called snow. It is rain but frozen. It comes during winter." I gave a slight nod. I think that was my first seeing snow. If I ever did before, I don't remember at all. Then a bell rang.
All of a sudden, strange images entered ino my mind. One of a woman with long hair shaking bells in her hand. Pain washed over me, I gripped onto my head to keep my head from splitting apart. A soft, but warm touched my hand gentally. As my head moved upwards, Lavi's emerald eye, full of couriousity and worry, was stuck on me.
"Does your head hurt?" in a soft whisper, he asked. I gave a small nod. Being brought back into reality, everyone in the classroom was conversing. Lenalee was with Allen and our favorite samurai was leaving the room. It must of had been the school bell I heard. The one that gives students persmission to have a break between classes. But why was Lavi here? He was supppost to switch classes this time with Yu-chu aka Kanda and Lenalee. Only Allen and I had classes together all day.
As If he was reading my mind, he said. "I was just own my way out when I seen you like this. How did it go at the office?" Translation: Is this why you are feling this way? Because you went to the office right? He was a smart guy...when the time needs it. Any other time he was a bubbaling perverted idiot. No offense to the guy. Total offense on the Uasgi.
My voice came into a whisper. "There is something I have to show you. Please meet me before lunch okay." Relating to the photos I took and the suspect I aquirred. He got the message and answered me in a stern nod. Lavi let go of my hand with a 'Hope you feel better and see you around' and left. Why I only wanted to tell him about my discovery, I don't know. But he is the first one to know. Since we were going to investigate, he should know as soon as I found out, right? Is that the reason? I'll just keep that as my reason for now. The bell rang again for the commencing of class.
It was close to lunch. I found myself waiting near the cafeteria, leaning against a wall with my cellphone in my hand. Miss. Jones was on the small screen. I knew I would probably get my IPhone take away but I didn't care right now. At the moment, I was more confused than ever. Where did that vision come from...not the tree memory, but the one with the woman I never seen It was just like before when I woke up at the order's nurses' office...
"Hey. Are you supposed to have your cell out? You know someone will take it." said a fimilar taking my view from the picture, I answered.
"Mou, Professor. I know you are not going to take it away from me."
The reflection of his face was on the was wearing a silver/gray suit with black outlines. I Liked it. Of course I picked it out for him last Christmas, but that doesn't matter. Professor Nieves gave a smirk and placed his hands on his hips. "Oh really?" he said, in a doubious manner. "Why is that?"
I gave a cute innocent look as I looked at him. "Cause you love me Professor..." He gave a small groan and shook his head. Then both of my hands were folded together with the Professor's hands on the outside of them. Fake tears in his eyes.
"OH my little Becca-be! Why cant you just call me your daddy! I love you like your my own daughter!" He whined and put his cheek against mine. Random hearts could be seen around us. Either they were real or I was imagining I was in a manga/anime again. Then he looked at me again, with puppy eyes. This is where I get it from...huh. Never knew.
"That's why there is stars in your eyes?" I deadpanned.
"OH PRETTTY PRETTTY PLEASE CALL ME YOUR DADDY!" Man he was worse than spirit from Soul Eater. For a teacher, he acts like a child sometimes. He reminds me of Lavi. LAVI! The thing I wanted to show him. Maybe... "Ne, Can I ask you something?" He closed his eyes and smiled.
"Of course! But who are you talking to~? Hmm~! Your father or your~" in a singsong voice.
"My professor." He seemed let down from my answer. I showed him the picture with my palm close to him. "Do you know who she is?" the professor peered at my picture. He put his hand uder his chin, taking the pose of deep thought.
"Well yes. She is Miss. Jones. She is the new secratery. She was hired January 15th but she actually started working the day you came back with the others. Weird huh?" He gave a shrug.
"What happened to the old secratery? Miss. Pan was it?"
"Yes you are correct. She suddenly did not come back to work one day. If you ask me, I say she quit because of sexual harressment."
This caught my attention in a weird sense. I crossed my arms, taking the information in. "Sexual harressment?"
"Yes. Didn't we talk about that? Well when a man and a woman love each other-"
I put my hands over my ears and try to block him out with my chanting "LaLaLaLa I'm not listening LaLaLa~!" There is no way I was gonna have the "The Talk'. That hell already came and gone and I am not going to listen to it again. I stopped my ranting when I felt someone rub my head playfully.
"Alright alright. I wont make you go through that again." Professor began to leave. "Just remember 2:15 okay my little Becca-be!" Then he left the hall leaving me, memorized at what I just learned.
January 15. AH! That was the day I meet Lavi and Allen. Miss. Jones was hired the day I left to the order for the first time and then officially start work three days later when i came back with Allen and the others. Weird and suspicious. I suddenly looked into th distance and to my surprise, Lavi came walking up. Apparently he heard professor called me my nick name and started to get stuck with it. We both started conversing about what i have learned and he had squeaked out of the girls around the school.
"Apperently the girls have been all scared all about this legend of some sorts. It's about this demon that goes through walls and doors, like a ghost. The difference is each time they meet a human, the human will turn into dust and become apart of the ghost getting bigger and bigger. They call it Pulvis Comedentis. Latin for Dust Eater."
"Really? Do you think it's our akuma related?" He gave a shrug as we both moved to the lunch room."uh...Lavi, can you tell me more about akuma? I only know what I read in books. They say that they can kill but how?"
His face became stiff, the hazel eyes he had became cold. "They shoot bullets of their blood. If you get hit, your whole body will be covered in stars, like Moyashi-chan's scar, then you ash."
"I'm sorry if it was to forward. Here this is what I wanted you to see." I gave him a view of the woman in question as we made our entrances through the door to meet the others. His expression changed from depressed to joy. As I thought he did the following:
1) Yelled out Strike
2) Try to grab onto my phone
3) Try to persuade me to give him the picture...and fail
I pushed him away with my foot on his chin but he was resistant. "You realize she is one of our suspect first right? So no I am not going to give you the picture to google over yourself for."
"Come on BECCA-BE! Let me have the picture!" he whined. As soon as becca-be left his lips, I kicked him send him packing again. Except this time he landed where the trash bins where, but nothing got on him. Unfortunatly...
"DON'T EVER CALL ME THAT USAGI!" I fummed as I put my phone away. No one other than the Professor called me that and I only let that happen cause he was like a father figure to me and he also made a fit when I didn't like the name. He rolled onto the floor and hugged me senseless when I told him yes he could. I was like 7 or 8. I still couldn't get over that.
Lavi's head poked out of the mess and with an amused smirk. "Rebecca, you are such a child." My eyes did a roll at the remark and then narrowed at the next two people I seen. The twins were exclaiming at me and helping the 'usagi' out of the trash heep.
"Such a bad attitude!" said Britti, grabbing one of Lavi's arms.
"How can you be with them! Why don't you hang out with us and leave her alone. She will only hurt you and the rest of you guys!" Tiffi finished as she holding on the other arm. Oh for the love of-
"Sorry girls," he rose to his feet, brushing imaginary dirt off him. Slipping throught the clutches of the girls, the red head sauntered to me and wrapped a arm around my waist, pulling me closer to him. I, of course, was ready to kick him again and tell him about personal space but I didn't. Why, I did not know. He continued. "I am in to good dancers." Dancers? Does he know any other dancers? If he ment me, he couldn't. I only showed my dancing ability to Lenalee to teach her. Could he...? Peeping Tom. He was making a point to the twins, so as a good actress as I am, I followed his lead.
"Yeah I am a great dancer." they looked at me with angry or envy, I couldn't tell, but they werent about to let me win.
"We know how to dance!" Tiffi argued with clench fists.
"Especiallly better that dumb orphan." The blue haired girl pointed to me with distaste, I kept a cover over my emotions. I am not going to give them the satafaction to get me again.
"Can I see your perfect dancing?" Lavi said wryly, still hanging on me.
They both noded their heads vigourously and one called to the International Music club sitting at one of the tables near us to play some music for them. How could they play music for them? They don't have a sterio? One of the guys took out his IPod and pluged it into a portable speaker set. I have stand corrected... The song played was Baby by Justin Beiber. Welcome to hell. They advanced towards the read head, pushed me away and started to do random dances: The jerk, superman, sprinkler, and that dance that you hold onto one of their legs and kick out in a circle...have never ever known what that was called. Shame isnt?
The dancing was horrible. I could hear audiable laughs from around us, and there was foot steps behind me. I turned to see Lenalee, wide eyed and trying not to laugh but failing. I walked to her and whispered "Remember what I showed you last night?"
She gave a small nod "You want to show them off don't you Rebecca-san?" Wow. She knows me good. When there horror stopped, I got my 'little' helper to be right next to me. I called to the music club.
"Hey, you guys know Gekidou by Uverworld?" I grabbed two brooms and gave one to my partner. Then the music started to play.
"Miss Jones also was hired the day I came and met you four and started working when we all came here together." I finished my speech. Lenalee and Kanda was on the oppisite side of the recatangular table with Lavi on my right and Allen on my left. After the small dance battle, Lenalee and I won and the fake twins was boo-ed from the cafeteria in ! For a moment it was silent between us all, but then the white-haired exorcist spoke up.
"Well that is kind of suspicious..." his gloved hand under his chin.
"Was it on a holiday she was hired?" the only other girl at my table asked, she dipped her spoon into the yogurt and brought it to her lips.
"I wouldn't think so...AH! It was the last day of winter vacation. I guess that gives her an alibi, but-" absentmindedly, I reached to Allen's plate and grabbed a miratashi dango and start eating it.
"AH! MY MIRATASHI DANGO-" I continued, ignoring him
"-just gets under my skin though. Oh yeah I forgot to tell you. The furniture that was in the office was the same kind that is in that secret room." Putting the stick down, I reached for my bagpack and took out a plastic container also my cellphone. I gave the container to Kanda with chopsticks.
"What is this?" He picked it up suspiciously.
"Soba. Homemade. I made it last night when I was teaching Lenalee some stuff." Then I motioned Lenalee and him over. They all leaned in to see the photos.
"Hora, they have the same velvet fur over them. I wanna go back there to make sure that the golden incriptions are the same as well." I took a peak from Kanda, he was eatting! Reluctalently but EATING! Good. I gave the cell to the most responsible a.k.a Lenalee and started to walk to the food line. I was still near the table when I heard a cry.
"Some one please help me."
A man's voice? Where?
"Akuma." whispered the youngest boy.
I was about to say something when a thundering gun shot blew over all the flaming conversations and put them out. As if was procedure, maybe it was, Allen and Lavi got up from the table and rushed to the origin of the sound. The rest, Kanda, Lenalee, and I, in persuit. The sorce of the comotion, the kitchen. We all came throught the flipping doors to see; the usual clean white tiled floor tainted with small dark red stars like a blood shed night sky, eggshell colored walls became batman black like someone had just painted it but the paint was still wet.
My guess, It wasn't black paint. Finally, on the middle of the floor...a pile of ash ontop of a layer of clothes. No one moved. Either cause of shock or they couldn't. Allen and Lavi cursed under breath, Lenalee bowed her head, Kanda's face grew into a scowel, and I. I unconciously wept, without any tears. I couldn't do anything.
"Kanda, take Lenalee and guard the entrance. Make sure no one sees this." My quiet voice shaky, at my side fists clenched and trembled. They complied to my command and went. This person is gone, I could of prevented it. The picture of the scene itself bore into my mind. A person who had a bright future ahead of them...killed in an intant."Damn." I bit my lip from a sob coming out. Here at the quiet school, Tatame High- "May you soul find salvation." Allen went on his knees and put a hand over his heart. -had an akuma attack.
Bcozy- I feel so sorry for the character who died right here. It was one of the school cafeteria workers. I always love the people who worked at my cafeterias so it's sad for me to put this person here had died. Please for the one who died in this chaper, review.