rlm@0: Itara Hanasanai no ni 
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rlm@0: Chapter 2 
rlm@0: By: Shidarezakura 
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rlm@0:  Yuina, Akiho, and Seraph had gone to Yuina's bedroom. They had to find out why Seraph was here 
rlm@0: and how would they hide her. Seraph looked around Yuina's room, noticing every detail. Books 
rlm@0: lined up, plushies, neat bed... it was so weird. As Seraph turned, Yuina noticed that one of 
rlm@0: her wings was torn up. 
rlm@0:  "Ah! You're hurt!" Yuina starts to frantically think of what to do. 
rlm@0: Seraph looks at her wing. 
rlm@0:  "Hm? Oh, don't worry. It will fix itself..." light flashed around 
rlm@0: the wound. Small balls float to it and the wing begins to heal. 
rlm@0:  "Wow!!!" Yuina's eyes become 
rlm@0: large. 
rlm@0:  Akiho watches them still. Reading each expression they make and hearing their echoing 
rlm@0: voices in her mind. Replaying over and over. She didn't understand what she was feeling, but she 
rlm@0: knew she felt hurt. As if somebody plugged up her lungs, everything is tight. What is Seraph? 
rlm@0: Why is she here...? She's making this whole thing difficult. And she has Yuina's attention... I 
rlm@0: don't exist... 
rlm@0:  "Yuina-chan... I'm gonna go home... I'm not feeling so well..." Akiho says to 
rlm@0: Yuina. "I'll call you when I feel better..." 
rlm@0:  "Eh? Aki-chan!" Yuina starts walking behind Akiho 
rlm@0: as she begins to leave the house. "Are you okay?" 
rlm@0:  "Yeah... I'm just a little sick to the 
rlm@0: stomach..." Akiho slips her feet into her shoes and opens the door. "Bye..." She leaves. 
rlm@0:  
rlm@0: "...Akiho..." Yuina stares at the door, hoping Akiho would come back in. 
rlm@0:  Seraph floats behind 
rlm@0: Yuina and wraps her arms around her waist. Yuina jumps a bit, not knowing she was there. 
rlm@0:  
rlm@0: "Seraph...?" 
rlm@0:  Seraph smiles and kisses Yuina's neck. Yuina begins to blush. What's Seraph 
rlm@0: doing? Seraph smirks and whispers in Yuina's ear. 
rlm@0:  "Yuina... I can hear every thought in your 
rlm@0: mind..." 
rlm@0:  "What?! But how?!" 
rlm@0:  "I forced you onto a contract... and when I kissed you... I 
rlm@0: became one with you..." 
rlm@0:  "What?!" 
rlm@0:  "We are unified... bonded together... I am you and you are 
rlm@0: me..." 
rlm@0:  "Seraph! What's going on!!!" Yuina pushed out of Seraph's arms and turned, facing her. 
rlm@0: "Why are you doing this! What are your plans?!" 
rlm@0:  "Plans?" Seraph smiles, "I have no definet 
rlm@0: plans... But I'm afraid I am on a mission. My world was distroyed by a powerful emulator, like 
rlm@0: myself. Somehow in the war against it all, I came in contact with her and battled. But I was 
rlm@0: out numbered. They left me for dead and I drifted in space until I was brought here. It's 
rlm@0: destiny... all of it. The emulator has to be here." 
rlm@0:  "Destiny..." Yuina looks down. "But... 
rlm@0: why the contract with me?" 
rlm@0:  "Because, when I awoke to your warm lips... I could feel your soul 
rlm@0: crying out. You want to be free, Yuina." 
rlm@0:  "..." 
rlm@0: 
rlm@0: * * *
rlm@0: 
rlm@0:  Akiho walked slowly down the street. Staring at the ground, thinking of what had happened. The 
rlm@0: wind had stopped blowing and the sun was beginning to hide behind the large buildings. She 
rlm@0: didn't think of time or what was going on around her. 
rlm@0:  Yuina doesn't notice me now that Seraph 
rlm@0: has entered her life. I was just there to keep her company when she was bored with other things. 
rlm@0: Now she's bored with me. Brushed me off like I never existed. How could she do that? I've known 
rlm@0: her for so long and suddenly Seraph comes in and screws everything up! Damn you Yuina... You're 
rlm@0: a traitor! How can you just throw me away like that!!! 
rlm@0:  Akiho turns the corner. She held her 
rlm@0: breath, hoping nobody would see her cry. Angry and upset at how Yuina treated her. It was wrong. 
rlm@0: 
rlm@0: 
rlm@0:  "I hate you Yuina..." she says and keeps walking, the stars in the sky move. 
rlm@0:  Akiho walks 
rlm@0: toward a dark alley. Her mind clouded and unaware of the environment around her. Tokyo at night 
rlm@0: was dangerous. She heard some footsteps and looked up. 
rlm@0:  "Hey bitch!!! Come here!!" a 
rlm@0: dark-skinned man, weighing about 270 pounds, wearing jeans and a black shirt, dark hair and 
rlm@0: sunglasses, appears from the alley and reaches out at Akiho. 
rlm@0:  "Ahhhhhh!!!!!" Akiho begins to 
rlm@0: turn. 
rlm@0:  "Yaa!!" the man dashes forward and grabs her arm and jerks her back. 
rlm@0:  "Ahhhh!! Let me 
rlm@0: go!!! Help!!!!!!" she screamed and tried kicking him and hitting him. 
rlm@0:  "Shut da' hell up!!" he 
rlm@0: throws her into the wall and she falls over. He walks over to her and grabs her by the hair. 
rlm@0: She tries to gather her balance but he covers her mouth with his hand and picks her up. 
rlm@0:  
rlm@0: "Mmmm!!!! Mmmph!!!" she tried screaming. 
rlm@0:  The man pulls her into the alley, way into the back. 
rlm@0: Small puddles on the ground from pipes draining. Trash and paper everywhere. He walks behind a 
rlm@0: staircase and throws her down. A flash of lightning lights up the sky. 
rlm@0:  "Mmmm... I love young 
rlm@0: girls..." he said and grabbed her arms. 
rlm@0:  "AHHHH!!!! NO! PLEASE!!!" Akiho screams as thunder 
rlm@0: rattles. Her voice seeming silent to the weather. 
rlm@0:  The man grabs the top of Akiho's uniform and 
rlm@0: rips it downward, revealing her bra. She screams more and rain begins to pour down. The drops 
rlm@0: hitting them hard. 
rlm@0:  "LEAVE ME ALONE!!! HELP!!!! SOMEBODY!!!" Akiho screams, tears beginning to 
rlm@0: fall down her soft cheeks. 
rlm@0:  "Shut up!!!" he backhands her in the jaw. She accidentally bites 
rlm@0: the inside of her cheek and blood trickles down the side of her mouth. "If you make any more 
rlm@0: noise! I'll fuckin' kill you!!! Do you got that?!?!?!" 
rlm@0:  Akiho nods and cries silently. Was she 
rlm@0: afraid to die? No, she wanted to live. Live with Yuina and the world. 
rlm@0:  "Good... hehehehe..." 
rlm@0: the man rips her bra off and grabs her breasts and squeezes them. "Mmmm... oh yes..." 
rlm@0:  The 
rlm@0: world seem to be taking forever. Why wouldn't it end. Akiho didn't even want to look at the 
rlm@0: man. She was scared and helpless. The thunder roared on as the rain hit against their bodies. 
rlm@0: A heart beats... 
rlm@0:  "Aki-chaaaaaan! Let's play!" a girl says. 
rlm@0:  "But... it's raining..." Akiho says back. Her hair 
rlm@0: in pigtails. 
rlm@0:  "That's okay! We can hide under our umbrellas and jump in the puddles!" 
rlm@0: Echoing inside the soul... 
rlm@0:  "Aki-chan! Come on! Let's sing!" 
rlm@0:  "I can't..." 
rlm@0:  "Don't say you can't! Try it!!" 
rlm@0: Trapped by false emotions... 
rlm@0:  "YUINAAAAAAA!!!!!!! HELP ME!!!!!!!" 
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