I sincerely apologize over the filler chapter, but to be honest, I got stuck there for 2 months. So I made sure I had to get it out. Here have an informative chapter. Subtle as it is – Chapter 09 [10/27/12 – Update]
What you see is not always real… when the hardest thing is to tell apart dreams from reality.
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“Alright, Kame. We’ll be there.” Risa answered and glanced at Ai.
“Eh? You guys aren’t coming with me?” Eri asked, tilting her head to one side.
“Umm… she just looked like she’s got something to tell me.” Risa scratched her head while Eri turned to look at Ai who suddenly sat up on her bed. Gaki shrugged at a confused Eri. Ai smiled at the Goddess.
“Okay then. I’ll tell Nakazawa-san you two will be there in an hour?”
“Make that two? We both could use a shower.” Risa answered and smiled. “Umm, yeah. I need to go home.”
“Heh~” Eri smirked and disappeared into thin air.
“Oops, I forgot the door!”“You can’t go use it to go out, if you didn’t use it to go inside.” The Vampire closed her eyes and sighed.
“Oh yeah.”
“Ahokame.”~*
“Reina-chan.” Mrs. Tanaka moved her daughters arm in an effort to wake her up. “Reina-chan. You rarely sleep through your alarm. Wake up or you’re going to be late.”
The cat-like female turned to her side and sat up to look at her mother. “Un. Mornin’.” She greeted, her eyes still closed. Although without a warning, she suddenly bolted up from the bed and rushed into the toilet.
Reina grabbed the edge of the toilet bowl as the remnants of her dinner were spilled into the innocent water. She blinked a few more times as she looked at the water and felt another one creeping from her stomach to her throat. Immediately, the gooey substance was flushed.
“Reina-chan, are you alright?” Mrs. Tanaka asked worriedly, assisting her daughter to a few tissues and helped her wipe her face clean.
“Un.” She nodded lazily, her head slightly throbbing as if another round is threatening to build up again. “I think I ate something bad last night.”
“You should really lessen the snacks. Go and take a bath, alright?” Mrs. Tanaka concernedly ruffled her daughter’s hair. “Tell me if you can’t make it to school.”
“I’ll be fine, Mama. I’ll be taking a bath now.”
Tanaka Reina quickly took a bath, got dressed, ate a little of her breakfast and left for school. Thinking that a change in pace from her usual train, she decided to walk to school, decided to pass by the park.
“Maybe, I can meet Junko, today?” She thought as she smiled, finally arriving at the park. She made her way to her favorite railing and stood near it, to be able to lean her arms on it.
“Hey.”
“Hi. Good morning, Junko.”
“Good morning, Tanaka-san.”
“You can just call me Reina, you know.”
“Reina.” She smiled at the shorter female, who returned it. “Shouldn’t you be at school?”
“I just stopped by. Maybe I’ll feel a little better.” Reina answered and took in some more of the fresh air.
“Hm?” Junjun raised an eyebrow. “Did something happen?” She walked near Reina and leaned on the railing as well.
“I threw up this morning.” Reina winced at the memory. God knows she hated the feeling of throwing up the most. “So I took a walk. Maybe the fresh scenery will make me feel a little better.”
“I see. Well… do you feel any better?” Junjun asked with a smile, Reina returned the smile.
“Ah… why is it so hot today?” Reina blew at her bangs and sighed.
“It’s actually a bit colder today than yesterday…” Junjun stepped closer to the shorter female. “Umm… Rein—“ Suddenly, the female fell forward onto her arms. “—a?”
Unconscious, knocked out cold.
“Junjun, we have a meeting today.” Michishige Sayumi tried contacting the black haired female.
“You disappeared last night. You better explain yourself.”“I will. For now, I need to take care of someone. I’ll listen in to the meeting through telepathy.” In a swift motion, Jun carried Reina onto her arms comfortably and made her way to her car. It couldn’t be. It shouldn’t be.
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“What is it, Ai-chan?” Gaki lovingly looked at the female beside her. “Is something bothering you? Do you… regret—“
“I regret nothing, Gaki-san.” Ai smiled at her. “It’s just… something IS bothering me.” She closed her eyes as if trying to intently remember something.
“What is it?”
“I’ve met you before.” Ai started, Gaki’s jaw clenched. “In my dream. I’m certain. I can’t forget about it. But this time… last night. I dreamed.” She looked at her hands that rested on her lap. She closed her eyes to remember, but suddenly shook her head. “I can’t remember everything. Although I only vaguely remember something happening. Something exploded… A gas station? A store? A mall? I’m not sure.” She raised her right hand to use her index finger to press on her temple, as if to remember. “All I can recall is that, there were many people running. There was fire spreading. It wasn’t a bad situation. It was quickly put out, and thankfully no one died.”
Gaki nodded as Ai wiped her eyes of tears. “Are you alright?”
“Un.” Ai nodded and smiled. “But, after confirming that my dream is actually reality, or did or does happen in reality. I can’t help but be worried, Gaki-san.”
“We’ll tell Nakazawa-san that, alright?” Gaki patted Ai’s head. She brought her hand from her head to her cheeks, and removed a few tears and smiled. “Get some breakfast, get some shower. I’ll be back later. I need to go home, alright?”
Ai looked away. “Also… there’s more.”
“More?” Gaki frowned.
“… I had an image of someone… getting into a car accident.” Ai licked her lower lip and bites on it. “And… someone getting injected with something.”
“These… are weird.” Gaki blinked a lot of times and assures Ai that everything will be fine. “We’ll tell them, and we’ll see what we can do, alright?”
Ai nodded. “Gaki-san…”
“Yes?” Risa turned around, her hand on the door knob.
“Are you… okay now?” Ai asked shyly.
“Of course.” Risa answered with a bright smile. “It’s all thanks to you.” She turned the door knob and opened it. “See ya.”
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“Where is Junjun?” Nakazawa-san asked, as she took a look around them, slowly taking attendance.
“Mari is here, Keichan too. Rika, W, Kamei, Michishige, Niigaki and Takahashi are here as well. Just, Junjun then.”“I’m sorry, Nakazawa-san. I’ll listen in via telepathy.” Jun said as the leader nodded in affirmation.
“Okay, we will start then.” Yuko said as she motioned for everyone to sit down on a long rectangular chair inside the white room. “In a summarization, Takahashi Ai is a human we need to take in to protection. Niigaki had bitten her in order to stabilize her abilities, which means that her scent would be lingering around her for as long as how
forever ever seemed to you. Other people than the Atheists might recognize her by her scent. Like, other creatures like werewolves. If there are any in Japan.”
“…There are other creatures?” Ai asked as she blinked rapidly.
“We’ve been into western countries. I guess yeah.” Yaguchi Mari nodded in affirmation. “But we’ll protect you good. Don’t worry.” Ai nodded.
“Okay. Now I think I owe you guys some… explanation.” Ishikawa Rika stood up and frowned. “Regarding, Yoshizawa Hitomi.”
“Hit it.” Yuko said.
“About… Eighteen years ago… I had a relationship, with her.” Rika explained, some gasped, and some only nodded. “I asked Jun, to delete her memories of me. I guess that was impossible.”
“Why did you ask Jun to delete her memories?” Yasuda Kei asked curiously. “Is it because of…”
“Yes. I was pregnant, with her child.” Rika sighed and looked away.
“It’s… possible for two girls to get pregnant?” Curiously, Takahashi Ai asked.
“Yes. It’s a common process.” Nakazawa Yuko answered. “It can only happen during intercourse. When the Succubus or a Vampire bites their partner, as long as the partner is willing to do the pregnancy together, if it’s between Goddesses, then just the will itself is enough. Yes it is possible. The process is also the same as a normal human. Nine months.”
“How do they choose, who will carry?” Ai asked again, very curiously.
“It depends on the body compatibility.” Ishikawa Rika answered. “It just so happened that I’m more fit to take the child, that’s why I carried it. However the only risk of me carrying it is that if the child would become a full goddess, or a half.”
“If Yoshizawa-san carried it, the chance is the child will be human, or a half, isn’t it?” Risa answered and Rika nodded at her.
“But… what happened to the child, Ishikawa-san?” Kamei Eri asked.
“It happened during the time with Gaki-san… I had entrusted her with an old lady, for safety.” Rika started. “However… when I returned the old lady had died during the incidents that happened, and the child was taken from her. Now I do not know where she is.”
“… Do you want her back?” Tsuji Nozomi asked quietly, prodding the paper in front of her, that has doodles of random faces and what seemed to be a Nakazawa with devil horns.
“Yes. But… not now, during a bad time where the Atheists are aggressive.” Rika answered and smiled wryly. “It’s so hard to try and find her, without trying to ask Yossie. Because the easiest way is to get the scent of her blood and ask Sayumin, Junjun or Gaki-san to look for her.”
“I see.” Yuko answered and looked up at the ceiling as if she was in deep thought. “Someone please explain about Takahashi.”
“I will then.” Yasuda Kei answered and motioned for Rika to sit down. “As what you might have picked up, Gaki-san asked Junjun to remove your memories of her. However, because you know her, it seems that it didn’t happen.”
“Yes.” Ai answered.
“How did you get your memories back?”
“I didn’t forget anything. I didn’t gain anything.” Ai inhaled, and exhaled. “I dreamt about it.”
Kei blinked a few times. “… A dream. Huh.”
“In any case, what’s important now is that we have a few more information cleared. However, we still don’t have any identities on the Atheists. We need to be more careful. We almost lost a handful of humans in last night’s mission. They seem to get bolder and bolder on each night they launch an attack.” Yuko grunted and slammed her hand on the table. “Using poisoned bullets, really?”
“I’m sorry, I was absent from last night’s mission.” Gaki-san said and bowed her head.
“It’s okay. Don’t worry about it.” Aibon answered and snorted. “You still owe us something, and owe us more things because we covered for ya last night.”
“Yes sure. I’ll play with you guys.” Risa sighed and smiled.
“HEY! Me too!”
“Yes, Yes, Yaguchi-san.”
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“How do you know this girl, Junjun?” A female of someone in around her early twenties walked over to a hospital bed. “Don’t look at me like that. I had called in someone to fill me in the school.”
“Thanks for accommodating me, Matsuura-san. Even though you had other matters to attend to.” Li Chun said and smiled.
“With the way you were looking worriedly at her as if she was dead, how could someone refuse that?” Matsuura Aya, owner of the Matsuura Clinic and the School Nurse answered and smiled. “In any case, there are a few things I need to confirm with the patient. I also need to run a few more tests.”
“Could she be…?” Jun asked.
“I’m not sure. I don’t want to talk yet when I don’t have a hundred percent probability of being right.”
(Chapter 9/END)