Elemental School

Chapter 16 - The New Side.

"Dad?" I felt my voice tinged a bit, with confusion. All of a sudden, my mother wish to speak about father.

"Dad died." I can see tears crawl out of her eyes. I can see her devil ears, twitch, as she use her fingers to move her hair under her ear. Her hair, is the same colour as Katsu. White.

Her eyes, red like the bloody crimson we all know of as we use it as a shrine. I felt the floor shake. My mother, instantly grab my hand, as she pulled me off my chair, as we were running away. Out of the kitchen. I was confused.

"Mom. What's going on?!"

"I accept no tolerance of what's happening. Yet, you can blame me for this, honey!" She kicks the backyard door, as we ran outside. I manage to look over her shoulder, as I can see the sky, red. The clouds were black, and they were flowing in the sky as smoke, not clouds. I felt the grass moving, on my bare feet.

I see some sort of a long stone rock, that was grown from the ground and was high as the clouds. Yet, it looks more like a pillar. That wasn't there before. I can see a figure, standing on top of that pillar. It was a man, with a black trench coat. I know who that was. Darkness.

I can hear him laugh, like a complete villain, as I just felt like fear has taken control of me. My mother, had the same reaction to me. 

"Katie. Your husband was a great worker! Expect he showed tolerance and was like a slug." Katie.. That's my mother's name. My father, worked with Darkness, as a guider. Guides mission and weapons. Creates weapons.

"Shut up!" My mother let go of my hand, as she walked forward, away from me. She was at less a meter away from me. "That doesn't give any reason to murder him!" What? So my father, died from Darkness?

"Pity on him. But now, since you knew that your husband died for some reason, I must kill you so you cannot spread the rumours." Oh yeah. I forgot about the rumours. Where we live right now, is that we believe Darkness, is the king and the protector to us citizens, that uses the elements of darkness. Yet, next to him, I see Zaerak.

"Fool." I watch as my mother, cast a sphere of pitch black smoke in front of her palm. A summoning of a blast of darkness. Like a fireball. The ball of darkness, flew to Darkness, in the speed of your voice. That is pretty fast. But what it look like when we witness it, is a black beam of darkness instantly appearing. 

"Why is Zaerak next to him?!" I asked. 

"I don't know." My mother replied.

I hear Darkness chuckle. "Zaerak helped me kill your father, you see."

I see Zaerak put up a grin. Why.. Did he do this?

I watch darkness, jump off the pillar, as he crash into the solid ground, 6 meters away from us. I raise my fist, but I hear my mother say her last words. "Haruko. I'm taking us away from here." I agreed with that, but then I noticed something.

"W-What about Amaya?!" Amaya.. My sister's name. She's 2 years older than me and yet, she is a kind sibling to me. And a great daughter to my parents.

"She can take care of herself. I told her this would happen!" She did? Wait, my mother knew about this?

I can see her left hand out, as I can see cyan colour flames. Yet, inside those flames, I see a black diamond. No, a crystal.

"I'm giving you this side of me. This side will be installed into you, to hide your darkness form. As not revealing your devil ears and hiding your eyes of the darkness." I know what she means. The ears represents our normal beings as darkness citizens. Our eyes would be the colour of the eyes of the evil lord, and its minions. But only the people that witness the floating red spheres in the shadows, or the dark minions or Darkness itself. Only those people understand what those red eyes mean.

I watch as my mother leap back, away from Darkness, as she shoves that blue flame into my chest, as I just saw a flash of white. A teleportation, as I looked around us. We were in a different place. We were in.. A city. But when I looked around, I was alone. Yet, in my hands, was a black leather clip-on briefcase. I noticed I was wearing a skirt and a black t-shirt, with a red tie over. Then, I was wearing an open blue jacket, revealing my black t-shirt and red tie in the centre of upper front body.

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I shook my head, getting out of my train of memories and thoughts. I sat up from my bed, as I noticed I was in my bedroom. I glare at the time. It was 11:30 in the night. It was going to turn Sunday, and that would be the 7th day of this week. That's when I can get out of my truth side. I pat my right ear, feeling it. It was a human being ear. The flames was able to hide my ears when im not in combat, as in not using the element of darkness. I got off my bed, as I open my door, exiting my room. 

I walk pass the living room and the kitchen, as it was pitch black, yet I could see a little bit because of the window. The moon light manage to grab a quick glance into the room. I open the door, as I can see a bit more clearly, because the room was more brighter because of the moonlight, because it had a larger window. In front of me, I see Katsu, on his bed, sleeping on his side. He was facing the wall. I walk towards him, then sat down on his bed. "Katsu" I whispered. I gently put my hand on his right shoulder, shaking him.

He moaned, as he turn his head, looking towards me. "Haruko?"

I sigh. "It's almost Sunday, so I want to tell you this before the 7th day of the week." 

"What?" He asked.

"Are you disappointed?" 

"In what?" 

"Of the marriage."

"N-No. You chose the marriage." He stuttered. Why is he stuttering? When he looks nervous or embarrassed, he looks quite a adorable. I don't know how. I couldn't manage but to giggle a bit. 

"Don't think foolish of me. I was 13 back then when I chose it." 

I can hear him sigh. "Why did you married that dick?" The tone in his voice sounds serious.

"4 years ago, he didn't act like a dick. He was actually a nice guy." 

"If he was still a nice guy, would you still marry him?" That question sounds odd for him to ask. It's like he had a liking of me and didn't wish for me to marry him. Yet, that would be a hard question to ask.

"No." I said. "Not in a million years."

I can't tell, but I knew what would appear in his face. A smirk on his face. Yet, there was one thing that made me question myself so many times.

Does Katsu love me?