Behind A Smile

[The Twist of Fate]

Back then I was still a 15 year old girl in her third year of junior high school.

That certain day I woke up, and found myself in an empty, white room.

"White?" I was laying on the ground. I was clueless on what that place was, so, out of curiosity, I decided to explore it, but doing so was the biggest mistake that I had ever made.... I saw something that took me five years to forget, something that left a scar on my heart, something that made me realize -......

There I was when I was still 6. Crying in front of coffins, and holding my sister's hand. The memory that took years to forget was now recollecting in my mind. I cried. I didn't want to see any of my past anymore, so I ran away. My eyes were tightly shut and I didn't care where I ran—I just want to escape that painful past of mine...... I stopped both my running and crying-

Again—there I was when I was 12, 5 males were surrounding her [1]. They kept on telling her to have 'fun' with them and, of course, she rejected their offer. One of them seemed to be pissed off. Said man walked closer to her, grabbed her shoulders and tried to undress her. She fought back but soon stopped when one of them held a knife to her throat.

"Just be a good, lil' girl and obey us."

I was on the verge of crying—so was my 12 year old self. I wanted to stop them, but it was just a vision of the past, right? There's no way I could change the past. So, instead, I ran away. I ran as far as I could just to escape my horrible past. However, I just came back to the scene when I was 12. I tried to escape again but I couldn't move—my body was frozen.

For some reason I saw black butterflies. My eyes widened. "Black Rukh?" I asked as I watched the scene in front of me. I saw that my 12 year old form was reaching out her hand with blank eyes and was muttering...

-"Fate is Cruel....." she fainted and I couldn't help but cry. I remembered how cruel fate was, how it gave me a lot of painful experiences, and how it left a scar on my heart....... but one thing I didn't know at that time...

"Oi, bastards! Get your filthy hands off of that girl!" Before the five males could do anything else to my 12 year old form, someone interrupted. The black rukhs I had seen earlier were now surrounding a child of her age, maybe a year older. He had medium, long, black hair with a long segmented pony-tail, and red ringed eyes that were glaring at the 5 males.

"Huh? Who' ya' callin' a bastard, brat?" One of the males yelled.

The boy earlier seemed pissed. "And who are ya' callin' a brat?" He replied, his glare never leaving the man's eyes.

The five males smirked simultaneously. "So ya' pickin' a fight with us, brat?" one of them asked. They were totally looking down on him. Well, it can't be helped. The group of guys were all adults. There was no way he could win.

But to my surprise he did—win that is. Though he was beaten up, he ended up coming out victorious.

"That face seems familiar...." I whispered. I know I have met someone who looks like him, but I couldn't remember when or who.

I was silent for a moment.....

'Is this the reason my body froze? To see what really happened? For what reason?..... Can I ... ever find the answer to this questions? How?' I was clueless. 'Why now? I had already forgotten all of this and it took me five years?!' I yelled inside of my head. I felt dizziness as my vision turned black, but before all the light was gone, I caught a glimpse of something, a very bright smile of a girl....?

I stared at the male in front of me with slightly widened eyes.

Earlier, I was heading to my room in Magi Senior High School with my brother -Hakuryuu- but something came up and I was needed immediately to the student council office. Being the vice president of the student council is hard, you know?

I was running so fast that I didn't mind my surroundings, and that's when I bumped into this guy. He looked like that boy in my dream! He had those red ringed eyes—they were staring at me for a long time. I opened my mouth to ask something but one of my classmates interrupted.

"Ren-san!! Seito Kaichō [2] needs you now!" She yelled.

"I'm sorry," I bowed to the male in front of me and then quickly rushed to my classmate.

"I'm sorry, Aikawa-san," I bowed.

"No! No! It's alright, just head to the SCO immediately" she replied. I bowed once more as I bid my farewell to her and took my leave.

It was after school now and I was heading to the school's roof top. Kaichō left her ID, and since everyone is busy, I volunteered to get it since the job they gave me at the end of the day was easy. I opened the door only to reveal a teen sleeping peacefully. My eyes widened when I realized it was the boy I bumped into earlier. I stared at him for a second, then completely ignored him and just looked for Kaichō's I.D. When I found it I suddenly felt eyes on me. I looked behind me and saw that the boy was already awake, those red ringed eyes of his were so mesmerizing. He came closer and closer to my face, still staring at my orange eyes.

"Um..." He took a step away. "Tch." He seemed pissed off for some reason. "You saw me sleeping, didn't ya'?" He asked while glaring.

"Ha-hai." I felt so nervous so I decided to bid my farewell and leave quickly. "Sorry, but I'm in a hurry." I bowed.

I was about to leave but then he grabbed my arm, "Wait!" I stopped and stared at him with slightly widened eyes. He let go of me while altering his gaze.

I tilted my head a bit, "Is there something you need?" I asked.

He looked at me then back to his side. "I-I..... Um... No, never mind," he said.

I remembered that I also wanted to ask him something. "Ne~, have we met before?" I asked getting serious. He stared at me before answering and gave me a 'isn't it obvious' face. "You just fucking bumped into me earlier."

Wait did he just.... use a foul language? "Umm could you please repeat that again?" I kindly asked.

He gave a 'tch' before answering. "I said, you just 'fucking' bumped-" he stopped mid-sentence as I pinched his cheeks

"Please don't use such a language!" I scolded him. "And by asking if we have met before, I mean even before the bumping incident," I added as I let go of his cheek.

"O-ouch," he mumbled while rubbing his cheeks.

"Anyway, My name is Kourin Ren. what about yours?"

He gave me a glare before answering "Judal."

I held out my hand. "Nice to meet you, Judal-san."

He didn't take it. Instead, he just left me. He gave a wave, "See ya' tomorrow, Hag." He used more cursing again, but it was too late to pinch his cheeks now.

I just stared at the sky before realization hit me. "Kaichō must be angry now!" I ran down to the Student Council Office, gave the I.D. to Kaichō, and apologized for taking so long.

[1] I used 'her' so you -the reader- wouldn't be confused on who is talking and doing actions since they are both the same person.....
[2] Seito Kaichō means "Student Council President" (correct me if I'm wrong) and I used it because I don't want to freaking write "Ren-san!! Student Council President needs you now!!" -_- who the f*ck will yell something like that?

The first part is a 'past in a past'....."WTF is that?" is something you wanted to ask me, right? (or left? XD) Well whether you know what it is or not.... I'll tell you, it's just like the 'present Kourin' telling a story about a dream she had when she was 15 and that dream contains her past -and pasts she didn't know- WTF did I just say?, nevermind. I'm not that good on explaining sh*ts.

And don't mind the rukhs, they are not that important in the story...... Well, maybe....? I don't even know why the f*ck I used it...

Sorry for any OOC-ness, Curses, and other stuffs.