The First Smile, Reborn

Something Lost

(Sukimi's POV)

I started to get worried, Rosemary was gone for who knows how long, and we barely had any progress. I stared out the window, curiosity ruining my love for my best friend. I stared at the sky, looking at the dark gray clouds and waiting for Rosemary to one day, come back. "Sukimi!" I flinched and turned my head, "Huh?" I looked over to see everyone staring at me, worried, "What's been up with you lately? You've done nothing but stare out that same window.. What's wrong?" I shook my head, trying to deny what he thought, "Nothing,  I'm just tired." I tried to give Ciel a warm reassuring smile, but he still seemed concerned due to my recent distance. 

Elsword sighed and opened his mouth to speak, "The four ghouls should arrive any minute." I immediately looked up, "Four? You said three last week!" Elsword gave me a hard, cold glance then closed his eyes and sat down, "I told everyone yesterday, a girl ghoul requested to help them and was accepted-", he opened his eyes and glared hard, "-on one condition." Everyone gasped, as did I, "She does not want to be near Ciel. I don't know of the reason, but I can only assume she hates you."  Elsword glanced up at Ciel, I too was surprised. Soon, we heard an undetermined knock at the door. Aisha, with a look of terror, took a big gulp and walked toward the door and opened it. I could hear her saying something still unclear to this day, "Please come in." Elsword chirped, the four strangers walked in with no word, I could see the girl very clearly, she was pretty. "Welcome ghouls, I hope we get along."

The ghouls sat down near Elsword, and at the end with Lu. The first person stood up, which seemed to be a male with all black, even his hair, except for his skin and a necklace he had around his neck which had a cross. "I'm Jordan, I hope we get along!" He smiled with hope, but his clothes showed a different demeanor. The guy next to him stood up and gave a glare to all of us, "I'm Joku, Jordan's twin brother, I do not wish to be near any of y'all but to keep Jordan safe." Jordan held an unbelievable expression, "Joku be nice!" They had the same clothing, only the hair was white. The final boy stood up, he gave a short smile and looked at all of us with determination, very different from the other two, "I'm Juko, their older brother. Please treat them both well." He bowed and smiled again. His clothing was similar, yet different. He had black pants, white shirt, blue jacket, and his hair went from black to dark blue, almost like Ciel. 

Finally, the girl stood up, her hair covered her eyes as she stared down, but when she looked up, her eyes reminded me of Rosemary. Her skirt was black and red, shirt was white with red tie, and she had a black jacket around her waist. She had a mask which hid her mouth, but we could hear her. "Hello, I'm...

Ruki."