The First Smile, Reborn

Time is Ticking

(Rosemary's POV)

I continued walking on from the girl only feet away. I knew she felt sudden outbursts of emotions wailing inside her tiny thin body. I felt bad, but I looked ahead. I continued walking regardless of her trying to stop me, calling my name, begging me to just listen to the words she had to say. My heart broke a little as each word came out of her chocked voice, tears suddenly rolled down my cheeks as each word continued throwing itself at me. I finally exited and ran to a nearby tree to lay my back upon. I panted wildly, my heart beat quickened and I wanted nothing more than to just escape from this world. "Hey... Why you cryin'?" I jumped when I heard the voice. I looked around and in front of me was Joku, the twin brother of Jordan. "J-Joku! W-What are you doing?!?" My heart fastened its pace, and my face got flustered with embarrassment. 

"Don't make me ask again. Why are you crying?" He looked at me concerned, which made me a bit happy. I smiled, wiping away the tears as if nothing happened. "Thank you for the concern! But... it's not something I should really talk about?" He glared and I jumped, "Okay, okay... In there, was my best friend. But, it's time I leave. Away from my old life. I don't want to cause her anymore pain but... this is for the best." He looked at me, dumbfounded.

"If you care about her you go to her. It's the same for me and Jordan. It doesn't matter whether you want to let go of your old life or not, she's your friend. And I can tell from your tears, you care for her." His expression softened, as did his voice. My heart jumped at his warm voice, and calm advice. I smiled, I could see he cared deeply about me and I wasn't going to put that to waste.

"Your right, I do care about her... a lot. But, I want to do whats important to me. She wants us to hide who we truly are, when we should be accepted for who we truly are. Ghoul or not, we have a beating heart and a life to live."

His face flushed a golden red and I smiled, "I'm sure you know that, right?" He went back to his 'cold' self and we walked together back to the place we were currently staying. I saw the other two boys and they went back playing with themselves. We all shared a room, regardless of sex. I sat on my bed and Jordan sat next to me, "You know, we all care about you. And it was pretty inspirational for you to just give yourself up like that... I myself wanted to object but I couldn't. Heh..." He laughed nervously and I smiled. I could feel eyes on us, but I didn't care. We weren't dating or anything like that anyway, we were just friends. "Thank you! The thought counts, so don't worry. I don't want to bring any of ya'll down." Juko spoke up, "You could never bring us down Ruki." All three, even Joku, smiled at me and my heart warmed up. Tears spilt from my eyes, and they all turned red, "Thank you... all of you... You have all been so kind to me, I... I could never thank you enough." Their faces turned a deep red and I smiled.

It got dark so we went to bed. I fell asleep fast with the thought that time was a problem. And we would never have enough of it.

We quickly went to the meeting to see everyone running around hastily. "What's going on?!" Alerted Joku, everyone continued going around and Lu finally approached us. "We don't have time guys!! Add has attacked innocent people! Causing fires to houses, possibly even destroying a city! Ruki, we need to get you to him now!" I stared at her for a minute. Seconds passed, and I felt the urge to go now. Something drew me to this death experience, I wanted it. My body moved on its own, not listening to the warnings erupting in my mind, I nodded to her and turned around. "Where are you going?" Spoke Jordan. I stared straight ahead, "I'm doing my job."

I walked out of the building, and ran to the city that I knew was the closest currently to Add. I ran as fast as I could, leaving any and all thoughts behind. The boys, Sukimi, Lu, Ciel... All of them would be left behind and I'd just be left with Add. I finally approached him, and I could only assume he heard my footsteps for him to look behind and see me standing feet away. "Oh? A girl from the El Gang I assume?" I stare at him in the eyes, "No. I'm a resident of this city and I'm their sacrifice to you, to stop this mess! Please!" He looked me, up and down, and saw nothing in interest. 

"What can I do with you? Your nothing more than a girl with no life, no pride, nothing. You have no use to me." A part of me wanted to slap him and fight him then and there, but I stood my ground. I brought out an amulet that was Eve's for a long time, "I have something you want." It shined brightly from the flames, limited to only that of darkness. He looked at it deeply and I can only assume he saw the world she was in, trapped, never to be released. He wanted to be a part of that world, be with her, be worth the while. "TAKE ME THERE NOW!" He screamed in my face as I brought the amulet back in my pocket.

I shook my head, "I can't take you there, I can only help you make it there." I was lying, but there was no other way to get him to accept me. He grabbed my hands, his eyes pleaded with guilt and sadness, "Please help me get there..." I felt an overwhelm of depression take over my heart, the fires roared died and soon it was only me and him standing together. I looked up at him, as his eyes were filled with helplessness...

"Okay... I will."