Nino grabbed my other arm and slammed me straight into a row of lockers. From the sudden movement my head snapped back and I hit the back of my head on the lockers. He glared at me and I did the same. “You will hear it all,” Nino ordered. “Or you will end up being used by your father and your grandparents!”
“I said I don’t want to hear it from you!” I shouted back, and suddenly I forced myself forward and broke away from his grip. Nino stepped back and moved his hands to his pockets. Both of us glared each other down again.
“Ryuu… please listen….” Matsu said quietly. “We’re trying to help you….”
“By calling my family demons and….” I started as a my heart was pounding.
“Shut up,” Nino said punching me square in the jaw.I took a few steps backwards and put a hand on my jaw. “Be glad you’re not a vessel instead. It sucks a lot more than being a Moratorium,” Nino spat angrily.
I didn’t understand how could being a moratorium be any better than being a vessel and what is a vessel anyways. I looked at Matsu when he sighed and side stepped as Nino turned and headed down the hall.
“Get back here!” I shouted angrily as I brushed past Matsu and ran straight at Nino.
Nino turned around as I was about to punch him and he seized my wrist and I grabbed his. With how tight we were squeezing the others wrist one of us was going to break the others wrist and with him being two years older than me and with being physically stronger he was going to win.
“Stop it!” Matsu yelled, but we paid him no attention
“Just what the heck is a Vessel?” I asked as I glared at Nino who reflected almost the same look back to me.
“Someone whose heart, mind, and body is given up to try and make a trap for a Demon Lord,” Nino glared back. “So that when the Demon Lord tries to take the ‘soul’ from within the body, it sets off a trap and seals the demon within the body itself. Then the body is slaughtered killing the demon completely.”
My looked changed completely for a second then I went back to glaring at him.
“Nino…..” Matsu breathed he sounded like he didn’t want me to know. Nino said nothing more but released my arm. As a reaction I did the same with his. Both of us stared at each other, and Matsu let out a sigh. “Vessels… were created by the shamistic community to try and defeat the Demon Lords…They take certain shaman children and…..” Matsu explained to me with a pained expression on his face.
“That’s enough, Matsu,” Nino said causing Matsu to be silent again. “Like I said, be glad you are a Moratorium. Don’t blind yourself to being one. You’re weak. ”
“I’m not weak,” I glared back.
“You’re acting like a cry baby,” Nino told me. “You won’t even accept the truth of matters.”
“Shut up!” I stormed.
“Accept it!” Nino shouted.
“SHUT UP!” I yelled suddenly lunging forwards and punching Nino straight across the face. I saw Matsu flinched somewhat and backed into a locker out of the corner of my eye.
Nino didn’t even flinch and he took the entire blow. As I was about to punch him again a smile crept on Nino’s face. I didn’t care if the bastard was finally showing emotions or not I’m was determined to make him stop talking. I couldn’t tell if he was staring right at me or not because his hair was in front of his eyes but I had the feeling he was. Reaching upwards, Nino grabbed my arm and pulled it away from the side of his face. I pulled my hand away from him and stepped back.
“You’ll be fine,” Nino said in almost what sounded like a dark laugh. “If you don’t want to be weak, then don’t allow yourself to be blind to anything. See it as it is, and deal with it as it comes. Become stronger.” His smile vanished and then he turned and started down the hall.
Matsu looked from me to Nino and then back to me. “I…. haven’t seen him smile… in years….” Matsu said quietly.
“Matsu…. Is Nino a Vessel?” I asked after a moment it had been bothering me ever since he told me what a vessel was.
“We both are,” Matsu answered lightly as a smile was stained across his face. “I think…. Nino needs some alone time…. Let’s find the others, shall we?”
Matsu looked at me with a light blank expression. I wanted to ask him another question but by the way he looked I didn’t push the matter anymore “Right,” I answered.
We walked down the hall in silence. I couldn’t think of anything to really say to him but I didn’t want to just keep walking in silence. Then Zoey came to my mind I wondered how she was doing. Did she win the fight?
“What seems to be on your mind?” Matsu asked with his small smile. Hearing him say something after a while without talking to each other made me jump and toss me out of my thoughts.
“Oh I was just wondering if Zoey was alright.” I said reaching m right hand back and touching the crest on my back “For some reason it just activated and forced me to run from the fight. It might have been because I was bleeding and Zoey’s a vampire.” I thought looking up at the ceiling.
“So Miss Zoey is a vampire I thought there was something different about her.” He muttered placing a hand on his chin.
“I wonder what time it is?” I said pulling out my cell phone.
“Um Ryuu…” Matsu started but it was too late the next thing you heard was a loud smack and thud.
I walked right into one of the dividers that separate the doors in the halls. I held my head as I tried to get the ringing to stop and I heard Matsu laugh. It was lightly but he was laughing. I couldn’t help it and started laughing too.
“You alright?” He asked helping back to my feet.
“Yea I’m fine.” We got me back up to my feet.
“RYUU! MATSU!” We turned to see who called our names.
My face light up as I saw Em, Mari, Kaki, and Elle run down the hall towards us.
“Where have you been?” Em questioned smacking me across the face.
I could feel her hand print burning on my right cheek “Um…I’ve been on the first floor, on the roof, and here why do you ask?” I smiled at her.
She went to punch me in the nose but I move out of the way.
“Come on is that any way to greet someone.” I asked dodging another blow this time it was going to be a kick to a man most venerable spot.
“It is when I’m worried sick about you.” She answered.
I snagged her hand out of the air and pulled her close to me I don’t know why I was doing this. The crest wasn’t activated but my heart was racing. I didn’t know if it was from dodging her kicks and punches or if it was because I had her so close to me. I pulled her in and kissed soft lips. I wish I could say that I had to tilt my head down to kiss her but she was my height. I released from kissing her and then what my grandmother said flashed back into my mind. If I ever had the urge to do something it was because my father was the sin of lust. I watched as Em’s face turned beat red and I backed away quickly.
“I am so sorry Em…” I said putting my hands up in front of me.
I picked a back time to turn my head and look in the direction of the new spiritual presence that entered the building because I got not Em’s fist to the side of my head but her cousin’s. I stumbled back into Matsu and he caught me.
“How dare you touch her.” She shouted at me.
I looked up at him. And without me even having to say what I was thinking he answered me. “I since it too.” I whispered barely moving his mouth to speak.
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“If I do recall father you had Moratorium before so what is such the big deal with me having…” I started.
“They are dead.” He interrupted.
“Yea but you were the one that killed them.” I smirked putting my hands in my pockets.
“And I suggest you do the same son.” I glared at me.
I felt my eyes widen. “You tried to kill them didn’t you that’s how we got in the crash. You placed the fog on the road and forced the car off the cliff only knowing after you did you found out that Kara, Ryuu, or Nyoko were not in the car with us and only ended up killing my human body and Hikari.” That’s why he has been avoiding me when I tried talking to him.
“Your daughters are useless anyways they didn’t inherit any of your powers.”
I kept my anger down and bowed “Wither you like it or not I’m going to protect my children and their friends.” I looked up at him and my eyes turned to slits. “Even if it means I have to kill another demon lord to do it.” And with that I straightened up and exited the room.
I walked down the white hall and the servants bowed as I passed. I paid no attention to them as I entered my chambers.
“M’Lord.” Loki greeted popping up next to me.
“Leave me I do not wish to be disturbed.” I sighed walking over to the window.
“But M’Lord…” He followed me over to the window.
“If this isn’t important then leave me be.” I semi shouted at him I was not in the mood to be dealing with anything that was annoying, which reminded me why the hell was he my servant again.
“This is important it is about your son M’Lord.” He answered.
I turned to him “Then what is it?” I asked keeping the worry out of my voice.
“Ryoen has entered the school in which your son is at.” Loki said with a bow.
“Shit.” I muttered running to the door but three of my fathers’ servants stepped in front of my door.
“You are not allowed to leave the premises.” Scarlet the demon on the left announced.
“Are you trying to say that my father is grounding me?” I smiled sweetly at her.
“Yes Lord Asa I believe so.” She answered.
I sighed to make it sound like I accepted defeat. “Is that all Scarlet?” I asked.
“Yes sir.” She bowed and I shut the door in her face.
Loki waited the six pairs of footsteps disappear before speaking to me. “You’re going anyways aren’t you M’Lord?” He questioned in a low voice.
“Opened the window.” I smirked bearing my teeth at him as my pupils turned to slits again.
He did what I ordered and I ran and jumped out the window.
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It’s a lot of fun acting like a demon lord. You get to order people around. Sorry if I took anyone out of character.