~Emiko's POV~
There is always a choice,” Matsu answered me. “You could walk away right now and go back to everything you know…. But even then, there would be consequences of things. Don’t ever think there is not a choice to be made.”
I stared down at my hands. I had a choice, huh? Didn't really seem like it. I mean, I could either choose to live as a vessel and never know when I could die, and just accept that, or I could go off, walk away from it all and face the consequences. What consequences were we even talking about right now?
I rubbed my face with my hands as I leaned back on the couch, refusing to look up at Nino, whom I was sure was watching me, or Matsu. I didn't want to deal with consequences. I didn't want to be a vessel. But, if I could kill one of those demon lords in the process, wouldn't it all be worth it? The downside would be that I was supposed to kill Ryuu's father.
Did Ryuu know about this whole thing? No. He wouldn't have kept this from me. How was he going to take the whole, 'I'm going to kill your father, but I don't really have a choice, please don't hate me' talk. Not that he and his father got along all that well, but your father is still your father.
And I couldn't forget Elle's dream about Ryuu. And her telling me to be careful around him. Careful of what? Ryuu would never ever do anything to hurt me. He was a sweet guy whom I cared for deeply. Gosh, I was dreading having to have our nice long conversation about all of this.
And how was I supposed to take the whole Aoi news? Her soul found me? So, was I really Aoi or was I really me? Is that why I felt so drawn to help Nino? Is that why Nino had gone out on a limb and was helping me? Was the person I thought I was nonexistent?
I glanced up at Nino, my face super serious. "Is it because you see Aoi in me, or that you think you have a second chance with me (thinking I am Aoi) that you are helping me?" I waited his reply.
~Elle's POV~
I sat back, glancing at the clock. It was getting pretty late, and Em wasn't back yet. Not that I was really surprised; she had told me she might come home late. Good, more time for me to research. Not that I was coming along all that well.
I had tried taking a nap, testing to see how my whole vision thing worked, and I saw again the whole Ryuu and this demon lord. This time, they were training. His father... that's who the demon lord was. When I had woken up, I was shaking. This vision was slightly more intense than the ones from last night. But, not too bad.
I had finally come to grips with it actually being a vision. It had to be, all the signs on the internet pointed to it. There seemed to be nothing else it could be. A creepy coincidence had nothing on these dreams. Or nightmares, I guess.
I sighed, wishing I had someone to confide in. But the truth was that I had no one. I was all alone sitting her practically begging something to happen, someone to call me. The sad truth was that it seemed no one from back home missed me. I was only supposed to be gone a day or two. We were going on passed a week!
Was no one worried I was missing? My agent had called to make sure I was going to be able to attend a couple of photo shoots. I couldn't say no, as I didn't have a source of income here. But, my parents didn't really seem to care I was missing. Was this how Emiko feels everyday? Knowing your family doesn't care about you? I felt bad for all those years of hurt and pain I was sure I caused her.
But, now that I was here, I had no friends. Sure, I went to that guy's party, but I had pretty much stuck to myself. None of them really seemed to want to get to know me. And why should they? I came across as a total bitch with a capital B. But, that was how I was raised. And i usually didn't mind, but I didn't like being alone. Not one bit.
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