Friday, April 24, 2009

Chapter 9:

Sessaru closed in quick on the guy in front of him as he swung quickly with his right hand. Sessaru ducked under and counterattacked with a upper open palmed thrust to his chin. The student grunted in pain. Sessaru then grabbed the guy by the face, spun around and threw the guy into the other two behind him. The three of them fell to the ground hurt

"(Damn......this body is so stiff and...hard to move in....)" Sessaru said to himself

"(Well....SORRY if my body is stiff and hard to move in!)" Ashen said

"(You're forgiven.)" Sessaru said as he popped his knuckles and began advancing toward the downed opponents

"(I wasn't really apologizing....)" Ashen said

Sessaru slowly advanced toward the students as they slid back against the lockers.

"Ashen! Stop!" Amelia screamed but no reply

"Is that Ashen...? Its like he's......a totally different person..." Steven said as he went up to Ashen

"Hey Ashen! Stop this! Its done!" Steven said as he grabbed hold of Ashen's fist.

Sessaru glared at Steven with a glare scary enough to cause Steven to go into a paralyzed state. Sessaru then proceed to advance toward his prey

"(HEY!! THAT'S MY FRIEND SESSARU!! WHAT THE HELL??!)" Ashen yelled

"(He stopped me from enjoying my fun. He's fine.)" Sessaru said

"(THAT'S NOT THE POINT! YOU DON'T HURT MY FRIENDS!!)" Ashen said as he began to struggle with Sessaru to take back control of his body.

"(What is with you? You cower in fear at these petty demons here but when it comes to your friends, you're willing to stand up to a demon like me...?)" Sessaru asked

"(Thats right! You've had your fun now back down!!)" Ashen said

In the midst of their argument, the three demons ran off and Amelia stood in front of the frozen Ashen

"Ashen! Whats gotten into you?! I thought you hated fighting....now why..?" Amelia asked

Seeing this, Sessaru let out a huge sigh and returned control over to Ashen

A little off balance at first but Ashen regained his form and told Amelia that he got a little out of hand and apologized

As Ashen, Steve, and Amelia walked back to class, Steven was telling and praising Ashen about how much he had grown and had become a real man. Ashen embarrassingly laughed it off and Amelia laughed at his shyness and something caught her eye as they walked toward the window to go to class. In the window, faintly, showed a reflection on Steven and herself and in the middle, should have been Ashen but what she saw, wasn't Ashen. It was...someone else and it shocked her.

"Hey hun! Come on." Steven said to her from the classroom. Amelia nodded in agreement and went to class

During class, they learned and talked more about the demons of old that protected humanity against their own kind and was given a pop quiz on what they knew.

(Ashen shivers)

"(Man.....it feels as if I'm being watched by someone...)" Ashen said to himself

"(You're JUST now noticing?)" Sessaru said

"(God dammit Sessaru! Can't I even think to myself!?)" Ashen complained

"(Unfortunately......no.)" Sessaru said

(Silence)

(Ashen shivers again)

Ashen began to look over his shoulder when suddenly....

"(No don't!") Sessaru yelled

"(Ouch!!! So loud.... What now?!)" Ashen asked

"(That one girl has been glaring at you for a while now...)"

(Who? Amelia?)"

"(Yeah. Her. I think she suspects something..)"

"You don't mean...."

"(TO YOURSELF YOU IDIOT! Do you WANT her to find out?" Sessaru scolded

Ashen pounded on the table and began talking to himself again

Amelia continued to watch Ashen as her curiosity grew and grew

Later, after the teacher had corrected their quizzes, Amelia decided to satisfy her curiosity once and for all and she voluntarily decided to pass out the quizzes. Amelia calmly passed out the quizzes in line from back to back. Row to row. When she got to Ashen's desk. She greeted him with a smile

"Here you are Ashen." she said with a smile as she handed him his paper glaring at the desk

Sessaru quickly took over and snatched the paper from her and leaned back away from the desk

"Thanks." Sessaru said

Amelia looked at Ashen for a while before walking off. Sessaru returned control to Ashen

"(She definitely suspects something.......damn....)" they said at once

"(We are gonna have to be extra careful. I know Amelia and she is not one to give up. Trust me.)" Ashen said

"(We could always just kill her.)" Sessaru said

(.............)

"(It was a joke.)" Sessaru said

(Silence)

"(It wasn't funny.)" Ashen said

After class, the three of them began walking toward lunch and Amelia wanted to take a different way. She wanted to take the west wing stairway which ironically had the biggest and clearest window in the school.

Ashen refused but Amelia pushed him along

"(Not good..)" Sessaru said as they got closer and closer to he window

"(Forgive me Ashen..)" Sessaru said

"(Eh....?)" Ashen said as Sessaru took control and grabbed a handful of Amelia's breast

"Nice." Sessaru said

Shocked and angered, Amelia drew back her fist and punched Sessaru iin the face. Sessaru stumbled back and fell over the the third floor railing.

"(SESSARU!!!!!! YOU IDIOT!!!!!)" Ashen yelled as they fell hard to the stairs and rolled down the stairs shocking and scaring those in the way

"Ashen.....YOU ASSHOLE!!!" Steven said and hopped over the railing to give chase

"Damn it...." Sessaru said and got up and ran off.

"(Why did you do that!! Do you know what you have done?!")" Ashen whined

"(Did you WANT her to find out?! I was trying to save your sorry ass and besides....haven't you always wanted to feel em?)" Sessaru said

Ashen remained silent

"(Exactly.)"

Sessaru ran out the school building and around to the back and rested under a tree.

"All safe.......(breathes hard) I'm beat....." Sessaru said and returned control to Ashen

After Ashen took control, he could still feel Amelia's breast in his hand

"(..........?)" Sessaru thought

Suddenly, Ashen began to sniff his hand

"(OH YOU SICK SON OF A BITCH!!)" Sessaru snapped

"(LEAVE ME ALONE!!)" Ashen said blushing

"(Oh holy hell! You just....)" Sessaru started before he felt a evil glare upon his back

"(Some snuck up on me?! ME?!)" Sessaru said to himself

"Ashen....." the voice said

Ashen froze in fear for he knew who that voice belonged to

Ashen turned only to see Amelia sitting behind him

"A...A..Amelia....I am so sorry....." Ashen said

"My.....since when have you become so bold...?" she asked as she kicked Ashen right in the face causing Ashen to tumble in the grass

"To grab hold of my breast like that...I mean.....we're like brother and sister...right?" she asked as she continued to stomp on Ashen's chest til he tapped and said uncle

After 10 minutes of beating, Amelia stopped and dragged Ashen to his class, threw him in the room, and went to her own class. The students in the class laughed hysterically.

Wounded and beaten, Ashen walked over to his desk

For the rest of the day, Ashen and Sessaru avoided Amelia and Steven. Amelia attempted several more times to get Ashen's reflection but the two of them managed to foil her plans each time. After the last bell rang, Ashen rushed home to avoid confrontation

"Man.....what a day!!" Ashen said as he began to get out of his school clothes

"(I agree. It has been quite interesting.)" Sessaru said

"Yeah! No thanks to you!" Ashen said before his phone rang

"Hello?" Ashen said

"Hi Ashen."

"A..Amelia. Whats up?"

"Sorry about earlier. I did get a little out of hand. Are you ok?"

"Yeah. Yeah. I am fine. No biggie."

"I really do feel terrible about before. Wanna come over for a bit?"

"Su..Sure! I will be over shortly."

"See ya soon!"

Ashen smiled widely as he ran into his room and looked frantically for some clothes

"I can't believe she invited me over!" Ashen said

"(Ashen....)" Sessaru said

"Maybe....just maybe......" Ashen thought to himself as he struggled to put on some jeans over his current jeans

"(ASHEN!!)" Sessaru yelled

"WHAT!!" Ashen yelled back

"(Don't you think this is a little too suspicious?)" Sessaru asked

"What?" Ashen said

"(This makes no sense. Why would she invite you over after all this time! Have you even ever BEEN to her house? Think!)" Sessaru said

"Sessaru! I have told you before not to bad-mouth my friends and now you are accusing them of this?!" Ashen said

"Think about it Ashen! Why would she do this!! Its not as if she has feelings for you!!" Sessaru said

Ashen stopped in his tracks

"Sessaru. You are not to say a word or do anything while I am over there. Regardless of the circumstances. You got me!" Ashen said

Sessaru remained silent for a while before he agreed to Ashen's terms

Within the hour, Ashen was ringing Amelia's doorbell. He had washed up and put on some casual clothes. He didn't wanna seem to desperate.

Amelia opened the door and greeted him with a smile and a warm hug. Once they were in, Amelia offered Ashen some snacks and they ate and talked with one another

Sessaru noticed that there were glass cups and other things he knew nothing about everywhere but as he agreed, he said not a word. Ashen had yet to notice, for he was too enticed by Amelia's smile and charm to notice.

As Amelia talked to Ashen, the reflection that the cups were giving off weren't good enough and she also noticed that Ashen wasn't as sharp and quick-witted as he was earlier. She decided to take a chance.

Amelia got up and asked Ashen to join her in the kitchen. Like the good little pup he was, he followed

Halfway to the kitchen, Amelia "accidentally tripped" and Ashen caught her. She stared into Ashen's eyes and Ashen once again became dulled by her charm

Suddenly, Sessaru felt a strong demonic aura and it was closing in at a creeping pace

"(Not good...)" Sessaru said to himself

Suddenly, Sessaru was interrupted by Amelia saying: "What the hell!?" Sessaru had brought his attention back and Ashen had been driven to a wall and right across from them was a mirror on Amelia's bedroom door which was closed exposing Sessaru's entire being. Not Ashen

Ashen was shocked then turned to Amelia who was backing away slowly

"(You fucking moron.. I told you this would happen!!") Sessaru said

Ashen tried to comfort her but she drew a knife from behind her and aimed it at Ashen.

"Who are you and where is Ashen?!!" she said

(Silence)

Suddenly, a boy broke through Amelia's kitchen window and landed in front of Amelia. The boy was covered in blood and held a scalpel in his hand.

"You....its you isn't is.....Sessaru!" he said

"Sessaru?......" Amelia said as the three of them all looked at one another in a stand off.