The 4 of them are sitting in Rayne's room , Lily and Jojo are on the bed as Rayne and Jade are sitting on the chairs .
“S….so……. You're a girl ?”
Jade asks while putting a cloth on his nose as blood was still coming out of it .
“Hmm….”
Jojo nods while saying .
“Then why are you wearing the male outfit ? And your head…..”
Lily asks .
“Well then now that you already know about this……..then I think I should tell you all of it .”
Everyone begins to look at her face .
“Huh!!”
Jojo's face turns red as she starts talking .
“My….my real name is Jojona Karage , you remember I told you about the pledge ? Well I am the first female born in 20 years in my clan……”
“Wooahh , I thought it was a 50/50 chance……”
As Rayne was saying Lily hits him on his head .
“THUD!!!”
“Ouuuchh what was that for ?”
“Don't talk shit when she's talking……umm Jojona you can continue…..”
“Hmm….so as I was saying I am a miracle honestly , but to my clan , it wasn't so good , you see all my cousins are male and I was the only female in my clan , and in my clan females aren't cut out to be Spirit users , so my grandpa thought that he won't even gonna waste their money on me for my teachings , he thought he'll just make me marry someone and it'll be over , but just after the age of 5 my Soulforce begins to enhance drastically , so much so that none of my cousins could keep up with me , that time my grandpa thought of this . ”
“What do you mean ?”
Rayne asks .
“Well my clan isn't that well known like Jade's or Liliana's family , our financial crisis has a big part on that honestly……so he thought if I can become a well known Spirit user then this crisis will finally end and our clan will finally gain some reputation , so he…….”
She stops .
“He made you do this .”
Lily asks as she looks down .
“Yeah….but I'm happy .”
As she says everyone starts smiling .
“I don't wanna marry just anyone for money , I'll get stronger and make money myself then I'll marry someone……no I'll marry Jade senpai…..”
“THUD!!!”
Jade hits her on the head .
“Shut up idiot……sheesh , you know what you really should do right now ? You should show everyone who you really are , don't let them make an expression of you by looking at what you are pretending to be . Be yourself , if not……you'll always get crushed by others……by your own family .”
Jojona is looking at Jade's face steadily without blinking .
“Ye….yes senpai , I promise I'll do it . Senpai , you'll come back one day right ?”
Jade looks at her face for a moment .
“Of course I will , we all will .”
Jojona looks at him with admiration as everyone starts smiling , they had smile on their faces , but Rayne understood , everyone has their own problems in which they are going through , but if friends help each other out , the suffering goes down easily .
As time passes by Rayne finally completes his packing as he is ready to get out of the academy . Jade and Lily left so that they can pack their stuff , but inside Rayne's mind he knew it wasn't gonna be that easy , he is constantly thinking what would happen in both of their families when they tell them about this .
[Place - Ellensmere North Exit Gate , Time - 12:34 PM ]
Rayne is standing along under the hot flaring sunlight , there's no shade except the shadow of the huge gate right in front of him , 5 guards are standing there .
“I hope they can make it .”
Rayne thinks looking at the gate .
“Yo…”
Jade's voice suddenly floated in Rayne's ears , he turns around as he sees Jade coming towards him with a huge bag on his back but something is not right . He looks like he's beat up .
“Hey what happened ?”
“Ohh this….”
Jade scratched his head for sometime .
“It's nothing , I fell from the stairs…. ”
“Jade!!!!”
A heavy voice comes up , Jade's dad and some other people are coming towards them .
“What do you think you're doing ?”
He asks .
“What I told you I would do .”
“I said no……don't you remember ?”
“Yeah I do…….but I don't give a shit bout what you think .”
Jade's dad comes closer to him .
“Jade , you will come with me back home this instant…..or else….”
“Or else what you're gonna hit me just like before ?”
Jade's dad takes a back step .
“Don't have the balls now do you ?”
Jade's dad's eyes get filled with anger as he clenches his fists .
“Don't forget to whom you're talking to Jade , watch your tongue or it will not be there next time .”
“Heh I'm done with your shitty threats , Rohden Storm , I ain't scared of them anymore .”
“You little…..”
He looks at Rayne .
“you're going with this thief….”
“He's not a thief . He's my friend……..”
“I don't know what this brat told you , but if you don't come with me today…….you will no longer be a Storm .”
As he says that Jade looks down on his feet , Rayne holds his shoulder .
“You should go…….it's good for you….”
Rohden suddenly has a grin on his face .
“Done with your yapping ? Know your place , you're nothing without the surname…...”
“Then from today , this moment , I'm no longer a Storm.........it's way better being just Jade than living under the shitty surname of yours .”
“JAAAADDDEE!!!!!”
He was charging towards Jade but one of the guards sees that , he notices it and stops . He turns around and begins to walk .
“Remember , from today you're no longer a Storm......the doors of the family are closed for you from now on .”
Rohden says as he walks away .
“Remember this You dipshit , one day you , yourself will come to me , that day I ain't gonna accept you as a father .”
He doesn't even stop .
“What are you doing ?”
Rayne asks .
“You want to destroy your life or something ?”
“No .”
Jade says boldly .
“You dunno what I went through man , I was never free , I was always shackled by that surname , nobody cares me as who I really am , they only care bout the surname , I want to show everyone that I don't need that surname to be someone important…..”
“Jade…..”
“Don't worry bout it , as for my future don't forget I'm already at gold rank , getting to ruby isn't that tough . When we get admission to Raid's , I'll work even harder , I'll show that dipshit I don't need his surname to live .”
Jade says with passion all over his eyes looking at that Rayne smiles , but another thought comes to his mind .
“Hey where's Lily ?”
Jade asks .
“I dunno…..I was thinking the same thing .”
While they are talking none of them notices that a small pug is standing behind Rayne .
“Ruff ruff..”
This shocks both of them , Rayne and Jade look at it .
“Woah when did this guy come here ?”
Jade says as he pats it's head , the dog's happy face changes to a ferocious one . But Jade ignores that , Rayne looks at it and finds a small wooden roll under the dog , he moves it and picks it up as Jade picks the dog up and begins to Pat it again .
“What is this ?”
He inspects the roll for sometime and finds it's hollow and it can be opened , he opens it as a roll of paper comes out . He reads the paper which said .
“My friends , I am so sorry to let you know that I can not go on this journey of yours , I am busy and I have to study hard for my exams , I wish you luck and goodbye . From - Liliana ”
“That's a shady letter if you ask me .”
Jade says .
“Ye…yeah….but maybe she really just doesn't wanna go ?”
Rayne says with sad eyes , he begins to think about his and Lily's friendship once again .
“Hey it's ok , I'm gonna go with ya don't worry . ”
Jade says as he begins to Pat the dog again .
“And who is the cutest doggy ? Who is it ? You are yes you are . You wanna come with us huh ?”
Jade says making weird faces and sounds as Rayne looks at the letter once again , there's some more things written on it .
“Hey it says something more……the dog doesn't like patting ? What ? It hates when someone rubs his belly….”
“Aaagghhhhh”
Jade's scream comes in .
Rayne looks at him as the pug is biting his right hand .
“Aaagghhhhh what the!!!!!! What the hell with this dog!!!!!! ”
Jade shakes his hand rapidly as the dog finally lets him go and runs away .
“What the heck was with that dog ? ”
Jade shouts as Rayne begins to laugh , looking at his face Jade smiles as he also begins to laugh . Jade knew Rayne's life is as messed up as his is , and as they have a same goal they have to work together , looking at Rayne he understands that Rayne needs company , as for both of them this is their last hope…..
“Wooahh , I thought it was a 50/50 chance……”
I dunno why but this line made me laugh a lot .
XD glad you like it .
Guess Lily's parents didn't let her go with Rayne. But man Rayne and Jade are gonna be together in this journey. If only they were homos.
Who knows ? Maybe they are maybe they aren't......