Chosen

Biology

I'm trying to act normal during school, but the fact they're teaching us biology isn't helping. We also happen to be learning about how cells produce, and I almost want to cry. It had been a week since the 'baby incident ', and I haven't talked to anyone about it except my friends. I think Mr. Yukio can tell I'm having a bad day, but he can't just let me sleep. I try to anyway, ignoring the lesson.

Suddenly a voice calls on me. "Clarity, can you answer me?" Yukio calls, staring at me.

"Babies!" I answer loudly, my hand in the air, before I realize that the entire class is staring at me.

"Ummm... No. The correct answer was the 'most basic element of life'. Where did babies come from?" He asks, giving me a curious gaze. The entire class bursts out laughing, and I blush vividly. I lay my head on my desk, and a few tears escape my eyes.

In the background, I hear Yukio tell the class to open their books, but I ignore him.

"Clarity, come outside with me," I look up startled to see him suddenly standing next to me. He begins walking towards the door, and I appear to have no other choice but to follow. As soon as we're both out in the hallway, he shuts the door and stares at me.

"What's wrong? You seem distracted and upset," he says, looking genuinely worried. He touches my shoulder gently, and that's when I notice he's not as old as most of the teachers. Yukio can't be over 18 or 19.

"Nothing, just some um... Baby problems?" I say, unsure of how much to tell him.

His eyes widen visibly. "Oh, no. Is Rin involved?" He asks, grasping my shoulders. I jump a bit, wondering what he's trying to imply.

"Um... Yeah," I say hesitantly, staring at my feet.

His eyes grow even wider. "Did Rin--- you know--- you?" He inquires, and my eyes bulge as well. I seriously can't imagine sweet gentle Rin forcing me to get pregnant. I guess Yukio took that as a yes, because his jaw drops and he stands up quickly.

"My idiot brother..." He snarls under his breath. Then he takes off, feet pounding on the tile floor.

Did I hear him say brother? I shake my head confused.

Suddenly the speakers blare on, and I hear Yukio yell, "Rin Okumura, report to the office immediately," then they shut down.

I swear under my breath and take off, hoping this wouldn't turn out to be too big of a deal.
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Rin's POV

I walk to the office with my hands in my jean pockets, feeling like a naughty kid. I have no idea why they called me up. What the heck did I do this time?

I open the large door slowly, and peek in the office. What I see surprises me. Yukio stands in the middle of the office, glaring at me. This has to be a joke.

He suddenly swings the door open and grabs me by the collar, dragging me to his face. This isn't a joke, and the terror in my eyes must show it.

"WHAT THE HECK WERE YOU THINKING, RIN!!!!!!!" He yells in my face, and I flinch. Yukio hasn't ever talked to me like that before, even when he was a demon. What did I do?

I wriggle out of his clenched fists and drop onto the floor, disheveled. I stand back up, and my hands explode into blue flames. "WHAT THE HECK ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT," I scream back, letting my demon self come through. "I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING!!!!!"

He drops me and turns around, shaking his head. "You know we're not allowed to have offspring," he says in a voice cold as ice, and I shiver involuntary, "The world doesn't need more demons,"

I stare at him, still confused. "What do you mean? I don't have any offspring!" I growl at him, and I extinguish my flames. They're not of need any more.

"That girl, Clarity. Remember her? You raped her!" He snarls at me, and I look up in shock.

"No, I didn't! I'd never do that!" I growl back at him, upset for him even having the idea of it.

"You demon perv," he spits at me and I back up. The door flies open, startling both of us, and Clarity stomps in, enraged. Honestly, she reminds me of Yukio when he gets mad.

"Yukio, you IDIOT!" She screams, and slaps him square across the face, surprising both of us. "You never let me finish! He didn't rape me, he never would!"

"Then why did you look like that?!?" He shouts back, rubbing his flared cheek. I seriously have no idea what's going on, and it's kind of awkward being in the middle of this conversation.

"Ummm..." She stares at her stomach nervously, and I notice it's slightly enlarged. Oh, crap. I swear I didn't do anything like that to her, but then again, was I drugged or something? I still highly doubt it. But her stomach is definitely larger, and not from eating. Yukio notices it too.

"Clarity, are you-" my brother stops. He doesn't need to say anymore.

She looks up at me, her eyes reared up and face blushing. She suddenly bursts into tears and runs out of the room, hands covering her water streaked face.

The door slams shut on both of us, leaving me alone with my brother.