Chapter 25 ~ passenger

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Rei got up from the couch , stretching and arching her back into a long yawn.

"Ahh I see I am still a girl huh." She said looking down at her chest and arms. 'Remi' was back.

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She looked around the living room,studying the environment to make sure of where she was.

"This is my parents house, did that jerk Arloh actually bring me to my parents house?" She thought out loud jumping out the couch and looking around.

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"Oh you're awake dear, how was your nap." Jana walked into the living room holding a tiny gardening shovel , while huge yellow rubber gloves covered her hands up to her elbows.

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"Uhhh...good, mom, how did I get to your house, did that classmate of mine bring me here?" Rei asked, scratching the back of her head.

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"Oh that Aaron boy? What was his name again.."

Jan struggled to recall.

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"Arloh." Rei corrected and suddenly slapped herself in the face.

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"Oh my, why did you do that?" Jana asked, rather confused .

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"It's nothing mom." Rei said, in actuality she found it disgusting she actually remembered his name properly now. This was of course a jab to the standards of Remi, his appearance may be different, but he was still Remi, and Remi wouldn't remember the name of someone he didn't care about.

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"Well...." Jana trailed, side eyeing Rei. " ...yes your classmate brought you to the hospital, and waited for a really long time to make sure you were fine before I had to send him home....such a nice kid."

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Rei pouted , finding it annoying that Arloh seemed to be winning her mother over.

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"Mm he just did that to look good to you." She said and yawned for what felt like eternity. "I guess I'll say thanks when I see him tomorrow."

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"Tomorrow?? No, no young man, you will not be going to school until the end of the week , you have to recover." Jana warned , immediately refusing to hear any mentions of going to school.

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"Awww come on mom, I can't skip the whole week , I feel fine already." Rei protested, before letting out another long yawn.

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"You may feel fine, but we have to wait and see what your test results say, it should arrive anytime now.....if it says you're fine then you can go back....next week." Jana said , fiddling the shovel in her hands.

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"Uggghh you're too protective mom," Rei groaned and flopped onto the couch .

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"I have two tournament games next week, I would barely even be able to make any days at school next week, cos I will have to train with the team and stuff."

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Jana stroked her chin ,contemplating Rei's complaint.

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"Fine, I'll let you go back to school this week,only if your medical test results are good."

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"Hurray!" Rei rejoiced rather lazily.

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"Why are you interested in getting back to school anyways? you never were fond of it." Jana asked, she knew such character was odd from her son.

" Oh that's because of Bel."

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"What?" Jana mumbled, not quite catching what Rei said as she headed back to her garden.

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"Hmm?" Rei hummed, refusing to repeat the statement.

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"Well at least you're taking studies seriously, are you still not able to change back to male? Won't it be a problem for your tournament if you show up like this?" Jana twirled around to ask as the thought struck her mind.

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"Hmmm I never thought of that, it should be fine by then." Rei answered casually and went back to laying on the couch.

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Jana shrugged,

"Oh well , I have to hurry and set up my garden for the coming winter, the sudden blizzard today almost caught me off guard." She said and went back outside to continue her gardening.

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Arloh had finally arrived home after a rather boring day at school,it was already quite late in the day, with the blizzard finally settling and everyone being able to leave and go to their homes .

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He scratched his head and sighed loudly in frustration as he stared at an envelope wedged under his door.

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"They've got to be kidding me." He complained and picked up the envelope after he opened the door.

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In the small brown envelope was a sealed parcel, the seal was no doubt that of the Renoh family. Arloh knew it was most likely from his uncle or the All father himself.

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"How many times do I have to tell them to stop inviting me to these things?" He complained further as he opened the parcel to find a letter in it which read:

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- Everyone's presence is demanded at my quarters at 6pm tomorrow, now everyone will have to tell me where they stand and then I will decide.-

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Arloh frowned in confusion, it was certainly from the All father himself, it had his signature at the bottom and not to mention the unnecessary theatrics to match.

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*This could've been an email.* Arloh thought to himself and scumbled up the envelope and chucked it in the bin as soon as he got in his flat.

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In a dark room sat Reuben , sweating profusely from the intense gym work he had been doing ,he picked up the envelope next to him on the bench press seat. His muscles flexed as reached over to pick it up.

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For a teenager his age his biceps were huge and well built , his body resembled that of a cage fighter , with toned muscles and visible slash-like scars on his shoulders , they were easy to spot once he wore anything sleeveless like the tank top he had on now, his hands and up to his neck also had parts of his skin that looked like they had healed from a terrible burn.

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He let out a sigh of exhaustion as he peeled open the envelope, some sweat dropping from his forehead unto the brown envelope.

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For a moment he hesitated opening the letter, the seal being from the family , he was certain it was a message from the Allfather.

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He hadn't noticed but his hands began to tremble as he sat there wondering whether or not he wanted to see the contents of this envelope.

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"Ahhhhh!!!" Reuben shouted out loud and in one sudden motion got up and threw the envelope to the ground.

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"What am I so worried about, I have no reason to be intimidated." He said in an effort to calm himself. He walked over and picked up the envelope once again.

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He gently opened it and found a letter inside .

The letter read:

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- How long does it take to prove me wrong?

Tomorrow at 6pm I will make my decision, I know where you stand, but I need to see loyalty.-

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Reuben exhaled in relief and fell back to sit on the chair after reading the letter, of course his was also carrying the Allfather's signature.

He was greatly relieved to see that the letter was not what he was expecting.

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He looked at his hands which were still shaking slightly, the sight of his cowardice pissed him off. Truly disgusted and in a fit of rage,he bit on his left thumb until it started to bleed profusely. The blood dripped onto the ground and on his clothes as he got up and went back furiously working the punching bag.

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He kept punching and the blood kept flowing, splashing all over and staining the room.

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Every single punch did nothing to calm him and only reminded him more of that day.

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Getting put out in the rain that made his skin burn,..The irony .

No remedy could heal it and he was left in pain for days .

All he was told was to let it be a lesson to him.

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The only thing Reuben knew he learned was that every attachment is a scar,

Attachment to a person

Attachment to a place

Attachment to a way of life

Attachment to laws

And Attachment to feelings

scars never go away and that they make you ugly.

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If he had no attachments he would be perfect, beautiful in the sight of the Allfather.

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He was okay being ugly, all the fancy clothes and jewelry could cover it up just fine.

But the older he grew , the more temporary it felt.

The outward beauty will not last forever, eventually he knew the ugliness would creep outwards of him.

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He knew that the only way he would regain his beauty was to do what nobody in his god forsaken family would do.

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He thought about things that made him angry.

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Arloh and his stupid mother upset him whenever he even had a second of a memory about them,why were they even still part of this family?

His father was a sorry bootlicker to the All father and a man who had nothing of value to offer his son.

Reuben had long realized he was the only one who could do what was required for himself.

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"Whatever it takes..." He whispered as he punched the bag as hard as he could.

"Whatever it takes..." He punched again

"Whatever it takes!!!!". He punched and punched.

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He would keep going until his body gave out for the day, again and again like a man possessed.

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"Hmmm it has been a while since I visited home, I kind of miss this room, I barely even got to stay in it." Rei said to herself, standing in her bedroom in her parent's house, it had been a couple months since she left the house,not long after they had just moved into it.

"At least here I get to be myself, just Remi." She said and walked over to the front of the mirror observing her body.

It was indeed strange, Remi himself could not believe that he was now basically living two lives, and the longer he spent stuck in a female form, he felt it had started to alter his mind.

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Remi picked up a photo that was tucked into the crevice between the glass and the mirror frame. It was a photo of him on a vacation,from two years ago. He never thought of it, but in recent weeks his lifestyle had changed drastically.

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"What an odd life I've got." She sighed and tucked the picture back into the mirror and went back to studying her appearance in the mirror, pinching at her cheek and pulling at her face.

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" It's almost like an entirely different person, I'm even starting to feel that way sometimes."

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Suddenly she noticed something very strange in the mirror, her hands went cold at what she saw , her eyes shot wide and her lips frozen shut in shock of not knowing how to react.

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She was sure of what she was seeing, there and then the reflection in the mirror, stopped mirroring Remi's actions and showed only a reflection of her standing still with her eyes shut, as if sleeping standing up.

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Remi was terrified and perplexed by what she was seeing, she stepped back from the mirror slowly, staggering as she moved back, the mirror still reflecting the image of her standing still with closed eyes .

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"What....the ....hell." Remi whispered as if trying not to alert whatever she felt was in the mirror , stepping back and not removing her eyes from the mirror at any point ,she picked up the first hard object she felt on the desk behind her and threw it at the mirror.

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The mirror shattered with a loud crash, alerting Jana who immediately bolted to her child's room when she heard the noise.

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"Wha- what's going on?" Jana asked,as she flung the door to the room open .

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Remi didn't answer and just slowly lifted her hand and pointed at the broken mirror, not looking away from it at all.

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Jana looked at Remi, then at the shattered glass on the floor , she could see on Remi's face that she was terrified of something.

Remi hardly showed fear , even as a child, Jana didn't remember many moments when raising Remi where he was afraid of anything.

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Naturally she was worried now, what just happened?

Why did Remi look so frightened?

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