I've been waiting forever to finally get here. Chapter 13! I've been wanting to write this for a while… and now I finally got to it! Muahahaha. I had considered just ending the series at Chapter 13 but I have so much to write still! X_x I keep listening to "I Want To Hold Your Hand" from the Across The Universe movie soundtrack. It's prettyyy.

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My head felt like it was getting ready to burst open. Pain was scratching the inside of my skull like a caged animal, wanting to burst out from inside. I could hear my screams escalate as the feeling of nails against my skin started on my forehead. The sound was muffled as something warm was put over my mouth. I could feel it was the warmth of skin, someone was covering my mouth. I couldn't bring myself to open my eyes to see who it was. I opened my mouth to scream more but instead I bit down on the hand that was covering my mouth. My teeth sank down into the flesh and I could taste the blood welting from the wound. It tasted like blood always did, salty and metallic. I heard a soft grunt as I made the wound deeper.

"Selene, let go." A male's voice said to me. It sounded familiar… I had heard it somewhere before. The voice was like velvet rubbing against my skin. It made me feel a little better, but not enough to get me to stop. The blood from the wound got caught in my throat and I coughed, releasing my bite. I felt myself tumble out of the bed and onto the wooden floor. Something hot was seeping down my forehead… was it sweat? As it trickled down my face it got into my eyes and made them burn. My fingers began digging into the wood. I kept digging at it until my fingers began to bleed from the abuse.

"Make it stop, please, make it stop!" I cried, curling up into a ball. I wrapped my arms around myself and began to dig my broken nails into my skin, scratching it away like it was paper. Causing more pain to myself wasn't helping. The pain in my head was too powerful to stop. A bunch of memories began to pour into my head and I was certain they weren't my own. As they filled me I began to cry. My heart pounded away, beating against my chest, making my ribs shutter. The memories made the pain subside into a hate. Hate for what?

Never forgive it.

I felt a burning hate. I couldn't forgive it. Whatever it was, it was causing me this excruciating pain. I bit down on my lip and broke the skin there too while I felt someone kneel down next to me and pry my hands away from my body. I forced my eyes open though they only opened halfway. They burned from whatever it was that was trickling down my forehead. I looked up at Tyki who was holding my hands away from myself so I couldn't do anymore damage. My vision was blurry so I couldn't make out his expression. "Kill me, please…" I pleaded, tears washing away the stinging sensation and blur in my eyes, "I can't… take this… just… kill me."

He stared at me with his golden eyes. He had on his poker face while he was looking at me. "No, I can't do that." Tyki replied in a serious tone. I had never heard him sound so serious.

If he couldn't kill me, then I was going to throw myself out the window and do it myself. I started to drag my body towards where I thought the window was. I couldn't even get five inches away, my body wasn't allowing me to and my mind was in no state to overcome my body. I yelled out in frustration and hit my head against the floor once before I started digging my nails back into the floorboard.

"Tyki, what is this~"

This new voice was one that I had never heard before… but for some reason it sounded very familiar. I felt like I had heard it a million times in my past life.

"I found her." Was all Tyki said to the new person in the room.

I forced my eyes to open again and I could spot a pair of shiny black shoes. I shifted my eyes upwards and noted the clean, expensive pants. My body began to crawl on its own. I wanted to be near this person badly. As I got closer, the pain seemed to grow weaker. I wrapped my arms around his legs and buried my face into his pants. "Make it stop, make it stop… make it stop." I heard myself chanting like it was a prayer of strength.

"How interesting…" I could hear him say above me. I looked up at him and all I could see was a wide grin filled with white teeth, and glasses. The light that was casted against them hid his eyes well. He held out a gloved hand and his palm closed over my face. The pain escalated back up and began to climax and after I felt myself fall into the dark depths of unconsciousness.

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The water of the ocean brushed against my naked feet as it pulled into the beach. It curled around me and pulled out, leaving my feet to enjoy the wet sand that was underneath. A soft breeze played with my hair, lifting it up and down. I stared down at my tan feet and pursued my lips. Had I gotten a tan at this beach? I usually got sun burned more than tanned. I held up my arms and they to share the same brown glow that my feet and ankles had. The ocean water slid back onto the beach and playfully swirled around my ankles. I looked down at my reflection and saw long hair gently swaying behind. It was black and curly. Two pairs of yellow eyes started back at me questioningly, and as the eyes began to look up the wind blew my hair away from my face. Cross shaped scars adorned my forehead like a crown, and when I realized that this person I was looking at was me, I screamed.

I bolted upright in the bed I was in, my body broken out in a cold sweat. I was panting and buried my face in my hands as I tried to calm myself down. It was just a dream Selene, like the ones you've been having for the past month… calm down I told myself reassuringly. I wiped the sweat from my face and froze as my fingers traced against indented flesh. I pulled my hands away from my face slowly, hoping that I wouldn't see what I thought I was going to see. I saw a pair of tanned hands with well manicured nails and upon seeing that sight I started screaming again like I had in my dream. I ripped the sheets that were on top of me off and got out of the bed, running to what I think was the bathroom in this expensive looking room. I nearly tore the door off as I opened it and flipped the light switch on. I threw myself in front of the mirror, mouth opening in shock as I was greeted by some familiar stranger. My hair was pitch black like night and was at my waist. It was curly and looked very healthy. My eyes were completely foreign to me… yellow. My eyes had been brown with bits of gold but never completely gold like this. I swept my hand across my forehead and lifted back the hair that was hiding what was underneath. The crown I had seen in my dream was there, right there. Was I dreaming again? Oh god, please tell me I was dreaming again. "NO!" I shouted, slamming my hand against the mirror. It cracked and shattered against the force of my hit and it didn't even make me bleed. The glass didn't get jammed in my hand like it should have. "NO!" I screamed again, looking for something else to break.

"Selene?"

I turned towards the doorway and saw him standing there, eyes wide. He wasn't wearing his work clothes but an expensive outfit of dress pants and a clean white shirt. He moved closer to me, but slowly… like he was scared or something.

"WHAT DID YOU DO TO ME, TYKI?" I screamed, picking up an expensive looking vase that was sitting on the sink counter and throwing it at him. It merely went right through him and ended up slamming on one of the four posters of the bed in the room behind him. Tyki held up his hands like he was guilt-free.

"I didn't do anything." He replied calmly, his eyes boring into mine. "Selene calm down… I know this is going to be difficult for you but you're a N-"

"NO!" I shouted at him. I was right up against him and I didn't even realize that I had moved so quickly. I pushed him out of the way and stalked past him. I was wearing a night dress but I didn't care if it was inappropriate to venture out like this. I marched out of the bedroom and began to turn left in the hallway like I knew where I was going. But I did know where I was going… this place seemed so familiar to me even though I had never been here before. Was I having major déjà vu trips? My bare feet padded softly against the carpet. I could feel my body walk gracefully. My back was straight and my hips were even swishing… oh my god, what did they do to me?!

I burst into a room that looked like the library of the house. It was large and books covered the entire walls. There was a fire place, a desk and everything you'd find in the personal library of an aristocrat. A little girl was lying on her stomach, scribbling in a book. It looked like she was coloring and a pumpkin umbrella sat next to her on the floor. She looked up from her artwork and I remembered her face immediately: it was Rhode. Her eyes lit up and she stood. In three skips she leaped up and wrapped her arms around me.

"Big sister~" She said happily, rubbing her cheek against my stomach. "Do you like the night dress I got for you?" Rhode asked, head gazing up at me with innocent looking eyes. I knew what she was capable of. She was a wolf in sheep's disguise, but when she called me big sister I felt my heart being squeezed. It felt so right when she called me that… "You were a real mess when they brought you here, but I made sure to fix you up!" She continued happily.

I opened and closed my mouth, not sure what to say. My eyebrows knitted together in frustration as I began to say, "Let go of me." I knew it would hurt her feelings, and I wanted to take it back. I wanted to say I was sorry and just hug her. I fought that urge away and pushed Rhode off of me and started to walk towards the desk that was near the fireplace. I saw the man in the large top hat sitting behind that desk, scribbling away at some papers that he was working on. He looked up as I got closer and he merely smiled at me. It was a large smile that went from ear to ear.

"Hello, Selene~" He said happily.

"What did you do to me, you bastard?!" I shouted. Now I could put a name to his face. This wasn't just any ordinary fellow. This was the guy we were at war with, the whole reason I had been fighting for so long. I had dedicated my life to destroying him. I felt hate for him burning in the pit of my stomach, but it wasn't as intense as I had hoped it would be.

"Me? I didn't do anything to you, and a beautiful lady as yourself should not be using such bad language." He said in a fatherly type of tone, setting down his pen. He set his hands down on top of each other on the desk and tilted his head to the side. "I am sure that you can come to the conclusion of what has really happened."

I stopped breathing for a second as my eyes widened. All of these dreams I was having before… they had come true. I thought they were just silly nightmares but they weren't. "No, I can't possibly be…"

"But you are, don't you feel it?" The Earl's happy grin seemed to grow wider in size.

He was right, I did feel… something. I felt like I was with old family again, at a summer cottage we would stay at every year together. I inhaled deeply and balled my hands into fists, "But how? Why me… I was an exorcist."

The Earl nodded his head and rested his cheek against his palm "Ah, yes… the pesky innocence can do peculiar things at times. It seems that it was preventing your awakening from happening." He paused for a moment and continued, "We had to get rid of that nasty innocence for you to truly awaken and join us." His gaze went past me to something behind me. I turned my head and saw Tyki standing there with Rhode holding on tightly to his arm. "Why it would even choose you as an accommodator leaves even me at a loss of words."

I bit down on my lower lip and felt anger boil inside of me. I didn't know what to say. I couldn't even come up with a reason as to why the innocence would pick me in the first place. Did it even know that it had picked someone destined to become a Noah? Why did you pick me? Why did you pick me?! I shouted in my head.

"Oh!" Rhode's surprised response made me come back to reality and away from my thoughts. The Earl turned in his chair and stared at the fireplace behind him. The fire that wasn't even lit before had somehow been ignited. The flames were licking wildly inside at the stone and began climbing upwards.

"Selene my dear, would you please put that out before you burn our home down?" He asked.

I didn't even know how to turn it off. What was I suppose to say? Fire, fire, go away? The anger that had built up was slowly subsiding and as it did the fire grew weaker. I stared at the small fire that was glowing and felt my eyes began to water. A small hand wrapped around mine and began to tug at my stiff arm.

"Selene, let's go get ready for lunch." Rhode said.

I looked down at her and felt myself begin to calm down. I couldn't get so upset around my family… No! They aren't your family! I heard my inner voice yell. I slid my arm out of her embrace and set my hand on top of her head, fingers gently brushing through her hair in an affectionate manner. It felt so right but at the same time it felt wrong to me. "I would really like it… if you picked out my outfit." I said, hoping that would please her.

Her eyes widened and her face lit up with delight, "Yes! I have the perfect outfit for you!" She chimed happily, grabbing my hand and pulling me out of the library. I went along with her and as I passed Tyki I snuck a glance at him. He stared back at me and gave me a small smile before Rhode dragged me out of the room and I couldn't see him anymore.

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I couldn't believe I was saying this, but I enjoyed Rhode's company. The memories of her torturing me before when I was an exorcist disappeared as she sat me down in a dressing room. She pulled out boxes that looked like they were from expensive stores around Europe. They all had brand new hats, gloves, and there were even designer dresses inside the closets. Rhode held up different sizes of hats for me to see. I frowned at the large ones that looked more like umbrellas than hats. She put those away and decided on a smaller hat for me.

"I'm going to make you look pretty~" She said in a sing-song voice, matching up a dress with the small hat she had picked. She hung the dress up in view for me to see and stopped, turning her head towards me, "Not that you aren't already." Rhode smiled, "You're really pretty!"

"I'm not." I immediately replied, frowning. Why did everyone keep telling me I was pretty…

"But Selene, you're Beauty." She blinked at me.

"What?" I asked, frowning more. What did this child mean now?

"You know… the Beauty of Noah." She said; nodding her head with her sweet little smile placed on her face.

My cheeks felt hot as I looked down at my lap. I was the beauty of this family… it sounded right. Everything they were telling me sounded so perfect. It was like I was having some seductive, sinful candy. "Yes..." I heard myself agree with her.

Once she picked out shoes for the outfit (heels, great. I was going to fall down.) she skipped over to me. She had sat me down in front of a vanity set with the mirror and drawers full of makeup and hair stuff. Rhode opened one drawer and pulled out a silver hair brush and began to work on my hair. She brushed it a few times before she began to style it. She worked my long hair up to the side into a bun. She left a few strands of my hair to curl around and frame my face. After working on my hair, she pulled out a makeup case and opened it. Inside were foreign objects and it might have as well been a doctors medical bag. "I don't like makeup."

"I'm not going to put on a lot, you don't need it." Rhode brushed my cheeks with some pink powder. She pulled out something thin that looked like a pen and from that she pulled a black brush. She put that on my eyelashes and after that, pulled out some lipstick to add to my lips. After she was done, Rhode pulled away so I could look at myself in the mirror. I raised my eyebrows at my painted face. Well… I did look nice. I looked like I should be associated with the higher class of people in the world.

After she was done fixing my face she pulled me up so that I would stand. I stood next to the dress she had picked out and felt my face burn as she started to take off my night dress.

"I won't look~" She said playfully as my dress slipped to the floor. I closed my eyes as she began to dress me, and moved when she asked. It wasn't too long before I was garbed. The cloth felt comfortable against my skin. This was definitely not a cheap outfit. Rhode made me sit back down on the chair and slipped the heels onto my feet. After, she took the small hat she had from the box and placed it on top of my head near the bun so it looked like I was wearing a hat off to the side. With me being complete, Rhode clapped her hands together and stared at me like I was some masterpiece.

"Perfect!"

I turned my head towards the mirror and looked at myself really good. I was wearing a nice purple dress. It was simple but still had the expensive look to it. The collar was high on my neck with a bit of white at the top. I looked down at the shiny shoes that were on my feet and sighed, "I hope I don't trip."

Rhode laughed, "You won't! Promise!"

I hope she could keep her promise, unlike some people I knew.

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I still had no idea where I was, where this house was located. Lunch was being served outside, and all of the servants had stars on their forehead. Akuma… Even though they were death machines they were good servants. They always called us Master Noah and even though I insisted that they stop calling me that, they didn't seem to get the message. It was just the three of us eating outside. They had served little sandwiches and tea which I didn't touch at first. I was starving, but I wasn't sure if I wanted to eat their food. Hunger overcame me and I was soon indulging myself on the tasty sandwiches. The Earl talked mostly to Rhode, something about how important it was for her to not skip school. She went to school? I would have never thought a Noah would go to school.

I stayed quiet as I finished my fifth sandwich and just sat there sipping my tea. It tasted sweet and as I finished it, an akuma servant refilled my teacup. It felt normal sitting here, having lunch with the Noah's. I looked around at the well manicured garden. The flowers were breathtaking. So many colors were represented against the green background. There was pink, yellow, blue, orange, and red. Lavi. My chest tightened at the thought of Lavi. What would he do if he knew what had really happened to me? What would all of them say back at headquarters… what would my teacher Michael say?

I looked down at my empty plate as my chest grew tighter, "I'm sorry but I don't feel well. I'm going to go lay down." I said before standing up.

Rhode looked up at me with a concerned expression but the Earl nodded his head at me. "That's fine, you need some good rest." He seemed to understand that I needed time alone to sort out this mess in my head. I didn't even look at Tyki as I left the garden. The servants bowed their heads at me as I passed, which only made me feel worse. I found my way back to my room (I was presuming that it was mine) and shut the door behind me. I leaned against it as I looked around. Someone had cleaned the broken vase, and when I checked the bathroom the mirror I had broken earlier had been cleaned up too. I walked over to the bed and pulled the small hat off my head, setting it down on the bed side table that was next to me.

"What am I going to do…," I whispered, fighting back the tears that wanted to get out. Maybe they said I died in a train crash or something… I didn't want anyone to know what I was, what I had become. Just thinking of the people I loved turning their backs on me made me feel sick. I nearly jumped out of my shoes as someone wrapped their arms around me. "Tyki, you scared the hell out of me." I said angrily. "I didn't even hear you come in!"

"Of course not, I just walked through the door." He replied. He didn't let go of me but rather pulled me closer to his body. It made me shiver when I thought of how nice it felt to be up against him.

"What are you doing, let me go." I said, spinning around so that I could face him. That probably wasn't a good idea considering that now our faces were close. He didn't answer me but rather kissed my cheek gently and work down to my jaw line. My heart fluttered and I put my hands on his shoulders, "Stop! What are you doing, we're supposed to be related!"

"And?" Tyki pulled his face away from mine and gazed at me.

"… Incest is a sin, you know." I may have been destined to be a Noah but I was not going to perform a sin that was this bad.

"A very nice sin," He replied before kissing me on the lips. I wanted to kiss him back badly but I pulled away, "This was all nice and fun before I was a Noah, but you better cut this out. I am not committing incest."

He sighed in frustration and stared at me intently, "Selene I can feel your desire, so stop trying to lie to yourself."

Okay, it was true that… I wanted him. Badly. I wanted him to lay me down on this bed right now and- "I can't, then I'll go to hell." I was raised to be a good Christian girl.

Tyki smirked at me like I had said something very amusing. "There is no God to judge us, girl." His hands slipped behind my back and before I knew it he had unzipped my dress. I gasped and tried to pull away but he merely pulled my dress down. I shivered as my neck and shoulders were exposed. His lips were there on my skin, gently caressing me. I wrapped my arms around him, and found myself running my fingers through his hair. The dress slid down to the floor and all that was left was a thinner dress that I had put on underneath. Tyki pushed me down onto the bed and I pulled his face towards mine, kissing him deeply as his hands ran up my thighs, lifting the dress up as he did it.

I stopped for a second to breathe and looked at him. I could feel his need, it was practically radiating off his skin. "Why do I want this so bad?" I whispered to him.

Tyki looked at me with heavy lidded eyes, pulling my hair out of its bun as he bit down on my neck gently, "Think more deeply, and you'll find the answer."

I frowned at him. How was I supposed to think while he was making my head swim? He was related to me… well, we both came from different parents, that's for sure but we were still part of the Noah family. I thought harder and remembered the outpour of memories I had received just yesterday. We were always drawn towards each other, beauty and pleasure… So was I feeling the desire that had been taking place for the past 1000 years, or were these my own? I felt words begin to form and I wasn't positive they were my own.

"I missed you." I said.

"I missed you too," I heard him reply.

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