It's like looking at a ghost....or a vampire! thought the blonde girl as she gazed from behind a tree at the St. Miator Chancellor, Rin Minigawa. "Minigawa-Sama..." She said softly. The regal woman who had her attention was very tall, with impossibly long silver hair, and dull sad green eyes that now seemed so hollow. Chiyo remembered going to school with her, remembered how she'd just been getting the nerve to talk to her when she had met Chibiru. The way Rin had looked at that cheery red head had instantly told Chiyo she had missed her chance. Even so, she'd been happy for Rin, who later became Etoile with the girl shortly before an accident caused Chibiru's death. By then, Chiyo had also met someone else and had moved on. Still, she'd paid attention to Rin, who in her grief started using people and throwing them away. She'd read some gossip that Rin met someone new start that, but she moved away, leaving Rin alone. Her perfect poise and grace, her way of moving was more like gliding, she was so elegant, but so very sad, no family, no friends, no one who loved her. The head of St. Miator was the very definition of loneliness. In all the world, that silver haired woman had nothing and no one but this school.

Chiyo was elected Etoile the following year after Rin graduated, but things with her partner, Arceia had gotten pretty messed up by a certain evil doing student. Later, during her time as etoile, she'd gotten a part time job at the Inari Shrine as a shrine maiden, and even now was clad in the white and red uniform. She could come on campus under the excuse of doing official shrine business, because stalking your old crush from four years ago wasn't strange, especially when she was someone so important.

The elegant woman stared into the fountain water, looking like a painting or a statue or some other beautiful work of art. Her eyes reflected a dark sadness that hardened into a look of duty as a nun came running from the school and said something to her. Then, just like that, the elegant woman in black was gone.

The shrine maiden approached the fountain and touched the stone edge, sitting down. It was too bad things were so different, sad even. Chiyo plopped down. She blew it again, starting at her instead of taking to her. Ugh. She crossed her arms, then uncrossed them, looking into the water. She would say a prayer for Rins happiness. Just then something caught her eye and she jumped up, face turning red. "Who's there? Come out!" She'd been caught! Had someone been watching her watch Rin? "I-it's not what it looks like! I was...I was..uh, blessing this fountain. Yes. No need to spy, it's nothing special..." She faked a clap a prayer, gesturing at the water dramatically. If it were an anime a sweat drop would have appeared as she watched nervously to see if her cover up plan was working.

Eva had been working her daily rounds among the school grounds and looked as cold as ever. Her emerald green eye continuously peered about behind her spectacles while the dull creamy white eye followed its partners motion. Her long black hair once again was done up in a tight bun and she had the blue beret sitting nice upon her head. The armband as usual fit tightly as it was made for someone much smaller then her and her black uniform looked so clean that one could hardly believe it hadn't been pressed recently. The boots she wore had been recently shined and they caught the reflection of the mid days sun and she walked about so proudly and proper most of the students feared to even get close to her. It wasn't that she looked strict was the problem but that even for the tallest students she easily stood a foot over them and she was foreign.

Eva had taken notice of a woman in a priestess uniform, likely from one of the nearby shrines who was sneaking about the campus and when she was about to reprehend her she stopped as the woman was only watching the schools head. The site of someone obviously observing the one they felt was meant to be in there heart caused a ping of pain in Eva's icy heart so she waited and watched. Partially to give this woman a chance as well as to not make a scene in front of her employer. She watched as her earlier suspicion was confirmed, the longing in the girls eyes confirmed that but as a nun came bolting into the clearing and Rin left with her Eva sighed and shook her head.

As the woman walked to the fountain Eva brushed off her uniform quickly and straightened her beret before she began to march over there and startled the woman who somehow thought she was rin but as Eva cleared her throat to gain her attention Chiyo would turn to see a woman who nearly stood two feet taller then her. She looked Chiyo in the eye and felt a pang in her heart again which she took as a feeling of pity but we all know that's not what it was . “Excuse me mam, may I ask what in the world your doing here?” she asked sternly with a cold gaze.

"Offical shrine business!" she said, mocking the woman's military stance and giving her a silly salute. "What are you doing here?" She asked back, smiling playfully. She noticed the woman must have a dull sense of humor as she didn't laugh, and she sat back down,

"To be honest," she said, tracing small circles with her index finger on the cool stone, "I came to see someone I used to know...but I didn't have the guts to say hello. I did see her though, so I guess that means I should go back to the shrine. Official shrine business...complete." She tried to make it a joke, but she looked a little sad for a moment, however she quickly seemed to reset.

"That's a cool eye, does it see into the beyond?" she asked, pointing, oblivious to the fact that it might hurt the other woman to speak so casually about an obvious disability. Sure it was rude, but Chiyo was unusual herself, "You sure are really tall, you must be a foreigner huh? Security? That's funny, neat uniform though. What's your name Miss Security Lady?"

Eva found this woman to be rather odd, How could she easily just tell her problems to a complete stranger and not be able to speak to someone she knew that she obviously had feelings for. Eva was about to speak before Chiyo brought up her eye and her height, the two things she was rather self-conscious about. She quickly held her hand over her eye trying her best to hide it as she took in a deep breath. "This eye..... this eye cant see anything.... its what you get for helping someone who would rather see you dead." She then brushed some of the hair out from beneath her beret to hide her eye and then crossed her arms. "now then if your allowed to be here though then why are you being so sneaky about it?" she asked sternly.

"It's just....I got nervous is all." She knew that Rin would have greeted her pleasantly, it would have been nice, they'd have had a chat, maybe even tea, but being regarded by those sad green eyes was so intimidating, she couldn't do it.

"Haven't....haven't you ever had a crush?" Brown eyes studied the guard with curiosity. Suddenly the shrine maiden popped up and was too close, racing to move the guards bangs and look at her eye. "Wait don't tell me!" She said, getting excited, "your true love say at the precipice, being the help of her soul mate and you rushed to rescue her from the goblin king, but it was for naught! The poor thing was confused, for she looked the goblin king and cut you with a great sword, a mighty blow that thrust you back though space and time into the human world, your eye list and your heart broken. Oooohhhh what a great story!" She clap her hands and wiggled, hearts flying around her head.

"Don't worry Sir Knight," she declared, "I'll cheer you right up, let's go!" She reached to take the other woman's hand and drag her off to the dining hall. They could eat there, and further more it was an excuse not to talk to Rin. Of course, the guard was most likely stronger than she was and just might drag her instead to the head chancellor's office right away.

Eva had to use all of her strength to just hold back the urge to immediately strike the woman who decided to just lay her hands upon her but she knew that would not be accepted behavior for her and was trying to become more civil. She remained calm though her breathing became heavy and her eyes somewhat scrunched into a weak glare before returning to there usual cold self's. She straightened out her uniform and quickly removed the woman's hand from her own and gave her a serious stare. "In the future mam.... please refrain from touching me." Her voice was stern and laced with a hint of annoyance but this was the only other adult she had really had any contact with in quite some time so it was somewhat welcomed. "If you wish to go eat then state it verbally without the need for physical intervention, im more then capable enough of hearing you and have quite a nasty habit of becoming physical myself if touched suddenly so its for your own good. If you wish to cheer me up then state your plans and the time required as i do need to continue my rounds of the campus." Eva was trying to appear more cold then usual to mask her want, no her need to get to know this girl more.