By futbalfreak18
Dedicated to twilightwolf99 and XredbaronessX
AN: This story takes the basis of Venus Versus Virus, but doesn't even propose to follow the plot, as you shall see. I just keep the personalities from towards the end of the manga. It was written to fulfill a promise and a personal need to see Yoshiki die. I refuse the anime's ending, and have gone with the scheming, evil Yoshiki character in the manga. For all the Sumire/Lucia fans, cheers. :D I really want to write some with them already in a relationship, so I promise to come back. I'm going to write some different pieces to play with other styles so please R/R as I go!!
Also, I'm sorry it's so short, but the next chapter is going to be much longer and should be published here in the next week. I promise it will get more interesting very soon!! And it's going to be a bit more different than you might think. :)
"Yoshiki? Yoshiki, are you all right?" The boy gripped his head, and his eyes repeatedly shut in pain. Sumire didn't notice the way his almond-colored orbs turned a much darker shade momentarily. Another blink and they were back to their normal color. Yoshiki slowly began to rub his temples, before finally dropping his hands to his sides.
"Yeah, I'm fine. I think… I think I'm going to go home now." Yoshiki just stared at the floor of the house on the slide where he and Sumire sat.
"Are you sure you're ok? At least let me walk you home." Sumire's hand began to reach toward Yoshiki. He slapped it away.
"No!," he paused. "No, just leave me alone." Quickly, he left the slide house, and within moments was gone. Sumire sat there, legs cramped from sitting in the small house, arms hanging limply at her sides, and she began to cry.
She ran home to the Vanguard, as the tears slowed. By the time she approached the bridge, her crying had stopped, but her eyes were still red. Lucia mustn't see her like this or else she'd be sure to ask questions. Lucia worried enough about her already. Sumire tried to quietly sneak through the house and to the bedroom she shared with Lucia.
However, being Sumire, she tripped spectacularly down the stairs. Her schoolbag fell down the steps spilling its contents everywhere producing a cacophony throughout the house. Sumire, after cart wheeling and flying like a circus monkey, landed at the base of the stairs on her back with her legs spread up the wall.
Lucia appeared from around the corner gun drawn.
"Oh, Sumire, it's just you," she replaced her gun t its holster, and seemed to relax for a moment. Suddenly, she registered the position Sumire was in. "Are you ok? How'd this happen? Did you hurt anything?" she asked quickly, without any particularly noticeable difference from her usual tone. However, Lola, listening from the kitchen, perked her ears. Lucia dashed to Sumire's side and helped her right herself in to a sitting position. Seeing quickly that nothing was damaged, Lucia relaxed against the bottom stair. She smiled to herself. "Seriously, you've had some big falls Sumire, but that has to take the cake. What on earth happened this time?"
Sumire didn't dare to look at Lucia. "Uh, I just… I just tripped over myself," Sumire murmured. She tried to laugh, but it came out more like the sound of a cow choking on its cud. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw Lucia begin to frown.
"Sumire, is something up?" Lucia asked.
"No, nothing Lucia. I-I gotta go now. I think I need to lie down for a bit. I-I'll see ya later," Sumire blurted. She picked up her school bag, hugged it to her chest, and ran to the bedroom. She left all the papers and pens that had fallen out of her bag on the steps. She just needed to get away. For some reason, seeing Lucia look concerned just wanted to make her cry more.
