Hello to everyone! Guess who's back? Yeah, that's right, me! That's who! I'm happy to have finally had the time to edit this series and actually get somewhere with it.
I'm just going to say clearly, that a big part of my hiatus was because of KHR actually finishing. I think I lost a lot of motivation to continue after that… TT-TT But here I am, back again. Hopefully I'll be able to keep this story going without my weekly KHR intakes… Hopefully…
Weeeellll, here is the first updated chapter of Gioco D'Amore. I hope everyone will enjoy! XD
Edit: Ooops, I forgot to put a disclaimer here. Okay I don't own KHR, Akira Amano does.
The rain poured down relentlessly.
Specks of blood stained the little girl's cheeks. They streamed down her face, as if they were tears of blood originating from her deep ruby eyes. Flecks of the blood stained her pure sliver hair as they attached to the flat locks sticking to her back.
A groan emitted from the ground before her. She turned her dazed gaze to the noise.
Several older boys lay unconscious on the wet pavement. They unknowingly groaned in pain, as they bled from several wounds inflicted upon them.
The girl stared at them, unfazed by the site. It had been her who had beaten the boys into unconsciousness.
It had been their faults. They had done something they never should have … they had hurt her friend.
The little girl stared at the soft bundle in her arms. The snow white kitten trembled in pain. There was a gash where its right eye was. It bled profusely from the slash savagely made by the boys' knife.
The girl trembled, clutching the kitten closer to her. Tears pooled in her eyes and they fell down her cheeks, mixing with the rain.
"L-Lily…" the girl's voice choked on a sob as she tried helplessly to stop the bleeding.
Crunch
The girl's head whipped up in alarm. Her eyes landed on the lone figure standing at the edge of the park and was surprised to see it was a boy close to her age.
His short messy black hair was glued to his face by the drenching rain. Even though, in one of his hands was an umbrella, he chose not to use it. Instead he let it hang uselessly folded by his side, as if he enjoyed being wet more than being dry under the gloomy sky.
His onyx eyes coldly appraised the situation before him. He had witnessed what the girl had done.
He had been on his way home, when he had seen the girl confronting the older boys. He had watched, as she had begged and pleaded with them to give her back the kitten. But they had refused, and even had slashed the poor creature with a knife. The boy had been enraged himself at the boys barbaric actions and had been about to attack the older boys, when the unexpected happened.
The girl knew how to fight.
A switch had seemed to flip inside her head, as he had witnessed the girl lunge at the older boys with no mercy.
At first, the boy had been surprised. She was only half their size. How could she beat them? But as he stood back and observed, one by one, the boys had fallen to the girl's skills.
The boy found this… amusing.
She was a carnivore, not a herbivore. And he truly wanted to know who was the more powerful of the two carnivores…
He strode into the park, until he stood before the girl. She stared at him with that dazed look, which shone with wariness at his presence.
"Who-"
"Fight me." The boy proclaimed, pointing his umbrella at the girl like a sword.
The girl stared at him for several seconds, before – without a word – she turned and started to walk away.
The boy's eyebrows rose in amusement. She had turned her back on him, another carnivore, without thinking of the consequences.
The boy lunged at the girl, swinging the umbrella in his hand at her head.
And just as swiftly, the girl pivoted around. Leaning her upper body back, she avoided the umbrella's swing. Her foot flew up and a snap was heard as the umbrella broke in two.
The boy scowled at the umbrella since it had not fulfilled its duties as an effective weapon. He threw the useless object away and reached into his sleeve, intending to bring out his actual weapon –
"P-Please, stop…"
His hand stilled. His onyx eyes stared at the girl before him.
Her lips trembled as tears slid down her cheeks. Even as they mixed with the rain, he could make out the water escaping her shimmering ruby eyes.
The girl sobbed, "I d-don't want to fight…" She held out the kitten, allowing the boy to see just how much blood pooled in her hands from its wounds. "Help… Please…"
The boy was silent as he stared at the kitten. The silence grew, and the girl looked down in despair. With thoughts that the boy would not help her, she had been about to turn and run to get different help, when the sound of a footstep sounded.
She looked up. The boy approached her with solid strides, until he was right in front of her. He rummaged in his pockets. From within, he produced a white handkerchief. Soundlessly, he reached for the kitten in the girl's arms. She flinched a little, but didn't move away as the boy gently tilted the kittens head so he was seeing the wound completely. He then proceeded to wrap the cloth around the kittens hurt eye, tightly enough to staunch the blood, but not enough to put the kitten in even more pain.
After finishing, he stepped away and turned, striding away from the girl. He paused at the park entrance, glancing behind him. "Aren't you coming?" he questioned her over his shoulder.
The girl blinked in confusion. However, within a second she realized he wanted her to follow him. As soon as the realization passed, she hurried towards him.
Knowing that she was following, the boy continued out of the park, with the girl trailing after him. He led her down a maze of streets until they ended up in front of a small shop. The sign was rundown, but still readable, as it boldly declared that it was a veterinarian's office.
The girl smiled happily, knowing that her friend could be saved. Turning towards the boy, she gave him a soft smile, "Thank you…"
She expected him to reply "You're welcome", however, the boy's face was expressionless once more.
"I'll leave you alone for today… herbivore. But when tomorrow comes… We will fight." The boy announced, his onyx eyes flashing coldly at her.
The girl bit her lip. Her eyes downcast as she replied quietly, "Tomorrow will never happen…"
"Why do you say that?"
"Because I will be leaving Namimori tomorrow…"
"Fine, but until then you are my prey." the girl's eyes rose in shock at his statement. The boy stared at her with resolute eyes. He leaned closer, until his eyes were at her level. "You better come back, herbivore, or," his lips lifted into a predatory smirk, "I'll bite you to death."
Before the girl could reply, the boy turned and swiftly strode away from her. She watched him disappear into the rain's mist.
Her mind contemplated the boy's statement. But, she shook her head, knowing that it was not the time to be thinking about such things.
The girl walked to the door of the veterinarian's and opened the door to the inside. As she quietly stepped through the threshold, a whisper passed her lips, "I hope I can keep your promise…"
AN#2: How did everyone think? It's greatly different from the original, right? It's actually really hard for me to rewrite everything because I liked how the original was. However, at the same time it's nice to know I am changing everything for the better of this story. :) I just hope this does not disappoint the people who had already read the older versions of these chapters… TT-TT