I am back! I've been away from working on a novel of my own, but recently I realized that I don't know my own characters as well as I should. So I decided what better way to get to know new characters than put them in a situation that is familiar to me but unfamiliar to the characters. Thus this fic was born. This was originally intended to be 4 separate one-shot's that focused on each of my own main characters for my novel, but while writing this chapter I got the bright idea to turn it all into one big fic where everything goes crazy! Be prepared to laugh, meet new characters, and reunite with the ones you love in a crazy story that starts here and stops whenever I finally figure out where it's going. I hope you guys enjoy it!
Tired- that was the only word that Krad could come up with to describe what he was feeling right now. He was suppose to be on his way to intercept one of Dark's heists, but instead of making it there early like he'd originally intended, he was having trouble making it down the street. He couldn't figure out why he was so tired, unless it had something to do with Satoshi. His tamer had a way of messing with his plans even when asleep.
Krad cursed his bad luck. He'd thought that taking control of Satoshi's body while the boy was napping would have been easier than dealing with him after they'd already reached the museum. Somehow he'd ended up feeling like a truck had run over him. The only explanation to what had happened was that he must have somehow transferred his tamer's exhaustion to his own form during the transformation.
He'd have to have a talk with Satoshi about getting more sleep. He had a habit of not getting enough rest. Of course if he expected his tamer to make an effort at sleeping he'd have to help as well. The angel made a mental note to stop waking his tamer up in the middle of the night for a midnight snack. It had been a plan to get the boy to eat more but even that seemed to be having its drawbacks. Why must his tamer be so stubborn?
A sudden shout then exclamation of "No, no, no no no no!" broke Krad out of his thoughts. His eyes roamed the sidewalk he'd been standing on searching for the source of the noise that had interrupted his musings.
Not much further down the sidewalk a teenage girl seemed to be dancing around a drainage grate in the sidewalk. Standing on the grate was a full grown female duck. She looked sadly down at the grate before looking back up at the dancing girl then back down at the grate.
As Krad approached letting his curiosity getting the better of him, the girl's repeated "No" grew faster and more panicked, as did her dancing. He almost stopped walking then, her obvious insanity and the tiredness in his bones were both compelling reasons not to get any closer to this hi-strung female. He had almost convinced himself that it would be better just to leave her to deal with whatever it was that had upset her so much when she stopped everything and looked franticly around causing her red streaked brown curls dance around her face.
Her gaze found Krad and the angel mentally berated himself for not leaving faster. He turned ignoring her indignant cry of "Hey!" and bolted away from her. Unfortunately he had forgotten how tired he was and his exhausted muscles protested. All grace was lost from his stride as he pushed past the exhaustion to continue on.
Then, like something out of a nightmare, a crack in the sidewalk ambushed him. As Krad tripped falling forward he threw his arms out to catch himself, deciding then an there that as soon as he had the energy he would return to destroy this particular piece of sidewalk. Nothing made Krad trip without earning his wrath.
"Excuse me, sir?" the same feminine voice from before startled the angel by its sudden proximity to his ear. Krad shot up from his position on the ground, into a standing position, only to find himself suddenly blinded by pain as his head connected with what could only be the teen's chin, in an effort to stay on his feet he took a few steps backward away from her regaining his balance in the process.
"Ow!" Krad wasn't sure if the cry was his or the girl's, maybe it had been both of theirs. He sat back holding the top of his head and glared at the brunette in front of him.
"Krad? What is going on?" his tamer's voice was groggy with sleep. All the noise seemed to have awakened Satoshi, now how was Krad suppose to explain a situation he hardly understood?
"Not now." Was all the angel replied before turning his attention back to the girl.
This close Krad realized he was at least a head taller than her. Her eyes were green and her features were softer than he'd first thought. Her skin had an olive tone and her face was pretty, even scrunched up in pain as she massaged her chin. She had on a black t-shirt that had the words Keep Calm and Game On printed in white block letters on her shirt. Above the words was a picture of an old video game control stick. Her jeans were what Satoshi would call 'skinnies' and Krad wondered why any female would wear pants that formfitting, but who was he to question trends? Both Dark and Satoshi had often made comments about his own outfit. Her shoes at least were sensible, being short black boots.
"Are you ok?" her voice was laced with worry and Krad couldn't fathom why.
"I have been better." The angel replied gruffly.
"Hm." The girl said thoughtfully as she looked him over.
"What is it that you want?" Krad snapped glaring again at the girl. Why didn't she shy away from his icy stare? Most normal people would have run off terrified by now, but this girl had not only stayed but she was now smiling.
"I need your help." She said.
"No." the angel said turning away from her he began walking back down the street in the direction he'd originally intended to go. The sun was beginning to set and he'd lost enough time with this girl. He made it past the grate, still guarded by the duck, before the girl caught up with him.
"Hey! Don't just walk away!" she said running to get in front of him. Krad moved to walk past her again but she stubbornly continued to block his path.
"I don't think she's going to let you through." Satoshi said obviously amused by what was going on.
"I realized that." Krad shot back irritated.
"What is with you?" the girl snapped, "What kind of man just walks away from a girl in need of help?" she had her hands on her hips as she glared daggers at Krad.
"I have somewhere more important to be." The angel replied pushing past her.
She turned to look at the retreating angel, "Fine! I'll do it myself. I don't need some prideful, insensitive, biscuit eating, jerk to help me." She snapped before storming back over to the grate.
"Biscuit eating?" The term was so random it caused Krad to stop in his tracks and turn to see the girl stomping back over to the grate.
"Satoshi-sama, what does she mean by biscuit eating?" Krad asked hoping his tamer would have the answer. His inner self however seemed just as stunned as he was.
"How should I know? Maybe you should ask her." he finally answered.
Krad did not want to go ask her what she had meant, that would mean his ending up helping her. Krad didn't help people. It just wasn't something he did. He hated people, the entire human race, so why was he seriously considering walking back over to speak with the girl? Could he be that curious as to what she meant or was he curious about her?
If he really thought about it, Krad would have to admit he was curious about the girl herself. She didn't seem to be fazed at all by him. He was use to people being uncomfortable in his presence, and all he'd gotten from her was worry and irritation.
Krad hadn't even realized he had started walking until she turned to face him again. She began to smile at him before realizing what she was doing and quickly gave him a glare.
"What? I have something important to do." She said throwing his words right back at him.
"What did you mean by biscuit eating?" he asked.
Just like that her glare turned into a wicked smile, "Yes!" she fist pumped the air.
Taken aback by this sudden change in mood Krad stared at her in amazement, were all girls like this? He seemed to remember some of the females that Satoshi spent time with at school weren't quite so moody.
"If I were you, I'd worry about why she's smiling like that." Satoshi's voice cut in interrupting the angel's thought's again.
"Well?" Krad asked ignoring his tamer.
"I'm not telling." She said giving him a look that said 'what are you going to do about it?'
Anger bubbled up inside of Krad, this was getting ridiculous. Nothing could be interesting enough to make him have to deal with this odd girl much longer.
He'd just decided to leave when Satoshi spoke up again, "Do we have to leave? I wanted to know what she was talking about. Besides, you've already missed your chance to stop Dark."
Krad was flooded with a desire to stay and he could feel Satoshi's disappointment as if it were his own. What was going on? Had he somehow accidentally merged more of himself with Satoshi than he'd originally intended? It would account for his tiredness disappearing moments after the boy had awoken earlier. As well as why his emotions seemed to be flowing with his tamers. Satoshi was usually very careful not to let Krad know what he was feeling, but the angel knew he still felt. No one could just make emotions stop.
He'd have to be careful to distinguish his own emotions from Satoshi's and not let the boy's interfere with his thought process. He'd also have to make sure the bluenett didn't figure out that his emotions were overlapping Krad's or he'd somehow use it to his advantage. The angel shuddered at the thought of having a hormonal teenager's raw emotions flow through him. He wasn't sure what he'd do if that happened.
"If you help me I will tell you what I meant when I called you a biscuit eater." The girl said.
"You are persistent aren't you?" Krad sighed.
"Now you're getting it." She grinned at him.
"What is it that you need so much help with?" Krad asked finally.
The girl pointed down at the grate and duck, and Krad noticed for the first time that there was a duckling standing by it's mother, "As the duck's were crossing over three of the ducklings fell through the slats in the drain." She told him.
"They're probably gone by now." Krad commented.
The gril shook her head, "There's a small ledge under the drain that they landed on, for a while you could hear their chirping. Somehow we need to get the grate off and pull up the ducklings."
Krad glared at the grate, then the mother duck, and finally at the girl, "Move." He told her gruffly as he crouched down by the grate.
The girl scrambled back away from him, "I'm Isabella, by the way."
Krad only nodded in response as he examined the grate, screws secured each corner of it. Irritated Krad considered blowing up the grate.
"The ducklings may get hurt by that, not to mention you'd have the fire department called on you." Satoshi pointed out.
"Then what would you have me do, pull it up with my bare hands?"
"Just use your magic to loosen the screws." Satoshi's tone was so mater –o-fact that Krad realized he hadn't noticed the sarcastic tone Krad had used earlier. Were his feelings not getting through to Satoshi? As soon as he had a moment he would have to really figure out what had happened to them.
Krad ignored his tamer's comment and moved his attention back to the matter at hand. Hovering his hand over each of the screws he shot a tiny bolt of magic into them loosening them enough to unscrew manually. He didn't need Isabella asking any unnecessary questions about his magic. He made quick work of the screws and was soon pulling the grate off and setting it aside.
"Wow! How did you do that so quickly?" Isabella asked.
"The screws were loose enough to work out, this drain probably hasn't seen repair in years." Krad lied. Well it wasn't a complete lie, the screws had been loose- after he tampered with them.
He peered down into the hole quickly spotting the ledge where the ducklings were supposed to be. In the fading light of the sun he saw three fuzzy yellow balls looking back up at him. They each chirped once before jumping off of the ledge and down into the sewer below.
"Do you see them?" Isabella's voice came over his shoulder.
"It seems they've managed to fall deeper into the tunnel." Krad replied icily, he was going to kill those chicks if he had to go in after them.
"What? That's impossible, let me see." Isabella said moving to his side. In her rush to look down into the hole she bumped into Krad knocking him off balance. As he scrambled to right himself he grabbed Isabella's arm. This turned out to have the opposite effect from what he wanted, knocking her off balance as well, and sending them both falling into the dark.
And that's it for chapter one guys! Thank you for reading! What started out as a one-shot has quickly turned into a multi-shot fic. The next chapter will feature Dark and another one of my OC's that I'm trying to get a better feel for. If you liked what you read and want to see more please leave a review. Since I'm writing these to strengthen my characters personalities I ask that in your review please tell me if Isabella (or future characters) felt real, or stayed the same throughout the chapter/story. In return I will pump out these chapters as fast as my little fingers can type them.
Until next time,
~Dawns Out!