Another story idea… hehehe.

Black bird story, this time:)

Yeah… Just needed to get my imagination juices flowing.

Summary (first attempt?): She knew what she had to do. She had to run, run away from everything she knew and loved. Run from the man she oh-so dearly loved. Dear God, her heart was breaking. What more can she do?

Disclaimer: I do not own Black Bird.

Warning: May contain spoilers. Read at your own risk.

Author: CiiCiinREX.

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"…How'd you find me?"

"I'll find you…no matter where you are. You, I'll always find."

-Misao and Kyo, Volume 4.

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Caught Red-Handed

Prologue

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I closed my eyes, shut them tightly, hoping and wishing that this was just a dream—or better yet, I wished it was reality.

"Misao…" He whispered, his dark eyes flickering with intense emotions that I myself could not comprehend. The way he looked at me as if I were a glass doll, as if I weren't real, made me want to break down into tears.

He looked so beautiful I wanted to cry at the mere sight of him. He was clad in his usual long haori jacket, silky black wings popping out of his shoulder blades as the stretched five feet long majestically. Dark, shiny hair that curled right into the crook of his neck flowed across his flawless face, his smothering eyes peeping right through them. He slowly made his way towards me, and I couldn't stop the water that flowed down my cheeks this time. Every step that echoed in the foyer cracked deeper and deeper into my heart.

I could not look away from him; I was in too much of a daze and in disarray filled with questions. What should I do? Run? Stay? Embrace him? Hurt him deeply? Too many scenarios ran through my mind and my time was beginning to run out as he shakily breathed in, his hand reaching out to me.

"Misao…!" He nearly cried out in a whisper, his eyes filling with—tears?

Push him away! One voice shouted at me—the rational one, the one that knew best and loved Kyo, yet did things that hurt him the most. Hurt him so that he won't come near us!

Hug him! Another voice—the desperate one, the one that loved Kyo the most and craved to do the things that would have him wanting more. He's right there… he's acting like we're a mirage… Don't you want to touch him? Don't you love him? Embrace him!

My mind and my heart were warring at each other, the voices in my head screaming at me to do one or the other which was causing a large headache to build up at my temples. As I listened to them more, their demands were spoken harsher and louder as my thoughts all became mush once Kyo had broken the fifteen feet distance mark.

"Stay back!" I snapped, though I probably looked pathetic since my tears were gushing out uncontrollably. Kyo flinched back, but then determinedly furrowed his brows as he broke into a run, his wings flapping slightly as he attempted to pick up his pace.

"I said stay back!" The roar didn't seem to faze him in the least, and that's when I knew that I couldn't stop myself.

The moment his strong arms swept me off the ground and wrapped around me warmly, I knew that I loved him so much, so much that I knew the pain I felt leaving him the first time wouldn't compare to the next. I felt him pick me up off the ground and swing me around in circles. I felt my hot tears soak into the shoulder of his fabric of his haori jacket. I felt his warm fingers caress my cheeks as they grazed my face, his eyes flickering everywhere on me as if he were trying to soak in all the details on my facial feature. "Misao…" I couldn't tell if his eyes were blurring with tears, or if that was merely my own as his form was getting harder and harder to distinguish. His lips were running all over my body; my cheeks, my forehead, my nose; no spot went ignored. Strong arms encircled around my neck as his humid breath tickled my ears.

"You idiot…" I could hear him mutter when his grasp tightened around me. "You faithless… stupid…"

I nearly broke down. "Kyo…" I almost cried out. My throat was tightening with emotion as I tried my best to hold it down, and it was getting more difficult to breathe the more he murmured cruel words, as he did not have any sweet words for me. This was one of the examples of how he used force to show how me how he felt.

I heard him dryly sob in my ear as he hugged me, and I looked over his shoulder to see the Daitengu in their winged forms with their clothes on. Zenki, Buzen, Sagami, Hoki, Taro, Jiro, Saburo; they were all there staring at me as if I would disappear into thin air if they so much as glanced away for a second. The triplets seemed as if they would burst into tears if they were held back any longer from running up to me, and I felt the same way, but…

When I peered farther, I saw three pairs of eyes staring at me with mixed emotions. They were waiting for me to react either the way they expect, or the way that I would out of love. Their words echoed in my mind as their bright eyes danced in the shadows, their presences hidden from all the other tengu. One particular set of eyes was gazing at me in such a way that I felt myself jolt and stop breathing for a second. Those warm green eyes were so encouraging, so filled with love… A melancholy smile glinted in the darkness, and I was torn.

Taking in a deep breath, I gathered my bearings and slowly, painfully built up the walls that would help me keep my poker face on and my vulnerable feelings bottled up. Kyo must have felt me for he loosened his grip on me to stare at me in question, his hoarse voice calling out, "Misao…?"

My heart was pounding agonizingly against my ribs, and the fast tempo was echoing clearly in my ears. A rush of emotion crashed onto me as my fingers curled in Kyo's jacket, and I was at a loss.

It was only when Kyo called out my name for a second time that I knew what I wanted—needed—to do.

Dear God… I loved them both so much.

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Don't worry, if I continue, this WILL be a STRICT KYOxMISAO story. The other she has this 'love' for is for someone who is a girl and it is more of a very strong friendship/family bond she has towards her.

Yeah… it may take me a while to make other chapters. And if I do update more often for this story, the chapters may be very short each time. So yeah.

Hope you enjoyed it! I mostly posted this because I wanted the idea out of my head. If I get some positive feedback, I may just update the next chapter~ :)

Don't think it'll be a recent update, though, because I've already promised another chapter for my other story… XD. TT^TT

I'd try, though. :)

PLEASE READ AND REVIEW!

(Edit: I'll probably need to fix this later on, too. I made this in like... 25 minutes, non-stop DX (though I had to stop frequently when I tried to find the right word. XD))

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Love,

~CiiCiinREX.

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Ended: February 13, 2011; 7:11 PM.