Scene I - The Theif and The Traveler
In the streets tension rises due to talk of revolution, The peasants of the Third Estate shout to be heard.
France, 17**,
Kaoru kneeled before his mother's grave, sobbing. After some time, he stopped. He walked slowly and sadly to the carraige.
Kaoru: Go...
Old man servant: Yes Sir!
Kaoru looked out the framed window of the brown polished wooded carraige and let his mind wander. He drifted into an uneasy sleep.
Old man servant: Sir, We're here.
Kaoru stirred awake and nodded to him. He climbed out of the carraige. The old man escorted him into the large mansion and Kaoru headed to the dinning room where he knew his father would be sitting alone.
Kaoru: Father, Where have you been? I know your busy with your business, but mother is dead. She was your wife the least you could have done was honor her death.
Kaoru said in a calm solemn voice.
Father(Kyouya): I had matters to atend to, you'll understa...
Kaoru: Matters?
Kaoru whispered.
Father: What was that, Kaoru?
Kaoru: Matters!? Your wife died, she loved you, I thought you loved her! We were happy! Was all that happiness just an act!? All you care about is work and money and...
Father: That is ENOUGH!
Kyouya shouted. Slamming the Table.
Kaoru: ...
Kyouya: Go to your room.
Kyouya said in a dangerously calm voice that Kaoru knew he should not ignore. Kaoru looked at his father and tears slide down his face. He held his head in his arm and ran to his mother's room and threw himself on the bed, burying his face in down pillows. His father, being the man he is, often didn't sleep in the same bed with her so Kaoru would comfort her. Kaoru was not fond of his father who put Business before his own family, but his father had fed him, housed him and so much more. Kaoru felt so spoiled when he talked as he did earlier, complaining to the man who raised him. He raised his head from the pillow. He walked to his mother's closet. He looked at some of the things. His eye shifted to a corner of the closet. A book had the words "Raising my son". Kaoru grabbed it. He read part of a page that said "He is an angel and I do not know how I came upon him...". Kaoru smiled proudly to himself, but as he read on. " ...Oh, yes I remember where I came upon the angel, at ..." Kaoru's eyes widened "...Kyouya and I happily adopted the sweet child, I wish we could have had both..." Kaoru let the book slip through his hands and he angrily ran to his father's home office.
Kaoru: Why didn't you tell me!?
Kyouya sighed and faced his son.
Kyouya: Of what?
Kaoru: That I am not yours!
Kyouya: Your mother did not want me to tell you. She was afraid that you would run off to meet them, your family.
Kaoru: How could you be selfish. You...All these years I was a good boy because I always told myself that you and mother were my parents and I should be thanking you for living...I was wrong. Mother was nice, but it is you I cannot stand, father. I don't believe it, I tried not to act spoiled, told myself you are my father, but now I hear you are not? You took advantage of me knowing how I'd obey you because you knew what I was thinking. I don't want to see your face anymore! *pants*
Kyouya: Oh? Then leave, I won't stop you. In fact, I'll give you a map and specific directions.
Kaoru: Fine with me, I hope my family is nicer than you!
Kaoru had finally packed his things and supplies and was ready to move. He held onto his necklace. His mother had gave to him when he was little. She was not his real mother, but she was always so kind and he thought of her as his mother anyway. Kaoru looked back at his old house once more. He felt bad that he was so disrespectful, but he smiled and breathed in. He felt refreshed. He used to be scared of that man. Kaoru always felt trapped by that man, but he was free, at LAST! He laughed and tapped the horse below him.
Kaoru had reached the small town his father told him of. He passed threw an alley. On his way though, he was grabbed off his horse and into an alley. A man with pale skin who looked like he hadn't eaten in days pointed a gun at him, "give me all your valuables". Kaoru immediately gave him anything of value. As he reached down to take off his shoes, his necklace slide down from underneath his shirt. Kaoru stared in horror.
The theif(tamaki): Give me that necklace...
He pointed shakely at the gold necklace. Strangely this theif was dramatic, as if he would die if he did not have it.
Kaoru: Not this, it was my mother's, please understand.
But the man was so hungry that he didn't care who owned what. He wanted food and for that he needed money. Or so it should be.
Theif: Give it to me! Or I might have to...
The man said swooning and turning his head in the other direction, tears appearing in the corner of his eyes
Theif:..hurt you!
Kaoru: No not this, please!
The theif's hand shook as he held the gun. Kaoru suddenly made a dash for the streets, but before he could make it. BOOM! The theif gave a horiffied gasp and ran to the body, looking left and looking right.
Theif: Oh...! *falls backwards landing on butt* What have I, a lowly peasant, done to such an innocent man *places hand on forehead dramatically* but alas for a peasant like me, it is what I must do to survive, I'm soooooo...It was an accident, yes! I was hungry*tears begin to fall*Sorry! Poor Soul! I...
/Koaru sighs and opens his eyes, "boss, your lines ended minutes ago, leave already..." Tamaki pouted, but got back into character/
The theif screamed in horror. He grabbed the valuables in front of him and fled while he cried. Kaoru's body laid dead and cold /reality prop: sack of potatoes with blood and clothes/. Kaoru's spirit stared at his body. He sobbed, almost laughing in disbelief!
Kaoru: No,no,no,no...Why?
Kaoru did not know what to do. He sobbed, but stopped...crying did no good. He sat next to his body and did nothing, but stare at a brick wall in front of him, in a trance, in dispair.
Traveler's Servant(Mori) : Young Master...
Mori looked down at the broken body. Honey got off of Mori's back.
Traveler(Honey) :Who could have done this...
Honey sobbed for the man he did not know.
Traveler's Servant: His clothed are fine...His shoes are gone...Robbed.
Mori placed a hand gently on Honey's shoulder.
Traveler: It appears so, Takashi, I'm going to do it. I will revive him.
Traveler's Servant: Mitskuni...you can see his soul can't you?
Traveler: Yes.
Kaoru looks up, eyes black and lifeless, confused by the two. Mori nods in approval. Mitskuni sits before the body.
Traveler: May God be with thee...lost soul...
Honey bites Kaoru's neck passionately and blood flows down Kaoru's neck, Kaoru moans and sits up, his eyes glow red and he breathes in a large gulp of air, then his body goes limb again and he falls to the ground.
Traveler: Takashi...
Traveler's servant: yes...
The servant picks up the limp Kaoru bridal style and Honey climbs on his back. Honey instructs Mori to go to their Mansion on the other side of town. Mori nods.
Kaoru wakes up to find a brown haired women caring to him. Around him he sees lab equipment scattered around the room, piles of papers of what seems scientific documents.
Kaoru: Mother, but how?...
Mother(Haruhi): I do not know...
Traveler: You died...If you are brought back to life after that, those of the dead whom you had a close bond with will be able to see you and you, them.
Kaoru: how do you...
Traveler: I am a vampire and my companion is a ghost. I died and now even as I live again, I can see him, feel him, as if he were alive.
Kaoru remembers the theif. He feels his neck for the necklace and sighs in relief when he finds it still there, but he feels something more than the cold metal. *gasp*
Kaoru:...Mother...*sobs and hugs her*
Mother: Rest now, your body is alive, but it needs time to heal...*looks sadly, yet relieved*
To be continued...
Next Chapter: Kaoru finally finds his family's home, but he is shocked to see so many things are not what he expected. Kaoru is told he has 3 days to live as a pre-vampire and if he does not feed he will die. How will Kaoru handle that kind of pressure. Will he meet his long lost brother and parents?