Homeward Bound Chapter
Chapter 1: Separated
"I already told you I'm sorry Mahiru," said the black cat on his master's shoulder almost pleadingly. "Can't you find it in your heart to forgive a cute little pet like me?"
"Well it's your own damn fault, Kuro!" Mahiru yelled hot temporally at the cat, earning a few odd stares from bystanders. He grimaced and lowered his voice to a whisper, "what part of no late night video games don't you understand! It was a simple order,
but no you just had to be up all night playing that thing and now the there's a mess in my living room. Not to mention a ruined PS3"
"If you haven't decided to barge in yelling when I was drinking cola, I wouldn't have accidentally spilled it all over…" Kuro complained in his head, he would of voiced it, but with his Eve's mood now it would start another one sided argument
that he wants no part of. "So is that why your dragging me from place to place. To buy a new PS3."
Although Kuro tried to make it sound like he was uninterested, the human knew better than to think that the vampire didn't care about his video games, after all, he saw Kuro's Christmas list included all the latest video games.
"No"
"What!" Kuro uncharacteristically cried in shock, almost falling off Mahiru's shoulder.
Mahiru sighed in exasperation before answering, " I can't afford a new one so you would either have to holdout for a couple of months or get a job."
"But…"
"No buts about it Kuro," he said firmly before continuing. "As for the dragging you around part, we need more food and supplies, and our regular convenience stores are closed so we're going to have to find another one."
With a low grumble of "what a pain," Kuro decided to give up on this losing battle and sleep.
"Kuro wake up, I need you to wait out here"
The kitten soon felt himself being jostled awake by none other than his Eve. Cracking open one of his red eyes he looked to the boy.
"This is the only open store I could find with the things I need so, but…"
"They don't allow cute pets like me inside," Kuro finished for him and gave the sunlit sidewalk an irritated glare. "Can't deal… Maybe we should go shopping some other time."
"what?!" Mahiru yelled into his already sore ears from the other yelling he got that day, he used his paws to cover them before they get more damage. Seeing that he got strange looks again, Mahiru lowered his voice to an irked hiss, "After spending the
whole morning looking for a place to buy supplies, you decide now to back out now! Is it because you can't go inside?"
"It's not because of that…" the Servamp of Sloth defended. It really wasn't, he wouldn't mind waiting outside, under the shade of the mailbox in front of the store, it was that he had a bad feeling that something would happen the moment him and Mahiru
got separated.
"You do know we're out of ramen and cola right?" Mahiru was starting to become more hotheaded. Kuro knew that if he doesn't cool him down soon then Mahiru would make rash choices.
"I better explain to him before things get out of hand. Knowing Mahiru, he wouldn't listen to reason when riled up." The black kitten sighed before starting his explanation.
"I just have a feeling… hay! Mahiru!" the cat yelped when his Eve suddenly grabbed him and placed him in the mailbox's shade. Kuro glared at Mahiru's back as the boy was going in the store. "Mahiru!" he called out, not caring if people heard him, which
luckily they didn't, as got up to go after him.
"Don't come in Kuro," Mahiru ordered. At this the Servamp obediently sat down with an annoyed twitch in his eye. What was more exhausting than following orders was disobeying them, since it takes energy that he doesn't have the motivation to find. It's
too late for explanations now.
With that the Eve of Sloth went into the store, leaving the vampire cat by himself in the only shady spot by the store. Red eyes glared at his Eve a while longer before scanning the surrounding area. Seeing that there's no danger for now Kuro layer down
and tried to relax himself, but the uneasy feeling in his stomach never left.
"This is such a pain I could just die," he mumbled to himself and placed his head on his paws. He wished that gut feeling would be wrong and nothing happens today, but as a black cat bad things are bound to happen.
After waiting for about five minutes, or was it ten, he couldn't tell anymore. All he could hear is the winds lullaby, making his eyelids heavy. Man he was tired, and with little to no sleep last night, his mind was screaming at him to fall asleep. He
tried to will himself not to, but within a few minutes of feebly staying awake, sleep finally claimed him.
"About time the furball fell asleep," a man said to himself as he stepped out of the shadowed alleyway. "Almost thought that I would have to use a tranquilizer on the thing." He has been waiting patiently for the cat to fall asleep, so it would be easier
to capture his pray without causing a scene.
He made his way to the sleeping kitten and kneeled on one leg to get a better look. "Oh well it will be worth it with the rewards I'll get from you," he laughed lowly as his hands went to remove the red collar. At first the cat flinched at the unfamiliar
contact, but then relaxed so the man can continue.
With experienced skill the collar and bell were removed from the kitty's neck. Smiling at himself, he then proceeded to carefully lift the now collarless cat, being sure that it wouldn't wake up, and calmly walked away with the black cat like he owned
it.
Heading back to the alley the man glanced back at the store Mahiru was in, then to the sleeping kitten in his arms. "It was a pleasure doing business with you kid," he said before, tossing the bell to the ground, making it jingle in protest, and slinking
back into the alley's darkness with a large smirk.
Mahiru felt a sudden chill go down his spine as he was paying for the food and supplies in the store. His eyes went to the opaque glass door, a small pang went through his chest when he thought about the fight he had with Kuro.
"I hope Kuro is alright… I was a bit harsh on him this morning, and I let my temper get the better of me again…" Mahiru thought and looked at all the Raman and potato chip bags he was buying. "Maybe this would make it up to him?"
After all Kuro was still morning over the destroyed PS3, if Mahiru took away his favorite food then there's no doubt that the vampire would Be upset. Sometimes he wonders how Kuro can put up with his overbearing personality and the way he threw the Servamp
into fights that he wanted to avoid. But no matter how lazy and annoying Kuro can be, he was always there for Mahiru when he needed it.
He thanked the cashier and went out the store with his bags. The bags are heavy, it felt like his arms fall off if he had to carry them home, it probably wouldn't hurt to ask the vampire to help him for the last time today and let him take the rest of
the day off.
"Hey Kuro you mind helping me out with this," Mahiru asked nicely, there was no response. "…Kuro?" looking confused at the lack of response, the black cat was not in the shade of the mailbox. It was strange, he knew that Kuro would wait for him as long
as he doesn't have to wait in the sun. He scanned for him until his eyes saw something shiny by the alleyway. The boy set the heavy bags down to the side and went to investigate what it was.
He gasped and picked the item up with trembling hands. It was Kuro's cat bell, panic and worry surged through his chest at the thought of what happened to his missing partner. Holding the bell with one hand he quickly searched his pocket for his phone,
with still trembling hands he dialed the person he knew would help him.
"Misono! Kuro's missing!"
"Mr. Mr. Please wake up!" a young voice meowed as they were shaking him awake.
Red eyes groggily opened to see an odd eyed gray tabby kitten smaller than him hovering over him. By the sound of their voice it must be a girl that's about three or four months old. Her gray white coat had a black swirl pattern. She met his withher
odd blue and green eyes. The kid smiled at him and jumped happily.
"Your OK! Your OK! I was worried the bad human did something to you. What's your name Mr.?"
she spoke quickly with energy he could only dream of having. Kuro only looked at her confused to what she was talking about. What bad human and where is he? He ignored the hyperactive kitten for now and scanned his surroundings with an irritated glare.
From what he gathered, Kuro concluded that he's in a small cage, so that rules out turning into human form and clawing out, the cage is in a dank basement with a disgusting odor. He yelped when the kid suddenly bit him in the ear.
"Ow! What was that for?!" he asked while nursing his already abused ear.
"That was for ignoring me Mr. I asked for your name or are you a stray?" her green and blue eyes stared into his crimson eyes intensely, daring him to ignore her again.
"And here I thought Mahiru had a short fuse…" he mused before answering, "my name is Kuro and no I'm not a stray I have an owner if you could call it that."
"OK! My name is Takaji! But you can call me Taka?" she said happily as she watched her cellmate with curious mismatched eyes. "What you doing?"
The kid observed him as Kuro laid down lazily like he didn't care about his situation. He may seem lazy but the gears in Sleepy Ash's head were turning with all sorts of escape plans that might guarantee his escape. First he needs to gather information
and assess what his next action would be. He looked at the kid and sighed.
"Do you know where we are and who brought me here?" he asked coldly. At first Taka was hesitant to answer, he saw a flash of fear in her eyes, her demeanor changed dramatically to a quivering child. As much as he wanted to get information, making her
cry would not be worth it. Kuro opened his mouth to tell her that she didn't have to answer when she unexpectedly rammed into him and nuzzled his neck for comfort.
"This place, that man there horrible… I want to go home!" her sniffles were muffled by his black fur. Kuro watching the kid with a guilty expression, he felt awful for thinking of leaving the kid for his own escape, this kid has obviously been through
a lot. It was exhausting but leaving this kid would not be good for his already plagued conscious. Like Mahiru always says, 'it's simpler to help someone than to regret it later'.
"Do you want to leave this place?" he said seriously. She gave him a confused look, like she didn't understand what he just asked. "Do you want to go back home?" he repeated. Taka stared deeply into Kuro's eyes for any sign of lie, he was being completely
honest.
She nodded hesitantly, while Kuro gave one of his rare smiles.
"Well, well I see that you made yourself at home kitty…" came a voice from the open basement door. Kuro glared at the direction of the voice.
Well here's the first chapter and I hope you like it. If you read my other Servamp story than you can guess that there will be some Servamp theories that I'll be exploring through this fanfic like what would happen if a Servamp is away from their contract item since I've noticed that they always have it on them. And next chapter will tell you that there's more to Kuro's capture than you think. And by the way this is after the war with Tsubaki. Don't forget to review and favorite!
On to the Preview!
Chapter 2: High Stakes
"Kuro tried to warn me… that something bad would happen and I… ignored him"
"Lily! Don't strip!"
"Tehe, I was only trying to lighten the mood, after all fighting won't get us any closer to finding Nii-san"
"I saw that man before... He asked me about Kuro..."
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