Guardian: Ties
Now that the threat to their life has ended, they have to face a bigger problem: living the everyday life.
Seityrn: Hey there… As promised, the sequel.
Syphile: Yay! I wrote this chappie so, Please R&R afterwards ^^
And no, Bakugan is not ours
Flashback: Guardian's Final chapter
"On a more serious note, I'll only be giving each of you one request," Mark began. "Shun, please protect my dear sister."
"I've already got that covered," he assured him.
They continued to walk until they reached the bedrooms. Alice emerged from her room and hugged her brother.
"Masquerade, you know what I'm going to ask of you, correct?"
"Sure, I'll protect Alice with all of my life. But, Masquerade's no more," their friend said as he slowly removes his mask…
End Flashback
Chapter 1
Syphile came out of her room just in time to see Masquerade take his mask off. The mask leisurely separated itself from the mysterious blonde, revealing a pair of beautiful sapphire eyes that gazed back at them. (A/N; Syphile: it would be a sin to defile Masky's handsomeness with words that can even describe a margin of it. Just imagine how hawt he can be without his mask. ^^;)
"Well, the Masquerade you knew at least," the handsome blonde said as he pocketed the mask in his white coat.
The rest just stood in their places with their jaws dropping to the floor, awestruck of the male's appearance. None of them blinked; they just stared at the unmasked Masquerade. Then there was silence. Deafening silence.
"Hey!" Masquerade snapped in annoyance "I thought you knew I was handsome!"
Mark quickly shook his head and replied to his friend. "Well, yeah…we did know that you were good-looking, but…we never expected you to be THIS handsome!"
"Well, what should we call you now?" Alice inquired, trying to change the topic.
"You can still call me Masquerade. Masquerade Gehabich to be complete, making me your brother," he responded to his once unknowing sister.
"Or, more appropriately, his mo-" Mark teased once again. But the two other males managed to cover his mouth and dragged him out of the girls' earshot, cutting him off whatever he was trying to say.
"Try to say that again," Shun whispered menacingly "and we'll get you…"
The duo then released the threatened Mark from their grasps, and he smiled like nothing happened.
"Let me make my orders clear…you, Shun, are supposed to protect Syphile; while Masquerade needs to protect Alice, right?"
"Yeah, so?" the two nodded.
"So, how will you be able to do it when you're with the other?"
"You mean…I'll continue my relationship with Alice, all while Syphile and Masquerade…" Shun said slowly, dawning in his eyes.
"Yep…these relationships are now officially a Love-Square."
Masquerade cocked his head sideways as an oversized sweatdrop formed. "You've been watching too much romance vids since our group was disbanded, haven't you?"
"Guilty…whaa- how'd you know?" Mark asked as he nervously chuckled.
"You're getting too cheesy," Masquerade replied.
"Alright already! Change of request…protect whom you want to protect. Happy now?" Mark grumbled in annoyance.
"Yes!" Masquerade and Shun cheered.
Mark slowly shuffled towards the girls. Noticing that they were already engaged in a conversation, he walked passed them. The group began walking once more, their feet stepping on the polished wooden boards that served as the floor to the antique manor. This time though, the girls followed.
"Where are we going anyway? I'm famished!" Syphile complained, her stomach agreeing with her as it gave a low rumbling sound.
"I don't know…I was planning on walking around but when I noticed Masquerade walking, I decided to follow him," her brother responded.
"I have no idea where we're going. I was just trailing Shun," the blond explained.
"That's strange…I was tagging along to wherever Mark plans to go," Shun answered.
The males managed to blink at the same time before staring at one another as an owl hooted in the background.
"So, that means," Alice began as she tapped her lips with a finger, her mahogany eyes looking at the wooden ceiling, "that we're going nowhere?"
"Looks like it," the guys solemnly confessed as they bowed their heads.
And the night soon echoed with their laughter.
"No, seriously…I'm hungry"
Syphile: There! All done… this is just a taste of what to expect in the following, with a bit of something else at certain chapters. Please excuse me… I need to eat…
(I wonder though…would my cousin protect me as he would to Alice?)