Dreams Live
Author's note: Usual boring disclaimer, though it's posted on my personals part above all my stories. That's why it's there so I don't have to put a note every time.
Prologue
"Why can't you just listen for two seconds?" Oto snapped.
"Listen to what? How are you able to tell me everything's alright?" Ani moved further away.
"Just listen."
"NO, I am tired of listening. I don't give a damn anymore. I turned into a demon to stay with you and Isabella; I raised the two of you. I did everything I could to support you two."
"And we appreciate it but…"
"No, no buts. I'm tired of you shoving me around and beating the shit out of me. I'm leaving and I don't know if I'm coming back yet." Ani snapped, then someone knocked at the door, "What is it?"
"We've got a few problems boss." Karasu spoke up.
"Then wait a moment and you can talk it over with Oto because I'm not your boss." Ani opened the door and looked Karasu in the face for an instant. There were tears in his eyes as he ran past the two demons.
"What happened this time?" Bui looked back.
"Nothing, don't worry about it." Oto closed the door.
"It doesn't seem like nothing if it'll make Ani cry." Karasu looked in the refrigerator.
"He was crying?"
"Jeez, you don't notice much do you?"
Ani ran out of the apartment building and hid in the woods. He hid his face in his sleeve so if anyone came by they wouldn't know he was crying. But how could anyone see him up in the tree, well someone did. A boy, about seventeen, leaped up into the tree. He was only one branch higher than Ani.
"What's wrong?" the boy asked.
"Nothing, get lost." Ani snapped.
"It can't be nothing if you're upset. Did HE do something to upset you?"
"Who, my brother?"
"Yeah, that guy looks like he could use an ass whoopin'"
"Don't even try kid."
"Why, you don't think a powerful daemon like me could beat a demon like him?"
"A what?"
"A daemon, a demonic animal neither normal nor a demonic creature, it's a lonely road sometimes but I'm cool with it."
"How'd you find me?"
"Like any other huge fan would, I'm a dog and you left a strand of hair of the side line in your last match."
"What kind of dog?"
"Wolf-Husky, I'm a mutt. The name's Rocky."
"Well Rocky, what do you want?"
"I overheard the argument; I wanted to make sure you were alright."
"I'm fine, thank you. I just didn't want a fight in the room. My sister doesn't need to see us fighting."
"How noble, I used to be a normal dog once. My master was like you, I guess that's why I'm such a fan."
"What happened to him?"
"My guess would be that he died a mortal. It's a good thing because his father has become immortal and would hurt my master further if he found him. My master saved me from being burnt alive and I left soon after with this." Rocky had a red bandana around his neck.
A moment later they heard Oto looking for Ani and climbed higher into the tree. Ani was tired but not ready to go back. Rocky offered to guard over him if he wanted to rest in the tree. Ani drifted to sleep, though he told Rocky he'd go back and rest, obviously the daemon had other plans.
A/N: / blah/- actual person
"blah"-any one in dream
/What's going on/ Ani looked around/This is my room, what's going on/.
There is the bed was Ani, but tinier, he'd gotten ill. Oto was sitting at his side and the others were all worried about him. They came in occasionally.
/What's going on? How am I there and here at the same time/
"How is he?" it was Karasu.
"Don't know, he hasn't woken since earlier." Oto replied softly.
"It's not your fault; we all should've known he'd end up sick if we didn't do something."
"Yeah, but you aren't his brother. He didn't raise you. And you didn't spend your life treating him like shit."
"True, but we spent most of the time ignoring him and letting him take care of everyone but himself." Bui stepped in.
/What you talking about? What happened to me/ Ani walked over toward the bed/NO, that's not me. What's going on? Rocky let me out now, I mean it/
Ani tossed and turned in the daemon's arms, but Rocky couldn't let him out yet. He hadn't even put him in the dream. Hell, Rocky didn't even know what Ani saw. When he heard Ani demand that he be freed, Rocky waved his hand over the shape-shifter's face and Ani awoke.
"What did you do?" Ani snapped.
"Nothing I swear, I can only awaken the sleeping. I can't put them to sleep." Rocky sighed.
"So who did this to me?"
"I don't know but what ever you saw will happen eventually and I'm not sure what you saw was too good." Rocky dashed off before Ani could say anymore.
