Hello all! I was a little sad that I only got 2 reviews for this story so far….but I am still grateful, so thank you Princess Baka Neko and 2side!!! He he he, well there were a few questions about the last chapter, he he he, but that's what I wanted. So any way, hopefully your questions will be answered soon!
Chapter 2 of, Crimson eyes and Piercing Fangs!
Katsuya handed the clip board back to nurse bitchy who rolled her eyes and snatched it out of his hand. He only shook his head and turned around, leaning on his elbows, on the side of the counter. He looked around and saw that Tohru and Nurse Joy were already rounding the corner back. He was surprised to see that Tohru already had a smile on her face and was carrying three ice-cream cones. She looked at him and smiled a weary smile. "Umm, s…..sir….I….I brought you an ice cream to….its…..its chocolate….if you don't like it I don't mind! Its just I didn't know what flavor you might like so I just got this one because a lot of people seem to like chocolate, but you don't have to eat it if you don't want to I mean a…" She said as she went into little Tohru panic mode.
Katsuya only smiled and ruffled her hair, "Thank you Tohru, and don't worry, I love chocolate." He said as he took the big ice cream from the small girl's hands. She smiled and nodded her head as she turned back to Nurse Joy, "thank you very much for taking me mam….but….may I go see my mother now…." Tohru asked as polite as she could, but Nurse Joy could see the small hint of sorrow that she was trying her best to hide under a smile in her big turquoise eyes. "Well, why don't you ask your daddy instead of me?" She said as she pointed to Katsuya.
"O no, this man is not my father, I don't even know who he is….I'm sorry." She said as she looked back to the nurse, but then slightly turned to see the man and immediately felt bad for what she had said seeing the pain in his eyes. "He isn't?" The nurse said in bewilderment. "You let a stranger take you and bring you here?" Nurse Joy said, only trying to be protective not trying to make it sound harsher then it did. "Well….yes…." Tohru said as she looked down feeling pitiful right now. "But….can we still go see mother?" She asked as she picked her head up to look at the man in front of her who slowly nodded his head still with pain struck eyes.
Tohru gave him a wiry smile and slowly bowed her head a little to show her appreciation. He looked at nurse bitchy, "Is it alright for us to go in now?" He asked in a very polite manner, the same way that Tohru had done, which shocked Tohru a little, but she thought nothing of it, after all, she new this man wasn't her dad, she hadn't seen him for the eleven years that she had been alive, so she new this man would not be him at all, just showing up out of the blue, that would never happen. Nurse bitchy sighed and looked at the two, overly polite, pleading eyes and rolled hers in a very rude manner. "Look, I don't really give a damn, what you do as long as it doesn't cost me money." She said as she shuffled some papers around that were so carelessly lying on her desk in a big pile of a mess.
Katsuya smiled then turned to Tohru, "I guess that means that we can go in?" He said looking to nurse Joy now. "May I ask what room might we be able to find her in?" He asked, saying as he new he didn't want to ask nurse bitchy, and maybe this lady could help him out a bit. Nurse Joy looked back at the man though she was still a little confused, nodded any way, "Uh, yea…let me…let me just get you the room number." She said, getting the number off of the computer and pointing them in the direction. They thanked her and walked down the large hallway to the room that she had pointed out to them.
Tohru stopped and took a deep breath when they stood out side of the door. "It's ok, you know…" Katsuya said, taking in a deep breath as well. "Sir…may I ask you a question, before we go in?" Tohru asked with pleading eyes. Katsuya sighed then nodded, "Thank you, ummm….why…..why are you still here? Why…why did you help me…and my mother?" She asked, not wanting to sound rude to the man that had just helped her out. Katsuya gave her a half-hearted smile then sighed, "I'm afraid only your mother can answer that right now, I tried my best to sort things out when you were gone, but maybe they are only letting her stay on certain circumstances?" He said as he opened the door.
"I wonder what he meant by that? Who's letting her stay here, under what kind of circumstances? Who is this man?" Tohru thought as she kept her eyes on the man, as she entered the still room. The room was quiet; a pale green colored the walls, and it reeked of medicine and plastic. She looked over to a bed that was in the middle of the room, seeing her mother's frail body laying in it caused new tears to sting at her aqua eyes, wanting to break free.
"Mother!" She yelled as she raced over to her side, taking her hand in her own. Tohru laid her head down on her mother's bed side, sobbing into the sheets, her mother was so pale, and cold. She didn't know what to do, she never new her father, nor her grandfather for that matter, and they, plus her mother were the only ones she had left in her family, for her grandparents on her mothers side had rejected her, along with her mother. And she had never met her grandparents on her father's side, along with him, although she did know that her mother was an only child, and as was her father, that is, according to the stories that her mother would tell her, she also new that her fathers mother had died of an illness, so that just added on to the shortage of family on her list.
She picked up her head and looked over to the man who was standing in front of the bed, as frozen as a plank of wood. She cocked an eyebrow at him, then stood and went over to him. "Sir, sir…are you ok?" She said, pocking him in the arm. She got no response, she looked into his eyes, and tried to follow were they were looking, but found that they weren't looking any were, which she found quite odd. "Sir?" She said, pocking him in the arm again. Still no reaction, then suddenly, he started to shake, and the color came back to his face, and his eyes, his eyes looked so reenergized. She wondered what could have happened to the man, but let it slid off, not wanting to meddle in other people's affairs.
Although, she kept in mind, that he was kind of meddling in her own affair right now, which she took into consideration, "Sir….are you ok? May I ask were you went just now? I mean….you where here…but….you weren't here." She said. He cocked an eyebrow at her, "O, I was at……work……" He said, not trying to sound weird, but did not succeed. "Work? But you were right here?" She said in bewilderment. "Yes well….that is another thing that you must let your mother explain to you…while she still has time….which, by the way, she should be back in, five….four….three….two….one." He said as he counted down on his watch; then looked over to the pale, frail body, lying in the hospital bed, with numerous gashes and broken bones.
Tohru looked from the man back over to Kyoko. She was amazed to see, the color fading back onto her mother's skin, and to see she was breathing again. "O My God!!! MOM!" She said as she ran over to her mother, but was stopped by Katsuya. "You can't touch her, if you do, she will be gone again….she only has a little bit more time, so let her say what she must, then you can say your final good byes…" He said in a very serious tone, although she didn't understand what he meant, she complied without complaining.
She slowly walked over to her mother, making sure not to touch her, like the man had said. "Mom? Are you ok?" She said as she stood a few inches from the bed, knowing that if she were to touch her, her mother would be gone quicker, and that is the last thing that she wanted to happen right now. "Tohru….I'm so sorry…." Kyoko said with tears in her eyes. "Mom?" Tohru said, a little confused as to why her mother was apologizing to her, when she new it should have been the other way around.
"No mom….don't apologize…you don't have to….you shouldn't have to." She said taking a few steps closer, yet keeping the distance that she was supposed to. "Tohru…I know I should have told you before…like I was supposed to….in fact….in fact that's where we were going today….." Kyoko said turning her attention to the man that was still in the room. "Where were we going mom? I'm afraid I don't understand…." Tohru said, plopping down on the cold hospital floor. "Hello, Katsuya….It's been a while…how do you like the way she's turned out?" Kyoko said with a blush on her revived cheeks, half ignoring what Tohru had just asked. "And you too, Kyoko….thank you for razing her….I promise I will finish up my share as best as I can…..and who knows….maybe by fated chance…we will meet each other again…" He said as he walked over to her side and pushed a few strands of hair out of her face, making her blush even more.
Tohru just sat their in utter bewilderment, wondering what the heck was going on. "Katsuya, you know where I left it….please make sure to give it to her….." She said as she looked from Katsuya back over to Tohru. "I will….I will….and I promise to do a good job for you…." He said as he caressed her face and bent down, kissing her forehead slightly, making her blush darker. He smiled at her then turned over to Tohru, "I'll be standing right out side of this door, to make sure that nobody gets in." He said as he maid his way over to the door that he mentioned. Tohru looked back to her mom. "So….what's going on?" She said getting the feeling that she missed something. Kyoko let out a deep sigh then looked out of the only window in the small hospital room.
"Well….where should I start? Hmmm…well how about I start with that man….I bet your wondering who he is, am I right?" She said smiling at Tohru who nodded. "Well…..that man is Katsuya Honda…..your father." She said with a big smile on her face, as she turned slightly pink again. "My…father?" Tohru said in bewilderment, repeating what her mother had just told her. Kyoko sighed again, "Yes…that's your father….I know your probably wondering why he's here now….now of all times…but…it's because….he's….he's a guardian…." She said, not wanting to make her any more confused then she already looked. "So….that man out side of the door….is my dad….and he is a…guardian?" Tohru said, trying to get the first part straight. "Yes….although…I can't tell you which kind of guardian…saying as it's against my rules……but…I can tell you why he is here now." She said, her smile getting a little smaller.
Tohru looked intently at her mother, "Well….you see….I….I'm a….a demon……and well….saying as your father was a guardian…..it was illegal for us to be together….although…..that didn't stop us……we snuck away from our respected territories, and came here…..and this is were we got married, and had you…..but……by some twisted fate…..when you were born….a prophecy was maid…..it said that for the first 12 years….you would be raised, by wisdom and the 12 years after wisdom, you would be raised by battle……..to make things easier….I was wisdom….and I have served my 12 years with you….giving you wisdom and teaching you adequate….but now…my time is up….and now it is battle's time to raise you….battle would be Katsuya…your father….he will teach you how to arm yourself, and fight……he will teach you what you must learn to protect yourself……and make you ready, for the battle ahead…." Kyoko said as she studied Tohru's face, for any sign of confusion.
Tohru nodded, understanding so far, "So...why am I supposed to fight?" Tohru asked, only that part seamed to confuse her. "Well, you see, it's because you are a demon/guardian…..and born of two of the best might I add….so their might be some one or something that would want to take advantage of you…and use your power for evil, instead of doing good in the final blow that will restore every thing to how it should be in the end." She said gazing away from Tohru, in a tone as if she had said this many times before….like if she were reading Tohru's fortune. "But…why me?" Tohru asked as she shrug her shoulders a little.
"Because you are the demon/guardian in the prophecy, you are the one that is supposed to wield the power of all that is mighty! You must learn to control it with my wisdom, and make use of it with your father's battle!" Kyoko said as she grabbed hold of Tohru's for arms. "I know that I should not of touched you….but I can feel them pulling me already…so…I must be leaving you now…..but don't worry….I fell that you will be meeting some one in the far off future….some one that will help you on your journey….trust him…..good bye…..and…I love you Tohru….." She said as she gave her daughter one last huge as she began to grow cold and pale once more.
Tohru just looked at her mother's dead body, shaking at the sight….trying to comprehend whether or not what had just happened was real. Suddenly she heard the door open, and the sound of light foot steps came closer to her, and put a hand on her back. "I'm sorry that you had to find out this way….but I maid a promise…..to raise you to know what you must….and I intend to keep my promise." Katsuya said as he lifted her up and pulled her close to him, holding her in a tight embrace.
He walked over to the window and looked back at the body of Kyoko, "I will always love you, even if god himself forbids it." He said as he turned back to Tohru and held her closer, suddenly two big beautiful majestic wings sprout out of his back, they were splendid, all white, with light grey tips, they looked so soft, like if you would want to run your hands over them all day, just to enjoy the soft texture. Tohru gasped at the sight of them, "So it really wasn't a dream….this is all really happening?!" She said as she clung closer to her father. She looked down and saw that they were on the fifth floor from were they were standing on the window ledge.
"Your not gon'a—"AHHHH!" Tohru said as he jumped off of the ledge and went straight down, turning up slightly to soar higher in to the starry night sky; Tohru could feel a vale over them, although she couldn't see it, she new she felt it. He flew higher, and higher, "Where are we going?" She asked as she clung to him, not wishing to fall, "Home….we are going home…" He said as he flew threw some clouds, his feathers getting damp from the moisture.
He flew farther and farther, higher and higher. Tohru was mesmerized by the sight of ever thing, she didn't know that the sky could be so big, yet look so small from down below. He flew towards what looked like, a waterfall in the sky, which maid Tohru gasp from the beauty of it, and wonder how on earth it could be up here. He flew straight into it, not even giving Tohru a warning as to what he was going to do. She pinched her eyes close, and took a deep breath, before realizing that they had already came out of the other side of it, not getting wet at all. "What was that!?" She said in excitement.
"That was the portal of life." He said with a smile. "The portal of life….may I ask what it's for?" She asked still clinging to him. His smile grew when she asked him that, he loved to answer that question. "The portal of life; is as you saw, a giant waterfall that floats on the clouds, pouring life onto earth. The water that comes down from the waterfall, goes straight down to earth and rejuvenates it, giving the earth life….its also our portal to home, were the guardians and angels live." He said as he slowed down his pace. "That sounds so beautiful!" She exclaimed with a smile. "So…if….if the guardians live up here…then…..then were did….were did mom live….if she was or is a demon?" She asked; a small ounce of hidden pain showing on her delicate features.
She could see the pain show on his features as well, but saw that he had quickly covered it up, as quickly as it showed. "Your mother…..your mother lived in the portal of sin…" He said with a straight face, as he kept on his path, not looking at her. "The portal of sin…..so…..so does that do like the opposite of the portal of life, instead of life, it gives us death?" She asked, staring up at his beautiful brown eyes. "Not quite exactly….but you are a little close, you see, the portal of sin is were every one that has done wrong in his or her life, or was committed guilty when innocent goes to, it is run by the reapers, demons have a different job, they like us guardians, protect the gates of the portal of sin, consuming the souls of the wicked, and torturing those of the innocent." He said, looking at her for the first time since they had entered the portal of life. Tohru's eyes grew wide, "So….mom…mom, protected the gates…and did those things to the souls that entered?" She said, feeling horrible, for her thought, thinking about her mother in such a way.
"Well….your close again…but, your mother was a demon captain, which means she controlled a certain section of lower rank demons, and reapers." He said finally landing on the top a garden that looked as if it was floating in mid air. Tohru gasped at the beauty of it, she gasped at every thing she saw up here, to her, every thing was beautiful, although her father maid no acknowledgement of it, she guessed it would be because he sees it every day. "So mother was the captain of which section?" she asked, walking along side of him. He stopped in front of a bushel of beautiful red flowers that had golden tips on their petals, and long orange stems. Tohru had never seen any flower like this one, and she truly admired it.
He smiled when he saw her face, and gently took one and handed it to her. She smiled brightly at him, and took it into her hands, gently, not wanting to break or hurt it in any way. "Your mother was the captain of the patrol squad, she was not a soul eater or a peace maker, she was a warrior, and a patroller. I on the other hand, am also a captain guardian. I control what happens up here, and I keep a close eye on my lower ranked guardians, and angels." He said as he smirked at the look on her face as he took her hand and kept walking. "So…you are both captains? Then….how did you get mixed up with each other, if you live on totally different parts of the world, doing the opposite of each other?" She said, sniffing the lovely flower in her hands.
He smiled again. "Well, you see, about two hundred forty eight years ago, their was a war, a hug war might I add at that, you see their was this family that became cursed….this cures was one that we have never seen before, and nobody knows how it actually happened, well any way, generation, after generation, this cursed family looked for the cure, but never was able to find it, until one of the cursed ladies in the family did something that was way out of their and our own boundaries," He said, his face getting stern again.
"What did she do?" She said in complete excitement. "Well, I can't say for sure, saying as I wasn't around at that time, but from what I've heard form the older captains, is that this woman killed the head captain of both, demons, and guardians, by luring them in with a magical lull that she had, making them slit their own throats under her command, they say that she maid them drain their own blood into a tub that was maid of the bones of a monk, and she tasted the blood, once she was satisfied with it, she gave birth to a baby boy in the tub." He said with a shiver, at the thought of what the horrible woman had done.
"What happened next?" Tohru said, wide eyed. "The boy was then put under a curse that was much more worse then the one on the rest of his family, realizing what had happened, the woman panicked and didn't know what to do, so she to slit her own throat, letting the crimson substance that filled her body gush out of her veins into the sacred tub, leaving the boy to fend for himself" He said as he turned a corner, and Tohru gasped once more at the sight in front of her. There was a large castle covered in white jasmine flowers that crept up on the walls of it, making it smell so heavenly. There were rose bushes of pure white roses surrounding the fences, there were beautiful streams that went threw the majestic castle that stretched as far at the eye could see.
"So…what happened to the boy?" Tohru asked, remembering the story her father had been telling her. "Well…I'll tell you the rest of the story when you grow a little older, but for now…..welcome home." He said with a smile on his face, as he saw the overwhelming look of surprise on her own.
I'm sorry for such a long wait! It's just, like I said before, I can only update when I am at school, because of the wireless internet….my laptop only works on wireless….so yea…that kind of sucks because then it means that you guys have to wait longer……well any way….I do hope that this chapter was able to answer a few of your questions! And I do hope that you continue reading! Until then, good bye and be safe!!!
