Lalala~ Here's to a new chapie of my new story~ Yayzz! And thank you Twilight Dark Angel, zeenz and AoKuroUsagi16238
Chapter 2
"lie-chan? Kylie – chan?" Rikuo shouted over and over again to no avail. Kylie was lost in thought… and daydreaming like never before. "Kylie…." Rikuo shouted one last time before he sulked into a corner since he was ignored.
Hot… warm… burning… it hurts.
Help. Help. Please help me…
Take it away. Take it away! PLEASE!
Over and over again, I lived it over and over again.
Unable to help Rihan… giving my life for Rikuo…
It hurts…
Tears crept to the corner of my eyes when I remembered… no it was more than remembering – when I relived the months right after I died. In that abyss… it felt like years, centuries… even, and now Nurarihyon oji – san tells me that it was only a few months. I came back looking just like I did 9 months ago. Except maybe… my eyes were bluer, my hair was darker. I changed…
"Kylie – c h a n….!" Rikuo whined, water streaming down from his eyes.
I deadpanned and sweat dropped when I saw the state that Rikuo was in.
"Oi… are you okay?"
"Fine… fine… just dandy, why do you ask?" Rikuo pouted and turned to the side… as if to ignore me.
"Alright… then…" I said hesitantly, "Weirdo" Rikuo changed too. I grinned when I thought back to when we played together…
Rikuo was such a mischievous brat, always pulling pranks on the youkai that lives with him… though it was mainly Kubinashi, Aotabo, Kurotabo and Yuki – Onna that were tricked… but sometimes, it happened to me too.
Kylie started to sweat drop when she began to delve into her reminiscences… how many times did Rikuo pretend to be in trouble only to have her fall into a hole?
A LOT!
A vein popped on my forehead when I thought about those times when Rikuo act as if he was severely injured… made me so angry. A dark rain cloud began to gather around me. Stupid Rikuo… Baka Rikuo. He doesn't understand that I would worry if he got hurt.
"Kylie – chan?" said a voice behind me. I looked up and felt sparkles jump from me.
"Yuki – ah… no sorry… Oikawa – san" I said. Rikuo looked like he was about to hyperventilate when I almost accidently called Oikawa Tsurara, Yuki – onna.
"School is already out… are you going to go back first or do you want to stay with us?" Yuki – I mean, Oikawa asked me.
"What are you doing?" I asked.
"We're having a meeting of the Kiyojuji Paranormal Patrol…" Oikawa said.
"Then… mind if I join?" I asked, glancing towards the ground and twiddling my thumbs.
"Of course you can!" shouted a rather icky looking person. He swished his hair to the side and gave off an aura that said he knew people talked about him… and he didn't care.
"Who is that?" I asked Oikawa, scrunching up my nose.
"Kiyotsugu – san" Oikawa replied, "He's a bit obsessed with youkai." She whispered into my ears.
"Why?" My eyes widened, did he hate youkais or something? "Does he…?" My throat suddenly dried… I felt my blood rush to my brain till all I could think about was how to get Kiyotsugu out of the picture. All I could see were scenarios where Kiyotsugu could have had an accident and die… plenty of ways.
"Kylie?" Oikawa snapped her fingers in front of my eyes. When I blinked… I could see Oikawa and her favorite scarf. She always wore it… even when she was in her normal, youkai form. I remember that day she got it…
Rikuo and I were running around the town. It was Christmas and we figured that we should buy some presents this year. I was fun… terribly fun! We got into a heap of trouble. Nurarihyon oji-san had to come and pick us up, himself.
Ahh… those were the times… I prop my elbow on the edge of my desk and leaned on it. I guess I had a faraway look in my eyes so Oikawa went away to tell Rikuo that I was going to stay.
Back then… I didn't know about youkai… I didn't know that the world was much darker than the alleys at night. Darker… colder… and scarier…
I still get the heebie jeebies just thinking about what's crawling in the darkest corner of every street. Though… despite having hundreds of things that can scare the living shit out of me… Nurarihyon, Rihan, Rikuo and everyone else in the Nura Clan… is like a rainbow…
"Kylie – chan" I heard Rikuo whining, "Do you wanna turn this way now?"
"Whats wrong Mr. Rainbow?" I semi – cooed, still half out of it.
"Mr. Rainbow?" Kana – chan asked. Ienaga Kana… she was what I would call a childhood friend… despite having my childhood cut off. Our best friend and neighbor… she doesn't know about youaki and she despises youkai. She thinks that I had just moved away for the summer…
I winced a bit, thinking about how Kana should find out about me… about Rikuo… about all of us…
"Bye!" Rikuo called to his friends as we were walking out from the school.
"Bye Nura…" called Torii Natsumi – san, Maki Saori – san and Kiyotsugu – san.
"Sayonara! Oikawa – chan!" Shima – san called to her. It was pretty obvious that he likes her… but Yuki – Onna doesn't see a thing…
Rikuo can't see anything either… and I am not just talking about why he has glasses. He can't see Yuki – Onna's interest in him, can't see his importance to Kana… definitely can't see his own significance to me…
Jeez… I never want to come to school again!
Yuki – Onna, Rikuo and I were walking across the school grounds. Rikuo was sandwiched between us. Pleanty of people were staring… but I didn't mind. None of us were talking… but it didn't seem awkward at all. I like the silence where I can think… scratch that – I don't like thinking…
"Ah~!" Yuki – Onna shouted.
"Hn… what happened?" I asked her, bending forward a little so I could see her over Rikuo.
"I forgot… I was suppose to prepare tonight's dinner!" Yuki – Onna shouted, clasping her hands over her mouth, "I should get going! Please see the young master home!" Yuki – Onna bowed quickly and turned to run away…
"So… I have a few things to do. Wanna accompany me?" I asked Rikuo, half hoping h would say no and yet still hoping that he would say yes.
"Sure." Rikuo agreed, momentarily blinding me with is bright smile. "Where are we going?"
"To… a friend of mine… I guess you can call her" I replied, looking away sheepishly.
"Alright."
I laughed awkwardly and led the way to her house. Left, right, right, left, left, walk two more blocks… and we are here…
"Oi… this is it?" Rikuo asked sweat dropping and deadpanning.
"Yeah… she's a bit…. Isolated" I chuckled awkwardly again. I don't blame Rikuo for thinking weirdly considering her house was downright gruesome. That idiot never bothered to mow her lawn or weed the garden or clip her bushes. The plant life was overgrown and overpopulated. What's more? The walls, doors, windows and roof were all a bleak gray and purple.
I knocked on the door. Rikuo tensed but no one came out nor did she answer the door. I stepped back several steps and glanced at her roof. Smoke was pouring from the chimney. I glanced towards one of her windows. Light was flickering in it.
I sighed and resumed knocking on the door while shouting.
"I KNOW YOU'RE IN THERE! COME OUT YUIKI!"
"Who are you? I don't know you." Someone replied.
Crap… this was not Yuiki…
"Do you know Yuiki?" I asked her, mentally slapping myself.
"No…" She replied, eyeing me suspiciously.
"I'm here to Yuiki… tell her Kylie is here" I sighed, again.
"Maybe she isn't here, Kylie – chan!" Rikuo whined.
"She is…" I crossed my arms and stared at this foreign girl. She was pretty… very pretty. Such a nice natural look but she doesn't see it. Literally. This girl had a pair of big and thick glasses, and she wears sweatpants with a lab coat… and when was the last time she trimmed her eyebrows. It's such a shame… and she had stunning platinum blond hair too… with a figure to match it.
"Who's at the door… Lala?" a voice came from within the house. When a figure to match the voice appeared…she was just as I remembered.
"Yo… Yuiki" I gave her a slight peace sign with my right hand, "It's been a while"
Yuiki's mouth twitched and she smiled wryly, "To what do I owe the pleasure of seeing you again"
"Well… for starters, you really need to watch what you're wearing at home. That tank… I can see your boobs from a mile away." I said.
Yuiki crossed her arms and harrumphed to the side… but I could still see a blush creeping in.
"Second… so something about your hair before I hose it down" I held out a hand dramatically. Wisps of blue tendrils coiled around my hand… but I am pretty sure Rikuo couldn't see a thing.
Yuiki's hands immediately covered her hair… man… she is fun to tease! Yes… I am mean but I was mean for a reason. I really don't like seeing pretty girls get so lazy that they don't even care about their own appearances. Take Yuiki for an example, she has a gleaming yet silky long lavender hair. And she has that perfect hourglass shape. And what does she wear? A tank and cameo pants…
"Are you here to just reprimand me?" she asks.
"No… that was just a bonus" I let the smile fall off of my face… to show that I was serious, "Where have you been last night?"
"Out. Why?"
"Out doing what?"
"It was just a high school reunion… what does that have to do with anything?" She rolled her eyes. I can't make up my mind though. Did she honestly do nothing? Or was she just that good of an actor?
"Fine. Let me try a more blunt approach" I tell her.
"Fine. Shoot me." She said.
I took a deep breath and asked her, slowly, "Did you have a hand in recent attacks?"
Yuiki narrowed her eyes, "Recent…?" Then her eyes widened… with shock or surprise – I have no idea…
"So that's how you think of me? Honestly… I am shocked" she said, a twinge of hurt was laced in her tone.
"I don't know… the Keikan are gone and you're the only one in the area"
"How about a rogue… that doesn't happen often but when it does…"
"Alright… I just wanted to make sure… sorry"
"No problem" Yuiki shifted her gaze from me to Rikuo behind me. Seeing her gaze on Rikuo, I tensed. A hiss resonated down at the back of my throat. I let it out… loud enough for hr to hear and she shifted her gaze back to me. Yuiki walked out from her doorway, ignoring Lala's cries to tell her to stay inside. Yuiki bent over and whispered into my ear…
"If you wanted to keep him safe… you shouldn't have brought him to meet me…" She pulled back and I watched her lick her lips lasciviously. Anger welled inside of me. All the faucets turned on and water streamed from it. A nearby water pump began shaking uncontrollably. Red haze covered the edges of my vision.
I wanted to hurt her.
And I would have… if Rikuo hadn't pulled me away… if Rikuo hadn't still thought that I was human and that I could easily get hurt. Rikuo took my hand in his and began to lead me away from her house. I glanced back one more time and she moved her mouth.
He's much more human than I thought he would be…
She mouthed, lazily letting her arm fall to her side, brushing the side of her calf. Where she kept her knives, shuriken and shikigamis. My emotions went haywire and they flared inside me. Damn… the next time I see her… I will punch the living daylights OUT of her!
"Kylie – chan… who was she?" Rikuo asked me as soon as we were meters away from her house.
"Yuiki Nightingale" I replied softy,
"Eh~ that name sounds kind of familiar" Rikuo replied, he put a finger on his chin and glanced upwards to think.
"It should. Your gramps mentions her a lot. She's a youkai hunter… one of the best" I said.
Rikuo's eyes widened and he grabbed my hand again. We ran the rest of the way home. I couldn't tell him that she wasn't following us… so he kept glancing backwards every two minutes. I couldn't tell him anything… because he might remember other things. Things I never want him to remember… never…