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The next morning Corissa lolled her head to the right and slowly opened her eyes when she smelt bacon and eggs. She brought her hand up and rubbed the sleep from her eyes before she looked at the table to see a plate of food for her. She smiled happily and made an attempt to reach it but couldn't because she felt pressure on her stomach. She took a deep breath and looked down to see Kai's nose digging into her stomach as his arms encircled her thighs, she blinked for a moment thinking it to be a dream but realized it wasn't when she felt his hot breath against her belly button and his lips moving as he mumbled something incoherent. She felt her face turning an undeniable shade of red and shook his shoulder.
"Kai wake up." She whispered as she shook him again. He tightened his grip and shook his head. "Kai!" She said as she kicked his foot, he jolted awake and fell off the couch with a dazed confused expression on his face. His eyes were barely open and his hair stuck up in every direction. She pulled the blanket up over her and grabbed the plate; Kai saw the food and frowned.
"That's mine." She looked at him like he was insane.
"Says who?"
"Me. Now give me my food."
"No go get your own." Kai growled at her.
"That is mine!" Riku came in from the kitchen with a plate in his hand; there was much more food on the plate and about three more pieces of bacon on it then on the plate she held. Corissa smiled and handed Kai the plate she had.
"Your right this is yours, that's mine." Riku handed her the plate and smiled, Kai frowned childishly.
"But that's mine." She rolled her eyes at him.
"Ok you only get one plate and that's yours." She picked up every piece of bacon and licked it. "Now you can't have it, it has my germs on it." Kai glared at her as he dove into his own food.
"Riku what time is it?" Riku looked at the clock.
"9:30." Corissa began eating a bit faster.
"After I finish I'm going to run home and then I'll meet you guys down at the park."
"Wear your bathing suit Danielle wants to go swimming after." She nodded.
"Ok." She finished within a few minutes and stood; she began walking up the stairs but was stopped when Kai called her on it.
"Where are you going?"
"To your room."
"Why?"
"To get some of my stuff so I can at least walk home."
"You took all your stuff back home with you the last time you baby sat."
"Hung out." Riku corrected, Corissa shrugged.
"Fine I'll wear something of yours." Kai jumped up and rushed after her.
"No you won't!" He yelled as he ran after her up the stairs, she quickly closed his door before he could get inside his room. "Open my door right now!"
"I only need a pair of shorts and a shirt, stop freaking out."
"You'll make them smell girly!" He heard her laugh.
"What do you think I do, bathe in perfume? I don't even use it." She rolled her eyes and opened the door when she heard him bang against it; he nearly fell into the room when his support was pulled away. She had most all of his drawers open and was shuffling through them. He glared at her.
"How about I find you something to wear?"
"No you'll pick out like the stupidest thing you own and give that to me, wouldn't want people to know I'm wearing something of yours cause they might get the wrong idea, right?" She asked as she grinned, her grin widened when she saw the blush on his cheeks. "Don't worry with your luck they'll only think you scored once." He blushed brighter.
"Hey guys what's going on?" They looked at the door and saw George standing there smiling at them.
"I'm looking for something to wear home."
"Why not wear something you've left over here?"
"Well apparently I took all my stuff home with me the last time I stayed here."
"I just washed a shirt of yours."
"Ok now I just need shorts." She shifted through his shorts drawer and found a nice pair. She pulled them up and buttoned them. Kai glared at her.
"Take those off." She laughed lightly and looked at George.
"Kai not in front of your dad." Kai blushed and glared at her.
"You're not wearing those find a different pair."
"But these look so much better on me."
"Yeah Kai you have to admit they do." George chimed in, Corissa nodded at him.
"I don't have to admit anything. Now give them back."
"But I don't want to."
"I don't care give them back."
"No, come get them."
"You're wearing them that would look kinda dirty." Corissa grinned.
"Then I guess your not getting them back until tomorrow." She looked at George. "Now George you said you washed my shirt? Do you know where it is?" He nodded.
"Yeah come on." She walked past Kai and giggled, Kai growled angrily at her. George took her down the hall to his room; she stood in the doorway as he looked through his drawers for her shirt. He found it and handed it to her; she smiled and pulled it over her head.
"Thanks George." He nodded at her; she walked down the hall toward the stairs but didn't get a change to get all the way down when Kai grabbed the back of her shorts. "Kai it's only for one day."
"But they're my favorite."
"One day." He let her go and she ran down the stairs and met Riku in the foyer. She hugged him and gave him a quick kiss on the cheek. "See you later on today." He smiled.
"Yeah." She just opened the door when she heard stomping down the stairs; she turned around and saw Kai pulling on a shirt.
"I'm going with you." She rolled her eyes and walked out the door, he quickly followed her.
"Are you that worried about your shorts?" She asked and crossed her arms, she stepped up her pace. She pulled some gum out of her jacket pocket and popped it in her mouth. Kai frowned at her.
"No I just wanted to walk with you." She looked away from him and closed her eyes in annoyance when she saw Mao making her way to them. She pinched the bridge of her nose and sighed.
"Why are you wearing Kai's pants?" She opened her eyes and glanced at him.
"I fell in them?" She tried, Mao didn't look amused. "I needed something to wear this morning."
"Why?"
"I stayed the night last night."
"Why?" She asked in an offended tone, Corissa raised a brow at the tone.
"I was baby-sitting Riku and fell asleep." She paused and grinned evilly. "Kai and I feel asleep together cuddled up nice and close in our underwear." Kai rolled his eyes and smacked his forehead and Mao's mouth dropped open in surprise.
"Kai how could you?" He frowned.
"How could I what?"
"How could you cheat on me?!"
"One: nothing happened and two: we're not dating." Corissa giggled.
"Mao in case you're curious Kai is really comfortable and warm; he was like the perfect human pillow." Kai glared at her, Mao gasped and glared at her. She turned on her heels and stormed off. Kai looked at Corissa oddly.
"You weren't helping."
"Oh calm down I was only joking, so what if Mao thinks something is going on that isn't. It's not anything to worry about, oh no she won't talk to you any more, so sorry. Besides I needed something fun to do this early in the morning."
"You had no right to make her assume something is going on."
"I didn't make her assume anything."
"You let her think something was going on."
"Who cares, you're the one who came with me I couldn't help myself I had to make a joke." They chatted as they made it to her house; she unlocked the door and stepped inside. "I want your opinion on my bathing suit, I got a new one and I want to know which one to wear." He sighed.
"Let me guess your going to model them."
"I could just hold them up for you but if I model them I at least get your attention and a conclusive answer."
"Why do you think I care what you wear?"
"I just want your opinion." She said and walked into the back hall into her room. She put on the first one and came out to see him. "This is my bikini." She said, he looked up and nodded.
"Yup." She narrowed her eyes.
"Come on give me something better than that, honest feed back."
"You look a little fat." She looked down at herself and saw no ounce of fat at all, she glared at him.
"You suck. Fine I'll just throw something on."
"Ok." She glared at him and ran back into her room to put on her other bathing suit, the real one she wanted to wear. She pulled her shirt and shorts back on before she pulled on some shoes and walked out.
"Ok I'm done."
"Good." She rolled her eyes and quickly walked out the door, he followed her. They reached the park and saw Danielle and Riku already there, Corissa walked to Riku and hugged him and then hugged Danielle. Danielle saw her shorts and frowned.
"Why are you wearing Kai's shorts?"
"Because I jumped him last night and this was the closest thing I could reach this morning." Riku looked away from them to keep his laughter hidden; Danielle stared at her and frowned at her blank face.
"A-are you kidding? Did you seriously jump him?" Kai rolled his eyes and looked away as Corissa thought about it.
"Yeah I did, right on the couch."
"What about Riku?!"
"He watched." Danielle's mouth dropped open and she looked at Riku who was smiling at her.
"Y-you watched?!" She asked. Riku nodded.
"It was for educational purposes, I learned a lot." She turned her eyes on Kai.
"Kai! You let him watch?!" Kai shrugged.
"I had no say Corissa thought it would be good for the kid, teach him a few things you know? She figured in person visual was better than a book or a birds and the bee's talk." As Danielle stared at Kai like he was insane Corissa and Riku began laughing as hard as they could without making a sound behind Danielle but soon couldn't hold in their laughter any longer and began nearly choking as they gasped for air. Danielle frowned.
"What? Did I miss something?!" Kai soon joined in on the laughter and Danielle growled at them. "What?!"
"Nothing it's just hilarious that you actually fell for it…" Corissa choked out as she and Riku used each other for support.
"Yeah ha ha, I get it. Come on lets go for our hike now and then we can go swimming." They nodded and Corissa decided to bring something sharp along just in case another monster came at them. They hiked in fairly low conditions but when the end came near they still felt the strain of their hour long walk. They treaded back to the lake and quickly stripped into their bathing suits and dove into the water. As they came up Corissa realized that her bandage had come off her hand and she was bleeding again. She began swimming to shore to wrap her hand with something she had brought when she felt something wrap around her ankle and drag her down.
As she felt water flow over her head she gasped and began fighting for air. She felt herself panicking and began fighting harder; she finally got her head above water and gasped for air as she let out a small yelp. The others glanced in that direction and saw Corissa fighting to get herself air. Danielle dove under the water and swam over to her friend as fast as she could; she reached her in record time and opened her eyes to see what was pulling Corissa down. What she saw made her eyes go wide and she had to quickly pull her head back up before she gasped and pulled water into her lungs. She grabbed Corissa's arm and pulled as hard as she could, Corissa's head shot through the water and she gasped for air.
"Corissa are you ok?"
"Something has my foot!" She screamed and began pulling her leg as hard as she could. The pressure around her leg let up and she fell back as she yanked her leg to herself. The water shot up like a geyser and another monster shot out of it, this one looked like a giant water snake with wings. Its tail shot at her and wrapped around her waist, pulling her out of the water and into the air. Her mouth dropped open but she was too frightened to even scream. Danielle looked around and saw something metal glint on the shore, she ran to it and picked it up. She noticed that it was a metal letter opener as she clutched it she felt it bite into her hand and noticed that some of her blood dripped onto it from a small cut. "Danielle stab it with the metal I think metal kills these things-" She was cut off when the tail tightened around her diaphragm and she gasped.
"Ok." Danielle yelled and watched as the thing dove at her, she readied the letter opener and sliced it on the arm; it screamed and climbed high into the sky. Corissa screamed loudly when she saw that she was nearly thirty feet over the water and screamed even louder when she felt the creature begin to break up, the tail gave way and she fell toward the water at top speed. Kai's eyes widened when he saw her falling and rushed to catch her, luckily he reached her in time. Her breathing was fast and uneven and when she saw who caught her she threw her arms around his neck and hugged him tight. He wrapped his arms around her and held her just as tight.
"Thank you Kai." She whispered and felt tears flowing down her cheeks, Kai nodded. Danielle sighed a deep sigh of relief and sat down on the bank. Riku swam past Kai and Corissa and sat next to Danielle on the bank.
"Are you ok?" He asked her, she nodded quickly.
"Yeah I'm fine I just don't know what that was."
"Corissa and I saw one last night, she killed it then."
"Is that why she knew how to kill one?"
"She was just guessing but yeah that's why." They looked out into the water and saw Corissa crying into Kai's shoulder, Kai patted her back with a sad look on his face.
"She looks really shaken up."
"Well yeah she fell almost 30 feet toward wa-" Danielle stopped her sentence and turned around quickly to see a tall blond man and a pretty blond woman in a lab coat. "Who the hell are you two?" The man stepped forward.
"You handled that monster quite well."
"Yes I know, you didn't answer my question. Who the hell are you two?"
"My name is David and this is my colleague Julia she is a doctor." Corissa pulled away from Kai and looked at them.
"Do you know what that was, what the thing last night was?"
"Yes I do." She made a hurry up motion with her hand.
"What attacked me?!"
"A Chiropteran." She stared at him angrily.
"No it wasn't."
"Yes it was."
"I was attacked by something a little bit bigger than a bat!" She growled angrily.
"These creatures are called Chiropterans because of their need for blood, vampiric tendencies hence the bat reference. They are horrible creatures."
"Yes we assessed that. Now what are you doing here?"
"We are from an organization called the Red Shield; our mission is to kill the Chiropterans."
"Ok well thank you for finally telling us your job but what are you doing here?"
"I will answer your question if you answer one of mine." They nodded. "Did you both kill one?"
"Yes." They answered.
"One more. What did you use?"
"I used an old can opener."
"I used a letter opener."
"Did they perhaps have your blood on them either time?" They frowned and nodded.
"I think so." David smiled again.
"Would you mind if we took a small blood sample?"
"Why?" They asked and backed up a step. Julia pulled out a small blood sample kit and smiled at them.
"Please girls the test will only take a second and after we get the results we can explain everything." They thought about it for a moment before they nodded reluctantly. Julia smiled warmly to them both; she placed two tourniquets on their arms and then inserted the needles. Danielle looked away as her blood was drawn, Corissa however watched. When Julia got a sufficient amount she pulled the needles out and put band aides on the small wounds. She walked to her kit and did a few more things that the girls couldn't see and straightened. "It's accurate, they are the girls." David sighed happily.
"Wonderful! Ok come on girls." They shook their heads and stepped back.
"You said after the test you would tell us everything."
"Alright but I don't think you'll believe us."
"We've had giant monsters chasing and trying to kill us, I think whatever you say is still in the ball park of normal." Corissa mumbled and crossed her arms as she sat down.
"Alright. You two girls are reincarnations of two powerful Chiropteran hunter sisters; you must now pick up where you left off."
"I think you skipped ahead a little bit."
"No that's about it."
"We have to kill these things? How?!" Danielle asked in exasperation.
"Just like you have been." They all turned their heads at the new voice and saw a handsome young man carrying a cello case, as he got closer Danielle and Corissa could see his features easier. He had dark brown hair and pretty blue eyes. He stopped in front of Danielle and bowed deeply to her. "Hello I am Haji, I am your Chevalier." Corissa frowned and leaned over to Danielle.
"That sounds French for male escort." Danielle grinned.
"Cool." She said and smiled at him, Haji frowned.
"Chevalier means comrade and friend."
"Oh…ok." Corissa pouted slightly.
"I want a Chevalier." Julia smiled softly.
"You Corissa were much too stubborn to take one; Danielle only took Haji as hers because he saved her life."
"How does one acquire a Chevalier?" Corissa asked and looked back at Danielle who was staring at Haji.
"You turn them by offering them your blood." Julia explained.
"We have more pressing matters then to hear you complain." David snapped.
"Whoa, what crawled up your butt?!" Corissa asked and frowned at him. David sighed.
"We have to get to Russia quickly; two previous Chevalier's are heading in that direction."
"But I thought you said I didn't have one."
"You don't and Haji is Danielle's only. Two evil entities much like you had them, when they're masters perished they continued on their own."
"Why do we have to kill them?" Corissa asked.
"They are letting the Chiropterans loose, unfortunately for you two you don't get along well with them. Especially you Corissa."
"Why? What did they do to me?"
"Well Solomon always insulted you in such a polite way you could never really attack him for it and Carl just down right creeped you out by always hitting on you and saying that you two were lovers." David replied.
"Lovers?" She asked with a weird sort of frown and snarl combo.
"Yes in his mind since you hated each other you had something in common and therefore it seemed natural that you two become lovers, he tried many times to bed you but you always blew him off and often kicked him where the sun didn't shine." Julia explained with a slight smirk. "Danielle you hated Solomon for the same reason, he insulted you also but he did it in a rude manner, he also wasn't fond of Haji."
"Sounds like a jerk." Riku mumbled Corissa put an arm around his shoulders and nodded. David moved toward the bank.
"Come on girls gather your clothes and let's go."
"We're leaving right now?" Danielle asked, David nodded. "Well then I guess we'll see you two when we get back…"
"I want to take Riku with us." Riku looked at her and hugged her.
"Why separation anxiety?"
"No you're very knowledgeable of different cultures plus yeah I think a little separation anxiety…" Riku smiled widely and hugged her tightly.
"Sure I'll go with you." Danielle shrugged.
"So I guess we'll just see Kai when we get back." Kai moved forward in between Corissa and Riku.
"My dad won't let you two take Riku to Russia with you." She smiled at him and grabbed Riku's hand.
"We'll see, your dad loves me, he'll let me take Riku." She put her clothes on and they made the trek to Kai and Riku's house. They reached it and Corissa smiled as she ran up to the door. "Hey George!" She called; he opened the door and frowned at them, when he saw the two adults he seemed greatly surprised and stared at them before he snapped out of his stupor and smiled.
"David, Julia it's been a while." David nodded.
"Yes George it has." Corissa and Danielle frowned in confusion.
"Wait you all know each other? What gives?"
"Well George, Julia and I were all soldiers in Vietnam were we first saw Chiropterans and he was also a member of the Red Shield until he had Kai." David explained and smiled back at George, Corissa and Danielle stared at George in amazement.
"You've seen Chiropterans?!"
"Yes I have. David why are you and Julia here?" He pulled Danielle and Corissa to his sides in a defensive manner when he saw Julia take out a piece of paper.
"Take a look George." He grabbed the paper and his eyes widened when he looked at the results.
"No they can't be, they're just kids!" Corissa and Danielle grunted when George put an arm around either and pulled them roughly to him. David stepped forward and motioned to Haji.
"If they weren't the real thing then Haji would know. He recognized Danielle instantly." George looked at Haji and then at Danielle and Corissa and gave them a quick squeeze before he let go.
"Alright." Danielle and Corissa frowned.
"George we'll be alright, I mean we've killed two already and didn't get hurt." He nodded.
"I know but I still get to worry, I mean your only babies." They smiled at his comment and hugged him tightly.
"We're not babies anymore but we do appreciate your concern." He hugged them and sighed.
"You're like the daughters I never had; I love you both so much I don't want you to get hurt." Corissa smiled and gave him a quick squeeze.
"We love you too but if these Chiropteran things are hurting people and we're the only ones to help then I think we should." Kai stepped up.
"Dad they want to take Riku with them to Russia! Your baby boy!" George smiled.
"Really? Well alright, yeah sure take him. He's a smart boy he can hold his own and I know neither Danielle nor Corissa would let anything happen to him." Corissa looked at Kai with a 'told you so' smirk. Kai stared at his father in disbelief.
"What?! But you made such a big deal about Corissa and Danielle going, why are you letting Riku go?!"
"Like I said I know he'll be safe, I worry about Corissa and Danielle because I know how clumsy they are. But if they're reincarnated Chiropteran hunters then once they're memories come back then they'll be flawless fighters and I won't worry." Kai crossed his arms and pouted off to the side. Corissa laughed and bumped him with her elbow.
"Kai do you want to go too?" He glared at her.
"Don't laugh at me!"
"What am I supposed to do? You're pouting like a child."
"I'm being left behind!"
"Fine come with us! I just didn't think you would want to come."
"What and miss you getting your ass kicked by those Chevalier? No chance."
"Well now you can't go."
"What? Why?!"
"I really don't think you'd be a positive aspect if you want us to lose. So you can't go."
"You're not the boss! I can too go!"
"Now you sound a child!"
"I don't care, I want to go!" She dug into her bag for a moment before she bit her lip.
"Well I don't see your binki, but we can pick one up for you on the way." He glared at her and then everyone else when they began chuckling.
"Very funny."
"I wouldn't have to act this way if you weren't acting like that."
"I just want to go."
"Then you can go, I never said you couldn't go."
"But you only wanted to take Riku." She pinched the bridge of her nose and then smiled when she released it.
"Kai would you like to come with us, I'm sure you can give us something."
"I can fight!"
"Yeah." Riku said Kai smiled at him.
"Thanks Riku." Riku nodded and looked back at Corissa and Danielle, when he saw Kai looking away he shook his head. Corissa rolled her eyes.
"Fine Kai if you're so intent on going with us go pack, take Riku with you too." David nodded.
"Yes and you girls pack also. Remember to pack warm clothes too after all we're visiting Russia. It's winter over there." Corissa stared at him.
"Cold weather?! I hate the cold!"
"Really? Well the old you loved it."
"I was insane!" Danielle giggled lightly at her friend.
"You are insane."
"Shut up. I don't have any warm clothes, at least not warm enough for Russia." George frowned.
"I can give you a parka but it will be big on you." She wanted to ask if she could use Kai's mother's parka but didn't want to bring up anything painful. George slapped his forehead. "Wait what was I thinking?! You can use Sonya's!" She smiled.
"Thank you George that would be nice." He nodded and ran into the house to get the coat, David glanced at Danielle.
"Do you have warm clothes?" She nodded.
"Yes I do." George came back out with a medium sized bright blue parka and handed it to Corissa, she smiled.
"Thank you George." He nodded.
"No problem." Kai and Riku rushed out of the house with their stuff and frowned.
"You two aren't ready?" Corissa narrowed her eyes and walked away from them. Danielle followed after her along with Haji and also David and Julia.
"Stay here we'll come back for you." David said as he followed the girls.
"Would you all mind waiting outside, my house isn't really clean?"
"That's fine." She walked inside her house and grabbed her giant suitcase and pulled almost all her clothes in the case and also her computer and Zune. She grabbed a few books, some pencils and also a few pads of paper. The last thing she grabbed was her cell phone. She lugged her suitcase outside and saw a jeep in her driveway, she frowned.
"Where the hell did that come from?"
"I brought it." She turned around to see a fat black man with a Popsicle in his hand smiling at her, she returned the smile.
"So we get to ride in the jeep?"
"Yes." He had a faint Jamaican accent and she smiled again.
"Cool."
"Corissa this is Lewis, he is our driver and researcher."
"Oh nice to meet you." She shook his hand and walked to the jeep, David opened the door for her and she climbed in. They drove to Danielle's house and arrived just in time to see Danielle walk out of her house with her suitcase. "Did you go ahead of us?"
"Yeah I did."
"Ok cool, now we can go back to get Kai and Riku." They nodded and Lewis drove them back to Kai and Riku's. Danielle glanced at Corissa.
"I'm glad that Riku is coming."
"Oh me too!" Corissa smiled widely and wrinkled her nose playfully.
"I'm really glad that Kai is coming too."
"Yeah me too…" Corissa responded almost dreamily. Danielle raised a brow at the change in demeanor. Seeing Corissa still in her dream-like state she decided to step out onto a limb.
"How much do you like Kai?" Corissa gave a dreamy sigh.
"A lot." The smile disappeared and she looked at Danielle sharply. "What?" She asked in an almost panicky tone. Danielle smirked.
"You like Kai." Her cheeks flared crimson and she glared at her.
"No I don't, you tricked me." Danielle giggled.
"No I didn't."
"Yes you did." Corissa mumbled as she looked down at her hands. Danielle laughed at her.
"I won't tell I promise." Corissa looked at her.
"You promise? For real?"
"Yes for real I promise."
"Ok."
"When?" Corissa sighed and looked down at her wringing hands and smiled slightly.
"Well when I baby sat Riku last night I just couldn't help but think Kai looked really hot in just his boxers. He's afraid of thunder storms did you know that? That night I came over in just my underwear to annoy him, right? Well he had stolen my spoon for the cookie dough and I had leaned over him to get it back but he grabbed me when the lighting struck and even though I kept trying to get away from him in the back of my mind I really didn't want to. Falling asleep on him was like heaven, he's so warm and comfortable. He likes to cuddle more than I know he'd like to admit. His nose was digging into my stomach and his arms were wrapped around my thighs the next morning and I couldn't help but think of dirty things. It was kinda funny; my dirty thoughts were interrupted by food though." Danielle blinked.
"Dude you got it bad." Corissa shrugged her shoulders.
"Yeah I guess, but I know how to hide it."
"Hide what?" Corissa blushed when she heard Kai's voice and giggled sheepishly as she turned to her left and saw Kai sitting next to her.
"A beauty mark on my back, yeah a long shirt and you never see it." Kai frowned.
"You have a beauty mark on your back?" She nodded.
"See you didn't even know I had it."
"You really have a beauty mark on your back?"
"Yes I do."
"Where?" She pointed to the middle of her right love handle area.
"There."
"Huh. I never knew that."
"I take it." Riku smiled at her, she smiled back at him. "Hi Riku."
"Hi." Danielle rolled her eyes.
"I must pull myself out of this conversation, the high level of intellectualism will just melt my brain." Riku and Corissa glared at her.
"Oh shut up Danielle." Danielle giggled and looked back at Haji.
"Haji I was wondering something."
"Yes?"
"Well if I'm a reincarnation and you were with my original self, how old are you?"
"142 years old." She blinked and stared at him.
"Really?" He nodded. "Damn you look good!" He raised a brow at her comment.
"Thank you." He said as though a bit unsure of how to take the comment. Corissa rolled her eyes and shook her head.
"What she means Haji is you look young, you only look about 20 maybe 21."
"That has to do with being a Chevalier."
"So how old are these two Chevalier's that we're chasing?"
"110. Solomon looks 20 I guess and Carl looks around 22." Corissa nodded.
"Ok." She paused. "I have another question."
"Yes?"
"If we're supposed to fight these two Chevalier and Chiropteran's then how are we supposed to do it? I mean do we get weapons or do we fight with whatever we can find?" Haji opened his cello case and handed Danielle a sword, Corissa almost pouted when she frowned. "Where's mine?"
"We have to get you a new one, when you died yours was destroyed."
"Well that sucks." She muttered angrily. David piped in.
"We'll go to a sword shop now and find you one."
"Does it matter what kind of sword we get?"
"Not really, just something sharp so you can keep cutting yourself to kill them." She bit her lower lip.
"I don't like that plan."
"You have no choice."
"Well poop." She mumbled. Riku giggled at her and hugged her slightly.
"It's ok Issa you'll get used to it."
"I don't want to get used to it."
"Now who's complaining?"
"I'm not throwing a fit about not being invited to go around the world, I just don't like the idea of slicing open my finger every time I have to kill a monster!" They stopped in front of a sword shop and David followed Corissa inside, he walked to the counter and smiled at the man. He pulled out a badge and looked at Corissa.
"This girl is an agent with my agency and we need to find her a suitable sword." The man looked at the badge and then peered at David suspiciously.
"Suitable sword for what, is she an assassin?"
"Of sorts." David shallowly answered, the man still looked wary but shrugged and stepped out from behind the counter.
"Well she has a small frame-" Corissa glared at him but he ignored the glare. "So I think the best kind of sword for her would be daggers or a tanto."
"Corissa what do you think?" She angled her head at all the swords on the walls.
"I want something pretty." David rolled his eyes.
"That's fine but what about length?"
"I don't know what do you suggest?"
"Did you hear what his man said?"
"He was talking?" David grabbed her arm and pulled her to his side.
"Pay attention." She sighed and began glancing around the room, he yanked gently on her arm and she snapped her head back.
"What?"
"What did I just say?!"
"I don't know I wasn't paying attention." The man laughed and snapped his fingers, she looked at him. "Yes?" He smiled.
"Like I was saying before, I think that a tanto or daggers are what you should look for."
"What the hell is a tanto?"
"A short sword."
"Why do I have to have a short sword?" David let out an exasperated sigh.
"You did this the last time, it weighs less. It's easier to swing." The store keeper smirked.
"Are you two related?"
"No." Corissa frowned. "Would you be considered my boss?"
"No general overseer." She nodded.
"Oh." She shrugged and looked around the store before her eyes met with one specific tanto in the corner of the room on a special display. Her mouth dropped open as she stared at the sword in awe, she walked to it almost as though in a trance. David noticed her interest in one sword and walked to her; he stopped at her side and glanced back at the store owner.
"Sir what's the story with this sword? Why is it in a special case?"
"That sword is an exact replica to a mythical warrior who killed giant bat people. It's speculated that she died while killing the last of them." David smiled happily and locked eyes with Corissa who shrugged in return.
"I really like it." The store owner nodded and pulled the sword down from the display and brought it back to the counter.
"Don't you see, the reason you're drawn to that one is because it's an exact replica of the one you used against the chiropterans last time!"
"Yes that does make sense." David grabbed her arm and pulled her toward the counter and paid for the weapon. As Corissa stared at the beautiful blade she saw the column that ran down the length of the sword empty into a small dip at the tip, where the blood pooled. She frowned. "David why is there a dip here?" David looked where she was pointing to and smiled softly.
"The reason behind that is you didn't like cutting your finger and the blood kept fresh longer when it pooled there so you didn't have to have to cut yourself quite as often."
"Oh cool." She sheathed the sword and clutched it possessively as they walked to the jeep; she climbed back into the car and sat down next to Danielle.
"Is that your sword?"
"Yes it's an exact replica of my old sword, it's a tanto." Kai frowned.
"Tanto?"
"Small sword, almost like a mini just a bit bigger." Danielle grinned.
"Like you, huh?" Corissa glared at her.
"I am not a mini!"
"Who's my Chibi?" Corissa pouted angrily.
"I am."
"That's right and what does Chibi mean?"
"Little person." Kai laughed at the child like demeanor Corissa took when Danielle and she began teasing each other.
"Your like a child."
"Shut up Kai." The ride to the airport wasn't to long and before they knew it they had arrived. David handed them all passports and tickets, they boarded the plane and found out that they were riding first class instead of coach. Corissa smiled happily. "Neat!" She said and sat down in her seat, she sighed as she leaned her seat back. Danielle took her seat across the aisle from Corissa and Kai took the seat diagonal to her, Riku was in front of her. Lewis, David and Julia were toward the front of first class so they could work better. The stewardess walked down the aisle and handed them all blankets and pillows along with some food. When the stewardess got to him Kai smiled charmingly at her.
"Miss how long is this flight?" The stewardess blushed gently and smiled at the handsome boy. Corissa glared at Kai, when she saw him flirting with the stupid bimbo.
"15 hours sir." The bimbo answered, Corissa's eyes widened.
"15 hours! What the hell are we supposed to do for 15 hours?!" The stewardess frowned and shrugged.
"I don't know miss, you could watch a movie." She pointed to the small screen on the back of the seat in front of her. "It's a touch screen, there is a variety for you to pick from." Corissa touched the screen and saw a list of movies, they weren't very good movies but there were a few that she could stand watching. Surprisingly she found little Nicky, she smiled widely and plugged the headphones in and leaned her chair back. Kai glanced at her before he turned the screen on in front of him. He looked through the movies but didn't find one he wanted to watch and turned it off. He looked over and saw that Corissa was sound asleep, he got up and pulled the blanket up over her and gently lifted her head to slide the pillow underneath. Danielle smiled at him.
"Kai you're so cute."
"Why?" He asked in confusion.
"You have a crush on her."
"I do not I just don't want her to get cold."
"If you say so." Kai glared at her and then at Riku when he heard him snicker.
"Its ok Kai you can admit it, I like her too." Danielle frowned in confusion.
"Riku you have a crush on her too?"
"I love her like a sister." Kai smiled.
"I do too." Danielle frowned and looked at Haji.
"Really I don't believe you. Haji what do you think?"
"I believe Kai is hiding his feelings because he fears her getting hurt." Kai glared at Haji.
"What do you know; I've only known you for a few hours." He crossed his arms and looked out the window. Lewis stood and walked back to where the children were and smiled at Kai.
"If you don't like her then why is your face the shade of a tomato?" Kai glared at him.
"Go sit and eat." Lewis smirked and looked down at Corissa and saw that she was waking up; she lifted her head and looked around groggily.
"I guess I dozed off a little." She glanced at the screen and saw that the movie was half over. "Poo." She mumbled and looked down when she felt fabric shift against her skin. She glanced down and saw that someone had covered her up with a blanket. "Who put this blanket on me?" Danielle grinned.
"Kai did." She shifted her head and looked at Kai.
"You did?" He nodded.
"What's the point of you getting a cold before we get to Russia, where it'll be snowing? I was just thinking ahead." She smiled.
"Well thank you, I guess." Kai nodded as he looked away, she moved back slightly so she was leaning on the seat next to him and looked at the screen. "What are you watching?" It was a movie she didn't recognize.
"Disturbia." She pursed her lips for a moment before she crawled over the seat all the way and sat next to him, he looked at her when he saw her curl up at his side. "What are you doing?"
"I want to watch too."
"You have a movie on."
"Yeah but I've never seen this one." She pulled the blanket over her and looked up at him. "Want some blanket?"
"I have my own." She shrugged and laid her head on his shoulder as she watched the movie with him. Danielle, Riku and Lewis smiled and shook their heads, Haji looked unfazed. Danielle cooed at them.
"Don't they look cute together?!" She whispered to Riku, who nodded and grinned too.
"Absolutely adorable!" He said chuckling. Kai heard them and glared at them; Corissa rolled her eyes and sat straight up.
"This movie is boring." She stood and walked over to Riku and Danielle. "Hey you guys, shut up!" She growled low and glanced back at Kai. "I don't want him to know!"
"Well duh." Danielle said. "We're only teasing."
"Well your teasing could get him suspicious. Knock it off." Riku sighed and put an arm around her shoulders.
"Ok I'm sorry." He said and smiled charmingly at her, she rolled her eyes.
"Sometimes you remind me too much of Kai and it scares me." Riku smiled happily.
"Thank you!"