Dark Angel Chapter 2
Yuki knew she shouldn't be resting right now but, exhaustion was getting to her. Those things kept trying to capture her. She knew that if they did she would not like the outcome. As her muscles relaxed and darkness crept into her vision, she felt the unmistakable aura of 'them'. The creatures that were after her for some unknown reason. I have to stay awake. I can't let them catch me now. She desperately fought against the darkness just as a hand then gripped her arm and began to drag her away from her resting spot.
"No! Let me go!" Yuki shouted at the creature, struggling against it's steel didn't change the situation nor the tightness of the hand on her arm. Yuki began to panic and like all the other times she lost control of her emotions, her necklace began to glow, surrounding her with a dark light. Dark feathers began to fall to the ground around her. Her eyes, which were a sky blue turned to a evil looking purple. Her hair turned a darker shade of red and a sadistic smile spread across her face. A strong aura surrounded the girl, causing the creature's hand to let go of her with a screech of pain.
"So you insufferable fools have come back for my master again." a voice that didn't belong to the girl said while chuckling darkly. She then moved her hand in a swinging motion a sent a dark burst of energy at the creature, eradicating it completely. "Tell your master that she will never belong to him." the eerie voice said once more. Once that was done her eyes and hair returned to normal along with the aura around her as she fell to the ground.
Frau and Labrador had stayed hidden behind a group of trees and watched the whole scene unfold with thoughtful and confused expressions. "This girl is not normal. What exactly is she?" Frau muttered under his breath, staring at the still form of the young girl.
"I sense that she has a powerful object similar to Teito's orb of Mikhael." Labrador stated in a calm yet concerned voice, interrupting Frau from his mumbling and staring eyes from the girl.
"Is that why they are after her?" he asked in a gruff voice filled with disgust and some other emotions. Labrador simply nodded before walking over and picking up the out cold Yuki. He then began to walk back towards the church leaving an stunned and annoyed Frau behind.
Once he noticed that he was being left behind he began to sprint after the purple haired males retreating back. "HEY! Wait for me!" He yelled at Labrador who, didn't stop or regard him any way. This annoyed Frau even more and he began to grumble under his breath and finally caught up to the other male.
When they walked back into the room they were in before, they noticed a scowling Teiot facing an amused looking Castor. Labrador, without even casting a glance at the two of them, sat the limp form of the girl on the bed next to Teito's. As if they had paused the battle, Castor and Teito glanced down at the red haired girl whose skin looked even more ghostly pale. Her hair looked like blood compared to the pale skin. "Who is this Labrador?" Castor asked smiling his usual smile that hid the calculating brain inside.
"This is Yuki. Frau and Teito found her when they went shopping for supplies." Labrador stated calmly, not looking away from the unmoving girl. "She has a strange power and the necklace reminds me of the orb of Mikhael." he stated after relaxing a bit at the sight of the young girl moving slightly.
There was silence for a few short minutes till Frau burst through the door panting while his hands were on his knees. The three of them looked at him with concerned faces before he stood up straight looking at them with angry eyes. "You left me behind Labrador." he squeezed out through clenched teeth.
"Sorry Frau. I had to get her back here before more of those creatures came back." the violet haired man said in a calm voice. "Plus I could feel that she wouldn't be able to protect herself the way she is right now." he added looking back once more at the sleeping girl.
"Will she be ok?" Teito asked suddenly, also looking at the red heads still form. Castor, Labrador and Frau shared an meaning glance with each other before looking back at the brown haired boy. Said boy looked at them, blinking a couple of times. "Why are you looking at me like that?" he asked them, slightly confused at their expressions.
"Teito, we think there might be some sort of connection between you and Yuki." Frau told the younger boy in a quiet voice that carried a meaningful message. Teito seemed to understand what Frau was trying to convey because he nodded his head while a steal look of determination crept into his emerald colored eyes. Teito then looked over at the red haired girl, trying to figure out why she looked so familiar. While he was deep in thought, Castor, Frau and Labrador were having a heated conversation about the young girl.
"Why is he after her?" Frau asked in a low voice.
"I don't know. Maybe it has something to do with her necklace." Castor commented thoughtfully.
"It seems that way but, that not what I think it is." Labrador stated calmly causing the other two to look at him warily.
"You had another vision didn't you?" Castor and Frau both asked at once. The violet haired male just sighed before walking over to the two kids, signaling that he had indeed had a vision. It also signaled the end of their discussion. Frau and Castor followed Labrador to the bed and stopped when he did. They stood there watching the girl while deep in thought. Just like Teito.
While all four of them were deep in thought, Yuki bolted up in the bed panting like she had a bad dream, startling the four from their thoughts. "It.. it happened again." she muttered not looking at the four in front of her. "Why does this keep happening?" she asked herself before realizing where she was. She looked at the four startled people in front of her and tensed up. "Why am I back here?" she asked them warily.
"I brought you back here after I found you collapsed against a tree." Labrador told her gently. Yuki thought this over before her eyes widened when someone's weight caused the bed to dip slightly.
"So, why are they after you Yuki?" Teito, the one who had caused the bed to dip, asked curiously.
The young girl looked away from Teito's expectant face and the faces of the others. "I'm sorry but, I can't tell you." she told them in a soft voice.
"Hey girl! You owe us so spill it already." Frau yelled at the girl, causing her snap her head up and her eyes to turn a slight shade of purple. No one seemed to notice it though. What surprised them more was the darkening of her aura.
A fist hit the blond's head causing him to rub it slightly. "Frau, that's no way to talk to a child let alone a little girl." Castor stated smiling his usual unreadable smile. Turning to the tensed girl, still smiling, he looked her over. "Yuki, please tell us what you know. We and the church protect those that come to it for help." he told her causing her to relaxe and the aura and slight bit of purple to disappear.
She opened her mouth to say something but was interrupted by a very loud grumble that came from her tummy. Yuki blushed slightly in embarrassment while the others chuckled. "Why don't I go get you something to eat?" Labrador asked after the others stopped laughing.
"Yes please." she replied still blushing. Labrador simply smiled and walked out of the room to retrieve her some food. (A/N See what I did there? If not then i'm sorry) Silence filled the room while the three guys looked at her and she them. No one felt like talking right then. The silence was interrupted by Yuki. "Um, thank you for bringing me back here but I don't think any place is safe." she told them with a sad expression on her face.
"What do you mean nowhere is safe?" Teito asked her slightly confused. She looked at him before a look of recognition flittered across her face.
"Your name is Teito right?" she asked hopefully. He nodded, giving her the answer she wanted. "Well, I have something 'they' want. Something that even the church's divine protection won't keep them from." She told them in a voice that was soft. "It's much like your jewel of Mikhael. Yet it's power is darker than yours." she looked at Teito when she said this. "I can't tell you anymore than that or else 'they' could use it against you." she said ending the discussion. But before anyone could ask questions, Labrador walked back into the room and over to the bed Yuki was on, holding a plate of food.
"Here you are, a plate filled with my special flowers." he said handing the girl a plate. She smiled at him before scarfing down the food like an animal, surprising most of the guys. Once she was done eating she looked up at them, no longer deathly pale, and blushed slightly at their expressions.
"Sorry, I haven't eaten in 3 days." she told them while rubbing the back of her head absently.
"3.. 3 days?" Frau asked with disbelief. His only answer was a small nod from the red head in question. "Why haven't you eaten in three days?" he asked her next, no longer sounding as harsh.
"W-well, I've been on the run for a little bit longer than that. But when those creatures started using people to get me I stopped visiting cities." she told them while looking at her hands. "And that means no food." she added a seconded later.
"What creatures are you talking about?" Castor asked her curiously. He, Labrador and Frau had an idea but they hoped that they were wrong.
"I think they are called Kors. But I'm not sure." She told them hesitantly. The four of them froze at the mention of the name. Questions like 'them again?' and 'is it him' ran through their minds.
"Where are you from?" Labrador asked her. He was having another bad feeling and this one felt even worse than the last.
"I'm originally from the kingdom near Raggs but I have been living in the Barsburg for the past few years." she told them, causing them to look at her shocked. "What? Did I say something wrong?" she asked them while tilting her head to the side.
"N-no, but what was the name of the place you originally lived?" Teito asked her hurriedly as if he couldn't wait for the answer.
"It was called Lyra. Why?" she asked the young boy who was only an inch from her face.
"Because, that little kingdom was destroyed 10 years ago." he told her. "Along with everyone in it." he added as an after thought.
" I know but me and my mother left the day before it was destroyed. She said that she and I needed to leave before everything was destroyed, like she knew what would happen." she said slightly sad.
"What was your mother's name?" Castor asked, his voice was veiled by something for no emotion drifted through his words.
"Her name was Lilac. Lilac Lyra." she told them as if it were a simple matter that her mother was the queen.
"Th-then, does that make you..." Teito asked while cutting the sentence off. Yuki looked at him and smiled.
"Yeah. I'm the princess Yuki Lyra. Nice to meet you Teito Klein, my supposed Fiancee." she said while still smiling.
"EHH!" Frau and Teito yelled as silence once more filled the air.