Author's note: Well, here's chapter three or part two of the second chapter, how ever you will :] Things get a little interesting so hope you enjoy!
Discalmer: Only in my dreams...
While at the south end...
"Wait, do you hear that?" , Hikaru slowed his hoarse down to a light gallop. "What? I don't hear anything." , Kaoru was confused. "You're probably imagining it, now com'on! Let us continue!" , Tamaki said. "No, I'm sure of it." , Hikaru listened. "I...I think there might be someone else! Let's go check it out!" , Hikaru turned his hoarse to the right and got into a ran. "Hikaru! Wait up!" , he could hear Kaoru and Tamaki's voices, but they were far behind him. Usually, he would stop and wait for his brother to catch up, but this time, he didn't know why, but for the first time he thought he would do fine by himself for a bit. Luka, his hoarse, began to ran even faster, as if reading his master's mind. The wind and speed and the nature around him, made Hikaru feel so alive, it was great! That is, untill...
"Agghh!"
Green. Sky. Luka. BAM! Ground. That was the only few things Hikaru could remember seeing before landing hard on the ground. He slowly sat up, rubbing his aching head. He was whole covered in dirt and mud. His mind was still dizzy and he was more than confused. 'Where did Luka go? How did I end up all dirty and pained? What the hell happened?'
When his mind stopped spinning and the vertigo finally left, Hikaru looked around to notice another person sitting near him. His eyes widened, it was that weird kid's sister, Emiko, was it?
It was then when he noticed she was staring at him. As soon as their eyes met, the girl in front of him burst out laughing.
Blinking slowly, Hikaru finally got out his words, "Wha-What's so funny?" "Ow, I'm so sorry.." , the girl laughed once more, than gave him the nicest smile Hikaru has ever seen, despite her oddly-sharp teeth. "I'm really sorry for running into you like that." , she put her hand behind her head, "But I thought I heard something!" Hikaru took a second to take in her appearance. Her white shirt and black skirt were also covered in dirt, and she even had some on her face, her gray skeleton tie ripped, her short jet black hair was messed up and she seemed to be missing one shoe. As waking from a trance, Hikaru suddenly shook his head, "No, no! It was my fault, I should have been more careful." . He got up and somewhat unsure, extended his hand to the girl. Grinning, Emiko gladly took his hand and stood up as well. As soon as she was on her feet again, Hikaru let go of her hand, blushing a bit. Emiko just smiled at that, she found the twins more than amusing. Dusting off her skirt, she asked, "Well, do you know how to return to the others, or the mansion?" Hikaru scratched his head, "Um, no, not really..." , he was surprised to see her smile at him again. Man, that girl really loved to smile..., he thought. Emiko laughed, "Well, me neither! So, what do we do?"They both looked around themselves, they had no clue which way to head. "Well, I guess, as for now, since both of our horses ran away, we walk this way, I think it's the closest from the way I came from..." , Hikaru said.
Nodding, Emiko passed him and started heading that way. Shrugging, Hikaru went after her.
Sometime similar, at the east end of the forest...
Kid sighed and neared Kyoya, "No use, she'd gone to far..." , he mumbled. "Shame..." , Kyoya said thoughtfully. Kid looked over at him, more annoyed than before. "We have to go after her." , he said. "I don't think we should." , Kyoya answered. Kid's eyebrow twitched, "We can't just leave her all alone in this damn forest, she could get hurt..." "Ow, I hardly doubt that. You see, Emiko is a girl more than capable of taking care of herself." , Kyoya laughed. "I think I would know my own sister..." , Kid hissed. Kyoya looked over at his companion. He really seemed like he was on the edge. The first sighed and straightened his glasses, "Look, Kid, instead of arguing over such things, how about we take a moment to calm down and relax a bit."Silently agreeing, the latter took in a deep breath and was already feeling a tad better. "Now, since there really isn't much we can do now, lets camp here over the night, and than we could search for your sister in the morning?" , Kyoya suggested.
Giving in, Kid nodded as they each got off their horses, Kid's Knight and Kyoya's Emmet. Before they even noticed, it went dark, seeming the night already came down upon them. So they lit a smile fire to keep them warm. They were just sitting against the tall trees, when Kyoya asked, "Since ever you came, you have been wearing those same black gloves." . Kid looked over to him. "I don't want to push any buttons or mind your business or anything, but I couldn't help but wonder. Is it a case of style or something more, lets say, 'practical'?" , Kyoya asked.
A heavy sigh came from Kid as he remembered that night...
"Well, it is more of the, 'practical' case..." , he finally answered.
"Ow, I see. And, if you don't mind me asking, why would you need them in the first place?" After thinking for a moment, Kid looked down at his lap and started pulling off the black glove of his right hand. In the pale fire light, Kyoya stared stunned at Kid's hand. Beneath the thick glove appeared a thin white-boned hand. Kyoya couldn't get his eyes off of the smooth surface of the showy bones. Finally realizing he was being kind of rude, he backed away, forcing his eyes to meet Kid's gaze. "I'm...I'm sorry... I didn't mean to be rude..." "No, it's alright. You were," , Kid raised his boned hand and examined it in the dim light, "merely curious." "How...How did it happen?" "It was a year ago, I think. We were in a battle, and I had to protect the ones I care about. So I did. When you think about it, it's actually not that big of a prize to pay for my friends' lives..." , Kid seemed to be deep in thought and the memory of that horrifying night. There was a moment of silence, until Kid put his glove back on, "Now, it's only because of my reaper body that I can still use it." "I see..." , Kyoya said, as well deeply in his own thoughts.
As he thought about the tragedy the boy dealt with, he couldn't help but be fascinated by it, as well. He looked over at the reaper boy. He always seemed to be deep in thought, seemed to be troubled by something. And, although he was more than polite to everyone, the cold look in his golden eyes got Kyoya thinking, Who is this boy, actually?
At the same time, somewhere lost in the forest...
The small fire was cracking between the two, slowly humming them to sleep while keeping them worm. Hikaru just fell asleep when a sudden crack woke him up. He quickly jumped on his feet, startled and still disorientated from the light rest, he started looking around, when he noticed that Emiko wasn't there. Panic rising in his chest, Hikaru started searching for her around the campfire. When he could find her no where around, he stopped for a moment, unsure if to continue to look deeper within the cold darkness of the forest or just sit by the fire and wait for her to return on her own. Hikaru was going to take the latter, when a thought came into his head, 'What if she'd gone hurt?' Than another one, 'What if a wild animal attacked her and she couldn't defend herself?' Soon, his head was full of all kinds of disturbing thoughts and sorts of horrifying scenarios playing over and over again before his eyes. Without even realizing it, Hikaru was soon deep in the mist that surrounded the tall trees. Somewhat blind in all that blankness, he was stumbling and tripping his way between the plants. Suddenly, something snapped loudly a few inches in front of him, when a lightning of shock went through him. Hikaru's eyes widened and he was just about to yell, when a small hand covered his mouth. A few parts of a second later, he was sitting on a branch, somewhat 50 meters from ground. Realizing this, Hikaru momentarily grasped on the tree, to terrified of falling down to notice anything else. As a couple of moments passed and he felt his heart begin to pound normally again, he realized the tree from his grasp, when he felt horrible pain strike his right leg. Concentrating on not gasping out in pain, Hikaru looked carefully down at his leg and noticed a small object hooked up onto it. "Careful!" , a sharp whisper came from somewhere in front of him. Suddenly, Emiko came out of the shadows and sat beside Hikaru. "Don't move to much or it might carve even deeper." , she whispered to him. Slowly nodding, Hikaru stopped moving and let out a small shriek. To his shock, Emiko laughed a little.
"What on Earth would you be having to laugh about? I'm drowning in endless pain here and instead of helping me you laugh?" , Hikaru hissed. To that Emiko laughed again.
"Ow shut up! Drama queen. It's not like your going to die, or anything, it's just a small cut." , she gave him an all-knowing look. "And I was going to help you, so that was kinda unnecessary." , she said as she carefully took the trap in her tiny hands and as she clicked something on it, it slipped off Hikaru's leg. Finally free, Hikaru grabbed his slight bleeding leg to examen it. "Like I said," , Emiko tossed the trap in the bushes, "You'll be okay. When we get back just mend it with some cream and it'll be as good as new!" , she smiled. Hikaru looked over at her doubtfully. "Ow, trust me, will you?" , Emiko said. He sighed and mumbled a 'Fine'.
"What was that thing anyway?" "Ow, that? It was a bear trap. And a rather small one." , she explained. "Ow.." , he sighed.
Emiko was still for a moment, than stood up easily and elegantly on the branch and danced (as her walking always seemed like it) further away, to the very end of the branch. "Hey, where are you going?" , Hikaru hissed. "Shhh! Now shut up and come here." , came a whisper. Giving in, he crawled ahead, meeting Emiko a few feet away. She put her finger on her lips, motioning for him not to talk. He nodded once, but couldn't help but acknowledge that she had very pretty lips... Coming back from his reckless thoughts, Hikaru followed Emiko's finger, which now was pointing at something below them. It was a sight that in the same time surprised and horrified him.
Note: I just love writing about Emiko^^ She's just so fun :] Anyways, her and Kid's previous history coming up soon! :]]
