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"This means talking out loud."
This means talking inside one's head to another.
' This means one's private thoughts.'
Previously:
They gave her a slight push towards to room, where Sato was casually leaning against the wall with his hands in his pockets- looking the other direction. She took a quick breath and walked over to him. His head turned and he pushed off the wall. "Hey." She smiled.
He nodded, "Hello." and they walked, side-by-side, out the front doors and away to her home.
Let the questioning begin.
Chapter 3:
Questions Answered. . . Some
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' Hmmmm, how to start? ' Shadow glanced at Sato from the corner of her eye. She could tell that he had alterior motives to asking to walk her home than to pull a move on her. ' Perfect. '
"So," He looked at her full on now, "Why the sudden invite?" He rose an eyebrow, "To walk me home?" She held back a smirk when shock flashed across his eyes. ' Gotcha. I knew it. '
Damn, she's good. Krad spoke, getting a snappy curse from Sato. He kept his cool though and replied with a surprised voice, "What do you mean? Did you not want me to?" Krad laughed when guilt crossed her features.
' Crap, now I just look like a bitch. '
"N- no. It's just. I was, um, surprised is all. The other girls said that you, uh, didn't really, ya know, walk girls home. . . And stuff. . . " Shadow turned her head away. ' Wonderful, now I'm all flustered and am practacally stuttering. I need to get down to buisness and get some things answered! Screw it if he feels bad! . . . *Sigh* Damn, now I'm heartless too. ' All this time her face got redder with frustration though the boys thought differently about it.
"I don't." She looked at him, "Mostly because I have no time for girls, but I find you interesting. I figured, why not?" Very slick, Master Satoshi.
' What, so I'm just some experiment? What the hell? I'm interesting? Wait. . . He's totally playing me, trying to get under my skin. Divirting me from my goal. It won't work. '
"Yes, why not, indeed. So thell me then, what exactly about me do you find 'interesting'?"
She rose an eyebrow, thinking that he would finally blank out, but Shadow was not expecting his next words, "Mostly, the fact that you posess enough magic in you to take down an entire city- if not more. I wonder who, and what, you really are." his calm mask in place as he spoke in an indifferent tone. Hmm, what a wonderful way to be blunt about it Master Satoshi.
Shadow stopped entirely in the middle of the sidewalk near the getto of the town. With her brows furrowed, she looked at Sato, "That's not fair, I was supposed to ask you that question!"
"Were you, now?" Sato sounded a bit amused at her outburst.
"Ya, I was." Shadow looked at her feet and sighed as a group of rather unfriendly people walked by. She looked up at them and then at Sato. "We should talk once we get to my apartment." Shadow took hold of his hand and pulled him along till they reached a crumbly brown building that was about 5 stories high. They strode in and went straight for the elevator-completly avoiding the grubby man at the front counter- who procedded to glare at the couple. "You'll want to hang on to that bar behind you." she told him, not a second too late when the elevator dropped and lurched a few feet.
"Aren't there stairs?" Sato asked once they evened out.
"Ya, but a lot of creepy people hang out on them. Mostly stoners or dealers, but they're all too wierd for me." she answered noncholantly.
Sato and Krad both were now worried for her safety, even though neither showed it or mentioned it to the other. "Then why do you live here?"
Shadow laughed humorlessly, "It's not so bad once you get used to it, and, besides, it's not like I have the ability to pay rent on anything more expensive than what I do here." the doors slid open with a loud squeek, "Here we are, the 5th floor." they headed forward till the reached the beaten, grey door with the number 123 hanging above it in rusted black metal. "Home, sweet home." Shadow extracted a golden key from her pocket and got the door open. "Come on in." she told Sato while tossing her bag on the floor near the door and slipping her Converse off. "Make yourself at home." she tossed over her shoulder as shd strode towards the kitchen.
Satoshi also pulled off his shoes and layed his pack on the floor near hers and followed her into the (rather small) room. "Would you like something to drink? Soda, coffie, tea. . ?" she rifled through the cubbords.
"Tea would be fine, thank you." he nodded his head at her. Shadow filled a pot of water and procedded to place it on the oven top. When she turned, Satoshi's arms were crossed over his chest snd he gazed at her quizzically. "So?"
They went back into the livingroom and sat on opposite ends of a worn, black couch and faced the other.
"So, I assume you would like you questions answered, yes? But, you'll have to promise that you will also answer some of mine." she looked at him with a dead seriousness.
He nodded, "Alright, that seems fair."
Shadow eyed Sato skeptically, "Good, and you know what they say about people who break their promises. . . " he rose a brow, "They loose a finger." her eyes narrowed. Well, Krad, it seems that you got lucky. This girl is just as sadistic as you are- you really are perfect for eachother.
"I'll anser any question that you ask."
He seemed to mean it, so she took a breath and began, "I don't fully know, to tell you the truth, what I am. A piece of art, I suppose. As of 'who'. . . I've been named Angel of Shadow- which is where I got my name. I was, um, born into this world by a man named 'Hikari', who made me. He raised me till I turned about 6 years of age. More or less, I was created in the image of his 5 year old daughter- who had died in a crash along with his wife. I was her perfect copy, except for my wings. He gave me those as a reminder that she had been his 'little angel' and that she was currently one that looked down upon him from heaven.
Hikari was a bluenett, much like you, and so was his daughter. So was I, till I turned 6. My hair turned black and wavy as well as my eyes with these little spects of silver. He didn't like that.
Hikari decided to get my hair dyed back to its origional color and have it chemically straightened. He went out and bought me non-perscription blue contacts and I was his angel again. Not even a week had passed when I woke up one morning and the contacts had melted away and my hair was raven and kinked again. In a fit of rage, he-" She pulled her hair away from her neck to reveal deep scars on the sides. Shadow looked up at Sato, whose eyes had narrowed and gone golden. His whole body was rigid and his fists were clenched tightly on his lap. "Satoshi? Are you alright? Your eyes. . . " Sato's eyes narrowed further and his magic level spiked within him.
She crept across the couch to him and placed a hand on the side of his face, "What's wrong?"
"This man was a Hikari?" his voice and demenor had completly morphed.
Nodding, she answered, "Yes." she pushed his bangs away from his pale face- her own not too far away. Obviously confused, but she refrained from asking him anything about this sudden change since he seemed very dangerous at the moment.
"When did this happen?" he had to practacally force the words out while he shook slightly in anger.
Her voice got smaller, "About 9 years ago." She was becoming more worried about him and held his face in her hands tightly, "What is wrong, Satoshi?"
Sato looked up at her sharply and closed his fists tighter, "I'll kill him." he nearly whispered.
She rebrushed his blue bangs back, "You won't have to, he's already dead. He was chasing me down the stairs and fell-cracking open his skull. Hikari won't be able to hurt me again, don't worry, Satoshi." The boy visably relaxed and removed her hands from his face but didn't let them go.
"It is your turn for questions, correct? But you should first know that I am not currently Satoshi. I am Krad, also an artwork created by the Hikari clan, and Master Satoshi is my tamer."
She pulled her hands from his grasp, "What? There's an entire clan of those guys?" Groaning, she said, "Great, now I'm screwed!" She seemed not to be fased at all that Sato had a magical alter ego and flopped onto the couch on her back and covering her face with her hands. "They've probably held a grudge against me for all these years and are out to kill me, dammit!"
Shadow heard Sato make a hissing sound in pain, but, before she could check on his well-being, a fully-formed Krad crouched over her on the couch and pulled her hands from her face and held them above her head. A look of shock crossed her face and her mouth hung agape- apparently, the reason she had not shown surprise on the subject was because she hadn't fully registered what he had said. It dawned on her when Krad smirked down at Shadow- his long bangs brushing her stomach through her shirt.
"There is no need to worry, for there is only one Hikari left. You aren't in any danger," he bent lower till his lips hovered over her ear, "Except from me." she shivered and his smirk widened.
The second Krad's hands loosened, Shadow ripped them from him and switched their positions by pushing him back against the other end of the couch and straddling him with her legs. Her hands wrapped around his pale throat just tight enough for him to get the point. "You're right, I am in no danger at all." it was her turn to smirk at him. Releasing his neck, Shadow ran her hands through his silky ponytail while Krad placed his hands on the bottom of her hips. When she had gotten a bit farther down in his hair, she felt something even softer- a feather.
Her eyes grew wide as she explored the bumdle of feathers on Krad's back. "Krad," he already loved the sound of his name on her lips, "You have wings too?" Overjoyed, Shadow pulled him up a bit to look, and she discovered that he had folded back his white wings. A smile lit up her face and Krad leaned up slightly to brush his lips against hers. Backing up in surprise, she soon realized what was happening and leaned into the kiss- taking hold of his neck again, but in a soft, caressing way. Her eyes closed and the two fell back into the couch.
Gripping her hips tighter, Krad swiped his tongue against her lower lip-asking for entrance. Shadow complied and parted them, letting Krad fill her cavern with his warm muscle that tasted of sweet vanilla. She moaned quietly into the kiss when their tongues swirled with eachother and Krad stroaked the roof of her mouth. He ached to her her moan again, louder and call out his name. Though he was a bit shocked and pulled away from her. Shadow pouted her lips, "Why'd you stop?"
He chuckled at her expression, "You do realize that we just met, right?"
She rose a brow, "And?" she challenged, "You started it."
"Did I now?"
She nodded, "Well, ya. You kissed me, remember?"
"Indeed I do." Krad pulled her down and continued where they had left off. Satoshi had long been forgotten and had retreated into the back of Krad's mind to rest.
Review? Please? Because I need a motive to continue this story besides my own selfish need to finish what I've satrted. XD
p.s. I apoligize for any spelling errors, spell check hates my computer. :)
