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This is the third chapter of BLACK LIGHTENING!
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Black Lightening
I was gently awoken to the golden rays of the early morning's sun. I opened my eyes, even though my left one was still aching and throbbing. I sat up and stretched as I looked around the room.
HOLD ON!
This wasn't my room! Before I even had chance to panic, my attention was drawn to a large chair behind my bed. A low chuckle came from the tall man sat in the chair, a cigarette hanging from the corner of his mouth which was now curled up into a warming smile.
"Good morning." Hatori said calmly before resuming back to typing on a white laptop which rested upon his folded legs. I shot him a perplexed look, he just laughed quietly again.
"I brought you here whilst you were sleeping. I was afraid that you had slight concussion," he stopped typing and looked up at me over his glasses, I gasped, his eyes were so beautiful, a rich emerald, shining in the light, enough to take anyone's breath away! He continued;
"and I was concerned that you were all alone in that room, after everything that happened yesterday, I thought you could use a bit of company!" he said, starting off seriously and finishing off with another warm smile.
I returned the smile as I crawled out of my bed. I stood and stretched again, noticing that I was still wearing the clothes I went to sleep in.
"Thanks, Hatori." I smiled warmly before continuing, "But next time, please let me know before you kidnap me!" I laughed, and so did he.
Owch!
Laughing hurt my damaged cheek and eye. My hand softly dabbed where it was sore but I could hardly feel my fingers, just a continuous throbbing. Before I knew it, Hatori was stood beside me examining my swelling. His face was concerned.
"It's pretty bad," he gently dragged his finger down it; I couldn't even feel his delicate touch.
"Hmm, well, I know he shouldn't of done this but, at least, now you understand how he works…" he trailed off and walked over to a silver trolley with a few medical instruments laying upon blue tissue paper. He grabbed a long, thin needle and walked back over to me.
"This may hurt a little, but afterwards, the pain will go, for a couple of hours anyway." He said pointing at the long needle he held. I stared, thinking to myself that I really didn't need this injection…
"This is really, unnecessary." I laughed and walked a couple of steps back. Hatori raised his eyebrow.
"Ahh, fine!" I huffed; I was unable to refuse such kindness.
He made a quick job of injecting the clear fluid into my cheek. He walked back over to the silver trolley, placed the now empty syringe back on the blue towel and walked slowly over to the sink. He started to wash his hands whilst talking;
"You have to go and collect your school uniform today…" he trailed off as he dried his hands before continuing, "My cousin, Shigure will be coming to pick you up. He will take you to Ayame's shop." He leaned against the sink's draining board and folded his arms. "I must warn you know, please wear something that will cover most of your flesh, both of them, especially Shigure, are very…" he paused trying to think of a suitable word "immature." He looked at me; I just laughed and replied,
"Ahh, okay I will. Thanks for warning me and the painkiller stuff." I pointed at my left cheek and smiled. He returned the smile then walked over to the door and opened it.
"You are willing to visit anytime you like." He smiled again.
"Thankyou, erm, do you know if, Akito will want to see me again anytime soon?" I mumbled, I couldn't belive this, I was scared! I was genuinely frightened of him! He looked down and answered my question,
"There's no knowing what goes on in his mind, Kisu. Even I, do not expect what he will do next, I think the only person that has a slight idea of what Akito is thinking, is Kureno, afterall, he never leaves his side." He folded his arms. I froze, Kureno, who was apparently my father. Tears started to well in my eyes as everything that had happened yesterday all of a sudden, sank in properly. I collapsed to the floor in a kneeling position as both hands flew to my head. Hatori ran over and kneeled beside me. His hands rested gently on each of my shoulders as he shook me back and forth slightly.
"Kisu, what's wrong?" his face, filled with worry and concern. I looked into his emerald eyes and asked him;
"I-I-Is it true?" I stuttered "That my mother didn't love me and-and t-that Kureno is my dad?" I sobbed as I continued to look at the doctor's face, clearly in great pain. He took a deep breath before answering, "I'm afraid, everything you were told yesterday, is all true." He broke our fixed stare as he looked away. My heart stopped as the now silent tears kept running down my cheeks. I fell into Hatori's arms and sobbed into his chest. I felt his arms wrap around me gently, it helped a little.
We sat there for a while until I stopped my continuous sobbing. We both stood as Hatori let me from his gentle, but extremely strong hold.
I quickly wiped my face, which was pointless really, as I walked back over to the still open door.
"I'm so sorry Hatori, i-i" I was silenced by his finger. He smiled warmly at me before saying,
"It's fine. That's what I'm here for, Kisu. Now, go! You need to go and get ready! Shigure will be here soon, and you need breakfast!" he smiled and gave me a gentle push out of the door. I smiled and thanked him again before wandering down the path, through the Sakura gardens and back to my little house.
I shut the door behind me before walking over to my wardrobe. I considered what Hatori said about his two cousins whilst choosing what to wear, and picked out my most 'decent' outfit;
A sleeveless black turtle neck with a diamond cut out of the back… I guess I'll just have to keep facing them, and not turn my back to them. I laughed as I roughly pulled out an old pair of skinny jeans; I hadn't worn jeans in months! I had a quick shower before changing into my new outfit. I sat on my bed, analysing over and over again my meeting with Akito, I was just about to scream and punch the wall but was distracted by a soft tapping on my door. I paused, and slowly stood. I walked over to the door and opened it to see Momiji beaming at me.
"Guten morgen!" he smiled and continued, "Dod you have a nike sleep?" he stuttered with pronunciation in English. I beamed and nodded.
"Very well said! But, it's not 'nike' it's 'nice'!" I smiled and ruffled his golden curly locks.
"Ohhh! Ahh thank you Ki-chan!" he beamed as his arms wrapped around me. He squeezed me tightly for a few seconds then let go with a terrified expression on his face.
"What's wrong Momiji?" I said concerned
"Do you know about, t-the curse?" he whispered. I smiled warmly as I realised immediately what was wrong.
"Ohh, Yeah, I do. But for some weird reason, when I hug you guys," I poked him gently in the chest and smiled "nothing happens, your all immune to my touch, or hug to be more specific." I leant against the door frame and brushed my hair out of my face before folding my arms. He stood there for a while, figuring it all out before he beamed larger than before and suddenly, his arms were wrapped around me again. I smiled to myself as this boy had been starved of embraces or probably physical contact when it came down to females and it must have felt nice to hug someone other than his family... I stood and let him embrace me before a tall, dark silver haired boy peeked around the corner and into my bedroom. His emotion, which was written all over his face, was astonishment. I blinked as I tried to push Momiji away. Momiji looked around before letting go of his firm hold and ran up to the astonished teen.
"Yun-Chan!" Momiji squealed "What are you doing here?" he asked. The silver haired boy just smiled and said in a beautiful voice, "I'm here to collect Miss Jones." He looked up at me and walked past the hyper boy. I gasped, he was so very handsome! His dark silver hair gently swayed in the wind as he walked over to me, against his pale, smooth skin it looked even more beautiful, his large, purple eyes, brimming with kindness and gleaming magnificently into my own. He smiled warmly before saying;
"Hello Miss Kisu Jones, my name is Yuki Sohma, I'm here with my older cousin, Shigure, to take you to get your school uniform. Have you been told?" he asked gently. I blinked and stuttered my answer;
"Y-yeah…" he smiled and turned around.
"Well then Momiji, I will be seeing you tomorrow night!" he smiled and patted his head. Momiji beamed and nodded. Yuki turned back towards me and said;
"We should get going, if you're ready?" I quickly grabbed my bag with my credit card in and headed for the door. I shut the door behind me and said my farewells to Momiji before following the handsome teen. We walked for about two minuet's then Yuki suddenly stopped. I bumped into him as he spun round.
"I'm sorry, but, I wanted to ask you a question, while were alone." He added. I just stared at him blankly as he took few steps back and folded his arms.
"I assume you're aware of our… conditions?" he asked me.
"You mean the curse? Yeah I do know about that." I sat on a nearby bench and folded my legs.
"So, may I ask, when I saw you earlier, with Momiji, why didn't he transform?" he looked saddened for some bizarre reason when he asked.
"I'm not sure if you're allowed to know… Akito…" I mumbled and trailed off. I snapped myself out of my flashback and composed myself before continuing, "Basically, there's something wrong with me, and you guys are immune to my embrace." He looked confused, "We don't know why." I lied and stood up. He shook his head a little, as if he was snapping himself out of a trance or flashback then smiled warmly.
Woah.
This guy was good, too good, at hiding his emotions. The smile was a fake but it most certainly was not obvious… I followed him through the gardens, and caught a glimpse of Akito's private garden. I shuddered but was thankful as not to be seen by Akito himself.
Yuki was silent for the rest of the journey.
We got to the black car and he opened the door for me. I climbed inside and saw a man about the same age as Hatori sat in the driver's seat. Yuki was sat in the back, staring out of the window and I was sat in the front passenger's seat next to the young man. He was wearing a new suit and shades. He looked in my direction and smiled.
"Good morning!" he removed his shades with one, quick smooth movement. "I, am the famous Shigure Sohma!" I blinked as he was hit around the head by Yuki in the back. I muffled a laugh before he continued. He started the car and slowly drove forwards. He talked whilst driving… terribly. "AHH, I know my driving isn't the greatest BUT, It gets you from A to B, if you get me!" he said happily as he stalled the car.
"No offense, but, why don't you concentrate on the driving? You can talk to me when we've stopped." I said whilst gripping the seat with both hands. He didn't reply as he was concentrating immensely. I looked in the mirror at Yuki who was staring blankly out of the window. He was so very handsome… I sat and admired him for at least 5 minutes before he suddenly looked at me. He smiled as I looked away quickly, blushing a deep red. The car then came to an abrupt stop.
Beaming, Shigure said "Here we are!" he removed his keys excitedly and stumbled out of the car. I un-did my seat belt as Yuki climbed out of the car gracefully… beautifully… My door was opened by a bowing Shigure. I looked at him blankly before once again, he was punched by Yuki who looked rather angry now. I laughed and climbed out of the car. I followed them into a shop with a message written on a large sign:
'Trust comes first; Ayame; value from the heart'
I started blankly at the overly decorated sign before I was called by Shigure;
"C'mon! Aya's waiting" he beamed. Yuki came up behind me and whispered;
"Be warned, Ayame is worse…" he looked really angry. I laughed, how the hell could Ayame be worse than this guy? I thought to myself as I followed Shigure in, followed by Yuki. I looked around the empty shop. There were many rolls of different coloured fabric hung up in separate compartments. There was a rather large, wooden desk in the far corner of the shop. I glanced over at Yuki and saw his expression… he really didn't want to be here…
"Why are you here, if you don't want to be?" I asked Yuki with a smile. He simply smiled back and replied;
"Because it would have been inhumane to leave you alone with these two," he laughed then continued, "And I wanted to meet you" he smiled warmly, sending strange electric shocks through my body. This was so weird, what was all this..?
"Youuuuuu-hoooo?" Shigure sang through the curtained door behind the desk.
A petit woman wearing glasses and a sailor dress walked through the curtained door with a huge smile on her face.
"Sorry to have kept you waiting! Ayame is right through here!" she beckoned towards the door and disappeared through the silk blue curtain. Shigure shortly after followed as well as Yuki who held the curtain out of the way for me. I thanked him as I entered the large room. I looked around and saw the small, black haired woman with glasses disappear through another door. She showed up a few seconds later and then ran into another door. I felt tired just watching her run around…
"AHHH! My beautiful Gure-san and my brother whom I love very dearly! And oh!" I looked around to where the rather loud voice had come from to see a tall man with extremely long, bright silver hair. I gasped at how much he looked like Yuki! There certainly was no denying the fact that Yuki and this strange man were brothers… He walked over dramatically and took my hand.
"Well, I've seen many, many beautiful women in my time but none of them quite compare to you, my dear" he said then softly kissed my hand. I stared at him, still shocked at how much he looked like Yuki…I heard an intentional cough come from the back of Shigure's throat and before I knew it I had a face full of silver hair then Ayame was stood holding Shigure close. I was totally lost now. I blinked at the scene in front of me…
"Oh, Gure-san, how long has it been since we were last together?" Ayame said dramatically, still holding Shigure close.
"I can't remember, Aya-san…" Shigure said passionately
"GAH!" Ayame shouted, even more dramatically… was this for real? I was stood in amazement when Shigure spoke again;
"But, I was hoping, we could both share the same dream, tonight Aya-san..?" Shigure whispered. I was just about to leave them in peace but was interrupted by the separating of the two grown men and them both singing in unison;
"ALLRIGHT!" And then giving each other a 'thumbs up'.
Ayame was now stood by Yuki reeling off how much he loved their brotherly love and some other nonsense... I looked at Yuki and he gave Ayame a 'let-go-of-me-now-or-else-i-will-kill-you sort of look. I just laughed; no matter how annoying or embarrassing Ayame was, Yuki was lucky to even have a brother… at least he had someone…
It was a very quick visit as Ayame had many costumes to make. He measured me for my school uniform and said he would drop it off at the main house when it was ready. I insisted on paying but he kept refusing; tired and confused, I gave in. We had a quick cup of tea whick was served by the petite woman in a sailor's dress who was called Mine (May~nee) and shortly after, left. We returned back at the main house pretty late. I thanked Shigure and Yuki before they both drove off.
I returned back to my little house and dumped my bag on the floor. I went and lay on my bed. Exhausted, my eyes once again grew rather heavy, I looked at my small clock, it was 5:45. It was too early to go to sleep so I decided to go and investigate the Sohma's 'main house'.
I walked through the large and beautiful sakura garden and through a rock garden. My journey ended when I came to a large pond. It was also stunning, just like Yuki… I drifted off, thinking about my day when a hand gently landed on my shoulder. I spun around to see a tall brunette. He smiled kindly at me before saying;
"My name is Sohma Kureno, Aktio would like you to visit him in his chamber please…" he smiled warmly again before turning to walk away. I rose quickly and grabbed his arm. He looked at me; tears were rolling down my cheeks. I wanted to say it but I just couldn't… He looked surprised but then, the warm, fatherly smile returned…
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