CHAPTER IV
"Jake, what're you doing" Moka said yawning, as Jake approached the girls dorm, still carrying her.
"Just helping out, you've been through too much..." Jake said, pushing open her bedroom door with his foot. He walked across her room and lowered her onto her bed, taking her shoes off and putting them at the foot of her bed. As Jake went for the door Moka grabbed his shoulder.
"Jake…" She said pulling him back.
"I'm leaving… possibly for good. I can't afford to hurt anyone else." Jake said shrugging her hand off of his shoulder.
"Stop him!" Inner Moka commanded. Moka wrapped her arms around him from behind.
"Moka… Let go…" Jake said barely resisting.
"No, you can't leave… you're our family here, you can't just leave. You and Tsukune are my first friends, just stay please..." She said trying as hard as she could to keep him there. Jake shook his head, and Moka let go, he opened her door and walked out.
"Hey, have you guys seen Jake?" Tsukune asked the other brothers.
"Why?" Dan inquired.
"I want to thank him, for saving my butt." Tsukune said determinately.
"No, we haven't actually, now that you think about i haven't even seen him around the dorms," Don added.
"Really, I asked Moka about it, and she only cried." Tsukune said looking at the brothers with a puzzled look.
"Who cares where Jake is, I'm right here." Kurumu said happily, they all knew something was up though. Nick approached Moka afterwards, and asked her, he was seriously worried.
"Moka, you're going to have to give me a straight answer please, I want to know if he's okay," Nick said, showing a side not many have seen before.
"He... he hurt me, but I know it hurt him more, I could feel it. Then I couldn't feel him anymore, like he just dropped off the face of the earth, shutting me out..." she said sadly. Nick looked at Don who was standing close by with a serious expression, then shortly after the remaining three went to see the Headmaster.
"Jake left the academy," Dan said bursting into his office.
"I know," he replied in a tone almost natural.
"And you just let him go," Dan added really pissed of.
"Yep, he'll come back he just needs time to himself, as much as I hate to say it… you all need to take a break for a while." The headmaster said to the boys
"Jake is in danger out there, he could… he could do it again. We need to go get him." Dan said seeing this from a morbid side.
"No, if you leave this campus I will disown all of you, this is his problem to deal with," the Headmaster said angrily. The brothers left one after another, and dropped it, and like nothing a few days passed by.
"Ever since that incident happened, the swimming club closed, so what club should we join now Moka." Tsukune sighed, and looked over to Moka who was still a little silent, and shaken up.
"Hey, you guys could join the newspaper club with us, it's just us and some bro named Gin right now," Nick said having the same tone of voice as Moka was wearing on her face. Moka nodded her head, and spoke.
"That actually sounds like a great idea," Moka said lightening up a little, before walking up the school stairs to the roof, Nick sighed and followed her.
"Moka," Nick said vicariously, "Want to talk about it?". Moka shook her head a little before turning it away from him, Nick walked up to her and rested his arms on the rail next to her. "Moka, I know Jake better than anyone, better than even my other brothers, and he left to your benefit, trust me."
"He said he didn't want to hurt me or anyone anymore." Moka said sadly, "I'm interested in him," inner Moka thought.
"Well, that's why he left, cause of that exact reason, Jake cares about you, and everyone for that matter, this is his only way of looking out for us right now." Nick said in a matter of fact tone, trying to hide his sadness as well.
"No, there's no way it was like that, he acted differently around me, and he even let me into a part of his life he's locked away." She said.
"Jake, well he only act's that way around you and Tsukune. Both of you, well he feels like he can be normal with you guys." Nick retorted, "Jake's been really depressed lately, I'm sure if he hasn't already told you why, he will soon,"
"I... I know why," she started, "I'm sorry for you guys, stuff like that shouldn't happen, "she let out a sigh and dropped her head, "I'm sorry Jake, I had no idea, and I forced myself upon you," she thought loudly in her mind trying to reach Jake, it was still silent, she then picked up her head and sighed.
"If you really want to know what Jake's like around a girl he likes, well its actually funny, he constantly jumbles up words and sounds like a buffoon." Nick said trying to lighten the mood, Moka let a small smile appear, "It's Jake's birth-day today, you know." he added, "He'll be fifteen now, he's probably shop lifting some imported American albums at a store right now." He said laughing, Moka looked surprised, so she reached out to Jake and said happy birthday, only to be met by silence. Just then Tsukune came through the doorway to the roof.
"Well, I'm going to get outta here, seems like lover boy is going to have to cheer you up now, see you at the club." Nick said laughing; he then walked down the stairs.
"There you are Moka, I looked everywhere for you after I finally slipped away from Kurumu." Tsukune said relieved, "so what was Nick talking to you about?" he inquired.
"He was talking about, Jake," she said letting a small smile to her face as they walked to the door, then she felt something, almost like a thank you from Jake, "Did you know it's his fifteenth birthday today," she added happily.
"He's only fifteen, jeez he looks like he's 20." Tsukune said laughing.
"That was a great idea, Nick" Jake thought to himself walking down the street towards the music store, with his hoodie up, and earbuds in, he had heard the entire conversation through his connection. Jake trotted into the music store, and nearly exploded when he saw 'Linkin Pals' new album: Living beings, he waited for the right moment and snatched it making sure no one saw, he then proceeded to walk through the isles, grabbing some 'A day to remind us', and 'Asking Alexander'. He then high-tailed his ass out of there and down the street, it was a little late and the moon was out, so he had a big advantage on everyone, cause of his werewolf blood.
"This is great," Jake smiled as he stuck the CD's one by one into his laptop uploading them to his jtunes account and directly to his jpod. He hadn't been able to get his hands on any new music since the incident, and then he turned his laptop off and started looking for an abandoned building to squat in.
"This is going to have to do, happy birthday to me I guess," Jake said letting his tone drop to a sad one, "I wonder what Moka is up too," Jake thought diligently before reaching out a little in his bond trying to look through her eyes without her noticing, "Oh, shit," Jake thought before pulling out very quickly, however he left the path open in case she wanted to talk. He knew he would get his ass chewed out if she knew what he just did.
"Did you just see me naked," she said a little grossed out through their bond wondering if he would respond.
"I kind of hoped you wouldn't notice, sorry." He quickly thought back hanging his head.
"You really should knock before entering some ones brain you know," she thought a little more than pissed off, Inner Moka then proceeded to cuss him out, a little relieved that he finally decided to talk to them.
"He-he, well think of it this way, I guess you don't have to get me a present now," he thought back sarcastically.
"Nope, I'm still going to give you a present now, a really big one," she thought back in a cynical tone, "why are you talking to me now," she thought a little sadder now wiping off the water and stepping out of the shower.
"Well I didn't want to spend my birthday alone in an abandoned building," he thought sadly.
"Then why don't you come back," she retorted quickly.
"You just don't understand, can we not talk about that please." he said kind of sadly, "So how's Tsukune and the others?" he inquired.
"They're all a little let down cause of the fact that you left without saying goodbye," she said angrily, but it then got silent a little too silent.
"I'm sorry, goodbye." he said quickly and sadly before shutting her out again. He was sorry, but he just didn't want to hurt them again, living in the human world was straining on his hunger, being around the beating hearts, and scent of blood thick in the air was killing him inside, being in an abandoned building made it a lot easier for the time being, but then he heard a faint heartbeat getting closer.
"Who's there," Jake shouted in an intimidating tone, from the scent in the air and the person being alone he could tell almost everything about them, their blood type gender and where they had been in the last hour they had reeked of. Just then a woman peeked her head around the corner.
"Oh, umm, I saw you come in here alone looking sad and was wondering if you were homeless." she said concerned.
"You should… probably leave." Jake said trying to control himself.
"Well it's just I have a bento here with some leftovers from dinner I was going to eat for lunch tomorrow but you looked like you needed it more," she said walking closer.
"Thank you, but please leave..." Jake said in a hoarse tone, grabbing his head, and gripping tightly.
"Are you okay?" she asked worried now only a foot away from him. Jake couldn't hold it anymore his instincts were weighing on his self-control, and he pushed her away and stumbling back a bit she only came back to him worried, then he lost himself in his hunger. Jake grabbed her, and pulled her in hugging her tightly, she was shocked by this and tried a little to push away, he didn't budge, and he almost was like stone. Jake stuck his face near her neck and nuzzled his way in catching her strong scent, A positive, he could tell...
Jake's iris's turned Crimson like the blood pumping through her, his fangs elongated, then he pushed into her neck gently still harboring some self-control, when he felt her pulse going week he pushed her away and she hit the ground rubbing her neck, with a frightened look on her face.
Jake grabbed his bag and jumped out the window into the grass three stories below and ran. As far away as he could, he then sat next to a tree and gazed out into a sea of sun flowers and started to get a headache… then he dozed off…
