Ch.4

Desperation

Ame ran home, her heart still heavy from the previous night and unfortunately getting heavier as the main house loomed before her and in it, her home. She stopped and took her time to regain her breath and then with her heart set she removed her shoes and slid through the shadows of the house until she was sure no one was around and ruffling her hair in her worry slid silently within a small room filled with files…the records of her family history…some of the best kept secrets were inside these files… " perhaps " she thought as she set her shoes down on the ground and crossed her arms against the chill of the overly air conditioned room " I can find something, some clue as to how to break the curse if I study enough…"

She looked around hurriedly, the darkness scaring her quite a bit, but necessary for what she was doing…if she was found here…she winced "flogged or…worse" she murmured and started hurriedly skimming all the files that caught her eye.

As she looked and read over the place had fallen eerily silent, perhaps everyone had gone to bed early or something but silence always made her just a tad uncomfortable…especially when your sneaking around.

She wiped some cold sweat from her brow and shivered as her hairs stood on end. " no good" she hissed a curse and then turning around saw something that caused her to drop to the floor, the breath stolen from her lungs hoping that she hadn't seen what she thought, something tall and dark moving a little at the very back of the room…a lazy blur of black.

Ame barely dared to breath any to revive herself from her fear trying to calm herself down "that" she whispered "was just…a cat or something, just your imagination stupid dragon…you have a mission, keep on lookin!" she turned and looking up on the top shelf of files she saw something labeled 'curse files'

She arched one brow "that's way too easy…but hard to reach damn them…"

She reached up, her fingers already numb and shaking frantically hoping that this file would give her the answers she needed to help her and her friends

"Please…"

Time seemed to slow down, you know how when you make a mistake and the minute you do it you know you made a bad choice but you cant take it back?

That slowness crept up on her, clad in black and wearing a cold predatory sneer,

One long arm reaching up and grabbing the file from above her and the other wrapping around her waist so tightly it knocked the air she had managed to breath out of her.

She gasped as the persons hot hand slid down her cold skin, her eyes wide and frightened "w-who…" Then she knew…the feel, the smell of him, the feeling when he was around…she could already see who it was without looking…she gulped and even tried to be brave but she knew she was shaking

"Mizuki…Kun" As she said it she was twirled around to find his liquid gold eyes boring into her, holding her in place as a snake held its prey, meanwhile shoving the file in her face " just what…were you trying to do with THIS?" he hissed, his voice slow and dark like tainted honey.

She opened her mouth but no words came out, she was so scared…she never wanted to know what this man could do to her unrestrained…she was alone…in this house with HIM. She shook violently and tried to cover her face as he dropped the file on the floor and let the hand fall on her, "you bitch! I didn't give you permission to be in here! Snooping around like the thief you are!"

She growled and was able to block most of his blows before he slipped to the ground and tripped her to the ground, catching her wrists as she fell and pinning her to the ground.

Her face was pale, not able to break free of his grip but having thoughts slug through her mind as she looked up at him, his sharp features, his golden eyes, the black oily hair spilling down over his shoulders…everything about him was possessive…and she was in trouble.

It was as he lowered himself to her, his cruel lips tracing a line of pain down her

throat that she found her voice "what…the…HELL?" she thundered, all her pent up madness coming out at once, heightened at once with her fear.

Mizuki just sneered and dug his knee cap into her side making her gasp in pain as one of her ribs popped with the strain " you are mine" he cooed " you cant be allowed in here and not have to pay a price cara mia…you will obey ME!"

His eyes were wild now, his hands on the collar of her shirt, obviously toying with the idea of ripping it off.

"This is absurd " she whispered causing him to look down on her again, she had turned her head, little rivulets of blood from where he had bit her neck dripping and staining her shirt, madness now reflected in her own blue grey eyes…and sorrow " you poor lustful fool…to even think for a minute…that I should obey you is…" he snarled and ripped her shirt open " don't speak!" she looked up, bringing her right kneecap into his happy place she was rewarded with a sharp intake of breath and a wail of pain.

She rolled him off her and stood up slamming her right foot on his chest causing him to hiss, her eyes now blazing "its just STUPID!" she started crying then, knowing that when he got back up she wouldn't be able to stop him from killing her right then…her eyes flew to the floor and she swooped and snatched up the file and with that she ran, she ran as fast as she could but not before he was running after her "you bitch, you little cat! Ill catch you, you'll pay!"

She dodged out to the garden and heard his sandaled feet right behind her

Now it was pitch black outside and only the little lamps around the estate and her memory of the landscape kept her from slipping, she heard cars, other people she needed to get to that gate…other wise she would be a goner…she turned and saw Mizuki's black form speeding after her, only a few feet or so and he would have her…she clutched the file to her chest, the air cold against her skin now bare from her ripped shirt.

She was so tired now, running, running, the gate seemed like it was farther away than when she had started, the night air now stinging her skin as she clutched desperately at the evidence she needed, the information to figure out how to break the Zodiac curse…she was so close.

The gate surrounding the area around here was a wooden fence with barbed wire at the top…she looked at it and then looked back to the shadow still haunting her… " I " she whispered, her strong eyes drooping a bit " must…find it " and without warning she bit down on the file, holding it between her teeth and with the last of her strength climbed and leaped over the top, tearing several large gashes on her arms and legs.

She fell to the hard ground below and forced her body to still move, she now couldn't see even a foot in front of her but that was fine…she didn't need to, he couldn't get her here…she still needed to get somewhere, anywhere.

She felt the rush of air on her flushed face, the drip of blood from her neck staining the tatters of her shirt and her bra…the folder in her arms.

She took a step and then four more and heard something…the honking of a car, and as she turned around she had no time to react or even think as the car loomed before her, the driver panicking and swerving on to the side walk as with a sickening thud, the girl who had wandered into the middle of the street was thrown over the hood of his car and over, dropping her on to the gravely ground, the bloody file still clutched tight in her frail hands.

Will Ame survive in order to find the cure for the Zodiac curse or will she end up too broken to be fixed?

Next Ch. Will be coming soon!