I'm not even going to defend myself. Late is late, and I left you for almost a year. But I learn my lesson and next time I'm in my final year, I'm going to hiatus my story so I won't feel bad for ignoring you. (That came out wrong...)
Anyway, I want to thank The-Blind-Otaku, chocolateleo, hatsunemikuleeks, Fumiko15, Takashi Kanade, Chaos-Rave, killer1316, dwiniazzahrashania, yazminarobinson, , 1827alouette6927, BloodyBel, .1, amaere, parka6789 and Dark Cat Food Lover for following and favoriting this story. Also…
Mryhh: Thank you for pointing out my mistake! Yeah, she's still mute I just forgot about that fact for a moment and only realized it now! But I have edited it so you could check it if you haven't and want…
Krinya: For your question, the answer is the same with Mryhh's answer. And thanks a lot JYeah, I've been thinking, and I had this plan for making this story more interesting, now I just have to do the plan *evil laughing* About Kuroyuri… well I'm not sure but I'm okay with both sides since even if he/she turns out to be a boy, KuroHaru is still adorable.
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Note: "italics": Kira's talking with Zaiphon, so if I said 'Kira said' it's with Zaiphon.
Disclaimer: I do not own 07-Ghost. Yuki Amemiya and Yukino Ichihara own it.
Sighing, Kira drops the box containing her belongings on the bed. She rubs the back of her neck as she looks around her new room.
She finds it as a pretty nice room with a single bed and a night stand next to it, a wardrobe on the other side of the room with a full size mirror. The floor is covered with a red carpet and the wall itself is painted a nice cream color. There's also a small desk facing a window showing the view of a full-sized moon. The small door on the corner of the room probably connects to the bathroom.
'A personal bathroom.' Kira celebrates quietly, grinning before starting to unpack the box.
'That is what you are worrying about? The bathroom?' Lilith asked her deadpan, sweat dropping.
'Hey, in my defense, sharing a bathroom with boys sucks you know.' Kira retort, remembering her times in school.
Just because she has her own room doesn't mean she has her own bathroom. She still has to share like everyone else. And here's a tip if you're a girl. Never share a bathroom with boys. Just... Don't. Seriously, don't. (A/N: No offense)
'Are you tired?' Lilith suddenly asks her, just as Kira's about to put her clothes in her wardrobe.
'No, why?'
'Do you want to hunt?' Lilith asks again, this time with a wicked smile on her face.
Kira freezes, a hesitant look on her face as she ponders about it.
'It could be a stress reliever.' Lilith presses on.
'What if someone see us?' Kira thought back, reasoning with her.
'This is a good time to hunt, and we can always learn about the securities for further case or emergencies.' Lilith answers, smiling when Kira sighs.
'Well, I guess it wouldn't do any harm.'
'Great, we are leaving in midnight.' Lilith proclaimed with a satisfied smile. 'In the mean time, try to get some sleep. I will wake you up later.'
A gruff sigh escapes the bulky guard. He's been on his shift for hours and he's dead bored. The howling and crying of the Sklaves are annoying him to no ends and he's tired of it.
"Hey, Bill." Another guard-the man recognizes him as Jack-greets as he walks towards him.
The guard, Bill, lets out a grunt as an acknowledgment, too tired to say anything.
"Figured you're annoyed." Jack chuckles, searching his pocket and pulls out a box of cigarettes. "Want one?"
"Got a lighter?" Bill asked, reaching up for one of them.
He throws a lighter at him as a reply. After lighting up both of their cigarettes, the two lean against the metal door. Feeling the pounding hands behind them.
Jack breathes out the smoke after taking a long swig. Watching the dim-lighting flashes through it.
"It's a pity these kids have to go through this." He whispers quietly to himself.
Bill-being in a close proximity-, could perfectly hears him and snorts.
"They'll go through this sooner or later." He said, breathing out the smoke. "This is life, if they couldn't go with it they shouldn't live."
Honestly, Jack is one of the few guards Bill doesn't actually mind, but the kid sympathies too easily for his own good. He needs to stop pitying the Sklaves, even if their little kids.
"Oh? But it looks like they deserve it more than you."
The two of them freeze at the sound, instinctively reaching for their weapons in alarm. Their eyes roaming the crook hallway, searching for the sound.
"Who's there?" Jack exclaimed loudly, brandishing his weapon.
A laugh answers him. It's feminine, and carefree; but there's a hint of mocking and lethal in it that gives them goose bumps.
"Show yourself!" Bill finally yelled at the figure.
Out of alarm and a bit of fear, the two guards hadn't notice the crying and pounding of the children stops. Now, they're all trying to peek at the small space. Hoping and praying whoever the person is will safe them.
"Ah, ah, ah." The voice 'tsk'ed, and if they could see her they're sure she would wave her fingers at them.
"Be patient. I always like watching my preys cowering in their last moments." The words bring shivers on their spine and subconsciously, they could feel themselves shaking.
"There you go." The voice said again, this time happier and more satisfied at the reaction.
Before Jack knows it, there's a loud, obnoxious crack and a horrified scream fills the hallway. On instinct, he turns his head around. Shocked when he finds his partner's pale-sheet body falling with a loud thud. His eyes wide open in fear and shock and his mouth gape in a mid-scream, his hand is in an uncomfortable angle-one he's sure is broken-and two bloody, red dots on his neck, right in his jugular veins.
He screams as he stumbles back, his weapon thrown away a few feet from him. Before he could react a female figure clad in all black appears in front of him. The hood hides her head, but distinctively, he registers her glowing blood-red eyes and the sinister smirk on her face.
Then almost instantly she's gone from his view, and before he has time to panic, he feels two sharp needles-or are those teeth?-on his neck, but it suddenly pause for a moment and goes for his shoulder instead. It feels like his life force is being drained from him and hell, it hurts.
With that he fell to the ground with a thud, black consuming his vision.
"Thank you for the meal." The female said with a satisfied smirk as she wipes the remaining blood on her mouth with her sleeve.
'Lilith, You're too dramatic!' A voice rang inside her head, scolding her, causing her to rolls her eyes.
"I like being theatrical, do not disturb me." Lilith responds to it. Not minding the fact if someone sees her right now they'll think she's crazy.
'Can you at least move this guy somewhere? He's still breathing and I don't want you to accidentally kill him because of your recklessness.' The voice rings again, this time a bit annoyed.
"Fine." The female grumbles, reaching down for the man's collar and pulling him to a corner, sitting him up. She could feel the weak heartbeat every time her hand brushes with the side of his neck, confirming he's alive.
It troubles her, Kira being too strict. Just because this guy seems nicer than that other guy and actually shows some sympathy, she lets him live! (Well, with a temporary amnesia.)
Then again, it's always like that. The girl is too nice for her own good.
'Can you free the kids? I've contacted Hadrian, she said she still have rooms for a few more.'
Lilith sighs, her thought hits the right spot again.
"You are burdening me with your kindness." Lilith sighs, reaching the metal door.
She didn't even pause or break a sweat before she pulls the lock, breaking the metal from locking the door.
The children inside tremble at her and the girls assume they'd see Lilith's 'show'.
"Take care of them, I am not going to deal with a bunch of brats." Lilith says, giving Kira the control of her body back.
Out of shock at the sudden intact to her body again, Kira has collapsed to the ground, taking her time to get used and feeling her vocal chord disabling again to its original muteness. Too bad she could only speak when Lilith's in control of her body.
Though in the back of her mind she registers on how she's going to deal with the kids. She figures they're so terrified of her that they even forgot to run away once the door is open like normal Sklaves.
Kira sighs, why must Lilith makes everything do hard for her?
"Wake up~" a loud and childish voice calls, causing Kira to stir for a while. She had gone back late to her room because there are troubles calming and persuading the kids and dropping them off at 'Hadrian''s, and she's tired.
Though, as Kira realizes that there's another person in her room, she jumps out of her cover and attack on the person even though she's only half-conscious. Her vision is blurred for a while because moving too suddenly after she had just woke up but her grip on the person never weaken. After a second or two her vision cleared up and she finally realize the situation she's in.
She's sitting on top of Major freaking Hyuuga with a hand on his neck and the other pinning his hand to the ground.
With eyes wide, Kira immediately jumps off of him with her face flustered. Strangely, the man only stand up normally with the usual childish and cheerful grin on his face, not even bothered by the fact that he was attacked merely seconds ago.
"Not a morning person?" Hyuuga joked teasingly, acting like nothing has happen.
"Why are you in my room?" Kira asked cautiously, in case anything out of the ordinary happened with the blush still not leaving her face, but it's fainter now.
"Ah, you see-" Hyuuga started but then the door opens, cutting him off and there standing is Konatsu in all his Begleiter glory. (A/N: Sorry I just had to write that Xp)
"Major you can't barge in to people rooms like that!" Konatsu exclaimed in exasperation.
"Kir-chan doesn't mind, right?" Hyuuga asked the girl, turning around to prove his statement.
Subconsciously Kira's hand twitch, trying not to slap him. She didn't sleep long enough and she doesn't appreciate people enter her room uninvited. But, she had proved her point when she attacked him.
"Nevermind." Konatsu muttered, deciding to let it go this time. He will never win against that man he called his boss anyway. In return the said man grins again, except this time in victory.
"Back to the matter at hand." Kira starts, catching their attention. "What are you doing here?"
"Your new uniform." Konatsu said, raising the said clothing he's holding before handing it to her. In turn she thanks him with a nod and a small smile before turning to Hyuuga.
"And you?" She asked with a raised eyebrow.
"I'm bored." Hyuuga answered simply.
Kira would've kicked him out of her room right now, regardless of their ranks' difference if it wasn't for Lilith amused laughter holding her back. Something about him just sets her off! Thankfully, Konatsu did it for her as he hits him with a random paper roll.
Kira rereads the note on her right hand while balancing stacks of books, papers, and some files on her other hand. Passing the hallway as she makes her way to the library, she makes sure to walk near the wall so she won't crash into anyone again.
'The library should be around... Here.' She looks up from the note as she reads the name plate of the room.
As soon as she enters, she immediately puts down all the weight on her hand on an empty table. Sighing in relief, she looks around trying to find the Documents section. She figures she could find the file alone, it's not like this library is that big... Right?
Wrong.
Of course the library is big. A normal one is big enough, but the Military's?
Sighing again, she head to the librarian desk. She has a feeling it will be harder without help.
'Why must this become my first job?' Kira thought, grumpy.
'Better than riding a hawkzile.' Lilith replies to her thought. She's also not okay with the task, but what can she do? She's just a temporary residence in the girl's body.
'That's your fault.' Kira retorts to her comment. 'Your whole demoness vibe scares them.'
'In my defense I have tried masking it in your test.' Lilith reasoned, throwing her hand up in defense.
'Yeah, because B- is a good grade.' Kira thought back sarcastically, reaching the desk.
She glances at the man-he's reading a book, rather intently actually. Knocking softly on the desk, she tries making it loud enough only for him to hear. Though, she wonders what will happen if she knocks loudly and disturbs everyone.
... She's blaming Lilith for influencing her.
"Yes?" The man grumbled, looking up from the book reluctantly.
"Where's the Document section?" Kira asked, careful not to catch others' attentions.
He looks albeit surprise before recognition dawns on him. "You're one of the newly graduate."
"Yes." Kira answered. She's pretty sure the man will know her anyway, hello? A girl graduate who speaks with Zaiphon? She's pretty sure she's the only one. Not meaning to brag or anything.
"C'mon." The man said, snapping her out of her thoughts and she follows him to a certain shelve.
Kira's eyes widen the slightest. It's only one shelve, how could it contain that many? And why did they even have all these documents?
"What do you need?" The man asked her, sighing tiredly. Her reaction is the same as most of the newbies when they see this particular section.
The girl blinks dumbly before cocking her head to the side in question. "What?"
The man sighs again, motioning to the note on her hand. "The note."
'Oh.'
Kira hands it to him and right after he read the name assigning her, he glances at her before back at the note.
She raises an eyebrow at the gesture.
"You're Katsuragi-san's new Begleiter?" The man asked after a while.
Blinking, she nods at the question. The man surprisingly smiles before begins searching.
"Nice man, one of the few that doesn't rely on fights too much." He informed, pulling out a folder.
"Here," suddenly he drops the folder on her hands, thankfully Kira's fast enough to catch it. "The file you're searching's supposed to be in these."
He takes one more look at the note before handing it to her. "Return the file when you're done, the files need to be re-recorded."
He's about to leave when he remembers something. "Oh, and tell Katsuragi-san to return the other file he borrowed, we still need that one!"
Raising an eyebrow in confusion, Kira cocks her head to the side. 'Oh well,' she shrugs before going to the table her things had occupied.
Dropping the stack in the table, she begins searching for the file. If you're wondering what file she's talking, it's Mikage's and Teito's. And this folder must have contain this year's students' file.
'Here they are.'
Taking the files, she puts it on top of the other things she had gather. As she's about to close it Lilith points something.
'Kira, your file is not there.'
The girl stops and checks to make sure if what she said is right. And she is, her file's missing.
'Some of the students' are missing too; it could just have been recorded like the man said or something you know?'
'You are not suspicious about it?'
'Why?' Kira thought, returning the folder to its place.
Lilith sighs in response and shakes her head. 'Nothing.'
The demoness didn't voice out the whole concept. The missing files belong to students-that is, if she remembers right-are the Eye of Mikhail candidates. Which Kira is NOT in, and even if the girl is, she will definitely do something.
The Eye of Mikhail isn't something to use around recklessly, even when it's in its vessel. Several things just can't be trusted.
Like Mikhail and Raphael, the 07-Ghost, Verloren, or even herself. This, Lilith notes, is something Kira had done.
And that is a mistake she shouldn't have done.
So, what do you think? I tried making it Lilith-centered at the end and reveals more about the two, don't know if it works well enough... You can ask questions if you don't get it.
I accept criticism and reviews!
