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Kyo was true to his word. He took Misao home and didn't try anything sneaky. Which surprised her quite a bit. She expected Kyo to use this little episode to his advantage. He could have so easily took her home and had his way with her.
Not that she wouldn't have hated him afterwards. "Maybe that's why he did't do it." She thought while combing out her hair after a hot relaxing bath. "Maybe he thought that if he did trying anything I wouldn't forgive him." She let out a sigh, placing down her comb and staring at the mirror's reflection.
"Who am I?" She asked herself. Misao let the question roll around her mind for awhile. When the question went unanswered she gave up trying to get an answer. Misao turned around and walked out leaving the misty mirror and it's unfamiliar faces.
She walked into her chilly room pulling out a pair of underwear that went untouched by Mamoru and his crazy rampage. She pulled them on and went in search of some pajamas.
When she found nothing, she let out a sigh seeing that they were a pair that Kyo had bought her a week before. They were lacy and very reveling. She threw them back down in the drawer and trying to found something else, but found nothing. Misao looked down back at the lacy pjs.
"Damn..!" She muttered yanking them up and over her head. They were silky and very soft, but they showed to much cleavage. Misao bit her lower lip looking in the wall length mirror in her bedroom. They made her look cheap, and at the same time mature. She shook her head spinning away from the mature looking Misao and over to her desk. She had a ton of homework that she ignored when she got home, but now had get it over and done with.
"God I'm starting to resenting school." She muttered pulling out her desk chair and taking a seat. Misao opened her math notebook and saw that Kyo was starting to pile it on. "School's not the only thing I'm starting to resent." She whispered yanking a mechanical pencil from her cute little mug that sat on her desk. She gave a little laugh touching the mug with her fingertip. She loved that it was covered in hot pink and soft pink hearts. It felt like just yesterday when she bought it.
~ Flashback ~
Misao was on a shopping trip with her Mom and caught sight of a little girl hanging around a display window.
"Momma I want one of those!" The little girl shouted looking up at her Mom with sparkling eyes. Misao felt herself start to melt. "Oh there's no way that she's going to say no." Misao thought but was surprised that she did in fact say no.
"But I want it!" The little girl cried.
"I said no." Her Mom said calmly, and turning away. Misao mouth fell open as she watched the woman walking away from her pouting daughter. "God she's horrible!" She thought completely shocked. The little girl hadn't moved a step, that is until that she saw that her mom wasn't going to change her mind. She let out a huge cry.
"Wait for me Momma!" She cried racing after her. Misao stood rooted to the ground until her Mom said something.
"W-What?" She asked.
"I said did you want some chicken tonight," She said looking to the food on sale. "or fish?" Misao cleared her mind and then thought of what her Mom had asked.
"Uh chicken or fish," She said looking back over to the display case that the girl had threw a fit in front of. "doesn't matter to me." She was about to walk over to the display case when something caught her eye. A pretty little coffee mug covered in hearts.
"Oh how cute!" Misao said picking up the small coffee mug and turning over in her hands to see the price at the bottom. "Whoa it's so cheap." She said.
"Would you like to buy it?" Misao almost dropped the coffee cup on the spot.
"H-Huh?" She asked the vender.
"Would you like to buy it?" He asked again. Misao could see that he was different. He had long platinum hair tied back in a ponytail, and his eyes twinkled with a certain wisdom. He was very good looking. If Misao had seen him in walking down the street she could sworn that he was a model.
"Sure." She said with a smile placing it down on the counter. She opened her hand bag and pulled out her wallet. She pulled out the money and said in a cheerful voice, "Here ya go." and handing him the money.
"Thank you, Misao." She let out a gasp.
"How did you know my name?" She asked, her eyes wide. He laughed.
"Let's just say a little birdie told me." He let out another laugh.
"Huh?" She said feeling a pulling in her gut. "What in the-"
"You do not believe me." He stated as if knowing she wouldn't. She shook her head.
"A little birdie told you my name," She flipped a few strands of hair out of her face. "how in the world would it do that? Birds can't talk."
He let out a laugh. "You would be surprised at what birds can do."
"Ah huh...." She muttered licking her teeth to make sure their clean. All of a sudden she felt dirty. All of a sudden she held as if a dark cloud had pasted over her head and then disappeared.
"Misao."
"What?" She asked now feeling a whee bit irritated. She was starting to dislike this man, and she just met him. He let out a chuckle.
"That mug will bring you luck." Misao crossed her arms over her chest.
"Is that so." He nodded. "Bring me luck to what may I ask."
"To love." She let out a puff of air.
"What- your crazy!" She said her eyes wide with something. He let out a hardy laugh and gave her a amused look.
"Your not the first one to tell me that!" Misao spun on her heels and began to walk away from the crazy guru.
"Misao-"
"What!" She said spinning around finding him smiling.
"Good-Bye." He said raising a hand. "I'm sure we'll meet again." She let out a snort.
"Hopefully," She turned around and muttered under her breath. "not." She began to walk in the direction that she remembered her mom going. She walked a few paces before she let out a heavy breath.
"He's crazy as a loon…!" She muttered almost walking into her mom.
"Who's crazy?" She asked placing some fruits into a bag and handing the fruit vender her money.
"Thank you ma'am." He said with a smile. "Please come again."
"I will, come on honey let's go home." Misao nodded glad to be leaving the market and it's strange vender behind.
~ End of Flashback ~
A thought flashed through her mind. "It did what he said it would." A smile tugged at her lips. A few weeks later Kyo came back into her life and Misao couldn't have been happier. Well she says that now. When Kyo first came back Misao didn't want anything to do with him or anything relating to the Tengu's. She touched the cool porcelain of the mug. Her heart did a flip flap in her chest, and then it started to ache.
What did the crazy guru say about being told by a little bird her name. She let out a gasp. The crazy guru couldn't have been a Tengu, or a demon…could he? Misao felt a shiver creep up her spine. Now she had the urge to throw the mug away. She let out a sigh, and let her head hang back over her chair. She was looking at the wall that was covered in picture frames that weren't broken.
The picture that caught her eyes was one of her and Kyo when they were little. For some reason the picture was blurry and unfocused. Kyo was just a blur, but Misao's image was clear.
"Huh...weird." As if she just noticed it for the first time. When Kyo had asked if it would bother her if she didn't get her memories back and she said no...she didn't tell him the whole truth. She felt a pang in her heart knowing that she would never remember Kyo as a little boy...not ever. She let out a low sob and put her hands over her face trying to conceal her weeping.
There was a small tabbing noise that awoken her from her sorrows. She turned her head seeing Kyo looking in on her. Misao sat up dabbing at her eyes with the back of her hands. She scooted the chair back, standing up and grabbing her robe. She didn't want Kyo to see in these low cut pajamas. She turned away from his awaiting eyes and pulled the robe on and tied the strap. She turned back to see him smirking in at her. She let out a sigh, walking over to the window, pulling it open.
"Nice pajamas." He put his hand over his mouth trying to contain his laughter. Misao leaned back crossing her arms and glaring out at him.
"If you've come over here for a good laugh your out of luck." He shook his head.
"No, no I've come to see how your doing." She gave a snorted.
"Well you got a funny way of asking." She said turning her head away showing that his words hurt her. The laughter died in his throat and he grew serious. He leaned in the window and gave her his heart melting smile.
"I'm sorry Misao," He said trying to comfort her. "I didn't mean to hurt your feelings, honest." Misao glanced at him from the corner of her eye. His smile grew even bigger. "See I can be apologetic when I want to be." She shrugged her stiff shoulders, then noticing that they were a bit sore.
"Ouch." She said uncrossing her arms rubbing one of her shoulders.
"What's wrong?" He asked trying to look at the shoulder she was rubbing. She shook her head letting her hand drop.
"It's nothing don't worry about it." She crawled off her bed and went back over to her desk and sat down looking over her math notes. "God you killing me, Kyo." His eyes grew wide.
"Oh yeah how so?" He asked. She picked up her notebook and thrusted her finger at all the math homework he gave. His eyes glanced at it and gave her a shrug.
"If you can't do that then I've fault you as a teacher." She lowed the notebook and notched a brow. "Oh come on Misao a middle schooler could do that." He said pointing his finger at her notebook. She closed the notebook and threw it onto her desk.
"Well I guess I'm not smart as a middle schooler then." She stood up and walked over to her bedroom door.
"Hey where you going?" He asked. She glanced over her shoulder sending him a pure evil glare.
"Going to get something to eat what's it to you!" She shouted throwing the door open and slamming it behind her.
"You could be little appricated!" He shouted through the door. Misao let out a sigh feeling her heart begin to hurt.
"I know." She whispered walking down the hallway and down the stairs to find her mom watching the news and her dad reading one of his folklore books. She went into the kitchen opened the fridge. She looked at the contents and not feeling hungry at all. She let out a sigh closing the fridge door and walking over to the sink and grabbing a glass from the cabinet. She filled it to the brim with water. She took a sip and looked at the TV seeing that her school was on the news. She let out a gasp.
"Honey something wrong?" Mom asked looking into the kitchen and then back to the TV. "Misao isn't that your school?" She asked a little shocked. Misao nodded.
"Yeah, it is."
"What happen?" She asked. Misao shrugged.
"I have no idea." She lied walking out of the room, and up the stairs. When she got to her room she saw that Kyo was gone and there was a note on her desk.
Misao
Meet me tonight at 12:00 am...we need to talk.
I'll be waiting in the garden out back.
~Kyo
She let out a sigh realizing that the garden he was refering to was the one that Sojo kidnapped her and almost raped her in...she didn't have happy memories in that garden. She got the chills just thinking about it. But if Kyo wanted to talk then they would talk. She sat down at her desk and began on her homework just to fall asleep 20 minutes later.
Misao sat up with a started. She looked to the clock and saw that it was 11:57 pm. She wiped the drool from her mouth and let out a long yawn. She wiped the sleep from her eyes, something nagging at the back of her mind. Then it hit her.
"Crap!" She groaned jumping up feeling her back crack a bit. "Oh no more falling asleep at my desk...!" She let out a groan of pain rubbing her back trying to loosen it. She rushed over to her dresser and pulled out a pair of capris and a t-shirt. She wasn't going to get all fancy and pretty in the middle of the night. She was tired and she felt like crap. If Kyo had a problem then oh well. She pulled them on, and ran out of her room. She had left her sneakers downstairs so she grabbed them and pulled them on.
Then it was off into the cool night air. It was crisp and a little chilly. "Man I should have grab my coat." She thought running to gate of Kyo's house. She pulled on the handle. It opened with an ease that surprised her a little. Kyo usually locked the gate at night...she brushed it away and walk in closing the gate behind her. She looked around the moonlight casting off creepy shadows around.
"God it's creep here at night...never noticed that before." She muttered seeing her breath. "Man I really should have grabbed my coat." She thought scolding herself. "I'm probably going to end up getting sick." She bit her lower lip. She really didn't want to get sick. She stopped. Kyo wouldn't hate her for not coming and meeting him. He would understand if he told her she was afraid she would get sick. Or...she could just lie and say she fell asleep.
"Oh no you don't." A voice whispered her heart jumped a little in her throat. Then it froze like a cold wind blow through her body.
"Mamoru...is that you?" She asked. There was a deep chuckle that creeped her out beyond belief.
"Yes." She took a step back feeling a sudden fear over take her.
"Where's Kyo?" She said looking around but didn't see anything but plants that were a bit overgrown in some places. Mamoru let out another deep chuckle.
"He's not here." Misao knew something was wrong when she walk in, but she didn't know what. Though she knew that she didn't like it.
"Where'd he go?" She asked. He let out another chuckle.
"He went...cleaning." Misao let out a gasp. "Kyo didn't write me that letter." Mamoru stepped out of the shadows a beak hanging from his neck. "I'm suppose to be helping but I thought I would greet you instead. How nice of me don't you think." He said giving a low chuckle and shaking his head. Misao swallowed all the saliva that she could muster. Her throat was dry and burning with a fire that was called fear. It was burning through her whole body.
"You...you wrote me that note," She took another step back. "it wasn't Kyo!" Mamoru clapped his hands.
"Ah your smart to," He said in a amused voice. "I guess I can see why Kyo fell for you...on second thought no I can't." Misao felt a plush of pride go through her body. "How dare he!" She screamed at the little Misao that was curling up in a ball. "Your not going to take that are you?" A little voice asked in the back of her mind. Misao stood up straight and cleared her throat.
"No I'm not!" She said with her head held high.
"Your not going to what?" Mamoru asked picking at his fingernails with the sharp of the beak. Misao took a deep breath and let it out.
"I'm not some stupid little girl that can't think for herself!" She shouted. She narrowed her eyes and gave him a evil glare. "You, your just a sad excuse for a demon!" Mamoru face turned red with anger.
"What do you mean by that...?" He said letting his hand drop.
"Your so pathetic!" She yelled. "You think that Sojo loves you still-" She cut herself off with a laugh. Mamoru let out a cry of rage.
"He does love me!" He screamed "He does!" He fanned out his hand and sent a wave of power at her. Misao ducked down the wave of power missing her by an inch. She glanced up just as he started to move towards her.
"You little bitch-"
"Mamoru!" He stopped dead in his tracks.
"Kyo no wait-" His sentence was cut off by a hand going around his throat. He was rose off the ground by Kyo's strength.
"I thought we were past this." He said in a low deadly voice. Mamoru put his hands on top of Kyo's.
"Lord Kyo please let me explain-" Kyo tightend his hold on his throat.
"No you promised Misao that you wouldn't try to kill her again." He said letting out a dull chuckle. "And here you are trying to kill her...again."
"It's not what it looks like-"
"Listen I'm tired of hearing you talk," He said a heat developing in his hand. "I think I'll just kill you here and now."
Kyo looked up into Mamoru teary eyes. "Don't waste those tears, Mamoru. You'll need them to beg for forgiveness from the gods-"
"No wait!" Kyo head spun over to where Misao was standing.
"Misao he tried to kill you-"
"I know." Kyo let out a laugh.
"Misao you don't- you know what never mind." He let the power in his hand die down. He released Mamoru, who dropped to the ground with a thud. He cough gasping for air. "You know what I don't get you, Misao." She sighed.
"Yeah I know sometimes I don't get me either." She walked over kneeling next to Mamoru. "Mamoru why did you write me that note?" She asked. He looked up at her and gave her a glare.
"Because I hate you...it's as simple as that." Misao shook her head.
"No not really," She said touching his arm with her fingertips. He jerked his arm away and almost hissed at her. "I don't see why you hate me...I mean why would you hate me for wanting to live?" She asked. Mamoru breath drew short.
"You do know that what he was going to do to me, Sojo, was going to kill me in the most cruelest way imaginable." She said looking deep into his eyes. "He was going to end my life to get back at Kyo. I didn't have any part of their hatred towards each other." Buzen cleared his throat.
"My lady-"
"Don't intruppt." Kyo said with serious eyes. Buzen swallowed and stood up straight.
"Right...sorry my lord." He said. Misao glanced over at Buzen and nodded.
"Yeah I know that I fueled Kyo's reason for wanting to be the head of his clan, but that was because he loved me, Mamoru." She said looking back at him. "Don't you see me and you are the same."
"We're nothing alike." He said in a low voice. He drew his gaze from hers and wouldn't look her in the eye.
She nodded her head and said, "Yes we are and you see it to...don't you?" He shrugged.
"I don't know...I guess." She smiled.
"You see you were did what you thought you had to do so that Sojo would love you," She said taking his hand into hers. "and I did what I had to do so Kyo and I could get closer." Mamoru felt a pang go through him. He knew she was right, but he knew that Sojo would never love him if he didn't kill her.
"I'm sorry Misao..." Misao smiled. She was finally getting through to him. "but I have to kill you!" or so she thought. Before anything could happen Misao was pulled away from Mamoru's grasp and up into the arms of Buzen.
"Don't worry my lady I've got you." He said. Misao trying getting out of his arms and down on her two feet.
"No let me go!" She said pushing against his chest. "Kyo don't, don't you see that Sojo's brain washed him-" but it was to late. Kyo had sent a very powerful wave of power directly at Mamoru's chest.
"Noooooooo!" She screamed falling to the ground.
"My lady-"
"Don't touch me!" She shouted climbing to her feet. "Kyo how could you!" She screamed hot tears flowing down her face. Kyo looked to her with a look of shock.
"How could I do it...how could I do it!" He shouted. "You can't be serious!" Misao rushed up to him and beated him on the chest.
"I was getting through to him...you saw him he understood!" Kyo took ahold her shoulders and shook her.
"He was going to kill you, Misao!" Kyo cried his eyes watery with hot tears. "I was not going to let that happen do you understand!" He shouted shaking her again. He was starting to hurt her now.
"Kyo your hurting me-"
"Tell me you understand that I had to kill one of my vassals...to save you." Misao went still and her tears stopped. "That's right Mamoru was one of his clan...he killed one of his own kind to save me." She thought. She let out a sob.
"Kyo...I'm so sorry!" She cried closing her eyes and throwing herself against him. "I'm so sorry!" She sobbed into his black robes. He put his arms around her shoulders and back. He rested his cheek on the top of her head.
"It's okay, Misao." He muttered stroking her back. "Everythings going to be okay." There was a groan. Kyo rose his head looking around. He saw Buzen, his mouth hanging open in shock.
"Mamoru- Lord Kyo he's alive!" Kyo released Misao throwing her behind him. Mamoru let out another groan, then he spoke.
"Oh god I feel awful...shit where am I?" He said looking around. When he spotted Kyo his voice cracked. "L-Lord Kyo!" He said seeing Kyo anger. "What happen...where am I?" He asked. Kyo kneeled down glaring at Mamoru.
"Do you mean for me to believe that you don't know what you tried to do, or where you are?" Mamoru nodded. "Do you think me a fool?" He asked in a deadly low voice. Mamoru tried to sit up but fell back hitting his head on the hard ground.
"Yes- ouch!" He said touching the back of his head with his hand.
"What do you remember last?" Buzen asked his arms crossed and his chin touching his fisted hand, as if in thought. Mamoru moved his mouth around trying to remember what he remembered last.
"Let's see I was at home and I got a visit from...oh that's right! Sojo visited me." Mamoru lowered his voice so that Kyo was the only one to hear. "He wasn't looking so good my lord."
"He was in a right foul mood-"
"He should have been I foiled his plans." Mamoru's eyes sprung open.
"Oh now I remember he said something about coming to visit you and your bride-to-be. Oh congratstaions by the way...to the two of you." He blinked his eyes seeing very pretty girl, Misao, behind Kyo.
"Is this she?" He asked. Misao nodded.
"We've met before." Mamoru shook his head.
"I don't recall meeting you my lady-"
"You tried to kill her." Kyo stated. Mamoru eyes sprung open even more.
"No sir I would never- did I?" He asked. Misao nodded.
"Yes, yes you did." Mamoru let out a moan.
"Oh my lord, my lady I'm so sorry." He said smacking his head. "I have no idea what I was thinking-" He let out a gasp and his eyes grew dark. "That bastard Sojo did something to me."
"Oh really what would that be?" Kyo asked crossing his arms. Mamoru managed to sit up.
"He came to me a few days ago-"
"That's impossible Mamoru."
"Why's that Buzen?" He asked looking to Buzen.
"You've been here for a whole week today." He said looking to his wrist watch. "It's 12:17 am." He pulled the sleeve over his watch and went back to thinking. Mamoru let out another gasp.
"That can't be," He said trying to stand up but was still to weak. "God I feel awful." He said looking down at his chest. "No wonder! Someone attacked me!"
"That would have been me." Kyo said.
"Oh...I understand." He said looking to the ground and blushing. "I'm really sorry for trying to kill you my lady-"
"Misao."
"Misao." He rolled her name on his tongue. "That is a very pretty name." Misao felt her cheeks go hot.
"T-Thank you." She said lowering her eyes to the ground and look at her dirty sneakers.
"Do you think you can just apologize that would be the end of it?" Kyo ask very sourly. "Did you really think that I-"
"Kyo stop."
"But Misao-"
"No I can see that Mamoru didn't do anything...willingly." Kyo started to pout a bit.
"That still doesn't excuse him for what he did."
Misao nodded, "I know but still if he didn't do it on his own free will then he's not a fault." Kyo let out a sigh.
"I guess your right...as always." Misao let out a giggle.
"I don't know about that." She said. "Mamoru."
"Yes my lady?" He said now climbing to his feet, but at a slow pace.
"I want you to do something for me."
"Anything my lady." He said bowing a little. He let out a hiss as the pain grew. "You wouldn't mind if I didn't bow at the moment?" He asked. She shook her head.
"Not at all," She cleared her throat. "Please hold yourself back from trying to kill me from now on." He nodded.
"Of course my lady," He said a little ashamed. "like I said I don't remember trying to kill you."
"Yes I know but still reframe from doing it please."
"Okay." He said simply.
"Now please tell us all you remember about Sojo visit." Then Mamoru began to tell him of Sojo's visit. That was when things grew more and more complicated.
Author Notes!
Hello everybody hope you enjoyed the new installment of my Black Bird Fanfiction! Please R&R! Thanks again and hope you are looking forward to more of my work ^_^
