My ownership of Britt, Kato, B/K, Casey, the black beauty, ECT…is non existence. Although, the plot, any and all OCs are mine. Just so ya know; p
AN: This is a weird, wicked, and wonderful muse that came to me; that's my excuse.
ANN: The angel muse feeds on reviews….thank you for feeding it! The muse also loves cookies; it's munching on one from a reviewer right now! *munch*
ANNN: There is some Mandarin Chinese in this chapter; I do not speak the language so if there are words that are incorrect then I apologize. I have put translations so that you can know what their actually saying!
Enjoy!
It was all clear; nothing was in sight, for now.
But as the moon rose taller and the streets grew darker, he knew that they were out there.
Shadows lurking in the blackness, like the ravens they were.
The bitch had more than likely already informed her clan, the hunt would be on. He increased the speed of the car that much more, knowing that a goal at the very top of his list was to tell the others.
They were sitting ducks right now, even though rumors of the clan heads' deaths had already gone through the ranks. But they didn't know that they weren't rumors, that their blood had been spilt. They would know soon though, they were almost there…
"Shi wo ren na r dan?" A small, sleepy voice slurred as two eyes opened just a small bit. They had been traveling for a while, but he had expected the little guy to sleep all the way through the trip. [Translation from Mandarin Chinese: Are we there yet?]
While they were expected to speak English, the growing language in Shanghi, their traditional Chinese was very good despite the western influences in their lives. Sometimes they just sunk into speaking it, it came naturally after all.
"Ji tian shi, yun yi ge shao geng" He replied as a small hand hung on his arm as the person pulled closer. It was a pain sometimes, but having Kato around was a good thing. [Almost angel, just a little bit more]
"Ai! Shen da yue wo?" His partner pouted with the little person in car switching sides. Obviously she wasn't happy, but she would just have to deal. [Hey! What about me?]
"Sorry Sumi" Kato yawned, which brought smiles to their faces, him more than her.
"And he likes you better" Taking one hand off the steering wheel he reached over to poke her which she quickly slapped away his hand. Snickering while doing so, he was soon joined by the smallest person in the car, who looked like he was on the verge of passing out again.
"Shut it" Her person shifted to punch him in the shoulder
"Bitch" He grumbled, still a smile on his face
"My arm hurts"
He looked away from the road for a moment, to where Kato was cradling the wounded limb while hanging loosely but firmly to his arm.
"It'll be better soon" She cooed softly, but as she looked back him, he saw the guilt in her orbs. The same was probably in his eyes, although his heart ached to se angel that way.
Silently he cursed himself, how could he have left Kato alone in that situation? It had been his decision; they could have followed the heads as bodyguards. But two others had taken the job, take a night off the others had said. If only he had checked up on the situation sooner, then perhaps this would have never happened!
It was his fault, although someone thought otherwise…
"It's not your fault" The other teen said softly, snoozes of a now sleeping angel heard
"I know, but ai ya, why did we not go?" It could have all been avoided, nothing had ever happened to Kato or the heads when they were near. And the one time they weren't, four clansmen (including the two most important figures) get killed and Kato almost gets shot! [Damn]
"Because we had just pulled a high risk drug deal remember? We needed to sleep" Without looking, he knew that dark circles were imbedded under her eyes, because they were under his own. He deal had been successful, although waiting for hours by the docks to secure the shipment, not including the raid carried out by the ravens, had taken alt of energy. After being told to get some rest, they had; before waking up to decide to check up on Kato. Finding the bodies of the guards had lead them rushing through the streets, any and all exhaustion disappearing.
He felt he could take on an army, she more than likely could too, but the adrenalin would wear off soon and they would collapse just like the snoozing bundle that was almost in his lap.
"Yeah, yeah" He waved her off, even though he knew she was right.
A 'hmph' was all that was heard, but he knew she would punch him later.
Looming darkness lifted just a bit as a tall building appeared, safety was just within reach…
"Dao di" She breathed, as they approached the place they knew where Kato would be safe. All sense of safety for themselves had been eclipsed by the little guy, he came first.
Period, end of discussion. [Finally]
Then there was a bright light, one that almost blinded him.
Interestingly enough, the building had imploded.
"SHIT!" He quickly wheeled the car around, speeding away as the building burned in the background.
"We have to find somewhere safe" Absent mindedly, she stroked the soft black hair of the one they had been assigned to protect, but their own accord and by the clan.
But there was no where safe…
Didn't matter, Yuki would have to get through him first.
Over his dead body.
A knock interrupted his thought, memories from a time which he could go back to.
But that was another lifetime, fifteen years of pain, ago.
Just another thing to think about while businesses went on as usual.
"Come in" He almost sighed, growling the sentence in the deep voice that she had teased him about so long ago.
They had lost contact about a year ago, although it was more like they didn't speak to each other. Each blamed themselves for what happened, seeing the other just brought up the guilt of what had happened that night. But he still knew where she was, and vice versa, just incase anything happened. The last time they had met, half his office had been destroyed from them going at it from being angry. Not at each other, but at their joint failure. It had ended in her sobbing and him holding her close, then she had walked out…and that was it. That had been the last time he had heard from her, although he knew she was fine, must be just one of those things that had come from working together so long…or maybe it was that they were…
A white man entered, dressed just as casually as he was, although in his personal opinion, he looked better in black. Well they were dark jean, not black. Kato had once said that he looked better in white shirts, something stupid about 'it makes you look happier', but he wore white almost everyday, just to remember the angel.
With a thought about readjusting his collar, which was the male version of a slight see through white, just like the rest of the shirt, he gave the man a full look over.
Brown hair, eyes to match, a muscled body but not as lean as others he had seen, and then there was the shocked face. Not surprising, considering that that he was as close to six feet as Chinese people usually came as 5'8. When sitting, he still was a very imposing figure or so he had been told. It was probably that, combined with his eyes looking over every inch of the man, which was causing the reaction that he had come to actually expect. Plus the shadow on his lower face, due to him not feeling like shaving over the last week, didn't help the cause to prove how much he didn't look like a badass.
Or maybe it was the fact that he was swinging a knife slowly between his fingers by the blade. Could have been any of the reasons, but who knew, maybe the dude was just happy to see him.
That could explain the happy smile that had just broken out across his face.
Time to find out who he was and what he was doing here "Who are you and what is your business?"
"Britt Reid…" So that's where he seemed slightly familiar from. Although he mostly stayed out of that world, he vaguely knew of the Reids. They were newspaper people and that's really all you needed to know. Britt eyed the chair in front of the dark wooden desk, he motioned to it and the lighter man too a seat "And I am here to…well, find you"
This raised one of his eyebrows in confusion, and a little in amusement. He repeated the sentence, just to make sure he had it right "Find me?"
"That's right" This 'Britt' person seemed very flustered, but motivated, when asking
His own curiosity kicked in, what was this guy doing here?
"Any particular reason you wanted to find me?" Maybe the answer would give him a clue to why the guy was wasting his time, although he had time to waste, nothing really important was lined up for the day. He could use a distraction, so what the hell?
The answer wasn't given though; instead another question was asked "What is your real name?"
This caught him, way, off guard.
"What?" There was no way that this random stranger could know about…
"It's obvious that Kai isn't your real name; there are no confirmed records of you ever existing, although you did a stand up job faking it" A joker like smile was on the other's face, which pissed him off
"What game are you playing?" He hissed, the knife now gripped fiercely in his right hand
If he needed to hand out threats, to kill someone, to protect his identity and hers as well, he would, no matter who the hell this white boy was. It had worked for this long, everything had worked up to this point, and one person wasn't going to ruin it all.
"Now Mr. Azra, calm down, I just have one question" His blood froze at the name, it had been so long since he had been called that, even though the wing on his wrist proved that he was an angel through and through.
"How do you know that name?" Throwing the knife to stand in the wood, he grabbed the t-shirt's collar to pull the person closer to his as he stood to his full height. This could be very bad, the news concerning the name had died down after what had happened, but there had been rumors about the other clan circling…perhaps he was a spy, sent to find him and her. If that was the case, the light skinned wouldn't leave the room alive.
"The picture said a lot" What kind of a cryptic answer was that? He was about the shake the man and demand for him to tell the truth when a white hand started to reach towards its owner's hip.
He tensed, eying both the motion and his knife, ready to pull the sharp metal out and use it.
"Not a gun" Britt said, reading his mind in a sense. A moment later, the hand pulled out…a picture? His grip loosened just a bit, although he was ready to slam a head into his desk in a moment's time.
"Is this you?"
Then his grip completely slackened, as a familiar memory filled his vision. He had once had a picture, just like this one, but it had been lost in the fire; just like everything else.
They had been smiling then, so happy.
It had been so long ago, but still a small smile had been on his somewhat matured face. The same face that was now worn from the stress of the years that had followed, the skin rough from knife fights and nightly brawls.
Kato…
He was so cute in the image, what about now? Was he still the same kid that had been a ladies man, just like him, from the age of five or the angel that the entire clan loved; both him and her being no exception?
So many questions…
"Yes" His voice was soft, guilt and sadness rising up in him
Then it was snatched away from him, he growled. Perhaps he could beat up the white boy just to have the image, just to stare at it and try to remember all the good times instead of what had happened…
"Now tell me…" He cut him off
"No, you tell me; where did you get that photo?" He wanted answers and he was going to get them, he always did.
The other man's mouth twitched slightly in amusement before he answered which irritated him, did he think this was a game? "I'll tell you, if you tell me who you are"
Making deals was never something he liked to do, especially to people like the idiot in front of him, but the nagging feeling that he was missing something influenced his answer so much that he couldn't say no "Fine"
"What's your real name?" It was a question he had lied about for years, he really didn't want to answer, but he had to keep up his end of the bargain.
Here goes nothing…
"Kiba Azra"
A smile came to the other's face, a thank you of sorts.
He was about to ask his own question when the man said "Now we just have to find the girl, then you'll have you're answer"
He was tempted to head butt the guy for even mentioning who he was talking about. Then punch him several times for depriving him of his answer about the image. Mostly the head butting though.
"How about we just keep this between us guys?" He suggested in a nonthreatening way, or the most nonthreatening way he could without saying 'go near her and I will tear your head off!'
She was all he had left, he wasn't going to screw up like he had with Kato, and the same mistakes were not going to be made. This meant that no one was going near her anytime soon unless they had a damn good reason.
"No can do, I need both of you"
Damn, he sighed.
The younger man headed for the door, he pulled his knife from the wood before walking down the hallway with him. The receptionist gave him a look, which he returned to show that nothing was wrong.
"Hold my call, I'll be back" She nodded obediently, Britt smirked
"She scared the crap of me when I came through" It was his turn to grin
And as they exited the building, he nodded to the two men guarding it, who tipped their hats back in respect.
"And them?" He asked, wondering if they were doing what they were paid for.
"Somewhat" It was obvious that that was white boy for 'hell yes'
"Good" A chuckle escaped his mouth, the first in a while
He followed the younger, shorter man to a black car which reminded him slightly of the old car she used to have back then. Just a coincidence he waved it off as, although it was interesting to find that Chinese labeled a specific button with the characters for GH. What did that stand for? Just another thing to ask.
"Her name is Sumi correct?"
The name registered, he groaned.
"Yep" He tired not to let is voice show his falling attitude
"Is she nice?" He snorted what a stupid question.
"As nice as a hellfire snake" He muttered under his breath so that it couldn't be heard by the other.
And yet it was "Really?"
This time he didn't answer; only roll his eyes as the car started moving.
Yes, he was pissed that he wasn't getting his answer.
And yes, he wondered if he just screwed himself over in a business deal.
Didn't matter though.
Because now they had to go find Sumi, which in every sense of the statement…
Because if there was one thing she was more of than he was, it was that she was the bigger hothead.
And she didn't take well to people, especially smartass white boys.
…was a trip to hell.
XxX~LET'S ROLL KATO~XxX
Taking another sip, she found the cup to be empty.
Grumbling, the blonde called her assistant to fill it up…again.
Lenore Case, also known as Casey, had not left her desk for hours. She had ingested about five cups of coffee due to the fact that she hadn't slept at all after she had sent Britt home the night before. Instead she had been at the Bugle, where she was now, looking for information.
Not that she didn't mind being where she was, she wondered if Britt had actually found the two.
But it didn't matter, as a new piece of information came up on the screen.
Her orbs quickly scanned it, her mouth dropping.
Azra
Rava
Rivals, enemies.
The first had been destroyed, as had the second; although there were rumors.
She picked up the phone, hoping to god that Britt would pick up his damn phone! The playboy was notorious for not answering, but he was in danger trying to find these two and he needed to know.
Then Kato entered, turning her world even more upside down than it already was.
Something was wrong, everything about him screamed panic.
There was only one reason he would be that way…she had sent Britt to the two, had something happened?
What had she done?
"Where is Britt?"
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Will Kiba find out?
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And will Kato go on a warpath?
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