Blood & Magic
Disclaimer: I do not own Maid-sama or anything associated with it.
Chapter Seven
Mountain Were-Wolves
Usui slowed down his steps the minute he saw Gerard taking Misaki by the hand and running off with her. Even as a vampire, with pretty good eye sight- Usui could have sworn Gerard had blond hair. Usui was walking around bored because it felt too early to be going to bed. However, he didn't expect to see something like Gerard and Misaki to be together.
He decided to follow them. Usui became curious when Gerard had taken her to a tree house that Usui's older cousin use to go to when Usui was under the care of his Grandfather. He stood at a tree hidden but directly across from the tree house.
Usui started to feel concerned when he noticed that the tree was shaking. He looked down and realised that the reason for the tree's shaking was because there were mountain were-wolves underneath them.
Usui noted that Gerard told Misaki to run so that the mountain were-wolves chase him instead of here.
Misaki nodded then pounced to the branch that was just in front of us.
Gerard struck his fangs into his skin then ran off in the opposite direction of Misaki- leading the mountain were-wolves on his trail.
Usui sneaked up behind Misaki and whispered into her ear. "I could have sworn he told you to run."
Misaki turned to whack Usui but he caught her arm and brought his face closer to hers. "Misaki, it's just me" he smirked.
She stepped back startled. "Usui…" is all she could say.
Usui grabbed her arm and jumped down from the tree with her. "I know this place where mountain were-wolves don't go to often" he said as he led the away to this mysterious place he was talking about.
"Usui" Misaki spoke as she saw a log bridge ahead.
Usui blinked then stopped only metres away from the log bridge. "I'll first, just follow close behind."
Misaki nodded and followed him.
"We have to walk slowly on this or you'll slip."
Misaki nodded again.
They seemed to be going steady. Usui was reaching the middle and Misaki just a metre or metre and a half behind Usui. Surprisingly, Misaki heard a were-wolf howl. Startled she slipped. Usui rushed over to her and grabbed her hands.
Misaki kept looking down. She didn't know how high she was until she looked down. This drop was higher than the Ferris wheel. As he lifted her up he smiled as if everything was fine. "Just look into my eyes, just keep looking at me. Don't look down, just keep all eyes on me" he told her as he continued walking backwards and holding her hands.
When they got to the other side Misaki hugged Usui around the waist. She was inhaling and exhaling heavily.
Usui patted her hair and hugged her back shortly. He released first and spoke. "It's over, we're here."
Misaki looked around and questioned. "How are there no mountain were-wolves here?"
"Well firstly, mountain were-wolves can come here but not many do and secondly not many come here because of that very bridge we crossed. You have to cross slowly but they don't know that. They just run which causes them to fall and since they know that every time you cross you might never come back" Usui explained.
"What? Never come back?" Misaki was shocked.
Usui laughed "it's because when they get lonely and want to go back on the other side they fall."
Misaki suddenly remembered. "Shouldn't we check on Gerard?"
Bridget twirled around in a circle then started to walk. She had planned to go and see Usui. She wanted to spend one romantic night alone with him on this trip. She was all dressed up and looking beautiful. She stopped by Claire to ask if she had seen Usui. Even though Claire didn't like Bridget and Usui together, she thought that because Bridget had put so much effort in her clothes and make up and that she looked so beautiful that she might as well let Bridget have this one night with Usui.
When Bridget saw Usui from the corner of the wall she decided to sneak up on him and surprise him. Unexpectedly when she was right behind him, he left. He ran swiftly to somewhere. So Bridget decided to follow him.
She had lost sight of him while in the forest but then found him in a tree house with Misaki. Her eyes widened in shock. She wanted to jump into the tree house and confront them but out of nowhere the tree house started to rumbled.
She looked down from the branch she on and realised that there were mountain were-wolves. She watched as Misaki jumped out of the tree house first. She was about to go to Misaki but then she saw Usui running in the opposite direction. She decided to follow him.
When Usui had come to a stop she appeared in front of him. "Usui, why are protecting her? You're getting married to me but you're still hanging around with other girls alone."
"I'm not Usui Bridget" he huffed taking off his blond wig.
Bridget stepped back in disbelief. "Gerard!"
The tree that they were on started to fall down. As they fell they both jumped to different tree branches. The mountain were-wolves had cut down the tree they were on. While the mountain were-wolves were deciding to take down Gerard's tree she decided to try and run away.
She thought to herself that she would run faster on land so she decided to jump down form the branch she was on. However when she jumped down, she fell on top of something.
Hinata wandered around outside, in search for Misaki again. He noticed that there was a rustling sound coming from the forest. He decided to go and investigate. When he had walked till there was no light, something fell on top of him. He sat up, gently pushing the person on top of him off.
"Hey!" Bridget whined.
Hinata stunned responded. "What are you doing here?"
She stood up and dusted her clothes off. "I should be asking you the same question too."
He stood up and looked around. "Were you here alone?" he enquired.
She shook her head. "I was here with Gerard but because we were in trouble I decided to leave him to get help because I know Misaki is somewhere out here too."
"Wait, what? Misaki is out here too." He shrieked.
"Yeah, but I don't know exactly where she went" she added.
Hinata took a deep breath in. "You said that you guys were in trouble. What kind of trouble?" he asked.
"Mountain were-wolves."
"What? Mountain were-wolves are out there and all you can do is leave everyone" Hinata said.
"I said I was going to help them" she replied.
Hinata walked a few steps forward and gestured to the forest. "They could die somewhere out there and all you can do is leave to save them?"
Bridget frowned. "No…"
Hinata stepped to her and took her hand tightly. "Please, help me find Misaki."
A/N I might end up finishing this series earlier than my first series. But, that's just me thinking.
