A/N: Hey, I'm back with a continuation of Butterfly Kisses! Man, I love the free time I get during summer vacation. Well, I am currently sun burnt due to the Del Mar Fair this year. My brothers and I (well 3 out of the 4) went ride crazy and only I got burnt. Everything eye level and above is sun burnt.
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Kyoya went home in an awful mood. A few things caused this. First, He got hit with a golf ball from today's earlier outing. Second, his chest was throbbing, it sounded as if his heart was in his ear. Third, he could not get to sleep due to thinking about a certain girl who has ever changing eyes and a sharp tongue, Rose.
Rose, Rose, Rose. Why won't these thoughts go away? Why can't I get her out of my head? Kyoya grumbled, "Why?" into his pillow. He groaned. He couldn't sleep and it was driving him mad. Thank god for weekends. He flipped over onto his back and stared at the ceiling for a moment. He was confused. He had weird sensations lately. If she changed her voice to a certain extent it sent shivers up his spine. He was feeling and reacting different to when he normally does. Finally, he was able to drift to sleep. He had been up all night and the sun was now breaking over the horizon. It was a long night.
He had been asleep for exactly five minutes when his cell phone vibrated like mad. Guess who? He glared at his phone with a burning passion. Five minutes was all he got and that's all he was going to get. His phone would not stop vibrating for ten minutes straight. He had an urge to shoot his phone only problem was is that he did not have a gun.
Finally, he answered his phone.
"Finally, Kyoya, I need to talk to you," the voice was sweet and sincere. There was no way it was Tamaki.
"Who is this?" he asked sleepily.
"How could you not know? Oh yeah, it's a new cell number. Meet me in the courtyard of the school."
"Wait, you never told me-"
Click. She never did answer his question. Though, that voice was so familiar.
Rose hung up her phone. She needed his help plus, she was scared. That demon cat came up again only; she didn't black out or faint. Her body was getting used to it by now, getting stronger.
Kyoya walked into the courtyard of the school expecting to see someone right away. Rose noticed him sitting on a bench under her tree. She tossed a random stone in the opposite direction and sat beside him as he looked over on the other side. When he realized it was nothing he went back to staring and waiting.
"Kyoya, I need your help."
He looked over to see Rose sitting beside him. She had small horns now and her nails were longer than they used to be.
"What happened?"
"That demon I have stalking me happened. The horn excuse is hairclips and the nail excuse is acrylics."
He nodded. He looked worried and tiered.
"What do you need my help for?"
"Two things. One I need to get this thing under control. Two, I need to tell the host club what's really going on. Second one is easy it's the first that is hard."
"Neither, is easy. We don't know how the club will react to this. Two, how do we find something like that to stop the transformations?"
"I think I know someone who knows a little about this."
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"I'm here to see Nekozawa please."
"I'll let him know that you're here please, do come in."
"Thank you."
Nekozawa came down the stairs to greet Rose.
"Ah, hello demon princess."
"Good to see you too, Nekozawa," Rose chuckled.
"Do you like your nickname?"
"Yes, thank you," then her face turned serious, "I need your help."
"What do you need help with?"
"Well, there's this object I need to find. Its probably an amulet, ring, or some other thing to wear."
"Do we know what it this object looks like?"
"I have absolutely no clue. All I know is what its supposed to do."
"Which would be?"
"I need it to stop my transformations from happening."
"Ah, well, come with me."
He led her up the stairs to a large library. Books were practically up to the roof. There was only one computer.
"Woah, look at all these books!" Rose said in awe.
She skimmed through the titles. There was everything from adventure novels to horror stories. From romantic comedies to science fiction and much more. Then she felt a mental pull towards a section of the library. Myths and legends. Two books suddenly fell from the shelves.
"Hmm, what's this?"
"I dunno, it came off of your bookshelf."
Rose picked up one of the books that had fallen. It pretty much told her the story of her life. All of its riddles and clues to breaking the curse. Rose knew it all. She left it open and moved onto the other one.
"The beast who is human is one in between. If you go into a harpie's den you'll find just one thing. This one thing stops them from turning complete. This is called the harpie's keep," Rose read aloud catching the ear of Nekozawa who was reading the other book.
There was a picture in the book of the harpie's keep. It was a simple pendant. It had a phoenix and a dragon encircling each other and in the center was some sort of gem.
"If we go after this, there is one problem," Nekozawa mentioned after hearing what was written.
"Which would be?"
"Where are we going to find a harpie's nest?"
"I know! The internet!"
So, Rose actually found rumored sites of harpy nests around Japan. One was pretty close by, it was a three day hike on foot on one of the nearby mountains surrounding her meadow.
"Who knew there was one this close all along?"
"Fu fu, I did."
Rose glared at the towering male her eyes a deep purple.
"You didn't tell me because. . ." she snapped.
"Fu fu fu, you didn't ask."
"I am going to kill you. Better yet, I can make you suffer in the light," she growled.
"What will we need?"
"I'll handle that. You meet me at the woods where the sign is at 2pm."
"Okay, shall I bring anything?"
"Anything you'll need for a three day hike."
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Rose waited patiently for Kyoya and Nekozawa to arrive. She had asked the same of Kyoya as she did Nekozawa. To bring whatever he needed to survive for three days. Both arrived sharply on time.
"Remind me why we're not taking a car or chopper to the top of the mountain?"
"Because, then they know we're coming."
". . ."
"Shall we begin?"
"Let's."
"Come to think of it how are you two planning to bathe on a three day hike?" Rose asked.
"Well what about you?" Kyoya asked.
"Did you forget? I practically lived in the wilderness for three years."
"Oh yeah, forgive me, wilderness expert."
"Ha ha, very funny."
So, the three set off to find the harpie's nest on the mountain trail. Rose jumped through trees with ease. Thus, leaving the two boys in her dust. It had been three hours and Rose still had a bounce in her step.
"How do you keep going like this?" Nekozawa panted.
"Easy, wait. Do you smell that?" Rose asked.
"What? I don't smell anything," Kyoya said.
Rose took a deep breath. "Water. Yay, there's a river nearby."
Rose skipped happily to the smell of water when she stopped dead in her tracks. She stood there wide eyed and unable to move.
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A/N: Ooh, a cliffhanger! Aren't I evil. Just so you know there will be some violence and gore and all that fun stuff in probably the next couple of chapters so more fun for me. Thank god that I can write fight scenes.
Until next time, Milotic
