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Title: Old Friends & New Enemies!
Author: BookCharmer
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It had been 6 weeks since Sojo showed himself to Kyo and the others. It's been 6 weeks since Mamoru joined Kyo to fid off Sojo future attacks. No telling what he would try next to get to Misao.
"We don't know what is in Sojo's conniving, evil twisted mind." Kyo said his face was washed of all expression. "so I don't want anyone of you to scout alone is that clear?" The Vassals all nodded in agreement. Misao looked to Kyo with a frown. "It must be hard to know that your own brother wants you dead…even worse he wants to do it himself." She thought sighing. Kyo rested his chin in his hand and glanced over at her.
"What's with the long face?" He asked with a sad grin. She just stared at him. "You know good and well why I have a 'long' face." She thought wishing that Kyo could read minds. She shrugged. "Better not say anything." She thought.
"No reason." Misao picked up her tea and took a long sip. He gave a low snort.
"Uh huh, right." Misao almost slammed down her cup of tea, but that would only show him that there was something wrong, and she didn't want that happen.
"No really there's nothing I'm just peachy." Kyo lifted his chin from his hand and stared at her long and good. Then he was up pulling her along with him. She gave a squeak stumbling to her feet.
"H-Huh what's the-"
"Come on I need to talk with you in private." She looked to one of the vassals for help. They looked away acting like nothing was happening.
"Traitors!" She screamed as Kyo half pulling half dragging her. After a few moments of flailing her arms and screaming up a storm and threatening to leave and never come back she gave up, seeing it was no use.
"Are you finished?" Kyo asked with little or no humor. Misao let her shoulder slump in surrender. Kyo gave a dry chuckle.
"Good." Misao wanted so much to slap that nasty little smirk off his face. Kyo pulled her along into a room that was furnished with just a futon and nothing else. "His bedroom-" She spun on her heels.
"No way I'm out of here." She said fleeting to the door. Kyo grabbed her arm and pulled her back in, and closed the door.
"I said we need to talk that's it." Misao didn't believe him for one minute.
"Oh we'll talk alright," She said raising her voice so that everyone the house could hear how much of a pervert Kyo was. "then you'll be pushing me on that futon and having your way with me." Kyo flinched.
"Do you really think I'd force myself on you?" He closed his eyes and shook his head. "I'm not that type of guy, Misao, and you know that." She crossed her arms.
"Oh do I?"
"Where is this coming from?" He asked throwing his hands up in the air. "How could you possibly think that I would do something like that to you…to anyone?" He asked. At that very moment Misao wished that she could take back what she had said. She let out a sigh walking to him and resting her forehead on his shoulder.
"I'm sorry, Kyo," She took a breath that she needed very, very much. "I'm just so scared at what's going to happen to me-" Kyo turned, Misao falling forward, but Kyo stopped her from bumping her head on his chest. He grabbed her shoulders and gave them a good shake.
"I told you that I wouldn't let anything happen to you, Misao," He had a frown on his face now. "why don't you believe that I can do that?" He asked. She shrugged.
"I know you won't let anything happen to me, Kyo." She felt her eyes start to sting with tears. "but what if it's unavoidable? What if your not strong enough to keep me safe-" Kyo shook her so hard that her head snapped up looking directly into his eyes.
"So now you don't think I'm strong enough to keep the girl I'm in love with safe?" He asked, anger filling his voice. Misao bit the inside of her cheek. "What if he isn't strong enough…what will you do then?" A voice asked deep in her mind. "She'll be dead that's what." A creepy evil little voice answered.
"I don't know if you are capable of keeping me safe from the whole world, Kyo," She bowed her head, looking down at the floor. "not anymore." Kyo let out a huff, releasing her arms.
"I guess I'll just have to prove that I'm capable of keeping you safe." He muttered looking away and down at the futon. Misao got nervous at how long he stared down at that thing.
"Kyo…?" Kyo blinked his eyes refocusing.
"Huh?"
"You okay?" She said touching his shoulder lightly. He nodded.
"Yeah just tired is all." He gave her a small smile. "I bet." She thought looking up at his face, and his lips that were full and very kissable. She stood up on her tippy toes and gave him a long sweet kiss. When she pulled away she saw that she put smile on his face, a pure smile that contained happiness and that little thing you called love.
He pulled her into his arms and embraced her tightly. "Please stay with me tonight I don't want to be alone." He muttered in her hair. Misao felt her whole body grew hot. "What do you have in mind?" Her brained asked a little excited. "Shut up you stupid brain." She thought her mind voice shrill and beyond nervousness.
"Kyo I really need to be getting home." Kyo's hold tightened.
"Please." He pleaded. Misao was stunned down to her core. "He's never been this way." She thought worriedly. She hugged him back.
"Okay Kyo, I'll stay a little while, but then I got to go home, okay?" He nodded with a breath of relief.
"Thank you." He muttered. Kyo released her, pulling her down on the futon next to him. As they laid there Kyo didn't make a move, didn't grope her, or anything. Which surprised her quite a bit.
"Kyo?"
"Hm." He said his voice heavy with sleep.
"Do you love me?" His eyes were fluttering, drifting off to sleep.
"Course I do." He muttered, "I wouldn't be doing any of this if I didn't love you." Then he was fast asleep, snoring low and child like. Misao let out a giggle.
"He looks like a little boy when he's asleep." She murmured. She laid there for a few minutes when she started feeling tired herself. She scrubbed at her eyes to stay awake. "Can't fall asleep here got to get home." She moved over kissing Kyo on the forehead and whispering in his ear.
"I love you too." She got up pulling on her sweater that she had taken off and opened the door slowly as to not wake him up.
"Night Kyo." She muttered closing the door and walking down the hall into the living room.
"Lady Misao something you needed?" She shook her head.
"No I'm just on my way home." Hoki poked his head around the corner from the kitchen.
"Lady Misao do you know if Lord Kyo would like some tea?" She glanced at Hoki then addressed the whole room.
"Kyo asleep." Buzen crossed his arms and sigh in relief.
"That's good he needs his sleep," He let out a yawn. "we all need some rest. We've got to stay on our toes with Sojo running about." Sagami nodded looking as he always did, serious.
"Yes I agree." Zenki cracked his knuckles and rolled his shoulder making them pop.
"Yeah I'm looking forward to kicking Sojo's ass once and for all." Hoki looked at the others with a sad expression.
"What made Sojo hate Kyo so much-"
"Oh come on you know that answer to that question…everybody does." He muttered the last part under his breath, but everyone heard him loud and and clear.
"I know that he was upset when Kyo beat him for the head of the clan but still-" Zenki snorted.
"But nothing he was pissed, pure and simple. Hoki bowed his head even more, and gave a low sigh.
"Yes we know all that, Zenki." Sagami muttered in his serious toned voice. "you don't have to keep telling us the obvious." Zenki glared over at Sagami.
"Well it seems that I keep having to," He said gesturing over at Hoki. "Hoki here can't comprehend why Sojo wants Lord Kyo's head-" Sagami flew across the room grabbing hold of Zenki neck and slamming him into the wall.
"Hoki's just a kid, Zenki," Sagami said through clinched teeth. "he maybe a vassal but no kid should have to go through this." Misao couldn't help to agreeing with Sagami.
"I agree." Misao and Buzen said together. Buzen sent Misao a smile and bowed his head to her. Misao blushed bowing her head, but not bring it back up. "God these people are just to beautiful…they make me blush all the time." Misao thought her head fluttering with emotions that she didn't want in her head at the moment. She cleared her throat.
"Sagami please let go of Zenki," She then looked to Zenki. "and please Zenki think before you open your mouth." Hoki gave a small giggle, and Buzen let out a hardy laugh.
"That's the way to tell em' Lady Misao." Misao giggled putting her hand to her mouth. "Did I just give Sagami and Zenki an order…whoa." She thought amazing herself and the vassals.
"Yes M'Lady." Sagami released Zenki and walked away as if nothing happened. Zenki straightened out his clothes and fixed his glasses back on his nose.
"Ass hole." Zenki muttered turning away and walking down the hall into the room he was staying in.
"So immature." Sagami muttered taking a seat at the coffee table and looking at Hoki who was still peeking in from the kitchen.
"Are you still making tea, I would like some if you are." Hoki let out a gasp.
"Oh course." Then he returned to the kitchen. Misao could hear him humming a song as he made them tea.
"Well I guess I'll be going now." Buzen stood up brushing his clothing off.
"I will escort you home." Misao sucked in a deep breath and was about to decline his offer, but he rose his hand, cutting her off.
"Please Lady Misao let's not make this bigger then it is," He said then he grinned. "besides I think if I didn't Lord Kyo would certainly punish me if I didn't." Misao was about to shake her head and say that he wouldn't, but then saw that Buzen was right.
She let out a sigh, "Fine come on." walking into the foyer and pulling on her shoes. She waited as Buzen pulled on his, and was greeted by Mamoru who was returning from his shift of guarding the gate and the whole perimeter of the house.
"Hey Lady Misao you leaving?" He asked his eyes shining with surprise. She nodded.
"Yeah Kyo fell asleep so I decided to head home."
"Oh that's cool." She liked Mamoru, forgetting the fact that he almost killed her more times then she cared for. One of the reason's she likes him so much is that he talks to her civilly.
"Yeah I'd be leaving more quickly if Buzen wasn't taking his sweet mary mother time putting on his shoes." He gave a wounded insulted sound.
"I'm going as fast as I can." He said pulling on the last shoe. "There all done." He stood up to his full height with succeeded over Mamoru and her own.
"Finally." She said letting out a breath of relief. As Misao opened up the door she could hear someone calling her name.
"Misao? Misao!" It cried out his voice full of worry and panic.
"Seems that Lord Kyo woke up." Buzen muttered.
"Crap!" She whispered pulling the door fully open and running out in the chilly autumn air. "Buzen you stay here and try to get Kyo back into bed, please," She pointed at Mamoru. "you can take me home." Mamoru let out a sigh.
"Fine but I'm not carrying you." Misao let her brow shot up.
"I wasn't asking." Mamoru blushed.
"R-Right." Misao looked at him her brow still touching her hair line. "Why is he blushing?" She asked herself. Buzen began to laugh uncontrollably.
"Oh. My. God." Mamoru punched him in the arm good and hard.
"Ow!" He cried grabbing his arm where Mamoru hit it. "What was that for?" He sake his eyes wide and angry.
"Shut the hell up!" Mamoru hissed through clinched teeth. Buzen let another hardy laugh. Mamoru pulled his arm back to punch him again.
"Okay okay I'll shut up, just don't hit me again, I bruise easily..." He said with a pout, which made Mamoru smile.
"Oh wouldn't think of it my dear Buzen." Buzen took a step back.
"Sorry I'm straight." Mamoru let out a snorted.
"Like I'd go out with you," He said glaring. "you old playboy." Buzen took offense to Mamoru's little remark.
"And what's that suppose to mean?" He asked. Mamoru shrugged.
"Whatever you want it to mean my good man." He then turned heading out the door to take Misao home. Kyo cry out her name again and again.
"Come on!" She shouted behind her as she began to sprint for the gate.
"Misao where are you going come back!" Kyo yelled from the door. She didn't stop until she was outside the gate.
"I've got to get home Kyo," She said waving to him. "or my Mom's going to kill me if I don't get home." Kyo took a step outside walking quickly to the gate.
"You can call her and say your staying at one of her friends houses." She shook her head.
"No Kyo I want to go home." Kyo stopped, froze.
"What do you mean you want to go home?" He asked feeling a sadness pull at his heart strings.
"Come on Kyo I want to go home and sleep in my own bed, take a bath, do my homework." She said bowing her head and then lifting it back up to look him directly in the eye.
"You got to understand that." He took a moment, then he nodded.
"I guess I see your point." She let out a sigh.
"I knew you would." She then ran quickly over to him and stood on her tippy toes in a flash and gave him a quick kiss on the lips. It was sweet and light, and it warmed up both of their bodies.
"I love you." She whispered as pulled away and was now standing flat on her feet once again. Kyo smiled down at her he opened his mouth, but stopped short.
"Same here." Misao giggled and winked at him, then turned on her heels and met up with Mamoru who was already making his way to her house.
"You two make a good couple." Misao smiled over at him as they walked.
"You think?" He nodded.
"An odd couple, but good." Misao snorted not knowing if she should be grateful or insulted.
"Thanks…I think." Then they walked in silence all the way to Misao's house. She waved goodbye to Misao, then opened the door and went inside to smell the spicy smell of curry and rice. She walked a little into the foyer and pulled off her shoes and slipped on her slippers.
"Hello Misao." She looked up to see a very handsome guy walking towards her. "been awhile huh?" He asked with a laugh. She stood frozen on the spot feeling a nagging at the back of her head, but not knowing why.
"Uh hi...who are you?" She asked. "Who is this guy and way is he standing in my house?" She asked herself. There was a loud commotion from the living room.
"That's got to be Misao!" Her Mom said on the edge of having a excited tantrum. She came into he foyer with her Dad close behind her. "Oh Misao sweetie it seems you've already met Yushin Tanaka."
"Yeah I did but I didn't get his name though…" Yushin let out a chuckle.
"Which was totally my fault." He said. Misao's Mom blushed and almost swooned on the spot.
"Uh Mom who is this guy?" She muttered to her Mom.
"Misao that's very rude." She hissed then sent Yushin a smile. "As you might have guessed this is our daughter, Misao." He chuckled.
"I gathered as much." Misao Dad gave a hardy laugh.
"Yes Misao is full of spirit, that's what we love most about her." He said putting his arm around her, and squeezing her shoulders.
"Ow Dad not so hard." Dad gave her a grin. "Don't blow this, Misao." He mouthed. That stole Misao breath away.
"W-What's going on?" She asked.
"You might not remember Yushin honey." Mom said looking to Misao. "you and Yushin use to play together a very long time ago." She tilted her head thinking.
"Me and his father worked together at the unervisty a long time ago. He's now the dean at the unversity that right?" He asked. Yuhsin nodded and then shrugged, and if he didn't care.
"Yeah he is but I'm don't know much about it to be honest." Her Dad nodded.
"Yes of course."
"It's been so long since you two have seen each other. Must have been 12 years ago when you last saw each other." Misao was still in the dark.
"I don't remember him much." Yushin smiled.
"I wouldn't blame you," He said. "I use to tease you and take your ball away." He shook his head. "I was a rotten kid."
"Oh now both of you were just babies, Yushin." Misao did remember something about a little boy she use to play with. "Why is it that I can remember him, but not Kyo." She gave a low snort. "That's right that dill weed Sojo took my memories of Kyo and locked them away." She thought gritting her teeth.
"Jackass." She muttered under her breath. Mom head spun around her eyes wide, completely shocked at the words that just came out of her daughters mouth.
"Misao!" Misao bit the inside of her cheek.
"Sorry Mom." Her Mom opened her mouth again, to scold her for her rotten language, but Yushin cleared his throat.
"It's quite alright ma'am." He said with a chuckle. "I don't blame her, and I've been called worse trust me." Misao Mom sent a glare her way, and then it was gone. Replaced with a smile, she turned her attention back to Yushin.
"So what bring you to our home?" Dad asked stilling holding on to Misao. Yushin bowed his head blushing a bit at what he was about to ask.
"Well you see I just moved back to town and I thought I would come and see my old friend, Misao." He took a deep breath. "And to see if she didn't still hate me so that I could ask her out to dinner." Mom sucked in her breath.
"That would be wonderful, she would love to go." Misao reeled back. When did her mother turn into her automative answering machine. Misao rose her hands.
"Whoa wait a minute who says I wanted to go." Her Mom turned around glaring at her.
"Misao that's so rude we raised you better." Misao returned her mother's glare.
"Yes you did and you also taught me to speak up for myself, and I'm saying I'm not going."
"Yes you are."
"What gives you the right to think you can decide for me!" She shouted.
"I'm your Mother that's why!" She shouted back.
"Well I don't care I'm not going out with Yushin and that's it!" She yelled her voice echoing off the walls.
"Yes you are and that's final!" Misao took in a deep breath.
"Why should I!" She screamed.
"Because I said so!" Misao opened her mouth feeling her eyes sting with tears. She looked to her Dad for help. He wouldn't even look at her.
"This is so unfair," Misao said stomping her foot. "I have a boyfriend." Yushin flinched.
"Oh then that changes things." He said completely uncomfortable. Misao Mom turned facing him again.
"Why should it it's not like you were going to ask her to be your girlfriend." Her Mom chuckled then it was cut off by Yushin's silence.
"Oh." She muttered.
"Yeah." Misao was stunned. "He was going to ask me to be his girlfriend?" She asked herself surprised.
"God this day get's better and better." She rolled her shoulders, her dad's arm falling from them. "It was very nice seeing you again Yushin, and if you'll please excuse me I've got homework to do." She walk up the stairs and could hear as her parents said their goodbyes to Yushin.
"God why does this crap keep on happening to me?" She asked herself letting herself fall onto her bed. So many thoughts and feelings bounced around her head, and she didn't like it one bit. She curled up into a ball on her bed and began to cry.
"Why can't things just go back to the way they were." She muttered into her pillow tears staining her pillow. She let herself cry for god knows how long. Soon there were no more tears left to cry and she was breathing regularly and slow with sleep slowly coming on strong. Just as she closed her eyes there was a soft knock on the door. She let her eyes open a crack.
"Who is it?" She asked with a soft sleep filled voice.
"It's me, Yushin." The sleep was gone in a flash, and she was up and walking to the door.
"What do you want?" She asked.
"Not having to talk through a door." He gave a nervous laugh. Misao bit her lower lip and nibbled on it. "Come on Misao I won't bite." He said with a chuckle. "Is it a conscience that he moved back with all that's happening with Sojo?" She asked herself. "I wouldn't take the chance." A sweet voice said deep in her mind. A evil little chuckle sounded. "Oh I would." The evil little voice said. Misao swallowed, a lump that was cutting off her speech.
"Fine." She opened the door a crack and looked out into the hallway seeing Yushin leaning against it. He pushed himself off the wall and stood with his hands behind his back.
"What do you want?" She asked glancing down the hallway but not seeing either of her parents. He cleared his throat. "He sounds nervous." Misao thought not letting her guard down. "He could be a spy for Sojo, you never know." She held herself back from nodding her head.
"I was wondering if you would go out to dinner with me." Misao opened her mouth to remind him that she has a boyfriend, but he rose his hand.
"Just as friends of course." He said. Misao looked at him through the crack. "Come on girl you can find out if Sojo sent him here to spy on you!" She nodded.
"Okay but just as friends." He smiled.
"Right that's what I said." Misao sighed.
"Alright fine when?" He thought for a moment.
"What about tomorrow after school."
"Your still in school?" She asked. He nodded.
"Yeah I'm only a year older then you," He said with a laugh. "We'll probably run into each other at school. You want to meet each other after school at the gate?" He asked. She shrugged.
"Okay I guess." He gave her a happy smile.
"Alright well I'll see you at school." Misao gave a small smile sending him on his way. She closed the door saying goodnight and goodbye to Yushin, then flinched.
"What am I going to tell Kyo when I see him tomorrow?" She asked the air heavy with guilt. "He'll think I'm cheating on him or something. God why don't I think these things through!" She said raking her fingers through her hair.
"Why do think's have to be so darn complicated!" She yelled throwing herself on her bed once again and punching her pillow with two fisted hands.
"I hate my life!" Her cries muffled by her pillow. What she didn't know was that there were a set of black crows watching her from her window.
"Oh that poor dear." Sojo muttered from his hideaway stroking a big black crow and the crow let out a sound of joy and pleasure from the stroking. "that's enough my pets come back and we will plan out our…next brilliant plan." He let out a laugh of pure evil and continued to stroke his lovely crow.
Author Notes!
Hey everybody this is BookCharmer and I know your probably wondering why I've ended What a way to find out. Well I thought it would be best to start a new story were the plot and story are changing. What a way to find out was all about Misao's Dad seeing her kissing Kyo. That was long over, and now Sojo has returned to finish what he started. A whole new story and plot. As you can see there was a new character in this story. Hell there might be more then one, you never know. Hope you read it and enjoyed it! Oh and please R&R!?
BookCharmer ^_^
