Chapter 10: Music on High
Sachiel came over exactly the time she said she would. We were home alone, if you didn't count Hicora sitting by the door like a watchdog. This time we were able to watch the movie. After it finished, we just sat down and talked.
"Where'z Shuiichi?" She asked me. I blinked, almost forgetting who Shuiichi was.
"He's… doing his project with his cousin in … Nagoya," I lied. I'm not a very good liar.
"What project? What'z hiz couzin'z name?"
Hicora was trying to smother her laugh. She coughed and cleared her throat.
"His biology project. His cousin's name is Asura," Hicora lied for me. Great cover up.
"Did you want a drink?" I was trying to change subject.
"We don't have anymore beverages," Ikatora informed me. I jumped. When did she get into the house? Damn frickin' vampires! Always popping out of nowhere!
"I'll go buy some more. Just stay out of trouble," Hicora said. She was looking directly at me.
"What? What am I going to do?" I tried to appear innocent. Hicora left after Ikatora gave her some of the money that Shaul lent to us. As soon as she left, we started to giggle.
"This feels like the sleepover that got spoiled," I muttered cheerfully.
"What waz that anywayz?" Sachiel grilled me, her eyes begun to stare.
"Don't worry about it. Remember, Shuiichi got rid of it for you," Ikatora replied coolly.
Everyone, but me, can lie. It sucks to be too honest.
"So what do you want to do?" I was bored.
"I don't know."
"I'm gonna be upstairs for a few minutes," Ikatora said. "I'll be right back down."
Ikatora and I had this one conversation before Sachiel came over. If we needed to feed, one of us has to go upstairs and drink the blood. We had to go one by one so no one would get suspicious. I didn't have to drink it until tomorrow, the third day. Melinda did say I was supposed to drink it every two days.
"I need to go the bathroom," I mumbled and got up from my seat on the couch. I was about to go in when I noticed that the mirror was glowing. I stared at it for a few minutes to make sure that it wasn't just my imagination, but the glowing wouldn't stop.
"Uh, Ikatora, is it normal for mirrors to glow?" I shouted so she could hear me. Ikatora must have finished because she came down those stairs pretty fast. Sachiel was standing next to us. Ikatora frowned, obviously not liking what we were seeing.
"Get away from it," She ordered. Sachiel retreated without arguing. I stared.
"Why is it glowing?"
"Just get away from it, Kali."
I obeyed. "Now will you tell you me?"
"I'll explain it later."
That means she didn't want to mention it in front of Sachiel. Hicora came into the house. She saw us staring at the mirror and frowned. She dropped the cans of soda on the table.
"Did I miss something?" The gargoyle asked.
"Nope, not yet," I told her.
"Miss Sachiel, when did your mother want you back home?" Hicora quizzed the French teen.
"I don't know. Zhe didn't zay," She answered. Hicora picked up the phone.
-- An hour later---
Hicora had taken Sachiel back home when the mirror finally stopped glowing.
"Okay, she's gone. How about now?" I asked the vampire.
"Ambika. She has the power of manipulating mirrors," Ikatora informed me.
"Who's Ambika? Why would she be here?"
"She's a dragon, one of my Father's slaves. He probably sent her to kill us," She said.
I gulped. "A dragon? YOU CAN'T BE SERIOUS! YOU'RE SAYING THAT THERE'S A DRAGON IN THE FUCKING MIRROR!"
Ikatora gave me a peculiar stare but nodded.
I whined. "How the hell am I supposed to kill a dragon?"
"You don't."
"Are we supposed to just die then?" I questioned. Ikatora scowled at me.
"I said we can't kill it, but that doesn't mean we can't fight it."
"You ain't getting me to fight that thing." I held up hands up in the air. "Hell no."
"Fine, you can be her meal," Ikatora countered. Hicora returned.
"Ambika show herself yet?" The gargoyle cracked her knuckles. It's weird that everyone knows everyone in this place. I know Japan's small, but come on.
"No, I don't think she'll come out to play today. We're all here to guard her," Ikatora replied.
I sighed. I'm gonna be dead by the end of the year. Not even then! Probably when spring comes around, and that's in a month. The rest of the night was peaceful. Too peaceful. It reminds me of the silence before the storm. I winced. Thinking about storms made my mind picture Gina, the so-called Angel of Storms. I wonder what she's doing now. Is she glad that she's not my friend anymore?
--- Sunday Morning—
"Rise and shine, you sleepy heads," Shaul greeted us in the morning.
"Leave me alone in my soft grave, you evil person," I groaned. I heard Ikatora mumble a few curses and yank the covers over her head. Shaul chuckled as he pulled off the blankets.
"AHHH! IT'S COLD! ARE YOU CRAZY!" I shouted.
"It's snowing," He whispered to me. It took me a few minutes to absorb what he just said.
"Snow? The white fluffy stuff that melts when I touch it?" I'm a child. I know. He nodded. I just about flew out of my bed and got dressed. I was outside in three minutes. That's a record.
"Lord, can she move," Ikatora growled. She wasn't a morning person either.
"Ikatora! It's snow! SNOW! HOW CAN YOU NOT LOVE SNOW?"
Ikatora and Shaul watched me as I fell in the deep parts of it. The snow was up to my hips.
"Holy shitwad, I can barely walk through here," I laughed. Shaul grinned.
"Ikatora! You have to make a snowman with me! I didn't say you had a choice so stop shaking your head! What do you mean you don't want to? I don't care! You have to!"
So, there we were. Making snowmen. By the time we got inside we were freezing our butts off. Shaul got the fireplace started with flames. Ikatora took off her gloves and sat close to it.
"You are one crazy Lycan," She muttered.
"Tell me something I don't know." I sang as I was putting more wood into the fire. Something caught my eye when I turned around. The mirror was giving off light again.
"Eh, Ikatora. The mirror produced a light bulb again," I told her.
"Let it shine then. If the lizard wants to play with us, it will come out to join," said Ikatora. Shaul came in with two breakfast trays balancing in his arms.
"Dude, did you like work for a restaurant before?" I referred to the balancing act.
"No, this is something I learned over the years of nursing you," He answered.
"The hell is that supposed to mean?" I twitched. Shaul paused in his steps as he slowly handed Ikatora her breakfast.
"Why is the mirror glowing?" He asked us.
"It caught a lighting bug. It wants to spit it out," I joked. Shaul scowled at me.
"What? I'm just trying to be funny," I stated.
"Ambika has been trying to use your mirror to get to us, Shaul."
"What's taking her?" Shaul questioned. To that, Ikatora shrugged.
"Hey, where's my breakfast?" I asked Shaul. He gave me an evil grin.
"Are you forgetting something?" Shaul kept his grin.
"What?"
"Today is the day you feed," Shaul reminded me. My eyes widened.
"NO! I WON'T HAVE BLOOD AGAIN! IT WAS DISGUSTING THE FIRST TIME! YOU CAN'T MAKE ME!" I screamed and ducked away from my guardian as he tried to grab me. I can be fast when I want to be, or when I have some crazy lycan maniac chasing after me.
"HELP! HE WANTS ME TO DRINK BLOOD! SOMEONE CALL THE SOCIAL SERVICES! THIS IS CHILD ABUSE!" I continued to run around the house. Ikatora popped out of nowhere and knocked me down. I groaned.
"You traitor."
"Funny, that's exactly what my Father called me. Kali, you have to consume the life essence. Remember, if you don't, you will put someone's life in danger," Ikatora reminded me.
"I HATE YOU ALL!"
Shaul gave me the blood package. I stared at it for a few minutes.
"Do I really have to?"
"Kali Anariel, you will drink that right now," Shaul commanded.
"What if I refuse?"
"You get two choices, Kali. You either drink it on your own, or we will shove that down your throat," Ikatora frowned.
"I take neither," I mumbled.
"Kali." Both were using their warning tones with me. Damn.
"You know, out of the many ways of avoiding a disaster, running away is one of them," I replied. "And I will start running… right… now."
I dropped the bag on the floor and took off. It took them two hours to finally make me drink the blood. By then, I was tired and out of energy.
"Don't you ever resist like that with us again," Ikatora panted.
"I had fun," I smirked. Shaul glared at me.
"You're a pain in the ass."
"Once again, tell me something I don't know." I was still smirking. My eyes traveled to the bathroom. The mirror was gone.
"Shaul."
"What?" He asked.
"The mirror isn't in the bathroom," I said.
"I didn't move it," Shaul answered.
"People, mirrors don't grow legs and walk away," I frowned. Ikatora didn't say anything.
"Well, Ikatora?" I poked my sister.
"What?"
"Don't you have an answer?" I asked her.
"No. Ambika isn't capable of telekinesis."
"Then how did the mirror move?" I continued to grill her. "Come on, there has to be some explanation here!"
"I, for one, don't have any," Shaul said out loud.
"I think the blood is getting to me. Are there any side effects for drinking blood?"
"Besides making you seem stupid? None that I know of," Ikatora replied.
"Well, aren't you the grouchy one today," I remarked.
I left the vampire teen alone for a while. I was too busy trying to discover where the mirror went. I spent twenty minutes and then, hallelujah! I found it! Guess where it was? Under my bed. Now, how the hell did that get there? I have no idea. I got bored very quickly so I studied the mirror. It was round. The frames were blue. That's about it. I turned on my CD player and plopped in a CD. The CD contained mixtures of all kinds of songs. So, I went to my favorite one.
I didn't have no daddy around when I was growing up (huh)
That's why I'm wild and I don't give a (huh)
Ya'll think cuz these jeans fit, I would give it up
Don't let my cute face fool ya
I didn't have no daddy around when I was growing up (huh)
That's why I'm wild and I don't give a (huh)
Ya'll think cuz these jeans fit, I would give it up
Don't let my cute face fool ya
I started to sing along to "No Daddy" by Teairra Mari. One of the singers that I was introduced to while listening to the radio. Shaul hated it when I blasted this song on my radio.
Been through so much in my life
Seen things in my life
That I never thought I'd make it through
Had a few close calls in my life
That could have ended my life
But I'm here looking at you
Never thought that I'd be here
I'm the type that don't give a damn about rules
I was forced to survive on the streets Make my own way to eat
Gotta do what I gotta do (Best believe)
Someone banged on my door. Ikatora came into the bedroom. She stared at me.
"What are you listening to?" She pointed at my headphones.
"Teairra Mari," I answered. "Best female rapper in my opinion."
"Rapper?"
"Lemme guess, you don't know what rap is," I grinned as she shook her head. I stopped playing my song and placed it in the radio. I put on number seven.
I know plenty of girls like me
That done been through hell just like me
Keep what your mama teach ya
Don't let cheat or deceit defeat ya (Girlfriend)
And all my kickass girls like me
That ain't ever afraid to speak
Next time that they try to treat ya
Like you a freak cuz you street and look good
Tell them I didn't have no daddy around when I was growing up (huh)
That's why I'm wild and I don't give a (huh)
Ya'll think cuz these jeans fit, I would give it up
Don't let my cute face fool ya
I didn't have no daddy around when I was growing up (huh)
That's why I'm wild and I don't give a (huh)
Ya'll think cuz these jeans fit, I would give it up
Don't let my cute face fool ya
Ikatora was barely dancing to the rhythm, but I could tell that she liked the song. I smiled. I was glad that I let her listen to the song. Spread the music!
No I don't strip in the club
Nor trick in the club
But I got friends that do
So my girls that's getting the dough
The best way they know
Don't hate girl I got you
Even though it ain't me (I understand)
That it's real in these streets (I understand)
When it comes to that rent, that whip
That check, ain't nobody gonna protect your neck like you
"Where do you hear this music?" Ikatora asked me. I laughed.
"In the United States of America."
"Do you think we'll find more like this here?" She looked at me.
"I highly doubt it. Though, they might have some Japanese rap."
"I don't think it would the same," said the vampire teen. I shrugged.
I know plenty of girls like me
That done been through hell just like me
Keep what your mama teach ya
Don't let cheat or deceit defeat ya (Girlfriend)
And all my kickass girls like me
That ain't ever afraid to speak
Next time that they try to treat ya
Like you a freak cuz you street and look good
Tell them I didn't have no daddy around when I was growing up (huh)
That's why I'm wild and I don't give a (huh)
Ya'll think cuz these jeans fit, I would give it up
Don't let my cute face fool ya
I didn't have no daddy around when I was growing up (huh)
That's why I'm wild and I don't give a (huh)
Ya'll think cuz these jeans fit, I would give it up
Don't let my cute face fool ya
Shaul popped his head into my room. "Lord, that music again?"
"Hey, I'm not the one who listens to country. That stuff puts me to sleep," I retorted.
"It's a lot more peaceful than that load of -"
I interrupted him. "AH! Don't you dare disgrace the beat of rap!"
"Whatever. Did you find the mirror?" He asked. I shoved him the thing.
"That would be a definite yes," Ikatora chuckled.
All, all my girls from a broken home
When you're feeling all alone
And you feel you can't go on (call me)
All, all my girls from a broken home
When you're feeling all alone
And you feel you can't go on (call me)
I know plenty of girls like me
That done been through hell just like me
Keep what your mama teach ya
Don't let cheat or deceit defeat ya (Girlfriend)
And all my kickass girls like me
That ain't ever afraid to speak
Next time that they try to treat ya
Like you a freak cuz you street and look good
Tell them I didn't have no daddy around when I was growing up (huh)
That's why I'm wild and I don't give a (huh)
Ya'll think cuz these jeans fit, I would give it up
Don't let my cute face fool ya
I didn't have no daddy around when I was growing up (huh)
That's why I'm wild and I don't give a (huh)
Ya'll think cuz these jeans fit, I would give it up
Don't let my cute face fool ya
I let the music fade into oblivion.
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Suntiger: -sniffles- you guys are the best! I'm sorry if I haven't been my usual happy person. My Mom has lately been reminding me how much of a worthless piece of shit I am, which causes delays on my writings because I think, "Why bother? Everyone hates it."
Celosia: No one wants to hear your pathetic cry story.
Solace: -bunks her on the head and looks to the readers- CAN I PLEASE KILL HER NOW?
Celosia: -rubs head- who wants to adopt me? They abuse me too much
Hecate: Like anyone would want to adopt a temperamental, lunatic like you.
Shiva: -looking at pictures in the corner-
Suntiger: ANYways, someone noticed! I think it was Ficfan lady. Kali is very airheaded. When I was trying to come up with the main character for this story, I was deciding on what kind of flaws should she have? Well, I have made her a coward (runs away from anything that could possibly harm her), I made her a smartass (do I really need to explain?), I have made her a 'all talk, but no action' girl, and she can be VERY stupid sometimes. Only sometimes. Especially when Kurama isn't there. This will be why Hiei will HATE her. Yusuke and Kuwabara act the same way toward her I think. Can you imagine what Youko will do? Hehehehe.
Celosia: I won't spoil it.
Hecate: Good
Solace: Finally
Shiva: -still staring at pictures-
Suntiger: Summoner of the silver wolves, what nickname shall I give you? And Yes, Yukina has gotten a lot stronger. Come on people, she's Hiei's sister. She's not going to be a very weak person! Innocent, but not weak. Raven, I still have to send you that email don't I? Remind me. Also, I do NOT OWN that song.
Shiva: -holds up pictures- Suntiger has pictures of her characters if you would like to see them.
Celosia: One more thing. We listen to ALL types of music. That includes rap. Don't like it? Then fawk you.
Solace: -rolls eyes- Nicely put.
Previews:
I dodged the dragon's sharp nails just in time. Zaira screamed and pushed me out of the room. I went tumbling down the stairs. I landed at the bottom.
"Oww," I groaned. "Zaira, I thought you were on my side."
"Ah am! Now get up! It's coming!" Zaira yelled. If I didn't know any better, I'd say she's trying to kill me.
"Into the forest!" Zaira started to drag me to the wooded area.
"Hell no! You do realize that's where I got shot?"
"You said that Shuiichi got rid of the hit man," Zaira complained.
"Woman," I corrected her. "And I lied. She's still around. I just hope my luck isn't that bad."