Disclaimer: I do not own any of Black Blood Brothers characters or story. I only own Del, Heather, Autumn, Anna, Camilla, Alex, Sydney.
Camilla's POV
Placing my finger tips gently on my flute I began to play. Along side me was Anna. At the bottom of the bleachers was Heather, playing the percussion. Del and Kotaro simply watched from a brick wall that they sat on.
We played each song with perfection. Only once did I almost slip up. At least I was able to make it unnoticeable.
If anyone else other than us 'experienced flute players' were playing this then they would have ran out of breath by now. Thank Jesus for flute lungs!
"Bleh! I need food!" I whined to the group. Del had joined us sitting on the bleachers after the song was over. Now we can all talk. "Already? We're only so far into the game." Anna complained at my loudness. "Del! Food! Now!" I ordered her. "Hey, no manners. No food." I leaned forward and hugged her awkwardly. "Please Del-Chan?" Using a fake cute tone I begged. She sighed. "Oh fine..." After shrugging me off and fishing out her wallet she stood. "Come on. Show me what you want to eat."
"Yay! Del's paying for my food!" My fist pumped in the air. "Coming." I calmed down. Heather was laughing loudly. "That was great Camilla!" She almost fell off the bleachers. Kotaro laughed at her silliness. I followed Del.
"So where's Autumn? I thought she was coming too." She shook her head. "I'm not sure. Last time I saw her she left me at my house then went back home." I snickered. "You left her and Zelman alone..." Del choked on her own air. "Uh...what are you getting at Camilla?" I stumbled like a drunk from my laughter. "They could be doing 'things' right now." I raised my eyebrows and looked at Del with a derp face. Del laughed. "Yeah. Sure. Things like Autumn hitting him upside the head for every word that comes out of his mouth and him irritating her." She held her stomach from laughter. "Oh, my diaphragm hurts...anyways, you know if Autumn heard you say that she'd murder you. Right?" We both then filled he air with roaring laughter. I do wonder what she's up to right now though. How could she forget that we have a football game today?...
Autumn's POV
So far my night's been filled with weirdness. Though the one thing that bugs me is that I feel like I've forgotten something, but I can't remember what it was...
"So where are we going?"
"We're going to this one place called New China. It's not the best, but we still can eat ramen. And sushi~." I sighed in happiness thinking about sushi. It must've been my favorite dish of all time. We weren't far from it. Only a few minutes. I sighed. "Anyways.." The silence came to haunt me. Placing my ear buds in my ears I pressed play on my music. "Hey." I stopped at the sound of Zelman's voice. "I told you to leave those out earlier. Didn't I? We had a deal." He taunted. "Tch..." I took out my ear buds and put my MP3 back in my pocket.
"We're here." I gestured my hand to the large building. "Let's go eat." Zelman shook his head then walked forward.
Inside the building looked extravagant. This was pretty nice for Arkansas.
"Two for tonight miss?" A Chinese waitress asked me. "Yes mam." I bowed my head as we both smiled. Zelman just stood with his hands in his pockets. Rude as usual... "Booth or table?"
"Booth please." I smiled. "This way please." She led us to a booth and sat our silverware down at the booth. "For your drink?"
"Coke." We both said simultaneously. I just glared at him. Just about everything he said for some reason annoyed me..."I'll bring your drinks over in just a moment." She bowed and walked away. "Thank you." I turned to Zelman. "And now we grab a plate and get food. Zelman stood and followed me. "The plates are right there. Just grab one and put some food on it. Then go back to the booth and you can eat." He nodded his head and walked off with the plate. "Irritating..." I took my plate and went straight for the sushi. Filling it with sushi I skipped happily back to the table. Zelman was already there.
"That's...a lot of ramen..." I looked at his full plate. "I like ramen. And that's a lot of sushi." I glanced back at my plate. "I like sushi." Picking up my chopsticks I began to devour my food. Zelman looked at me as if I was some odd alien. "What?" I asked setting down my chopsticks. "You seem to eat a lot more than expected..." His attention was returned to his ramen. "And you eat ramen unexpectedly. So many odd things have happened." I took a drink of my coke. "Yes. Many..." He grabbed his glass and took a sip.
"Is the meal going well?" The same waitress came to ask from earlier. "Yes it is. Thank you very much." I smiled politely. "You're welcome miss. I do hope you two enjoy eating here on your date." She bowed and walked aw-WHAT! I jerked my head to face her direction. "Miss, you've got it all wrong!" I tried to call back to her. "This is just perfect..." I pouted with my head down. "Now people think we're out on a date or something...this sucks." The back of my skull hit the back of the booth. "Ow.." I said wearily. "So? It's not a big deal. Just ignore it. " He continued to fork at his food. "I don't want to hear this from you of all people..." I sighed heavily.
My plate emptied and the waitress came back with our fortune cookies.
"Oh, by the way miss." I caught her attention. "Yes?"
"We're not on a date. We're just family is all." My nervous laugh came across. She glanced from Zelman to me and back. "Family huh? Siblings perhaps?"
I nodded my head quickly. "Yes. You're exactly right." She seemed to not believe me. Okay, so maybe it was a long shot saying we were siblings since he has crimson hair while mine is blond. He also has red eyes while mine are blue and green. So I can understand her not believing me, but it's still some sort of excuse. "That's very nice. It's good to see family getting along so well nowadays. Here's your check miss." She sat the check on the table. "Thank you." I nodded my head as she left.
"I don't think she believed me."
"No. She didn't."
I groaned. "My life sucks..." I grabbed a fortune cookie and cracked it open to slip out a piece of paper.
"'Look past others faults. The ones you see are only your own. Beyond the fault of one may lay a great love unseen.' That's what the paper says. Makes no sense though." I stuffed the paper in my jeans pocket. "Yours?"
Zelman took the shell and broke it lightly. He read aloud, "'Encounters are your friend. The people you meet may help you on the road of life.' There." He sat it down and chuckled. "The road of life, huh? Just how long is that road I wonder..."
"What nonsense are you saying over there?" I inquired. "Nothing. Just talking to myself." He raised from his seat. "Are we leaving now?"
"Oh, yeah." I got up. "Lets go pay."
At the desk I fetched a 20 and a 10 from my wallet. "So should we go back home now? Mom should be home by the time we get there after walking."
"I doubt that. If she doesn't get home until late then we still have a good hour or two." I slumped my shoulders. "So what do we do now?" My attention went to the desk. "Thank you very much for coming."
"Thank you too. The food was great." I turned to leave. "Maybe we could go shopping. You still need a school bag."
"Sure. I don't care really at all." I smiled for the first time towards him during the night. "Alright."
Unknown POV
"Ah~. I see something interesting..." My voiced chimed through my lips.
"Maybe I should go catch it. Or maybe I should leave it to keep interest. Although, I don't think I can stand back here and let this one go. Oh what to do?" A piercing glance shot through my golden eyes.
"Well the answer is simple. I should go. Right? Heheh..." A laugh escaped me as my hand held the hair over my right eye.
"Simple answer? So simple indeed..."
"What are you blabbering about now?" My partner's voice ringed through my head. I gave a small laugh. "I just saw something interesting is all." I gained a glare. "Not tonight. We've got something more important to do. You'll be excited."
"Oh really? And just why is that?" I saw her green eyes in the darkness.
"Because we have a different prey. Someone of much higher power. Much obvious to that." My lips curled up in a sadistic grin. "That's great and all, though I really am tired of listening to your choices. Can't I just go this once?"
"No. If I let you off this once then you'll only try again. That would create Hell for me to put up with. Now leave whatever it is be." I smirked. "You're acting just as usual."
"Of course I am. What would've caused a change in my ways now? Hm?" Cackling came from my throat. "You really need to be more open minded though. I just want some fun is all. Please? I'll repay you with a meal. You won't have to pay or anything. Just this once is all I ask."
"No. You can't bribe me with food. In fact, no bribing in general. Now let's go before she wakes up. Her sleep is a great advantage to us. Especially with what a weakling you are."
"Oh, come now." My hands were placed in my pockets. "You don't mean that. Besides, you know I'm stronger than you."
"However strong you are is no matter at this moment in time. Let us go. Our soon to be victim is waiting..."
Jiro's POV
The movie ended as I pulled my hair back into a pony tail. Grabbing my cart, broom, and dust pan I began the job. My reason for being here.
Cleaning the theater.
My job took skill. Only people with eyes of a hawk could accomplish this task. Or at least that's what the person giving me the job claimed. Did I believe a word of it?
No.
This job, in plain and simple terms, is picking up trash that people are too lazy to clean themselves. You don't need some 'hawks eye.' You just need patience and a broom. Possibly a mop.
Only did I arrive here a few hours ago, so this is my first time cleaning this place. It's awfully dreadful to say the least. My nose curls at the scent. I can't believe I'm stuck working here. Besides that, I'm having to work under a false name. Tom. Of all names. Tom. Though it was the first ordinary one to come to mind.
Besides that, I'm a actor working as a cleaning boy for a theater. I mean, I know it was just one film, but it was a series. I shouldn't have to resort to this.
Oh well Jiro, stop complaining. Your staying at someone's house for free. The least you could do is work to help with money. Be a gentleman! I encouraged myself.
I felt bad having to stay with Del's family in the Lawliet home. They weren't even going to make me work or anything. I felt so guilty about living off their pay, that I decided to get a job. This way they won't have to pay for anything of mine. I may even be able to help them with anything they need.
I thought to myself, That's right. I must be nice to them in every way I can. It's only right. I then began to scrub the floors with great joy.
Anna's POV
"So tired..." I whined.
After minutes passed I saw Del and Camilla making their way back over. "That took long enough. So what did you guys get?"
"CANDY!" Camilla gave a terrifying grin. It was the large grin she always gives when she's hyper. In other words, not a good thing.
"I just got a blue slush..." Del trailed off, eating her slush. I sighed. "The question is, do you come here for the band or the blue slush?"
"Blue slush." She said plainly. "The band too, but this is the only place I can get really good slushes." Her eyes widened when she said 'really.' I found it funny. "So Camilla, I've got a quick question." She looked up at me with wide sugar crazy eyes. "Um..where's Cassandra? I thought she didn't have work to do." Her face calmed down.
"She doesn't. I think she's just sleeping and being lazy. What about you Del? Where's Jiro?" Del chuckled. "Working." Everyone stopped. "Where?" Kotaro jumped up. "I bet I know!" Del laughed again. "Yeah, he's at a movie theater right now." We all looked confused. "Okay, maybe it would make more sense if I told you he was working as one of the clean up guys." All of us just then erupted in laughter. "So which theater is it?"
"The dollar theater down town. The one that has the nightly showing of Twilight." She laughed even harder.
"Come on. Twilight isn't that bad." I said. "Still, man I feel sorry for him. Also one other thing. We have to go buy him a new hat and trench coat soon."
"Huh?"
"He couldn't find the hat and trench coat that I hid, so I got the trench coat and I trashed the hat. Now we have to go buy him new ones. Of course I didn't really trash the hat. I just wont let him wear it around people because it looks ridiculous." I nodded.
"Speaking of people, where's Autumn? She said she would be here yesterday." Camilla stopped eating her candy for a moment. "She's with Zelman. Who knows whats going on." I wanted to hit her head. "Camilla! That's not even funny. Now I'm worried...we should call." Heather shook her hand. "They'll be fine. It's not like Autumn's irresponsible." We all paused and looked at Heather with a blank stare. "Okay, not that kind of irresponsible anyways. But if you really want to call her, go ahead."
Del flipped out her phone. "Here we go. Speaker?"
"Yes!"
"Alright then. She better pick up." Del dialed on her phone. It began to ring. Most of us payed no attention, but I was paying full attention. I tend to over react a lot. So I was really worried. Of course, there's probably nothing to worry about. Right? Well, as long as she picks up we'll know everything's fine-"She's not picking up."
I paused.
"She...WHAT!" I snatched her phone away and dialed the number again. "Your call can not be completed at this time. Please try again la-" I hung up and tried again. The answering machine went off again. Each time I called there was no answer. "My God! I'm going to have a heart attack if she doesn't answer!"
"Anna! Calm." Heather said. "Just calm down. It's probably dead or turned off." I took a deep breath. "Yeah...maybe you're right. So how's the game going?"
"Do you actually think we've been paying attention?" Del asked. "Not really. No."
Cassa's POV
I let my head fall against the pillows. "This place is so boring. Isn't there anything to do around here other than sleep?" Turning over and over again I almost fell off the bed. "This is really irritating. I wish Zaza was here. Maybe I could draw on his face then or something..." In my head I started to plan what I would do to Zaza once I saw him again.
Soon a sound outside interrupted my thoughts.
"Who dares to interrupt my planning of what I'll do to my brother? I'm already irritated..." Standing from my spot I went to go check out the the curtain I saw...nothing. Though just as I was turning, a flash of gold ran past the window. This time, I opened the window to see. "Whoever is out there better get out of here!" Once I slammed the window shut I went back to rest on the mattress. "Whatever that was just put me in a even worse foul mood. I do not like Arkansas..."
"I'm home!" I could hear a girl call. It was her. My little helper for a place to live.
I could hear a knock at my bedroom door. "Come in." Camilla, the girl taking care of me, came through the door. "Hello Mrs. Warlock. How are you doing today?" She smiled sweetly. She reminded me of Alice in that way. "I'm fine. Though I could use something to eat." I stayed seated. "What would you like to eat then?"
"I'm not sure. Anything really. Just make sure it has nice, sweet taste." I licked my lips. "Sure thing." She left the room.
Cuddling with one of the pillows I waited.
Camilla was really a pretty little thing. I wonder how her blood tastes. It must be delectable. I smirked. I wonder if I'll ever get a taste? Of course her blood isn't the only thing that I'm interested in. Those golden eyes of hers...something is odd about them. I can't wait to find out what...A knock at the door came once again.
"You don't have to knock every time you want in. You can come in." She came through the door. "Thank you. And, here's your food." She offered me a plate with a red and white pastry on it. "What's that?" I pointed. "It's Red Velvet Cake. It tastes really good and sweet. The white is icing. I do hope you like it. I made it myself." She sat the plate beside me. "Hm...it looks tasty enough. Not as tasty as you though."
"Huh?"
"Oh, nothing. Just rambling to myself." Picking up the fork I dove into the red velvet. It tasted sweet in my mouth. Not as good as blood, though still fits my appetite. "This tastes alright. You can go if you want to now." Glancing up at her I saw her staring at me. Rather than me, more like my mouth.
"Is there a problem?" She shook her head. "No, it's just...your teeth...they look very...sharp." I choked on a piece of cake. "Are you okay?" She came and patted me on the back. "Yes. I'm fine." I held up one hand while the other was on my collar bone in a fist. "Alright then. Well , I'll be leaving if that's all you need. Bye." She waved to go out the door. Just before she made it out the door she turned and her face looked rather...stupid. As if she meant it to. She was then gone and I could hear her chuckle outside the door.
Once finishing my cake I decided to get some more sleep. Though you know...
I glared towards the window. "I could always get myself a midnight snack..."
And with that thought I was out the window and in the town. Why not? So what if one or two people go 'mysteriously missing'? It's not my problem.
Author's note: And so I thought to myself...FINALLY! IT IS DONE!
Alright. So that took long enough to type... I figured I would have this chapter out before hand, but I ended up running out of ideas quickly. Speaking of, if you have any ideas for this story that you want to share with me, then please, message them to me. I might even put them in my story. Of course, I would put my appreciation in the 'Author's note' section. Aside from that, now for my annual, weird, narrator questioning...
Go team! Or at least that's what would be said if it wasn't for the absence of an annual band watcher. Autumn and Zelman were stuck outside and ended up being mistaken for a couple. Camilla came with 'odd' ideas of what the two could be doing. Anna's worried. Though worried she may want to be. Who are these two strange people that spoke of a 'prey' they had to catch? And who, or what, was the 'interesting' thing the unknown person saw? And just what was outside Cassa's window? And what is Cassa going to do in the town? Will Zelman and Autumn find Cassa there? Maybe Jiro? Or will she go unoticed? Find these answers (Or at least most of them) in the next chapter of 'Fire Really Does Burn.'
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