Acacius

Summary: "Acacius" Latin form of Greek name Akakios meaning "Not evil". Oz Vessalius is a youg demon being schooled on how to interact peacefully with humans as he finds himself pushed into the care of a bishonen but is he really a human? A Demon? A Blackbird?

Chapter 11- beach


Beach- the part of the shore of an ocean, sea, large river, lake, etc., washed by the tide or waves


After the incident with Vincent Oz and Gilbert lived day to day of the summer weather in Reveil for about a month, Break had organized a group get together at the beach so the homestay families could have some family time together to compare the children to each other in conversation while the children themselves were bouncing about and playing in the water. Oz was ecstatic because he had never been to the beach before and wanted to find out what it was all about. Gilbert was happy to see the teen so excited as they approached the beach that he almost forgot the real reason they were going there.

"OZ!" A girl's voice shouts at the top of her lungs and they looked over to see the group of demons waving at him.

"Alice!" Oz shouts running over to her, Cheshire, and Reo.

"What the hell are you doing here?" A boy's voice asks with an annoyed tone to his voice and Gilbert looked over and saw his brother, Elliot Nightray.

"Elliot be nice to your brother." Reo states walking over with Oz talking to him about him living with the Nightrays excitedly and Elliot scowls before looking at Oz.

"Who's the shrimp Reo?" Elliot states with a small glare and Oz gasps looking at him in shock.

'I'm way older than you kid, respect your elders.' Oz thought feeling a scowl form on his face before he looked back over at Alice and Cheshire who were playing in the waves. "My name's Oz… not shrimp." Oz says not liking the boy at all. Elliot of scoffed and turned away and Oz shrugged. "I'll leave you here with him, Reo. Have fun!" Oz says with a wink before he pranced over to Gilbert.

"Raven! Let's go play in the water." Oz shouts dragging Gilbert toward the water but Break appeared out of nowhere and stopped him.

"There you are Raven… the adults are over here, we're about to start our discussion. Why don't you join us…" Break says leading Gilbert away from Oz and Oz pouted with an annoyed look on his face.

'No fair.' Oz thought before walking over to where Alice and Cheshire were splashing around.

"Oz! This stuff is really fun!" Alice says with shimmering childish eyes and Cheshire nodded with a big grin on his face.

"You haven't looked this happy since we escaped from the Asylum with Gisela, Alice-san." Oz says with a slight sad look knowing she would realize he remembered. She looked at him for a moment before letting a frown form on her lips.

"You remember now?" She whispers in awe and Cheshire looks at them confusedly.

"Yeah… Thank you for staying by my side, Alice." Oz says smiling brightly and Alice blushed slightly before scowling.

"I only did it because you needed me to." Alice says crossing her arms under her breasts. Oz smiled softly before turning toward the ocean with a solemn look in his eyes.

"I found that it was Gilbert who suppressed my memories… well it was his necklace that did so but something terrible has happened Alice." Oz says rubbing his arms as if chilled.

"What happened Oz?" Cheshire says as Alice gave him a glare to shut up before stepping forward to Oz who leaned over and whispered into her ear. He eyes widened before they hardened in rage.

"So what the hell are we going to do about it? They'll come after us and it's not like we can tell that bastard clown that were in danger! He'll make a big experiment about it and you could die!" Alice growls jumping in front of Oz letting the water hit her ankles. Oz simply chuckled softly as he looked at her with sincere eyes.

"It's not like I'm afraid of dying Alice… but you and I together are extremely strong. They might try to use your blood to awaken my powers and kill you to take control of me. I don't want you to get hurt." Oz says calmly watching Alice stare at him in agitation before she pushed him backwards causing him to fall onto the sand.

"Don't decide things without consulting me you stupid manservant! How dare you think that it would be any better for me if you died! I'm not leaving you alone, especially after I promised Gisela that I wouldn't leave you to fight alone! What kind of woman would I be if I didn't keep a promise to my daughter?" Alice shouts causing Oz to start laughing warmly at the mention of the person named Gisela.

"I wonder what Gilbert would say if he found out about her?" Oz says not moving from his lying position in the sand letting it burn on his clothed back and Alice sat down beside him and motioned Cheshire to sit beside her. He did so and they both watched Oz lay there with a relaxed look.

"Is that comfortable?" Cheshire asks curiously knowing he wouldn't get an answer to any other question and Oz nodded so Cheshire laid back and almost purred at the warmth soothing his muscles. "It's so nice in the human world… I don't think I ever want to go back." He says with a small sigh and Alice laughed softly.

"You two are so stupid… How can lying down on the sand be so-ah." She says as the boys grab her and pull her down onto the sand and she blushed before scowling.

"The sand's nice and hot so it relaxes the muscles right?" Oz says happily and Alice scoffs knowing he's changing the subject but not wanting to continue the conversation either until they were alone.

"You two are so weird… why do I hang out with you again?" She says calmly lying there with the two of them in the sand.

"Because you love us…" Oz says calmly closing his eyes in relaxation letting his self drift into the thought of how the rays of the sun feel against his face. 'This would feel even better on the bare back but I don't want people to see the scars on my body.' He thought digging his fingers into the sand.

"You three seem to be enjoying yourselves… mind if we join you?" Reo says amusedly and Oz sits up and looks at them with an amused look.

"You don't have to ask… The sand feels good don't you think?" Oz says with a slight grin and Reo chuckles sitting on the sand with Elliot standing beside him.

"You have to be stupid to think that this boiling hot sand feels nice." Elliot mutters walking over to where the water was coming up onto shore. Oz stared at him with a slight annoyed look before he shrugged and stood up.

"Who let a crab crawl up into your shorts? This is supposed to be a fun day not a piss my pants because I'm emo day." Oz mutters walking over to where Elliot was standing and kicking the water letting it fly up in the air. "Ha! That was cool! Alice lets go play in the water! You too Cheshire! Reo do you and Elliot wants to too?" Oz says suddenly excited and Reo laughed softly.

"I think I'm going to stay here and read… Elliot can go if he wants to." Reo says calmly holding up his book and Oz pouted before smirking.

"Okay then! Let's play water chicken I call being the passive one!" Oz shouts happily running into the water with a grin.

"Chicken…Oz that's poultry not a game to play!" Cheshire shouts running after him and Alice grins slightly.

"Water-chicken sounds good! Where can we get some?" She says calmly putting her finger to her lips in thought.

"You people are so stupid! I can't believe they're your friends with them Reo." Elliot says crossing his arms as he stood in his spot.

"Alice! Elliot! Aren't you going to play?" Oz shouts to them from the waist deep water and Elliot rolled his eyes as Alice jumped to her feet.

"What are we playing? I thought we were getting chicken!" She shouts running after the two who were splashing each other like little children.

"They may seem stupid but they are very resourceful people who can get into and out of difficult situations easily." Reo says calmly with a slight smirk and Elliot sighs looking back at the three who looked like that were trying to kill each other by drowning one another in the water.

"I doubt that, Reo… That stupid blonde boy doesn't look like he could fight his way out of a wet paper bag." Elliot says crossing his arms and Reo chuckles softly.

"And that is why your father is always telling you not to judge others by their looks and how they act. They can always surprise you." Reo says not looking up from his book.

"Yeah, whatever…" Elliot says calmly sitting down beside him wondering why this boy was so laid back all the time. 'It's as if he knows he can take on anyone who tries to harm him… Is that what it means to be a demon? No fear… but I'm sure there's not real happiness either.' He thought looking out at the three playing in the water wondering if his thought was really true.

"You should go play with them Elliot… They're really competitive people; you'd really enjoy playing with them." Reo says calmly and Elliot scoffs.

"No thanks, I'd probably get killed by them the minute I tried." He says causing Reo to chuckle softly.

"That might very well happen." A man's voice says from behind them and Elliot glances back to see who it was but he saw no one.

"Reo did you hear that?" Elliot says looking a bit uneasy as Reo nodded standing up holding his book threateningly.

"Yeah…" He says looking out to his friends with a serious look before he cupped his mouth and shouted at them. "Hey guys! Come here for a second!" He shouts trying to get his friends to come over to him without alarming other people. His friends looked at him before rushing out of the water to see what was wrong with their friend sensing in was important. "Something is here… Can you sense it?" He says in a serious voice and Alice and Cheshire close their eyes to see if they could sense something and Oz frowns already knowing what it might be.

"Did you taste something strange in the arm Reo?" Oz says softly and Reo smiled slightly knowing what Oz meant by that statement all too well before nodding.

"It tasted like a filthy piece of garbage." He says with a small chuckle and Oz did the same.

"It's a Shinigami then…" Oz says with a small grin and Elliot stares at him like he was mad.

"We should tell the adults then! Your sensei is a member that's supposed to be taking care of things like them so why don't you tell him! Quit standing there like an idiot." Elliot says harshly and Oz sighs with a slight shrug.

"It's not going to hurt any of you… This is a special Shinigami that only special people know about… Reo knows it's a Shinigami but I know we type." Alice says standing beside Oz with a serious look in her eyes and Oz nodded with a slight remorseful look.

"I kind of hoped that I could have spent a little more time pretending that my past didn't exist and I could play house with Gil a little longer." Oz says calmly as he stretched his arms up in the air. "Oh well, Alice want to go get shaved ice with me?" He asks casually and Alice nodded and they walked off.

"You guys shouldn't go off alone… what if the Shinigami appears?" Reo states calmly and the two look back with amused looks.

"Yeah what if…" Oz says with a slight chuckle as they continued to walk. Cheshire and Reo to a step forward to fallow but Oz's voice stopped them. "I wouldn't fallow us… You'd get in trouble for interfering with our business." Oz calls to them with a small wave of his hand and the two stared at the retreating two.

"What the hell was that supposed to mean?" Elliot says in a slight aggravated tone and Reo frowns.

"I don't know but I'm telling Break-sensei about the Shinigami! They've gone after Alice-san and Oz before and I don't want them to get hurt!" Cheshire states running off toward where the adults were sitting having their discussion; Elliot and Reo stayed in there spot for a moment before Elliot turned to Reo.

"So what are we going to do Reo?" Elliot states looking at his friend who only shrugged casually at the question, opening his book back up and sitting on the ground in a bored way.

"Nothing, after all when the time comes that they need help I'll help them. It's as simple as that, Elliot." Reo says calmly turning the page in his book secretly very curious as to what was going to happen.

"That's kind of boring don't you think?" Elliot asks sitting beside him and Reo chuckled softly.

"It's called being observant and tactical." He answers grinning slightly causing Elliot to sigh.

"I don't get you demons at all!" He states with a bored look on his face and Reo only chuckled again.

"And I do not get you Angels at all so we are even in that part." He says casually not looking up from his book.