First of all, I want to say congratulations to classes of 2013! Inglewood, my school Morningside, Long Beach Poly, and all the other schools! Congrats to my brother for making it this far after leaving the gang life alone! Congrats to my best friend who made it this far after a teenage pregnancy and all the others that overcame so much to get this far! Now back to the story.
Chapter.11 A New Beginning
"What the hell is that thing?" Alyssa squeals, pointing a fearful finger on the massive dog that is Kiyohime. I rolled my eyes. Sure, just ignore the sick, injured, woman in my arms and stand in the doorway. Kiyohime just stares up at the blonde with uninterested eyes. "Would you please move? My arms are really starting to hurt and if you hadn't noticed, she needs to lie down." I say, glaring a whole into her face.
She finally notices Shizuru in my arms and gasps, jumping away from us. "Oh my god what are you doing just standing there! Hurry up and come in!" She says sternly.
For a fifteen year old genius who doesn't even have to attend school on a regular basis, she's kind of slow. I move her out of the way with my shoulder and walk into my silent house. It's a little bit past 4 am right now, but my mom was nowhere in sight. "Where's mom?" I muse, as I gently lay Shizuru on the sofa.
Alyssa runs into the kitchen and returns with a moist towel and deposits it gently on Shizuru's burning forehead. "She had to run to the lab, something about a mutated rat escaping from its cage."
"It's right here." Nao says, pointing at Alyssa with a smirk on her pale lips. Alyssa glares at Nao, but before she can say anything I interrupt.
"Guys we have more urgent matters to attend to." I say with a glare.
"Oh yeah I have to pee." Yamato says, handing the child to her aunt before sprinting up the stairs. Kiyohime walks worriedly over to her mistress, licking her on the face and sniffing her body. Shizuru cracks open her tires crimson eyes, smiling slightly at the sight of her puppy. She weakly brings a clammy hand and runs it over the pit bull's floppy ears soothingly. "Such a good girl you are. I'll have to reward you." She coos gently before a cough racks her body.
I frown deeply, she looks like shit. Kiyohime sits in front of the couch, laying her big head on her paws, watching over her sickly mistress.
"What happened to her?" Alyssa asks worriedly, taking in the bruises and scratches decorating the soon to be seventeen year girl's body. I'm kind of glad my mom's not here right now, I don't think Shizuru would want her to see her like that. I gave her a look that says, 'I'll explain later' before turning my head back to the brunette. "Do we have any medicine?" I ask.
The blonde shakes her head. "No, mom hasn't been shopping in a while."
"Damn she needs something so she could at least rest a bit easier. What about some tea?" I swear I saw her nose twitch when I said tea. Damn, she drinks so much of it I'm surprised she actually is sick, but no one is superhuman.
Again my younger sister shakes her head, blue eyes narrowing. "Nope, she drank the last pack last time she was over."
Yamato returns from the restroom, sliding down the rail of the stairs. I got an idea. "Yamato, could you and Nao run to the store and get some a first aid kit, tea, medicine, and some baby formula?" I ask with a pout. I don't think it's a good idea to have Shizuru breast feed when she's sick and injured. Unfortunately Yamato shakes her head. "Nao and I have something to do before the sun comes up." She says with a frown. Nao nods, handing the baby to Alyssa's waiting arms. I'm glad she's inherited my sleeping habits. She has yet to wake up.
Yamato pats my shoulder apologetically before saluting and jumping out of the window. "Later bitches." Nao says before doing the same.
"Why didn't they just use the damn door?" Alyssa questions.
"Doors are for squares!" Nao's voice calls before it fades into the night.
Damn, that means either I have to go to the store. Luckily the store not far from my house stays open 24/7 and it has everything I need. "Alyssa I'm going to run to the store. I need you to watch her and call me if anything happens." I say grabbing my house keys. I didn't want to take my bike because of the snow and knowing I'm in a rush I'll probably kill myself. "Wait." Alyssa grabs my arm as I'm about to rush out the door and into the snowy winter night. I look at her oddly. She surprises me as gives me a fierce hug and kisses my cheek.
"Be careful, Suki." She says sincerely. "It's dark out and I don't know what we'd do if something happened to you. At least take that demon with you." Alyssa says, pointing at a rather offended looking Kiyohime. I hesitate, I don't know that dog that well, but I need to go.
"Fine. Come on Kiyohime." I say in a baby voice, clapping my hands excitedly. I swear this dog rolled her eyes, but she eventually left her mistress's side and padded over to me. I don't have a leash but this dog seems to have enough sense to not kill anyone. "I'll be back." I say kissing her cheek back and what I did next surprised us all.
I kissed Shizuru's cheek.
I blushed from head to toe as her shocked crimson eyes locked onto my exotic green. I quickly turned away and sprinted for the door, the pit bull hot on my heels.
"She's changing." Alyssa whispers when the blue haired girl is no longer in sight.
"She's simply growing up." Shizuru said with a ghost of a smile as she hovered her hands over the place where Natsuki kissed.
"I can't believe I did that." I whispered to the dog at my side, refereeing to my little farewell gift. Kiyohime wags her tail before giving a soft chirp. I smile at Shizuru's pet before giving her a little rub behind her alert ears. She licks my hand happily before walking closer and she's brushing against my leg.
"You're such a good dog. If only Nao was as well trained as you." I say jokingly. It's super cold and it was still dark, snow still rained gently from the heavens. The streets were practically empty save for the hookers and gang members on various corners. I've never understood gang bangers. All they do is stand at different corners and threaten each other right?
"I used to have a dog. His name was Duran." I said to my companion who looked up at me with sparkling eyes. I smiled remembering the husky. "He died though. He got hit by a car. My dad named his best creation after him."
Kiyohime chirps, as if she's really listening or I'm just going crazy. "My dad died to. Somebody shot him. I don't understand why though, he was such a great guy. He was scrawny and told horrible jokes, but he was a sweet man. I miss him so much." I say, feeling tears well up behind my eyelids. I missed my dad dearly, when he died I felt like something inside died in me as well. There's not a day when I don't think about him.
Kiyohime licked my hand, trying to lighten the mood. I smiled though one tear did fall.
"I used to be jealous of Shizuru because she had her dad, but now I know that was dumb. He's such a fucking bastard. I'm going to kill him." I told the pitbull as we stopped for the light.
I'm glad the hookers didn't approach me tonight, probably because of the young yet vicious looking pit bull at my side.
We walked for another five minutes before coming to a stop in front of my designated store. I turned to the dog and rubbed her muzzle. "Stay here girl. Stay!" I say firmly, smiling as she parked her rump on the ground and began eating the snow.
"Good girl, I'll be right back." I say entering the store.
"YOU BREAK YOU BUY!" The clerk immediately barked at me. I'm glad nobody saw me jump because she scared the shit at me. I slowly turned around and began looking for the items I came to get. I found the tea and the first aid kit first. Then a few minutes later I found some cold medicine. "How much is this?" I ask the lady politely.
"FIVE DOLLA." She says grumpily. I nod, I'm glad my mom gives Alyssa and I money all the time. I think I've got like fifty bucks on me. I also picked up a nice spiked collar for Kiyohime on the way to the clerk. She glared a hole through my face as she rang the items up. I tried not fidget under her stare. She shoved the bag into my hands and raised an eyebrow.
"ANYTHING ELSE?"
That's who she reminds me of! That blonde haired bull-horn at the school! Haruka Suzishiro. This lady is probably her mentor or something. I was about to say something about it, but suddenly a flash of gold caught my eye. I turned my head so fast my neck began to throb. I could only see her backside though. Long, hazelnut colored hair flowed down her back, straight as an arrow and looked soft as a feather. Creamy white legs that seemed to go on forever disappeared into a crisp, crimson skirt that reminded me of a certain someone's eyes. She was wearing a black sweater that hugged her torso.
She dresses like Shizuru. I thought as I grabbed my bag and headed toward the exit.
"They don't have any bullets Faye for the last time. It's a convenient store, not a gun shop."
"Expect the unexpected babe." Came a low, silky voice.
I did a double take. That accent! It was just like Shizuru's, only about an octave higher! As she was walking towards the other voice my hand latched onto her wrist. "Wait!" I screeched.
She turned to face me. Her face was a replica of Shizuru's except her eyes were gleaming hazel instead of the crimson I've learned to accept. "Please release me. I don't want any trouble." She said politely.
Damn even the way she speaks is just like Shizuru's! "Wait just hear me out for a second! I need to ask you something." I say.
She tries to detach my hand from her wrist, but I hold on tighter. I know this probably was the wrong approach to this situation, but I really needed to talk to this girl.
"I've already told you I don't want to talk to you. Please release me!" She yelled.
"Wait just-"
Suddenly a fist seemingly made of steel connected with my face and I found myself on the ground. Blood dripped down my probably broken nose, staining my t-shirt red. I was dizzy from the impact. I blinked open my eyes and I froze. Fear gripped my chest like a silver glove.
I was staring into the barrel of a real, loaded gun. "YOU BREAK YOU BUY." The lady said, but I could not hear her.
Snow white hair framed a slightly tanned face and eyes cold as ice stared me down in silent rage.
I gulped as the gunslinger cocked the gun and aimed it at my head.
"Clean up aisle two."
Bang!
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