Disclaimer: Borrowed characters..yadda yadda..read story before...oh, and there is a sex scene in this one and it is a really bad one because A) I wrote these stories in High School and B) I have no social life so I dont know what "good sex" is like so I dont know how to write about it..ah well...on with the story...
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After the party, I was bushed. As Kyle and I walked back toward our room, he stopped me. "I told you that Anubis had something to tell you. Well, Anubis!" he shouted. "That is correct." Anubis stated and appeared. "You do not have to marry Kyle anymore." he said. I gave him a sidelong glance. "What if I want to?" I asked. Kyle stepped forward, taking my hands in his. I smiled at him and tried to hug him. He instead stepped backwards, taking the ring from my finger. Not looking at me, he turned and placed it on Angel's hand, who had followed us outside. She gasped and tears formed in her eyes. "Marry me?" he asked. I fell back, tears also forming in my eyes. "How?" I whispered and fled to my room. I retreated to the darkness under my bed and cried myself to sleep.
I awoke to a door slamming shut and someone violently throwing an object on the bed. I heard the drawers open and someone taking clothes out of them. *Kyle* I thought and quit breathing and moving so he couldnt hear me. He muttered a few cuss words and stumbled out of the room and I was alone again. I slept for what seemed like forever. I heard the door open again and someone searching my room. "Amber?" I heard Kayura and Dais whisper. I kept quiet. One of them pulled up the bedspread and looked under the bed on the other side and saw me. "Here she is." I heard Dais say. Kayura dashed to the side that I was facing and fell to her belly to look under. "Amber! It has been three days! Come out and eat something or you will starve to death." she shouted with a lot of worry and anger in her voice. "Why should I? My whole being is love and yet I am not allowed to love anyone. I have been torn from every relationship I have ever had. Anubis chooses to play games with me. He new that I was not destined to marry Kyle, because destinies do not change. He just wanted to send his easily love-struck sister to love and lose again and he has no idea how much this breaks my heart." I hissed and rolled over onto my back. I crawled out from under my bed and dashed out of my room. Kayura was in close persuit. "Amber! Where are you going?" she shouted. I leapt onto my motorcycle and sped away. Everything was a blur until I stopped. I was at a river in a secluded clearing. I lay my bike down and lay down to sleep, not caring if I ever woke up again.
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*I have got to find her. God, dont let anything happen to her.* thought the handsome teen as he dashed down the empty road. *Where the hell is she? Why did she run away like that?!?!* he thought in desparation. *I guess I should have let her know that I still care for her. I...will never forgive myself if I do not find her!* he thought, brushing a strand of blonde hair out of his eyes as he ran. He gradually began slowing down. He finally stopped all together, panting and trying to catch his breath. *Where is she!* he thought frantically. I can't sense her anywhere!* He lifted his head toward the woods just as a white horse emerged. He straightened to stare at the creature. *Is that....her horse?* he thought. Only one way to find out. "Is Amber you mistress?" he asked the white horse. He shook his head to indicate 'yes'. "Can you take me to her please? I feel she is not well." he asked in desperation. The horse moved forward, allowing him to get on his back. The horse began to gallop into the woods. They both kept their heads down to keep from being hit by the low branches. They emerged in a clearing. Ahead he could see Amber, collapsed against her bike. He leapt off of the horse and raced toward the limp body. Quickly taking her up in his arms, he pulled the bike up and sped off in search of a hospital. He came across a medical research institute and decided that it was good enough. He parked the bike and raced toward the door. He banged on the door for a long time until a lady opened the door. "Amber? What's wrong with her?" the lady asked, leading him to a table, which he lay her on. "I dont know. I finally found her in the woods by a river. She was very depressed, and I think that she has not been eating." he told her. She looked at him with an interest that he has seen in many girls' eyes. "So...what is your name?" she asked, eyeing him. "Aric. Aric Date. Her, um, boyfriend." he said. "Liar." she said. "Although you wish she was." He looked at her with surprise. "How would you know something like that? And how do you know her?" he asked. It was her turn to look at him in surprise. "She didn't....tell you? She works here." she stated. Aric's face twisted to a very un-becoming-of-him look and he shrieked. "She works...HERE!!!" he shouted, glancing at his surroundings. There were more test tubes and medical equipments here than he had ever seen at Sensei Rowen's hospital. "But...how!!!" he exclaimed. "She came to me in search of a very well paying job. She asked me not to question age or anything, but to quiz her with intelligence questions. I did, and she more than passed. She found a cure for one man in here and brought him to her home, which is obviously where you also stay. She finally explained to me why she needed the well paying job and has been confiding in me since, although I feel there is more to her story. Tell me, why is such a youthful woman so intelligent, since you live in the same household and all." she asked. "Well, I can't really tell you, but I guess you will find out in a few seconds when you get done analyzing her blood. She is so intelligent because she has been on this earth for a long time. She is an immortal and despises it greatly. Please don't let this get out to anyone." he told her. Her eyes widened. "The only reason that I believe you is because of how intelligent she is. None of our greatest researchers know some of the things that she knows, and they have been doing this for a very long time." she murmured. Amber began to twitch on the table. "Why?.....Why?...." croaked Amber over and over, repeating that one word. Aric lifted her head and shoulders into his arms and hugged her to calm her down. Her virtue, love, lit up on her forehead. "What....is THAT?!?!" shouted the woman. "Well....now I have another thing to explain." he sighed and lay Amber back down. He took out a crystal sphere from his pocket and held it up. "Have you ever heard of the mystical Ronin Warriors? The warriors who can call forth an armor to battle evil?" he asked her. She nodded. "I....uh...thought they were only a legend though." she stammered. He grinned and his virtue also lit up on his forehead. "Actually, it is very real. She is one. I am one. There are many more and we just finished a battle actually." he stated very matter-of-factly. The woman beamed. "I can do research on her now! Of course I wont tell anyone about it, but it will be so cool to know more about imortality." she shouted. "Uhhh....nooo....why me?" Amber moaned, shifting uncomfortably on the hospital bed. "Hang in there girl. I still love you, no matter what." he whispered in her ear. She smiled and drifted back into a shiftless sleep.
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"Wu-where am I?" I muttered and sat up. It looked like I was back in my room. "You are home." a voice said. I looked around and saw Aric sitting in a chair. He had brought in a table and chairs. He now sat in front of a candle-lit dinner. I blushed and stood on shaky legs. In one swift motion he was in front of me and he caught me before I could fall. I looked up into his clear blue eyes and turned a darker shade. I moved away from him and sat back down on the bed. "I am sorry, but.....I...dont know anymore...I am afraid to...oh, forget it.." I stammered and my eyes went downward. "Forget Anubis, forget Kyle, and forget anything else that bothers you now. I still care about you and I never really stopped. I always watched you in school and here while other girls competed for my attention. I never stopped caring for you. I dont think I ever will." he stated. I looked at him sorrowfully. "I....I...well..." I stammered. He put a finger to my lips and another to his. "Shhh...enjoy the quiet." he whispered. I smiled and took his hand. "I am going to try ONE MORE TIME with this love thing. If it dosent work out, I dont know what I will do but it will be drastic." I said. He smiled and moved the hand up to stroke my face. "I will make it work." he said. "I just dont know if...if....if I can trust again. I thought he really cared for me." I said, tears forming again. He kissed me on the cheek and then moved back and wiped away my tears. "I will be there for you. Dont worry." he said and took me into his arms. I smiled and relaxed. "You need food. Please come eat." he said. He helped me to the table and pushed my chair in. I smiled up at him as he made his way around to his seat. "Smells good." I said and dove in. I ate as politely as I could for someone who had nothing to eat for....god knows how many days. I finished and in one motion I stood and hopped into my bed. He had dressed me in a thick kimono and I was burning up. I climbed under the covers and took it off. I thought about what I wanted to wear and it appeared on my body. A simple yellow pajamas set was what I wanted. I climbed up with my head poking out and grinned at Aric. He smiled and sipped his water. I relaxed into the bed and sighed. "Damn imortality." I whispered to myself. "Hmmm?" Aric questioned. "Oh, nothing. Just thinking out loud." I told him. He smiled slyly and slid over to my bed. He bent down and gingerly kissed me. I returned the kiss, still afraid from the last little relationship. He stroked my now very short hair and depened the kiss. I thought seriously about pushing him away, but the neglect that I had been experiencing left me with a gap to fill in my heart and I allowed him to continue. He began moving downward, kissing my neck and shoulders. My back arched at this new feeling. I had never been kissed in this way before. This was going to be a long night!
"Anubis!" Kayura shouted angrily. "Yes sister?" he asked and appeared in front of her. She stomped around, fuming with anger. "How could you do this?!?! And to your own TWIN SISTER!! She almost died from depression!!!" she shouted. If he would have been a human and not a spirit, she would have smacked him in the head. "Well, as you can see, she is not depressed anymore!" he said, allowing her a view into Amber's room. Aric was beginning to un-button his shirt while still kissing on her neck. "What happened to the arranged marriage thing with Kyle?" she asked with a questioning look. "Well, it was not Kyle she was supposed to marry, but she does have an arranged marriage. I just used Kyle to keep her away from Aric." he explained. "Then why are you letting him have her now?" she asked, even more confused. "Well..." he began with a grin. "That is not Aric in there! Amber is not the only one that Dais taught illusions to!!! And now that I am not human anymore and I am a spirit, I have more powers, and the powers I had are much stronger. Behold, the real Aric is fast asleep upstairs in the male dorm." he added, allowing her to view into the male dorm at the sleeping Aric. "If that is not Aric, then who......." she trailed off, turning her face away after a glance. She saw that they were now undressed and her upbringing taught her that she was not supposed to butt into other people's businesses, especially of that nature. She wanted to know who the person was in there though, so she stuck around to find out.
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"Aric, I cant." I moaned, but I was so weak that I could not fight him off. He dug into the bed, getting a strong hold on it and thrust into me. "Oh my goood!" I moaned. "Please, no more...please!" I whimpered. He continued though. He kissed me deeply and whispered 'I love you's' and continued. He began to move faster and harder as he neared a climax. I saw his head lift as he strained to move faster. "Armor of wildfire, please give me the power to break this illusion!!!" he shouted. A character formed on his forehead, only it was not the 'wisdom' symbol of Aric's armor. It was 'virtue'......Kyle's symbol! "Kyle?" I moaned, preparing for the climax. His body kept moving, but it transformed into a pure light and then revealed his true form. It was Ryo! He looked as if he had never aged. He stopped glowing just in time for the climax. He arched his back and put his strength into it, moaning. I surpressed the scream and dug my nails into his shoulders. When it was over I collapsed into the bed, Ryo falling on top of me. We both were breathing real hard and sweating. I breathed in deeply to relax and looked into his eyes. "You have some explaining to do." I breathed. He smiled and sat up on his elbows. "Well..." he began the story.
"He never really aged at all." Anubis explained to the shocked Kayura. "Ru-ru-ryo?!?!" she exclaimed, eyes widening. "After Amber was captured, he begged me to make him an immortal so he can make Sekmet pay for kidnapping her. He was the one who she was supposed to marry, and I normally would not have honored his request, but evil would have ruled if that marriage never took place. That was the only reason." he explained. "You care nothing about her feelings or preserving a love, do you?" she asked angrily. "I know not anymore what feelings are like. I only know of preservation of good and restriction of evil and what I must do to do these. And besides, you know how much she loved him." he stated. Kayura stormed off, leaving Anubis there watching over the two lovers.
"...and here I am." Ryo finished, sighing. "I told you a million times before, it is not good to be immortal! It gets boring and lonely! You have to watch your friends die. It is not a good thing. I want to be mortal so badly." I explained hurriedly. He put one finger over my mouth to silence me. "I dont care, and I wont be bored as long as I have you." he said with a smile. I turned red and lay back, admitting defeat. "We had better get some sleep. I am tired." I said. "You should be. If you ever pull a stunt like that again, I dont know what I will do." he muttered, turning over to lay next to me. I cuddled up on his shoulder and fell fast asleep.
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Anubis watched over the sleeping couple all night, wishing he could have felt the kind of love they were feeling. He sighed and turned his gaze toward the stars. "Looks like all I have are you guys to keep me company." he muttered, stopping his wandering gaze to admire an exceptionally bright star. "Hmmmm...." he mumbled aloud, thinking and dreaming. A rustling in the bushes nearby caught his attention and his senses became alert again. "Who is there?" he asked loudly. Wilhem, the youngest of the New Bloods, came crawling out of them cautiously. "Sorry A-anubis. I va-vas stargazing, und I, um......" he stuttered, scratching the back of his head nervously. Anubis grinned at the young boy and moved his hand in a 'shooing' fashion. "Get to bed, young Wilhem. We need you rested." he soothed. Wilhem yawned and padded across the lawn to his bunking area. Anubis let out a frustrated sigh and wondered what he was going to do with these strange teenage New Bloods. He thought about what the consequences would have been if he would have acted in that fashion as a child and shook his head.
"Anubis?" came a weak-sounding voice. He darted around and met the worried eyes of his twin. "Are you ok?" she asked, the exhaustion showing immensly from her voice and her glazed-over eyes. She dropped to her knees and leaned against the doorway, smiling up at him. "Amber, you need your rest." he cautioned and tried to pick her up. She brushed his hands away and shook her head. "I am a big girl. I can do it." she said with a tired grin. She grasped the doorway tightly and pulled herself onto shaky legs. He moved so he could catch her if she fell. "Have you been watching over me all night, Anubis?" she asked, almost hesitantly. He nodded and helped her into the room. "I was the one who threw the illusion over Ryo. Are you still angry at me?" he asked her with an equal amount of hesitance. She shook her head and leaned on his shoulder. "Nu-nooooo......." she mumbled in mid-yawn and fell asleep on his shoulder. He shook his head and picked her up gingerly, placing her in the bed with her head resting on Ryo's shoulder again and stepped back to survey his work. Pleased with the scene, he silently made his way out the door, pausing just outside to catch a glimpse of the smile that had worked its way to his sister's face.
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"Come on! I know you can do better than that, Denki Rat!!!" came a angry woman's voice from outside. Amber, shocked into sudden alertness, was able to meet the floor face-to-face for the first time in a while. She sat up and began to fervently rub the knot forming on her head. She glanced out the window at a woman and a guy fighting it out in hand-to-hand combat. It looked as if no sensais were around, so she assumed that someone had started it over anger. She stood on still-shaky legs and quickly dressed herself in shorts and a shirt that was tied up around her waist and dashed outside.
"You theiving little brat! I will tear you APART!!!!" the man shouted, making a dash at the girl full-force. She easily dodged it and landed a kick to his lower back, making him cringe and fall to his knees.
"Stop it you two!" Amber shouted, dashing in-between the two to separate them. The woman glared at her and waved her arms frantically. "Get out of my way you snotty red-head if ya know what is good for ya! This is a fight between me and that Denki Rat, Shane! Bug off!" she shouted to the thin, pale red-head. Amber's face went almost as red as her hair and she began to shake a bit. Shane glared over the now-angry Amber to the girl who had just landed a kick to him.
"Night! Why did you have to go and do a bloody rotten thing like that! You got her embarassed and she is probably a bit pissed too!" he shouted to her, ignighting her anger even more. "DENKI RAT!!! I WILL EAT YOU FOR BREAKFAST!!!" she shouted, leaping into the air. Amber hopped up also and caught her in mid-flight, throwing her effortlessly to the ground. "You obviously dont know who you are dealing with, Night." Amber growled. "Leave him alone and go about your daily businesses. He obviously does not want to fight." Night regarded her with intensifying anger. "Miss....miss....whatever your name is. I dont care who YOU are and you obviously dont know who I am! You dont mess with me!" she screamed, lunging toward the red-head at full force. Amber raised her hands in front of her and closed her eyes. A bolt of energy shot from her out-stretched palms and into Night. The woman writhed on the ground and lay still, eyes open and gasping for breath. "How......did......you.....do that?" she gasped. Amber leaned over her and grinned. "You should have been able to tell. I am Anubis' twin sister." she whispered. Night's eyes widened impossibly more and she inched slowly away from the red-head. She finally made it to her feet and ran full-speed away from her. She shook her head and turned back to the shocked Shane. She bowed and apologized for her behavior and returned to her room. Ryo had awaken and was in the shower. She grinned and decided he needed some company.
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Clad in an orange shirt and a pair of jeans, a young woman dashed across the empty yard to the lone dorm in search of the red-head that had not been there long. She knocked furiously on the door and waited impatiently for an answer. Finally Ryo answered the door and greeted her. "Where is the red-head?" Myra asked him hurriedly. He glanced at her with a puzzled look and spoke into the room for her to come. The girl appeared at the door and stared questioningly at the dark-haired girl at the door and came to the conclusion that she was the daughter of Kento. She resembled him in looks, but definetly not in hight. She was much taller than her father. "Sekhmet's son has revived. Come and see!" she said hurriedly. Amber's face lit up and she rushed past Ryo and bolted across the yard with the two she had left behind following closely. She made it to the house and rushed into the room he had been staying in to check him out. He glanced at her questioningly and then his memory was sparked. "Amber!" he exclaimed with a weak smile. "I thought for sure that my dad had....um....killed you." he muttered, sipping at the water that Angel had brought him. I grinned and moved behind him. "Nah. I am too strong for that. Here..lets see if we can get you up and walking." I murmered. I put my arms under his and locked them together at the middle of his chest. Making sure he was ready, I pulled him up to his feet. He swayed a little, but regained his balance. "Ok. Now for the healing process" she said, cracking her nuckles and stretching. She held them above her in an outstretched position and closed her eyes. Her form became transparent and then totally invisible. All of a sudden the room filled with a bright light and there she stood in monk attire holding a glorious staff. At the end it had a sharp dagger-like point. From there it broke off into a series of twisting and inter-twining metal vines that ran all the way up to form a series of leaves. They held a heart-shaped metal cage-type thing that held a mystical blue orb. She grinned at him from under the large hat and held the staff toward him. Light emitted from it and healed him almost instantly. She then dissappeared again and reappeared in her normal attire-a shirt tied above her waist and a pair of short shorts. His eyes got wide and he blushed a deep red color. "You are so beautiful" he muttered. "Uh....hands off, dude. She is taken." Ryo said from behind her. The room burst into laughter. Just then, Myra came back in the room. One glance at him and she began to swoon. "Oh my gosh you are so handsome." she muttered and moved toward him. He glanced frantically around him and took off in the direction of the door. I brought my hand up to my head and shook it. "Myra, dont startle the poor boy." I quietly ordered. She still persisted in persuing her victim. I chased after her to try and stop her, but found neither of them. *Just keep hidden. She will probably lose interest and go talk to her best bud* I sent to him. I felt a hand on my shoulder and turned to see Angel standing there. "Thanks" she said, smiling slightly. I grinned and nodded. I walked outside with Ryo closely behind me. We sat beneath a tree and discussed our plans. We discussed different times and places for the wedding, including details. We had been so engrossed in our conversation that we did not notice the sun go down. When it began to darken, we then made our way to our room. As I fell asleep in his arms, I began to dream about how our life would be together. I could hardly wait!