Kitty Hazard
~Isabelle
Chapter Three
Suspicion
"Okay, who's going to have Kitty in their bedroom?" Youji asked as the other three members of Weiss gathered around the kitchen table.
"I say we pick out of a hat," Ken suggested.
"AwwKenken, I thought you liked kids," Youji teased.
Ken blushed. "Sure, I do. But I'm not comfortable with a kid sleeping in my room. I guess I wouldn't mind a boy"
"Lets just get this over with," Omi grumbled. It was late and he was cranky. And if he was cranky, Aya was crankier.
Aya took a piece of paper and tore it into four parts. He marked an x' on one piece and folded it. He then folded the other three and stuck them into a bowl. "Whoever picks the marked piece gets Kitty in their room."
And where was Kitty in the middle of all this? Taking a shower. Manx, amazing, had managed to get some clothes that acutally fit Kitty in the last hour. All four boys thanked the lord that Kitty knew how to bath herself.
Ken picked first. "Nothing."
Youji was next. "Please no, please noYES!!! NOTHING!!! A HA! IN YOUR FACE!!"
Aya's eyebrow twitched. "Shut up. Omi? You want to go next?"
Omi shrugged, beads of sweat pouring down his face. He slowly opened his. "Igot the mark."
There was silence.
Laughter exploded from Youji and Omi attempted to whack him with the bowl.
"SHUT UP!!"
Suddenly, the door to the kitchen swung open, revealing Kitty in black pj's with a bombay cat on the back.
Omi raised an eyebrow. "Some how, I have this feeling this whole thing was rigged"
Omi finished rolling the cot out and sighed. This was going to be a long stay. "Are you comfortable enough?" He turned around and saw Kitty going through something.
Then he realized what that something was.
His darts.
"Nooo!!!" he shouted, hoping not to wake Aya or Youji up, knowing that they would slowly strangle him.
Too late. Kitty had gotten her hands one of the darts and ran across the room.
Omi chased after her.
Suddenly, she stopped, her eyes widening.
Omi stopped too.
Kitty pointed to a huge spider on the wall, a scream ready to erupt.
"It's okay," Omi whispered as he attempted to grab the dart.
No such luck.
By sudden reflex, Kitty brought her hand back and flung the dartnailing the spider in the center.
"Oh my godoh my godoh my god" Omi's eyes became round circles. "Oh my FREAKING god"
Kitty sniffled and ran to Omi and hugged his leg. "Please protect me" She buried her head into Omi's jeans.
"Oh my godoh my godoh my god"
After a few minutes, Omi calmed down andrather quickly removed the dart and spider from his wall. When he returned, Kitty had tucked herself in and was snuggled under the covers of her cot.
Bombay sighed and stripped off his shirt as he flopped onto bed. Thank god he didn't have school tomorrow. Reminding himself to tell everyone else about the spider incident in the morning, he turned off the lights.
"Omi-niisan?"
Omi cracked a small smile. So the kid had some manners. He always wanted be a sort of big brother, since after all, this family history was rathermessed up
"Yeah?"
"Umm"
Omi turned to his side and faced Kitty. The five-year old girl had her eyes wide open and the moonlight shone down on her, making her glow eerily. Omi shivered, thinking back to what Youji said about her eyes. "What is it?"
"Anoucan you put your shirt back on?"
There was silence.
""
The light was turned back on.
Aya narrowed his eyes as he dumped the last of the fried eggs onto his plate. He picked up his plate and sat next to Omi, who was complaining to Ken.
"And then she nailed the spider dead center! There has to be some strange instinct that's driving that kid," Omi grumbled.
Ken shrugged. "Youji said that she shot the droids and then seized up after that. She doesn't seem to remember anything dangerous she does."
Aya didn't say a thing.
Youji poured himself another mug of coffee. "By the way, where's Kitty? And how exactly are we gonna explain her presence here?"
"We'll tell everyone she's Omi's distant cousin."
"Waaiiitttt" Omi narrowed his eyes at Ken. "Why doesn't she have to be MY distant cousin?"
"She's already calling you big brother."
The youngest member of Weiss poked at his eggs. "She looks Chinese to me"
Youji shrugged. "Say that you have a distant Chinese aunt or something."
"But-"
"Omi?"
They all turned to Aya, surprised. Aya wasn't exactly the morning person.
"Anouhai?"
"Stop playing with your food." Aya stood up and went upstairs.
The rest of the weiss gang blinked after their leader.
"Some one woke up on the wrong side of the bed again," Omi grumbled.
Manx told us that she would act strange. But I never suspected such reflexes for a little kid, Aya thought. At first, no one really believed Omi, but then he pulled out the dead spider with the hole through it. Not only had it made Ken lose his appetite, but it convinced them.
He found the bathroom door open and so he decided to check in Omi's room. There, he found Kitty staring out the window. Stranger yet, the look on her face made her seem years older.
"Kitty?"
The child turned around, returning to total purity. "Morning Aya-niisan."
Aya blinked in surprise. It had been a long time since some one called him big brother. In fact, the only person that had called him that was STILL in a coma. (Oy, Aya-chan, wake up already) "Ohayo gozaimasu."
Kitty wore a blank look. "What?"
Aya sweatdropped. "I mean, good morning. What happened last night?"
Kitty smiled happily, with tiny stars in her eyes. "Omi-niisan's so cool! He saved me from a giant spider!"
The red-head sighed. Looks like Ken was right. She saves herself, but she never remembers it. "I've heard. Come on Kitty, breakfast is ready."
"Wait" She glanced back outside. Her face scrunched up in puzzlement.
"What's wrong?"
"I thoughtnever mind." She turned away and ran to Aya who followed her downstairs.
Strange kid I wonder what she saw.
Youji switched to his bedroom voice as a couple of giggling girls approached. "May I help you?" He peered over his shades and grinned.
The girls just giggled louder.
Ken sighed. There was no way that they were gonna sell anything at this rate. Aya would be furious.
"Eh~heh." Omi was backed into a corner by some of the girls in his school. "Really? You're free that night? FunnyI never askedand you told me" Sweatdrop after sweatdrop piled up on his head.
Suddenly, Aya walked in.
"EEK! It's Aya! Lemme at him!" A few girls shrieked.
Aya walked right out, glaring at the girls.
"Wuss," Ken smirked.
Suddenly, Kitty waltzed in, totally unprepared.
There was silence.
Then
"AwwwHOW CUTE!!"
"Who's sister is she?"
"What's her name??"
"Ermmshe is just a SISTER right? I mean, none of you guys have daughtersright?"
"She's so adorable!!"
Kitty stared at all the girls advancing around her, scared. "Eep AYA-NIISAN!!! YOUJI-NIISAN!!! KEN-NIISAN!! OMI-NIISAN!!"
She ran back inside the back room.
"You think we scared her?" a random girl asked to her friend.
Omi sighed. This was going to be a long day.
Aya walked back in, with a deathglare planted on his face. Kitty stood in back of his legs, clutching onto his pants, protectively. "Kowaii" She shut her eyes.
Youji nearly choked with laughter. He never knew that Kitty knew how to speak anything in japanese other than big brother'.
The girls squealed, obviously pleased that Aya had finally come out.
"Is she your little sister?"
"No."
"Cousin?"
"No."
"Daughter?"
"NO."
"Then who's relative is she?"
"Omi's distant cousin."
Omi resisted smacking himself against a flower pot.
"Aya, will you go out with me? Please?!?!"
"No."
"What's her name?"
"Kitty."
"Awwhow cute"
Aya's eyebrow twitched. "If you're not going to buy anythingget out"
Suddenly, the girls seemed very interested in asking questions about the flowers.
Kitty sniffled. "They're scary"
Ken overheard this and started laughing uncontrollably.
A few hours later, the girls thinned out. Kitty seemed to get bored. She wandered into the back room again, where Youji was dozing off.
Suddenly, the bell jingled again. All four boys looked up. It was almost closing time. Who would
A man entered. He had long, straight silvery hair that reached just past his waist. His golden eyes scanned the flower shop. He wore black jeans and a plain white t-shirt that outlined his muscular body modestly.
Ken raised an eyebrow behind the cash register. Must be a new customer. He had never seen him before. "Can I help you?"
The man turned to him, his golden eyes fixed on Ken.
It felt like ice had been dumped all over him. Ken shivered even though it was hardly even cold.
"Nothanks. I'm just looking around."
"Anou"
But the man seemed to be searching for something that wasn't among the petals.
Aya watched the man out of the corner of his eyes. There was something deadly about him
The door swung open and Kitty stepped out, laughing. She had stole Youji's shades again.
"Shimatta!" Youji's voice was heard. "Give them back!"
Kitty giggled and turned around.
And saw the man.
The crash of sunglasses was heard as she dropped them.
"AHHH! MY SHADES!!! KITTY!!!"
But the girl didn't hear him. Or at least, she didn't seem to. Her already pale face was now paper white.
The golden-eyed man saw her and arched an eyebrow. A smirk toyed with his faded rose lips. The door jingled as the man walked out.
Ken and Aya exchanged grim looks.
For a moment, both of them glimpsed a look of dark hatred on Kitty's innocent face.