Resident Vampire

RK doesn't belong to me

Chapter 8: Friends and Family

P.O.V. Shinomiri Aoshi

Family, my family, her family, our family. That is what was then, and now, where tide clash and collide, like the waves hitting the rocks as they clash back into the sea to start over again. A school of fish, a pack of wolves, a flock of birds; weren't they all like s family?

My family, is a big one, full of people, feelings, and the family that was there. Nothing in the world was better then that--except maybe my Misao. I had to laugh softly, going from thoughts of more then one to the thoughts of only one.

The sound of the sea collided around me; different sounds then those in Kyoto, where Okina and the rest of the Oniwabanshi lived. Only me, Misao, Hannya and the others lived in Tokyo, all going to college and getting involved and making anew family, gaining more friends and loved ones then before.

"Aoshi-sama?" said a soft voice--Misao--beside me. I looked over at her, only to be face-to-face with what appeared to be a minx. It had glossy black fur, with almost black-blue eyes and a small black nose that touched mine as the thing reached out towards me. "Aoshi-sama, this is Miki, my--our, new friend. Ryu-kun gave her to me."

By Ryu-kun, I knew she meant Kaoru-san, the girl was strange in some points, but a minx? They were very rare to be seen. The thing crawled onto my shoulder, crawling around my neck as if inspecting my head, staring me in the eyes from time to time. Trying to stare into my soul like the saying goes.

"Ryu-kun said that she will be my body guard. How--at the moment--I don't see, but I think you can tell from her ki, ne? There's a sense of friendliness, and the need for love and family" I paused, for I was trying to catch the thing as it crawled around me, as her words sunk in. I never knew my Misao had the ability to really see the ki of something--anything--in such a manor.

Maybe it was because I haven't been paying attention to her training, though I always thought I did though. "She likes you."

She--Miki as I recalled quickly--sat down onto my shoulder, reading itself before jumping over to Misao where it sat, snuggled into her arms. "Please tell me that thing won't be spending the night with us." I said. Misao burst into laughter.

I found myself, sometime later, wondering around town on my motorcycle, the speed as I rode making me feel a little but better, from what I wouldn't know--didn't want to either. But I was flying, free like a bird, and that was all that mattered.

That was when I saw Kaoru, coming out of a building, slowly, clutching her side with some strength. I was at a stoplight and parked by the side of the curb as I saw her stumble.

"Are you all right?" I asked, getting to her.

"Hai," she said, but her words were stressed and pain filled them.

"I'm not believing you," I said, her ki was staggering, flickering as her aura would be noted. "I'm taking you to the doctors--I know one who won't ask questions." It wasn't just a statement, but an order.

"Thank you." That surprised me. Her voice held on like normal, but her eyes, they held pain.

"She is going to be fine," the old man said, walking into the room, I hadn't even noticed his ki down the hall. I was getting too used to seeing the old man. 'What she needs is rest--a couple days to the most. A small--but not in any way harmful--amount of poison got into her system, but she should be fine with the antidote that I have given her."

"Thank you," I said bowing respectfully.

"No problem Aoshi-san, she is a friend of yours? I know Misao-chan would be very heart broken if she knew you were double dealing with her."

"She is just a friend, Genzai-sensei... And Misao-mine knows her as well."

"Ah, that is goo. Your friend will be coming out as soon as a nurse helps her dress and all that. She is quite pale as well, needs more sun, that she do--"

"She is a vampire, Genzai-sensei, Kaoru, but Ryu-kun in public."

"Well then, no wonder." The old man walked back down the hall, leaving me to wait.

"Thank you, Shinomori-san," a soft voice said at the hallway. I looked over at her as she came over to me. "I can pay you back later on, not now... just tell me when and thank you again."

With a bow and a small smile, she left. I soon followed.

Why does she try to do this? I look over at Misao as she tries once more to flip... a pancake. The one thing out of several things she likes to eat but can't cook. I sigh, returning to my book.

"Aoshi-sama can you please help me?" Lowering my book, I meet her eyes. Ocean blue-green eyes meeting my ice blue eyes, hers filled with hope.

"I'll show you again," I said with a sigh, putting my back down I got up and went to the frying pan at the stove. Picking up the spatula, I put it in Misao's hand. Wrapping my hand around her's, and showed her how to do it. "Think you have it?"

"Hai!" She tried on her own, with another pancake, and got it right. "Yatta! Thank you Aoshi-sama!"

She gave me a hug--a tight one, but not as much of a bear hug like Okina--before turning back to dinner. Breakfast for dinner was a strange thing, but I was getting used to it.

Going back to my chair, I found Miki sitting quite comfortably on it, reading my book, for it--she--was turning a page. I glared at it, and eyes once more meet mine before turning to the book. This was going to be along night.

Even a minx needs a friend, including Miki, who is a smart friend for Misao "Nothing like a friend forever," my grandmother's words, about her cat. The cat had been with her sense she needed a friend and died with her. Miki, I guess, is Misao's, as Misao seems to be mine. "Friends and family, all you need in life to survive. Friends and family."

End Chapter 8

Chapter 9 and on, third person point of view

Author's Notes: Here is chapter eight, and it seems kind of funny in a way, with Miki-chan bothering Aoshi every second, even reading over his shoulder. And about Aoshi's Grandmother, I had no idea where it really came from, but, it just popped into my mind when I remembered my mom's cats, both grandmother's cats, and my own Ryu-neko, and I think that cats are life time friends and such, so it fits.

Thank you again all my reviewers for reviewing this story, more chapters will come some time soon.

I fixed the mistakes in this one I could find, so help would be wonderful if people could point out mistakes I've made and didn't find so I could fix them. Thank you.