AN: Sorry 'bout the delay, but here is another, SHORT chapter.
CHAPTER 4
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Spike wiped away the single tear that fell from her eye. He brushed back the hair from her face and smoothed her hair. He was quite a taken by the small girl before him. Spike felt a well of protectiveness form from within him. I won't let anyone hurt this chit, he thought to himself. Sighing, her left her and went to his refrigerator in search of blood. He took his meal and plopped down on his chair after turning on his television set.
"Now, lets see what's on the telly..."
He heard the girl whimpering but tried not to notice. Five minutes later, she bolted up and sat there panting. Spike quickly got up and went to her, however he was not at all prepared for her reaction to him. As she tried to scream, he quickly covered her mouth with his hand.
"Shhh! I'm not goin' to bloody hurt you!" Spike said with a soft growl, "now, I'm going to let go of you. Just promise not to scream again."
The girl had fear in her eyes, but nevertheless nodded. Spike held his end of the deal and let go of her. He was startled when he saw her eyes, for they were as blue like a cloudless sky. The girl pulled her knees to her chest and whimpered ever so softly. She looked at Spike with a mixture of gratitude, fear, anger but above all, sadness. Seeing her like that gave Spike a pang in his stomach.
"Like I said, I won't hurt you." he reiterated, "now, how 'bout you tellin' me your name, huh?"
The girl looked at him confused, but after a while she seemed to understand his question. She opened her mouth to speak.
"Us...g...i." was all she could say. The girl quickly placed a hand at her throat, her voice seemed to have been injured. She looked at Spike apologically. He smiled and shook his head in disbelief. Great! I've got a girl here who came out of a portal, and she can't bloody well communicate! He thought bitterly.
"I bet you this is the slayer's fault. Everything is you know."
The small girl smiled, making her eyes shine. Spike's anger and bitterness quickly dissipated once her eyes touched his. Without thinking twice, he found himself sitting next to her. He reached over and pulled her into a loving embrace. He stroked her hair and. took in her sweet scent as he nuzzled his nose in her hair. He pulled back and placed a gentle kiss on her forehead, before standing up.
"You'd better get some rest," he said calmly as he turned around, " who knows what you've been through, most likely hell. So you'd best get some sleep."
He did not turn around as he walked back to the television set. The girl sat there, completely baffled at what had just occurred. Even so, a small smile appeared on her lips as she settled back down for a nap.
AN: As of now, I've officially reached writer's block for this story. It'll probably be a while for another chapter. That is, if I don't get more reviews ^-^
O.O question, should I make Usagi able to speak and understand English?
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