.·¤**¤·..·¤**¤·.
.·¤**¤·.Silver Belle.·¤**¤·.
¤ By: Telpelindewen ¤
¤ Chapter One ¤
"Well, well. And aren't we looking fine today."
Ryoko rolled her eyes annoyingly and stood up from where she dropped her papers.
"Hold your tongue pig." Ryoko walked towards the water. When Sugishita saw where she was heading he hurried to it first and then sat there for long minutes gulping up unwanted water just to annoy her. She turned away and started walking into the office.
"Hey listen Ryoko I'm really sorry if I've annoyed you, here let me carry those for you." She was surprised at his out folded arms awaiting her heavy stack of papers. She nodded and put them in his hands just as he moved them so that the papers would crumble to the ground.
She looked miserably to the ground as he laughed his ass off and leaned against the wall.
"Hm… such a gentleman." Someone bent down and started to help her pick up the spilled papers. Sugishita looked embarrassed and blushed at the other man's comment.
Ryoko looked u at the man who was helping her. He was handsome and tall. He was a brown haired green eyed man. She was embarrassed to find herself staring and he smiled.
"You must be Ryoko." He said and held out a strong hand.
"I am… but you are?" She asked holding the papers in one hand.
"Eros." He took her hand and they kind of just stared at each other. Sugishita was watching this whole display and becoming rather jealous. He always teased Ryoko about how she looked or how she acted but he never told her how he really felt.
He butted in, "And I'm Sugishita!" He said breaking their contact to shake the other man's hand.
The other man muttered, "Pleasure I'm sure." They all started to walk to the office when Koume came out running with Yaegashi and Sakura watching as she jumped into Aero's arms.
"Eros! How are you. What are you doing here?"
Ryoko heard Sakura whispering to Yaegashi about what a dish Aero was. She frowned thinking that Sakura would always get her way with every man.
The man hugged Koume in return and told her how he had moved back to Japan. They walked back into the office with everyone else following them. Momiji and Kusanagi were gone for the day. They had decided to go for a picnic. When Ryoko thought about Kusanagi going on a picnic she had to laugh to herself.
Her thoughts we interrupted by Sakura who faked a fall and fell into Aero's catching arms. They all rolled their eyes at her attempt to have Aero touch her. She wasn't in her uniform but in some new stylish dress that was recently bought.
"Oh these damn shoes." But he only smiled back.
"Eros meet Sakura the air head." Koume said and then turned around and started to walk by the desks to where Yaegashi stood by the window holding a cup of tea in his hands. Koume walked over to him while Aero and Sakura followed.
"And this handsome fellow, is my boyfriend Yaegashi." Everyone but Ryoko gasped for this was news to them as well. Koume kissed him on the cheek to prove her jest and Yaegashi blushed shaking the other man's hands.
"Well hello Eros." Daitetsu said entering the room.
Koume smiled and Sakura was shocked, "What the heck is going on here? How do you all know each other?" Daitetsu smiled.
Koume answered while she motioned for them all to sit down. "Why he's Eros."
Sakura rolled her eyes, "No shit."
"Sakura really. I think you had a deprived childhood. You know Eros?!" She said annoyingly. Eros grinned. Everyone else had stopped to listen as well.
Sakura looked blankly at Koume.
"Cupid! You idiot. Eros is cupid." She said and sat down. Eros smiled and nodded his head as she laughed.
"That's funny. No who are you really?" Sakura looked at him and she realized when he smiled that he wasn't kidding at all. "Wow."
"Well if you're cupid," Sakura said smartly as everyone went back to work (Koume sat with Eros and Daitetsu, Yaegashi with his tea leaned against the window and watching, Ryoko filing papers, and Sakura… yelling. Matsudaira was on a short trip to the beach with her son.) "Well then… where's your bow?"
"Bow?" He asked.
"Yeah you know… your bow and arrows? To make people fall in love!" She said romantically.
"The bow and arrow are in the heaven hall of fame. It's kind of outdated. We use modern things now." He said smiling.
Sakura sat down beside him, "Modern stuff huh? How bout working some of that modern stuff for me?"
Now it was Koume's turn to sigh. "Sakura… grow up. SO… what in the world are you doing down here?" She asked giving him tea as well.
"Well… I was allowed to come down for a break. So I've come to tell you that I've arranged a ball for Tokyo!" He said to them all.
"A ball? For couples?" Daitetsu asked.
"No for everyone. But actually you have to have invitations to get in… and well okay I'm doing this so that a lot of the people around here are all in one place so I can work my magic." He clapped his hands together.
"Oh I see. This will help you, more people in less time." Koume winked.
"Exactly and I have…exactly um… well seven invitations for you and your friends." He held them up and Sakura grabbed them just as Sugishita got extremely interested in them.
"Only seven?" Sakura asked, "So who gets them? Well lets see… Momiji, Kusanagi, me of course, Koume, and Yaegashi. Also Ryoko and Sugishita. But then what about Matsudaira and Daitetsu?"
"None for me thanks. I've had all the dancing I could ever do." Daitetsu laughed at himself.
"Okay…" She started but was interrupted.
"And your lab science lady is going to be away that day with her son." Eros said to her.
"How would you know?" Ryoko asked.
"Well duh, he's cupid. There's a reason that he gave us seven tickets and I'm wondering what he's got up his sleeve." Koume said eyeing the smiling and innocent man.
"Hmm… good point. Okay well here you all go." Sakura handed them out and she had one left to give to Sugishita and she walked over to him.
But he didn't take it, "Hello! Take it." Sakura waved it around.
"No thanks." He said and looked at the floor.
"In that case I'm definitely going!" Ryoko chirped.
But she noticed the look on his face as he glared at the floor and didn't join in with the others in their laughter.
.·¤**¤·..·¤**¤·..·¤**¤·..·¤**¤·..·¤**¤·..·¤**¤·.
Kusanagi and Momiji had decided to celebrate Momiji's moving in with a picnic. They went to the park but people buzzed around nosily and they moved on trying to find a spot. So they went to the beach. It was nearing winter soon enough and since it was getting chilly they didn't see anyone else on the beach.
Kusanagi was the one to have packed their lunch and spread the blanket as Momiji parked the car. He figured that fruit, sandwiches, chips, and pop would hold them over until dessert.
It was close to four and only two hours till the sun set. He was looking forward to their time alone. They decided not to unpack Momiji's things because they were going to be looking for a bigger apartment closer to the beach in Tokyo soon after she moved in.
It was a bit chilly as the breeze blew Momiji's skirt in the wind. She walked towards him and he looked over as he was laying on his side on the ground (well on the blanket). When she got there she placed her shoes on the sand and sat down next to Kusanagi who wasn't wearing his coat but using it as a prop for his head. She opened the basket and brought out two cans of drink and the sandwiches and chips. They talked of different things. Like where to find an apartment, and everything.
Kusanagi watched as she fished out the fruit. There were grapes and strawberries. He sighed and leaned up on his elbows. Momiji held out a grape for him to take… but he surprised her and grabbed it with his teeth nibbling softly on her fingers. Kusanagi had brought his camera in the basket as well. He had a ton of her, but he wanted some of them together. He looked around and saw few other people that weren't too close but in shouting distance. Momiji motioned for him to open his mouth for more tasty treats.
He fed her a strawberry and watched as a drip of the juice slide over her bottom lip and onto her chin. He laughed and leaned forward cleaning it off with his kiss. Momiji leaned towards him and placed her hand on his warm shirt that covered his broad chest. She lifted her neck to be kissed by his wandering lips. She smiled and moved closer to him. He leaned now only on one elbow and wrapped his other arm around her neck pulling her down half on top of him.
He stopped and she looked down at him confused. "Now princess we should know better then to get carried away in public." He opened his eyes, catching his breath and looked up at her. She was beautiful. Her lips were still swollen, just as his were. She had a twinkle in her eye. He reached over into the basket telling her not to move. She looked like she had just the most romantic moment in her life. She looked up at Kusanagi who held his camera in his strong hands snapping numerous amounts of photos.
"Kusanagi!" She blushed, "Don't you have enough of me?"
"I will never have enough of you." He said and came back down.
She placed her hand on his cheek, "Well I want just as much of you." She kissed him and was placed underneath him this time. Two pairs of couples passed by noticing the couple on the blanket… well making out. They whistled but Momiji and Kusanagi paid no attention. Momiji heard someone shouting in the distance and she opened her eyes.
Kusanagi was attacking her neck and near her collar bone. He was scraping his teeth against her skin causing her to catch her breath. She saw in the distance a couple pointing in the ocean some way out. They were laughing with amazement.
She looked over to see what they were pointing at. She laughed and then gasped when Kusanagi took a love bite on the side of her t-shirt where you could see the prominent poke of her breast.
"Kusanagi look!" She gasped at him.
"Hmm…" He was too fascinated with a mole that sat over her left breast.
"Kusanagi!" She tried to grab his hair but he just took it as pleasure and she laughed. Finally she bit him hard on his ear to get his attention.
"Owe… shit. Momiji I like to play rough and all but owe!" He said looking up and she laughed.
"You idiot, I've been trying to get your attention." She was breathing rather harshly and leaned her forehead against his.
"Oh. I'm sorry if I went too fast for you." He said looking into her eyes and she shook her head.
"No not that… look Kusanagi… whales." She said pointing to the water.
There were about seven other people looking on at the humpback whales passing by close in the water. Kusanagi sweat dropped. "Oh." He laughed at himself.
"Common Kusi. Lets go look." He got up with her and grabbed his camera again. He took many photos of her with the whales in the back round. And then someone offered to take both their pictures. The man took four. Two of them with the whales and then Momiji kissed him on the cheek and he snapped that… and then Kusanagi without realizing that the man was still shooting turned towards her with love in his eyes. The sun was setting finally and the whales we passing by when Kusanagi gave Momiji a look of love and then a deep kiss. This upped the man's shots to five.
They thanked the man and held hands as the whales swam off. There were about five of them. All the people waved goodbye to Kusanagi and Momiji when they left, leaving the couple at the waters edge. Kusanagi told Momiji to go feel the water and he took more shots of her playing in the water, and then one of the water dripping off her face. He got one of her looking evil at him and then running after him to pull him down in the water. He ran back to the blanket and placed the camera down then ran again as she came close.
.·¤**¤·..·¤**¤·..·¤**¤·..·¤**¤·..·¤**¤·..·¤**¤·.
"You sure you want to go by yourself?" Koume asked Ryoko. She had volunteered to go to Kusanagi's apartment to give them the invitations to the ball that Eros arranged.
"Oh yeah, it's not a problem. Bye!" She waved to Koume who ran off to
where Yaegashi stood waiting. Eros had left promising to see them again soon, and Daitetsu went home early. Sakura had gone in the company car leaving Ryoko stranded without transportation.
"Shit." She whispered with her purse and shoes. She couldn't exactly walk twelve blocks in heeled shoes. But she started anyway.
She was only two blocks from the team building when her shoes started to hurt. She sighed and slipped them off. It was dark and the only lights were the street lamps. She was a tiny bit afraid and heard an engine coming up fast from behind her. She turned to see a blue motorcycle with a woman's shadow painted on it with the name Belle in script writing. She rolled her eyes thinking it was another biker when it pulled up next to her. She peered into the lens that was as dark as night. She stopped and he shouted in a muffled voice, "Need a ride somewhere?"
She looked at him wondering if he would actually give her a ride or something else. She was about to say no, "I promise on my bike that I won't touch you." He said and she nodded.
She really didn't have any other choice and walked towards him. He was in jeans, and a leather jacket with the same symbol of a woman on his jacket. He handed her a helmet that had a script B in bold on the front. It all matched the motorcycle. She grinned to herself and put the helmet on. She saw him scoot forwards and she noticed that he couldn't be a biker. His voice had been youthful and strong, and he was lean but muscular. But he was all together hidden with his helmet, jacket, jeans, and gloves. She frowned wanting to know more about the stranger and she slide behind him.
"Where ya off to?" He asked loud over the engine.
"Well the Petal Apartment Complex please." He kicked up the stand and she reached around the seat for somewhere to hang out but there was no handles and so she sighed and wrapped her arms around his middle and placed her head on the back of his back.
It was dark out and she had been wearing her thick poncho for it was supposed to rain after sunset. She had on her hat as well before the helmet. They didn't talk at all. He drove carefully though the empty street and into the apartment complex where Kusanagi and Momiji stayed. He pulled up and instead of removing the helmet she lifted up the visor as the rain started to pelt down.
"Well here I leave you stranger." He said to her.
"Um…well this isn't where I live. I had to drop something off first."
"Oh."
"I'm sorry. I'm sure my friends would be willing to drive me home if you want to leave now." She started to take off her helmet.
"No way and miss the chance of another ride with a pretty lady? I'll wait for you here." He nodded to her and then finally he shut off the engine.
She walked towards their apartment and knocked three times. Kusanagi came to the door without his shirt on. He could hear Momiji asking who it was. She blushed when she saw that he was half naked. His eyes opened in surprise at Ryoko's appearance.
"Ryoko? What's up?" He asked and Momiji joined him.
"Hey Momiji. Well it's a long story but here." She handed the cards to them.
"Hey what's this? Kusanagi look! A ball!" He looked over her shoulder and read the information.
"What's this?" He looked at Ryoko and the helmet in her hand.
"Well… when you come in tomorrow I'll explain it then… but I have to go. My ride is waiting." She pointed to the man on the soundless motorcycle.
"Who's he?" Kusanagi asked and Momiji's eyes opened wide when she saw the man.
"I dunno some guy that offered me a ride since that obnoxious Sakura had to take the team car. Well I have to go toodles!" She ran back down the stairs and hopped back on the bike with the man.
"Hm… I wonder who that is." He wondered and Momiji was laughing. "Well my little maple leaf what had tickled your tummy?" He asked her.
"Do you think that she had any idea who that man was?!" She laughed.
"No why."
"It would boggle you if you knew!"
.·¤**¤·..·¤**¤·..·¤**¤·..·¤**¤·..·¤**¤·..·¤**¤·.
The man drove Ryoko to her home. She got off and wisped off her helmet. It was pouring now and the man seeming to be surprised and sat up straight. He shut off the engine. Ryoko wanted to badly see the stranger's face and thank him dearly.
"Will I ever see you again silver rider?" She asked with the helmet in her hands.
"Possibly." He said in a deeper gruff voice.
She leaned over and lifted his visor so that she could see his eyes. He had gorgeous green eyes but she couldn't see the color of his skin or hair but his eyes were enough. She closed her eyes and placed a slight kiss on his nose inside the helmet. He nodded to her when she was up the steps and he hadn't left yet.
She ran back down to him. "Will you please take off your helmet and tell me your name?"
He reached out and placed his gloved hand on her cheek and shook his head. As he started up the engine he shouted to her. "For now it must be a secret." He said and rode off with the wind. She looked after him in the rain and saw the last flash of the shadow of the woman on the frame and the script writing.
"Oh man you have just won my heart." She sighed and walked back towards her apartment.
.·¤**¤·..·¤**¤·..·¤**¤·..·¤**¤·..·¤**¤·..·¤**¤·..·¤**¤·..·¤**¤·..·¤**¤·..·¤**¤·..·¤**¤·..·¤**¤·.
DISCLAIMER
All the characters appearing in Blue Seed are copyright of someone else. No infringement of these copyrights is intended, and is not authorized by the copyright holder. All original characters in The Silver Shine Series - Blue Seed are the creations and the property of Telpelindewen. Even if they are out of character.
BLAH!!!!