Chapter 5
"Seiji..." Rowen was beginning to get very, very annoyed with his friend... WHO WAS STARTING TO SLEEP THROUGH HIS ALARM CLOCK EVERY DAMN MORNING! "Wake up!" Rowen shouted directly into Sage's ear, startling the blond, and causing him to spring from the bed onto the floor with a clump.
"OW! Dammit Rowen!" Sage cried rubbing his rear. Rowen said nothing, he just struck the button that would turn the alarm off, "Next time if you don't plan on waking up, DON'T set it!"
Sage sat on the floor looking stunned and angry. He shivered lightlyand rubbed his gooseflesh covered arms, "It's cold."
Rowen narrowed his eyes, "I wouldn't be cold if I was still under my blanket." He grumbled some more and crawled back into bed. Sage sighed and gathered himself off the floor. He was so tired and achy. He streched and moaned at the pain it brought him in his shoulders. Maybe a hot shower will help, he thought and headed for the bathroom, careful not to slam the door and risk disturbing the Ro-beast.
"I've been doing some research..." Mia was saying as Sage came down the stairs. Had he taken that long in the shower? Ryo and Cye were already downstairs, "Morning Sage."
Sage nodded to her and sat down at the table to hear the rest of the discussion, "That demon you were fighting, that you defeated, well from what you've told me, and from the research I have done, I have reason to believe that it was no demon."
"What?" Ryo moved forward in his chair to study Mia, "Then what was it? It looked like a demon if I've ever seen one."
Cye agreed. Sage had nothing to say, for he had never seen the demon, he had been at the mall with Sylvia. He blushed and bowed his head realizing how ridiculous his excuse for not aiding in the battle had been. It had been a good excuse at the time, well to him it had been.
"I have good reason to believe it was a familiar," Mia said simply.
"A familiar?" asked Cye, "What is that?"
"A familiar is a witch's pet almost. They take in an animal, or conjure up something from the Earth and it is linked to them. They draw power from them..."
"Well what we fought was no animal..."
"It was a conjured familiar. Sometimes the witch may need something right away and he'll take something small and alter its form," Mia said.
"Mia, that's superstition. Witchcraft? Is that what you're asking us to believe in?" Ryo asked incredulously.
"Well Ryo, I don't see why it should be so hard for you to believe. After all, you are the ones that fights Neather-spirits and call up mythical armor."
Ryo opened his mouth about to comment but stopped himself. He was silent for a moment, "Ok. Ok, so why would this witch set her familiar out on us?"
"I don't know," Mia said with a sigh, "It could be something as simple as territory, or it could be something serious. I'm not familiar with this type of thing, and we can't possible figure out more, until there is another occurrence."
"So we have to wait until we get into another fight before we know what to do?" Cye asked with a wince.
Mia nodded, "I'm at a loss here guys, and I'm sorry. After classes today, I'll see if I can get to the library and do some more research, and maybe get online."
Ryo nodded, "Thank you Mia, we appreciate you."
Mia smiled and blushed slightly as she gazed into Ryo's blue eyes. He never saw her as anything more than an older sister she sighed. But there were sometimes that she wished he would see her as something more. She stood in a fluster and began to gather her papers, "Ok, I've got an early class and I probably won't see you guys again until this evening. Hopefully I'll have something for you then." She turned to leave, then turned back, "Sage, are you alright?"
Sage jumped a bit, had he dozed off? "Huh? Oh, yeah, I'm fine."
"You sure?" Cye asked gazing at him for real for the first time. He looked paler than he had the day before, and he had never had a tan complexion to begin with.
Sage rolled his eyes, "Yes, I'm sure."
Mia frowned at him, Sage was a tricky one to figure out. He was nice yes, but unlike she and the others, she had never been able to connect with him in a special way. He was always so guarded, so cool and collected. Sometimes he could actually make her nervous, the way he knew more about a situation than what he was told. The way he sometimes knew what others were going to say before they said it... the way he could see what others couldn't. He was the bearer of Halo, Warrior of Wisdom, the healer. It was rare for him to be ill. While the others suffered from colds and viruses, Sage always managed to stay immune. But looking at him right then, she wasn't so sure if his immunities were so absolute, maybe Halo could get sick.
"You don't look so good bro," Ryo was saying, "and you're shaking. Maybe you should take the day off and get some more rest."
Cye was nodding, "You look tired. I could make you some soup and then you ca..." Cye broke off as Sage was standing. He ran a hand through his golden locks, "Guys I wanna let you know that I appreciate your concern, but I'm ok. I gotta meet Sylvia before school, so I'll see ya," Sage retreated to the back door.
"Damn," Ryo cursed after him, "I swear that kid."
Cye kinda smiled after him, "I think it's sweet how he's so devoted to Sylvia."
Mia smiled as well, it was sweet, and it also softened her view of Sage. She never disliked him, as she thought before, he was nice, but cool and impersonal. She personally figured the only real connection any of the Ronnins had with him was their armors, but they acted as if the connection was something different. But Sage in love made him different, more like a person, a scatterbrained person, but a person.
"Morning all!" Kento announced as he bounded into the kitchen, "What's for breakfast?"
"Whatever you're making Kento," Cye chuckled leaning back in his chair, "Cook's on strike this morning."
"What?" Kento looked horrified, he turned to Mia, to see her leaving, "Good bye Kento," she giggled.
"NOOOOO!" Kento cried sounding anguished, "What am I to do?!! I have to eat! I'll wither away if I don't!"
"There's a such thing known as cereal Kento," Cye said pouring milk over his own bowl.
"But... but... I can't just have cereal! I have to have waffles and eggs, bacon and sausage!"
"There's the stove, hot shot," Cye said smoothly spooning up his cereal and putting it into his mouth, "Mmmmm..."
"Awww man!" Kento groaned and went into the pantry to extract some cereal. He pulled out three boxes, "This will do for now... I guess I'll just have to get a big lunch."
Rowen came downstairs and sat down just in time to see Kento ripping the tops off of three different boxes of cereal and pouring them all into a large bowl together and adding the last of the milk (which was half a qallon.)
"Ok, so just what is it that I'm supposed to have for breakfast Oh Greedy One," Rowen said flatly eyeing the empty cereal boxes and the empty milk jug.
"Umm..." Kento actually looked guilty about it, he offered Rowen some of his cereal...some of his mixed already moist cereal that he had already taken a bite out of. Rowen made a face, "Ok, toast and coffee it is."
"Well aren't you in a wonderful mood Rowen. Lemme guess, Pretty Boy's alarm clock woke ya up again?" Kento spoke with his mouth full of cereal.
Rowen shot Kento a deathly glare, "I'm turning it off after he goes to sleep tonight. He'll never know." Rowen rubbed his palms together with a devious light in his midnight blue eyes.
"Hey Rowen, do you think something's wrong with Sage?" Cye asked as Rowen popped two pieces of bread in the toaster and poured himself some coffee.
"Do I think something's wrong with... YES! I think he's an insane.."
"No," Cye laughed, "No, I mean seriously."
Rowen sipped his coffee and grimaced, "Mia made this didn't she?"
Ryo nodded with a smirk, there were only two things in the world that could compete with Mia's coffee... tar and mud. Ryo opted for the mud.
"I think he's coming down with something, he admitted he wasn't feeling so hot a day ago," Rowen said with a shrug, "Why, is he giving you a hard time?"
Cye looked at the ceiling Ryo cleared his throat.
Rowen chuckled, "Talk to Sylvia, you get Sylvia to say something to him about it and he'll be in bed sucking lemons."
Kento laughed, "I'd gladly be in bed sucking lemons for her... but she'd have to be in it with me." Kento sat back looking dreamy, a milk moustache looming over his upper lip.
"Kento?"
"Yeah?"
"Give up the dream, that one will never become a reality!" Ryo said, "And the moustahce is not working."
"Hey! She would so give me a chance if Prince Blondie weren't around. And what moustache?"
Cye shrugged, "No moustache. Ryo what are you talking about?"
"The mil... oh, oh," Ryo winked at Cye, and looked back at Kento, "It's right there can't you see it!"
"Ryo, stop teasing him!" Cye said sounding annoyed.
Kento frowned at the both of them and shrugged, he went back to his cereal, making both Ryo and Cye laugh, "What?"
"Nothin.'"
"There go the lovebirds... but look at all the hungry vultures dying to get a taste of what they have," Cye remarked as he and Kento watched Sage and Sylvia walking to class hand in hand, Sage carrying her books and his backpack. There were maybe twelve jealous girls all pretending to be fixing their make up in their locker mirror, but really spying on the two. Their eyes were practically green with envy.
Kento snorted, "God, they act like Sage is the only guy here... like there's no one else for them to look at or talk to. I was thinking about dying my hair blond Cye, and getting grey contacts, and losing my personality for a while."
Cye blinked, "You're being a little harsh Kento."
"Well I don't see what the girls find so interesting about Sage, I mean maybe they like him to look at, but he's not much to hold a conversation with..he's too..."
"Dreamy?"
"Dreamy? Cye?!" Kento looked very worried at that instant and began to move away from his friend.
"Oh goodness no!" Cye exclaimed once he realized why Kento was behaving so strangely, "I mean, Sage may look serious all the time, but he daydreams a lot. It's hard to hold a conversation with him cause he tends to drift."
Kento blinked and moved closer to Cye, "Blondie daydreams? I mean I know he does now with Sylvia... but before?"
Cye nodded with a slight smile, "Never got past the eyes of steel, huh?"
Kento was laughing to himself, "So Blondie's not perfection?"
"No," Cye said with a smile, "I take it you've never stumbled across Romeo's poetry."
"Poetry?" Kento was trying very unsuccessfully to hide his guffaws, "Poetry!"
"It's about dungeons and dragons, princesses and fairies, a lot of magic and renaissance fashioned ideas," Cye said with a shrug, "It's really quite good, and I wish he'd stop hiding it."
"Hiding it? Cye you..?"
"Rowen stole something of mine and I was searching for it... I happened across the journal once or twice..." Cye smiled mischievously.
"Alright, wait til I rub this in," Kento was cheering doing a little dance, "Suddenly going to class doesn't seem half as bad anymore."
Sylvia sat in her Literature class watching Sage sleep with his head down behind his book, Poor thing... She knew it wouldn't be long, and she had a feeling if she had found anyone else they would be bedridden by then... but Sage was strong willed. He was a good choice... she should have been proud knowing she had been able to locate this wonderful target all by herself, and completing a complicated spell, and she was only a novice, a child in the Craft. But she felt guilty and sad.... He was such a beauty for her eyes to behold, and he was so good, filled with so many wonderful dreams. Sylvia had seen them... he had even written her poetry. Beautiful sonnets that made her flush with pleasure. She had never had a boyfriend before, she being the last of her kind next to her mother, there were no boys, and to mix with human blood would be intolerable. She didn't see what would be so intolerable about it, she reached over to gently run her fingers through his hair. She felt the glares and prepared her smile that created, more hatred on her behalf.
"Ahem, Ms. Weald, Mr. Date, am I boring you too much?" The profesor was gazing directly at the couple, and Sylvia felt her blood boiling. Why did humans always feel the need to stare when someone else was being publically humiliated?
"Actually yes," Sylvia spoke up fueled by her anger, and multiplying the number of stares glancing her way, "Why don't we read a different kind of story? I'm sick of the ones where witches are all characterized as evil, ugly, hags. They're women!"
"Ah, so we feel the need to question the curriculum Ms. Weald?"
"Yes, WE do," Sylvia said back, "I refuse to read another horrible story!"
"Hmmn, well Ms. Weald, the only way you will not read another horrible story, as you say, is by getting out of this class. You can start that today, good bye Ms. Weald... oh and on your way out, wake up Mr. Date."
Sylvia fumed silently, as her rage boiled the a classroom window flew open bringing in a breeze that blew all of the professor's papers from his desk in a small cyclone. Some of the students gasped and others giggled, stifling it when the professor glared their way. Sage woke with a start, "What the...?" His grey eyes took in the chaos at the front of the room, then his eyes trekked to Sylvia who was gathering her things and straightening her skirt, "Where are you going?"
"Home, I've been given the period off," Sylvia said in a haughty manner, she saw the smiles of satisfaction as she was about to leave her boyfriend alone... with the hungry pack.... To smear their smiles Sylvia grabbed Sage by the collar, he looked as shocked as anyone else, his eyes flying open wide and pupils dilating. She pulled his face to her and she kissed him as passionately and deeply as she could, feeling absolute delightment when he responded so quickly, in class, in front of everyone! The gasps were incredible, there were some hoots and hollers from the boys in the room, "Go Sage!"
Sylvia felt herself being pulled away from Sage's soft lips roughly and she looked into the angry eyes of her teacher, "Young lady, you've just gotten yourself in deep trouble, get your things, and go to the office," he growled. Sylvia simply snorted and flipped her silvery hair over her shoulder, she had chosen to wear it down that day so it brushed just below her breast. She gathered her books and stalked out of the classroom with no intention what-so-ever of going to the office.
"Young man," Sage bowed his head, but couldn't help smiling, whoah... he'd never been kissed like that before.. And by Sylvia of all girls. He was wide awake now, he had been so tired earlier, now he felt he could run laps. "I disapprove of your behavior greatly, but since you've been a good student this year, I will let you slide. Just stay awake in my class!"
Sage nodded, "Yes sir," he must have said it a little too cheerfully and the smile on his face must have been too big, cause his teacher glared at him. The girls looked on with poison in their eyes. They now hated Sylvia Weald and they would see to her downfall.
"Are we gonna walk or take the bus?" Ryo was asking his three friends, Cye, Rowen, and Kento after school
"You could ride and I could drive," suggested Sage's soft voice, he walked, or rather floated, over to his friends.
"Sage? You mean you're not with Sylvia this afternoon?" Rowen demanded.
"What happened, did you two fight?" Kento asked looking excited, maybe he would have his chance.
Sage shook his head, his goofy grin widening and he laughed, "No, not at all..." He glided past them pulling out his car keys and swinging them around his ring finger, he hummed to himself.
Ryo, Cye, Kento, and Rowen gapped at him, "What the...?"
They followed him to his car and waited for him to unlock the doors, "Sage, you're scaring us, what happened?"
Sage simply smiled and started the car, "Sage!!"
"She kissed me."
"Sylvia? So, she kisses you all the time..."
"No, she KISSED me! Right in the middle of class she just grabbed my shirt and tried to eat me alive... I would have gladly given her the salt and pepper," he leaned back in the driver's seat in a state of euphoria. He sighed, "Then Professor Huynh broke it up...the jerk."
Ryo blinked at Sage calling a teacher out of name, "You think he's jerk cause he interrupted your smootch fest during the middle of his class?"
"Yeah.." Sage said dreamily, he sat up and gave the car a little gas, then put it in drive.
"Hey Romeo, are you gonna be able to drive with your head in the middle of Cloud 9, I don't wanna end up in no tree," Rowen said from the passenger seat gazing at his lovestruck friend, "I can drive," Sage said with a chuckle.
"Lets just hope he can," Kento muttered.
"I said I can drive," Sage repeated a little more loudly, overhearing Kento's comment.
"Damn."
"Seiji..." Rowen was beginning to get very, very annoyed with his friend... WHO WAS STARTING TO SLEEP THROUGH HIS ALARM CLOCK EVERY DAMN MORNING! "Wake up!" Rowen shouted directly into Sage's ear, startling the blond, and causing him to spring from the bed onto the floor with a clump.
"OW! Dammit Rowen!" Sage cried rubbing his rear. Rowen said nothing, he just struck the button that would turn the alarm off, "Next time if you don't plan on waking up, DON'T set it!"
Sage sat on the floor looking stunned and angry. He shivered lightlyand rubbed his gooseflesh covered arms, "It's cold."
Rowen narrowed his eyes, "I wouldn't be cold if I was still under my blanket." He grumbled some more and crawled back into bed. Sage sighed and gathered himself off the floor. He was so tired and achy. He streched and moaned at the pain it brought him in his shoulders. Maybe a hot shower will help, he thought and headed for the bathroom, careful not to slam the door and risk disturbing the Ro-beast.
"I've been doing some research..." Mia was saying as Sage came down the stairs. Had he taken that long in the shower? Ryo and Cye were already downstairs, "Morning Sage."
Sage nodded to her and sat down at the table to hear the rest of the discussion, "That demon you were fighting, that you defeated, well from what you've told me, and from the research I have done, I have reason to believe that it was no demon."
"What?" Ryo moved forward in his chair to study Mia, "Then what was it? It looked like a demon if I've ever seen one."
Cye agreed. Sage had nothing to say, for he had never seen the demon, he had been at the mall with Sylvia. He blushed and bowed his head realizing how ridiculous his excuse for not aiding in the battle had been. It had been a good excuse at the time, well to him it had been.
"I have good reason to believe it was a familiar," Mia said simply.
"A familiar?" asked Cye, "What is that?"
"A familiar is a witch's pet almost. They take in an animal, or conjure up something from the Earth and it is linked to them. They draw power from them..."
"Well what we fought was no animal..."
"It was a conjured familiar. Sometimes the witch may need something right away and he'll take something small and alter its form," Mia said.
"Mia, that's superstition. Witchcraft? Is that what you're asking us to believe in?" Ryo asked incredulously.
"Well Ryo, I don't see why it should be so hard for you to believe. After all, you are the ones that fights Neather-spirits and call up mythical armor."
Ryo opened his mouth about to comment but stopped himself. He was silent for a moment, "Ok. Ok, so why would this witch set her familiar out on us?"
"I don't know," Mia said with a sigh, "It could be something as simple as territory, or it could be something serious. I'm not familiar with this type of thing, and we can't possible figure out more, until there is another occurrence."
"So we have to wait until we get into another fight before we know what to do?" Cye asked with a wince.
Mia nodded, "I'm at a loss here guys, and I'm sorry. After classes today, I'll see if I can get to the library and do some more research, and maybe get online."
Ryo nodded, "Thank you Mia, we appreciate you."
Mia smiled and blushed slightly as she gazed into Ryo's blue eyes. He never saw her as anything more than an older sister she sighed. But there were sometimes that she wished he would see her as something more. She stood in a fluster and began to gather her papers, "Ok, I've got an early class and I probably won't see you guys again until this evening. Hopefully I'll have something for you then." She turned to leave, then turned back, "Sage, are you alright?"
Sage jumped a bit, had he dozed off? "Huh? Oh, yeah, I'm fine."
"You sure?" Cye asked gazing at him for real for the first time. He looked paler than he had the day before, and he had never had a tan complexion to begin with.
Sage rolled his eyes, "Yes, I'm sure."
Mia frowned at him, Sage was a tricky one to figure out. He was nice yes, but unlike she and the others, she had never been able to connect with him in a special way. He was always so guarded, so cool and collected. Sometimes he could actually make her nervous, the way he knew more about a situation than what he was told. The way he sometimes knew what others were going to say before they said it... the way he could see what others couldn't. He was the bearer of Halo, Warrior of Wisdom, the healer. It was rare for him to be ill. While the others suffered from colds and viruses, Sage always managed to stay immune. But looking at him right then, she wasn't so sure if his immunities were so absolute, maybe Halo could get sick.
"You don't look so good bro," Ryo was saying, "and you're shaking. Maybe you should take the day off and get some more rest."
Cye was nodding, "You look tired. I could make you some soup and then you ca..." Cye broke off as Sage was standing. He ran a hand through his golden locks, "Guys I wanna let you know that I appreciate your concern, but I'm ok. I gotta meet Sylvia before school, so I'll see ya," Sage retreated to the back door.
"Damn," Ryo cursed after him, "I swear that kid."
Cye kinda smiled after him, "I think it's sweet how he's so devoted to Sylvia."
Mia smiled as well, it was sweet, and it also softened her view of Sage. She never disliked him, as she thought before, he was nice, but cool and impersonal. She personally figured the only real connection any of the Ronnins had with him was their armors, but they acted as if the connection was something different. But Sage in love made him different, more like a person, a scatterbrained person, but a person.
"Morning all!" Kento announced as he bounded into the kitchen, "What's for breakfast?"
"Whatever you're making Kento," Cye chuckled leaning back in his chair, "Cook's on strike this morning."
"What?" Kento looked horrified, he turned to Mia, to see her leaving, "Good bye Kento," she giggled.
"NOOOOO!" Kento cried sounding anguished, "What am I to do?!! I have to eat! I'll wither away if I don't!"
"There's a such thing known as cereal Kento," Cye said pouring milk over his own bowl.
"But... but... I can't just have cereal! I have to have waffles and eggs, bacon and sausage!"
"There's the stove, hot shot," Cye said smoothly spooning up his cereal and putting it into his mouth, "Mmmmm..."
"Awww man!" Kento groaned and went into the pantry to extract some cereal. He pulled out three boxes, "This will do for now... I guess I'll just have to get a big lunch."
Rowen came downstairs and sat down just in time to see Kento ripping the tops off of three different boxes of cereal and pouring them all into a large bowl together and adding the last of the milk (which was half a qallon.)
"Ok, so just what is it that I'm supposed to have for breakfast Oh Greedy One," Rowen said flatly eyeing the empty cereal boxes and the empty milk jug.
"Umm..." Kento actually looked guilty about it, he offered Rowen some of his cereal...some of his mixed already moist cereal that he had already taken a bite out of. Rowen made a face, "Ok, toast and coffee it is."
"Well aren't you in a wonderful mood Rowen. Lemme guess, Pretty Boy's alarm clock woke ya up again?" Kento spoke with his mouth full of cereal.
Rowen shot Kento a deathly glare, "I'm turning it off after he goes to sleep tonight. He'll never know." Rowen rubbed his palms together with a devious light in his midnight blue eyes.
"Hey Rowen, do you think something's wrong with Sage?" Cye asked as Rowen popped two pieces of bread in the toaster and poured himself some coffee.
"Do I think something's wrong with... YES! I think he's an insane.."
"No," Cye laughed, "No, I mean seriously."
Rowen sipped his coffee and grimaced, "Mia made this didn't she?"
Ryo nodded with a smirk, there were only two things in the world that could compete with Mia's coffee... tar and mud. Ryo opted for the mud.
"I think he's coming down with something, he admitted he wasn't feeling so hot a day ago," Rowen said with a shrug, "Why, is he giving you a hard time?"
Cye looked at the ceiling Ryo cleared his throat.
Rowen chuckled, "Talk to Sylvia, you get Sylvia to say something to him about it and he'll be in bed sucking lemons."
Kento laughed, "I'd gladly be in bed sucking lemons for her... but she'd have to be in it with me." Kento sat back looking dreamy, a milk moustache looming over his upper lip.
"Kento?"
"Yeah?"
"Give up the dream, that one will never become a reality!" Ryo said, "And the moustahce is not working."
"Hey! She would so give me a chance if Prince Blondie weren't around. And what moustache?"
Cye shrugged, "No moustache. Ryo what are you talking about?"
"The mil... oh, oh," Ryo winked at Cye, and looked back at Kento, "It's right there can't you see it!"
"Ryo, stop teasing him!" Cye said sounding annoyed.
Kento frowned at the both of them and shrugged, he went back to his cereal, making both Ryo and Cye laugh, "What?"
"Nothin.'"
"There go the lovebirds... but look at all the hungry vultures dying to get a taste of what they have," Cye remarked as he and Kento watched Sage and Sylvia walking to class hand in hand, Sage carrying her books and his backpack. There were maybe twelve jealous girls all pretending to be fixing their make up in their locker mirror, but really spying on the two. Their eyes were practically green with envy.
Kento snorted, "God, they act like Sage is the only guy here... like there's no one else for them to look at or talk to. I was thinking about dying my hair blond Cye, and getting grey contacts, and losing my personality for a while."
Cye blinked, "You're being a little harsh Kento."
"Well I don't see what the girls find so interesting about Sage, I mean maybe they like him to look at, but he's not much to hold a conversation with..he's too..."
"Dreamy?"
"Dreamy? Cye?!" Kento looked very worried at that instant and began to move away from his friend.
"Oh goodness no!" Cye exclaimed once he realized why Kento was behaving so strangely, "I mean, Sage may look serious all the time, but he daydreams a lot. It's hard to hold a conversation with him cause he tends to drift."
Kento blinked and moved closer to Cye, "Blondie daydreams? I mean I know he does now with Sylvia... but before?"
Cye nodded with a slight smile, "Never got past the eyes of steel, huh?"
Kento was laughing to himself, "So Blondie's not perfection?"
"No," Cye said with a smile, "I take it you've never stumbled across Romeo's poetry."
"Poetry?" Kento was trying very unsuccessfully to hide his guffaws, "Poetry!"
"It's about dungeons and dragons, princesses and fairies, a lot of magic and renaissance fashioned ideas," Cye said with a shrug, "It's really quite good, and I wish he'd stop hiding it."
"Hiding it? Cye you..?"
"Rowen stole something of mine and I was searching for it... I happened across the journal once or twice..." Cye smiled mischievously.
"Alright, wait til I rub this in," Kento was cheering doing a little dance, "Suddenly going to class doesn't seem half as bad anymore."
Sylvia sat in her Literature class watching Sage sleep with his head down behind his book, Poor thing... She knew it wouldn't be long, and she had a feeling if she had found anyone else they would be bedridden by then... but Sage was strong willed. He was a good choice... she should have been proud knowing she had been able to locate this wonderful target all by herself, and completing a complicated spell, and she was only a novice, a child in the Craft. But she felt guilty and sad.... He was such a beauty for her eyes to behold, and he was so good, filled with so many wonderful dreams. Sylvia had seen them... he had even written her poetry. Beautiful sonnets that made her flush with pleasure. She had never had a boyfriend before, she being the last of her kind next to her mother, there were no boys, and to mix with human blood would be intolerable. She didn't see what would be so intolerable about it, she reached over to gently run her fingers through his hair. She felt the glares and prepared her smile that created, more hatred on her behalf.
"Ahem, Ms. Weald, Mr. Date, am I boring you too much?" The profesor was gazing directly at the couple, and Sylvia felt her blood boiling. Why did humans always feel the need to stare when someone else was being publically humiliated?
"Actually yes," Sylvia spoke up fueled by her anger, and multiplying the number of stares glancing her way, "Why don't we read a different kind of story? I'm sick of the ones where witches are all characterized as evil, ugly, hags. They're women!"
"Ah, so we feel the need to question the curriculum Ms. Weald?"
"Yes, WE do," Sylvia said back, "I refuse to read another horrible story!"
"Hmmn, well Ms. Weald, the only way you will not read another horrible story, as you say, is by getting out of this class. You can start that today, good bye Ms. Weald... oh and on your way out, wake up Mr. Date."
Sylvia fumed silently, as her rage boiled the a classroom window flew open bringing in a breeze that blew all of the professor's papers from his desk in a small cyclone. Some of the students gasped and others giggled, stifling it when the professor glared their way. Sage woke with a start, "What the...?" His grey eyes took in the chaos at the front of the room, then his eyes trekked to Sylvia who was gathering her things and straightening her skirt, "Where are you going?"
"Home, I've been given the period off," Sylvia said in a haughty manner, she saw the smiles of satisfaction as she was about to leave her boyfriend alone... with the hungry pack.... To smear their smiles Sylvia grabbed Sage by the collar, he looked as shocked as anyone else, his eyes flying open wide and pupils dilating. She pulled his face to her and she kissed him as passionately and deeply as she could, feeling absolute delightment when he responded so quickly, in class, in front of everyone! The gasps were incredible, there were some hoots and hollers from the boys in the room, "Go Sage!"
Sylvia felt herself being pulled away from Sage's soft lips roughly and she looked into the angry eyes of her teacher, "Young lady, you've just gotten yourself in deep trouble, get your things, and go to the office," he growled. Sylvia simply snorted and flipped her silvery hair over her shoulder, she had chosen to wear it down that day so it brushed just below her breast. She gathered her books and stalked out of the classroom with no intention what-so-ever of going to the office.
"Young man," Sage bowed his head, but couldn't help smiling, whoah... he'd never been kissed like that before.. And by Sylvia of all girls. He was wide awake now, he had been so tired earlier, now he felt he could run laps. "I disapprove of your behavior greatly, but since you've been a good student this year, I will let you slide. Just stay awake in my class!"
Sage nodded, "Yes sir," he must have said it a little too cheerfully and the smile on his face must have been too big, cause his teacher glared at him. The girls looked on with poison in their eyes. They now hated Sylvia Weald and they would see to her downfall.
"Are we gonna walk or take the bus?" Ryo was asking his three friends, Cye, Rowen, and Kento after school
"You could ride and I could drive," suggested Sage's soft voice, he walked, or rather floated, over to his friends.
"Sage? You mean you're not with Sylvia this afternoon?" Rowen demanded.
"What happened, did you two fight?" Kento asked looking excited, maybe he would have his chance.
Sage shook his head, his goofy grin widening and he laughed, "No, not at all..." He glided past them pulling out his car keys and swinging them around his ring finger, he hummed to himself.
Ryo, Cye, Kento, and Rowen gapped at him, "What the...?"
They followed him to his car and waited for him to unlock the doors, "Sage, you're scaring us, what happened?"
Sage simply smiled and started the car, "Sage!!"
"She kissed me."
"Sylvia? So, she kisses you all the time..."
"No, she KISSED me! Right in the middle of class she just grabbed my shirt and tried to eat me alive... I would have gladly given her the salt and pepper," he leaned back in the driver's seat in a state of euphoria. He sighed, "Then Professor Huynh broke it up...the jerk."
Ryo blinked at Sage calling a teacher out of name, "You think he's jerk cause he interrupted your smootch fest during the middle of his class?"
"Yeah.." Sage said dreamily, he sat up and gave the car a little gas, then put it in drive.
"Hey Romeo, are you gonna be able to drive with your head in the middle of Cloud 9, I don't wanna end up in no tree," Rowen said from the passenger seat gazing at his lovestruck friend, "I can drive," Sage said with a chuckle.
"Lets just hope he can," Kento muttered.
"I said I can drive," Sage repeated a little more loudly, overhearing Kento's comment.
"Damn."
