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Untitled (AND STILL LOOKING FOR SUGGESTIONS!) By: Mint Maxwell
Mint: hi everyone! As you can see * looks above at title line * this story still needs a title! I did get one good suggestion, but I was kind of wanting a few to pick from, but just like wanting to own gundam wing, I guess I don't always get every thing that I want ( * goes off into the bg to cry *
Chapter 4
Later that night, everyone gathered around the large oak table in the center of the mansion's downstairs library. The room wasn't totally dark, but everyone was still starting to get a little uncomfortable with the atmosphere portrayed. Kitty had taken the liberty of adding a few of her own impish touches to the room. Blood colored lace had been carefully placed on the table and many candles in fancy holders gently illuminated the room. Even though they had all tried their best to avoid her (well, everyone except Quatre, of course!) during the day, none of them had guessed that she would have chosen such dark décor for the room. But then again, this was a séance, and anything like this could easily be expected.
After a few minutes of sitting uneasily at the table, they all began to wonder exactly where the star of the evening's activities was. In a moment, she entered the room holding two more strange looking candles and wearing equally strange looking attire that Duo easily recognized as the robes of a spirit priestess. She took her place at the head of the table and set the candles down in their respective locations on the blood lace. Heero was sitting on her left and Duo on her right. Now that she put them down, Heero could easily see the candles. They were shaped like black dragons, and their eyes were made of what looked to be rubies. But how could they really be rubies? What about when the wax melted over them? Of course, it didn't look like these candles had ever been used before, but they were still burning now.
"Shall we begin?" kitty asked calmly. Funny that she should be so calm when the room's other occupants, with the exception of Duo, all looked as if they were about to wet their pants. Duo turned to Kitty. "Actually, I was thinking that we might want to explain this to the others first." She smiled. "Sure. I am a spirit priestess. And despite the dark look, we are actually closer to white mages than anything. We specialize in the healing arts and all other types of white magic. The only difference is, we also have the unique ability to converse with the spirits." She looked around the room as if she expected applause, a comment, or at least an interested expression, but since all she was greeted with was worry and confusion, she decided to just continue without any further interruptions.
"So! I guess we should start now! Sca-! Wait! Where's Scarla?!" everyone looks around in confusion, Quatre almost in panic, the sudden excitement setting off his nerves. "OK! We can't start without Scarla! Now where is she?!" Scarla comes into the room as if on cue, looking as unconcerned as ever. "What? I said I'd be here in a few minutes, and here I am." She makes no hurry to take her seat at the opposite end of the table from Kitty. Kitty sends her a glare that could rival Heero's. "Yes. Now, we should start. Might as well, Scarla's not getting any younger!" She stared down the length of the table at Scarla who just sat there, arms crossed, head down, eyes closed. "Ha. Ha. Ha. And I'll have you know, I am not old." The feline priestess got a very un priestess-like grin as she spat her next venomous words. "No. Because you don't have the wisdom that goes with it." Scarla stood up quickly. "Listen, cat girl! You want me in here for your little spirit ritual, then you will not talk to me that way. May I remind you that talking to me in such a manner can hold some very unpleasant consequences! So I would suggest that you stop being a pain in the ass and keep your mouth shut!"
Kitty stared at Scarla the way a cat stares at a very large piece of meat. This startled the boys just a little bit, but they didn't start to really become alarmed at the situation until Kitty began to growl and hiss at her. And then something totally unexpected happened. The cat jumped across the table at her black haired counterpart! Scarla moved, as did the rest of the group, jumping away from the table as quickly as possible, but Scarla didn't move quite quick enough, and Kitty succeeded in taking a chunk of her hand.
Scarla screamed. "You little beast!" but the blood and pain of her hand were quickly forgotten as she rushed and grabbed a rapier from outside the library door. "At least you didn't get my sword hand." Scarla began to move slowly toward Kitty rapier pointed directly at the cat's heart. Duo couldn't stand it anymore. "What are you two doing?! You're going to kill each other!" Kitty growled and cried out like a wildcat. Scarla narrowed her eyes. "Not quite. DEPART UNHOLY DEMON!" the tip of the rapier started to glow, and soon the light moved up the length of the blade. Scarla lunged forward and stabbed Kitty through the heart.
The enraged feline froze as stiff as if she had turned to stone, then fell limp on the carpet when the blade was removed from her chest. Scarla calmed down too, and she turned to look at Duo who was in a state of shock. "You can all calm down now. The threat is over." Duo met her gaze. "How could you?" he asked in a low voice. "How could you kill your own comrade?" the ebony haired woman walked to him and held up her sword for all to see. "No blood. Nor is there any on the floor. I did not kill her, but don't expect her to be up for a couple of hours at least. What you saw was not Miss Kitty. What you saw was a demon. That child is possessed by a demon. Every now and again it's triggered by something.or someone.and it flares up and enrages her as you just saw. I was merely putting it to rest again." Duo started to speak, but Scarla cut him off. "Of course, Duo. In fact, I was just about to ask you the same. Meet me in mine and Kitty's room, and please bring her as you come." Duo picked up the unconscious kitten and followed Scarla out the door. When they were in the bedroom, Duo lay Kitty down on the bed then looked to the other girl. She sat by the window carefully bandaging her injured hand. Duo looked to her, expecting her to say something, her only response was to stare back at him. This wasn't going to get either of them anywhere. So he finally broke the silence. "So.what's with the crazy cat?" "She is not crazy. She's just got a demon in her, that's all." Duo stared at her in disbelief. "That's all?! That's ALL?! What do you mean 'that's all'?! I move into a house that's possessed, and I need help with it, so Pan sends me some help, and it turns out that my help's possessed!! This just doesn't end for me, does it?!" Scarla looked angry. "It would seem to me that you are just trying to get out of having responsibility for this ghost anyway! I mean, if you were really any kind of Shinigami then you could have already handled it yourself! You're nothing but an arrogant little brat who doesn't deserve to hold a scythe!" Duo's temper flared. He wanted to say something, but he was too angry to think. Too angry to think of anything to say back to her. How dare she say he wasn't Shinigami. "You don't even have to speak to me Duo. Haven't you even figured that out so far? I already know everything you're thinking right now, and let me tell you, you're a vulgar man. But I guess it doesn't make any difference. You're still no Shinigami." Duo wanted to lash out at her; to hit her, but it wouldn't do any good. He was going to try to keep his temper under control. Besides, he had more important things to worry about than what this whore had to say.
Duo went downstairs. By that time everyone else had migrated into the kitchen. It was plain to see that none of them wanted to be alone now. Quatre was already talking of going to stay at a hotel until all the problems were solved. "That won't be necessary, Quatre." Duo said. "You've got the Shinigami here. You'll be alright. And besides, the dead ain't got no power over the living, right?" Duo was smiling now. An enormous contrast to when he left Scarla's room. But the other four men were still very nervous, and not just with the ghost, or their possessed houseguest. Duo could always act strangely, but now it would seem that something unpleasant was beginning to flare up in him as well. Though, this was not new. Duo had always had a way of acting insanely at certain times. It was adrenaline. His drug.
Heero stood and left the room. He would need to talk to Scarla himself. He found the mysterious lady exactly where he had figured she'd be. The library. He didn't walk toward her, but instead, lingered in the doorway, watching her. She knelt on the spot she had calmed the demon. How strange that she could look so beautiful when she could really be so terrible and violent inside. Then he thought of himself. He was no different.
Eventually, Scarla turned to face him. She looked startled. Had she not known that he was there? She moved gracefully toward him. "What are you doing here?" she faced him, but she refused to actually look at him. Heero stared at her, she began to look uncomfortable with his gaze. She shifted, and their eyes met only for a second. It was then that he noticed her eyes for the first time. They were hard and cold as steel, but something deep inside gave them an almost motherly countenance. It was strange how sometimes he could notice more looking at something in a glance than he could looking at it for an eternity.
Scarla walked to the doorway, making as if she was going to just push on by the perfect soldier. Then she stopped and stood by him, though she never lifted her eyes from the carpet. "He's disturbed. I could stand and talk to him like that all day, but the truth is, he has more of the Shinigami in him than even he himself realizes." Heero continued to stare into the library. "I know." Scarla started to move, but then stopped again. "They will find their way to each other. I know they will." Then she did go, leaving Heero to wonder what she meant.
Mint: Well, chapter four's up, and chapter five's on the way! I hardly ever get reviews for this one! I work on it really hard! I really do! So please review it! If you don't I'll whine to you some more! You don't want that! So please people review! * mint stands out on a street corner * "REVIEWS FOR THE POOR?! Anybody.?"
Untitled (AND STILL LOOKING FOR SUGGESTIONS!) By: Mint Maxwell
Mint: hi everyone! As you can see * looks above at title line * this story still needs a title! I did get one good suggestion, but I was kind of wanting a few to pick from, but just like wanting to own gundam wing, I guess I don't always get every thing that I want ( * goes off into the bg to cry *
Chapter 4
Later that night, everyone gathered around the large oak table in the center of the mansion's downstairs library. The room wasn't totally dark, but everyone was still starting to get a little uncomfortable with the atmosphere portrayed. Kitty had taken the liberty of adding a few of her own impish touches to the room. Blood colored lace had been carefully placed on the table and many candles in fancy holders gently illuminated the room. Even though they had all tried their best to avoid her (well, everyone except Quatre, of course!) during the day, none of them had guessed that she would have chosen such dark décor for the room. But then again, this was a séance, and anything like this could easily be expected.
After a few minutes of sitting uneasily at the table, they all began to wonder exactly where the star of the evening's activities was. In a moment, she entered the room holding two more strange looking candles and wearing equally strange looking attire that Duo easily recognized as the robes of a spirit priestess. She took her place at the head of the table and set the candles down in their respective locations on the blood lace. Heero was sitting on her left and Duo on her right. Now that she put them down, Heero could easily see the candles. They were shaped like black dragons, and their eyes were made of what looked to be rubies. But how could they really be rubies? What about when the wax melted over them? Of course, it didn't look like these candles had ever been used before, but they were still burning now.
"Shall we begin?" kitty asked calmly. Funny that she should be so calm when the room's other occupants, with the exception of Duo, all looked as if they were about to wet their pants. Duo turned to Kitty. "Actually, I was thinking that we might want to explain this to the others first." She smiled. "Sure. I am a spirit priestess. And despite the dark look, we are actually closer to white mages than anything. We specialize in the healing arts and all other types of white magic. The only difference is, we also have the unique ability to converse with the spirits." She looked around the room as if she expected applause, a comment, or at least an interested expression, but since all she was greeted with was worry and confusion, she decided to just continue without any further interruptions.
"So! I guess we should start now! Sca-! Wait! Where's Scarla?!" everyone looks around in confusion, Quatre almost in panic, the sudden excitement setting off his nerves. "OK! We can't start without Scarla! Now where is she?!" Scarla comes into the room as if on cue, looking as unconcerned as ever. "What? I said I'd be here in a few minutes, and here I am." She makes no hurry to take her seat at the opposite end of the table from Kitty. Kitty sends her a glare that could rival Heero's. "Yes. Now, we should start. Might as well, Scarla's not getting any younger!" She stared down the length of the table at Scarla who just sat there, arms crossed, head down, eyes closed. "Ha. Ha. Ha. And I'll have you know, I am not old." The feline priestess got a very un priestess-like grin as she spat her next venomous words. "No. Because you don't have the wisdom that goes with it." Scarla stood up quickly. "Listen, cat girl! You want me in here for your little spirit ritual, then you will not talk to me that way. May I remind you that talking to me in such a manner can hold some very unpleasant consequences! So I would suggest that you stop being a pain in the ass and keep your mouth shut!"
Kitty stared at Scarla the way a cat stares at a very large piece of meat. This startled the boys just a little bit, but they didn't start to really become alarmed at the situation until Kitty began to growl and hiss at her. And then something totally unexpected happened. The cat jumped across the table at her black haired counterpart! Scarla moved, as did the rest of the group, jumping away from the table as quickly as possible, but Scarla didn't move quite quick enough, and Kitty succeeded in taking a chunk of her hand.
Scarla screamed. "You little beast!" but the blood and pain of her hand were quickly forgotten as she rushed and grabbed a rapier from outside the library door. "At least you didn't get my sword hand." Scarla began to move slowly toward Kitty rapier pointed directly at the cat's heart. Duo couldn't stand it anymore. "What are you two doing?! You're going to kill each other!" Kitty growled and cried out like a wildcat. Scarla narrowed her eyes. "Not quite. DEPART UNHOLY DEMON!" the tip of the rapier started to glow, and soon the light moved up the length of the blade. Scarla lunged forward and stabbed Kitty through the heart.
The enraged feline froze as stiff as if she had turned to stone, then fell limp on the carpet when the blade was removed from her chest. Scarla calmed down too, and she turned to look at Duo who was in a state of shock. "You can all calm down now. The threat is over." Duo met her gaze. "How could you?" he asked in a low voice. "How could you kill your own comrade?" the ebony haired woman walked to him and held up her sword for all to see. "No blood. Nor is there any on the floor. I did not kill her, but don't expect her to be up for a couple of hours at least. What you saw was not Miss Kitty. What you saw was a demon. That child is possessed by a demon. Every now and again it's triggered by something.or someone.and it flares up and enrages her as you just saw. I was merely putting it to rest again." Duo started to speak, but Scarla cut him off. "Of course, Duo. In fact, I was just about to ask you the same. Meet me in mine and Kitty's room, and please bring her as you come." Duo picked up the unconscious kitten and followed Scarla out the door. When they were in the bedroom, Duo lay Kitty down on the bed then looked to the other girl. She sat by the window carefully bandaging her injured hand. Duo looked to her, expecting her to say something, her only response was to stare back at him. This wasn't going to get either of them anywhere. So he finally broke the silence. "So.what's with the crazy cat?" "She is not crazy. She's just got a demon in her, that's all." Duo stared at her in disbelief. "That's all?! That's ALL?! What do you mean 'that's all'?! I move into a house that's possessed, and I need help with it, so Pan sends me some help, and it turns out that my help's possessed!! This just doesn't end for me, does it?!" Scarla looked angry. "It would seem to me that you are just trying to get out of having responsibility for this ghost anyway! I mean, if you were really any kind of Shinigami then you could have already handled it yourself! You're nothing but an arrogant little brat who doesn't deserve to hold a scythe!" Duo's temper flared. He wanted to say something, but he was too angry to think. Too angry to think of anything to say back to her. How dare she say he wasn't Shinigami. "You don't even have to speak to me Duo. Haven't you even figured that out so far? I already know everything you're thinking right now, and let me tell you, you're a vulgar man. But I guess it doesn't make any difference. You're still no Shinigami." Duo wanted to lash out at her; to hit her, but it wouldn't do any good. He was going to try to keep his temper under control. Besides, he had more important things to worry about than what this whore had to say.
Duo went downstairs. By that time everyone else had migrated into the kitchen. It was plain to see that none of them wanted to be alone now. Quatre was already talking of going to stay at a hotel until all the problems were solved. "That won't be necessary, Quatre." Duo said. "You've got the Shinigami here. You'll be alright. And besides, the dead ain't got no power over the living, right?" Duo was smiling now. An enormous contrast to when he left Scarla's room. But the other four men were still very nervous, and not just with the ghost, or their possessed houseguest. Duo could always act strangely, but now it would seem that something unpleasant was beginning to flare up in him as well. Though, this was not new. Duo had always had a way of acting insanely at certain times. It was adrenaline. His drug.
Heero stood and left the room. He would need to talk to Scarla himself. He found the mysterious lady exactly where he had figured she'd be. The library. He didn't walk toward her, but instead, lingered in the doorway, watching her. She knelt on the spot she had calmed the demon. How strange that she could look so beautiful when she could really be so terrible and violent inside. Then he thought of himself. He was no different.
Eventually, Scarla turned to face him. She looked startled. Had she not known that he was there? She moved gracefully toward him. "What are you doing here?" she faced him, but she refused to actually look at him. Heero stared at her, she began to look uncomfortable with his gaze. She shifted, and their eyes met only for a second. It was then that he noticed her eyes for the first time. They were hard and cold as steel, but something deep inside gave them an almost motherly countenance. It was strange how sometimes he could notice more looking at something in a glance than he could looking at it for an eternity.
Scarla walked to the doorway, making as if she was going to just push on by the perfect soldier. Then she stopped and stood by him, though she never lifted her eyes from the carpet. "He's disturbed. I could stand and talk to him like that all day, but the truth is, he has more of the Shinigami in him than even he himself realizes." Heero continued to stare into the library. "I know." Scarla started to move, but then stopped again. "They will find their way to each other. I know they will." Then she did go, leaving Heero to wonder what she meant.
Mint: Well, chapter four's up, and chapter five's on the way! I hardly ever get reviews for this one! I work on it really hard! I really do! So please review it! If you don't I'll whine to you some more! You don't want that! So please people review! * mint stands out on a street corner * "REVIEWS FOR THE POOR?! Anybody.?"