Secrets
Key:
Flashbacks
Present time
'Thoughts'
"Speech"
*****: Change of scene.
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Secrets
Fic:
Chapter 3: A Painful Discovery
Bryony woke up early the next morning. When she looked at her clock, it was four, early for even her. She lay thinking about what had been discussed last night. She thought about Kai, and meeting him today. 'Poor fool.' She couldn't help thinking to herself 'he doesn't know what he's in for. I wish there was a better way round this. Oh well, it can't be helped.' She couldn't help wondering if there was someway round it. But there wasn't. She got up and dressed herself. Picking up her buckets, she made her way out of the house and down to the stream. Kai watched her fill her buckets and head back, towards the village. Unknown to Bryony, Kai, who had got up early to practice, had been watching her. He was still suspicious. It had seemed too easy almost to fool her. Surely she couldn't have fallen for it just like that? Why couldn't he shake off the feeling that she was trying to fool him too? He had come early hoping that she would come here to think, to plan her next move. He watched her walk off and hoped she would come back. He needed as much information as possible. He lay down and fingered the long silver chain around his neck, from which hung a dark red ruby, shaped like a teardrop. The jewel was meant to hold the power to call his bitbeast, Dranzer, into physical being. It was said that if you were in trouble, you only had to call and Dranzer would appear. If you had treated him with respect, he would help you. If you had not, he would abandon you to fend for yourself. Kai only half believed the story, it was almost unbelievable, but then again, so had the idea of bitbeasts when he first heard of them. The ruby flashed and glittered in the early morning sunlight. The leaves on the trees hissed and rustled in the cool, gentle breeze and birds sang. He watched a small mouse scurry past and hoped that Bryony would be back soon, he was bored stiff and needed something to do. The scene was all too picturesque and was seriously pissing him off. He aimed a small rock at a blackbird and stunned it. 'Damn! Now what am I supposed to do for kicks? What's taking her so long? Why do women have to take so long at everything? Dumbassed bloody bird. It was only a tiny stone. What did the damn thing have to go and keel over for? Stupid creature! Hope a cat comes and eats it. Useless flea bitten, maggoty, worm eating, twittering, bird brained, moronic, flat faced, idiotic -' he stopped, hearing someone approaching him. He didn't move. He knew who it was, he recognized the footsteps. He let her walk right up to him, pretending he couldn't hear her right up until she was about to jump on him before greeting her. "Good morning Bryony." He murmured, not turning around. "Damn it! And I was so close too!" "No you weren't, I heard you ages ago. You made so much noise it could have put an arrow through your heart in the dark, in the middle of majorly dense forest. And I don't have that good an aim." He added with a playful grin. Bryony pouted. "Not nice to tease people" she said sulkily "Not nice to sulk either. Still, can't expect too much from a baby like you!" He teased gently. "You mean to me. Why you always so mean to me?" She asked, still pouting. "Cos that's just who I am. Get used to it." "I'm sure you could be really nice if you tried." "Probably." "So why don't you?" "Cos that's not who I am." "People change," "Only if they want to." "Don't you want to change?" "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." "How do you know it 'ain't broke'?" "How do you know it is?"
"Well, aren't you lonely?" "No, not really." Well, that's a load of crap. Hang on Kai, who's side are you on? You AREN'T lonely. You can't be. You like your solitude don't you? "I'm not sure I believe you - " Kai turned on her angrily. "Look you interfering little bitch! Who the hell do you think you are? Do I look like I give a shit whether you believe me or not? I don't care! Now why don't you piss of and play with your dolls or something?" he hissed. "What is it with you Kai? Why can't you learn to trust someone for once? Never heard that 'no man is an island'?" "Yeah, I've heard it, and it's a load of crap. I am most definitely an 'island' if that's what you want to call it." "How do you make friends if you won't let anyone in?" "Simple" "Go on then, enlighten me." "I don't." "Aren't you lonely?" "Wouldn't know how to be lonely if I wanted to be." "You don't need to know how, it comes naturally, like instinct. We're made to be with other people, it's not good to live by yourself, pushing everyone away all the time. It's unnatural." "Why do you care? What's it to you? Leave me alone would you? I like being by myself. Full stop. End of story. Understand?" "Not really Kai, why are you getting angry with me? I just want to talk." "Well find someone else. I don't 'just talk'." "Why? What are you afraid of?" "Afraid? I'm not afraid of anything." "You must be afraid, you wouldn't mind talking to people if you weren't afraid. What are you hiding that's so terrible?" Kai stepped menacingly towards her. "Piss off and mind your own business." He turned and began to walk off. 'What the hell are you doing? You're supposed to be making her trust you!' "Look, I'm sorry I just - " he said, turning round. She was gone. He turned and headed for home. Sitting on his bed, Kai irritably punched in Bryony's mobile number. The phone rang for ages. He hung up and tried her home number. Aunt Molly picked up the phone. "Hello?" she answered cheerfully. "Hey, it's Kai, is Bryony in?" "Oh, hello Kai. " She wasn't so friendly now. "Well, she is in, I guess you want to talk to her." "Er, yes please." "I don't think she particularly wants to talk to you, but I can ask." "Thanks. I phoned to apologise." "Well, I'll go and find out." She put the phone down and walked off. After a while she came back. "She doesn't want to talk to you." "Please could you try to get her to come to the phone? I was being a total arse-hole today, and I wanted to tell her I was sorry." "Fine, I'll see if I can get her." This time Bryony came to the phone. "What do you want?" "Er, I just wanted to say I'm sorry." He said, cringing as he said it. "Then come and say it face-to-face." She put down the phone. Kai sighed and got up. He headed for Bryony's house slowly. What was she up to, getting him to come to her house to say something she could hear over the phone? He knocked on the door; Aunt Molly opened it and regarded him coldly. "She's in her room. Said you probably wouldn't want it to be a public thing, although I would have said that you should have thought of that before." Kai made his way up the stairs to Bryony's room, and knocked softly on the door. The door was suddenly flung open, revealing a room in twilight, Bryony sitting on her bed. "How did the door - " Kai broke off, slightly confused. Something wasn't right. "You'll find out soon enough. Come in and close the door." Kai couldn't help wondering how the room could be in twilight when it was still early afternoon. The curtains, drawn at the window couldn't shut out that much light could they? The door clicked shut and Kai wandered over to bryony. "I just came to say sorry." "If you're gonna' take the piss, get lost, I'm in no mood. If you want to apologise, be sincere." She said, walking away. "I'm sorry, alright?" he said, pulling her round to face him. "Are you trying to wind me up?" "Well what do you want me to do? Get down on my knees and beg?" Bryony didn't answer. She was his enemy, of course she wanted to make him beg, but she was meant to be pretending to be his friend. Friends didn't do that to each other. Kai saw her hesitate and guessed what she was thinking. Not surprising really. "Bryony - " "Just go." She turned away again "Oh, for god's sake!" he flung himself angrily onto his knees. "I'm sorry! Alright! I'm sorry! Happy now?" Bryony's eyes flashed, "No you're not, but you will be." She hissed, "I tried to warn you not to wind me up but you wouldn't listen would you?" Kai felt himself being lifted off the ground. "You men never learn do you? Figured out how the door opened itself?" "It was you wasn't it? You can move stuff - " "By telekinesis." She finished, sending him crashing to the floor. "It can be good fun you know," she added evilly, lifting him into the air. She dropped him again and he landed funny on his arm with an agonised yelp. "Oh dear, I think I just broke your arm. I can break the other one to match if you like." She quipped. Kai groaned in agony and looked up at her. He tasted the bitter, salty taste of blood in his mouth. "Now, if I were you, I'd remember not to wind me up again. Boy, you are in it way over your head." She walked out and called her aunt. "Molly, I think Kai needs to go to hospital. He's hurt himself." Molly grinned up at her "oh dear, what a shame. Bring him downstairs would you?" Bryony walked back into her room to find Kai sprawled across the floor, unconscious. She lifted him up off the floor, walked down stairs with him and dumped him on the floor at her aunt's feet.
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A/N: so people, what do you think? Sorry, I forgot to thank you for reviewing on the last chappie, -.-;; Sowwie big time ppl! -.-;; please review ^.^ Wolf Kaido n.n
Key:
Flashbacks
Present time
'Thoughts'
"Speech"
*****: Change of scene.
*****
Secrets
Fic:
Chapter 3: A Painful Discovery
Bryony woke up early the next morning. When she looked at her clock, it was four, early for even her. She lay thinking about what had been discussed last night. She thought about Kai, and meeting him today. 'Poor fool.' She couldn't help thinking to herself 'he doesn't know what he's in for. I wish there was a better way round this. Oh well, it can't be helped.' She couldn't help wondering if there was someway round it. But there wasn't. She got up and dressed herself. Picking up her buckets, she made her way out of the house and down to the stream. Kai watched her fill her buckets and head back, towards the village. Unknown to Bryony, Kai, who had got up early to practice, had been watching her. He was still suspicious. It had seemed too easy almost to fool her. Surely she couldn't have fallen for it just like that? Why couldn't he shake off the feeling that she was trying to fool him too? He had come early hoping that she would come here to think, to plan her next move. He watched her walk off and hoped she would come back. He needed as much information as possible. He lay down and fingered the long silver chain around his neck, from which hung a dark red ruby, shaped like a teardrop. The jewel was meant to hold the power to call his bitbeast, Dranzer, into physical being. It was said that if you were in trouble, you only had to call and Dranzer would appear. If you had treated him with respect, he would help you. If you had not, he would abandon you to fend for yourself. Kai only half believed the story, it was almost unbelievable, but then again, so had the idea of bitbeasts when he first heard of them. The ruby flashed and glittered in the early morning sunlight. The leaves on the trees hissed and rustled in the cool, gentle breeze and birds sang. He watched a small mouse scurry past and hoped that Bryony would be back soon, he was bored stiff and needed something to do. The scene was all too picturesque and was seriously pissing him off. He aimed a small rock at a blackbird and stunned it. 'Damn! Now what am I supposed to do for kicks? What's taking her so long? Why do women have to take so long at everything? Dumbassed bloody bird. It was only a tiny stone. What did the damn thing have to go and keel over for? Stupid creature! Hope a cat comes and eats it. Useless flea bitten, maggoty, worm eating, twittering, bird brained, moronic, flat faced, idiotic -' he stopped, hearing someone approaching him. He didn't move. He knew who it was, he recognized the footsteps. He let her walk right up to him, pretending he couldn't hear her right up until she was about to jump on him before greeting her. "Good morning Bryony." He murmured, not turning around. "Damn it! And I was so close too!" "No you weren't, I heard you ages ago. You made so much noise it could have put an arrow through your heart in the dark, in the middle of majorly dense forest. And I don't have that good an aim." He added with a playful grin. Bryony pouted. "Not nice to tease people" she said sulkily "Not nice to sulk either. Still, can't expect too much from a baby like you!" He teased gently. "You mean to me. Why you always so mean to me?" She asked, still pouting. "Cos that's just who I am. Get used to it." "I'm sure you could be really nice if you tried." "Probably." "So why don't you?" "Cos that's not who I am." "People change," "Only if they want to." "Don't you want to change?" "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." "How do you know it 'ain't broke'?" "How do you know it is?"
"Well, aren't you lonely?" "No, not really." Well, that's a load of crap. Hang on Kai, who's side are you on? You AREN'T lonely. You can't be. You like your solitude don't you? "I'm not sure I believe you - " Kai turned on her angrily. "Look you interfering little bitch! Who the hell do you think you are? Do I look like I give a shit whether you believe me or not? I don't care! Now why don't you piss of and play with your dolls or something?" he hissed. "What is it with you Kai? Why can't you learn to trust someone for once? Never heard that 'no man is an island'?" "Yeah, I've heard it, and it's a load of crap. I am most definitely an 'island' if that's what you want to call it." "How do you make friends if you won't let anyone in?" "Simple" "Go on then, enlighten me." "I don't." "Aren't you lonely?" "Wouldn't know how to be lonely if I wanted to be." "You don't need to know how, it comes naturally, like instinct. We're made to be with other people, it's not good to live by yourself, pushing everyone away all the time. It's unnatural." "Why do you care? What's it to you? Leave me alone would you? I like being by myself. Full stop. End of story. Understand?" "Not really Kai, why are you getting angry with me? I just want to talk." "Well find someone else. I don't 'just talk'." "Why? What are you afraid of?" "Afraid? I'm not afraid of anything." "You must be afraid, you wouldn't mind talking to people if you weren't afraid. What are you hiding that's so terrible?" Kai stepped menacingly towards her. "Piss off and mind your own business." He turned and began to walk off. 'What the hell are you doing? You're supposed to be making her trust you!' "Look, I'm sorry I just - " he said, turning round. She was gone. He turned and headed for home. Sitting on his bed, Kai irritably punched in Bryony's mobile number. The phone rang for ages. He hung up and tried her home number. Aunt Molly picked up the phone. "Hello?" she answered cheerfully. "Hey, it's Kai, is Bryony in?" "Oh, hello Kai. " She wasn't so friendly now. "Well, she is in, I guess you want to talk to her." "Er, yes please." "I don't think she particularly wants to talk to you, but I can ask." "Thanks. I phoned to apologise." "Well, I'll go and find out." She put the phone down and walked off. After a while she came back. "She doesn't want to talk to you." "Please could you try to get her to come to the phone? I was being a total arse-hole today, and I wanted to tell her I was sorry." "Fine, I'll see if I can get her." This time Bryony came to the phone. "What do you want?" "Er, I just wanted to say I'm sorry." He said, cringing as he said it. "Then come and say it face-to-face." She put down the phone. Kai sighed and got up. He headed for Bryony's house slowly. What was she up to, getting him to come to her house to say something she could hear over the phone? He knocked on the door; Aunt Molly opened it and regarded him coldly. "She's in her room. Said you probably wouldn't want it to be a public thing, although I would have said that you should have thought of that before." Kai made his way up the stairs to Bryony's room, and knocked softly on the door. The door was suddenly flung open, revealing a room in twilight, Bryony sitting on her bed. "How did the door - " Kai broke off, slightly confused. Something wasn't right. "You'll find out soon enough. Come in and close the door." Kai couldn't help wondering how the room could be in twilight when it was still early afternoon. The curtains, drawn at the window couldn't shut out that much light could they? The door clicked shut and Kai wandered over to bryony. "I just came to say sorry." "If you're gonna' take the piss, get lost, I'm in no mood. If you want to apologise, be sincere." She said, walking away. "I'm sorry, alright?" he said, pulling her round to face him. "Are you trying to wind me up?" "Well what do you want me to do? Get down on my knees and beg?" Bryony didn't answer. She was his enemy, of course she wanted to make him beg, but she was meant to be pretending to be his friend. Friends didn't do that to each other. Kai saw her hesitate and guessed what she was thinking. Not surprising really. "Bryony - " "Just go." She turned away again "Oh, for god's sake!" he flung himself angrily onto his knees. "I'm sorry! Alright! I'm sorry! Happy now?" Bryony's eyes flashed, "No you're not, but you will be." She hissed, "I tried to warn you not to wind me up but you wouldn't listen would you?" Kai felt himself being lifted off the ground. "You men never learn do you? Figured out how the door opened itself?" "It was you wasn't it? You can move stuff - " "By telekinesis." She finished, sending him crashing to the floor. "It can be good fun you know," she added evilly, lifting him into the air. She dropped him again and he landed funny on his arm with an agonised yelp. "Oh dear, I think I just broke your arm. I can break the other one to match if you like." She quipped. Kai groaned in agony and looked up at her. He tasted the bitter, salty taste of blood in his mouth. "Now, if I were you, I'd remember not to wind me up again. Boy, you are in it way over your head." She walked out and called her aunt. "Molly, I think Kai needs to go to hospital. He's hurt himself." Molly grinned up at her "oh dear, what a shame. Bring him downstairs would you?" Bryony walked back into her room to find Kai sprawled across the floor, unconscious. She lifted him up off the floor, walked down stairs with him and dumped him on the floor at her aunt's feet.
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A/N: so people, what do you think? Sorry, I forgot to thank you for reviewing on the last chappie, -.-;; Sowwie big time ppl! -.-;; please review ^.^ Wolf Kaido n.n