Hey....only one review for the last chap (....anyway...I have another
chappie...it involves more of Tennyo past with Eleanor and Helay...Uh...I
think the Chinese proverb was a hit...mom tells me them all the time so I
think ill keep more of them in my fics....
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Tennyo sighed softly as she woke up. Last night had been exhausting after all the thinking and the things that had ran through her mind, so she was quite content to keep her mind clear right now and just get some breakfast.
Kie however, was feeling a lot more relieved having someone else who they were after. But not unlike Tennyo, he felt guilty. He had not told Tennyo half of the whole story the previous day. Sure they were after him too, but not the same way as Tennyo, he was one of their originals.
He closed his eyes and breathed in deeply. He swore that he would put that behind him. He had emotions now. They gave him strength that they would never possess. Of course, that was ironic since now they wanted to possess him as a soldier. He distinctly remembered the day he escaped.
~*flashback*~
He kicked the door before him a few times before he gave way. He hadn't taken the pills for 2 days and the built up emotion gave him unbelievable strength. It was like an adrenaline rush except it lasted a lot longer. He took a match and threw it into the hall. He watched it burn for a while and turned to head out the door. Above the door, the sign read "Sector A". Shouts could be heard now, they were getting louder they had seen him. They were after him. They were coming soon. He broke into a run they wouldn't catch him. He wouldn't let them. He almost bumped into a boy, approximately the same age as him, in the hall.
He had grey hair. For moment Kie wondered if he too, was escaping. But after glancing into the cold meaningless eyes, he knew he was not. Kie ran harder than human limits would allow and kept running.
~* End of Flashback*~
Kie mused to himself...He hadn't ever stopped running had he? He was still running and probably always would.
Slowly, he reopened his eyes. He thought about Tennyo. She kept trying to be emotionless. He should tell her it was something she didn't want. He should tell her...but it wasn't right. After all, how well did he even really know her? Could he even trust her?
It was better not to take chances after all...they never knew who was listening, watching, and waiting.
He met Tennyo down at the Lobby. Nothing was said. No eye contact even took place. Instead they both headed down to the nearest McDonalds. This was part of their daily ritual. They ordered separately and usually sat separately, less anyone thought they were "together". However, today they sat together, without a care in the world about other's thoughts and started to plan out what their next move should be.
"What should we do?" Tennyo asked wearily, tired from the lack of sleep she had gotten the previous night.
"I don't know...where are you heading to tonight?" he said in reply.
"The bar...It's a good place to pick up info."
He gave her a questioning look. She was only 14...heading to a bar all by herself? He mentally slapped himself. He shouldn't feel worried at all...i mean...it was no point getting attached to her...only a week ago he was convinced he hated her.
"Which bar?" he asked instead, diverting himself from the pounding thoughts in his head.
"The Arms." She was a bit worried and had hoped he'd offer to come along. But she knew better.
He nodded. At least he knew where she would be.
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Tennyo arrived at the bar. Some guys had already had their fill and their words came out slurred as they tried to talk the waitress into giving them more drinks. Tennyo was disgusted by the horrid rancid smells but still walked until she got closer to the counter.
"What will you have, young lady?" The bartender was sleazy and despite his words, the impression he made was dangerous.
"A beer" she had wanted a virgin martini...but she didn't thank that would have sat well with the large bloke before her.
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Kie was in the lobby of the hotel when he overheard a something peculiar in the men nearby. They were discussing something over a beer and the drinks were loosening their tongues quickly.
"The scorpions are having another meeting tonight?" remarked one of them, half question, and half statement. Kie's interest piqued....the Scorpions were dangerous....trust him...he knew.
"Yeah...they're picking a new victim." answered the other, in an amused tone.
"What's the new criteria?" he laugh after saying this.
"Youngest girl they can find at the Arms Bar."
Kie bolted up in a flash and was out the door. He hailed a cab. And spend towards the Arms Bar.
'Oh....shit....this is not good....the scorpions...' was all that he could think during this time.
~*~
Meanwhile Tennyo, at the bar, was getting rather scared. Some men had started to gather around her and were smiling crudely. She held her chin out. Showing fear would only motivate them further. They started to close in around her. More and more men were joining the group.
Tennyo tried to keep her mind clear of her cluttered thoughts. "Ohh...shoot I wish I had asked Kie to come now...." a harsh voice interrupted her thoughts.
"Who gets this one?" one of the brute men asked. More than one said "Me" in reply but they kept coming closer.
Suddenly the door of the Arms flew open and there, slightly panting, stood Kie.
"Lay off, she belongs to me" he said gruffly as if she were a piece of property.
"Says who?" said a few of the men now moving towards him as well.
Kie took off his shirt (*Tennyo winced a bit*) to reveal series of small tattoos on his right bicep.
He made a few signals with his hand over the tattoos and looked at the men for their reaction.
They stopped and stared. One of the newer members kept going until he was held back by one of the men.
"Our pardon, brother." They said.
"We didn't see that she was one of yours. Why did you not mark her yet?" another said.
"She was to be marked tonight. I told her to wait here." Kie answered.
Tennyo however was confused. She understood roughly what was going on. But apart form this she was quite in the dark.
All she felt were two hands grab her roughly that turned out to belong to Kie.
He put her in the cab and got in himself after briefly conferring with the men.
"You okay?" he asked softly
Tennyo didn't answer for a while.
"Just a bit shaken up I guess" She finally answered. A thousand thoughts raced through her mind and threatened to burst out from her mouth.
"You're not going anywhere by yourself anymore." simply stated Kie, as if it was the only thing he could think of to say.
"You were going to mark me?" asked Tennyo, recovering enough to ask a question. She was puzzled...she had been in much worse situations and could have probably fought her way out of the grasps of the brute gang. But for some unusual reason, the strength had not been there. It was true. Confidence gave strength.
"No...Of course not...I just told them that so that they would keep their paws off you." He answered
"What were they going to do to me?" She asked next as the questions slowly started surfacing.
"..." Kie didn't answer.
Tennyo tried at another question hoping for a better result.
"Why?" she asked
"What do you mean why?" he answered with another question, unclear of what she was asking.
"Why did you come and save me?" she flinched at the word "save" and hated how she sounded like a child, but it didn't really matter right now.
Kie stumbled for a bit...why had he rescued her anyway? Was it just spur of the moment on impulse thing? or what was that strange feeling at the bottom of his stomach?
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Tennyo sighed softly as she woke up. Last night had been exhausting after all the thinking and the things that had ran through her mind, so she was quite content to keep her mind clear right now and just get some breakfast.
Kie however, was feeling a lot more relieved having someone else who they were after. But not unlike Tennyo, he felt guilty. He had not told Tennyo half of the whole story the previous day. Sure they were after him too, but not the same way as Tennyo, he was one of their originals.
He closed his eyes and breathed in deeply. He swore that he would put that behind him. He had emotions now. They gave him strength that they would never possess. Of course, that was ironic since now they wanted to possess him as a soldier. He distinctly remembered the day he escaped.
~*flashback*~
He kicked the door before him a few times before he gave way. He hadn't taken the pills for 2 days and the built up emotion gave him unbelievable strength. It was like an adrenaline rush except it lasted a lot longer. He took a match and threw it into the hall. He watched it burn for a while and turned to head out the door. Above the door, the sign read "Sector A". Shouts could be heard now, they were getting louder they had seen him. They were after him. They were coming soon. He broke into a run they wouldn't catch him. He wouldn't let them. He almost bumped into a boy, approximately the same age as him, in the hall.
He had grey hair. For moment Kie wondered if he too, was escaping. But after glancing into the cold meaningless eyes, he knew he was not. Kie ran harder than human limits would allow and kept running.
~* End of Flashback*~
Kie mused to himself...He hadn't ever stopped running had he? He was still running and probably always would.
Slowly, he reopened his eyes. He thought about Tennyo. She kept trying to be emotionless. He should tell her it was something she didn't want. He should tell her...but it wasn't right. After all, how well did he even really know her? Could he even trust her?
It was better not to take chances after all...they never knew who was listening, watching, and waiting.
He met Tennyo down at the Lobby. Nothing was said. No eye contact even took place. Instead they both headed down to the nearest McDonalds. This was part of their daily ritual. They ordered separately and usually sat separately, less anyone thought they were "together". However, today they sat together, without a care in the world about other's thoughts and started to plan out what their next move should be.
"What should we do?" Tennyo asked wearily, tired from the lack of sleep she had gotten the previous night.
"I don't know...where are you heading to tonight?" he said in reply.
"The bar...It's a good place to pick up info."
He gave her a questioning look. She was only 14...heading to a bar all by herself? He mentally slapped himself. He shouldn't feel worried at all...i mean...it was no point getting attached to her...only a week ago he was convinced he hated her.
"Which bar?" he asked instead, diverting himself from the pounding thoughts in his head.
"The Arms." She was a bit worried and had hoped he'd offer to come along. But she knew better.
He nodded. At least he knew where she would be.
~*~
Tennyo arrived at the bar. Some guys had already had their fill and their words came out slurred as they tried to talk the waitress into giving them more drinks. Tennyo was disgusted by the horrid rancid smells but still walked until she got closer to the counter.
"What will you have, young lady?" The bartender was sleazy and despite his words, the impression he made was dangerous.
"A beer" she had wanted a virgin martini...but she didn't thank that would have sat well with the large bloke before her.
~*~
Kie was in the lobby of the hotel when he overheard a something peculiar in the men nearby. They were discussing something over a beer and the drinks were loosening their tongues quickly.
"The scorpions are having another meeting tonight?" remarked one of them, half question, and half statement. Kie's interest piqued....the Scorpions were dangerous....trust him...he knew.
"Yeah...they're picking a new victim." answered the other, in an amused tone.
"What's the new criteria?" he laugh after saying this.
"Youngest girl they can find at the Arms Bar."
Kie bolted up in a flash and was out the door. He hailed a cab. And spend towards the Arms Bar.
'Oh....shit....this is not good....the scorpions...' was all that he could think during this time.
~*~
Meanwhile Tennyo, at the bar, was getting rather scared. Some men had started to gather around her and were smiling crudely. She held her chin out. Showing fear would only motivate them further. They started to close in around her. More and more men were joining the group.
Tennyo tried to keep her mind clear of her cluttered thoughts. "Ohh...shoot I wish I had asked Kie to come now...." a harsh voice interrupted her thoughts.
"Who gets this one?" one of the brute men asked. More than one said "Me" in reply but they kept coming closer.
Suddenly the door of the Arms flew open and there, slightly panting, stood Kie.
"Lay off, she belongs to me" he said gruffly as if she were a piece of property.
"Says who?" said a few of the men now moving towards him as well.
Kie took off his shirt (*Tennyo winced a bit*) to reveal series of small tattoos on his right bicep.
He made a few signals with his hand over the tattoos and looked at the men for their reaction.
They stopped and stared. One of the newer members kept going until he was held back by one of the men.
"Our pardon, brother." They said.
"We didn't see that she was one of yours. Why did you not mark her yet?" another said.
"She was to be marked tonight. I told her to wait here." Kie answered.
Tennyo however was confused. She understood roughly what was going on. But apart form this she was quite in the dark.
All she felt were two hands grab her roughly that turned out to belong to Kie.
He put her in the cab and got in himself after briefly conferring with the men.
"You okay?" he asked softly
Tennyo didn't answer for a while.
"Just a bit shaken up I guess" She finally answered. A thousand thoughts raced through her mind and threatened to burst out from her mouth.
"You're not going anywhere by yourself anymore." simply stated Kie, as if it was the only thing he could think of to say.
"You were going to mark me?" asked Tennyo, recovering enough to ask a question. She was puzzled...she had been in much worse situations and could have probably fought her way out of the grasps of the brute gang. But for some unusual reason, the strength had not been there. It was true. Confidence gave strength.
"No...Of course not...I just told them that so that they would keep their paws off you." He answered
"What were they going to do to me?" She asked next as the questions slowly started surfacing.
"..." Kie didn't answer.
Tennyo tried at another question hoping for a better result.
"Why?" she asked
"What do you mean why?" he answered with another question, unclear of what she was asking.
"Why did you come and save me?" she flinched at the word "save" and hated how she sounded like a child, but it didn't really matter right now.
Kie stumbled for a bit...why had he rescued her anyway? Was it just spur of the moment on impulse thing? or what was that strange feeling at the bottom of his stomach?
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ YAY! That was the longest chappie I've ever written....Please R&R...i really do work hard on these you kknow? Sorry ...no proverb in this one....but maybe there will be in the next chap k??? thanks loads..!!!