Hi people! Wow, I got a lot of reviews for chappie five…that's a good thing! A very good thing!…*does a little dance*…26 REVIEWS! Yeah I'd say that's the best chappie so far. So yeah I don't have much to say this time…I'd like to thank the reviewers:
Oil Pastel- Shahero had a very bad past. But she's handling it the best she can, truth be told the only reason she didn't kill herself yet is because she still thinks her brother's out there somewhere, still alive but she doesn't tell people that. I try my best to get right grammar. I love writing! LoL…ok the pairing is gonna be Shahero/Brent. You haven't met him yet but you will. In this chappie too! I'll try getting some romance in here, the romance might come later though so sorry bout that. Happy reading!!
Midnight-Devil- Oh I like your name its awesome! So I wrote some more and the end product is this! Hope its good. Thanks for the review! Happy Reading!!
Zimo- RIN! Hiya. LoL…oh yeah we're gonna party till we're piss ass drunk! LoL. And when I said her past was crap I meant she had a hard life, a bad past, a fucked up life, ya catch my drift? Now I'm gonna take a little lesson from Gems. No killin Myles…yet. That's gonna be left for Shahero, don't ya think that's fair? Ricky's still alive! Do you believe it! He's alive! In bad shape but he's alive! Her brother was only tryin to protect his sis. He would risk his life for her, which he almost did. Sorry bout the drug thing, I was just kinda thinking Russia wasn't really thinking straight when she came out so she just didn't care. And you better update your fic soon cause im goin nutso over here! I crave your fic! Happy Reading!!
Smiley Joe- Thanks! Yup, poor, poor Shahero and Russia. I know…AFI ALL THE WAY DUDE!! LoL…nah your not stupid believe me, you want stupid meet Hans…no offence to Rin…but yeah isn't Spirited Away an awesome movie! It was great I loved it. Happy reading!!
Zadien(The Great)- LoL…I just had to add that. Yum...cookies…ha ha people I get cookies!!*Grins* LoL..yeah she did handle it well, the only reason she hasn't killed herself yet was because she still thinks her brother's alive and she's goin to find him. She won't admit it to anybody though. Noo!!*ducks* not the hammer!! So umm..while I hide from the cursed hammer…you read! Happy Reading!!
Cyberlink42- Thanks for the review. Happy Reading!!
Yin- Yeah, I would've felt real proud to break Myles' nose…*snicker* sucker! I know I'm really into 'Rehabilitating Russia' especially since Rin added Shahero in! YAY! And can you believe she put a cliffy on the last chappie! I'm goin nutso over here! Hope she updates soon…Happy Reading!!
Kai Chii-Chan- interesting name…LoL! Whoa…those were a lot of 'OH MY GAWDS!' I was laughing so hard I fell off my chair!*glares* stupid chair…but umm…yeah I do that a lot, and I mean A LOT! Even ask Jamie…oh wait you don't know Jamie. Well theres not much more to say except thankies! Ok well now I'm just babbling so umm…Happy Reading!!
kiara-anime goddess- hey! Thankies for the review! Shahero's character is based on me a lot! I'm not as strong as her though…yet…*evil laughter*…don't ask why I did that I just felt like it…and it scared the guys…*snicker* Yeah, I hate those skanks! Curse them all!*shakes fist* Ok and Shahero's pairing is with another one of my OC's (I gave away all the hot beyblade guys to other characters…LoL) Shahero/Brent…you'll meet the great Brent Foden in this chappie. I feel special…I'm second! WHOO HOO! LoL…anywho…Happy Reading!!
Shinjiku- Hiya, thankies for the review! Happy Reading!!
Chapter 6: Dig
The sunlight poured in from the open window, letting the soft morning winds of October in to caress the cheek of a sleeping Shahero. The curtains flapped noiselessly. Shahero's eyes fluttered open, only to shut immediately as the sunlight shone mercilessly into her dazed sapphire blue eyes. She groaned and turned to lay on her other side. She stared sleepily at the dark blue wall in front of her.
When she felt she was ready to get up and face another day, she dragged herself out of bed and walked sluggishly to the door. She ran a hand through her messy black-blue locks and opened the door. She walked over to the room beside hers and knocked.
"Ey Rush. Ya wake?" She slurred. She heard some noises coming from inside and then the door opened.
"Yeah." Russia yawned and rubbed the sleep from her green eyes. She stared lazily at her then laughed. Shahero gave her a questioning look. "Ya look drunk." Russia said with a snicker. Shahero looked behind Russia to her mirror and looked at her reflection. She also snickered.
"Yeah. Just wanted to say thanks for everythin. I'm gonna go now though. Need to drop off a CD for Ams. I'll see ya Monday. Layta." And with that she stumbled down the stairs, heading for the door. Russia stood there. When she finally processed what had been said she was slightly surprised.
"Wait!" Russia called after her. Shahero turned and saw Russia standing at the top of the stairs.
"Hmm?"
"Aren't ya forgetten yer clothes?" Shahero placed her hand on the brass doorknob.
"You can throw 'em out." She answered, waving her hand dismissively. "I'll see ya." Shahero closed the door with a click behind her. Soaking in the sun and hugging her arms to keep warm in the cool morning air, she started on her journey home, ignoring the funny glances she got from passersby.
~O~
Shahero knocked on Amber's door. It had been a few hours ago that she left Russia's. After she left, she had wandered aimlessly until finally, she came to a familiar area. She easily found her way home after that. She decided to go give Amber the Linkin Park CD so she quickly grabbed it and walked the short length to Amber's house.
It was currently eleven o'clock. She waited patiently for someone to answer the door, shifting her weight from one foot to the other. Shahero heard a large 'thump' coming from inside followed by a string of curses. Amber threw open the door and it slammed into the wall with a large bang.
"What?" Amber snapped, rubbing the sleep from her eyes roughly, obviously angry at being woken up. Shahero chuckled.
"Not happy to see me?" She asked with a smirk. Amber's face became softer but her protest at being woken up still showed.
"Oh. Hey Shahero, remind me to give you a nickname later. What are ya doin here? And so fuckin early in the morning!" Shahero laughed.
"So you don't want the CD? And besides, its eleven o'clock. It's not early."
"Whatever." Amber muttered. Shahero shoved the CD into Amber's middle. Amber grabbed the CD and stared at it. She blinked a few times before a large grin brightened her features, making her amber eyes sparkle with glee.
"Yes!" She gave a shout of happiness before jumping and punching the air above her. "Thanks so much!" Amber added. She quickly ran out and gave Shahero a quick hug. Amber gave a small yelp and quickly jumped back into the house. "Cold!" She tried to warm up her cold, bare feet.
Shahero stood there, arms still outstretched and blinking. She shook her head slightly and beamed brightly at Amber who was still clutching the CD tightly and reading the names of the songs off the back.
"Well you have fun. I'm gonna go. I'll see ya tomorrow. Layta." She jumped down the porch stairs and started her walk home.
"Hold on!" Amber called after her. Shahero sighed and turned around.
"Yeah?"
"We're goin out later, the gang. Did ya wanna come?" Shahero was about to say yes when a picture of Myles appeared in her head. She shuddered at the sight of his horrid crimson eyes that were going to haunt her until the day she died.
"What time?" She asked instead. Amber shrugged.
"I dunno. Sometime near dinner. Maybe around six or somethin'." Shahero frowned.
"Sorry Ams. I can't. I gotta go so I'll see ya at school." Amber nodded.
"Kay. See ya." Shahero waved over her shoulder.
~O~
"Tried to give you warning but everyone ignores me. Told you everything loud and clear, but nobody's listening." The laughter was drowned out from the noise of the students, rushing to get to their designated classes. Amber, Ruin, Shahero, Midge, Teddy, Johnny, Tala, and Kai all stood in a group. Every so often Tala would glance at Ruin and Kai and Amber would glare at each other.
Ever since Amber had walked through the front entrance of the school and met up with the group, she hadn't stopped talking about how awesome the Linkin Park Meteora CD is. She had started singing and humming to the tune of some of the songs. She had just finished singing a part of one of her most favourite songs on the album, Nobody's Listening.
Shahero had laughed and joked around with the rest of the group but her eyes scanned the crowd, looking for a familiar red head with green eyes. Finally spotting her, her blue eyes lit up and she walked a little faster.
She quickly walked up to Russia. "Hey!" She greeted with a warm smile.
"Hi." Russia said sleepily, giving her a slight smile.
"How's it goin?" Shahero asked casually. Russia gave her a pointed look and turned back to searching through her locker. She shoved the books in her bag and joined the group walking down the hall. Shahero noticed Russia stayed distant from the others and was very quiet.
"Coors!" A deep voice bellowed behind her. Shahero froze. There were only two people who would still call her that, and one was supposedly dead. That meant that it could only be…before she had time to turn around, someone grabbed her waist and threw her up in the air, spinning around and around. At first she gave a cry of anger and protest and started to struggle. Then she noticed the position. Only one person greeted her this way. Her cries of anger and protest turned to one of shock and happiness. She laughed as she was spun around and around until she thought she was going to puke.
The spinning slowed to a stop and she was placed gently back on her feet. She stumbled a bit but managed to turn around. She immediately jumped up at the person, giving him a huge hug.
"Brent!" She squealed and laughed. The boy laughed and hugged her back. She stared up into Brent's beautiful blue eyes and she felt better. Brent's nostrils filled with her sweet scent. She smelled like Hawaiian ginger.
Brent had been her older brother figure and the shoulder to cry on when things went wrong. She had stayed at his house for two months when she ran away. He helped her back on her feet. She had felt so alone when she had left and snuck on a plane to Canada. Then Brent helped her realize she always had friends there to help her through the tough times. No one could replace him.
"You sure changed." Brent's deep soothing voice broke her line of thought and she grinned.
She stared at him. He grew tall, very tall. He looked to be around six foot six. He was well built and very muscular, but not too muscular. His black AC/DC Hells Bells t-shirt was loose and his blue jeans were baggy. His hair had grown longer. His messy dirty blonde hair fell into his blue eyes. His skin was slightly tanned and firm. She felt secure in his arms. On his feet he wore a pair of black Globe skater sneakers.
"Feh. Look who's talking. You're a giant!" she joked, poking his firm chest. He smirked.
"And you're a midget." He stated, putting her down on the ground and patting her head. She growled and slapped his hand away.
"Piss off." Brent placed a hand on his heart and pouted, putting on a fake hurt look.
"You wound me Coors."
"You'll deal." She said nonchalantly, crossing her arms over her chest.
"Bleedin." He added.
"So get a Band-aid." She answered smugly, her lips twisting up into a mischievous smirk. She looked behind him. Jared, Kyle and Colin stood watching the two best friends greet each other with mildly amused faces. "Hey guys!" She said happily, pushing passed Brent and heading for the guys. Colin gave her a huge bear hug.
He was the shortest of the group, well the guys anyway. He stood at about five foot nine. He was lean, for someone who ate as much as he did. He wore his white Quicksilver shirt under a red and white-checkered button up shirt. His dark blue jeans were baggy and were held up with a black pyramid belt. His medium brown hair was hardly visible under his red beanie. It curled up over the ends of the hat. His brown sugar coloured eyes glowed with happiness and his thin lips were pulled up into a cheeky grin. On his feet he wore a pair of old brown Etnie skater sneakers. They had duct tape on the front, obviously because they ripped.
"Wasup Sen?"
"Just the usual." She answered with a shrug. She turned to the other two boys.
Jared had grown to a six foot four. His blue-green eyes sparkled with mischief and he smirked at her. His short bleach blonde hair was styled up into small spikes. His black jeans weren't as loose as Colin and Brent's but were still pretty baggy. His black t-shirt was tight and showed his muscles. It had a picture of a boy with his head down and a skateboard in hand. Beside him was a fine for not wearing a helmet at the skate park. She smirked. Typical Jared. His hands were shoved into the pockets of his jeans and he nodded his acknowledgment. On his feet he wore a pair of black Circa skater sneakers. One show had black laces, the other had grey.
Kyle had his eyes surveying the crowd, winking and giving suggestive smiles to some girls that passed by. Shahero rolled her eyes. He had bed hair, seeing as his white-blonde hair stood on end and was flattened slightly on one side. His baby blue eyes held a flirtatious glint in them. He was wearing a loose navy blue hoody that said 'West 49' on it and his black track pants were wrinkled. On his feet he wore a pair of black All Star Converse with white laces.
Shahero started walking and chatting with the guys, catching up on what had happened in the last few years. Shahero suddenly stopped. Her eyes were wide and showed guilt. She quickly spun around and searched for the gang. They were easy to spot. Not many had noticed she had gone, or noticed but didn't mind. Her eyes met Russia's jade green gaze and her guilt grew.
The group looked so happy go lucky and Russia looked so troubled. Zareth and Hans had joined Russia. Shahero motioned for them to come over. Hans nodded and quickly and made his way over, closely followed by a lazy Zareth and a hesitant Russia.
"Rush I'm so sorry." Shahero started.
"Whatever. I'm used ta it." Russia said lowly. Shahero gave her a knowing look.
"Guys," She said, talking to Brent, Jared, Kyle, and Colin. "This is Russia, Zareth, and Hans." She pointed to each person as she said their name. "Guys," She said again, taling to Russia, Zareth, and Hans. "This is Brent, Jared, Kyle, and Colin. We've been friends since we were kids." Brent draped his arm casually around Shahero's shoulders. She grinned. Russia looked surprised, but the look quickly left. She nodded.
"Cool." She answered and looked up. "I'm gonna go. Toodals." She said swiftly and walked away. Shahero frowned.
"I'm gonna go see if she's ok." She said, concern evident in her voice. She followed Russia, hoping she was all right. 'Could seeing me with the guys make her remember a part of her past?' She knew it was possible. She just hoped Russia wouldn't hurt herself. She had been tempted many times before to kill herself when she thought about her past. She just could never bring herself to work up the courage to do it.
Shahero found Russia exactly where she thought she would, the girl's bathroom. Russia was sitting in a heap on the floor. Her green eyes were dull as she stared into oblivion.
"Rush?" She asked quietly, as if afraid of frightening her. Russia didn't look up, instead quickly tugged at her pant legs, which she had noticed were rolled up. Russia's attempts were futile. Blood soaked the blue material that covered her calves. Shahero's eyes filled with sadness. She walked slowly over to her, unsure of what to do; she sat down beside her. "What's wrong?" She asked, wrapping her arm around Russia's shoulder. Russia just shrugged off the shoulder and turned away.
"Why'd ya lie?" She asked grudgingly. Shahero was taken aback, her eyes widening in shock.
"What?" Russia turned back to her, her eyes darkening with rage.
"Don't act like ya dunno wha I'm talkin bout! If yer gonna lie at least act da part!" Russia stared at her accusingly. Shahero just sat there, mouth agape. She struggled to make sense of what Russia was saying. But before she could say anything, Russia continued with her rant. "Givin me crap bout ya havin a fucked up life! Then yar dere wit all yar mates, all happy and shit! Wha da fuck do ya tink I'm supposed ta tink?" Realization dawned on Shahero. Russia had seen her with the guys and she thought that she had lied to her; that she was acting way too happy to actually have a fucked up life. She fought with herself to keep her anger down and to speak to Russia in a calm voice.
"Russia, I didn't lie." She said shakily. "I was truly happy to see the guys. They helped me, Brent mostly but all of them pitched in. I went to Brent's house when I got off the plane. He helped me realize my friends will always be there for me and I still have a lot to live for." During her speech, Shahero had successfully pushed down her rage and now spoke steadily to Russia. Russia's eyes filled with confusion.
"But…ya looked so happy. It's hard ta believe ya had such a fucked up life."
"I know. But ya gotta believe me Rush. I wouldn't lie bout somethin like that to ya. It's all true, I swear on my life." She said, putting her right hand on her chest in promise. "Rush, let it go. You can have fun if ya wanna. You just don't see the point of livin anymore. Brent helped me see that and look where I am now. I have friends who care bout me and so do you. So come on, lets go." Shahero stood up and offered her hand to Russia. Russia paused in hesitation, then grabbed Shahero's hand and pulled herself up. Russia winced and Shahero immediately frowned deeply.
Russia sat back down and wrapped some toilet paper around her legs. Shahero's eyes filled with concern and she crouched down in front of her. "Ya alright?" Russia waved her hand dismissively.
"Yeah, fine. I've been through dis before." Shahero could only nod. When Russia was standing again and had assured Shahero she was fine, Shahero grinned.
"You know, you're lucky I hadn't lost it on ya and bitch slapped ya right across the face! I don't lie." Russia raised an eyebrow.
"Nah, I tink yar lucky ya didn't. I might've had ta bitch slap ya right back." Shahero laughed.
"Then in that case it would've gone on forever." Russia put a finger on her chin in a thinking gesture.
"Nah, I would've won sometime." She said with a smirk. Shahero snorted.
"I don't think so buddy! You'd be lucky if ya actually left with your life." Russia gave her a knowing look.
"I thought ya said ya didn't lie." Her smirk grew. Shahero laughed and soon Russia joined in. Shahero linked arms with her and they walked out of the bathroom and to their homeroom class, which they soon found out was the same room.
~O~
Shahero was breathing heavily, sweat making her shirt cling to her lithe form. Her chest heaved with effort as she practiced her jujitsu movement again, trying to perfect the difficult course. The heavy metal music of Mudvayne played on her stereo.
I would love to beat the face,
Of any mother fucker that's thinkin they can change me,
White knuckles grip pushing through for the gold,
If you're wantin a piece of me I broke the mother fuckin mold,
I'm drowning in your wake
Shit rubbed in my face
Teething on concrete
Gums bleeding
Kud, the lead singer of Mudvayne screamed the angry words to the song. She had always listened to angry music like Mudvayne when she was training. It helped her center her anger and put effort into her movements, helping her picture enemies she'd pretend to be fighting. Right now, she was picturing Myles. Hatred for him cursed through every vein in her body.
Dig bury me underneath
Everything that I am rearranging
Dig bury me underneath
Everything that I was slowly changing
She screamed in anger as she stumbled again. She picked herself up, eyes black as she stared at the picture of Myles. He was laughing at her, mocking her. She growled.
"Shutup!" She screamed as she started the movement, blinded by pure rage. She stumbled a few more times, growing more frustrated. She screamed and punched the ground. She stayed there; kneeling on the ground with her fist on the floor, arm shaking from impact.
I struggle in violated space,
Sell out mother fuckers in the biz that try to fuck me,
Hang from their T's rated PG insight,
I ain't sellin my soul when there's nothing to buy
I'm livid in my space
Pissing in my face
Fuck you while you try
To fuck me
Her breathing slowed to its normal rate and her eyes lightened, turning their natural colour of bright sapphire blue. She slowly stood up on shaking limbs and staggered upstairs, not bothering to shut off the stereo. She needed to cool off.
She stepped into the bathroom and filled the tub up with warm water, adding some diluted lavender oil to help calm her nerves. She peeled off her sweat-drenched clothes and threw on the floor. Shahero sank into the warm water and sighed blissfully. Her eyes drifted shut and she noticed how tired she actually was. She yawned and stretched, getting drowsy and the sweet smell of lavender overtaking her senses. Soon she was sound asleep.
~O~
She was startled awake as her nose and mouth filled with water. Her eyes snapped open which she immediately regretted as they started to burn from the lavender oil. She bolted up and out of the tub. She spluttered the water from her mouth and nose, rubbing her burning eyes. The water dripped down her body and dripped into a puddle of water at her feet. She growled in frustration and grabbed a black fluffy towel, using it to dry off and wrapping it tightly around her small form.
She walked into her room and searched through her closet. She pulled out a pair of huge grey sweatpants and a black tank top. She didn't usually wear tank tops but she was hot. Her eyes rolled to the clock. It read '10: 17 p.m.' She sighed and threw herself down on the bed, only to stand back up again. She grabbed her sweater and cell phone and dialed Amber's cell number. She waited patiently for her to answer as she pulled on her sweater and walked to the door. 'I'm not gonna let that red eyed freak stop me from doin the things I want. He can't scare me.' She thought confidently.
"Yello." Amber greeted on the other end of the line. Shahero stepped outside and closed the door firmly behind her as she started walking.
"Hiya Ams!" She answered happily. "How's it goin?"
"Well besides the fact that Blue boy s being a bastard, everything's all fine and dandy, you?" She asked with a fake sugary sweet voice. Shahero laughed at her.
"Where ya guys hangin? I'm gonna drop by."
"Ah, yes! Another recruit for my army against blue haired prats. Excellent." Amber gave an evil cackle. Shahero could almost picture her rubbing her hands together and the dark look in her eyes. She shivered.
"Whoa. An evil, conniving Amber is definitely not a good thing."
"Nope!"
"Right, well I can't join your 'army' if I don't know where ya guys are."
"Oh right. We're just hangin out at the Friars Rest, as usual." Shahero nodded, even though she knew Amber couldn't see her.
"Kay, I'll see ya there."
"Cool." Amber said before Shahero ended the call. Shahero smirked and hugged her arms, mostly because it comforted her a little not because she was cold.
The longer she walked, the more she regretted not bringing her Discman. Oh how she would kill for some music right now. She sighed and started singing Drain The Blood by the Distillers. Her voice was nowhere near the voice of Brody Dalle the Distillers' lead singer; it sounded more like Amy Lee the lead singer of Evanescence.
"I'm living on shattered faith, the kind that likes to restrict your breath, never been a better time then this, suffocate on eternal bliss." Near the end her voice didn't rise which made the song sound weird and out of tune but she didn't care.
She screamed as a hand clamped onto her shoulder. She struggled and tried to pull away but the hand gripped painfully tighter. She felt a hot breathe on her ear and her breathing hitched.
"Guess who?" That voice, that chuckle. It could only be one person.
"Myles." She hissed darkly, starting to struggle even harder then before. She ignored the pain that was now cursing through her shoulder and right arm, desperate to get away. He laughed harder at her futile attempts to break free. He was laughing so hard that he was unaware that his grip on her shoulder had loosened, allowing her to easily slip away.
She broke into a run, looking around frantically for the Friars Rest. She screamed as he launched himself at her in a perfect football tackle, which she narrowly dodged. She sighed in relief as the Friars Rest came into view. The footfalls behind her came faster and she risked glancing over her shoulder just in time to see him launching at her again. She did a sharp turn and pushed open the doors to the café.
Only moments after she had entered did she smack straight into something, or rather someone. She gripped the person's, which she verified was a guy seeing as he had no boobs, shirt tightly and steadied herself. She was shaking with sobs and buried her face deeply into his chest.
She could here his heartbeat, a steady beat that soon calmed her. She felt his arms wrap around her form and pull her closer. She sighed blissfully and for a moment, forgot all about Myles, the fire, Eoin, and every other fucked up thing in her life. Her heartbeat slowed to its normal rate and her sobs softened to sniffles and reluctantly, she pulled away.
Her head turned to the door. No Myles in sight. Relief flooded through her and she relaxed. Obviously he hadn't wanted to risk the cops coming if they made a big scene. She turned her blue gaze to meet the dazed grey eyes of Hans. She sighed again when she noticed it wasn't some perverted bastard who was going to feel her up.
"Thanks." She whispered. Hans grinned from ear to ear.
"Anytime." He said, clapping her on the back. Then he grabbed her arm and started to drag her away from the door. "You showed up just on time! Russia sent me out to go make sure you were ok. Don't know why but Russia's always been a mysterious one. Learned not to question her a long time ago. She gets all bitchy on us! And ya look fine to me so I dunno why her panties were in a bun…"
"Hans," An irritated Ruin interrupted. "Shutup."
"We can't have ya ruining Shahero now can we." Tala added, standing up and wrapping his arm around her shoulder. Shahero stared up at him with quirked eyebrows. Tala just winked at her and sat back down. Even though she tried to hide it, Shahero saw Ruin's brown eyes flash with anger and jealousy.
Shahero sat herself in between Amber and Miyami and pulled off her sweater. Eyebrows shot up at her top. Sahhero gave them all a questioning look.
"What? You guys never seen a tank top before or something?"
"We just, never considered you the type to wear them is all." Amber explained. Shahero opened her mouth to speak when Miyami's excited voice interrupted her.
"Yo! Cool tattoo sweets!" She exclaimed, pointing at the tattoo of a ring of thorns around her upper right arm. The thorns looked like they pierced her skin and blood dripped down her arm from the wounds the thorns made.
"Fuck! When d'ya get dat?" Russia asked curiously. Shahero just shrugged.
"I think I was fourteen." She pondered. "Yeah around there. I got this one too." She turned and moved the straps away a little to show them the tattoo of a black rose beside her left shoulder blade.
"It has a petal that fell off tattooed a little below but I'm not moving my shirt that far down so you can forget bout seein it right now."
"Yeah, too bad guys." Miyami teased.
"So wha'd I miss?" She stared intently at the group. Amber cackled evilly again and Shahero jokingly shifted closer to Miyami.
"Shahero," Miyami started dramatically, putting a hand on her shoulder. Shahero turned to face her. "There's something that you don't know about Kai," Miyami's voice was sad and her lip started to tremble as if she was about to break into tears. Shahero decided to play along with this joke and adopted Miyami's face of anxiety.
"He's?" She egged on.
"He's," Miyami took in a deep breath. "He's gay!" She wailed and buried her face into Shahero's shoulder, wracking with fake sobs. Shahero was trying to stop the hysterics that were threatening to come from her throat and wasn't having much success. She snickered and while trying to keep a straight face continued to play along with this little joke. Or at least, she hoped it was a joke. She patted Miyami's back sympathetically.
"It's ok Miya." She said, pretending to sooth the drama queen. Miyami sat up and pretended to wipe her eyes. Shahero grinned evilly. "Johnny will be more then happy to take care of you for a while." She nudged Miyami closer to a now fidgeting Johnny. Miyami growled a warning at her but she ignored it.
"Damn you frickin match makers." She hissed darkly. Shahero smiled innocently at the blushing Miyami, but her eyes shone with mischief. She turned her gaze away from the pair to a snickering Amber and a shocked Kai.
"I'm not gay." He said firmly, darkened mahogany meeting bright sapphire. Shahero smirked at him.
"Aw, is little shark face hurt." Amber asked in a baby voice and a fake frown. Kai shot Amber a challenging look. Shahero shook her head.
"And if I was, would you make me feel all better?" he asked slyly, his mouth twitching up into a knowing smirk. Amber's eyes widened at the meaning of his words and she gagged.
"In your dreams you dick." Amber snapped.
"Great," Shahero rolled her eyes. "He has sex on the brain."
"Oh yeah." Amber agreed. Shahero's gaze then turned to Zareth. He had been quiet during the conversations. As usual he had his cigarette tucked firmly between his lips. Shahero nudged Miyami.
"Does he always smoke?" She asked curiously. Miyami nodded.
"Every time I see him he has it. You should ask Russia, Hans, or Kane. They could give you a better answer." Shahero nodded.
"Kay." She looked around the table for the first time. On the row opposite the one she was sitting on there was Kai, Hans, Russia, and Zareth who took up most of the room since he had his feet up and back against the window. On her side sat Ruin, Amber, Miyami, Johnny and of course herself. Tala sat at the end of the table where he pulled over a chair. It was turned around so he straddled the back and his arms rested on the top.
Shahero leaned back and cushioned her head in her arms. She heard Amber absent-mindedly humming the tune of Don't Stay. She immediately joined in.
"Sometimes I need to remember just to breathe, sometimes I need you to stay away from me!" She screamed the end. They laughed and continued, standing on the table. Soon Miyami joined them too, not wanting to be left out of the fun.
"Don't stay!" Shahero would scream and hold that note while Amber and Miyami sang the next part.
"Forget our memoies, forget our possibilities."
"What you were changing me into!" And then they would all sing, "Just give me myself back and," Then some other people at the table would join in, "Don't stay!" They all laughed.
Miyami had pushed Amber off the table and onto Kai's lap, which started a whole argument. Amber was struggling to get off Kai's lap and Kai was only making it harder by fidgeting one purpose. Her face was beet red as she finally clambered off Kai's lap, only to turn on a hysterical Miyami.
Shahero gave Amber a mischievous smirk before she hip-checked Miyami off the table and onto Johnny. Johnny took advantage of the moment though and kissed Miyami soundly on the lips. There were a few hoots and hollers. Shahero was still standing on the table, though she was bent over and clutching her sides with laughter. Tears were forming in the corners of her closed eyes.
She gave a yelp of surprise when someone grabbed her ankle and pulled her off the table. She landed in Hans' lap. Visions of their former position at the door flooded into her head and she blushed.
"Aw, she's blushing." Tala teased. He got a cold glare in return. She squirmed and tried to climb out of his lap but in the surprise of her landing in his lap, Hans' hand had snatched the material of her jeans that covered her thigh. He showed no sign of letting go anytime soon. So Shahero shifted in his lap and made herself comfortable. She leaned her head against his chest and turned it to meet Russia's mischievous jade green eyes. Realization dawned on her.
"You!" She pointed an accusing finger at Russia and sat up in Hans' lap. "You pulled me off the table didn't you?! Didn't you?!" Russia gave her an innocent look.
"No." Shahero's face dropped and she gave her an annoyed look.
"You're a crappy liar ya know that?" Russia caved and laughed.
"Yup." Shahero growled and leaned back on Hans' chest again.
"Fuck you." She snapped and crossed her arms over her chest. She looked at Johnny and Miyami. They were still in a lip lock. She snickered.
"Miya pushed me you arrogant prick!" Shahero's head snapped in the direction of the Irish woman's voice. Kai had a knowing smirk on his face as he stared calmly and collectedly at a fuming and flushed Amber.
"Yeah, right. Whatever you say Ember." Kai turned away from her. Shahero, knowing Amber was going to hurt him sometime soon interrupted the pair.
"You liked her there, didn't you Shark face?" Kai looked at her in astonishment. Amber smirked and crossed her arms over her chest.
"Of course he did." Amber said arrogantly. "Everybody loves me, even gay guys." She stared pointedly at Kai near the end. Laughter rolled around the table. Kai snorted.
"Not Oliver." He said.
"Yup even Olly, he's just too shy do admit it." Amber said with a smug smirk. Shahero felt the material of her jeans slacken on her thigh and she noticed Hans had let go of her jeans. She knew she should get off but she got too comfortable. Miyami, who had pulled away from Johnny after noticing what was going on, noticed this and grinned at her.
"Hey Shahero, you can get out of Hans' lap now." If Miyami had expected Shahero to blush madly and struggle to get out of Hans' lap, she was wrong. Shahero just shrugged.
"I'm comfy." She stated simply. Miyami looked determined to make Shahero uncomfortable, as she didn't leave it at that. Her head tilted to the side and she pretended to examine the two.
"You know, you two would make a great couple."
"So would you and Johnny but I don't see any dates comin up any time soon. Suck it up John-John and ask her out already." Johnny's face flushed and he turned away. Miyami sighed exasperatedly.
"Your impossible!" She claimed.
"Miya stop, your starting to sound like my mother." Amber said with a shudder. Miyami's face twisted up in disgust and she shuddered too. Shahero just laughed.
"How?" Shahero asked curiously.
"Mom says that a lot." Shahero nodded.
"Well the way you are it's not hard to see why." Kai muttered. Amber shot him a glare, which he returned.
"It's a wonder they like each other." Shahero heard Ruin say.
"They like each other?" She questioned. Ruin stared at her, as if surprised she had heard her.
"Yeah." She said finally. Shahero stared at the arguing pair and she smirked.
"Now they would make a cute couple." She said a bit too loudly. Amber and Kai turned on her.
"What?!" The cried. Shahero and Ruin exchanged glances.
"Point proven?" She asked, motioning to the pair.
"Point proven." Many answered. Amber and Kai glared at them all before turning their backs on each other.
"Nice friends I have." Amber muttered.
"Yeah! Aren't we the best?" Johnny said, recovering from his blush fest. Shahero was tempted to point that out just to see him look uncomfortable but refrained. But Amber must have thought differently.
"Well I see you've recovered from your blush fest." She said fake cheerily. Johnny's face tinged pink again. Shahero laughed.
"I think you read my mind." She said.
"But of course," Amber put her hands out in front of her and pretended to be running them around a crystal ball. "Madame Lulu sees all!" She finished.
"Madame Lulu?" Russia questioned.
"Yeah, Madame Amber didn't sound gay so I had to come up with another name."
"So now you're calling yourself gay?" Ruin joined in.
"No, I'm calling fortune tellers gay."
"But you just called yourself a fortune teller." Shahero claimed.
"Oh, shutup!" Amber huffed and crossed her arms over her chest. They laughed. Shahero looked at her watch. 11: 52 p.m.
"Whoa its almost twelve?" A few others at the table looked at their own watches. "Ah crap! I'm never gonna get up tomorrow." Shahero growled in frustration. "Damned school time. Can't it start at like ten?"
"We can only wish." Amber said with a sigh. Grumbling, Shahero climbed out of Hans lap and over Kai's. She had watched his hands the whole time, satisfied when they didn't move. She had done this before and the guy had slapped her ass. He ended up in the hospital and she got expelled. She brushed past Tala and waved at the group.
Shahero was headed to the door when she skidded to a halt. Standing there, at the corner of the street was Myles and a few other guys she barely recognized as the guys who had chased her. His gang. She felt a reassuring hand on her shoulder. She looked up at Russia. Beside her stood Zareth and Hans.
"He'll drive ya home." Russia said, pointing to Zareth. Shahero turned to Zareth.
"You sure?" She asked uncertainly. He just shrugged.
"Whatever." He said around his cigarette.
"Alright!" Hans said wrapping an arm around her shoulder friendly. "Let's go!" He led the way to Zareth's car in the parking lot. She could feel Myles' gaze burning into her back. The hairs on the back of her neck stood on end and she quickened her pace. She could only hope he didn't hurt any of her friends. She hopped into the back beside Hans while Russia sat in the passenger seat and Zareth took the position at the steering wheel.
Even though the ride home was short, it was funny. Shahero and Hans had made a bet to see who could piss off Zareth. He was always so laid back and calm. At the moment it seemed like fun, but after a while his face started to grow angrier and she regretted actually agreeing to the bet, but she didn't back down. She couldn't let Hans win. The ride was over way too quickly and Zareth looked so close to snapping. She sighed reluctantly and got out of the car.
"Thanks." She said gratefully, yet she knew that only Russia would understand just how grateful she actually was. Zareth just gripped the steering wheel tightly, not even glancing at her. Russia and Hans waved as he pulled out of the long driveway and drove away.
Shahero sighed as she opened the door and prepared herself for Diablo's greeting. She opened the door and waited with closed eyes. They snapped open in surprise as she was greeted only by silence. Panic surged through her as she franticly searched through the house.
She had run, searching endlessly for hours. Her sides ached and her heart pounded so hard she thought it would burst through her chest. She gasped for breath but her urgency to find her family pushed her onward. So she made her way to the last place she could think of, the backyard.
The sight that she was greeted with was horrifying. Lying there, in a pool of his own blood, was Diablo. Shahero screamed as the stomach curdling smell of blood filled her nose, making her gasp for fresh air. The stench was making her dizzy and her stomach churned. She swallowed and unsteadily walked over to the corpse of the husky.
She kneeled beside him, trying to keep herself collected as she timidly touched his blood matted coat. The silent tears that flowed down her cheeks turned into heart wrenching sobs as she gripped Diablo's body desperately, wishing with all her heart that this was all a dream, a horrible dream, a nightmare. Shahero cried for all she was worth as she lay there, hugging Diablo close, her salty tears mixing with the dirt and blood on Diablo's fur.
Shahero had lost track of time as she cried and cried, until she could cry no more. She had no more tears left. She sat up and ran a hand over Diablo's once shiny coat. Her hand stopped as she felt a dip in the fur. Her eyes, still dazed, moved slowly to the dent. She gasped. There, imbedded in his side, was a bullet.
Shahero's eyes darkened with anger. Who would do such a thing? She thought incredulously. Her eyes darkened more as a certain red-eyed, silver haired man came to mind. She growled a dark and dangerous growl.
"Damn you Myles!" She cried out into the still, silent night. "Burn in hell!" She screamed as an arm wrapped around her waist. A huge hand clamped over her mouth to muffle her screams. She felt a prick on her right arm but when she tried to turn her head the hand pushed her back against a firm chest.
She struggled but soon she was filled with confusion. She was loosing awareness and she felt very confused. The world was spinning around her and fading fast. She tried to speak but found her mouth wouldn't move. Her vision blurred and all she could see was smudged figures.
Finally she was enveloped in black. She wasn't sure if she should welcome the darkness or fear it, but she didn't have time to think for her senses all shut down and she felt empty, lost and alone in a huge pool of black.
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Well that's the end of the sixth chappie. Who killed Diablo? What happened to Shahero? Who drugged her? What is going to happen next? Review and soon you'll find out. Also I have gotten a lot of questions about who Shahero's going to be paired with. I have decided to pair her with Brent. So don't ask me again. Though you prolly will anyway. But review! I'm hopping for as many reviews as or more reviews then the last chappie. So go on and click the purplish-blue button at the bottom of the page. Go on, you know you wanna … ;)
