Oooh, chapter 5. It's coming along!! After, like, months of not adding anything. I just hope I have more time to write now, since school's pretty much over for me (i graduate on the 12th--weee!!!). I don't own anything other than the usual. Despite this shortcoming (O_o;;), please read and enjoy!
DarkFlame136
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Six o' clock seemed a long ways off, and not just because he was hungry as hell. So, Rekka, who was also bored as hell, decided to go out and raise some.
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Interestingly enough, at the same time Rekka went out the door, Sage decided to take a walk as well.
"Don't stay out too long," Mia warned, we're leaving around 5:30."
That just gave him an hour. "Works for me."
After he left, Kento made one of his more intelligent remarks, "I wonder what's eating him? He's been pretty quiet since he and Rowen got home."
Cye rolled his eyes. "When are you NOT thinking about food?"
"Hey! I'm serious. And a little hungry." With that, he got up for a bag of chips.
Ryo, watching TV with White Blaze and Mia, did not brush aside his remark the same way Cye did. 'He's got a point.' Looking for Rowen, he found him with a book on the love seat. "Hey, Ro, did anything happen before you guys left school? I mean, yeah, Sage's always quiet, but he seems a little off."
The blue-haired youth thought for a moment. Normally, he'd fess up, but Sage had told him not to say anything until he had a little more evidence to go on other than a hunch. "No sense in getting everyone worked up ahead of time," he had agreed earlier.
"Nah; he's just a bit on the tired side." Well, it wasn't a lie (Rowen, seeing his friend's eyes slide closed more than once, ended up driving most of the way back), but at least he didn't betray Sage.
Fortunately, Ryo bought it. "What DOES he do at night, anyway? I always find some kind of wax on the floor, and his room usually smells like incense."
Sage had told him a thing or two about this as well. "Um...can't imagine," he laughed nervously. "Unless the girls manage to jump down a few stories in the dark without killing themselves!"
Mia, who happened to catch the last part of that statement, threw a pillow at him. "Don't say that! He can't even remember how to TALK around girls most of the time!"
Ryo, laughing next to her, had to add in his two cents. "Actually, if Rowen's theory is correct, I don't think anyone needs to talk, since actions speak louder than wor--"
SLAP! Everyone within a two-mile radius of the house had to have heard THAT one.
"Ow, damn!"
Rowen just sat there and laughed at his leader's bad luck. At the end of his statement, he had tried to put his arm around Mia, which was a very bad move at the moment, especially in context of what he was saying.
"Why the hell does every guy try to pick me up?!" the angry redhead stomped off.
"Bakka," Rowen commented, "I guess you didn't hear about her day at work: she had to fill-in for a class, and she found it a bit hard to teach with a bunch of students hitting on her every so often!"
Gingerly touching his face (which had a rather angry-looking hand print covering the side), he glared at Rowen. "And you neglected to tell me this why?"
"Don't ask, don't tell." He got up and ran before Ryo could come after him, which he was about to. Instead, though, he just sat back on the couch and poked his stinging cheek. "Chiku, chiku, chiku..."
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Rekka had stopped by a party store to pick up some water balloons. He figured he's swing by a residential area to fill them up, then go to the lake and bomb a few people.
He was halfway to the residential area when his stomach started growling.
He also happened to be on a sidewalk full of people, which didn't help him in the least. Or did it?
Seeing that it had been a month since the last time he had REALLY eaten anything, he thought so.
Since there were so many people crammed in one area that you'd get trampled if you stopped walking even for a second, Rekka just turned to the person beside him--which happened to be that cute redhead in his first bell.
"Ari? Fancy meeting YOU here!"
"Huh?" she turned her head. "Rekka?! I didn't even SEE you! What's up?"
"Nothing much."
"Hey, I was heading over to this really cool restaurant to grab a bite. Wanna come?"
'Too easy.' "Why not, I'm pretty hungry myself. In fact...I even know a short cut."
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Sage was pretty put out with himself. He had just wanted to spend some time in the woods near the lake, since it was one of his favorite think spots. Thinking he'd enjoy the walk, too, he had decided to take the long way through the city.
And ended up on a sidewalk packed with people.
'Too much noise' he held his head, beginning to feel dizzy from all the minds around him. 'Why can't people keep their thoughts to themselves?'
'Too easy.'
'Hardly.' Sage snapped to attention. Where had THAT stray thought come from? It was almost as if no one was supposed to hear it, since it was so soft, yet there was a peculiar echo to it. In fact, it was almost as if...'Nah. If there were any non-humans in the area, I would have--'
His self-assuring speech was cut short when he turned his head just in time to see Rekka and Ari make a detour into an alley.
"...sensed them by now." Sage stopped dead in his tracks. "Wha--"
Poor guy was cut short again. Because he had suddenly stopped dead in his tracks, he ended up getting mowed over by the five o'clock going-home-from-work traffic just as promptly.
******~~~~~~~~*********~~~~~~~~~~************~~~~~~~~~~**********~~~~~~~******Hey, I wonder if anyone recognizes Ryo's little quote from earlier? Assuming I spelled it right, it's from Escaflowne--the episode where everyone's favorite pyromaniac is playing with his face. You know, I thought he was calling Van a prick at first, since I had just seen the one screen shot with the translation. Turns out, he was just talking about the way his face felt when he bothered it. I still kinda feel sorry for the Slayer who told him to quit playing with the cut (who was it? Chesta? I can't remember ^^;;;)
DarkFlame136
*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Six o' clock seemed a long ways off, and not just because he was hungry as hell. So, Rekka, who was also bored as hell, decided to go out and raise some.
^^^***^^^ ^^^***^^^ ^^^***^^^ ^^^***^^^
Interestingly enough, at the same time Rekka went out the door, Sage decided to take a walk as well.
"Don't stay out too long," Mia warned, we're leaving around 5:30."
That just gave him an hour. "Works for me."
After he left, Kento made one of his more intelligent remarks, "I wonder what's eating him? He's been pretty quiet since he and Rowen got home."
Cye rolled his eyes. "When are you NOT thinking about food?"
"Hey! I'm serious. And a little hungry." With that, he got up for a bag of chips.
Ryo, watching TV with White Blaze and Mia, did not brush aside his remark the same way Cye did. 'He's got a point.' Looking for Rowen, he found him with a book on the love seat. "Hey, Ro, did anything happen before you guys left school? I mean, yeah, Sage's always quiet, but he seems a little off."
The blue-haired youth thought for a moment. Normally, he'd fess up, but Sage had told him not to say anything until he had a little more evidence to go on other than a hunch. "No sense in getting everyone worked up ahead of time," he had agreed earlier.
"Nah; he's just a bit on the tired side." Well, it wasn't a lie (Rowen, seeing his friend's eyes slide closed more than once, ended up driving most of the way back), but at least he didn't betray Sage.
Fortunately, Ryo bought it. "What DOES he do at night, anyway? I always find some kind of wax on the floor, and his room usually smells like incense."
Sage had told him a thing or two about this as well. "Um...can't imagine," he laughed nervously. "Unless the girls manage to jump down a few stories in the dark without killing themselves!"
Mia, who happened to catch the last part of that statement, threw a pillow at him. "Don't say that! He can't even remember how to TALK around girls most of the time!"
Ryo, laughing next to her, had to add in his two cents. "Actually, if Rowen's theory is correct, I don't think anyone needs to talk, since actions speak louder than wor--"
SLAP! Everyone within a two-mile radius of the house had to have heard THAT one.
"Ow, damn!"
Rowen just sat there and laughed at his leader's bad luck. At the end of his statement, he had tried to put his arm around Mia, which was a very bad move at the moment, especially in context of what he was saying.
"Why the hell does every guy try to pick me up?!" the angry redhead stomped off.
"Bakka," Rowen commented, "I guess you didn't hear about her day at work: she had to fill-in for a class, and she found it a bit hard to teach with a bunch of students hitting on her every so often!"
Gingerly touching his face (which had a rather angry-looking hand print covering the side), he glared at Rowen. "And you neglected to tell me this why?"
"Don't ask, don't tell." He got up and ran before Ryo could come after him, which he was about to. Instead, though, he just sat back on the couch and poked his stinging cheek. "Chiku, chiku, chiku..."
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Rekka had stopped by a party store to pick up some water balloons. He figured he's swing by a residential area to fill them up, then go to the lake and bomb a few people.
He was halfway to the residential area when his stomach started growling.
He also happened to be on a sidewalk full of people, which didn't help him in the least. Or did it?
Seeing that it had been a month since the last time he had REALLY eaten anything, he thought so.
Since there were so many people crammed in one area that you'd get trampled if you stopped walking even for a second, Rekka just turned to the person beside him--which happened to be that cute redhead in his first bell.
"Ari? Fancy meeting YOU here!"
"Huh?" she turned her head. "Rekka?! I didn't even SEE you! What's up?"
"Nothing much."
"Hey, I was heading over to this really cool restaurant to grab a bite. Wanna come?"
'Too easy.' "Why not, I'm pretty hungry myself. In fact...I even know a short cut."
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Sage was pretty put out with himself. He had just wanted to spend some time in the woods near the lake, since it was one of his favorite think spots. Thinking he'd enjoy the walk, too, he had decided to take the long way through the city.
And ended up on a sidewalk packed with people.
'Too much noise' he held his head, beginning to feel dizzy from all the minds around him. 'Why can't people keep their thoughts to themselves?'
'Too easy.'
'Hardly.' Sage snapped to attention. Where had THAT stray thought come from? It was almost as if no one was supposed to hear it, since it was so soft, yet there was a peculiar echo to it. In fact, it was almost as if...'Nah. If there were any non-humans in the area, I would have--'
His self-assuring speech was cut short when he turned his head just in time to see Rekka and Ari make a detour into an alley.
"...sensed them by now." Sage stopped dead in his tracks. "Wha--"
Poor guy was cut short again. Because he had suddenly stopped dead in his tracks, he ended up getting mowed over by the five o'clock going-home-from-work traffic just as promptly.
******~~~~~~~~*********~~~~~~~~~~************~~~~~~~~~~**********~~~~~~~******Hey, I wonder if anyone recognizes Ryo's little quote from earlier? Assuming I spelled it right, it's from Escaflowne--the episode where everyone's favorite pyromaniac is playing with his face. You know, I thought he was calling Van a prick at first, since I had just seen the one screen shot with the translation. Turns out, he was just talking about the way his face felt when he bothered it. I still kinda feel sorry for the Slayer who told him to quit playing with the cut (who was it? Chesta? I can't remember ^^;;;)