::ch. 8-some people you really CAN'T take anywhere::
I just kinda realized that this story has no plot, and that i've made a few mistakes on timing in the last part with how far behind Sage was from Mia. I guess i can get away with that, though, for the time being. I'm still trying to figure out what to have Sage do about Rekka. Hmm...might just stick with the idea i had...eh, we'll see.
This is gonna be a long-ass fick, though, if i do say so myself, and i can only guess where it's going.
DarkFlame136
PS: 'don't own Adult Swim, though i love the in-betweens. and Inu Yasha. "and Fujiko. Ah, Fujiko..." (hehe, i just had to quote that!)
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~*~Part Two: When Getting There Actually IS Half the Battle~*~
By default, Sage had to drive them all back because a.) there was no way in hell Sage was letting Cye even LOOK at the driver's seat, and b.) Rowen had gotten them lost the first time, and he was in too much pain from his much-deserved beating. They also made the latter call Andros and explain why they were going to be a bit off schedule--and get the right directions, while he was at it.
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Andros was about to start his own car when the phone rang. "Huh? Rowen? You're still alive?"
The conversation was more of a one-sided run-down of how they ended up on the news. From the sound of it, they had lost Mia after they got pulled over for speeding, though how the hell Mia didn't remains a mystery. Andros gave them directions for a short cut.
"Assuming you do not end up in Beijing (or prison, for that matter), you should arrive in about five minutes. We'll wait up for you either way." He hung up with a small smile. "So...THAT'S who was driving!'
Out of both courtesy and curiosity to see how badly they were messed up (esp. Rowen, hehe), Andros decided to wait outside for them.
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While Andros was outside, all of the guys except Rekka were watching the tape he had made; Mia and Kayura were in the kitchen with Rekka having a cup of tea and talking about, well, whatever. Mainly what it's like to live with a bunch of guys.
"I'm telling you, Mia, it's like constant biological warfare," Kayura sighed, "though Dais was pretty clean. For a guy, anyway."
"You don't need to tell me twice," the redhead shuddered, "I think Cye's the cleanest out of my bunch. Sage isn't too bad, but he takes forever in the bathroom."
"So does Anubis. Who knows why the hell he takes almost thirty minutes every day to--"
Rekka, despite his best efforts, could not hold in the inevitable laugh.
Kayura glared. "Mind out of the gutter, buddy: I was GOING to say that he takes that long to wash his hair every day!"
"Sorry, but that was kind of suggestive," he kept laughing. "I'm going to see what took the other three so long."
"Andros must have gone to get them, so you don't have to call."
"Yeah; just wait until they get back," Kayura added.
"No, he' sitting outside waiting for them." Noticing the looks on the girls' faces, he sighed. "Just trust me, all right? And I KNOW you want to find out who was at the wheel just as much as I do."
"He's got a point," Mia led the way into the living room.
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When the others came through the door, all sound was suspended.
"What's up with them?" Sage's lips barely moved.
"You guys do look like hell," Andros quietly answered back.
Cye decided to break the silence. "Um...sorry we're late. A bit of car trouble, you know."
"My ass," someone said just loud enough to be heard, but not distinguished. A few knowing snickers followed.
"Actually, we got lost, DIDN'T we, Rowen?" Sage growled, casting a withering glance to his left.
"Ok, you know what, Sagie? Piss off!"
"Fuck you--!"
Andros moved between them. "Now, now, children. If you must fight, then take it outside; but no desert later!"
"AWWW!!!!"
Kale just laughed, "Such language!"
"So sorry to corrupt your virgin ears, Kale. KALE?!?"
"Fancy meeting you here, Halo!" he gave a mock bow from his seat.
Rowen caught on. "What the hell? So then, you're all--"
"Lady Kayura, though just Kayura for tonight, hon," she winked.
"Always Lord Sekhmet to you."
"Only in his dreams. Just call me Anubis. Or Master, whatever suits your fancy."
"No comment to that," Dais moved over a good three inches, since he happened to be sitting by him.
"What's that, Dais?"
"Hm? Nothing; you're just hearing things."
Sage spoke calmer than he felt. "Andros...this was all your idea, wasn't it?"
He nodded. "Except the insane car chase. Which reminds me...I'll give you all the honor of revealing who was driving."
Everyone leaned in close. Rowen and Sage immediately stepped back, leaving Cye in the spotlight which mysteriously turns on over his head.
Cye blinked from the onslaught of bright light. "Ack! Hey! I didn't want to hold everyone up, and they wanted me to drive so we wouldn't get pulled over aga--"
A sudden flash in front of Cye was followed by an "OW! Sage!"
"What?" the blond was standing where he had been a few seconds before, with Andros and Rowen between him and Cye. "I didn't do anything!"
"Besides get that first speeding ticket," Rowen put in.
Sage stared at him coldly. Rowen swallowed and moved over more. "At least I didn't try hitting on the MARRIED cop who was MORE THAN twice my age who wasn't interested to begin with!"
"Bitch!"
"Skank!"
"Damn," Kayura commented. Rekka burst out laughing.
"That reminds ME," she continued. "Everyone who had money on Strata pay up!"
"Shit!"
"I was hoping she forgot!"
"Man, I was planning on spending that!" Ryo complained, digging out his wallet as well. "Now I'm broke until next week!"
"Tough luck, boys," Mia had a big smile on her face.
"It's a three-way win. How are we going to split 70?"
"I'll drop out," Dais offered, "that way it's 35 even."
"Works for us!"
"Such a gentleman," Mia gushed while taking her share.
"Are we talking about the same guy here?" Kento spoke up. "I mean, he's only tried to kill me more times than I can count!"
Rowen was about to make some smart-ass remark, but Kento held up a fist. "I don't know who kicked your ass the first time--"
"Ahem," Sage coughed, crossing his arms and tapping his foot. Cye just smiled cheerfully and waved.
Kento continued, "but I have NO problem with doing an encore!"
"Well put, Hardrock."
"Thank you, Dais."
"It's nice to see that we're all getting along so well despite past events," Andros began, "and as much as I'd love to sit here and catch up with you all, my stomach has been protesting for quite some time."
"Yeah, man, you speak my language," Kento cheered.
"Hardly," Ryo sat back down on the couch. "I'm hungry, too. Where are we going, anyway?"
Rekka tilted his head. "Looking like that? I'd say to go get fixed up. You look like a drowned rat!"
Ryo narrowed his eyes dangerously, but his voice was as cool as ever. "And...the idea with the water balloons was...who's was it, again? I forgot, could someone remind me?"
"First of all, it was Dais'."
"You lying son of a bitch," the warlord shook his head.
"Secondly, that bucket full of water was NOT meant for you three. Mia just happened to get here first," Rekka explained matter-of-factly.
"What bucket of water?" Rowen asked suspiciously. "And why are Dais and Rekka dressed up like army guys?"
Sage looked at Mia. "Mia, what happened before we got here?"
"You're hair does look like it got thoroughly wet," Cye pointed out. "You, too, Ryo."
Mia looked at Ryo. Ryo looked at Kento. Kento looked clueless.
Then he gasped in remembrance. "Oh!"
All three of them glared at Rekka and Dais, who both gave a sultry wink in their general direction.
"No Comment," was the consensus.
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After a decent amount of whining, complaining, and outright bitching, the whole crew ended up at Mia's place so the disheveled half of the group could change...again.
After some more whining, complaining, and outright bitching, they finally decided who was riding with who.
"Why couldn't we all just go in the cars we came in?" Kayura complained.
"Because...eh, hell if I know," Rowen gave up.
The two of them, along with Rekka and Dais, were in Andros' convertible. Everyone else had more-or-less stuck with the same groups, though Sage was riding with Anubis and Cye ended up with Kale.
"Where'd you get your license, anyway?" the former asked at a stoplight.
Sekhmet laughed. "I think the better question is HOW, not where!"
Cye blinked. "License? I just got my permit a few days ago!"
Kale turned. "Say WHAT?"
"I haven't taken Driver's Ed yet, either, since it doesn't start until next semester," he added, a bit embarrassed.
"Really? Damn." Sekhmet said somewhere from the back seat. He had wanted to stretch out, so he made Cye ride shotgun.
"I hope you have on a seat belt," Kale stared at him through the rearview mirror. "I'm not trying to get a fucking ticket."
"Chill; it's good. You just worry about watching the light, which hasn't been red for some time now."
As if on cue, someone behind them beeped their horn.
"My bad," Kale sounded apologetic. He started forward normally, then abruptly braked, causing the person behind to do the same, but on shorter notice.
"That was just low," Cye shook his head while the driver and Sekhmet laughed.
BUMP!!
Kale's smile quickly switched to a scowl. "Hey!" he looked back to see who had hit him.
Dais, Rowen, and Kayura were in the back of the red convertible, slapping high-fives and practically cackling. Rekka had on headphones and was nodding his head, lip-synching and drumming to who knows what, completely oblivious to the world around him. Andros, on the other hand, was lounging over his steering wheel with a mask of boredom over his unearthly handsome face.
"Are you going to go or are we going to sit here and stare at each other for the rest of the day? You're backing up traffic, you know."
Kale sighed dramatically, rolling his eyes while tuning around and flipping him off before moving on.
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Anubis was the one who had suggested that Sage not take his own car.
"Wouldn't want you incarcerated, now would we?"
Sage had accepted his offer of a ride. 'Not that they could have caught the plates at the speed Cye was driving, anyway. But it was the same cop, though...damn!'
Most of the ride was in silence. Not that they had anything to talk about, but still. More the reason he had opted not to go with anyone else, especially Rowen and Cye.
"You've been sulking for the past ten minutes, Halo."
"Huh? Oh, um...just...thinking." Sage turned indignant. "I am NOT sulking!"
"Fine, brooding. Something's bothering you, though, and it has nothing to do with your car."
"What makes you say that?" he tried keeping neutral. Could he talk to him? '"Snowball's chance in hell"' he quoted Adult Swim.
Anubis glanced at him out of the corner of his eye before continuing. "Because Dais is the same way you are. To a point, of course." Then he frowned. A few cars ahead of them were Andros and Kale. "What the hell are they doing?"
"Who knows?" Sage sighed, watching Andros casually rear-end Kale (rear-end his car, hentais, his CAR). "As long as its not MY wheels."
"Tell me about it." To stay out of this particular mess, the redhead simply drove around them in the other lane.
Halo blinked, once again off in his own little world. "What? What I'm thinking?"
"That, too." When they drove by Andros' car, he noticed Sage's eye twitch. A subtle motion, but it was all he needed. "Sage...if this is about your new friends, then I suggest you NOT wait until dinner."
"Yeah; Rekka already ate, so it's not like he'll be hungry. I mean, well...oh, damn it all to hell," Sage sighed yet again, this time with resignation. "Just promise you won't laugh."
Anubis took a moment to glance his way. "Go on."
He didn't begin right away. 'What's the best way I can put this?' "How long have you known them?"
"I don't. Not really; I've heard of Andros through Dais, and Rekka, well, he's still a mystery."
"Don't I know it," Sage muttered. "I don't think he's human. At all." At the other's silence, he continued. "Earlier today, during gym, he did this really fast move that no mortal could have pulled off. He kinda felt a little odd, too; you know, like there was something else about him that normal people would overlook. And not too long ago, I, er..." he faltered, unnerved by the memory.
The Warlord of Cruelty, true to his name, knew exactly what he was trying to say, but still wanted to hear it for himself. "You what? Did something happen?"
"Yeah. I saw him eating. Drinking, to be honest. It was a girl from class; I don't think he killed her, but I'm sure he drained enough so she won't be able to get up for a few days."
"Drained her? Of what, her life force?" he loved playing devil's advocate.
"No. Her blood. Rekka's some kind of vampire."
"Yeah; so is Andros."
"Mn. WHAT THE HELL DID YOU JUST SAY?" Sage shot upright, glaring at Anubis.
The latter just chuckled. "They're both vampires, Sage. As far as I know, anyway."
With a serious eye-twitch, the blonde tried to calm down. It barely worked. "Are you trying to tell me that you KNEW, this whole time, what I was going to tell you?"
Anubis shrugged. "It was only a matter of time before someone with your abilities found out. Look, I don't know how Rekka's taking this--something tells me he knows you know about him--but I suggest you get things settled with him in a peaceful manner. Preferably before he considers you a threat."
"How am I supposed to do that?"
By this time, they pulled up in the restaurant parking lot, where Mia and her group were already there and waiting.
Turning off the car, he responded, "For starters, don't talk to any of the others about this. Especially his MiniMe over there."
"Huh? Oh, Ryo? Yeah, he WOULD go after him."
"You're best bet is Andros or Dais," they took off their seat belts and got out. "They should help you get over it."
Just for that, Sage slammed the door. "Excuse me?"
Anubis had an eye-twitch of his own. Sighing, he explained, "You know as well as I do that you're not just going to pass this off without dissecting it. If you must..." he hesitated. "you can even go do some sort of 'reading' on him later on. Be careful, though: he may be able to sense you doing it."
Sage frowned. "You're not funny, Anubis."
"I'm not trying to be. Sage." With a desire to head off any unneeded battles, he added, "Come on, Halo. Let's wait with your friends and hope everyone else didn't decide to kill each other."
I just kinda realized that this story has no plot, and that i've made a few mistakes on timing in the last part with how far behind Sage was from Mia. I guess i can get away with that, though, for the time being. I'm still trying to figure out what to have Sage do about Rekka. Hmm...might just stick with the idea i had...eh, we'll see.
This is gonna be a long-ass fick, though, if i do say so myself, and i can only guess where it's going.
DarkFlame136
PS: 'don't own Adult Swim, though i love the in-betweens. and Inu Yasha. "and Fujiko. Ah, Fujiko..." (hehe, i just had to quote that!)
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~*~Part Two: When Getting There Actually IS Half the Battle~*~
By default, Sage had to drive them all back because a.) there was no way in hell Sage was letting Cye even LOOK at the driver's seat, and b.) Rowen had gotten them lost the first time, and he was in too much pain from his much-deserved beating. They also made the latter call Andros and explain why they were going to be a bit off schedule--and get the right directions, while he was at it.
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Andros was about to start his own car when the phone rang. "Huh? Rowen? You're still alive?"
The conversation was more of a one-sided run-down of how they ended up on the news. From the sound of it, they had lost Mia after they got pulled over for speeding, though how the hell Mia didn't remains a mystery. Andros gave them directions for a short cut.
"Assuming you do not end up in Beijing (or prison, for that matter), you should arrive in about five minutes. We'll wait up for you either way." He hung up with a small smile. "So...THAT'S who was driving!'
Out of both courtesy and curiosity to see how badly they were messed up (esp. Rowen, hehe), Andros decided to wait outside for them.
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While Andros was outside, all of the guys except Rekka were watching the tape he had made; Mia and Kayura were in the kitchen with Rekka having a cup of tea and talking about, well, whatever. Mainly what it's like to live with a bunch of guys.
"I'm telling you, Mia, it's like constant biological warfare," Kayura sighed, "though Dais was pretty clean. For a guy, anyway."
"You don't need to tell me twice," the redhead shuddered, "I think Cye's the cleanest out of my bunch. Sage isn't too bad, but he takes forever in the bathroom."
"So does Anubis. Who knows why the hell he takes almost thirty minutes every day to--"
Rekka, despite his best efforts, could not hold in the inevitable laugh.
Kayura glared. "Mind out of the gutter, buddy: I was GOING to say that he takes that long to wash his hair every day!"
"Sorry, but that was kind of suggestive," he kept laughing. "I'm going to see what took the other three so long."
"Andros must have gone to get them, so you don't have to call."
"Yeah; just wait until they get back," Kayura added.
"No, he' sitting outside waiting for them." Noticing the looks on the girls' faces, he sighed. "Just trust me, all right? And I KNOW you want to find out who was at the wheel just as much as I do."
"He's got a point," Mia led the way into the living room.
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When the others came through the door, all sound was suspended.
"What's up with them?" Sage's lips barely moved.
"You guys do look like hell," Andros quietly answered back.
Cye decided to break the silence. "Um...sorry we're late. A bit of car trouble, you know."
"My ass," someone said just loud enough to be heard, but not distinguished. A few knowing snickers followed.
"Actually, we got lost, DIDN'T we, Rowen?" Sage growled, casting a withering glance to his left.
"Ok, you know what, Sagie? Piss off!"
"Fuck you--!"
Andros moved between them. "Now, now, children. If you must fight, then take it outside; but no desert later!"
"AWWW!!!!"
Kale just laughed, "Such language!"
"So sorry to corrupt your virgin ears, Kale. KALE?!?"
"Fancy meeting you here, Halo!" he gave a mock bow from his seat.
Rowen caught on. "What the hell? So then, you're all--"
"Lady Kayura, though just Kayura for tonight, hon," she winked.
"Always Lord Sekhmet to you."
"Only in his dreams. Just call me Anubis. Or Master, whatever suits your fancy."
"No comment to that," Dais moved over a good three inches, since he happened to be sitting by him.
"What's that, Dais?"
"Hm? Nothing; you're just hearing things."
Sage spoke calmer than he felt. "Andros...this was all your idea, wasn't it?"
He nodded. "Except the insane car chase. Which reminds me...I'll give you all the honor of revealing who was driving."
Everyone leaned in close. Rowen and Sage immediately stepped back, leaving Cye in the spotlight which mysteriously turns on over his head.
Cye blinked from the onslaught of bright light. "Ack! Hey! I didn't want to hold everyone up, and they wanted me to drive so we wouldn't get pulled over aga--"
A sudden flash in front of Cye was followed by an "OW! Sage!"
"What?" the blond was standing where he had been a few seconds before, with Andros and Rowen between him and Cye. "I didn't do anything!"
"Besides get that first speeding ticket," Rowen put in.
Sage stared at him coldly. Rowen swallowed and moved over more. "At least I didn't try hitting on the MARRIED cop who was MORE THAN twice my age who wasn't interested to begin with!"
"Bitch!"
"Skank!"
"Damn," Kayura commented. Rekka burst out laughing.
"That reminds ME," she continued. "Everyone who had money on Strata pay up!"
"Shit!"
"I was hoping she forgot!"
"Man, I was planning on spending that!" Ryo complained, digging out his wallet as well. "Now I'm broke until next week!"
"Tough luck, boys," Mia had a big smile on her face.
"It's a three-way win. How are we going to split 70?"
"I'll drop out," Dais offered, "that way it's 35 even."
"Works for us!"
"Such a gentleman," Mia gushed while taking her share.
"Are we talking about the same guy here?" Kento spoke up. "I mean, he's only tried to kill me more times than I can count!"
Rowen was about to make some smart-ass remark, but Kento held up a fist. "I don't know who kicked your ass the first time--"
"Ahem," Sage coughed, crossing his arms and tapping his foot. Cye just smiled cheerfully and waved.
Kento continued, "but I have NO problem with doing an encore!"
"Well put, Hardrock."
"Thank you, Dais."
"It's nice to see that we're all getting along so well despite past events," Andros began, "and as much as I'd love to sit here and catch up with you all, my stomach has been protesting for quite some time."
"Yeah, man, you speak my language," Kento cheered.
"Hardly," Ryo sat back down on the couch. "I'm hungry, too. Where are we going, anyway?"
Rekka tilted his head. "Looking like that? I'd say to go get fixed up. You look like a drowned rat!"
Ryo narrowed his eyes dangerously, but his voice was as cool as ever. "And...the idea with the water balloons was...who's was it, again? I forgot, could someone remind me?"
"First of all, it was Dais'."
"You lying son of a bitch," the warlord shook his head.
"Secondly, that bucket full of water was NOT meant for you three. Mia just happened to get here first," Rekka explained matter-of-factly.
"What bucket of water?" Rowen asked suspiciously. "And why are Dais and Rekka dressed up like army guys?"
Sage looked at Mia. "Mia, what happened before we got here?"
"You're hair does look like it got thoroughly wet," Cye pointed out. "You, too, Ryo."
Mia looked at Ryo. Ryo looked at Kento. Kento looked clueless.
Then he gasped in remembrance. "Oh!"
All three of them glared at Rekka and Dais, who both gave a sultry wink in their general direction.
"No Comment," was the consensus.
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After a decent amount of whining, complaining, and outright bitching, the whole crew ended up at Mia's place so the disheveled half of the group could change...again.
After some more whining, complaining, and outright bitching, they finally decided who was riding with who.
"Why couldn't we all just go in the cars we came in?" Kayura complained.
"Because...eh, hell if I know," Rowen gave up.
The two of them, along with Rekka and Dais, were in Andros' convertible. Everyone else had more-or-less stuck with the same groups, though Sage was riding with Anubis and Cye ended up with Kale.
"Where'd you get your license, anyway?" the former asked at a stoplight.
Sekhmet laughed. "I think the better question is HOW, not where!"
Cye blinked. "License? I just got my permit a few days ago!"
Kale turned. "Say WHAT?"
"I haven't taken Driver's Ed yet, either, since it doesn't start until next semester," he added, a bit embarrassed.
"Really? Damn." Sekhmet said somewhere from the back seat. He had wanted to stretch out, so he made Cye ride shotgun.
"I hope you have on a seat belt," Kale stared at him through the rearview mirror. "I'm not trying to get a fucking ticket."
"Chill; it's good. You just worry about watching the light, which hasn't been red for some time now."
As if on cue, someone behind them beeped their horn.
"My bad," Kale sounded apologetic. He started forward normally, then abruptly braked, causing the person behind to do the same, but on shorter notice.
"That was just low," Cye shook his head while the driver and Sekhmet laughed.
BUMP!!
Kale's smile quickly switched to a scowl. "Hey!" he looked back to see who had hit him.
Dais, Rowen, and Kayura were in the back of the red convertible, slapping high-fives and practically cackling. Rekka had on headphones and was nodding his head, lip-synching and drumming to who knows what, completely oblivious to the world around him. Andros, on the other hand, was lounging over his steering wheel with a mask of boredom over his unearthly handsome face.
"Are you going to go or are we going to sit here and stare at each other for the rest of the day? You're backing up traffic, you know."
Kale sighed dramatically, rolling his eyes while tuning around and flipping him off before moving on.
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Anubis was the one who had suggested that Sage not take his own car.
"Wouldn't want you incarcerated, now would we?"
Sage had accepted his offer of a ride. 'Not that they could have caught the plates at the speed Cye was driving, anyway. But it was the same cop, though...damn!'
Most of the ride was in silence. Not that they had anything to talk about, but still. More the reason he had opted not to go with anyone else, especially Rowen and Cye.
"You've been sulking for the past ten minutes, Halo."
"Huh? Oh, um...just...thinking." Sage turned indignant. "I am NOT sulking!"
"Fine, brooding. Something's bothering you, though, and it has nothing to do with your car."
"What makes you say that?" he tried keeping neutral. Could he talk to him? '"Snowball's chance in hell"' he quoted Adult Swim.
Anubis glanced at him out of the corner of his eye before continuing. "Because Dais is the same way you are. To a point, of course." Then he frowned. A few cars ahead of them were Andros and Kale. "What the hell are they doing?"
"Who knows?" Sage sighed, watching Andros casually rear-end Kale (rear-end his car, hentais, his CAR). "As long as its not MY wheels."
"Tell me about it." To stay out of this particular mess, the redhead simply drove around them in the other lane.
Halo blinked, once again off in his own little world. "What? What I'm thinking?"
"That, too." When they drove by Andros' car, he noticed Sage's eye twitch. A subtle motion, but it was all he needed. "Sage...if this is about your new friends, then I suggest you NOT wait until dinner."
"Yeah; Rekka already ate, so it's not like he'll be hungry. I mean, well...oh, damn it all to hell," Sage sighed yet again, this time with resignation. "Just promise you won't laugh."
Anubis took a moment to glance his way. "Go on."
He didn't begin right away. 'What's the best way I can put this?' "How long have you known them?"
"I don't. Not really; I've heard of Andros through Dais, and Rekka, well, he's still a mystery."
"Don't I know it," Sage muttered. "I don't think he's human. At all." At the other's silence, he continued. "Earlier today, during gym, he did this really fast move that no mortal could have pulled off. He kinda felt a little odd, too; you know, like there was something else about him that normal people would overlook. And not too long ago, I, er..." he faltered, unnerved by the memory.
The Warlord of Cruelty, true to his name, knew exactly what he was trying to say, but still wanted to hear it for himself. "You what? Did something happen?"
"Yeah. I saw him eating. Drinking, to be honest. It was a girl from class; I don't think he killed her, but I'm sure he drained enough so she won't be able to get up for a few days."
"Drained her? Of what, her life force?" he loved playing devil's advocate.
"No. Her blood. Rekka's some kind of vampire."
"Yeah; so is Andros."
"Mn. WHAT THE HELL DID YOU JUST SAY?" Sage shot upright, glaring at Anubis.
The latter just chuckled. "They're both vampires, Sage. As far as I know, anyway."
With a serious eye-twitch, the blonde tried to calm down. It barely worked. "Are you trying to tell me that you KNEW, this whole time, what I was going to tell you?"
Anubis shrugged. "It was only a matter of time before someone with your abilities found out. Look, I don't know how Rekka's taking this--something tells me he knows you know about him--but I suggest you get things settled with him in a peaceful manner. Preferably before he considers you a threat."
"How am I supposed to do that?"
By this time, they pulled up in the restaurant parking lot, where Mia and her group were already there and waiting.
Turning off the car, he responded, "For starters, don't talk to any of the others about this. Especially his MiniMe over there."
"Huh? Oh, Ryo? Yeah, he WOULD go after him."
"You're best bet is Andros or Dais," they took off their seat belts and got out. "They should help you get over it."
Just for that, Sage slammed the door. "Excuse me?"
Anubis had an eye-twitch of his own. Sighing, he explained, "You know as well as I do that you're not just going to pass this off without dissecting it. If you must..." he hesitated. "you can even go do some sort of 'reading' on him later on. Be careful, though: he may be able to sense you doing it."
Sage frowned. "You're not funny, Anubis."
"I'm not trying to be. Sage." With a desire to head off any unneeded battles, he added, "Come on, Halo. Let's wait with your friends and hope everyone else didn't decide to kill each other."