Notes: o.o I haven't been online in about three weeks and I'm hoping Bluum didn't have a chapter she wanted me to look at because I wont be online until I'm better. It's not just a cold now. Both of my ears are infected as well as my sinuses. X.x Of course, by the time you guys read this, I'll be better. o.o Sorry if you guys were really waiting for the next chapters for this, HoW and OE. But hey! Now you have -lot- to read! If you haven't read everything else already o.o Yeah. On with the chapter...After my next comment(s). Okay. I don't really know how long it take to get from Japan to Washington across the Pacific Ocean but I figure about 3 or 4 hours. Because it takes a plane three or four hours to get from Washington to Florida, I don't think it'll take longer for them to get from Japan to Washington. *Shrugs* :) Oh, yeah. You get to see some of Kai's writing in this chapter. I'm not sure about Rei's, but possibly when they're on the plane. ^.^ Uhm...I haven't decided what Kai's writing will be about but I'll probably use one of the ideas that I rejected for my own stories. O.o Probably one of the ones that I started writing and never finished. In fact...I have one that might work...With a bit of editing, of course. ^.^ This is going to be -so- much fun. I hope you'll all enjoy it as well. ^.^ Read on and sorry that I've been gone for so long. O.o Hopefully you guys have been updating while I've been sick. *Nudges Dev and Bluum*
Dranzer
7
Kayla and Kin enthusiastically greeted Kai and Rei when they entered the house. Rei was promptly shoved against the wall by Kin's big paws on his shoulders while Kayla did her best to eat Kai's scarf.
"Hey, would you two calm down?" Kai said, lifting Kayla off of the ground and dumping her on the couch. She started barking at him, her tail wagging furiously. "Kin, come on. Leave Rei alone." Kai found the spot behind Kin's ribs and prepared to scratch it. Kin yelped before he even started and ran out of the room.
"Is it always that easy?" Rei asked, raising an eyebrow as Kin's black tail disappeared around the corner into the hall.
"Yes." Kai responded smaller. "With him at least. Kayla's not ticklish." Kai looked over at Kayla and she started to bark again. "Oh, hush."
"I'm thinking that it's a good thing that I'm not ticklish..." Rei said.
Kai looked over at him and smiled. "Not ticklish? Don't be so sure. It took me two years to find the right spot to tickle Kin but I found it. Kayla? She either isn't ticklish or she ignores it. Salem's paw pads are ticklish. Mouse's are too and so is the spot between his shoulders." Kai told Rei.
"Are you telling me that you make a point of finding out where your pets are ticklish?" Rei asked.
"Do I have to answer that?"
"Yes."
"Okay. I'll answer that. Yes."
"Let me rephrase that. Do you make is a point to find out where everyone is ticklish?" Rei tried.
"Uhm...Only family?"
"You're scaring me, Kai."
"Okay. Just my pets so I can get them back for things. Since they're too smart for their own good."
"Just your pets?"
"Just my pets...And, maybe you." Kai added.
"I'm not ticklish!"
"Like I said before: Don't be so sure." Kai said before disappearing down the hall.
"Are you trying to tell me that you plan on finding some place where -I'm- ticklish?" Rei called.
"Maybe." Kai responded, returning from wherever he'd gone to. "Or maybe I already have an idea." Kai said, motioning to Kayla. She obediently got off of the couch and went to the door. Kin returned from the hall as well, carrying his and Kayla's leashes. "Thanks, Kin." Kai said, taking the leashes.
"What do you mean by that?" Rei asked as they left the house.
"Exactly what I said."
"So you think you know where I'm ticklish?" Rei challenged.
"Yes."
"Prove it." Rei said.
Kai looked at him. "Not until I have a valid reason to." Kai answered, smiling.
"You don't know. No one knows where I'm ticklish."
"You said you weren't ticklish, Rei."
"Yes, well...I wish I wasn't." Rei answered as he followed Kin and Kayla into the Mustang. Kai started the car as Rei got Salem and Mouse out of the back seat.
"I'm sure you do."
"Where do you think I'm ticklish?" Rei asked as they started towards Dranzer.
"Same place as Mouse. Well, not the paw pads. I'm hoping you don't -have- paw pads."
"Ha-ha."
"Anyway, when Tyson prodded you between the shoulders the other day to get your attention, you shivered." Kai told him.
"You noticed?"
"No comment."
"Technically, that was."
"Actually, technically, it wasn't. A comment is a remark or observation made in criticism or as an expression of opinion." Kai answered.
"Please don't tell me you read the dictionary." Rei said, shaking his head.
Kai laughed. "No, no. But I have lived around Kenny since I was young." Kai reminded him.
"Ah, yes. That would do it."
Rei watched as Kai backed out of Dranzer's doors and heard him yell something to Kenny about not letter Tyson feed the cats or dogs. When Kai returned to the car, he looked over at Rei. "I have no idea where you live." He told Rei.
"Oh, dear. Neither do I!" Rei said.
"Then we're in trouble, aren't we? Looks like we'll have to stay here." Kai sighed before starting the car again. "So. Where to?"
"The apartments on the east end of the park." Rei responded.
"You really don't live that far from me, do you?" Kai asked as they pulled out into the street.
"Not really. I realized on my walk the other day that I passed by your house on walks a lot before I met you." Rei said. "But I never saw you there."
"I never really am. I usually don't leave them there either. Not unless we're really busy." Kai said, speaking of Kayla, Kin, Salem, and Mouse.
Once they reached the apartments, Rei led Kai up the stairs to his apartment door. The woman who lived across from Rei opened her door when she heard Rei say something to Kai. "Oh, Rei. I'm glad you're back. I wanted to ask you something. Are you in a hurry?"
Rei glanced at Kai who looked at his watch. "It's only five." Kai told Rei.
"Well, we have a few minutes then. Is something wrong?" Rei asked.
"Not really, I don't think. I was just wondering if you had a cat." The lady asked him. Rei tilted his head a bit.
"No, I don't. Why?"
"There was a grey cat sitting outside your door this afternoon. It was scratching at your door and meowing. I have him in here but I can't keep him. Lena's allergic." The woman said.
"Lena...?" Rei wasn't sure if he remembered who Lena was.
"My lovely young daughter. You went to school with her, remember?"
"Uhm...Yes...I think so." Rei nodded a bit.
"Oh! Look! There she is now. You know...You two haven't talked in such a long time. Didn't you used to date her?"
Rei looked totally lost. "No..." He answered, glancing at the woman coming up the stairs. He recognized her face now. "Uhm...Hi."
"Hello, Rei. It's been a long time since we've talked. How have you been?"
"Fine."
"That's good to hear. I'm doing okay, too. My boyfriend just dumped me but that's okay. Hey. How about you and I go out for a little date. It'll be nice. We can have dinner." Lena said, smiling sweetly.
Rei looked at Kai, irritated. "I'm sorry Lena, but I can't. I'm leaving for a while and I need to go get packed. It was nice talking to you." Rei turned, opened his door, and stepped in. Kai followed and shut the door.
"Yeah. Nice talking to you! Not." Rei muttered.
"One reason I hate women." Kai said.
"Why?"
"They leave one guy and move on to another an hour later. Like the first didn't matter at all." Kai said, shaking his head.
"Yes, well. That's women for you. Mind giving me a hand. We just wasted a ton of time and we should get going soon." Rei went to his room and tugged a traveling bag out of his closet.
"We're lucky the airport is close." Kai commented, opening the bag as Rei handed him a pile of close. He tucked them into a corner of the back and waited for Rei to find whatever else he needed.
"Yeah. Otherwise we'd have wasted -all- of our time talking to them. And it's not just that fact they they're 100% women that bugs me. It's the fact that Lena thinks she can have anyone. She always was that way." Rei said as the finished packing his bag. "Let's get out of here. I need to tell her to take the cat to the shelter before we go though." Rei said, slinging the bag over his shoulder. "By the way," Rei said when they left the apartment. "Was someone else going to go with you originally?"
"Yeah. Kenny was going to go but Dranzer's been too busy. We couldn't close it down for the week so he couldn't come. I'm glad though. I'd much rather have you with me. Partly because Kenny is either silent and typing away or talking about something I don't understand."
"Yeah. I'd find that irritating." Rei agreed before knocking on Lena's mom's door.
The door opened and the woman beamed at Rei. "Oh, Rei! Have you changed your mind?"
"No. I was just going to ask you to take the cat you found to the shelter. We'll take care of it there." Rei said.
"Oh...Okay. But Lena's willing to go out with you if you change your mind!" The woman called as Rei and Kai hurried down the steps.
Rei wondered what Kai was writing. They been on the plane for an hour and neither was really feeling well enough to talk. Rei had never liked planes so it made him slightly sick to be on one now...flying over the ocean. Kai had already been a bit ill in the first place and the plane wasn't doing him any good. So they'd silently agreed not to talk and Rei chose to try and doze off. Which had worked for about a half an hour but he'd woken up when someone's baby started to cry.
Kai paused, lifting his pen to read before adding another comment off to the side of the typed page. "What're you doing, Kai?" Rei asked.
Kai looked up from his work and smiled. "The baby wake you up?"
Rei sighed. "Yeah."
"I'm editing my story. Kenny wanted to edit it but I figured I might need something to do while I'm on the plane." Kai answered.
"What's it about? If you don't mind me asking..."
"Not at all. But I don't really remember much. I wrote it a few years ago. My sister thought of it but didn't want to write it herself. So she had me write it." Kai shook his head. "Even as I read it I don't remember what it's about." Kai shrugged. "You can read it if you want. The damn thing's giving me a headache." Kai said, holding the story out to Rei.
"Okay." Rei took the papers.
"You can continue correcting it if you want. Or comment. Doesn't matter to me." Kai leaned back and closed his eyes.
"Mmm." Was Rei's only response. He tugged the pen out of Kai's hand and replaced it with his hand before starting to read.
"You're going to get yourself drowned, girl!" A large man towered over a girl at the age of ten. "Give us the crystal now, damnit." The man ordered, brown eyes gleaming. The girl scowled.
"I will not." She snapped. "You can not take it from me and you can not make me give it to you!" She hissed, side stepping to try and make a move away from the river. Another man pushed her back into place. The crystal they wanted was from a gift her best friend have given her, and she'd die before letting them take it. Even then she wouldn't give it easy.
"That's it then!" The man clenched a fist and drove it hard in to the girls stomach. The young girl fell back and in to the deep stream, sinking in. One hand clenched her stomach while the other had the crystal in a death grip. Recovering from shock, she kicked to the surface, gasping when she met the air. The man who had punched her pushed her under with his foot. She opened her eyes under water and swam away. After a few feet she took air from the surface and dove the bottom of the river. But she wasn't alone when she got there.
Off to the side of the last piece, Kai had written something in red pen. I think it's a good thing that this story wasn't my idea. It's awful. Rei smiled. He wouldn't say it was -awful-. For being written a few years back and with it not being his idea, it wasn't all that bad. Rei wondered if Kai's sister hadn't stood over him and made suggestions through the whole thing to get it how she wanted it. After glancing over at the sleeping Kai, Rei continued to read.
Two glowing, ice blue eyes watched her, each eye half the size of the girl herself. She swallowed hard, praying that it wouldn't be angry. To her surprise, it moved forward and took her onto it's muzzle, lifting her to the surface, her head the only part actually above the surface. The men ran over. One man lifted his foot into the air, preparing to dig his heal in to her head. But, before he could move it towards her, he was wrapped in the creature's scaled tail. The thing that was holding her was some type of lizard or something! She yelped when the creature rose out of the water on it's hind legs. Then she gasped, choking on the air. A -dragon-?
"What the hell?!" The man that had punched her growled. "Is that...?!" He stared at the creature in shock.. The dragon reared it's head, tossing the girl towards the group of men. One of the men, though not exactly a man, caught the girl, eyes wide in confusion.
"Let me go, jerk!" The boy, exactly eleven, today being his birthday, narrowed his eyes. He let go of her , letting her fall to the ground.
"Fine then." He snapped, turning on his heel and walking towards his father. "Got her." He said, before walking past him. His father looked back at him then at the girl.
"Very good..." The boy's father strode over and picked the girl up by her shirt collar. "Looks like my son is getting used to this job. What's your name?" He asked her, trying to sound patient and kind.
"Wouldn't you like to know?" She snapped. He narrowed his eyes.
"Tell me." He growled.
"Sara." She replied. He smiled.
"Scared?" He asked, laughing. She rolled her eyes.
"Shintall!" He called. His son looked up and frowned.
"What?" He replied, sliding off the rock he was perched on.
"Take this girl to your house." He ordered. Shintall spat on the ground angrily and went to his father, who let go of 'Sara' and strode away.
"Come on. And don't cause any trouble or try and run off until we get out of sight. Dad will kill me....literally.." He moved away and headed towards the forest. 'Sara' followed.
Rei once again red the comment that Kai wrote in red pen. If the dragon is supposed to be good, why the hell would he throw her? Okay. So Rei knew the dragon wasn't bad. Which was a change from what one would normally read.
The two entered a forest clearing with a small house in the center. Shintall turned to face 'Sara.' "What's your name?" He asked her, not looking quite at her but past her.
"Intiar." She told him, this time not using her fake name. Shintall nodded.
"Go ahead." He told her, turning to go in to his house.
"No." He stopped and turned to face her once again.
"What?" He asked her, raising his eyebrows.
"I don't want to go." She told him, frowning. "Do you want me to go?"
He didn't reply for a moment. "N-well, not really. I figured you would want to go..." Shintall murmured. Intiar shook her head. Shintall swallowed. "Really?" Intiar nodded.
"I have no where to go. So I..." She stopped. Shintall was glaring at something over her shoulder. Intiar turned around and looked. A boy who stood there, leaning on a tree.
"Couger...again...get away from me.." Shintall hissed. Couger grinned.
"Got a girlfriend for your birthday?" He asked. Shintall lunged past Intiar, slamming in to Couger. Couger grunted, and tried to shove Shintall away. But Couger was pinned against the tree, and Shintall was holding something to his neck. A knife. Couger swallowed, eyes wide.
"I told you to stay away from me." With that, he cut Couger's neck, about 3 millimeters in. Shintall slid the knife in to it's sheath on his side. "Go." He ordered. Couger clutched his throat and shot out of the clearing.
"What the?" Intiar questioned. He shook his head. His eyes were pure black and he headed towards his house. "What the heck did you do that for?!" She called, following him inside. "He's an old enemy. And he's probably going to go back and get me in trouble. Besides. He likes you." Intiar stopped and stared at him.
"What?" Shintall shrugged.
"He followed because he wanted to see what I would do with you. If you would have left, he would have caught you and taken you to his house. And...well, never mind." He told her, sitting down on an old chair in a corner.
"No. What would he do? Why did you stop him?" She asked, advancing on him.
"Nothing! Forget it!" He snapped, standing up again.
"Just tell me and I will!" She countered.
"No!" She stood in front of him, glaring up at him.
"Tell me now, or I'll go see for myself!" She hissed.
His eyes flashed angrily. "No. You don't want to go." He moved around her to stand before the door.
Another comment was written off to the side. I forgot to mention that the house has no windows.
She narrowed her eyes. "Just tell me!" She replied, fists clenched.
"He is old enough to take you into his house to live and all. So, take that as a clue!" He spat. She sat down in the chair behind her.
"Oh." That was all she said as she watched him leave the house, slamming the door behind him. A dozen pairs of red eyes appeared around her and she leapt to her feet. Realizing that it was pitch black, she looked around. She was surrounded by an enemy. This she knew. But what were they? 'Oh..boy...' Surrounded by spirits... Intiar called him back. Shintall whirled around to stare at the house.
"Oops....forgot about them..." He went back to the house and slid in, not allowing any light in to the house. The spirits all at once began to chatter.
'Who's the newcomer, Shintall?'
'Why is she here?'
'Why did she yell?'
'Is she light?'
'How old is she?'
'What's her name?'
'Can she talk?'
'Did she meet Couger?'
'She's ugly!'
'She's not ugly! She's pretty!'
'What?'
'Huh?'
Rei paused in reading to write something on the left margin of the paper. I have a feeling 'Couger' isn't said as 'cougar'. Rei wrote before continuing.
"SHUT UP!" Shintall yelled. They did, and Intiar bolted to his side. He moved away, glaring at her.
"You're a light!" He hissed, watching her angrily.
"So! You're a dark!" She countered, leaning against the door. He scowled.
"This is also my house. So why would it matter if I am dark or not?" He replied. She frowned.
"Why'd you bring me here then?" She asked.
"Why'd you come?" He questioned. He was starting to get on her nerves.
"Fine, I'll leave then!" She cried, bolting out of the door. Shintall glared after her, standing at the door, watching her go. She shot into the forest, preparing to jump up onto a tree. Something grabbed her elbow and she whirled around, knocking it to the ground. She looked down to see it was Couger. He leapt to his feet, grinning.
"Smooth move. You made him mad. He'll probably be after you now." Couger commented. She nodded.
"Yeah. I should get somewhere to keep safe. But no one will take me around here." She explained. He smiled.
"I wouldn't mind taking you to my house to stay, if you would like." Intiar smiled.
"Sure. That would work." He nodded and led her out of the forest where is house stood. He led her in and showed her where she would sleep. She wondered why there were so many rooms if there was only him to use them. She shrugged it off and entered her room. She might as well sleep now. She doubted she'd be able to sleep tomorrow if Shintall found out where she was.
The pilot's voice filled the plane to announce that they had about twenty minutes before their plane landed. Sighing, Rei put the pages back in order and capped the pen before looking over at Kai. The pilot's voice seemed to have awoken him and he was staring down as the ground now.
"I hate flying over water." Kai said.
"Me too. And I'm glad that -you- got the window seat." Rei added.
"Gee, thanks." Kai replied, looking over at him. Rei smiled an shifted his hand in Kai's in order to see Kai's watched.
"Looks like we're ahead of schedule." Rei said.
"Yeah. There is a good side to flying over sea I guess. No stops at other airports."
"That's true. But, stop or no stops, I'll always hate flying. I'm a ground person." Rei said.
"Really? I usually enjoy it. When I'm not ill or flying over water." Kai shrugged.
"You know what's sad?" Rei asked.
"Hmm?"
"I was actually getting in to this." Rei said, lifting the story from his lap.
Kai laughed. "Yeah, that is sad. Is there even a plot to it?" Kai asked.
"I don't know. I was busy re-reading the first few pages the whole time.
"Me too. I've been reading the first few pages for the last few days. Editing and trying to guess what the beginning of the story has to do with the rest of it. I don't think I ever finished the story either."
"Hey. Here's an idea: Why don't we read the rest of it tonight and we can try and think up an ending for it." Rei suggested.
"Sounds good to me. Dane shouldn't be home until tomorrow night and she had Hikiuma with her. The dogs too. So we might be a bit bored." Kai said.
"Okay."
o.o Yeah. I edited the beginning of the story a bit because it sounded horrid...But I actually wrote that with Bri. The person I named Rei's 'friend' after. We wrote it a few years ago. She typed everything Intiar said and I think I did Shintall, Couger, and the other guys. O.o That wasn't the whole story, either. I will give you the rest of what we wrote. When they get to the house...mansion...thing. Yeah. o.o Thanks for reading and please review.
Intiar (In-tee-air) o.o I read that as 'in the air'
Shintall (Shin-tall) simple enough
Couger (Koh-jer) Rei was right. It's -not- said like cougar. ^.^
Dranzer
7
Kayla and Kin enthusiastically greeted Kai and Rei when they entered the house. Rei was promptly shoved against the wall by Kin's big paws on his shoulders while Kayla did her best to eat Kai's scarf.
"Hey, would you two calm down?" Kai said, lifting Kayla off of the ground and dumping her on the couch. She started barking at him, her tail wagging furiously. "Kin, come on. Leave Rei alone." Kai found the spot behind Kin's ribs and prepared to scratch it. Kin yelped before he even started and ran out of the room.
"Is it always that easy?" Rei asked, raising an eyebrow as Kin's black tail disappeared around the corner into the hall.
"Yes." Kai responded smaller. "With him at least. Kayla's not ticklish." Kai looked over at Kayla and she started to bark again. "Oh, hush."
"I'm thinking that it's a good thing that I'm not ticklish..." Rei said.
Kai looked over at him and smiled. "Not ticklish? Don't be so sure. It took me two years to find the right spot to tickle Kin but I found it. Kayla? She either isn't ticklish or she ignores it. Salem's paw pads are ticklish. Mouse's are too and so is the spot between his shoulders." Kai told Rei.
"Are you telling me that you make a point of finding out where your pets are ticklish?" Rei asked.
"Do I have to answer that?"
"Yes."
"Okay. I'll answer that. Yes."
"Let me rephrase that. Do you make is a point to find out where everyone is ticklish?" Rei tried.
"Uhm...Only family?"
"You're scaring me, Kai."
"Okay. Just my pets so I can get them back for things. Since they're too smart for their own good."
"Just your pets?"
"Just my pets...And, maybe you." Kai added.
"I'm not ticklish!"
"Like I said before: Don't be so sure." Kai said before disappearing down the hall.
"Are you trying to tell me that you plan on finding some place where -I'm- ticklish?" Rei called.
"Maybe." Kai responded, returning from wherever he'd gone to. "Or maybe I already have an idea." Kai said, motioning to Kayla. She obediently got off of the couch and went to the door. Kin returned from the hall as well, carrying his and Kayla's leashes. "Thanks, Kin." Kai said, taking the leashes.
"What do you mean by that?" Rei asked as they left the house.
"Exactly what I said."
"So you think you know where I'm ticklish?" Rei challenged.
"Yes."
"Prove it." Rei said.
Kai looked at him. "Not until I have a valid reason to." Kai answered, smiling.
"You don't know. No one knows where I'm ticklish."
"You said you weren't ticklish, Rei."
"Yes, well...I wish I wasn't." Rei answered as he followed Kin and Kayla into the Mustang. Kai started the car as Rei got Salem and Mouse out of the back seat.
"I'm sure you do."
"Where do you think I'm ticklish?" Rei asked as they started towards Dranzer.
"Same place as Mouse. Well, not the paw pads. I'm hoping you don't -have- paw pads."
"Ha-ha."
"Anyway, when Tyson prodded you between the shoulders the other day to get your attention, you shivered." Kai told him.
"You noticed?"
"No comment."
"Technically, that was."
"Actually, technically, it wasn't. A comment is a remark or observation made in criticism or as an expression of opinion." Kai answered.
"Please don't tell me you read the dictionary." Rei said, shaking his head.
Kai laughed. "No, no. But I have lived around Kenny since I was young." Kai reminded him.
"Ah, yes. That would do it."
Rei watched as Kai backed out of Dranzer's doors and heard him yell something to Kenny about not letter Tyson feed the cats or dogs. When Kai returned to the car, he looked over at Rei. "I have no idea where you live." He told Rei.
"Oh, dear. Neither do I!" Rei said.
"Then we're in trouble, aren't we? Looks like we'll have to stay here." Kai sighed before starting the car again. "So. Where to?"
"The apartments on the east end of the park." Rei responded.
"You really don't live that far from me, do you?" Kai asked as they pulled out into the street.
"Not really. I realized on my walk the other day that I passed by your house on walks a lot before I met you." Rei said. "But I never saw you there."
"I never really am. I usually don't leave them there either. Not unless we're really busy." Kai said, speaking of Kayla, Kin, Salem, and Mouse.
Once they reached the apartments, Rei led Kai up the stairs to his apartment door. The woman who lived across from Rei opened her door when she heard Rei say something to Kai. "Oh, Rei. I'm glad you're back. I wanted to ask you something. Are you in a hurry?"
Rei glanced at Kai who looked at his watch. "It's only five." Kai told Rei.
"Well, we have a few minutes then. Is something wrong?" Rei asked.
"Not really, I don't think. I was just wondering if you had a cat." The lady asked him. Rei tilted his head a bit.
"No, I don't. Why?"
"There was a grey cat sitting outside your door this afternoon. It was scratching at your door and meowing. I have him in here but I can't keep him. Lena's allergic." The woman said.
"Lena...?" Rei wasn't sure if he remembered who Lena was.
"My lovely young daughter. You went to school with her, remember?"
"Uhm...Yes...I think so." Rei nodded a bit.
"Oh! Look! There she is now. You know...You two haven't talked in such a long time. Didn't you used to date her?"
Rei looked totally lost. "No..." He answered, glancing at the woman coming up the stairs. He recognized her face now. "Uhm...Hi."
"Hello, Rei. It's been a long time since we've talked. How have you been?"
"Fine."
"That's good to hear. I'm doing okay, too. My boyfriend just dumped me but that's okay. Hey. How about you and I go out for a little date. It'll be nice. We can have dinner." Lena said, smiling sweetly.
Rei looked at Kai, irritated. "I'm sorry Lena, but I can't. I'm leaving for a while and I need to go get packed. It was nice talking to you." Rei turned, opened his door, and stepped in. Kai followed and shut the door.
"Yeah. Nice talking to you! Not." Rei muttered.
"One reason I hate women." Kai said.
"Why?"
"They leave one guy and move on to another an hour later. Like the first didn't matter at all." Kai said, shaking his head.
"Yes, well. That's women for you. Mind giving me a hand. We just wasted a ton of time and we should get going soon." Rei went to his room and tugged a traveling bag out of his closet.
"We're lucky the airport is close." Kai commented, opening the bag as Rei handed him a pile of close. He tucked them into a corner of the back and waited for Rei to find whatever else he needed.
"Yeah. Otherwise we'd have wasted -all- of our time talking to them. And it's not just that fact they they're 100% women that bugs me. It's the fact that Lena thinks she can have anyone. She always was that way." Rei said as the finished packing his bag. "Let's get out of here. I need to tell her to take the cat to the shelter before we go though." Rei said, slinging the bag over his shoulder. "By the way," Rei said when they left the apartment. "Was someone else going to go with you originally?"
"Yeah. Kenny was going to go but Dranzer's been too busy. We couldn't close it down for the week so he couldn't come. I'm glad though. I'd much rather have you with me. Partly because Kenny is either silent and typing away or talking about something I don't understand."
"Yeah. I'd find that irritating." Rei agreed before knocking on Lena's mom's door.
The door opened and the woman beamed at Rei. "Oh, Rei! Have you changed your mind?"
"No. I was just going to ask you to take the cat you found to the shelter. We'll take care of it there." Rei said.
"Oh...Okay. But Lena's willing to go out with you if you change your mind!" The woman called as Rei and Kai hurried down the steps.
Rei wondered what Kai was writing. They been on the plane for an hour and neither was really feeling well enough to talk. Rei had never liked planes so it made him slightly sick to be on one now...flying over the ocean. Kai had already been a bit ill in the first place and the plane wasn't doing him any good. So they'd silently agreed not to talk and Rei chose to try and doze off. Which had worked for about a half an hour but he'd woken up when someone's baby started to cry.
Kai paused, lifting his pen to read before adding another comment off to the side of the typed page. "What're you doing, Kai?" Rei asked.
Kai looked up from his work and smiled. "The baby wake you up?"
Rei sighed. "Yeah."
"I'm editing my story. Kenny wanted to edit it but I figured I might need something to do while I'm on the plane." Kai answered.
"What's it about? If you don't mind me asking..."
"Not at all. But I don't really remember much. I wrote it a few years ago. My sister thought of it but didn't want to write it herself. So she had me write it." Kai shook his head. "Even as I read it I don't remember what it's about." Kai shrugged. "You can read it if you want. The damn thing's giving me a headache." Kai said, holding the story out to Rei.
"Okay." Rei took the papers.
"You can continue correcting it if you want. Or comment. Doesn't matter to me." Kai leaned back and closed his eyes.
"Mmm." Was Rei's only response. He tugged the pen out of Kai's hand and replaced it with his hand before starting to read.
"You're going to get yourself drowned, girl!" A large man towered over a girl at the age of ten. "Give us the crystal now, damnit." The man ordered, brown eyes gleaming. The girl scowled.
"I will not." She snapped. "You can not take it from me and you can not make me give it to you!" She hissed, side stepping to try and make a move away from the river. Another man pushed her back into place. The crystal they wanted was from a gift her best friend have given her, and she'd die before letting them take it. Even then she wouldn't give it easy.
"That's it then!" The man clenched a fist and drove it hard in to the girls stomach. The young girl fell back and in to the deep stream, sinking in. One hand clenched her stomach while the other had the crystal in a death grip. Recovering from shock, she kicked to the surface, gasping when she met the air. The man who had punched her pushed her under with his foot. She opened her eyes under water and swam away. After a few feet she took air from the surface and dove the bottom of the river. But she wasn't alone when she got there.
Off to the side of the last piece, Kai had written something in red pen. I think it's a good thing that this story wasn't my idea. It's awful. Rei smiled. He wouldn't say it was -awful-. For being written a few years back and with it not being his idea, it wasn't all that bad. Rei wondered if Kai's sister hadn't stood over him and made suggestions through the whole thing to get it how she wanted it. After glancing over at the sleeping Kai, Rei continued to read.
Two glowing, ice blue eyes watched her, each eye half the size of the girl herself. She swallowed hard, praying that it wouldn't be angry. To her surprise, it moved forward and took her onto it's muzzle, lifting her to the surface, her head the only part actually above the surface. The men ran over. One man lifted his foot into the air, preparing to dig his heal in to her head. But, before he could move it towards her, he was wrapped in the creature's scaled tail. The thing that was holding her was some type of lizard or something! She yelped when the creature rose out of the water on it's hind legs. Then she gasped, choking on the air. A -dragon-?
"What the hell?!" The man that had punched her growled. "Is that...?!" He stared at the creature in shock.. The dragon reared it's head, tossing the girl towards the group of men. One of the men, though not exactly a man, caught the girl, eyes wide in confusion.
"Let me go, jerk!" The boy, exactly eleven, today being his birthday, narrowed his eyes. He let go of her , letting her fall to the ground.
"Fine then." He snapped, turning on his heel and walking towards his father. "Got her." He said, before walking past him. His father looked back at him then at the girl.
"Very good..." The boy's father strode over and picked the girl up by her shirt collar. "Looks like my son is getting used to this job. What's your name?" He asked her, trying to sound patient and kind.
"Wouldn't you like to know?" She snapped. He narrowed his eyes.
"Tell me." He growled.
"Sara." She replied. He smiled.
"Scared?" He asked, laughing. She rolled her eyes.
"Shintall!" He called. His son looked up and frowned.
"What?" He replied, sliding off the rock he was perched on.
"Take this girl to your house." He ordered. Shintall spat on the ground angrily and went to his father, who let go of 'Sara' and strode away.
"Come on. And don't cause any trouble or try and run off until we get out of sight. Dad will kill me....literally.." He moved away and headed towards the forest. 'Sara' followed.
Rei once again red the comment that Kai wrote in red pen. If the dragon is supposed to be good, why the hell would he throw her? Okay. So Rei knew the dragon wasn't bad. Which was a change from what one would normally read.
The two entered a forest clearing with a small house in the center. Shintall turned to face 'Sara.' "What's your name?" He asked her, not looking quite at her but past her.
"Intiar." She told him, this time not using her fake name. Shintall nodded.
"Go ahead." He told her, turning to go in to his house.
"No." He stopped and turned to face her once again.
"What?" He asked her, raising his eyebrows.
"I don't want to go." She told him, frowning. "Do you want me to go?"
He didn't reply for a moment. "N-well, not really. I figured you would want to go..." Shintall murmured. Intiar shook her head. Shintall swallowed. "Really?" Intiar nodded.
"I have no where to go. So I..." She stopped. Shintall was glaring at something over her shoulder. Intiar turned around and looked. A boy who stood there, leaning on a tree.
"Couger...again...get away from me.." Shintall hissed. Couger grinned.
"Got a girlfriend for your birthday?" He asked. Shintall lunged past Intiar, slamming in to Couger. Couger grunted, and tried to shove Shintall away. But Couger was pinned against the tree, and Shintall was holding something to his neck. A knife. Couger swallowed, eyes wide.
"I told you to stay away from me." With that, he cut Couger's neck, about 3 millimeters in. Shintall slid the knife in to it's sheath on his side. "Go." He ordered. Couger clutched his throat and shot out of the clearing.
"What the?" Intiar questioned. He shook his head. His eyes were pure black and he headed towards his house. "What the heck did you do that for?!" She called, following him inside. "He's an old enemy. And he's probably going to go back and get me in trouble. Besides. He likes you." Intiar stopped and stared at him.
"What?" Shintall shrugged.
"He followed because he wanted to see what I would do with you. If you would have left, he would have caught you and taken you to his house. And...well, never mind." He told her, sitting down on an old chair in a corner.
"No. What would he do? Why did you stop him?" She asked, advancing on him.
"Nothing! Forget it!" He snapped, standing up again.
"Just tell me and I will!" She countered.
"No!" She stood in front of him, glaring up at him.
"Tell me now, or I'll go see for myself!" She hissed.
His eyes flashed angrily. "No. You don't want to go." He moved around her to stand before the door.
Another comment was written off to the side. I forgot to mention that the house has no windows.
She narrowed her eyes. "Just tell me!" She replied, fists clenched.
"He is old enough to take you into his house to live and all. So, take that as a clue!" He spat. She sat down in the chair behind her.
"Oh." That was all she said as she watched him leave the house, slamming the door behind him. A dozen pairs of red eyes appeared around her and she leapt to her feet. Realizing that it was pitch black, she looked around. She was surrounded by an enemy. This she knew. But what were they? 'Oh..boy...' Surrounded by spirits... Intiar called him back. Shintall whirled around to stare at the house.
"Oops....forgot about them..." He went back to the house and slid in, not allowing any light in to the house. The spirits all at once began to chatter.
'Who's the newcomer, Shintall?'
'Why is she here?'
'Why did she yell?'
'Is she light?'
'How old is she?'
'What's her name?'
'Can she talk?'
'Did she meet Couger?'
'She's ugly!'
'She's not ugly! She's pretty!'
'What?'
'Huh?'
Rei paused in reading to write something on the left margin of the paper. I have a feeling 'Couger' isn't said as 'cougar'. Rei wrote before continuing.
"SHUT UP!" Shintall yelled. They did, and Intiar bolted to his side. He moved away, glaring at her.
"You're a light!" He hissed, watching her angrily.
"So! You're a dark!" She countered, leaning against the door. He scowled.
"This is also my house. So why would it matter if I am dark or not?" He replied. She frowned.
"Why'd you bring me here then?" She asked.
"Why'd you come?" He questioned. He was starting to get on her nerves.
"Fine, I'll leave then!" She cried, bolting out of the door. Shintall glared after her, standing at the door, watching her go. She shot into the forest, preparing to jump up onto a tree. Something grabbed her elbow and she whirled around, knocking it to the ground. She looked down to see it was Couger. He leapt to his feet, grinning.
"Smooth move. You made him mad. He'll probably be after you now." Couger commented. She nodded.
"Yeah. I should get somewhere to keep safe. But no one will take me around here." She explained. He smiled.
"I wouldn't mind taking you to my house to stay, if you would like." Intiar smiled.
"Sure. That would work." He nodded and led her out of the forest where is house stood. He led her in and showed her where she would sleep. She wondered why there were so many rooms if there was only him to use them. She shrugged it off and entered her room. She might as well sleep now. She doubted she'd be able to sleep tomorrow if Shintall found out where she was.
The pilot's voice filled the plane to announce that they had about twenty minutes before their plane landed. Sighing, Rei put the pages back in order and capped the pen before looking over at Kai. The pilot's voice seemed to have awoken him and he was staring down as the ground now.
"I hate flying over water." Kai said.
"Me too. And I'm glad that -you- got the window seat." Rei added.
"Gee, thanks." Kai replied, looking over at him. Rei smiled an shifted his hand in Kai's in order to see Kai's watched.
"Looks like we're ahead of schedule." Rei said.
"Yeah. There is a good side to flying over sea I guess. No stops at other airports."
"That's true. But, stop or no stops, I'll always hate flying. I'm a ground person." Rei said.
"Really? I usually enjoy it. When I'm not ill or flying over water." Kai shrugged.
"You know what's sad?" Rei asked.
"Hmm?"
"I was actually getting in to this." Rei said, lifting the story from his lap.
Kai laughed. "Yeah, that is sad. Is there even a plot to it?" Kai asked.
"I don't know. I was busy re-reading the first few pages the whole time.
"Me too. I've been reading the first few pages for the last few days. Editing and trying to guess what the beginning of the story has to do with the rest of it. I don't think I ever finished the story either."
"Hey. Here's an idea: Why don't we read the rest of it tonight and we can try and think up an ending for it." Rei suggested.
"Sounds good to me. Dane shouldn't be home until tomorrow night and she had Hikiuma with her. The dogs too. So we might be a bit bored." Kai said.
"Okay."
o.o Yeah. I edited the beginning of the story a bit because it sounded horrid...But I actually wrote that with Bri. The person I named Rei's 'friend' after. We wrote it a few years ago. She typed everything Intiar said and I think I did Shintall, Couger, and the other guys. O.o That wasn't the whole story, either. I will give you the rest of what we wrote. When they get to the house...mansion...thing. Yeah. o.o Thanks for reading and please review.
Intiar (In-tee-air) o.o I read that as 'in the air'
Shintall (Shin-tall) simple enough
Couger (Koh-jer) Rei was right. It's -not- said like cougar. ^.^