One Hell Of An Angel
Disclaimer: See chapter 1.
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Chapter 2: Handling Angels Is No Easy Task
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To say Seto Kaiba was not in a good mood would have been the understatement of the century. It was bad enough that he had been stuck with a psychotic angel, but to add to his problems, Kage was completely ignorant to the world of humans. And it was now Seto's reluctant duty to teach her the ways of the Mortal World.
Seto was in the kitchen attempting to show Kage to make simple sandwiches. He had decided to put off showing the angelic creature how to wash dishes until after she had successfully completed her first meal. It was all but successful.
"No, Kage! The lettuce goes between the bread slices, not on it!" Seto corrected for the fifth time.
"Oh, heh, heh. Sorry." Kage laughed apologetcically, placing the lettuce under both slices of bread. "Like that?" She held up her 'sandwich'--which consisted of a slice of ham, cheese, two pieces of bread in the middle and lettuce and tomato on the bottom.
Seto stared at the abomination that could have been a sandwich. "No." He took the food from Kage, disassembling it quickly, "It's simple, the bread is the outside, whatever you want to add goes inside." He correctly placed each slice of food in its proper place. "It's that easy. There's no hidden trick to it."
Kage blinked, brushing a strand of white hair from her eyes, "It's like a turtle!"
"What?" Seto asked, eyeing the peculiar angel.
"Yea," Kage replied, taking the sandwich back, "see, the bread is like the shell, and the cheese, meat and whatnot is like the actual turtle, hidden in the shell. But I would never eat a turtle..." She grinned, taking a bite out of the sandwich.
Seto arched an eyebrow, "You're the weirdest thing I have ever met."
"Ditto." Kage retorted, finishing the remains of the sandwich in two quick bites.
The swinging kitchen door opened as Mokuba--Bewd perched like a parrot on his shoulder--entered the kitchen, stopping short on his way to the refrigerator. He fixed Kage with a peculiar stare, an eyebrow arched in imitation of his brother's common expression, "Hello..."
Kage waved, "Hi, Mokuba."
Seto, thinking quickly, stepped in front of Kage, "Mokuba, this is Kage Tenshi. She just transferred to my school, and she's going to be staying with us for a while." He silently prayed Mokuba wouldn't ask why Kage was staying at their home of all people.
Mokuba smiled up at Kage, "That's cool. Where are you from, Kage?"
Kage immediately answered without thinking, "Heaven."
"Eh?" Mokuba blinked.
"It's a small town in America." Seto replied quickly.
"Oh. Well, uhh, America, that's cool. Anyway, I just came to get a soda," Mokuba said, opening the fridge quickly, "but it was nice meeting you, Kage. I'll see you later." He left the kitchen with a wave to his brother and his new housemate.
Once the boy was out of earshot, Kage turned to look at Seto, "Tenshi?"
Seto frowned, "What?"
"You told Mokuba my name was Kage Tenshi," the girl replied.
Seto shrugged, "It was the first word that came to my head. It means angel."
Kage smiled, "I like it. Kage Tenshi," she nodded to herself, "Kage Tenshi, it has a nice ring to it."
Seto smirked, "You realize most people do not go around complimenting their name."
"You realize I'm not like most people," Kage remarked as she left the kitchen in hopes of exploring the spacious mansion.
"That's the understatement of the century," Seto muttered to himself, following the angel, determined to keep her from breaking anything of value.
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In an attempt to escape Kage's irritating questions, Seto had locked himself in his office. He glared menacingly at the blank screen of his laptop. Why, when he actually had some free time, was there absolutely no work for him to do? He smacked his head on the dark oak desk in frustration, "Dammit to hell."
"That looks painful," Kage remarked suddenly, startling Seto into a sitting position.
He narrowed his cold cerulean eyes at the angel, "Didn't I tell you to stay out of here?"
Kage looked thoughtful for a moment before nodding, "Yup, you sure did."
Seto gave Kage a blank stare, "Doesn't that mean anything?"
The angel shook her head, "Nope. I got bored, wanted see what you were up to." She peered over Seto's shoulder at the laptop, "Hey, what does this thing do?"
"It's a laptop," Seto explained, climbing to his feet. He sighed as Kage immediately sat down in the chair.
The angel found the rotating chair highly amusing, "This is fun!" She attempted to spin herself faster and faster until she tumbled out of the chair, "Whoa, the room is spinning too!"
Seto rolled his eyes, "You're a complete idiot."
Kage jumped to her feet, grinning, "Let's play a game!"
"What?" Seto stared at the suddenly recovered girl. "You have way too much energy for your own good."
"How do you propose I get rid of this energy?" Kage asked, bouncing happily.
"We have to go to the park," Seto replied simply, smiling knowingly.
Kage cocked her head to one side, "Why?"
"Do you always ask questions?" Seto asked, arching an eyebrow.
"Why not?" came the quick retort.
Seto sighed, opening the door and stepping out of the office, "Just shut up. We're going to the park because that's where I take Mokuba when he's had too much sugar."
"Oh," Kage said, grinning cheerfully.
Seto blinked in mild surprise, "You actually managed to say only one word. Surprising."
Kage stuck out her tongue immaturely, "Shut up."
Seto ignored the girl, turning his attention to his brother, playing video games in the living room, "Hey, Mokuba, we're going to the park, put the game awa-"
"Awesome!" Mokuba cheered, tossing the control pad on the ground and hurrying to the front door. "Let's go!"
"Someone's had too much soda today," Seto remarked idly, following his energetic brother out the door. Kage giggled, skipping out the door.
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Domino Park was surprisingly empty for a Sunday. Seto noted a few children playing in the sandbox, their watchful mothers not far off. It was odd, though, usually on Sundays there would be a larger number of picnicers, skateboarders, and other people just there to relax and enjoy the scenery.
Mokuba didn't care how empty the park was, though. His attention was focused on the large oak tree curved regally over the slow flowing river bisecting the park. "Seto, can I climb the tree?"
Seto looked the tree up and down, not sure if he liked just how tall it was. "I don't know, Mokuba. It might be too tall for you, what if you fell out?"
Mokuba sighed, rolling his eyes, "C'mon, big brother. I'm not a little kid anymore. Please?" His tone changed to his award-winning whine.
"You're not a little kid anymore?" Seto asked, eyebrow raised, "I could have sworn only kids whined like that." He crossed his arms over his chest, looking down at Mokuba with a small smile.
The ebony haired boy imitated his elder brother, even matching the haughty stance, "Don't make me use my ultimate weapon on you, Seto."
Seto blinked in surprise, holding up his hands defensively, "Please, not the Puppy Eyes, they're my only weakness!" He bowed his head, chin resting on his chest, "All right, you win. You can climb the tree."
"Yea!" Mokuba cheered happily, turning to face the tree. He stood there for a moment, debating which branch would be the easiest to reach.
"Need a boost, shorty?" Seto asked with amusing tinging his voice.
Mokuba grinned sheepishly, "Okay, so I'm still little, big deal. You gonna give me a boost or not?"
Seto shrugged, draping his trench coat on a small root, "Nope. You said you were big enough. Let's see you do it yourself." He sat down on a large above ground root from the tree, his back facing the river.
Mokuba turned back to the tree, frowning, "How can I get up there...?" He looked behind him when he felt a soft tap on his shoulder.
Kage smiled, "I can give you a boost." She folded her hands into a makeshift stirrup, giving Mokuba a leg up into the nearest branch.
"Thanks, Kage!" Mokuba laughed, climbing quickly up the higher branches.
"Kage," Seto called, getting the angel's attention, "you got him up there, so you have to watch him. You don't want to see what I'll do to you if he falls out of that tree." He smirked at Kage's frightened expression.
"Okay, okay," Kage waved her hands helplessly, "I'll watch him." She hopped onto a branch with absolute ease, immediately trailing Mokuba into the thick foliage.
Mokuba waved from the thick branch he was seated on, just below him sat Seto and the river, "Hey, Kage!" He gestured to a nearby limb, inviting the angel to sit by him. "I got an idea."
Kage, curiosity peaked, sat herself across from Mokuba, "Tell me."
Mokuba lowered his voice, "I know how we can get Seto to climb up here with us." He grinned at Kage's confused stare, "all we have to do is drop pinecones on his head. He'll ignore it for a little while, but soon enough he'll climb up here for retaliation."
"Then it's going to be a game of Hide-N-Seek," Kage giggled.
Mokuba nodded, "Yup." He stood up, stepping onto a lower branch to get a better view of Seto.
"Wait for me!" Kage said, jumping up too quickly. She tripped, falling from the branch she stood on. Mokuba hung on for dear life as Kage's antics violently shook the limb he was on. Kage hung from the end of a thin branch, her eyes wide with shock as the branch bent under her weight.
A loud splash behind Seto caused the teen to whirl around quickly. He searched the water with alert blue eyes, his worst fears realized when he spotted the body floating in the soft current. "Mokuba!" Without hesitation, he dove into the water, swimming out to the struggling swimmer.
"Big brother, what are you panicing about?" Mokuba called from just above Seto, he was seated comfortably in the tree.
Seto blinked, looking from his brother in the tree to who he thought was his brother in his arms.
Kage grinned up at him, "Hi, Seto."
With a disgruntled growl, Seto dropped Kage back in the water and swam back to shore. He completely ignored Kage's indignant protests as she climbed onto the bank.
"That was low, Seto, really low," Kage muttered, shivering from the frigid water.
Mokuba clambored down the tree, pausing as he reached the lowest branch. "Kage, you hurt?" Seto immediately reached up and took him from the tree, placing him back on solid ground.
Kage smiled, "Just my pride, Mokuba." She blinked as Seto draped his coat over her shoulders. "Thank you..." she said, smiling in gratitude.
"I'm just glad it wasn't Mokuba who fell out of the tree," Seto replied, eyes focused on the park's main gates. "Let's go home, it's getting late."
Mokuba and Kage nodded, "All right."
Kage, following the two brothers, walked at a slower pace. "Psst! Kage!" A small male voice called from a nearby tree.
Kage looked toward the voice and back at Seto and Mokuba, "I have to check something, I'll catch up in a minute!" Seto waved a hand in signal that he heard he. Slipping behind the tree, Kage glared down at a snowy white cat, "What do you want Hyou?"
The cat blinked, stretching downy black wings idly, "Came to visit you. Who's the human you're hanging out with?"
Kage shrugged, "I'm kind of guarding him."
"Guarding him?" the cat asked, blinking emerald eyes, "Wouldn't you have to be an angel to do that?"
"Shut up!" Kage snapped, "I am an angel!"
Hyou yawned, scratching at his ear, "Yea, sure, and I'm a full grown mountain lion." He fixed the girl with a stern glare, "Look. You may be part angel, but you're also part demon, which actually makes you a danger to humans."
"I wouldn't harm Seto! Or Mokuba!" Kage shouted, kicking at the cat.
Laughing coldly from the branch he now sat in, Hyou shook his head, "Why are you protecting them? It's none of your business, if the Heavens wanted them to be guarded, they would have sent a real angel, not an exile." He licked his paw, "So, what's your motive?"
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KT: Yay! I finished the second chapter! I even managed a cliffhanger!
Seto: Took you long enough.
KT: Shut up! I have tons of ideas for this story, it's just hard to organize them and give it an actual plot.
Seto: So, you're actually going to continue with this?
KT: Yup! People seem to like it.
Seto: Well, they're crazy.
KT: Don't insult the reviewers! They make me happy and when I'm happy you're safe from harm.
Seto: Point taken...