A/N: Hoi, it is I again. I'm so happy! I got reviews! And because I got reviews, I was inspired to post the next chapter! (also because I was compulsively listening to Legato's theme Song ) YAY! See what taking the time to reply does? Thanks to my reviewers will be at the end of the chapter.
Again, my thanks to those who reviewed, and those who didn't, it doesn't mean you're out of the woods yet though. I still need your opinions and comments to help me continue my writing. This is my problem chapter; I had a lot of arguments with myself over what should occur. We'll see how it turns out.
Oh, and I went back and took out the Japanese, so some of the comments to reviews may not make sense anymore
Disclaimer: Okay, I do not own Trigun or its characters, everyone should know this, only the genius Yasuhiro Nightow can lay claim to that. I do however own Allegro and the other OCs in this chapter and others to come, AND YOU CAN'T TAKE THEM AWAY FROM ME! If you try, I will lock you in a fiery chasm and laugh as your skin slowly melts away and your bones begin to pop and are reduced to ash. Hope that didn't scare anyone away. Yes, well, on with the fic.
Silent Scream
Chapter Two
Allegro trotted behind her brother, trying to keep up with his pace at they strode through the streets to the school district. As they approached the large, concrete buildings, Allegro ran faster to catch up to her brother in hiding behind his legs, attempting to avoid the derogatory stares they received from other students.
She was so busy paying attention to the other kids that when Legato stopped walking, she ran right into his thigh, falling backwards from the sudden impact. Without his assistance, she stood up, brushing herself off. She had noticed that her brother's demeanor would change drastically when they were at school, or anywhere in public, for that matter. Though he would still walk her to her classroom, as he just did, he would do so wordlessly and without emotion. She was brought out of her thoughts when he spoke in a cold monotone.
"I will meet you outside by the stairs at the end of the day. If I am not there before you, just stay were you are and do not wander."
Allegro nodded meekly and disappeared into her classroom. Legato turned around, stalking down the halls and out of the elementary school building. As he stood before the high school building, Legato pondered briefly whether he should just skip class and steal some food from a local merchant, or actually attend his classes and manage to obtain some at lunch. Well, he was already here; he might as well go through with it.
He entered the building, striding down the hall, ignoring the glances he received from those who hurriedly cleared out of his way. Gliding up the staircase, Legato entered his own classroom and sat down wordlessly, preparing himself for the six hours in which he would have to endure inane ramblings of various teachers.
------ 4 hours later --------
The harsh ring of the lunch bell awakened Legato from his brief slumber. He gathered himself, sauntering to the door when his teacher called him back.
"Mr. Bluesummers, may have a word?" She asked sweetly, though her hard gaze betrayed her anger.
"No, you may not," Legato responded coolly, and then proceeded to exit the room, completely shutting out the woman's commands for him to return.
He walked down the stairs to the center of the building to where the lunchroom was located. By the time he had arrived at the cafeteria, all of the vacant tables had been occupied. His golden eyes scanned the room for a possible target, and he found his prey and stalked towards them slowly. The table he had chosen was currently in use by four boys no younger than he was. Their laughter and conversation ceased as soon as they saw the tall, blue-haired boy looming over them, his emotionless mask making him unreadable and even more intimidating.
They just stared up at him, until he parted his thin lips to speak.
"Vacate yourselves. Now." Legato commanded
The boys continued to stare into his golden eyes, their faces a mix of confusion and fear, before they hurriedly gathered their meals and prepared to leave.
"You. Leave that here." Legato ordered the dark-brown haired boy who was packing the remainder his lunch into his brown paper bag.
"But-" the boy, Ricco, began to complain before he was stopped by the intense golden glare that he received. Swallowing, Ricco left his meal on the table, and scurried away, not daring to linger any longer.
When they had all cleared out, Legato took a seat, pulling over the ceded brown lunch bag. He rummaged through it, discovering that its contents contained a half eaten sandwich and a handsome slice of cheesecake. He hid his elation by shoving the remainder of the sandwich into his mouth, and then started on the cheesecake.
Legato was so entranced by the delectable flavors dancing across his tongue that he did not notice the hateful stares he was receiving from the group of individuals he had previously evicted from the table.
"I'm sick of it, he can't keep doing that," Ricco complained to his friends, who had now taken up residence at another table with several others, "I'm hungry too. Why can't he bring his own lunch?"
The other members of the table nodded, and then launched into citing their own gripes about the blue-haired boy that was sitting a few tables away from them.
"You guys are just wusses, that's all. Why don't you stand up to him?" One haughtily spoke up, interrupting the discussion.
"Ha!" The only girl at the table laughed. "I don't see you doing anything about it, Aiden."
Her comment was met with a snort from den and a few agreements of the other boys, before another, Thom, spoke up.
"It's those eyes," he shuddered. "It's those ethereal golden eyes that get me. They're inhuman."
"Like a demon's...." Ricco agreed, trailing off.
The members of the table were silent for a moment while they considered the comments made. Even their parents and other townsfolk had referred to Legato as being a "demon-child". It made sense, not many had vibrant cobalt hair and ghostly golden eyes. It was…unnatural, and made excellent controversy.
"I really don't understand why none of you talk to him. There's plenty of you, and only one of him. It's pathetic really." The girl said, breaking the eerie silence.
"I agree with Rei, we can't sit here and do nothing all the time. He has no right to treat us like shit. I say we learn his weakness and take him down." Aiden responded, pounding his fist into his cupped hand for emphasis.
"How?" Thom asked doubtfully. "No one is close enough to him to learn anything, and he'd probably get suspicious or something. He's not stupid."
"No but the rest of you sure as hell are," Rei laughed.
An idea popped into Aiden's mind, and a wide smile grew across his lips.
"Rei...." he began, holding out the syllable of her name
"What?" she eyed him suspiciously.
"You're a girl. You'll probably have the easiest time talking to him. Plus, you're new here, so he should have nothing against you." He glanced at the other table members, who had just dawned on his plan, and now sported grins of their own.
She frantically glanced at them all, before realization dawned on her as well.
"What?! Are you insane? Why me?"
"Come on, it's not like we're asking you to sleep with him or anything," Aiden responded, causing the others to snicker and a light blush to spread across the girl's face. "Just get him to trust you. Then when the time is right, he'll be ours."
She crossed her arms, sulking. Giving an exasperated sigh, she finally responded, "Fine, I'll do it. It's going to take a while to get past his cold exterior though. You jerks better be worth it."
"Don't worry, we can wait for our revenge." Aiden said, smiling. The rest quietly applauded her and continued discussing their plans, leaving her with her thoughts.
Soon, the bell rang, signifying the end of the lunch period. Rei lingered behind, watching as the golden-eyed one cleaned up his stolen meal and strode out of the lunchroom.
'All right Legato Bluesummers,' she thought mentally, 'prepare yourself.'
She threw her own meal into the trashcan and began walking to her next class, wondering how she was ever going to melt the icy exterior of her new target.
Ack, sorry about that. There was more conversation than I anticipated. Oh well, now the story gets interesting. There will also be more Legato in the next chapter; I just had to build up the arising conflicts that will be occurring. Now, that you have read, REVIEW!
Touchi- Yeah, the plot is kinda lacking, but such is normal for the first few chapters. It will begin to develop soon, do not fret.
Sesshy the fluffy one- Thanks, I will try to keep the Japanese, and include more of it if I can.
Tessa Marlene- Thanks for your review. It may take a while before Knives actually comes into play; I just want to develop the reasons why Legato ends up loathing humans first. I'm sure you understand. Yes, I love Legato dearly, and I feel so bad for him. Believe me when I say I cried when he died.
CaptainMurphysMistress- Yeah, I think that age is growing on me. Thanks for your opinion, now I know I have some sense still left within me. As I said before, I will keep the Japanese, hope I don't massacre it.. And yes, Allegro did seem fitting with Legato, being both musical terms. I think the parents will also have such names, when I explain them in later chapters. I could go for some pudding right now actually.