Silver Angel: Hey minna! Here's the next chapter. I'm happy to say that
it is longer that the past ones. Hopefully, I can keep the trend. If
nothing else, I promise to update fairly often, and I'll try to make my
chapters at least a thousand words. ^_^ Thanks to all the peoples who
reviewed!
And to Jesse Matsuda: ::bows:: I'm so happy you like my metaphor! Go ahead and use it any time! ^_^
Chapter 2: A Dreamers Soul
TK panted for breath as he dashed headlong down the street to catch up with Kari on his way to school. It was just his luck that he would pull a Davis and sleep in on a school day. Up ahead, his eyes caught the flash of light from the sun glinting off a camera.
"Hey Kari!" he yelled. "Wait up, will ya?!"
Slowing down, she giggled slightly as he walked next to her and gasped for breath from his exertions. He may have been the star of the basketball team, but he wasn't good at extended bouts of running. "Sleep in TK?"
He nodded ruefully. "Yeah, I guess I must have set my alarm clock wrong. I probably would have went back to sleep too, if it hadn't been for my mom yelling at me to get up."
Kari turned her head, chestnut brown hair shining almost golden in the sun. "Didn't you get enough sleep then? You're usually such a morning person, that it's irritating." She smiled playfully, and TK gave her a small shove.
"No, I think I had a nightmare, but I don't really remember what it was about now." He yawned, the conversation reminding him of the interruption to his sleep. 'Man,' he thought. 'I wish I had something to wake me up.' As if on cue, thunder growled loudly above their heads, and thick gray storm clouds rolled in.
The blond haired boy looked up wide-eyed. 'Talk about sudden showers.!'
"Come on Kari, we'd better run, or we'll be soaked for sure!"
Unluckily for them, TK's prediction ended up being all too true, and they walked into the classroom dripping water everywhere, and looking slightly like drowned rats.
"Heh.well I wished for something to wake me up," he told her, laughing. "I think a cold shower definitely fits into that category!"
Kari grimaced, and wrung some of the water out of her hair. "You'll have to start being careful with those wishes then Takeru. Next time you might end up ruining my camera. Then you'll really have to watch out." She lifted the object in question up from its cord and checked it over carefully, turning it this way and that.
"Hey! You can't blame me for crazy weather!"
She grinned. "Of course I can! It was your wish!"
He growled and lunged at her, abruptly turning it into a fall towards his desk when the teacher walked into the room. Quickly straitening himself into the position of a model student, he gazed intently forward, as if he were eager to get on to the 'learning experience'.
'Not that I wouldn't rather be sleeping,' he thought tiredly, his lack of sleep catching up with him once more. 'I may not have woken up for long, but I feel like I ran a marathon last night.'
The teacher began talking about linear equations, and he immediately shifted his text -book up to cover the jaw creaking yawn that struck him. 'I just don't understand what could be making me this tired,' he thought. As the x's and y's piled up on the chalkboard, his eyelids began drooping, while he struggled to remain aware.
Out of the corner of his eye, he noticed Kari looking at him in concern as he continued his fight against sleep. Giving her a small wave of reassurance, he passed her a quick note.
-Don't worry about me. I'm fine. Just tired. -TK
He himself began to wonder however, as sleep pressed harder and harder against him. 'What the heck is wrong with me?' he wondered, as he sank his head tiredly onto his arms, and then to his desk. Finally losing the battle, he allowed his eyes to fall shut. The teachers voice faded into a pleasant drone in the background, and then finally silence as he felt slumber steal him away from the world.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
A giant snake - 'Basilisk' a voice in his head told him; - was chasing him through was seemed to be a large set of underground tunnels. The basilisk was enormous he knew, but all he could see of it was the shadow, as it slithered quickly through the dark tunnels, it's scales making a dry rasping sound.
'Don't look back! Don't look back!' something said over and over in his head. It soon became a kind of chant, spoken mentally to the rhythm of his feet splashing in the puddles on the floor.
~FLASH~
The scene had changed. He was on top of a high ledge now; a gleaming sword in his hands, as he pointed it at the now blinded face of the serpent. The snake lunged forward. 'Move!' he shouted silently to himself. At the same time, he stabbed the basilisk through the throat with the sword.
He didn't seem to be fast enough though; and one of the enormous white fangs stabbed him in the arm, still dripping with saliva and toxins. As he cried out in pain, he felt the poison slowly seeping through his limbs and weakening all of the muscles.
He felt himself falling to his knees, emerald/sapphire eyes clouding over slightly. He couldn't die yet though! Everyone was still depending on him! He couldn't die yet!
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
With a cry, TK shot up in his desk, white faced and sweating, as tremors wracked his slender body. His spiky golden bangs were plastered to his forehead, and his eyes stared blankly ahead, still caught up in the terror of the dream, or vision - whatever it was.
The class was staring at him, and the teacher walking forward, a concerned look on her face. "Mr. Takashi?" Reaching him, she placed one hand on his still trembling shoulder, drawing his eyes to her as he came back to himself with a start. "Are you alright Takeru? You don't usually fall asleep in my class. Do you need to go to the nurse?"
Taking stock of himself, TK realized that he was still shaking. I didn't feel as if the tremors would stop any time soon either. To add to that, he still felt tired. 'Though how that could be after a nightmare like that, is beyond me.' Smiling weakly up at her, he nodded. "I think I do sensei." He gathered up his bag and left the room, occasionally twitching as he suppressed a tremble.
"Mizuno-sensei," Hikari piped up. "Do you want me to take Takeru up there, and make sure nothing happens to him?" The teacher accepted, waving Kari out the door after TK.
Silver Angel: Well, there it is people. I'm sure you can guess by now who the other half of his soul is. I'll try to make the next chapter at least this long, or maybe longer. I'll also try my best to have it come out soon. Working on about seven stories at the same time can really stress you out for updates, but I will try!
Please Review! ^_^
And to Jesse Matsuda: ::bows:: I'm so happy you like my metaphor! Go ahead and use it any time! ^_^
Chapter 2: A Dreamers Soul
TK panted for breath as he dashed headlong down the street to catch up with Kari on his way to school. It was just his luck that he would pull a Davis and sleep in on a school day. Up ahead, his eyes caught the flash of light from the sun glinting off a camera.
"Hey Kari!" he yelled. "Wait up, will ya?!"
Slowing down, she giggled slightly as he walked next to her and gasped for breath from his exertions. He may have been the star of the basketball team, but he wasn't good at extended bouts of running. "Sleep in TK?"
He nodded ruefully. "Yeah, I guess I must have set my alarm clock wrong. I probably would have went back to sleep too, if it hadn't been for my mom yelling at me to get up."
Kari turned her head, chestnut brown hair shining almost golden in the sun. "Didn't you get enough sleep then? You're usually such a morning person, that it's irritating." She smiled playfully, and TK gave her a small shove.
"No, I think I had a nightmare, but I don't really remember what it was about now." He yawned, the conversation reminding him of the interruption to his sleep. 'Man,' he thought. 'I wish I had something to wake me up.' As if on cue, thunder growled loudly above their heads, and thick gray storm clouds rolled in.
The blond haired boy looked up wide-eyed. 'Talk about sudden showers.!'
"Come on Kari, we'd better run, or we'll be soaked for sure!"
Unluckily for them, TK's prediction ended up being all too true, and they walked into the classroom dripping water everywhere, and looking slightly like drowned rats.
"Heh.well I wished for something to wake me up," he told her, laughing. "I think a cold shower definitely fits into that category!"
Kari grimaced, and wrung some of the water out of her hair. "You'll have to start being careful with those wishes then Takeru. Next time you might end up ruining my camera. Then you'll really have to watch out." She lifted the object in question up from its cord and checked it over carefully, turning it this way and that.
"Hey! You can't blame me for crazy weather!"
She grinned. "Of course I can! It was your wish!"
He growled and lunged at her, abruptly turning it into a fall towards his desk when the teacher walked into the room. Quickly straitening himself into the position of a model student, he gazed intently forward, as if he were eager to get on to the 'learning experience'.
'Not that I wouldn't rather be sleeping,' he thought tiredly, his lack of sleep catching up with him once more. 'I may not have woken up for long, but I feel like I ran a marathon last night.'
The teacher began talking about linear equations, and he immediately shifted his text -book up to cover the jaw creaking yawn that struck him. 'I just don't understand what could be making me this tired,' he thought. As the x's and y's piled up on the chalkboard, his eyelids began drooping, while he struggled to remain aware.
Out of the corner of his eye, he noticed Kari looking at him in concern as he continued his fight against sleep. Giving her a small wave of reassurance, he passed her a quick note.
-Don't worry about me. I'm fine. Just tired. -TK
He himself began to wonder however, as sleep pressed harder and harder against him. 'What the heck is wrong with me?' he wondered, as he sank his head tiredly onto his arms, and then to his desk. Finally losing the battle, he allowed his eyes to fall shut. The teachers voice faded into a pleasant drone in the background, and then finally silence as he felt slumber steal him away from the world.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
A giant snake - 'Basilisk' a voice in his head told him; - was chasing him through was seemed to be a large set of underground tunnels. The basilisk was enormous he knew, but all he could see of it was the shadow, as it slithered quickly through the dark tunnels, it's scales making a dry rasping sound.
'Don't look back! Don't look back!' something said over and over in his head. It soon became a kind of chant, spoken mentally to the rhythm of his feet splashing in the puddles on the floor.
~FLASH~
The scene had changed. He was on top of a high ledge now; a gleaming sword in his hands, as he pointed it at the now blinded face of the serpent. The snake lunged forward. 'Move!' he shouted silently to himself. At the same time, he stabbed the basilisk through the throat with the sword.
He didn't seem to be fast enough though; and one of the enormous white fangs stabbed him in the arm, still dripping with saliva and toxins. As he cried out in pain, he felt the poison slowly seeping through his limbs and weakening all of the muscles.
He felt himself falling to his knees, emerald/sapphire eyes clouding over slightly. He couldn't die yet though! Everyone was still depending on him! He couldn't die yet!
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
With a cry, TK shot up in his desk, white faced and sweating, as tremors wracked his slender body. His spiky golden bangs were plastered to his forehead, and his eyes stared blankly ahead, still caught up in the terror of the dream, or vision - whatever it was.
The class was staring at him, and the teacher walking forward, a concerned look on her face. "Mr. Takashi?" Reaching him, she placed one hand on his still trembling shoulder, drawing his eyes to her as he came back to himself with a start. "Are you alright Takeru? You don't usually fall asleep in my class. Do you need to go to the nurse?"
Taking stock of himself, TK realized that he was still shaking. I didn't feel as if the tremors would stop any time soon either. To add to that, he still felt tired. 'Though how that could be after a nightmare like that, is beyond me.' Smiling weakly up at her, he nodded. "I think I do sensei." He gathered up his bag and left the room, occasionally twitching as he suppressed a tremble.
"Mizuno-sensei," Hikari piped up. "Do you want me to take Takeru up there, and make sure nothing happens to him?" The teacher accepted, waving Kari out the door after TK.
Silver Angel: Well, there it is people. I'm sure you can guess by now who the other half of his soul is. I'll try to make the next chapter at least this long, or maybe longer. I'll also try my best to have it come out soon. Working on about seven stories at the same time can really stress you out for updates, but I will try!
Please Review! ^_^