: : Caged Fate : :
: By : Akikazu :
: : Chapter Seven : : Caged In Plans : :
The dawn was cold and bleak, Mahiru watched as the sun rose higher in the sky from her window. It was impossible to sleep, knowing that somewhere Yuhi was plotting revenge and some how scheming to use her in the plot.
"There has to be a way out of here," she said, desperately looking around the room.
She found nothing out of the ordinary, and then she spotted a crack in the far wall. Hesitantly she walked over to it and touched it. A hidden door swung open revealing a hidden stairway. It was dark, but somewhere down there she could see a light, it glowed brightly and she could still see it when she closed her eyes.
Mahiru jumped when she heard a sound come from behind the other, locked door. Making up her mind she went inside and closed the secret door.
Carefully she made her way down the stairs being careful not to make any noise, she didn't know how thick walls were, but she could hear voices so she assumed they were thin.
Being surrounded in the darkness of the stairway reminded her of something in a book Nurse had forced her to read.
"I hold no faith in the light, everything fades at a point. When darkness enfolds me I will not fight, for there is no valor in a struggle. And when I'm gone no one will care, I placed no value in friendship. Only the skies will shed tears over my body, and then only when I am too far gone," Mahiru whispered.
So caught up in her recital Mahiru didn't notice she had reached a door until she ran into it. She fell onto her backside and stared up at the door in surprise.
"Ow," she complained lamely.
Maybe she should turn back, who knew what was behind this door, she sure didn't.
"The Princess has escaped!"
The shout rang from the other side of the thin walls.
"There goes that idea."
With no other choice but to go forward Mahiru regained her feet and grabbed the doorknob.
: : Mitsuru : :
Akira bounced around the area. They were at the river, in the exact place that Nozomu found Akira and Mahiru a few days ago.
"You're both sure that this is it?" Misoka questioned.
"Yup, yup. This is defiantly it!"
Misoka nodded and examined their surroundings. Suddenly he turned back to Akira, Nozomu, and Mitsuru.
"This will be the base for the plan I'm showing you."
He pulled five figures out the pocket of his jacket and set them on the ground, each figure looked remarkably like each of them and one like Mahiru. He mumbled a spell under his breath and the sandy ground turned into an accurate map in size to the figures. Misoka put the Mahiru figure in the MFD headquarters and put all of their figures on the clearing they were.
Akira, Nozomu, and Mitsuru came closer as Misoka whispered the plan to them. Five minutes later they all backed away from each other. Nozomu grinned widely and rocked on his heels with an appreciative whistle.
"This is one hell of a plan boss," he commented.
"Fun-ness!" Barked Akira, his tail wagging wildly.
Mitsuru smirked down at the map and faced Misoka with a new respect. Though he hated to admit it, the guy had a good head for ideas.
"Let's head out, we'll leave a sign for each other before heading back to the Moonshine," Misoka announced.
Misoka looked around and each boy in return showed his agreement. Then Akira reared back and hopped over to the river.
"Water, water everywhere, we're gonna get wet," Akira sang as he skipped into the shallows.
Jumping up gracefully he dived into the water while transforming into his bigger werewolf form. Nozomu shook his head in amusement while Misoka coughed trying to cover up his laugh. Mitsuru smacked his hand to his head.
"Why am I stuck with idiots like this?" He asked himself.
"Karma, Mitsuru. What goes around comes around," Nozomu answered cheerfully before transforming into a vampire and flying off.
Misoka shrugged and walked away, changing into his taller kitsune form with each step.
"Arrogant dorks, the lot of them," Mitsuru muttered.
Mitsuru took a deep breath and transformed into his tengu form and took off whizzing through the trees on the wind that he controlled. He was headed for the back of the building.
: : Akira : :
He floundered through the water occasionally chasing after the fish as they darted past him. Taking his time, pacing himself, because he was a distraction. An intruder from the basement was sure to stir things up.
Distraction, distraction. La, la, la, distraction!
He was under the lake now. Since he still had a lot of breath left he swam in circles. Misoka's orders were to surface when he was out of breath to give everyone time to get in place. Misoka's plan was truly genius, with Mitsuru-
Was that a turtle?
Akira froze and watched the murky water for the sight of the turtle. When he spotted it he darted after it.
Turtle!
: : Mahiru : :
The door opened easily. A bright light blinded her and Mahiru had to shielded her eyes before she went warily in.
It was a really bare room. Nothing to disguise the harsh gray of the walls. No windows, but there was a door on the other side of the room. There was barely any furniture garnishing the room a bed on the far side of the room and a table in the middle of the room. That's where the light was coming from, the table.
She approached it and found that crystals on the tables seemed to be what was throwing off the light. It dispelled as soon as she touched the crystals, and she was left in a dimly lit room.
"You've come," a soft voice whispered from behind her.
: : Nozomu : :
Nozomu had already cut the sky roof open so he could enter easily .He was suppose to go in as soon as he heard a howl, but he had been waiting here for five minutes and he could hear nothing. Maybe he was impatient or maybe Akira had gotten distracted, he was betting on the latter.
I knew this was going to end up as a disaster, I knew spitting up was a bad thing. Akira was invading from the basement, and me from the roofs, and Misoka-
Shouts of panic interrupted his mental complaints. Nozomu stilled and waited alertly to hear what was going on.
"The Princess has escaped!"
Mahiru escaped? Nozomu sat down on the ground with a huff. She was supposed to stay locked up until they rescued her. The shouts below him grew even louder and were joined be terrified screams.
"There's something coming up from the basement!"
Finally!
He waited for the signal. An eerie howl rose for inside, a call for all lost souls to return to the crescent moon.
Nozomu jumped through the hole in the roof and landed in the middle of chaos. Amazingly no one noticed him at first. Then a man screeched to a stop from his dead run in front of him.
"Vampire!"
: : Akira : :
He didn't catch the turtle. Akira was rather put out by that. He was only inches away when he ran out of air and his mission returned to him. He had darted to the surface and went straight for the door, pounding on the locked iron door.
"Little pigs, little pigs, let me come in!" He shouted.
He was surprised when some really did open the door. The idiot took one look at him, tried to slam the door shut again, and when that failed took off running and screaming.
Tag!
Galloping up the stair Akira howled in delight.
: : Mahiru : :
Turning around slowly she saw a pale girl watching her. Soft blond hair falling around her face and big blue eyes looked up at Mahiru.
"Who are you?" Mahiru asked.
"I'm Lirin. I've been waiting for you," the girl answered.
Mahiru watched the girl walk to the table and touch the crystals.
"These crystals have a great power. They will insure the future of the Lunar Race when you deliver them," Lirin faced her, "but first you must escape."
A pounding on one of the thin walls distracted them for a second.
"Mahiru-chan, you wish to play hide and seek do you? I'll count to fifteen and then I'm going to find you," Yuhi's voice called out cheerily.
Lirin shuddered and swiftly turned back to Mahiru. Mahiru continued to watch the wall in horror.
"You have to leave, keep moving and don't let him catch you. He's capable of far more than we knew," Lirin whispered.
Mahiru turned to the girl whop was gathering the crystals in a velvet bag.
"What about you?"
Lirin smiled sadly, "I'll be fine, I must wait to be set free."
"You're his sister aren't you?"
Lirin nodded and handed her the bag. Mahiru found herself pulled to the door she hadn't been through.
"Deliver the Tear Drops of the Moon to the demon's descendent. The Prince will protect you," Lirin ordered.
"Ready or not here I come!" Yuhi's voice called.
"Bye Lirin."
Mahiru disappeared into a dark tunnel, left in the complete darkness when the door shut behind her.
: : Misoka : :
The front entrance was open and undefended thanks to Nozomu and Akira's scare tactics. Gracefully he walked into the enemy's stronghold and went to work on placing bombs and constructing barriers.
His job was cleanup, and brainwashing if necessary. Akira was the distraction and combatant along with Nozomu, who also had the job of opening all the entrances. Mitsuru was on rescue detail.
Misoka was no fool he knew that Mitsuru would be the fastest with that job because he could just ask the wind and no matter where Mahiru was she was breathing. Plus there was something going on between those two and he wasn't the only one to notice, even the cheerfully hyper Sano could tell.
Damn but he was in charge of an unsubtle group.
: : Akira and Nozomu : :
No one was left inside the headquarters. They were pretty sure of it, they had checked over and over again.
"Let's return to the Moonshine," Nozomu said.
"You're sure no one else is here?" Akira asked.
"Yes, we've check five times already."
"Fine, if you're sure," Akira relented.
: : Yuhi : :
"Come out, come out, where ever you are!" Yuhi called.
He continued down the dark passage and away from the bedroom. A creepy grin came across his features and his eye contained a strange light.
"Mahiru-chan."
: : End Chapter : :
: RANT :
-Risa- well excuses me! I already know about but when I ordered from there, not only did it cost more, but also it came after in was released in the Borders down the street! So even if I but it online it won't help. so SCREW YOU!
: : Author's Note : :
I apologize for not updating for so long. I beg you not to be upset with me. Please!
You know Crescent Moon volume 4 is out down here. I was touched, I'm a real softy for books that make me cry or give me emotional stress. I got to be sure to get someone to buy it for me.
Oh yeah I'm doing a little research and here's a poll that I'll post the results to in chapter ten.
Who's your favorite Bishonen? From any anime or manga
Tell me people! Ja ne.
: : A Note From Kejie : :
Akikazu is amazingly lazy and that is way this was late.
I am ashamed and humiliated to be associated with a person like her.
: : Next Time : :
Who with find the hider
Who will see the seeker
Seno!