: Dedication : This chapter is dedicated to the three people who review the last chapter… Saiyuki-Lvr, monshite, and psychedelic aya… Thanks!
: : Caged Fate : :
: By : Akikazu :
: : Chapter Eight : : Caged By Hide And Seek : :
It was pitch black…
She could see nothing.
That wasn't a good thing.
Mahiru stood up and rubbed her sore backside. That was the eighth time she had fallen. She swore that it was starting to affect her health.
What was worse she could hear Yuhi calling to her, he sounded far away, but she couldn't be certain. That man was extremely creepy, calling her sweetheart, love, and even cupcake. Mahiru shuddered, the man was a lot of things. Handsome, yes. Intelligence, no room for argument there. Creepy, most defiantly.
What she wouldn't give to be safe and warm.
Mahiru's image popped up in her head, and she shook her head quickly. That man was NOT safe, well maybe he was, but he wasn't nice.
Since when was that a requirement?
She tripped and fell again.
"Ow! " She muttered.
"Did you hurt yourself love? You have to be careful, sweetie, it's dark down here," Yuhi's voice called.
Her eyes widening Mahiru jumped to her feet and started moving again. 'Sweetie' that was a first. Yuhi must have a lot of time on his hands.
: : Misoka : :
He was done, looking at the tree he saw that both Akira and Nozomu had finished too. Good that only left Mitsuru to collect the Princess and return home.
"This was too easy," Misoka whispered worried.
Shaking his head of such foreboding thoughts he turned and left for the Moonshine. Mitsuru was a stubborn bastard, he could hand what ever went his way.
: : Akira : :
The Moonshine was never so inviting. As soon as he skidded to a stop in front Sano came out and tackled him. He looked up at him expectantly.
"Well where's my sister? Did the shiny men get her and experiment on her? Oh no Mahiru got experimented on!" Sano shouted.
He immediately ran into the bar and started shouting. Akira blinked in shock, the kid had just to a guess at what happened and ran off to report it. That was weird to say the least.
"You told them where we were didn't you vampire!" Sano's voice shouted as the boy appeared in the doorway.
"NO!" Nozomu denied.
"Sano calm down, Mitsuru is rescuing Mahiru," Akira calmed.
"Oh."
"Let's go get some cookies Sano," a male Katsura said coming out of the house.
"Hey weren't you a girl earlier?" Sano asked.
Katsura nodded and Sano ran up to him and examined him.
"Wow, can you teach me to do that?" Sano questioned.
Winking at Akira and Nozomu Katsura lead Sano into the house.
"We should've brought that kid with us, he could have talked them to death," Nozomu commented.
"But I liked doing it, it was fun," Akira whined.
Nozomu rolled his eyes and went inside the bar, leaving Akira outside with his ears plastered to his head and his tail twitching mournfully.
: : Mitsuru : :
The winds and air told him of a passage. First a girl was trapping in a room then she opened a door releasing air that has been trapped for an indefinable amount of time, soon a man had come through calling to the girl.
Mahiru had escaped and whoever had captured her was hot on her tail.
It didn't match up, Seno had captured her but the he was blond and the winds told the tale of a dark haired man. Mitsuru didn't appreciate being left in the dark. It made him grumpy, that made him want to do something. Smashing down a building with his bare hands for example.
He mentally sulked as he opened the door to the room when Mahiru and the man had entered a passage. He didn't like what he found.
Seno stood there, waiting for him.
"Get. Out. Of. My. Way." Mitsuru demanded, carefully enunciating each word.
"Do you want to reach the girl that badly?" Seno asked.
"Move."
"First answer this question, why do you wish to save the girl?"
"I have no time for this!"
"Answer or die."
Mitsuru gathered the strongest wind he could find and hurled it at Seno, mixing his lightning with it. Seno blinked out and reappeared out of the lightning's reach.
"If that's the way it must be," Seno sighed.
: : Mahiru : :
He was getting closer. She could hear him calling out to her every few minutes but other than that he made no noise. Still she knew he was getting close.
Scarier still he hadn't tripped or stumbled once, he could either see in this dim passage or he knew the layout. Both options scared her, but she preferred the latter be far. If he could see in the dark he would be able to see her, if he knew the layout then he could try and head her off, but she still stood a slight chance of avoiding him.
"Hot or cold, love?" Yuhi asked.
He was so close. Mahiru was panicking, she could practically feel his hot breath on her neck. Mahiru felt her hands touch something solid.
A door?
Quickly yanking the doorknob she rushed inside.
Harsh winds nearly blew her back. Electricity sparkled through the air, charging the air.
She was back where she gave a gasp, she was back in the room she had been trapped in, on a balcony like thing. Below her she could see Mitsuru fighting Seno.
He had come for her.
A clank from behind her snapped her out of her amazed daze. Yuhi was still after her!
"Mitsuru!" Mahiru shouted.
The fighting below her stopped and both men looked up at her. Mitsuru's eyes widened at the sight of her.
"Mahiru?"
Mahiru looked worriedly at the door behind her. Yuhi was banging and she didn't know how long the door would last. The door locked from both sides.
"Mitsuru, he's coming he want to kill you! You have to get out of here!"
"Not with out you!"
Mahiru froze.
What does he mean by that?
The door flew open and Yuhi grabbed her by the waist.
"That's enough of your game, now love," he whispered into her ear.
Yuhi started pulling her back into the passage.
"Mitsuru!" She screamed.
She was pilled back into the passage and the door shut with a harsh click, it was once again locked.
"Now, now love. We can't have that, not yet at least," Yuhi whispered.
There was a pain in the back of her neck and everything went black.
: : End Chapter : :
: : Author's Note : :
It's finals week! I'm not even stressed, much. This also means that I don't school for thee weeks after this week! That means more than one update per week.
Aren't you all happy?
Christmas break… Present… No school…
YIPPIE SKIPPIE PEANUT BUTTER.
: : A Note From Kejie : :
It going to be a loooong week.
Like an eternity…
Poor, poor, pitiful me…
: : Next Time : :
Follow me-
Whose side are you on?!?
Mine for always and eternity…