Okay so maybe a round of Age of Mythology wasn't good .... but it was so fun.
squeals I got a review .... and I'll try not to be too mean to Shaka ..... okay who am I kidding, I am an angst pig so he'll suffer like a dog for the first bit .... but he'll get his revenge in the end.
-Chapter 2-
It had been quiet that night, and the next day it seemed just as many people had come but once again Shaka had refused to leave his tranquil hiding spot. Ikki had managed to find a place in which to prepare the food and brought Shaka some hot tea along with a plate of fruit ... for some reason he was pretty sure if Shaka hadn't come out for breakfast today that it was not the first one. He then put some out for those that had come to meditate before joining them for a bit but again the day passed much as it had the day before, quiet and subdued but drawing a large crowd up from early morning and the numbers seemed not to dwindle till well after supper time.
Ikki'd rise up and once again go to visit his distracted host only this time he'd find the blond knight sitting on the edge of the balcony looking out over the land. The air had his hair and cascaded it along with the breeze that blew but again it was the only thing that moved, this time though even the eyes were open and yet never bothered to look at the intrusion.
"You know if your sick maybe being outside isn't a good idea" Ikki pointed out, it was the first thing that came to mind since this time he hadn't even been acknowledged.
"This is not a sickness of that type .... there are many other ways to be ill which do not include an invasion of the body by germs" Shaka pointed out, and he did know for this was a sickness of the soul, no germ could have dealt him a blow this low and effected him this badly.
"Thought you were looking to well for it to be physical ... but bundling it all up will likely only make it worse anyway, after all it's just another way of hiding from it" Ikki tried goading him in to giving up what exactly was going on, after all this guy seemed to be on top of a lot of things and to be this bad off was not a good sign.
"No ... just accepting what can not be changed, there is a difference" was Shaka's cool reply as he turned and fixed those frosty blue eyes on the Phoenix Knight. He had learned a long time ago that not everything broken could be fixed, as so not everything that died was dead, nor all the evils be a bad thing.
"Okay .... enough with the cryptic here .... it's giving me a headache. Spit out what's wrong cause nothing is gonna get any better if you bottle yourself up in here" ever as blunt as usual, Ikki had to try something, the amount of silence was driving him crazy and there were a lot of worried people coming to show their support on a daily basis.
Shaka would smile .... just a little, nothing done could be undone but this was a lesson it seemed Ikki had not yet learned, or just refused to accept. "There is nothing that can change the past, nor will anything I have to say about it change what is yet to come making any words on the subject futile" not to mention belittling and embarrassing as well, this was something he was not willing to subject himself to.
Ikki sighed and watched as Shaka returned to his pillowed seat, sat down and again closed his eyes and the subject along with it. It was obvious that the Gold Knight was not about to break easy with a friendly hand trying to help him with it. "Fine ... I'll be in my room if you want to talk"
That was the whole thing, Shaka did not wish to talk about it, at all. It was why he had stayed here and not gone out, this was something he was not going to share ... just retrieve as soon as he could figure out exactly what had happened and who had been responsible for it in the first place.
The welcome silence ended during the night as the sound of something being shattered echoed throughout Virgo temple. Some dust flying from the wall that had been hit while the sound of pottery falling to the floor followed the crash. The entire temple remained in darkness but it had been enough to wake Ikki from his own sleep and grab his cloth ... this didn't sound like someone knocking over a table by accident.
What he'd found after opening the latch to Shaka's room he never did fully understand. It was in total darkness as was the rest of the temple but he tripped over something he'd known full well wasn't there when he'd been in the room earlier. "Shaka ... what the hell is going on in here?"
Something smiled in the darkness as he threw his weapon out to lash out against the intruder, now understanding why the other one had been so quiet, which just made his victory over Shaka that much more exciting. "Really my angel ... you needed back up, can't handle me on your own?"
"Ikki, get out of here ..." came another voice from the other side of the room.
It was Shaka's voice all right but so lost in all the shadows he couldn't really tell the current condition of the other knight, not that it mattered as what felt like a thick cord nailed him right across the chest and knocked him back against the wall that held the door before he slid down and tried to locate where exactly it had come from.
"I'll just have to come back when your not playing the good little host, can't be rude to company after all" were the strangers last words as he bounced to the balcony and right over the edge, heedless of the drop that would surely come from it.
Ikki'd streak across and look out over the ground that lay far beneath the balcony to find nothing, not even so much as a glint to give away where the attacker had landed. "I hope that wasn't something personal I just interrupted, cause I'd hate to even go there right now"
There was no response to him, just the sound of a rosary being let relax in Shaka's hand as he turned it over with his thumb.
"That's what's buggin you .... isn't it, the one that just left, what is it ... relationship problems?" Ikki'd smirk, leave it to being something simple, hell he dealt with this enough at home. It was one thing or another ... usually all built on a misunderstanding, the odd part was that he was a touch disappointed.
The beads would rattle to life as Ikki felt the force before it ever hit him, driving him once again back against a wall but this time leaving a good imprint of the Phoenix cloth in the stones he'd hit. "Get out !"
Ikki slid down the wall and just blinked, what the hell had he done to deserve that. "Hey whoa ... it's not like your talking so I have to take my hunches when I can, what has you so ruffled anyway, you won't tell anyone and I just got blasted into a wall cause I came thinking you needed help"
"Just ..... leave" came the quiet voice from the shadows, he'd almost felt sorry for lashing out against Ikki when he'd been so ineffective against the other intruder. The intruder though had something .... and it literally left Shaka defenceless against him, in fact he had unnerved Shaka a few times before even tonight and in the end it had been what had kept the Virgo knight from leaving this place, but with the invasion of even this place he knew he'd have to hide further in the temple, a place where no one dare tread and feel safe.
"I'm not leaving, have the rest of the night cause I doubt I'm sleeping after that double slam into the wall, so you can stay there in the dark till the sun comes up or come out now and tell me what is going on" he'd said , staying against the wall this time, with no place to fly against at least he was safer then the last time.
A long pale arm reached out but not enough to give away the whole of the body as it grabbed up something that had been tossed on the floor then receded with the cloth in hand before Shaka emerged from his darkened corner, rosary still in hand as his eyes bore down on Ikki. "Now you can see for yourself that I fared well .... you can leave"
"I could care less if he beat the tar out of you, the question is what the hell is going on here, first I'm gonna guess by what the other guy said you were trying to keep a fight quiet, that this isn't the first time it's likely happened and that he or she is coming back .... this isn't something you've got control on so stop pretending everything is fine and tell me what is going on" he'd almost be yelling by now, that calm demeanor that Shaka put out was doing nothing to ebb Ikki's frustration in this whole thing, in fact it was edging him on even more.
"If I had need to share then I am sure I would have by now" came Shaka's voice, holding it's calm tone as he pointed towards the exit but not having realized his own mistake in doing so ...
It was when the arm hit the light brought in from the moon that Ikki realized that was not a band or bracelet around the wrists ... those were actual marks, welts that had been dug into the wrists by what ever their friend had hit him with across the chest. "I'm getting Mu, your injured and I have a hard time seeing him leaving before it's been repaired" he'd turn in the direction Shaka was pointing, Mu had more then proven he could heal wounds which was exactly what was needed now ... answers could come later.
"Ikki don't .... they'll be gone by morning, there is no need to involve Mu in this" he'd finally say, the arm dropping as he closed his eyes. The room was an absolute disaster from what it had once been but it seemed not to effect him as he crossed the room without so much as a stumble. Making his way back to where he had started before the mess had been caused and sinking down into the cushioned resting area he use to enjoy so much. "There is something about this, something that I know but it just dances along beyond my understanding and .... just, let me figure it out"
Ikki would stop and listen, the voice was absolutely hollow and lost which left him feeling more helpless then he liked, for some reason this seemed a bit bigger then Shaka could handle and if it were to big for a Gold Knight then he wasn't gonna have much of a chance against it. "Fine then ... but lets get out of here so you have your 'time' to figure it out"
"I am not leaving, I will not let this drive me from my temple" Shaka said firmly, that was not even an option in his mind. He had stayed and defended his temple before and this little incident was not about to deter him from remaining, there was no place safer in his mind then right where he was.
"So you like getting beaten up in your place huh ... it's obvious that this isn't the first time and the other knights are far enough away that unless you blew the place up they'd never even know, you know it is going to look so odd trying to convince 4 bronze knights that they all have to come stay here just because you refuse to leave. That would require so much less of an explanation as coming for a visit instead of leaving Athena unprotected to bring them all here ...." sighed Ikki, he hated having to point out the obvious but the point was clear, this was something that was well over even the Gold Knights head and Ikki wasn't about to let him drown in it alone.
It was clear he'd made a statement of impact as Shaka's eyes flew open and looked right at Ikki, the last thing he'd wanted was for it to be known, in fact he'd kept it from notice for almost a week now. His eyes dropped to look over the scattered room and broken vase that had finally been his undoing in it all before stiffly standing where he had just comfortably sank into. "And just where do you propose to hide a Gold Knight, where would you have me run away from my duties to then for if not here then where else would I be safe?"
"Well we can go back to Sienna's place, or is being a Knight of Athena hard to do when living in the same house ... not as drafty as the temple but I'm sure you can adjust easily enough, plus it has sensors all over the place so you'll be a bit more protected while your protecting her" Ikki shrugged, the answer was obvious and it wasn't like he'd be questioned ... well if anyone could disturb him long enough from his meditating to get an answer in the first place, the whole idea seemed best.
"Then make your preparations" was all Shaka had said, his eyes still held by the broken bits of pottery that dotted the floor. He had no need of light to see where they were ... as with all things they were as clear to him as if the sun shone in every corner of his oasis. While the Phoenix knight had readied his things Shaka had taken to repairing the mess of his room, the last thing he wished was to raise up a false alarm with the looks of this room.
"I'm ready .... how about you?" Ikki had re-entered. The box containing his cloth on his back and a bag in hand as he'd brought some light in for Shaka only to see the room as it would normally look and Shaka neck deep in the water which had been held in what looked to be a pond with all the flowers that lay across the top of it.
Shaka would sigh and move to the other side of the wading waters, he had wanted to be cleaned up a bit before travelling but if that were to be all the relaxation he'd get then he would have to made due. He'd slip behind one of the well placed curtains that had been arranged in the room to emerge a few minutes later dressed, even if his hair remained somewhat wet. "Then we are both prepared to travel" was all he'd say as he held out a hand to Ikki.
Ikki eyed it for a few minutes before putting his hand in the others extended hand. "Not to sound rude or anything but .... where is your stuff ?"
The Gold Knight would smile before he'd translocated them to the mansion. He may be the Virgo Knight but he himself kept very little, it was the way of life that he had been raised up on. You had what you needed and to want after something would most likely be your undoing, so he'd managed to content himself with what he had and even that which was in the temple were mostly gifts, things he could not draw himself to take from the temple, all he had come with was what he wore and his rosary. The Gold Cloth had been left in it's resting place as it too belonged in the temple.
"Oh man .... this is gonna be fun come laundry day" Ikki smirked as he turned to see the front door. He'd have to learn that as it was so much easier then using a helicopter to get places. "Come on, there's always a few rooms open around here, I'm sure we can find you a nice quiet one, one that isn't on the other side of Hyoga and the morning music that shakes the windows"
That was when the door opened and Sienna stood there before them both. She had felt them coming and had come down to see for herself but it was no easier to believe even with her own eyes. "Shaka ... you'll catch a cold standing outside like that, come on in, I have to admit it is rather early and I wasn't expecting company but at least it is of the pleasant kind"
Eyes still closed even with the door opening Shaka turned his face towards the ground, it had not been his intentions to wake anyone up but he should have known if anyone would have noticed it would have been Athena herself. "I apologize, the intention was not to disturb you from your rest, merely to ...."
"Well we could have waited till morning but one more night on that lumpy pillowed thing you call a bed would have broken my back, it's still throbbing at the idea" Ikki cut in, rubbing what little wasn't already covered by a stone box which really hadn't been helping where he'd hit the wall a few times already.
Sienna just smiled although it was not one that even showed warmth, it was more of catching a small glimpse of a problem. She'd walk out and take Shaka's hand, bringing him into the house as it seemed the knight was reluctant to move from his spot, leading him into the front room while Ikki went to relieve his back of what was growing to be a serious pain. "Sit please, it being so late you must be tired"
Tired Shaka thought, he was tired but not of just the physical kind. This was a thing that could drag down even the pleasure in ones heart, it was a tired that even sleep couldn't repair as that was where the problems started was with sleep.
"Yes, your exhaustion shows ... you should go rest" she'd say as she leaned over and kissed the Virgo Knight's forhead, rendering him to a state that little could draw him out of, a sleep that he needed in the worst way. She'd then sit down beside him and order a second bed placed in Ikki's room, even if she did not know the reasoning for their return it did not seem a small issue if Ikki had retreated them back to the Mansion.
-End-
And that don't mean end of the story .... just this chapter.
Wow ..... that was long and I'm like an hour or so over due for bed .... but I do aim to please and well .... I was asked nice to hurry up and finish this part. Hope you like Elhan Von Halsen is still all blushy and starry eyed about getting a review.
squeals I got a review .... and I'll try not to be too mean to Shaka ..... okay who am I kidding, I am an angst pig so he'll suffer like a dog for the first bit .... but he'll get his revenge in the end.
-Chapter 2-
It had been quiet that night, and the next day it seemed just as many people had come but once again Shaka had refused to leave his tranquil hiding spot. Ikki had managed to find a place in which to prepare the food and brought Shaka some hot tea along with a plate of fruit ... for some reason he was pretty sure if Shaka hadn't come out for breakfast today that it was not the first one. He then put some out for those that had come to meditate before joining them for a bit but again the day passed much as it had the day before, quiet and subdued but drawing a large crowd up from early morning and the numbers seemed not to dwindle till well after supper time.
Ikki'd rise up and once again go to visit his distracted host only this time he'd find the blond knight sitting on the edge of the balcony looking out over the land. The air had his hair and cascaded it along with the breeze that blew but again it was the only thing that moved, this time though even the eyes were open and yet never bothered to look at the intrusion.
"You know if your sick maybe being outside isn't a good idea" Ikki pointed out, it was the first thing that came to mind since this time he hadn't even been acknowledged.
"This is not a sickness of that type .... there are many other ways to be ill which do not include an invasion of the body by germs" Shaka pointed out, and he did know for this was a sickness of the soul, no germ could have dealt him a blow this low and effected him this badly.
"Thought you were looking to well for it to be physical ... but bundling it all up will likely only make it worse anyway, after all it's just another way of hiding from it" Ikki tried goading him in to giving up what exactly was going on, after all this guy seemed to be on top of a lot of things and to be this bad off was not a good sign.
"No ... just accepting what can not be changed, there is a difference" was Shaka's cool reply as he turned and fixed those frosty blue eyes on the Phoenix Knight. He had learned a long time ago that not everything broken could be fixed, as so not everything that died was dead, nor all the evils be a bad thing.
"Okay .... enough with the cryptic here .... it's giving me a headache. Spit out what's wrong cause nothing is gonna get any better if you bottle yourself up in here" ever as blunt as usual, Ikki had to try something, the amount of silence was driving him crazy and there were a lot of worried people coming to show their support on a daily basis.
Shaka would smile .... just a little, nothing done could be undone but this was a lesson it seemed Ikki had not yet learned, or just refused to accept. "There is nothing that can change the past, nor will anything I have to say about it change what is yet to come making any words on the subject futile" not to mention belittling and embarrassing as well, this was something he was not willing to subject himself to.
Ikki sighed and watched as Shaka returned to his pillowed seat, sat down and again closed his eyes and the subject along with it. It was obvious that the Gold Knight was not about to break easy with a friendly hand trying to help him with it. "Fine ... I'll be in my room if you want to talk"
That was the whole thing, Shaka did not wish to talk about it, at all. It was why he had stayed here and not gone out, this was something he was not going to share ... just retrieve as soon as he could figure out exactly what had happened and who had been responsible for it in the first place.
The welcome silence ended during the night as the sound of something being shattered echoed throughout Virgo temple. Some dust flying from the wall that had been hit while the sound of pottery falling to the floor followed the crash. The entire temple remained in darkness but it had been enough to wake Ikki from his own sleep and grab his cloth ... this didn't sound like someone knocking over a table by accident.
What he'd found after opening the latch to Shaka's room he never did fully understand. It was in total darkness as was the rest of the temple but he tripped over something he'd known full well wasn't there when he'd been in the room earlier. "Shaka ... what the hell is going on in here?"
Something smiled in the darkness as he threw his weapon out to lash out against the intruder, now understanding why the other one had been so quiet, which just made his victory over Shaka that much more exciting. "Really my angel ... you needed back up, can't handle me on your own?"
"Ikki, get out of here ..." came another voice from the other side of the room.
It was Shaka's voice all right but so lost in all the shadows he couldn't really tell the current condition of the other knight, not that it mattered as what felt like a thick cord nailed him right across the chest and knocked him back against the wall that held the door before he slid down and tried to locate where exactly it had come from.
"I'll just have to come back when your not playing the good little host, can't be rude to company after all" were the strangers last words as he bounced to the balcony and right over the edge, heedless of the drop that would surely come from it.
Ikki'd streak across and look out over the ground that lay far beneath the balcony to find nothing, not even so much as a glint to give away where the attacker had landed. "I hope that wasn't something personal I just interrupted, cause I'd hate to even go there right now"
There was no response to him, just the sound of a rosary being let relax in Shaka's hand as he turned it over with his thumb.
"That's what's buggin you .... isn't it, the one that just left, what is it ... relationship problems?" Ikki'd smirk, leave it to being something simple, hell he dealt with this enough at home. It was one thing or another ... usually all built on a misunderstanding, the odd part was that he was a touch disappointed.
The beads would rattle to life as Ikki felt the force before it ever hit him, driving him once again back against a wall but this time leaving a good imprint of the Phoenix cloth in the stones he'd hit. "Get out !"
Ikki slid down the wall and just blinked, what the hell had he done to deserve that. "Hey whoa ... it's not like your talking so I have to take my hunches when I can, what has you so ruffled anyway, you won't tell anyone and I just got blasted into a wall cause I came thinking you needed help"
"Just ..... leave" came the quiet voice from the shadows, he'd almost felt sorry for lashing out against Ikki when he'd been so ineffective against the other intruder. The intruder though had something .... and it literally left Shaka defenceless against him, in fact he had unnerved Shaka a few times before even tonight and in the end it had been what had kept the Virgo knight from leaving this place, but with the invasion of even this place he knew he'd have to hide further in the temple, a place where no one dare tread and feel safe.
"I'm not leaving, have the rest of the night cause I doubt I'm sleeping after that double slam into the wall, so you can stay there in the dark till the sun comes up or come out now and tell me what is going on" he'd said , staying against the wall this time, with no place to fly against at least he was safer then the last time.
A long pale arm reached out but not enough to give away the whole of the body as it grabbed up something that had been tossed on the floor then receded with the cloth in hand before Shaka emerged from his darkened corner, rosary still in hand as his eyes bore down on Ikki. "Now you can see for yourself that I fared well .... you can leave"
"I could care less if he beat the tar out of you, the question is what the hell is going on here, first I'm gonna guess by what the other guy said you were trying to keep a fight quiet, that this isn't the first time it's likely happened and that he or she is coming back .... this isn't something you've got control on so stop pretending everything is fine and tell me what is going on" he'd almost be yelling by now, that calm demeanor that Shaka put out was doing nothing to ebb Ikki's frustration in this whole thing, in fact it was edging him on even more.
"If I had need to share then I am sure I would have by now" came Shaka's voice, holding it's calm tone as he pointed towards the exit but not having realized his own mistake in doing so ...
It was when the arm hit the light brought in from the moon that Ikki realized that was not a band or bracelet around the wrists ... those were actual marks, welts that had been dug into the wrists by what ever their friend had hit him with across the chest. "I'm getting Mu, your injured and I have a hard time seeing him leaving before it's been repaired" he'd turn in the direction Shaka was pointing, Mu had more then proven he could heal wounds which was exactly what was needed now ... answers could come later.
"Ikki don't .... they'll be gone by morning, there is no need to involve Mu in this" he'd finally say, the arm dropping as he closed his eyes. The room was an absolute disaster from what it had once been but it seemed not to effect him as he crossed the room without so much as a stumble. Making his way back to where he had started before the mess had been caused and sinking down into the cushioned resting area he use to enjoy so much. "There is something about this, something that I know but it just dances along beyond my understanding and .... just, let me figure it out"
Ikki would stop and listen, the voice was absolutely hollow and lost which left him feeling more helpless then he liked, for some reason this seemed a bit bigger then Shaka could handle and if it were to big for a Gold Knight then he wasn't gonna have much of a chance against it. "Fine then ... but lets get out of here so you have your 'time' to figure it out"
"I am not leaving, I will not let this drive me from my temple" Shaka said firmly, that was not even an option in his mind. He had stayed and defended his temple before and this little incident was not about to deter him from remaining, there was no place safer in his mind then right where he was.
"So you like getting beaten up in your place huh ... it's obvious that this isn't the first time and the other knights are far enough away that unless you blew the place up they'd never even know, you know it is going to look so odd trying to convince 4 bronze knights that they all have to come stay here just because you refuse to leave. That would require so much less of an explanation as coming for a visit instead of leaving Athena unprotected to bring them all here ...." sighed Ikki, he hated having to point out the obvious but the point was clear, this was something that was well over even the Gold Knights head and Ikki wasn't about to let him drown in it alone.
It was clear he'd made a statement of impact as Shaka's eyes flew open and looked right at Ikki, the last thing he'd wanted was for it to be known, in fact he'd kept it from notice for almost a week now. His eyes dropped to look over the scattered room and broken vase that had finally been his undoing in it all before stiffly standing where he had just comfortably sank into. "And just where do you propose to hide a Gold Knight, where would you have me run away from my duties to then for if not here then where else would I be safe?"
"Well we can go back to Sienna's place, or is being a Knight of Athena hard to do when living in the same house ... not as drafty as the temple but I'm sure you can adjust easily enough, plus it has sensors all over the place so you'll be a bit more protected while your protecting her" Ikki shrugged, the answer was obvious and it wasn't like he'd be questioned ... well if anyone could disturb him long enough from his meditating to get an answer in the first place, the whole idea seemed best.
"Then make your preparations" was all Shaka had said, his eyes still held by the broken bits of pottery that dotted the floor. He had no need of light to see where they were ... as with all things they were as clear to him as if the sun shone in every corner of his oasis. While the Phoenix knight had readied his things Shaka had taken to repairing the mess of his room, the last thing he wished was to raise up a false alarm with the looks of this room.
"I'm ready .... how about you?" Ikki had re-entered. The box containing his cloth on his back and a bag in hand as he'd brought some light in for Shaka only to see the room as it would normally look and Shaka neck deep in the water which had been held in what looked to be a pond with all the flowers that lay across the top of it.
Shaka would sigh and move to the other side of the wading waters, he had wanted to be cleaned up a bit before travelling but if that were to be all the relaxation he'd get then he would have to made due. He'd slip behind one of the well placed curtains that had been arranged in the room to emerge a few minutes later dressed, even if his hair remained somewhat wet. "Then we are both prepared to travel" was all he'd say as he held out a hand to Ikki.
Ikki eyed it for a few minutes before putting his hand in the others extended hand. "Not to sound rude or anything but .... where is your stuff ?"
The Gold Knight would smile before he'd translocated them to the mansion. He may be the Virgo Knight but he himself kept very little, it was the way of life that he had been raised up on. You had what you needed and to want after something would most likely be your undoing, so he'd managed to content himself with what he had and even that which was in the temple were mostly gifts, things he could not draw himself to take from the temple, all he had come with was what he wore and his rosary. The Gold Cloth had been left in it's resting place as it too belonged in the temple.
"Oh man .... this is gonna be fun come laundry day" Ikki smirked as he turned to see the front door. He'd have to learn that as it was so much easier then using a helicopter to get places. "Come on, there's always a few rooms open around here, I'm sure we can find you a nice quiet one, one that isn't on the other side of Hyoga and the morning music that shakes the windows"
That was when the door opened and Sienna stood there before them both. She had felt them coming and had come down to see for herself but it was no easier to believe even with her own eyes. "Shaka ... you'll catch a cold standing outside like that, come on in, I have to admit it is rather early and I wasn't expecting company but at least it is of the pleasant kind"
Eyes still closed even with the door opening Shaka turned his face towards the ground, it had not been his intentions to wake anyone up but he should have known if anyone would have noticed it would have been Athena herself. "I apologize, the intention was not to disturb you from your rest, merely to ...."
"Well we could have waited till morning but one more night on that lumpy pillowed thing you call a bed would have broken my back, it's still throbbing at the idea" Ikki cut in, rubbing what little wasn't already covered by a stone box which really hadn't been helping where he'd hit the wall a few times already.
Sienna just smiled although it was not one that even showed warmth, it was more of catching a small glimpse of a problem. She'd walk out and take Shaka's hand, bringing him into the house as it seemed the knight was reluctant to move from his spot, leading him into the front room while Ikki went to relieve his back of what was growing to be a serious pain. "Sit please, it being so late you must be tired"
Tired Shaka thought, he was tired but not of just the physical kind. This was a thing that could drag down even the pleasure in ones heart, it was a tired that even sleep couldn't repair as that was where the problems started was with sleep.
"Yes, your exhaustion shows ... you should go rest" she'd say as she leaned over and kissed the Virgo Knight's forhead, rendering him to a state that little could draw him out of, a sleep that he needed in the worst way. She'd then sit down beside him and order a second bed placed in Ikki's room, even if she did not know the reasoning for their return it did not seem a small issue if Ikki had retreated them back to the Mansion.
-End-
And that don't mean end of the story .... just this chapter.
Wow ..... that was long and I'm like an hour or so over due for bed .... but I do aim to please and well .... I was asked nice to hurry up and finish this part. Hope you like Elhan Von Halsen is still all blushy and starry eyed about getting a review.