Is That You? By: OtakuSailorV
Chapter 21:: Tails of a PhoenixThe blades of the chopper sounded loudly as they beat through the night air. Himitsu sat in one of the seats to the side of the helicopter; her short hair cropped hair blowing about her head about as much as it could.
Her eyes were closed in thought, her brows knitted together. Across from her, his legs crossed and hands clasped together idly, sat Sakino. His gaze fell on her after a long trip around the interior of the helicopter. He had never truly liked riding in them, for they made him uneasy and jumpy, but Himitsu seemed more than content with the ride.
She appeared deep in thought, and he loved to disrupt her when she was like that. Smirking, he opened his mouth to speak, deciding on just what he was going to say carefully. But, just as he began to speak, the helicopter suddenly jolted, sending him flying to one side, grabbing onto a metal bar nearby in his scurry to stay in the flying machine.
Himitsu's eyes flashed open, and she caught herself gracefully by standing and grabbing onto her bar just as she felt the helicopter start to shift. As it lurched heavily to one side, she leaned backward, putting her weight against the force of gravity, defying it proudly and with a stern look.
Sakino straightened himself out, getting to his feet and looking down at their destination. The roof of the abandoned hospital in the middle of the city. There were only a few lights on, on a single floor, and Sakino was already aware who occupied them.
Himitsu's already thinned lips straightened out firmer, her eyes narrowing as she tried to see the shape that had suddenly moved tot he window at the sound of their overhead pass.
Others soon joined the person, apparently leaning against a hospital bed, and Himitsu felt herself frowning as she glimpsed a familiar outline. Well, it wouldn't kill her to be in the same room as her for at least a few hours, besides she had wanted to speak with her anyway.
Himitsu turned her head to one side as she felt Sakino grow closer and watched him for a minute out of the corner of her eye before turning away again. Why did the fool have to follow her everywhere she went, like a sick puppy? She felt like smacking him sometimes, though she wouldn't say he was a bad companion. He was actually quite helpful when she needed someone to talk to about a stressful meeting, but she never let her dependency on him grow from anything more than that.
As the helicopter landed, Himitsu disembarked and motioned that the pilot need not wait if he did not wish. He waved goodbye to her and when she and Sakino were far enough away, started the engine again and flew off.
Himitsu sighed; walking to the roof door and grabbing the cold metal handle roughly. Twisting it, she threw the door open and started slightly when she saw a pair of gleaming eyes watching her from a couple steps down.
Sakino, in a sudden act of protectiveness, tried to push in front of her, but she held her ground. Overcoming her initial shock, she watched the eyes closely as they came forward. The click of claws on stone was heard, she wondered if this creature that she could only barely see thanks to the dark was a Monster ally or not. Still she did not loose her determination and further refused Sakino's offers of protection.
"It's one of them." She heard him mumble under his breath to her as he spotted the blue and white fur and two horns sticking from the top of its head. Himitsu nodded, realizing that this Monster had been shown in the presentation.
"You there," She hailed it, coming down a few steps herself in a casual and unthreatening manner. "You are friends with the boy named Genki, aren't you?" She asked, quickly recalling the boy's name that was involved with them at the moment.
The Monster stopped at a landing that was part ways toward her, and a part of the way from the hallway that would lead to an elevator. "I am called Tiger." He replied in a gruff manner that showed he did not like her presence. "Who are you?"
Himitsu smirked, taking a kind of delight in being able to hold a conversation with this beast. "I am Himitsu of the Council of Four. My companion is Sakino, also of the Council of Four. We are the ones responsible for this mess and have come to have a talk with those protecting our world. I assume you are one of them?"
"I am." He replied, and studied her for a minute. He didn't like her scent, but she didn't smell dangerous, just conniving and sarcastic. And there was a familiar scent that lingered around her that also lingered around Hikari. Finally giving a loud sniff in her direction, he stood to one side, allowing them passage.
Himitsu took the silent message, commending the Monster on his tact and the fact that not once had he let his guard down, not even now, for he refused to turn his back to them. Even, as they passed in the hallways, he skirted close by, right on their heels. Sakino didn't like the animal, she could see, and took further delight in it.
As the elevator doors came open, Himitsu and Sakino stepped in to see Tiger already sitting in a corner, watching them intently. Sakino turned on his heel swiftly, looking from the spot behind him, where the Monster had been moments before, and then turning back to look at Tiger with a mixture of shock and frustrated anger. Himitsu only smirked, a smile in her case, and nodded to the Monster as she stepped inside. As the metal doors clinked shut, and the elevator started to descend, she wondered just how long she would have to stay here with her.
Genki had startled them all when he suddenly had waved them to be quiet and, pressing a finger to his lips, listening to some noise that the others hadn't detected yet. Tiger was the next to hear though. As the clamor had died, his head had popped up and he had looked to the glass window swiftly, directing everyone's attention in that direction. "A metal bird." He growled in his throat.
Hikari and Seisuke exchanged puzzled looks as Genki leaned over the top of his bed to look out the window. Blinking his eyes, he pressed his hands and face against the cooled glass in an effort to spot the source of the noise. The other Monsters, led by Holly, had soon joined him, followed after by Hikari and Seisuke.
Seisuke perked up as he heard the whir of the blades beating the air to keep aloft. "Ah, a helicopter?" He asked, raising an eyebrow. "But there was no news of one flying over."
Hikari shrugged. "It could be just a simple fly over from headquarters." She suggested.
Genki waved them to silence again. "It's stopped."
At this point, Hikari noticed that Tiger had disappeared, his tail visibly as he took off down the hallway. "He'll check it out, chi." Came Mocchi's small, sweet voice.
The pink blob Monster sat on Genki's bed, and Hikari couldn't help the need to squeeze the little thing to death, he was so cute. But she withheld herself, for she knew Seisuke's grumping at her attentions to the Monster would irk her later on.
Holly fidgeted slightly. "I didn't know you had such large metal birds in your world, Genki." She commented in wonder, having caught a brief glimpse of the helicopter as it circled the roof.
"Yeah, there's tons. They're not scarce here like they on in your world." He replied with a bit of a grin.
The others continued in questions about 'metal birds' and such on this world until Tiger came striding back into the room, two new human faces in tow.
Hikari immediately rose from her seat when she spotted Himitsu.
"Himitsu." She acknowledged the older woman in a tense tone, nodding her head. Himitsu smirked, nodded her own head.
"No need to be so stiff around me, Hikari." She replied and continued on into the room as if she owned the place.
Genki frowned, were these more of those stupid agents? "You two know each other?" Holly asked politely, smiling a bit despite the tense air.
Himitsu stopped and looked to her, studying her before finally speaking. "Yes. We have known each other our whole lives, actually." She said, her eyes flashing with sarcastic enjoyment as Hikari's muscles tightened.
"We're sisters." Hikari felt like biting her tongue as she grumbled out the words. She and Himitsu had never gotten along, and it showed. They had barely known each other growing up, never really getting to know each other. What added fuel to the fire was also that Hikari now worked under her sister, Himitsu's orders overrode anything that that idiot Takata said.
They took this without any form of true shock. They were startled, of course, but somehow, with everything that was happening, it was hard to be truly bewildered by this fact. Hikari, o course, was thankful that no more was said about it from the small band of fighters, though she saw Seisuke's and the strange man's - who was still in the doorway - eyes widen.
"And who's he?" She asked, jerking a thumb at Sakino without any regard for whether she was being rude or not.
"That would be Sakino, one of the Council of Four, like I." Himitsu replied.
Seisuke looked to each of them hurriedly and was about to make a show of his ability as an Agent when he spotted Hikari's carelessness on the matter and stopped his brown nosing before it started. Also at this time, he decided that he definitely still thought Hikari was prettier than her older sister was, but kept that thought to his self.
"So, what are you doing here then?" Genki asked, knowing that he sounded rude. But he didn't care at all for these Agents and their leaders, and could care less by that point, though he could appreciate Holly's continued sunny attitude.
Himitsu looked at him for a moment. "You're Genki, the boy from the game championship, aren't you? You're the one that got that tampered disc?"
He nodded, still wondering why they would have done such a thing, though he was grateful to know his friends.
"Hm, I thought so." She replied before moving on to another subject. "Well, the reason I am here is quite simple: I want you to call on the Phoenix so we can get this whole mess cleaned up finally."
Hoo, getting close to finals and the holidays everyone. I will be every busy after this, and have no idea if I'll get to update in two weeks like I usually do or not.
At any rate, Happy Holidays everyone, hope you all had a great Thanksgiving here in the States, and I'd like to thank your continued support for this fiction.
Also, I'm working on a future slight Holly/Genki fiction in which Genki is summoned back to the Monster World just around the same time that a few kids from within his city are taken. There he finds that the remaining forces of Moo have taken them, and has to fight with his old companions to win them back, though the children fight against them. Not sure if I'm going to actually do it or not, but it's an idea.
Thanks for your continued support, minna-san. I hope to see you all soon, Ja'ne!!
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