A Demon's Angel
Title: A Demon's Angel
Genre: Romance, Angst
Chapter(s): 3 out of ?
Character(s): Kohaku, Kouryu, Kokuyo, Hisui, Touki
Pairings: Kouryu and Kohaku
Word count: 2,189
Rating: PG - 13
Spoilers: Just a few, mostly during the first part of the story.
"Kouryu! Give him back! You're hurting him!" Kohaku cried as she flew after a laughing Kouryu around the gardens behind the house. She nearly collided into one of the wisteria trees if she hadn't dodged in the last second. "I'm so sorry!" She quickly apologized to the tree before continuing her chase.
Kouryu, deciding it was boring being surrounded by a couple of over serious and quiet angels and one demon, had decided to go outside, dragging a reluctant Kohaku along with him. Suddenly, the idea of teasing her once more popped into his head. Spying one of Kohaku's canary friends nearby, he decided to grab one and see what her reaction was.
This had turned out way better than he thought. Kohaku, being a naturally caring friend, had immediately given chase, trying to snatch the shocked bird from his fingers.
Kouryu chuckled as he stopped mid-flight, dangling the freaked out canary in front of her, "If you wanna get this puffball back, then you gotta get em' from me!" He cackled before turning around, flying off toward a grove of wisteria trees.
"Besides, he's probably enjoyin' the rush! This fat butterball will probably never get a chance to fly this fast!" Kouryu howled, grasping a small canary in his hand as he sped up, even doing a twirl to show off to the angered angel.
"You're squishing him!" The blonde cried when the canary waved his wings in despair, sweatdrop marks appearing around him as he turned a shade of green as Kouryu did the twirl.
'I should never have eaten that worm earlier,' the canary thought to himself as he brought a free wing up to its mouth.
Luckily for him, Kohaku managed to collide into him by accident when weaving through the wisteria trees, making Kouryu loose grip on the yellow marshmallow, flinging him a good distance. Before the canary could collide into a tree, a gentle hand managed to snatch him from the mid-collision.
"I apologize for Kouryu's actions," Hisui said calmly as she gracefully landed on the ground, her wings glowing majestically in the afternoon light.
Gently carrying the swirly-eyed bird, she carefully placed a hand on his head, soothingly touching it, making the sickness go away instantly. Even without her powers, she somehow still managed to have a healing touch. Something Kokuyo knew very well.
He blinked before chirping happily before giving a polite bow to his savior before quickly flying away as far away from the devil as possible, joining his other worried friends.
"Pft, should've made that bird into Peking canary or somethin'," Kokuyo who was sitting nearby at the dining table, watching the scene outside with vague interest. He sneered when he saw Hisui with the canary before taking another large chomp of his fried fish. "Probably would've taste good."
'Idiot,' Touki thought to herself before taking a small sip of her warm milk, wondering to herself why she chose to have a vacation here of all places. Maybe Hawaii next time. It had nice weather, plenty of water surrounding it, she might even consider getting a tan.
Touki blinked at her thoughts before shaking her head wearily, 'Their craziness must be affecting me…Lord, please protect me.' She mentally prayed before taking another sip of her milk to relax her nerves.
Meanwhile, Kouryu was currently lying on his back, his eyes were a blank garnet color, and his body spread out as his mind tried to process the actions that just occurred earlier. In other words, he was knocked unconscious.
Kohaku, she was just fine except that there was most likely a few dozen or so twigs and leaves in her hair by now from flying through all the trees. Her face was a flaming red color now, similar to that of a ripe tomato, as she stayed still.
Somehow, Kohaku had managed to fall on top of Kouryu when they collided. Currently, her blonde head was laying on his chest once more, her body lying precariously on top of his body, his arm absently thrown across her slim waist.
All in all, it was similar to this morning, except she was actually more conscious of their position than she was earlier.
"Kour…yu?" Kohaku opened one amber eye curiously before opening both. Kouryu was completely knocked out. She puffed out both her cheeks, 'I am not that heavy.'
She blinked as she noticed he still hadn't awoken yet. Carefully she sat up, her elbows gently resting on his chest. She would've moved up if it wasn't for the firm grip that he had around her waist. However, her view of him was quite good. Even when knocked out cold, and a little drool gathering at the edge of his mouth, he was still quite...gorgeous, even for a demon.
Long, silky, raven hair framed a beautiful, alabaster like, pale face. Long, thick, black lashes fanned against soft white cheeks, underneath, she knew that underneath those closed eyelids were a pair of mesmerizing garnet eyes.
His body, she blushed, was still slender and lithe, even after all those years she was asleep and he was in Hell. She should know, she was lying right on top of it. She couldn't help but blush even further, he was quite muscular too. Not all bulky like some, but just enough to give him a more manly appearance then he had last.
'He's grown…quite…handsome…' Kohaku blushed at her thought as she peered at him closer.
'Eh?' Kouryu groggily opened his eyes, his head aching and his body feeling like there was a piece of lead the size of an oh…say an angel, on top of him. 'What the fuck happened?'
He blinked when he noticed a familiar face close to his. He blinked, once, twice, three times before he realized Kohaku's face right smack dap next to his.
"What the Hell!" Kouryu hollered, bolting upright, a splash of pink washing over his cheekbones and the tip of his nose before he landed back on his back, staring up at a few strands of soft blonde hair.
Kohaku probably would've fallen off of him if the arm around her would've loosened, but to her luck, he managed to have a pretty tight grip on her. "I…I…"
Kouryu took a deep breath, managing to calm himself down before Kohaku freaked out because of his red face, most likely mistaking it for anger.
"Kouryu…?" She whimpered slightly, seeing him have this unreadable look on his face, as his eyes were directed at her in an unwavering stare.
"Geez, you seriously need to watch how much milk ya drink. You're as heavy as a fuckin' cow," Kouryu quickly said, saying the first thing that popped into his mind, rather than what he really thought.
"I am not fat!" She retorted, turning away in anger. The fact that she was still lying on top of him had flown away from her mind when he referenced her wait to a cow.
It wasn't until she realized that Kouryu was smirking up at her that it came crashing down on her. A feeble squeak popped out of her mouth before she tried to get up, but was restrained by a strong arm.
"Nope, I ain't lettin' ya go. I'm starting to kinda like it like this," Kouryu grinned mischievously up at her, the arm that was on her waist, now held her upper arm, keeping her from fleeing. His other arm was bent under his head as a makeshift pillow.
"B-b-but!" Kohaku glowed a bright red, much to Kouryu's pleasure, still struggling somewhat to free herself from his grasp.
"Well, my chubby little angel, since ya got me into this position, then you might as well stay with me for a little while. Besides, I'm sleepy and you'll make an excellent blanket." He emphasized his words by opening his mouth and yawning right in front of her face.
'He…ate…a fish…' Kohaku thought before collapsing back on top of Kouryu's chest. An angel was not supposed to harm or consume any living thing. Even though she wasn't the one who had eaten the fish, just smelling it on his breath made her immediately think he had eaten it, which made collapse.
Kouryu, immediately guessing why Kohaku had collapsed, burst into a fit of laughter, subconsciously holding Kohaku even tighter against him.
"Hahaha, I guess I shouldn't have had that fish after all!" Kouryu cackled, his garnet eyes glimmering impishly at her.
"I can't believe you ate a living thing," her muffled voice said to him, not caring that she was using Kouryu's chest as a pillow. "Don't you care at all?"
"Weeeell…it's better than eating a damn soul, don't cha' think?" Kouryu replied, not fully realizing what he just said.
"You haven't been eating any souls!" Kohaku cried, bolting right up, staring at him with disbelieving amber eyes.
"Well duh! I mean! Well, duh, I ate a few souls….for real!" Kouryu rambled for a few seconds, realizing what he just let slip out. He looked hopelessly at her, seeing in her eyes that she actually comprehended what he just said.
"But why? You used to love eating souls. Y-you yourself wanted to eat one at every chance you got…" Kohaku murmured, her grip on his black, leather, skintight shirt, somehow managed to tighten.
"So! A devil can change his mind, can't he! I mean, if Kokuyo can stop eatin' souls and start eating this shit, humans call food, than I can too!" Kouryu nearly hollered, glaring at her with frightfully angry eyes, trying his best to cover up his mistake.
"Don't believe the lyin' idiot, he hasn't has a soul since you went to sleep those few hundred years ago!" Kokuyo hollered from the house, hearing everything as if they were sitting right next to him. It wasn't too hard to listen in with Kouryu hollering like an insane man.
"Kouryu…" Kohaku whispered, a small smile appearing on her face as she glanced back down at his chest.
"Hmph! Ya kept naggin' ta me 'bout not eatin' human souls, so I stopped. Even when you were asleep, I kept hearing your annoyin' voice in my head tellin' me it was bad and all that other shit every time I tried to eat one, so I stopped. Geez, nag, nag, nag, that's all ya'll angels do," Kouryu snorted, turning away to hide his blush, his long, raven bangs covering his face slightly.
"Thank you so much Kouryu," Kohaku murmured, still smiling at him. "At least, at least now they have the chance to be reincarnated."
"Hmph! Like I was doin' it for you," Kouryu said quickly, his head still turned away.
"Hmm…" she hummed slightly before burying her head onto Kouryu's chest; her face was a flaming, tomato red once more as she did such a bold act. Kouryu, having his head turned away, was ignorant to her blushing face.
"Whaaa…what are you doing ya bubble-headed freak!" Kouryu finally turned his head back down toward Kohaku.
"You said…I-I had to stay with here you like…like this since you were sleepy…" Kohaku mumbled, hesitantly looking up to see Kouryu's reaction. She gently nibbled on her bottom lip, nervous that Kouryu was about to seriously blow up at her again.
"Feh, about time you actually listened ta' me…" Kouryu was about to yell at her, but seeing Kohaku's frightened face; he managed to keep it at a normal level.
'He's…changed…' Kohaku thought, before a very familiar memory suddenly popped into her mind.
It was a memory of Kouryu defending her when she was sentenced to have her powers stripped and to remain in her small form. It was before he knew she would be sleeping so that she wouldn't have to bear the hundred years waiting for Shuichiro to be reincarnated.
'He really is quite…sweet…' she blushed slightly, and to her horror, giggled at another memory. It was when Kouryu dared to go against Ryuuki, the archangel of Fire.
"What are you laughing at?" Kouryu scowled, finally looking back down at her, thinking she was laughing at him.
"Nothing…it's just that…you're really being very…very kind…to me…" Kohaku mumbled, mostly to herself as cautiously curling up closer to him, suddenly very tired.
Unbeknownst to her, Kouryu, having excellent hearing, heard her anyway. He pouted and huffed angrily, puffing his cheeks before turned away. However, a small, bashful smile crept up on his face as he settled himself down into a more comfortable sleeping position, being careful to make sure the sleeping angel in his arms didn't wake up.
"Shuichiro…" Kohaku mumbled before falling asleep, her hand that was clutching Kouryu's clothing tightened.
'Fuck…she's still thinking about that dead dude! It's not fair…I can beat the shit out of any other angel or demon, but how…how the fuck am I supposed to fight off some guy that's dead!' Kouryu cringed, his chest was clenching in pain for some reason.
Kouryu glared at her angrily for a moment before it melted, looking at her innocent sleeping form. 'Stupid Kohaku.'
'Is it alright Shuichiro? Is it really alright if I love someone else?' Kohaku couldn't help but dream Shuichiro's response.
SS: I'm seriously lagging in my stories. XD It's been nearly a year since I've written another chapter for "A Demon's Angel." I guess after this, you'll most likely have to wait another year. LMAO XD Anyway, this was seriously in my opinion, not my greatest chapter. O.O; Ah well, I suppose I'll let the reviewers decide. 3
