(06-04-05)
Chapter Three
After Kazahaya was introduced to Kotarou's grandpa, the two went up to Kotarou's room. "Do you want something to eat?" Kotarou asked.
"Uh, sure," Kazahaya said, "I'm not picky, so anything's fine."
Kotarou nodded and then eagerly went down stairs. Once Kotarou was gone, the older teen snooped around the room, touching objects to try to get images. When he heard Kotarou returning, however, he quickly sat down on the bed.
"Here, pizza!" Kotarou said as he came in, carrying two paper plates, "I love pizza!"
Kazahaya nodded. As he took one of the plates, he brushed Kotarou's hand by accident. In a flash, he saw random memories attached to the plate, the bed, and even the floor, pizza, and the things he had touched earlier. Kazahaya screamed and pulled away in surprise, but was even more surprised that he didn't feel the normal faintness he had when he used his power. He glanced at his hands in surprise.
"What's wrong?" Kotarou asked in worry.
"Sorry, I over reacted," Kazahaya said softly, "It's just…The pizza's really hot. It burned my hand through the plate."
"Oh, I'm sorry," Kotarou said as he set down the plates on the desk, "Are you okay?"
"Yeah, I'll be fine," Kazahaya glanced up to see a dark haired boy that he recognized from class glaring at him from the door way.
Kotarou followed Kazahaya's gaze and noticed his cousin disappear just as he turned around. "Just ignore him; he's just a broody asshole." Kotarou muttered.
"Is that Tatsuki?" Kazahaya asked. When Kotarou nodded, Kazahaya laughed. "Well, he and Rikuo can be dark and broody assholes together, then." Kotarou laughed as well as Kazahaya grabbed a slice of pizza and took a bite. The two ate pizza and talked until Kazahaya looked at the clock. "We should get going to my house," He said.
"I need to pack," Kotarou said, "And get my stupid cousin to come."
"I'll get him," Kazahaya offered, leaving Kotarou alone. He found that Tatsuki was waiting right outside the door.
"Leave us alone," Tatsuki warned, "Tell 'Kakei' that none of us are going to be recruited for anything. And you are especially not going to tell Kotarou about any of us."
Kazahaya smiled, though wondered how he knew. "Why don't you tell it to Kakei's face?" He asked, "There's a sleepover at the drugstore tonight; Yuuto's coming and you're invited."
Tatsuki said nothing, though returned to his room, leaving Kazahaya to wonder if he had accepted or declined the offer.
"I'm ready!" Kotarou said as he came out of his room carrying only a backpack.
'Yeah, just a second," Kazahaya muttered as he knocked on Tatsuki's door. "It's at the Green Drugstore, if you want to come," He said just loud enough for him to hear, "Kotarou and I are leaving now; I hope you come." He then followed Kotarou down the stairs.
Kotarou was silent as he walked beside his new found friend. For some strange reason, Kotarou felt strange around the older boy, like this strange longing. He glanced up at the older teen. "Where's your house?" He asked, trying to keep up a conversation to keep the thoughts from his mind.
"I don't live in a house." Kazahaya replied, "I live in a room above the store,"
"Oh." Kotarou said and that silence fell over the two boys. Kotarou didn't like it. "Were you supposed to go to work today?" He asked, sort of worried.
"No, I ran errands today. I finished early and got the whole day off." Kazahaya explained, not wanting to say that he was doing his job by taking the psychic boy to the store.
There was silence again, but it didn't last long, since the drugstore was just ahead of them. "Here," He said as he held open the door for the young psychic. Yuuto was already there and speaking with Rikuo and Kakei, anger on his face. The 16 year old turned, though, when the door opened.
"Hello Kazahaya," Kakei greeted the boy with one of his smiles, "You don't mind keeping Kotarou up there for a bit, do you?" He asked.
"Yuuto?" Kotarou asked, feeling as if something were wrong.
"It's okay, I'll probably be up in a minute," Yuuto muttered, silently praying for Tatsuki to appear.
Kakei seemed distant for a moment and then turned back to Yuuto with one of his sickeningly sweet and beautiful smiles. "Now, let me guess your power, since you won't tell," He said, "Hmm…do you read auras?" He asked.
"How did you know I read auras?" Yuuto asked.
"Because you just said so," Kakei said with another sweet grin. "Don't worry, I'll have the other two's powers figured out soon," He said to Rikuo, "Keep him here." Kakei went to the door, muttered something, and then opened it for Tatsuki.
Tatsuki was greeted into the store by the whisper of 'so, you're a postcog,' in his ear. His head snapped up to see the last bits of the vision and Kakei's smiling face. "Where's Kotarou?" Tatsuki asked with a growl. He then noticed the vision of Kazahaya and Kotarou walking across the store and towards stairs in the back of it. Tatsuki's eye's narrowed and he then followed where the illusionary figures led, though was stopped by Rikuo.
"Nope, you stay here," Rikuo said.
Yuuto noticed the way Tatsuki looked and backed away, knowing what the quiet boy would do next. And he was right. Tatsuki's leg lashed out with a roundhouse kick that flew up towards Rikuo's head, but the older teen blocked the blow with a double 'muscle' block. ((I don't know any other way to describe it…and I do take a martial art, which is helpful in this scene.)) Tatsuki quickly pulled his leg back and then leapt up, spinning around in the air and then throwing out a reverse hook kick while still in the air. The lightning fast move caught Rikuo by surprise and the boy staggered as the foot smashed into his shoulder, though he caught himself barely. He had fallen to the floor on his hands and knees. He was surprised that the other boy didn't continue his attack, though that surprise faded when he looked up to see that Saiga had the boy wrapped in his strong arms. Rikuo stood up and massaged the shoulder that Tatsuki had hit, giving the boy a glare.
"Look," Kakei said to Yuuto and Tatsuki, "We just want to talk with you for a little bit. Then, you can go home. Easy?"
Yuuto shot a glance at Tatsuki to see his reaction. The postcog had stopped struggling against Saiga, but was still tense. "Just…nothing to Kotarou." He said.
"We don't need to say anything to him about his powers, don't worry," Kakei said with his snake grin.
Hey! A long chapter! Though all I really did was combine two really short chapters. Lol. I feel like I'm not getting any of the characters right, but I don't care. I just did this for fun anyways.
I had a freaky dream last night. I'm bored, so I'll just write about it. Anyways, I hate this girl with a passion because she was my best friend for nearly five years and just about 6 months ago picks up a boyfriend and ignores me. Over the past month or so, I've dreamt of her (and they are the weirdest dreams because they are more realistic than a normal dream and I can feel stuff, but I know that it's a dream) and when I wake up, I have a craving to call her. The dream I had doesn't really matter much (Plus it's really long…), but when I woke up, I felt this urge to call her that was really strong. I've been trying to call her, but she's out. I don't even know what to say to her. "Hi, Gretchen! I hate your guts, but for some odd reason, I'm dreaming of you all the time and wake up needing to call you, but I don't know why nor what I need to talk to you about! Strange, huh? Bye!" Yup, that would be perfect…