In the last chapter…
"So you and Satoshi are getting on?" Star shook her head and my face fell a little.
"But why not?" Star was one of those people who 'just did it.' My smile returned when she got redder- if that was possible.
"Well Satoshi invited me to…"
"Well Satoshi invited me to dinner onthe weekend!" My draw dropped. So that's why Satoshi had that mood swing!
"He actually asked you? I thought you liked Krad? Did you say yes? Where are you guys planning to go? Are you two going out yet?" I bombarded Star with questions until she held up her hands in mock defeat,
"I'll tell you all about it okay?" I smiled and nodded, it was good to be with a friend again.
"Yes he asked me, I did like Krad but he likes you to much to notice, I told him I would think about it, I don't know where we will be going, and no we arnt going out yet." I grinned.
"Key word there Star, yet."
We passed through our second medal detector and headed to the loading area. Truthfully I had never been on a plane and was nervous about it. I was about to comment to Star when to strong arms pulled me into a shadow.
I was expecting Dark but found Krad instead. He pressed his body against mine smiling like an imp. The same giddy feel I had got last night came over my body and Shay smiled. I didn't know how I could tell she was smiling- I guess that comes with the curse.
Excuse me Rei?I am not a curse! You depend on me as much as I depend on you!> Krad watched my eyes as he leaned down and pressed his lips gently to mine. My mind froze up.
Shay took over, not my body but my actions. My arms (under Shays control) slipped around his neck and I ran my hands through his golden hair. He slipped his hands around my wait, just above my ass and pulled me closer.
SHAY STOP IT!> I was mentally pulling Shay away from Krad. Shay ignored my and kissed back, pressing her body against his. The kiss was becoming more passionate as I stroked his soft hair. He smelled of vanilla… He took this as encouragement and parted his lips slightly, running his tongue over my top lip. Shay- or me, or both of us shivered- not in a bad way but in a, well, a good way. He begged an entrance into my mouth without pulling away, moving his tongue to my bottom lip. I didn't fight it but I didn't welcome it either.
His hands moved to the upper part of my back where they came to a halt. Lots of things happed at once. Dark and Star called out my name. The lady at the counter told us it was time to board the plane and Shay gave control back to me. I didn't want to hurt Krad so I pretended to be looking for Star. He kissed my neck and let me go. I walked over to Star- it took me everything I had not to run to her.
She took one glance at my flushed face and Krad moving out of the shadows and nodded. She knew I needed to talk to her. It was just one of those things that happened after being a friend to someone for 7 years. On the outside it may have looked like I was focusing completely on Star, but on the inside I was yelling at Shay.
HOW THE HELL COULD YOU DO THAT TO ME, SHAY? THIS IS MY BODY!> Shay plugged her ears and told me to shut up.
Look Rei, you weren't about to do anything about it and I decided to give you some help.>
HELP? SHAY, JUST THIS MORNING I WAS KISSING DARK! I LIKED IT WHEN I WAS KISSING DARK!> Shay rolled her eyes and smiled.
But you liked it when we kissed Krad too.>
WE DIDN'T KISS ANYBODY! YOU VIOLATED MY BODY AND KISSED KRAD!> Shay rolled her shoulders and shrugged, brushing my comment off like it was a bit of dust. I wasn't done yelling at her but I had reached Star and had to stop our conversation. Star looked me in the eye without any emotion.
"Did he… you know- did he kiss you?" I blushed; just 10 minutes ago we had been fighting about Krad- I didn't want to tell her anything so I nodded. To my surprise she didn't look mad at all. "So he finally kissed you huh? Who did you like more, Krad or Dark?" My eyes widened with shock.
"Star, did Dark tell you…" Star nodded and beamed.
Mental note to self, kill Dark.
"You're kidding? Dark told you?" Shay just shook her head at my dumbfounded look.
I walked silently by her as we, er- walked onto the plane. It was a big plane with two seats in each row, so you could lean all the way back if you wanted to. I was going to sit by Star but she shook her head. When I shot her a confused look she pointed at my ticket. Hers read D12 mine read A1.
"Star please, I do NOT want to sit with someone else." I didn't know who I would be sitting with but I had a pretty good guess. My guess was confirmed when Krad's voice called over the wad of people.
"I'm sitting in C5, which seat are you sitting Dark?" I felt a little relived at the fact I wouldn't be sitting with Krad. After our little kiss in the lobby I wasn't keen to sit by him. That relief went away before it had come when I heard Dark say "A2."
Oh crap!> I hadn't directed this to Shay but she picked up on it anyway.
So, you like Dark too?> I jumped slightly at her voice but sat down in 'A1' with a huff. Dark sat next to placing a hand on my thigh- not what I was hoping for.
Er Shay? This would be a great time for an idea.> Shay didn't answer to my call raight away, after words I wished she hadn't spoken at all.
Kiss him, or tell him you like Krad more.>
"So I'm sitting next to you, am I?" He asked. He moved his hand to the arm rest and propped it up there. I was a slight shade of pink and was looking away.
"Oh goody-goody gumdrops." I muttered under my breath. I knew for a fact Dark wouldn't let a chance like this go to waste. He watched me for a few seconds before he grabbed my chin, forcing me to look at him. I felt like I was falling into his eyes. They were the most beautiful things I had ever seen. They were soft and warm, not much different from Krad's…
WAIT, DON'T GO THERE! DO NOT COMPARE DARK TO KRAD!> I knew by this point that Shay liked Krad more then Dark, and I liked Dark more then Krad. Why I was so confused between them was another story.
Oh great, half of me wants Krad the other half wants Dark. This is going to be on hell of a trip.> Shay muttered darkly.
Darks POV
I watched her expression soften then harden like she was remembering something nasty. The feeling that was flowing threw my hand was so familiar, almost too familiar, even so I couldn't pin point it.
She was looking strait at me, but her mind was somewhere else. Not on me but on something else. She seemed to be having some inner battle with herself… She only got that look when she was thinking about Krad and me… - of course! It was like putting Ying and Yang together, it fit to perfectly. Krad had kissed her like I had earlier. I couldn't believe it, Krad was my computation?
I mentally cursed my luck, now Krad had the upper hand. How was I suppose to show my feelings to her when my best friend was doing the same thing? I knew I had her for about three hours- was that enough? Sure I liked her, but that would have to wait. Something was going on within her and it wasn't going to be easy to find out what.
Flashback
"Shit Dark! She has it!" Krad was pacing back and forth in the kitchen all humor gone form his face. I knew he was talking about an alter ego, but what was I supposes to say? Ya I know? We couldn't do anything about it, not until she told us the Angels name.
"Krad calm down, we don't know for sure! For all we know she could talk to herself!" I grimaced as Krad spun around his eyes flashing dangerously.
"My sister is NOT mad Dark." He spat out my name in disgust. I smirked and leaned lazily back in my chair.
"Hm, that's funny. Last time I checked she wasn't your sister." Krad's face went from mad to furious in a matter of seconds. About 7 years ago Krad and Satoshi had adopted Rei. I still didn't know why, but I did know he was very protective over her.
"What would you know?" Krad was ready to hit me, I could tell by the crazed look in his eyes. For the last 400 years Krad and I had been trying to kill each other. It wasn't until Daiskue and Satoshi figured out a way to get us our own body that we came onto talking terms.
"Er Krad- remember this is about Rei's alter ego, okay?" I was testing the water. If Krad was going to hit me, he would do it now. He didn't- but he did glare like old times. Satoshi jumped off the counter and crossed his arms, leaning against it instead.
"Dark, I need a word with Krad, why don't you go wakeRei up?" I nodded and left. This was my chance, get the upper hand. Reiwas not a prize to be won but if I wasn't careful Krad would get her affection before I did.
End of Flashback
Rei's POV
Dark let go of my face and flashed me a smile.
"There, you looked at me. That wasn't so hard, now was it?" I smiled and tapped him on the nose lightly.
As long as this is going on I might as well have some fun with it. Shay shook her and said nothing.
"It was harder then it looked." I whispered. He brought his face close to mine.
How many people are you going to kiss within a period of two hours? >I couldn't tell if Shay was angry with me or being sarcastic. Look, it's going to come down to this. Both boys will expect something from you, and might even say it in front of the other. There is no way this is going to end up pretty. Chose one and stick to them.> I took a second to think about this, Dark still hadn't kissed me, even though I could feel his breath on my face.
Shay, I don't know. I can't choose between them! I think I like Dark but then I get near Krad and I think I like him!> Shay shook her head- she had been doing that a lot lately.
We can talk about this later, for now, get Dark to back off.> Dark didn't kiss me fully just on the tip of my nose. He knew what it felt like to fight with your alter ego, he use to do it all the time. He could tell I needed a friend more then anything right now and pulled me into a hug.
His smell filled my nose, making it tingle in a weird way. Everything way fuzzy all that mattered was he was hugging me.
Plane ride
Not a lot happened- if you don't include the fact that Dark pored his soda all over Krad on his way to the bathroom, and Krad trying to violently beat the shit out of him. (A.N: Can you peacefully beat the shit out of someone?) Dark didn't say a lot to me, he smiled and made eye contact- but nothing more. I couldn't tell if I was disappointed or not. Shay decided this was a good time for our conversation to take place.
Look Rei, the emotions you feel towards both of them are muddled together. We're the same people now.>
So we share a soul?> for the umpteenth time, Shay shook her head.
I don't think so. Just mind, thoughts and body, I think.> I didn't reply- but I didn't need to, we could read each others thoughts. Even though I doubted Shay would be able to make any sense of them. She sighed,
T hink about it, we can talk later> Not much happened after that. Just a lot of sleeping really.
Landing in America
We all meet outside of the plane in the lobby with Mr. Hawk. He smiled at our nervous faces and said a few things,
"Okay, your family is going to pick you up in 5 minutes. Check all of your bags, and say goodbye to your friends. Have fun. Your families are out in the lobby with signs that have your names on them. Don't have too much fun, and don't get in trouble!"" With that said he turned on his heel and left. There were a great many tears between people and even more smiles. I tugged on Dark's sleeve then Krad's after a very excided hug with Star and pulled both of them over to the lobby.
As Mr. Hawk said, our "family" was there, holding a sign that said "Rei Dark Krad." A tall girl- I estimated about 5'4 was holding the sign trying to beat a little girlwithgoaldenon her left. The woman behind them frowned and slapped the taller girls hand down.
I walked/strutted over with Dark and Krad on either side of me, to the family. The girl looked up and for the first time I got a good look at her. She was tall, pale, with green eyes (more of a hazel green. Not one color really.), and long brown hair that had been died a dark shade of red and had bright orange streaks in it. She was pale and looked like she would never tan, with freckles littering her body. I smiled hesitantly at her and she beamed back with a lopsided grin. The little girl stabbed her in her side and she leaned down. Striating back up her eyebrows were arched, as she shook her head I was reminded of Shay.
"Hello." She said setting down the sign. "You must be Rei. I'm Ericka Miller." She stuck her hand out and I took it with a grin that matched hers. A tall man, with the same green eyes and the same brown hair (the hair that wasn't red) smiled at Dark and Krad. Dark smiled back without a second in between. He stepped forward and said in a very commanding voice- not a voice that you would expect from a sergeant, but commanding all the same.
"You must be Dark and Krad." Dark, in a VERY cocky way saluted him. The man laughed out loud. "I'm Frank Miller, this is my wife Michèl Miller, my oldest daughter Ericka, my youngest daughter Darby." He paused to take a breath and I looked at this Darby person. She was short, and not very old, 11 at most. Her eyes were a warm blue that looked almost angelic with her long wavy, golden hair. She was tan- unlike Ericka and also had a collection of freckles. She was snapped back to reality by Frank's voice. "And this is my son Kenneth." A boy I hadn't seen smiled and gave a slight wave. He looked a lot like Frank. He had Black hair and green eyes- though he had his mothers chin.
Ericka walked besides me helping me with my luggage, leaving Darby and Kenneth to help with Krad's and Dark's. The car ride was fairly short and before long we were pulling up to a HUGE house- well it wasn't really a house more like a mansion really. It was at least 2 sizes bigger then mine back home. The garden was huge and full of exotic plants- immediately giving away this families love for growing things.
Each of the Miller children was put in charge of one person. Luckily Ericka was my partner/guide, Darby was a bit to bouncey and bubbly for my taste. She led me up two flights of steps first to show me to my room. She pointed at a door that had signs that said "Keep out" and "Bite me" and had a STOP sign on it. "This is my room, all the way a the end are the boys rooms and downstairs is Darby's." That left about- what 20 more rooms. "You can sleep in anyone you want."
I nodded and slipped into the on across from Ericka's, gasping at what was inside. The room was huge. A master bed withbaby bluesheets was in the right side beside it a desk with a HUGE aquarium behind it. The whole left wall had tropical fish swimming through it, making it exotic with color. A sheep fuzz rug was sprawled across the floor. And a wide screen T.V. complete with surround sound system sat innocently in the corner across from the bed. Two doors branched off from the middle room. One belong to a HUGE closet, which held more clothing and shoes then I had ever seen. The other door led to a gigantic bathroom. A Hot tub, and a bathtub (one of those Jacuzzis with shower heads.) A huge mirror with makeup of all sorts was neatly placed around it.
"Err- Sorry about all this stuff." It was obvious she felt really bad about having so much money. I giggled, and then burst out laughing. The confused and guilty look melted into a light laugh. Shay was laughing in the back of my mind.
Later I collapsed on my new bed sinking down into it with a content sigh. We had finished dinner and been sent to bed to get ready for the big day tomorrow. I was just closing my eyes when the door creaked open. Immediately the hairs on the back of my head stood up and my body tensed. Shay was up and at 'um too, bouncing lightly on her feet like a cat ready to pounce. The person walked towards my bed, footsteps muffled by the rug.
A hand grabbed my shoulder another covering my mouth in a great hurry- I screamed into the hand, and fought the person but they had me pinned to the bed. A shade of moonlight slipped across my bed and it was cast across the persons face. I gasped when I saw the face of-
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