Chapter 15: Affection
Write the name of the one you love in a circle not a heart…because hearts break but circles go on forever…
"Why did you do it Brook,"
The words fell flat from my lips, having asked the same question for the umpteenth time that hour. I stared ahead at the said person. It was pretty pathetic, seeing him like this…almost made me pity him.
Brook's wrists are chained to the wall above his bed. He wore the same clothes as last night, but they were now wrinkled and dirty.
To put it in simple words…
He looked like a wreck.
"Kill them…I should killed them…" He finally spoke. I've been in his room for over two freakin' classes and when he finally speaks he's still in his stupid sadistic pride mode. (-.-);
"Answer my damn question, Kingston!!!" I shouted at him. My throat was a little raw.
"I wanted her…simple as that….and now she belongs to me…but those fools…took her away from me…I'll get them…I'll hunt them down…and rip out their precious little throats…" Guess he's feeling social now. Great…(-.-);;;
"I think you're lying…" I snorted and leaned my chaired back against the wall by his bed.
"It doesn't matter what the emotion I have for her is. She's going to wake up…alone…that's bad…very bad…"
I frowned. I don't give a shit about his little, now "half human", whore. So why the hell is he telling me this?
"Get these things off of me…those stupid teachers don't know what they're doing…"
"Sorry but I can't do that," I answered him.
Brook lunged forward against his restraints. "WHY NOT!?" He hissed.
"Listen Brooklyn, I could get you out, but you see, I already skipped two classes for you. Why should I sacrifice more of my time just so you can go save you stupid whore?" I smirked triumphantly.
"YOU BASTARD!!!" Brook roared at me, straining his bonds even more.
I laughed as Brook tried to claw at me but was sadly unsuccessful. "Here you go lover-boy…you're futile efforts have amused me…" I held out a small pendant to my captive friend.
"What the hell is that?" Brook snorted and averted his gaze.
"We'll check on your little whore…"
"Stop calling her that…" He growled.
I sat down again, using my powers to make a small ice wall in front of Brook's bed to use as a screen, since the pendant was very small. I placed it behind the screen then watched as the pendant soon flickered to life. Kao-ri's room in the Infirmary appeared on the screen. She too was bound to her bed and there was a pleading look in her red eyes.
"What is that thing…?" Brook asked me, not taking his eyes off the screen.
"The chain of desires…it lets you see and hear your deepest desire. This is just one of the many treasures that my clan has," I glanced at Brook as I spoke.
He only continued to stare at the make-shift screen intently, nodding his head slightly to give me a sign of acknowledgement.
As the scene continued we watched Kao-ri's eyes light up with fear. In the back of the room a few of our dorm mates stood by with a look of concern on each of their faces. Brook's features darkened considerably as he watched Hitoshi and Mika walk closer to her bed.
"Where's Brook-sama?" Kao-ri was trembling as Hitoshi pulled out numerous needles filled with various healing potions.
"We're going to return you to normal, Kao-chan…I promise that Brooklyn will be punished…" Akemi spoke softly.
"No!!! I want Brook…go away…leave me alone…I don't want to be that way again…" Kao-ri was thrashing about wildly, her red eyes now closed in fear.
"You don't know what you're talking about Kao--"
Hitoshi's voice was cut off as suddenly my ice wall/screen exploded, then sunk into a dark abyss. My small treasure fell to the floor with a soft 'clang'. I glanced at Brook with a knowing stare. He was straining against the chains even more. Bruises were forming on his wrists.
"Free me!!! I need to get to her…I won't let him touch her…I'll kill him!!!" Brook fell back onto the backboard of his bed, panting heavily, and closing his eyes in exhaustion.
Screams were now emitting from the pendant and Brook's eyes snapped open again. "KAO-RI!!!" He cried out.
Seeing the determined and pained expression on my friend's face…made me feel an emotion…I haven't felt in a long time…
Sympathy.
"Get ready…" I mumbled. I snapped my fingers and another of my best friends appeared. This would be one of the times that having a friend who can make things transparent useful.
Bryan walks up to the chained vampire and quickly disposed of his bonds. Without saying a word to us, Brook has disappeared out the door before I could even blink.
I turned and nodded to Bryan who then brought us through the walls and floors. Just to be sure we arrived at the Infirmary on time for the show.
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"Get away from her…" Brook's voice was bone chillingly cold, as he walked closer to Kao-ri's bedside.
"How did you get out!?"
"This means extra punishment for you, Kingston!"
It looked like Brook was ignoring our babbling teachers as he approached the whimpering heap, otherwise known as Kao-ri.
"Stay away from her!!!" The two shouted angrily.
"Kao-ri…I've found you…" I watched my love struck friend sit down on the side of the bed.
She only continued to whimper. How dismal…
"Shh…" Brook spoke soothing words in a foreign tongue that I didn't know fluently.
"No…no…hurts…it hurts…stop…make it stop…please…"
Brook bent down and sniffed her neck then pulled away swiftly wrinkling his nose in disgust. He turned his head towards the teachers in one swift motion.
"Tell me…are you both crazy…or just plain stupid…there is no way to cure a half vampire…you should know that! Were you trying to kill her!?" He bore his fangs at the two "healing drugs don't do anything except inflict pain. Vampires. Do. Not. Get. Sick!!!"
"What about you!? Do you know if Leader were here this week…you would have been expelled for pulling such a stunt, Brooklyn!?" Hitoshi chastised him.
"I DON'T CARE!!!" He roared in fury "I wanted her and now she's mine that's all that matters!!!"
Brook reached down and cupped Kao-ri's chin tilting it up so that their red eyes came in contact. "I'm sorry for not being able to protect you Kao-ri…" He quickly pressed his lips to hers then moved his head to her neck and sired her once again.
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After having transformed Kao-ri into a full vampire. Akemi and Hitoshi left to go teach their classes.Presently all of her friends were sitting around her bed all of them talking about their new found powers. Darkness is such an interesting thing. Staying in it for too long…can cause dangerous side effects. Insanity. Death. Paralysis. But sometimes it could just…taint one…in a way. Light is always so fragile.
"Kao-ri…" Brook's voice stood out among the onnas' voices.
"Hm?"
Brook opened his mouth to speak again, but closed it after…sighing and retreating to the back of the room.
"Kao…believe it or not I think he's jealous…" Kyo and a few of the other girls giggled and surprisingly I saw Brook turn an interesting shade of pink.
"Ah he'll be ok…" Kao-ri looked back to her friends.
Brook didn't look quite as pleased. Hah stupid girl…
"So guys…tell me how things have been with you? Naoko-chan…how's life with Rei?" Kao-ri grinned as Naoko blushed…but that soon vanished.
"…I guess it's been ok…if you like waiting…" With that comment she gave a small smile to the other girls, small wolf-like spirits circled around her as she left the room.
"Kao-ri…Rei's been…distant…sorry that no one told you…" Xylia soon left after Naoko.
Interesting…
I pulled out yet another of my small treasures. Hey what can I say…these things can sell pretty well in the Student Black Market in the basement of the school. This one is called the chain of feeling, allowing you to read peoples emotions and understand them.
Activating its power I stared after the two girls that left room. So…Kao-ri isn't one of them anymore. She's different…hah!!! They feel betrayed…how amusing…
"Hey…guys we better go…we've got class…get better soon Kao-san…" Loretta, Kyo, and Nikita nodded at her before leaving.
"Hey!!! Dammit let me in Brook ya stupid vamp…" Shura burst into the room. But wasn't she in here before? Where did she go?
"Yo Kao-chan I brought you some ramen! I know that Infirmary food sucks…" She grinned and pulled out two bowls.
"I can't taste ramen anymore…"
"Ah well…hey it'll bring back your strength!" Shura placed a bowl down on Kao-ri's nightstand.
"No…no its fine…please just leave…" Kao-ri drew her knees to chest "I'm…different…you shouldn't be around me…"
Shura gave her a weak smile then headed towards the door. Before she left she stopped in the doorway.
"Kao-ri…you say you're different…but deep down…everyone can tell that you're not. But if you believe that you are…and if you push us away…then you are different…" She gave Kao-ri another smile "but I'm sure that a few of us would like it if you remain the way you normally are…it doesn't matter to us if you're a vamp like him" She pointed to Brook "You're still Kao-ri…Brook can't change that. We can't change that. Nothing can change that…but you…"
With that said Shura left the room.
It was soft at first. But then the sound became clearer. Kao-ri was…laughing.
(-.-); I will never understand women…
Brook was beside her bed again. A questioning look on his face. "Kao-ri?"
"I'm ok…I'm ok Brook…" She looked up at him with her normal blue eyes.
"Prince…" Brook turned back to me.
"What'cha want now Brook…" I snorted and stared at the wall in front of me.
"I was wondering…why the pendant didn't show what your deepest desire was…"
I smirked and turned to leave the couple alone.
"She was in the room…" I laughed lightly and finally left. I heard Kao-ri yelling to me as the doors to the room slowly closed.
"HEY TALA I'LL PUT IN A GOOD WORD FOR YOU!!!"