Title: 私 の 救済者 天使 のよ Watashi no Kyuusaisha Tenshi Noyō My Angelic Savior
Author: 私 の 秘密 愛/高橋 三知子 Watashi no Himitsu Ai My Secret Love/Takahashi Michiko
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the ふるば characters. All I own is Shaloub Annelise and the plot
Warning: My computer is not very good and every time I try to slip any Japanese in, it shows as the Hiragana/Kanji forms. In order to add the Romaji form, I h a v e t o w r i t e t h e w o r d s l i k e t h i s. So if there isn't a Romaji form for the Japanese word, ignore it.
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Chapter Four: 天使 Tenshi Angel
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Kyo was sitting on the ground, dazed. Annelise's first words were smooth and soft, but oddly foreign and unlike any language he had ever heard.
"Fuwala dela Negesia," she sighed, "is my Angelic name…
"The Angels are ancient humans. They are actually more like demons…not the heavenly angels… They are born under the full Moon and are the first born of that hour. They are placed into races such as the Angels of the Sun or the Angels of the Water by certain powers they possess… We are like witches and wizards. This," She held up the old book, "is much like a spell book. In fact, I consider it one.
"We are usually born of two or one Angelic parent. I am considered rare…born of two non-Angelic parents…
"No one believes in us though. They think they don't live and never did nor will…"
"What's 'your purpose'?" Tohru asked softly.
Annelise's eyes darkened. She glanced from Hatori to Shigure to Akito, all of who nodded. She inhaled deeply and shakily.
"I am a legend as well… The myth of Fuwala dela Negesia is more like an ancient foretelling. An Angelic Oracle said an Angel of the Moon, me, would be the end of the cursed Sohma family…"
Momiji's eyes widened as he scooted away from Annelise.
"Annie-chan?"
"What's the curse?" Yuki asked, his eyes wide, too.
There was a dark twinkle in Annelise's eyes. She half-smirked, half-frowned.
"You will have to find out for yourself just as I had to find out about your by myself," she sighed. "That's all I'm telling for now. I've already said too much…"
"Is that all you needed?" Akito asked the rest of them.
"You mean –"
"We can't erase her memories, Yuki," Shigure said. "It's useless on her. It would backfire on us…"
"That wasn't all we needed," Hatori interrupted. "Kyo has something to say…"
Akito turned to Kyo who was blushing fiercely. The redness in his face clashed horribly with his orange hair.
"It's about where Annel– Fuwal–"
"Annelise," she told him strictly. "Any of you call me Fuwala dela Negesia in public, you won't be a very happy person…"
"Whatever… Well, it's about where she lives…"
"What's wrong with it?" Annelise asked sharply.
"You live in a shack! It's dangerous!" Kyo yelled heatedly. "I'm not going to let you stay there!"
There was an awkward, short pause as everyone eyed Kyo.
"I see," whispered Akito.
"What?" shouted Kyo as Momiji, Yuki, Hatori, and Shigure continued to smirk at him.
"Annelise, Hatori," Akito sighed. "Come with me… I must inspect Annelise's house…"
"Oi! Me, too!" Momiji shouted, jumping up along with Annelise.
"No, Momiji… Stay behind," Hatori told him.
"Annie-chan's a girl! She'll be scared with two men!" Momiji informed. "Don't worry, Annie-chan! I'll make sure they won't be perverts!"
"Very well," Akito groaned. "Shigure, Yuki, Kyo, Tohru… You may leave…"
"Bye, guys," Annelise sighed, waving to them.
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Ding dong!
The doorbell was loud and surprising. Kyo rushed down to the door from the kitchen where he was heating up his portion of the dinner Tohru had left when she went to work. Yuki was on his way to pick her up and Shigure was working on his new novel.
"Kyo-kun -!"
"I got it, I got it!" Kyo snapped.
He swung open the door, expecting to see Tohru and Yuki back from work.
"Hey, Kyo-kun!" Annelise was smiling happily, looking windswept.
She swung an arm around him in a half-hug. Her bag bangs into his back as she reached up to him.
"ARGH! Get OFF!" Kyo yelled.
Annelise simply laughed, "Nice to se you, too, Kyo-kun!"
"Is that Annie-chan's voice I hear?" Shigure cried.
"I thought you were working on your novel!" Kyo barked.
"I was!" Shigure pointed out. "Annie-chan! So, is Akito forcing you to move in?"
"Yup!" Annelise laughed.
"How did you get here?" Kyo asked. "I don't see Hatori's car."
"Oh, Hatori-san and Akito-san offered to drive, but I had to get my motorcycle here, so it makes the trip easier!" she explained.
"Motorcycle?" Kyo asked slowly.
"Yah!"
"Do you know Uotani Arisa?" Shigure asked.
Annelise cracked up.
"YAH!"
"Eh…were you in a gang with her?" Shigure asked slowly and cautiously.
"Nah. My dad and I just decided to build a motorcycle one day!" she said, still laughing
"Eh…build? Right… Kyo, take her to Tohru's room!" Shigure ordered. "They'll have to share a room."
Kyo began up the stairs with Annelise following. He turned around to see how far she was up the stairs, but she wasn't far at all. She was holding up her long skirt, her bag of clothes, and her large Angelic book.
"How can you walk in that?" Kyo asked her, going down to carry some things.
When he got closer, he suddenly realized that was almost all she owned – she was carrying half of it…besides the dresser, the bed, and the table. As far as he could remember, she didn't even have a mirror. He looked at her face, trying to find some kind of sadness or depression. Instead, he found a smile and a smear of a starry silvery color under her eye.
"I don't know actually," she admitted. "Thanks…"
She handed him the bag.
"Eh… You have some silver –"
"Where?" she interrupted.
"Under your eye," he told her, tapping the place on her cheekbone.
"Oh, my makeup is coming off!" she giggled.
She tried to race up the stairs in her dress, right behind Kyo.
"Here's your room!" he announced.
"Whoa…"
She placed her stuff on the ground and removed her chador, examining the room with awe. A bundle of long, curly brown hair with blonde highlights fell out.
"Whoa!"
"What?" Annelise yelled, jumping up, looking as if she was ready to attack.
"You're hair… I've realized I've never seen your hair and it's really curly!" Kyo said as if it was amazing.
He always saw the girls at school curling their hair, in the middle of the classroom, but it wasn't like hers. Hers was natural, not the fake kind like all her friends.
"Eh… Yah, I hate it…"
"Really?"
"Yah… Where's the bathroom?" she asked. "I have to wash my makeup off."
"Oh, right next to Yuki's room by that little table in the hallway."
Annelise disappeared for a second, leaving Kyo alone in Tohru and Annelise's room for a few moments. He picked up Annelise's chador off of the ground and lift it to his face. It was still warm and smelled like raspberries…
"What are you doing?"
Annelise had marched back into the room as was watching Kyo's back.
"EH?"
He quickly began to fold her chador.
"CAN'T YOU TELL SOMEO–"
He turned around to face Annelise, but gasped loudly.
"Y-you –"
Annelise looked at him with a confused expression. He pointed at her face. She suddenly exploded into laughter.
"Oh, tattoos? All Angels have these tattoos! The change from 'family' to 'family' and tribe to tribe. We must have them."
"Family? Tribe?"
"Each Angel is in a tribe with in the 'Water' and 'Moon' divisions," she began. "An Angel is also placed with a 'family.' Technically, they are just other members of the same tribe that share common…gifts…"
She died out in speaking. She had an expression that told Kyo that she had said too much.
"Oh, okay…"
She had a silver tattoo, zigzagging down from the corner of her left eye and down to the apple of her cheek. She had small stars above her eyebrows and a Moon to the corner of her right eye.
"I have one on my arm," she laughed, lifting the sleeve to her right arm. "It says 'Fuwala dela Negesia, shantu la porsani sho ley Fuwala-Shiniso-lahey.'"
The tattoo was in midnight blue and went down her arm on her large muscle. It was written in odd characters that Kyo had never seen before.
"Which means…?" Kyo asked.
Fuwala dela Negesia, shantu la porsani sho ley Fuwala-Shiniso-lahey… he repeated in his head. The words flowed together like music.
"'Fuwala dela Negesia, the crown Angel of the Fuwala family of the Shiniso tribe…'"
"Which means…?" Kyo repeated.
Annelise began to laugh yet again. She looked absolutely amused.
"I'm the Fuwala family within the Shiniso tribe of the Angels of the Moon," she sighed. "I'm just an important person to them…"
"I get it," he said finally. "Hey, what's that one?"
There was harsh, black written in the same language above her midnight blue one.
"Oh! Nothing!"
She hastily pulled her sleeve down past her elbow. Her cheeks slightly pinked.
"We're home, Shigure!" Yuki's voice yelled as a door opened.
"しまった! Shimatta! Dammit!" Kyo groaned.
"Tohru, Yuki! Guess who's here!" Shigure's voice carried through the house. "She's got a motorcycle, she's an Angel, and Kyo's probably trying to do something perverted to her right now! GUESS!"
"SHUT UP, YOU IDIOT!" Kyo roared. "WHO WOULD WANT TO –"
"Annie-kun!"
Tohru's joyfully shouted interrupted Kyo's angry yelling.
"She's in your room!" Shigure told her.
Tohru rushed into the room and stopped suddenly. Yuki ran in after her and nearly collided into her. He, too, stopped and stared at her with wide eyes.
"Eh… Kyo-kun, you can explain while I get changed in the bathroom…"
Annelise slowly backed out of the room with her small bag in her hand. As soon as Kyo heard the bathroom door close, he began, "She told me that all Angels have them."
"The tattoos?" Tohru sighed. "It seems so strange!"
"Yah," Yuki agreed.
"Look, you guys, Anne's keeping something from us!" Kyo whispered.
"Anne?" asked Yuki suspiciously, smirking.
"Shut up!"
"I didn't do anything!"
"What do you think she's keeping from us?" Tohru asked softly.
"You know how slaves get branded? Well –"
"Back!" Annelise announced.
She was wearing black soccer shorts and a white tank top. For the first time, they saw how muscular her arms were. The tattoo above Annelise's Angelic title was visible. For some reason it looked it was engraved painfully into her skin and didn't look like a normal tattoo…
Everyone went silent and stared at her. A clueless look came across her face.
"何! Nani! What!" she asked incredulously.
"皆無, 皆無. Kaimu, kaimu. Nothing, nothing," Yuki laughed.
"How –?" Kyo's jaw had dropped. "Do you train or something?"
Annelise smiled slyly, "I've told you all enough for one night… I haven't even eaten!"
Tohru gasped loudly. She looked as if she was going to kill herself from guilt.
"Don't worry," Annelise laughed. "I'll go make myself something!"
"Oh, Annie-kun!" Tohru cried. "I'm so sorry! I didn't pick enough vegetables for another dinner for you!"
"She can have mine," Kyo sighed, heading out of the room.
"Oh, no! I couldn't –"
"Eat it. It's probably loaded with leeks, anyways. Just promise I'll get to ride on your motorcycle!"
Annelise laughed, "Sure…"
Kyo nodded and left the room. It was silent for a few seconds.
"Kyo-kun isn't usually like this, is he?" Annelise asked, her eyes still on the doorway.
"No… Get to bed, Tohru," Yuki sighed. "It's getting late…"
"はい, お休みなさい! Hai, oyasuminasai! Yes, good night!" Tohru said, smiling as usual.
Yuki and Annelise left the room as Tohru prepared for bed.
"Good night, Yuki," Annelise said softly as Yuki left for his room.
"Sleep well," Yuki said, half laughing and disappearing behind his door.
Shigure had already got to bed because it was very dark downstairs. Annelise heard something on the rood as if someone sat down on it.
"Kyo-kun," she whispered.
She felt bad the Kyo had nothing to eat. She went back upstairs, brought down her Angelis book, and got to work…
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New chapter! One thing I must tell everyone who reads this, Annelise is not on steroids. My friend thought she was when I said she was muscular, but she isn't. There is another reason why.
- TAKAHASHI OUT!
NEW: Sorry about the confusion with these chapters! Just read Kiku-kun's review!