Il Ladro Matrice
Chapter 2:
Some Things are Lovely and Some Just Suck
Thank you to everyone who reviewed. I guess I didn't notice I made Driger so motherly. Too late to change it now but I think I like him that way. I think I made Draciel kind of… stupid. This chapter will be more focused on Kai since the last on was on Rei.
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Lawyer: Holds bible out "Do you promise to tell the truth, whole truth and nothing but the truth?"
Moonlight: Hand on the bible "Yes"
Lawyer: "Do you own Beyblade?"
Moonlight: "Yes!" Cackles like a maniac the sky began to get black with thunder and lightning striking "NO! NO! HAVE MERCY! I DON"T OWN!" Sky clears back to beautifully blue
The birds from the lushes outside world of Kai's window were chirping a happy melody. The butterflies flew their erratic flight above the treetops and flowers. The small animals scurried across the grass and munched on the berries and nuts in the trees and shrubs. The wind blew on the leaves, shaking to the rhythm the birds' song. People would consider this a beautiful day, a beautiful sight and a beautiful sound but not Kai Hiwatari. This was the ugliest and bothersome sight and sound he ever had to experience. He already had a migraine and now they were determined to just make the condition worse. First, Tyson ate BOTH pizzas thus starving him to death until he got home. Next, he was still planning a way to blackmail Il Ladro Matrice but he only came up with a couple of good ideas. Not very many and not very good. Finally, when he did get home it was twelve o'clock pm and Tyson was raiding the kitchen. He made so much noise that it kept Kai awake until he stopped which happened to be at three o'clock am. Now it is seven o'clock am and these disgusting creatures decide to sound all heavenly like and look all cute. This kind of situation is like hell when you're Kai. He needed at least six hours of sleep not four.
"SHUT UP YOU DAMN BIRDS WITH YOUR DAMN CHIRPING! AND YOU DAMN WIND! STOP BLOWING! I WILL KILL EVERY ANIMAL HERE IF YOU DON'T SHUT THE FUCK UP!" Kai yelled with all of his ferocity. He wasn't one to cuss but they made him so angry that he couldn't prevent the words from coming out.
The birds and wind ignored his protest and continued on. This was going have to be solved a different way now. Kai clumsily got out of the bed with a shoe clutched in his hand. He hastily pulled open the balcony doors in his room and stood beneath the rooftop above his window. He lifted his head and his right hand and took careful aim at the birds. He threw his shoe right into the head of one bird and it ricochet to another bird and hit it square into the chest. After that little moment the birds and animals abandoned the garden of the Hiwatari mansion. Even the wind stopped blowing. Hope they didn't really think I wasn't going to get revenge. Kai chuckled as he remembered the looks of the birds. Now I shall get three more hours of blissful sleep.
Kai barely rested on his mattress for thirty seconds when his door opened with a figure glaring in the doorway. "Hey Kai, wake up! I know you are awake because I heard you yelling at the birds, Tyson yelled into the Kai's already pain filled ears. "We have a major situation," Tyson screeched as he tried lifting Kai out of the bed but it was all in vain.
"What happened?" Kai released himself from Tyson and stood firmly on his feet as he waited for the details of the situation.
"Well it all started like this. Okay, I was going down the fifty-five steps of the second floor when-" Tyson stopped when he say one of Kai's eyebrows raise when he said 'fifty-five steps.' "Is something wrong with counting your long steps? It isn't hard to get bored in your house you know."
"Nothing is wrong with that at all, so continue." Yeah, right something is extremely wrong if you count the steps of a house. "Hurry up Tyson I don't have time to listen to you ramble if it isn't necessary."
"Yeah, so anyway when I got to the kitchen the most unbelievable thing happened." Tyson paused to see if Kai knew, looked in suspense or a least look like he cared, but no Kai looked bored to death and desperately wanted this conversation to be over with. "The door was locked and I smelled no kind of aroma of food. Do you think they don't like me anymore?" Tyson sniffed as he said the last part. Tyson could really be naïve about his little habits.
Kai really wanted his hours of sleep and really didn't want to her Tyson whine and complain so said something he will regret, "Tyson here go to get takeout somewhere." He said as he took out his wallet and handed two hundred dollars to him. Hopefully, this is enough since he spent all of his money. Idiot.
"Thanks Kai. You're a stomach savior." He ran out of the room before Kai changed his mind.
Kai went back in the bed as he thought of ways to capture Il Ladro Matrice and having Tyson pay him back some how. He never seen anything but the ebony locks of Il Ladro Matrice but he had a feeling he had some nice looks under that mask.
Meanwhile, Tyson was walking through the city passing by many shops with so much delicious things but not exactly what he craved.
A blonde boy was passing shops looking for things that could be handy for helping Draciel. Rei better have told Driger that I was working on was to help him. If Driger found out I was out in the city than I'm is going to get in trouble. Maybe oil, butter, baby oil, syrup will get him out. Okay maybe not syrup that will just make him sticky. His mind was so focused on ways to help Draciel that he didn't he was heading straight for a tree. Just when his body was going to make contact with the trunk his face made contact with a hand.
"Hey kid, watch where ya going." The person with the hand said as he looked at the stunned face of Max. He smiled and laughed at the blonde.
"What you laughing at? And don't call me kid! I'm fifteen. Older than you I bet," he grumbled in annoyance as his savior kept on laughing.
"Oh sorry it's just how can someone look straight at a tree, and not notice it then, is about to head right into it. You must wear glasses." The blue haired boy grinned at Max who seemed embarrassed about it as he blushed. He couldn't help but stare as his face got pinker. "Well my name is Tyson," he said so wouldn't feel so uncomfortable.
"Max. Sorry I gotta go and look for something slippery like oil. Do you know what store sells it?"
"Sure follow me, Maxie"
"Maxie?" Max questioned Tyson. He just met the guy and now he is calling him Maxie?
"Hope ya don't mind if you do I'll call you that." Tyson hoped he wouldn't
"Not at all, Ty." Max actually liked him calling him that. It made him seem special. Not special like mentally, but like in his features because he has green stripes on his thigh, arms, and cheeks. Or that he could speak with fishes, but because he was special to him in the heart. Though Max was told not to speak to strangers Max couldn't help but trust Tyson.
"Ty?" Now it was Tyson turn to question him.
"Hope ya don't mind if I call you that?" Max smiled as he walked beside Tyson.
Tyson smiled as he realized Max was repeating him. "Not at all, Maxie," then they walked off to find oil.
Kai was still in dreamland. He was on his one hour of sleep, with two or three hours left, when his friend Dranzer came into the room. She specked on the window with her orange peak. Kai got up again today and let her in. He petted his pet phoenix head lovingly while she chirped in response then proceeded back to his dreamland. Dranzer is the only bird he liked to listen to chirp. Her song was lovely and heavenly like an angel while the others were like the Teletubbies song and Barney song combined. Dranzer perched herself on the head post of Kai's bed and relaxed. She firmly slept along side Kai since she had been up all night herself hunting.
Rei sat down on the floor next to the Draciel. Rei would play cards or Rock-Paper-Scissors with him if it wasn't only his shell sticking out. His body was inside the hole. They thought why not break the hole and then Draciel could just find a new home, but he and Max protested saying something about the best spot and this was there home. Driger thought that what they were doing was immature but Rei understood that a home like his is also your coffin (A/N: I know I took it from Full metal Alchemist, kind of, but I have thought of that before just not dwelled on it. Besides, it seems fitting once you learn some things about Max.). Especially, if your parents lived there before. The only reason why Driger didn't destroy it was because he knew it was Max's parents' home. It held good and bad memories.
"Maxie really needs to hurry up before Driger gets here," worry was in his voice as he spoke. Just as he said that Max jumped out of the tree in front of him. Speak of the devil. His hands were filled with many brands of oil, butter and baby oil. A smile plastered his face as he dropped all of the products on Rei's lap. Rei eyed the objects and was kind of baffled about why he needed butter. "Is this butter for eating or Draciel?"
"For Draciel, of course. You said find something slippery to make his shell greasy enough to slip out of the hole, so I thought baby oil and butter would work. Your just jealousy of my creativity." Max lifted his chin in the ear and folded his arms obstinately.
"Sure and why do you smell so strongly of human? Were you trying to hide the smell with cologne? Max!" He knew Max liked to get associated with humans since they are both half humans, but never tried to hide it. The worst part was that he smelled powerfully of one human. If they were in a big crowd then, yes, he would smell like human but not just one particular human.
"He just helped me find the stores to get this stuff and saved me from running into the tree and getting bit by a dog. Oh and that time when the old ladies were ruffling my hair calling me 'angel' because it is blonde. And that time I almost fell into the pond. And- wait no that's it. See Rei, he just saved me a lot in one day and showed me directions so I smell like him that's all." He tried his best to assure Rei that what he said was the truth (which it was anyway) and didn't want him to hunt down his new friend.
"That doesn't explain why you tried to hide it." Rei believed what he said before but didn't see why he had to hide it.
"Oh we went into a cologne store and they happened to be giving out free samples. I love smelling good with expensive cologne cheap cologne stinks. I can't help it. I go take a dip to get the smell off."
Rei laughed at Max. He could never stay mad at him for long. "Let's go to Draciel before he starts crying again. After you take a dip though that cologne you chose stinks."
"I heard that Rei! I'm not crying I just despise being trapped in this hole. Being in this position isn't pleasant, mind you. And I'm not getting plump like Driger."
"Don't worry Draciel, we know you are skinny. So stop moving so we can apply the stuff we got to help get ya out." Max said as he shook off some of the water that still clung on to his clothes.
After an hour they were finally able to get Draciel out. He was so grateful he began doing his "Turtle Dance" which is basically him standing on two legs and shaking his tail, butt and arms to whatever song he was singing. This week happened to be the Elmo's world song. Rei and Max laughed as he sung, "La, la, la, la. La, la, la, la, Elmo's World." Draciel stopped when the song went "do-do-do" then danced again when he went back to "La, la, la, la." Rei and Max laughter became uncontrollable as he kept on singing. "La, la, la, la. La, la, la, la, Elmo's World," Stop "Do-do-do." Dancing continues. "Elmo likes his goldfish, his crayon too. That's Elmo's World." When the song finally ended (Thank the heavens) they were still laughing. None of them detected Driger watching until he cleared his throat and looked at them like all of sanity in them had escaped.
"Hey you like my new song of the week Driger?" Draciel asked as he sat down from exhaustion of the dance.
"No! That was utterly ridiculous. You will not see me dance to such utter nonsense."
"But if I do remember correctly I saw you swaying side-to-side and bobbing your head as you sang the Barney Song 'I Love You' or was that a hallucination?" Draciel asked all too mockingly as he looked at Driger straight in the eyes while holding a laugh.
Driger blushed as he understood he was seen by someone when he did that. "N-n-no. I don't r-recall."
"Right." The trio said in unison as they rolled their eyes.
"Anyway," Driger said as he got over his little secret revealed. "Today you must sneak into the home of Mr. Ookami. You have to steal 'The Print of the Wolf' I will not aid you for this task since it is unmistakably simple. Max you must began the exorcism of the 'The Light Within the Phantom' no later than seven days. Do you understand young ones?"
"Yes… old one." They snickered as they saw Driger twitch when they said 'old.'
"Than go prepare. Draciel come we must find Dragoon."
"For what?" Draciel hated traveling with Driger. He seemed to forget he was a turtle so he went slower and go tired quicker.
"He needs to guard the entrance of the forest with his wind power. As you may know no one enters this forest because they aware that it is filled with bit beast and magical creatures that will curse them if disturbed. It has happened numerous times before and the guardian must stay loyal to his duty to protect us. Now, come. We are off."
Kai walked into the library of his mansion. He needed to know when Il Ladro Matrice will strike and if he could make it in time to unmask him. The library was his thinking area. With the fire lit from Dranzer's flame, hot, freshly brewed tea aroma's filled his nose and no sound of Tyson than Kai could easily think. He knew that Il Ladro Matrice hoax weren't really a pattern and none of the objects had anything in common yet he stole as if he happened to like how they looked. This is more difficult than he considered.
"Kai I have a great idea for finding out where he will be at next." Tyson yelled as he pushed the doors open so hard they hit the wall, shook the room thus resulting in tea spilling all over Kai making him pissed. "Why don't you send Dranzer into the sky and then have her contact you with a radio or something when she spotted him like they do in the army."
Kai looked at Tyson like he had become dumber over night, but he thought of a better idea that originated from his idea. Maybe he got smarter overnight if he brain could contain the new cells. "What movie were you watching that involved war?" Kai knew he wouldn't think of something like that on his own.
"None I just sent Dranzer to spy on you sometimes when we were little and I wanted some cookies. You never knew." Kai was infuriated about the cookies when they were five. He always wanted cookies but never had any left because Tyson ate them all. He was suspicious that he took them. He tried to catch him but it never worked because he had Dranzer on his side. Now he had two reasons to get revenge on Tyson.
"Didn't you say yesterday that you knew what place he would go to nest from a 'reliable source' so why would I need to track him down?"
"Oh I just said that so you will actually do it." Tyson shrugged his shoulders like it was an every day thing. Now Kai had three reasons for revenge. Guess he didn't become smarter. Whatever, he'll have to track him down still then.
"Tyson call Kenny and ask him if he has any airborne devices for communication that fits on Dranzer. Oh and include that it needs to have at least three hundred meter distance. She is going have to search for them with her hawk eyes."
"Chief is still mad that you destroyed his grappling hook made out of a metal as strong as diamonds and as long as one third of Mt. Fuji."
"Tell him I have pictures of him naked as a baby and will post them on the internet. I'll give it back to him when I have all of the things I need," Kai said as he walked towards Dranzer. "Here, take Dranzer with you and be back in an hour. Il Ladro Matrice doesn't strike till one am. That's till another three hours. So be back in one. Also, tell him I will need those skates that are super silent but extremely fast and transform into shoes. And those night vision visors. Also, I'll need radar so I can keep up with Dranzer's location."
"What are you planning Kai?"
"Exactly what you said she is going to fly so high that La Ladro Matrice can't spot her. She has eyesight as well as a hawk so she can click a button to contact me and I'll follow her location. Eventually, I meet up with her and him. Have Kenny get a picture of the outfit and mask of him so Dranzer will know his identity."
"See I told you I was helpful," Tyson boasted with pride. "If I didn't exists than ya probably wouldn't survive in this world."
"Shut up and go!" Kai said as he walked past Tyson to his room.
"Fine but a 'Thank you superior one' would have been appreciated." Tyson yelled in defense to the rudeness of his friend. "Jerk," he muttered.
Rei had his black mask on, his black cape, his black hat, black heeled boots to make him seem taller, black gloves to hide fingerprints and black shirt and pants. Yeah he was a big fan of black. He used a black band to hold back his long black hair and tucked it inside the back of his shirt behind his cape. He never liked going on missions alone but if it was that easy then he won't need help right?
It was already twelve-thirty and takes Rei about ten minutes to the entrance of Mr. Ookami mansion do he took off early to inspect the security system.
He jumped on the rooftops. When he got to the mansion he say all off the lights were off and the only thing that seemed to protect the house was three dogs. Oh how Rei hated dogs. Viscous creatures that attack anyone they don't know. They could see a big Tyrannosaurs Rex twenty times bigger than them but they'll still attack and try to put up a useless fight. People call that dedication, loyalty and courage, but he say it as stupid, pointless, and idiocy. They suck. Cats are smart, lovely and curios creatures. But they don't let there curiosity get the best of them.
The windows weren't even locked and from the view from the outside of the window very few video cameras. This guy was very confident that his home wouldn't get robbed.
Kai plan was ready and it was twelve-forty. Dranzer was so high in the sky she couldn't be see but he knew her location from the radar. He was on the silent skates-shoes and was skating around the city searching for any possible signs of him. He kept looking and looking but still didn't find him. Dranzer didn't click the button on the radio so she didn't catch sight of him either.
Rei looked at the clock tower and say the hour hand hit one o'clock. Now it was time. He snuck in through the second floor window. He was able to avoid the stupid dogs by throwing a rock in a nearby bush. All three of the dogs went to it like idiots. He stood his ground as he tried to sense the evil aura of 'The Print of the Wolves.' From what Driger told him it was a portrait of wolf's prints scattered across the canvas the paw prints formed the face of a wolf. He finally caught wind of the aura and sensed that it was up on the third floor. Going up floors was difficult because you could easily be seen and had to make little noise since everything seems to enjoy echoing on the staircase.
He made it to the third floor and saw the aura of the painting coming from a nearby door. Rei walked inside of the room and peaked inside to see a sleeping form in the comforter. The paintings was placed aside the sleeping person's bed and he, luckily, was facing the opposite direction. Rei snuck up to the painting and say the paw prints. He snatched it and inserted it inside of his sack. He noted that the person asleep had red hair (A/N: You all know who he is now.) and seemed to be having a nightmare. Rei leaned forward to examine his face and say sweat beads pouring down his forehead. Before Rei could leave out of the window the figure grabbed his wrist, stood up and shock as he awoken from the dream. He eyes adjusted to the dark and looked at Rei. They stared at each other a while until he recognized the outfit and knew who Rei was.
"What are you stealing from me Il Ladro Matrice?" He said this a little above a whisper so no one will awaken and Rei could hear him.
"You are not frightened?" Rei made his voice deeper and an accent.
"You are stealing The Print of the Wolves, right? Well take I don't care. The thing is hideous and if it will upset my father than I will gladly hand it over to you."
Rei knew he shouldn't question and converse with the red head but he was curios. Yeah he knew 'curiosity killed the cat' but he couldn't help it. "Your father is Mr. Ookami, so why would you want to upset him? He is known for his charity and kindness." Rei sat down across the bed from him. Then, it hit him that he had a son named Tala. "You must be Tala."
"So I'm popular. But there are secrets about him that people are unaware of." Tala stood, and as Rei pondered on the possibilities that could be bad while Tala reached out a hand and removed the mask. "So that's what you really look like. You have quite a handsome face."
Moonlight: "Yeah I know evil cliffy. I couldn't help it."
Rei: "What I got unmasked that easy by TALA! It is understandable if it was Kai but TALA!"
Tala: "I'm a sneaky. Don't mess with me."
Kai: "How dare you touch Rei!"
Tala: "How dare you speak to me!" Tala and Kai begin fighting
Rei: "Go Kai-chan!"
Moonlight: "Whatever. I should have the third chapter up in February in the late though, I am in school you know. the third chapter will be called Dark Places and Scarishly Bright Places. I have Two essays and two projects die in one week so I'm kind of busy. Thanks to everyone who reviewed. Did I mention I only typed two thousands words? It isn't writer's block just busy and I'm sick. Great."