Hey mates! Sorry that I didn't update sooner, I was gonna update on Friday, but I had a baby-sitting job that went from 6:15pm til 11:00pm! Got paid $4 per hour, which got me $18, which was alright. I was baby-sitting two girls, one's 4yrs old, the other is 10. I love those girls to death, they're so beautiful! Anyway, enough on my baby-sitting, job, let's concentrate on the matter at hand! Thank you for all of your reviews, and here's the next chapter!
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One Fateful Night
Chapter Twenty-Two: Feeling Frazzled
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"(Aya)……..(Aya)."
The girl stirred tiredly as she groaned softly. She rubbed her sleepy eyes before opening them to find out whom the owner of the whispering voice belonged to. She saw Kai's face hovering above her own.
"Kai? What time is it?"
Kai leaned in closer and captured (Aya's) lips in a sweet, tender kiss. "Too early for you to get out of bed, that's what time it is."
Kai gave (Aya) a gentle poke in the ribs. "Scooch over."
(Aya) did as she was told and held up the blanket as Kai crawled into bed next to her. Kai turned onto his side so that he faced (Aya) and wrapped his arms around her waist, pulling her close to him and holding her tight. (Aya) returned Kai's hug and tucked her head under his chin.
"Do you think you'll be ok today?" Kai said quietly, his breath tickling her hair.
(Aya) sighed as she nuzzled herself against Kai. "I don't know, I think I will be."
"I'll walk to school with you, if you like." Kai offered.
A small smile made it's way onto (Aya's) face. "Yeah, I'd like that."
"I'll wait outside of your school in the afternoon too, to walk you home, if you'd like that too."
"Yeah, I would. Thank you Kai."
"Welcome." Kai replied before kissing the top of (Aya's) head.
(Aya) tilted her head up to look at Kai and their gazes locked. (Aya) ran her hand up the back of Kai's neck and let her fingertips connect with his dark blue hair. Kai gave (Aya) a small smile as they both leaned in to kiss. The innocent kiss soon turned into a passionate one, which soon turned into a fiery make out session.
Unfortunately, their fiery make out session was interrupted by the alarm clock. (Aya) moaned as she and Kai continued to exchange passionate kisses.
"Kai………..I have to………..get up……and get ready……for…..school." (Aya) said between kisses.
Kai groaned. "Can't we just continue……for a little……longer?" Kai asked. then we won't…….be able to……stop." (Aya) replied.
Kai groaned again as they finally broke free from one another. "Alright."
Kai kissed her on the forehead. "Get ready for school then."
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As Kai and (Aya) walked to school hand in hand, they talked about incidents that happened during (Aya's) school holidays.
"Hey, remember when we first battled?"
"Yeah."
"And you threw me into a tree."
"I didn't mean it!"
"Oh yeah Kai, I'm so sure."
"Humph, whatever. And besides, it was payback."
"Oh, really?"
"Yeah."
"For what?"
"For that time when we battled, the first day we met. I knocked you into a pond, then walked over and held out my hand to help you out, and what do you do? You get an evil, bad girl glint in your eye and pull me in!"
(Aya) giggled at the memory and sighed happily. "It was the start of a beautiful friendship."
"Yeah, it was, but you're the one that made it beautiful." Kai said as he leaned over and kissed (Aya's) cheek.
(Aya) blushed as she smiled. "Thank you."
As she and Kai continued to walk hand in hand, a thought came to (Aya's) mind and she couldn't help but giggle at it. "Come to think of it, I was the one that made it friendly too."
"Hey….." Kai said, a slight playful tone in his voice.
"What?" (Aya) asked innocently.
"Someone had to melt your icy exterior, it was hard work, but someone had to do it, you started to be nice and then we both made the friendship friendly."
"Humph, whatever. All your talking's giving me a headache." Kai grumbled.
"Ah, shut yer neck!" (Aya) retaliated, playfully nudging Kai with her hip.
Kai's insides jumped at the feeling this sent through him. Kai forced the perverted thoughts out of his mind as he smirked and nudged (Aya) back.
"Hey, Phoenix, remember when we had that food fight?"
"And you ended up on the kitchen floor laughing in a fit of hysteria? Yeah, I remember that."
(Aya) laughed. It felt good to laugh; it was like being given the gift of freedom.
"I remember you sucking a grain of rice off my thumb."
Kai shrugged nonchantly and (Aya) felt the arm connected to the hand interlaced with his move with him.
"It was an excuse to break the physical barrier."
"Oh……so you're saying that, for all that time, you were at war against yourself trying to keep your hands off me?" (Aya) teased.
Kai however, smirked.
"Tell you what." Kai said, before leaning in to whisper in her ear.
"I'm still having a hard time now."
(Aya's) mouth fell open in a tiny "o" as she gasped silently, her cheeks flushing a pastel pink.
Kai's smirk broadened, enjoying every second of the reaction he got. To score himself some extra points, Kai leaned down and kissed the side of (Aya's) neck, just before licking it hungrily. (Aya) blushed tomato red and her (hazel) eyes widened to their full extent.
"Geez Kai, what were you? A vampire in a past life?" (Aya) muttered.
This got a small laugh out of Kai and (Aya) grinned, pleased. She knew that she was one of the very few that could make Kai laugh, if not the only one.
When school came into view, (Aya) sighed. She wanted to walk with Kai hand in hand forever, she didn't want to go to school and face the leering, lecherous Zane all by herself. Kai glanced sideways at (Aya) and knew instantly by the look on her face that she wanted to be anywhere but here.
"Beautiful day." Kai commented quietly.
(Aya) took in her surroundings and she had to agree. The sun was out, spreading its rays of warm golden energy everywhere. The sky was a perfect blue and there wasn't a cloud in sight. The occasional breeze blew past, and it was just perfect too. It wasn't winter chilly, it wasn't dessert dry, it was just right. Too bad that the perfect day was going to be ruined by a certain boy.
"Yeah." (Aya) agreed, almost sounding more quiet than Kai.
"Beautiful girl." Kai said, looking at (Aya).
(Aya) smiled as she turned to face Kai, their hands still joined.
"Thank you." (Aya) said, voice still quiet.
Kai smiled gently as he leaned forward and placed a quick kiss on her lips.
"You sure that you'll be ok?"
"Yeah, yeah, of course. I can do this."
"Alright. I'll be waiting outside at the end of school to walk you home."
"Thanks Kai, I appreciate it." (Aya) sighed as she hugged him.
Kai returned the hug and kissed her on the cheek.
"I gotta go now." (Aya) said, almost whispering.
Kai sighed and nodded to show his understanding. The both of them shared a sweet goodbye kiss, then Kai watched as (Aya) walked into school. And Kai continued to stand where he was at the front gate, acting as (Aya's) guardian angel for as long as he could, making sure that no harm would come to her. Kai watched (Aya) as she disappeared up the stairs for roll call when the bell rang, he watched her glance out at the people below as she stood on the balcony, then he watched her disappear into the classroom. Knowing that he could do no more, Kai sighed and turned around, beginning his solo walk back home.
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(Aya) bit her lip nervously as she let her fingers tangle with each other. The welt on Zane's face was still angry and red, and he was glaring at her darkly. She couldn't understand what it was about the icy look in Zane's eyes that made her so insecure. Why was he glaring at her with such anger? The look Zane usually gave (Aya) was smooth and sleek, and his mouth would be twisted in a too-smirky-for-anyone's-liking smirk. But today it was a look of pure loathing and hatred. It promised (Aya) pain and fear. And possibly……….death?
(Aya) shuddered at the thought and turned her attention back to the notes she was supposed to be taking down for Ohm's Law in Science. (Aya) racked her brain as she continued to write. Had she done something to make him terribly angry? All she had done the day before was fight off Zane's advances and told him that he ought to take a hike. (Aya) continued to think until her head ached in confusion. She could think of nothing that she had done to make Zane angry. Unless…………she was doing something to make Zane angry, but she just wasn't aware of it?
Out of curiosity, (Aya) turned her head to look at Zane again, who was scowling down at his textbook.
'Why did he want Holocaust from me anyway?' (Aya) thought to herself.
'He has a pretty rad bit beast of his own, why would he want mine? Who put him up to it? 14 year old guys don't ring up girls with sexual advances and threats, or steal their bit beasts for a hobby.'
/Voltaire/
(Aya's) (hazel) eyes widened. She had heard that voice somewhere, it had sounded so vaguely familiar.
/Boris/
The voice was barely a whisper, it sounded more like a weak, tired, hushed breath.
'Holocaust!' (Aya) thought wildly.
/Won't……….mustn't…….never…….give in/
'Holocaust! Holocaust, where are you? What have they done to you? Tell me!' (Aya) tried and tried, but it was no use, no reply came.
(Aya) sighed and cradled her head in her hands sadly.
'I must've been imagining things.'
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The next lesson was P.E, and (Aya) had to change into her P.E uniform, which was a grey, black and white polo shirt and a pair of black shorts with the school's initials stitched in grey and white on the hem of the front of her right leg.
Today (Aya's) classgot to work with the javelins. Yahoo, let the accidental stabbing begin! As (Aya) held the javelin back and focused on the green oval in front of her, she could feel someone walk up behind her.
"You seem to be concentrating hard, honey." A voice sneered in her ear.
(Aya) rolled her eyes. She could practically see the smirk on Zane's face, though her back was to him. (Aya) ran forward and threw the javelin as hard as she could, channelling all her negative feelings into the throw and putting them to good use. (Aya) then spun around and raised an eyebrow at Zane, showing that she was clearly not in the mood.
"Gotta problem?" (Aya) asked, making it very clear by the tone of her voice that she couldn't care less.
"Oh, tons a plenty. Would you like to hear them?"
"No." (Aya) said flatly.
"You don't tell anyone your problems. 80 percent don't care and the other 20 percent are glad that you have them. And before you ask, I'm a mix of the 80 percent and 20 percent."
With that, (Aya) turned back around to retrieve her javelin. (Aya) picked up her javelin and started to walk back, but then froze. Something was up, she could feel it. Suddenly, (Aya) jumped backwards.
A javelin stabbed into the ground in front of her, striking the spot she had been standing in only seconds before.
"MR HIWATARI!" Ms Skelly yelled furiously.
"YOU'VE GOT DETENTION WITH ME AFTER CLASS! WE'LL DISCUSS YOUR FURTHER PUNISHMENT THEN! YOU DON'T EVER DARE THROW ANY FORM OF WEAPON WHILE A PERSON IS ON THE FIELD! ESPECIALLY IN MY CLASS!" the P.E teacher ranted on madly.
The rest of the class cringed. Ms Skelly was shorter than almost all of the students and was skinny as, but she was as fierce as a dragon.
(Aya's) hands shook as she and Zane walked past each other. She heard him growl angrily and saw his deathly glare. (Aya) swallowed as she joined the rest of the class.
"Are you alright, (Aya)?" Ms Skelly asked, her forehead creased with worry lines.
"I'm fine Miss."
Ms Skelly gave a curt nod. "That's good. Bloody moody bugger, I'll teach him not to throw weapons in my class! You never throw a javelin or any form of weapon of someone is on the field, I made that very clear."
"What's gonna happen to him, Miss?" inquired one of the students.
"Oh, if I had it my way, he'd be drug out onto the street and shot! But since that can't happen, I'll put him down for a week's worth of detentions, have a formal caution sent to his parents and have him banned from practical P.E lessons."
"You're really taking this seriously, aren't you Miss?"
"Nathan, the kid may be new here, but he wasn't born yesterday! He knew that (Aya) was out on the field, he saw her. I saw him aim for her, that throw was deliberate and (Aya) was the target."
(Aya) shivered at this and turned away, worries clouding her mind.
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During recess (Aya) once again escaped to the library. After her encounter with Zane during P.E, she didn't particularly want an unwelcome visit from him. (Aya) walked up and down along the shelves, looking for any book that would jump out and catch her eye. She pulled out a book with the title, A Step From Heaven. It was about a girl whose family moved from Korea to America to start a new life.
(Aya) sat down on a cushioned chair and lost herself in the book immediately. That was the thing (Aya) liked about books. She could forget all her problems and the world around her as she floated into her own little daydream.
Soon enough, the sound of the bell for class met (Aya's) ears, bringing her back to reality. (Aya) sighed as she stood up and put the book back on the shelf. It was time for History class.
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(Aya) bit down on her bottom lip as she tried to stop her hands from shaking. It was just her luck that her History teacher was a sticker for strictness. It was just her luck that Mr Spinelli put his class in a boy-girl seating plan. And it was just (Aya's) luck that she had to share a textbook with Zane too!
(Aya) breathed deeply as she gripped her pen tightly and continued to take notes on Ancient Egypt. Zane watched the girl as he smirked. He was getting to her, making her nervous. Zane turned in his seat slightly as he reached under the table and brushed his hand up (Aya's) leg. This is where (Aya) snapped.
With her (hazel) eyes ablaze with rage, she swung her foot under the table, sending a painful kick to Zane's knee. Zane hissed and cursed under his breath as he gripped his knee. Mr Spinelli's cold black eyes snapped up into their direction. (Aya) acted as if nothing happened, while Zane continued to rock back and forth slightly, clutching his knee.
"Something the matter there, boy?"
"No sir, just a cramp."
"Well then, ignore it and get back to work!"
"Yes sir." Zane muttered through gritted teeth as he glared back down at his work.
Once the teacher was paying attention to someone else, Zane glared daggers at (Aya).
"You're gonna pay!" Zane hissed angrily.
(Aya) simply raised an eyebrow as she continued with her work. "Oh, I highly doubt that."
Zane growled softly before turning back to the textbook in front of him.
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When the bell rang for home, (Aya) bolted out of her Geography classroom. And when she ran out the front gate, there Kai was, waiting for her like he promised.
"Kai!" (Aya) cried out joyfully, jumping into his arms.
Kai stumbled back a bit, caught off guard. "Well, someone sure is happy to see me."
"You know it!"
Kai smiled slightly as he pulled back from (Aya) and captured her lips in a quick kiss. "So, how was your day?"
"Oh, it was alright, got creeped out by Zane and he tried to hit me with a javelin, but besides all that, I was alright."
Kai growled under his breath. "That bastard!"
"Hey, I'm better than I was yesterday, I can take him!"
"I have no doubts that you can't." Kai replied as they started to walk away from the school, disappearing into the crowd of students.
"The thing is, you shouldn't have to take him."
"Yeah, I guess. So, how was your day at home without me?"
"Mm…….quiet. A bit too quiet, and boring."
"Aw, what's the matter baby? Don't like being by yourself?"
"Not anymore, I don't." Kai replied as he tightened his grip on (Aya's) hand.
(Aya) grinned before planting a kiss on Kai's cheek and squeezing his hand in return. "So, did you train yourself to death?"
"Oh yeah, as always. Did you work yourself to death?"
"Hell nah! Today was mostly a bludge day!"
"How fun."
"Oh, it always is. It would've been better if you were there though."
"Aw, did (Aya) miss me?"
"Now what kind of question is that? Of course I missed you! How could I not?"
"I don't know, you tell me."
"Oh, Kai!" (Aya) sighed with exasperation.
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Well, there you go! Hope you enjoyed the chapter! And now that the school holidays are on for 2 weeks, I'll be updating more often! Ain't that good? And I suppose some of you are wondering when I'm gonna update my other stories. Well, I've decided to finish this one first before updating, so sorry for the long wait! And sorry about the chap being so short!
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