Chapter 7: Shiva
"Shiva?" He questioned her as he got back inside of his Hummer.
Her smile was distraught and distant. "As you may know, Duo was Shinigami. The God of Death. I am Shiva. The Goddess of Destruction, the Destroyer."
"Hn," was his reply.
She stuided him as silence enveloped them ocne again. That's when she noted the small golden earring poking out of his messy chocolate blob that he called hair. She wondered if Duo had entered his clan.
"You're a werewolf," she noted aloud.
He glared and promptly growled. Then he noticed she was staring at his earring. He briefly touched it, before concentrating on the road ahead of them.
"What clan?"
"None."
Her eyes widened; seeing that she was appalled.
"No clan? How does one not have a clan when one is a vampire or werewolf?"
He sighed heavily and muttered, "I was thorn out on the street. I was adopted by Dr. J who forbade me from morphing."
His hands gripped the steering wheel ferociously, as if he was ready to strangle it to death.
She sensed something and her body tensed.
"Pull over," she commanded.
He looked at her, confused as to why she would want him to pull over when they were on a semi-highway street.
"PULL OVER!"
He pulled across three lanes of traffic and onto a nearby alley. Horns blared, fingers were flicked, and impolite words were screamed at the Hummer. He turned off the engine, staring at Duet. Her eyes snapped shut tightly, her arms were wrapped around her knees, hugging them into her chest for security. It was then he realized how captivating she was. He shook the thought from his mind and reprimanded it, telling himself that if was the Perfect Solider and he could have emotions.
She began to cry, unsuccessfully trying to stop the onslaught of tears. She caught his stare, causing him to undo his seatbelt, move to her, wrap his arms hold her fragile body and hold her. She completely lost control and began sobbing uncontrollably on his shoulder, fiercely clenching his shirt. He gently rubbed her back, seeing as he didn't know what else to do. They stayed in the same position until she had finally calmed down a bit.
"Are you okay?"
She nodded, still niffing.
"What news did you receive?"
"They didn't find anything," she murmured sadly as she sniffed.
Thinking of nothing else to say, "I'm sorry."
"Don't be. You have nothing to be sorry for. They tried their hardest," she told him, wiping away her ruined make-up job.
He waited until she had completely collected herself again and let go of her. Suddenly, it felt colder without her in his embrace.
"Where do I turn?"
"Right," came her muffled reply.
He raised an eyebrow, but turned right anyways. The path was an extensive, curing one, but he realized her house was in the mountains. 'Good area,' he thought. It was a wooden cabin near a waterfall.
She had fallen asleep. He got out, walked around the other side of the car, picked her up princess style and walked to her cabin. He looked around for a spare key; he didn't find one, so he knocked instead. A girl around the age of three answered the door. She had bright red hair that had been streaked orange and yellow. Her blue-violet eyes stared at him and then Duet in his arms.
"Chibi?" she questioned him, cocking her head to one side, the curl from her heart bun falling on her shoulder.
He could've fainted right then and there - this girl was left all alone at home?
"Excuse me, where's Duet's room?" he asked, wondering whether the child was Duo's or Duet's.
She pointed to the hallway. He stepped inside the comfy cabin and she closed and locked the door behind him. He found Duet's room - it had a black dragon carved on it carrying a silver scythe with crimson on the blade, creating the effect that it was dripping off of the blade. He opened it, placed her in the bed, took off her shoes and saw the little go into her room across the hall from Duet's before tucking Duet in. he sighed and walked out into the family-kitchen area. He took off his shoes, sat down on the black leather couch and flipped through the TV stations. Finding nothing worth watching, he promptly fell asleep.