Me: A quick update (grins)
Kai: (sulking)
Tyson: He doesn't like his role in this story I see...
Me: o.o yes... oh and btw, things like relationships between with angels and charges will be explained when Kai gets curious and asks Tyson about it xD
Kai's red eyes went a little wide and they rose to look at the sky then at Tyson's unfurled wings. "Won't I be too heavy?" He questioned, frowning. Surely the angel's wings weren't strong enough to lift both of them into the air?
"Nah…" Tyson grinned, "I can carry you just fine."
The dual haired teen stared at their linked hands quietly, his feet shuffling as he mulled over his thoughts about all the sudden occurrences. He had an angel, a feathered protector of his very own, and this person was going to stay with him for as long as he wanted… or needed.
On his free hand, his fingers flexed, the palm sweaty. Looking up into the taller teen's deep blue eyes, he swallowed and whispered him a question, "promise you won't leave?" He wasn't used to asking people this in such a weak sounding voice, but he needed to know… that Tyson wasn't going to leave alone again. Although he liked his privacy very much, being lonely was a horrible feeling.
A tanned hand rose to cup Kai's face painted cheek gently, its twin gripping a similar sized pale one a little tighter in reassurance. "Of course I promise." Was the warm answer, sending little tingles of relief down Kai's being.
"Now…" The angel's hand fell away from his charge's cheek so he could lick his finger and raise it to the air, testing the wind speed and direction. "Conditions are good… you ready to go?" He grinned a little at Kai and his wing trembled a little at the prospect of a flight.
The dual haired teen looked apprehensively at the wings for a few moments longer before slowly nodding, wondering how an angel flight would be. He'd been on things like aeroplanes, but this was open air flying.
"Good then." Tyson commented happily, suddenly wrapping his arms around Kai's middle and expanding his white wings to their full extent, passing harmlessly through people walking by.
The younger teen had a few moments to take in the impressive size of angel's wingspan, spreading a good near 6 feet each in length. A few powerful beats of the large wings sent gusts of wind blowing; ruffling the two teen's hair and Tyson bent his knees. "Hold on." He murmured into Kai's ear.
Kai hesitantly wound his own arms around his angel's shoulder and unconsciously closed his eyes as he felt the taller teen push off from the ground, and his stomach plummet to his knees.
He could hear the powerful flaps of white wings, the wind whistling gently in his ear, and the steady, yet deep, breathing of his angel as he climbed in altitude. He was aware of the smooth sensation of flying in the open air, the speed wasn't too fast, but fast enough to be exhilarating.
Opening his eyes, he blinked a few times to get used to the feeling of wind rushing in his eyes. Squinting down, he saw the ground getting slowly more far away, the people and shops becoming unrecognisable.
"Okay?" Tyson asked, his voice louder than normal in order to be heard above the rushing wind. His wings shone in the afternoon sun, the shiny feather glistening in the sunlight. A single feather fell off, drifting on the air currents on its slow decent back to Earth.
Kai just nodded, trying to calm his wildly beating heart to get used to the feeling of flying like this. He could feel the adrenaline soaring around his system, making what a first in a long while. A tiny smile.
The bluenet grinned happily, feeling Kai's elation and happiness as though they were his own emotions. He stopped gathering height at a certain altitude, preferring to glide on the hot wind currents he could seek out. The wind ruffled his feathers, and whizzed through his long navy blue hair, giving him (and his charge) an incredible sense of freedom.
"Hold on a bit tighter!" Tyson called, tightening his grip around the younger teen and beating his wings as powerfully as he could, finding that he needed more power now he was carrying an extra weight.
Kai felt his eyes go wide as the angel performed a perfect loop-the-loop, before going into a series of stunts and air acrobatics. Tyson, it seemed, was a very talented flier indeed. He felt his small smile grow a bit larger as they swooped and dived, the wind causing no barrier to their flight pattern.
Frowning a little as they slowed into a more simplistic flight pattern of just swaying in the air, Kai called up to blue haired angel, "won't anyone see us?"
The bluenet shook his head, "when we fly, you become invisible just me." He explained, suddenly dropping into a heart-stopping dive, his wings folded to create a near perfect streamline position.
Kai, mostly in surprise, clutched tighter to his angel's shoulders as his stomach freed itself from his knees and his heart leapt to lodge itself in his throat. He pried his eyes open again to look at the expanse of his home city that they were flying over. He noticed the sudden drop in height and flight speed. He looked up at his angel questionably but didn't say anything.
Tyson, feeling his charge's curiosity spoke up, "where do you live, Kai?" He asked, scanning the ground.
"There." The dual haired teen twisted a little to point a large house on the outskirts of the city. A large expanse of grass stretched around it, one stone road leading up to the large main black gates from the bulk of the city itself.
Blue eyes went wide as they took in the impressive sight of Kai's home. The mansion was large, a good three stories or more, with extensive brickwork and stone detail. Ivy crept up some side of the house, the windows clear and huge, some covered by thick curtains, the others in dust.
Water pumped out of an intricate fountain, to be pooled in the shallow basin of sparkling water, the marble in was made out of slick and wet from the constant flow of water.
"Whoa, your house is huge." Tyson commented, swooping down to the front of the house and hovering in the air, scanning the building and the grounds. "Uhh… how are we going to get in?" He questioned, looking at his charge quizzically.
Kai pointed at an open window, the breeze flowing in to make the curtains move inside. "Through there. That's my bedroom so no-one will notice anything strange."
The angel nodded and flew slowly over to the window, hovering by the window sill and manoeuvring so Kai could kneel by the open window and drop in, his fall softened by the light bounce of the mattress on his bed.
Tyson followed soon after, sitting cross legged beside his charge on the bed. His wings folded neatly behind him, the wing muscles ached slightly from the slightly strenuous flight but not enough to cause annoying discomfort.
Kai fiddled with a lose thread on his sky blue simple bedspread, waiting for the exciting tingles from the angel flight to cease. Turning to Tyson he frowned at him, a confused glint sparkling in his red eyes before fading a few seconds later. "How does this… angel thing work?"
"Well… providing there's no trace of pure evil in you, you become an angel." The bluenet began, moving his right wing a little so he could preen the feathers as he explained to the younger teen. "Pure evil is a trace of personality." He explained to the curious feelings he felt radiating from Kai. "Pure evil is hard to come by though. Once you become an angel, you can get the choice of becoming a Guardian Angel or not."
Kai watched his angel tidy up his wings quietly, "so… even when you die, you're still living? In a way…"
"Yeah." A happy, gentle smile spread over Tyson's face, "so you see… there's no reason to be afraid of dieing, when there's something like this waiting for you. Plus, Ai Clouds, that's the angel realm, is really a beautiful place indeed."
"Don't you miss it?" Kai mumbled, looking at the carpeted floor with dull red eyes, "being down here with me instead of being up there?"
"It's beautiful… but kinda lonely." Tyson admitted, stopping in his preening to rest a hand on his charge's shoulder in comfort, "I mean… my mum and grandfather are up there and everything but my father and older brother are still alive… along with friends of mine I had to leave behind."
"So… you don't mind being down here then?"
"Nope." The bluenet shook his head, "I like it very much being down here with you." He smiled encouragingly at his charge, "you know… I think your parents are angels too you know."
Red eyes swung up to look at the blue haired angel, some sort of emotion Tyson found a little difficult to understand completely shining in there. "They're angels? Just like you?"
"Yeah! And, when I can, I'll take you up to meet them again… and see Ai Clouds." Tyson promised, squeezing the dual haired teen's shoulder.
Kai stood up, the angel's hand falling away silently. "Promise?" He murmured quietly.
A sharp blast of wind blew in through the open window, ripping a pure white feather from Tyson's wing and carrying it, letting it dance, across the silent room to brush against Kai's cheek.
The dual haired teen's hand raised up as the white soft feather landed neatly in his palm, light innocent in his hand.
"I promise." Was the quiet answer from behind him, warm and truthful.
A small smile etched it's way up Kai's face as the feather leapt off of his hand to continue it dance along the length of his bedroom
Hollow sounding footsteps echoed around the main entrance hall as Kai made his down the large wooden steps of the house. Everything in the main entrance room was made of varnished, dark wood. Some artistic detail had been painted a fine gold, and the light streaming in through the large glass windows reflected everywhere and off the large crystal chandelier hanging overhead.
Tyson stopped from where he was following his charge down the stairs to take a good look around, taking in the magnificent sight. Large, oil painted paintings were hung upon some walls, all featuring an old man with long dark grey hair and a scowl always on his face.
There was a few expensive vases dotted around the room, set upon large stone pillars, each complete with a gold plaque and a description inscribed on.
At the front of the room stood two very big oak doors, polished to perfection, right down to the two brass doorknobs near the bottom. Similar doors lined the left and right walls, leading into various rooms.
"Tyson?"
The blue haired angel snapped out of his awe to hurry his way down the rest of the steps to stand beside his charge. "Geez, Kai, your house is…."
"Had too much money spent on it?" The younger teen commented dryly, setting off across the marble floor towards one of the doors along the left wall, "my grandfather is never here but his selfish pride causes him to make this place look so over done."
"That's him right?" Tyson questioned, pointed at an overhead painting, "what does he do anyway? To have this much money…"
"He's a businessman." Kai answered quietly, and his angel could sense the sudden loneliness he was feeling, "a greedy one at that. All he cares about is power and his own wealth."
The bluenet beside frowned as he saw his charge's pale hand tighten around the brass doorknob, anger soon joining the lonely emotions the crimson eyed teen was feeling. He was quiet for a moment before opening his mouth to speak to the younger, "you're lonely." He stated, "I can see why, but…" he trailed off for a moment, a gentle smile forming, "I'm here now, right? So you can just forget about the greedy old man."
Kai turned his head a little to look at his smiling angel with slightly wide eyes, letting the now open door swing open with a creak. Staring into those deep blue eyes, shining with promise, he felt his entire body tingle with the grateful feelings of having someone like this.
"Thank-you…"
Buttoning up his sleeping shirt, Kai looked over at his angel who was seated on his desk chair, flicking though a school text book with wide curious eyes. The bluenet hadn't eaten anything while at dinner, even when offered, and he wasn't showing any signs of wanting to go to sleep either.
"Tyson… do you not need to eat and sleep?" He asked, finishing getting ready for bed, frowning a little in curiosity.
"Nah. I'm dead, so I don't need to do the things required to live." Tyson replied, setting down the thick book.
"You're breathing though."
"That's the only thing I need to do. For energy and stuff." The angel explained.
Seating himself on his bed, Kai looked around his humble room quietly. Despite having lots of money, his grandfather never spent much on his grandson. His bedroom looked a lot like an average child's room, rather than one belonging to a teen with a rich family.
"Tyson, how did you die?" He asked, mostly without thinking and blinked, eyes going a little wide at the rudeness of his question.
To his surprise, his angel didn't seem offended. Instead, he laughed a little. "Hey, don't feel rude, it's a perfectly ok question." He grinned widely at Kai, intended to reassure, "I died from a heart illness." He told him, "I dunno what it was; medicine wasn't so great back then. I developed it when I was twelve and it got worse." He shrugged, "I didn't get better, is all."
"I'm sorry." Kai murmured quietly, staring at his knees."
Tyson blinked, "hey… no need to apologise!"
"I mean I'm sorry about your death." The dual haired teen elaborated. "You died young… and unwell."
"Yeah…" The bluenet nodded, eyes downcast. "I died at sixteen…. About fifty or so years ago I should think" Blue eyes rose to look at the calendar hung up on the wall.
"Heh… you're old." Kai commented with a smirk.
"Hey!"
"Still…" Kai's smirk faded, "did you die in pain?" He asked quietly, sadly, as he pulled back the sky blue duvet covers to climb in.
"I did…" The older teen admitted, sliding off the desk chair to pad quietly over to his charge and sit beside him as he rested his on the white fluffy pillow. "It wasn't a nice death, then again… no death in pain is. But getting to do this because of it makes worthwhile."
Kai was silent for a few minutes, "how can you possibly prefer this to being alive?"
"Because when I was alive, I rarely saw my family other my grandfather, my friends had a tendency to travel around too. Plus, I was ill; it wasn't exactly a very nice life. I like much more being here to help you out and do something worthwhile than sit around and be lonely."
The dual haired teen blinked a little at his angel's mini speech but allowed himself to feel appreciation for what the older was saying.
Tyson smiled happily when he saw his charge's eyes slide closed, reaching out with a tanned hand to thread his fingers through the younger's lighter shaded locks. The soothing stroking seemed to help as Kai drifted off into oblivion.
"It was you…."
A sinister growl filtered Kai's ears.
He looked around wildly, where was he? Everywhere around was black, was he floating? There was no floor to stand on.
A smoky, wispy image of his grandfather smiling cruelly formed in front of him, "it was you…" the mouth of the apparition snarled, "you killed your parents! You did! It was you."
Kai shook his head defiantly, taking a step back, away from his grandfather's accusing face. "No…"
"You killed us Kai…"
He whirled around to stare into the mournful faces of his parents.
"I didn't…"
The mournful expressions turned nasty and accusing, "you did! You did! You did! You did! You did!"
The chant started up all around him, his family members, both alive and deceased chanting all together, index fingers jabbing at the air him. Kai covered his ears with his hands, trying to block out the words, "I didn't!" He cried, "I didn't…" his voice turned feeble, and he sunk to his knees.
"Kai!"
His head shot up, a new voice was speaking through the mouths of his family, slowly making the accusing shouts quieter.
"Kai, wake-up!"
One by one, the faces of his family faded away, first his grandfather, then his mother and finally his father.
"Wake-up! Come on kid…"
The blackness all around him was receding, transforming slowly into a bright, blinding white.
"You're having a nightmare! Wake-up, Kai!"
He knew that voice… "Tyson…?" He mumbled. He was just wondering how the angel was speaking to him when a sharp yank pulled out of the white oblivion.
Kai's red eyes snapped open to find himself sitting upright in bed, a pair of tanned hands clutching his shoulders. Looking up, he found dark blue eyes staring at him in concern. "Tyson?" He asked.
His angel pulled back a little to smile at him slightly, though it looked strained and worried across his face, "you were having a bad nightmare."
"Oh…" Kai's gaze fell to look at the bed sheets silently.
"You want to talk about it?" Tyson asked gently, sitting beside and wrapping an arm and around his shoulder to give him a one-armed hug.
The dual haired teen wasn't used to hugs and other signs of affection but he found himself relaxing in the comforting embrace. Raising his head to look up into the warm face of his angel and sighed. "It's not that important…" he murmured, feeling embarrassed about how he'd reacted to the dream.
"Hey… and that's why you seem so freaked out, right?" Tyson commented, a wing joining his arm as it too wrapped around his charge to hold him gently, "talking about it will help, you know." He could practically feel the guilt pouring off of the younger teen and wanted to help the best he could.
"It was about my family…" he broke off, and at the feel of his angel giving him a squeeze of reassurance caused him to take a breath and try again, "about my family… accusing me."
"For what?" The bluenet's tone sounded surprised.
"For the death of my parents…" Kai's voice was soft, and he kept his gaze firmly away from the angel's not wanting to see what the older teen's reaction was.
"Come on…" was the gentle murmur beside him and he felt a hand cup under his chin and tilt his head so he was looking back into the warm smiling face that made all doubts and negative feelings melt away. Kai wondered how Tyson managed to do it.
"You are not responsible, you do know that right? It was just a nightmare, it's not real." Tyson didn't pause to let Kai say anything, he just drew the younger teen into a hug, wrapping his arms around the alive one's body, his wings curling around the younger to keep him in a feathery enclosure of reassurance.
Kai's eyelids drooped a little as he found his cheek pressed to his angel's shoulder, the bluenet holding him gently; just to show he was there. Slowly, tentatively, he wrapped his own arm around his angel, returning the hug as he drifted off into a nightmare free sleep.
Red eyes crept open, and a pale hand came up to wipe the grit from the eyes as Kai sat up in bed.
The first thing that filtered in the dual haired teen's sleep filled mind was the memory of a blue haired, wing teen named Tyson. Brain not quite believing the vague memory, he swung his legs out of bed and looked sleepily around his room.
And was met face to face with Tyson, large white wings and everything. Shouting out in surprise, he jolted back. The angel mirrored the action, jumping back, scared by the sudden yell.
White feathers fluffed up and the angel's wings went floofy as his blue eyes went wide. "Geez! Don't do that!"
"Tyson?" Kai muttered, running a hand through his hair and gathering his thoughts. All at once, the memories from yesterday's events came flooding back and he sighed, just staring at his angel.
Tyson blinked at him for a bit, his wings slowly losing their fluffy appearance as the shock wore off, "you ok?"
"Yeah… I think."
Me: Finished!
Kai: (still sulking)
Tyson: (rolls eyes) review!