Hey guys! I'm back with another chappie of Devilish Desires! Haha so it seems like I've been living under a rock basically but here's my new chappie! Tell me what you think! Review!
Disclaimer – I don't own beyblade. Amber Benson, Ruin Mulryan, and Bethan Hudson belong to Zadien, Miyami Kinomiya belongs to ChibiTari/Unlucky-Star, Aspin Grant belongs to Animerle, Arista Beyleav belongs to ArcadaAvaLon, Sonia Martini belongs to Spitfire-Sae, Zareth Forest, Russia Kennedy, and Hanson Slade belong to Zimo. Kirby Lee-Preston belongs to Kindred Insanity.
Summary- Voltaire is the Devil. Hitoshi and Kai are his grandsons. Voltaire has to retire and is handing over Hell to Hitoshi. The catch is, Hitoshi has to find a mate so he can have other heirs when he has to retire. He meets Shahero, a normal twenty-one year old girl with a sharp tongue and a fiery temper. Hitoshi goes to Earth in human form to try to find a mate and he has his eyes set on Shahero, the only girl who wouldn't fall for him. He is determined to make her his.
Chapter 7- (Can't Get My) Head Around YouWhat the hell? Amber thought before quickly gliding down the ramp to come to a stop in the middle of the half pipe. Shahero was shaking with fury as she glared daggers at three guys standing in around her. Amber noticed her board in one of the guy's hands and scowled. She pushed past them to stand beside her friend.
"Well looky here boys, now we got two babes to play with." The one holding Shahero's board said with a nasty smirk. The other guys chuckled. One guy reached out to grab Amber but she slapped his hand away.
"Gimme my board back." Shahero said through clenched teeth. The guy laughed.
"Skate parks aren't for girls. So I don't know why you would ever need this." He twirled her skateboard in his hands before gripping it tightly and bending it slightly. Shahero screamed and launched herself at him, but the guy easily grabbed her and pushed her away again.
Amber glowered at the two guys standing in front of her and she slowly backed up a few steps. Shahero stood her ground and didn't move. One guy flashed Amber a nasty grin.
"What's wrong cutie? Scared?"
Amber snorted. "No. Dude you smell. Haven't you guys ever heard of deodorant?" Amber waved a hand in front of her nose and scrunched her face up in disgust.
Shahero snickered. The guys frowned but continued to advance on them and the girls continued to back up. Amber pressed her back against the wall, or what she thought was a wall. Unless a wall could grow arms, this wasn't a wall. She screamed as two arms wrapped around her waist and lifted her a few inches off the ground. Shahero pulled on the arm of Amber's captive to try to free her but his hand lashed out and sent her crashing to the ground.
"Mou, you're one prickly bastard aren't you?" Amber snapped, then yelped as she was tossed on the ground as well. Shahero struggled to get up while one hand clutched her stinging cheek. She accepted the hand that was offered to her but regretted it after when the guy yanked her to him. Shahero wriggled in his arms and tried to free herself.
"Lemme go!" She screamed. He twirled some of her hair around his finger.
"You know, girls aren't good at skateboarding, but they are good for sex." He whispered huskily. Shahero scowled and placed her hands on his chest to push him away. Her top half leaned back but he just brought her lower half closer to him. Shahero winced from the odd position she was in.
"Care to prove it?" She hissed.
"Why waste my time?"
"Alright. If you're scared that I'll kick your ass just say so." Shahero said haughtily, hoping he took the bait. He didn't. Instead he pushed her against the railing and grabbed her chin roughly. As he leaned in for a kiss Shahero spit on him and stomped on his foot. When he had backed up a bit she kneed him in the groin and watched in satisfaction as he doubled over in pain.
Amber was having a bit more trouble since she had two guys to worry about. They had backed her up until she started to lose her footing. The up ramp was right behind her and her roller blades were threatening to make her go stumbling down to their feet. They kept on advancing. God damn it just stay back! She screamed in her mind as she tried to scramble backwards but only came sliding back down.
"Damn it." She ground out in frustration. With one more futile attempt she finally slipped and fell on her back with a loud thump. "Owies." She winced and tried to sit up bit there was a hand on her chest that pushed her back down. She looked at the guy now straddling her hips and glared daggers at him. His hand was still pressing on her chest and she grabbed it and tried to make it move. She was able to take it about a few centimetres away from her chest before she lost her strength and his hand came back down hard and air whooshed out of her.
"Hurry up. I want a turn with the little bitch too." The other guy snapped impatiently. Amber screamed as the guy on top of her ripped the bottom of her shirt. She kicked and screamed, her small fists pounding against his chest as his hands gripped her breasts. There was a loud howl before the man was thrown off of her. Amber pulled off her roller blades and hugged her knees to her chest, rocking back and forth.
Kai was fuming. How dare that bastard touch what was his? Well technically she wasn't his yet but she would be soon enough. As soon as he had heard that Amber, Shahero and Bryan had left for Ireland he had gotten a ticket and flew over in the next plane. Hitoshi would be over here soon too. With some help from his grandfather he easily located them and hurried over. God, was he obsessed with her or what? He didn't know why he had the sudden urge to be here with her. He just did and well, here he was. And it felt like perfect timing too since she was just about to get raped. He had seen Shahero too but she looked to be handling things pretty well. Too bad Amber had been stuck dealing with two losers. Oh well, more people for him to beat the shit out of. Fun.
He had already knocked out the guy who was on top of Amber with a kick to the head and the other one was just standing there, frozen with shock. Too easy. He thought before punching him in the face and kicking him in the stomach. But he was far passed anger. His eye sight was tinted with red and as he looked at his hands he noticed they were glowing red like fire. Oh crap. Not now, not now, not now! He screamed in his head. He just had to transform into his demonic form right now didn't he? Damn these assholes for making him so fucking angry!
He sighed. He needed to calm down. He drew in some deep breaths. Both guys woke up, but one look at Kai sent them running. Kai smirked.
Amber drew in a shuddery breath as her eyes pooled with tears. In the distance she heard Shahero shout something before the sound of running footsteps. Did Shahero really leave her? She wouldn't, would she? She looked up as she felt heat near her right arm. She gasped as she looked up at Kai, or what she thought was Kai. There are not many people out there with two-toned blue hair. But the thing that surprised her the most was that a pair of horns had sprouted from his head and his teeth looked sharper, longer, and pointed. His skin was glowing red and his eyes looked like blazing red fires.
Shahero hadn't been making it up. These guys really were monsters! Amber tried to scream but Kai's hand clamped onto her mouth making the skin there feel like it was on fire. She felt a terrifying aura coming off of him and moving over her in waves. Was this what Shahero had felt? The feeling chilled her to the bone. It was scary.
"Are you ok?" He rasped. His voice was deeper, more booming somehow and scratchy. Amber shook her head and shifted backwards a bit, but only slid back down the ramp and closer to him. Damn ramp. Kai's brow furrowed with concern. "What's wrong?" Amber grabbed his hand and threw it away from her mouth.
"I'm staring right at a freaking monster, that's what's wrong!" Kai chuckled.
"Don't be scared Ember. I'm not going to hurt you."
"That just went in one ear and out the other." Amber mumbled and tried to stand up, but Kai pulled her back down. He studied her for a second. Amber felt the shiver slide down her spine as his gaze ran over her, but they weren't dark with lust, instead they were filled with concern.
"Are you sure you're ok? They didn't hurt you?" Amber snatched her hand back and tried a scowl.
"I'm fine, mother." She sneered. When he just continued to look at her, unfazed by her jabs, she sighed. "Thanks." She mumbled, then glared at him, expecting him to smirk. When all she got was a satisfied nod she huffed out a breath. How was she supposed to argue and poke jabs at someone who just decided not to argue and poke back?
"No problem." Kai leaned back on the ramp, stared at the sky and watched her out of the corner of his eye. "So you guys are visiting your mom?" Amber shrugged.
"Yeah. She's pregnant. Me and Hero are hoping for a boy so we can mould him into the perfect man." The words rolled off of Amber's tongue even when she hadn't meant to say them. Kai's brow rose. She was actually talking to him like he was one of her friends. He sort of liked it, even knowing she was just talking to him because she felt she should be thankful and she was too tired to care.
"Bet your dad wants a boy too. Or does he want a girl he can spoil?" Amber hesitated, obviously the subject of her dad was a touchy subject, but he was being so nice and he had saved her, even though she would never admit she had been scared shitless.
"My parents are divorced." She said with a sigh after a few moments silence. Kai looked down into her wounded eyes. He had the sudden urge to sweep her up and take her away, protect her from any harm.
"I didn't know my parents." He said, deciding since she'd indulged him he'd indulge her. Amber glanced at him, looked away because she didn't like the sympathy that spread through her, along with an ache to cuddle him. She didn't like or want sympathy, why would he?
"That sucks." Amber said cautiously after he didn't continue. Kai sighed. She was there, and he had already said it. She deserved an explanation.
"They died when I was younger, I live with my grandfather."
Amber snorted. "Yeah, in hell?"
Kai flashed a grin. "Where else?" Amber laughed. "Do that again." When Amber just stared at him he sighed. "You're laugh. It's rich and just makes you want to smile. You should laugh more." Amber just shrugged, looked away when she felt her face warm.
"I do laugh. Just not when you're around." She'd hoped it would insult him, or at least end the comfortable moment between them. But he just chuckled, his fingers toying with the golden tips of her hair. Amber shifted, swatted at his hands, and scowled. "Just because we had a civil moment back there doesn't mean I like you or anything."
Kai raised a brow. "Is that so?"
Amber nodded. "Yeah it is." Kai stared at her, her bottom lip jutted out stubbornly, drawing his gaze to it. Her cheeks were dusted with rose, a lovely shade against her dusky skin. Her eyes, almond shaped, thickly lashed, and tawny, just drew you in. And it was all framed by her silky ebony hair.
He swept his gave over her face once more before his lips came crashing down on hers.
oOoOo
"Get back here you bastards! Gimme back my freaking board!" Shahero barked at the three guys. One of them had her board and she was determined to get it back. Every so often they'd look over their shoulders and Shahero saw fear in their eyes, but she knew they weren't looking at her but at something behind her. She was too busy trying to keep up with them, as she had shorter legs, to turn around and see what, or who, was making them so afraid. They turned sharply at the corner and Shahero followed, only to skid to a halt as they reached a dead end. The guy holding her board threw it at her feet and she quickly picked it up.
"There you have your board, please don't hurt us." Shahero's eyebrows shot up in confusion.
"Um, ok?" She said slowly. They sighed in relief before pushing past her and running back down the alley they had run into. She scowled as she noticed a long crack down the middle of her board. "Assholes." She muttered darkly before turning on her heel and walking slowly back down the alley.
Her head shot up in surprise and she hurried down the alley as she heard a scream of pain. Then her foot hit something and she gasped as she tripped. She looked behind her and noticed the body of the guy who had stole her board. He was lying in a pool of blood. She screamed in shock and scrambled back and away from the corpse. She kept crawling backwards and screaming until her back met something. She pressed her back against it and stared in horror at the dead man. She had to get out of here.
Her stomach churned at the coppery smell of blood. She froze as she felt the familiar feeling of an evil aura washing over her. She hesitantly looked up as she heard a chuckle. Her eyes widened as she stared into horrifying glowing red eyes. It couldn't be. How did he get here? He was supposed to be in Bakuten, not Ireland! He yanked her up and pressed her against the cold, grimy wall. He held her there until Shahero could see his aura diminishing and his teeth growing back to normal. His horns shrunk back into his head and his eyes grew lighter until they were back to their usual burning light auburn gaze.
"Hi-Hitoshi?" Shahero questioned timidly. Hitoshi smirked.
"Oh yeah. Glad to see you know who I am."
Shahero snorted. "How could I not recognize your ugly face? Or could you call it that since it's practically a Halloween mask."
"Ha ha very funny."
"I thought so too. A real riot ain't it?"
"Nah. You know what I think's a riot?"
"Do I want to know?"
"Oh I think you'll enjoy it." Hitoshi replied with a mysterious smirk.
"Go on." She said cautiously. Hitoshi pressed his lips against hers and watched in satisfaction as her eyes widened before half closing and growing darker. She leaned against him and made the kiss deeper by wrapping her arms around his neck. Hitoshi smirked before pushing her away and watching as her eyes snapped open and her mouth opened to make a sound of protest.
"Right there. Your face when I stop kissing you is a riot. You want some more?" He asked, his smirk growing. Shahero's eyes widened in realization at what he had just done and she screamed in frustration. She lowered her head so he couldn't see the bright blush that spread across her cheeks or the disappointment that she was sure showed in her eyes but he saw it. "Hey don't be ashamed. I mean, how could you not want someone that looks this good?"
"Who are you talking about, the dead man lying on the floor? Cause there's no way that you mean you."
"I believe I am. And you know it."
"In your dreams you pompous prick."
"I know a way to prove it too." He said smugly as he pulled his shirt off and watched her. She couldn't help but stare at the rippling muscles and his six pack. She gulped and looked up into his smug light auburn eyes.
"You will never change." She hissed before placing her hands on his chest to push him away but he grabbed her hands and ran them up and down his chest, loving the feeling of her soft skin against his. Shahero's breath caught in her throat as she felt his muscles tense and relax under her touch. She felt as if she was being pulled into his heated auburn gaze. When he let her hands go she slowly pulled them away, still looking into his eyes with a dazed look. She closed her eyes and shook her head before opening them and taking a deep breath. She glared darkly at him before nudging past him and stomping down the alley. She didn't even bother picking up her board, after all it was cracked, what use did she have for it? She had a spare one back home anyway. Right now, she had to find Amber.
"Oh, Kaeto." Shahero stopped but didn't turn. "He's not dead." Shahero shrugged.
"Well, good to know evenmonsters havelimits." She walked back to the skate park.
oOoOo
Kai artistically parted her lips and slid his tongue in. Amber's eyes closed and she sighed contently. Her mind hazed and thinking became harder. She forgot about the form Kai was in. Kai wrapped his arms tightly around her waist, drawing her closer. He lay down, pulling her on top of him. His hands played with the hem of her shirt while Amber's hands slid up his chest and over his shoulders to wrap around his neck. Kai broke the kiss to let Amber gather some breath. He placed butterfly kisses down her neck and moved her shirt collar and bra strap away so he could kiss her shoulder. Amber sighed again and buried her face in Kai's soft hair.
"Amber we…whoa!" Shahero shouted before halting a little while away from the pair. Amber was brought back to reality, much to her disappointment, and stared up at Shahero. The mischievous glint in her sapphire blue eyes gave her the feeling she wasn't going to live this one down for a while. "Sorry to bug you two love birds over here, just gonna tell Ams that I'm heading home and that I'll miss ya when Ricky kills me. See ya!" Shahero snickered at the look on Amber and Kai's faces. Priceless. "So don't worry bout me I'll leave you two alone now. Have fun!" She called before turning around and jogging away. Amber should start screaming in three…two…one….
"Shahero!" Bingo! Shahero smirked. "Oh you're dead!" Shahero heard Amber's footsteps approaching fast behind her and laughed. She ran away from her enraged and blushing step sister.
Sure enough when she had gotten home, as soon as she stepped foot into the house Ricky was waiting.
"Taro, attack!" he shouted. His one and a half year old son latched onto her leg in a tight grip.
"Taro?" Shahero asked with a questioning look directed to her older brother. Shahero didn't get her answer since someone pushed her hard from behind and she fell forward. She was unable to catch her balance since Taro was clinging to her leg and his weight pulled her down. "Ten bucks says that was Amber." Shahero mumbled into the carpet before pushing herself up and helping Taro up. Sure enough, when she turned around Amber was standing there, snickering.
"Good job Taro." Ricky gave Taro a high five. Shahero crossed her arms over her chest and stared at her brother accusingly.
"The kid doesn't even know me and already you turned him against me."
"So? He hardly did anything."
"You suck." Shahero said lamely, but she snickered because it sounded funny. To her anyway. It was then that she heard the song Tipsy by J-Kwon pouring out of the speakers in the living room. Her face scrunched up in disgust. "What the hell is that?"
"According to Riley, it's music."
"You like rap?" Amber asked incredulously. Ricky shook his head.
"Nope. Riley does."
"Oh." Her eyes lit up as she heard the music change. Shahero had snuck away and changed the station on the radio. Now the Offspring were playing at maximum volume. Amber squealed and ran to the living room where she saw Shahero head banging.
Deep inside your soul there's a hole you don't wanna see Every single day what you say makes no sense to me Even though I try I can't get my head around youShahero cackled evilly as Ricky glared at her from the door. He stalked over to the radio and changed it back to Tipsy. Shahero ran over to him and changed it back to (Can't Get My) Head Around You. Ricky pushed her out of the way and changed it back. Shahero screamed in frustration and tried to get past Ricky but he was much bigger then she was and she couldn't. Amber tried to help but she was failing as well.
"You said you don't like rap!"
"I don't. But Riley's in the kitchen and she wants to listen to it."
"Fine! Cummon Ams." Shahero stuck her nose in the air and stomped off. Amber snickered and followed her. Knowing Shahero, she had a plan. "Which one's your room?" Shahero asked. As they walked down the hall she peered into each room.
"This one." Amber pushed open a closed door. Her room was as messy as she had left it. Shahero swiftly walked over to the stereo and turned the radio on. The Offspring was playing still and Shahero grinned at Amber while she jumped around, singing the familiar words.
All your faking (get up, get up, get up, get up)
Shows your aching (get up, get up, get up)
Shahero ran out of the room for a second then reappeared with her guitar. Shahero strummed along with the lead guitarist and laughed with Amber. Both girls knew that Ricky would be pretty pissed.
"Sing with me!" Shahero laughed as placed her guitar against the wall and climbed onto the bed. She started to jump.
Every single day what you say makes no sense to meLetting you inside, isn't right, don't mess with me
I never really know what's really going inside you
I can't get my head around youAmber had joined Shahero shortly and they were now screaming and laughing. Shahero almost hit her head once and Amber had fallen back on the bed with laughter. So Shahero had stopped jumping and was sitting on Amber's pillow pouting with her arms crossed over her chest and her legs folded underneath her. Amber laughed harder. Shahero looked like a little kid. She was kind of scrawny and really short and with her babyish features she sure could pass for one. It was one of those things that made her and Shahero so close.
Amber snickered as she remembered the fun they had in theatres, dissing the ticket collectors and throwing popcorn at the people who were talking. One time this guy sitting behind them wouldn't shut up so Shahero threw some popcorn back at him. The guy was such an idiot. He had leaned forward and said 'Oh free popcorn.' And stole a large handful from Shahero's bag, which earned him a punch in the face. It was really amusing how vile Shahero had been even then.
"So did you and Kai have fun?" Shahero interrupted Amber's trip down memory lane with her merciless teasing. Amber glared at her.
"Shutup." Shahero couldn't help but laugh. Amber's door opened and Ricky's head appeared.
"Hey you guys wanna go to this club I saw tomorrow night? I would say today but Treasa and Dad are having Aubrey and the kids over for dinner." Shahero shrugged.
"Sure why not." Ricky didn't wait for an answer from Amber as he closed the door again and walked off. "You comin?" Amber shrugged.
"Guess so."
"Amber, Shahero, dinner!" Treasa called up the stairs. Both girls hurried down the stairs. Shahero felt kind of separated from the family as she saw that relatives of Amber that she didn't know already crowded the table. Ricky seemed to be doing fine while he talked to the father, or who she guessed was the father. There were three kids, one she recognized as the girl from the skate park with the garnet eyes. Hiroshi saw the lost look in his daughter's eyes and got up. Treasa started at him with confusion.
"I'm just going to make sure Satu's ok." He murmured. Treasa nodded as she looked over to Shahero.
Shahero looked up as she felt pressure on her shoulder. She smiled at Hiroshi.
"Hey dad."
"Whats up, Satu?" Shahero faked a smile.
"Nothin." Hiroshi laughed and gave her a weak, playful punch in the shoulder.
"Don't think you're fooling your old man for a second." Shahero's shoulders slumped in defeat.
"I dunno. I feel sorta…left out." Hiroshi's ebony eyebrow rose.
"You got Amber and that young man that you came with, Bryan I think."
"Bryanny's locked himself in his room and won't come out. Yeah I know I got Ams but still…"
"A lot of people you don't know?"
"Yeah."
"And since when did that ever stop you?" Shahero smirked.
"You think it's safe to let the real me out so soon?" Hiroshi chuckled.
"I'll keep a straight jacket close by just in case."
"Gee thanks dad. I'll keep that in mind next time I go loopy." Hiroshi laughed.
"Oh boy, what trouble has Ricky got into now?" Hiroshi sighed and ran a hand through his unruly ebony locks. The hair only came back up in disarray. His hair had been like that since as long as Shahero could remember. It stuck up at odd ends but it gave a really sexy effect, not that she looked at her dad that way. Her mom had always said it. Shahero looked over to Ricky to see him glaring at a very put off Ethan. Shahero swiftly walked to Ricky's side, a challenging snarl on her face.
"What crawled up your ass now Ethan?" Shahero sneered. Ricky couldn't help but snicker at his little sister's rude comment.
"I simply asked Ricky to help set the table." He stated matter-of-factly.
"Is that so?" Shahero feigned a yawn of boredom.
"Yeah I know isn't that so stupid? I mean everyone knows that's a woman's job." Ricky snorted with disbelief. Shahero's glare turned on him.
"A woman's job, eh?"
"Hey no worries short stuff. You're just a kid." Shahero glowered at him, now fully ignoring Ethan even as he loudly cleared his throat to catch their attention.
"Everybody sit down, relax, and enjoy the show!" Amber exclaimed as she plopped down in a seat and watched the ongoing fight with interest.
"A kid?" Shahero snapped. "I'm twenty-one!" Ricky did a double take.
"Twenty what?"
"Open your ears jackass." Ricky held his hands up in mock defence.
"Oi, no need to get your panties in a bunch babe." Shahero bristled. What was it with Ricky and calling her babe or baby?
"First of all, don't use that phrase with me. I hate it. Second of all, don't call me babe."
"But I've called you that for like, forever."
"So? I'm our little sister for Christ's sake."
"So? You're family. I just call you that. I dunno why. It's just become a habit." Ricky shrugged it off nonchalantly. Shahero sighed.
"Whatever."
"Well its true. I used to say 'hey babe' to you all the time."
"Note the keyword in that sentence, 'used to'." Ricky shrugged.
"Well Shahero might have a problem with you calling her babe, but I don't mind at all." Riley purred as she slithered up beside him. Shahero scrunched her face up in disgust.
"Geez you two, get a room." Ricky rolled his eyes and gave her a brotherly kiss on the forehead before he pushed past her to get a seat at the table. Shahero's face scrunched up even more.
"Ew, cooties." Shahero teased. Ricky poked his tongue out at her. Riley captured it with her teeth.
When she released it Ricky muttered, "We're with the 'rents girl, save it for later." Riley giggled. Shahero rolled her eyes.
"Dear god, help us all." She mumbled as she took a seat beside Amber. The separated feeling she had before was gone and instead was replaced with the vision of how the family would react when they saw Ricky and Dad's eating habits. Shahero snickered.
Finally the food was served and everyone was in their seats. Shahero laughed at the bemused faces as Ricky and Hiroshi started to stuff food into their mouth with little or no manners.
"Oh my god, they're like another Tyson." The teal haired girl said with laughter. Shahero studied her father and brother and she nodded her head with agreement.
"Hey Ricky," Shahero called. Ricky looked up briefly, food sticking out of his mouth. Shahero snickered. "You missed some." She pointed to some place on his shirt and as he looked she flicked his nose making him jump back in surprise. Shahero laughed. "Works every time." She winked at the girl, whose name she'd come to find out was Kirby. Cool name. She liked it. The other two girls were her older sisters, Alyssa and Julia. The man Ricky had been talking to when she had first arrived was Amber's uncle Seth.
Ricky patted his tummy when he was finished and licked his lips. "Yummy." He commented. Shahero threw a drumstick into his plate.
"I don't want it." She explained with a shrug. Ricky eagerly tore into it. "He's my trash collector."
"Well we should let him eat Hitoshi and Kai then." Amber suggested. The cynical glint in Shahero's eyes grew.
"Now there's an idea." Ricky threw the clean bone back into her plate.
"My gift to you." Ricky grinned while he licked his fingers. Shahero shook her head and reached across the table to pull his fingers away from his mouth and wipe them with a napkin. Then she threw it at his face. Ricky grinned, his mouth and fingers clean now. "Thanks, mom." Shahero's eyes saddened and she looked away. She threw the bone back at him.
"I don't want it."
"You're not allowed to re-gift. That's rude." Ricky pouted.
"What's rude are your eating habits." Ethan said haughtily.
"Oh go back to New York."
"I'm sure your boss misses his little butt kisser." Shahero sneered, earning herself a sharp glare from Paige and Ethan. Shahero just shrugged. She heard Hiroshi sigh and caught him shaking his head in one of her swift glances. Amber snickered.
"You're so mean. He's your brother." She whispered. Shahero snorted.
"Unfortunately." The chicken bone stayed in Ricky's plate. He had tried three times during the rest of dinner to slip it back in her plate but one stern look from her and he pulled it back and whistled, pretending nothing happened. She'd just roll her eyes and go back to joking with Amber and Kirby.
They had brought out a birthday cake with candles alight on top and had sung Happy Birthday to Amber, even though it was a few days early they wouldn't see her for her exact birthday. Paige had excused herself early to put Saffron to bed. Ethan had avoided much conversation all night and excused himself after he helped clear the table.
"Such a gentleman." Ricky teased. All the kids escaped to the living room to watch some TV. Ricky tried escaping but Riley had called him back.
"Come here you big baby." She called. Ricky opened his mouth to protest but Riley gave him a stern look that sent him scampering after her. Shahero laughed.
"I think I know what to get Riley for Christmas." Shahero mused.
"What?" Amber asked with interest.
"A whip." Her lips curved with malicious glee.
"I'll get the shackles." Amber added. Shahero's evil smirk widened.
"Oh good idea."
"You guys are evil." Kirby laughed.
"I know don't you love it." Amber smirked. Shahero grabbed the remote and started flipping through the channels. She stopped as she saw Spiderman, the new version. Her lips curled up in distaste.
"I hate the graphics in this. It sucks." She spat.
"I know. Look at Mary Jane. Like c'mon, you only see those kinds of girls in playboy magazines." Amber agreed.
"I like the old ones better. I mean sure the graphics kinda suck but it's got a decent plot." Riley came sauntering in and immediately turned to Shahero.
"Ricky told me you're going to a club tomorrow."
"Yeah." She affirmed cautiously.
"I'm coming too. Now we have to talk about…" Shahero prepared to run but didn't have to since Ricky came in.
"Hey Riley, I'm heading to bed early, you coming?" He wriggled his eyebrows. Riley giggled.
"Oh god, get lost before we barf." Amber gagged.
"You guys are such children." Riley scolded.
"We are children." Shahero said with childish giddiness.
"You're twenty-one." Ricky added, backing up his fiancée.
"Well we're young at heart." Amber placed a hand on her heart. Shahero nodded and followed Amber's example. Riley rolled her eyes and shook her head.
"C'mon, Ricky." Riley tugged at his hand and they left. Taro came bounding in after looking after his parents with confusion. He had a toy car in his hand.
"What ch'ya got there, kiddo?" Shahero asked.
"Cara." Shahero smiled. Riley had told her all his words ended with 'a'.
"And who gave that to you?"
"Daddya." He kneeled on the couch beside her and started to make 'vroom vroom' noises as he ran the car over her leg and up her arm.
"Am I a road now kid?" She asked with amusement. Taro nodded with a wide, laughing smile. Shahero decided to leave him be. He wasn't hurting her or anything, just a small kind of tickling feeling on her leg or arm from the wheels. After a while he moved over and started to do the same on Amber's arm and leg.
"Well he's not shy is he?" Amber said bemused. Shahero laughed.
"With Ricky as a father, you've got to be joking." Shahero yawned and stretched, urging one from the other occupants as well. "I'm hitting the sack. I guess I'm a late jet lagger."
"Is that a word?" Kirby mused. Shahero shrugged.
"Prolly not."
"It's a Shahero word." Amber answered. Shahero left and briefly heard Amber bidding her good byes as well.
Amber knew that Kirby, Alyssa, and Julia were going to be leaving soon so she decided it was safe to head to bed. As she climbed into bed she thought about what had happened today. Kai…Amber's eyes burst open and she sat up straight in her bed. What was he? Was he some kind of alien? Maybe he was from another planet. Amber snickered. Maybe Mars…or Uranus! Oh she had to remember to tell Shahero that one. Amber pondered over what else he could be. Some kind of monster, maybe a vampire. Shahero would love that. She's always wanted to meet a vampire, or maybe a werewolf. Amber shook her head. He sure didn't look like a wolf to her. She closed her eyes and tried to picture him again.
His eyes, glowing red pierced the darkness in her mind and sent a chill through her. His hair waving from the intensity of the evil aura that surrounded him. His skin was tinted red. When she touched him his skin felt like it was on fire. His teeth, they were longer and sharper. And he had horns, black horns protruding from his head, barely hidden behind the crown of stone blue hair. She shivered as she remembered the terrifying feeling she felt when he was close to her. His voice, it was harsh and raspy and gave her the chills.
Amber opened her eyes but she could still see him as if the picture of him was burned into her mind. He had to be some kind of demon. Amber flopped back on her bed and sighed with frustration. She didn't know what he was. But what she did know was she was exhausted. She closed her eyes. She was just about to fall asleep when she heard the faint creak of her door opening. She had to force herself to open her eyes. She looked over to the door with sleepy eyes and groaned.
"Hero it's fucking," Amber looked at the clock on her bedside table and groaned again. " One o'clock in the fucking morning!" She exclaimed groggily. Shahero shrugged an apology and trudged over to sit on the bed. Amber saw the look on her face and sat up. "You ok?"
"Ams, what do you think Kai and Hitoshi are?" She asked quietly. Amber tried to stifle her laugh. Shahero sent her a questioning look.
"I was just thinking about that." Amber explained.
"I couldn't sleep. I just kept thinking about it. And when I tried to fall asleep I could see him standing there. His eyes…" Shahero let the sentence hang, her shiver finishing it for her. Amber nodded.
"I know." Shahero glanced up at her.
"You saw?" Amber nodded.
"Yeah. Kai." Shahero looked down again and twisted her hands in her lap. Amber took a deep breath. "Hey Hero, I'm sorry I didn't believe you. I mean I sorta did but…I dunno. I didn't know what to believe. I mean it's not like you to just make something up like that but it was so unbelievable." Shahero nodded, a tired smile spreading across her face.
"Hey no worries, I mean even to me it sounded crazy. You don't have tah say sorry." Amber nodded.
"Well I did." Amber yawned. "But did ya have to come so early in the fucking morning to talk?" Shahero smirked.
"Of course. Did you think I was actually gonna wait like a normal person for tomorrow?" Amber laughed. "Ssh." Shahero hissed as she heard a tired groan coming from another room. Amber successfully stifled her laughter by burying her face in her pillow. Shahero was silent again.
"You ok?"
"I don't like it."
Amber's brow furrowed. "What?"
"The feeling I get when he's around, I don't like it."
"I know it's really freaky."
"No just whenever I'm near him, anytime. Not just when he's turned into a…whatever he turns into."
"Oh." Amber didn't know what to say. She didn't have to, Shahero continued.
"It's like a tingly feeling. Almost like excitement, but it can't be that…can it?" Amber shrugged.
"I dunno." Amber just listened. Shahero hardly had these kinds of talks with lots of people. Most of the time it was Russia, Amber, or Miyami. Sometimes it was the others. Depends on what it was about. Right now, Amber was pretty sure it was one of those times when Shahero would just babble and forget someone was there listening to every word she said. Or at least sometimes they'd listen. Amber was snapped out of her thoughts when Shahero stopped talking. Amber just nodded and closed her eyes with a tired sigh.
Shahero knew that Amber didn't really listen when she was speaking, but she couldn't blame her. Shahero didn't really like to get sentimental. It made her feel kind of preppy. But sometimes she just had to get it out. She sighed.
"Well, enough playing the blonde haired bimbo, I'm outta here." She mumbled. Amber chuckled.
"Never say that again, it scares me."
"Night." Shahero walked out of the room, closing the door firmly behind her.
oOoOo
Shahero sat on her bed and strummed her guitar to some random tune she had come up with. Crumpled papers overflowed her garbage bin and littered her bed and other parts of her clothing covered floor. A pencil sat on a single flat piece of paper in front of her that had some lyrics scribbled messily on them. She banged her head on the wall lightly as her lips moved, silently singing the words to a song she had written.
"This is my world, do you see all the pain, the hate, the anger? She sits in her room, she's all alone, what can we do to escape this?"
She was thinking about how she would hide from Riley. There was no doubt in her mind that Riley already knew about the club and she was going to seek her out and give her a huge lecture about what girls would wear to a club. Then she would go about picking out clothes or going to the mall and then force her to wear it. Shahero sighed. Well if she had to wear a skirt Amber had to too.
"I'm crying, I'm dying tonight. I'm bleeding, I'm dying tonight."
She decided for most of the day she would relax. Maybe go for a swim in the pool, or play some PS2 with Amber and Ricky. Then she had to kidnap Taro and make him listen to some real music. Get him head bobbing and teach him how to start and/or join a mosh pit. Shahero snickered. If only the rest of the gang was here, it would be a whole lot more fun. Taro would probably have more fun with the guys around.
Shahero put down her guitar and climbed off the bed. She wondered if she packed a bathing suit. Probably not but its not like it mattered. Her normal bathing suit would be a pair of shorts and a t-shirt or a full piece with a t-shirt on top. But ever since Shahero got her new tattoo she got rid of the shorts and really long t-shirts. She got it the day they went to get the piercings done with Miyami. Shahero had changed her mind about the eyebrow ring and instead got another tattoo.
It was the Chinese symbol for rebel on her right thigh. She decided to wear a full piece to go swimming from now on since then was the only time someone was going to see her tattoo. She hoped anyway.
She jumped around the room and tried to find her bathing suit but couldn't. She realized her first thoughts had been correct. She didn't pack it. She sighed and went to find Riley. She'd have something for sure. Then she stopped. Was that really smart? She could just go in a pair of shorts and a t-shirt like she usually did. But she really wanted to show everyone her tattoo. But no one will even be in the pool. Shahero growled with frustration.
"Shahero! There you are. I've been looking everywhere for you." Shahero froze. Too late, Riley's here. Shahero took a deep breath before she turned around and faced Riley.
"Hey Rye."
"So anyway, we were interrupted last night. But as I was saying…"
"Um sorry Riley can't talk now. I'm going swimming."
"Isn't it a bit cold?" It was the beginning of March and it was pretty cold out, but Shahero could care less about the weather, she just wanted to go swimming.
"Nah." She said with a shrug.
"Ok." Riley sounded disappointed. Then her eyes lit up. For a second Shahero thought she was going to ask to come with her, but instead she said, "Well here let me get you a bathing suit. You don't have one do you?" Shahero hesitantly shook her head and slumped her shoulders. "Good. Let's go." Riley dragged Shahero to the guest room. When they entered Ricky was resting on the bed in his boxers. He grinned at the pair when he saw them.
"Hey Rye, Sen." Riley smiled radiantly at her fiancé and Shahero waved with two fingers.
"Yo."
"Wha ch'ya up to?" Ricky came up and wrapped an arm around each girl's waist.
"Oh I'm just getting Hero a bathing suit. She wants to go swimming." Ricky's eyebrows shot up.
"Hero? Askin you for a bathing suit?"
"She doesn't have one." Riley answered before she left them to search through some drawers. Shahero groaned. Ricky pulled her onto his lap when he sat down on the end of the bed to wait.
"Don't pick a bikini!" Shahero called to her before closing her eyes and resting her head against Ricky's chest. "So hows it goin big bro?" she felt him shrug.
"Same old, same old."
"Well that's interesting." She drawled. Ricky chuckled.
"I'm saving my entertainment for tonight."
"Really? I thought it was because you used up all your entertainment last night." She gave him a knowing smirk. Ricky just laughed and ruffled her hair.
That was what she hated and loved about Ricky. He could never be embarrassed. Even when she would make a stupid comment around his friends when she was young he'd just laugh and shrug it off. She loved it because when he was trying to get back at someone he would just shrug off some comment that would usually embarrass any other person and counter it with something that would bring colour to the other person's cheeks. She hated it because when she wanted to get back at him for something no matter what she said he'd laugh at her. Only Riley had the ability to make him embarrassed. They both looked up as Riley walked in. Riley studied them with a smile.
"Now if only I had that camera. What a perfect Kodak moment this would be." She laughed.
"Oh yeah, absolutely marvellous." Shahero grumbled sarcastically as she walked over to examine the bathing suit Riley had produced from behind her back. She sighed with relief, as it wasn't a bikini. It was a tankini. Shahero eyed the bikini bottoms and gave Riley a pointed look. Riley laughed.
"I thought you might not like those. So I got ya this instead." Riley threw the top and short swim shorts at her. She looked at them and shrugged. Not too bad. She'd live.
"Thanks Rye. I'll catch ya later." She waved before jogging out the door.
"Anytime Hero." She heard as she closed the door. She quicky changed when she got back to her room and grabbed a towel. Maybe Amber wanted to come. Shahero thought before jogging across the hall and bursting through Amber's door. She leaned against the door jam with a happy grin on her face.
"Jay-sus Hero. You're gonna give me a heart attack one day."
"Won't that be lovely."
"Well I see you're full of wonderful comments."
"What else do you expect from a wonderful person other then wonderful comments?"
"Maybe a wonderful personality." Amber smirked. Shahero glared playfully at her before running over and jumping onto the bed. Amber eyed her before she raised her eyebrows in question.
"Swimming."
"I can tell. In that?"
"I wanted to show off my b-e-a-u-tiful tattoo." Shahero stood up and turned to the side to show Amber her tattoo. Of course Amber had already seen it when she first got it but Shahero showed it anyway. Amber gave her a half hearted thumbs up.
"Great." She said before waving her off. She was blocking her view of the TV. Shahero crossed her arms over her chest.
"Well I was gonna ask if you wanted to go swimming with me but I guess I'll just leave."
"You do that. And shut the door behind you on your way out." Amber grinned at her briefly before turning back to her show. Shahero humphed and walked away. Alright, well that was a very Ambery way of saying she didn't want to come. Shahero chuckled. Ambery. She liked it. She quickly hopped down the stairs, seeing how for she could jump before she landed on a step and almost toppled over. Finally she landed on the bottom of the stairs and almost ran straight into Hiroshi.
"Whoa, calm down there sport." He laughed.
"Sorry dad, going swimming." Shahero smiled kindly before rushing past him. He caught her arm and examined her tattoo with interest.
"Hey Satu, how many of these do ya have?"
"Um, about three. See, one here," She turned to let her dad see the rose tattoo. "And here," she pointed to the one on her right arm, which was the arm he was holding. "And then here." She pointed to her thigh and Hiroshi laughed.
"Rebel, eh? That's my girl alright." Shahero grinned. Her dad was pretty flexible around things like piercings and tattoos. He had always wanted one and came close to getting one but in the end decided against it. 'Too painful,' he had said. Shahero nearly laughed at that. Dad could take the pain. He was a martial arts fighter and has put himself in critical conditions before. What was a little tattoo going to do to him? "Me and Treasa are going out for a little while, will you be ok on your own? I was just going to ask you and Amber if you want to come with us. But if you're busy…"
"Yeah I kinda wanted to go swimming. Ams might wanna hang with some old friends or family though. Thanks for telling me dad." Hiroshi smiled.
"So it'll be just you, Ricky, Riley, and Taro. But I think he went to the park with some kids and their mothers that he saw on the street." Shahero chuckled.
"Only Ricky could be that careless. Sending his only son off with strangers."
"It'll be good for Taro to make friends." Shahero shrugged and gave a slight nod.
"Yeah I guess."
"Now you have fun."
"I will. Catch ya later Dad."
Shahero hurried to the back of the house and slid open the back door leading to the backyard. Shahero looked at the glistening pool water. It looked cool and refreshing. Shahero threw her towel onto a chair and sat at the edge of the pool. She slipped her feet in to test the water's temperature before relaxing and just sitting for a while, letting her feet swing. She pulled her ebony and silver locks out of its messy ponytail and let it fall about her shoulders and a few stray strands falling into her face. She threw them back with a slight toss of her head then got up and moved to the diving board.
Normally when people go to the diving board, they would dive gracefully into the shimmering water but not Shahero. With a shout she ran and gathered herself into a ball, performing a cannonball. She broke through the surface with breathless laughter. She lay on her back and floated along the surface with the soft waves made by her cannonball. She floated for a while, enjoying the lulling sounds of the water crashing smoothly into the sides of the pool.
She was so relaxed she didn't even notice when someone else slipped into the pool.
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And that's all for now folks! Haha don't hate me too much, I'll post chapter 8 soon if people are nice. So review and I will update! I promise.
To my reviewers:
Zadien: Heyy I finally updated! And I still have to review…all your chapters! Lol I know this might not be the best scene for an Ireland fic but…well I've never been to Ireland haha I'll go one day. Anyway thanks for the review!
WindWitch: Glad you like the family, I hope they're colourful enough cause well we've got a bunch of colourful characters and I can't have the family being like the Brady Bunch or anything. Oh and great forsight in saying Kai and Hitoshi would follow them, damn I'm getting predictable. Lol Thanks for the review!
Achava: Hey, lol I love those emails! They crack me up, and I love the rain, great for inspiration if you ask me but hey everyones different. Thanks for the review!
Zimo: LOL oh man you crack me up. And you know what…I actually don't know what Russia is. I guess I'd say she's lucky, since she doesn't get to turn into some crazy demon and live in hell with Voltair 24/7, don't cha think? Lol Thanks for the review!
Lady Akuma: Hey, so sorry about you not understanding the skating parts, basically they're super skilled and are way cool at skateboarding D haha if you've seen Lords of Dogtown or Grind or any other skateboarding movie, you can just imagining them doing most of that stuff lol hope that helped a bit? If not really sorry. Thanks for the review!
eMiLy06: haha you actually thought I'd leave Hitoshi and Kai out of the fun? Nahhh haha as devilish as they are (no pun intended) we love them. Anyway hope you enjoyed this chapter, thanks for the review!
nise-anjel: heyy lol sorry I took so long to update, haven't found the time or inspiration, but I updated now! Lol thanks for the review! Enjoy!
Tikytikytavvi101: Hey thanks for the um…interesting review lol hope you liked this chapter!
Nukifu: Hey, I will thanks for the review! Enjoy!
ArcadaAvaLon: Heyy lol and Brooklyn is not the coolest person on the world, I am:shoots your ego: hey you told me to! Haha and sorry about the cliffie ending, I couldn't help myself, makes it more interesting and maybe I just like being evil D hope you enjoyed the cliffie on this one haha thanks for the review! Be nice and I'll update soon!
Twerp: Hey thanks, I always wanted an older brother but I got stuck with an annoying younger sister so I just live my fantasy sister/brother relationship through Hero and Ricky and the sister/sister relationship I have now through Ethan and Hero lol good thinking eh? Anyway thanks for the review!
Wanted: LOL Congratulations! For being the 100th reviewer you get the grand prize of…waiting another year for my next chapter! Lol just joking I'll update sooner I promise! Thanks for the review!
Feeding Ground: Don't worry I wouldn't leave out Kai and Hitoshi, so they have joined the grand adventure of a lifetime in Ireland! Lol thanks for the review! Hope you liked this chappie!
c-orruptiion: Hey, thanks for the review and sorry for updating so late, enjoy!
Randominsomniac: Heyy, wow everyone keeps asking that question lol yup he follows, he's just an obsessed little demon boy lol thanks for the review! Enjoy!
signourney: Hey thanks for the review, hope you enjoyed this chappie!
Rissy-Riss: I prolly killed you with waiting for me to update, but just for you, another cliffie! Haha I'll update sooner this time though. Thanks for the review!
Inguz: Hey, thanks for the compliments, I try haha sorry if I didn't read your fic, I just don't remember I've been just so busy lately I've barely had time to write myself lol I'll read it if I haven't asap! Sorry! Thanks for the review!
Moonstone-91: Heyy sooo sorry I took so long to update lol hope you enjoyed this chappie though! Thanks for the review!
Sun thief: Hey thanks for the review! Lol feel free to use Shahero, she's a part of the gang, we just use everybody lol and I try to use Miyami right! Just let me know if she does something that's not right? Lol hope your brother isn't that much of an ass, thanks for the review!
Not telling: thanks for the review and hope you enjoyed this chappie!