Sapphire Vixen

Author's Note-

Sun: First of all, Peanuts the red-caped super squirrel lied. I'm not dead. Yet. (pokes self in stomach) See? I'm still fleshy. Anyways, this chapter almost killed me. I stayed up until 12:25 this morning so I could finish this chapter. (yawns) As long as no one tells my mom, I'll keep on writing. XD Pfft. At least I got to see Inuyasha right after! Oh, Fei, is pronounced as 'Fey'. Everybody in the story is currently in America,somewhere in Yosemite National Park.Just so you know. Here's chapter 9!

Chapter 9: Feelings, Wishes, and Experiment Negative

Sapphire stood. She avoided their stares. Then the wings behind her vanished.

"All I can tell you is that wasn't me." she said, and added, "Now, who's hungry! I'm hungry!"

She happily skipped towards the kitchen. Tyson ran after her.

"MY FOOD!" he screamed at her.

Everybody just stared, wide-eyed at the two running teenagers.

Kia followed Sapphire towards the kitchen. They found both of them, Tyson and Sapphire already eating. They were having an eating contest.

In the end, surprisingly, Sapphire won.

"You're weak, Tyson!" she said happily, poking his stomach. After all that she had ate, she hadn't gained weight.

They all stared at her, and she smiled back. She sighed.

"I need to eat. My wings take up lots of my energy, especially when I heal myself." She jerked her thumb at her wings behind her, which had appeared again. then she continued. "And since I'm part human, and humans need food for energy, I need lots of food."

"What do you mean 'part human'?" Max asked.

At this, she avoided all of their staring eyes and instead stared at the floor.

Kai's Point of View-

/ Great. Something else she needs to hide. /

She stood from her seat and walked over to the door.

"Sapphire, you can't go out there-" Hilary yelled at her, but she had already gone outside.

/ Maybe I should go after her...She might get hurt. /

I ran after her, closing the door behind me. Almost everything was dark, but I could still see with the help of the full moon's light.

There was a small light shining in the trees, so I decided to chase after it.

/ This is idiotic. I'm in the middle of a forest, chasing a moving light in the middle of the night. And why am I here? I'm searching. After some girl. /

/ Heh. You don't really think about her like that, do you, Master? As...some girl... /

/ Not now, Dranzer. /

/ Alright then, Master. But just think about what I said. /

Did I really think of her as some girl?

My brain ceases to function at this question...

Sapphire's Point of View-

/ Stupid idiots. I hate them. I hate them all. /

I was walking in the middle of a forest, just thinking.

/ Well, maybe not hate. Much. /

Maybe they just want to help, but...I can't just blurt out my past. They'll think it's just like if it was some stupid 'I'm-sad, pity-me' story. They can't actually expect me to do that, now, do we?

I'll just evade my problems for now...

/ Or forever. Maybe I should just tell them... /

But what good will it do? They'll just feel sorry for me, then i'll be the one who will look like an idiot.

I decided that I should get back...they might worry.

That's when I bumped into something...or someone.

Yup. Someone.

/ And I hate you the most, you...stupid blue-haired boy. /

I didn't really thought of him that way, but he made me feel so bad, so stupid...yet...

This boy...he makes me smile, he makes me happy...he makes me think that life may just have a purpose, that life is worth living...

/ Stupid. I didn't want you to follow me. /

I actually was very happy that he had. I looked up at him, tears forming in my eyes again. And I ran up to him and hugged him.

He made me feel so happy.

And I felt him hug me back.

Kai's Point of View-

I hadn't noticed where I was going.

/ I could have gotten lost. /

But I didn't care. She was here. With me. I don't care what happens. As long as i'm with her, I'll be happy.

It was unlike me, to care about anybody. It was unlike me, to have feelings for someone. It was unlike me, to hold her. It was unlike me...to smile.

But she changed me, somehow.

My past didn't seem to matter anymore. Beyblading; it seemed ridiculous now.

All I ever wanted to do now, was to be around her, make her smile, hold her...and wish that she felt what I felt...

/ But what did I feel? Why wasn't I myself anymore? Why do I feel this way...? /

I hugged her back, and smiled. I noticed that she no longer had the Japanese calligraphy on her hands and arms.

I didn't understand. I knew myself better than anyone.

/ Then why don't I know what I feel? /

And I felt pain, in my heart...Why? I don't know.

/ Maybe it's because...you think she doesn't feel the same way as you do? /

/ Feel...? Feel what, Dranzer? /

/ You need to discover that on your own, Master, I'm sorry. /

Feel what?

I didn't understand. This made me so confused. It made me feel lost.

She looked up at me.

I was startled, I had forgotten I was holding her. Her white wings had disappeared again.

Then she smiled at me. I smiled back.

Her eyes were the ones that made feel confused...Her smile made me feel lost...

But I still did not understand what Dranzer had said.

What won't she feel? What do I feel, that she won't?

She leaned against me, and I placed my head on hers. I held her tighter.

I felt so happy there. Just holding her.

Nothing mattered anymore. She was there. That made me feel happy already.

Sapphire's Point of View-

"Sapphire?"

I looked up at him.

"Why do you keep secrets?"

I buried my head into his chest.

"I'm afraid."

"Afraid...of what?"

I couldn't hold on to my tears. So I closed my eyes. They threathened more than ever to fall.

"I-"

"Is it because...you think that whoever you tell, you feel they won't understand?"

I nodded.

"Will you tell me what happened? I don't want you to be afraid anymore."

/ He didn't want me to feel afraid anymore? /

I had longed for that for so much time...ever since I was five.

Normal Point of View-

Flashback-

A little girl in a white dress skipped in front of a three-story masion, in the backyard. She was picking flowers for her mother.

She finished picking the flowers, and she ran up to the backdoor.

"Mama! I got you a present!"

She skipped towards the kitchen. She wasn't there. She looked almost everywhere.

"Mama! Mama? Mama, where are you!"

She searched everywhere. Except her parent's bedroom.

"Mama! Close your eyes, I have a surprise for you-"

She burst into the room-

End of Flashback-

She didn't want to remember anymore. Her past frightened her. She had no desire to keep those thoughts and memories of that day. Or those...of Fei.

Sapphire's Point of View-

I didn't ever want to let go. He made me feel so safe.

Then he seperated us. He took my hand.

I looked up at him, surprised. Then I felt myself smile.

How much time had passed by, I didn't know. I didn't really care. He was there. He would protect me. He would be the one to save me from everything I fear.

Not Emerald. Not Fei.

Kai. Only him.

/ Maybe I'll give him a chance...Maybe...I'll tell him. Then, he'll understand. /

We walked back towards the house, holding hands. His hand felt so warm against mine, and I felt my face redden.

I smiled at him. He smiled back.

Kai's Point of View-

We walked in silence.

I squeezed her hand.

/ I wanted to be like this forever. With her. Only with her. /

We reached the house pretty quickly. It turned out that we had only walked a little bit.

We stopped at the door. I looked at her. She smiled. She let go of my hand, then she went inside without a word.

I smiled and followed her inside.

Normal Point fo View-

"Sapphire! Where were you?" Hilary asked Sapphire.

"Just...out for a walk. I'm okay, please don't worry." she said, and added, "I'm sorry, for what happened tonight."

"It's okay. But you have to explain to us what happened."

She sighed.

"Umm, okay. But I will tell you in the morning. I'm tired right now. I didn't get sleep at all." Sapphire said, yawning. Then she said, "But, where am I supposed to sleep?"

"You take my bed, Sapphire. I'l sleep on the couch." Kai said, he was leaning against the wall.

"Are you s-sure?" Sapphire asked. He nodded. She smiled at him.

"Well, now that that's settled, I think we should all go to bed." Ray said. Everybody nodded in agreement.

Then they all, except Kai, left to their own room.

"Goodnight everybody!"

"Goodnight, Max." Everybody answered back. Kai just grunted.

Then he took out extra covers from the closet in the hallway. He turned off all the lights, and then walked back to the couch in the livng room and lay down. He pulled up his covers, and closed his eyes.

"Thank you."

He opened his eyes in surprise. Two big light-blue eyes stared back at him.

Then she quickly kissed him on the cheek. His face reddened, but he smiled.

"Goodnight, Kai."

"Goodnight...Sapphire."

Kai closed his eyes, and Sapphire went back to Kai's room, and went back to bed.

In the Morning...

Kai had already left early in the morning, before the others, for a walk.

He headed back to the house, and saw Sapphire closing the house's door. She started walking towards the forest.

She wasn't aware that he was there, too. He chased after her.

"Where are you going?"

She turned around in surprise. He noticed that her wings were on her back, again.

"Nowhere!" she said.

"I thought you were going to explain to us what happened." he said.

"Uhh...I was! I j-just want to go...for a short walk!" she said.

"You were going to run away, weren't you?" he sneered.

She backed away.

"No, I wasn't! Don't accuse me of something I didn't do! Anyways, I don't want to talk about my problems. They're my problems. I'll handle them on my own."

"Just tell me."

They glared at each other.

"You expect me to tell you everything?"

"Maybe."

"Just leave me alone. I don't even want to talk about it."

She started to walk away, but Kai grabbed her wrist, and turned her around. She glared at him.

"You have to stop running away from your problems!"

She stared at him with a bored expression.

"Riiight. Well...if you don't mind, I think i'll be leaving now."

But he held on to her wrist tighter. She turned around and glared at him.

"Let go. Now."

He smirked. That's when she became mad. She yanked her hand away from him.

Then she grabbed the scarf around his neck and tied it all around his head. Finally, she stuffed the end of his scarf in his mouth.

His head looked like it belonged to a dead mummy's.

She giggled and skipped away towards the forest again. He quickly spat out the end of his scarf, and untangled himself.

Then he went the same direction that Sapphire had gone. After a while, he saw the same light again, the one he had seen early that morning when he had gone out to look for Sapphire. The trees grew thicker, and the light suddenly disappeared.

Kai ran faster, and when he caught up to where the light had disappeared, he stopped.

He stopped at the edge of a small waterfall and lake. Tall trees sorrounded the lake. A few tiny streams of light illuminted the area. Sapphire sat at the edge of the lake, her feet in the water. Her back was facing him. There was a pair of sandals next to her, on the grass.

That's when he realized that the light had come from Sapphire's wings. They had vanished again. She threw herself back, her eyes closed.

She still hadn't noticed he was there. Kai slowly and quietly approached her, and sat down cross-legged on the grass near her head.

He stared down at her and smiled mischievously.

Then he leaned down and kissed her.

She quickly opened her eyes.

His blue hair brushed against her cheek as he lifted his head. He stared down at her. She reddened.

"Payback." he whispered to her.

He smirked and lifted her head on to his lap. She smiled at him. He smiled back.

She closed her eyes again. He stroked her cheek, and brushed away the hair from her face.

Kai's Point of View-

She seemed so peaceful, with her eyes closed. We stayed that way for a while, in silence.

"Sapphire. We should go back now."

She opened her eyes lazily, and stared back at me.

"Okay."

She stood up, took out her feet from the water, and grabbed her sandals. She put them on her small feet, and started walking back. We walked back in silence.

Then she slid her hand into mine's. I looked at her. She smiled. I smiled back.

/ I wish I could tell you how much I like your smile. I wish I could tell you how much I like to see you happy. And I wish I could tell you how happy you make me feel when I'm around you. I wish...I could tell you...how much I like you. /

I squeezed her hand.

/ But...now I'm the one's who afraid. You look like you return my feelings, but how do I know? /

I looked at her. She was staring straight ahead, a smile on her face.

/ I wish I could make you feel like I do when I'm with you. /

She seemed so innocent. Whatever happened to her, she didn't deserve it.

Normal Point of View-

They finally reached the house. They slowly let go of each other's hand, and walked in. The rest of the team were all gathered in the living room, arguing. They stopped as soon as they saw Sappphire and Kai enter.

"Sapphire! There you are. So, are you going to tell us what happened?" Hilary asked softly to Sapphire. She slowly nodded.

"Good. We were worried about you." Ray said, smiling.

Sapphire sat down on the same couch where Kai had slept. She stared down at the floor, with pain in her eyes.

Kai put a hand on her shoulder. She looked up. Then she smiled at him.

She looked back at the others.

"First I want to tell you that...I'm not entirely human, as you have noticed. First, my Firefox form, where I don't have a single drop of human blood in me. Then there's my half-Firefox and half-human form. That is the one were I have my Firefox's ears, but otherwise, I would look like any other human. Finally, there's the form I am currently in. In this form, I posess an angel's wings, but like I told you, I need alot of energy in order for me to keep them. That's why I usually put them away." Sapphire said.

"According to the information I have gathered, Firefoxes are rare, aren't they?" Kenny said, looking up from his laptop. She looked at him. Then she nodded.

"Yes. That is correct. A Firefox is either born or turned into one." she answered back.

"And they can create fire...I've never seen you do that." he said curiously. She smiled at him.

"I can try...but I can only create small sparks. I haven't had enough training."

"Wait, you said that they are either 'born or turned as one'." Ray said, "Where you turned into one?"

"No. My family has passed it down to me. My great grandmother Topaz was the first one. She was the one who was turned into one."

She stared down at the floor again.

"Every female in my family from Grandma Topaz and down has married only their kind, Firefox. They feared that they would be left. Some were even betrothed to others whom they didn't feel love for. And I think one of my grandmother Topaz' grandmothers married an angel. And it's strange that only I have inherited my granfather's wings out of all of the females of our family. Not even their daughter had wings."

"That's one really messed up family tree." Tyson said, and Hilary bonked him on the head. Sapphire smiled.

"Well, that's just the beggining. My mother, being a Firefox, fell in love with a human. He had just come from America, and had come back to Japan to visit his family. He fell in love with her, and he proposed to her, but my grandparents wouldn't approve. So they ran away together. He was rich, and so they moved here, to America. Of course, my mother didn't tell him she was a Firefox, so they lived happily. But then I was born. My wings still hadn't grown, so he still did not know. But we both changed at full moon, into our Firefox forms. I remember that our curses were different when I was smaller, though. Back then, Mother and I use to turn into full Firefoxes under the full moon for one night. We stayed that way until daybreak. We escaped once every month, while he was still asleep. Mother told me never to tell him about our secret."

She sighed for a moment, then continued with her story.

"But then he suspected, when he had woken up in the middle of the night. I was four then. He didn't find either of us in bed, so he tried searching for us outside. But we came back in the morning, and he was worried."

Sapphire began to tremble. Kai squeezed her shoulder. And she continued.

"Then he discovered our secret." she said softly. Hilary gasped. Sapphire's lower lip began to tremble.

"We were okay for a year, then I turned five. He was still getting adjusted to it, but he always acted strange around us. He always found excuses to leave the house, or stay away from us. Four months after my fifth birthday, my father..."

Tears formed in her eyes. Hilary sat down next to her, and hugged her. But she pushed her away and stood up. Her hair covered her face.

"He couldn't take it anymore! He couldn't understand that Mother and I were different! My mother gave up safety and protection for that idiot! And...and he...killed her."

Everybody gasped.

"Is this the reason why you didn't trust us in the first place?" Ray asked her, pushing away her hair from her face. She pushed his hand away.

"Yes. But there is more."

Hilary pulled her back into her seat, and Sapphire relaxed. She stared hard at the floor, avoiding their worried looks.

"I saw him kill her. I ran back to my room and packed some of my things. Then I climbed down form my window. I ran away. And for 7 years, I lived on the street, with other children. Then my firefox's ears started to grow on my head. I couldn't hide them, so I seperated myself from them, and I lived alone."

"When I was 12, I met a boy named Fei. He let me stay at his home for two months, and in that time, we had already become really good friends. I trusted him because he seemed to understand me. He was my first friend."

He was determined to be a scientist. And he was already talented in it. He was a genius. A while later, he thought of the idea of creating a clone. Of me."

"We spent 8 months preparing. Then we finally finished it. We experimented, and that day ruined my life forever. Of course, my life was never perfect anyways, so it wouldn't change much." she said in a low voice.

"The experiment came out all wrong. The experiment was not able to have a physical body, it came out as some kind of ghost. Her appearance was exactly like mine's but her eyes were green. We put her in a giant glass tube, and we examined her for while. She was always angry, so Fei called her Experiment Negative. Her nickname is...Emerald."

Author's Note-

Sun: There you go! I'm so sorry if it's stupid right now. I'm in writer's block once again. I'll put up Chapter 10 next week, like always. Here's your preview!

Dear Kinmoyo-sama,

Mistress Kinmoyo-sama, we hope this came to you. To the point, we would like you to come back to Japan. I, Riza, and your other servants, have a important subject that we need to discuss with you. Your flight will leave from New York City, New York, at 9 a.m.in the morning. We will expect you at 2 p.m. at Kinmoyo mansion. If you have company with you, they may come. We hope to see you soon.

Sincerely, Riza Igurashi.

Sun: I wonder who the letter belongs to...Anyways, please review! Thank you!