Sapphire Vixen
Author's Note-
Sun: Hey, everybody! I know I said I would put up Chapter 10 this thursday, but I couldn't wait! I'd bet neither could you, huh? And I wanted to make it up to you because the last chapter was too corny. Hopefully you like this chapter. It's not very long, sorry.
Oh, Odango, please update Proving Myself To You.
Please?
(puppy face)
I want to know what happens next! Oh, if you haven't read her story...read it! She's the amazing writer!
Chapter 10: Sugar-High
"One day, Fei was out. That day, she became frustated, and somehow was able to break the glass tube. She destroyed the laboratory, and she pushed me towards a rack of glass containers and I was stabbed. I fell unconscious. She entered my body, and she took over."
"Because she was my clone, she had the same abilities as I. Except she was stronger. She was able to turn either human or Firefox whenever she wished,and her appearance was different in Firefox form. Fei came back and saw me destroying the laboratory. But he did not recognize me."
"Then something happened. Something I should have figured out a long time ago. And...I ran away again, and after about a year...I met you guys." she said, slowly looking up. She smiled.
"But, what happened?" Ray asked, and Sapphire's smile disappeared. She stood again. She glared at Ray.
"No. I won't tell you. And don't even try to convince me, Kai." She said, looking at Kai. Then she started to walk towards the door again. "I've had enough of this."
She slammed the door behind her. Then the telephone in the kitchen started to ring. Hilary ran to the kitchen and answered it.
Everybody else remained silent. After a few minutes, Hilary returned to the living room.
"Guys, that was Mr. Dickenson. Our little vacation is over. He wants us to return to New York. We're going to meet him at the San Francisco International Airport. A car will come to take us there in half an hour." she said, turning around, walking towards her room. "I hate it when he plans out everything for us. It's annoying...You guys better start packing. Oh, someone go tell Sapphire that we're leaving."
Kai stood, and walked over to the door, but Max stopped him.
"I'll go get her." Max said, and Kai glared at him. Max leaned closer to him. "I don't think she wants to see you right now. You need to give her some time alone." he whispered to Kai, so only he could hear. Kai nodded and stomped over to his bedroom, slamming the door behind him as well.
Max smiled. Then he went outside, searching for Sapphire.
He walked over to the tree she always sat in, and smiled at her. She looked down at him with an annoyed face.
"I wish to be alone."
"Mind if I call you Saph?"
She stared down at him, surprised.
"I don't care if you call me Squeaky, Sparky, or Stupid. Just stay away from me."
Max grinned.
"Well, we're leaving back to New York. Would you like to come with us? It'll be fun with you as part of the team."
She stared down at him. He smiled again.
"But...won't I become a nuisance to you? I don't want to bother anybody."
"We would like you to accompany us. We travel alot, it'll be fun with you around."
She smiled. Then she nodded. He smiled back. She climbed down from her branch, and accompanied him to the house.
Sapphire didn't have anything to pack, so after about 10 minutes, everybody was packed up and ready to go.
They sat in the living room, waiting. Tyson chewed on a chocolate bar, Kenny tapped his fingers on his laptop's top, andMax tapped his left foot on the floor. Ray stared out the window every few minutes, and Kai leaned against the door, arms crossed, eyes closed. He would open one eye to look at Sapphire every few minutes.
Hilary had tied Sapphire's silver-gold hair in a ponytail, and gave her a long black dress and black stockings. She wore black shoes. Her wings had disappeared, so she looked like a normal teenage girl.
She leaned against the wall also, her hands clasped behind her. She stared down at the floor.
Nobody said anything while waiting for their ride.
After 15 minutes, two black cars stopped in front of the small house. They all grabbed their belongings, and entered the cars. Max, Hilary, Tyson and Sapphire went in one, and Ray, Kenny, and Kai went on the other.
Sapphire looked out the window for the whole time, staring at everything outside the window. She hadn't ridden in a carfor a long time.
After a few hours, they arrived at the airport entrance, where Mr. Dickenson was waiting for them.
"Oh, hello, kids. It's nice to see you again. Did you enjoy your break?"
They all nodded. He smiled, and then noticed Sapphire.
"Well...Hello! Who might you be?" he asked, and Sapphire backed away from him.
"S-sapphire..." she said, shyly. He extended out his hand, and Sapphire stared at it. Then she shook it.
Mr. Dickenson smiled, and said,"It is very nice to meet you, Sapphire. Well, we must go now, I have a very important meeting in New York. Hurry, our flight leaves in ten minutes!" he said, letting go of Sapphire's hand and walking inside the building. They all followed, and they all sat in one of the chairs in the waiting room. There were many people there, most of them were standing, looking out the window.
Mr. Dickenson had disappeared behind the crowd.
After a couple of minutes, he came back, with their tickets. He walked over to them, and handed each their own ticket.
"It's time for us to leave. Our flight will be departing soon." he said, leading them towards the gate. They soon boarded the plane.
Tyson and Max sat together, Hilary, Kenny, and Ray sat together, and Sapphire and Kai sat in different seats, alone. They both spended the whole time looking out the window, avoiding each other's eyes.
It was a long flight, and when the plane landed, reporters and fansswarmed the exit.
"Look! It's the Bladebreakers!" "Are you recording? Hurry!" "Katie Simms here, reporting from New York! The Bladebreakers have just arrived..."
Girls squealed, and photographers flashed in their faces. Mr. Dickenson shooed them away, but it was useless.
"Hey, who's the new girl?" "Hurry, you idiot! Press the 'Record' button!"
One of the fans, a green-eyed blond boy, popped out of the crowd, and stood in front of Sapphire.
"Hey, cutie! You available?"
She looked at him, wide-eyed. Then grabbed him by the neck.
"Do I look like a hotel room to you? What kind of nonsense do you speak about?"
Hilary whispered to her, explaining to Sapphire about boys and dating. Her left eye twitched.
"Oh..."
The she punched the boy in the nose, giving him a nose-bleed, then threw him to the floor. Then she kicked his left leg. Cameras flashed more than ever.
"Get lost, moron." she said, and started to walk again.
"Wow! That was some show! Did you record that, Mark?" "Katie here, live! A poor fanboy has just gotten a good kick in the pants! Literally!"
They all stared as the boy whimpered and crawled back into the safety of the crowd.
"Sapphire...that was cool and all...but why did you punch him?" Max asked, once they were out of the crowd.
"I felt like hurting something. And now I want food." she said, happy again. Then she gasped. "ICE CREAM! Let's all have ice cream!"
"We'll have some...after we get rooms at the Inn we're staying in." Kai said, dragging Sapphire away form a nearby ice cream truck.
"Okay..."
They stayed at one of the most luxrious, and expensive, Inns in New York. From there, Mr. Dickenson left them, handing Kai extra money. Once they each got their own room, and unpacked, they left to the mall.
"Where should we go first?" Ray asked.
"CANDY SHOP!" Max, Tyson and Sapphire yelled at the same time. The ran towards the candy store, and started looking at the candy. They stare wide-eyed at the two teenagers. Thethey followed.
Kai went up to the lady behind the register.
"Three of everything, please." he said.
"Are you sure? It will be...eighty-six dollars and seventy-six cents."
"I'm sure." he said, handing her the money. She went around the store, taking three of each kind of candy in the store, and putting it in a plastic bag. When she finished, she handed him two bags full of candy.
"Okay, let's go." he said, walking out of the store.
"WHAT?" Max, Tyson, and Sapphire said, together.
"Let's go. Now." he repeated, dragging all three of them out of the store. But Sapphire clung on to the doorframe.
"Noooo..." she whined, and then Kai picked her up, and threw her over his shoulder.
"Put me down! And let me go!" she said, squirming and banging her fists on his back.
He just kept walking on, until they got back to the inn. They all gathered in Sapphire's room, and he carefully placed Sapphire on her bed.
"Here." Kai said, handing her one of the candy-filled plastic bags. She looked curiously at the bag.
"What is it?" she said, looking inside of the bag. Her face lifted in happiness. Then she tackle-hugged Kai.
"Thank you, Kai!" she said, almost knocking him over.
Max looked into the bag.
"Whoa!"
"What's inside, Max?" Hilary asked.
"See for yourself!" he said, turning the bag over, it's contentswere droppedon Sapphire's bed, revealing a huge pile of different types of candy. Hilary, Ray, and Kenny stared wide-eyed at the mountain of candy.
"Hey, what about us? We left the store without buying anything!" Tyson pointed out, and Kai threw him the other plastic bag. Tyson caught it, but fell. It was heavy. Max hurried over to him, and picked up the bag. He peeked inside, and he smiled. Then he ran out of Sapphire's bedroom.
"Hey! That's mine too!" Tyson said, running out of the bedroom also, chasing after Max.
"Okay, I think we should leave Sapphire's room too. She's had a long day." Ray said, slowly walking out the door. Hilary and Kenny followed.
She smiled at Kai, hugging her candy-filled bag.
"Thank you, Kai." she said again.
"Hn." he grunted, walking out the door.
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In the morning, at 8, as Sapphire was eating breakfast downstairs alone, a bellboy approached her.
"Uhh...are you Sapphire Kinmoyo?" he said.
She stared wide-eyed at him. She looked around for the others. She didn't recognize anyone there.
"Umm, yes." she said.
"This came for you." he said, handing her a business envelope. He bowed to her, and left.
She stared wide-eyed at the front. In green, cursive letters, it said:
'To: Sapphire Kinmoyo'
She stared at it for a while.
"A letter for me? But...I've never given my last name to anybody...not even Fei..."
Her hands and fingers shook as she teared open the envelope. She found airplane tickets, money, and a small letter.
In the letter, the handwriting was written in the same way as on the envelope; cursive and green.
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.
P.S. : I have enclosed along with this letter, 200 American dollars in cash (just in case), and your tickets. There are6 extra tickets, also.
She stared at the letter, reading it over and over in her mind.
"'Come back'? I've never even been there!"
"So...are you going to invite us or not?"
She quickly stuffed the letter in it's envelope, and turned around to meet Kai's eyes.
She reddened, but smiled.
"What are you talking about, Kai?" she said, smiling, trying to cover up her fear.
But it wouldn't work on him. He had read the letter when he was behind her. He had seen her shaking.
"You know what I'm talking about."
She stared at him, and frowned.
"Please don't read my mail without my permission."
"You woudn't have told us."
"Of course."
"Shouldn't you be packing now?"
"Why? I'm not going."
"Yes, you are. And we're going to be there with you."
"I don't want to!"
"Sucks to be you then."
"What?"
"You heard what I said."
"You can't make me!"
"Try me."
"Pfft. Bite me."
He lifted her andthrew her over his shoulder, and walked towards Sapphire's room.
"I don't want to!" she repeated, squirming.
Then he suddenly stopped at Max's room, and knocked. A loud yawn, followed by a burp was heard inside, and then he answered the door.
"Oh...hey guys..." he said. He looked drunk. He was smiling mischievously, his eyes were halfway open, and his legs would wobble every few seconds.
"What happened to you? You look like a hobo." Sapphire said, looking over her shoulder to look at Max.
"Nothing...just (hic) had some fun...(hic)." he said, and collapsed on the floor.
Kai quickly put Sapphire down, and picked up Max. Meanwhile, Sapphire inspected Max's room. She found candy wrappers everywhere, and an empty plastic bag.
"Max! You ate all of your candy!" she exclaimed, picking up the empty bag.
Kai frowned. Then Max opened his eyes.
"Hey, Kai..." he said, looking up at Kai.
"What?" he said, glaring at him.
"Have you ever noticed that you hair (hic) is blue? My grandma had blue hair (hic) too...and a (hic) mustache!" he said, grinning.
They stared at him.
"You're grandmother had a mustache?" Sapphire asked. He nodded, and hiccuped again.
"And my (hic) great-great-grandmother had a white hair (hic)in her nos-"
"No! No more! Please." Sapphire said, covering her ears. "I just had breakfast..."
"Hey, what are you guys- Whoa! Maxie! What happened to you?"
They turned around. Tyson, Kenny, Hilary, and Ray were at Max's door. They stared wide-eyed at Max.
"Hit the candy kinda hard, didn't we, eh, Max?" Hilary said, poking him in the stomach. Max giggled.
"What's a Max? Its sounds funny."
They stared at him.
"You're kidding. Right?" Ray asked.
"I don't have time for this. Sapphire, go pack your things." Kai said, walking out the door.
"What? Where are we going?" Kenny and Hilary asked.
"Kai! I'm not going! I don't even know these people!" Sapphire said, chasing after him.
She stopped at his room's door.
"I'm not going!"
"The letter seemed very important. You're going, and we're coming with you."
"But-"
"Sapphire." he said, looking at her. She stared down at the floor. She closed her eyes and sighed.
"Okay. I'll pack and call a cab."
He smiled, and walked towards her. He held her in his arms, and laid a soft kiss on her lips. She smiled. He caressed her cheek, and she leaned her head on his chest.
He let go of her, and she walked to her room. Then she quickly put her clothes it in a small bag.
She stared out the window for a moment, looking down at the crowded streets of New York. Then she picked up the red phone on the her bedside table, and dialed.
She didn't notice that a pair of black eyes had stared back at her...
Author's Note-
Sun: Oooh...who could it be...who knows. I haven't exactly written the next chapter yet. Anyways, here's the next chapter preview!
He ran towards Sapphire's room, and opened the door.
"Sapphire, somebody's at the door-"
He had barged into her room, and he wished he hadn't.
Sapphire was there, sitting on her bed. Her back to him, with a white towel covering her, only revealing her back.
A scar ran across her back, and all her maids sorrounded her, rubbing a cream on her the wound.
It was deep, and the skin around it was pink. They all turned around when he entered.
Then the head maid, Riza, stood in front of him, blocking Kai's view. She towered over him.
"Isuggestyou wait outside..."
Sun: Oooh! He's gonna get it now! Emerald may not have killed him, but maybe Sapphy's maid will! XD