Sapphire Vixen
--By SunFireVixen--
Vixen: -insane maniacal laughter-
Don't mind me, i'm just extra happy today. First, thank you for all the reviews!
I'm adjusting to high school a little better, so i'll probably be updating My Guardian Angel II soon, for all those who read it. I'm currently finishing chapter 10.
A bit-beast appearance will be in the last chapters, for probably 2 chapters, supershark1. -sigh- We're less than halfway to the end, everybody.
Well, let's start already, I don't want to bore your with my ramblings. -wink-
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Chapter 37: Broken Peace
Fei typed on the computer swiftly, sending orders to Emerald.
"Haven't you had enough fun, Fei…!"
Fei let a handsome smirk crawl over his pale face. "No, not yet… the fun is just about to begin, my mischievous jewel-eyed angel."
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Ka yawned softly as he stared lazily at Sapphire as she slept. He smiled at her peaceful face. He lifted a hand to caress her pale cheek.
Her thin eyebrows furrowed, and she turned his way. She breathed softly, her chest rising and falling gracefully. Her breathing was soft, and the feminine bones of her collarbone rose with each of her intakes.
Her scarlet hair fell like a waterfall over her small form, and he brushed away a strand that had fallen across her face. Her small fox ears twitched.
Seeing her like this… she looked more like a mere fragile child scared of the dark.
His lips brushed against her soft light-red lips. She lazily opened one of her eyes, and stared at him. A small but pretty smile formed on her face.
His smile grew knowing that he was the first person she saw when she woke up from her dreams. One of her small hands reached up to touch his slate-grey hair, and instead he took it and held it gently before brushing his lips over her pale skin of her hand.
She smiled, and leaned forward to kiss his forehead. She rested her head over his shoulder lazily before Kai asked, "Feeling better?"
"Yes, just…tired." she yawned as she plopped back into her pillows and reached for her covers to wrap around herself.
She stared at her hands. "Where are my gloves?" she asked, looking away from her human hands and towards Kai.
"A maid took them…she said they were getting too small for you. So are your clothes," he responded, crossing his arms and putting his head on them on her bed.
"Oh…" she said lamely, and looked up at the ceiling. "I feel… dizzy."
"After-effects of sickness-"
"Weakness."
"Don't say that."
"I bet you never felt it when you were sick for the first time or second."
"…"
"See?"
"You have low self-esteem."
"I have a problem, I admit."
Kai sighed and took her small hand in his. Her eyes opened halfway to smile at him.
"Thanks for not agreeing with me, though-"
"I wouldn't do that."
A knock on the door interrupted them. Sapphire allowed the visitor come in, and a maid with jet-black hair tied in a high ponytail and dark teal eyes entered, carrying a bundle of neatly folded clothes in her arms.
She bowed to both Kai and Sapphire before she spoke, "Mistress, I've made your new clothes out of your old fur, are you feeling better to dress?"
"Eh…? Oh, yes," Sapphire said, sitting up. They both turned to Kai, and he smirked as he slowly stood.
"Please leave to let the lady change, Master Hiwatari," the maid murmured as he walked over to the door, closing it behind him as he exited.
He waited outside, leaning on the wall next to the door. He crossed his arms across his chest, and looked up at the ceiling, wondering.
'…I've made your new clothes out of your old fur…'
The sounds of the doorknob twisting open snapped him back out of his thoughts, and he turned to see the green-eyed maid exit. She smiled at him as he turned to walk in.
He found Sapphire looking at her clothing, her back facing him. She turned around to look at him.
She wore a long scarlet skirt that covered her to her knees, and a short blouse that only covered her chest and stopped at midriff, and long, big sleeves. Small claws were visible at the end of her sleeves, obviously her gloves.
"I just gave a new meaning to the word freak, moron, idiot-"
"I think its okay," Kai said, encircling her small waist with his arms. A red haze appeared on her face as she looked up at him.
He leaned down to kiss her exposed neck and she clutched his shirt and tried to push him away.
"Kai…the door's…open-"
"...and?"
"…and…someone could see us-"
"…so? Let them see-"
"Kai!"
Kai smirked as he pulled away, looking down at the scarlet haze across her cute face. Her blue eyes were pretty from his point of view, with the scarlet blush right under them.
"Not when people can see…" she whispered, wrapping her arms around him. He frowned, and she smiled up at him.
She released him from her embrace, and slowly walked to her dresser, where she calmly sat on her chair and picked up her brush. He stepped outside, where the morning breeze ruffled his slate-grey hair. His scarf blew weakly in the wind as he crossed his arms across his chest.
Sapphire smiled at his image in the mirror, as his usual scowl appeared on his face. She closed her eyes, continuing to brush her hair. She found split ends, and searched in the drawers for her scissors. She found them, and placing her scarlet hair in between the blades, she closed them. They fell to the floor, and she picked them to put them in the trash.
She stared into the mirror again, and found that her ears had grown longer, so they drooped at the side of her head. She stared at them with wide eyes as she moved them, hoping they really weren't hers.
Kai glanced black at Sapphire, to find her frozen, staring into the mirror in front of her. He stepped back inside, and stopped behind her, as she kept staring into the mirror.
"What's wrong?" He searched her face, and she slowly pointed to her ears. His eyebrows rose at her odd fox ears. She grabbed them, and tugged slightly, and she pushed them towards her face. They only reached up to her cheeks. They sat a little higher than her human ears, drooped low.
"Why are they like that? They…changed," she said, tugging one of them again. He fingered one of them lightly; to figure out they were extremely soft, softer than her previous fox ears.
She wanted to pick up the ribbon she always wore, but turning back to her reflection, she closed her eyes. She felt his hands around her neck, as he leaned down to kiss at her cheek.
"You're still Sapphire, and no matter what form you take, I'll always-"
"Am I interrupting something?"
They turned to the balcony, where Emerald casually stood on the ledge. Her clothes had changed too, though, her outfit now revealed much more.
A black tank top covered most of her chest, but stopped at midriff. Her dark blood-red skirt hung low, clinging a little bit below her waist. A scarf of the same dark color was wrapped loosely around her neck. She smiled menacingly as their stares turned to the object in her hand.
A tranquilizer.
"Fei!" Sapphire said, startled, as she stood up. A smirk appeared on her face.
"I miss you too, Sapphire," she said, but Fei's voice emitted from her mouth. She pointed the tranquilizer at Sapphire, and she stepped back, as Kai lifted an arm to cover her.
"What do you want now?" Kai growled, stepping in front of Sapphire.
Fei smirked as his little toy with a real gun aimed and fired at the blue haired teenager and then at Sapphire.
"Both of you."
Next, darkness…
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Sapphire was the one who woke first. She slowly rose, feeling pain in her chest, were the feathered dart had made contact. When her sight was back, she stared up at Fei, his smirk wide. She looked around, but did not see Kai anywhere. She sat on an metal table.
She glared up at Fei, before asking angrily, "Where's Kai? What have you done with him-?"
"He'll be alright… as long as you do what I say…" he murmured, lifting up her chin with one of his cold fingers, forcing her to look at him.
Her glare darkened as she stared up at him. "What do you want?" she growled, as she moved her head away from his hand.
Fei took out a small glass bottle from his pocket, and lifted it for her to see. A dark violet liquid swirled as he shook the glass bottle. She stared at it, then back up at Fei.
"I've fed blue-boy a liquid that I concocted myself… it paralyzes him for many, many, many days if he doesn't drink the antidote…" Fei murmured, inching closer to Sapphire.
Her eyes widened as he spoke, "…and the more days he is not fed the antidote, the greater is the chance of him dying."
Tears had started to gather in her eyes. "What do you want then?" she whimpered as she angrily wiped her eyes. His smirk grew as he stood straight, looking down at Sapphire.
"It's simple, very simple…"