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Well, you all really seem to want to know what happens next ("What will Kyo do?" "Beware of that katana, Yuya..." "OMFG! I can't wait to see what Kyo does!" etc etc), so, without further ado, on with the story!
Chapter Four: Demon Days
Alright, I admit that biting Demon Eyes Kyo's hand was not one of the most intellegent things I've ever done. Especially considering that I am now his "property". Anyway, I'm now sitting in a fairly spacious black sports car, still handcuffed and tied to my seat, and with my hair ribbon in my mouth.
I guess that you want to know how I got here? Well, after I bit him, he yanked his hand out of my mouth and pulled it back as if to hit me. I am very proud to say that I didn't look away or flinch. He glared at me for a minute before disappearing for a second, and he reappeared holding my rope. He gave a very sharp tug on it, and I stumbled forward into his arms. He used his empty hand to grasp the back of my neck and pulled me a little ways away from him while he wrapped some of the rope around me, successfully cutting off upper-body movement. He still had a subtancial ammount of rope in his hand, so he tugged it again, and he started walking, dragging me behind him.
"What the hell!" I'd had enough. Apparently, so had he.
He spun on his heel and snapped "What." at me. I was a little scared then. He just looked so angry! I just had to make sure I knew who I was dealing with.
"You... You're Demon Eyes Kyo, aren't you?" He raised a dark eyebrow, mocking me. "Well, aren't you smart." I glared back.
"Well, oh great Thousand Killer, why the hell did you buy me? Are you just going to kill me? Please, just get it over with. I-..." I stopped when he reached behind me and pulled my hair ribbon out, allowing my blonde hair to blow about. He held it out in front of me, staring at it. Then he glanced back at me, gave me this malicious little smirk, and the next thing I knew, I was gagged with my own hair ribbon. Which, believe it or not, was coated in Bantouji blood. 'I feel like I'm gonna puke. This is so gross.'
Anyway, he dragged me up the street a short ways to his stupid fancy car. He promptly tossed me in the passenger's seat (I'm sure it would've been backseat or trunk if the stupid vehicle had either). He then gathered up the remaining rope that he'd been using for a leash, and wrapped it around me and the seat, firmly securing me to it. I'm now tied to a leather seat. Well, I guess it's better than being tethered to a lightpost. Maybe.
Well, we've been driving for a while now, and we're far outside the city. We passed through a little town a little while ago, and now we're snaking up some winding little trail up a mountain. My day officially sucks.
One: I didn't get to plan any more of my igloo due to the fact that I've been bought by this son of a bitch.
Two: That damn watcher tied me to a lightpost.
Three: While tied to said lightpost, I was attacked by two ugly jackasses.
Four: I was saved from jackasses from one hell of a vicious bastard with a tendency to shred people who annoy him.
Five: Turns out that said sadistic bastard has bought me, and he tied me up, gagged me, and stuffed me in his car.
Six: Sadistic bastard and I are now driving around a mountain in the middle of nowhere.
Seven: I'll probably never escape, and thus my years of planning were for nothing.
Yeah, I'd say that my day really sucks. Actually, my life really sucks at the moment...
Wow, we stopped. Finally. Wow... well, we've arrived at this huge, traditional Japanese house. I've never seen anything like it. My bastard of an owner (god, that's a scary thought) stepped out of the car, and took his sword with him. I waited for him to walk over and open my door, but he just walked right past me and traipsed straight into the house. He just left me here! I tried to scream at him, but, one: I was gagged with my hair ribbon, and two: I was trapped in a car.
I can't believe him! He just left me here in this car! I could sufficate! I could die! How dare he! I am not going to die in a car, especially not his car.
I shifted around as much as I could, and I tried to get my feet up to the door handle. I was tied to the damned seat, so I couldn't go very far. The rope was quite secure, and I couldn't get my head down far enough to bite at the knot. I was stuck. I eventually forgot all regard for the pretty car, and I started to kick at the door. Eventually, my foot actually went a ways further than where the door should have been.
I looked up, and saw that my door had been opened, and not by the demon eyed bastard that "owns" me. I looked up and saw that weird, blue eyed man from my interview. What was his name? Oh, this was Mibu Kyoshiro. He smiled at me. Here I was, with my foot out a door, my kimono wrinkled, tied to a seat, with handcuffs and a hair ribbon stuffed in my mouth. And this idiot's smiling at me.
"Hello again." He said. I glared back at him. "I guess asking if you've had a good day would be rather pointless, now wouldn't it?" I let out a fairly unladylike snort. "Well, I kind of figured that Kyo would leave you out here. He's somewhat notorious for his bad manners. Oh, I'd better untie you, shouldn't I..." I gave him my best exasparated stare as he reached across me to fumble with the knot of my rope.
When he finally got me untied and unattatched to the seat, I reached up with my still handcuffed hands and removed my filthy hair ribbon. I don't think that this one can be salvaged. He mumbled about something like... "Kyo... you idiot... you can't just leave her in a car..." I was about to loudly inform him that I wasn't a parcel that needed to be carried around, when my handcuffs came off. He was holding them in his hand, smiling gently at me, like I was some sort of timid rabbit that was going to run away if startled. I don't know what his woman acts like, but I'm not going to stand for this. Yelling wasn't going to cut it here, and since my hands are untied... I reached over and punched him in the stomach. Well, at least, I tried to, but he dodged (I have no idea how), and it hit his arm instead.
And he yelped. Ha! I'd like to see him treat me like a kicked puppy again. I was about to tell him off, when he started laughing. Not a condescending laugh or anything, but a laugh like... like someone laughs when they're right, or when they win. It was a "My day couldn't go wrong if God started to hate me"-laugh. And that's not related in the least to a "Oh my god, this insolent woman just punched me even after I tried to be nice and untie her"-nervous laugh. And that's rather frightening. Is this guy insane or just dumb?
"Hahahaha, well, Yuya-san, let's get you inside and cleaned up. Your bath was ready half an hour ago, but Kyo picked you up late, as I thought he might, then he drove slower than his usual, which is more than a bit over the speed limit, and then he left you in the car. So, I apologize if the water's gotten cold. And dinner should be ready in a short while, so let me know if you want to eat with everyone else or by yourself." He just went on and on and on. All while he was talking, he was slowing walking up to the house. I supposed that I was supposed to follow him, so I got up and slammed the car door (I hoped to damage it as much as I could), and left my filthy hair ribbon inside and I hoped that a little bit of Bantouji blood has stained the asshole's fancy black leather seats.
I walked quickly to catch up with the strange boy who was now asking me what I liked to eat. I don't really know many kinds of food other than the gruel I've always been fed, so I just shrugged. I walked barely behind him, which was still very forward for a freshly bought woman. We're supposed to walk about five feet behind either our owner, or the lowest ranked man that we're in the presence of. We're supposed to remain behind him in his shadow (symbolic? I don't really care...). I've always taken to stomping on the heads of the watchers' shadows whenever I could. It's fun to imagine that it's the actual person and not just a shadow.
I don't really want to walk behind this man, even if his shadow does look rather tempting to stomp on... I want to get as much possible information about my new situation out of this guy asap. And the best way to do that right now is to watch and listen: I don't want to push anyone until I know who I'm dealing with.
"It's okay if you don't know what you like or anything, because there's lots of food around here. Mayumi-san is very nice, she'll make sure you have what you need. Mahiro-san is a very nice person as well. She can be rather temperamental when it comes to Kyo, you know. Sometimes I think that she really likes him, but sometimes she wants to kill him! Of course, this isn't my house, no, certainly not. My house is a little ways away from here, closer to Edo, you know. Closer to the cherry trees. I can't stay here very long though. I'll be here until tomorrow night, but then I have to get back to my house and Sakuya. Sakuya's my wife, you know." Does he ever stop? People that live here: Mayumi, Mahiro. People that live elsewhere: This Kyoshiro Mibu guy, and Sakuya. What will he say next? Probably a lot. We're inside the house now, and I guess he's leading me to my room? Or to the bath... I have no idea... "I'm only here because of you, Yuya-san. I wanted to make sure you adjusted properly. This is my master's house, you know. Muramasa-sama. He's very kind, I'm sure you'll like him." We're twisting and turning through hallways. If I was trying to remember where I came from before, I'm definitely not now. I couldn't remember all these turns if I tried. "He's retired now, though, so he's not training anyone else. I don't know how long Kyo's staying here this time, but I'm sure Muramasa-sama will like the company. Kyo doesn't normally live here either." I listened in now. Any information about Kyo is bound to be useful.
"He travels a lot. Stays at everyone's house but his own. I don't even know if he has a house. This means that you'll be traveling with him though. Don't worry, it's usually by car if he's going really far, but sometimes he just hides the car and walks to wherever he wants to go. He's a bit strange, isn't he?" I shrugged again, taking in all the information.
All of a sudden, the door that we were just passing slammed open, and there stood Kyo, glaring at Kyoshiro. If looks could kill, Kyoshiro would have never existed. I swear that the temperature in the hall just went down ten degrees in the last five seconds. I can barely breathe through the tension that just sprang up. I glanced to Kyoshiro and noticed that a forced smile had appeared on his face. He spoke through his teeth. "Why, hello Kyo. I was just showing your guest to her room. Someone forgot to make her feel welcome." Kyo sneered at him.
"So what? She's mine, why do you care what I do with her?"
"Kyo, you left her in your car, with a bloodied rag in her mouth." I decided that protesting about my poor hair ribbon would not be a good idea at the moment. "You have to take care of her, Kyo!"
"She'll live."
"She could've died."
"Good. Save me from the trouble that you gifted me with."
"Having a woman will be good for you, Kyo! I have Sakuya and I couldn't be ha-"
"I had Sakuya. That bitch was mine, and you fucking stole her from me!"
"Kyo, calm down! That's not what matters here!"
"It doesn't matter? Hn, if You hadn't stolen her from me, I wouldn't be dealing with this dog-faced wench." That was it. I don't care if they kill me, I refuse to be insulted like this and talked about like I'm not even here.
"EXCUSE ME? You leave me in a freaking car, and then you talk about me like I don't even have ears to hear you, and then you insult me again? Do you have no manners whatsoever! Grow Up! Both of you!" I was stopped from ranting further when a large hand clamped down over my mouth. I glared at the owner of the hand, Kyo, of course, and tried to reach him to hit him, but he was holding me at arm's length. His arms are quite a bit longer than mine, you know.
"Shut up, wench." He talked down to me, hand still covering my mouth, which was franticly trying to bite him, as his huge hand was also blocking my nose as well. Therefore, I couldn't speak, and I couldn't breathe. This guy has a thing for wanting to suffocate me! What's his problem? "You have no opinion when it comes to what I say and do. You'll do what you're told, because you're now my servant."I was dumbstruck as well as lightheaded now, and I started to struggle more, but his grip on my face held me far away from him, without letting me go.
"Kyo! I didn't buy her for you so you could use her as a servant and someone to verbally abuse!" So, now I know who to kill. This idiot was the one who actually bought me and gave me as a present to this demonic asshole who was currently killing me. The blue eyed man continued to lecture Demon Eyes asshole; I could see his mouth moving... but I couldn't hear what he said. Darkness was seeping through the corners of my vision, and the room dimmed around me. I struggled as much as I could, but the blackness only crept closer.
The last things I remember are my body going limp, a new male voice shouting something... it was short, maybe just one syllable... but it was jumbled and I couldn't make out what he said... and a pair of captivating blood red eyes that filled the center of my vision before my entire world went dark.
To Be Continued...
