Brand New World©
Chapter Six
Bells, Shields, Confessions, and Daggers!
Well… this is my first Fan Fic… and it is a Get Backers Fic…. So please Review and give me some feed back… THANKS!
Disclaimer:
Thread-Sage: I wish I owned Get Backers….
Ban: But you don't so ha!
Ginji: Don't be so mean Ban…
Thread-Sage: -crying-
Thread-Sage: But I do own the ideas!
Ginji: And the new characters!
Ban: Grumble…
Thread-Sage: So ha! I win!
Recap:
"…ah…" He said as he slid under the covers.
"…toasty." He said.
Shido smiled and walked out. He stopped at the doorway and looked back.
"Sleep well…" He said as he turned out the light, turned on the heater and shut the door.
NOTE:
The Preview for chap. Six was wrong…sry!
I awoke to the sound of pattering rain, and the smell of scrabbled eggs. I blinked my eyes. Testing my physical strength, I slowly stood up and walked around the house. I was still a little dizzy but, I had enough strength to walk to the kitchen.
The smell was powerful. It was a mixture of burnt food and good smelling food. Someone was not an expert at cooking.
"So…You're up I see." Shido said as he continued sauté the food. He didn't even have to look! That must be his beast master's animal powerful.
"…yea…must have been all that sleep that helped me get better I mean." I said as I walked over to the refrigerator. I bent down and pulled out a cartoon, of Orange Juice.
I took out the cartoon and pulled to a glass, and poured the OJ. I waited a second, and only a drop came out.
"You need more Orange Juice." I said throwing the cartoon in the trash.
"We are out of Orange Juice." He said, flipping the eggs.
I turned around and looked at him, puzzled.
"As long as you live here, you are a part of this…family also." He said looking over his shoulder.
"Ah." I said, looking in the fridge for anything edible.
"You want some pancakes?" Shido asked, putting about thirty on the plate.
My mouth dropped and three blue wavy lines went down my face.
"Well…sure, since I don't think you are going to eat them all."
Shido looked at me and gave me an evil smirk.
"Don't underestimate me. I can eat more than you think." He said smiling and going back to the stove to grab the eggs.
We sat down to breakfast, the sun beginning to pierce the white snow. We talked for a few hours, as we eat. We talked mostly about…nothing. About the up coming holiday, about other people, my family, Shido's family, and not much else.
When we were done, Shido instantly stood up and took my plate.
I looked up at him, blinking innocently.
"I could have taken them." I said standing up to help with the dishes.
Shido looked back, giving me an evil stare.
"You go back to sleep. Just because you have the will to recover, doesn't mean that your body thinks its right." He said, going back to the dishes.
I looked at him and turned around, walking towards the bed room. I knew I was tried.
Slowly, I swayed towards the bed, my vision blurring as I walked.
I shook my head, shaking off the sleepy feeling.
Slowly I flopped on the bed and slipped under the covers. IT was warm today, and the rampaging snow was beginning to calm.
I tried to pull my body up, to see outside, but the feeling of sleep overcame me, like invisible threads pulling me downwards.
Within seconds, I was asleep
Hours later I awoke. The sun was still out, but the clock on the side table said 3:14PM. I slid out the bed, my body feeling a lot better, almost perfect.
From the side of my eye, I saw something. A letter.
Cocking my head to the side, I opened it.
Touzoku,
Had a mission to do at the last minute. Will pay a lot. Be back at around 3:00AM. Stay sleep. Kazuki will be by to check on you at around 3:00.
Shido
I looked at the letter.
"Well, its past three now." I murmured standing up. As if on cue, there were three knocks on the door.
"Coming." I said, walking over to the door. It seemed that my body was finally better.
I opened the door and there stood Kazuki, a scarp wrapped round his neck, and a wool hat on his head.
"Hello." He said smiling.
"Hi." I said moving aside, allowing him to pass.
He walked in and looked around.
"Never knew Shido lived in such a… interesting place." Kazuki said forcing a smile.
He was right, though. It was interesting. I was not the largest apartment, actually it was leaning towards small, but it was nice.
He had a kitchen, a bathroom, a bed room, and a small living room. Enough for one person.
"Yeah, but there is only two of us. And its not like I'm going to stay here forever." I said looking up and flashing him a smile.
"True." Kazuki said.
"Seems that the storm had finally gone to sleep." Kazuki said, and he was right.
We stood in silence for a few moments no one saying anything.
"Hey, Shido asked me… no, told me to take you somewhere." He said turning around, his auburn hair twirling.
"So where do you want to go?" He said his pools of brown staring at me.
I looked up and the ceiling, and put my hand to the chin.
"How bout the…. The Ramen Noodle Bar?" I said. Ramen noodles are tasty.
"Ok." Kazuki said, fishing his keys out of his pocket.
I walked over to the hanger and picked up Shido's coat that he lent me. We walked down the stairs and outside, to an Acura, a red Acura.
" Nice." I said, lying.
"Thanks. He said, clicking the key and opening the door. I walked around, opened my door and sat down.
Kazuki started up the car, and we were on our way.
"The closest Ramen Bar is about fifteen minutes away. Shido's apartment is pretty out of the circle." He said, keeping his eyes on the road.
"I've never been out of Shido's apartment." I said, staring out the window.
"Not much to see." Kazuki said, stopping at a traffic light.
"If you have never been to Tokyo before, then it is a lot." I said, looking over a him.
The next ten minutes we drove in silence. I don't think it was actually a fifteen minute drive, since we were there in about two. Or maybe it was my mind playing tricks on me.
"Here we are." Kazuki said, stopping the car. We stepped and walked over to a looming restaurant.
We walked in and seated our self.
We sat in a booth next to a window, about five from the car.
A waitress walked over and gave us two menus.
She walked over, five minutes later and asked us what we wanted.
"I'll have a bowl of plain noodles, please." Kazuki said, flashing her a smile.
"And I'll have…. Chicken and Rice Ramen…. And some water." I said, looking up from my menu.
"are you sure that's all you want?" Kazuki said, looking concerned.
"Why did you ask?" I said, the waitress hopping we would buy some more.
"Well you look like a growing boy, and you are pretty sick. Order as much as you want." Kazuki said, putting down his menu.
"Are you sure?" I asked.
Kazuki nodded.
"Ok then. I'll have some beef Ramen, some Seafood Ramen, some Egg Ramen, some egg rolls, and… um… two cups of… Coke." I said, making sure I ordered everything.
"Coming right up!" The bubbly waitress said, walking away.
I looked over at Kazuki, hopping to strike a conversation.
"So, how, what did Ginji mean, when he told me that MakubeX wanted to be a more active part of the group?" I said, fiddling with the napkin.
Kazuki looked at me, startled for a second.
" He thought that he owed Ginji, a lot for saving him from his own destruction form the Limitless Fortress." He said, moving back so that the waitress could put down his glass of water, and my cokes.
"Thank you." He said. The waitress bowed.
" What did he do?" I said, stirring my straw in the Coke.
Kazuki looked down at the cup for a second, and then at me.
"He built himself a Mental Amplification machine." He said.
I was startled, and couldn't speak for a few moments.
"A Amplification Machine?" I said, sipping my Coke.
"Yes. It is harbored in his gloves, and it makes him able to have physic powers, such a mind reading, levitation, and other odd things." Kazuki, gulping down his water in three gulps.
The question loomed in the back of my mind, but before I could ask it, Kazuki answered.
"Don't worry. He doesn't want to hurt us, but he wants to be able to pay back Ginji. For him to be able call on him, like he calls on Ban." Kazuki said, looking out the window.
"This will truly make thinks interesting." I thought, looking down into my Coke.
We sat in silence for many minutes, both looking outside.
Minutes later, the food was brought, steaming and delicious.
"Looks good." Kazuki said, rubbing his hands together.
"Yep." I said, nodding my head.
We dug in, neither of us talking for many minutes, for the tastiness.
About ten minutes later, all the bowls were empty, the egg rolls only left with crumbs, and the Cokes and water gone.
"That was good!" I said, smiling.
"Yes it was." Kazuki said, pulling out his wallet and putting two twenties and a ten on the table.
I then sank in sadness.
"Did it really cost that much, Kazuki?" I asked, feeling a responsibility in my heart.
" No no, Touzoku!" Kazuki said, his eyes filling up with responsibility.
"I wanted to take you somewhere, so you could see that Tokyo wasn't so bad, and it wasn't only filled with bad people." Kazuki said, as the waitress came up. She stood there for a second, no expression on her face, then she smiled and walked away.
"I still need a job…" I said, under my breath. But it seemed that I didn't say it softly enough for Kazuki heard me.
"No." He said, kindness and seriousness in his eyes.
"You just need to live a normal teen's life. You fell here from god knows where, there is no need for you to get a job. You can sleep at Shido's, go out for dinner, and lunch with the group, and whatever you want to do between them." His eyes were now level with mine, and for some reason I couldn't turn away.
"Ok." I said.
Then the waitress walked over.
"Thanks, Kazuki." I said, blushing.
"Your welcome." He said, and nothing more.
I stood up and told Kazuki I would be right back. I walked to the bathroom.
I splashed water on my face and looked into the mirror. What was happening on earth, in America? Did anyone notice I was gone?
I dried off my face and stared for another second. I shook my head, and opened the dor and walked outside.
I looked to my left and saw that Kazuki was already at the car. He waved at me. I waved back. I began to walk, when the waitress said something.
"I'm sorry?" I said, not hearing her.
"You are really lucky." She said, counting up money.
"To have a boyfriend that cute." She said, looking up at me and smiling.
MY cheeks turned completely scarlet. I looked down at the ground.
"He's….he's… not my boyfriend…" I whispered. Did we really act like that together?
"Oh I'm sorry!" She said, completely embarrassed.
"You to just acted so…friendly together." She said, her cheeks turning red as mine died out.
"Its okay." I said, beginning to walk out.
"Have a nice day." I said, walking out the door.
"What took you so long?" Kazuki asked, looking up at the sky as I walked out.
"…nothing…" I said. What she said wouldn't do any good.
"Come on Touzoku." He said, looking down at me.
"I can tell when your lying, even though I've only known you four about five days." He said, smiling.
"What did she say?" He said, zooming in.
"She said…." I was about to tell him, when a blur ran past me, brushing up against me just enough to push me.
"OH." I said falling.
It all happened so quickly as I fell on Kazuki's chest. I closed my eyes, hopping that if I focused enough I wouldn't take his power. But the tingling didn't come.
"Touzoku?" He asked, as I stood up.
"You okay?" He asked.
"Why didn't I take his power?" I thought, never feeling the tingling.
But my thought was broken, when I heard a scream.
"He stole my briefcase!" I man yelled.
Kazuki and I turned my head to the sound. A man, with gray and black hair, in a matching gray suit was jumping up franticly screaming.
"Get him!" The man yelled.
Kazuki and I looked at each other, and looked to the left. The man was standing at the mouth of the alley, looking around franticly.
We then looked at each other. Kazuki smiled, and I smiled back.
We began to run, after the thief.
He looked at us, his eyes hidden by midnight color glasses.
"Stop!" Kazuki said, pulling out his bells and throwing one single thread at the thief. But the thief was quick, and jumped to the side, dodging the string. Then he ran down the alley.
Me, being more athletic than Kazuki, used all my speed and ran ahead.
"Touzoku!" Kazuki yelled at me as a pivoted my foot and flew through the alley.
I ran down the alley, which was only about fifty feet and stopped. I was tired inside, mentally, but not physically, my body seemed fine.
Kazuki, seconds later, caught up to me, his breath slightly fast.
"I lost him." I said, slightly depressed, my blonde hair stuck in my face.
I looked to my left and to my right. Just a stone wall, there was no were he could have gone.
"Guess you have." Kazuki said his breathing back to normal.
But something wasn't right, something felt wrong, like a person was watching you.
"Get down!" Kazuki yelled, pushing me hard to the side.
I hit the ground hard, sharp pieces of glass sinking into my skin. Slowly, I pushed myself up and saw why he pushed me.
In the wall, were seven daggers that were positioned to hit me and five daggers for Kazuki. He, was already up, bells in hand, jingling sound, dieing out.
I stood up and looked. The same man as before was standing there, this time, he looked different.
He wore clothes that seemed to fit his personality better. He wore a pure black, tight, workout shirt with the sleeves cut off, and black leather pants and black tennis shoes. His eyes were still covered with the black shades. His hair was also black.
"And you are the thief and attacker I presume?" Kazuki said, a thin air of anger surrounding him.
"Yes." The man said, his voice, very deep.
"What reason do you have to attack us? You are the one who stole the briefcase and we were just being good people by trying to retrieve the item. You could have just left and not attacked us." Kazuki said, sooth taking the man.
The man cracked a smile and laughed.
"I don't want you, Thread spinner." The said, a touch of drunkenness in his voice.
"If he can wield daggers that well when he is drunk, then how is he when he is sober?" I thought.
"I'm after the boy!" He said as he threw a set of three daggers at me.
My eyes widened as the daggers cut throw the air at me. I tried to stand up, but a piece of glass had cut my leg, and it was hurting pretty badly.
"Touzoku!" Kazuki yelled at me.
"Shido." I whispered under my breath, hopping that maybe, maybe he would come.
Then, everything seemed to slow down. The sound of the birds in the air seemed to be distant, the cars and their horns seemed to be slowing down, event he gas in the air smelled less strong.
"Why do I always think of Shido?" I thought, my eyes closed tears brewing.
"Why can I not get that person out of my head?" I thought in my head.
"Maybe you feel something for him, like you feel for a best friend." My own conscience said.
"No. I'm not like this towards Anthony and BJ. So why do I feel this for Shido?" I thought, this time, tears falling down quickly.
"Maybe it's a new friendship?" I asked.
"No! This isn't right! I can never have him for a true friend! No matter how long I stay here he will always just be a character in a manga and I will be a real person!" I said shaking my head, my shoulders rocking back in forth from tears.
"Well, for now, you are what he is, and to you, and everyone in this world you are human." The voice of reason said.
"Maybe. But it will always linger in the back that I will have to leave." I said once more, tears not running as quickly.
"Maybe you would be like Miaka in Fushigi Yuugi. Maybe if you wish hard enough and you truly want to stay friends then maybe when you return you will find a person like him." My voice said comforting me.
"Then…" I said, remembering the series.
"That's means…" I said, almost figuring out the answer to my feelings.
"It love." I whispered, my body snapping back to one whole being and coming back to reality.
The daggers were very close maybe two feet away. But something new had erupted without my control. The same blue healing light was released once more. This time, a blue wind shot up, and surrounded me in a dome. The daggers hit the dome, only making it slightly waver.
"A shield?" The man and Kazuki spoke, taken aback.
I slowly stood up, my energy returning.
"I wont let you." I said.
"I wont let you take away my life that I have in this world." I said standing up and gathering energy.
"Maybe I can not live here, and maybe this is not my home, but it is for now." I said, tears once more running down my face.
"And I have found something, something that I can still live for." I said, picturing Shido smiling back at me.
"And you will not take that away from me, none of you will!" I said, opening my eyes and throwing all my energy at the man.
There was a flash of blue light, and the ripping of blue winds. Power and energy shot all around, the wind, cutting things and sending things in a tussle.
The light, as soon as it flashed, then disappeared. Only leaving a wreak, watching people, a uncurious attack and his clothes ripped to shreds, and a injured Kazuki. Oh, and a power drained blonde.
"Touzoku." Kazuki said, walking over to (actually limping) me.
I slowly looked and smiled. Then, my body wore out and I feel flat faced on the ground.
I closed my eyes, knowing I was in capable hands.
"I wont let anyone take this away from me." I whispered as the footsteps of people and the concerned voices filled the air.
"And if I play my cards my way, maybe I can...be happy…." I said, opening my eyes seeing Kazuki pick me up. He looked at me and smiled as he carried me to the open air. Someone in the back ground was calling an ambulance.
"Shido…" I whispered once more under my breath. That was the last thing I said. My last smell, a familiar smell of animal, my last sight, the memory of Shido, my last feeling, the feeling I felt when I first met him.
Maybe this was the end….
Chapter Six: Completed!
Yay! This chapter is done! Well, it took me some time to write it (almost a whole week) But I got it done and it was finished…
Ok I would like to thank my readers and my reviewers! Thank you! And I would like to thank…everyone else who helped me with this story.
OK…yes yes, this chapter in my opinion was kind of corny and could have been better, but I was rushing and trying to get things finished in time…. Umm yeah and like I said it was corny will all the emotion and "shido" stuff…. But I am I corny and emotional person (ha ha)
Last thing I wanna say is if you haven't figured out the secret of Touzoku…then I don't know what to tell you…. Except maybe read over chapter five… If you have, then yay for you! But please, don't turn away the story becuz of it. It is kinda important to the story, but there isn't any detail or anything like that, it is kinda a side piece that gets kinda important (I like to use knida a lot).
Stay tuned for chap. 7:
Preview for chap. Seven.
Kazuki looked at me and smiled.
"What?" I said, eating an apple(1)
"Nothing. Just one question." He said looking at me, mischievousness in his eyes.
"What?" I asked again.
"What did you mean when you said "Shido" yesterday?" He said, smirking.
I gulped.