Ack, and I'm back with this fic again. I swear, I have been working on 'Of Different Worlds' but it's going just a tad slowly. Plus, I've got my prelims coming up so I'm disappearing from the internet for a little while.
Okay, just a few notes. There is a bit of Kai abuse in this. No, not that kind, just the kinda random violence that he seems to be getting into at the moment.
Also, the language is a little stronger here but it's only one word so eh, if you're easily offended?
Ah, and little hints of shounen-ai and yaoi. Well, not yaoi but... gah, mentions? Whatever. You'll get it when you see it.
Now that that's over, enjoy.
Kai's Bad Day
By Dark Ice Dragon
Angels and Demons
Darkness descended.
Daisuke groaned and slapped his palm on his forehead. Kai shot his companion a look when he heard it. For an explanation, Daisuke pointed to the space in front of them. Following the finger, Kai nearly felt blinded by what he was seeing.
Down the shadowy street, the street-lights glowed like fireflies in the dimming light. Shadows lengthened as Kai watched, transfixed, as the light in the houses came on, one by one. There wasn't a soul that disturbed the tranquil scene. There wasn't even a hint of a zephyr stirring the silent street. There was barely any sound that was heard apart from the beating of his heart and his breath. Was that a hint of a car driving away? Couldn't be, it was too soft a sound, too gentle on the ears. Looking upwards, the clouds in the sky shimmered in the disappearing light, slowly turning from a light grey, to a tranquil blue, to a darker blue, to lavender, to purple, to amethyst, to finally darkening to black as the sun vanished over the horizon. As Kai continued to look on, the stars winked into existence, one by one. They shone like diamonds against the black backdrop of evening. The moon was already in the sky, shining and showing the way for the poor souls that had lost their way, guiding them home. There was nothing that could destroy the peace that eminated from the scene; it was perfect. Beautiful. Should there be someone who wanted to change the wonderous display of, of perfectioness then they were mean and -
Daisuke punched Kai in the face.
Kai looked up from his position on the cool ground at the man, feeling the blood leave a bloody river trail down from his nose, mark his lips and meander towards his chin.
Stifling a growl, Daisuke hauled Kai up by his scarf and started to shake him, glaring at him the entire time. "Snap out of it," he ordered. The next sentence was said slowly, as if Kai were a small child. "Think about what you are actually thinking about."
Ever so slightly confused, Kai reviewed his thoughts. "Now, let me condense it for you - you are looking at a dark street. That's it. Nothing else; it's just a street."
"I know," Kai said, dreamily. But where was all the extra description coming from?
"You know..." Daisuke said, his teeth clenched, "if you don't snap out of it, I'm so going to slap you."
Shaking his slate - shut up, Kai's mind commanded. He shook his head to try and clear it; it seemed to work.
Hands still clasped around Kai's scarf, Daisuke regarded him carefully. "Feeling better?"
Pausing long enough to make sure that there was no additional thoughts, Kai then nodded curtly. "Yeah. I'd thank you for 'waking me up' but I won't."
Daisuke let go and was back to his grinning instantly. "Good. You sure you don't want me to slap you to make sure?"
Kai simply glared.
:-:-:
"So... where do you think your teammates are?" Daisuke asked, his hands wrapped around the back of his head.
"How am I supposed to know?"
"Well, they're your teammates - you should know where they normally hang out."
Before Kai could retort, something fell from the sky. That something was wearing white clothing and had bound black hair.
"There you are," Ray said worriedly. "I was beginning to wonder where you had gone to."
"I was away."
"As long as you're back." Kai saw something glowing behind Ray but as he opened his mouth to comment on it, Ray stepped forward and buried his head in Kai's shoulder.
'Oh,' Kai's mind said, completely ignoring the situation, 'those glowing things are wings.'
Thankfully, Kai's body isn't always completely attached his his brain. He pushed Ray off and growled, "What was that?"
Ray looked confused. "It's been a long time since we have last seen one another, I thought..." He trailed off as he realised that there was a third person there. "Who is he?"
Daisuke answered before Kai even registered the question. He chuckled darkly and said, "Who do you think?"
For some reason, Ray's eyes widened in shock. "No," he denied, shaking his head.
"Yes." Daisuke nodded. "Why do you think he was away?"
"Kai wouldn't do that!" Ray said vehemently. He turned to gaze at Kai. "You wouldn't do that, would you?" he asked, pleading in his eyes.
Daisuke smirked. "Oh yes he would." Kai was still trying to figure out what Ray and Daisuke were arguing about when he froze. He had felt Daisuke's hand snake around his back to rest at his hip.
Gritting his teeth and glaring, Kai asked, "Why are you doing that?"
"Doing what?" Ray exploded. "I am the one who is not allowed to do this! Your grandfather does not care about the acquaintances that you keep while my grandfather does. Even though your grandfather knows about our friendship, that does not matter. Everyone knows that a love between an angel and a demon is forbidden! If either of our grandfathers were to find out..."
Grinning widely -Kai was fairly sure showing that amount of teeth was impossible- Daisuke added, "And that's where I come in."
Ray glared at him. "Kai wouldn't do that. Our love is pure and we will stay together for as long as we live."
Daisuke bared his teeth at the 'angel'. "Pure? Don't make me laugh." Kai found himself being pulled in the direction of Daisuke and felt breath brush his ear and then his neck.
"Stop that!" Kai heard Ray shout. 'Damn right. Why am I letting myself be pulled along like a puppet?' He tried to push the other guy off but found that Daisuke had wrapped his other arm around his shoulder - making sure that his arms were trapped between their bodies and unable to get away.
Daisuke lingered but then pulled away. Kai could see that he was enjoying this. He glared and got a grin in return.
"Kai, tell me that you haven't," Ray pleaded.
"But of course he has." Daisuke leered at Kai. "He's a demon isn't he?"
Here, everything clicked. Kai's mind then replayed, 'What?' over and over again like a broken record. Somehow, the thought, 'That's not helping' sifted through.
"But..." Ray looked between them helplessly. "Fine," he declared. "You obviously don't want us to stay together." After he said that, Ray... flew off.
Instantly, Kai removed the offending hands. "What the hell was that?" he demanded.
He was given an innocent look. "What ever do you mean snookums?"
Kai twitched. "That."
A raised eyebrow. "What? You haven't heard of acting before?"
"Yes, I have. Never do that again."
"Awww." Daisuke tried to throw his arms around Kai's neck. He was deftly dodged. "I so wanted to stick my tongue in your ear."
Kai closed his eyes and took a calming breath. When he was sure that he wouldn't do anything drastic, he opened his eyes. Daisuke was leaning up close, grinning widely. 'Fuck it.'
Kai threw a fist in the direction of Daisuke's face.
"Are we learning yet?" Daisuke asked in a singsong voice, a little bounce in his step.
Kai glared at him sullenly.
"So, any questions?"
"No."
"No?" Daisuke repeated, surprised. "Nothing about Ray?"
"Hm." Kai felt his arm being poked.
"Feeling sore about me beating you again?"
A snort.
"I'll hug you again." A grinning threat. But since when had Daisuke done anything without smiling?
A growl. "Fine. I am curious about Ray. How did he die? The Mary Sues?"
"Nope. He ain't dead."
Kai reaised an eyebrow. "Then what was that about?"
"You know what I said before, that Mary Sues are wished into being pretty much?"
Nodding, Kai replied, "Yeah. What's that got to do with this?"
"Maybe everything." Daisuke shrugged. "Mary Sues don't um, add to the world only. You obviously know that they can warp the world around them and well, it really should be obvious that they can change more than one person at a time."
"They got to Ray," Kai translated.
Daisuke winced slightly. "Yeah, but not in the way that you're thinking: they've made Ray into one of them."
He found himself pined by an icy glare. "What?" The voice was colder than usual. Dangerous.
Making sure that he was looking at Kai and not seeming like he was avoiding the situation, Daisuke answered. "Mary Sues don't just change your character and your perceptions - they can make you into one as well. Since Ray's male, he's a Marty Sue or Gary Stu, whatever you call them. I've also heard that one's who are already here that become a Sue can also be called a Canon Sue. I'm pretty sure that's what I am: a Canon Sue," he added musingly.
"How do you stop them from staying a Sue? A Spork?"
Kai wasn't paying too much attention as he was pressing Daisuke for information but Daisuke paled slightly. "No, that won't work. I think you have to beat what's causing that Mary Sues to spread in the first place."
"I see."
"Lemme guess - that's what we're finding next, huh?"
The returned look was all that he needed.
And that's another chapter finished. (smiles) Can you tell that I kinda liked doing the purple prose bit? And if you might be able to tell, I've tweaked my writing style a little bit.
So, it looks like this fic might be drawing to a close soon though. Which is bad since I've still got a lot of ideas left for this. (shrugs) Ah well. When it's finished, it's finished.
So, does the phrase, 'Are we learning yet?' sound familiar to anyone?
Thanks for the reviews.
