Akanishi-san: Yeah…it takes such a long time for me to update. I've been officially kicked off the internet, so I have to update like…every now and then. But the good thing it, I have been typing this story. I have officially completed this story. 7 Chapter long! Woot! And I shall upload it soon as I can sneak on!
Ch5
Azusa groaned as she got up in a sitting position on the bed she was on. Her vision still blurry, she looked around. She was in a well organized room, simple furniture around her.
"Where am I?" She asked, moving over to the edge of the bet to get up. She got up, and walked to the door of the room quietly. She opened the door cautiously, and peeked into the next room.
She let out a small sigh of relief to see Satoshi sleeping on the couch. So she was at his house…Wait…HIS house? Azusa still in her stealth mode kept quiet, but panicked in the inside. She was in BIG trouble with Hiwatari. Not only did she reveal so much to the 2 angels, she now got close to Satoshi.
She chuckled to herself quietly on that. 'Heh, like that would ever happen…why would anyone love a sculpture?' Her smile faded and she walked over to the sleeping form of Satoshi. She stood over him for a moment, brushing his bangs slightly off his eyes. She smiled at him and she turned to get her stuff and go, but a hand grabbed her arm, pulling her back.
She yelped, surprised as she fell onto the couch, or more specifically, on Satoshi. "Hiwatari-san!" She yelled, trying to get free.
"What happened to calling me Satoshi?" He asked, getting up, Azusa still on his lap. "We aren't complete strangers and you were only ordered to act like we never met, right?"
Azusa blushed, and looked away. "Fine, let me go, Satoshi." She said, trying to get back up, hiding her red face from him.
However, Satoshi's hand was tight on her arm, and he kept her firmly. "That was stupid." He growled. "What you did today was plain stupid. Why did you tell me?"
"I already told you why." Azusa replied casually, trying to smile. "I only wanted to tell you what I was going to do."
"But I said also, I didn't like seeing you get hurt trying to save me." He replied, looking at her seriously. "Don't say anything else, ever." His hand tightened. "I'm not letting you go until you promise to say no more."
Azusa did not reply, looking anywhere but him. "Satoshi, I…" She was going to tell him she can not promise that, and she was going to tell him everything, but Satoshi's piercing eyes stopped her.
"Azusa?" He asked.
After a moment of silence, she nodded in defeat. "Fine." She said.
Satisfied, Satoshi let go, Azusa jumping off of him quickly. "I promise for now, but that doesn't mean I won't say anything when the time comes." She said, "You need to know when it comes. And that also doesn't mean I can't do anything to protect you."
"Azusa…"
"No, Satoshi." She cut him off, "and you have to promise one thing when the time comes." She smiled at him. "This you have to promise me, Satoshi." She paused. "I want you to promise me, that you will never forget me."
Satoshi frowned. "Forget you?" He repeated the question.
Azusa nodded. "And…if I become a threat to your life, then…" She looked away from him, walking over to the sliding window that led to the balcony. Opening it, she stepped out of the room. "You have to kill me." She turned towards him, and smiling, she leaped off the balcony.
Satoshi leaped out of his seat and ran out, his eyes wide. "Azusa!" He yelled, but she was gone, she somehow used her skills to land safely, and waving at him from the first floor, she walked away.
Satoshi slumped to the ground, confused with everything. "Why kill you?" He asked himself. "You know I can't do that…"
'Why?' A voice asked.
Satoshi growled, glaring. "Shut up, Krad." He snarled.
'Is she special to you?' He kept on, ignoring him. 'If you don't like to see her get hurt, it's obvious you care for her. But…to what extent?'
"Shut up!" Satoshi yelled, punching the balcony wall. It was NOT true! He doesn't care for anyone!
'They why were you angry when you saw her suffering for you? Why did you go through the trouble of taking care for her? Why were you angry when she told you…' He chuckled, 'To kill her?'
Satoshi once again punched the wall, growling his frustration. It was NOT true!
'Why did you embrace her? Why are you nice to her?' Krad kept on, chuckling. 'Do you love her?'
Satoshi's eyes were wide, and spoke what Krad had said. "I…love her?"
He never learned of the word "love" before, he never really learned anything that meant "affection" towards anyone. He never had his mother's love or his father's. He only learned friendship with Daisuke few years ago. And he does have some fan girls, but he didn't care for anyone of them. Azusa was special, he admitted it, but to the point of love? He asked himself why couple of times, but he always resolved to think that she was interesting because she was under Hiwatari's command. Plus, more interested because she might cause destruction for him.
But if she was someone to cause him to death or pain…why would he care if she got hurt?
"Azusa…" he whispered.
"I wonder where Miss Azusa and Hiwatari were today in school?" Daisuke asked.
'They are probably together. I bet Hiwatari is trying to get information out of her.' Dark replied, thinking about it himself. 'That Azusa girl, she says she will be a life threat to us…I wonder why? What can she do?'
Daisuke stretched, petting his pet Wiz ((With, w/e you all call it)). "I don't know…Mom is searching the Eternal Butterfly right now, but she says she can't find anything so far…She says it's well hidden."
A small knock made Daisuke look out the window, and he saw none other than Azusa there, looking at him through the window, grinning.
"Miss Azusa!" Daisuke yelled, and he hurriedly opened the window and let her in. "What are you doing here? What happened today?"
Azusa walked into the room, smiling at him. "Long story." Azusa rolled her eyes, but her serious face snapped on her. "I need to ask you and Dark a favor." She said.
"What is it?" Daisuke asked, confused at her sudden change.
"The Eternal Butterfly is in Hiwatari's office. I want to ask you a favor…can you please steal it with me? Before next month, before my 5th year of birth comes." She took out a picture that was in her pocket. "This is what it looks like." She handed the picture to the thief.
On the picture was a sculpture, a small compact looking, yet there were so much detail in it. It had a woman sitting on a large log, her hand outstretched in front of her, a butterfly fluttering on it. Her long hair was curvy, and she wore long dress looking clothing. The most significant feature of the sculpture was that her face did not show soft look as the sculpture it self looked, but an enraged look to it.
Azusa smiled sadly. "I am the Eternal Butterfly." She said, "I was made by a sculpture that made things like this, soft looking from the outside, yet in the heart of the sculpture, it is only betrayal and anger. That…" She sighed. "Is me.
"I wanted to know if you are willing to help me steal it." She fidgeted. "I know I shouldn't be asking you favor, I might endanger you, but…I know I'm selfish, but I want to make sure Satoshi and you will be safe. On my 5th birth date, the play will begin."
Daisuke looked up at her. "You mean the play we are going to play in class?" He asked.
Azusa nodded. "I…" She winced, and quickly went around what she was going to say. "Ageha in the play works under the other man. He wants her to destroy the 2 thieves, Krad and Dark so he could have power. Ageha betrays him, for she loves the white angel, and she will end up dying." She paused. "But I don't like for Krad and Dark dies, so I want to change the plot." She smiled. "By destroying the main source of her power."
'Is she saying that she only wants to save us?' Dark asked in almost a whisper. 'But she doesn't care about her own life?'
"Change the plot; you mean you too, will stay alive." Daisuke asked, he himself getting worried. "You mean you too will stay with us…"
Azusa smiled bitterly. "I don't belong in this world." She said, "It's better for me to be sealed back anyway. However…When I return to my original self, I want you to destroy me…"
Daisuke gasped his eyes wide. "Why?" He almost yelled. "You've only known us for a little while!"
Azusa shook her head. "No, I've know Satoshi all my life. Soon as I was born, I saw him. Although he did not know me, I knew him. Since I was born, I fell in love with him." She smiled at Daisuke. "You and Riku are my first friends. I've never talked to anyone other than Hiwatari and my trainers, and I was so happy to have met you and become friends." She chuckled softly in a sorrowful way. "I care about you guys more than anything…and like I said, my life is nothing compared to you guys, who are real. It's better this way, I am merely a sculpture, only born to obey. I was created to betray, remember?"
Azusa smiled bitterly, "Tonight, 8 PM, meet me at my apartment, its 881 Miramonte apartment complex." With that, she leaped backwards and disappeared.
"Should we tell Hiwatari?" Daisuke asked after long moment of silence.
'No,' Dark replied softly. 'I don't think Azusa will want him to know…if she did, she would have asked him for help…Besides, if we tell Satoshi, I'm sure…he won't be happy about this.'
Daisuke nodded grimly, not knowing what to think. "Miss Azusa…" He whispered, "Wants to die for us…She wants to help us…who she only met for only a little while…"
Dark sighed. 'Azusa like she said herself, she's a sculpture…sculpture made to betray…if what she says is true, then…Azusa was created to destroy us, to kill us for Hiwatari's purposes.' He paused. 'I think it's best this way…I think…she wants to be free, too from his clutches.'
Daisuke sunk onto a couch. "I thought butterfly's symbol was 'freedom'?" He asked, burying his face into his hands.
'Then it will be our job to set her free…'
The night came soon, and Dark swiftly landed on the terrace of Azusa's apartment complex, and knocked on the window softly. The sliding window opened, revealing Ageha, her blue eyes looking into Dark's, showing sorrow.
"Thanks for coming." She said, getting out. "Here," She said, handing him a key. "There really isn't anything in there, but you can take anything in there you want. There are some powerful things in there." She shrugged, and jumping off of the railing, she spread her butterfly wings, taking the lead.
Dark followed, pocketing the key. It hurt him to think that she was doing all of this for them, but…like he thought earlier, it was for the best. Being alive and working under Hiwatari will be just like staying in jail, chained. She would be more free when she leaves…
They flew silently, and in the distance, they saw the mansion. "Thank you, Dark." Azusa said, smiling, nearing.
"Save the thanks for when you are free." He replied, trying to grin. But something caught his eye, forcing him to look carefully at a figure in front of the gates to the house where they were headed. "Is that…Hiwatari? The Jr, I mean." He asked, pointing.
Ageha frowned and looked down as well, and her eyes widened to see that indeed, it was him. She muttered a curse, "Why is he here?" She whispered.
It seemed from above that he was trying to get in, and the guards were trying to stop him. Yells could be heard, and from that, Ageha, or Azusa's eyes watered.
"Let me in!" He yelled, trying to get in, many guards trying to stop him. "Let me talk to him! Give me the Eternal Butterfly! I won't let him! I won't let him hurt her!" He kicked a guard grabbing him and tried to surge over again, only to fail, having another grab him. "Let me go! Someone I care for is in trouble because of him! I won't stand and wait to watch her suffer!"
((Wow...OOC! lol.))
Dark smiled softly. "Seems like someone cares for you a lot." He said casually, hovering over them now. Ageha continued to tear, trying to stay balanced with her emotions.
Satoshi froze when he felt a small drop of water land on his cheek. He jerked and looked up, his eyes widened to see Ageha and Dark there, flying over him. He felt his heart tighten to see her crying, and felt it tighten harder to realize why they were there…
"NO!" He yelled, trying to get past the guards, who were still holding him down. "Don't!
Ageha's wings carried her slowly down, and with a flick of her hand, the guards around Satoshi suddenly dropped, falling asleep. Landing on the ground, Ageha smiled bitterly to him. "Satoshi…" She whispered, and with a gust of wind, she was in her Azusa form. She stepped forward, and hugged him tightly. "Good-bye." She whispered.
Satoshi tried to say something, but he felt sleep slowly take over him. "A…zusa…" He whispered, falling onto the ground. The last thing he saw was her smiling at him with teary eyes.
Akanishi-san: I think I am THE laziest person alive. I don't think anyone is reading this now, since like...im not updating a lot. sigh anyway, here's chapter 5 for those who still care. XD
