Disclaimers: Owns it not. Maybe.
Warnings: More randomness, oddness, plain confusing (?). Eh, whatever.
Other: I actually managed another chapter. (rolls eyes) Yeah, great.
000
"When they meet again, something more terrifying and evil will awaken. Something long since sealed away will break free: leaving death and destruction in its wake. Will they be able to handle it again? Or is this the end of the road?"
Phase Six: Run, Hide, Whatever
Argentine, seeing as all four were just sitting there as bored as bored could be, got up and rolled his eyes, "Well, seeing as you ARE going to be staying here for a couple of hours still, I might as well show you around a bit. Not like there's anything else any of you can do that won't tear the place down."
"And what's that supposed to mean?" asked Dark, eyes narrowing down. It seemed that he was getting ready to begin another argument that he would probably lose to but currently didn't care because he was always losing arguments anyway so yeah. What difference did it make? Not much, in his opinion.
"It means that we aren't doing anything and you're going to wreck the place if you're too bored. Remember when you were five?" Krad replied coolly, cutting, what would have been an argument, short. "And I don't see why not. I mean, it can't be that big of a house…" when they had first arrived, it had looked quite a bit like a shack, but heck, the interior seemed well furnished.
Daisuke smiled at this, something dancing in his eyes that no one could clearly identify, "Maybe, but I used to come here with Daichi, so I know my way around." He looked over at his former 'teacher', "Why don't you show those two around and I'll take Hiwatari-kun?"
"Trying to find some bonding time alone?" asked Dark innocently.
He got a blank look at this, "Huh? What are you talking about?"
The adolescent would have replied to this, but Satoshi decided to splash more tea on him; luckily for Dark, by this point of time the tea had gone cold so now he was just soaking wet with it.
"Why do you have to keep doing that!"
"Because you're a complete moron."
"Why you--"
"He has good aim though, I'll give him that," Argentine commented, walking towards the doorway, "Come on, you better get changed or something. Unless you want to stay like that for the rest of the day."
Giving the vampire a glare, Dark got up and headed to where the brunette was standing. Krad, who decided to stay sitting, just said vaguely, "I'll stay here for a bit. I need to think."
Argentine shrugged at this, "Have it your way then. And Daisuke, don't break anything. You know the rules and they haven't changed a bit."
"Okay!" the redhead smiled brightly. Once they were gone, he turned to Satoshi, who stared out the window. "You know, you have to stop hurting Dark-kun so much and all…"
"He deserved it." was all the vampire said in his wonderfully monotonous tone. "After making such stupid comments, and that stuff three years ago."
"You're still on about that then?" shaking his head, he grabbed the vampire's hand and led him out of the room to allow Krad some peace and quiet, "Besides, what did he mean by that whole bonding time thingy?" If he had turned around at this point, he might have noticed that Satoshi had become quite uncomfortable about the topic.
"He was probably just joking around like the idiot he is," he finally said, trying as hard as he could to sound normal, "Not that it matters either way… where are we going?"
"It's a secret," at this, Daisuke did turn around and winked and the vampire blinked for a moment, still allowing himself to be dragged along. Okaaaaay…. This was beginning to get a bit creepy…
000
Contemplation was never something she enjoyed all that much, but now really wasn't the time to be complaining about such trifling matters and Krad needed to clear her mind of all doubts as soon as possible. Especially with the fact that if they were caught, they would have to hurt quite a few of their own people to escape. And although she never had any sort of attachment to them…
It was just too confusing to comprehend. She sighed, leaning back on the lounge she was sitting on. Closing her eyes, she could feel the sun's warmth filtering through the curtains and windows in the room. Questions popped into her mind, but she didn't pay them great attention in the end, and yet they nagged at her.
Why was she running away? She wasn't mortal and didn't belong here, so then, why was it that this was happening? If she had been anyone else, she would have been ecstatic about the thought of returning home; but she wasn't anyone else, she was Krad, and Krad wasn't happy at all. This place… this realm with humans were not perfect, were constantly changing their minds and getting into fights, and for some reason it just felt… right. Like, comfortable and warm and fuzzy and… no, she did not just think the word fuzzy. That was just absurd.
She opened her eyes and stared at the ceiling for a moment, not really expecting all that much in the end. She had no reason to be so attached to a world that was not her own. Home… back in the Sun Kingdom, was her home, but then, why didn't it feel like it?
Was it the rules and judgments placed upon her? Was it because she would probably end up getting married to a freak that she hated terribly? Or was it due to the fact that she had been tailed everywhere ever since the fateful prediction had been made in the first place?
Krad didn't know, didn't really care, and knew some things that she wanted badly but would have never gotten it back 'home': the freedom to just be herself, the allowance of any sort of weapon (she was a woman and women don't use weapons, as they had said once), being able to wear something other than a dress and her friendship with Dark. The blonde was still baffled as to why they hadn't truly allowed that.
Sure, part of the reason must have been due to the thirteen stars and all, but there had to be more. She got the feeling it had something to do with their relation going further than that, but what was the problem? They got along fine and fought alongside, so… well, that just didn't make any sense anymore.
And while she was on that topic; about Daisuke and Satoshi…
Unable to help it, the blonde smirked at the thought. They were actually quite cute together, but neither one seemed willing to make the first move. Sure, she and Dark had agreed on 'going out' (a hard thing to do, as they seemed to be traveling together) in essence, and had yet to say it out loud at all, but those two… well, knowing them, it just might never happen.
Or they may have changed over the years, but at this point, she was inclined to disagree on that thought. They still seemed the same since the one week they had been together at all and… wait, was she that good at judging character now? Well, that was something to wonder about.
But anyway, back to her own problems. It was just the sort of thing to make her day and all; she rolled her eyes at the thought. And it looked like it was time to face the 'wrath' (a term used so loosely that it wasn't funny) of both her parents and Dark's parents. Not that they couldn't handle it easily enough, but the thought of having to see the place in all its glory after trying to avoid it for years and years and years…
God, that was just too tiring on the brain.
And, well, she was accepted here, to an extent. Strangers just saw her as another mercenary and paid her and she was allowed to do whatever she wanted as long as it was within the laws. And that was about it. No questions asked; no demands or regulations about how she acted and spoke like, they just didn't care. And she liked it that way.
Well, if they even tried to get her back to 'where she belonged' she was going to give them a fight they would never forget.
That was, the fact that she did have the ability to set alight anything within a thirty meter radius; they had every right to be cautious.
000
"So what's with you and her anyway?" asked Argentine as he stood outside the bathroom door while Dark grumbled from within. They had been there for the past three minutes, which didn't make much sense as all they had to do was force Dark to change into something else… but he was stubborn, so the first few minutes had just been verbal abuse.
But then the purple-haired adolescent-dude-whatever had locked himself in the bathroom and absolutely refused to get out. It didn't sound like he was being sick or anything, but just kept on muttering to himself; as if hoping that he would get an answering voice in his head.
There was a cough from the other side, "What are you still doing standing out there?"
"Why? I live here," replied Argentine coolly.
"Oh? Oh yeah…" how he managed to forget such a vital piece of information, the brunette didn't know and was too afraid to ask. Actually, he wasn't afraid – or so he told himself – just… well, he didn't want to know and that was all. "Anyway, what was with that first question anyway?"
"You and the blonde… Krad, is it?"
"What about us?"
"What's with you and her?" he repeated, getting annoyed again, "I mean, you two were practically trying to kill each other mentally… or something. And you two kept glaring at each other…" He paused, thinking it over, "Are you guys in love or something?"
There was the distinct sound of something within that little room being smashed, and Argentine hoped it wasn't anything too expensive, "What the hell made you come down to such a stupid, stupid conclusion!" spluttered Dark.
Denial, was the first thing that ran through the brunette's head; right after the worry of replacement items, of course. "Oh, I don't know. You two seem to be pretty well off to me. Why else would you have been traveling together when it's so clear that you want to kill each other off." Actually, that was a bit of an exaggeration.
"We used to know each other when we were little, duh," snorted Dark, "And because it seemed safer that way, we ended up at the same place at the same time, okay? There's nothing between us."
"Right, whatever," Argentine rolled his eyes, although the effect was completely wasted, "But would that mean it would be okay if I asked for her hand in marriage?"
There was the sound of something incredibly large and solid (and probably expensive) smashing: he was going to have to force this guy to pay for it.
"You said what!"
"Jeez, stop overreacting already and get out of the bathroom." Was all he said and shook his head. Something was wrong with these people, really. And here he was, thinking that Daichi alone had some sort of mental issue at the age of five. At least Daisuke hadn't turned out like that…
Funnily enough Dark did as he was told, still grumbling though, and his mere presence was beginning to irk on the brunette, who was really considering now about throwing him out. But it was only due to the fact that he knew Daisuke that he didn't do such a thing, but really now.
He wasn't the least surprised that the purple-haired adolescent was glaring at him pointedly, but shrugged in response before walking back to where they had practically abandoned the blonde. Krad just stared at the two of them blankly, not saying anything until she properly weighed the situation.
Then she cleared her throat, "What took you two so long?"
"He had constipation," Argentine lied coolly, pointing back at Dark, who could have exploded but then just pulled a face. Wait… did that mean that it was true then?
She blinked slowly at this, and then said slowly, "Okay then…"
Deciding that now was the time to cut off anymore awkward situations for the time being, the brunette turned around, "Come on then; I'll show you around while you're here."
000
Daisuke turned around to face Satoshi, smiling, "So then, what do you think about it?"
"You mean besides the fact that we're high up and the sun's probably pounding a hole into my head?" the vampire shot back. For some odd reason he was feeling vaguely woozy, but that just didn't make any sense at all; he thrived on flying and high spaces, didn't he?
So anyway, there they were, up on some really, really, really high balcony that overlooked the rest of the village and a good part of the fields and wildlife that surrounded it. How this place actually managed to have such a… construction in it in the first place was a complete mystery to any of them, but the view really was nice, one had to admit.
But back to Satoshi's current state of… distress (?) he wasn't exactly having the time of his life. The mortal, however, was having fun staring down at the figures that passed to and fro in the daily activities they had and then focused his attention on the position of the sun, calculating how long it would take until dusk came.
He felt weak, strangely enough, and the vampire just couldn't place as to why. Was it all the exposure to the sun or something? Or was it more… hostile? He wasn't all that sure and hated having to dwell on it, seeing as he was being given another chance alone with the redhead. Not that these thoughts didn't pass through his mind, but the mere threat of collapsing and dying wasn't exactly going to leave him sane now, was it?
Finally noticing that something was wrong, Daisuke hurried over to where the vampire stood, which was right back the trapdoor they had had to climb through to get where they were now. He was frowning with concern.
"Hiwatari-kun? Are you alright?"
Did he really have to ask that? It was kind of obvious he wasn't 'alright', as humans tended to ask. Oh well, just humor them and maybe he wouldn't notice the difference, "No… I'm fine…" that and the fact that he would never succumb to some stupid illness-thingy-whatever. "Isn't being high up here… likely to have us exposed?"
"You mean by the people chasing after the other two?" the redhead asked for clarification but didn't wait for an answer; not that Satoshi felt like he was able to do even that, "Nah… they don't even know who we are, do they? So we should be fine up here. Besides, the view's great."
Right, so now his brain had died out on him and he had just asked a completely pointless and highly unintellectual question. Now that that was settled, what more could be said? These were the sorts of things that just kept running around the vampire's mind as whatever it was affecting him took its toll on him.
It seemed that he must have looked worse off than he expected to be because before he knew what was going on, Daisuke was half shaking him.
"Hiwatari-kun! What's wrong?"
Oh, who knew, who knew. Maybe it was time to begin panicking.
Wait, he was already dead, though, wasn't he? Well, he wasn't mortal so…
Now he was just confusing himself and worrying the human more.
Well, what was he supposed to say?
He had no idea anymore.
000
While Argentine became their little tour guide – although they were pretty much the same age – Krad was aware of the little fact that the saying 'looks can be deceiving' was very true to this place, and if they had been left to their own devices, they would have long since been lost. Dark wasn't paying much attention at all, she thought with a little annoyance, honestly, he could be such an idiot at times and still…
A plain door with an odd looking plaque on it made her stop, "What's in there?" she asked curiously, not knowing why but feeling the need to walk in there for one reason or another.
The brunette turned around at this and blinked at the door, "… Oh, that place. It's the library, I guess you could say. Actually, now that I think about it…" he walked over to it, pulled the door open and bellowed down there, "Aine? Are you down there?"
Confused as they were, they figured it must be someone he knew, as he pulled his head back, "Nope, I thought not. Where the hell did she go…" he grumbled to himself.
Choosing the safer path of not asking, the blonde shrugged, "Can we look down there?"
Dark, for one, was appalled, "Why would you want to go down there!"
"Just because you can't read at all--" she began tauntingly.
"Just go, then," Argentine cut in sharply, flicking some sort of switch and already descending on the traditional stone steps, "I don't want to have to scrape someone's innings once you two are done."
This made Dark pull a face, "Ew…"
"My thoughts exactly," agreed the brunette grimly before they all followed him down to where the library was located. For who knew what awaited them there… actually, not much aside from old books and a lot of dust. Oh joy.
Now, he really had to wonder how Daisuke and that vampire were doing… wherever they were… well, they would be fine; the redhead, aside from being clumsy and naïve at times, wasn't exactly stupid and could protect himself just well. But still…
000
Blah. Is Satoshi dying? Will Dark ever admit that he does like Krad, and will anyone explain what's going on? Who knows… who knows…
And due to the fact that have changed things again… uhm… yeah, I guess they really didn't like us replying on these… so you'll get your replies otherwise, except for the anonymous ones, as so:
chrnoskitty: Thanks—
ginny brenn: Aw… thanks XD Glad you liked it.
And everyone gets a cookie for being so patient. :)