What you can't see
Can't hurt you
Chapter 6. DreamsBeing back at work wasn't as bad as he thought it would be. He thought he mightn't get much sleep, but he did. Opening the office door, he realized why he thought it would be so bad. There was a not on the desk that read:
Zeo,
We have to go to the boss's, I think he want's us to do a report on the girl. Go straight to his office.
Rei.
He winced slightly at the thought of going back into the wood; it wasn't his favorite place in the world. He walked out the office, down the corridor and to the room with 'EIAN UKATA' carved onto a golden colored plate, the ones that they say are gold, but it's really lead that's got gold spray paint covering it. Opening the door slightly, he was Mr. Ukata sitting behind his desk with Rei in one of the chairs. Slowly, he walked in and sat on the other chair, shifting uncomfortably. Mr. Ukata looked u suddenly from the paper he was holding and smiled at Zeo.
"Zeo, nice of you to join us, I was just talking to Rei about your last article. It was quite popular, I think you should do one on the girl," he knew it. "She lived in a set of apartments, close to the Liandi Hotel, with her friend. Maybe you could find some small link between the two murders, it would grip the reviewers as well as the readers." Zeo looked at his boss.
"You…don't think there IS a connection…do you?" Zeo asked, causing the older man to laugh.
"Of course not! Some time's your innocence amazes even me boy! How could there be a connection?" Rei took this chance to say something.
"Well it's a bit weird, having two murders in the woods, sort of like a haunted wood." He said. At the last part, he knew Rei was probably messing about. Mr. Ukata smiled.
"That would be good, you're both imaginative, you can come up with something amazing. Go on, get out there!" Zeo smiled slightly before looking at Rei. He could tell something was wrong, the tiger wasn't being his normal self. He followed his partner out the door, and was shocked as the jet haired boy walked straight passed Mariah without saying hello. The girl, in turn, didn't even bat an eye. Maybe they had an argument?
"What do you think then Zeo? Do you think they're linked?" Rei asked, not looking at his smaller partner. Zeo looked at him and blinked.
"What do you mean?" He wasn't about to say, 'of course' without knowing more.
"You know…do you think the same person did both deaths?" Rei got into the blue ford, Zeo close behind him.
"Well…there might be…what do you think?" He asked, clicking his seat belt. Rei set his hands on the wheel and started to drive.
"Highly likely. It's just a bit too weird for there not to be." Zeo noticed they were heading towards the woods.
"Umm…Rei, the Liandi Hotel is that way, why are we going towards the woods?" Rei shrugged.
"Thought we would go to the woods first I guess," He said. Zeo looked doubtful until Rei laughed slightly. "What's wrong, afraid of the woods or something?" Zeo smiled slightly.
"No, just…is something wrong?" Rei sighed.
"Me and Mao had a fight, that's all." Rei called Mariah Mao. He didn't know why, but the two were childhood friends, so it was probably a nickname
"Oh…I hope you make up soon." Rei smiled properly and looked at Zeo.
"I'm sure we will, I think I might apologize tomorrow." He then looked back, they were very close to the woods.
Zeo stepped out onto the gravelly, dirt path. He looked around, why people liked this place, he didn't know, but he'd never been to fond of it."
"Let's go further in." Rei said, walking forward. Zeo gingerly followed, unsure of what Rei was doing. As they got further in, Zeo got more aware of his surroundings. He knew he was probably being silly, but he couldn't stop the goose bumps forming on his arms. He stopped, looking forward with shock.
"Rei?" He said, even he could here the fear in his voice. "What are you doing?" Rei looked at him and stopped moving the ferns out of the way to form a path. Rei smiled and stepped back.
"I found something round here, I wanted a better look at it, you can come if you want, you might like it," Then he went back to moving the ferns. Zeo edged closer to Rei, following the trail he made. "I knew we would get this job, so I've already looked round the place. I saw something come this way before and," Zeo stepped through to be met by some old ruins. "I found this place." Zeo looked around; heart beating stronger as the sight met him. There was a big floor, which obviously hadn't been damage all that much. A few steps and a small table like stone in the middle of the floor had also been saved. You could see the remains of the pillars, and everything else had crumbled into many pieces. Rei stepped up behind him.
"It looks like some kind of temple used to be here, doesn't it?" Zeo nodded, loosing his ability to speak. He walked over to the floor, enchanted by the table. As he go closer, he noticed some engravings were on a stone plaque, similar to the one Takao had found. He touched the gray writing, gasping slightly at the warm touch. The trees were parted above them so that the sunlight would hit the table, making the words glow. Zeo turned round as he heard something, but only Rei was there, looking at him with a dull look.
"Rei? Rei what's wrong?" Zeo asked, staring into dull gold eyes. Normally Rei's eyes were a brilliant gold, cat-like, matching the neko-jin he was, but now…now they were almost sandy colored. He clutched his head as a painful screech went though him. He shut his eyes as the wold began to shake violently. Flashes of crimson racked his brain. He opened his eyes to see Rei calling his name and running over, his eyes the same flamboyant gold Zeo was used to. Zeo smiled slightly, before cringing as the screech ran through him again, making his knees give way. "R-Rei? Take me to," crimson. "The Liandi Hotel," screeches of a voice. "And ask for…Kai." Blackness.
Zzz
He heard a soft singing, obviously that of a females. He looked around the darkness, searching for them voice. He tried to call out but found he had no voice. Instead, he followed it. He came to a girl, black hair, and porcelain skin, white petticoat and bare feet. She looked out from the black locks that covered her face. She stopped singing, and looked at Zeo, smiling slightly.
"Help me," She said softly. Zeo stepped back, taken by surprise. "Help me…please…find me." She whispered, before falling back into darkness. Zeo ran forward to try and catch her, but when he got to where she fell, nothing was there. He heard singing again, but this time, it was different, this time, it was much closer. He looked up, and tried to force himself back into consciousness. The soft voice becoming more real.
As his eyes opened. He saw the blurred colors of girl's room, and a blue haired girl sat on the edge, of what he presumed the bed he was laid on. As his eyes came into focus, he saw Miriam perched on the couch, singing and stitching up a pair of trousers. He moved his hand to his aching head, getting her attention. She smiled, relived and walked over to Zeo, putting down the pair of jeans. HIS jeans. He looked at them, wide eyes. She laughed a little.
"Don't worry, it's just your jeans you ripped. You think I'd do a Tala and make sure each piece of clothing was perfect?" He smiled. "Your friend come in with you and said you told him to bring you here. He said you blacked out at a ruin in the woods. Kai and Kaede went to look at the ruins with him, Tala and I stayed here." She said while puffing his cushions.
"Umm…where is Tala?" Zeo asked, his throat dry once again. She smiled and picked up a glass of water from the bedside table, holding it in his shaking hands.
"I don't know, I think he's in his room. I'll go get him if you want?" She said, Zeo shook his head.
"I'm happy with your company, much more calm," She laughed lightly. "You could get me a towel and flannel." She looked thoughtful for a second, then disappeared into the en-suit.
"So, what made you black out. Your friend said that you were clutching your head in pain and shaking too." Zeo looked round the room. Two closets, two beds, a TV, it looked generally like a posh Hotel room.
"I don't know, something was screaming, then a girl was talking to me in my dream." Miriam came back through, towel and flannel in hand.
"A girl? What was she like?" Miriam pressed the flannel to Zeo's head.
"She had black hair and was very pale…her eyes were sort of a bluish-gray." Miriam looked thoughtful. She was a very serious girl; her green eyes made her seem like a fun person though. She, like Rei, often wore a bandanna to keep her side fringe out her eyes. Her blue hair was dark and came just passed her hips. She wore a long orange jacket, which hide most of her red shorts, so only a small part was showing.
"She might've been…a spirit." Zeo cocked his head.
"You mean like a ghost?" She laughed slightly.
"Yea, like a ghost, except that's a term little children use," Zeo blushed slightly. "We were very worried about you, you would jerk in your sleep and murmur stuff in a different language. I might go get Tala, I don't think it would be fair not to tell him you're awake." Zeo agreed, watching Miriam's retreating figure until the door closed. He looked around again. On one wall, there were some posters of rock bands; he was guess that was Kaede's stuff. On the desk next to her bed, a lot of papers where scattered everywhere. He sat up, ignoring the small headache as he did so, and walked towards the papers. They seemed to be of some university work, which meant Kaede was one or two years younger than he was; though she was taller. He put them down as he heard the door open.
"Sifting through peoples stuff? You seem to have your stubborn curiosity back." He glared at the redhead. Only he would say something like that.
"I just woke up from a bad experience, you could at lest show some sympathy!" He complained, going back over to the bed he was suppose to be in. crawling under the covers, Miriam sat back down on the edge of the bed and Tala took to standing at the head of the bed, hands in pockets, supporting his 'I don't care' look.
"I did show sympathy, while you where asleep. And now as you're awake, I cant stop being sympathetic." Zeo raised a eye-brow.
"Really? What did you do?" Tala shrugged, so Zeo turned to Miriam. "Tell me what he did to be nice." Miriam laughed at the glare Tala was sending her, and the sweet look Zeo had.
"He brought you in here. He made sure that I was always here, which means I had him waiting at the ring of a bell. He stayed with you for a while. He actually went to buy something that I wanted as I was watching you." She stopped as Tala made a low growl. Zeo laughed.
"Wow Tala, I knew you were soft." Tala glared at him.
"Oh, ha, ha. I can't believe how funny you two are. I'm going back to watch TV." He said, walking towards the door, only to have it opened by Kai first. He stepped back in and sat on Kaede's bed, sulking slightly. Kai walked up to where Miriam was.
"I see you've woken up," He said to Zeo before turning to Miriam. "What Zeo and his friend walked into was an abandoned temple ruin's. I'm guessing what ever attacked his was a demon. And it had a strangely large influence on Kaede, who is taking over Zeo for a while." Zeo nodded.
"Kaede's young, it would have a strange influence on her." Tala said, lying back on the bed.
"She's not that young. What, last year of University, she's twenty one." Miriam said, concluding Zeo's thoughts, he was twenty-two, she was one year younger than he was.
"It took me about three years to get used to the feeling, and it still had a pretty big influence on me." He defended.
"Yea, but you where what? Thirteen when you first got the feeling, she was sixteen. I'm sure there's a different reason." Miriam said, pointing at Tala. The redhead stood and went towards the door.
"Whatever," He said, walking out, Kai behind him. He sprang back through, remembering something. "Zeo's having my room, I'm on the couch, seeing as he can move now, he might as well go." Zeo looked at Miriam.
"You have to stay here the night. We got a phone call from a guy named Brooklyn, and we agreed it would be best you didn't move much till tomorrow. A car journey is defiantly NOT what you need right now." He nodded and followed her out the room.
Zzz
A man was in on his Suzuki, riding round to where the cliff to the beach was. His hazel eyes narrowed through the clear goggles he wore. Stopping at the woods, he took off his helmet, making his purple hair ruffle in the wind. He removed his goggles and put them on his bike, walking into the woods. He looked around suspiciously; Yume's death would be revenged. He walked further through, moon light dancing through the trees. He looked around as he walked, always aware, always sharp. He got to a familiar fork in the road and took a left after a small pause. He walked a bit further until he heard a laugh. He turned to see the ginger haired girl dancing in the moon. She was just in front of a lake, laughing and smiling joyfully. She reached out, arms stretching, pleading for him to come to her.
"Yume?" He choked, tears pooling out his eyes. "Is it really you?" She smiled and stepped back a bit, thin cloth that covered her naked body falling into the water. He walked towards his angel, smiling slightly, amazed that she was there. He looked at his feet as the soggy feeling of water seeped through his boots. He looked along the water at Yume who had a black liquid round her long legs. He stepped back a little, as the dark substance came towards him. He beard his teeth at a silhouetted person who had their arms round the girl's front. Her expression was no longer happy, but worried and anxious. He screamed out to her as she was slowly lifted out the water. He ran forward, as fast as he could go in the water and balled out to her as she got higher and higher. He stopped dead in his tracks as the ground below him disappeared. He'd gone too far. He felt the sickening feeling of darkness wrap round his foot and pull him in. he reached out, still seeing him angel's light above the water.
Zeo's eyes shot open as he felt a hand grasp his. He looked into the worried blue eyes of his savior. He was panting harder than ever and his lungs felt full of water. He realized he was hyperventilating, as a different hand put a bag over his mouth. He looked at the Russian's face, he didn't think he'd ever see the male hold so much emotion. The moonlight played on his face as the curtains wafted in the wind, yet he felt so hot and sticky. Tala put a flannel to his forehead and patted the fuzzy wet cloth round his face.
"Can you move?" He asked, even his voice was worried and held a tone of fear. Zeo nodded and Tala pulled him up in the bed. "I'll get you a towel, but I'll need to quickly change those sheets. Here, wear these," He said, getting out a baggy T-shirt and a pair of briefs out of a cupboard. Zeo blushed lightly. "Never been worn, I'll go get those sheets." He said, Zeo stood and Tala stripped the bed, and then left the room. Zeo changed, feeling slightly uncomfortable in the T-shirt. It didn't cover any of his legs, and was about as long as his hair, stopping just above his thigh. Tala came back in, holding a bundle of sheets in his arms. He quickly put one over the bed, covering it completely, then draped the other over, discarding the quilt.
"Thanks." Zeo said, his voice next to nothing. Tala disappeared, reappearing with a glass of water. He held in to Zeo's mouth, as the boy was just strong enough to hold him self-up. Then helped the smaller one into the bed. As he was about to turn to leave, Zeo grabbed his hand. Tala turned around and looked at the Japanese male, before nodding and turning back to the bed. Sliding under the thin sheet that was suppose to keep Zeo cool, he stroked the turquoise hair and smiled softly as Zeo went to sleep.
"Sweet dreams." He said, before drifting off himself.
Zzz
Kitty-cat:…that went on longer than I thought, he, what a coincidence, I'm suppose to be studying for a Chemistry test, which I REALLY am NOT looking forward to. But it's hard to stop when you're on a roll. Well, give your thoughts
I showed Zeo's last dream to my English teacher, he said it was really good, I was so happy, he couldn't think of any ways the change it! Though I think he might want to read it when I'm done, which made me a bit worried, I may have the confidence to write Yaoi, but whether that includes showing it to my teacher, I don't know . well, I have a test to study for!
Or as my teacher calls it 'a knowledge party' X.x
Caoi .
Kitty-cat