Hello again, I'm back.
Mitsuru: Oh great.
Mahiru: Hey don't be mean to Kisa!
Mitsuru: Make me!
Misoka: Be happy to
Misoka traps Mitsuru in a fire bubble with one of his ward thingies
Mitsuru: Let me out!!!!!
Kisa: (sweat drop)…er thanks
Misoka: No problem (goes and reads a book)
Kisa: On with the chappie!
Normal POV
It was about 8:00 the next morning when Mahiru woke up. She was a bit drowsy after waking up so late last night but still cheery as she got dressed and went downstairs.
The bar wouldn't open for another few hours so the people living at the moonshine could sleep late if they wanted. Nozomu usually took full advantage of this but as for Misoka and Akira…
"Morning Mahiru chan!" Akira shouted as Mahiru walked into the bar. Misoka was reading the newspaper, probably looking for news of the last teardrop, and Akira was cooking breakfast.
"Morning." She replied as Akira handed her a plate of pancakes.
"Any news of the teardrop Misoka?" Mahiru asked cutting up the pancakes.
Misoka shook his head, "Not yet, but we'll find it soon, I have a feeling."
She nodded and chewed her pancake thoughtfully for a moment, she could hear Akira clattering around in the kitchen making everyone else's breakfast when he asked, "Did you find anything on a phoenix?"
Misoka pulled out a large textbook no doubt from the endless library he had. It read "Demons and such" for the title. (yyyyeaaaah sucky title but I cant think of anything else.)
"Yes, apparently a phoenix is a fire bird that are the strongest when near fire."
"There's a shocker." Mitsuru muttered appearing virtually from nowhere.
"May I continue?" Misoka asked irritably, "Anyways the phoenix's tears are supposed to have healing powers, When a phoenix transforms into its demon form, it will not be fully grown until the age of sixteen." (I made that up guys it is not true…I think…)
"So that means that Kori's phoenix form is probably still small."
Misoka nodded and continued, "It says here that the phoenix's are not usually found in battle because they are medical birds, they hate war. It even says if you take a phoenix's feather and grind it up it can be used as medicine. However because of these medical powers many of the phoenix's have been killed or caged up to serve as a medical supply."(Yup. Made that up too XP)
"that's horrible!" Mahiru shouted, poor Kori, she thought, so that's why she was so eager to run away.
"Just another reason to hate humans." Mitsuru muttered darkly
Mahiru frowned at him, she loved him, but he could be a pain in the butt sometimes.
"Whas goin on?" Nozomu mumbled groggily as he came into the room. He peered over Misoka's shoulder at the textbook.
"So you found some stuff about the phoenix huh? Wow power to heal with their tears, must be useful."
Mahiru nodded agreeing but stared at her hands still thinking.
"Speaking of phoenixes where's our little friend Kori?" Nozomu asked looking around
"I found her up pretty late last night, she's probably still asleep."
Misoka raised an eyebrow, "What was she doing ?"
Mahiru looked a little flustered, "No I mean, I didn't want to make it sound like she was up to something, she was just watching the rain."
Misoka looked less suspicious
"Did you want me to wake her up or.." Mahiru offered knowing Misoka would probably want to talk to Kori about what he read.
"No, let her sleep, I'll talk to her later."
Akira looked disappointed. "Aw, I wanted to play tag with her some more." His ears drooped down a little sadly
Mahiru smiled at him, he really was like a puppy sometimes. "Don't worry she'll wake up before the bar opens, then you can play alright?"
Akira perked up a bit when he heard this, "Okay I'll wait."
(French accent) A few minutes later:
"Can we wake her up now?" Akira asked
"No" Nozomu answered
"Can we wake her up now?"
"Not yet Akira." Misoka answered a little irritably
"Can we wake her up now?"
"NO!" Everyone shouted at the same time.
"…Can we wake her up now?" (Sorry ,I had to do that XD)
Mahiru sighed, this was going to be a very long day…or was it?
Mahiru watched Kori climb down the stairs nervously and stop near the bottom.
Kori's POV
Everyone was staring at me like I was some type of miracle. I sweat dropped under my blush and nervously made my way across the room. It had stopped raining sometime that morning so I could leave now right…right?
Guess again.
"Kori-chan!" Akira cried running up to me excitedly
"You were asleep for a loooooooooooooooong time! Wanna play tag huh? Do ya?"
…Okay future note: Akira is definitely a morning person. Now I know why the others looked so relieved when I came down.
Akira paused for a moment like he just thought of something important.
"hold that thought!" He dashed off to the kitchen while everyone else sweat dropped.
He came back with a plate of still fresh pancakes drowning in maple syrup…So that's how he got so hyper.
"Here's your breakfast Kori, everyone else ate."
Aw no not again. I glanced around for the whiteboard and Mahiru handed it to me
No thank you I'm not hungry I scribbled across the board
Akira's dog ears popped out and they drooped, "How come you never eat? Do you not like my cooking?" He asked with big sad puppy eyes.
I blushed and flustered scratched across the board once again
no, that's not it at all, your cooking is very good
His ears perked up a bit but he still looked curiously at me
"Then why? What makes you not want to eat or sleep?"
I was getting even more flustered
I have to go I wrote once more but before I could move towards the door Mitsuru stood in my way.
"Why do you want to leave so much? Why wont you speak?" He joined in my questioning.
"What are you afraid of?" Misoka asked
The room was dead silent until we heard a knocking at the door.
They turned there attention to the door and forgot about me for the moment, Mahiru went to answer it.
"I'm sorry sir but were closed right now." She said to the stranger
"…Hello, I'm looking for a miss Kori Itikashi?" I felt a chill run down my spine as a familiar deep and cruel voice echoed through the moonshine.
That's what I'm afraid of
Dun Dun DUUUUUUNNNN Who is the stranger at the door? And why does he scare Kori so much? The next chapter has a little angst, and a bit of violence as a warning. Keep reading peoples!
Mahiru: Say it Mitsuru…
Mitsuru: Fine, READ AND REVIEW DAMN IT!