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Cancer: Gemini... don't you get tired of writing this all the time?!?!?!
Gemini: Of course I do!! But someone has to do it.... unless you want to be sued and end up paying debts for the rest of your life plus the one after that.
Cancer: (Sweatdrops) Uh.... GOOD POINT!!!.... (Starts to take out a Law book titled: "World Wide Disclaimers")
Gemini: (Large sweatdrop) Man.... I didn't know such a book even existed!!!
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Chapter 3: Escaped and Attacked
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A seemingly young boy took a peak out of a deserted ally way that he had been sleeping in the night before. He was almost invisible to any regular people who passed by without a second glance. Even if some strangers did notice this boy, they wouldn't care. All they would be concerned about was that he was just a young boy who was not worth their time in contemplating in who he was.
For the boy, that was just fine with him, he didn't want to attract any unnecessary attentions. The boy's golden brown eyes scanned the open busy market place for any possible threats and luckily found none. He seemed to relax at this thought. It was still early morning and the sun stood high, promising a new day with new possibilities. The rays from the bright sun shone brightly, catching the violet highlights on the young boy's long black hair that was tied back into a braid that hung halfway down his back.
Although his appearances seemed normal at first glance, he was definitely not like most of the boys. His height was a little shorter than the average height for a 16-year-old boy. His appearance seemed boyish yet not quite if one study it long enough. There was something missing.... lacking.... For the boy, this wasn't surprising considering the fact that he was actually a SHE!!!
Kayla quickly adjusted her disguise to fix anything that may be out of place. Her cousin's clothes were a little big on her. A little uncomfortable but she would eventually get use to it. Plus, at least it will protect me better from the cold at night compared to my usual dress and cloak she thought. Also the large clothing did a better job at concealing her figure and hiding her true gender from the outside world. She secured her breasts by wrapping a large cloth tightly around her upper body to give it a flatter and harder appearance. It was uncomfortable, however it wouldn't help to be discovered that she possessed certain female anatomies, which normal males should not have. Especially for the fact that she was walking around disguised as a boy, it would be too dangerous to be discovered and not to mention the extreme awkwardness of it.
However, all this trouble had been worth it and so far her plan was going accordingly. She had escaped from her aunt the night following the day when she fought her aunt for her necklace. She was lucky that her aunt had been too occupied and it gave her the chance to sneak out during the unholy hours of the night with her little bundle of clothes, few possessions and a little money. That had been four days ago, she had traveled non-stop and was finally able to reach the next closest village near the outskirts of Konan. She was dead tired when she had arrived during the night and had fell asleep instantly after she found herself a safe spot to rest. Then came the next day and now here she was....
Finally I am now officially free!!! Kayla found it extremely hard to contain her excitement and fought the urge to shout for joy and laugh like there was a tomorrow. It wouldn't do her any good to let other people seeing her standing there laughing and acting like some lunatic. Nope, definitely not a wise idea choice to behave she thought grinning. After a minute or so she was finally able control herself. The only indication of her previous euphoric feeling was the silly grin that lit up her whole face.
She quickly looked around once more, before stepping into the busy crowd in the morning streets, enjoying the carefree life she was now leading.
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Kayla walked down the streets of the market. It was now around late afternoon and she spent most of her time exploring the village to familiarize herself with her new surroundings. She had just finished eating at a little cheap restaurant. One of those outdoor restaurants that had its' tables and chairs located outside, because its' indoors were too small and was only large enough to hold the kitchen.
Actually to be truthful, she didn't exactly get to finish her meal. When she was eating and enjoying her sweet buns and tea, minding her own business. The man with unusual flame-coloured hair who was sitting at the table next to hers was making such a racket. She didn't want to be nosy nor did she want to care. However, the man next to her was so loud that probably the whole village could have heard his voice. Apparently, the man was complaining about the sake in the restaurant and he demanded for a new bottle of sake. The storeowner refused at first, which caused the flame-haired man to let out a colourful string of words that Kayla wasn't sure if it was even legal for the public ears. Frankly, Kayla had gotten fed up and paid for her meal and left, bringing along with her the buns to eat while she walked. Not bothering to see what happened to the storeowner after the flame-haired man stopped his cursing.
Now, she decided to just do some more exploring in the streets and letting herself relax for once. She may be disguised as a boy but that didn't mean she couldn't enjoy herself. After all, she was free to do whatever she wanted for the time being before she set out for Konan. The streets weren't as lively as it was in the morning, it was starting to get late and the sun was about an hour away from setting to once again bring back the night.
I have to find somewhere to stay for the night Kayla thought as she walked, not really caring in where she was going. I don't really want to keep sleeping outdoors in some ally way, who knows what other people might do there.... demo.... I don't have enough money to stay in an inn she thought as she tried to come up with a solution for her problem. Maybe.... maybe I can go ask some nice family if they could spare me a room for the night where I won't take up too much room since I'm only one girl.... ummm I mean boy... yeah maybe that would work satisfied with her solution, Kayla quickly made her way down the street, hoping to find some kind-hearted family to take her in for the night.
All of a sudden, a rough arm grabbed her by the neck from behind, locking her into a death choke and pulled her roughly back toward some secluded ally way. Kayla had been caught too off guarded to react immediately. When she did recovered from the shock, she quickly opened her mouth to scream for help. However, a large hand was clamped over her mouth before she could even utter a sound. Whoever was holding on to her from behind, was strong and was literally dragging her into the empty ally way. Nobody will ever come to her aid since no one had heard nor seen her.
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Kayla was taken into an ally way that seemed to be devoid of any sunlight as her kidnapper dragged her from behind almost choking her to death with that death hold his arm had around her neck.
Who is he?!! Where is he taking me?!?! Kayla thought panicking. Then a terrible thought rushed to her mind. Could he be working for my uncle? Maybe he recognized me and now he's taking me back to my prison! Kayla's panic quickly grew into full-fledge fear at the morbid thought. She had been so close to escape, and now she was going back? No I won't go back without a fight!! Kayla thought as her fear quickly turned into anger and strong determination.
She began to struggle harder, putting her full force into it. Her attacker was beginning to have difficulties holding her. "Stop struggling you little runt!" A harsh voice hissed near her ear, sending more chills down her spine, causing her to struggle even harder.
"Shit, hold still!!... Tomayo give me a hand here!! For a little guy, he sure is hard to handle," the voice behind her yelled. Then it was joined by a second voice somewhere on her right side though she couldn't really see. It was too dark in the ally way.
"You really are pathetic, you know Moshi... you can't even hold onto a small boy that's practically half your size" this voice seemed younger, yet even more dangerous than the one who was holding on to her at the moment.
"He's like a freakin' monkey, way too much energy... are you going to help me or not?!?!" replied the voice that seemed to come from Moshi based from what the other guy's reference.
Kayla immediately realized that these men referred to her as a 'he', therefore most likely they weren't sent by her uncle. Nevertheless, they were still attacking her although Kayla had no idea why. But Kayla didn't really care who or what their names were at the moment, she had to get out fast. Seizing the opportunity that he was still being distracted from talking to Tomayo, she bit into the arm of her attacker as hard as she could. It was crude but it will serve its purpose effectively.
Moshi immediately screamed in pain, quickly withdrawing his arm around Kayla, allowing her to breath normally again. "Stupid Son of a b*tch bit me!!" he cried, holding his injured arm.
Kayla tried to turn and run but was caught by another pair of hands- most likely belonging to the other guy, Tomayo- before she could take another step. Kayla found herself slammed painfully against the wall and was pinned there with something pointed to her throat. Kayla realized that this man, Tomayo was holding a knife against her throat causing her to panic. Even if these men weren't from her uncle, they had still meant business.
"Shut up and be quiet, you little runt!!" hissed Tomayo, as he brought his face close to Kayla forcing her to look into his cold, deranged eyes. "All we want is your money, don't you dare scream or even say a word or else you'll regret it you understand?" he threatened.
Kayla nodded slightly and carefully, not to let the knife that was against her throat cut her. She was very afraid as her mind completely froze over. If she wasn't careful enough, these two men would to do much more to her than to just rob her.
"That's a good boy," said Tomayo with sickening satisfaction. "You see Moshi, you just have to know how to show your enemies who is the boss here," he said as he turned to his partner.
"Yeah, yeah whatever, just save me a piece of him when you're done so I could return his favour for biting me" retorted Moshi as he glared menacingly at Kayla, promising a slow and painful torture.
Tomayo just laughed cruelly as if it was the biggest joke he had ever heard in the world. However, when he laughed, the knife on Kayla's throat began to waver, giving Kayla a chance.
She quickly brought her right foot out and kicked as hard as she could on his shin. He immediately stumbled in pain, dropping the knife to hold his injured leg. Immediately, she brought her right fist up and hit him right on the nose instantly, causing him to fall to the floor in pain.
Kayla didn't bother to examine the injuries that she had inflicted as she blindly ran away hoping the other guy, Moshi didn't react quick enough to catch her. She kept running and running. Behind her, she could hear the angry crying of Tomayo telling Moshi to stop laughing like an idiot and chase after her.
Kayla just kept running
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She didn't know how long she had been running away from those two bandits, hours? Minutes? Seconds? She couldn't be sure nor did she care. But she was sure that they were still behind her even though she couldn't see them at the moment. There was no way she was going to stop and check to see if her assumptions were correct.
Soon she was running out of breath, and her lungs felt like they were about to explode. Kayla was sure she would drop dead from exhaustion, not to mention that she was still recovering from the journey she had taken to get to this village in the first place. She would have to stop and find a place to hide and hopefully those two bandits would pass right by her.
She stopped to grasp her breath, hide.... I need a place to hide!! She thought panicking as she scanned the area for a possible hiding place. She quickly realized that she was back at the same outdoor restaurant where she had been eating at before the whole incident had taken place. The tables and chairs were still out and some people were still there eating and enjoying their meals, not bothering to look at the boy with black hair who had stopped in front of them.
Kayla quickly acted on impulse and hid under one of the furthest tables away from the ally way she had run out from. Neither was she aware nor did she care that the table was already occupied with one of the customers.
"What the hell?!?!" came a shocked voice from above the table that she was currently occupied under. The voice wasn't really anger, despite the language. More like utter surprise.
Kayla turned to see a pair of legs underneath the table, which obviously belonged to a man from the sound of the voice. He wore a pair of dark beige coloured pants with tall dark travelling boots. From her angle, she could tell that the man was wearing something like a dark blue trench coat, though it was hard to identify. For some unknown reasons, the voice that had been swearing from the man above her seemed vaguely familiar.
"You know.... most normal people I know usually sit by a table, not under it," said a voice with a hint of amusement and even closer than before. Kayla was so caught up in her own thoughts, she didn't even noticed that the owner of the voice had realized that someone was under his table and had bent down to see who it was, finding Kayla under there lost in her own world.
"Nani!..." shouted Kayla, who was shocked by the unexpected voice and forgotten to keep her voice down. Her head had shot up immediately along with her surprised reply. Also forgetting that she was still under the table. Her head hit the bottom part the table with a large thump, causing an immense pain and partial dizziness for Kayla.
"Ouch..." Kayla moaned as she rubbed the bruise on her head, this was certainly not her day. What else can go wrong? Kayla thought bitterly. She slowly raised her eyes to look at the owner of the voice who had been the source of the immense headache that she was experiencing right now.
Her eyes were caught immediately by another pair of golden brown eyes, which were almost the exact same shade of colouring as her own. For a moment, there was a silence as each pair studied the other.
Kayla quickly broke the gaze and looked at the rest of the face, and she found that this person was actually a young man, maybe around the age of 17 or so. The man had a strong jaw, with a slim yet strong face covered with the bangs of his flame-coloured hair.
Wait a minute!.... Flame-coloured hair?!.... Kami-sama! No wonder his voice was familiar!!.... Talk about coincidence!! Kayla thought amazed. Apparently, the table she had chosen on impulse to hide under in had also belonged to the same annoying flame-haired man, who caused such a racket to her peaceful meal earlier.
For once, in Kayla's life she was speechless from the sheer irony of it.
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Authors' Note:
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Cancer: ALRIGHT!!!! (Grabbing Gemini by her arm and do a Bandit Dance with her by force)...
Gemini: STOP IT CANCER, YOU'RE FREAKING ME OUT!!!!!
Cancer: YEAAA!!! TASUKI IS FINALLY OUT!!!!! BWAHAHAHAHAH!!! YEA BABY, COME AND DANCE WID ME!!!! LET'S PARTY!!!!!!!
Gemini: (Sweatdrops) Uh, Cancer, I think you should chill down and try to control yourself. I mean afterall, there are some AUDIENCES who are CURRENTLY watching you and ya ABNORMAL BEHAVIOUR!!!
Cancer: MWAHAHAHAH, I CAN'T!!! I JUST CAN'T SEEM TO CONTROL MYSELF!!! BWAHAHAHAH!!! I'M WAY TOOOOOOOOOOO EXCITED ABOUT THIS BABY!!!! WHOAHAHAHAHHA!!!
Gemini: (Bigger sweatdrop) Well.......in this case, I guess I really don't have a choice here, do I? (Gemini takes out a rod and smack Cancer on the back of her head, knocking her out of conscious)...Sigh.......Sorry for the INCONVIENIENCE guys, I'll make sure that next time I'll keep a closer eye on my PET!!! Ok, back to the topic...Yup, you're right, TASUKI IS FINALLY OUT!!! I know that's what most of you guys were looking forward to, and here it is, LOL, YEA U SEE I NEVER BREAK MA PROMISE RITE?!?! (Pointing her finger at those who were having doubts at her in the first place) AND NOW IN ALL OF YOUR FACES!!! WHOAHAHAHAHAHA!!! BWAHAHAHHAHAHA!!! MWAHAHAHAHAH!!!
To our dearest readers, thank you for your kindness and patience, and we do realize that it's not that easy to go through 2 LONG chapters without a familiar character from F.Y., but we do hope that you will understand our purpose for doing so............(WRACKING PEOPLE ON THE HEADS) WELL, OF COURSE WE'RE NOT DOING IT AS A CLIFFHANGER U BAKAS!!! We did it is because we want to show the hardship and difficulties that Kayla was going through before she meet those kind-hearted and humorous Suzaku seishi...Anyways... what we really hope that you guys would do for us is............... REVIEW PLZ!!!!!!!!!