A/N: ...aw man I'm sick, my copy of Moon (by Gackt) hasn't come in yet, and My head won't stop spinning... but at least there are no more finals - FINALS ARE OVER!!!!!!! Thx to all that replied to my last chapter you're all very nice. I luv my sweet reviewers. That's why I'm typing while I'm sick (usually I'm a lazy bum when I don't feel good)! btw this is the first chapter where Kitsu speaks though she only whispers. SEE SHE CAN SPEAK!!! 6/3/07: okay all this is old news I got Moon and a lot more CDs and i'm no longer sick. and there are MORE finals comming up soon but school's almost out so i'm okay with that. btw i am planning on starting a KH fic if anyone's interested. for those that don't know KH is Kingdom Hearts. yes it's true that most of the reason i haven't been working is that i've been looking for Akuroku (Axel x Roxas) smut... I'm proud to say that i have! -
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Chapter 4: Well you don't see THAT everyday!
Two uneventful weeks afterward, Kitsu disapeared. But not without a trace. She left a note for them on the frige. It read:
'There's something I need to do VERY badly. I'll be back as soon as I'm done.
-Kitsu
p.s. If you try and look for me you probably won't find me, so just skip the trying and wait. I'll be back in a week at the latest.'
Needless to say our two vampires were dumbstruck by the note. And also needless to say both Kei and Sho DID look for Kitsu. They looked every minute of the night for the first three days. Just like she said, they couldn't find her. They smelled and sensed her, they followed her trail all over town but could never seem to catch-up. Both of them found this excedingly strange. How could they never catch up? She was just a little girl! How could she get to some of the places her scent led them (places like across rooftops and up very tall trees)? How could she move fast enough to cover as much ground as she must have? Neither of them could even begin to fathom the answers to these questions.
On the fourth night of her absence the two simply stayed home and tryied to figure out where they hadn't looked.
On the fifth night they went out again. Not to look for her, but to feed. When they searched the first night they had used a lot of their vampiric skills and abilities which drained them sufficiantly. Besides that it had been a while since Kitsu's weird (but good) cake that recharged them. So they decided to go to the park. Since it had been a while since they had done a job all sorts of mafias had sprung up and they liked to have gang wars in the park. This meant there were a lot of bad men that hung out in the park. It had almost become like join the union or join the mafia (bad joke so kill me) there were so many different mafias now.
Kei was waiting in a cluster of old hickory trees when he heard something move in the undergrowth. Just a slight movement, anyone else probobly would have brushed it off or maybe not even noticed at all, but Kei did. Whatever it was was gone before he got a chance to look at it but it left behind something.
In the weeks that were uneventful Kei and Sho had taken Kitsu out for a better wardrobe. She had picked some weird things but she was bent on getting this one scarf. It was a reddish color mainly, it had a lot of black embroidery in it and had black tassels at the end. The thing was huge actually and could be used as a shawl when completely unfolded, but she used it as a scarf. That scarf now lay in the underbrush and Kei was now very worried.
When Sho returned Kei showed him the scarf. He almost looked like he was about to tear the town apart looking for her, and he would have if Kei hadn't stopped him by reminding him how soon the sunrise was. Sho surrendered with a good amount of fight and they returned home. Kei went to his bedroom right away. He needed to think without any distractions (and Sho was the biggest distraction of his heart).
Sho in the meantime was restless. He finally convinced himself to just sit down and unwind in front of the TV. When he was close enough to see over the back of the couch he swore he was going to have a heart attack. There was Kitsu, curled up and fast asleep on the couch. She even still had her shoes on. Sho considered taking her up to her (yes her) room but decided against it. He simply pulled the cover off the top of the couch and kissed her forehead. Tomorrow night he would chew her out for disappearing but tonight he was just glad she was safly back home with them.
The next morning (night... whatever) Kei was awakened by the sound of breakfast being made. I wonder what made Sho want to cook breakfast today? Kei thought as he scratched his head, and walked into the kitchen. He stood frozen as a slightly taller-looking Kitsu stood bustling around the kitchen cooking breakfast. Kei heard a small the small sigh escape from here lips, and would have sworn it sounded a little like a "hi". Before he had a chance to question this for himself he felt all his worry, frustration, and confusion from the last week melt and then be tempered into fury. How can she disappear for five days without even hinting at where she was going and then suddenly reappear and act like nothing's happened?!
Of course it was that moment that she turned around and noticed Kei. She gave him the warmest smile Kei had ever seen from her. But Kei also noticed that she looked older at least by a little. "Ohaiyo." was all he could say to her, his fury flowing away like rain. She nodded and turned back to to making breakfast. Kei sat to watch her continue cooking. He noticed she was a lot more confident, and her smile was so raidient that it lit up her whole face.
Sho came walking in wiping the sleep from his eyes, and noticed that Kei was watching a cheery Kitsu finish setting breakfast on the table. She looked up and positivly beamed at him. He couldn't help but smile back.
Things remained quiet for a time. She still didn't speak but she smiled a lot more and helped out around the house. Soon-thereafter Kei and Sho knew that they had to go out on another job. When she noticed that they were getting ready to leave she grabbed her sticky notes and wrote/asked: What's up? Where are you going? Sho explained that the were going to a job without indicateing that they were going to steal. She gave them a wierd look an d then: If you're going to steal things from mafia people I'm going okay? I want to help out! Baffled that she knew exactly where they were going Sho tried to argure that she was too young and that it would be dangerous. She argued right back that she was smaller than them and could get in without being noticed, hence becoming a very effective spy and scout. Kei ended this argument by saying that she could go but only if she promised that if things got too dangerous she would get out of there in a flash, with or without them. She agreed and they left.
After sneaking into the building that was know as a major hangout for the newest mafia in Mallepa, Kitsu soon returned to the two men and informed them that there was not a soul inside, yet everything was sstill just laying there as if everyone just up and left. So the three merrily raided the building and looted anything worthwhile, all the while Kitsu kept getting more and more on edge. Eventually she ran up to Sho and started pulling on his hand to get his attention. When he turned to face her her expression was prue fear.
"It's okay Kitsu. I promise." Sho said patting her head and trying to continue with the raiding of the building. She wouldn't have it. She didn't let go.
She looked down and whispered, "Can we go now?"
This being the first verbal request the small girl had ever made of him he could hardly refuse. "Ne, Kei let's get out of here."
"Why now Sho? We haven't finished." Kei simply put.
Kitsu again spoke a little louder so that Kei could hear, "We should really go now."
Kei was almost as shocked as Sho had been. He agreed and soon they were walking down the street, with Kitsu inbetween the two men who wouldn't stop asking her why she had gotten so spooked. And then suddenly they were glad she had. The building they had just come out of and exploded in a flurry of dancing flames. Sho and Kei looked at Kitsu and were about to ask how she'd known, but she was crouching with her hands on the top of her head and she was trembling uncontrollably. They didn't bother to ask her and Sho simply picked her up and carried her home.
ending note: SORRY EVERYONE! GOMENNE GOMENNE!!! I was busy and they i lost my spark but i found it again! it's seems a little short but that's alright. i think --;