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CHAPTER 2: A Human and a Demon… cutest couple?
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"Hey Chris what do you think of the new transfer student?" asked Tiff sitting across from Chris in the cafeteria eating her sandwich.
"Morrigan? Hard to say, don't really trust her," said Chris looking half-awake and sipping his soda.
"Trust her? That's a bit weird to say, she just became a student already and started today, what makes you say that?" Tiff said eyeing Chris suspiciously.
"There's just this vibe about her that's telling me to be careful that's all," Chris answered back.
"Huh, never pictured you as the paranoid type. But she is pretty amazing, in just 5 periods she's became the most popular girl in school and excel in history the most. Something you two have in common," said Tiff cheerfully.
"Now that's scary," replied Chris in his trademark cocky sarcastic tone and earning him another flick to the head.
"You're lucky that I'm your childhood friend, buster," said Tiff in her playful mode again.
"What's so bad about her, Chris? Besides she's so beautiful and sweet and lovable and…," started Alvin before trailing off into his own world.
"And he's off. Seriously just ask her out if you like her that much," said Chris looking over to his best friend.
"W-W-W-W-What!? You can be serious, me and Morrigan!? It will never happen I'm way out of her league!" shuttered Alvin.
"Then that's a good omen for Morrigan. She doesn't have to put up with you," said Chris in a very cocky tone.
"What kind of best friend are you, man? That's harsh," said Alvin with a pouty-like face.
"If you feel that way, toughen up and study more especially history to get Morrigan to notice you," said Chris in a more friendly tone.
"Chris…" said Alvin moved by Chris' kindness.
"Please don't make that face," said Chris and then someone slammed their hands onto Chris, Tiff, and Alvin's table.
"There you are! I was looking for you!" said a red-haired (actually red, not orange) tied into a ponytail girl looking directly at Chris.
"Class Rep? What's up Raine?" asked a puzzled Chris.
"I just wanted to confirm something with you Chris," said Raine with a serious look on her face.
"S-Sure? What is it?" Chris answered back as he backs away slightly as Raine moved closer to his face.
There were many things Chris was expecting and this one not on the list.
"Is it true that Morrigan is your girlfriend?"
"SAY WHAT NOW!?" bellowed Chris that most of the students in the cafeteria looked in his direction.
"You're not? Hmmm, then why did she say she was?" said a puzzled Raine.
"That girl," said Chris clenching his fist.
"Oh my, my. Is little CC popular with the ladies lately?" said Tiff in a playful tone.
Chris shot her a quick glance and replied,
"Didn't you promise never to call me by that nickname ever again?"
"Couldn't resist the tease," said Tiff sticking her tongue out at Chris.
"Ouch."
"May I sit here?" called out a sweet voice behind Chris.
The voice was all too familiar with everyone at the table and Chris was the first to response.
"Do you see an empty seat?" stated Chris.
"Thank you," said Morrigan and sat beside Chris at the table.
"M-M-Morrigan! It's an honor to have you seating with us!" said Alvin sitting up and bowing to her before sitting back down.
Chris looked over to see what Tiff would say and noticed an annoyed look she gave Alvin before looking back at Morrigan.
"It's a little surprising, I expecting you to sit with the popular kids," said Tiff though her tone sounded a little unfriendly for a second.
"I'm not really interesting in sitting with them," she answered.
"Morrigan, why did you say earlier that were you Chris' girlfriend when those guys asked you out?" said Raine.
"I wasn't interested in them and say the first boy's name that at to mind," said Morrigan smiling back.
"You trying to get me killed?" said Chris in an annoyed tone.
"Whatever do you mean?" Morrigan asked in a curious tone.
"Easy math, many guys like one girl, that girl likes another guy, many guys killed that guy to get girl," said Chris in a cocky tone and a look to match looking in Morrigan's direction.
"Hehe… you're quite the comedian Chrissy," said Morrigan.
Alvin and Tiff had to shove their fist in their mouths to prevent themselves from laughing and Raine laugh out loud.
"Suddenly CC is better," said Chris looking forward with a very irritated.
"Don't like it CC?" stated Morrigan.
This time Chris looked back at Morrigan in a friendlier way.
"What makes me so interesting to you?"
Morrigan leaned forward placing her lips close to his ear and whispered into them.
"Because you look so tasty"
This caused Chris to jolt right up and look at her in a strange way.
"What kind of remark was that!?"
Tiff, Alvin, and Raine couldn't help but wonder what Morrigan said to Chris to cause him to be so jumpy.
"What did you say to him? It takes a lot to get Chris so fluster, except his dad anyway," said Tiff curious about the small talk Morrigan gave to Chris.
"Nothing… much," she added innocently.
Damn, I knew it… she likes Chris more than me… Alvin mused to himself with tears of sadness rolling down his cheeks.
"Well then I better be going, see you all later. And I hope to see you soon, Chris," said Morrigan added a flirty gesture toward Chris when she said his name and headed off.
"Congratulations Mr. and Mrs. Corona," said Raine and Tiff in unison.
Their reward was a ticked off Chris shaking his fist at them.
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Chris headed to the rooftop of the school after the 7th and final period of the school ended signal the students' time to go home.
Finding a good spot Chris laid his back on the ground looking up at the clouds thinking about last night.
Was it a dream or was it real? If it was real how did I get back to my room? Come to think of it I think I saw a pair on bat wings somewhere to? Must be imagining it… Chris mused.
"You like looking at the sky too?" said a female voice behind Chris.
"What do you like it most about the sky, Morrigan?" asked Chris getting up and looking back at Morrigan.
"How free it is from everything, I suppose," she said taking a seat next to him.
"Really? I like how the clouds, even though separate, come together and form one big family," said Chris staring back at the sky.
"Is that how you wish people would be act?" asked Morrigan leaning close to him.
"I guess, but enough about me. Why are you here? To look for the clouds or look for me?" said Chris eyeing her suspiciously.
"You of course," said Morrigan leaning even close to Chris as Chris retreated a few paces away from her.
"Why? I not that interest or tasty for that matter," said Chris looking for menacing and grim.
"Still hung up over that? I wanted to get to know you better that's all, closer to you," she said in a sexy
and seductive voice moving her hand on his chest.
"What are you trying to do?" said Chris which is making him a little uncomfortable at that moment.
"Isn't it obvious?" she said moving closer to his lips.
"I wish it wasn't," he replied back.
She looked at him with glee in her eyes and suddenly moved away from him.
"Maybe it's a little too soon, I hope to see more from you," she said before heading to the stairs and
vanishing from sight.
"That is one odd girl, still what was that aura around her?" said Chris pondering to himself.
Suddenly his cell phone began to ring.
Instantly he answered and awaited his expected caller.
"Boy! Where the hell are you? School's over now so why aren't you home?" said Mr. Corona.
"Dad, school was over 5 minutes ago and it takes at least an hour to get back home by foot," said Chris.
"Then why are you heading home now?" answered his father.
He always does this. Making sure he's alright and such, but an idea creep into Chris' mind that he couldn't help but share it with his old man.
"I was with my new girlfriend," Chris answered back.
"A-A-A a girl!? You finally got a girlfriend!? Oh boy you really do take after you're old man after all! Finally getting a girl, then go dating at the mall, making out under the starry starts at Make-Out Hill, getting marry, having kids… and you're just pulling my leg aren't you boy?" Chris' father said after calming himself down a bit.
"Oh come on! I love our conversation, except when you annoy me," said Chris.
"Anyway boy, make sure you come home no later than midnight! Or else I'll talk to your history class about adding more time to your studies," said Mr. Corona.
Oh joy…
"Alright I understand," said Chris and shut his cell phone off and put it back into his pocket.
The moment he put his cell phone back into his pocket he felt a piece of paper inside as well and pulled it out.
"What now?"
Meet me tonight at 7:00pm in front of the fountain in the park, I'll be waiting! ~ Love, Morrigan Asenland
"When did she? Oh, right. Oh well would be rude for a gentleman like myself to ignore a request from a beautiful young maiden," said Chris shoving the letter back into his pocket.
Yet, I feel like I will die when I get there…
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"It's 6:55pm right now and I'm at the fountain already. Good thing I'm an early bird," said Chris looking for a bench to sit down.
Why am I doing this? I don't really like her that much nor do I dislike her, but it's still rude to stand someone up…
Chris ponders as the cold night breeze brushes against his face, letting the wind whisper its lullaby in his ears, massaging his shoulder with each gust of wind.
The relaxing wind calms Chris' nerves a bit and slightly falls asleep.
"Having a good nap?" called out a familiar voice.
"Huh?"
Suddenly a quick of energy appeared in front of Chris, and quickly dodges it to the left as the bench scatters into small bits.
"That was mainly instinct that I dodged that! What the hell is going…," Chris started until he saw Morrigan in front of him.
She's currently wearing a black leotard that cut down closer to the her chest revealing her 'features' quite well leaving little to think about with a heart shape cut under her assets a bit, peach-warmers covering from a little after her elbows and ending to a single tie around her middle finger, skin tight purple leg stocking with bat designs on it stretching to probably the inside of her calf-high stiletto boots.
Not only that but she had small bat wings on the side of her head and larger bat wings on her back as well.
"Hmm… you look better like this than your Japanese school uniform," commented Chris.
"Why thank you, I had to look presentable for our date," Morrigan shot back.
"Well that's just dandy, but why did you attack?" asked Chris looking over to the newly destroyed bench.
Morrigan appeared behind Chris and pulled herself closer to him by wrapping her arms around his neck.
"To test you, I want to see what kind of soul you possess!"
Chris quickly ducked between her arms and jumped back a few feet as Morrigan hands started to glow.
"Soul… FIST!"
An energy sphere no larger that a 3x size Volleyball and steadily towards Chris as his spin in midair to dodge as Morrigan appear in front of him to fire another one at point blank however Chris retaliated by grabbing her wrist and swinging his way out of danger.
"You're quite the acrobat," said Morrigan gentle landing back on the ground.
"Why are you trying to kill? I'm soul would taste nasty if you beaten it to a pulp," Chris asked turning his head to get Morrigan in his view sounding more intimating.
"Your soul changes based on your emotions, I want to take a closer look at it," answered Morrigan.
"My soul changes? What am I a threat to you or something?" said Chris shooting Morrigan a half-trusting glance at her.
"Well more precise you more of a threat to all Darkstalkers and Dark Hunters alike," Morrigan said in a matter-of-fact tone.
"Huh? Another name to call Demons and Demon Hunters? Well what would I even do? I'm not even that interest in fighting," replied Chris.
"Depends on who considers you as dangerous or wants that power dwelling in your soul for something sinister," said Morrigan placing her finger to her mouth.
"Is that way I was attacked by those lizards last night?"
"Oh? I finally realized that it wasn't a dream?"
"And you just confirm that it wasn't and that you brought me home last night too," Chris said looking quite cocky in the moonlight.
"Touché," said Morrigan looking very pleased with his answer.
"SOUL FIST!"
Another wave of energy shot from her hands but this time bypasses right by Chris and hit the bush behind him and a sudden scream a pain was heard.
"Them again? Persistent buggers aren't they?" said Chris seeing the same type of lizard that attacked him the other night.
"Your friend is quite right; you are very popular ladies," said Morrigan as she giggled to herself.
"I'm not interest in lizard girls truthfully," said Chris jumping over to Morrigan's side.
"So you trust me to be this close to you?"
"Not really."
The creature got back up and retaliate its attack by shooting a red energy ball to the ground to create a dust of smoke to hide itself.
"For a simple-minded creature is still quite intelligent to come up with these tactics," Morrigan smile to herself as she dashes into the cloud of smoke.
Sounds of electric sound could be heard and explosive as well including very menacing slap sounds as well. And the sounds continue to grow and sound more deadly and dangerous.
"I'm glad I'm not that monster," said Chris with a distraught look on his face.
Suddenly the ground burst open and another lizard creature appeared from underground skull-bashing Chris in the chest this time around.
However the same sudden urge of dark energy swelled up inside Chris yet again and his changed into the black & red combo.
The lizard slowly took a few steps away from Chris sensing fear vibrating off of him and his soul. It was very menacing, telling the lizard to leave the boy alone. The lizard froze in place when Chris demonic red eyes locked with its empty eye sockets and the flame on the back of its skull lower itself down in total fear of the boy's raging powers.
Chris slowly raised his hand and kept it in the same direction to where the second slime lizard and gave it an evil smile.
"Boom."
An air sphere ricocheted off his hand blasting the lizard into the cloud of dust, which was dissipating, as spikes or iron thorns of some kind burst out stabbing the enemy to death as green blood poured out of its newly holed corpse.
As the dust cleared Morrigan stepped out looking completely untouched and the body of a burned lizard can be seen lying on the ground. Moments later both of the bodies of the lizards dissolved.
"Well that was easy, but that's what you get for ruining my date," said Morrigan looking over her shoulder to where the lizard's body once stayed.
"Then now about our date Chris… Huh?" Morrigan eyes grew wide when she saw Chris lying on the ground asleep.
Morrigan kneeled down to Chris sound asleep and brushed his fingers around his lips.
"As much as I like the nostalgic moment, I have unfinished business with you," whispered Morrigan in the boy's ear before wrapping her arms around him.
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Huh? What's this warm feeling?
Chris moved his arms around in the darkness feeling the warmth of a blanket cover.
This is my sheets… I'm back home already?
This time however he felt something lying on his chest, something warm and large.
This feels like? Huh? W-W-W-W-What!?
This time Chris jolted up from his bed and looked down to see Morrigan cuddling herself in his chest, back in her human disguise.
"Huh? Morning darling," stirred Morrigan awaking up and looking Chris in the eyes with a hint of playfulness.
"W-What are you doing in my bed… with me!?"
"Boy something wrong?"
That was Chris' father walking in the room as he heard his son shout in his bedroom.
Chris and his father exchange glances with each other and back to Morrigan then back at each other.
"Please excuse my rude entrance, please continue," said Mr. Corona bowing and closing the door.
"HOLD THE HORSES!!! THIS IS SO NOT WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE!!!" screamed Chris at his father, but could only hear the sounds of his father's heavy footsteps running away from his son.
Morrigan merely giggled to herself.
He really is much cuter when he fluster… she mused to herself.
"And what are you doing here? Why are you sleeping in my room!?" demanded Chris looking down very irritating at Morrigan.
"I told your father that you fall asleep on your way home and I brought you here. I also told him I didn't have a place to stay and the apartments are all booked so…"
"Oh no. No, no, no, no he didn't," said Chris pinching the top of his nose with his index finger and thumb.
"I'm here to stay roomy," said the flirty Morrigan giving Chris a quick peck on the face causing him to back away and blush.
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CHAPTER 2 END.