Crimson Red

Ch. 2

a/n: thank you for reviewing the last chapter an dim glad you all seemed to enjoy the story =) and yeah I know im way into fantasy and fiction…its just so much more interesting than real life haha anyway please keep reading!

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"what are you doing? Are you insane, how do we know that this…this human wont hurt you?" Hatori paced back and forth, worried. Akito giggled lightly. They were both locked in Shigure's bathroom.

"Hatori…honestly. He's only a human, he cant hurt me in anyway possible." her pride definitely glowed brightly.

"he's out there right now…maybe planning something." even though he was worried he kept his monotone voice. A sudden knock at the bathroom door interrupted their talk.

"I have to go out for a while. So make yourselves at home." Shigure's voice came through the door and they listened for his footsteps and the front door open and close.

"he talks so weird…make yourselves at home…I wonder what that means?" Akito was puzzled by his saying. She stood up and brushed off her dress before turning the door handle and opening it. "Looks like he's really gone."

"How ignorant, leaving your property in the hands of a strange person." Akito scoffed at his arrogance. Suddenly a large net was tossed over her head and she crumpled to the floor. "What the hell!?"

She glared up at Shigure's victorious stupor. "well…what to do with you now." he smirked.

"Hatori!" the little dragon flew at Shigure but the dark haired boy splashed the little beast with a dark green substance that also happened to spatter into Hatori's mouth. Immediately he became very tired and slumped to the floor.

"What did you do to him! Ill kill you for that! I swear that I WILL kill you, you stupid, ignorant, untrustworthy-" Shigure's finger pressed to her lips gently, catching her off guard he stared into her eyes.

"Those are some harsh threats." he smirked, seeming to enjoy that she announced she would take his life. Akito was surprised by this human, he was very unpredictable. "maybe I'll just let you whip me instead though."

"you are insane." was all akito could mutter. She felt defeated but most of all her pride was hurt.

"I have questions that you're going to answer." He stood up and walked over to the couch.

"And what if I don't give you what you want?" Akito asked stubbornly. Shigure looked at her wryly.

"Well, I certainly like a challenge." he sat down on the mushy couch, his dark eyes never leaving her just as dark, glowering gaze. Akito glanced to her little companion and she felt anger and rage toward the boy that sat nonchalantly across from her.

"Alright, ill tell you whatever you want to know but only after you remove this grouping of ropes from me." a plan was stitching together in her mind.

"You talk really weird. It's called a net by the way and do I look stupid to you?"

"Well actually--" she was about to say but he raised his hand and interrupted her.

"Don't answer that." Akito thought she had him eating out of her palm. How she thought he was so ignorant and her plan was flawless he'll obviously fall for it. Once he removed this so called, "net" she would cast a spell on him, binding him to the floor, paralyzing him forever.

"A ha!" Akito jumped up once Shigure removed the net and suddenly realized her hands were tied behind her back very tightly. So tight, her own arms were squeezing her wings together which was causing massive amounts of pain to surge through her back. "Ow!"

"I didn't even tie it that tight. Im not falling for it." Shigure crossed his arms over his chest.

"No you idiot! My wings, they're practically being pushed into my back--" she winced and toppled over.

Shigure started to panic a little, not really knowing what to do. He's never had to help a winged girl before. "wha-what should I do?"

"Untie me!" Akito screamed.

"I'm not going to do that. You'll get away." Shigure watched in horror as her beautiful red wings slowly disappeared into her smooth back.

"Aaah!" Tears fell from Akito's eyes. She had never experienced such physical pain in her life. Minutes passed like they were months before her wings were completely hidden in her back, which was still smooth. No cuts or bumps.

"What was that?" Shigure's first question arose. Akito was heaving, saliva dripped from her tired mouth. She glared at him with hatred.

"My wings." she answered bluntly.

"I know that but how do u have wings and where did they go?"

"I'm obviously not from your world. So it's common for royalty like me to have wings, actually ONLY the royal blood line of the Sohma's have special talents. For example, I have red colored wings…and other assortment of abilities."

"Abilities? And if your not from Earth then where?" Shigure was intrigued.

"yes abilities which no one knows but me and Hatori here!"

"Alright alright." he raised his hands in surrender. "so where'd you come from and how?" Akito sat up and looked at him warily.

"if I tell you what u want to know…will help Hatori and then let me leave this place that your keeping me?" she stared at him with dead seriousness in her face.

"deal." shigure smirked, knowing that if she came to earth, not belonging to it people will pay thousands maybe millions for her and her little dragon creature.

"Okay. Hatori and I are from another dimension in a land called Olympus. We can travel to other dimensions through a power that Hatori has and only he has. Even in our world it's rare for a dragon to have that kind of magic. I'm Akito Sohma, the princess of Olympus and I was desperate to leave my home. Unfortunately we were accidentally sucked into your Earth's portal and now I am here."

Shigure was speechless. He looked at her as if she was on crack, which could happen. He happened upon many crack whores around this area trying to sell their ridiculous stories. But she did have wings, he touched them, and there right next to her sat a real live dragon. "Why did you want to leave?"

"….cus I did." her guilty eyes wandered around his house. "I don't trust you with that information."

"Was someone chasing you?" Akito nodded.

"The guards from my home. Of course they couldn't have followed us here. They don't have Hatori."

"Did you ever think that maybe they duplicated Hatori's special gift and implanted it into another being?" she stared at him astonished.

"I guess they could have done that. But no one has informed me of such a thing occurring." Akito was proud and stubborn.

"Maybe they wouldn't tell you since you're the one with the power." she was secretly hurt inside but stuck up her nose and wouldn't believe him.

"what's your next question human?"

"if I'm human then what are you. You look just like a female from earth except prettier, oh and your wings." Akito blushed. "so I'm guessing the word pretty is used in the same way back home?" he smirked.

"We speak English and most words I understand. You just seem to use them oddly. And…thank you for the compliment." she paused then thought about his question. "I guess…I am a humanoid being but have extra appendages and special adaptations."

"Hence the wings and so called magic." Shigure finished. He walked around her sitting form, her eyes followed his steps. He bent down behind her, his hand trekked slowly down her exposed skin of her back. Her body heated and she stood up abruptly.

"Do not touch me!" he stared at her, watching the whites of her eyes turn all black.

"Woah calm down, I was going to untie the ropes but I guess if you don't want me to-" she stepped closer to him and turned around, so that her back was towards him. "if I untie you, you have to promise to not hurt me."

"Promise." she muttered. Shigure gently moved the long strands of her black hair off of her back and over her shoulder instead. He picked up a knife and sliced into the rope's threads. Akito's arms fell freely and she turned to face him. "Thank you."

Shigure couldn't help but blush lightly when he looked down at her. She was pure beauty. His eyes sucked in her view as if he was drinking the ambrosia of the Gods. That was, until she slapped him on the cheek, grabbed her dragon friend, and threw herself from his window which happened to be five stories in the air; all in one swift move.

"she'll come back." he smiled darkly and walked over to his fridge, pulling out a beer.

Meanwhile….

Akito landed on her feet like an agile cat. Hatori tightly in her grasp, she ran far from where her naïve captor waited. She heaved, her chest starting to feel heavy and phlegm filled coughs plagued her. She skidded to a stop once she was in a tree encompassed area.

Akito collapsed under a tree, breathing heavily, trying to catch her breath. Many passerby's looked at her curiously. She just glared at them until they looked away. "we have to get out of here. Hatori wake up! Are you okay?" she shook his little dragon body until he finally stirred.

"Ugh." his eyes blinked sleepily and Akito was filled with relief.

"Hatori! You're okay." She hid her worry quickly, "good, we need to get down to business and get ourselves out of here."

"I told you so." Hatori hopped out of her grasp and hid behind her.

"What are you doing?" she asked questioningly.

"The humans aren't allowed to see me. They have to stay ignorant about us." He thought of a way to be incognito.

"Uhm…why?"

"Because can u imagine if we were found out, these humans would perform all kinds of dissecting and experiments. And sooner or later theyd find Olympus and probably take over it and destroy it just like they have their own land." He quietly muttered an incantation and a loud poof was heard and purple smoke shrouded him and the fog cleared Akito blushed profusely and turned her head like an embarrassed child. Hatori had transformed himself into a tall human man. His black hair covered his right, yellow eye and his muscled body was completely naked.

"Hatori…you're naked. And a human" Akito grinned lightly as Hatori covered himself with his arms.

"We should get some clothing that is best for this generation." he was blushing but stayed in his cool, calm demeanor.

"We don't have any of Earth's currency." Akito looked around at the people who stared at Hatori's bare skin. "Ill go steal some clothes for you." She started to walk off and Hatori hid behind a bush.

"Akito-san, don't get caught…and u should find something for yourself as well." she looked herself up and down. She was wearing an awfully tight, short dress and her heels were like platforms…and it was all black.

"Alright. Wait for me." and in a flash, she darted into one of the many stores on the side of the road. Akito was searching through the men's section of a very renowned store when her black eyes caught a glimpse of a very large, burly man. She quickly ducked down behind the men's pants and peeked around the aisle.

She glared as she recognized the man. Tall, chiseled, and he wore purple armor. "How did they get here!" she whispered forcefully to herself. As the man turned his head towards her she darted back around the aisle. "Shiiiit!" Akito crawled on all fours, quickly grabbing random clothes for Hatori and herself.

She heard their heavy footfalls coming closer. Akito whispered a spell and she immediately became invisible. She stood and ran from the store, their alarms rang and she ran faster. Soon she was back into the tree where she had left Hatori.

"Hatori!" she threw the garments at him. "the guards! They found us!" He clothed himself and looked at her skeptically. "What?" she smiled when she looked at his clothes.

"Really? You couldn't find anything else?" his shirt barely covered his stomach and it had a large purple dinosaur on it, his pants were two sizes too big and they were falling off his naked butt.

"I was in a rush…pfft." she covered her mouth with her hands. "Come on we have to go." they looked behind her and the guard she saw and four other men following him were trudging their way. "Where are we going to go?"

"I'm going to try the portal." Hatori chanted and chanted but the circular light wouldn't show.

"Hatori hurry!"

"It's. not. Working." He was shocked. "We have to run." his large hand grabbed Akito's tiny hand and they ran as if they were flying. The guards saw them and chased after. "There! Princess halt!!" Akito willed her wings to come out but the pain shot through her body and she changed her mind.

"I cant get my wings out Hatori! That stupid human ruined me!!"

"Calm down, we're going pretty fast so don't worry." he was calm and lucid nut the men were gaining on them.

"Hatori are we slowing down? Are you alright?" he was heaving heavily and his pace slowed down significantly.

"This human…body…is so…weak." he panted. Akito's hair was in grasp length of the guard's hand. She shook nervously, knowing what she was about to do was going to hurt terribly.

"Don't worry, ill save us." She swallowed and then willed her wings to burst from her back and fly them away. Suddenly her back ripped open, blood pooled from the openings and she screamed as her crimson colored feathers flashed out of her back and thrust her and Hatori up into the sky.

"Akito-san…" Hatori looked at her amazed. "Where can we go?" she sighed helplessly. "Please tell me you are playing a joke?"

"No. we have to go back. He's the only one we know." she knew she'd regret this later, but right now Akito didn't care, the pain in her back was furiously burning up every nerve in her body and she started to sweat and turn pale….

Shigure sat leisurely on his cough finishing up his second beer and watching his favorite soap. He jumped to his feet when a winged thing crashed through his window, sending shards of glass all over his wooden floor. Blood immediately covered the spot where the winged person lay, next to her was an oddly dressed man.

"Shigure…was it?" Akito stammered. Her eyes looked bruised and she was pale.

"What the hell." Shigure ran to his kitchen and came back with towels. He slowly approached her and the man. "I'm just going to put this on your back, it'll soak up the blood." They watched Shigure cautiously as he pushed the towel into her blood soaked back.

"So I see you came back, I didn't expect it to be so quickly though." he smirked and then made eye contact with the oddly dressed man. "And you brought back…"

"It's me Hatori. I had to transform myself to hide from your fellow humans." shigure nodded his head like it was obvious then removed the now soaked towel from Akito's back. Her wings had already retracted and the cuts were stitching themselves together.

"Hmm. Interesting." she suddenly fainted onto the glass covered floor, nipping her face and chest with the broken shards. "Ha'ri would you mind moving her to the bathtub?"

"It's Hatori and what is a bathtub…something you're going to cage her in?"

"Nooo, a bathtub is where people wash themselves." Shigure looked at him weird.

"Oh. A bathing chamber. Then why didn't you say so?" Hatori stood and gently picked up Akito's limp body and walked to the bathroom, placing her in the deep white tub. He started to unclothe her when Shigure walked in.

"Oh, don't mind me." he smirked and stood there. Hatori waited for Shigure to leave. "Alright alright, I'll go. don't glare at me like that." Shigure pouted and shut the door.

Akito's eyes slowly opened while Hatori carefully washed her with a warm, wet cloth. "Hatori I can do it." she blushed and tried to sit up but she gasped and laid back down.

"I used to help your father wash you all the time. No need to be embarrassed." He placed the wet cloth on her head and squeezed so that the water soaked her long dark hair.

"I was little then…now well…never mind." she felt Hatori wash her hair and she got an idea. "Hatori you're disguised so that none knows it's you. Maybe I should disguise myself as well."

"if that's what you think. It does sound smart. How will you do it? You've used up so much strength, I doubt even you princess can conjure up any more power after today's ordeals." he stated matter of factly while he finished washing her. "Let's dry you."

He helped her out of the tub and wrapped a towel around her dripping body. "I'm going to cut my hair." Hatori looked at her in astonishment.

"Your hair?"

"It's my trademark so…if I get rid of it then it'll be harder for them to find us." She dried off her body then wrapped her hair in the towel. "Okay. Ask Shigure-kun for something sharp so that I may cut my hair."

"Shigure…kun?" Hatori opened the door to walk out.

"It's polite…shut-up and go ask him." Hatori did as told and returned with what he said Shigure called scissors. "Thank you, now leave." he left again.

Akito stood in front of the mirror, her towel wrapped around her body. She closed her eyes and sighed sadly. She brought the sharp shears to the end of her black, glorious hair and snipped them closed. She watched blankly as the small piece of severed hair fell to the tiled floor. And she did it again and again.

The door to the bathroom opened and Hatori stood up in shock as he looked at her new hair. "Do…do you like it?" she asked guarded but still worried. She ran her fingers through what was left of her black hair. It was now as short as Shigure's but a little scruffier.

"I think it looks good, and no one will know it is you." Hatori spoke honestly. Akito's eyes then looked to Shigure, waiting for an answer.

"I think it looks sexy." he answered bluntly.

"Uhm…thanks? What is this…sexy?" Akito asked curiously.

Shigure just smirked. "It's kind of like prettier but better." she hid a small smile. "Now, let's take you guys to get some clothes." he stood and grabbed his house keys and his wallet.

Sooooo, how was that? I hope you all like it and thank you for your support. R&R!