::Chapter Eight: Protection::

Morning rolls around and the sun is shining through the crack in the emerald curtains. Hita opens his eyes to see ZANDi laying right next to him. He smiles slightly as the young girl rolls over in her sleep, but he soon realizes that her robe was untied…and no undergarments were underneath.

Hita::twitch:: hehe he Heh…he ::twitch:: 'oh god look at her, she's so beautiful, soft lips, silky hair… soft, well proportioned… breasts,'

While Hita was admiring her "beauty" the young girl stirred in her sleep a tad, then batted her long lashes and looked up at him, not knowing her tie was undone, then smirked plotting against the elder man.

Hita: "no! I am not allowed to think like that… ::he turns around so he cant see her::

ZANDi takes advantage of this peculiar moment.

ZANDi: Hita?

As he turns around to see what she had to say, at full force, ZANDi glomped Hita.

Hita: nahh!

ZANDi: good morning!!!

Hita::thinks to self while blushing:: 'bare…breasts…against…chest…ahh…'

ZANDi::looks at Hita:: Hita? You okay? Your face looks funny. ::giggles and hugs again::

hmm, your warm ::smiles::

Hita::snaps back to reality:: huh? Oh::ahem:: I'm fine…I…need to take a shower real quick…

She lets go of him.

ZANDi: okay, but hurry up…you need to drive me to school!

Hita: right…::turns away:: you'd better get in the shower yourself.

She cocks her head to the side

ZANDi: but Hita…your using my shower!

Hita: your shower? I could have sworn this was my house and this was also my room…

ZANDi: meh…possibly .

Hita::sighs:: fine… use this one…I'll use the one next to your room…

ZANDi: okay! Yay::jumps off bed and glomps him:: hurry back!

Hita::sighs:: I will

With their showers taken, ZANDi was the first to get out, and unfortunately, she forgot to grab clothes, so she grabbed her towel and walked to her room…but just as she walked into her room, Hita walked out of the bathroom wearing nothing but a towel.

ZANDi: eek::dives behind her bed

Hita::smirks:: knock it off, its not like ive never seen you like that before.

ZANDi::peeks above bed:: huh?

Hita: remember? The bath?

ZANDi: Hehehe, oh yeah…but I haven't seen you! Or any other male for that matter!

::covers eyes::

Hita: you mean youre still…oh wait, I almost forgot, of course you've never.

ZANDi: never what?

Hita::sighs:: never mind, just get dressed before youre late for school.

ZANDi: right…::glares at Hita::

Hita: what?

ZANDi: ahem…im not gonna change in front of you…no matter how much you'd like that.

Hita::laughs:: right I almost forgot.

They both return to their rooms, get changed and head into the kitchen.

Hita: do you wanna stop for breakfast or do you want to get it at school?

ZANDi: hmm…lets stop for some ::smiles::

Hita: okay, well then lets go.

They both hop into his car and drive to McDonald's, but unfortunately, the line was five cars long and they had to wait 15 minutes before they could order, and by the time they ate, ZANDi was already late for school, which was at least 25 minutes away. Once they got to school, Hita signed her in and she headed to class, after giving Hita a quick kiss. She walked into her swimming class and changed into her two piece swimsuit.

Valerie: hey ZANDi? You okay to swim?

ZANDi: yeah! Im all better now! See::punches self in chest and coughs after::

Valerie::laughs:: yeah, okay. Well since your all better, lets dive in on the count of three,

Valerie and ZANDi: one…two…three!

They both jump in the freezing cold water.

ZANDi: gahh! I don't understand how this is supposed to make us swim faster!

Zachariah::still on deck:: hey girls, you both still cold?

Valerie and ZANDi: yeah!

Zachariah: so I suppose you wouldn't mind…::backs up:: if I do a ::runs and jumps::

CANNONBALL!

Zachariah lands right next to the two girls, splashing them with the cold water.

ZANDi: baka Zachariah!

Zachariah::laughs hysterically:: you two are so fun to mess with!

Valerie: yeah really funny! You got my towel soaked::points to the soaked deck with her towel on it::

Zachariah: oh, oops…Hehehe,

Valerie swims after Zachariah and ZANDi just sits back laughing. The doors slam and the principal, Mr. Hamilton comes walking in, and tells the swimming teacher something, then the teacher calls out ZANDi's name.

ZANDi::she gets out of the pool:: yes Ms. Saragatsu?

Ms. Saragatsu: Mr. Hamilton needs to talk to you.

ZANDi: yes sir?

Mr. Hamilton: I need you to step out into the hall please?

ZANDi: um…okay

They both walk out into the hall, and Kaleb just happened to be out there.

Mr. Hamilton::keeps staring at her chest:: ZANDi, you have a detention today.

ZANDi: what?!? What for?!?

Mr. Hamilton: multiple tardies,

ZANDi: uhh! I- never mind, whatever!

Mr. Hamilton: the detention is after school from 2-2:30

ZANDi: okay.

Mr. Hamilton turns and walks away

ZANDi: gods I hate him!

Kaleb: well that's apparent

ZANDi: holy crap! When did you get here?

Kaleb: ive been here the whole time.

ZANDi::glares:: what do you want?

Kaleb walks closer to ZANDi.

Kaleb: I wanted to apologize properly.

ZANDi::takes a step back:: why?

Kaleb: because, I find you very... attractive and I'd like to ask you out.

ZANDi: hell no!

Kaleb: why not? I am the most popular guy in the school, you wouldn't get made fun of any

more! And its not like you can do any better.

ZANDi: shut the hell up, yes I can, and I already have. Remember that guy who kicked your

ass? He's my boyfriend.

Kaleb: you mean that old man? You cant be serious.

ZANDi: what do you mean old man? He's only 27.

Kaleb::laughs:: is that what he told you::walks closer and pins her against the wall::

ZANDi: Kaleb! Get off me::tries to push him off::

Kaleb: I know you like me, all the girls do…you should be flattered that I chose you.

Just as he tries kissing her Ms. Saragatsu walks out and sees the look of distress on

ZANDi's face.

Ms. Saragatsu: Kaleb! Get off of her right now::grabs him by the shirt collar:: we're going

down to the vice principals office for sexual assault. ZANDi, you go back into class.

ZANDi: aragito Ms. Saragatsu.

She runs into the class room and tells her friends what happened, then used Valerie's cell phone to call Hita and tell him that she had a detention.

Hita::on the phone:: okay, well ill be there around 2:30.

ZANDi: okay… love you.

Hita::taken aback by her words:: I- I love you too.

ZANDi: bye ::she hangs up the phone::

The rest of the school day went by with nothing out of the ordinary and the day is finally

done and she has to go to detention.

ZANDi::knocks on door:: hello? Mr. Hamilton, im here for my detention.

Mr. Hamilton: oh, right, come in.

She walks in and takes her seat in the very back.

Mr. Hamilton: no, ZANDi, I want you to sit right here ::points to chair right next to him::

ZANDi: umm…why?

Mr. Hamilton: so I can make sure your not playing any games on your cell phone or

anything like that.

ZANDi: whatever.

About thirty minutes go by and Mr. Hamilton is getting antsy.

ZANDi: umm, its 2:30, may I go?

Mr. Hamilton: no, I told you 3:30, not 2:30

ZANDi: no you didn't!

Mr. Hamilton::places hand on upper thigh:: yes I did sweetheart

ZANDi: don't touch me::she jumps up and heads for the door::

Mr. Hamilton: get back here!

He gets out of his chair, grabs her by her wrist, turns her around and pins her against the

wall, while holding her hands together.

Mr. Hamilton: and don't try any of that sorcery on me, or this will be much worse for you

then you could imagine...

ZANDi hears something unzip and to her horror, she realizes he was undressing himself.

::Hita's P.O.V::

After waiting 10 minutes he decided to go and see what was taking so long, he had a

funny feeling in his stomach and he didn't want anything bad to happen to his love, not

again.

He walked through the front doors and heard a scream, it was ZANDi's. he picked up his

walk to a run, frantically searching for the room that her desperate scream came from.

He finally came to the principals office and seen two shadows, and one of them was her.

He tried to open the doors, but they were locked…in his rage, he kicked the door down to see his love, pinned against the floor, and above her was the principal, trying to rape her.

The startle of the door coming down gave ZANDi the window she'd been praying for, she kicked him hard in the genital area and ran away, hiding behind Hita, sobbing.

Hita: you sick bastard, I should kill you for what you almost did!

Mr. Hamilton: oh im so scared, if you couldn't kill me the first time, what makes you think

that you can this time?

Hita: what?

Mr. Hamilton: don't you remember Tomikayasa?

Hita: no… ::starts thinking of where he may have crossed him before::

Mr. Hamilton: it was 3127 years ago, back when you had a spine and you would fight and

kill… when you killed my mate but only severed my right arm. ::looks at Hita then at

ZANDi and smirks:: seems like I can kill two birds with one stone today…you know

ZANDi, I could never get your mother either, your just as desirable as her.

ZANDi: y-you're not human…

Hita: I know, he's sick...but dont worry, I wont let him touch you.

ZANDi: no, I mean, he's not human!

Mr. Hamilton: about time someone realized. You know, these human skins arent very

comfortable, too tight, but at least I got an arm back... and at least its given me a chance to

get back at you... Hitakamari Tomikayasa...

A sick, squishing noise is heard and Mr. Hamilton's face and body begin to change and

grow to a full 10 feet, with sharp, curved fangs jutting out of his lower jaw, long, bulky

arms and legs with muscles and tendons bulging, horns started ripping from the top of the skull to curve back over his massive bulk and to add a dark demeanor over this already vile looking creature of hell… ZANDi was right, he was no human, but a demon, with an arm that looked as though it had once been severed at the bicep, but had grown back over many years.

Hita: so its you.

Mr. Hamilton: about time you remembered me, but little good will it do, for your life here is

soon to be over.

Hita: Maybe, maybe not, we shall see... but now its time to teach you not to touch the people

I love, not again... not this time, Himmeldgeiver... you took my family from me long ago... I

thought it was enough when I slew your mate, but no... you try to hurt me again 300

centuries later... now I will end your pitiful life, and protect those that I love more than

anything, especially her!

Hita pulls out his sword with skilled ease and stands ready to defend at any given

moment. Himmeldgeiver makes the first move by charging at him and swings with a

downward, two-handed strike aimed at Hita's head, which Hita easily side-steps and

swings with an upward swing slashing for his abdomen but Himmeldgeiver brought his

sword out of his last attack just in time to raise it up in defense. Hita notices the demons

off balance and uses this opportunity to his advantage by pushing against the demons

blade throwing him to the ground.

Hita: Himmeldgeiver, it seems your not used to your old body, or not having that other arm.

Himmeldgeiver growls and pushes himself up, backwards to gain space between himself

and Hita. As soon as he lands, he pushes off of the ground and speeds towards ZANDi in

an attempt to use her as a shield, or perhaps to kill her... after all, he could still use her

when she's dead... Hita sees his change of tactics, and hears ZANDi's scream, and jumps

in between ZANDi and Himmeldgeiver just in time, but not in time enough to put up his

sword in defense... Himmeldgeiver's sword struck straight through Hita's left shoulder, 6

inches above his heart, and raises his up into the air.

Himmeldgeiver: BRAWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! I have struck a great wound into

the great Hitakamari Tomikayasa, one that not even he could ignore... much less continue

fighting! What kind of warrior are you, who do you think you can protect, when you can't

even protect yourself, hmm? Exactly, nobody! MWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

Hita::quietly, almost inaudible:: shut up... shut up and die already...

Hita pulls his arm back and points his sword toward the demons stomach and pushes

forward as hard as he can.

Hita: FORCE STRIKE!

The sword pierces Himmeldgeiver's chest right in between the lungs, all the way up to the

hilt. As soon as the hilt touched the demons chest, a blinding flash of light explodes from

the demons chest and he is thrown across the office through the office wall into the wall

across classroom next to it. Luckily there was no teacher in the class to cause a ruckus.

Hita lands on his feet as he falls, swaying from the injury, and from the swords weight

pulling him back. Hita notices he has lost a good deal of blood... but nothing to fret over

for now... he had a demon to get rid of. Hita, sheaths his own sword, strengthens himself

and grabs the demons sword hilt thats against his shoulder and pulls the full 6 foot blade

out. As the demons sword falls to the ground Hita unsheathes his own sword and walks to

the next room to where the demon lay against the wall holding his chest as large amount

of blood gushes from the wound and runs between his clawed fingers.

Hita::holds his sword to the right side of Himmeldgeiver's throat:: tell me one reason I

should spare you... allow you to live... and it had better be a damn good one, for no reason

has crossed my mind as to why I should let something as despicable as yourself continue to

walk this earth.

Himmeldgeiver: please, please don't kill me! I swear, I wont touch her again! I wont touch

anyone again! Please dear Hitakamari, I know you have kindness in your heart!

Hita starts raising his sword across to Hita's left should.

Hita: I said give me a reason, so stop your blubbering, I'll give you to the count of

three…one

Himmeldgeiver: I-I umm, I didn't.

Hita: two…

Himmeldgeiver: I never did it! Never! I'm a good principal! I'll never bother anyone ever

again, I swear! Please don't do this!

Hita: three…time is up…oh well, time to die...

Himmeldgeiver: NNNNNNNNNOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!! PLEASE DON'T KILL ME!!!!

ZANDi walks into the room Hita and Himmeldgeiver are in just as Hita's sword lowers

for the deathblow. She turns in time so she doesn't see Himmeldgeiver's' head removed

from his body, but she still hears the sickening sound of Hita's sword cutting threw the

flesh, the sound of the wet blood spraying from the severed stump and landing on the

floor as water does when it rains... and the agonizing pleas cut off as the demons life on

this world was over... ZANDi begins to feel sick and goes back into the office and curls up

trying to not throw up.

Hita walks over to where ZANDi is curled up on the floor...

Hita: ZANDi? Hey its okay, he's gone…he wont hurt you again

She looks up, sees the gash in his left shoulder, and the large amount of blood stained on

his shirt.

ZANDi: oh my god! Hita your hurt!

Hita: not really, im fine

ZANDi ignores this and pulls out of her purse a long roll of sanitized gauze, alcohol, and

antibiotics.

ZANDi: take off your shirt…

Hita: no, im fine.

ZANDi: if you don't, I will.

Hita::sighs:: fine ::takes off shirt::

ZANDi blushes but continues anyways.

ZANDi: uh-oh...

Hita::sighs:: what?

ZANDi: its really deep, and the bastard had poison on his freaking sword…

Hita: ZANDi, I told you im fine ::he goes to get up::

ZANDi: sit back down! You'll hurt yourself!

She sits in front of him and places her hands on his chest and Hita gives her a look.

ZANDi: im gonna use some of my magic to heal this okay?

Hita: how do you know how to do that?

ZANDi: while we were out in the middle of nowhere, me and my brother fought a lot, we also got wounded badly by the demons out in the forest so I eventually turned the floods of magic that made me constantly pass out into short little spurs that I could control to heal me and my brother. I only know a few things though like how to heal and change my

appearance…nothing else.

Hita: oh I see…

ZANDi: now let me clean and close this up okay?

She closes her eyes and reaches deep inside and clears out the poison in the cut and it instantly begins to close to where she could just wrap it. She pours a little alcohol on it then puts the antibiotics on and wraps it tight enough to where it wouldn't fall off but loose enough to where his blood could still circulate.

ZANDi: you okay?

Hita: yeah, but I told you, I don't need that. And where did you get all of that stuff…even more so, why do you keep it in your purse?

ZANDi: remember? I got it from the doctor…and I took it with me because not all the burns are healed.

Hita: oh, right… well I don't know about you but I've had enough excitement for one day.

ZANDi: yeah, but what are we gonna do about him?

Hita: Meh, I dunno…leave him here for the janitors ::laughs::

ZANDi: you sure you're okay::worried look::

Hita smirks, leans down, kisses her passionately, then picks her up princess style.

Hita: yeah im sure.

::End Chapter Eight::

zandichan: oh, and by the way, major kudos to my love hita for making the fight scenes in this chapter and in chapter three, i love him!