The Four Gods: The Dragon Heir
Chapter 18
"Agh! Be careful with that Ichigo!"
Azure yelled, wincing from the cotton ball soaked in rubbing alcohol and her blood as she lay on her right side, topless with only a pair of black pajama pants on, as the older blond cleaned the 4 diagonal gashes that a demon had left on the left side of her stomach.
"Then quit flinching. I'm almost done." Ichigo scold her as she set aside the bloody cotton ball and Zetsu gave her some glaze. After they fought back the demons, the dead and injured were gathered and taken care of as well as any demon remains shipped off to a highly secure, secret location. While many of their own were dead, and injured they still had the satisfaction of knowing that they helped to protect and keep the masses in the dark about the demons for another day.
"Well, can you hurry? I ha-agh! Don't like being topless." Azure said as she used her arms to cover her chest from the cold, despite being the only ones in her room, it felt weird to feel her bed sheets on her bare breasts. The young blonde's face was a few shades shy of a ripe strawberry as she endured the slight stinging of the alcohol.
"Why? Your sheets are made of silk so it's very soft and smooth, you can sit up now." Ichigo instructed, but Azure eyed her cousin for a bit before brushing it off, letting her cousin wrap a bandage around her mid section.
As Ichigo patched Azure up Zetsu was carrying a conversation with Ho.
'Those wounds don't look Demonic. They're too narrow and far too shallow, demons have much larger teeth that would have torn her skin off and they usually bite deeper.' He told Zetsu, as she looked down with worry at Azure who was holding back tears as she slipped a black tank top over her bandages.
'Yes. They look more like Dragon fangs, but I drought Azure would be careless enough to get hurt like that and not notice it.' She countered as Hazumi, still in her human form, came up to them from Azure's living room with a confused scowl on her face as she held out Azure's cell phone.
'Azure-chan, Suzaku-sama wants to talk to you!' She said, only to Ichigo did it just sounded like 'Nay nay nay nay.'. They saw Azure pail, thinking she was about to pass out from blood loss they both reached for her to keep her up right.
"Agh! I'm fine!" Azure quickly said as she dogged their hands, getting of her blood stained sheets and grabbed her cell phone from Hazumi before placing it next to her ear.
"You called Suzaku-sama?" Azure asked worriedly, her skin turning whiter with fear.
-No. I'm calling my dear forgetful granddaughter who likes to brake an old woman's heart.-
"Agh! Sorry Grandma. Do you need something?" Azure flinched, one reason was for the tone that her grandmother had used on her and the other was her wounds as she waited for the old woman to speak. It didn't for tell good things for her as Ichigo leaned in to hear what their grandmother was telling the young dragon.
-Yes. I would like you girls to come with me to a shop that I have recently become aware of.- The old woman said, making Azure freeze and look at Ichigo as she smiled happily before taking the phone away. "You mean he can do-"
-Yes. I spoke with his assistant not too long ago, and she said that he would be happy to do this for us.- She told the exocentric blond as her eyes sparkled at the news.
"Yeay!" Ichigo clapped happily as she bounced on Azures bed, aggrading Azures wounds she stopped.
-Of course we will have to do this a few days from now. We don't need Azure passing out from blood loss after all.- Suzaku chimed as Azure flinched because she was just thinking of using that as an excuse if it was what she thought it was.
-For now Azure needs rest. Get better soon sweetie!- Suzaku said as she hung up, Azure then set her phone on her bed side and looked at Ichigo.
The older blond under stood and walked out, quietly for once, with Zetsu, who cast a short glance at her cousin in worry.
Two Days Later
Azure yawned as she pulled on her blue leather jacket with the kanji for her given name on the back stitched in gold. She wore black slacks and boots, and a yellow and white tie-dyed tank top. Hazumi, lay on the bed room floor in her dragon form just watching her.
"I guess I can't do a thing about my hair now." Azure grumbled as her hair was still its natural blond color.
"It feels so weird." she thought out loud, fixing her hair into a low ponytail before grabbing the black helmet with a dark blue dragon pin striping off her bed and grabbing the keys to her mother's mother cycle.
'Shouldn't you wait for you wounds to heal Azure-chan?' Hazumi asked as she followed her injured friend. She could still smell blood coming from the claw marks on the young Ryuujin's side and hear Azure take a sharp intake of breath.
She smiled at the dragon and rested a hand on her head.
"I'll be fine. You know where to find me." Azure gave Hazumi a glare, starting the dragon.
"Just don't tell anyone, especially not Ichigo or Suzaku-sama." Hazumi chucked as she realized what Azure was doing.
'You can't run from Ichigo-san. She all ways finds you, even without my help.' Hazumi stated as Azure flinched, holding her side. Hazumi curled around her, as the scent of blood became stronger.
'Azure-chan.'
"I'm fine." Azure assured her friend as she left.
A Few Minutes Later
Azure passed some Ryujins' conversing, two middle-aged women in light green and blue kininois decorated with dragons and gold fish, and if she had to guess, they were talking about her just moments ago. She could feel their eyes burning at the back of her skull as she passed, they continued to whisper once they believed that she was out of range, but Azure heard it.
"That girl proves the Ryujin line is weakling. Did you smell the stench of blood ledgering on her?"
"Yes, and it certainly wasn't from her cycle."
"Oh! If only Master Goh would take wife again and produce a more worthily heir." One of the women said with a dreamy sigh as the other giggled.
Azure bit her lower lip as she stomped her booted feet ageist the hard wood floors, not wanting to hear what more they had to say. She made her way to the garage and mounted her bike, swiftly fasting her helmet before ridding out to a special spot.
Ichigo's POV
I'm worried about Azure, but Daddy took away my computer after he found out I hacked into the system of one of our magazines and changed some things. Could anyone blame me for wanting to be on this month's cover? It was a whole lot better than the original one that the editor and photographer had. How they were able to get Azure's picture, when she hates having her photo taken, I don't know.
"Maybe it was photo shopped." Blanca said to me, cleaning her sliver white feathers as she sat upon her perch in my office. She was my phoenix partner; just like the Ryujins' have dragons.
My office was more like a cross between a home and an office building of about 5 floors, the top floor was all mine, with a personal bathroom, bed room, living room, kitchen, although I never, ever, ever will cook anything or even try, and receptionist. I may be a sliver screen starlet but I do take care of my family's business.
"Yeah, but still-" I trailed off as I looked at the cover of the magazine I had changed back. Azure was smiling, her hair was pitch black, the horrid color that she chose before she started to attend school. Why would she want to hide that beautiful, natural blond hair of hers? She was in a pink and Purple Kimino that showed off her from and more cleavage then I knew Azure would be comfortable with, and with her lips painted pink as they formed a gentle smile.
All in the entire photo would surely arouse any man and be the idol of envy among women.
The door slammed open to my office, and I looked up to see Zetsu carrying a stack of the same magazines, before throwing them into the fire place that was just mostly for show but it worked any way.
"Blanca. Burn these." Was all she said as Blanca blinked and glided over to the fire place to look at what Zetsu had brought and wanted to burn.
"What did you do to them?" She asked as I looked at her as well, but she said nothing as she glared down at the Magazines.
Kibara High School
"Hey, Tohru! Hana! Check this out." Uo called to her friends as she placed a Magazine on Tohru's desk. She had found it and had heard many other girls talking about its cover, and squealing about the story of the mysterious cover girl.
"W-what!" Tohru stuttered as she looked at the cover and recognized her English tutor, but she looked very stunning.
"What's the matter Tohru?" Hanna asked her friend as Uo also looked at the brunet, considered.
"This is my English tutor." Tohru told them as Uo's eyes widen and Hana's slightly lifted up. Uo then narrowed her eyes and looked Tohru in the eyes seriously and with a bit of anger.
"Why is a cover girl tutoring you?" She asked as she thought that maybe the girl was a Prince Yuki fan girl that was using Tohru as an excuse to be around Yuki as Tohru's English grades having gone up, as far as she knew. Tohru looked at the floor ashamed.
"She found my English notebook and offered to tutor me. So she's been over a few times helping me Yuki, Kyo, Haru and Momiji study English since she knows it so well." Tohru tried to explain as Uo and Hana shared a look.
"I don't by it. She must want something is she's helping you and carrot top." Uo said none coolly as she crossed her arms over her chest.
"Hey!"
Kyo yelled as he had heard the last comment and glared at the former Yankee.
Sorry, it's been so long but the next chapter will be interesting.
I'm trying to get back into writing the storied but I have little motivation or inspiration to do so. :(