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Plans
She knew there was no other choice. The thin yet firm chain connecting her life to Honda Tohru's kept bringing her back to that house and that people. It kept making him part of this whole mess that she was dragged into by Honda Kyoko. She could see the faint outline of chain starting to form between him and her, and she sighed in frustration. The repeating counter with the dog made a connection, and that was bad. Really bad. She swiped the drops of sweat from her face and tried to calm her breaths. She still could remember the hard grip on her arm, the warmth that transferred on to her white skin, the disbelief in his voice, everything. And she clearly heard the soft whisper just as she broke out from his grasp and continued to run.
'…Raven?'
She needed to come up with a plan. Quick.
Shigure on the other hand was quite entertained to see her again. The raven girl, he decided to call her, was in his house naked with Kyou. He wondered what could have possibly happened between them—perhaps some moans and soft touches here and there? No, probably not. His poor Kyou-kun was all red in his face, his eyes darting from one end to the other of the room. Clearly this shy boy, nonetheless boy who has crush on Tohru, could have laid a hand on the raven girl—his entertainment. Perhaps now was the time to start his "raven girl plan."
"Kyou-kun."
"What, old dog."
"Can you do me a favor, please? I'll promise not to tell anything about your perverted behavior to Tohru."
Kyou was first taken back by the sickeningly sweet voice of the older man, but soon gave Shigure a short embarrassed nod, blushing heavily. Seeing that Kyou "voluntarily" agreed to participate in his plan, Shigure smiled in satisfaction. Perhaps by now the raven girl has her own plan in her mind, but Shigure was certain he would win her in this one. He wondered if he reminded anyone he loves hunting.
His black hair glistened under the sunlight. The keen and sharp light brown eyes scanned the area, occasionally squinting to see through the thick bushes and leaves of the treed planted. The pale skin of his hands dug out a small, leather jacket notebook from his dark brown suit that fit him in an odd fashion. His eyes scanned down the white pages lined with words until he located the information needed. Her house was not far from where he was—supposedly—but there was nothing like an old shrine within his sight. The man frowned and clicked his tongue. Things weren't just right for their original plan. There was a light tap on his back and he looked behind to see a young boy around age of fifteen looking at him playfully. The boy had died his hear light brown, and his eyes were an odd color for a typical Japanese—gray.
"What do you want, kid."
"Did you find what you were supposed to find?"
"Do I look like I did?"
"Well, you do look irritated and stuff, but doesn't necessarily mean you couldn't find one, right?"
"All right, all right! I couldn't find one. Satisfied?"
"Yup!"
The older man clenched his teeth as if to suppress anger while the younger made a goofy grin and reverted his gray eyes away from the light brown ones. It was always a fun to make fun of the black haired man, especially when the older one was undergoing anger management program. It was then he noticed an unusually tall tree standing just a few blocks away from their current position. The lush green leaves swayed in the wind, which carried the smell of old wood and magic.
"Hey."
"What. Have something else to make fun of me?"
"I think I just found it."
"I don't like jokes, kid."
"Nope, it's no joke."
His gray eyes shined brilliantly.
The familiar scent tickled her nose and she realized that today was the day they had come to catch her. A small groan flowed out of her lips and she shook her head. It would be a matter of time before they found her and take her with them, and she definitely didn't want that sort of thing to happen—especially when a perverted dog was chasing her at the same time. Perhaps she could change as a raven and hide herself among the flock of ravens, but even if Shigure couldn't find her, they would, and that was probably going to be even worse than to be caught by the perverted dog.
"This is really bad…"
"What is so bad?"
Kagome stiffened at the similar voice that whispered right next to her ears. Then a small wind tickled her ears and she separated herself from the stranger with a small 'eep,' and covered her ear with her right hand. There was a joyful chuckle and she whipped around just to see the familiar black haired man behind her wearing a gray yukata. His brown eyes twinkled, lips curled into a good-looking smile, all directed straight at her blushing face. He gave her a short wave, and she backed a step away from him, not noticing that she was facing a dead end.
"Why so afraid? I'm hurt."
"I…How did you find me?"
"I have my own magic trick. Just like you."
"Oh, that…that's a really nice magic trick. You can find someone this fast?"
"Well, it's not that fast considering what I could have done."
"Um…I got to go! Bye!"
She turned her back around him, planning to run straight ahead when she came face to face with a concrete wall blocking her path. Gulping, she slowly turned around to see an "all knowing" smile that seemed to expect such situation. A single drop of sweat trickled down her face, and she locked her eyes with his brown ones. Perhaps she could use him. If she was going to get caught by either this Sohma or them, it was certainly better to get caught by this one right in front of her. Just as she decided to talk to the dog in front of her, there was a light pressure on her neck, and she saw black.
A/N
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