Chaos Mohawk 666/Author=Onkei~

My broby/Author= Hoshi*

Hoshi* : It's been quite the while, guys. This would have been done a lot sooner.

Onkei~: May have been done sooner if we had actually attempted to try on Chapter 3.

A Walk under the Moon

"Woof, woof!"

"Easy, Boy."

Onyx was really excited tonight. Although it was really late, Mio has decided to take her pooch for a walk. She was awaken by the furry friend and was kept awake too. Mio looked at the dog incredulity and on cue the animal looked back with a cute and innocent look while wagging its fluffy tail. "You're a real piece of work, ya know that right?"

Onyx only replied in his deep timber of a growl.

The two walked around without straying too far from the condo, learning a few of the nearby streets. The streetlights lit up and overpowered the twinkle of the true stars that were the sky, and the cars rolling by left behind a glow of their own.

There weren't that many people out tonight. Well . . . it was at least 9 at night so Mio didn't think there was going to be many in the first place. Mio smiled as Onyx growled at another stray cat that got in their way on the sidewalk. Mio chuckled under her breath and eased the large down a little. Yet, it was in vain. With a nasty hiss the feline made a sudden dodge to the right and zipped. This stimulated Onyx in a way that only a running cat could to a large playful dog. He was on the pursuit.

The petite teen tried to pull back against the mighty tug, "easy there!" He seemed to listen for a moment, to which Mio gave a sigh, but then even she saw the cat jet across the street from under a random parked car. The husky went after it in a full trot. Mio squealed and gripped tighter onto the leash, "Onyx! Onyx, he doesn't want to play!"

.::*::.

It was a short run, and the two ended up in the middle of a park. Mio wasn't necessarily out of breath, if anything she was just frustrated to her dog right now, who was sniffing the air and the ground for any leads on the cat that got away. Mio could only give the pooch a look that she hoped he'd interpret as a look of disappointment. He knows better. Mio sat on a bench in the seemingly empty park. A few couples, probably on a post-date stroll, walked along the outskirts of the place. Mio watched them for a while with mixed feelings; Interest, curiosity, inspiration, jealousy, and boredom. The jealousy, be it just a flicker of the emotion, felt like a sharp jab in her ribs. The romantic in her couldn't hold back the feeling of longing, longing to experience love like no other. She giggled a little, recalling how much Miho would chew at her for being too wishy-washy about it.

With a sigh, Mio looked down at her furry friend only to realize that he's on the other side of the small sitting area, sniffing around some bushes. She must have let go the leash.

She went over to the panting fuzzball and scooped up the black leash, gripping the worn out handle.

"No . . . that won't do."

Mio looked up, startled at first. Then her 'good-eye' spotted something beyond the bushes. With the ninja stealth of her ancestors, she peeked through the jumbled leaves and branches to get a better looksee.

There from beyond the bush, Mio saw the silver-haired god in scenic thought. The crisp night caressed and encased him in a state of otherworldly beauty. Moonlight shone down on him, and his silver hair caught the beams and laminated. He appeared to be lost in thought; his mixed matched eyes were looking off in the distance, his large hands keeping a small notebook open in his lap while the other held a pen or something. Mio didn't know what he was doing, but she knew that he definitely looked good doing it. Hell, she can probably make a song from this.

"Woof Woof!" Mio felt a huge tug and stumbled from out the bush, "woof! Woof! Woof!" The big dog pulled with little effort.

Mio found herself nearly falling face first into some dirt, "wh- whoooa~!" Mio somehow managed to land on her hands and knees instead of scuffing up her face. There's got to be a win in that.

"Are you alright?" an approaching masculine voice asked smoothly over the boisterous barks.

"Owie" Mio leaned back and rubbed her reddening hands.

"Let me see." As Mio looked up, she wished that she hadn't. The young man was waiting for her hand to look at the scrape she oh so thankfully received from her gracious fall. Sarcastic remarks not needed right now.

"Oh thank you." Bashful at the hand holding hers, she couldn't help but look anywhere else. And the ground just got twenty times more interesting. Onyx's barks drew her attention that the whole bandaging her hand is done. And the fact that she is still sitting for five unnecessary minutes; just made her feel more like a fool, then a victim in a face-planting accident.

Getting up fast enough to give a whip-lash she stared at Onyx and pouted. "This is all your fault."

The only reply she got was a deep bark and a happy wagging of the tail.

Turning her attention back to the nameless young man in front of her; she finally looked up and smiled. "Thank you so much. I don't know what happened, but I guess I think he saw something of interest. I'm Mio." She held out her hand. "My name is Mio Thorne, nice to meet you."

"Lysander." he simply replied. Seeing as he wasn't one for conversation.

Mio hesitated a smile in reply to the detached introduction, "heh, you probably think I'm a little weird now, don't ya?" she said, seriously considering escaping the awkward situation while she still can.

The silver-haired boy continued to carry this air of indifference, "well, maybe a little…" he said in that deep smooth voice of his. Mio was forced to laugh at his response with a nonchalant nod of agreement.

"I guess you're right. But I like this weird kind of lifestyle, everyday should be a little crazy." Mio closed her eyes and smiled. "Life is just a stepping stone to the great discovery." She would have stayed and talked more if Onyx hadn't pulled a little on the leash. "Oh well I need to go. So long Lysander!"

Lysander stared at her retreating form for a little, until a thought came into his mind. "Where is my notebook?"

.::*::.

Mio came through the door with Onyx. After about ten minutes of fumbling with her new set of keys and trying to keep hold of Onyx's lease, Mio was glad to be back home. It was still late at night, and walking her baby really wore her out.

But, maybe bothering Miho will lift her spirits. "Honey, I'm home!" Mio called out as she took off her jacket and let Onyx off his leash. Once freed the dog dashed around, not really going anywhere, just running in a very angular circle with the way he'd run in one direction then turned back. Mio giggled and went deeper inside, walking up the small set of steps at the entrance, "Miho, you still up?" She said louder while walking towards her friend's slightly open room door.

"Not anymore" the teen replied hurriedly in annoyance. Mio took it as an invitation. Mio got a running start and busted into the room with the gracefulness of a rhino. The scene that greeted her was hastily tossed sheets and blankets, and Miho sitting there with a strange expression on her face, like one of apprehension. But you can only analyze so much when you're hurdling towards the subject.

"Oh, Miho, I'm glad you're up!" She said pouncing on her friend and bouncing up and down.

"You kinda wok-"

"I had such a great walk, and you wouldn't be-lieve what happened to-me." She said with dramatic pauses and a big grin gracing her face as she settled beside Miho, making her-self comfortable. "So I was out with Onyx, when something interesting caught his eye. So him being the over active dog that he is; he chased it like crazy; pulled me straight through the bushes and everything. Turns out it was a young man named Lysander." Mio smiled wide remembering their conversation. "He was so nice! I wish you'd have been there!'

Mio waited for Miho to react, but the only thing she got was a blank dead-panned look. "Mio. I. Am. Trying. To. Sleep."

"Heh-hehhe. I guess we can talk about it tomorrow." Mio got up and walked out of the room, calling Onyx for bed.

Miho let out the sigh of relief, pulling out Mr. Nekonekokuru-kun she smiled. "Thank God."

.::*::.

Once Mio was in her room relaxed, Onyx lying on the foot of her bed as she had a book in her hands, she smiled knowingly to herself. "She totally still has that cat."

Closing the book she turned off her lamp on the night table next to her and closed her eyes.