Enter Kyoufuu

Following the air currents Kyoufuu floated above the city waiting for Chewy to go to sleep. He waited, drifting on the few remaining up drafts playing mind games with himself to keep himself occupied as he "sat" with his arms and legs crossed, outside her window. He gazed upward at the stars trying to find his own galaxy but only found Soyata instead. He curled his lip in a snarl eying the planet that had produced the lovesick puppy that now burdened his every step. Out of the corner of his eye he saw the object of his frustration turn off the light in her room.

He sighed and checked his watch which read10:30 PM. Usually she was at least in bed if not asleep by the time the sun went down completely but for some reason tonight she had stayed up much longer than he had anticipated and if he had known that she would take this long he would have stayed out with Serena and her sister Rini since he had walked them home again tonight. He sighed then smiled. He had been invited to have lunch with Serena tomorrow though.

After a quick glance at his watch he dropped downward to her window. It was now 11:23 and he pressed one finger against the window frame to send a jolt of air through the glass to turn the lock. It opened with a small pop and he paused to see if Chewy had woken up from the small sound. She never moved and he lifted the window soundlessly, slipped inside, and closed it behind him. As he stood in the darkened room he looked around. If I were a Soyatian communicator where and whatwould I be, he asked himself silently.

A dagger which she would keep under her pillow, he thought at first knowing that that would be far too obvious though he was sure that she did have some type of blade underneath the head cushion. His head turned slowly to the lamp that sat across the room on a low dresser. The transparent glass lampshade had doves flying around peace signs and looked as if it had come from America during the 70s. It would make any self-respecting hippie jealous he knew and walked over to it.

Now, he thought. If I were a Soyatian password what would I be? A weapon or violent term would be too obvious as it had been before but knowing Chewy's father he would vainly assume that every galaxy knew of Soyata when in actuality, for the most part, only Kyoufuu's own galaxy knew of the small if moderately powerful planet in the Milky Way. He would think that a person would assume that the password would be a violent word or some type of weapon so would make it a peaceful word or something relating to it but he, in his simplicity, would think that an intelligent enemy would know that he wouldexpect that of themand would again search for a warlike word. But he could again double back to a peace word.

Kyoufuu narrowed his eyes and suppressed a snort of disgusted irritation. This could go on forever, maybe he was over thinking the whole situation. He was almost positive that Chewy's father wasn't nearly intelligent enough to think of a password complicated enough in its simplicity-- wait. That was it. A word so complicated it was simple. Like what Earthlings called a "brain teaser". He sent his daughter to earth so it could be an Earth wordrelated to the planet's pop culture knowing that no one from another galaxy or even another planet would know what the word meant or implied. Redrum. Murder backwards. "Redrum," Kyoufuu said softly into the darkness, his voice grim realizing that if he was wrong the security device installed within the lamp would more than likely kill him.

He smiled when he saw the peace signs on the lamp glow softly in the darkness. He was in. He set a recorder next to the lamp and hit record, going through all the data on the communicator. Chewy shifted restlessly behind him and he turned around quickly knowing that she would probably attack out of sheer instinct if she awoke enough to spot him. He suppressed his energy almost painfully low and stepped closer to the bed. She turned over, her eyes opening slightly. As he had expected her hand moved towards the pillow and he quickly knelt and grabbed her wrist. Her other hand rose up to attack him but he easily caught that one two.

She shifted again trying to tug free and he knew she would wake up any second. Grimacing he knew what he had to do and he didn't like it at all. She hummed and tugged again waking up little by little. "Trying to get away from me baby?" he asked her, his deep voice mellow and as soothing as he could make it. He kissed her fingertips and brought her hands up to rest against his cheeks. He kissed each palm lightly and she murmured something, her sleep deepening.

"Kyoufuu?" she asked, her voice breathless. He panicked inwardly when her eyes opened thoughthey were glazed with sleep and confusion. His tender smile never faltered and he leaned over to kiss her lips softly, fighting his inner revulsion. She sighed against his lips and relaxed as his hand trailed down her body to her hip. His lips moved over her face in feather light kisses that had her humming in pleasure. He slipped his hand under the top of her pajamas and stroked the soft skin of her stomach, tickling her belly button. She squirmed, her breath hitching. He kissed his way to her throat then smiled against her skin when he felt the air currents shift in the air signaling the end of the recording.

"Chewy," he said quickly. "I was a fool. I should never have run from you." Gathering his resolve and trying to calm his heaving stomach Kyoufuu kissed her deeply trying to imagine that she was his sweet Serena. It did make things marginally better but only marginally. She whimpered into his mouth as his tongue swept through her mouth gently. He pulled back and looked into her sleep clouded eyes. "I love you Chewy," he said and kissed her again. "Mary me, Chewy. My heart, my soul, belongs to you." He almost gagged on the sugary sweetness of his words. There had better been something to make this whole thing worthwhile on that damned communicator. He stroked her hair lightly and kissed the tip of her nose. "Sleep love. Sleep and dream of me." He dropped his voice to a husky whisper and nibbled her earlobe lightly. "Dream of everything I want to do to you." She sighed and relaxed in his arms and as soon as he was sure that she was deeply asleep he jumped up and moved silently over to the lamp and snatched up his recorder. He opened the window and closed it behind him lightly using another short air blast to lock it then free falling to the ground.

A blast of air cushioned his fall and propelled him forward out of the ally way he had landed in. He blew by people in the street,seen as barley more than a blur. Flying inches from the ground at such a high speed brought him in front of his apartment in a matter of moments. Instead of taking the time to take the elevator up he just flew up the side of building to his balcony and went through the doors there.

He set the recorder on the bathroom counter as he prepared a shower for himself and commanded it to playback mentally. It clicked lightly then started to spew forth information in Chewy's native tongue. Stepping under the spray of the shower he proceeded to try to wash his skin off. Kyoufuu sighed in relief when he finally deemed himself clean and dried himself off. He pulled on a pair of baggy sweat pants and let them hang off his hips slightly, barely tightening the drawstrings. Hours later when the recording finally finished he heaved a sigh and ran his fingers through his dark hair.

At least she had told him the truth before. She wasn't here to find him officially but that didn't mean that she wasn't here to find him. She was a determined type of female and it irked him that she thought she had some kind of claim on him when he had walked away from her numerous times. He would have to do something about her.

Later

Kyoufuu walked calmly down the sidewalk knowing that he was late but dragging out his entrance. Finally he gave up his game and walked into the small ice cream parlor that Serena had given him directions to. He scanned the seats and paused when he spotted Serena. He would have smiled at the sight of her but he frowned slightly when he saw that her friends flanked her sides. He spotted the blond with the bow who had fooled him so long ago and his eyes narrowed as furry engulfed him anew. Serena turned to the door and her blue eyes caught his and a radiant smile spread across her face.

He felt the breath slam out of his lungs and his heart rate speed up considerably. He felt as if the world had tilted on its axis and he didn't know quiet when it would right itself again. She waved and the others turned to look at him. He gave his usual placid smile that gave away nothing and moved towards the table. He stood at the edge, staring into Serena's crystal blue eyes. His smile widened. "I'm sorry I'm late," he said glancing briefly around the table at the others. His eyes rested on Chewy for a second and his smile faltered. His lip curled in disgust slightly and he turned away quickly trying to fight the erg to find the nearest bathroom and bathe again.

"Oh that's fine. I was late getting here anyway," Serena said with a giggle, rubbing the back of her head as she blushed lightly. She was just too cute and he had to fight from pulling her into his arms. The girls shifted to make room for him and he sat next to a brunette across from Serena. Sadly Chewy was diagonal from him so he had to look at her face while he ate. That was almost enough to make him forgo food for the afternoon. The girls carried on a conversation and he occasionally contributed but mostly spent his time flirting lightly with Serena, fending off gaga stares from the blond with the bow that he found was named Mina, discussing Serena's rescue with a girl named Rei, cracking jokes with the brunette beside him who looked sad as she stared out the window wistfully, talking logistics with a charming girl named Ami, and avoiding all contact and conversation with Chewy. He wouldn't even look at her.

Eventually she stopped trying to get him to engage in any way with her and sat in her corner looking dejected. He was keeping up his usual behavior towards her with a little extra frost that he knew she assumed was because Serena was there. As he had planned he knew that now she thought last night just a dream and was fighting her disappointment, berating herself for thinking that he would actually romantically steal into her room at night and tell her he loved her. He couldn't help but smile.

Written by: Kyoufuu (Iketeru--dohai)

A/N: God this is so one of my favorite chapters! Isn't Iketeru amazing? XD I will be updating bi-weekly now, sorry. Thanks for reading.