Chapter 5

Esmin woke up to Angeal curled up beside him and he looked in the empty spot and slipped out of bed fixing his shirt. He took a shower and when he came out Angeal was sitting there yawning. He looked at the time and it was almost ten. They went downstairs and found a note on the fridge.

"Esmin,

Sorry I didn't wake you but you looked to cute. I'll be home later okay? I'll get you a book, for now there's some in my room that are good. Read till your heart contempt. Well later!

Love, Kiroshima

Esmin pouted a bit but was happy about being cute and the love part. He looked at Angeal.

"Looks like it's just me and you. What should we do?" He asked her as he raided the fridge and took out a popsicle. She stared at him and he shrugged. "Let's go check out the books."

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"Kiroshima, you seem a bit distracted. What's up?"

"Ah, nothing. Hey what's the best seller book? I want to buy it for a friend, he's just getting into them...I think..."

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"Angeal, did you hear that, that bastard two timed the wench! This book is awesome." He continued reading.

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His boss thought a bit and went to he back and grabbed a book.

"If their just getting into it. Have 'em read this. It's a great book." Kiro looked at the cover. It was red with a tent of blue and what looked like a dragon.

"Sure." He heard the door swing open and went to the customer. Hello and how may I help you?" The person told him what he wanted and he searched around for the book. When he found it he rang it up and sent him on his way. His boss was trying to organize the shelves but wasn't going far with it.

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"Angeal these people, they all stuck together no matter what happened! This book though, this book has dragons! Those are rare! These books give off good moves! Too bad none really had people getting blown up. Still outta these five books I'd have to say the book with the little people and the elves and others. I mean the Elf rocked! And the part where the elf and the Dwarf were competing to see how many people they can kill, I'd so kick the ass in it!" He sat in a mess of books and noticed he kinda messed up the room so he packed it all away, finishing the last of the popsicles.

"Mew?"

"No more for now I want to wait to see what Kiro get's me. In the mean time what to do?" He walked downstairs and Angeal ran out the back window. He went to follow when there was a knock on the door. He went on all fours and cautiously crawled to the window and looked out. It was Kiki. 'She looks nervous; none of the other kids are with her...' He decided to open it up. She automatically bowed.

"I'm so sorry to bother you today but um..." She looked up and noticed it was Serik or Kiro. She flinched back a bit in surprised. 'Wow, he's cute!' She then stopped staring and shook her head. "Is Sensei Kiro or Serik-sama here?"

"No. What are you doing here?" He asked kinda demandingly which made the little eight year olds head go down and flinch more. "Huh, what? Don't tell me your going to cry! My god you're a warrior act like one!" Kiki looked up at him in surprise. "Now, I'll ask you again what brings you here?" She looked at him and tried to make her face serious.

"Extra training!" She said in a firm voice.

"You don't tell no one your business! Next time you have to relay what you want to the person you need. Never tell another person what it's for! Now training you seek, Kiro isn't here but I shall train you." She looked at him, nodded to the advice and bowed.

"Thank-you Sensei..."

"Esmin now to the back." He led the way and picked up two kendo sticks. "Show me what you got, but state your purpose to this extra training."

"Because the boys keep picking on me and said I'll always be weaker than them."

"Well, let's show them your true power, come at me." Angeal sat in a tree and watched.

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"Hey boss the backs finally clean."

"Thank-you Kiroshima! You're done for the day see you tomorrow." Kiro bowed, grabbed his book and headed home. He went in and noticed it was very quiet. He walked into the kitchen and noticed Esmin used the jug of water but never put it back.

"Esmin?" He looked around when he heard Kendo sticks clashing. "A fight?" He semi-ran out the door but stopped before going out and closed it and watched thru a window. Esmin was showing Kiki a move for when their swords clash. He finally decided to go out. "You've gotten better. Come inside and I'll get a treat for you guys." Kiki turned around exhausted and then turned back to Esmin.

"Can we?" He nodded and they walked in and they sat in the kitchen at the island. Her ended up giving them brownies and juice instead of popsicles as planed, because even though it was new they were all gone. Kiro excused himself to go change out of his uniform when Esmin ran up to him.

"She's not dead." Kiro looked at him weird.

"Who Esmin?"

"Kiki, she's not dead, not because I don't have my power's it's because I didn't want to kill her. I'm better! Usually I hate the sight of people but I think I calmed fully down. I just wanted to thank-you. I'm free." That hit Kiro hard and frowned in his head but smiled out loud and rubbed Esmin's head.

"No problem. Go keep her company I'll be right back." He walked up the stars with a sad face and Esmin happily want back to Kiki and they talked about what she should learn next when he noticed it was getting late and then noticed Kiro never came back.

"Be right back Kiki." She nodded and he left to Kiro's room and knocked. "Kiro?" He slowly opened the door and saw he was reading. "Should we take Kiki home?" He looked at the time and put down his book as Esmin sat beside him.

"I'll take her home. You should stay here. You been busy all day, plus I got you a book." He got up and handed the slightly confused spiked haired teen the red book.

"Ah thank-you!" He snagged the book happily anxious to read it. "I want to make a promise."

"A promise?" Esmin nodded. "What kind of promise?"

"I want to promise that I will not shed any blood anymore. I want to live a peaceful life. I think my brother would be happy."

"Alright."

"You will be my promise keeper." Esmin said with a mile.

"You can really keep that promise?" Esmin nodded. "Alright then." He kissed his forehead and the symbol appeared and broke. "You can have you're regular self." Esmin glowed and when it faded he was back to pointy eared fang Esmin.

"I thought you couldn't do it?"

"Maybe I lied." He walked out the door shutting it leaving Esmin sitting there confused. Angeal rubbed up to him trying to get him out of the daze as Kiro stood on the other side of the door fighting back tears. He finally got off the door and walked to Kiki taking her hand. "I'll bring you home." She nodded and they left.

"Angeal, did he seem weird to you?" She looked up at him and then to the bedroom door. She looked down and then started to nudge the book. He picked it up "Alright, alright I'll read it."

He got a chapter in when he heard the door making her ears flicked. He looked at her then to the door and slowly crept out the room. While he was reading he got the scent of Kiro mingling in the room, but this scent was different. He crept sown the stairs and peered around the corner.

"The old man." He whispered to Angeal. She glared at Serik and hissed which made him turn to look.

"Ah I see my curse is off. Well then that means you're ready to go." He flicked his hands and the mages from before came out from the other corridor. Esmin blinked and got kinda mad. He wanted to blow them up but remembered his promise. "Time to go home."

"No, I don't want to. I can't."

"You can't stay here." The mages made the circle around him making him unable to move when Kiro walked in. He stood there shocked.

'I thought I had more time!' He went to run to him but his grandfather stopped him. "Esmin!"

"Kiro!" He used all his strength to move his fading arm to Kiro and He reached out to Esmin as his Grandfather held him back. Within moments the, at first psychotic spiked haired boy, disappeared with the mages. Angeal who was trying to get at him the whole time ran to Kiro's side. He picked her up and left to his room without a word.

Meanwhile

Esmin Landed in the familiar grass he used to play in when he was littler and seen his siblings standing there already to greet him. He stood there huggling his book.

"Esmin, welcome back. We knew Sheik was good but that was fast."

"You look well." His sister said and then bowed. "I have to go; I'm late for a meeting." She took off and Esmin started to walk.

"Where you going Esmin?"

"To my room." Jonathan stood there and blinked as Esmin walked past him and into the Castle thru the garden gates. He walked down the long halls up stairs and to a room. He went in the room he hasn't been in for the past eight years. He looked around and there was toys lying around. They haven't touched it 'cept the maid would come in once and while to get the dust away. He sat on his bed finally letting go of the book and began to play with his old toy pulling of the ribbon and looked around and found what he was looking for. He tinkered with the two items and put it around his neck making the bell jingle.

"Sorry sir! I-I didn't know you were back." The maid apologized. "Oh, that looks very cute on you!" She blurted out then put her hands over her mouth. "I didn't…"

"It's okay; it's to show I'm owned. Does it really look okay?" She nodded with reassuring smile.

"You look very cute. Your owner is very lucky. Were is your owner?"

"Far, but we will meet again…I will find away."

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Kiro sat on his bed petting Angeal. "Don't worry, we'll find him."

They both went to their windows looking at the sky. "And that's a promise."

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