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Ch.2
Chicago, a few minutes after the cell phone conversation. Olivia paced back and forth in her room while her sister watched her from the bed.
Her strawberry orange hair bounced against her shoulders while her grayish blue eyes stayed fixed on the cream carpet floor as she paced around in her black star pajamas. Her sisters wore cyan fish pajamas that seemed a size too big for her. Her dirty blonde hair rested calmly against her shoulders while her brown eyes stayed fixed on her sister.
"How could this have happened? It was just supposed to be a simple vacation. When I get my hands on her…" Olivia grumbled to herself rather loudly before shaking her fists with anticipation and looking up at the ceiling.
"Calm down Oliver. Everything will work out" her sister reassured her.
Olivia looked at her unconvinced "She was supposed to be here meeting you, Taylor. Instead, she's running around in Japan with a demon team after her and no way to use her spells"
Taylor leaned back against her hands and smiled "So what? From what you've told me, she can handle herself just fine"
Olivia "Yeah, but…"
"You need to calm down, she'll be just fine until you get there" Taylor added with a larger smirk.
Olivia took a deep breath and let it out to try and calm herself, then realized something and look back at her sister "What do you mean until I get there?" she didn't respond, only smiled. Olivia's eye twitched and she felt her temper rising, but ignored it and laid down on her bed "Whatever, I'm going to bed"
Taylor's smile softened and she went to get off the bed "That's the spirit. We can deal with this tomorrow"
Olivia chuckled "Yeah, it's not like she's clueless or…" realization dawned on her and she immediately got up and grabbed the phone "Oh crap! I have to get over there"
Taylor looked at her genuenly surprised "Who are you calling?"
"The airport. I have to book a flight for as soon as possible" Olivia responded. She quickly dialed in the number and waited, but as soon as she heard it ring she hung up and hung her head down in shame "Damn! She has my wallet too"
Taylor sighed and scratched the back of her head "That's why I said to wait until tomorrow"
Meanwhile, it was a peaceful day in Japan, people were going about their everyday lives, but something was different. A particular man wearing fine and expensive clothing was talking to a group of girl that were at least 2 years younger than him, or so they appeared. He said something in a low charming manner and they giggled, making his grin grow and no doubt stroking his ego when a man shoves him as he runs by.
"Hey, watch where you're going!" he yelled, but the other guy didn't bother to look back.
"Sorry, coming through" Stripes said as she jumped over the man and flashed the peace sign before landing and continuing after the guy.
The man didn't have any time to react to this since he was almost immediately mowed down.
"Get out of the way!" Brago growled at the man, not even caring about what he just did and continued after Stripes.
A little dazed, the man made an attempt to sit up when he was trampled once more, this time by Sherry as she lagged behind the rest of the group. "Wait up!" she yelled as she continued after them.
The man remained on the ground twitching in pain. Some of the girls looked at him surprised and concerned while the rest looked off in shock at the people running down the street.
The man clutched the wallet tightly in his hand as he continued to run panting heavily from his pursuer. Stripes didn't show any signs of fatigue as she continued after the man, determination burning in her eyes. Brago also showed no signs of fatigue and he was gradually gaining speed, anger and excitement of a challenge driving him forward. Sherry lacked motivation to follow and was panting heavily, but she continued her pursuit wondering how that man was outrunning two well trained demons.
"STOP ALREADY!" both Brago and Stripes yelled, but nothing stopped, if anything, their pace increased.
Brago growled angrily "That's it!" he took a big step and pushed himself forward, grabbing hold of Stripes's waist and he could feel her falling forward.
Stripes wasn't expecting Brago's sudden attack, since she didn't even know he had followed her. She felt herself beginning to fall forward do to her extra weight, but she wasn't going down empty handed. With an outstretched hand, she managed to grab the pants leg of the man and send him face first into the concrete sidewalk, an unexpected bonus.
"Yes" Brago and Stripes said relieved.
Brago reached for her bag and took it rather easily off her arm since she was so focused on getting the wallet out of the unconscious man's hand.
"Got it!" Stripes declared happily holding up the reclaimed wallet. She reached to her side to open the bag when she realized it wasn't there, she turned and saw it clenched in Brago's hand. "Oh" was all she said as she walked over and put the wallet back in its proper place. She then looked up at him and gently tugged on the bag "Can you let go?"
Brago looked at her rather dull, wondering why she would even ask "No"
"…please" she insisted with sparkling eyes.
"No" he repeated
Stripes sighed "Well, it was worth a try" she grasped the bag tightly and pulled as hard as she could, ripping the strap off in a clean stroke. She then put the bag under her left arm and used the other to push Brago back. Again using her open palm.
Brago didn't expect her to damage the bag and he was even more surprised when he felt something wrap around his foot and pull it upwards. He looked at it with wide eyes; a…tail with black and orange stripes had emerged from beneath her long shirt and left him open to her powerful shove, no wonder why it was so long. He fell back with a grunt and then looked up at Stripes, who was now in a tree a few feet away.
"See ya" she said with a joyous tone before turning her back to him and disappearing into the trees.
"Damn!" he growled as he stood up.
Sherry had finally caught up and leaned forward as she caught her breathe. "Where…did she…go" she managed to say.
Brago only growled in response to her question. He threw down the bag strap he was still holding and started walking back the way they came "We're heading back"
Sherry stood up and watched him walk past her. Still not in any state to ask again, she followed him, panting the whole way.
The next morning in Chicago, Olivia was packing all her belongings back into her suitcase while Taylor watched with a bowl of cereal.
"You know…when I said we'd take care of it tomorrow…I didn't mean as soon as we woke up" Taylor said with a mouthful.
Olivia continued packing "Can't help it. I have to be ready for the trip"
"But it's not until tomorrow morning. You could at least sit down and have some breakfast first" Taylor whined.
"I will as soon as I finish this" Olivia said and continued to stuff her belongings into the bag. Her stomach growled unreasonably loud, putting a stop to all actions as her face turned a deep shade of red and a grin stretched across her sister's face. Olivia then stood up straight and smiled at her as if nothing had happened "You know, some breakfast wouldn't hurt" Taylor just shook her head, probably wondering how they were related for the thousandth time in her life.
Meanwhile in Japan, Sherry and Brago settled in for the night. It took Sherry around 10 minutes to fall asleep, while Brago sat on the floor grumbling all kinds of insults. While some of them were directed to Sherry and how weak humans were, most of them had to do with his earlier encounter with Stripes. He just couldn't accept how easily she dominated their fight, it didn't help that she was a girl. He would have to train a lot harder if there were demons like her running around.
With that, he closed his eyes, trying to clear his mind and enter a meditative state and it was working, until a grinding sound pulled him back to reality. He immediately stood up and looked at the bed behind him, Sherry was still sleeping soundly. He cautiously walked out of the room, not really caring if he woke Sherry, but not trying to scare away the intruder, he could use a stress reliever right now.
He quickly, but quietly made his way to the kitchen and stopped when he saw a shadowy figure moving about. He glided his hand against the wall until he found the light switch and flicked in on, revealing the intruder to be Stripes.
She looked up at him surprised, clearly un-phased by the sudden bright light "Oh, hey. I didn't mean to wake you" she held the now strapless bag under her left arm.
"What the hell are you doing here?" Brago said rather loudly.
Stripes smiled "Looking for food" she then opened the fridge and looked in "This is one of those temporary home things right? I didn't know they had kitchens"
Brago crossed his arms while eying the bag "They don't. Sherry always gets the…..luxury suites or something like that" he never really cared to pay attention.
"Oh" Stripes said bluntly. She then closed the fridge door, since there was nothing inside and pouted "Drat!" her stomach growled and she quickly placed her hand over it, turning a light pink as she looked at him "You wouldn't happen to know where I can get something to eat, would you?"
Brago smirked at her "And why would I help my enemy with anything?"
Stripes was instantly in his face, ignoring personal space as she commenced with the puppy dog eyes and slight whimpering "Because it's the nice thing to do and you can't really fight with someone if they die of starvation"
Brago took a step back, since he didn't really expect her to do that. It then dawned on him that she was right. If he wanted a good fight, she'd have to be in tip top shape.
He growled at this before walking past her, bumping her shoulder on purpose as he headed to the window "Fine, but it's only so we can have a decent fight"
"You got it" Stripes said with a smile, knowing that she was about to get food as she followed him out the window and away from the city.
A couple of minutes later, they came across a large lake that glistened in the moonlight. Normally this would be a romantic sight, but all Stripes saw it as was a seafood buffet. She quickly ran over, dropped the bag and kneeled down to look at the fish as they swam around.
Brago waited a moment before walking over to her curiously "I thought you were hungry" a cocky grin flashed across his face "or is it that you're afraid of water"
Stripes shook her head, not taking his comments personal like Brago had wanted and continued to look at the fish "I'm waiting"
"For what?" Brago inquired, his grin now gone.
Stripes raised her hand and held it there "For….this!" she said as she jolted her hand into the water and just as quickly pulled it out holding a small fish. "Yay!" she said as she happily munched on the small fish. It only took her three bites to eat it, bones and all.
Brago watched as she finished it "Is that all you can manage?"
Stripes swallowed before looking at him "Well, I don't expect to find anything bigger here, so I'll have to eat a bunch of these"
"Hmph, watch and learn" Brago said in a smug tone as he knelt down to the water.
He dipped his hand into the water and waited a moment before quickly reaching further down and pulling out a fish the size of his leg.
Stripes stared in awe as he held it up "How'd you do that?"
Brago smirked, keeping a strong hold on the wriggling fish "Skill" he watched as she slowly moved towards him, practically drooling and just as she reached for it, he threw it back into the water.
Stripes looked over the edge and then back at Brago "Aw, why'd you do that?"
"If you want it so bad, go and get it" he said as he pushed her into the water, still smirking, but it quickly faded.
Stripes shrieked and grabbed hold of his arm, pulling him in too.
He surfaced and spit out some water before he looked over her furiously "What you do that for?!"
Stripes shook her head and glared back "What do you mean! You're the one who pushed me in!"
"I'll do worse than that!" he said as he dunked her head under and held it there, ignoring her flailing.
After a moment, the water settled and Brago felt her head sink away from his hand. Before he could react, Stripes surfaced beneath him, throwing him backwards into the water. He flailed around until he was upright above the water and growled at her opposing smile .
Stripes stuck her tongue out "Neh, what's the matter, kitty don't like the water" she taunted.
"You freaking, get over here!" he growled and reached out for her, but she moved away.
"Catch me if you can" she said before diving under, Brago growled once more before going after her.
Their little game continued for an hour or two before they finally got out. Stripes, having caught the fish Brago taunted her with, munched on it Pac-Man style.
Once she finished, she sprawled out on the ground "Ah. That was good. Thanks for bringing me here"
"Hmph, just be ready for our fight" he replied bluntly.
Stripes nodded "I will…" she looked over at him, eyelids half closed "Heh, you never told me your name"
Brago glanced down at her, probably a little upset that she didn't know before looking straight ahead again "Brago"
"So your Brago, it's nice to meet you" she said quietly with a smile.
Brago grunted and closed his eyes "You already said that" her response was too low for him to understand. He turned to ask her to repeat it when he saw that she was fast asleep. "Hmph, falling asleep next to the enemy" he glanced down at her bag and smirked "Bad idea"
There's a scene I thought I couldn't add, but now I can(Not here, so don't look). Yay!^^ Hope you liked