-Kuori-
I woke up in the guess room because Miyuki fell asleep in my room. When I stretched my back cracked all the way down my spin. I looked over at the alarm clock that I put in the room and it was about 6 in the morning. I walked past my room to see that Miyuki was still sleeping considering that it was still early and Saturday I wasn’t surprised that she wasn’t awake. I found that my mom was just about to leave for work.
“Kuori you have a new item that just activated.” My mother told me.
“Alright.” I sighed and leaned against the wall. “Do you want me to go now while Miyuki is still sleeping or go later? By the way Taisuke is coming over today.” I told her.
“I think your better off going now and taking a change of clothes with you.” She told me “Alright I have to go will you…” I cut her off.
“Yes mom I can do it myself don’t worry about it.” I smiled and she kissed my forehead.
“Be good and don’t get caught.” She waved and then walked out the door.
I ran my fingers through my hair and walked to my room. Miyuki didn’t even move when I opened my door. I didn’t try to be quiet because I knew if I tried it wouldn’t work and I would just got my clothes and went and changed in the bathroom. I grabbed my bag and put my change of clothes in my bag. Then grabbed my keys and went out to the garage. I changed to Zero in the garage and put the helmet on then I backed the motorcycle out of the garage and started and left the house. The new magical object was out side of town a ways in the wood. Luckily there was a trail that went a ways into the woods and when I got close to a mud hole I stopped and walked from there. I felt the magic getting stronger as I got closer and I knew that I was alone but I still had that uneasy feeling that I was being followed so every now and again I would look behind me.
The magical object was the size of one of the larger kind of marbles that you play with in a game of marbles. I picked it up and wiped off the mud that was on it. “There it actually doesn’t look half bad.” I told myself rolling it around in my hand. It looked like a cat’s eye marble with tints of green in it. I wasn’t sure what this marble could do so I figured that I should seal it right there instead of later. I put my free hand in front of my face and closed my eyes. Before I could start the chant to seal the magic I felt something poke me in the back.
“Don’t move.” I heard and I opened my eyes.
“You know it’s not very nice to sneak up on someone then put a gun against their back.” I commented and looked back to see who it was and my eye’s widened for a second then went back to normal it was Taisuke.
“You would be Zero I presume?” He stated looking down at me.
“What if I’m not Zero? What if I’m just a regular person who comes searching through the woods on the weekends to see what he can find?” I mentioned as a smirk appeared on my face.
“Don’t try and play games with me kid.” He retorted.
I jumped from my squatting position and hooked my hand onto a tree branch and swung myself up onto it. “Kid? Who’s to say that I’m not older then you?” I asked.
He shot up at me and I jumped to about branch.
“Oh you almost had me there. So I haven’t seen you around here before you must be new to the squad that’s after me. Tell me what’s your name?” I said.
“Ha, I’ll tell you right before I capture you.” Taisuke laughed and shot a few more bullets and me and I dodged them then landed behind him.
“You should practice a bit more then maybe you can hit me with that thing.” I told him with my back to him.
“Bastard!!!” He shouted and I jumped again and did a backhand spring away from him. “Just let me see that marble that you have in your hand.” He said holding out his hand.
“And why would I do that?” I answered tossing it in the air.
“Because…” He said.
“Because why?” I smirked and I made his eye twitch.
“Because it has magic pouring out of it.” I looked over at him with a serious face.
“Oh really…Well see ya later kid.” I saluted and winked at him then sprinted as fast as I could and when I heard him coming after me I jumped up into a tree and sealed the marble. Taisuke ran right under me and didn’t even look up. I leaned back on the tree branch that I was sitting on when I lost sight of him. I took deep breaths because I had to seal the marble so fast I changed back to myself. “That took a lot out of me.” I whispered to no one and just sat there and relaxed for a bit.
My phone started vibrating in my pocket and looked to see who was calling me. It was from a number that I didn’t know.
“Hello.”
“Hey Kuori it’s Taisuke.”
“Oh hey, why do you sound out of breath?” I smirked and looked around to see if he was anywhere around me.
“Oh I just got done with a run now I have to head to my job so they can show me around because I was transferred so I won’t be to your house in the morning like I thought I was going to be.”
“Ok when are you planning on getting there?”
“Probably around 2 this after noon but I’ll give you a call before I head out.”
“Alright sounds good to me. Oh and I have a question.”
“Shoot.”
“Did you talk to mom last night?”
“Yea she gave me your number and told me it was fine for me to stay with you guys, why?”
“I was just wondering because when I told her you were coming over this morning before she went to work she didn’t seem that surprised.”
“Alright well I’ve got to go, see you later today.”
“Yep, later.”
I ended the call and stuck my phone back in my pocket along with the marble and I jumped down out of the tree. “Well that was a bit interesting.” I sighed stretching my arms. “I wonder if I assumed right and Taisuke is apart of the task force that is trying to capture me.” I asked myself and I walked back to my bike. Considering that there was no one in the woods I got into my spare clothes and stuck my black cargo pants in my bang and stuck my cell phone in my jeans pocket. Then got on my bike and got out of there. I stopped at a small store in town and when I walked in my phone vibrated again. But this time it only vibrated once. I slid open my phone to unlock it and it was a message from Miyuki. I touched the screen to open it.
Where are you?
I’m at the store I didn’t feel like making anything for breakfast and you still weren’t up so I was going to get you something to eat too but since your up what do you want me to get you? I text back.
Whatever you get is fine with me. She answered.
Alright sounds good I’ll just get us some doughnuts. I closed my phone and stuck it in my pocket then got a box of doughnuts two frosted, three glazed, and one chocolate covered then I paid for them and went back out to my bike and carefully suck the box in my bag. I check my phone and Mi did reply to my last message.
Ok, sounds good.
I’m on my way back I’ll see you in about ten fifteen minuets I put my phone away and got on my bike again put on my helmet and then left.
Like a told her I was home in about ten minuets. When I walked out of the garage with my bag she meet me there with her arms crosses.
“What?” I asked with a smiled on my face.
“You took the bike and you didn’t wake me up and ask if I wanted to come?” She pouted and I walked past her.
“You looked tired last night when you finally decided to go to bed and I didn’t want to wake you this morning because you were sound asleep so I just went and got food.” I explained opening my bag and taking out the box carefully and stopping and handing her the box. “Here there are six in here three for each of us. I promise that I’ll make lunch alright.” I said then continued to the house and walked in.
“Oh yea you got me a chocolate doughnut!” She said happily skipping into the house and I shut the door behind her.
“You’re welcome.” I smiled and took off my shoes. “Taisuke called me before I left the store and told me he’d probably be here around two this after noon.” I mentioned walking into the living room where Miyuki was happily bouncing on the couch and eating her doughnut.
“So I get to meet your cousin today?” She asked excited.
“Yea I told you yesterday.” I looked at her funny. ‘I don’t think that I erased your memory last night.’ I sat down on the love seat.
“Oh yea that’s right I forgot sorry to much sugar last night, surprisingly I’m not sick.” She smiled at me with a whole bunch of crumbs on her face.
I laughed a bit and stood back up. “I’m going to go and Put my bag back in my room then.” I sighed and walked out of the room.
I had absolutely no clue what we were going to do while we waited for Taisuke to get here. ‘Maybe I should just let her go home and hang out at her house until then.’ “Miyuki if you want to go home for a bit you can.” I yelled at her form the hall.
“Na it’s alright I’ll just take a shower here, it’s not a big deal, besides my mom loves it when I hang out with you anyways.” She answered and I shook my head and went back to my room.
I tossed my bag in my closet and took off my under armor shirt one because I was getting really warm in it and two because I didn’t want Taisuke to recognize it. Also it had some dirt on it from being in the woods. Luckily Miyuki really didn’t notice she was more mad that I didn’t take her with me. ‘Sorry Miyuki but taking you with me as Zero would have been a bit of a problem.’ I thought walking out of my room.
“Why did you change your shirt?” She asked making me jump and she laughed “It’s so hard to scar you that it’s funny when I do.”
I sighed and ran my fingers through my hair “I changed my shirt because I still had my under armor on from the ride that I took to the store earlier this morning and I was getting really hot in it so I changed while I was in my room.
“I know you changed.” She stated.
“You watched me change?” I asked.
“Well your door was open…” She started.
“You’re such a stalker.” I laughed a bit messing up her hair and walking into the kitchen to get a bottle of water.
“I was going to tell you that I was actually thinking that I’m going to go home for a few minuets and get a different change of clothes.” She said and I couldn’t help it but a smirk spread across my lips.
“So you want to make a good impression with my cousin.” I stated.
“No…” I saw a slight blush appear across her cheeks.
“Auha, I see that blush on your face.” I said twirling my finger towards her.
Her face just got reder and she turned her back to me. “I’m going to head home. I’ll be back in a bit.” She said not turning around.
“Ok then, go and turn yourself into a sexy beast to make a good impression on my cousin.” I mentioned and she turned around and stuck her tongue out at me. “Love you to hot cakes.” I smirked and I didn’t think that her face got even redder then what it was and she walked out of the house and slammed the door shut.
I snickered and went into the living room and shut plopped down on the couch. I just laid in the middle and didn’t bother moving. “That spell really took a lot out of me. With being Zero and the same time it did anyways.” I muttered to myself as I listened to the clock ticking in the room. My phone vibrated and I just dug in my pocket and clicked the send button.
“Hello.”
“Hey I got done early so I’m going to start heading over.” Taisuke commented as I could hear that he was walking outside.
“Do you want me to come and get you or are you going to walk here?”
“I can walk its no big deal.”
“Well if you get tired of walking then just give me a call.” I told him and kept my arm over my eyes.
“Okay I’ll make sure that I do that. I’ll talk to you in a bit.”
“Yep bye.” I slid my phone opened and closed and dropped my phone on the floor.
After what I thought about 20 minuets and no one knocking at the door I sat up and stretched my arms. When I got up I walked past a window and saw someone walking into the drive way. I didn’t get a good glimpse at the person so I just decided to go to the door to see who it was. A smile spread across my face and my eyes lit up when I saw it was Taisuke.
“Tai!” I laughed and ran at him.
He smiled and hugged me when I got to him. “I haven’t seen you in a long time Kuori.” He said.
“How have you been?” I asked and Let him go out of the hug.
“I’ve been great actually, what about you?” He answered.
“I’m doing just fine just some complications with all the papers and such for being in my senior year.” I smiled at him. ‘Could this really be the same Taisuke that I met earlier today? And is he with the police force? And specifically with that sector that’s after me?’
