It came as quite a shock when Dutch finally answered my question.
No, really. It did.
I watched as his face turned a light red. "Yes... There is no reason not to," he replied somewhat shakily. I was at a loss of words. How should I react? No one had ever taken any interest in me, neither for my personality or my body shape, or both. To tell you the truth, I hadn't felt any emotion since I killed my brother. I had no idea on what to say or do.
Chishio, on the other hand, did. I felt control over myself fade as she took command. I felt her own feelings surge through me. She was angry, and you don't want to upset my bijuu. I was waiting to involuntarily rip some heads off of a couple of human passerby, but that's not what happened.
I felt myself stand up, give Dutch an icy stare, and storm off in the other direction. Chishio steered me to the all-too-familiar dining area, where she then released her control on my body. "And that," she growled inside of me, "is how you deal with such silly things like that. Apparently there are some bijuu who still need to learn to control their emotions, and if they cannot fix that problem, they usually end up as prey for the Demon Bounty Hunters." I felt that there was some truth to that, but I thought Chishio was being a bit too harsh. It didn't matter anyway; I would've blown it even if she hadn't taken over.
I spent the rest of the day lounging around the dining area yet again. When nighttime fell, I found myself revisiting the now-secluded pool area with several books in my hands. I sat by the water's edge and started reading by moonlight. When I finished all of them, I started dancing on the water again.
It was the only thing I could do.
At one point I tired from that too, and I let myself slowly sink below the surface. I was going to test how long I could hold my breath, and how long it could be before either Chishio took over me again to save me or my lungs filled completely with fluid.
As I closed my eyes, I felt those diamond tears begin to roll down my cheeks again - perhaps for the last time in my life.
Someone please continue!
~Asuka
