Moonlit Tryst

A/N: Hello, beautiful reviewers:) It’s been FOREVER, I know, and for that I’m sorry. I hadn’t been receiving much inspiration until just a few days ago when I whipped up 2 new chapters. :) Unfortunately, I’ll only be posting one chapter at a time, so you have to wait! ;) Hopefully you can remember what happened! Basically Kiba, Blue and the others reunited, only to suddenly hit Hige! LoL Please R&R, and of course…enjoy!

PAIRING: Blue x ? (Mwuahaha, I’ll never tell!)

CH 3: The Nobles

“Quick…hold him steady” Kiba urged, my mind instantly fleeing from my body as he looked over to me for help. “Blue! Are you listening to me? Keep him from jostling around!”

I panicked, yet nonetheless managed to at least look like I knew what I was doing, my knees buckling slightly as I took this ‘Hige person’ by the ankles and helped Kiba place him into the backseat next to Toboe.

“Is he hurt bad?” my step-brother questioned weakly, hardly able to bring himself to even look at the currently unconscious young man.

To my relief, Kiba shook his head. “No…he’s just in shock. There don’t appear to be any major injuries as of right now.”

“Oh, thank God” I breathed, surveying the damage before brushing a loose strand of blood-matted hair from the victim’s eyes. He was cute, yet in a strange, familiar sort of way…

“Urgh…”

I gasped, nearly leaping a full one-hundred feet into the air as the young man began to writhe and fidget, his hand suddenly clasping about my wrist as Kiba frantically rushed over and to my side.

“Hige!” he exclaimed, giving him an urgent shake, “Hige!”

“Hrm?” the young man returned groggily, slowly opening his eyes so that he was now peering out at us through half-closed lids. Suddenly seeming to realize that he was lying in the backseat of some strange car, the brunette tried to sit up, only to let out a strangled wail and clutch at his ribs. “Ugh…dammit.”

“Try not to move” Kiba urged, pushing Hige down so that his head was resting snugly against my lap. “You seem to have some fractured ribs…is there any place we can take you for now?”

Hige nodded weakly. “Yeah…m-my apartment…on Fulman Blvd.”

“Are you sure that that’s the best idea right now?” I demanded, now averting my attention back over to Kiba. “I mean, this guy clearly needs medical attention, so why the hell are you taking him to his freaking apartment?”

Kiba’s brilliant turquoise eyes suddenly locked with mine, his jaw set firmly in place and only ostracizing his tremendously stubborn nature. “Just trust me, ok?” he urged, continuing to nail me in place with those completely unwavering irises.

I, of course, could only nod dumbly in response. “Um, yeah…o-of course.”

Toboe clutched onto my arm as Kiba shut the door and returned to the driver’s seat, his voice rather soft and timid as he questioned feebly, “We’re not actually going to stay with these guys, are we?”

“No, of course not” I assured him, “we’re just being good Samaritans and helping this Hige guy out. After all, Kiba has had more than enough time to prove his point.”

“Ok.” Toboe fell silent, now huddled against my form very much like that of a frightened little animal. The poor guy…I guess the least I can do is treat him to a bowl of ice cream well past his bedtime when we get home.

“Blue?”

I immediately looked up. “Yes?”

“I hope you’ll still allow me to show you my proof…I know it’s asking a lot” Kiba pleaded, his powerful gaze briefly meeting with my own in the rearview mirror. “After we drop Hige off, all I ask of you is ten minutes…no more, no less.”

Feeling Toboe squeeze my arm even harder than before, I suddenly felt terribly guilty for allowing this stranger to convince me to bring him along. Who did he think he was to boss us around like this, anyway?

Before I could open my mouth to give him a piece of my mind, however, Hige suddenly choked out, “Here…w-we’re here!”

In a flash, Kiba slammed on the brakes, Toboe crying out as we knocked into one another due to the force of the sudden cessation.

“Jeez, care to be a tad gentler next time, Mr. Lead Foot?” Hige grumbled, rubbing the back of his head where he’d been struck. “In case ya haven’t noticed, I’m fragile, here!”

“Yeah, yeah, save it for a real emergency” I muttered, suddenly terribly irritable. After all, I had just hit some strange guy that the other strange guy had apparently known in the past, gotten blood on my new blouse from helping Kiba with Hige, and now, the last and final straw, I’d injured my shoulder on my step-brother’s bony arm. As far as I saw it, I had every right to be irritable, let alone pissed off.

“Blue…aren’t you coming?”

I immediately looked up, only to find Toboe gazing questioningly into my eyes as he continued to stand outside the car.

Shaking my head as if to rid myself of my sudden irascible haze, I forced a meager smile to cross my lips, then nodded. “Of course, Toboe…I’ll be right out. Be a good boy and help Kiba, ok?”

“Sure” he agreed, immediately abandoning his post in order to assist our new friends.

After finally dragging Hige’s sorry butt into the complex, the young man wearily directed us toward a small, dingy little elevator whose 3rd, 4th and 5th buttons didn’t even light up.

“I’m on the 8th floor” Hige mumbled, shivering slightly as he huddled into the corner with the hopes of retaining some sort of warmth.

“You ok?” Kiba questioned, his brows immediately drawing upward in concern. When all Hige did was nod, the turquoise-eyed young man exhaled deeply, then turned back around toward the front just as the elevator doors opened to reveal an even seedier-looking hallway.

Grand.

Slipping my arm about Hige’s waist, I felt Kiba’s hand brush over my own as he sought to help me support the young man’s weight. My cheeks turning a delicate hue of crimson, I immediately averted my gaze down toward my boots, suddenly terribly fascinated by the way they shone in the dank light of the hallway.

“Stop here” Hige ordered, groaning slightly as he let go of Kiba in order to retrieve his key. Slipping it into the lock, the injured young man twisted his wrist, then gently pushed the door open so as not to wake any of the residents or his alleged roommate.

As soon as we stepped inside, however, our eyes boggled to the size of dinner plates. There, in the middle of the floor was a naked white-haired young man sprawled out over top a just as naked girl.

Blinking, Toboe opened his mouth to speak, yet I immediately clapped a hand over his eyes before placing one frantically over my own. Could this night be any more inappropriate for my twelve-year-old step-brother? I mean, I didn’t think I’d have to explain how babies were made so soon!

Finally seeming to sense our presence, the white-haired young man looked up and balked upon seeing us. “Hige” he choked out, “who the hell are these people? You know goddamn well that you’re not supposed to bring visitors in when I’ve got a gir-” He froze, instantly noticing the blood on his roommate’s shirt.

As if coming to this realization, Hige returned torpidly, “Th-they hit me with their car while I was taking a walk out on route 1…there’s no real damage but some bruises and a couple of cracked ribs. Do you mind if they stay a while and help me out?”

The white-haired young man frowned deeply, only to let out a growl in resignation. “Yeah, yeah, sure” he finally relented, “but if any of them steal my stash, you’re dead!”

Toboe looked up at me with questioning amber eyes, asking with a nauseating amount of innocence, “Blue…what’s a stash?”

“It’s drugs, kid” the naked girl finally spoke up, standing and wrapping a sheet about her petite figure before sending her lover an apologetic glance. “Sorry, Tsume, but I guess the party’s over, huh? I’ll hook up with ya, later.”

“Aw, Sarah, no” Tsume moaned in protest, reaching out and grasping her sheet so that she flashed a part of her anatomy that my step-brother wasn’t yet supposed to see.

Grimacing, the pink-haired beauty pouted and pulled the sheet back up over her exposed breast, returning tartly in response, “I’m outta here, baby, so back off. You know I’ve gotta get home to Tony before he comes back from his late shift at the factory.”

I instantly drooped. First unexpected sex, nudity, cursing, and now adultery? My God, how many life lessons is Toboe going to have to learn in one night!?

When I finally came back to reality the naked chick was gone (clothes included, thank the Lord) and Kiba was introducing himself to Tsume. Tsume, on the other hand, didn’t appear to be too pleased about what he was hearing.

“What do you mean, we’re the chosen ones? You’re out of your goddamned mind!” he exclaimed, sending each of us in turn an evil glare as he searched for his pants. “And what’s worse is you’ve brainwashed Hige with your incessant paradise mumbo jumbo! I always thought he was the smart one!”

I immediately froze. “Wait…paradise? Chosen ones? Kiba, what on earth is he talking about?”

The brunette turned to look at me with his hauntingly beautiful turquoise eyes, his hair falling slightly across his strong features as he revealed, “Blue, this is what I’ve been trying to tell you all along…we are the chosen ones. All wolves have forgotten their pasts except me, and now that I know who I’m to re-inform, I’ve got to do what Cheza’s spirit told me to.”

Hige blanched. “Dude, what the hell are you talking about? We’re clearly human beings, so how exactly do you plan on getting us to believe that shitty lie?”

“I don’t expect you to, Hige” Kiba agreed, “but what I do expect is for you to at least listen. Cheza loves all of us very much, so why can’t you just give her a chance?”

“Um…earlier you said that this ‘Cheza’ person was a spirit” I suddenly pointed out. “What exactly did you mean by that?”

Kiba regarded me with warm, wistful eyes. “It means that as soon as we find her she’ll appear to us as the flower maiden once more. Her spirit called to me in my dreams…at first I was a skeptic like you, but now…” He faltered.

“But now what?” Toboe piped up from behind, his amber eyes shimmering with excitement.

Kiba caught on to his infectious energy and smiled, leaning over so that they were now eye-to-eye. “What happened” he explained, “is Cheza opened my eyes to a world that I have never before experience, but believe me, I will experience it…she promised me the world and so much more.”

I balked, suddenly feeling a strange sensation surging throughout my veins like that of a vicious poison. Was he in love with Cheza? And if so, did she love him back?

“Blue?”

I immediately looked up. “Yes, Toboe?”

“Can we go with Kiba and the others to Paradise? Please?”

I shot Kiba a warning glance, which he promptly ignored. This sudden obsession of Toboe’s was all his fault!

“I think it’s all a bunch of bull shit” Tsume decided from the sidelines, thus immediately catching our attention. “How can you just believe some random stranger’s fairytale at the drop of a hat? If he told us we had tail growing out of our asses, would you believe that, too?”

Toboe appeared to be very hurt. “I don’t think it’s stupid at all, Mr. Tsume, sir, but to answer your question no, I don’t think I would – gah!”

“What is it?” I demanded, immediately rushing over and to his side. “Are you hurt?”

“I-I have a tail!” he shrieked, clasping his hands over his eyes so that he could no longer see his rear end.

Kiba smiled in triumph. “There, you see? He believes. Toboe is beginning to see his true form in spite of appearing to be completely human.”

“What? Surely you can’t be serious!” I insisted, bestowing him with an incredulous glance. “You’re not pulling our legs, are you?”

“Why would I be?” Kiba demanded. “I’ve got nothing to gain from childish pranks.” Turning his attention over toward Hige he questioned, “Are you alright? I’d like to take the others to visit the place where I first smelled Cheza’s essence.”

Hige made a visible pout, yet he nodded in spite of his disgust. “Yeah, sure, I can stay here alone.”

“You won’t be alone” Kiba immediately corrected. “Blue’s staying, too.”

I blinked. “Huh? I am? Why?”

“Because Hige needs the nurturing care of a woman, which I know you can give” Kiba explained with a small smile. “You won’t back out on me, will you, Blue?”

I held my breath, immediately shaking my head. “Oh, no…of course not! I-I mean…I have nothing better to do.”

God, I’m an idiot.

Kiba, however, didn’t seem to mind in the slightest. “Thanks” he acknowledged, bestowing me with a quick nod before motioning toward the others. “Come on, you guys…it’s only a few blocks away.”

Amidst the hubbub of their exiting the apartment Hige and I locked eyes, his garnet irises immediately softening as he flashed me a warm smile.

Hm, so maybe this won’t be so bad, after all…

“So” he began casually, “you like reruns of old basketball games?

I drooped in disgust.

Ok, so maybe it would be…

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Hige and I stared at the soft glow of the TV, him terribly transfixed and I bored completely out of my mind. Not that basketball is boring, mind you, but watching games with Hige has to be one of the lamest things that I have ever had to experience in my entire life.

You see, it’s bad enough that we’re watching reruns on a Godforsaken VHS tape (who even has those things, anymore?), but to actually get excited over something in which you already know the outcome? Now that’s just weird…

“So this is some game, huh, Blue?”

“Wha?” I immediately looked up, only to catch him gazing back at me in expectance. Feigning interest, I plastered on a cheesy smile, agreeing sappily, “Oh, yeah…erm…it’s completely awesome!”

“I know!” Hige acknowledged, laughing before stuffing a handful of Doritos into his mouth and crunching noisily.

Ew…

Noticing my incessant staring he immediately paused, only to dangle his half-eaten bag in front of my face like a true ‘gentleman’. “I’m sorry” he apologized, “did you want some?”

I smiled weakly. “Um…no thank you…I-I’m not really all that hungry.”

“Suit yourself” he returned, jovially hopping further back onto the couch before swinging his arm casually about my shoulder.

Glancing down at his stroking appendages, I felt my cheeks go aflame upon the realization that he was caressing the bare flesh of my shoulder, goose bumps appearing all over my body once I conceded that it felt rather nice…

Gosh, am I a tramp or what!?

Pretending that I was cold, I mumbled something about needing to put my jacket back on, my cheeks only growing rosier as I felt his alluring gaze burning like two red-hot pokers into my back.

Just as I reached for my jacket on the floor, however, a tremendous ‘crash’ erupted from somewhere outside the apartment complex.

“What the hell was that?” Hige breathed, his mouth agape and his brow furrowing as he rushed over to the window in order to investigate. After a moment’s hesitation he gasped, motioning for me to follow as he exclaimed, “C’mere, Blue…quickly!”

“What is it?” I demanded, absolutely refusing to move from my spot.

Hige regarded me with large and fearful eyes, returning softly, “It’s not what…it’s who.”

“What? I-I don’t understand, I-”

“Get down!”

Letting out a terrified scream, I shielded my eyes as Hige wrenched me down and to the floor about the middle, my heart thrumming wildly within my chest as a brigade of oncoming bullets showered down upon us through the window and over into the adjacent wall.

Glancing up through the shattered glass with fearful eyes, I discovered a massive ship with spotlights waving about in our general direction, Hige’s hands tightly grasping my own as he buried his head within the sanction of my neck and pleaded with me not to make a sound.

“I’ll try” I whispered back, squeezing my eyes shut as he continued to hold me close and press us securely up against the wall.

Shivering against Hige’s form, I nuzzled my face into his chest and wrapped my arms securely about his waist, exhaling a breath I wasn’t even aware of having held as the loud hum of the ship gradually began to disappear into the horizon.

“You ok?” Hige whispered, giving my arm a reassuring squeeze.

“Um…yeah” I mumbled in return, trembling as he helped me up and to my feet. “What was that thing, anyway? It was so…so…”

“Frightening?” he supplied, nodding. “Don’t worry about it, ok, Blue? It’s all over now.”

I opened my mouth to argue, then immediately closed it. Whatever that thing was, it’d have to wait until Kiba and the others got back…

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