Moonlit Tryst

A/N: Thank you to my ONE aka SINGLE review, bluemoonydude! I’m disappointed that nobody read my update, but that’s ok…I decided to update again, anyway:) This chapter is the beginnings of the love triangle; you can tell by all the chemistry between Blue and the guys. ;) lol

PAIRING: Blue x ?

CH 4: A Kinda Sorta Kiss

“Describe this ship to me in more detail” Kiba instructed me as I continued to drive down along Ibson Avenue, my eyes darting anxiously over to him amidst a sudden bout of concern.

“What, the thing that nearly killed me and Hige?” I demanded, only to immediately release a violent shudder. “There’s really not much more to discuss…other than it being huge, it gave off this really aggravating humming sound.”

Kiba’s eyes widened in sudden recognition. “A noble’s ship…”

“What?”

“A noble’s ship” he reiterated, frowning deeply before striking his thigh with his fist. “I guess they found out about Cheza’s return, too…”

“Wait, what? Who the heck are these ‘nobles’, and why would they care about Cheza?” I demanded, glancing briefly at his solemn form before redirecting my gaze up toward the road ahead. I didn’t want to hit another person, again…

“In our past life, Cheza was the key to everything” Kiba explained, his voice now soft and terribly reverent. “Unfortunately, a noble named Darcia wanted to take her away from us in order to use her for his own devices. We got her back, but not before the end…”

“The end? What do you mean?” I demanded, suddenly terribly fearful. I didn’t like the way he’d said that at all.

Kiba noticed this and smiled sadly, his tone hushed and filled with assurance as he revealed, “As I’ve already told you, the end of the world and life as we knew it arrived directly after Cheza’s death. I didn’t have very long to mourn, fore I died soon after.”

I gasped. “Then me…and Toboe…?”

“Were killed, too, like in Toboe’s dream” Kiba finished, nodding. “That’s all in the past, though, Blue…don’t you see that we’ve all been given a second chance? An opportunity to finally find paradise?”

“Kiba…”

“Stop right here.”

I blanched, slamming down on the brakes due to his sudden change of tone. “Is she near?” I asked, generally curious. When all he did was nod I let out a sigh of relief, truly grateful that he hadn’t made me stop because of another noble.

Hopping out of the Pinto with an eagerness unlike any that I had ever seen in him, Kiba began to lead me toward an abandoned alleyway, my mouth growing terribly dry once I realized where we were.

“Kiba” I squeaked, “why did you take me back to the alley behind my house?”

At first he didn’t answer, yet the moment he nailed me with those damnable turquoise eyes I somehow knew. “I smell blood” he revealed, his lips forming into a thing, grim line.

I faltered, yet once Kiba began to move I found myself racing ahead of him like a madwoman, my hand cupping over my mouth as I called frantically at the top of my lungs, “Mom! Pops! If you can hear me, I’m coming!”

Clamoring up along the steps of the back porch I practically threw myself at the door, my fingers trembling as I fumbled with the knob in a sad attempt at breaking in.

As if coming to my rescue, Kiba suddenly appeared at my side and placed his hand over my own, assisting me in twisting the knob so that the door finally became unstuck and swung wide open.

Pushing past him with a carnal instinct that I rarely possessed, I stumbled into the sitting room with the grace of an elephant on skates, my mouth forming a silent ‘o’ at what was now laid out before me in a grotesque portrait of macabre and mayhem. There, sprawled out across the beige carpeting were my beloved step-parents, their torsos bloodied and bruised while their faces were contorted in silent screams of terror. Thick rivulets of crimson were streaming from deep lacerations on their necks, the carpet now soaked in what appeared to be a shallow moat of blood all about their bodies.

It wasn’t long before I realized that Kiba was now at my side, his eyes dark and completely incorrigible as he clenched and unclenched his fists at his sides.

“We’re too late” I whispered, shaking my head in denial as tears fell freely past my lashes like hot wax. “Tell me, Kiba…who could do such a terrible, bastardly thing without any feeling, whatsoever?”

Kiba’s haunting eyes slid over my mournful form before he dropped his gaze and slightly turned away. “My guess is some nobles came here…they probably knew about you and Toboe and wanted to get to you, first.”

“And killing Mom and Pops was the only solution?” I demanded, by now absolutely livid. “I’ll kill the bastards! I’ll kill the son’s-a-bitches who dared to take away my only source of stability in this world! I’ll…I’ll…” I immediately faltered.

What could I do, and how? My plan was preposterous; I could never avenge my step-parents just by taking a machine gun and blowing everyone’s brains out. Come to think of it, it really wasn’t much of a plan, at all…

Bowing my head in defeat, I squeezed my eyes shut and allowed the tears to soak through my lashes and stain my sun-kissed cheeks in small, salty splotches. Mom and Pops were gone, and I needed to own up to the fact. And yet…no. It was impossible.

Kiba suddenly came up from behind and placed a supportive hand upon my midriff, his voice soft and surprisingly soothing as he whispered, “Don’t worry, Blue…when we find Paradise, I promise you that they’ll be there.”

“You don’t have to lie to me” I mumbled, far too miserable to carry on a full-blown argument. “You know as well as I do that only wolves can get into Paradise.”

“Maybe so” he agreed, “but there I believe anything is possible, so I feel that those that you love will be there to greet you.”

I smiled a bitter smile, yet still couldn’t bring myself to face him. “Nothing really matters anymore, you know. Now that they’re gone, I’ve got no one to live for” I revealed darkly, my bottom lip trembling as I squeezed my eyes tightly closed and shuddered.

There was a pause, then Kiba argued, “And you really, honestly believe that? What about Toboe?”

“Toboe?” I reiterated, suddenly feeling my wretched heart break. “The poor thing…how can I possibly break this to him? He’d never understand.”

“Of course he will” Kiba countered. “How can you know without even giving him a chance?”

I turned to look at him then, my eyes full of a vengeful fire as I returned spiritedly, “How about because neither one of us has ever had any bad experiences! Can you honestly look me in the eye and tell me that that’s normal?”

“I can’t” Kiba agreed, “but you are both strong individuals, Blue. Why else do you think you were selected to be apart of the chosen ones? Because you can’t handle things?”

I immediately bowed my head. “No, of course not, but…oh, what should I do, Kiba?”

“Just keep quiet for now…only in this way can we all journey without fear” he revealed, his hand straying up from my torso in order to cup my cheek. “Be strong, Blue…be the warrior that I know you are.”

“Even when I know that this is one of the biggest mistakes of my life?” I questioned, weakly biting my lip.

“Even then” he agreed, smiling. “Come on…let me take you back to Hige and Tsume’s apartment. We can look for Cheza another time.”

I looked up at him in surprise then, touched since I knew how much finding the flower maiden’s spirit meant to him. “Thank you” I whispered, my eyes welling up with tears.

Kiba smiled warmly in return. “No problem.”

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I sat out on the fire escape over-looking the glass stars in the blue-streaked September sky, a soft smile now playing upon my lips as the wind tousled my charcoal-black locks and tickled my tanned cheeks.

Ever since I was a young girl I studied the stars, always finding it to be absolutely amazing that somewhere, someplace another individual was gazing out upon the very same star I was. I always desired to meet this person, yet I knew this would never be. Perhaps it was Kiba? After all, we seemed to share a pretty special bond the last time we talked…

“Blue?”

I immediately looked up. “Hige? What are you doing here?”

“It’s my apartment, isn’t it?” he wise-cracked, grinning from ear-to-ear before plopping down beside me on the first step of the fire escape. After a moment of silence, however, he suddenly turned to me, revealing softly, “I heard about what happened from the others…you wanna talk about it?”

“No.”

“Oh…ok.” Hugging his knees to his chest, Hige regarded me with warm, garnet eyes, his handsome features only brightening as his lips curved upward into a glorious smile. “You’re really beautiful, you know that?” he questioned, his irises sparkling with mirth as he took note of my surprise.

“Yes, I do, and you’re very superficial” I returned acerbically. Needless to say, I despised horn dogs with hidden agendas, yet sadly my reaction only seemed to spur Hige onward.

“You’re also very sarcastic…I like that” he quipped, wiggling his eyebrows before scooting slightly closer. “I also hope you know that I’m just kidding around…I would never purposely degrade a woman and her feelings. They’re far too special of treasures to do that.”

At this remark I couldn’t help but laugh, remarking in amusement, “You’re very lame, you know that? But thanks all the same…for trying to make me feel better, that is.”

Hige smiled warmly. “No problem, Blue…you can always talk to me. Erm…that is…if you’d like me to listen?”

“I would, actually” I agreed, smirking due to the nervous look on his face. “For such a goofball, you’re really sweet…but don’t you get any ideas. I can see the look in your eyes, you know.”

“Oh? And what are they telling you?” Hige questioned, a sly smile gracing his lips as he leaned in so that I could now gaze better into his beautiful pools.

Due to the closeness of our proximity, however, I couldn’t help but blush, his garnet orbs seeming to emanate an intense passion that ignited something completely alien within my veins. Finally able to speak, I returned breathlessly, “I-I don’t know…perhaps that you’re unlike any man I’ve ever met before?”

“Wrong” Hige murmured, smiling before taking my hand fondly in his own. “They’re saying how much I want to kiss you right now…”

I swallowed. “Oh? A-and how much is that?”

“A whole lot.”

Releasing a breath that I wasn’t even aware of having held, I closed my eyes and parted my lips as he leaned in and pressed his mouth gently against my cheek and then the other, his hands cupping my face before he leaned in in order to kiss my trembling lips.

“Blue! Hige! Where are you guys?”

I felt Hige’s form stiffen against my own due to Kiba’s call, his eyes burning longingly into my own before he stood up and held out his hand. “C’mon” he urged, “the others are waiting. Knowing Kiba, it’s gotta be serious.”

I nodded, yet somehow couldn’t return his gaze.

What exactly had just happened there? Did I actually almost kiss Hige?

Shaking my head as if to rid my mind of the turbulent maelstrom of thoughts, I then accepted his outstretched hand and followed him back in through the window in order to see what was up.

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