Original Stories Fan Fiction ❯ A Fraction of Your Soul ❯ True Love at Last ( Chapter 5 )
[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]
Chapter Five: True Love At Last
"What is it with everyone today?" Amber murmurs, walking out of the house for school. "Let see..." Amber stops to think about her time with Alez for the past couple of months. "Well, he does make me feel special and care for me a lot. He told me that he's pretty content with just being with me, but I don't mind if it is him that I'm giving myself to." Amber blushes hard just thinking about it.
"Who is it that you don't mind giving to?" Alez's voice echoes in her ears. "Ahh..." Amber jumps. "Good morning..." Alez gives her a peck on the cheek and smiles at her. "Uh... g...good morning..." Amber stutters. "Shall we?" Alez opens the door to the car and Amber climbs in. He takes her to school without saying much about anything, only yawning from time to time.
"You didn't sleep well last night?" Amber looks over at him. "Mia-san's keeping me up..." he yawns. “What do you mean by that?" she lowers her voice down dangerously. "We're here..." Alez stops the car in front of the school. "Don't try to avoid answering my question," she reaches over and grabs his collar so that he faces her. He smiles and gives her a deep kiss, "She's torturing me on reading a lot of old books and it's for research purpose." "Jerk..." she hits him lightly. "Yeah, I'm a jerk. But somebody just can't stop loving me, and can't keep her eyes off of me." Alez teases her. "Who is this girl?" Amber glares at him. "She's right in front of me," he laughs. Amber blushes and pulls him in for a long passion kiss, and then pulls away and gets out of the car and heads for class.
"Ow..." Alex's eyelids flutter. "Good, you're back to the land of the living..." Yuki's voice comes to her. "Ugh... the land of the living dead more like it..." she groans trying to sits up. "Don't force yourself," Yuki sits nearby helping her up. "Oh... my aching head..." Alex touches her forehead to feel something rough around it instead. "I'm so going to kill those two if I see them again," Yuki shakes her little fist in front of her angrily. "Calm down scary lady, calm down..." Alex says pleading to Yuki.
"How could I calm down when they hurt you like this?" Yuki's voice softens a bit looking at Alex. "Can you stop looking at me with those soggy eyes of yours?" Alex says nervously. "But you're the only one that actually care about me and other people in here for who we are," Yuki takes Alex's hands in hers. "Uh... that would be because I'm working for you guys?" Alex blinks at Yuki. "It's just that you're comfortable being who you are and making people around you feel special too..." Yuki says with a little tear in her big brown eyes.
"How does that make me any special?" Alex raises an eyebrow at Yuki. "You're so comfortable about you being who you are, even though you're not a mortal anymore. You still don't show any discomfort about it..." "The only thing I'm discomfort about is the way you're staring at me," Alex cuts her off. "Eh?!" Yuki blushes a bit. "Look, there's nothing to be discomfort about. If you accept yourself for who you are and look at things in a different view than just the way you're viewing now will make you feel much better about life. I'm just content with my current job and living in a place that I've always wanted to visit. Don't look beyond what you have and then feel bad because you're not having the things that other people have. You never know if other people are looking at you with envy, just the same way you envy them. You would always envy people with the qualities that you see in them, but there are the same in you as well you just don't see it yourself." Alex toys with the bandages around her head.
"That's what the kids and I like about you," Yuki smiles sweetly. "Please keep them away from me..." Alex murmurs, sighing. "You don't seem to like little kids much," Yuki giggles. "They're like little demons..." Alex growls lightly. "You're easy to satisfy, and you're just happy having what you have and never bother to look up to people who have more than you do or look down at people who have less than you do. Thus, you don't become arrogant or upsetting about your own fate." Yuki says with a straight face. "Just be happy with what you have and do your best with everything, that's the greatest joy you'll find if you give your all to what you did everyday and enjoy doing it." Alex nods her head.
"Alex-kun, I'm sorry if those two are being mean to you." Shuji says walking in. "Oh.. Shuji-san!" Alex almost jumps out from the futon she was in when he enters. "No need to be so formal," Shuji waves lightly at her. "..." Alex just nods her head lightly and Yuki didn't say anything, just bowing slightly at him and left the room. "I apologize for Ryo and Ritsu's inappropriate behavior; it's just that we never have an outsider in the main house before. They just don't take it too well that I..." Shuji looks away from Alex.
"That you break the rule that have been in this family for so long to have a halfa here," Alex finishes for him. "Yes, that and that I didn't let them help Yuki and Ken out on the project and you get to be part of it. They are too young and their temper is short, as you already witnessed it first-hand. They are in no position to take up the training and the job, because you just can't go and kill people even if they are murderer themselves." Shuji explains. "Well, once I'm better..." Alex pauses for a moment. "I would like to go out to buy my own transportation instead of using cars that belong to your family." Alex looks at Shuji calmly. "But..." "I always prefer to have my own transportation instead..." Alex chuckles, rubbing her forehead. "I see... then you shall have my permission to go out into the city to find what you want to buy," Shuji says after a long thoughtful silent.
"Thank you..." Alex murmurs. "Rest up," Shuji says before sliding the door shut behind him. For a moment, Alex wonders if Ryo and Ritsu really hated her that much that they would stir up trouble with people she come to contacts with but a light tabs on the door brings her back to reality.
"Alex-san?" Ken's voice echoes outside the door. "Ack... coming..." Alex struggles to get up and trying to walk steadily and open the door up. "You don't look so good, maybe you should stay in bed…" Ken steps in helping Alex just as she's about to slumps down on the floor. "And whose fault is it that I have to open the door for?" Alex says quietly. "Oh... I'm sorry..." Ken realizes that she's talking about him. "Don't worry about it," Alex waves her hand at him in dismissing him from apologizing.
"Here..." Ken rolls his right sleeve up. "This will help you heal up quickly..." "What do I look like? A vampire to you?" Alex pauses. "Oh, wait... I am one..." Alex smacks her forehead lightly forgetting that she is one. "Anyway, I'm going to be just fine. So don't go asking if I need your blood or anyone in this house's blood..." Alex says after a moment of thoughtfulness. "I see..." Ken blushes a little at her remarks.
"Yeah, we American people are just loud and completely weird out..." Alex laughs. "Yes, you're very outspoken and speak your mind. We on the other hand... don't do that." Ken says quietly. "Tradition," Alex nods her head at him. "I heard that you want to go out soon to get a car," Ken changes the subject. "Yes," Alex replies shortly. "If you don't mind, I would like to take you there..." "Okay..." she agrees to him right away. “Alright, we'll go once you're heal. I think it would take about two or three days for you to heal up completely." Ken says happily getting up. "I'll see you then," Alex smiles as Ken left. "Weird people..." she sighs after he left. “Very weird people..."
Somewhere in the U.S., "What do you mean she's hurt?!" Mia shouts over the phone. "Didn't I specifically tell you to keep an eye on her and make sure that no one harms her?" Mia calms down a bit. "You just make sure this incident doesn't repeat itself again, especially never to let Kane-sama find out about her being there. She's an overly jealous person, and if she sees Ken or Yuki with Alex... chaos will reek into the main house." Mai say dryly before hanging up.
"What's up? You look horrible..." Alez says coming in. "Ryo and Ritsu taking their anger about not being able to join the team with Yuki on Alex," Mia sighs sitting down on the couch rubbing her temples. "That's why I didn't approve them in joining," Alez laughs hearing that Alex isn't doing so good makes him happy. "If anything is to happen to her, you'll be the first one I kill..." Mia glares at him. "You can't kill me," he snorts at her.
Like a monster, Mia sneers at him and a powerful force throws him hard against the wall. "I know you love little Amber, but imagine if everyone finds out about it. I'm sure you can't save her, if you can't even save yourself..." Mia gets up and walks to him slowly. "..." Alez struggles to free himself but to no avail. "Most of them don't understand what it's like to love someone purely from the heart, and what would happen to her if she finds out that you're just a monster?" Mia grins at him showing her long fangs. "Alex..." she growls lightly. “She can be of help; I can see potentials in her. She might not notice yet, but with her help... you will be able to save Amber and yourself from Death..." Mia continues.
"What… can a halfa does that... and pure-bred… can't...?" Alez struggles to breath. "Strong determination, more human minded, and a heart full of love..." Mia cracks her neck a little moves her hand in front of her and set Alez off the wall. "Damn... you're strong..." Alez coughs trying to get up. "That Alez, is a little demonstration of what Alex can do. Her blood makes me more powerful than I used to, and I'm sure you would like to try it on Amber as well." Mia turns away and left him there.
"Damn... how could a halfa have that much power inside of her and she didn't even know it?" Alez gets on his feet and staggers over to the couch. "I have to wonder if her full power can overcome Kane-sama..." Alez struggles to clear his mind up for the blast Mia just give him. "In our family, Shuji-san has takes over the family but Kane-sama is still the oldest pure-bred in our family..." Alez mumbles heading to his room to clean up for bed.