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 Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 3:28 am
As Neko heard the door open without any warning he paled further if that was even possible. Caught in a deed he didn't remember committing. Turning his head almost mechanically toward the door he looked at Yuki with wide blank eyes, a nervous expression pulling his lips into a thin line across his face. As he yelled, however, Neko brought up his hand trying to gesture him to be quiet.
"Shhh," Neko hissed. "Not so loud."
Having finally been released from Neko's hold Mitsu sat in the bed her face flushed a new with embarrassment. Pulling the covers up further she tried to hide herself more, her hair, which was down for once, covering most of her face. She looked like she might have been ready to cry but the tears never came, instead she was merely focusing trying to remember what happened the night before.
She remembered trying to leave but after that things got a little fuzzy. And considering where she was now she had obviously not made it very far. She knew she was forgetful but for the first time it really bothered her that she couldn't remember a thing. Sitting there trying to think about it all a strange feeling started to come over her as she felt her stomach start to flip flop.
Getting out of bed quickly Neko found his pants and put them on to cover himself before walking over to Yuki. "I know this doesn't look good but...but you have to understand." What was there to understand? Neko thought to himself. You've just been caught...in bed....NAKED...with a kid. "I just.....I really don't know how I got here last night." Neko said honestly looking back at Mitsu's form on the bed. She was rigid and tense holding the blankets like they were her only form of protection.
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Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 7:47 am
Screams weren't the only source of noise in the inn that morning. Down on the first floor, a number of clangs, cracks, and thuds rang out through the area. Every now and then there'd be a shout as well.
Apparently one of the inn patrons had spoken to the guards about this place, so four of them had come to investigate the lead. And lucky for them, they found the target simply sitting at a table and eating breakfast. As a result, a fight broke out as they attempted to apprehend the thief that had broken into their own guard tower the night before.
"s**t!"
After drawing his sword out with his left hand in a slightly awkward manner, Blade tried to look around to see if there was an easier way out of this. He could try running up to his room and diving out the window... but he really didn't want to take chances with window jumping so soon. In any case, he didn't have much time to think, as he quickly got out of the way from a strike by a heavy sword. Instead of hitting him, the guard ended up splintering a chair.
What the hell? Was he trying to cut me in half?
Frowning, he went to retaliate, aiming for any armor weak points he noticed. The thief hadn't wanted to risk throwing his right shoulder so he was forced to fight with his off-hand. He wasn't too bad with that, but he still wasn't nearly as good as he would be with his right.
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Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 10:56 am
Yuki looked even more infuriated by Neko's suggestion that he quiet down. He only watched him, however, as he took it upon himself to be the first one up. Then, in what had to be the remains of his drunken stupor, Neko approached Yuki. Yuki, who had been angry enough with him last night. He'd put Riyo into one of the worst states he'd ever seen her in with whatever had really transpired in the city, left her there to get flat out wasted in a strange place, tried to make the moves on his sister, and....
Apparently, that last one dawned on him. He saw Neko's mouth moving, but his words fell on deaf ears. "You..." He started, his volume much lower, but he sounded far from friendly. Murderous, more like it. "You were trying to get my sister into bed with you last night!?" He snarled. He hadn't quite yelled that time, his question wouldn't have been fully audible through the walls.
All at once he unleashed his anger and frustration from the present situation and for all of the things from the night before. All in one, hard and perfectly aimed punch. Straight for Neko's nose. When his fist made contact, it wasn't nearly as satisfying as he wanted it to be, he was still furious.
Though, now he seemed to process that the surrounding rooms didn't need to hear about the situation. His words came out in a harsh hiss. "She's a child, you moron! Don't you have morals!?" His eyes rolled skyward, and he groaned before looking back at Neko. "You try this on Riyo? Is this why she was a mess when we got to her last night?" He questioned quickly, only to cut off any time to answer with one final, very important question. In fact, with this one the anger in his expression was replaced with fear. "What if she's pregnant?" It was the quietest he'd been since he got there, not wanting Mitsu to hear.
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Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 11:10 am
The punch had come quick and fast leaving Neko not even a second to react. Before he knew it he was on the floor writhing in pain covering his now bleeding nose. "******** hell," Neko hissed pushing himself up on his elbows. He looked a total mess. Besides his hair being singed, which he had yet to notice, and now a bloodied nose he looked picture perfect of the aftermath of a bar brawl.
"I didn't mean for this to happen, I don't even remembering it happening!" Neko all but yelled trying his best to keep his voice down. "And no, I didn't do anything to Riyo." That statement was much quieter but truthful as he pulled his hand away from his still bleeding nose.
Mitsu had paled considerably when Yuki had thrown his first punch and started to yell. What was going on? She was so lost now. But then he had whispered something she couldn't hear, not that she could if she wanted to. Her mind was a buzz with everything that was going on. Waking up in bed with Neko, the yelling, the screaming, the fighting.
It all seemed to much and before Mitsu could stop herself she found herself leaning over the far side of the bed emptying the contents of her stomach violently. Her shoulders quivered as she braced herself against the bed looking down at the mess she had just made. Breathing hard she fought the urge to repeat the action again and got out of bed with the top blanket wrapped around herself.
Not sure what to do or say Mitsu retreated to the adjacent bathroom not meeting anyone's gaze. She felt ashamed for some reason and her expression showed that. Closing the door quickly behind herself she leaned against it. She would hide in here for now. At least until she could think straight.
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Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 11:27 am
After awhile, the thief had managed to take down one of the guards but not without taking a few nicks and bruises along the way. Huffing out a bit, he slashed at the gauntlet covered hand of another guard with his weapon before bolting towards the stairs.
Fighting armored foes was never really that easy, and he needed to try and recover some. So he had retreated up the stairs and into his room, locking the door behind him.
The remaining three guards were quick to keep up, despite all the metal they wore. When they reached the locked door, one of them pounded at it some before shouting, not really caring that the ruckus could wake anyone still sleeping.
"OPEN UP!"
Who in their right mind would do that in this situation? thought Blade while breathing heavily as he pushed a chair to help barricade the entrance. It wouldn't hold for a great deal amount of time but it should at least allow him to catch his breath.
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Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 1:24 pm
Oh, this was more than enough to wake up any of the inn patrons. And that didn't exclude Atticus. He flung his door open in nothing more than a pair of pants and looked around. Face still expressionless but eyes blazing with anger. "Now what is going on here?" He shouted, displeased about his lack of sleep.
"I payed good money for this room and I expected at least something decent." He looked at the guards, then at the ruckus just down the hallway. Obviously two different things were happening at this time. He folded his arms in front of his chest and shook his head. The little wings on his back flapped ever so slightly.
"Might as well get breakfast."
"Stop mocking Riyo, nyu." She shot Poke a hasty glance and forced herself to stand up. Giving a loud yawn, she stretched a little, her back making various popping sounds. Ugh, her face felt crusty. She licked the side of her hand and cleaned it off as best as she could. Not a bad effort. And that was when she scooted over to the door and poked her head out to see what was happening, eyes still half shut. "Something wroooooooong, nyuu?" That o had been held out on accident. The scent of blood in the air was a sort of wake up call, though. Her eyes grew bigger as she realized what it was. "Is everyone alright?!"
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Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 1:42 pm
As two of the guards began to do what they could to break down the door, the third glanced over towards the man that had questioned them before spatting onto the ground.
SLAM!
"We're in the process of capturing a criminal. Sorry for the inconvenience," he said before looking over at the girl that poked her head out to see what was going on, "Don't worry about it miss. Just stay out of our way and everything will be just fine."
WHAM!
On the other side of the door, Blade quickly lightly wiped down his sword which had gotten some blood on it from the previous fight. He could see the door begin to crack, so he needed to think fast on what to do next. With his body being as sore as it was now, taking them head on would not be the greatest idea.
BAM!
So he gathered up his sheets and stood off to the side of the door way. With all the slamming he heard, he couldn't hear anything anyone outside was saying. Not that it really mattered so much right now any way. And with the way everything was going down, he was starting to wonder if he should try to keep up with aiming for nonlethal blows. Then again it may be too late for that since he wasn't sure how bad off the one guard downstairs was.
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Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 7:10 pm
There was no way in hell she was going to get her promised 4- winks now. She rolled out of bed and sat up, only wearing a shirt and panties ( she had neglected to bring any pyjamas along, which would cause more luggage.) She rummaged around on the floor before finding her discarded pair of jeans.
"I wasn't mocking you" poke rubbed her eyes and walked to the door side, overhearing the guards and faintly hearing someone else. peaking behind riyo, she could faintly see the gards and the door they were trying to knock down.
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Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 7:51 pm
"Didn't mean for it to happen?" Yuki repeated, "Do you even realize how serious this is!?" He was about to continue telling him off, before his glance shifted to Mitsu with her movement. The instant he witnessed her get sick all over the floor, he paled. Ideas as pointing to why were swirling in his head, and none of them failed to worry him any less than the last.
"Mitsu?" He had started, speaking much softer toward her than he probably ever had toward Neko. "A-are you alright?" He stepped away from the doorway, over one of Neko's legs, and toward the bathroom door as she closed it. He nearly reached for the handle, but decided against it. "Come on out, Mitsu." He pleaded, "Please, we have to go... You want to see the others, right?"
Timing was extraordinary. Just as those words passed his lips, he caught sound of someone tearing down the hall and slamming the door. Anger temporarily forgotten, he cast a confused glance toward Neko. "What the hell was that?" His eyes grew wide soon after, with the sound of the guards reaching Blade's room and shouting at the door.
Yuki gave a startled jolt, as they clearly went about trying to ram the door down. "Dammit!" He shouted, "I'd take that murdering psychopath over this. At least he was quiet." Of course he wasn't being truthful, he was just pissed off. Yuki approached the door again, and wheeled around toward Neko before he left. "We're getting the hell out of this place before something else goes wrong." He pointed a finger at the door that hid Mitsu, "Make sure she gets cleaned up, we're gone in ten minutes." Then, he vanished into the hall.
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"Wh-what's going on?" Hitsu had been half asleep until the crashing. Long ago she'd gotten used to Yuki and Neko yelling at one another, so when she'd heard Yuki's shouts faintly through the wall apparently it hadn't phased her.
She had gotten up from the bed, trying to get as far from their door as possible as though whoever was trying to break into one of the other rooms would next come after them. When Riyo went to the door, Hitsu gave a worried whimper and held her breath.
The answer that Riyo received was overheard, but gave little relief. "Criminal!?" Hitsu barked, wondering just how horrible this criminal had to be to cause such a huge commotion.
Yuki soon appeared at the doorway again, firmly ushering Riyo back inside so that he could close the door. Which, he slammed, purely out of irritation. "Well, we're leaving." He said, loudly enough to be overheard by the noisy guards that he'd tried his damnedest to ignore in the hall. At least they were a few doors down, he didn't have to pass them. "Whatever you need to do had better take less than eight minutes, because that's all you've got."
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Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 8:08 pm
At the man's rude gesture, Atticus raised an eyebrow and stepped back in his room for a small moment. And without warning, lunged back out and at the nearest guard with breakneck speed. In his hand was a syringe, which he promptly attempted to jam in the guards neck and let whatever liquid might be contained pump into his veins.
Riyo had seen this happen and just as Yuki was pushing her in, and caught a glympse of Atticus looking her way as the door shut. "Nyuuu!!" She wanted to see what was happening! What was he doing? She looked up at Yuki with big eyes. "What's happening, nyu?"
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Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 8:14 pm
"It doesn't matter. It doesn't concern us." Yuki replied, "We need to leave. We've lingered for too long." He'd caught scent of the hound the day before, nearly at their heels... Who's to say he wasn't aware that they were here as it was?
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Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 8:16 pm
The words hadn't hit Neko at first but after a few moments that dreaded word shot through his brain like a spear. Pregnant. No...she couldn't be...we didn't....we couldn't have. He was about to argue that point but her heard Mitsu throwing up behind him and turned just in time to see that she had puked all over his clean shirt. Damnit...what a morning.
When she retreated into the bathroom and Yuki came to the door Neko finally got to his feet wiping the blood away from his nose. That's when the noise down the hall sprang up. Great, more entertainment. Could this morning get any better?
Finding it no time to argue Neko only gave Yuki a partial nod to his instructions moving toward the bathroom door. Lightly tapping on it he tried to cox Mitsu out. "Hey...hey Mitsu. We need to go...come on open the door."
When Yuki had approached the door Mitsu had given a muffled whine wrapping even tighter in the blanket she had. She didn't want to go anywhere right now, this seemed like a fairly safe place. For some reason such small quarters was comforting to her.
Giving a slight jerk as the commotion down the hall started Mitsu turned to sit on her knees pressing an ear to the door. What was going on now?
"Mitsu?" It was Neko this time, he wanted them to go.
"N....no. I want to see Hitsu." Mitsu voice was a bit quivery as she spoke.
"Come on Mitsu we don't have time. You need to get cleaned up. I know there's a lot going on right now but we'll figure it out." Moving back into the room Neko gathered up Mitsu's clothes and came back to the door. "Here...I...I have your clothes. Just open the door."
"Why.." He heard her voice struggle for words. "me?"
"What?"
"Why did you choose me?"
"I didn't," Neko said flatly though he quickly realized how cold that might have sounded. "Mitsu I..I didn't mean for this to happen. I'm....gonna help you work this out." On the other side of the door Mitsu had grown silent. Worried that she was going to waste more time Neko reached for the door knob but just as he was about to grasp it the door swung open.
Standing with the blanket held firmly with one hand Mitsu held the door open with the other. Her hair still covered her face leaving her eyes hardly visible under the shadows.
"Good..I though you might be mad...." Mitsu snatched the clothes out of Neko's hands and slammed the door in his face. "...at me." Running a hand through his hair nervously Neko walked back into the room and started to gather up his things. Unsure what to do about his shirt Neko nudged it out of the way with his boot.
Once he was done he glanced back at the bathroom door a little worried. He had never seen Mitsu angry before so he was worried there might be a lot of pinned up aggression just waiting to get out.
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Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 8:35 pm
CRAAAAAAAAAAAACK!
As the door finally gave away, one guard stormed into the room.. only to have a bedsheet thrown over his head. Not expecting this, he frantically flailed about to get the thing off of him, as well as to try and hit the thief wherever he was. But in his blind confusion he soon felt a sharp pain at the back of his knee, driving him to the ground in pain.
Despite almost getting my head cut off in the process... that worked pretty well.
Not wasting any time, Blade began doing what he could to avoid the upcoming attacks from the remaining two guards in the hall and doorway. Having no armor at all, he really couldn't afford to take more than a glancing blow from the guard's weaponry.
As agile as he was, there was still only so much his tiring body can do. He managed to dodge one strike, but he failed to realize that the fallen guard wasn't quite out of the picture yet. As a result, he ended up getting kicked in the rear, sending him stumbling out into the hallway. Just as one of the guards was about to skewer him, the guy felt a p***k in his neck.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHG!! WHAT THE HELL?!" shouted the man before slumping down harmlessly from the syringe.
Not wanting to sit still for the last standing guard, the thief quickly scrambled to his feet and ran for the stairs.
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Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 8:43 pm
"B-but..." Riyo started, then promptly shut herself up. She'd had enough of getting screamed at. And it was quite obvious Yuki was in no mood to deal with her. Her eyes met with the floor as she moved back to where her pants and jacket were. Before she put on her clothes, however, she wanted to clean off her face. Quietly, she trotted into the bathroom and slammed the door. There was water in here, she just had to figure out how to work it.
Atticus spared no time when the first guard went down. Out of his pocket came another syringe. He uncapped it and shot towards the other guard. "Oh... It's you.." He commented as he saw Blade pass by. Exact revenge on people who lacked manners and save an acquaintance while doing so. Two birds with one stone... As much as he hated that saying.
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Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 8:53 pm
"Nice to see you too..." huffed Blade, "But thanks."
Startled by the sudden attack by this stranger, the remaining guard scowled as he advanced towards this newcomer.
"Stay out of this and you won't be huuuuuuuuurr--"
His threat literally fizzed out as he needle struck his neck, which caused him to slump to the ground just like the other.
Now that all four were down, the thief leaned against the wall and sheathed his sword. This battle may have been won but he needed to leave town as soon as possible. More guards were bound to come sooner or later after all. In fact, right as he thought of this, he could hear a few shouts coming from down below.
"Ugh... can't I get a break?" sighed Blade while drawing out his sword again to prepare for the second wave.
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