[Fic] That Unseen, Ch 12
Title: That Unseen
Fandom: Ronin Warriors
Author: Misako Hashiba
Word count: 1735
Summary: AU Cye brings home an old painting that the others aren't all that thrilled with. Is there more to this painting than they thought?
Before they had totally hunkered down to try to get some sleep, they discussed what they should do when Cye inevitably came for them.
"I think," Sage said, from his spot on the floor, "That we should try to be as alert as possible tonight."
"That's probably a very good idea." Ryo agreed. "But we should also try to get some decent sleep. We'll definitely need it."
"I don't think any of us are going to be sleeping too much, Ryo." Kento said softly. He was laying sideways on the chair, his head by Ryo's, with his eyes closed.
Rowen, who had been quiet until now, finally spoke up. "I think we should pretend to be asleep. That way, when Cye does show up, we'll have a good advantage."
"Good idea, Ro!" Ryo said.
The others agreed and soon the four of them were settling in for what was likely to be an interesting night.
It was almost like torture, laying there trying to sleep. The four of them kept waking out of a light slumber at nearly every little sound. Cye was still out there, probably still possessed, and most likely waiting for them to let their guard down. The night was ticking by slowly, and for a while, no one heard or thought they heard anything.
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Cye watched from upstairs bathroom mirror as the four brats walked into a room, downstairs, and found spots to sleep for the night. Pfft, like they could really hide from him. These boys were stupid if they truly believed that. He gave them time to think he gave up on getting the necklace back. _After all,_ he thought, _They're probably looking forward to sleeping._ And, really, that just gave him the perfect opportunity to catch them unawares. The boys seemed to speak for a short time --the one on the bed slipping his hand under the pillow, though he chalked that up to the teen just adjusting it--then settled in. He waited for a little longer before heading down there, just to give them ample time to fall asleep. When enough time for him had passed, Cye silently slipped out of the bathroom and leisurely made down to the room they were staying in.
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Somewhere in the possible vicinity of two AM, the sound of a door scraping against carpet alerted the teens that Cye had found them. None of them dared to move any more than to further the illusion by turning over. If any of them opened their eyes ahead of time, their small advantage of surprise would be lost.
Cye crept in, taking note of how asleep the boys seemed to be. Since they had had a very busy day yesterday, he was confident that he could accomplish his task without waking any of them. The auburn haired teen knew, from watching in the mirror, that his target was the one in the bed, and so he ignored the others and made his way over there. As he stood over the bed, the boy turned from his left onto his back and sighed softly. Cye watched him a moment, just to make sure that's all he was going to do. Once satisfied, he reached down to grab the necklace from his neck.
Rowen felt the tingle of something getting closer to his skin and took that as his cue to "wake up" and quickly grab Cye's wrist. Cye let out a small, shocked gasp, then growled and tried wrenching his hand out of Rowen's grasp. Rowen gripped tighter, silently apologizing to the real Cye, not wanting him to get free just yet.
"Let Cye go! I don't know who you are, but let him go!"
Cye growled louder. "Give me the necklace, you brat!"
"Hate to burst yer bubble, bud, but I don't have it."
"Don't you lie to me. Hand it over, now!" Cye yanked his hand again and this time was successful in getting it away from Rowen. After quickly rubbing his wrist, he moved to take the necklace again.
Rowen practically dove off the bed toward Sage. Sage was already up and helped him over to the middle of the room, keeping himself between him and Cye as much as possible.
Sage repeated what Rowen had said earlier. "Leave Cye's body, now! Use your own for once!"
"Silence!" Cye brought his hand forward, open palmed, quickly towards Sage, as if he were going to shove him. Instead, it was like a very hard wind knocked into him, sending him nearly flying back into Rowen and taking both boys to the floor.
"Give. It. To. Me. Now." With each word, Cye took a step forward, with the last word being more of a snarl than an actual word.
"I told you, I don't have it!"
The possessed teen finally took the time to give Rowen a once over, realizing too late that the locket was no longer around his neck. As that was where the teen had always had it, Cye assumed Rowen didn't have it anywhere on or near him at all and swore loudly. "Damn you!"
The other two had taken positions around Cye, as he was dealing with Rowen and Sage. They were lucky that Cye had been too focused on Rowen to notice them. As Cye lunged towards Rowen again, they moved forward and quickly grabbed onto his arms to hold him in place. Their intended captive thrashed around as he tried to escape, kicking at the boys' shins as hard as he could. This tactic, though it took a while, finally worked and Cye pulled free.
"Bastard!" Kento glared at him as he rubbed his shin.
"That's what you get, brat. Now stay out of my business." He turned back to Rowen. "Tell me where it is."
"After all this? Hell no!"
"Tell me."
Rowen shook his head. "No. Way. Not until, at the very least, you leave Cye alone. He doesn't deserve you kickin' around in his body."
"You think I am going to let a mere child tell me what to do? You are sadly mistaken." Cye moved to make a grab for him again, but the other teens quickly stood in front of him. "Move out of the way!"
"Shut it, you jerk. Just because you're an 'adult'," Ryo made finger quotes as he said that word. "And I use the term loosely, it doesn't mean we have to listen to you." The responding growl and lunge caused Ryo to scramble out of the way, with Rowen going the opposite direction.
Sage and Kento made another attempt to restrain Cye, only to get hit in the face as their possessed friend spun around to get away. When the two boys failed at holding him a second time, Cye took the opportunity to head towards the door.
"I WILL be back and mark my words: I WILL get that necklace back!" With that, the teen left, slamming the door as hard as he could after himself.
After Cye left, the four boys stood there, staring at the door, just to be sure he wasn't going to suddenly burst back in. Once they were sure he had gone for good, for now, they started to relax. Sage, Ryo, and Rowen sat down on the bed, while Kento sat on the arm of the chair. For a moment, no one spoke.
"Sage, are you alright? Whatever that was, looked like it hit you hard."
"I'm alright, Rowen." He absently rubbed at his chest again. "Besides, better it happen to me than to you, considering."
"Yeah, but still..."
"Don't worry about it."
Ryo turned to Rowen. "What about you? Sage must have knocked into you pretty good."
Rowen shrugged. "It hurt, but it's nothing that won't keep me down."
"Good." Ryo smiled, then scratched his head. "So now what do we do? We can't really keep running."
"I have an idea," Kento said. When the others had turned their attention to him, he continued. "If he won't voluntarily leave Cye's body, we'll have to make him."
Sage raised an eyebrow. "And just how do you propose we do that? Actually give him what he wants?"
Kento shook his head. "No, but it does involve that. See, we know he wants that necklace really bad, right? So we use it to lure him towards the front door."
"You mean try to get him to go outside?"
"Exactly!"
"But, Kento," Ryo said. "How are we going to prevent him from taking Cye out there if he should fall for that?"
Rowen answered before Kento could. "We hold him back, of course! Although, that's no guarantee that it will actually work." He reached under the pillow, took out the necklace, and looked at it. _All this trouble for a stupid locket. Why the hell does he want it so badly...?_
"By the way, Rowen, I've been wondering. Why are you so opposed to just giving it back?"
Rowen shrugged. "I dunno, Sage. I guess it's just that he acts like it's a power piece or something. Makes me not want to hand it over to someone who could use it for evil."
"Makes sense."
"Anyway!" Kento hopped off the chair. "We should probably switch rooms and try to sleep the rest of the night."
Ryo stood as well. "I agree. Besides, after we all fought back, he probably won't try anything else tonight."
Rowen and Sage stood and the group headed out of that room to find another decent sized one to stay in. Sage didn't even bother to put the comforter back on the bed before he left; it's not like any one was really going to complain about it and given the circumstances, it was better to leave quickly. Also, at this point, he really didn't care.
The group found another room pretty quickly and went inside. The set up was different than the last one, so they had to find different spots to sleep in. This time, Sage got the bed, while Rowen took the comforter to the floor. Kento laid down near the closet and Ryo chose to slump down in the little chair in front of the vanity. Since they believed Cye would not return that night (he would almost certainly be plotting a better strategy instead of trying what he just had, again), they found it easier to slip into actual slumber.
Fandom: Ronin Warriors
Author: Misako Hashiba
Word count: 1735
Summary: AU Cye brings home an old painting that the others aren't all that thrilled with. Is there more to this painting than they thought?
Before they had totally hunkered down to try to get some sleep, they discussed what they should do when Cye inevitably came for them.
"I think," Sage said, from his spot on the floor, "That we should try to be as alert as possible tonight."
"That's probably a very good idea." Ryo agreed. "But we should also try to get some decent sleep. We'll definitely need it."
"I don't think any of us are going to be sleeping too much, Ryo." Kento said softly. He was laying sideways on the chair, his head by Ryo's, with his eyes closed.
Rowen, who had been quiet until now, finally spoke up. "I think we should pretend to be asleep. That way, when Cye does show up, we'll have a good advantage."
"Good idea, Ro!" Ryo said.
The others agreed and soon the four of them were settling in for what was likely to be an interesting night.
It was almost like torture, laying there trying to sleep. The four of them kept waking out of a light slumber at nearly every little sound. Cye was still out there, probably still possessed, and most likely waiting for them to let their guard down. The night was ticking by slowly, and for a while, no one heard or thought they heard anything.
----
Cye watched from upstairs bathroom mirror as the four brats walked into a room, downstairs, and found spots to sleep for the night. Pfft, like they could really hide from him. These boys were stupid if they truly believed that. He gave them time to think he gave up on getting the necklace back. _After all,_ he thought, _They're probably looking forward to sleeping._ And, really, that just gave him the perfect opportunity to catch them unawares. The boys seemed to speak for a short time --the one on the bed slipping his hand under the pillow, though he chalked that up to the teen just adjusting it--then settled in. He waited for a little longer before heading down there, just to give them ample time to fall asleep. When enough time for him had passed, Cye silently slipped out of the bathroom and leisurely made down to the room they were staying in.
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Somewhere in the possible vicinity of two AM, the sound of a door scraping against carpet alerted the teens that Cye had found them. None of them dared to move any more than to further the illusion by turning over. If any of them opened their eyes ahead of time, their small advantage of surprise would be lost.
Cye crept in, taking note of how asleep the boys seemed to be. Since they had had a very busy day yesterday, he was confident that he could accomplish his task without waking any of them. The auburn haired teen knew, from watching in the mirror, that his target was the one in the bed, and so he ignored the others and made his way over there. As he stood over the bed, the boy turned from his left onto his back and sighed softly. Cye watched him a moment, just to make sure that's all he was going to do. Once satisfied, he reached down to grab the necklace from his neck.
Rowen felt the tingle of something getting closer to his skin and took that as his cue to "wake up" and quickly grab Cye's wrist. Cye let out a small, shocked gasp, then growled and tried wrenching his hand out of Rowen's grasp. Rowen gripped tighter, silently apologizing to the real Cye, not wanting him to get free just yet.
"Let Cye go! I don't know who you are, but let him go!"
Cye growled louder. "Give me the necklace, you brat!"
"Hate to burst yer bubble, bud, but I don't have it."
"Don't you lie to me. Hand it over, now!" Cye yanked his hand again and this time was successful in getting it away from Rowen. After quickly rubbing his wrist, he moved to take the necklace again.
Rowen practically dove off the bed toward Sage. Sage was already up and helped him over to the middle of the room, keeping himself between him and Cye as much as possible.
Sage repeated what Rowen had said earlier. "Leave Cye's body, now! Use your own for once!"
"Silence!" Cye brought his hand forward, open palmed, quickly towards Sage, as if he were going to shove him. Instead, it was like a very hard wind knocked into him, sending him nearly flying back into Rowen and taking both boys to the floor.
"Give. It. To. Me. Now." With each word, Cye took a step forward, with the last word being more of a snarl than an actual word.
"I told you, I don't have it!"
The possessed teen finally took the time to give Rowen a once over, realizing too late that the locket was no longer around his neck. As that was where the teen had always had it, Cye assumed Rowen didn't have it anywhere on or near him at all and swore loudly. "Damn you!"
The other two had taken positions around Cye, as he was dealing with Rowen and Sage. They were lucky that Cye had been too focused on Rowen to notice them. As Cye lunged towards Rowen again, they moved forward and quickly grabbed onto his arms to hold him in place. Their intended captive thrashed around as he tried to escape, kicking at the boys' shins as hard as he could. This tactic, though it took a while, finally worked and Cye pulled free.
"Bastard!" Kento glared at him as he rubbed his shin.
"That's what you get, brat. Now stay out of my business." He turned back to Rowen. "Tell me where it is."
"After all this? Hell no!"
"Tell me."
Rowen shook his head. "No. Way. Not until, at the very least, you leave Cye alone. He doesn't deserve you kickin' around in his body."
"You think I am going to let a mere child tell me what to do? You are sadly mistaken." Cye moved to make a grab for him again, but the other teens quickly stood in front of him. "Move out of the way!"
"Shut it, you jerk. Just because you're an 'adult'," Ryo made finger quotes as he said that word. "And I use the term loosely, it doesn't mean we have to listen to you." The responding growl and lunge caused Ryo to scramble out of the way, with Rowen going the opposite direction.
Sage and Kento made another attempt to restrain Cye, only to get hit in the face as their possessed friend spun around to get away. When the two boys failed at holding him a second time, Cye took the opportunity to head towards the door.
"I WILL be back and mark my words: I WILL get that necklace back!" With that, the teen left, slamming the door as hard as he could after himself.
After Cye left, the four boys stood there, staring at the door, just to be sure he wasn't going to suddenly burst back in. Once they were sure he had gone for good, for now, they started to relax. Sage, Ryo, and Rowen sat down on the bed, while Kento sat on the arm of the chair. For a moment, no one spoke.
"Sage, are you alright? Whatever that was, looked like it hit you hard."
"I'm alright, Rowen." He absently rubbed at his chest again. "Besides, better it happen to me than to you, considering."
"Yeah, but still..."
"Don't worry about it."
Ryo turned to Rowen. "What about you? Sage must have knocked into you pretty good."
Rowen shrugged. "It hurt, but it's nothing that won't keep me down."
"Good." Ryo smiled, then scratched his head. "So now what do we do? We can't really keep running."
"I have an idea," Kento said. When the others had turned their attention to him, he continued. "If he won't voluntarily leave Cye's body, we'll have to make him."
Sage raised an eyebrow. "And just how do you propose we do that? Actually give him what he wants?"
Kento shook his head. "No, but it does involve that. See, we know he wants that necklace really bad, right? So we use it to lure him towards the front door."
"You mean try to get him to go outside?"
"Exactly!"
"But, Kento," Ryo said. "How are we going to prevent him from taking Cye out there if he should fall for that?"
Rowen answered before Kento could. "We hold him back, of course! Although, that's no guarantee that it will actually work." He reached under the pillow, took out the necklace, and looked at it. _All this trouble for a stupid locket. Why the hell does he want it so badly...?_
"By the way, Rowen, I've been wondering. Why are you so opposed to just giving it back?"
Rowen shrugged. "I dunno, Sage. I guess it's just that he acts like it's a power piece or something. Makes me not want to hand it over to someone who could use it for evil."
"Makes sense."
"Anyway!" Kento hopped off the chair. "We should probably switch rooms and try to sleep the rest of the night."
Ryo stood as well. "I agree. Besides, after we all fought back, he probably won't try anything else tonight."
Rowen and Sage stood and the group headed out of that room to find another decent sized one to stay in. Sage didn't even bother to put the comforter back on the bed before he left; it's not like any one was really going to complain about it and given the circumstances, it was better to leave quickly. Also, at this point, he really didn't care.
The group found another room pretty quickly and went inside. The set up was different than the last one, so they had to find different spots to sleep in. This time, Sage got the bed, while Rowen took the comforter to the floor. Kento laid down near the closet and Ryo chose to slump down in the little chair in front of the vanity. Since they believed Cye would not return that night (he would almost certainly be plotting a better strategy instead of trying what he just had, again), they found it easier to slip into actual slumber.