Avory's POV
Oh man, oh man, oh man. The council wants dad to kill Kale! Why exactly do they want to kill him? The oracle spoke of him saving our clan and possibly the entire race, so why would the same oracle suddenly turn around and give a prophesy that requires his death?! Unless-
"Hey little lady!" Dan exclaimed snapping his fingers in front of my face thus drawing me out of my state of reminisce. I was sitting down on the bean bag in the den waiting for him to arrive, and it seemed he had.
"Dan, I think the oracle's new prophecy is only detrimental to the elder council!" I explained quickly wanting to make my idea known. I could literally compete with detective Conan at this rate, I huffed in my mind smirking.
Dan made an are-you-seriously-just-considering-that look as he scoffed,
"Duh? Why else would they want him dead? To make their clan go extinct?!" He sarcastically quipped sitting down on the bean bag beside me. I rolled my eyes at him and flipped my hair in his face, he simply laughed at this brushing my hair back into place with his hand.
"Anyway, we have to hurry up on our mission. It seems we can no longer wait for him to warm up to you" He muttered still brushing my hair with his hand which I slapped away before proceeding to fold my arms.
"He's warmed up to me already for all I know" I couldn't help muttering as I glanced down at his hoodie that I was still wearing. Dan followed my gaze and landed on the hoodie, he momentarily clenched his jaw for some reason and I raised a brow.
"So what's the new plan? Abduct him?" I questioned.
"No, you'll invite him. He's a simp for you right? It seems the fate bond is stronger than we thought" Dan commented glancing at me strangely as he said the last sentence. I raised a questioning brow and for a moment it looked like he smiled incredulously but like I said, it was only a moment and the next, it was gone leaving me to wonder whether or not I had really seen it or I was just imagining it.
"You don't mind?" He suddenly asked confusing me.
"Mind what?" I asked back and he sighed shaking his head. "Nevermind, it's good that you're taking this well" he replied brushing me off as he stood up from the bean bag.
"Take out for dinner?" He asked glancing down at me and I nodded, he smiled nodding back before leaving the room. I stared at the empty doorway wondering what the fucking hell was up with him.
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...1 day timeskip...
Kale's POV
I was twirling my pen between my fingers wondering how long and how fast I could get it going before I had finger cramps because,
One, it was history, and as much as I love learning about them Roosevelt and the neocolonialism of Africans, I was hella bored. Two, I would prefer messing with my little angel but for some reason, she was really focused on class and I didn't want to be a nuisance.
Soon enough, the bell signaling end of fifth period and beginning of lunch break rang ending my misery.
Thursday tacos here I come!
My little angel pulled me all of a sudden making me sigh silently feeling helpless. Or not. The things I do for little A.
"What're your plans after school?" She asked drawing me out of my thoughts. My eyes sparkled upon hearing and I beamed grabbing her hands.
"Are you asking me out on a date?" I couldn't help asking and she huffed snatching her hands away from mine while turning her head away. Could still see her blush though.
"Actually, I recently moved and I wanted to ask if you could move in with me" she muttered very quietly probably out of embarrassment but I still heard. And I froze.
What the hell?! Move in with her? Why on earth would I do that when we're not even dating? Not that I would if we were..... Wait, is she pitying me?
With that thought I squinted my eyes at her observing all her movements. Her hands were clasped together, her cherry red lips were pursed while her overall skin had a pinkish tint to it.
Is she embarrassed for me? Now that's just rude, even for little angel.
"I'm sorry but no" I answered curtly while staring straight at her. She seemed to take my answer as a shock as she spluttered her eyes widening and mouth hanging open so I could see her cute little tongue. It was one word, cute.
"W-wait, what?!!!" She stammered and I felt my heart ache for making her that way but sometimes, you have to show tough love.
"I am not moving in with you. Want me to spell that out?" I answered more clearly this time with a raised brow.
"No need for that" she finally answered after a while and looked down at the ground, "why exactly do you not want to come?" She asked and I smiled, "I'm not obligated to answer that now am I?"
...3 hours timeskip.....
School had already closed and I decided to leave early before little A could get back from submitting her excursion form.
As I stepped out of the school, I was immediately alerted by a strange scent I was more or less familiar with by now. I looked around subtly and true to my senses, there were people with similar garb to that one guy who was spying on me almost all around the school.
I sighed clicking my tongue in annoyance as I resumed walking, more concerned about little A catching up with me and getting involved. I walked very quickly with my hands in my pocket and my head down taking a short cut to my house rather than the normal road. Of course, this short cut was in the disadvantage of being secluded so I had to walk faster, all the strange people kept following and at this point, I was well aware they weren't just stalking.
Very suddenly, I heard a whistling sound and I jerked my head backwards immediately getting my cheek cut. I wanted to touch the injury but they didn't give me time to recover as one of them was suddenly in front of me, his hands gone and in place of it blades. My eyes widened as I was completely stupefied.
What the hell? What happened to his hands? Did he get a freaking transplant? What kind of idiot would give up nice opposable thumbs for blades?
My thoughts were cut off as once again, I was almost struck. I stepped back quickly tripping on my foot and falling down on my butt. That didn't stop me though, I leaned back on my hands throwing an upward kick at the incoming weirdo immediately sending him flying.
I am well aware that my strength and speed sometimes exceed the norms so I learned taekwondo. Afterall, in this fucking home of mine I needed to keep myself safe.
I looked around counting them once more as I quickly stood up dusting my pants.
There are eight of them. Five out in the open and three hiding in those corners.
I noted while flexing my hands, rolling my neck and stretching my legs. Immediately the five raised their blade hands/hand blades, I moved feinting so it appeared I was targeting the one in front of me but turning suddenly to the one at my back when he was closer, grabbing him and throwing him at the one in front of me so they were both sent flying into a wall. A blade immediately struck and my arm got cut as I barely managed to avoid getting my arm cut off. This people mean business. I thought my gaze on them hardening.
Who on earth wants me dead?. Question of the decade for me, I'll have to think about that later though, I needed to get rid of these pests and head home first. Luckily, I'd been moving during the fight and was just one alley away from my home, which I'm sure these guys already knew the location of, so just running away wasn't an option.
I dodged another cut aimed at me by bending backwards only to be met with another blade aiming at my face so I quickly leaned back on my hand and spinning with my legs stretched out so I could kick them away. My left leg got cut though. I backflipped to the side and quickly stood up in time to catch a punch with my hand, the pressure pushing me back against and into a wall so I ended up coughing out. The guy aimed another punch and I knew if it landed that would be the end of me so I ducked rolling in between his legs so he ended up punching the wall. And guess what? It fucking caved in, it caved in like we were in a fucking anime! I was like, damn bro, the owner of the building's gonna be pisses when he comes back to find a hole in his wall. The two I had flung away earlier were back and the pressure was getting higher.
I smiled composing myself as I took a stance, "you guys are so fucking persistent" I muttered through grit teeth.