DISENCHANTED

3 - TALKING WITH STRANGERS

The rest of that night passed as nothing more than a blur to Lucille (mainly because he fell asleep again an hour later) and now, as he reluctantly promised Guren after a long heart to heart, he's ready to attend Miss Sayuri's class. But first, to find his surrogate sister and idiotic brother.

(He finds them in the last place he'd expect. The roof. Looking just a tad too cozy for his liking.)

-"I see, so you're a virgin." He walks in on Shinoa saying. I dread to think what I missed there.

"Hey, keep it down!" Yuu's blushing, and Lucille almost finds it funny.

Tune it out if you know what's good for you. The young blond sighs and shakes his head at Shinoa's usual antics. All this girl ever talks about is sex when she isn't making fun of me and Mitsuba. I guess I can add Yuichiro to that list, too now.

"What're you two dumbasses up to now?"

Yuichiro stumbles a little. "Oh, Lucy! Hey!"

Lucille rolls his eyes at his brother and ignores him, facing Shinoa. (He pays no mind to the hurt look he's given. They used to be so close-)

Giggles escape Shinoa as she dances around with her hands behind her back. "There you are. I was beginning to think you'd never show."

"That doesn't answer my question, but ok..."

"Oh, right," Shinoa giggles again, "I was just discussing how Yuichiro over here is still a cherry boy-"

The blond shakes his head and smirks. "Not that you can say anything, Shinoa dear. You're still a virgin yourself, aren't you?"

Yuu, desperate to stay in the conversation, steps forward. "What was it you said Shinoa? We'd breed our way to the top of the food chain?"

"Fascinating, Yuichiro." Lucille offers nothing more than a cold look in his brother's direction.

The black haired boy stuffs a hand in his pocket. "...Yeah, anyway... can I ask you something?" Shinoa turns to him with a questioning look. "Well, is there a reason I'm still stuck in this dump? I already passed Guren's test, and I've been assigned to the vampire extermination unit. So why am I playing school boy?"

"Sorry," despite the apology, Shinoa doesn't sound the least bit remorseful, "that's a question for the Lieutenant Colonel, not me."

Enraged, Yuichiro starts to raise his voice. "And how do I ask him? The lazy jerk doesn't even go to his office! What am I supposed to do, stalk the guy?"

"Oi, it's not her fault. Don't talk to her like that." Lucille defends Shinoa, and it only angers Yuichiro further.

"Yeah, I don't know why you're yelling at me. Do I look like his keeper?" She's probably crossing her arms in defiance, not that Lucille can see her. He's moved to face Yuichiro so his brother can finally look him in the eye. Said boy sighs. "Besides, you don't need to wait to start your new training. As a matter of fact, it's already begun." She holds a key up. "Our special methods make the most difficult of wishes attainable. Soon you will fulfil your desires."

Yuichiro furrows his eyebrows in confusion. "Oh yeah? And just what do you know about my desires?"

The girl continues to mess with her key, "I know you want power," she spins it, "like this!" The key lets off an odd black smoke unlike anything Yuchiro's ever seen before. It's dense and completely opaque. An odd growling, groaning sound comes from the key when out comes of it more of the black smoke along with what looks like orange rimmed, black fire and a contorted face. "This is the demon I've formed a contract with. Shikama Doji." Shinoa spins, and the strange fire becomes a scythe, though Yuichiro's sure her little display and the transfiguration have no correlation at all. "Try not to embarrass yourself around him."