who am I?

Ch. 11 What is this feeling?

(Shizuo's P.O.V.)

As she collapsed I noticed she was out of breath. I sat next to her on the bench, cautious in case she decided to attack me. I slowly pulled out a cigarette and was looking for my lighter when those beautiful eyes turned back to me in anger. "Those can kill you, you idiot. I didn't just save you for you to kill yourself later. Not to mention, by being near me you can kill me. It's actually twice as likely to kill me as it is you. " With that, she ripped the cigarette out of my mouth and crushed it under her boot. I was speechless. No one had ever spoken to me like that, that is no one except the flea. Why do I keep thinking about him? "Are you even listening to me!" The girl yelled and threw her arms up. That's right, I don't even know her name yet. "I am listening, but I don't know your name. Would it be alright if I had it?" I asked her. Her green eyes widened in shock and she crossed her arms. "I guess that's fair since I know your name. My name is Emerald." She spoke loudly as she turned away. Just then, there was a gust of wind. I caught her scent. It was sweet and spicy. Sweeter than my favorite cake and spicy like independence. It was intoxicating. She suddenly stood up. "Since your not going to ask me how I know your name and your staring at me creepily, I'm leaving." She started to walk away, but I grabbed her hand. "Wait, how do you know my name?" I asked. "Some guy told me you were in trouble. The Fortissimo of Ikebukuro was in danger of being mobbed to death. It was quite a sight, but a death at Izoro's concert isn't good for business so I stepped in. Right. I need to go now, Shizu-chan." She ripped her hand out of mine and grabbed a plastic bag. I was stunned. So the whole thing was the flea's fault. I thought we had agreed not to kill each other. I thought we were on at least a little better terms. "That lying louse!!" I yelled in anger. I was ripped out of my anger by the sound of voices arguing. One of which is Emerald. I immediately got up and followed the voices. "Ah come on cutie, we're just offering to take you home. What's so wrong with that?" I arrived to see two guys trying to get their arms around her. " What's wrong is I said no. Leave me alone. This is your last warning. If you continue with this, then what happens next isn't my fault." Emerald dodged them with ease and grace. "Come on honey, we'll show you a good time. Besides, we love girls with lots of spunk." The other guy replied, finally trapping Emerald between him and the alley wall. I was disgusted, and from what I could see on Emeralds face she was too. I took a step towards them to help, but she took care of it herself. One of her long legs appeared between his legs. He was instantly on the ground crying. Emerald made a disgusted look and stepped away from the wall. She flipped her hair and removed a switch blade from a hidden pocket. "You disgust me. I warned you." She said as she began walking towards the guy that had called her a cutie. She suddenly ran at him. She did something, but I couldn't see what it was because she was just too fast. She suddenly ran behind him and kicked him behind the knee. He fell to the ground and suddenly his hair fell off. Emerald had shaved it off in a split second. The guy was devastated. "My hair!! My beautiful hair!!" The guy wailed as he tried to pick his hair up and put it back on his head. "Serves you right. Next time a girl says no, maybe you'll listen. Jerks." She said and continued walking down the alley. I tried to quietly follow, but soon lost her. "You can't stalk a stalker. Is there something I can help you with Shizu-chan?" She appeared behind me. I wanted to tell her that wasn't my name, but the way she said it made my heart skip a beat. I was about to reply to her question when I saw movement behind her. I immediately moved her behind me. She yelped in suprise and fell to the ground at the same time a metal pole struck my chest. I could hardly feel it, but the guy with the shaved head fell to the ground. Some of his hair fell out of his pocket and his hood fell backwards. I took the end of the pole and bent it backwards. How dare he try to hurt my Emerald. I picked him up and began to see red. Before I lost control I threw him as far as I could in hope I'll never see the jerk again. When I calmed down I turned around to find Emerald looking away from me leaning against a wall with her plastic bag in hand. "Are you alright? I'm sorry, I didn't mean to make you fall to the ground." I apologized as I walked up to her. "Leave me alone. I don't need your help. I could've taken that attack on my own." She looked at me as she finished speaking. Hell flame once again in her eyes. I was speechless. I only wanted to help. I looked at her again, noticing the scrapes that covered her arms. It was then that I noticed she was leaning on one leg. "What happened, you're leaning on one side?" I asked, concerned and afraid she would tell me it was my fault. "I don't know what your talking about. I do however, need to get home. Don't-" Emerald was cut off by the sound of a motorcycle and screams of 'Shizuo-kun!' Within seconds Shinra and Celty were running over to me and Shinra was asking me questions. "Are you alright? We watched everything on the TV. Did you really hurt Izoro's feelings? Who was that girl? Why didn't you tell me you had a girlfriend!? Where is she?" Celty put a shadow cloth over his mouth as she pointed to Emerald, who was slightly limping as she tried to secretly get away. Celty put her screen to my face and asked what happened as she gently wrapped Emerald in her shadows and brought her over. " Some jerks wanted to take her home and she refused. She took care of them after they ignored her and then one of them snuck up on her while we were talking and I pushed her behind me and she fell. That's about it." Celty nodded and typed something else before she showed the screen to Emerald. "I'm fine. I need to get home now, I'll take care of it later. They were just some low life's and I was perfectly capable of handling them on my own. Now, please put me down." She insisted. Celty nodded , but only put her down. She then let Shinra talk. "Hi Miss....." He trailed off, asking for her name. "Emerald." Emerald and I both said at the time and Shinra smiled. "That's a very pretty name. Emerald, like your eyes. Not as pretty as my dear Celtys name of course, but I'm sure you understand. Anyway, I'm a doctor. I'll need to look at your ankle a little closer, but I do believe it is sprained. I understand that you need to get home, but there are serious consequences to not getting that looked at and treated as soon as possible. We can call whoever's at home so they won't worry and I won't charge you this time because you helped my very important friend. You don't have to stay all night if you don't want to, but you are more than welcome to stay." Shinra finished and suddenly, Shooter turned into a carriage. Emeralds eyes widened and she thought for an antagonizing minute before nodding and carefully getting into the carriage. "You can stay to, of course." Shinra winked as he and Celty both hopped into the carriage after Emerald. I also climbed into the carriage, but I couldn't think past the rapid thumping of my heart that filled my entire being. What is this feeling?

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