Snippet #2235618

Ryu Hitara

"Ryu," the girls voice was soft, barely even audible. She looked dazed as she stood there staring up at him. Ryu blushed lightly realized that he'd probably just scared the poor girl into utter silence. He flashed his smile and gave a soft laugh while trying to fight back his blush and nerves. Rubbing his hand through his hair a couple of times he averted his gaze from her and glanced around them.

"Hey, look Adelaide, we probably shouldn't be standing around here for too much longer. You never know when someone strange or something like that is going to pop out and attack... Er, I mean, not that that would happen of course because I'm here! That's my job, I protect pagelings," he said dropping his voice so that he wasn't too loud in the library. Even though he talked a lot, Ryu was smart enough not to say certain things too loudly, "So don't worry, I won't let anything happen to you or anyone else," he grinned broadly and pointed his thumb back at himself in a huge show of bravery.

Ryu caught sight of someone taking at a seat not too far from them, though the young man didn't look all too interested in the book he was holding. Almost immediately Ryu was on edge, not so much because of the new comer, but a darker feeling that crept through his skin. He turned around and looked carefully around the bookstore. Taking Adelaide's hand gently, he moved her to sit down on the chair. Leaning down he spoke to her quickly and quietly.

"Stay here Adelaide, I'll be right back okay? Don't go anywhere and don't attract attention. You'll be just fine. I just don't like this feeling, it doesn't feel right," he backed away from her then, offering up his quirky smile before whirling around on the heels of his feet and bounding through the library, his sharp gaze quickly shot back and forth as he went through the aisles. With a frown Ryu made his way back to the center of the library. He was more than certain that he'd felt some evil presence or intent entering the area. Or maybe he had just been thinking too much.

As Ryu was coming back to the seats, the young man that had been sitting with his book had someone in front of him now. The intimidating evil presence returned and Ryu felt cold all over. The woman had long flowing white hair, a long white shirt and jeans and looked virtually harmless if it weren't for her sinister aura. Ryu reached behind his back and touched the hidden blade under his long shirt. Slowly he crept up behind her, eyebrows drawn down as he was uncertain for a few moments about her intentions. The closer her got, the more cold he felt and finally he could hear her voice clearly.

"Pageling, hu? Two of them," she hummed, her gaze flicking over to Adelaide. Ryu felt his chest constrict tightly and drew his blade without a second thought. Coming up behind her he pushed the blade up under her throat.

"Let's not make a scene here now, eh? Wouldn't want to have your blood spilled right in the middle of public would you?" He grinned behind her shoulder.

She turned and looked up at him, her strange hazel eyes were almost orange rather than the burnt gold. A wicked smile spread across her pale face as she stared at him. Reaching up she took hold of his weapon and pushed away, causing a crease of blood to form along the palm of her hand. Turning around completely, she faced him. Reaching up with one hand she touched his chest and Ryu felt as if the weight of the world had come crushing down on him. He choked on the air, trying to breath passed the pressure as he dropped slowly down to the ground.

"That's just a taste of who you've decided to pick a fight with boy," then she cocked her head off to the side and grinned at him. Her hand pulled back to her hip and she laughed. The pressure that had assaulted him a moment before released and he dragged in a deep breath. Harsh coughing followed after and he was reduced to his hands and knees.

"You're a guardian aren't you?" She sneered over him. Leaning down she grabbed his hair and brought his head up to face her. Her wicked smile filled his vision and Ryu glared back at her.

"What if I am?" He retorted back with a grin.

"Then I'll kill you," she snapped her fingers and two others came around from the bookshelves. One was a female the other male. Both looked very tired and beaten, they were scrawny as well and didn't look as if they'd eaten well in many days. Ryu's eyes widened as he realized that the two standing before him were pagelings. His heart raced and he felt horror rushing through his veins. The male pageling came at him from the side, wielding what looked like a paper sword. With the woman holding him up, all he could do was fend off the weapon with his dagger. He hoped to cut through the young man's weapon, but that wasn't the case. Instead he only managed to pushed the weapon off its course and feel the slight sting of a cut along his back.

Ryu pushed upwards to his feet, breaking free of her grip and swung at her. He'd never hit a woman before, and he really didn't want to start doing so, but this one was trying to kill him and the pagelings that were in the room. The female pageling that was under orders of the Fallen before him lifted her hands and conjured her paper. Books flipped open and the pages flipped wildly, tearing from their bindings and forming into little sharpened darts. However, her target wasn't Ryu, nor was it Adelaide. It was the one that the Fallen had approached to start with. Ryu didn't have time to think about why she would target him first, instead he lunged forward and shielded the young man.

The female pageling was obviously more exhausted than her male counterpart for many of her darts missed their target completely. Only three of them struck Ryu straight in his chest, but even so, they hadn't gone as deep as they could have if the woman were at her full strength. Still, he stumbled backwards and winced at the sharp attack. Turning to the young man he motioned for him to get up.

"Come on, we're getting out of here," he said quickly and dragged the young man to his feet, giving him a sharp push towards the door. He went straight for Adelaide next, covering her smaller form with his larger body as he pulled her gently to her feet. He leaned down and gave her a smile, "Ready? Stay close, I know exactly where to go. She'll help us."

"Where do you think you're running off to?" The Fallen called as she eyed him carefully. Ryu turned around and for a mere moment had a horrible feeling in his chest. For a moment he thought that the strange woman would send her trick at him once again, but she didn't instead she grinned at him. Then tapped her lip with a slender finger. "No matter, letting you run will entertain me. Lets see how far you can get, Guardian," she hissed at him, then snapped her fingers again. Both of her pagelings turned for him and readied their weapons for another attack. Ryu didn't spare them another look as he shot for the door with his two pagelings.

"Run for the park! Quickly!" He told them both.