Kriss Kross, Emily [best ebook reader for ubuntu .TXT] 📗

Rose wakes up in her room.
Rose: (thinks) Phew, it was just a dream.
She looks at her clock.
It reads 7:30.
Rose: Crap! I’m late.
Rose dresses in her school uniform and hurries downstairs.
Rose: Mom! Why didn’t you wake me up?
Her mom isn’t there.
She looks in the kitchen and sees a note.
She picks it up.
Note:
Rose,
I know that you forgot today was Saturday because you were complaining how you thought it was Thursday yesterday. Okay, so no school. Also, I and your brother are at the market. We didn’t want to wake you. Please call me when you wake up.
-Mom
Rose: Oh… well that explains a lot.
Rose walks over to where her phone is charging on the kitchen counter.
She picks it up and unplugs it from the charging chord.
The phone beeps.
Rose checks her messages.
Under Ichikon it says 204 new messages.
Rose: ….and delete!
Rose deletes all of the messages from Ichikon.
Rose notices a new message from an unknown number.
Rose: Probably just another idiot with the wrong number.
She checks it.
Message:
Hello rose this message is from Rangiku Kiryu. I kno that u remember about last nights incident. Respond when u get this message.
Rose’s eyes widen as she reads the message.
Rose: (thinks) T-That wasn’t a dream…
She re-reads the message, and then calls her mom.
Mom: Hello?
Rose: Hey Mom.
Mom: Oh Hello. Did you just get up?
Rose: Yeah, I may not be here when you get back. I have something I have to do today. If you need something, or just want to call me, just call my cell phone. I’ll have it on all day.
Mom: What are you doing?
Rose: I’m going out with Mayumi. She wanted me to go shopping to see the latest styles.
Mom: Oh! That sounds like fun! What is your friend’s name?
Rose: Mayumi Sakura.
Mom: Oh! I work with her mother. Her mother is a very nice woman.
Rose: Oh, cool. Well I got to go. See you mom.
Mom: Love you.
Rose: Love you…
She hangs up.
Rose: I hate lying like that…
Rose calls Mayumi.
Mayumi picks up.
Mayumi: Konichiwa!!!
Rose: Hi Mayumi.
Mayumi: Oh Rose! Hey, what’s up?
Rose: Hey I got to go out and I told my mom that I was going shopping with you. Is that okay?
Mayumi: Of course! I didn’t know you wanted to go shopping-
Rose: No, Mayumi. I’m not actually going shopping with you; I’m just telling my mom that that’s what I’m doing.
Mayumi: Oh… What are you actually doing then?
Rose: Ummm…
Mayumi: Oh my gosh! I bet you are going to see someone privately! Aren’t you?
Rose: Ummm yeah…sure…
Mayumi: Sooooo….. who’s the guy?
Rose: Umm…uhh……
Mayumi: Ooh! You can’t tell me can you! I bet he wants you to keep it a secret, so you guys can still love each other! And there are people that don’t want you together!!!! It’s like Romeo and Juliet…. Or a secret love!!! This is juicy!
Rose: Uhh… yeah…..well I have to go…
Mayumi: Bye lover girl!!!
Rose hangs up.
Rose: …. Wow…. She really jumps to conclusions…
Rose goes upstairs and changes out of her school uniform into a venom blue corset and white skinny jeans.
Rose: My weekend apparel…
Rose smiles and looks in the mirror.
Rose’s smile fades, as she sees herself.
Her hair has turned a shade darker and her already pale skin, a shade paler.
Her lips were deep red and full, and her eyes were bigger, her eyelashes longer and darker.
Rose gasps.
Rose: I-It really wasn’t a dream…..
Rose sees a tear run down her face.
Rose wipes it away, and looks out the window.
The day is dark and cloudy, threatening to rain at any time.
Rose goes downstairs, grabs her phone, and goes outside.
Rose: The day kind of fits my mood….
Rose reaches into a bag she brought with her.
Rose sees she has a gun in her bag.
Rose: (thinks) Thank god. Now if Ichikon sees me, and tries to pin me down again, I can point this at him.
She laughs at the thought of it.
Rose starts to walk down the street and almost bumps into a boy coming out of his front gate.
The boy turns towards her.
Rose: Hanataro!
Hanataro: Rose!
The universe disappears and it is only Hanataro and Rose in the world.
Rose feels like she can go into Hanataro’s mind.
A voice calls her back to real life.
Voice: Hanataro! Hanataro! Who is this girl? Why are you two staring at each other obsessively! What is going on!
Rose looks over and sees a girl holding Hanataro’s hand.
Her heart drops.
Hanataro: Sorry Hana. It’s just a surprise to see my friend here…
Hana (girl): Friend?
Hanataro: Yeah, she’s my friend Rose.
Hana laughs.
Hana: Rose? What kind of name is that?
Rose: It’s American….
Hana ignores her.
Hana: Well, we best be going Hanataro-chan! We don’t want to miss that movie you promised me. After all it is our third date!
Rose: (thinks) Oh my god… this girl is destroying me from the inside out….Wait! Why should I care? It’s not like I would want to date Hanataro or anything.
She moves her hair to hide her face.
She blushes blood red.
Hanataro: Yeah…whatever you say Hana.
Hana: Please! Call me your lover! Or at least Hana-chan?
Hanataro: Sure, Hana-chan…
They walk off, and Rose moves her hair back to normal.
Rose: (thinks) What was that all about anyways? Hm, who knows? Oh well…. As soon as I get to the park I’ll phone Rangiku.
LATER AT PARK
Rose sits on a bench and pulls open her phone.
She calls the unknown number.
Music plays.
Operator: This number cannot be reached please re-dial and try again. Thank You.
Rose: What? You’re kidding! NO!
Rangiku appears in front of her.
Rangiku: Looking for me?
Rose: How did you do that?
Rangiku smiles.
Rangiku: Magic.
She laughs.
Rose frowns.

Rangiku: Well, time to go!
Rose: Wait! What?
Rangiku grabs Rose’s arm and they disappear.
Suddenly, they appear in a white room.
Rose remembers her dream and shivers.
Rangiku eyes Rose suspiciously as she drags her down a hallway.
Rose: Where are we going?
Rangiku: Well, this is the HQ for our alliance, and you are going to be training.
Rose: Wait! NO! I never agreed to this!
Rangiku: You did by joining, and you joined by meeting me at the park and of course…
Rose touches the two bite marks on her neck.
Rangiku: If you wondering what’s going to happen with your mother, we have her taken care of.
Rose: Taken care of?
Rangiku laughs.
Rangiku: No, it’s not like we harmed her in any way, we just convinced her to let you go on vacation with your new Japanese friends!
A FEW HOURS EARLIER, AT ROSE’S MOM’S WORK PLACE
Rangiku walks in with sunglasses on, flanked by two huge bodyguards.
Rose’s Mom: Hello. How may I help you?
Rangiku: Ah, are you Rose’s mother?
Rose’s Mom: I’m so sorry! What did she do this time!
Rose’s Mom pulls out her wallet.
Rose’s Mom: I’m prepared to pay you however much you want! I’m so sorry!
Rangiku laughs
Rangiku: We’re Rose’s friends. Rose didn’t do anything!
Rose’s Mom: Uhh… you look a little too old to be a friend of Rose’s.
Rangiku: (whispers to guards) Disguises!
Rangiku takes off her glasses and jacket and throws them in the floor.
The body guards rip off their suits and underneath are shorts and t-shirts.
Rangiku is in a bikini.
Rose’s Mom stares.
Rose’s Mom: (thinks) What the… whoa ok this is unreal…. Her breasts are so big!
Rangiku reads her mind.
Rangiku smiles and looks into Rose’s Mom’s Eyes.
Rangiku’s eyes begin to swirl.
Rangiku: You see, Rose wants to go with us on vacation. We’re going to the beach. You’re ok with that right?
Rose’s Mom: Yes.
Rangiku’s eyes stop swirling.
Rangiku: Okay then! Thanks a lot Mrs. Myers!
Rangiku skips out of the workplace.
The guards pick up her jacket and glasses and follow her.
BACK TO THE PRESENT
Rose: She’d never believe that!
Rangiku: We’re very convincing!
Rangiku stares into Rose’s eyes.
Rangiku’s eyes swirl and Rose looks away.
Rangiku: Well, we’re here.
Rangiku opens a door and shoves Rose in.
Rangiku: See you at dinner, by the way I hope you like your vacation.
Rose: WAIT!
Rangiku slams the door shut and locks it.
Rose pounds on the door for a while than quits.
Rose looks around the room.
It’s well kept, but it looks like someone lives there.
There’s a phone over by the bed.
Rose races over and picks it up.
Rose looks at a list of numbers, and she sees one for Rangiku.
Rose dials and Rangiku picks up.
Rangiku: Hello? Rose.
Rose: What’s going on? This room has someone in it already.
Rangiku: Ah, yes. About that…. It’s someone you already know… It’s going to be a little surprise for both of you. He should be here in 3…2…1…
The door knob starts to turn.
Rose drops the phone.
Rangiku laughs then hangs up.
The door opens and Rose falls backwards.
Voice: (boy) What the?
Rose squeezes her eyes shut.
Rose: (thinks) AHHHH!!!! IT’S A GUY!!!!
A hand finds hers.
Rose opens her eyes and looks up.
Rose gasps quickly.
The guy is Hanataro.
Rose: Hanataro?
Hanataro sees who she is.
Hanataro: Rose?
Hanataro helps Rose up.
Hanataro helps Rose up.
Rose: What are you doing here?
Hanataro: I could ask you the same thing.
Rose: I’m sorry, you’re right. Are you a-a….
Hanataro: Vampire?
Rose: Yes.
Hanataro: Yes. You?
Rose: Yes…
Hanataro: Since when?
Rose: A couple nights ago. I got an invitation to this…cult or whatever… and Rangiku bit me.
Hanataro: Rangiku? Wow, she almost always has a lower ranking officer do it. That’s very special, and well…. Different.
Rose: Oh…
Rose: (thinks) Oh great, I’m… Different.
Hanataro: It’s also strange for her to put you in a room with me.
Rose: She said that she knew we had met before.
Hanataro raises an eyebrow.
Hanataro: She’s planning something…
Rose: (thinks) Crap, now I’m in the middle of something she dreamed up.
Hanataro: I’m sorry; I caught you up in this. I should be more welcoming.
Rose: I caught you off guard. Plus, you don’t have