Snow Sato, Ai Kagi [cat reading book TXT] 📗

into her face. He pulled her head forward and kissed her.
When Kei pulled away, he saw that Yuki looked unconscious, which made him worried. "Yuki! Yuki! Can you hear me?" he asked. He obtained no response, but noticed she was still breathing.
'She must be exhausted. It's just like her to not get enough rest,' he thought, smiling. She was beautifully calm when she was asleep.
Kei picked her up and went back to the palace. He jumped in through her bedroom window quietly.
Kei laid her down on her bed and put her covers on her. He kissed the top of her head gently, stroking her bangs away from her face. Then, he left the room when he heard someone coming.
Futeki had been walking by and felt that someone was in Yuki's room. She cautiously opened the door and walked in. The blind girl knew Yuki was there, but the other person was gone.
"Yuki..." Futeki whispered with concern. She left to go get some food for Yuki and shut the door.
Kei was outside the window and looked back through the window at his sleeping love. "Goodbye for a while. Yuki..." he said, leaving a note on the windowsill. He jumped off and left.

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'Yuki...' "AH! Kei?!" Yuki jumped up out of bed, but she didn't see Kei. 'How'd I get back here?'
Yuki saw that it was morning and she was sad because she wanted to see Kei. 'Where did he go? I'll just go look for him. Usually, he'd leave a note, but...'
She ran out of her room and tripped down the stairs. She landed at Lady Emerarudo's feet.
"Oh, Yuki..." the Ganjou said in surprise. "Hello!" Yuki grinned and ran off. 'What an odd girl...' the Ganjou thought and shrugged.
Yuki was running crazy when she ran into Futeki. "Oh... Hi, Futeki!" Yuki smiled. "Where are you going?" Futeki asked. "Oh, I'm looking for Kei," said Yuki.
"Yuki... Kei went back home. He left a note," Futeki explained, handing Yuki the note. Yuki read it and her eyebrows shot up. "What?! He just went home like that?! He didn't even say goodbye!" she exclaimed, "I have to go!" "Maybe he had something important to take care of," Futeki suggested. "No! I'm going to go talk to him!" Yuki said. She ran out the door like a wild person and Futeki sighed.
While on the road, that she was now running on, Yuki started to get furious. 'He didn't want me to leave him and HE left! GRR! He is in so much trouble!' "You, JERK!" Yuki yelled out.
"What? I'm a jerk?" a voice queried. "Wha- Who's there?" Yuki now questioned.
A young man, about Kei's age, came out of the bushes; he had blue,spiky hair and some of it hung in his face. He brushed his hair away from his face. He looked like a soldier, but a little bit stranger, more like an elf. His eyes were the color of amber and his ears were slightly pointed. His skin was very light, his build was slightly slender, but muscular, and he was quite handsome.
Not to be deceived by appearances, Yuki asked, "Who are you?" "Oh. I'm Ookami and I'm going to meet up with my sister, Ki Tanken," he answered. Yuki blinked in surprise that he would tell her so much information.
"You know, it is polite to state your name too," Ookami said. "EH?!" she sounded. She looked pretty stupid and said, "Y-Yuki Mitsukai." "Where are you headed, Yuki?" he asked. "To the Sun Sato." "Ah! I'm going the same way! I'll walk you there," he offered, which was more like a command. He took her hand and she followed.
"So... Why are you going to the Sun Sato? Do you have business there?" Ookami asked. Yuki blushed and looked down at the ground. "Oh, sorry. I didn't mean to pry," he replied, smiling. "That's okay... I'll tell you. I-" she began when Ookami grabbed her and jumped sideways. "Hey!" Yuki yelled. She was mad, but saw that he had dodged a kunai. "Oh...Th- Thanks," she said.
"Ha! So idiotic!" a voice taunted. Ookami and Yuki looked back and forth, seeing no one. Ookami could tell the unknown voices' location, because of his ears, but he didn't see anyone.
An older girl jumped down from a short cliff in the forest and landed like a cat. She had long, turquoise hair and red eyes that stood out with her porcelain white complexion She was quite thin, which was obvious, due to the fact of her tight, black and turquoise, corset-like dress.
A different girl jumped down next to her; she had long, caramel-colored hair, matching red eyes and white skin. She also had a corset-like dress that was black and red.
"Who are you?!" Yuki yelled. Both girls grinned strangely. The first girl said, "I am Ezulina and this is my twin, Romè. We're ninth and tenth in the Clan of Desperado."
"What?! Why're you here?!" Yuki yelled. Ookami put his arm in front of Yuki. "I'll deal with this," he said. "But I-" "Yuki, I'll take care of this," he interrupted.
"We're supposed to bring her in, you know?" Ezulina grinned. "What, Will, You, Do?" Romè grinned.
"Why? Sardis has gone pretty far!" Ookami yelled, pulling out a retractable staff. Romè and Ezulina kept grinning and claws sprouted from the gauntlets on their wrists. They twirled around and laughed, waiting for their opponent to strike.
Ezulina started attacking Ookami and Romè appeared to be fighting him, but she was using an illusion. Romè jumped down behind Yuki and grabbed her around the neck, saying, "Make one noise and I'll disobey orders to keep you alive. Just sit back and watch him die." Yuki was really mad and her hair started to turn ruby red; her eyes did as well.
"Wha-" Romè started, when Yuki emitted a red power from her whole body. Romè was shot back into the woods and was hurt badly. "What did you do to her?!" Ezulina yelled and threw a flash bomb. She ran to her sister, "We'll be back," she told Yuki and Ookami. Then, the two girls were gone.
"I see you don't really need my help," Ookami stated, with an astonished face. Yuki was dazed and stood up, swaying back and forth. Then, it happened, Yuki fell over, exhausted from the power she had just used.
"Yuki! Are you alright?!" Ookami ran over to her. 'I wonder why she collapsed... When Kit Tanken and I use it...' Ookami thought. He decided to take her to the meeting place first, because Ki Tanken could help her. He picked Yuki up and leapt off the ground, cutting through the air.

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"Hey! Taizen!" Fox said casually. "Hm?" Taizen turned in his seat to see Fox. "Amai..." Taizen muttered. "Oh, so you know her?" Fox nodded to Amai in his arms. "My sister..." Taizen sounded as if he was trying to keep his anger down. "Oh, I forgot," said Fox.
Amai's eyes fluttered open and she looked up, seeing Fox. "Fox?" she blushed and for some strange reason, Fox did too. He put her down.
"What are you doing here?" Taizen asked Amai. "I... Uh... Wanted to leave too. You must have had a good reason to leave," Amai explained. Taizen started laughing evilly.
"You don't know anything. Go back home," Taizen spat; his words cut like a knife. Amai started to cry, "I'm staying anyway!"
Taizen took out a kunai and aimed it at Amai. "Taizen... Don't do anything you'll regret," Fox warned, stepping in front of Amai. Amai was surprised that Fox would protect her and that Taizen would try to harm her.
Taizen grinned and flipped the kunai in his hand. "Whatever, I don't care about her," he said. Fox frowned and Amai went running off. Fox started to go after her when Taizen said, "Hey, Fox..." Fox turned around. "What?" he shot. Taizen threw the kunai and it flew past Fox's ear into the doorpost. "You trying to kill me?!" Fox threw a tantrum. He pulled it out of the post and tossed it back at Taizen. "You're getting out of hand," Fox said, "Watch it or I may have to fight you." He left the room quickly to look for Amai. Taizen was very annoyed now and left to find Hoshi.

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Hoshi thought of the meeting he had just been in; Sardis wanted him to bring many more specimens to collect power to destroy her brother, Rax. She didn't know of Hoshi and Fox's plan to overthrow her. Hoshi was pleased that she was so clueless.
Anyway, he snuck into the throne room and stared at Rax, thinking of a plan to get him out. Hoshi activated the 'Metsuki no Hi'. His eyes brightened and he concentrated the light around Rax. The black-haired adolescent fell out of the ice and Hoshi caught him.
Hoshi knew it would take a while for Rax to be fully conscious. So, he laid him over his shoulder and slipped out a hidden exit.
When Hoshi had gotten far enough away from the castle, he set Rax down on the snow. the cold snow touching his neck made Rax slowly open his eyes. Hoshi swiftly placed his hand over Rax's eyes, because Rax would go blind from the sunlight.
"Who are you? Why did you save me?" Rax asked. Hoshi thought of what to say. "Sardis is going to be overthrown. I don't really work for her," he replied. "Hoshi? Is it you?" Rax asked.
Marinta came looking for Hoshi outside. "Hoshi? Hoshi?" she called. Hoshi threw his cape over Rax and himself. Rax tried to ask another question and Hoshi clamped his hand over his mouth.
"Hoshi!" Marinta sang out. Jakto came out of the castle and ran over to Marinta like a child. He picked her up in a hug. "Jakto! Let go of me!" she yelled. "But... I love you. Why don't you like me?" he asked as he put her down.
"Jakto..." she pulled his face down to hers and kissed his forehead. "You're sweet, but..." she punched his head into the ground. "I don't love you!" She started laughing like a maniac and drug Jakto back into the castle; she had obviously given up on searching for Hoshi.
Hoshi got up when they were gone. His cape was white, like snow, which is why he used it as a camouflage.
He ripped some cloth from his cape and bound it around Rax's eyes. "I have to get you out of here," said Hoshi. "Not without Tobyus and my weapon," Rax added. Hoshi sighed and consented.
The two went back into the castle through the dungeon. "Big brother?" Toby asked. Hoshi and Rax stopped in front of the cell Toby was in. Hoshi opened the door and walked in to get Toby out, bur Toby was scared of him and ran to the back wall. "Come, you must leave with your brother," Hoshi said. "Come on, Tobyus," Rax ordered.
Toby was unsure if his brother knew what he was doing. He ran past Hoshi and hugged his brother. Rax patted his head.
"Where's your weapon?" Hoshi asked. "In my room." "Okay. This should be easy; your room is in a vacant area of the castle and nobody even patrols around there," said Hoshi. "That's good. Then, I'll be quick," Rax said, seriously.
Hoshi and Toby helped Rax up the stairs and into the hall. Luckily, no one was there; they were probably all on missions for Sardis.
They walked down the hall and turned a corner into another hall. They finally stopped at a barred door.
Hoshi broke the bars with the 'Metsuki no Hi' and opened the door. Rax limped into his room and shut the