Raging Hearts. Amy Blankenship

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      "Kotaro, damn it! Let go of Kyoko and why don’t you ever watch what you’re doing?” Toya growled at him as he pushed himself off the tree he practically had been shoved into by Kotaro’s guardian winds.

      Kotaro wrinkled his nose not even bothering to look at Toya and just glared in the general direction of his sibling. "I knew I smelled you somewhere," He said insultingly.

      Kamui watched in amazement as Toya bristled and could tell he was getting more pissed off by the second. He slid closer to Kyoko whispering. "Ah, Kyoko, you might want to stop this before it starts." Knowing that Kyoko was the only thing keeping them from tearing each other apart, Kamui took a safe step back from the trio.

      Kyoko knew Kotaro was harmless… well, to her anyway. She took her hands from his… still blushing from the way he was looking at her. She could actually see the love and devotion shining in his ice blue eyes.

      "Kotaro, what brings you this way?" She asked to get his attention off of Toya.

      Kotaro smiled, forgetting Toya at once and answering her question. "I heard there’s trouble in the east area near the forest. I was hoping to find Hyakuhei and kill him for you so you could hurry up and become my mate, my sweet Kyoko." Oh, he did love Kyoko but he also loved rattling Toya's cage.

      Kyoko turned a couple of shades pinker at hearing his words. Her lips parted to say something, but losing her train of thought she simply gave up.

      Toya had heard enough nonsense from the stupid blowhard. Stepping in front of Kyoko to shield her from Kotaro’s view he growled low in his throat, “Back off!” He narrowed his golden eyes and scowled. "We don’t need your help to get rid of Hyakuhei. So why don’t you just try to stay out of our way and leave Kyoko the hell alone?"

      Kotaro acted as if Toya wasn’t even there. In a blur, he moved around Toya to lay a chaste kiss on Kyoko’s cheek. With a wink, he was gone just as fast as he’d appeared.

      Toya balled his fists up at his sides. He was so mad it felt like he was going to explode. Why did everyone all of a sudden want to kiss Kyoko? She was his damn it!

      â€œKotaro, get back here and fight you bastard!" He yelled at the top of his lungs.

      Kyoko turned to Kamui as if nothing had happened. "So, I guess Sennin's information was right."

      Toya gave up and turned around. "Come on, let’s get our stuff together. We can collect Suki and Shinbe on the way. We have to pass by where they are to get to the east forest anyway," He ground out still mad at his lecherous brother for spouting lies about Kyoko. He’d never let Kotaro have her and he couldn’t wait to run into him and beat the crap out of him to let him know it.

      Kyoko knew Toya was jealous of Kotaro. However, the way she saw it, at least Kotaro could tell her his true feelings, where Toya just kept her confused. She bent down and started gathering up the remaining food that they would later share with the others.

      Toya stooped down in front of her waiting on her to climb up on his back. They’d make better time that way and it was the only time he could get away with holding her without anyone raising an eyebrow.

      Kyoko held her breath for a second then let it out slowly not wanting to make it any different from the other times she’d done this… but it was. She wrapped her arms around his chest as his hands when under her knees to hold her tightly against his back. She glanced up at the sky wondering if the fates were having fun yet.

      Kamui silently laughed to himself at Toya’s actions every time someone else tried to get Kyoko’s attention. Picking up the sack of food after they’d disappeared, translucent wings shimmered into existence, sending a shower of multihued stardust across the campsite that magically erased all evidence that anyone had ever been there.

      Feeling Kaen’s presence behind him he commented, “It looks like it’s going to be an interesting day. Shall we join them?” His feet left the ground as he glided along behind them unseen.

      Secretly, Kyoko loved riding on Toya’s back when they were in a hurry. She could feel the muscles tighten and stretch under her. She laid her cheek on his strong shoulder and held on as his long hair flowed around her, tickling her face. He acted as if she didn’t weigh a thing as he bounded from limb to limb, sometimes landing on the ground, only to shoot back up into the trees again. He seemed to have a thing for heights.

      Toya loved it when Kyoko rode on his back but he would never tell her that. It made him feel good when she clung to him in an effort to hold on. Sometimes he would go even faster just so she would have to hold tighter, with her legs bracing against him and her arms around him. He’d never shown his wings around her for this reason.

      Sometimes, she would lay her cheek against his back and he could sense that she also enjoyed it as much as he did. His mind turned back to the forest in the east. The Guardian Heart Crystal was already half collected and Hyakuhei had most of it at this point. Things were getting very dangerous and he would have to stay on guard.

      He felt he had to protect Kyoko with his life, especially when there was danger everywhere they went. The demon he’d fought yesterday had been a wakeup call. Toya sped up, hoping to run into Suki and Shinbe on their way back to camp, so they could hurry and get to the east before Kotaro and Kyou did.

      High above them, Kyou flew across the sky without expression, as if an apparition of a deity. His clothing floated around him as he scanned the east in the distance. So the eastern forest is where the presence of Hyakuhei had disappeared. This is also where Toya and the priestess were headed. His lips curved upwards in the barest hint of a smile.

      "Yo!” Toya called out when he caught a flash of movement in the distance. Leaping down from tree to tree and branch to branch, he landed gracefully in front of Shinbe and Suki.

      Kyoko slid off Toya’s back and quickly walked to them, smiling at her friends. "We just got word that the east forest is where we should be heading,” Kyoko informed them.

      Shinbe’s head snapped up looking over at Toya. "Oh, yeah? What’s happening in that area?" He asked moving closer to Toya to discuss the matter. Kamui stepped from the edge of the forest to join the guardians with the planning, nodding when Kaen showed up from nowhere, as he often did just when the time was right.

      Kyoko whispered to Suki, pulling her to the side and away from the others, “But anyway, how was your visit?" She cocked her head to the side, grinning.

      Suki rolled her eyes in the direction of Shinbe. "Can you believe that idiot tried to kiss me?" She crossed her arms in front of her chest and glared daggers at the wayward amethyst guardian.

      Toya twitched with his exceptional hearing. He’d heard Suki's remark and when Kyoko heard it she had looked directly at him, locking eyes with him. She turned her face away to hide the blush that was creeping across her cheeks but not before Suki and Shinbe both took note of it.

      Shinbe leaned toward his brother keeping his voice low. "What happened between you two while we were gone, Toya?” he felt a bolt of jealousy shoot threw him but tried to ignore it knowing it was a lost cause. Kamui also took a step closer waiting to hear the answer.

      Toya's eyes widened and the small fine hair stood up on the back of his neck, making him back up from them with a guilty СКАЧАТЬ