Unknown Island

"WHAAAAAAAAAT?!" As Honey failed to keep her balance and slipped into the swift water, he felt his arm being fiercely pulled. OMG... "Ahhh!"in a flash he was dragged into the cool splashy swirls of water.

When Jeremy struggled to catch the angular rocks, he felt something wrong. The grip on his arm was softened and gradually loosened. There could only be one reason - the girl could not hold on!

At first, he thought he could just leave the girl alone and let her try her own very best to survive. But a sense of guilt and mercy, which rarely existed in a guy as sadistic as him, suddenly rushed into him. He felt it was not alright to live on if he had indirectly let Honey drown herself to death. Though it was quite against his usual value, he decided to allow himself to help her.

He gave up clinging to the rocks himself and stretched to grab the unconcious girl's wrist. While the two of them were forced down along the strong current, the teen managed to pull the girl to him and wrap his arms around her shoulders. He used the best of his strength to hold her and keep her face above the water.

"Darn it! Pull yourself together and breathe!" he ordered when combatting with the current, which was getting more and more powered up as a few more tributaries joined. The nice-looking teen held Honey with one arm and spared the other one to catch whatever he could reach. Holy crap, the boulders are too slippery to catch... he hissed to himself when panting. And at that moment he felt his hand touched something. He gripped it immediately and realized it was a vine. Cool! he pulled the vine eagerly against the flowing rapid and moved towards the river bank. Finally they got onto the land again - or to be more accurate, finally Jeremy dragged Honey back to the land.

In relieve he allowed himself to lie on the grass and catch his breath.

(I know~ That will be pitiful. XD)

She was loosening her grip on Jeremy’s arms but on her surprise he was saving her as she holds on him. She felt that her brother is the same like Jeremy.

After a few minutes she was lying on the ground to catch her breath and coughs a little bit. She looked at Jeremy and realizing she own him a lot as she struggles to get up. Her clothes were really wet as she sneezes she then realized how transparent her clothes are and hurriedly covering herself by her jacket.

It was starting to get dark due to the trees while she sit down and hugs her knees. “The food is gone and my hat too” she sneeze again due to the temperature, she wanted to cry for her brother but she needed to be strong like Jeremy.

“I owe you again” she wanted to ask why she was saved by him she knew it was not important but she can’t help it and thought like that. After all it doesn’t seem like he wanted to help her awhile ago, she then blushed thinking the way he saved her. She stopped her thoughts and mumbled to herself “maybe it was just the heat that made me blush”. But the temperature was cold but her face feels a little bit hot, hoping she doesn't have a cold.

"Sounds that you've got up already," he sniffed without opening his eyes. After the battle against the powerful rapid current, he realized how comfortable lying on the grass could really be. "Only if you could wake up minutes earlier, it wouldn't have gone so bad," he lightly complained. He did not sound harsh or angry though.

When he was about to fall asleep on the soft grass, he smelt something. Is this... Smoke? he unwillingly sat up, gave the blonde girl a glance and then scanned the environment around them. Right behind a couple of layers of trees, a little house was spotted. It looked old and abandoned, but that was enough for a place to stay at night. Jeremy felt as if he had found a trophy.

"Look. There's a house," he poked his head towards that direction, hinting Honey to have a look. "Maybe that's the one the creepy man meant. Let's go there." he grinned and stood up.

This had taken a shorter time than he expected. Leo had carefully set up and arranged all the things he wanted to bring with him on a luggage cart. Wheeling the cart across the sand was a ton of work as the very action defied the physics of the sinking sand. This is difficult, he thought, eyeing the heavy cart warily. At the top railings, he had tied three pairs of socks he had taken from Jeremy's room. Pulling them off, he dropped them casually and watched as they landed soundlessly on the sand.

"Much better," he smiled to himself, pushing the cart with effortless force.

“Well I don’t want to cause a burden” she felt a little bit dizzy as she stay still and look the way Jeremy’s pointing. Her eyes widen seeing a house, it’s like there’s a light towards the house with a godly songs she’s hearing.

She looked back at Jeremy and starting to get up “so let’s go and look for someone” when she stood up she felt her seeing was a bit blurry and moving a bit. She holds Jeremy’s hand again but not wanting to notice her and a fake smile curve on her lips “let me hold it for awhile” her face was really red looking at him and looked back at the house “I hope there's someone living there”.

"You don't seem well, you alright?" he casually allowed Honey to take his hand as they proceeded to the wooden house. There were cold sweats in her little palm, worrying him a little. The girl clearly needed some rest, so he hurried up a little. As they reached the door, he knocked on it.

"Hey anybody inside?"

“Yes I’m alright” she smiled at him but focusing on her footsteps carefully as they went to the wooden house. She let go of Jeremy’s hand as she leaned her back on the wall of the house “it seems that nobody is here” as she looked at Jeremy.

“Why don’t you just kick the door?”

Mairsa awoke with a humongous migraine. She slowly opened her eyes to see darkness.Hello?! Marisa stood up losing balance thinking about where she was and why she was there. All she could remember was her friend Jessica snoring and then she heard a loud noise and it all was blur. She walked through the long corridor looking at the dark walls. Her favorite white shirt was stained with blood as she looked down suddenly feeling the sting in her side. Hello?!Marisa saw a faint light at the end of the corridor. She began to basically run as she headed towards the light. As she reached the end she tripped over something large. It was a body, she screamed and stumbled up and out in to the light. Marisa saw an island ahead of her and began to try to swim to it.

Marisa swam to the shore of the rocky space. She clenched her salt soaked, blood covered wound. She sat in the shallow space and took deep breaths. She knew it wouldn't matter if she got back or not. She had no friends in the girls home and Jessica was no where to be found. She stood dizzily and stomped her way through the shallow waters. Hello?! Is anyone there?! Marisa crawled up the rocks and finally made it to the top. She turned and saw the cruise ship behind her and moved her exhausted body towards the land feet dragging as heavy as rocks.

Marisa was terrified. Spiders crawled past her on trees and the ground as she stopped. She removed her red hand to look at the wound on her side. Marisa couldn't remember if Jessica's lesson on safety and survival was gonna help at all. The idea of her ripping her favorite shirt was impossible to her, but it would help with pressure. Unless that was the opposite of what Jessica said. The thoughts twirled in her head and she began to crumple to the ground. Marisa sat criss-cross and began to pull her shirt sleeve to try to rip it off. Her clothing was made sturdy so she couldn't so that. She found an already made small tear and tugged at it. The sleeves stitches separated and made a loud ripping noise. Hello!? Anyone!? She wrapped it around her side and tied it tightly. Marisa held tightly to her wound and stood up to begin to walk.

Was that a voice he heard?

Leo stopped his wheeling and looked around to evaluate where the sound had came from. There. Rustling among the bushes, he stopped as he caught sight of long green hair. Observing further, Leo noticed that the girl had a bandage at the side of her torso.

One of the passengers, he reasoned. "Hello," he said quietly, so as not to startle the frightened girl. He made his way to the girl guardedly and reached down to take her hand. Gone was his childish behavior as he took the face of an adult to scrutinize the girl's wound—well, partially because he only acts that way around kids, anyway.

"Follow me," he instructed without further explanation, walking further without looking back to see if the girl had followed.

Marisa began to follow the strange man stopping slowly every few seconds, but making it unnoticeable. She clutched her torso slightly trying to keep from bleeding to death. Who are you? she said word by word so he wouldn't get angry possibly. Am I dead? Are you an angel!? she said childishly. Is that why this place is so beautiful? But the dead body... she mumbled trailing off hoping he wouldn't hear her. She suddenly fell to the ground yelling in pain as she pulled away her hand. She must have been holding her blood soaked wound to hard. She curled in to a ball on the forest floor and began to bawl like a little child. Owwww! Crap, I need to stop crying!God I act like half my age! Marisa shouted, as she stood back up dizzily. She held her wound now softly and began to follow again.

The girl started bombarding him questions and before he had the chance to answer them, she suddenly collapse to the ground and was wailing in pain. Widening his eyes, Leo quickly strode to her side.

"I'm sorry," he apologized, guilt stricken for leaving her to navigate on her own. Luckily they were close to his cart so he got up to his feet and hurried there, momentarily abandoning the girl who was in a fit of cries. There, he grabbed the first aid kid he had fortunately thought to bring along from the Cruise. He returned to the girl who was dizzily walking to his direction. "Sit here," he said to her, leading her towards a dried log.

"My name is Leo," he began while he started on her wounds. The cut wasn't deep—Thank God, they'd never find a place sterile enough for a surgery here. Did we mentioned he had a Surgeon degree?—but it needed immediate cleaning to prevent the spreading of infections. "And no, unfortunately, I am not an angel and fortunately, you are not dead. A bit delusional, but no, not dead."
Smiling to her, he rested his hand on her head. "Now, may I know your name, Princess?"

She walked dizzily to the spot he pointed to and sat slowly. She started to feel the nausea. My name is...she was interrupted by the sharp pain of her side and she winced My name is Marisa... you would be a pretty angel. She said word by word while the figure of her new friend doubled in to a blur.

He kicked open the door, following Honey's suggestion. He poked his head into the house. The scent of dusts immediately flooded out, making both teens cough. Uncertainly, he briefly scanned the house. "Shit... It's damned old, but it can still be a temporary shelter." he led Honey inside and let her sit down.

"You really fine?" he leaned closer to check her face and smirked wickedly, "You look so ugly now." he joked.

"Thank you, Marissa-sama," he said in reply of her unexpected compliment. He chuckled briefly."I've never heard that one before."

He finished cleaning her cut and had tied a new bandage around her body. "Good as new," he smiled. Well, not really, but still. "Now, let me help you," he said as he carried her in his arms in one swift movement. "Before you say anything, don't feel bad. It's actually a lot easier to carry you this way than having to save you when you walk into a tree later on," he said conversationally as he walked to his luggage cart. "Besides, you can help push the cart."

Marissa blushed slightly, but hid her face in her hair so he would not see. Things began to show less blurry. She finally realized she was being carried once things were back to normal. I feel better n...She was stopped by the sudden blur of the trees. The dizziness came back.Never mind...How did you get here? Where are we? Are you absolutely sure I am not dead? I just remember being on a cruise and then I woke up and they were all dead. Then I swam to the shore and found the forest. She said as if she was explaining a long story gone short.

She was shocked when Jeremy really did do her suggestion as she sigh with relieved that here prediction is right.She sit down on the ground and was about to take a yawn when suddenly Jeremy’s face was closer to her.

“Yeah I’m fine” as she looked back at him and raises her right eyebrow “you…you..you“ seeing a rat pass by “you looked like a rat…hmp!” while she leans her head on the wall feeling a bit odd.

Leo chuckled. "Positive, Princess. Or we could confirm that with a kiss of life?"

He grimaced when the girl had mentioned the bodies that was scattered around the Cruise. Leo himself had seen them not too long ago. That was partially the reason he had carried Ojou-sama out from there while she was still unconscious.

He covered the girl's eyes with his hands in a futile attempt to rid her of the memory. "Just rest, Marissa-sama. Forget everything you had seen today. Everything's alright, now. Trust me," he whispered in a low voice.

They were close to reaching the house now. "Just go to sleep. I'll take care of the rest."

Marissa was absolutely startled by the question and her answer was just an even more red face. She did feel tired and she was shocked by his hospitality. Okay, why... Marrisa-sama?...She began to say word by word and at the end of the sentence she was already asleep. As they continued walking for a minute or two and she began to cuddle in to his chest.

“Oh no it’s alright…” she then looked around as if she heard some noises “hey did you hear that?” she keep silence to observe the sound she was hearing. “I think there is someone out there” she then followed Michoco on the way into the abandon house. “The voice is really close now” makes her a bit happy that there is someone out there other than them. She suddenly keeps silence remembering if she did kill anyone on the cruise ship because of her clumsiness as she walked while looking down.

“Yeah I heard that…I think they’re going to the abandon house” as he walked towards the house. He noticed Inma being so quiet all of a sudden “Hey everything is gonna be fine so don’t worry about it” as he looked at Inma. He then suddenly heard his sister’s voice then hold Inma’s hand quickly as they run in the abandon house.

“Honey-chan!!” while he saw the door was broken and quickly goes inside. Seeing the guy was infront of honey leaning so close with an awkward position, he then let go of Inma’s hand then kicked the blonde guy out of the way. He hugged his sister so dearly “don’t worry…brother is here now”.

Honey was relieved that her brother was alive and hugged him also. She cries like a baby infront of her brother burrying her face on her brother’s chest.. ”I was so scared onii…hic…and that guy..hic” she pointed her hand at Jeremy “isn’t a bad guy”.

“There…there” as he pats gently the back of her little sister. He looked at the guy he just kicked “I apologize for acting like that..I misunderstood everything”. He then felt Honey is hot and feels The temperature of her forehead “You got a fever” as he removed his coat quickly and put it to honey “wait here I’ll go get our things”.

“Nuu I don’t want to leave onii again” as she holds her brother tightly.

He sighs “okay then take a rest first…go to sleep okay?” while he patted Honey's head gently.

She clings to her brother as she closed her eyes and take a sleep.

He looked at the guy “My name is Michoco thank you for taking care of her may I know your name?” he then looked at Inma “you can take a rest now…sorry for dragging you all of a sudden if though your tired”.

She was just standing still and shocked for what happen but felt relieved that Honey is only his sister. ‘wait what am I thinking?” as she thought ‘erase erase erase’ while shaking her head. She then introduce herself and bows gracefully “I am Inma” as she looked at the blonde boy "what happened to you two?". She then sit on the corner as she looked at Michoco’s sister who seems sleeping ‘this is my fault’ as she thought and pitied the little girl.

He smiled as he watched the girl drifting off into Dreamland. He just hopes that her dreams wouldn't be haunted by the nightmare she had seen. Leo adjusted his hands to make the girl more comfortable. He was carrying her with one arm and pushing the supply cart with the other. It was easier to wheel the cart in the not-so-flat-but-still-tolerable-land compared to the sinking sands on the beach.

But, there still remained one problem, though—the lake.

Leo let out a soft sigh when he had reached the aforementioned lake. He released his grip on the cart as he made his way across the waters, the sleeping girl still in his arms. After the crossing, he gingerly rested her on the ground, hoping that the small impact wouldn't wake her up. Then, he returned back to his cart before making a cycle of to and fros between the two destinations, making sure that all the supplies were delivered safely in perfect—and most importantly, dry—condition to the other side.

After he had finished placing the supplies back into place, Leo Lifted the girl once again into his right arm, continuing his journey as if nothing happened, his damp shoes squeaking with every step as wet tracks formed on the earth.

She was already awake by now. From the sound of Leo's shoes softly squeaking. She poked him in the chest childishly. Why are you helping me Mr. Leo if I can call you that? She stared admiringly at his pale face and red eyes. She winced as she held her wound and covered it so he would not see.

When he was about to quit bugging the cute girl, a stranger ran into the house in an apalled manner. Before Jeremy could exclaim or stand up, the intruder furiously kicked him to the side. "Ouch! What the fuck?!"

“don’t worry…brother is here now.” the black-haired guy embraced Honey passionately. Then he knew he was the girl's older brother.

"Man, I didn't rape your girl," he rolled his eyes and spoke in a sarcastic tone. Not caring how much his words had embarrassed the siblings, he stood up and patted his clothes, removing the dusts. He gave Honey a playful wink as he heard her asserting him. "Thanks, little baka."

Seeing the blonde maiden stuck to her brother a lot, a wave of strange, disgusting feeling welled up in his head. He felt uneasy and unreasonably soured. He ignored the friendly guy's apology with an I-don't-give-a-damn-about-it look. But the guy seemed not to have noticed that.

"Jeremy," he sniffed casually when his name was demanded.

(Is it just me, or... DO YOU GUYS SMELL JEALOUSY? XD)

Leo glanced down when he heard the girl yawn. With a smile, he asked her of her conditions. "You may call me Leo, Marissa-sama. I am not deserving of such a respectable title."

There's a hierarchy that Leo was raised with;

His master
Master's family and friends
Other nobles
Head Servant
Citizens
Ranked Servants (S the highes, followed by A,B,C,D and E)
Unranked Servants
Criminals
//ooc : Maybe that's why he's subconsciously disrespectful to Jeremy xD//

So it was obvious he found himself humbly at the side of his acquaintances in the island. To answer her inquiry, he added, "It is a butler's duty to help anyone in need, Marissa-sama."

He curved a smile as he caught sight of the roof of the abandoned. "We have reached a safe place, Marissa-sama. Inside, I'll treat you of your wound." Winking at her, he grinned. "I can tell when my sleeve is being drenched by your blood."

Marissa felt bad about his sleeve and tried to push herself out of his arms/ arm. Sorry about your sleeve.Can I stand up now? I can't feel my legs. Your not my servant that's a fact. She frowned and felt like she was about to cry. She thought about what happened to her and how nice he was being to her and she had nothing in return. A warm tear ran down her face and she quickly wiped it off with her free hand before Leo saw.

"Of course," he said as he placed her down gently back on land. "Stand behind me as I will enter first to make sure it's safe for you, Marissa-sama."

He pushed the door gently. He had expected Honey and Jeremy to already be inside since he was the one to tell them about the house but he did not expect to be welcomed by the scene of Honey unconscious in another man's arms with dried leftover tears on her cheeks.

And is that—it is!

"Ojou-sama!" he shouted out loudly. The butler's face hardened as he eyed the unknown man cautiously. Without thinking further, he pushed past Jeremy and fired himself directly at the suspicious boy. He locked the boy's hands forcefully behind his back and swiftly pulled Honey with his other arm.

"You fiend! Prepare to feel my wrath of vengeance!"

//ooc : and of course, in front of Honey n Inma, his cool matured character flew out the window xD//

“What the hell is the problem with this guy” as he looked at Jeremy “By the way if you called my sister an Idiot again I’m going to ____” he then looked at the guy who just entered and looked at her sister “o-ojou-sama?”. He looked at the guy again with a confuse look as his eyes widen when the guy just rashly taking her sister away from him and gripped his hand behind his back. “What the hell are you doing?”

Honey was sleeping soundly when someone just took her away from her brother making her lively awake. She then saw the butler was holding her brother as she holds the hand of the butler and looked at him. “What are you doing to my onii-chan? Let go of him!!” she was already feeling a bit dizzy as she holds the butler hands tightly, struggling to let go of her brother.

Just when the hell are they going to be quiet?! Jeremy sighed. He was already exhausted and did not want to get involved in any argument anymore. The boy indifferently combed his messy orange blonde hair with his slender fingers, and headed outside alone.

The sky was already dark, decorated with many stars. Being a city boy in the US, he had never been in the mood of watching the natural scenery. He strolled to the side of the calm lake and sat down.

"I'm so screwed up," he muttered as he lied down and stared at the starry night. Pictures of his life in the US seemed to appear in the sky, making him feel homesick. His family was not the thing he missed though - he missed his familiar life back there.

Marissa followed behind Leo as he said and then when he opened the door, he disappeared. She slowly took a cautions step inside and looked around to see many other people. Leo? All she saw was Leo going crazy and other people staring. She didn't recognize who any of the other people were and took a few steps back out of the doorway. She looked at her bleeding wound and turned and sat on the ground. She winced as she began to pull off the bandage. The smell of her blood made her really nauseous.

"Onii-chan?" Leo cocked an eyebrow. Withdrawing his hands, he stared at the boy coolly. "I see. My mistake," he said, looking not at all apologetic.

After a moment, his face paled as he immediately knelt down on one knee and bowed his head humbly. "Forgive my insolence, Michocho-sama. I did not recognize you earlier." There was a slight tremble in his voice as he spoke. He knew about the engagement of Michocho and his Ojou-sama. And the future family of the household was almost as important and deserved respect equal to his own masters so his earlier impudence were unacceptable.

The smell of blood caught his attention. Leo stood up straight and went towards the door. Seeing the girl crouching on the ground in pain, Leo felt a wave of guilt. Forcing a smile on his face, he touched the girl's shoulders lightly. "Shall we go inside now to treat your wounds?"

He carried a mattress from the cart inside and laid it on the floor. "Honey-sama, I am sorry to be of burden to you, but can you assist me by calling Jeremy-sama back inside? I need him to carry the load from my cart inside."

Marissa didn't feel him touch her shoulder for her body was numb. She pulled her hands away from her side and wiped the blood on her jeans. Seeing her now extremely pale hand. Okay. She tried to stand up slightly only to fall to the ground and roll in to a ball.

His eyes softened as he eyed the girl. He leaned down and lift her up once again. Walking into the house, he sneaked a glance to his Ojou-sama. She must be angry at him for what he had done to her fiance. Turning away his gaze, he placed the injured girl on the mattress he had brought in earlier.

"Now, just stay still, Princess."

After 10 minutes, he had properly cleansed her wound and sewn them shut. Leo took out his glove and wiped the bead of sweat that had formed on his forehead. Smiling, he slowly stroked the girl's hair. "They shouldn't be a problem anymore, Marissa-sama," he assured her, confident of his own skills.

Thank you Mr. Leo... Leo. Sorry..She smiled slightly. Marissa felt extremely useless and helpless. Leo was doing so much for her and she was just whining and bleeding every where even though the cut was not that deep it was still extremely painful and bloody. She decided to sit up and get to work somehow. I feel better.She said as she slowly sat up.

"That's good to hear," he replied kindly. He saw the troubled look in her eyes and guessed that she might be feeling guilty.

"Then, may you accompany me to the lake? There's someone I have to see," he offered. "Unless if you prefer to rest here."

Marissa excitedly nodded her head yes and stood up dizzily almost falling to the ground. She caught her balance on Leo strong shoulder. Sorry. She said pulling away her hand and looked up guiltily at his face.

So who are we goin to see?

She turned to the door and realized her clothing was still covered in blood and saw her terrifying pale skin. She must have lost a lot of blood. She began to feel even worse for all the trouble she caused. She got blood everywhere, made Leo take care of her, and acted absolutely weak and useless.

Leo supported her briefly as she was about to fall down. When she pulled away from him, he rested his arms steadily. "Just someone," he replied.

He walked her out the house, staying close by her side. Grabbing a suitcase from the cart, he returned to her as they started making their way to the lake. "You can clean yourself there and change into something else," he offered her the suitcase. "Although, I'm not sure how you'd feel with these cloths. They're a bit..." he trailed off. "...different."

//ooc: they're lolita cloths xD//

Marissa followed Leo out and happily accepted the suit case. As they walked she opened it in her hands and giggled at the clothes. She never wore anything like that before and was excited to see how it would turn out.

Where'd you get this clothes? They are definitely different.

They were silent for a few minutes as they walked. Thank you. She said while shamefully looking down at the ground. For every thing.