Chance
Chapter One - I Found You
Disclaimer: I do not own saiyuki or any of its characters... if i did Dr. Nii would not have a stubble.
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"Oy, nii-chan, what's wrong with her? Nii-chan?" Lirin stared at the girl a few years younger than herself. But then again, you can never tell with youkai. Kougaiji sat next to his little sister, who was now poking the girl, and pulled her down. "Huh? She's not moving.. is she dead?" A sudden laugh that was gentle and pure filled the air. The two siblings turned their heads to their friends, whom entered the dark cave at that moment. "She's not dead, Lirin-sama. She's just sleeping..." Yaone smiled at her little mistress, whom looked back curiously to the girl on the cave floor. Dokugakugi nodded his agreement. Lirin tilted her head to the side, and frowned. With a giant sigh, she jumped up and flopped down next to the girl. "Ehhhh... She's so boring, ne, nii-chan.. who is she anyways?"
"Lirin! Behave yourself... we don't know who she is either-and we're only staying here in this cave one night so that Dokugakugi can heal his injuries, so please be polite to her." Kougaiji said and stood up to walk out of the cave with the other two, but came back again. "Lirin, don't leave and-" "Okay, okay!! I've heard that many times enough now! Fine! I won't leave this cave!" She stuck her tongue out childishly at her brother, who smiled and left quietly.
Lirin sighed again, falling onto her back. It was so boring... every time they would leave her behind. If only that girl would wake up... Not even five minutes later the orange haired youkai began to nudge the girl on the floor loudly. "OY, OY!! Wake up! You've slept for seven hours already! Oy-ah! You're awake!" Lirin pulled a stunned girl to her feet. Jumping back, she then pointed a thumb to herself, and began speaking again excitedly. "Ohayo, sleepy-head! I'm Lirin! Nice to meet you!" The girl rubbed her big shiny childish eyes, blinking madly. Lirin looked at her surprised, as now that she was fully standing up, the girl looked merely two or three years old. The girl shook her head, a mess of tangles and tags. "L..Li-Li?- Ah!! Ahh!" The girl pointed outside at the full moon, eyes wide, mouth wide open happily trodding outside with Lirin following her. The two girls starred into the face of the moon, eyes shining with wide grins plastered onto their faces.
The two spent their night wandering the forrest around their cave, playing hide and seek with some rabbits, and running around laughing. They sat down and talked-well more like Lirin talked- about how her brother and the rest of them always thought she was still a child, and keeping things away from her, but they did not know that she knew what was going on quite well. The younger girl just giggled and smiled, once in a while pulling on the hair of her dear 'Li-Li' chan. Lirin giggled at the girl, who fell while tripping on a log on the floor. She ran over to help the younger girl, laughing as she began to cry.
Lirin had never had this much fun in her entire life. Always, she would spent entire afternoons alone, while her brother went off on some other mission. She had never had another friend. The two of them fell asleep just outside the cave. And when Lirin woke up to the bright morning sun and her brother's warm hand on her shoulder, she was reluctant to do so, looking around panic stricken, for her younger friend. "What is it, Lirin-sama?" Yaone walked up to the girl, and looked to Kougaiji and Dokugakugi. Lirin felt her heart sink as her eyes passed by all that was around her, with no trace of the younger girl anywhere.
"Lirin?" Kougaiji gently said to his sister once they were well up in the air on the back of a dragon-youkai. Lirin, who had been unusually silent the whole morning, sighed. "Ahh, nothing, nii-chan. I just wished we had a chance to say goodbye, you know? That girl... I didn't even ask her name!" Lirin frowned sadly again. Kougaiji smiled at his sister. "I'm sure you'll get a chance to meet her again, Lirin."
"Mmm, you're right, nii-chan! After all, friends are destined to be together, right?"
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