Okay...chapter 2. Out of probably three.

I'm super tired, so sorry if this is complete crap. ;P

I meant to get started on this chapter way earlier, but I felt bad for my sick brother, and started to just randomly beat down some zombies with him in Black Ops (yeah, I'm a girl who plays Black Ops). Also, I've been super busy...thankfully, I have tomorrow (Friday) off of school. :)

ANYWAY. You probably don't care that much about my life...so here's the next chapter, instead! ENJOY! :)

Chapter 2

I looked out the window of my bedroom, a little worried. It was a really cloudy day, and I was worried that Luke might cancel our "date."

Whatever, I told myself. It's not like it means that much to me, anyway.

"Yes, it does," I giggled, and then a girlish little giggle escaped my mouth. "OMIGOSH I'm so excited!"

Sapphire, my dog, jumped up on me, and I laughed happily while patting her head.

"Come on girl, want to go take care of the cows?" I asked, and she barked excitedly in reply.

We made our way to the barn. It was a warm spring day, and I realized that I had been on my farm for a little over a year now. A smile made its way onto my lips at that thought.

Sapphire followed at my heels on our way to the barn. She gave a happy little yelp when I opened the door, and slid across the hay on the floor to the fodder dispenser. There, she grabbed a mouthful of fodder, and started feeding my cow, Bessie, and her calf, Joey.

I pulled out my milker and started to milk Bessie. Bessie was named Bessie because, well, obviously, I'm just original like that. To this explanation of why I didn't name my cow something more creative, Kathy always said, "Yeah, sure."

Joey has a little more of an interesting story. I thought she was a boy at first, so I named her Joey. But one day when Kathy was helping me milk and feed my cows, she pointed out that Joey was in fact a girl. So I decided to switch her name to Joanna. Then, I just couldn't grow used to the fact that she was called "Joanna," so I started calling her Joey again as a nickname.

There was suddenly a knock on my barn door. Well, more of a tap, and then a strange noise somewhere between a squeak and a creak, and there was none other than Luke, standing by my half-broken barn door.

Man, I really needed to fix that thing.

"Oh, hey Akari!" He exclaims, smiling. "I was just coming over to see if you needed any help with your crops or animals or something or maybe you wanted some help with cooking?"

I smiled at him, and stood up from milking Bessie. Then, wiping my hands on my shorts, I reply, "No, I think I'm okay."

"Oh, well...see, that's not the only thing I was going to ask you. Did you get that note from Kathy yesterday?" He pauses, and then quickly corrects himself, "Well, it was from me, but I gave it to Kathy to give to you after I looked all over for you and then she told me you were on Toucan Island and I was like, oh, that's why she's not here and so-,"

"Luke."

"Yeah?"

"I'll be there. Rain or shine."

"Great! Me too!" His voice was like music to my ears, and the signature grin he flashed at me was brighter than the sunshine.

Wow, that was really cheesy.

But really. This guy is amazing.

He's funny, and smart, and we have so much in common, and we're great friends...

He's untitled.

"Well, Akari, I have to go...I kind of snuck out of the shop to come here. I'm supposed to be back home cutting some wood for my pops right now." He grinned sheepishly, and put a hand on his neck.

I giggled, and replied, "See you later, Luke!"

"Don't forget!" He cries, running out of my barn, and back up the path toward the Garmon Mines District.

I slumped down against the wall, and sighed to no one in particular, "Isn't he perfect?"

• • •

"Hm, Maya, what do you think?"

"I don't know...I think it's too much pink."

"Well, then how about we take away the pink, and add the blue?"

"But that's too much blue!"

I sighed, and rolled my eyes. Kathy, Maya, and I were in Kathy's room. They had brought countless sets of clothes over, and were trying to decide which one would be perfect for my "date" with Luke.

Every time I would ask if I could wear a certain thing I had brought over, they would both simultaneously roll their eyes, and reply, "No."

It was a little scary.

And so as they held up their crazy outfits for me to try on, I sighed, and obediently tried each one on, always thinking they were too goth, or too cold, or too...too. Just too.

Then they would find another thing that somehow matched, throw me in the bath room, and demand that I tried it on.

Eventually, when they were picking out an outfit, I just hopped around the room and found certain shirts, pants, shorts, and accessories that I liked, and then made a collage of them on Kathy's bed. Finally, I came up with the perfect combination: A blue and green striped t-shirt, jean shorts, a decorative black scarf, and neon yellow socks, just for fun.

"How about this?" I asked, showing them the outfit.

"No," They replied at the same time. Again.

I sighed in defeat.

A few minutes later, Maya let out a squeal, and cried, "KATHY! I found it! How about this!"

She gestured to the outfit I had put together on Kathy's bed just a few minutes ago.

"OMIGOSH!" Kathy screamed. "Yes! Why didn't we think of that before?"

I stood there, mouth opening, closing, opening, closing, opening, closing.

"What?" Kathy asks, finally noticing my expression.

I was about to yell my head off about how dumb they were, but settled for, "I love you guys. You are the best friends ever."

A giant hugging and laughing fest followed this statement.

After I changed into the outfit and Maya and Kathy gave me a few more tips on how to act (none of which I would follow), they shoved me out the door, and told me to have fun.

And so, with a skip in my step, I made my way to the forest, where I would meet Luke.

• • •

I was making my way through the forest, to the spot where I usually met Luke.

With another worried glance up at the sky, I trudged on through the moist ground. The sky seemed to darken more each second, and I could feel rain in the air.

I just hoped it wouldn't be too big of a storm.

Just then, I heard thunder in the distance.

"Crap," I laughed to myself. "I forgot to knock on wood. And it's all around me. Whaddaya know?"

A little voice inside told me that I should turn back, go home, and stay safe, just in case this did turn out to be a typhoon or something. But I trudged on through the damp forest.

Because what if this really was a date? If I left now, wouldn't that mean Luke would think I'm not interested?

I almost screamed out loud at these confusing thoughts.

"Untitled" is the strangest thing I've ever experienced in my life.

I almost jumped when I felt a fat raindrop hit my shoulder, and sighed. This was not good. At all.

A crack of lighting split through the clouds, and the rain started to fall harder.

The voice inside my head grew louder:

Turn back, turn back!

I shook my head, and continued on.

Thunder, lighting, thunder, lighting. The rain was falling so hard I could barely see five feet in front of me.

Still, I continued on.

"Untitled" is a very powerful force.

I was surprised at how the storm grew so powerful in such a short time. The rain pelted my face, clothes, and hair. I was soaked to the skin, and almost shivering, because the air had turned cold and biting instead of warm and...springy.

And then, I heard a particularly loud crack above me.

I hadn't ever really thought about how I would die. I just knew that eventually, it would happen, and I accepted that. Usually, I saw myself on a bed, sick from old age, and dying peacefully.

But I guess that dying by a falling tree works, too.

Maybe the Goddess will at least explain to me what this "Untitled" feeling is when I reach her.

I heard a sickening snap, and the tree above me fell. I knew I didn't have time to move, and a scream split through the air. Maybe it was mine.

Maybe not.

It didn't really matter now.

Because I couldn't feel anything anymore, anyway.

The sensation was...untitled.

Before you start yelling at me about how I killed my antagonist, please remember, there is one more chapter, and I am fond of happy endings. ;)

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