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Song: Shinjitsu no uta

Artist: D.A.I ( Do As Infinity)

Chapter 2: Shinjitsu No Uta

A busy street in Tokyo Japan. People surrounding her, it was something she was not used to. It was a beautiful and easy day. She didn't have to lift a finger. Not that she didn't work, she did. She just decided to take the day off and relax. A day to gather her thoughts. It was hard to be her. A cold independent woman who messed up in her past. Messed up more than once. It was getting harder and harder to look at herself in the mirror. Not because of the crimes she's committed intentionally, but because of the sins she did unintentionally. At least to her it was a sin. A betrayal to herself. A betrayal to others.

'the crimson-stained sun

has illuminated everything; now and the past

is what I have imagined within this twilight

more than my own hands can accomplish?'

She leaned her back against the wall watching as the busy street soon dissipated for a minute. The cars went by fast trying to reach their destinations. The people waited on either sides of street. Her cigarette was fading as well as the dying sun. Soon the moon will come out. Soon she will crave vodka. She loved the moon better. It hid things. Darkened reality. The sun seemed to draw out imperfections.

'please teach me how to live

a little more vulnerably than i do now

won't you taint me just a little?

that way, even if i get hurt

and lose everything around me

this song of truth will flow through my heart'

She was always a unruly woman. She never cared about anything else other than herself. She liked it that way. One day though she saw herself as lonely. It was a scary thought. He came though. He showed her a few things. New tricks. How to be safer in her actions. How not to get caught.

Ironic how he tried to help her live a bit more carefully when he exposed her to new and dangerous things. He almost corrupted her even more. The funny thing was that she loved it.

"Use a knife. It's better. You'll have more control." How a knife overpowered a gun, she didn't know. That night he showed her. That night she learned.

'this dispute will probably go on

about that which is most precious

i've become a rebel, i've overlooked things

even the gentle smiles of strangers'

"This day might have been crappy, but lets see that smile!" He was always trying to make her smile. He always said she looked more beautiful when she smiled. "Here, a remedy for your ails." He would joke. Vodka would make her smile. He would make her smile. He was something she needed. Someone who could have her back. Who didn't care what she did. To him she was perfect. Sometimes she thought he was more valuable than all the money and jewelry they stole together. He was priceless. They were priceless.

"Smile, it's becoming." Now she doesn't smile that much.

'if eternity knows what manner of darkness

and when pain will vanish,

then that way, you shall taint me

I looked always to yesterday, to the castles in the sky

when will I be able to follow them?

this song of truth shall be my guide'

She was always confused towards the end of their relationship. 'He' came back in her life. They tainted each other. They were meant for each other. So then why did 'he' have to come back? He seemed to come out of no where. A ghost from her past come to haunt her.

Sometimes she thought about 'him'. Sometimes she dreamt about 'him'. Sometimes she pretend that Varon was 'him'. So when she saw him it came out later that night when she and Varon drank like always on the beach.

"I loved him so much but I had to think about some things. Next thing I knew I was with you." Varon never said much about her old love. Varon knew him and hated him. She didn't blame him. Varon was nothing compared to 'him'. He knew it too.

When they stayed up late she would look up at the stars wishing that she didn't have such a dilemma. There was no guide for her. Her stars failed her night after night because she would not come up with an answer. Not even a thought. She just laid there with Varon kissing under the stars. Knowing she would see 'him' the next day and be in his arms.

'if eternity knows what manner of darkness

and when pain will vanish,

this song of truth will flow through my heart'

Every time she saw 'him' she would want to scream, cry, do something.

"How have you been?"

"Fine."

"How is Varon?"

"None of your business."

Every time she saw Varon she wanted to run away.

"Are you okay?"

"Yes."

"You just seem preoccupied.'

"I'm just thinking."

"About?"

"The stars." It was a toss up between them. Her old love or her new lover? Both adored her. Both wanted her. She was just lost. If the stars could not even guide her home, what would?

'now, please, taint me just a little

please, just taint me, only a little'

They were the rulers of the world. Or so she thought. They were perfect together. Thieves with thieves. Lovers with lovers.

"I love you." He would always say it in the middle of them having sex. To her it was sex, to him it was more than sex. It was love.

"Me too." Was all she would say. In a way her heart still belonged to 'him'. Had she said it, it would not feel right. They would end the night by getting the blankets and empty bottles and head home. By the time they left her stars disappeared with the moon. The morning light was seeping through ready to show her imperfections. Ready to make her lose her way.

'this song of truth shall be my guide'

One day that same light revealed the only truth she knew but buried deep down in her heart. When she entered a coffee shop in L.A there was someone she never expected to see again.

"Hello, Mai." All the truth she had been blocking out form her heart crashed through opening her eyes for the first time in years. He in some way was her guidance. The guidance that she repeatedly ignored because she knew he was her hope. Her only way out. Her only way back home.

"Jounouchi."


Are you starting to get it? If it's a simple plot line then I'm sorry. This is my pathetic attempt at being clever. Hope you enjoyed it. 'He' is supposed to be Jounouchi, I didn't want to just say his name until the end of the chapter.