Chapter 2

"A JOB? WHAT DO YOU MEAN A JOB?"

Kia cringed. So much for staying calm.

"Ryushi sit down and don't shout, I don't see any reason you need to" Elrond Tilwaree said, an amused expression on his face.

"REASON? YOU'RE NOT ACTUALLY GOING TO LET HER GO ARE YOU?"

"Ryushi please sit down" his father's voice now had a slight stern tone to it, though his expression stayed the same.

Ryushi did sit down, even if it was very reluctantly and with a scowl on his face. At least he sat down.

"I know you're worried" Kia said "but I'm 16. It's not as if I'm any younger than you, and last semester when you went to Kyoto, I didn't say anything then"

"That was Kyoto; it was close by and in Japan. You're going to Moscow!"

"Both of you please stop it" their father interrupted. "Before Kia applied for the job she asked me and I said yes then and will not go back on my word now"

Kia punched into the air while Ryushi looked purposely devastated.

"So who is this girl you are looking after again?" Elrond laughed at both their reactions.

"Elani Hiwatri"

"Hiwatri?" Elrond sounded surprised "I know them very well!"

"You do?" both children asked simultaneously.

"Yes, Helen Hiwatri was your mother's best friend; I'm still in contact with them. They have three children"

"Three? But Kia said only the girl was mentioned" Ryushi said.

"They've got twins the same age as you. A boy and a girl too coincidentally" Elrond said smiling.

"WAIT A MINUTE!" Kia broke into their conversation "You don't think that the only reason I was picked was because I was Mrs. Hiwatri's best friend's daughter?"

"No of course not" Elrond said "and you told us yourself that the school picks the person not the actual employees"

Kia looked very confused as she tried to figure out when she had told them this. Ryushi and Mr. Tilwaree exchanged glances and shook their heads.

Some things never changed.

"Kia….uh….you'll be going to...er…Moscow?" Ryushi asked.

She stared at him. He was giving her a ride to school. They were going early because she needed to see Mrs. Kinomoto. But why was he acting so strange?

"And you'll be going to Oskara Academy?" his voice was getting more controlled.

"Yes, why?" Kia asked suspiciously.

"Could you do me a favour?"

Kia grinned slowly. She knew what her brother was getting at. No other topic made him stutter.

"You want me to find out who Orange Dragon is, don't you?"

He nodded.

Orange Dragon was this girl he had met on the radio two years ago. She had come for a visit from Moscow. He had never seen her.

They started writing letters to each other, keeping their identities hidden, apparently wanting to know each other for their personalities not looks or name. Ryushi was Green Dragon, she was Orange Dragon. Something they shared, their passion for dragons.

But then the unfortunate happened, Ryushi fell for her, really fell in love with this mysterious girl. And even though he kept her letters very well hidden, Kia had read one or two of them, but enough to know that 'Orange Dragon' felt the same way.

"I'll try my hardest, but I can't give garuntee. Why don't you ask her yourself? You've been in contact long enough" she said

"I've been planning to, but I'm afraid she won't like me"

"What reason does she have not to?" Kia smirked.

Ryushi shrugged modestly but a smile appeared on his face too.

Kia glanced at him then. At least the person he loved was someone real, even if he didn't know her name, and not a dream like him.

Ryushi must've sensed something was wrong, he usually did.

"You okay?" he asked.

Kia didn't say anything.

"'Crimson Eyes' again?"

She nodded.

"What happened?" he urged.

Kia related the dream to him. Ryushi didn't interrupt, he never did.

She had never seen his face, only his eyes.

"It was wishful thinking" she concluded.

"Well whatever it was" Ryushi said "instead of making you angry and swear at it, its making you act like a lost puppy"

Kia glared at him and then, when he started laughing, she laughed along with him.

"Are you sure you have everything you need with you?" Kia's father asked for the fifth time.

"Yes, yes" she answered patiently.

Her father, brother and her best friend Tala had come to the airport to see her off. She had already said goodbye to Wei.

"I'm sure Helen will be very nice to you. I spoke to her yesterday and she seems quite delighted at the prospect of having you over" Elrond had already said that at least fifteen times.

"Who wouldn't be?" Ryushi stage whispered to Tala, grinning innocently.

Tala grinned too and then turned to Kia.

"The summer holidays are coming and as you know I spend most of it in Moscow with my parents" he said to her "maybe this time I'll drag Ryushi and some of the gang with me to come and see you"

"That would be great" Kia answered, hugging him.

"Please take care of yourself sis" Ryushi whispered, when she hugged him "And remember….."

"Orange Dragon, I know" she whispered back, nobody else knew about her.

"No, Crimson Eyes" Ryushi smiled at her.

Kia smiled back, nodded and then hugged her father.

A few minutes later, Kia Tilwaree was sitting comfortably on her seat on the plane, going to Moscow.

Okay answer to reviews:

Heartless Devil- Kia doesn't know 'his' name because she just dreams of him and she hasn't seen his face, only eyes.

Hope it was good!

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