"Telepathically Connected"
by: S. Schumaker

Disclaimer: I do not own Marmalade Boy or any of the characters.

(AN: And again, this chapter was slightly altered, but nothing huge! Enjoy, and leave some reviews!)

Chapter Two

"Yuu, I swear…I just read from this book," she picked up the old book beside her, showing it to Yuu, "and suddenly whoosh. I was surrounded by a bright white light and then, I could hear your thoughts!"

"But Miki, that just doesn't make any sense. How could that be possible?" Yuu said, taking the book from her and scanning through it. "Which one did you read in here?" Miki got up and leaned over next to him, flipping through the book's pages. Yuu was currently in a daze. Having Miki stand so close to him, her body heat radiating off of her, was driving his senses wild. (God, she smells good…) He thought, taking in the scent of her hair shampoo.

"Why, thank you!" Miki smiled, as Yuu blushed behind her. He'd have to be careful what he thought about her from now on. "All right, this is it!" Miki said, standing back and allowing Yuu the chance to look at it. "To Hear What is Silent… Are you sure this is the right one?" Yuu questioned. Miki nodded, she was positive. "As pure lights shadow," Yuu began.

"No! Don't read…" Miki started.

"As truth ends fear, Open locked thoughts to my mind's willing ear." Yuu read.

"-it out loud…" Miki finished with a sigh as she watched the same white light engulf Yuu that had her. She slumped down in her chair. Now her thoughts weren't safe either. This was just perfect…

(What the hell was that!) Yuu thought to himself.

(That was the spell, you dolt!) Miki screamed in his head.

"Whoa! You didn't say that…you thought that?" Yuu asked in confusion. Miki nodded in annoyance. (This is bad. This is very bad.)

(You can say that again…) Miki thought back.

(But I didn't…) Yuu teased.

"All right! That's enough! No thinking from you until we figure this out!" Miki grabbed the book and began to search for some kind of reversal spell. At the bottom of the page, she noticed some small writing. She leaned closer to it to focus her eyes. "The spell can only be reversed when all secrets are revealed." Miki read aloud.

"What!" They both screamed. This was not happening…this was definitely not happening…

An hour later found Yuu pacing in front of the table as Miki continued a frantic search through the old book. She flipped to the very first page and found a short inscription.)Those who read from the book are the chosen ones.') Miki furrowed her brow in concentration. (Does that make Yuu and I the chosen ones? I wonder what would happen if someone else read from the book too. Perhaps I should have Meiko read it, see if she can make the spell work.) She thought to herself, Yuu silently listening in.

"I don't know, Miki. What if Meiko can get the spell to work too…we don't want to have more people running around with this problem. The less people that know about this the better!" Yuu said, just as the front door was heard being opened. Yuu grabbed the book from Miki and shoved it in her bag resting on the table.

"Yuu! Miki! We're home!" Four voices called out. Yuu and Miki both walked out to greet their parents.

"Hey guys, did you have fun?" Miki asked, noticing the bright smiles on all their faces.

"We sure did…" Jin started, glancing over to his wife, Chiyako, (but the night's not over yet!) He raised a suggestive eyebrow at Chiyako, which made her blush. Miki's jaw dropped in shock at her father's words.

(Miki, don't say anything! They don't know about this yet, and let's keep it that way.) Yuu said to Miki telepathically.

(You're right…but ew! That's so gross! Yuck!) Miki thought back. She smiled, "That's good. Well, Yuu and I have some homework to do. Shall we?" Miki turned to Yuu, racing in to grab her bag and books and following Yuu up to his room. Once they had shut and locked the door behind them, Yuu flopped onto his bed; Miki took her place on the floor. She reached into her bag and took out the book again, flipping it open once more.

She began to read it silently, starting at the history of it. She read about witches and wizards, warlocks and demons. She began to shiver. All her life she had wished something like this would happen to her. That something supernatural would happen, but she never believed it actually would, and now that it had, it frightened her. She just wanted to be normal. She should have just thrown that option out of the window when her parents switched partners with Yuu's. She should have known that she would never be normal and that strange things would continue to haunt her days. Somehow, this all seemed natural to her.

"You know what I just figured out?" Miki asked Yuu.

"What's that?" Yuu asked, turning to look at her.

"I'll never have to ask 'What are you thinking about?' ever again!" Miki said happily. (Maybe now I can actually figure out what Yuu's thinking sometime…)

"Am I really that hard to read?" Yuu asked, loving this new power of his.

(Shoot!) "You know, sometimes this mind reading thing can be such a nuisance." Miki said, frustrated at being caught thinking about him. She quickly shrugged it off and continued searching through the book. "Hey, look at this cool spell!" Yuu slide down his bed and laid down next to Miki to see what she spotted. "To Find What is Lost." (Papa certainly could use this in the mornings…) She laughed. "This book is really neat, but I don't think we should read any more spells. Something bad might come out of it. I mean, look…now we're stuck in each other's heads for who knows how long!" She jumped up, book in hand, and slide it somewhere in Yuu's bookcase. (So, now what are we gonna do?)

To Be Continued…for now!

(AN: Hope you enjoyed chapter two. Sorry it's so short, but I didn't want to keep you all waiting much longer! REVIEW! REVIEW! REVIEW! REVIEW! REVIEW! REVIEW! REVIEW! REVIEW! REVIEW! REVIEW! REVIEW! REVIEW! REVIEW! REVIEW! REVIEW! REVIEW! REVIEW! REVIEW! REVIEW! REVIEW! REVIEW! REVIEW! REVIEW! REVIEW! REVIEW! REVIEW! REVIEW! REVIEW! REVIEW! REVIEW! REVIEW! REVIEW! REVIEW! REVIEW!)