The Queen of King's
Chapter Three
Reunion

How long had it been since they had come up here, he wondered before he looked at his watch, which he conveniently placed in his jean pocket. Three hours… "Well, they're probably growing curious down there, if they haven't all grown bored and gone to sleep. Heh." Mikoto said with a light shrug of his free shoulder, since Kourai's head was currently occupying his other. They lay together on a pile of clothes, bunched up in the slight chill of the ending summer night. "Suppose we should get dressed and head back down now?" He questioned in a light tone as he rested his lips against the top of her head, taking in the sweet woodsy lavender scent that exuded from her every inch. He felt her arm move from under his where it was wrapped around her and her fingertip gently glides around his bare chest causing a shiver to run up his spine.

"I suppose we should, I am worried about Anna. I know Izumo knows what happened, sometimes the man is too keen." She giggled and sat up, reaching to the ground behind her to pick up her dress and slide it back on. He moved in the same motion to slide his white shirt back on and then his blue jeans. "Ya got a point there, he's a sharp one." He smirked at the thought of their best friend downstairs. His hand was moving for his jacket, but she was just a bit quicker as she slid it on over her cold arms. "Too slow, loser." She quipped with her tongue sticking out before she ran for the door, knowing he'd be right behind her. "Get back here, you clown." He said, with a tone much more playful than earlier as he nearly grabbed her arm but missed by an inch. "Damn it…" He grumped as she disappeared behind the door and he quickly followed.

She came charging down the stairs, grabbing the bottom pillar and thrusting herself toward the open area of the bar before she skid to a stop with a big, lopsided grin on her face as she turned fully around. Izumo was smiling behind the bar with a raised eyebrow as he took in the sight of her. Tousled hair, flushed cheeks, big and goofy grin, and his jacket? Yeah, they'd fully made up while they were up there, but honestly, he still had no idea why they had gone their separate ways to begin with. These two flames were made to burn this city together. Mikoto came sauntering down the stairs not long after looking like he had just woken up as a hard fight. Yeah, they were certainly alright again, Izumo thought as he smiled a bit more and polished his glasses. At that moment the door to the bar opened up again and Tatara walked through with his mini camcorder in hand as he was filming. "Beautiful night out, isn't you two?" He questioned with that sweet voice of his. So innocent, and so sweet. Kourai smiled fully and waved at the camera happily as he circled around her. "Sure is, and great news guys! Mikoto has decided to let me stay here while I'm in town."

Tatara's smile faltered for a minute as he processed what she said before he closed the video camera and turned it off. "So, you're not going to stay for good then?" He knew they had made up, why did she have to leave again? Her smile faded and she shook her head before she ran her fingers through her tangled, silver hair. "No, I'm sorry Tata-san. But as I said, I'm only in town for work and then I will be off again." She hoped her voice wouldn't crack and her feigned seriousness wouldn't fall apart as she spoke to the boy. What her vision had entailed was… she couldn't think about it or she would try and fight it too. The boy firmly frowned this time and sat down on a bar stool. "Oh, I see. I thought that since you two…" And before he could finish, Mikoto raised his hand to silence him. "She will be leaving nine days from now. That's it." He said before he turned and headed back into the dorms to go to bed. With the seriousness in his tone behind those words, all three of them frowned now before she took in a deep breath and shrugged off his jacket. "Make sure he gets this, would ya?" She asked as she placed It on the bar for one of them, didn't matter which.

"Where are you going to go, this late at night, Kourai-chan?" Izumo asked with a worried expression as he lit up a cigarette and he took a long drag. "I need to go for a walk, clear my head." She said lightly before she turned to head for the door. Before she knew it though, she had something thrown at her from behind and she quickly spun to catch it in her hands. "Take that along with you. Wouldn't want you to get a cold, it's getting a bit chilly out there." Her ever so thoughtful best friend had thrown her Mikoto's jacket back and she just grinned. "You're a sneaky bastard, you know that." He grinned in return as he exhaled before he chimed back. "I do what I can, mi'lady." This time on her way out, she had finally made it to place her hand on the door knob and give it a good turn before being called back again, this time by Tatara. "Wait, Kourai! Could I… come along for the walk? I can be quiet, I'll just record as we walk along." His eyes held a slight desperation in them as he asked and she just smiled and nodded. "Of course, Tata-san, let's get going."

She had finally made it outside of the damn bar, but Totsuka was right on her heels as she walked and she just glanced back to see what he was doing. He didn't lie, he had the camcorder out and he was videotaping everything, sometimes giving light dialogue to the film as they went. Before she knew it she found herself at the Shizuma City Park and she smiled lightly at all the memories she held in this little park. That's when she noticed the camera had been directed at her. "Kourai-san, please don't be offended by me asking, but… why did you and Mr. Mikoto split up? You two seemed so happy, even now." With the question her eyes widened and her smile became sad. "Well, Tata-san, since you asked so nicely, I will tell you…" She sat down on the bench and patted for her little camera man to join her. "It's a long story, so I suggest you sit for it…"

[ Author Notes: Sorry for the shortness of this chapter, but I seem to be finding myself falling asleep at the computer. I need sleeps too! But, next chapter will be full of memories, thus, information for you, and should be longer! Please RxR, if you like it so far! ]