Chapter 3

A Second Request

When morning came, Meiko came to the house. She was very wounded. "Meiko! What happened to you?!" asked Luka. Rin came down the stairs. "Meiko-sensei? What happened to you?!" she asked. "Just a small fight between me and Kaito," Meiko answered. Miku hearing all the commotion, woke up and walked to the stairway. Luka took Meiko to their guest room and bandaged her up.

"Your injuries are too severe for me to heal," Luka said. "Well, it doesn't matter. I'll just stay here and heal," Meiko replied. A silence passed and Luka noticed that Meiko shed a tear. "I couldn't do it," she said. "I couldn't pull the trigger." Luka just looked at her and listened to her. "I don't even know why I can't kill him," she said. "You still consider him as friend, huh?" Luka asked. Meiko looked at her with unbelievable eyes. "You know, I always thought that deep down inside of you, you still cared about Kaito. It looks like I was right."

"I don't even know anymore," Meiko said. "I haven't seen you cry for a long time now too," Luka said. "The last time I remember you crying, is when we were kids." She smiled. Meiko stayed quiet for a bit and replied "I have to be strong you know," Luka just smiled and said "The type of strong your telling me is the type where you conceal your own feelings." Meiko replied "Concealing my feelings help me complete things," She drifted off to sleep. Luka closed the door quietly.

Miku was sitting on the couch with Rin, waiting. "Luka, how's Meiko-san?" Miku asked. "She's alright," Luka answered. "Well, that's good to know," Rin said.

"So, Rin, did you find your twin brother?" Miku asked. "No," Rin said and looked depressed. Miku noticing her depression says"We should hang out today." Rin smiled and cheerfully said "Yeah!"

Len walked to his room in Kaito's castle. He thought about last night. "I wonder what happened when I left…" he thought. He took off his coat and gloves. Len laid down on his bed. "Rin, if you cried, then you don't have to forgive me," he said quietly. He then went out of his room to check on Kaito.

He walked to Kaito's room. "He's normally bothering me, so where is he?" Len thought. He noticed blood on the floor that was leading to Kaito's room. He ran to Kaito's room and saw him sitting on a chair, bleeding. "Kaito!" Len said. "I'm fine, why did you come here? I thought you didn't like my company," Kaito asked. "Well, normally you would come and bother me..." Len said. "Oh? So you like it when I come and bother you huh?" Kaito smirked. "T-That's not what I mean!" Len said defensively. "Anyways, what happened to you?" Len asked. "A fight," Kaito answered. "Did this so-called Meiko do it?" Len asked. "Yeah," Kaito replied. "Well, I hope you get her for what she's done!" Len said.

He took the bullet out of Kaito and casted a healing spell. "That should do it," Len said. "Thanks," Kaito replied. "No problem," Len said.

Miku was thinking about Len. "Everytime I see him, my heart starts to beat fast," Miku thought. She had just returned from shopping and adventuring with Rin. "Am I...in love with him…?" she thought. Miku blushed at the thought and knew that in truth, she was in love with Len. "Being in love with a demon is forbidden," she thought. "I don't want to be in love with a demon though...its bad luck" She sighed. Miku heard a knock at her door. "Miku! I found our old picture book!" Rin yelled. She opened the door.

"See, look!" Rin held the picture book to Miku's face. They sat on her bed and flipped through the pages. "Oh! I remember this one! This is when we went to a carnival together!" Rin said excitedly. Miku could see the sparkles in Rin's eyes. They turned the page. "Its when we first saw the ocean in person," Miku said. It was a picture of Miku and Rin on a cliff, with amazed faces. When they finished the book, Rin left. It was the first quarter of the moon. "Seeing all those pictures makes me wish to visit them again," Miku thought. "Maybe...just maybe, I may be able to ask Len to give me more dreams."

Miku was getting ready to go to bed when Len appeared. "Len…" Miku said. "Miku, do you have another request? I will not decline, for I take joy in what I do," Len said. "How did he know?!" Miku thought. "I want to have more dreams," Miku requested. "...Then let's make a promise with a kiss," Len said. Miku blushed at the word "kiss". "I have to do it. In order to have more dreams," she thought. "Ok," she said. Len leaned in to kiss her. Her heart raced faster than ever. The kiss was fairly short, but Miku didn't really care. "You want to have more dreams? Leave it to me. I will let you have all of them," Len said. "There are sweet stories and exquisite naughty dreams. Have them to your heart's content." Miku muttered "Good night." She then went to bed.

When she fell asleep, Len thought of many things. "Please just wish for more and more. When the moon is full, my job is done. I will take every color away from you," Len said quietly.

N/A: There are at least three different theories of the end of the song "Dream-Eating Monochrome Baku". One the Baku makes the innocent girl color-blind. Two the Baku traps the innocent girl in a monochrome reality. Lastly, the Baku steals the innocent girl's soul. You can leave a review of which one you want, but this isn't a vote. The option I chose is a secret...but maybe I might change my mind...^_^