Warnings: language, death
Chapter Two
Kato stirred in his bed. He slowly opened his eyes, and realized he had fallen asleep. He looked next to him and saw Yuiko still curled up next to him, fast asleep. He felt a small pang.
She's not a little girl anymore Kato, he told himself. You had to let go of her sometime.
Her eyes opened slowly. She moaned, and stretched a little. "What time is it?" she muttered.
"Late," he whispered.
"Oh." Shhe curled up closer to him. "Night."
"Night hon," he murmered, pulling her closer to him.
~*~*~*
-Two Weeks Later-
Yuiko wiped the sweat off her dripping forehead. She and Asura sat outside, Asura's hut watching the men load up the boat. I\
"I can't beleive your parents,, got tickets to a blitz tournament and their not taking you," Yui moaned.
"Tell me about it," Asura grumbled. "It's their time away from me. As if I'm that hard too handel. I'm barely even home all the time."
"Ugh, I know. Kato's like that sometimes. As if I'm always there annoying him." She sighed. "It's too hot to sail anyways. And it's going to be worse in Luca."
"I guess," Asura shrugged. "Still it would have been nice."
A small child came running down the boardwalk. He stopped in front of them and grabbed Asura's hands. "Come play blitzball with us Sury!" he cried jumping up and down. "Please?"
Asura laughed. "Okey!" she said. She pulled herself up groaning. She turned back to Yuiko. "You coming?"
Yui shook her head. "I don't know how," she admitted shyly.
"Tsk." Asura grabbed her hand pulling her up. "So what? Neither do the kids."
Yui laughed and folowed her to the edge of the boardwalk, pulling off her sarong and jumping in. Asura paused for a moment to wave good-bye to her parents, then dove underwater, to garb the ball.
A few hours later, as the sun began to set, the two friends climbed out of the water, as the ship sailed into port. The walked over to the loading dock to meet Asura's parents.
The captain walked down the ramp slowly, beckoning to a few of the men of waiting there, Kato agong them. He spoke urgently to them, a very troubled expression on his face. Kato's face turned grim. He looked over at Yui, and Asura, and made his way over to them.
"Go home Yui," he muttered, his eyes lowered.
"But--"
"Go home," he hissed. He turned away from her, to Asura. Putting his arm around he led her over to where the captain still stood. Yui watched them for a moment then, like Kato told her she walked back to their hut.
She changed into some dry clothes and sat waiting for Kato to come home and tell her what the hell was going on. A half hour later, he wandered back in. He walked over to sit next to her, his face grim, refusing to look at her.
"What happened Kato?" she whispered.
He didn't answer at first. Finally he sighed, and turned to her. "During the blitzball game today," he paused, turning his face away from her. "Sin. . . Sin attacked."
Yui's heart fell. She felt a lump form in her throat. "How bad was it?" she asked.
"It was bad. 200 people are dead, so far, They haven't been able to uncover everything."
"Who. . . who---" she trailed off.
He knew what she meant. "A few players from the Beasts, that little kid, ---what's his name--- Kou or something, and Asura's parents." He turned his head to look at her again. She could see the tears in his eyes. "Yui," he whispered. "This doesn't mean that. . . you---"
A tear strayed from her own eye. She nodded painfully. The lump in her throat got bigger. "I have to go see Asura," she whispered. She left him as quickly as she could, not being able to take seeing his tears any longer.
Asura was sitting at the edge of the bordwalk, her legs sitting in the water. She stared over the endless waves, as if still waiting for her parents to come back. Yui sat down quietly next to her, dipping her feet into the water.
"I never said good bye or anything," Asura muttered. "I just waved. I didn't say I love you. or give them a hug." Her voice broke and she let out a small sob. "Now I kind of know how you feel Yui," she whispered. "Helpless, lost." She turned to look at Yui, tears flowing down her cheeks. "I feel so guilty. I should have said something before they left." She lowered her head into her lap and began to sob uncontrolably.
Yui reached over to comfort her, trying to hold back her own tears. "You couldn't have know Asura," she whispered, unable to trust her own voice. "This was inevitable. He was going to come back evantually."
They sat for hours, as the sun lowered into the ocean, and the moon came out to take its place. Finally Asura's sobs become softer, until they were only small gasps. She took Yuiko's hand and sqeezed it.
"If you're going on a Pilgrimage, then you have to take me with you too," she whimpered. She buried her head into Yui's shoulder. "Oh God Yui I can't take this." She into sobs again clinging onto Yuiko's shoulder. "I'm so scared."
Yui hugged her friend, rocking her gently back and forth. "I'm scared too," she whispered softly.
~*~*~*
A few weeks after the first attack, Yuiko went to the Temple to begin her training. The days grew closer to the time when she would evantually have to face the Trials.
The night beofre she had to face the trials, Kato found Yui clinging tightly, to her rod, her eyes lowered, tears streaming down her face.
"What's wrong hon?" he asked. She looked up at him standing in the doorway. His fist was clenched tightly around something.
She wiped the tears off her face. "I'm scared," she admitted. "I'm really, really scared Kato." She let out a small sob trying to hold back the rest.
"Hey." He walked over to her bending down, to hold her hand tightly in his. "I'm not gonna let anything happen to you," he whispered. His eyes brimmed with tears too, but he ignored them. He open up his hand, revealing a a tiny chain, with a sapphire and moon charm hanging off of it. "This was my sister's. She was killed the same time as your parents. I think that's why I clung on to you." He handed it to her. "I was gonna give it to you for your sixteenth, but. . ." he trailed off.
She watched him her eyes filling again. "Thanks," she whispered, taking it from his hand. "Thanks Kato." She felt she shoulders starting to shake. He smiled weakly then wrapped his arms tight around her.
"And I mean hon," he whispered. "I'm not going to let anything happen to you. Ever."
"I know,"she whispered into his shoulder. Finally he broke away.
"The trials are in a few hours hon," he said hiding his face from her. "Go to sleep." He kissed her cheek softly, then left walking swiftly.
She sat in silence for a few minutes. "I love you Kato," she whsipered, knowing he couldint hear her. Then she pulled herself up and went to bed.
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I know it's the same sappy shit again but i swear to god it'll get interesting soon. pinky swear promise ^__^
Chapter Two
Kato stirred in his bed. He slowly opened his eyes, and realized he had fallen asleep. He looked next to him and saw Yuiko still curled up next to him, fast asleep. He felt a small pang.
She's not a little girl anymore Kato, he told himself. You had to let go of her sometime.
Her eyes opened slowly. She moaned, and stretched a little. "What time is it?" she muttered.
"Late," he whispered.
"Oh." Shhe curled up closer to him. "Night."
"Night hon," he murmered, pulling her closer to him.
~*~*~*
-Two Weeks Later-
Yuiko wiped the sweat off her dripping forehead. She and Asura sat outside, Asura's hut watching the men load up the boat. I\
"I can't beleive your parents,, got tickets to a blitz tournament and their not taking you," Yui moaned.
"Tell me about it," Asura grumbled. "It's their time away from me. As if I'm that hard too handel. I'm barely even home all the time."
"Ugh, I know. Kato's like that sometimes. As if I'm always there annoying him." She sighed. "It's too hot to sail anyways. And it's going to be worse in Luca."
"I guess," Asura shrugged. "Still it would have been nice."
A small child came running down the boardwalk. He stopped in front of them and grabbed Asura's hands. "Come play blitzball with us Sury!" he cried jumping up and down. "Please?"
Asura laughed. "Okey!" she said. She pulled herself up groaning. She turned back to Yuiko. "You coming?"
Yui shook her head. "I don't know how," she admitted shyly.
"Tsk." Asura grabbed her hand pulling her up. "So what? Neither do the kids."
Yui laughed and folowed her to the edge of the boardwalk, pulling off her sarong and jumping in. Asura paused for a moment to wave good-bye to her parents, then dove underwater, to garb the ball.
A few hours later, as the sun began to set, the two friends climbed out of the water, as the ship sailed into port. The walked over to the loading dock to meet Asura's parents.
The captain walked down the ramp slowly, beckoning to a few of the men of waiting there, Kato agong them. He spoke urgently to them, a very troubled expression on his face. Kato's face turned grim. He looked over at Yui, and Asura, and made his way over to them.
"Go home Yui," he muttered, his eyes lowered.
"But--"
"Go home," he hissed. He turned away from her, to Asura. Putting his arm around he led her over to where the captain still stood. Yui watched them for a moment then, like Kato told her she walked back to their hut.
She changed into some dry clothes and sat waiting for Kato to come home and tell her what the hell was going on. A half hour later, he wandered back in. He walked over to sit next to her, his face grim, refusing to look at her.
"What happened Kato?" she whispered.
He didn't answer at first. Finally he sighed, and turned to her. "During the blitzball game today," he paused, turning his face away from her. "Sin. . . Sin attacked."
Yui's heart fell. She felt a lump form in her throat. "How bad was it?" she asked.
"It was bad. 200 people are dead, so far, They haven't been able to uncover everything."
"Who. . . who---" she trailed off.
He knew what she meant. "A few players from the Beasts, that little kid, ---what's his name--- Kou or something, and Asura's parents." He turned his head to look at her again. She could see the tears in his eyes. "Yui," he whispered. "This doesn't mean that. . . you---"
A tear strayed from her own eye. She nodded painfully. The lump in her throat got bigger. "I have to go see Asura," she whispered. She left him as quickly as she could, not being able to take seeing his tears any longer.
Asura was sitting at the edge of the bordwalk, her legs sitting in the water. She stared over the endless waves, as if still waiting for her parents to come back. Yui sat down quietly next to her, dipping her feet into the water.
"I never said good bye or anything," Asura muttered. "I just waved. I didn't say I love you. or give them a hug." Her voice broke and she let out a small sob. "Now I kind of know how you feel Yui," she whispered. "Helpless, lost." She turned to look at Yui, tears flowing down her cheeks. "I feel so guilty. I should have said something before they left." She lowered her head into her lap and began to sob uncontrolably.
Yui reached over to comfort her, trying to hold back her own tears. "You couldn't have know Asura," she whispered, unable to trust her own voice. "This was inevitable. He was going to come back evantually."
They sat for hours, as the sun lowered into the ocean, and the moon came out to take its place. Finally Asura's sobs become softer, until they were only small gasps. She took Yuiko's hand and sqeezed it.
"If you're going on a Pilgrimage, then you have to take me with you too," she whimpered. She buried her head into Yui's shoulder. "Oh God Yui I can't take this." She into sobs again clinging onto Yuiko's shoulder. "I'm so scared."
Yui hugged her friend, rocking her gently back and forth. "I'm scared too," she whispered softly.
~*~*~*
A few weeks after the first attack, Yuiko went to the Temple to begin her training. The days grew closer to the time when she would evantually have to face the Trials.
The night beofre she had to face the trials, Kato found Yui clinging tightly, to her rod, her eyes lowered, tears streaming down her face.
"What's wrong hon?" he asked. She looked up at him standing in the doorway. His fist was clenched tightly around something.
She wiped the tears off her face. "I'm scared," she admitted. "I'm really, really scared Kato." She let out a small sob trying to hold back the rest.
"Hey." He walked over to her bending down, to hold her hand tightly in his. "I'm not gonna let anything happen to you," he whispered. His eyes brimmed with tears too, but he ignored them. He open up his hand, revealing a a tiny chain, with a sapphire and moon charm hanging off of it. "This was my sister's. She was killed the same time as your parents. I think that's why I clung on to you." He handed it to her. "I was gonna give it to you for your sixteenth, but. . ." he trailed off.
She watched him her eyes filling again. "Thanks," she whispered, taking it from his hand. "Thanks Kato." She felt she shoulders starting to shake. He smiled weakly then wrapped his arms tight around her.
"And I mean hon," he whispered. "I'm not going to let anything happen to you. Ever."
"I know,"she whispered into his shoulder. Finally he broke away.
"The trials are in a few hours hon," he said hiding his face from her. "Go to sleep." He kissed her cheek softly, then left walking swiftly.
She sat in silence for a few minutes. "I love you Kato," she whsipered, knowing he couldint hear her. Then she pulled herself up and went to bed.
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I know it's the same sappy shit again but i swear to god it'll get interesting soon. pinky swear promise ^__^