***Hello again everyone . . . .!!I did It.!! I'm already in my chapter three.. Gosh.. I hope I can maintain my energy throughout the whole story..heheheh… but I'm trying!! Fighting!!!
I would like to thank those who reviewed this story of mine.. Even though this is my first fanfic and I wasn't expecting anyone to reviewed and give me advice you still did.. Thank you so much! And for suggesting beta as well but truthfully I don't really have any idea that there was a so called beta until someone told me so. LoL.. and I don't have a beta yet.
To ThunderxShadow: You asked me if Midori's gonna meet Kyo. Hmm.. I'll just have to say that Midori will play a big part in my story I hope to develop her character more. For Kyo, he still haven't appeared yet and I want to make his appearance special since I love him soo.. hehehe.. and tanx also for reminding me about my short chapter problem. I'll work even Harder this time. Stay tune. Tanx!***
THE YOUNG BOY
The young boy watched as the two girls went out of the house and started walking away. He had been watching them for a while now or shall he say he had been observing them for a few days now. But he wasn't really observing both of them; he was more observing the blonde one, the one who hold the eye that can gives through a feeling of happiness and calmness, the eyes that holds the beautiful color green.
The one girl they had been searching for all this year, the girl whose disappearance caused them madness and anger, and imprint a hole in their hearts. They cared for her. They adore her. And protected her for every danger that they were facing but one small mistake made it all useless. A mistake they weren't all expecting to happen and cause so much effect in their life.
And changed the life of the girl he had been observing and they had been searching. His Onee-chan. The girl who has a gentle and kind personality, who treated him with so much loved and cared when no one else does, the girl that gives him the feeling of being neared a person called mother and sister. His nee-chan that he cares so much, not that he'll tell anyone he does or not that anyone of them will admit they do care that much. With the exception of the man with a bandana, his been going insane since her disappearance and cursing the slayer of thousand men for letting her disappeared. But everyone knows it wasn't the Demon eyes fault, on the other hand, he was even more affected than anyone of them. They also all knows that he keeps on blaming himself when everyone wasn't around and hating the idea of never seeing her again.
Yet seeing his nee-chan makes the young boy think if it was really been that bad she had disappeared from their sight. She had changed so much. Though she was still the Yuya Shiina they know for sure and still has her gentle and kind personality, but the more he observe the more he sees how his nee-chan had change. She no longer had the baby face she used to have the last time they were together in the same group of people, but instead she completely became a woman. Prettier and much more gorgeous than the woman his master has all over his side, and even though the girl beside her or maybe he shall really say the woman beside her is gorgeous as well but being near his nee-chan makes other men not to look at other women. And his nee-chan acts much more lady like, unlike a year ago. Yes, that's the big changes in his nee-chan appearance and actions. She seems to learn to act more of a lady like and sophisticated type. The type that attracts attention but prevent anyone from getting near. And she seems happy and content, in peace being near the people she met here.
Had she forgotten them, had she chosen to forget them? But he knew his nee-chan. She wouldn't just erased them from her memory and live in peace in this strange place. She loves them and loves the place they came from. Not this place full of strange things and weird sound. So many buildings that surpasses even the highest tree in Edo. So many iron things that can be used to travel to every place, that people here call car. Even though it's convenient for use but he still prefers to travel using his own feet. Not being lazy sitting in those weird things. And people here are just weird. They appeared everywhere, even in those small screens. If dying doesn't scare him then this place does. He had been here for a whole year searching and going to every places but he still can't find himself getting accustom to this weird place. So his sure something tragic had happened that made his nee-chan act this way. This was the reason he still haven't report to the others that he had finally found her. He want to understand the circumstances she's in before letting others know she's alive and healthy. His very much sure once they discover he has finally found her then they won't stop until they had her back, Especially the Demon.
But fooling his master might be another topic. His been avoiding his master since he had found his nee-chan and his pretty much sure his master has been suspecting him. And they were all searching for Yuya Shiina but his the only one who had not yet reported any outcome of his search for the month. It's not that he wants to deceive them but it's just that he doesn't want them to scare His nee-chan by suddenly appearing in front of her when they finally found her. His nee-chan maybe be having a problem in her memory though he still want to make sure if it was really the case.
"Bbbrrrriinngggg. . . . . ." his phone that he had been keeping in his pocket ring. Another weird thing.
He had been hiding in the top of a tree inside His nee-chan compound while watching the two women came out of the house.
"brrriiinngggg. . . . ." the phone ring again. He snatches it out of his pocket and looked at the caller's name before answering. It's his master. A problem he wants to avoid for a meantime but no matter what the case is. There is no excuse he can use when his master wants to talk to him directly.
"Yes?" he answer before the third ring.
"So you were alive after all. You haven't been keeping in touch with us for a while now which is really weird. And I had missed our little ninja." the man said on the other side of the phone while pretending to sound rejected and hurtful.
"Are you trying to avoid us or maybe you are hiding something from me." The man continued.
"I am not. I'm ju-just busy with something. I'm in some far place away" the boy said hiding his nervousness for lying to his master.
"Don't you trust me?" the man on the other side suddenly asks which caught the young boy off balance in his own thought. He fell silent for a while before answering.
"I do. How could I not." This was sure giving him a hard time trying to hide things much longer.
"Then why won't you tell me what you had discovered? You know we were all in here because of the same reason right? Why are you hiding things?"
"I'm not. I'm just trying to figure something. And how could you tell I maybe hiding something. I mean, why would I."
The man laugh "Of course I could tell, no matter what. We've been together for too long now and I had known you very much. You won't avoid me if there's no important reason for it. Right?"
"I'm sorry. I am hiding things but it's for a right reason I believe, and I'm telling you now because you're my master" he confess at last. Not having enough courage to hide things from the man who saves his life.
"Stop calling me your master, okay. And mind telling me what your hiding is?"
The young boy had told his master everything that he had discovered and the reason he had been hiding things from him and the others. There was a moment of silence before his master decided to break the silence by asking him a question once again.
"Are you sure she's the real Yuya Shiina? You might have mistaken this woman for Yuya."
"I'm positive she's nee-chan and nee-chan is one of a kind, so who would mistook someone for being her."
"hmm . . . I guess your right. But what do you plan to do? Just observe? Why don't you approach her instead and see if she can recognize you. If not then we shall think of a better plan and I'm sure she won't based on the story you told me, but still. We must make sure first. Key?"
"Okey"
Then his master fell silent again, before giving him another order. "Observe the people that she mingles as well. Take note to every small details specially the woman that always accompanies her; she might know something we don't"
"Yes. . . Are you going to tell him?" the young boy ask hoping his master will say no.
"Well, your reasoning for hiding such important information seems right so maybe well delay the details to them and him for the time being" his master answer to his relief.
"But I don't know if we can hide it much longer. They were already asking your where about and he seems to be expecting something from you. He maybe expecting you anytime now to tell him you finally found her" his master told him which also means that he must work faster and report soon before the Demon himself calls him.
"I know. I'll try to gather more details then report three days from now" he assured his master before they hang up to each other. And resume his duty in following and observing both women.
While Yuya and Midori are walking to their school campus, the feelings of being observe and watch crawl into Yuya's senses once again. She knew these feelings since she has somehow started feeling this way every now and then since the day she had woken up in her bedroom from the accident she'd been through a year ago. Even though her brain keeps erasing every evidence of those moment but her heart tells her otherwise.
But the only difference is her heart's telling her as well that this observer of her is difference from those in the past. This one seems to belong, like its only natural that this present is there and securing her. It's strange but she suddenly thought of her dream just this morning, though she can't picture out her dream details but this observer's present makes her want to believe that there might really be someone out there called her prince but she's absolutely sure it's not this observer of her today. It doesn't have that kind of feeling, and there's not even butterflies in here stomach but just security and belongingness.
Ugh . . . .!! She's is completely being childish and insane. How could her thought suddenly jump to a feeling of being observe and watch then to the word called prince? She's getting paranoid or just stupid.
"What the matter?" Midori ask while looking at Yuya's weird expression.
"Nothing, I'm just hungry that's all" she reason out but not really lying, she haven't eaten anything this morning since they're gonna be late if she spend some time preparing some food for breakfast.
"Right. You haven't eaten anything because you were busy dreaming of some prince" Midori said sarcastically at Yuya.
"If you were just kind enough to prepare some bread for me this morning instead of criticizing me for not waking up then maybe I'll be full of energy by now" she answered back sarcastically.
"No way. It was your own fault anyway"
"Yeah right" she gives up. Midori's just gonna make fun of her if she argue with her.
They arrived just in time to pass the school's gate before the student officer can close it.
"Hi Yuya-san. Good morning" Ken, one of the student council officers, greeted her cheerfully.
"Umm.. Hello, I'm here. Aren't you gonna say Hi or good morning to me too?" Midori interrupted before Yuya could respond to Ken's greeting.
"You're too obvious. You know" Midori continued which makes Ken cheeks turn into red.
Yuya can't help but smiled at Ken. She know how he feels about her since it was too obvious and she'll be dumb if she haven't notice it yet, but sadly she doesn't feel the same way he does. She only sees him as a friend, a good one.
"I think we shall all keep going and stop standing in front of the school gate." Yuya said just to save Ken from Midori.
Luckily the teacher hasn't arrived yet when they arrive at their classroom. Yuya and Midori are both in their last year at high school and preparing to be a university student. They also sit next to each other. They spend most of their time accompanying each other. The only moment they're not together is during club activities time. Midori choose to be part of the school councilor students because she can sit around and adds another good point to her charm, while she choose to join the hunter club because she thinks it was more exciting and adventurous. Though it took a great deal of time to convinced Midori not to force her anymore to join the students council. Midori also think the club she had chosen was stupid and a waste of time since all they do is waiting for anyone to ask for help in finding some things they lost and hunt anyone that stole something like detectives, but they prefer to call their selves hunter. The club was created three years ago, according to one of her club mate, by someone who loves to play being a bounty hunter. She likes her club and she feel like she belong so she stick with it. Strangely her club is really popular among student. Especially guys, they ask for her help but when she does help, all she does was sit or eat because they ended up doing the search themselves. They wouldn't even let her do a thing. Which makes her questioned them on what the purpose of her present.
The bell rang that gives the signal that today's school-time was over. She doesn't have any club activities so she'll just wait for Midori to be done in her student's council duties. She remain on the classroom while waiting.
The present of somebody watching her creeps in Yuya again, it was the same as this morning. She suddenly look over out the window then saw a figured behind the tree, near the school gate inside the campus. before the figure suddenly steps out behind the tree and looks up to her and wave.
A young boy she notice. Around thirteen or fourteen maybe, has golden eyes, then a light gray color hair. The boy was wearing a strange outfit, an outfit she hasn't seen around except in the book about the past centuries. She wanted to see the boy nearly so she runs downstairs the ground campus as fast as she can; she immediately proceed to the tree near the gate. The boy was still standing there when she arrive. He seems to be expecting her to run downstairs for him.
"Hello." She greet him with a smile.
The boy just smile in response.
"Umm. . Can I help you with anything? I mean, you were waving at me, weren't you?"
"You don't know me?" the boy answered to her questions with a question instead. This confuses her.
"I don't think we have met. Would you mind telling me who you are?" this might be the same person whose been observing her till this morning.
"I'm Sarutobi Sasuke"
Sarutobi Sasuke?The name sounds familiar, like a name of a family member that she doesn't think she has.
"I'm Yu-"
"Yuya Shiina. We Know" the boy cut her from saying her own name by saying it himself.
"How? I mean, how do you know-"
"Yuyaaa . . . . . "the sound of Midor's voice calling out her name echoed from the back of Yuya.
She gazes back at her best friend coming before her then return her gaze again to the boy called Sasuke. But when she does he wasn't there anymore. He disappeared like a thin air.
"What are you doing standing beside a tree?" Midori ask standing beside her already.
"I .. I.. I was just checking something. I mean, the flowers beside the tree caught my attention" she doesn't understand why she suddenly felt the urged to lie to her best friend and not telling her the truth that she was talking to someone. Maybe because she wasn't sure herself if there was really someone out here with her. The boy suddenly disappeared out of thin air after all.
"Your bag's here with me so we shall direct home now" Midori said while eyeing her and passing the bag to her.
"Thanks"
When she arrived home and was done cleaning her messy room. She was left laying in her bed while thinking on how could the boy knew her name and what does he mean by "We know".
***I just love Sarutobi Sasuke and his relationship with Yuya in the manga and anime that's why I wanted to show some family closeness between the two of them in this chapter. Or maybe even in the future chapters.*******
