Me: I'm really really really... sorry -.- ... I couldn't upload... a lot of things happened -_- ... so sorry *bows*
Konoka: don't worry, I'm sure everyone understands
Asuna: but I don't! *hits me*
Setsuna: don't be so hard on her Asuna-san
Me: gomeeeeen~ T_T
Chapter 04-Part I: Stories...
It's been a week since Setsuna recovered her memories. Her relationship with princess Konoka is fonder now, but it doesn't mean Setsuna had told her the truth. Actually, after discussing this matter with herself, she decided to keep it a secret; of course Asuna opposed to this and tried to convince her but she said she had her own reasons to hide it, at least for a while.
Today, like every normal day, Setsuna was waiting for Konoka to finish her magic lessons; usually she'd go to her 'secret place' (the place where she received Yuunagi) and stays there for a while, but today she decided to wait outside of Konoka's training room.
"tch… now I regret," Setsuna said and crossed her arms "I'm too bored" she yawned and didn't notice that Konoka had just stepped out of the room.
"Secchan kawaii!" the princess jumped and hugged Setsuna who, obviously, blushed
"O-o-ojousama!"
"hehe gomen gomen," Konoka pulled away and smiled "I just saw you yawning and… I couldn't resist hehe"
Setsuna sighed "Well, what shall we do today, ojousama?" asked Setsuna
"mmm… not sure…" Konoka said and thought for a while, she wanted to go somewhere Setsuna hadn't been before… but where? "I got it!" the princess exclaimed "let's go to my room!"
"Kono-chan's room…" Setsuna said mentally and nodded
"It's been a long time and this placed hasn't changed" Setsuna told herself as she entered Konoka's room "her bed is at the corner… the bureau is there… and, heh! I knew she'd keep these" Setsuna inspected the room carefully (A/N: when she says 'these', she's referring to Konoka's dolls)
"You like them?" Konoka asked Setsuna, she noticed that her friend was staring at her dolls
"You're kinda childish" Setsuna said looking away "oh damn! I did it again!... I have to control myself" she scolded herself; it's just that from time to time she returns to 'her old self', which is rebellious and doesn't care about hers or anybody else's status.
She had to keep acting like a respectful –sometimes too much- person, like she was doing before recovering her memories, that way Konoka wouldn't suspect anything.
"Mou secchan!" Konoka pouted "that weird attitude of yours is so annoying… but," she smiled slyly and Setsuna blushed "I can fix that"
"e-eh? O-ojousma?" Setsuna stepped back until her legs hit the edge of the bed "gah! Trapped!"
"Don't be afraid secchan" Konoka approached to her, getting nearer and nearer, Konoka pushed Setsuna to the bed and slowly leaned in to… tickled her! (A/N: XD hehe, who thought I would write hentai XD?)
"haha…ojou-haha" Setsuna couldn't stop laughing until Konoka had enough and stopped tickling Setsuna who was panting now "that… was mean… ojousama"
"Sometimes you're mean too" Konoka protested smiling
"Ok ok, I got it" Setsuna told her, she then yawned (again) and stretched her arms "It's been a really long time since the last time I laugh like this" she thought and sighed
"Are you tired, secchan?" asked Konoka
"A little," Setsuna answered "I stayed up almost all night training"
"mmm then… let's take a nap" Konoka said and cuddle in Setsuna's chest, she blushed and tried to protest but she knew it'd be pointless. The swordsman put one arm around Konoka's waist and with the other the back of her head, holding Konoka closer to her.
(A/N: this part could be kinda confusing... so I added the names)
"I wish you remember me, secchan" Konoka thought, she was half-asleep when Setsuna embraced her
"I wish I could tell you, Kono-chan" Setsuna thought as if answereing to her
"You are still the same," Konoka said mentally "remembered when we used to play all day until we were exhausted?"
"hehe I remember that I always had to carry you and put you to bed" (Setsuna)
"I wouldn't let you go, I always asked you to stay with me… and you always did, though you'd say 'you're way too spoiled' and then sigh" (Konoka)
"But the truth is that I didn't want to leave either, never, not back then and not now…" (Setsuna)
Setsuna opened her eyes to see the angelic sight of Konoka's sleeping face right next to hers "Kono-chan…" she whispered and sighed
"mmm secchan?" Konoka mumbled and slowly started to opened her eyes
"sshh it's nothing," Setsuna whispered as she held her closer "go back to sleep"
"Ok" Konoka returned to her sleep as Setsuna caressed the princess hair
"secchan… you used to do this when I had a nightmare, remember?" Konoka said in thoughts
"I did the same thing when you were afraid at night, ne Kono-chan?" Setsuna said this aloud, thinking that Konoka was sleeping
"S-secchan? Do you-?" Konoka started thinking "do you remember me?" she asked as she opened her eyes and face the samurai girl.
"Oh no!" Setsuna cursed herself in her mind "r-remember? I…I was talking in my sleep"
"No you weren't" said Konoka "I heard you, you said: 'I did the same thing when you were afraid at night'"
Setsuna sighed; she was defeated "gomen, Kono-chan… I do remember"
Konoka smiled and hugged Setsuna, but when she pulled back her bright smiled turned into a frown "why didn't you tell me?"
"I…" Setsuna sat and explained everything to her, that she couldn't remember anything until Negi took away the magic seal from her "I'm sorry I didn't say anything" Setsuna looked away
"It's okay secchan" Konoka took Setsuna's chin and make her turn to face the princess "I'm just glad that you remember"
Setsuna smiled "I told you, it's difficult to forget someone like you"
"hehe," Konoka giggled "but hey, why would someone erase all your memories?"
"Someone..." Setsuna said, she wasn't sure if it was okay to tell her "are you sure you wanna hear all this?"
Konoka nodded "everything, starting by the day you stopped coming"
"Ok," Setsuna said "that day while I was coming, my tutor appeared and told me that I'd already passed and… she also said:'There's no point to go see that girl anymore, you won't be allowed' … I guess she really followed me" said Setsuna
"Then… is she the one who erased your memories?" asked Konoka
"No, she was a good person and kept it a secret" the swordsman answered and then continue with her story "I tried to sneaked from trainings but…Toko-sensei'd always find me and made me train harder"
"At least you tried" Konoka said smiling
"hehe yeah…" Setsuna smiled weakly "then, a few months later…"
Flashback (Asuna: again? ... Me: deal with it ¬¬)
A small Setsuna walked through a long corridor; she was heading to her tutor's- Kuzunoha Toko- office in order to report that her mission was completed successfully.
Setsuna, at the age of 9, had earned quite a good reputation.. some teachers were impressed, some students-younger than her- admired her, her 'sempais'… well, most of them respected her but there were also a few of them that couldn't stand her.
Setsuna yawned, she was tired after killing all those demons "mmm I wonder what's Kono-chan doing?" she was lost in her own thoughts that she didn't noticed a group of older students coming from the other side and…
"Ouch!" the one who looked like the leader said
"aniki! Are you okay?" the one next to him asked "hey you brat! Apologize now!"
"Oh great…" Setsuna said to herself
"mmm well well… this is the genius… uh, Setsuna-kun, right?" said the leader
"gomen nasai" Setsuna apologized lowing her head a little, then one of her sempais grabbed her head and make her bow 'properly'
"That's how you must apologize, brat!" he said
"tch" Setsuna stood and was ready to leave, but the leader put his hand on her shoulder to stopped her "what?" he didn't say anything and threw her, fortunately she was able to land in her foot
"Let's see if you are as good as everyone says, na?" he said
"I don't want troubles" she said
"haha! She's a coward!"
"yeah!"
"go and hide with your mommy," one of them said "oh wait, you don't have one" they all laughed; they had just crossed the line, Setsuna unsheathed her sword Yuunagi.
"finally!" said the leader, they all went outside -to the forest- so that the teachers wouldn't see them "let's begin!"
"Setsuna is late" Toko, Setsuna's tutor, thought as she looked at her watch, suddenly someone knocked on her door and opened it desperately
"Sensei! Help us!" one of the students from before entered, he was trembling and covered in blood "S-setsuna... s-she…"
Toko, along with some other teachers and seniors arrived to the place where Setsuna and the others were fighting; they were shocked about what they found… all the students bodies laying on the ground covered in their own blood.
"what the- Setsuna!" Toko said mentally and looked around, she then saw her… setsuna's little body standing in the middle of the field; at the first sight Toko couldn't recognize her, why? Because two small white wings could be seen coming from Setsuna's back , her hair was white as well and looking closely she realized that her nails became claws "s-setsuna?" Toko called and the small girl turned, her eyes were red (A/N: red or golden? My theory is that they're golden but turn to red when she's really angry), Setsuna tightened her grip in her bloodstained sword and jumped to attack her sensei. Toko was still shocked and couldn't move, fortunately one of the seniors blocked the attack.
"Toko-sensei! Hurry up" he said and Toko quickly took out some charms and threw them to the ground near Setsuna, a circle appeared on it and the hanyou was unable to move.
"Are we all ready?" an old bearded man asked, he was wearing a long yellow robe, it looked like he was a mage "let's begin now" he and 4 other teachers casted a spell (a very long one)
"I'm in, keep it like that" said the old man, he had entered to Setsuna's mind in order to seal the beast within her, he took out another charm and said words in a difficult language "done" he said mentally "mmm… I have to make sure that this won't happen again… I guess I just have to erase this from her memories" he said and started looking at them, only to found a very sad past (you know, her parents' death) that could make her take revenge "mmm I might erase this as well" he said and continued "oh! Isn't this… Konoka!" he exclaimed, he then concluded that it would be dangerous if Setsuna got nearer to Konoka and… "I'll erase this too"
Meanwhile, in a dark and unseen part of Setsuna's main, a little girl's voice was pleading: "please don't… anything but that!"
End of flashback (Asuna: phew! ... Me: ¬¬)
"He then erased all trace of you from my mind" Setsuna said gloomly "I did some research about that day… and I found out who-"
"Who did it!?" Konoka asked her before she could finish "I wanna know… who separated us"
Setsuna sighed "Konoe Konoemon" she said; Konoka's eyes widen, she couldn't believe it… her beloved grandfather was the culprit of all those years of loneliness. The princess' eyes were filled with anger and bitterness, which obviously was noticed by Setsuna.
"hey, don't hate him" she said and hugged her friend "he thought it was the best way to keep you safe"
"but…" Konoka tried to say something, anything; but instead of words coming from her mouth, tears fell down from her eyes "I only feel safe around you"
"Kono-chan…" Setsuna wiped Konoka's tears
Unfortunately for them, this emotional and 'romantic' moment was interrupted by someone knocking on the door… well, rather than knocking… this person was hitting the door.
"Sakurazaki! I know you are there!" Evangeline yelled from outside
"Evangeline-san, why is she-?" Setsuna didn't thought for too long when suddenly she remembered something important "oh damn! How could I forget it!?"
"You forgot!?" Eva heard her "you'll see later, I'm gonna kick the hell out of you in training tonight!!!"
"hai hai" Setsuna said lazily as she got up from bed "gomen ojousama, I have to go"
"why?" Konoka asked disappointed
"we have a meeting now, actually it started 30 minutes ago" she said sheepishly
"mou… I want to you to stay with me!" Konoka whined and got up "I'll go with you!"
"b-but… Evangeline-san might-"
"I don't care if she comes! Just hurry up!" Eva yelled from outside, Setsuna sighed… once again, Konoka won.
Me: done... -_-
Asuna: eehh? what do you mean!? you wrote more in your notebook
Me: you are not supossed to say that ¬¬ ...
Konoka: mou ... ojii-san is the culprit :'(
Setsuna: don't worry ojousama! he didn't do it on purpose
Me: *sigh* sorry, actually I did write more than this... but it isn't finished yet -.-
Asuna: lazy...
Me: hey! I had exams... and a lot of homework -.-
Konoka: so... next uploud would be...
Me: I don't know T_T ... anyway! ... thanks to Dana Kishimoto, darkangel2391, Bishimimou, Demon Cat08 and Lance58 ^^... oh yeah and about spelling... so sorry -_- ... sometimes I type too fast... and don't check later ¬¬ ... but I corrected some mistakes of chapter 03... I hope there'd be less here -.-
Asuna: hey... you should be sleeping by now... you have classes tomorrow..
Me: oh great! ... very well then... until next time!
Asuna/Setsuna/Konoka: bye!
Asuna. don't forget reviews *wink*