Kai was sitting in bead. Still thinking of other things...The past...present, and even his future. Would Saya wake up now? Or could it bee several more years from now? He wasn't certain. But he did know that he saw her move. So he should be on his toes.
After a while of sitting in silence. Things became a little strange to Kai. Weren't the girls suppose to go to school today. They never said they were leaving. And he never even heard footsteps. He got up and walked into their room to see if they were in there. They weren't. They must have left for school early or something. It didn't phase him that they might have left of that cave by the ocean.
The phone rang. It took Kai a minute to get to it. But he did. He didn't expect anything out of the ordinary on the other end.
"Excuse me? Is this Kai?" It was the principal of the school in Okinawa.
"Uh, Yes this is. What's the problem?" Kai had expected him to say one of the girls had came down with something and was asking him to take them home...
"Your girls...Kohana and Akatsuki, they did not show up to school today. Are you keeping them home from school? Are they sick?"
"W-why no. I thought they were at school. They're not here...." That's when he though of where they were...the ocean.
"Well...you'd better go find them. I'm sure you'll give them a punishment at him. I'll leave it too you." Click. He hung up the phone. So did Kai. He couldn't believe it. They ran away to that cave. Without him. He had specifically told them not to do that. Kai got dressed and walked out the door, got in his car and drove off.
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Akatsuki and Kohana had been watching Saya for hours. Nothing. Except the movements which Kai had seen before. She twitched. Once she moved her hand closer to her chest. Was she dreaming about something? They wondered what it was about... They sat there watching Saya for what felt like hours. They kept their eyes on her at all times. Thinking that if the took their eyes off of her for one second, something would happen and they would miss it.
"So do you think she'll wake up Akatsuki." Kohana asked. She seemed impatient. Waiting probably wasn't one of her strong points.
"I don't know but--." Akatsuki's eyes widened. "Did you see that!... H-her eyes opened and then closed again." She was shocked and happy to see some movement in Saya.
"Oh yeah. Whoa. That was cool. Maybe we should tell Kai if we-"
"No! Remember. He doesn't know where here. If we tell him we were here, he'll ground us. And we won't be able to come back here."
"Oh...Yeah, right." Kohana remembered. They weren't suppose to go until Kai wanted to take a trip down here. But they wanted to go then. They knew that Kai was worried that he might not be around to see Saya wake up. So they decided to stay there until she did. "Um...Akatsuki." Kohana watched her sister. She seemed to zone out. Still watching Saya. Then she saw her hand reach out for the nest.
"Are you sure you should be touching that Akatsu--" She had no time to talk to her sister about what she was suppose to be doing. Akatsuki touched the nest with her hand and it set Saya off. Her eyes opened and the nest began to crack. Akatsuki's eyes widened at what was happening. She didn't know how to react. Saya slipped out of the nest and fell to the ground gracefully. In her left hand, was a picture of Her, Kai and another young boy. Akatsuki remembered Kai explaining him to her. His name was Riku. He died at the hands of Diva. And that's how her and Kohana came to be. Kohana didn't know what to think of this. She just sat there and stayed quiet.
"Saya..." Akatsuki said quietly. "Mom...It's me...Akatsuki...and Kohana's over there." Akatsuki looked up at Kohana and back down at Saya, who stared at Akatsuki with such a caring, but sad face.
"Akatsuki....Kohana....So..That's what Kai named you...? What fitting names. " Saya spoke. And she remembered Kai. Which seemed odd to Akatsuki for some reason. You'd think after thirty years of sleep you would eventually lose your memory.
"We...missed you mom...There's...so much I wanna talk to you about. I don't know where to start. Oh...But here. Take my jacket. You look cold." Akatsuki said, handing Saya the jacket. She didn't quite know what to do with it at first. Akatsuki smiled at Saya, trying to hold back tears.
"I've...missed you too dear. I haven't seen you since you were small." Saya said. Images of them as babies appeared in her head. The scene around them. Diva's body crystallized. Kai stood in the background. Haji stood close by to her...Haji... Saya's eyes saddened even more, if that was possible. She looked down at her hand that held the picture of her, Kai and Riku. She sighed.
"What's wrong?" Kohana finally spoke. She sat down on the other side of Saya. Kohana looked at the picture in Saya's hand.
"I-its nothing girls. I'm just so glad to see you." She hugged them both. Saya looked around. "Hey... Shouldn't Kai be here with you? Where is he?" She watched the two girls look at each other and took that as a 'no'.
"We kinda came here on our own accord." Akatsuki explained. "Last night Kai told us about you, and we wanted to go see you again. But he told us no and walked off all mad. So we decided to go on our own. We like it here anyway. Its peaceful here. Hopefully Kai will forgive us..."
"Yeah, Hopefully he will.." A familiar voice came from the entrance of the cave. It was Kai. That voice had it's own signature sound. It couldn't be missed. "I thought I told you two to wait until I came with you.." Kai walked inside the cave more to see Kohana, Akatsuki...and Saya. Saya was awake. Kai couldn't believe his eyes. Saya was awake! Finally. And he was right.
"Kai...Its been a while. You're still looking young. " Saya was able to smile and chuckle at Kai. "You haven't been to rough on them have you?" Saya Hugged Akatsuki. Just Akatsuki. Kohana felt a little ignored. Akatsuki hugged Saya back. Saya's eyes stayed hooked to Kai's. She was remembering the past... How Kai use to look back then. More like a kid. A child. And now, A man. A grown-up. An authority figure towards Akatsuki and Kohana. She sighed again.
"Yeah...It has. Maybe we should get you home. Remember...The Pub?" Kai reminded her. "We have a few people coming to see us too. Maybe you remember them?" Kai questioned, not expecting her to remember.
"You...mean David...and Julian, right?" Saya said. She remembered. Kai looked at her, amazed. He never thought she would remembered. He had the same theory as Akatsuki.
"Yeah...Them. And One of your friends. I think Mao wants to stop over sometime too. She'll be surprised to see you too." Kai said. Even though he may have lied about Mao. He knew she only wanted to come there because of him. She still loved him but she didn't accept that he only loved Irene. And he wouldn't love anyone else. It would hurt him to much to forget. Though he knew he wouldn't completely forget...
"Okay. So...Should we be going now?" Saya asked. Akatsuki stood up and Saya leaned on her. Kohana stood in back and watched them. Her eyes now saddened. She wasn't apart of this at all. Kohana sighed to herself.
Akatsuki looked up at Saya. "Are you all right to stand?" She wondered. Making sure she would be all right.
"Yeah, I'll be fine. But I can still stay like this right?" Saya smiled to her younger offspring. " Its nice to get to be next to you and not squish you now. You're not an infant anymore." She giggled.
"Okay... come on. We should be heading home now. And Kohana, Akatsuki. You two can help me cook. I'm sure Saya's staving." As soon as Kai said that, Saya's stomach growled. He was expecting that. And it proved his point.
"Yeah yeah...We'll help." Akatsuki said happily. But Kohana sounded like she could have cared less. She crossed her arms and stared at the ground. They got in the car. Kai; drivers seat, Kohana;Passenger seat, Akatsuki and Saya; back seat. They were all happy. They finally had Saya back...once again.
