Chapter 6

The kiss was light, happy. It drew them both in and kept them that way for a minute. Flashing of past lives where they had been together seemed to fill them for a moment before disappearing. It felt so right and yet their minds yelled at them that it was wrong. What about Kuronue?

Despite the happy feelings that were coursing through them, Rexi pulled her head, her eyes wide. Their eyes were still locked together. The sound of the front door opening broke the contact. It only took seconds for Suichi to realize just what happened and he was gone. She was left, sitting on the couch, staring at nothing.

He ran back to the kitchen to finish the cooking away from her. The urge had been wrong. She was Kuronue's girl. He wouldn't do that. Even if she was dying of some disease and she refused to tell Kuronue. He breathed out as Kuronue entered the kitchen and put the take out on the counter.

"Hey, where's Rexi? Food's ready." Kuronue said as he saw his friend was busy cooking. "And shouldn't you take it easy on that? We don't want the next batch of cookies to be mush do we?" He was right, Suichi was devastating the batter by mixing it like he was on fire.

"Gah, sorry just got distracted. Thanks Kuronue." Suichi said, looking down at the cookie batter and started to put it on a new sheet before putting it in the oven and taking a lick off the spoon. He grinned. Peanut butter cookies were his favorite. "She's in the living room. Her legs were hurting her so I made her sit on the couch for a little bit. We don't need her passing out again."

Kuronue walked into the living room, his eyes falling on the girl who was trying to get up. "Hey there, where do you think you are going? Suichi said you weren't feeling good. Now you just stay still and direct me. I'll bring your food, you'll eat and I'll decorate as to your orders." he said, pushing her back down, putting her food on her lap.

She looked down at it and forced a smile. "Thank you Kuronue. You are the best boyfriend a girl could ask for." She said meekly, taking the plastic fork she was offered and started to scarf down the white rice first. As she ate she pointed out ways that the room could be made better. Then she brought up the idea of making a lit path from the door to the gazebo and Kuronue went to do that, having brought lights in his car. It was then that Suichi entered the living room to see the changes.

Both of their faces went red and they refused to look at each other. "You shouldn't have done that." She whispered.

"You shouldn't have let me." Suichi pointed out.

"Just stay away from me. I don't need any more complications in my life. And we don't even like each other." Rexi pointed out.

"I never said-" He started before stopping. That was a conversation for another time. "Never mind. You are right. Are your legs feeling better?"

The kiss had made her completely forget about her legs actually so she supposed a good thing had come from it. "Much better." She said. By this time it was already four o'clock. "Tell Kuronue that I'm going home to get changed for the party. I'll be back around 6:30 to finalize some of the things that are going on." She also had to pick up a cake. Or she could make one. She had to decide whether she felt like further encouraging something that shouldn't be happening.

She pushed herself off the couch and went outside where her bike was. She worried about her legs cramping up if she rode it again, but she pushed it back. That's what cell phones were for. Before Suichi could stop her, she jumped on and rode the short three blocks to her house.

Thankfully her sister wasn't there this time, but her brother. It took him all of three seconds to guess what had happened from the blush and the wide eyed look that he got when he asked was the setting up. "He kissed you didn't he?" He asked, laughing. "Now I must really go. This is going to be an entertaining night."

"Shut it Chime! It isn't going to happen again! It can't." She yelled, stomping up to her room.

"Why not?" he asked, following him up. "You haven't dated anyone but Kuronue. What happens when you two break it off to go to separate colleges? Are you going to hold out for him forever? Or are you going to possible date the one other guy that has the hots for you? Of course, if you are sure you don't want him, I can always try and take him off your hands. Do you think there's a chance he might like men too?"

Rexi gasped to answer him back before turning away to look through her closet again. She had been planning on doing a long distant relationship, but everyone she told her plan too thought it was a bad idea. No one supported it. Suichi might have before this insanity had started.

"Wear the white dress. You always looked good in white." Chime said, leaning against the dresser across the room from her, his head tilted. "Sister, you aren't planning for the future are you?" His face grew serious. He had seen this in her before. She got so wrapped up in the present, fulfilling her needs at that moment, she forgot that she was going to easily live until college's first year. He was one of her optimistic friends and family members.

"I just want to have fun tonight Chime. I don't want to think about who might be interested in me and who won't in a year. But I would like to have you there tonight." she said, pulling out a white skirt and a black top. "What do you think? Simplistic enough to get away with?"

"If you want to look like you just broke out of jail sure. Listen Rexi you should go with the white dress with the gold designs on it." he said, walking over and putting the clothes she held in the closet and brought out the one he was talking about. It went to her knees in front before falling in waves behind her. Strapless, it hung on her body in a beautiful way. Or so he thought. She could pull this off if she gave enough effort. "Now, go take a bath, and take a nap. I'll wake you up at 5:30 and you can get dressed and do your hair and everything else." He laid the dress out on her bed and shoved her towards the bathroom.

"And think about your future!" he called after her.

Rexi sighed and drew a bath quickly before hoping in and laying back. Her blond hair swam around her as she dunked her head under. She giggled as it tickled her neck and she sat up. Doing a quick wash she leaned back and let the conditioner sit in her hair. She leaned back and closed her eyes, the warm water lulling her to sleep.

"You are going to fix whatever you've done to your sister Domica." Koenma was saying.

Domica? What was Domica doing in her dream?

"Oh suck on your pacifier some more and maybe the world roll over for you you stupid brat." That was her sister all right.

"What are you wishing to accomplish?" This voice was familiar too but she couldn't place it. "We killed Guie. Well, actually, he's probably still wasting away in Yoko's sinning tree. Is seeing your sister die really in your best interest? If you kill her, when Yoko wakes up, and believe me, he will, he will make you wish you had never taken your first breath as a baby. And he won't do it the easy way like he did with the sinning tree. He has many ways that'll take longer and are a whole lot worse."

That didn't sound pleasant.

"Oh, you just don't understand do you? She is going to die a slower and more painful death because of what Yoko did to my lover Guie. She's stuck in a dream you see. That's what I did. You want to know well here it is! She's stuck in a dream. One where Kuronue is still alive. Where there are no demons. She has no powers. Maze isn't even a factor in her life. All four of them are stuck in that dream living out a normal peaceful life. Only she's going to die in that dream. And the moment she dies in that dream that blasted Fox will wake, knowing exactly what happened. And he'll be too late to save her." Domica snapped. "He'll live the rest of his life knowing the pain I do. That was an added bonus. Because my sister is dying a worse death than if she was awake here. I control the dream. I make her illness do things to her that make her wish she could go and stab herself to make it end. And you can't stop it. You never will be able to until she's dead."

She sat up in the water. Her eyes were wide with shock. What had that just been? Memories—the Dark Tournament, Sleeping with Yoko all those years ago, Yoko turning into Suichi—they all came flying back. And she was confused as hell.