Kiki was lying down in her on her bed, trying to sort out her thoughts, when she heard a loud knock on her door. She jumped up in surprise as she heard Mitsuhide on the other side.

"Kiki? Are you in there?" Mitsuhide asked, "Kiki?" He knocked some more.

Kiki put her hair up, then leaped out of her window. It was on the bottom level, so there wasn't too far of a drop. After this, she looked back through the window and hesitantly took off across the courtyard.

Back out in front of her room, Mitsuhide was still knocking furiously on the dark wood, tempted to turn the brass handle down by his waist. Before he knew what he was doing, he barged into Kiki's room, frustrated. This frustration only grew when he saw that her bed was empty.

"Damn it, Kiki!" Mitsuhide muttered under his breath. After standing there for a few seconds, he noticed the blowing curtains and saw that the window was open. He also noticed a little foot print on the sill, which was more than enough to make him jump through the window as well.


Elsewhere, Obi was sitting on a patch of grass, gazing up at the stars. He was so tired and so out of it that he didn't hear somebody coming up from behind him.

Kiki was trying to shake Mitsuhide from her mind when she felt her bare foot hit something. Less than a second later, Kiki tumbled over something and felt herself land on something warm.

"Miss Kiki?" Obi asked, looking down at her in confusion, "What are you doing out? How's your cheek?"

Kiki looked up to see Obi's face directly above hers, "Obi! I'm…" She cut the sentence short, not sure if she should tell him, "My cheek is fine."

She realized that she was lying on Obi's legs, so she quickly sat up and kneeled in front of him, "I apologize for tripping over you."

Obi smirked, and then waved his hand dismissively, "It's alright, Miss Kiki. Oh, your bandage… it came undone." He reached over and refastened it.

Kiki smiled lightly in gratitude. "Thank you. I should probably be going back to bed…" With this, Kiki stood and walked back towards her room.


Mitsuhide's POV

I kept running, and then stopped to lean against a nearby tree, since it seemed pointless now. I looked up and saw Obi sitting down maybe 4 or 5 yards away on the other side of the tree. While I was debating whether or not I really wanted to talk to him, I saw Kiki running in his direction. She wasn't wearing shoes, and she didn't appear to notice that Obi was right in front of her.

Before I could call out to her, Kiki ran right into Obi's back, flipped over entirely in the air, and landed on his lap with her head on his chest.

I could feel a new feeling rising up inside of me as she began to talk to him. A smile appeared on her face before she left back towards the building, which was enough to send me over the edge. I stomped angrily back to my own room.


Normal POV, The Next Morning

Kiki was finally ready to face Mitsuhide after a night of rest. She was also ready to apologize for taking the wrong path and for fleeing the castle last night. After getting dressed for the day, Kiki headed towards the kitchen to get breakfast.

Mitsuhide was also walking towards the kitchen from his bedroom on the other end of the castle. Coincidentally, they ended up in front of the doors at the same time, facing each other.

"Good morning, Mitsuhide," Kiki greeted him and opened the door, waiting for his response.

She was taken aback when there was none. Nervously, Kiki tried again, "I'm really sorry about making you go through all of that trouble yesterday, and I'd just like to thank you for what you did."

Mitsuhide looked at her with angry eyes and said, "No problem."

Kiki glanced down at the plate she had just filled. "About a couple nights ago…"

Mitsuhide blurted out, "Are you with Obi, Kiki?" "Uh-oh," he thought. "I mean… are you two together?"

Kiki's eyes widened, "What? Why would you say that? Of course not!"

Mitsuhide blushed, "Well, I saw you last night on his lap, then you smiled, so…"

Kiki shook her head, "I want somebody else."

Mitsuhide frowned, then sighed, "Oh. I see."

Kiki rolled her eyes and smiled inwardly, "Mitsuhide, you idiot, it's you."

This surprised him most of all. Without responding, he grabbed hold of her and pulled her outside, exiting though the door nearest the kitchen.

Mitsuhide looked deep into Kiki's eyes and asked, "Is that true, Kiki?"

Kiki looked around and responded, "Did you really need to take me all the way out here to ask me that?"

"Just answer me, please."

Kiki nodded, "Yeah, that's what I said, wasn't it?"

Mitsuhide smiled and hugged her. "Are we together now?"

She responded, "Yeah, okay. Well, I'm gonna go now… I'm sure you want to run and tell Zen now. See you."

As she turned to walk away, Mitsuhide added, "And you won't run off again, will you?"

Kiki grinned, but Mitsuhide probably couldn't see.

Dang it... this seemed so much longer on Word. Oh well. So they're finally together, what happens next?