Chapter Eight
Senka?
-Kurama-
It was a holiday from school and I had decided to go out to eat. I also decided to drag Hiei with me. He has been training and fighting anyone to get back to where he used to be before mating season took over and he met his possible mate for life. When she left, he went into a depression I had never seen from any demon, not even myself. He truly loved that girl. Maybe, just maybe he can find her again and mate with her. I don't know if she's alive and if she is, if she's the same person. I stopped just outside the restaurant and looked up in the tree. Are you coming or do I have to take you by force in there? I asked him through mind link. I was just getting ready to jump in the tree and get him when he decided to grace me with his presence. Finally, I thought to myself.
"Are you sure about this Kurama? She's not going to remember me..." he said softly still feeling some emotion for her.
"Yes, I'm sure about this," I told him and dragged him inside. We sat down in her section so she had no choice but to wait on us. Some how some way I was determined to get these two back together.
-Hiei-
I had spent so much time training and fighting to block Senka from my mind but couldn't. I missed her and I shouldn't. She left me and it hurt to watch her walk away. With the tear gems I cried for her I made a bracelet and necklace. I wanted to see her again and give them to her and pick up where we left off, but I don't know if she'd remember me. Kurama decided to drag me out to lunch at his favorite place. He said he had seen her there a few times while walking home from school. Truth is I've seen her too, I've been watching her. She's changed. He startled me when he spoke through mind link to me and threatened to come get me if I hadn't come down. As he was getting ready to come up I came down. "Are you sure about this fox? I know she's not going to remember me," I told him softly.
He told me he was sure and we went inside. He purposely had us seated in her section. I got to watch her in action a little more closely. I wanted to cry because she is alive but I also wanted to hit her for leaving me alone and broken for so long. I don't know if I wanted to take her again for a mate, it hurt the first time and who's to say she won't walk out on me again. Now was not the time for me to be struggling with these emotions for Senka.
While waiting for her, I wrote her a note to go with the gifts I made her.
Senka,
While you were gone I made you these gifts from the tear gems I cried over you...I know you probably don't remember me or the fact that we were almost mates for life. I loved you then and I still love you now. You can ask Kurama where to find me.
Hiei
I slipped them on the table and got out of the restaurant before Kurama could object. I hid every part of me away from Kurama's prying eyes. "Forgive me Kurama I cannot stay there," I said softly as I went to visit Yukina.
-Senka(?)-
I caught a glimpse of the guy leaving the table and cocked my head to the side. I shook my head and fixed my apron before I went over to the table. "Good afternoon, I'm Anko. I'm sorry for the wait, how can I help you?" I asked with a smile to the red head sitting alone at the table.
"Hi yes, it's alright," He said, smiling at me, it seemed he didn't notice his friend leave. "Hiei?" He asked, as if trying to see if the guy was still around. He noticed the note on the table and picked it up, giving a glance at it. "Excuse me, but this is for you...it seems my friend has left it for you, his name is Hiei and I'm Minamino Suichi, or Kurama as Hiei knows me by," He said, trying to hand it to me before his voice lowered. "He misses you, you were everything to him...you still are everything to him"
I looked at him for some time, confusion plastered on my face. "I'm... sorry? I... I think you have me confused with someone else..." I said softly as I pushed his hand with the note away. "Whoever your friend thinks I am, I'm... not. I'm just plain Hatoki Anko." I stepped back a little and reached up to my neck where that mark burned. I was certain I was making an unpleasant face because one of the girls I worked with gave me a look. "I'll um... I'll just put your order in." I backed away more and turned, heading towards the kitchens. I didn't know who this Kurama or Hiei were. I sighed as I placed the order in. This had to just be a case of mistaken identity. I left the kitchens to work the other tables.
He looked over towards me when I came back. "I'll take the order to go." I had given him a nod as I continued to tend to the customers. The red head turned towards the window, before signaling to me. "Excuse me Anko, I'll be right back for my order," He left the place.
Anko, turn around and look at me.
I felt something in the back of my mind but shook my head. The mark burned and I reached to touch it. Why was it bothering me so much today? I shook it off and went back to work with a cheery smile as I tended to my customers. If that Kurama guy didn't come back for his order, it would come out of my pay, so I needed to work extra hard for those tips. The mark still burned, and although I wanted to cry about it, I kept the smile on my face and worked through it.
Kurama returned and paid for his order before walking up to me. "Anko, here," He said as he handed me a ten dollar tip and walked out.
Everything happened so fast, from Kurama giving me the ten dollar bill, and this man just grabbing me. My heart was exploding from the terror I felt as we went from being inside the restaurant to being in some dank musty forest.
"Look at me damn it! I know you know me. The mark on your neck, that's from me! I love you! I don't care if your Anko, your adoptive mom, or Senka...but I love you! You put me through hell when you left me! I slept in my best friend's attic for four months! I hoped you would come back to me! And you have...I need you...I don't want to lose you again...please don't leave me again...please," He begged as he reached out to touch me.
I screamed as he tried to touch me and kicked him away. I tried getting away but the mark burned something fierce, worse then I ever had felt. Steam was rising from it and my mind was going blank. Did this nut job say he loved me? And who the hell was Senka? I grabbed a hold of the tree branch with one hand while clutching the mark. "S...Stay away from me, who ever the hell you are just... leave me alone! I get enough weirdos bothering me at the diner, I don't need this too!" I was convinced he was one of the many stalkers that had taken a liking to me since I started working at that god forsaken place. My eyes were starting to blur as the static started to come together in the air around me and spark dangerously. I automatically assumed it was him attacking me. "S... stop that... what ever it is your doing just stop it." I sobbed, curling into myself, frightened, as I held the burning mark on my neck.
"I'm not a stalker I promise! Please, just look at me...please," He begged as tears came to his eyes. "I won't hurt you, but I need you to trust me...please."
Kurama looked into the dark forest and sighed. He walked in and searched until he looked up where the tear gems were falling down. "Anko," he called to me. "I will get you down."
Hiei looked at him. "Don't you dare you stupid fox." he said angrily.
"Hiei, you're scaring her, doing this is not going to bring her back to you like you want." He said as he jumped into the tree. "Anko, take my hand and I'll take you back to work, or where ever you need to go, I personally promise Hiei won't bother you anymore."
I looked up, this guy now too? What was my luck? But the promise of being left alone was enough for me to ignore the warning signs. I reached out and grabbed his hand.
He pulled me to him and picked me up up. "Hold on tight okay?" He said softly against my ear before he turned a cold gaze on Hiei. "You are to leave this girl alone," He said flatly as he jumped down.
"Kurama no!"
"You are to stay away from her Hiei," he said as he left with me in his arms.
-Hiei-
Kurama should be done with lunch by now, I thought as I went back to my tree.
"Hiei, come down here, we need to talk," Kurama said as he moved to stand under the tree.
I jumped down. "What is it Kurama? Did she take the stuff?" I asked hopefully.
"She took the rejected the note Hiei. She's not the same girl, her name is Anko now," he said.
"No, it's Senka, she still has the mark I put on her," I told him. I went inside and looked at her. Anko, turn around and look at me, I said through mind link. I'm not about to lose this girl after all the hell she's put me through.
She touched the mark on her neck, but shook her head.
I watched as Kurama went to her and handed her some money, he said something to her but I wasn't listening, eyes trained on her back.
Hiei come on, she's busy, Kurama said through mind link. He stood there for a bit, before shaking his head and leaving.
I know she heard me, now it's time to take action. I went over to her and grabbed her. I disappeared with her and went deep into the forest. Mind you I did grab the gifts I made for her when I walked in. I set her in the tree. "Look at me damn it! I know you know me. The mark on your neck, that's from me! I love you! I don't care if your Anko, your adoptive mom, or Senka...but I love you! You put me through hell when you left me! I slept in my best friend's attic for four months! I hoped you would come back to me! And you have...I need you...I don't want to lose you again...please don't leave me again...please," I begged her. I put my hand over her eyes and show her the good memories of us. That's all I wanted her to remember, the good and me. I wanted her to remember me of course.
She kicked me when I got too close. Damn it stung. She grabbed hold of her neck, where the mark was and tried to move off the branch, but it looked like the burn was overwhelming. "S...Stay away from me, who ever the hell you are just... leave me alone! I get enough weirdos bothering me at the diner, I don't need this too!" Static started to come around in the air around her. "S... stop that... what ever it is your doing just stop it." With the panic in her voice there was no doubt she thought it was me doing it.
"I'm not a stalker I promise! Please, just look at me...please," I begged as I hung my head and cried. I needed my mate, I wanted her back. "I won't hurt you, but I need you to trust me...please" I said practically begging her. My heart hurt again, how could this woman keep doing this to me.
I hadn't noticed Kurama's presence until he spoke. "Anko, I will get you down."
I looked at him, anger in my eyes at his intrusion. "Don't you dare you stupid fox."
"Hiei, you're scaring her, doing this is not going to bring her back to you like you want." He jumped up into the tree. "Anko, take my hand and I'll take you back to work, or where ever you need to go, I personally promise Hiei won't bother you anymore."
I felt my heart break a little when she took his hand willingly. A few months ago she would have shied away from the fox.
Kurama pulled her to him and lifted her into his arms. "Hold on tight okay?" He told her as he turned to me with a cold expression. "You are to leave this girl alone," He jumped down with her in his arms, further fueling my anger at him.
"Kurama no!" I said as he picked her up.
"You are to stay away from her Hiei," he said with no emotion in his voice and his eyes cold.
I cannot do that, I cannot stay away from that beautiful creature. I love her and I hope she'll return to me. Until then I will keep watch over her. I watch them and curl into the tree and cry more. I cannot do this, not again. It hurt the first time and now I will be damned if it hurts me again.
