I'll Be Waiting
Chapter 10
"You have wings, why didn't you just fly out with Mina." Michael surveyed Yue with a glare.
Yue thought to himself, "The reason I didn't fly out of the pit was because I wanted to spend time with Kina and figure out what to do. If I flew her out, she'd just go running back home. I know it was selfish, but I thought and still think it was for the best." He finished his thoughts then answered. "The wings got injured in the fall." He made up a quick excuse.
"They look fine to me." The two glared each other down as they almost paced in a circle.
"Did you erase her memory?"
"Well, aren't you straight to the point. No I didn't erase it, but she loves me. You're just a forgotten shadow in her mind."
"Who are you?! Give Kina back now, or else!" Yue threaten.
"I doubt she'll want to come back to you. Not to a place where the people cause her pain and make her hate herself. Did you know, you made her feel as if she wasn't good enough for anyone?"
"I never did! And how would you know that any ways? I thought you said she didn't remember me!" Yue snarled at the brown haired man.
"She doesn't remember you. I heard her saying about it one day in the past."
"You mean...you both have met before?" He stopped, looking surprised and in shock.
"Oh yes, we've always been very close, good friends..." Michael smirked. "I doubt if she even remembers how to worry for herself. What meaning does it have to love others when you don't love yourself? She doesn't love you, not any more. What good is caring for the world if it doesn't care about you and if you don't love it?"
Yue stared at the ground, trying to take in what Michael was saying.
"You are only one man, and there are millions in the world," Michael said. "Consider your own honor, as a bishonen—"
"Love comes before honor," Yue replied. "I would be a hypocrite to claim to protect Kina, along with this world, if I did not feel love. I will not let Kina die."
Michael raised an eyebrow slowly, "Why do you think she's dying?"
"By erasing her memories, you took away part of her." The words tumbled out of Yue's mouth like acid.
"Are you saying that I'M killing her!?! Don't turn your back on me!" Michael stepped closer to Yue as he turned to leave, to go where, he didn't know for sure. Most likely home so he could inform the others of what he discovered then they could go out and find where Kina is staying.
Yue spun around, grabbing Michael by his shirt collar, "Yes that is what I'm saying. I'll be back for Kina." And with that, he shoved Michael and wobbled off towards the direction of his home.
"The nerve of that guy..." Yue muttered as he gasped for breath, "I can't walk any further! I couldn't have followed him, not in my condition." He collapsed after stumbling around ten feet. "Hey, do you hear something? Wait, I'm talking to myself!"
"Ahhh, Nuri I'm tired of walking!" Shiva moaned to the braided boy.
"YOU GUYS!" Yue began to drag himself to their voices.
"Hey! You ok?" The group ran up to Yue, Hotohori supporting him up now.
"I'll explain to you on the way home."
~*~
"I'm so happy you only bruised your leg, you should be able to walk fine tomorrow." Hotohori smiled.
"Are you serious Yue? So his name is Michael?" Nuriko's jaw dropped as Yue finished telling them all that had happened.
"There's something fishy about that guy." Shiva leaned back in her chair, a migraine already forming.
"Um...excuse me..." A tiny voice sounded in the room as Mikey crept into the apartment, "Have you found Kina yet?" His face looked tired and worried.
"Hey there little guy." Yue got down on his knee and smiled at him, "Uhh... we haven't found her yet but we have a feeling we know where she is. So you don't worry and just go play back home."
"Ok." He turned and fled from the room.
"Why didn't you telling him the truth?" Arashi questioned Yue as he stood back up.
"Come on, he's just a kid. Either way, we are going to get Kina back." Yue sat back down in his chair, running one hand over his face. "I can't believe this is happening." His eyes wandered to the window where crystal raindrops had begun to fall down to the ground. The cold droplets of water where not only falling from the clouds, but they where falling from his heart. His heart was crying, crying for Kina to come back, crying for all the pain in the world. "I want to be the sunshine, then I could kiss Kina and make her warm, so happy. There are so many raindrops, so many pains." He muttered under his breath. Yue always hated the rain, but at the same time it had a strange, peaceful serenity about it. The rain washes away all the mud, making everything clean and anew. But the rain had washed away Kina's memories, making her start over. That's how he saw it at least. The silver raindrops sparkled as they fell from their haven in the clouds. As they fell and mixed together it gave everything a gray tint, leaving a mist as they pelted in the ground. There they combined with each other forming small rivers and puddles, washing away the pains and secrets of the day. Each raindrop streaming down in the air, each one holding the same fate. They where like small diamond crystals as they glistening, the sun coming out from behind the clouds. The rain slowed down gradually to a slight drizzle while golden rays of light pierced through the gray mist, and then Yue saw it. A mixture of red, purple, blue, pink, orange, yellow and green. All together in a graceful ribbon that broke through the clouds as if sent by heaven itself, as it created a perfect curve down into the trees. It was a rainbow, a simple delight of life that many people pass by to not even notice the divine beauty. Yue hated how such wonderful things can be sent down to inspire and give people hope and yet the people just ignored these things. Life gives you so many gorgeous creations, moments, dreams, hopes, things so lovely if one was to see it; it would take their breath away. For one brief moment every worry, heartache, pain and burden would be lifted from their shoulders. And yet so many people tend to take it for granite. The innocent look in a small child's eye, a rainbow after the down pour, the stars that blanket the sky, the swans that hold they're heads high as they swim. The moon that is always there to send it's silvery rays through the night sky, the spring flowers that are every color possible, a cat cleaning its face, the puffy white clouds that float in the blue sky and so much more. These where the things that filled Yue's heart with a little hope that life isn't that bad after all. For that single moment in time, he felt ok. He felt a tinge of happiness pass through his heart. And he was filled with a new faith, a new hope that everything would be ok. That Kina and him would be all right. A smile formed on his face as he turned to face his friends. His friends.
"Let's get Kina back."
"Yes, let's." Nuriko grinned back softly.
~*~
"Michael, was that Yue person ok?" Kina questioned Michael as he returned home.
"Yes yes, he uhh.. only bruised his leg." Michael tiredly sat down at the table, he knew trouble was brewing.
"Poor guy, he really missed his wife." Kina frowned, "I hope he finds peace within himself." She smiled hopefully.
"Yeah whatever. Is dinner almost ready? Just forget that guy Mina, I'm sorry you got stuck down there with him. How did that happen any ways?" Michael said as he eyed her suspiciously.
"I wasn't feeling well so I went out on a walk for some fresh air." She sat down two plates of food onto the table, "I'm sorry to cause you so much trouble."
"No, it's ok. I'm just happy you weren't hurt." Michael happily dug into his food.
"Still, I can't help but wonder about that man." Kina thought to herself as she stared past Michael and out the window behind him.
Soon a blanket of stars filled the midnight sky as Kina stepped out of the tiny house, sitting down in the grass. She laid back and looked up at the sky. It was like a black velvet blanket had spread across the sky with silver jewels sewn into it as they twinkled.
"Star light, star bright, first star I see tonight. I wish I may, I wish I might have this wish I wish tonight." Kina muttered softly out loud as the shimmering moonlight streamed down to her, "I wish that I would regain my memory and I...I wish I could see that Yue person again. I know it sounds weird, I barely even know him but I somehow feel connected to him. I can't quite put my finger on it, but I know it's something."
"What are you doing out here? Not planning to take off again." Michael stepped out onto the lawn, sitting down next to her as he chuckled.
"Aren't the stars beautiful tonight?" She leaned back into the grass, her fingers tracing out Orion's belt.
"Yeah I guess. They're just stars. Burning balls of gas." Michael shrugged as he took a quick glance at them, then back down at her.
"But they're just so mystical to me. I think that's heaven." Her smile widened then she turned to face him, "Michael, can you tell me again, tell me how we met."
"Well, it went like this." He sat down in the grass so she could lean on him for warmth, "You where my next door neighbor and I was taken into a foster home there. We grew up together, spending many days outside playing games such as tag and eating ice cream. But I moved out here into this cabin when my foster parents died, but you always came to visit me. One day I asked you to marry me and you said yes. Then a month before the wedding you went missing and when I found you, you where deadly sick. I took care of you but you forgot your memory. That is about the gist of it."
"Yeah." Kina answered, somehow the way he told the story seemed strange. She wanted to believe it but she felt as if pieces of it where missing. Didn't he have vivid memories of moments they spent together? Like going to the beach or a picnic? Anything? But the questions that played in her mind went unanswered, like so many things in her heart.
Chapter 10
"You have wings, why didn't you just fly out with Mina." Michael surveyed Yue with a glare.
Yue thought to himself, "The reason I didn't fly out of the pit was because I wanted to spend time with Kina and figure out what to do. If I flew her out, she'd just go running back home. I know it was selfish, but I thought and still think it was for the best." He finished his thoughts then answered. "The wings got injured in the fall." He made up a quick excuse.
"They look fine to me." The two glared each other down as they almost paced in a circle.
"Did you erase her memory?"
"Well, aren't you straight to the point. No I didn't erase it, but she loves me. You're just a forgotten shadow in her mind."
"Who are you?! Give Kina back now, or else!" Yue threaten.
"I doubt she'll want to come back to you. Not to a place where the people cause her pain and make her hate herself. Did you know, you made her feel as if she wasn't good enough for anyone?"
"I never did! And how would you know that any ways? I thought you said she didn't remember me!" Yue snarled at the brown haired man.
"She doesn't remember you. I heard her saying about it one day in the past."
"You mean...you both have met before?" He stopped, looking surprised and in shock.
"Oh yes, we've always been very close, good friends..." Michael smirked. "I doubt if she even remembers how to worry for herself. What meaning does it have to love others when you don't love yourself? She doesn't love you, not any more. What good is caring for the world if it doesn't care about you and if you don't love it?"
Yue stared at the ground, trying to take in what Michael was saying.
"You are only one man, and there are millions in the world," Michael said. "Consider your own honor, as a bishonen—"
"Love comes before honor," Yue replied. "I would be a hypocrite to claim to protect Kina, along with this world, if I did not feel love. I will not let Kina die."
Michael raised an eyebrow slowly, "Why do you think she's dying?"
"By erasing her memories, you took away part of her." The words tumbled out of Yue's mouth like acid.
"Are you saying that I'M killing her!?! Don't turn your back on me!" Michael stepped closer to Yue as he turned to leave, to go where, he didn't know for sure. Most likely home so he could inform the others of what he discovered then they could go out and find where Kina is staying.
Yue spun around, grabbing Michael by his shirt collar, "Yes that is what I'm saying. I'll be back for Kina." And with that, he shoved Michael and wobbled off towards the direction of his home.
"The nerve of that guy..." Yue muttered as he gasped for breath, "I can't walk any further! I couldn't have followed him, not in my condition." He collapsed after stumbling around ten feet. "Hey, do you hear something? Wait, I'm talking to myself!"
"Ahhh, Nuri I'm tired of walking!" Shiva moaned to the braided boy.
"YOU GUYS!" Yue began to drag himself to their voices.
"Hey! You ok?" The group ran up to Yue, Hotohori supporting him up now.
"I'll explain to you on the way home."
~*~
"I'm so happy you only bruised your leg, you should be able to walk fine tomorrow." Hotohori smiled.
"Are you serious Yue? So his name is Michael?" Nuriko's jaw dropped as Yue finished telling them all that had happened.
"There's something fishy about that guy." Shiva leaned back in her chair, a migraine already forming.
"Um...excuse me..." A tiny voice sounded in the room as Mikey crept into the apartment, "Have you found Kina yet?" His face looked tired and worried.
"Hey there little guy." Yue got down on his knee and smiled at him, "Uhh... we haven't found her yet but we have a feeling we know where she is. So you don't worry and just go play back home."
"Ok." He turned and fled from the room.
"Why didn't you telling him the truth?" Arashi questioned Yue as he stood back up.
"Come on, he's just a kid. Either way, we are going to get Kina back." Yue sat back down in his chair, running one hand over his face. "I can't believe this is happening." His eyes wandered to the window where crystal raindrops had begun to fall down to the ground. The cold droplets of water where not only falling from the clouds, but they where falling from his heart. His heart was crying, crying for Kina to come back, crying for all the pain in the world. "I want to be the sunshine, then I could kiss Kina and make her warm, so happy. There are so many raindrops, so many pains." He muttered under his breath. Yue always hated the rain, but at the same time it had a strange, peaceful serenity about it. The rain washes away all the mud, making everything clean and anew. But the rain had washed away Kina's memories, making her start over. That's how he saw it at least. The silver raindrops sparkled as they fell from their haven in the clouds. As they fell and mixed together it gave everything a gray tint, leaving a mist as they pelted in the ground. There they combined with each other forming small rivers and puddles, washing away the pains and secrets of the day. Each raindrop streaming down in the air, each one holding the same fate. They where like small diamond crystals as they glistening, the sun coming out from behind the clouds. The rain slowed down gradually to a slight drizzle while golden rays of light pierced through the gray mist, and then Yue saw it. A mixture of red, purple, blue, pink, orange, yellow and green. All together in a graceful ribbon that broke through the clouds as if sent by heaven itself, as it created a perfect curve down into the trees. It was a rainbow, a simple delight of life that many people pass by to not even notice the divine beauty. Yue hated how such wonderful things can be sent down to inspire and give people hope and yet the people just ignored these things. Life gives you so many gorgeous creations, moments, dreams, hopes, things so lovely if one was to see it; it would take their breath away. For one brief moment every worry, heartache, pain and burden would be lifted from their shoulders. And yet so many people tend to take it for granite. The innocent look in a small child's eye, a rainbow after the down pour, the stars that blanket the sky, the swans that hold they're heads high as they swim. The moon that is always there to send it's silvery rays through the night sky, the spring flowers that are every color possible, a cat cleaning its face, the puffy white clouds that float in the blue sky and so much more. These where the things that filled Yue's heart with a little hope that life isn't that bad after all. For that single moment in time, he felt ok. He felt a tinge of happiness pass through his heart. And he was filled with a new faith, a new hope that everything would be ok. That Kina and him would be all right. A smile formed on his face as he turned to face his friends. His friends.
"Let's get Kina back."
"Yes, let's." Nuriko grinned back softly.
~*~
"Michael, was that Yue person ok?" Kina questioned Michael as he returned home.
"Yes yes, he uhh.. only bruised his leg." Michael tiredly sat down at the table, he knew trouble was brewing.
"Poor guy, he really missed his wife." Kina frowned, "I hope he finds peace within himself." She smiled hopefully.
"Yeah whatever. Is dinner almost ready? Just forget that guy Mina, I'm sorry you got stuck down there with him. How did that happen any ways?" Michael said as he eyed her suspiciously.
"I wasn't feeling well so I went out on a walk for some fresh air." She sat down two plates of food onto the table, "I'm sorry to cause you so much trouble."
"No, it's ok. I'm just happy you weren't hurt." Michael happily dug into his food.
"Still, I can't help but wonder about that man." Kina thought to herself as she stared past Michael and out the window behind him.
Soon a blanket of stars filled the midnight sky as Kina stepped out of the tiny house, sitting down in the grass. She laid back and looked up at the sky. It was like a black velvet blanket had spread across the sky with silver jewels sewn into it as they twinkled.
"Star light, star bright, first star I see tonight. I wish I may, I wish I might have this wish I wish tonight." Kina muttered softly out loud as the shimmering moonlight streamed down to her, "I wish that I would regain my memory and I...I wish I could see that Yue person again. I know it sounds weird, I barely even know him but I somehow feel connected to him. I can't quite put my finger on it, but I know it's something."
"What are you doing out here? Not planning to take off again." Michael stepped out onto the lawn, sitting down next to her as he chuckled.
"Aren't the stars beautiful tonight?" She leaned back into the grass, her fingers tracing out Orion's belt.
"Yeah I guess. They're just stars. Burning balls of gas." Michael shrugged as he took a quick glance at them, then back down at her.
"But they're just so mystical to me. I think that's heaven." Her smile widened then she turned to face him, "Michael, can you tell me again, tell me how we met."
"Well, it went like this." He sat down in the grass so she could lean on him for warmth, "You where my next door neighbor and I was taken into a foster home there. We grew up together, spending many days outside playing games such as tag and eating ice cream. But I moved out here into this cabin when my foster parents died, but you always came to visit me. One day I asked you to marry me and you said yes. Then a month before the wedding you went missing and when I found you, you where deadly sick. I took care of you but you forgot your memory. That is about the gist of it."
"Yeah." Kina answered, somehow the way he told the story seemed strange. She wanted to believe it but she felt as if pieces of it where missing. Didn't he have vivid memories of moments they spent together? Like going to the beach or a picnic? Anything? But the questions that played in her mind went unanswered, like so many things in her heart.