I'll Be Waiting
Chapter 11
"What the??" Hotohori muttered as his eyes wandered from the conversation he was having with Yue. A strange pssssst sound was coming from the kitchen. His footsteps echoed as he sluggishly walked into the kitchen then his jaw dropped. Table had two large eyes and a grinning mouth made with whip cream. Behind it, Nuriko stood smiling innocently.
"WHAT DID YOU DO TO TABLE?!?" Hotohori blew up, flames raising behind him.
"Table said he wanted a face." Nuriko chuckled, he wanted to lighten the mood and the idea had just come to him.
"TABLE IS FINE AS IT IS!" Hotohori made a mad dash, scooping up the whip cream from Table and throwing it at Nuriko.
"OH NO YOU DON'T!" Nuriko grabbed the whip cream spray and began to spray it all over Hotohori, "HAHHAHAHA! I FIGHT FOR FREEDOM!!!!!!!"
Yue raised an eyebrow angrily as all the whip cream they where throwing at each other somehow landed on him. Soon he was just a giant whip cream blob.
Nuriko and Hotohori both stumbled to each other then looked at Yue as steam was beginning to rise from him.
"BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Nuriko burst out laughing madly.
"MUAHAHAHAHAHA!" Hotohori laughed then stopped as Yue gave them both an evil look.
"AI AI!" He went running at the two bishonen, collapsing into them as they all fell together in a giant mass of whip cream. Laughter erupted everywhere.
"I don't get guys." Shiva turned to Arashi, rolling her eyes.
"Me neither." Arashi replied as they both turned and walked out of the room.
"Thanks you two." Yue said as he calmed himself down to speak. It was great to have friends who cared so much for you.
"No problem bud." Nuriko and Hotohori both smirked then left the room, "I think we need to get cleaned up, I suggest you do that to whip cream boy!"
Yue sat in the room by himself as his gaze wandered to the counter where the key necklace he had given Kina sat. The sunlight glittered off of the silver and danced in the air.
~*~
Kina's eyes wandered over to Michael, sitting in the shade of a tree as he sketched out the scene of a mother bird bringing its children food. That was what he did for a living, painting pictures and selling them at different towns.
"Promise me that life like this will never end." Kina whispered to him as she blushed.
"I promise." He leaned down and kissed her cheek, then turned back to his picture. He thought to himself, "I hope it never ends like this, please don't remember your past."
Michael gently shook Kina awake, "Honey, I need to go to town to sell my latest paintings. I'll be back late tonight, watch over the house and don't stay up for me."
She smiled back at him tiredly, "Ok." Kina soon found herself in her room, the quiet house surrounded by trees silenced by the presence of only one person. Her footfalls softly pitter-pattered through her room, as she looked at herself in a long, oval shaped mirror. Suddenly, the image in the mirror began to change. It was her but at the same time, it wasn't.
"Kina! Mina! Whoever you are, remember me! Please, we are the same person! Stop keeping me locked away and let me out, just let yourself remember."
Kina jumped back in surprise, "I'm not you or ahh you're confusing me! I am Mina, not Kina or anything! Just leave me alone!"
"REMEMBER YUE, NURIKO, HOTOHORI, SHIVA, ARASHI! REMEMBER WHO YOU ARE, YOU!" The Kina in the mirror screamed at herself.
"SHUT UP! Leave me alone! AHH!" Kina crouched to the floor, grabbing onto her head in pain. Her hand reached out for something hard to throw, which ended up being a glass perfume bottle. Using all of her strength she threw it at the mirror, shattering it into a million pieces. "Leave... me alone..." She panted.
~*~
"I'm going to go see if I can find where Kina is staying." Yue stood up, already walking out of the door.
"Don't do anything stupid." Shiva glared at him threateningly.
"Sure, I won't." Yue was soon trudging through the forest. "I'm beginning to get so sick of forests!" He cursed as a house shape began to form in front of him. "Bingo!"
He crept closer to the window, ducking into the shadowed haven of the wall. His eyes slowly peered through the glass, seeing Kina happily setting the table for dinner. But she was only setting it for one, where was that Michael guy?
"She looks so happy, singing to herself as she works. Maybe I can be happy, just as long as I know that she is happy. Even if it's without me...." Yue muttered as he turned to go, it was no use trying to get someone back when they themselves don't want to return. His feet sunk into the mud as he began to run from the house, but the slippery brown substance caused him to fall flat on his face.
"Come on in, I can clean you up." A female voice said calmly as Kina leaned down, holding her hand out to help him up.
"Y-yes..." Yue took her hand but as she tried to pull him up, he accidentally ended up pulling her in to the mud also.
"Ack!" Kina giggled as she stood up, surveying the mud all over both of them.
They both stepped into the house in silence. "You can borrow some of Michael's clothes while I clean up yours. He won't be home until late." She smiled as she led him to the bathroom. Soon the two were cleaned up, sitting by the table while sipping hot chocolate.
"Listen, Kina, you need to listen to me. That Michael guy isn't right for you; he's not a good person! You and I where once married but he lied to you when he found you!"
"That's not true, I mean it can't be. He wouldn't lie to me." She stared at the floor.
"If you really are planning to marry him, I won't stop you. I can't. But, before you make your final decision, I want you to hear what I have to say. To say 'I like you' even 'I love you' can't express my feelings for you. When you smile, I just feel so good I can't describe...what I mean is, I'd like to become the kind of guy who can make you feel that good. That's my hope. My dream." Yue grabbed onto her hand, leaning in towards her as they're faces gradually come closer... and closer together.
"I'm home!!" Michael's voice bellowed through the house as he strutted in the front door.
"You've got to get out of here!!!!" Kina made a mad scramble, trying to push Yue out the back door, but he just stood there like a rock.
"No, I'm not leaving. I need to chat with Michael." Yue stood up, walking towards the sound of Michael's voice.
"Hello..." Michael's angry eyes met Yue's as they stared at each other. "What are you doing here?"
"Just visiting a friend." Yue smirked smugly.
"Michael I-" Kina made a scramble for words.
"No, it's ok. I understand, you felt bad for the poor lunatic. Why don't you go to your room?" He replied.
"O-ok.." Kina left.
"I am anything but crazy! You are the crazy one! Why should Kina listen to you? I figured out your secret, it wasn't that hard to figure it out. Slowly the pieces came together thanks to the visit of a younger version of yourself. You are Mikey, but from the future."
Michael's breath began to come in quick gulps but he quickly regained his composure, "That's absurd. You are proposing time travel!"
"It's not too far fetched. That bright light, Kina losing her memory, and Michael is only Mikey's real name. You are in love with Kina but you where simply a child so you traveled from the future to the present time and are trying to break us up!"
"That's not true! You are talking nonsense." Michael hissed, "Past, present, future. You are out of time. Kina is mine; she has lost her memory of you all. Permanently and if you ask her, I think she prefers this life better than the one with you."
"Is that so? Why don't you ask her for yourself." Yue's eyes wandered to the pale, trembling red head that was standing in the doorway behind Michael. She had been listening to the whole conversation.
Michael spun around in shock, "Mina! Don't believe this weirdo!" But his calls fell on her deaf ears as she dove forward, shoving the two men out of her way and went sprinting into the night. But she only ran a few feet when she collapsed on the floor, grabbing onto her head in pain.
Chapter 11
"What the??" Hotohori muttered as his eyes wandered from the conversation he was having with Yue. A strange pssssst sound was coming from the kitchen. His footsteps echoed as he sluggishly walked into the kitchen then his jaw dropped. Table had two large eyes and a grinning mouth made with whip cream. Behind it, Nuriko stood smiling innocently.
"WHAT DID YOU DO TO TABLE?!?" Hotohori blew up, flames raising behind him.
"Table said he wanted a face." Nuriko chuckled, he wanted to lighten the mood and the idea had just come to him.
"TABLE IS FINE AS IT IS!" Hotohori made a mad dash, scooping up the whip cream from Table and throwing it at Nuriko.
"OH NO YOU DON'T!" Nuriko grabbed the whip cream spray and began to spray it all over Hotohori, "HAHHAHAHA! I FIGHT FOR FREEDOM!!!!!!!"
Yue raised an eyebrow angrily as all the whip cream they where throwing at each other somehow landed on him. Soon he was just a giant whip cream blob.
Nuriko and Hotohori both stumbled to each other then looked at Yue as steam was beginning to rise from him.
"BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Nuriko burst out laughing madly.
"MUAHAHAHAHAHA!" Hotohori laughed then stopped as Yue gave them both an evil look.
"AI AI!" He went running at the two bishonen, collapsing into them as they all fell together in a giant mass of whip cream. Laughter erupted everywhere.
"I don't get guys." Shiva turned to Arashi, rolling her eyes.
"Me neither." Arashi replied as they both turned and walked out of the room.
"Thanks you two." Yue said as he calmed himself down to speak. It was great to have friends who cared so much for you.
"No problem bud." Nuriko and Hotohori both smirked then left the room, "I think we need to get cleaned up, I suggest you do that to whip cream boy!"
Yue sat in the room by himself as his gaze wandered to the counter where the key necklace he had given Kina sat. The sunlight glittered off of the silver and danced in the air.
~*~
Kina's eyes wandered over to Michael, sitting in the shade of a tree as he sketched out the scene of a mother bird bringing its children food. That was what he did for a living, painting pictures and selling them at different towns.
"Promise me that life like this will never end." Kina whispered to him as she blushed.
"I promise." He leaned down and kissed her cheek, then turned back to his picture. He thought to himself, "I hope it never ends like this, please don't remember your past."
Michael gently shook Kina awake, "Honey, I need to go to town to sell my latest paintings. I'll be back late tonight, watch over the house and don't stay up for me."
She smiled back at him tiredly, "Ok." Kina soon found herself in her room, the quiet house surrounded by trees silenced by the presence of only one person. Her footfalls softly pitter-pattered through her room, as she looked at herself in a long, oval shaped mirror. Suddenly, the image in the mirror began to change. It was her but at the same time, it wasn't.
"Kina! Mina! Whoever you are, remember me! Please, we are the same person! Stop keeping me locked away and let me out, just let yourself remember."
Kina jumped back in surprise, "I'm not you or ahh you're confusing me! I am Mina, not Kina or anything! Just leave me alone!"
"REMEMBER YUE, NURIKO, HOTOHORI, SHIVA, ARASHI! REMEMBER WHO YOU ARE, YOU!" The Kina in the mirror screamed at herself.
"SHUT UP! Leave me alone! AHH!" Kina crouched to the floor, grabbing onto her head in pain. Her hand reached out for something hard to throw, which ended up being a glass perfume bottle. Using all of her strength she threw it at the mirror, shattering it into a million pieces. "Leave... me alone..." She panted.
~*~
"I'm going to go see if I can find where Kina is staying." Yue stood up, already walking out of the door.
"Don't do anything stupid." Shiva glared at him threateningly.
"Sure, I won't." Yue was soon trudging through the forest. "I'm beginning to get so sick of forests!" He cursed as a house shape began to form in front of him. "Bingo!"
He crept closer to the window, ducking into the shadowed haven of the wall. His eyes slowly peered through the glass, seeing Kina happily setting the table for dinner. But she was only setting it for one, where was that Michael guy?
"She looks so happy, singing to herself as she works. Maybe I can be happy, just as long as I know that she is happy. Even if it's without me...." Yue muttered as he turned to go, it was no use trying to get someone back when they themselves don't want to return. His feet sunk into the mud as he began to run from the house, but the slippery brown substance caused him to fall flat on his face.
"Come on in, I can clean you up." A female voice said calmly as Kina leaned down, holding her hand out to help him up.
"Y-yes..." Yue took her hand but as she tried to pull him up, he accidentally ended up pulling her in to the mud also.
"Ack!" Kina giggled as she stood up, surveying the mud all over both of them.
They both stepped into the house in silence. "You can borrow some of Michael's clothes while I clean up yours. He won't be home until late." She smiled as she led him to the bathroom. Soon the two were cleaned up, sitting by the table while sipping hot chocolate.
"Listen, Kina, you need to listen to me. That Michael guy isn't right for you; he's not a good person! You and I where once married but he lied to you when he found you!"
"That's not true, I mean it can't be. He wouldn't lie to me." She stared at the floor.
"If you really are planning to marry him, I won't stop you. I can't. But, before you make your final decision, I want you to hear what I have to say. To say 'I like you' even 'I love you' can't express my feelings for you. When you smile, I just feel so good I can't describe...what I mean is, I'd like to become the kind of guy who can make you feel that good. That's my hope. My dream." Yue grabbed onto her hand, leaning in towards her as they're faces gradually come closer... and closer together.
"I'm home!!" Michael's voice bellowed through the house as he strutted in the front door.
"You've got to get out of here!!!!" Kina made a mad scramble, trying to push Yue out the back door, but he just stood there like a rock.
"No, I'm not leaving. I need to chat with Michael." Yue stood up, walking towards the sound of Michael's voice.
"Hello..." Michael's angry eyes met Yue's as they stared at each other. "What are you doing here?"
"Just visiting a friend." Yue smirked smugly.
"Michael I-" Kina made a scramble for words.
"No, it's ok. I understand, you felt bad for the poor lunatic. Why don't you go to your room?" He replied.
"O-ok.." Kina left.
"I am anything but crazy! You are the crazy one! Why should Kina listen to you? I figured out your secret, it wasn't that hard to figure it out. Slowly the pieces came together thanks to the visit of a younger version of yourself. You are Mikey, but from the future."
Michael's breath began to come in quick gulps but he quickly regained his composure, "That's absurd. You are proposing time travel!"
"It's not too far fetched. That bright light, Kina losing her memory, and Michael is only Mikey's real name. You are in love with Kina but you where simply a child so you traveled from the future to the present time and are trying to break us up!"
"That's not true! You are talking nonsense." Michael hissed, "Past, present, future. You are out of time. Kina is mine; she has lost her memory of you all. Permanently and if you ask her, I think she prefers this life better than the one with you."
"Is that so? Why don't you ask her for yourself." Yue's eyes wandered to the pale, trembling red head that was standing in the doorway behind Michael. She had been listening to the whole conversation.
Michael spun around in shock, "Mina! Don't believe this weirdo!" But his calls fell on her deaf ears as she dove forward, shoving the two men out of her way and went sprinting into the night. But she only ran a few feet when she collapsed on the floor, grabbing onto her head in pain.