Author's Note: Hello ladies and gentelmen, my name is King Henry the IV of England.
Rena: (pokes Eclipse) Umm, your English presentation was two days ago, Eclipse.
Oh, yeah (blushes) sorry, but in class my English teacher made us do Oral Presentations, and we're reading King Henry the IV (Shakespeare) and in my group they appointed me as King Henry. It was pretty funny considering I'm a girl, but yeah, anyway, that's off topic. This is the last chapter for Promises and SPR (Insert tears here T_T)
Rena: but you're not just going to leave it hanging are you?
Kazuki: Of course not, Eclipse would never do that.
Right you are (big alarm starts ringing) what the hell?
Naru: what's up with the alarms?
(Pales) Holy baby Jesus, what are you doing here! (Covers current story).
Naru: What's that? Rena what are you doing here? (For the record this Naru only knows what that Naru knows [story Naru])
Rena: I'm just here with Eclipse (Moves to hide Kazuki)
Naru: What are you doing here? (Shoots Kazuki death glares)
Kazuki: (Cringe)
(Pushed anti-Naru button, steel wall apears) well now that, that red code is over onto the story! Don't worry there will be a sequel, it's called Attraction and will be up in a week or two, it all depends.
Rena and Kazuki: Enjoy!
I DO NOT OWN GHOST HUNT
Chapter Twelve
Rena's P.O.V
I walked towards the café that Kazuki had mentioned and when I rounded the corner I spotted him sitting down at a table nervously pulling apart a napkin.
"Hey," I called as I entered the café and walked towards the back table.
"Good to see you too," he told me I smirked and sat down across from him.
"Well did you order anything yet?" I asked looking over my menu.
"No I just got here," he told me I nodded my head and looked up at him.
"I haven't really been here before but judging from the way that waitress is looking at you then I guess you have which means that I'll leave the decision up to you," I said he gave me a disbelieving look.
"Really which one?" he asked his eyes still on the menu.
"The one with blonde hair and grey eyes," I offered. "She's not Japanese is she?"
"Who, Kayla? No way, she's not into me, and no you're right she's an exchange student from America," Kazuki explained looking over at her; she had been glaring at me.
"Well believe what you like Kazuki-kun, dear, did you pick something because she'd coming over," I said he gave me a look.
"Hi, Kazuki, what are you having today what you always do?" Kayla asked giving her undivided attention to Kazuki.
"No, we'll each have a blueberry latte and a slice of cheesecake, sound good?" he asked me I smiled.
"Fantastic," he raised an eyebrow but I waved my hand at him.
"Alright then I'll be right back," she said leaving but not before shooting me another look.
"So I suppose that you didn't kill anyone?" he asked.
"Of course not! I'm not insane you know," I said in disbelief.
"Could have fooled me,"
"Hey I expect that kind of crap from Noll not you," I told him.
"Noll, I assume you're cousin?" he asked.
"Nope he's a family friend we've known each other since we were kids," I explained he nodded a pensive look on his face.
"What did you find out?"
"About Syaoran,"
"Yeah,"
"Joshiro-san was paid off to help, you're going to love this, your worst enemy kidnap my brother," I told him watching his expression change into a scowl. "But they had no reason to go after my brother. Which makes me think that someone else is involved?"
"In other words you noticed that they're too stupid to come up with something so elaborate," he commented, see what I mean these two gangs really hated each other.
"Well if that makes you feel better yes. Joshiro-san told me that he never directly spoke to anyone except their gang leader and only to inform then where the car was, he never imagined that something like this would happen until it was too late to do anything," I said. "His payment was given a little later then expected since they had to find it first," I showed him the pocket watch that Joshiro-san had told me to hang onto.
"This couldn't really be worth much," he said looking over the watch. "It doesn't even work,"
"Here you go Kazuki," Kayla said placing Kazuki's drink in front of him, he gave it to me as she went to get the rest of the stuff.
"It's not worth anything money wise, but more historically. That watch belonged to a girl who lived in England in the 1600's, it would be worth something if it still ticked," I told him taking a sip from my latte, not bad. Joshiro-san told me that it had ticked but I suppose when she left the watch also stopped working.
"That's a pretty old watch," he handed it back to me clearly frightened he might break it. I smiled and put it back in my purse, I frowned I just hoped that Gene wouldn't take it too hard that I left him.
"What is it?" he asked I looked up at him.
"It's nothing," I said smiling Kayla came over and placed Kazuki's drink and our cheesecake down.
"So Kazuki, how have you been?" she asked him.
"Fine Kayla, but I think you just got a new table," he pointed out she jumped a little. "Thanks umm, I'll see you later?" he nodded absent mindedly. I sighed as she walked away.
"That poor, poor girl, and you still don't get it?" I asked exasperated.
"What, she acts like that all the time," he told me I gave him a shocked look.
"Kazuki,"
"Yes,"
"You are hopeless," he frowned and threw a little paper ball at me. I looked at him for a while as he smirked. "You're lucky we're in a public area," he shrugged his shoulder.
"So what's the plan, Rena-sama?" he asked me I frowned.
"Rena," I told him. "And I guess we can find an excuse to go looking for them, but nothing too risky,"
"We nothing, I'll go and report back that was the point of hiring me right?" he asked I gave him a look and was about to retort when he waved a box in front of my face.
"What is this?" I asked catching the little silver box shaking it curiously.
"A contract," he wasn't looking at me so I took that as a sign to open the box. Cautiously I pulled away the wrapping paper and opened the little white box. Inside was a silver chain with a single angel wing hanging from it.
"Don't angel wings usually come in pairs?" I asked watching it sparkle in the light.
"They do, that's why it's a contact I'm promising to help you find your other half, the other angel wing, cheesy but now you have something to wave in my face when I slack off," he was looking out the window again, the angel wing took on a whole different meaning and I slipped it on, I leaned forward and placed a kiss on his cheek. He stared at me eye wide.
"Thank you, it's a wonderful gift," I told him he looked slightly flustered. "You know what Kazuki, the deals off, I won't blackmail you if you don't help me or if this gets out I won't go off and tell the main branch in England, it'll be your own word that gives me the assurance that you'll help me, and I trust you Kazuki, you have my word," he smiled.
"Well one less thing to worry about," he told me I returned the smile.
"Guess you're right,"
I opened the door to the apartment.
"Guys I'm home!" I called taking my shoes off, Gene ran up to me.
Where the hell have you been young lady?
Outside Gene I told you didn't I?
No you did not
I'm sorry but guess what I brought you cheesecake!
Food!
I smiled and placed the container on the table picking him up and placing him on the table.
"You've been out for a while," Noll said walking into the kitchen.
"Oh get off my back," I told him throwing his present at him, Gene was wearing his it was a cute tail ring, a thick silver colored one. He smirked and tossed me mine which I caught.
"Where's Lin's?" he asked.
"I gave it to him already," I told Noll; he'd gotten a new fancy pen set, the kind he liked. I opened yet another white box and took in the delicate ring resting at the bottom. It was silver band with golden heart stringed on it I slide it onto my middle finger a perfect fit.
"Thank you Noll," I told him smiling he had put his gift on as well it was a ring exactly like Gene's only that he also wore it on his middle finger.
"Well I did promise to get you one last Christmas," he told me I laughed that was true after he'd accidently spilled the cookie batter he'd promised to get me a ring as long as I didn't prevent him from having children.
"Want to watch a movie?" I asked him waving one in front of his face.
"Is it in English?"
"I don't like Japanese that much," I said popping it into the DVD player.
"Then yes,"
"Lin you want to watch a movie," I called.
"You don't have to yell if I'm already here," he told me I stuck my tongue out at him and flopped down on the couch next to Noll as the movie began. Gene jumped onto my lap.
We're not all here but its close enough
I thought about it for a while.
Close enough now there's an interesting thought.
I stumbled onto the balcony, I had the dream again only that it was different the room hadn't been as degraded as it had been, I wrapped my rob tighter around myself. I watched as a snowflake fell followed by many other. A white Christmas, it almost wasn't. I looked up taking my necklace in my hand.
"Don't worry Syaoran, I promise this is the last Christmas we'll spend apart, I promise,"
It wasn't a perfect life, it was far from it but Mai was right I had to start living it again.
Syaoran's P.O.V
My mind was sluggish he'd just been in here to put more of that sleeping medicine in me. How I hadn't died from an over does by now was beyond me. How long has it been now since I'd seen Rena? How long had it been since she thought I was dead, my beloved sister thought I was gone. My head fell to the side as I felt my mind starting to go blank. I locked eyes with my only shiki a wolf spirit. I was so out of it I could hardly control my breathing let alone control him to get myself out. That was just it. I didn't know why I was still alive. Why they insisted on torturing me, what had I ever done to them? And yet I was glad, so very glad that it was me and not Rena. Me and not Lin, me and not anyone else I cared about, and if it was for them I'd endure this for an eternity, if, I had to. I looked up towards my only source of light a fogged up window, I caught the sight of snow flakes. I vaguely remembered one of the people here saying it was Christmas, I wonder if it was true. A white Christmas. Something else to keep Rena happy. That's how I kept myself sane counting all the things that made my twin happy, all the things that made her smile, all the things that kept me from losing my mind.
Just one more day, just one more hour, and then we start counting again. At least I have you too keep me company I looked over at my shiki, and my dreams, dreams where I saw my sister, dreams were I'd recently began to see another girl.
I looked up as the door opened and a masked man entered with a needle, I watched as he injected it into the IV. Already? It couldn't have been that long, but I didn't have time to think about as I was suddenly pulled into darkness that seemed to stretch on forever, don't think about the dark think about the light, think about Rena.
How much longer could I hold up? How much longer until I lost my mind? How much longer until I lost hope? How much longer until promises turned to dust? How much longer.
Author's Note: that's so sad, poor Syaoran!
Rena: and why are you telling me this! (Sitting in emo corner)
Gomen Rena!
Kazuki: well I have no control over them but yeah, the next story it's Attraction. Eclipse said that but I'm just making sure that it gets across.
Well just to give you readers a foundation for what's to come let me explain:
The next story will be more life based then a case, there will be a case. But that case will revolve around their daily lives. We'll see a lot more LinMai, promise! No, we won't find Syaoran in the next story but we'll come pretty damn close. And all this good fluffy stuff, Rena will be entering Mai's high school, yeah! And so on and so forth. I mean the last line of Rena's P.O.V should have hinted about that right? Anyway I plan to make good and on my plan at the beginning that i mentioned here and at the end of Moments. On and we'll be meeting a new person in the author notes, she's a good friend of mine, you'll have to read Attraction to find out who it is though (^-^). Until next time, enjoy life and don't fall off a tree!
Rena, Kazuki, and me: WE LOVE YOU
Gene: I do too!
Love Eclipse
