Beginning Of A New End (Part 2)

In this village there are 7 superstitions that have been passed down from generations to generations, for so long so that they have also been considered as legends. If all 7 legends are fulfilled, you get to be with your destined one forever. The final legend is if you successfully pray at Goura's Gate, you will be together with your destined one forever….in return for what is most precious to you.

What's with this strange person? Oh no….maybe he's a sexual predator! Oh no…am I going to turn into tainted girl right here and now? NO! Absolutely not I won't let this creep touch me! That's disgusting, hunting girls in broad day light what's wrong with this guy? I just came here to fulfill the last legend and suddenly some pervert is trying to harass me. He was touching me and calling me name like he knew me. Oh my god, is he a stalker too? How on earth did he know my name? This is kind of scary, I mean he's very good looking but this is all too creepy. Why do only weird men chase after me? It must be some sort of curse! Well I guess there's only one thing to do now…and that is to protect myself.

I steadily stand up and got into a fighting stance. I put out my hammer ready for battle, there's no way I'm losing to some perverted guy. Get ready to face the wrath of innocent young girls! I launch myself at the blue haired boy who was sitting on the ground. It might've looked like I was the bad person here because he wasn't even ready yet but from the looks of it he had a sword with him. That means he was prepared to come and hurt me. Wait! Was he planning on harassing me and then killing me and then throwing me off the cliff? My god! That sick bastard! For the sake of all the women in the world I will be rid of this horrendous creature.

"DIE! ENEMY OF ALL WOMEN!" I swing my hammer at him with full force but he rolled onto his side and dodged it in the nick of time. He jumped with haste and put his hands in front of his body as if he was trying to calm the situation down.

"N-No! Aera! Stop, don't be so rash!" I was waving his hands in front of himself and shaking his head. "You idiot, I didn't do anything to you."

"EH? Trying to harass me and then calling me an idiot? You truly are the worst, DIE bastard!" I leapt at him again and swung my hammer with full force. Yet again he dodges it but jumping to the left, damn he's fast. "Stoop running away coward and fight me like a man!"

"Aera! I'm not going to fight you! Just listen to me." He was dodging all my attacks and he didn't even draw his sword yet. Was he looking down on me because I was a girl? Does he think all women are weak like this?

"Unforgivable! Don't look down on me jerk!" I pounced in his direction yet again but this time I managed to hit his shoulder. He takes a few steps back due to pain. "Ha! Take that!"

"Argh….Aera, you've never been able to beat me before! If you keep this up you'll only waste all your energy. If I actually got serious on you, you won't be able to survive." He was standing tall and looking at me with stern eyes. "Just stop."

"What? Don't call my name so familiarly! I don't know you and I've never sparred with you in my life." I stopped trying to attack him with violence so I tried yelling instead.

"Oh that's right….." He mumbled to himself. "Well nevertheless we should go back to the village I'm sure everyone would be able to tell you who I am."

"Hey! I-I'm not going anywhere with a pervert like you!" I took a few steps back and gripped my hammer ever tighter. "If you want me to go, you have to defeat me first!"

The boy haired boy sighed a little and took a couple of steps in my direction, they were slow and steady steps but they still made me feel a little nervous. He suddenly puts his hands on the sword beside him and although it was a practice sword, in his hands they look very dangerous. Oh no… this guy might actually be powerful, feeling fearful I took a couple of steps back towards Goura's Gate. He kept advancing at a steady pace and his face looked so stern and cold. W-what if this guy…is actually going to kill me? No! I don't want to die! I have to run….I must run! I quickly turned my body and began to sprint….only to find myself colliding with Goura's Gate. That really hurt…so much so that I blacked out.

*Thud*

"Mmmhph…" I slowly open my eyes to see myself in a strange room…oh no wait, this ceiling looks familiar. Oh it's my room; I turn my head a little to the right to see a whole room for people staring at me. Hmm…what's going on? I see Blaire, Orin, Tatiana, the Chief, Lynn and…..THAT BLUE HAIRED PERVERT in the background.

"Oh Aera, you've finally woken up huh?" Orin knelt by my bed side and placed his hand on my forehead. "You hit your head pretty hard."

"Aera, you dummy. How could you have hurt yourself like that!" Tatiana stuck her tongue out at me but it was obvious she was pretty worried.

"Yes, please be more careful next time and….don't do such stupid things because of those legends again. " Blaire scolded me and sighed.

"I was so very worried Aera, are you alright now?" Lynn bent down a little towards me. "You know Ryouga had to carry you all the way here….it was quite adorable though, he carried you princess style. Ahh~ Young love how I envy it." She smiled and placed one hand on her cheek as if she was bashful. Huh? Wait…who's this Ryouga person? A new village member who moved here today.

"Aera, it seems that you have forgotten everything about Ryouga…is that true?" The chief suddenly spoke but his tone was very serious. Being surrounded by all these people I start to feel the pressure. Who was the Ryouga person? Did he save me? I have to be thankful to him for saving me from that pervert. Wait what if that blue guys IS Ryouga?

"U-um I have no idea who this Ryouga person is but-"I got cut off by the Chief.

"That young boy there is Ryouga….do you not remember him at all?" He points to the blue haired jerk leaning against the wall at the back. "I'm sure you two were very close before." Feeling shocked at his statement I sat upright in a split second. I could feel all the blood rush out of my face and my eyes were losing their colour…that can't be.

"NO WAY! I WON'T BELIEVE THAT THIS PERVERTED BASTARD WAS CLOSE TO ME!" I screamed but then after realizing what I had said I covered my mouth right away. Oh no…I said something so rude in front of all these people. How embarrassing! From the looks of it, that blue haired guy was just as embarrassed and shocked as I was.

"A-Aera…" The Chief was in shock, it was almost as if he was about to pass out.

"W-what did you just say?" Blaire, Orin and Tatiana said simultaneously, they then turned their heads towards Ryouga with faces of disgust on their face.

"Oh my... My, my Ryouga, I see you're finally turning into a real man." Lynn gasped and then turned her face towards Ryouga to wink at him. She quickly faces me again with a face of mischief on her face, that face of her really scares me sometimes…What exactly was she thinking? "Ehehehe well actually Aera. You and Ryouga were lovers before you lost your memories." She smiled.

Huh?

What?

Lovers?...She said 'lovers'….Lovers…Love….Lovers?

"Ahaha, yes yes you two were oh so close back then. My my, you two were just all over each other. Ryouga wasn't able to let you go and it didn't seem like you wanted him to either. You guys weren't shy about it as well, doing 'this' and 'that' in the middle of the street too. The whole village knew about you two; it was unbelievable how lovey-dovey you guys were.. Ehehe, you two even did xxx and xxxx with each other every night. Oh my, such an innocent yet steamy love~ Ryouga an-"She was cut off by Ryouga covering her mouth with his hands.

Then struggling he dragged her out of the room as quickly as he could; his face was bright red with embarrassment…..and so were that faces of everyone else in the room. Tatiana's mouth was gaped wide open with Blaire, who was equally as surprised, covering her ears. Orin's face was flushing as he stared into the empty space where Lynn was just standing; the Chief had suddenly dropped his staff

My face was…I didn't know what it looked like but I could feel the room was about 100 degrees now. My face alone could've reached the temperature of 1000 degrees if Lynn kept going on. How could she say something so bold in front of all these people? It suddenly occurred to me about what she said…ME AND HIM WERE LOVERS? AND WE DID 'THIS' AND 'THAT'? HOW SHAMELESS WERE WE? I feel like fainting again….

"E-everyone….." All their red faces and opened mouths remained in place as they all turned to all stared at me. "PLEASE JUST GET OUT!" I screamed from the top of my lungs…all this is just too much to take. My face was still flushing from the recent news; I started to get more embarrassed about being around these people so I started throwing my pillows and everything I could find at them. One by one they all started to run outside. Puffing because I had wasted so much energy I slumped back down on the bed…and started to stare at the ceiling above me.

"Was I really in love with a guy like that?" I asked myself quietly. "Well…I sort of just assumed he was a rapist and didn't even listen to him properly. Did I really just jump to conclusions?" I sighed and rolled onto my side while hugging my pillow tightly….why is my face still red?

Okay….once I have calmed down I will go outside and listen to everyone's full explanation because if we really were like that then…I must've really hurt him. Geez, I'm so confused, this really is weird…I mean if that was the case then why was I trying to fulfill those legends? If I really had a boyfriend then why? I'm so confused…there's so much that I don't know now. I sat up straight and took a deep breath. Okay I should go down in a little while, no matter what they say I can't get too surprised. Argh! But I really don't want to think that I was in love with a guy like that. I mean he was serious about hurting me as well…what kind of boyfriend would hurt his girlfriend? Ughh…well if they tell me it's true I'll just have to break up with him, there's no way I'm going to continue having a relationship with someone I don't love. I slowly got up and walked towards the door, swinging it open I ran towards the kitchen where everyone was sitting down. I took a few steps closer and they all directed their heads towards me; all of them with stern faces, only Lynn was mischievously smiling at me. I was a bit taken aback by that smile that I'm almost too nervous to walk towards them but Lynn beckons me to come over.

"Aera, come here. We should explain everything to you." She uses her hand and signals me to come over. I took a couple of steps towards to table and with a sweat drop forming on my face nod. "It's okay, we're not going to bite. Well maybe Ryouga might." She winked.

"L-Lynn! Please refrain from saying something so unnecessary!" Ryouga stood up from his spot and blushed a bright crimson. Uwah…that's sort of cute, he's getting so embarrassed…WAIT! NO! NO! That creep is disgusting. Realizing that he was making a scene he sat down again. I walked towards the edge of the table and stood there waiting for someone to explain it to me.

"Ahem…well Aera you see. You and Ryouga were lovers, very close indeed. You wanted to fulfill the legends so you would be able to stay with him forever. However the last legend came at a price; the spirits wanted you to give up what was most important to you. Unfortunately you had to give up your memories of him and so now even though you 2 are bound to each other, you do not remember a thing about him." The Chief looked at me with stern eyes as he said this.

"Uwahh! It's so tragic. Sis doesn't realize that her only wish came true! So so sad! Like a love story with an unhappy ending!" Tatiana took out a handkerchief and wiped a tear off her face….it looked pretty fake though.

"Yes, yes, really is quite a turn of events isn't it? Even though your love was so strong." Blaire crossed his arms and looked at me with a disappointed look on his face.

"Aera…I hope you will be able to regain your memories of Ryouga quickly…there was so much between you two. It just pains me to see the poor guy like that." Orin turned to look at Ryouga and then he looked away.

I feel kind of weird even though everyone is being so honest and sincere….why do I feel as if they're all lying to me? I glanced at Ryouga to see his expression but he was just looking at the table with a very ughh….angry face? It was like a kid who didn't get his ice-cream and is now sulking. What the hell kind of face is that? Does he not feel the slightest bit upset? That bastard! I will never ever fall in love with a jerk like that! He suddenly turned his head to look at me straight in the eye.

"Aera…you don't have to force yourself to love me." He stared right into my eyes…such a pretty red colour; it was like a dim fire. I could feel my face to get a little pink. Even though it would cause him a lot of pain, he still said that.

"Ryouga…."