Chapter 20 – Missing Each Other

Outside the Hospital – Shinyuu's Pov

"Where's Selena-san?" Sayuri asked me.

"Selena has to go somewhere." I said.

"Where to?" Sora asked.

I looked at them and sighed. "She went back home to take care of something urgent." I said.

"What happened?" Sora asked.

"Will she come back?" Sayuri asked.

I sighed. "Let's... Let's just focus on getting the shard back. I don't know how the hell we're going to do it, but Selena needs to be alone for the moment." I said. I turned and looked at the sky.

"I'm leaving." Selena said.

"What?" I asked.

She closed her eyes. "I'm going home to see if this is... true." She choked.

I wrapped my arms around her back and pulled her close. "You do want you want, Selena. Just come back to me alright?" I asked.

She wrapped her arms around me. "Yes..." She said. She stood up and summoned her staff.

I watched as she wrote in the air and turned to me.

"Take care of them alright? I'll be back as soon as I can." She said.

I shook my head. "Take as much time as you want, but if you don't come back and I lose my patience, I'm coming after you." I growled.

She didn't smile. "See you later... Shinyuu." She said. She held up her staff in the air and the words engulfed her.

I looked to see Saya and Hagi. I narrowed my eyes.

Selena's Pov

My home still stood fighting the harsh wind of a blizzard.

I walked into the quiet house. "D-dad! I'm home!" I yelled. I was met with silence. I ran up the stairs and opened the door to dad's room.

It was empty.

I searched the house.

The house was full of furniture but it was so empty. So cold and empty.

I fell onto my father's bed and cried. "Daddy!" I gasped. I took his wonderful scent that I remembered all these 17 years. I laid there unmoving crying my eyes out. I felt myself fall asleep.

I woke up to find outside dark at night. I rubbed my eyes and sighed. "Alright, Selena." I said and walked into my room. I opened a spell book to study but I found a folded up paper. I unfolded it and found my father's writing in it.

Selena,

By the time you see this I would be gone. Gone to the place your mother lives now. We died in different places but Death has only one world. At least that's what I think. I'm happy now so do not cry, do not become a distant woman. You are strong, I know you are, so go far away from here and live your life to the fullest. You know my story by heart so do not make the same mistakes I made. You are too beautiful for that. Promise me that you will leave this world when you learn all the spells present in this house. I'm sorry for leaving, but I'm tired. I am so proud to have you as my daughter.

You are now the new D.

Congratulations, Selena D. Fluorite, my daughter.

Yuui Fluorite.

I hugged the letter and smiled. "I'm sorry, dad. I can't make that promise, to leave this place." I said. I set the letter aside and began to read.

Shinyuu's Pov

"It's been 2 weeks now and Selena hasn't come back." Sayuri said.

I stuffed my hand in my pocket feeling the two shards we had collected for Selena besides the one we earned from the Chiropteran queen by ourselves. I closed my eyes. "She'll come back." I said.

Sora gave a sigh. He always did when I said that Selena would come back.

Sayuri just went back to reading a book.

The world we're living in didn't have a shard in it from what Mokona told us, but I decided it would be good to have a break, though it isn't a break if "mommy" wasn't here.

I looked at the kids.

We've been pretty distant with each other. Whenever we talked it would only be about Selena, which would upset us more than we already were.

"Shinyuu-san." Sora called.

I turned to him and he was behind the fridge door.

"We're running low on food." He said.

I nodded. "I'll go get food." I said grabbing the bag of money. I looked in it to see how much we had.

Good enough for a week I'd say.

I entered the market and looked around. In the corner of my eye I spotted a woman with long blonde hair disappear behind a shelf. I entered the aisle and saw no one there. I scratched my head and spotted the milk section. I walked up to it and reached for a carton.

A pale hand bumped into mine and I pulled away.

I looked to see a woman with black hair and brown eyes. "Oh sorry." I said grabbing another one.

She smiled at me and I stared at her. Her smile was so similar to Selena's smile. "It's alright." She said and picked up a carton. "I'm glad to know that a big boy like you drinks his milk." She giggled.

I blushed at her giggles. Geez, her giggles are like Selena's too. I laughed nervously. "Yeah... umm... Have a nice day." I said.

"You too, Shin-poko." She said.

I turned to find her gone. I felt my heart race. How the hell did she know my name? I shook my head as I looked for other foods. It must have been my imagination. I must be missing Selena so much that I'm hearing her from other women. I sighed and walked up to a cashier.

"Ah, we meet again!"

I jumped and turned to see her smiling up at me. "Oh, hi." I said. "How do you know my name anyways?" I asked.

She blinked. "Shin-poko, don't tell me you don't remember your music teacher after an hour!" She laughed.

I stared at her wide eyed. "Wh-what?" I asked.

She raised her brow. "No... You're... not Shin-poko are you?" She asked.

I looked at the line to see it hasn't moved yet. Damn line. "Umm... no... You're mistaking me for someone else." I said.

"Well you seem to act surprised like you've been called that before." She chuckled. "Well if you're not Shinyuu Youou then what is your name?" She asked.

Damn! How am I supposed to get out of this?

"Haganemaru." I said quickly.

She nodded. "I'm Namida Hitzuka, a music teacher from Horitsuba High." She said.

I must have been staring at her in shock again because she giggled.

"The line is moving." She said.

I looked to see a space behind me. I took one step and Namida spoke again.

"You really do look like one of my students." She frowned. "Are you sure you're not some relative of Shinyuu's?" She asked.

I blushed. "Well... umm... Maybe a distant cousin that I never heard of." I mentally hit myself in my head. What. The. Hell?

She nodded smiling. "You really are Shinyuu Youou, but another one. I understand." She said. "I'm pretty open minded, my husband says I'm too open minded but well if it help me keep my daughter happy it'll be fine." She said.

There was no escaping her, plus I think she can keep a secret.

I nodded and paid for my groceries.

Namida caught up to me and smiled. "So, Shinyuu, where are you from?" She asked.

"Japan, a different kind." I said.

She nodded. "I see, I'm born here, my husband is from Italy. He's also a teacher. A cooking teacher in fact." She said.

"And How's your... daughter?" I asked.

"She's beautiful." She looked ahead. "She's in her senior year, 17 years old. She's falling head over heels with Shinyuu Youou. The one I know." She said.

I blushed. "I see." I said.

"Would you like to meet my family?" She asked.

I stopped at my apartment. "N-no thanks." I said.

She smiled. "Good day to you, Shinyuu." She said and left.

I felt like I was going to throw up from nervousness. I entered my apartment and handed Sayuri the groceries.

"Are you alright Shinyuu-san?" She looked up at me. "You look... embarrassed." She said.

Sora looked up from the TV.

I shuddered. "I just made a fool of myself in front of this world's Selena's Mother." I said.

The brats stared at me and burst out laughing.

Even the Manjuu-bun laughed. "What did you say? Tell Mokona all about it!" Mokona said.

I glared. "Nothing to do with you!" I growled.

Knock Knock

I threw the Manjuu bun at Sora and walked to the door. I opened it only to be tackled to the ground, my vision being blocked by a mess of blonde hair.