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Beta: June Dune

Chapter 38

How Strong Does The Wind Blow?

A sound soul dwells within a sound mind and a sound body.

Sitting Room, Lun's Library, Older Part of Death City, Nevada, United States

Wednesday, January 7, 20XX

7:00 P.M.

Open blue eyes looked over to the broken girl who sat in the sitting room though a crack opened door. Her blank eyes stared at the light green colored wall in front of her. When he found her like that, he couldn't leave her like that. Cheshire would never forgive him if he did. So he did what he thought was right and took the girl back with him. He had left her in the room, knowing she wouldn't leave in the state she was in right now, to make some tea to help her out. It didn't hurt that he added some medicine to make her sleepy within the next few hours or so.

Finally coming back, he shifted the door open with his hip, his hands full with a silver tray holding a cup of tea for her and himself, without any medicine though, and went inside the room. Setting the tray down on the wooden table, he handed her cup of tea to her. In the dull, lackluster light, blue eyes slowly looked down at her tea before she looked back at him as he sat down across from her. He had his cup of tea in front of himself.

"Why don't you tell me what's wrong, Miss. Yule?"

"I..."

Zenna Yule's and Hon Tee's Apartment, Death City, Nevada, United States

Sunday, January 11, 20XX

5:11 A.M.

He gave another long sigh as he turned the key to the apartment before he closed the door behind him. He trudged to the couch in the living room, not bothering to turn on the lights, and fell onto it, face first. Taking a deep breath, he screamed into the pillow his face fell onto, it muffling it quite a bit. After what seemed for hours, he finally flipped over slowly, his glasses and hair in disarray as was his few days-old clothes. He didn't have the will to change them at all, not until she came back home. He had searched high and low for the girl for the last few days after his injuries had been checked out by Professor Stein. He wasn't happy he had gotten injured in the back over his scares he had gotten back from the wolves all those months ago.

"Where are you, Zenna?" He muttered, looking up at the darkened ceiling. He couldn't find her, even when Maka and the others helped. They didn't know how thankful he was for their help. He was lucky that they did help, though he was still angered at Kid for treating Cheshire as he did back then. They were able to cover more ground that way. There was even that Crona kid, though stranger than most, helping them. Though Maka and Crona had to stop as they had gone to the Czech Republic yesterday evening so they should be there by mid-morning. Shinigami-sama, after he had heard what happened, had visited him while Professor Stein was checking him out. They both went to visit Cheshire as they talked.

Hon had asked how was Zenna and then what had happened. He could only explain what he knew. After the father went silent, staring at his sleeping daughter, he had left with a somewhat cheery good-bye. Hon couldn't explain it but he knew the Being was in more pain then he let on. He, himself had left then, promising the girl that he'd find Zenna no matter what. Hon would keep that promise but now he couldn't fulfill it as he couldn't find her at all even with the others' help.

He needed to find her. His world couldn't handle itself without her in it! He let out a yawn, forcing his mouth close. He didn't want to sleep. He didn't have the time. But before he knew it, his eyes closed and he fell asleep.

"Zenna..." He mumbled sadly in his sleep before his consciousness fell even deeper into his dreaming mind.

He ran and ran and ran. "Zenna! Where are you? Zenna?" He called out as his footsteps echoed along the empty cobblestoned street. The crazed, smiling moon reflected down on him, casting shadows along behind him.

"Zenna!" His voice held a wispy effect.

- loud blast of wind and sudden girl screams - the back of the school.

...let it HAPPEN again.

"Hon..."

The said boy whipped around, looking to see a young girl - Zenna - in a white dress. Her light blue eyes glowed inside the shadows the always crescent moon made. His eyes showed how relieved he was, and he took a step forward. But suddenly his feet hesitated when he saw the blood on the hem of the white dress and on her right side. She tilted her head, an insane smile slowly growing on her lips.

"Hon~..."

Zenna's eyes - wide - stared blankly down at her hand.

- fan. It was shaking.

The shadows around her grew all around her. Some of her long hair was on the ground, a pair of red scissors next to it. Blinking once, an older version of her was there, being the younger version, most of her body in the shadows.

"Stop it!"

A sudden gust of wind blew at him. He felt himself be blasted away while pain shot through his back.

JUST LEAVE ME ALL ALONE! She ran and no one went after her.

Sudden she was right in front of him, the shadows consuming her whole body. She inched closer to him until her mouth was next to his ear, whispering, "Ney, Hon, why didn't you protect me?" Instantaneously, Zenna pulled back and leaped forward with pointed razor teeth and swallowed him whole.

Zenna Yule's and Hon Tee's Apartment, Death City, Nevada, United States

Sunday, January 11, 20XX

3:45 PM

"Aaaaauuuuugggghhhhh!" Silver eyes snapped open as Hon shot straight up, eyes darting in the still dark room, curtains drawn. He placed his hand on his beating heart that felt like it would burst out of his chest at any moment. Taking a deep breath, he tried to calm his heart. 'The dream had been so vivid, so real, that for a moment I...' Looking around, he noted that he was still in his living room before glancing at the clock to see the time, eyes blinking.

"I slept for so long!" He hissed out, stand up, legs swinging over the edge as he stood up. He walked over to the window and opened up the curtains. Too quickly, he might add, as he hissed like a vampire again when the light burned his eyes. He backed away from the sunlight that seeped into the room, eyes slowly getting used to the brightness before he readjusted his crooked glasses and tried to pat down his bed hair.

He needed to find Zenna!

Then his stomach growled. Hon hadn't eaten since yesterday morning before his search for Zenna had went on. He would grab something quickly before he would resume his search. It was best to have the energy. As he searched his fridge for something to cook swiftly, there was a knock at the front door. Closing off the cool air of the refrigerator, he looked over to the door when it knocked again. "I'm coming," he called out, walking over to the piece of wood that separated the continued knocking at between him and the other person. There was another knock.

"I'm coming! I'm coming!" Stepping over to the door, he opened only to find no one. His eyes narrowed. Was someone playing a prank on him? Sticking his head out, he looked both to the left and right a few times, yelling, "It's not funny, ya know!" Sighing, his head dropped, blinking quickly to see an empty can. A single strand of memory came to the front of his mind.

Zenna had seen a change happen in Cheshire over the last few days. She really couldn't explain it but Cheshire wasn't her usual self even if she tried to act like it. She seemed weaker than before as well and Zenna didn't like that shade of pale Cheshire's skin had slowly gained over time. Sure her skin was pale by nature, similar to her brother's, but it was never like this. She was worried but never showed it, only smiling for the girl. Zenna didn't want Cheshire to know that she knew something was up. She couldn't find out what it was. Asking the girl up front was something she couldn't do.

She had talked with Hon about this and he suggested that they do something together. That had surprised her, coming from him of all people, but it was a good idea. So she formed a plan and then placed it into action a few days later. She had pulled Cheshire aside earlier that day saying that she wanted to play a game with the three of them. They would be waiting at the park when she had got there.

Hon knew she hoped that it would work, but he wasn't sure himself that it would.

"Do you think she'll even come?"

"She'll come, Hon, I know she will!"

Hon looked at her, giving her a grumble, "I still don't understand as to why I must do this as well, Zenna. It would be better if it was just you. It's your plan after all."

Zenna sighed, looking at Hon and said, "Hon, we need to practice as a team and, face it, you want to do this as well but can't admit it. You may not care for Cheshire as you would for me, but she's growing on you." Hon's right eyebrow twitched, a scowl appearing on his face but he didn't say a thing. Zenna smiled. "C'mon, let's start; Chessy should be here by now."

He grumbled at this. Cheshire wasn't growing on him… Before the girl beside him could say anything, Hon kicked the empty soda can that was by his feet. When he finally caught where Cheshire stood, he lifted his foot and kicked the can with more force then he should have. It went past Cheshire's ear, almost scraping it before it fell with a clank in front of her. Her eyes widened in surprise, staring at the soda can like it was a foreign object. She kicked it slightly, the can rolling forward a few inches before she kicked it into the bushes with a curious look.

"Chessy!"

The girl turned to look at Zenna and Hon run up to her, her eyes releasing the surprise. Zenna grinned, she blinked, and Hon glared at her from his position from behind Zenna. He was quite surprised himself that she came, but the smile of the excitable girl next to him was enough for him to be sort of glad he was wrong. But he still didn't like Cheshire.

"Zenna," she greeted, "Hon..."

Zenna! He knew where she was!

Slamming the door behind him, he raced to where she'd be.

Park, Death City, Nevada, United States

Sunday, January 11, 20XX

4:16 PM

He raced over here as soon as he could, passing by an annoying Black Star, as he made his way over to the park. Panting, he looked around, eyes holding a wild look in them. "Zenna! Zenna!" He shouted, hand cupping over out his mouth to intensify the sound."Where are you?"

No one called back to him. He began to run along one of the walkways, looking to where he could find her. He wasn't going to break his promise! He wouldn't! He couldn't!

"ZENNA!" He yelled again but all he heard was silence until he heard a cling. Then a thud with another cling and a clang. There were the sounds of a can. Looking west, he charged down the walkway, following the sounds of a can's clings and clangs and saw a flash of green when he got closer. It was her! It was...

"Zenna!" He could feel his eyes water up as he dashed at her, clinging to her as he hugged her.

Park, Death City, Nevada, United States

Sunday, January 11, 20XX

4:31 PM

Blue eyes watched from afar as the two Demon Weapons sat down at a bench. He was glad that his message was able to get through to the boy. After he had talked to the girl, he had let her rest up at his shop so she could think about what he had said to her. She needed to talk to the boy and not run away anymore. She couldn't run away from her problems as they would catch up with her eventually. He was honest and told her so. Otherwise, he kept his mouth shut and only made sure she sat and was still alive until she had left earlier today.

"Why didn't you come back?"

"I- I didn't know what to do, Hon... I was... I..."

"You were scared?" She gave him a nod. "Was that all?" She gave a shrug, not looking at the other boy. "Dammit Zenna Yule, you'll be the death of me!" Hon sighed, rubbing the bridge of his nose with his pointer finger and thumb before looking at the girl. "Listen to me and listen good! Never do that again! Do you know how worried I was? I don't care if you hurt me like that! I don't want to lose you! I can't lose you!" He continued to talk/yell at the girl as she took it all in.

"I'm sorry..."

"How can I trust you if you'll just run away again?"

"I won't!"

"You won't?" He raised an eyebrow at the girl, seeing a determined glare from her.

"I promise I won't run away again, Hon!" She shouted at him, standing, her hand clasping into fists. "I will! I won't break it! I promise! I was wrong to run away after do that! I just didn't know what to do there! I was stupid and stubborn to do what I did! I know I can't change what happened but I know I can change for the better!" She was starting to cry! Hon had grabbed the girl before she started to ball into his chest.

Lun gave a small smile at the scene before turning away, pleased. "Looks like my job here is done." He vanished as a soft breeze blew with no sign that he was ever there.

In Front of Death Room, Death Weapon Meister Academy, Death City, Nevada, United States

Sunday, January 11, 20XX

7:26 P.M.

Worried light blue eyes glanced up into tired dark blue eyes. Patty muttered to her sister, "Do we really need to do this?" She really didn't want to but she'd listen to her sister if need be. The guilt hadn't been pleasant for either of them. So now they've had enough. But she didn't want to do this behind their Meister's back. It was hard for them but it was the right thing to do.

"We need to, Patty," Liz answered, sighing. The bags under her eyes were not good for her reflection. This would help them all. "This has gone on long enough. I can't handle seeing Kid like this anymore. I don't even understand his reasoning for what he did. He would always dodge the question whenever we asked. It can't go on like this! I don't want this! I know you don't want this and I know Kid doesn't want this anymore! We need to do this and do this now before we decide to not do it anyway."

"If you really think so then... all right..." Both slowly walked into the room as the large door marked with a skull and the plate, 'Death Room.' opened. Both of them held hands, waiting for the inevitable meeting between them and their Meister's Father. Taking a deep breath, they waited to see what would happen.

Underground Training Room, Lun's Library, Older Part of Death City, Nevada, United States

Sunday, January 11, 20XX

8:00 P.M.

Lun vanished from one location to another as katanas with the intent to kill flew at him from all sides before he landed lightly on the top of a dead tree branch. Moving his hands around, water droplets formed around Lun's body before they combined together to create three rings of water that surrounded his body. One katana broke one ring then another as two were shot at him. As Lun flipped in the air, landing on the ground to face his opponent. A blade was pointed at him until another was pulled out of the ground a few feet away from Mifune at him.

The one ring was water flowing around him swayed around before it became flat and sharp like a knife and expanded outward. Lun dashed at Mifune, sliding on his knees, lowering himself to dodge the swipe of a katana trying to cut off his head. The ring of water slipped under the man's sandals, causing the ground to go wet and make him slip from the sudden change in ground. Using this time, Lun flipped over, using his hands to twist his body to land on the samurai's waist. The wizard knocked the katana in his hand and grabbed the other man's wrists, pinning the other down.

Icy blue eyes glared up at cheeky, closed, fox-like eyes. "I win again, 'fune," Lun said, grinning in victory.

"I can see that," Mifune hissed out, ticked off at him using that infernal nick name. He struggled slightly, moving his legs around under the man. "Now get off."

"What if I don't want to?" Lun asked, grin growing more mischievous. If looks could kill, then he'd be burning in all seven layers of hell at the moment. Lun let out a small pout, getting off of the much younger human. "Fine..." Upon standing, he held out his hand to the other. Mifune, though still glaring at the other, took it without hesitation. With a swipe of Lun's hand, a panel from up above the ceiling opened and a staircase descended from it. As he looked back at the samurai picking up his last katana, he faintly wondered how all of the others that were scattered about were already inside his case now full of katanas. Then both men walked up the stairs and into another room.

The panel sealed itself shut as if it was never there. Both of them walked out of the room and down a long hallway as they made their way over to Lun's sitting room. Angela was sleeping in her somewhat permanent room just meant for her (it was connected to another room that Mifune had laid claim to many years ago) not far away. Both men sat down at a round table across from each other. Lun placed his elbows on the top of the table as his fingers threaded together while his chin rested on them.

"So... what do you say, Mifune, will you do it?" He opened his eyes; they expressed how serious the situation was. "Will you protect Cheshire?"

Place: Unknown

Date: Unknown

Time: Unknown

A young teenager with long black hair, a single white strand on the left side that framed her face was there. Red-golden eyes expressed their happiness as she ran with her older brother. Their Mother and Father watched from afar, pleased that the children played together. The girl was so happy she had her family here. It was perfect. She looked over at her Big Brother, grinning up at him. Then she heard someone call his name, muted to all others, as two blonde heads came over. They were Big Brother's partners. She couldn't believe they came over to play as well.

She was so happy. She wished this never had to end. (Then why did she feel hollow?)

As everyone said hello to the two blondes, no one saw a wispy shadow move from the shadows a few feet some trees made to the young teenager with long black hair own shadow. Nor did they see two red eyes that came and went as fast as it did.

Okay somethings I need to go over with you readers. As you saw in this chapter, there will be some changes going to happen with Mifune involved. I will say one thing, the samurai won't be working for Achnaphobia as Lun was able to get to him before they could blackmail the man. Another thing, Cheshire will be waking up in a few chapters~! I hope you enjoyed this chapter. REVIEW.

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