Taking a Chance
** Some of the strongest relationships
starts as friendships…**
After
another long day of traveling, the three teens called it quits and stopped for
the night in the clearing in the woods they had come to. Satoshi was setting up
the sleeping bags and Takeshi was starting dinner. Kasumi decided to get out of
their way for a while and wandered off on her own. After walking for about fifteen
minutes, she found a place to sit down and think out how to reveal the secret
that she had kept for so long…
Namida ga ato tara afuredashite
Saigo no egao ga nijin de mienai no
Ikanaide ikanaide koko ni ite
Sora e hikari kakenukete yuku
(Afterward, tears started to
overflow
I could not see the last smile because of the blur
Don't go, don't go, stay here
Run past the light and ascend to the sky)
"Ne! Kasumi!"
she heard Satoshi calling about forty-five minutes later. Kasumi turned her
head in the direction of his voice and saw him walking over to her. Taking a
deep breath, she reminded herself it was now or never.
Konna ni chiisa na watashi dakedo
Anata wo dare yori sei ippai aishita
Arigatou ikutsumono taisetsu na kimochi
Te watashitekure da yo ne
(Even though I am such a small
thing
I love you more than anyone
Thanks for your many endearing thoughts
Which you gave to me)
"There you are."
He said, walking up closer to her with a smile on his face. "We were getting a
little worried." She allowed herself to smile a little.
"Gomen.
I lost track of time. Ano… Satoshi?"
"Hai?"
he asked, cutely tilting his head a little. Kasumi stared down at the ground
for a moment before looking at him.
"Well,
I can't really tell you…" she started. Quickly she leaned closer to him and
softly kissed his lips. He stared at her in surprise and she hastily pulled
away.
"Gomen
nasai…"she whispered quietly. She turned and practically ran from him, leaving
Satoshi staring after her.
"Kasumi…"
Wasurenaide hitori ja nai
Hanarete mo te wo tsunaideiru
Hajimete no koi hajimete shitta
Kono tanoshimi ga aru koto
(Don't forget, you are not
alone
Even though we are far apart, we are together
I found I fell in love for the very first time
I learned the depth of sadness)
Back at
'Camp'
"Where's Kasumi
at?" Takeshi asked when Satoshi came back alone. "I thought you were going to
get her?"
"Takeshi…"
he started. He looked at Satoshi expectantly. "What do you do when your best
friend kisses you and all you can do is stand there like an idiot?" he finally
asked. Takeshi stared.
"Satoshi no
baka." He said with a sigh.
"That bad huh?"
Satoshi asked sitting next to him.
"Hai. You should
have went after her and not have come back here without talking to her first."
Satoshi sighed.
"I know but… I'm afraid of loosing our friendship…"
Takeshi was
silent for a moment.
"Do you love her
back?" he asked bluntly.
"Hai." Satoshi
immediately responded. Takeshi smiled.
"Then you have
nothing to worry about. Everything will work out. You've had your soul mate
right in front of you for the past six years and you never noticed. You've
always been caught
up in battling
and capturing Pokemon. Not many girls would wait around for you like she has."
Satoshi nodded.
"Hai." I just
can't believe I took her for granted all this time."
Nani ka ga shou metsushite mo nani ka ga
futatabi yatte
Wakare ni kureta hohoemi wa tsuyoku ikiyo
to iu anata kara no MESSEJI
(When something is
lost, something else replaces it
The memory of your
parting smile gives me strength to live
A message from you)
"So Mr. Pokemon master, what are you going
to do? Sit around her all night being bored and talking to me?" Takeshi asked
with a grin. Satoshi returned the grin as he stood up.
"Nope.
I'm going after the love of my life."
Itsu kitto haeru
Futari noreba
Tooku demo hitomi itsume aru
Kibou to yume no subete wo kakete
Yakusoku wo shiyou yo
Ano hi no hagashisa wo daite
Ashita saku mirai wo ikiru
(Surely we will meet again
And from a distance will recognize each other in a glance
In all our hopes and dreams
Let's make this promise
Clinging to the strong memory of that day
I can look forward and live)
'~' Oh dear… gomen, I'm not all so sure
about how good that was… ^_^;; I'm not very good at these one shot fics… Oh
well. ^^ The quote at the beginning of this story is a little something I just
came up with… I'm sure there are many quotes quite similar to it, so I don't
take credit for it! The song in this is called Yubiwa and it's from the Vision
of Escaflowne. Very pretty song! If you haven't heard it, go download it
somewhere or IM me for it! ^^ Please R&R! Ja!
-Daidouji-san
