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Chapter Three

"What should I wear?" Momiji asked herself, rummaging through her cluttered closet.

She knew she had to wear a red scarf so he would know who she was-according to the e-mail he wrote her earlier that morning. But when she searched all over her house, she couldn't find one. So she stood up, and put on her coat.

She walked down the street and into town. Her heart was beating wildly in anticipation of tomorrow. She couldn't wait to see him. "Maybe he is tall, dark and handsome or maybe he was short and pale," she thought to herself. "It would be funny if he was Yaegashi or somebody else from the TAC."

She finally got to the clothing store and walked inside. Clothes hung on hangers and on human-looking mannequins. She could her the rings of the cash registers and other people's conversations.

She walked to the back of the store and stopped dead in her tracks. There he was. He was in the coat section. It was … Kusanagi. She stood there, staring with her mouth wide open. She couldn't believe he was there. In downtown Tokyo, shopping, and it just happened to be at the same store she usually shopped at. She then noticed him slightly turn. So she quickly turned her back and started to walk forward. But she didn't get very far, when he called out to her.

"Momiji," he said, "is that you?"

She suddenly stopped and turned around. "Oh, hi Kusanagi."

He walked toward her, with that smile on his face. The same smile she remembered from so long ago. The same smile that made her weak at the knees and her heart pound wildly in her chest. And surprisingly, she still had that same reaction to it. Maybe she wasn't over him after all. Maybe she still had feelings for him, even if they were small.

"How have you been?" he asked in a smooth tone.

She stopped staring and looked away, blushing. "I've been great, and you?"

He nodded. "Pretty good."

"That's great," she said.

"Yeah," he said. "So, are you doing anything today? Because maybe we could go out and lunch just like old times?"


She swallowed hard and blinked. "Umm," she said. How could she say no? To him? To that smile? She couldn't. "Sure. I'd love to go lunch with you."

"Okay," he said.

But as they started to walk to the exit, she remembered something. She forgot about buying the red scarf. The red scarf kUsHi34Pro told her to wear.

"Kusanagi, before we go, I have to pick up something, okay?" she asked.

He nodded. "Sure, no problem."

He followed her to where the hats and scarves were. There were many different colors. Blues, purples, pinks, greens, browns, blacks, reds. She instantly grabbed a red scarf that had a maple leaf on the end. She wrapped it around her neck and stood in front of the mirror.

"What do you think?" Momiji asked, glancing at him in the mirror.

He blushed. "It looks really great on you," he replied.

She smiled and turned to him. "I like it, too."

After she paid for the scarf, they went to a little Chinese restaurant that was on the corner. The restaurant was small, but very decorative. It had glass sculptures of dragons and scenic pictures of Japan hung on the wall. The lighting was dim and the air smelled of cherry blossoms. The tables were low and had little paper lanterns in the middle of them. Th waitresses wore colorful kimonos and had chopsticks in their hair.

They sat down at a table and waited for the waitress to bring them their drinks.

Momiji couldn't help to stare at him. He was the same handsome Kusanagi that she remembered from so long ago. He was still her first kiss and her first real love. She always dreamed about seeing him again. Sometimes she would picture them sitting by the beach, watching the sunset in the far distance. And they wouldn't leave until the sun rises again. Sometimes she could see him sitting outside her window, watching and protecting her. She missed those days very much. But those days were gone forever.

"So," he said, "have you found somebody new?"

She snapped out over her daze and blinked blankly at him. What should she say? Should she tell him about Toby or about her "friend" from the internet? Or should she just tell him no?

"Well, there is the dream of someone else," she said. "How about you?"

"I guess you could say there's someone," he replied. "I don't know, there's just something about her that makes me fell that I have already met her before."

"Well, I'm happy for you," she said.

Why is she lying to herself? She wasn't happy for him. She didn't want him to be with anyone. She wanted him to be with her. Forever. But, then, she thought of kUsHi34Pro. Maybe she was supposed to be with him and not Kusanagi. But she wished somehow that he could be Kusanagi. "That's impossible," she said to herself. "Isn't it?"

To Be Continued...

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