Thoughts are in italics.
****Astericks indicate scene change****
Voice from the outside world -- This'll make sense
later. ^^
- Ryouko
Till Life Do We Part
-Part 2-
Yui rubbed her eyes and took a deep breath. The air smelled strange, like water and smoke. She opened her eyes and took a few moments to wonder what the hell was going on.
She was lying on top of a smooth hard surface and all around her was a strange gray fog. Yui stood up and instantly became dizzy when she realized the ground was some sort of mirror that reflected the thick tumultuous mist that swirled around her.
"Oh... shit," she whispered and sat back down. Waves of nausea swum over her and mixed with the increasing sensation of panic.
Yui!
Yui looked up. That voice sounded so familiar...
"Miaka?! Miaka, where are you?!" she yelled out. Was she stuck in here too? Yui tried making her way through the fog, but it was impossible to see anything past the thick mist. She also couldn't tell which way she was going. For all she knew, she was upside down or running in circles.
"Miaka!" Yui called out again. An intense feeling of helplessness took over her. She sat back down.
Maybe the best thing to do right now is to wait here... If Miaka's here, she find me eventually...
The cold wet mist swirled around her and Yui shivered. She felt like a little kid who just got lost in a huge mall.
Please hurry, Miaka...
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"Miaka, the doctor just told me it's okay for you to come home with me," Taka said gently. She shook her head.
"No, I'm staying here with Yui."
Taka took a seat by the window. Miaka was lying on her side and faithfully watching over her friend. Her face was withdrawn and her eyes had begun to show dark bags beneath them. Taka watched as she struggled to stifle a yawn.
"Listen Miaka... I know how you feel about Yui, but wearing yourself out like this isn't going to help either of you," Taka said. "Come on, let's go home. We can come back and see her tomorrow..."
Miaka frowned. "No, but--"
"Don't worry, Noku's going to be here with her..." Taka glanced at the tall man who was fitfully sleeping in the chair by Yui. He seemed to mutter something and gripped the chair arms tightly before resting back in his seat again.
She sighed. "Ok then... but we're coming back here first thing tomorrow morning!"
Taka nodded. "Okay." He watched Miaka whisper something to Yui and kiss her on the forehead.
Yui... I wonder what's going on in your head right now...
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Yui felt her patience wear thin. She must've been sitting here for hours already.
"God, Miaka, don't tell me you stopped for a snack," she muttered.
Yu...
"... Hello?!" Yui's voice was raspy from hours of calling out to Miaka. She tried harder to listen. "Is anyone there?"
... coming... tomorrow morning... hope you wake up by then...
It was definately Miaka's voice. So she was coming tomorrow to get her! Yui grinned with relief. She didn't think she could stand being in this strange place any longer.
But what did she mean by waking up? She wasn't sleeping right now... Yui frowned. Truth be told, she wasn't feeling the least bit tired.
Well, she'll just ask her tomorrow. How far away was morning anyway?
Yui checked her watch. It read 5:16pm. So she had quite a bit of time ahead of her... Now what?
She sighed and started walking. Might as well see if there was anything here besides this stupid mist.
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He was standing in a forest. Noku walked around for a bit and recognized it as the place where he first met Yui.
Somewhere in the distance, he heard soft sobs. They got closer and closer until it suddenly slammed into him. He fell hard onto his back and realized he had an armful of Yui.
"Yui?" he asked surprised. She stopped crying for a moment.
"Noku," she said. And disappeared.
He found himself standing at a lakeside. A lone sailboat was drifting across the water. Across the lake, he saw Yui sitting with her back to him.
"Yui!" he called out. She didn't turn around.
Driven by a sudden urge to get to her, he dove into the water and began swimming. The sailboat continued to idley drift across the lake.
Suddenly, Noku felt a pair of strong arms grab him and throw him across the side of the boat.
"Hey!" he shouted and tried to get off, but he was held down.
The boat sailed back to the lakeside. He was dropped off and sat there, dazed.
"Why did you do that?! Who are you?!" he yelled. Try as he might, he couldn't see the face of this mysterious sailor.
"Stay away from her. She belongs to me," a voice snarled. Noku saw a pair of deadly orbs appear seconds before they shot through his chest.
Noku laid there gasping and shuddering with pain. He looked up to see a boy glare at him with crazed green eyes and watched helplessly as the boy sailed back across the lake and put his arms around Yui.
"Yui..." Noku said weakly. Yui sat there frozen as the boy began kissing her neck. He closed his eyes.
Then he snapped them back open. The early morning light was filtered through the window shades and a few birds were chirping outside.
Noku struggled to catch his breath. A layer of cold sweat covered his skin. He quickly looked around and saw Yui lying still on the hospital bed.
"What the hell was that...?" he whispered and shook his head. His chest was strangely throbbing with a dull pain and he leaned back in his chair. That was one heck of a dream... Who was that strange boy though? He looked at him with such hate in his eyes... Noku grimaced at the memory of them. There was something else there too... A sense of longing, perhaps? How strange.
Noku went over to Yui and gently ran his fingers through her hair.
"Yui, don't leave me..." he whispered softly. And there was silence.
To Be Continued
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Haha, another cliffhanger! Don't hate me! (=_=)
I'm pretty pleased with this chapter. It ties together quite nicely with chapter one and makes the perfect foundation for my next ridiculously anticlimatic chapter. ^_~ Sorry if these chapters seem pretty short, by the way. I hand-write them first, so when I type them out, the pages shrink drastically. In total, these chapters took 14 pages on normal notebook paper, but probably only 4 when typed. > It's disheartening, really...
Anyhoo, I'll end off my rambling with another shameless plea for reviews. You there, REVIEW! Yes, I can see you sitting there with your mouse poised over the "back" button. =P I make it a point to review every story I read, ever since I realized how much they mean to people. I encourage to you all to do the same... Thanks in advance! Feel free to email me instead if you prefer.
- Ryouko