Hiyee, minna-san! Reia-chan here!? This is my first fanfic in Yami no Matsuei so please forgive me IF there are a lot of mistakes that happen in the story. This is the TWENTIETH chapter already. Please enjoy it!!! :)

Disclaimer: I don't own Yami no Matsuei. But Kageyami Saino, Yumeki Sakura, Akizuki Kyla, Cerberus, Strength, etc. (Upcoming characters not related to YnM) belongs to me.

*Klyukaizer, Belial & Yaone: Thank you so much for reviewing!!! This is for you! -_^

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Between Two Hearts

Chapter 20: When the Three Pairs met (Part II)

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The flax haired boy, wearing green t-shirt and blue jeans, and the ebony haired girl, wearing an orange shirt and khaki cargo pants, were running towards the flower shop. Reia: Before you get confused, I would like to say that Saino worked at a flower shop at Nagasaki.

Saino sighed, "Good thing no customers yet…"

Saino opened the glass door, which chimed, and peeped out. As she saw the short old lady with pale white hair, who was watering some plants, she loudly greeted.

"Ohayo, Hana-san!!!" she cheerily ran towards her.

"Ah, Saino dear," she turned to her, smiling.

"Ohayo," Hisoka greeted next, following Saino casually.

The old lady turned to Hisoka, shifting her glasses, "Are, Saino dear, who's this beautiful young girl? Is she also going to work here?"

The young girl giggled and said, "Hana-san, he's not a girl." She introduced Hisoka, "Hana-san, this it Hisoka, my bestfriend. And he's here to lend some help."

"Hiko, you say? Your boyfriend?" the lady asked, leaning closer to the Saino.

"No, Hana-san. He's not Hiko. He's Hisoka. Hi-so-ka…" Saino syllabicated the young boys name. "And he's my bestfriend…"

"Hiko…" Hisoka suddenly remembered his dream and related it to something.

"Ne, oniichan, namae wa?"

"Hisoka… Kurosaki Hisoka…"

"Hiso…"

"Hisoka."

"Mmm… may I just call you Hiko? Anyway, it sounds fine, right?!"

"Ah… well… alright."

"*giggles* Hiko…"

Saino snapped her fingers in front of his face, "Hisoka, Daijoubu ka?"

Hisoka shoot his head from the trance then nodded, "Hai. Daijoubu."

Hana said, "Saino dear, Hisoka dear, you may start now with the plant over there."

The two turned to her and nodded, "Hai!"

Hana went to the basement while Saino went to the cabinet to get the aprons.

"Hisoka-kun, catch!" she tossed one to Hisoka.

Hisoka exactly caught the apron as he turned to her.

The two put on the blue aprons and went to the raven rack inside the shop. Different types of flower plants were on it and each type was arranged per row. Saino pulled out a pot and handed it over to him.

"Hisoka-kun, you mist this African Violet with water," she told her. "The spray bottles are at the cabinet over there."

Hisoka took the plant and put it on a table. He searched for the spray bottle while Saino was at the other table, making flower arrangements wrapped in plastic. Suddenly, Saino noticed two people went towards the shop and dashed outside.

"Ohayo, sir, madam," she cheerily greeted.

Saino noticed the two familiar faces.

She exclaimed, "Oniichan!…"

Her smile faded, "… Akizuki sensei." She thought, "Oh no… Hisoka's girlfriend…" Reia: In this part, Saino knew Kyla is Hisoka's girlfriend through telepathy. That's also what Saino can do. ^_^

"Don't worry, Saino. I'm no longer his girlfriend…" Saino heard Kyla's voice in her thoughts.

She turned surprisingly at Kyla while Kyla smiled at her.

"She can read minds? Also, how did she know my name?"

"Well, Aoi-kun told me so. I mean, Hisoka…"

She turned red.

"Anyway, What are you doing here?" Tsuzuki asked.

She was about to answer his question when the flax haired boy suddenly went out.

He yelled, "Saino, I'm done with…" He also noticed Tsuzuki and Kyla, "Tsu-Tsuzuki!!! And Kyla!"

"Oh, Hisoka!" Tsuzuki said cheerily.

"Hi, Aoi-kun," Kyla waved a little. "Well, don't tell me you're also working here?"

The young boy shook, "Iie, I'm just lending them some help."

Hisoka turned to the brunette and smiled softly as he saw the normal Tsuzuki.

"I guess Saino was right about it…"

Tsuzuki asked confusingly, "You all knew each other?"

The trio nodded.

"Also, I know that all of you are Shinigamis. But don't worry!" Kyla winked.

Saino suddenly said, "Let's go inside and have a talk. We're sorry if it's kind of messy…"

"Iie, betsuni," Kyla smiled.

Saino went inside first then the three followed. Saino put aside the things she was doing that was on the table, pulled two other chairs and put it at the table. The four sat on the chairs, occupying the four sides.

Saino started by asking, "Akizu…"

"If you call Asato, 'oniichan', then you could call me onee-chan," she smiled. "Right, Asato?"

Tsuzuki nodded.

The two teenagers were confused and exchanged glances.

"Asato???"

Tsuzuki suddenly said, "Oh yeah, Hisoka, I have good news and bad news for you."

"Nani?…" he turned to the brunette.

"Kyla is already a Shinigami and she'll be Saino's partner…"

Saino exclaimed, "NANI?!? You're a Shinigami!?!"

Saino thought saying, "This means you're already dead. But what's your reason of becoming one???"

Kyla nodded and smiled, "Well, I liked to help you all solve cases about unusual deaths. I find it interesting and fun."

Tsuzuki cheerily said, "Also, she has telepathic powers!"

"Yeah. I know," the two said in unison, one cheerily while the other dully.

Tsuzuki sweatdropped, "So, I was already late about it…"

"And what about the bad news?…" Hisoka asked, one hand propping his head.

Tsuzuki scratched his cheeks a little, "Well, cases are solved by partners. Kyla and Saino are partners and…"

"The training is already finished and Saino's going to leave the apartment…" Hisoka said, slowly turning to Saino with wide eyes.

Wide eyes were also greeted by the boy's stare.

Tsuzuki noticed them and tried to cheer them up, "But it will still be next week! And you can still see each other at the office!!"

"Yeah, that's right. And don't worry, Aoi-kun. I'll take good care of her," she smiled.

Saino semi-smiled but it faded fast. She sighed and turned again to Hisoka, who was staring down at the table.

"I guess I won't be staying there forever…"

While Hisoka thought, "She'll be leaving us next week. Guess there's nothing I could do…"

"… Come to think of it, we didn't get along at first. She was too secretive like I was when I first met Tsuzuki before, even now, I guess, I'm still the same…"

"… And as time past, Tsuzuki and I got along… like right now, Saino and I…"

"Onee-chan, how did you and oniichan met?" she asked.

Tsuzuki retorted, "Konoe called me up and told me that a new Shinigami's waiting at a park here at Nagasaki…"

"… At first, I wasn't in the mood to do it but he insisted me so, I did."

Kyla continued, "Then, we met at the center of the park. I noticed that he was really down so I tried to cheer him up by talking to him…"

Strength suddenly appeared on the table in a prone position, facing Kyla, who was surprised by her appearance while the other three fell backward due to the same reason.

"So, you're Tsuzuki-san's soon to be girlfriend!" she cheerily said.

"W-who are you???" she asked.

"Hiyee! Me Strength! Nice ta meet ya!" she stood on the table and jumped off it.

Hisoka tried to stand up and told Strength, "Onegai, Strength, don't just pop out of nowhere."

"Gomen, Hi-chan! Gomen, minna!" She clapped her hands together and bowed.

The three put up the chairs and sat back on it. Footsteps from the basement's metal spiral ladder were heard.

"What was all the noise, Saino dear?" the old lady asked, upon arriving.

Saino smiled, "Gomen, Hana-san."

Hana noticed Tsuzuki, Kyla and Strength.

"Who are these people?" she asked. "Customers?"

"My friends," she said. Saino introduced them, "This is Tsuzuki Asato… Akizuki Kyla and… Strength…"

"Ohayo!" the three greeted and bowed.

"Ohayo," she smiled then turned to Saino. "I'll be going back to the basement. Call me there in case of anything."

"Hai, Hana-san!" Saino said.

Strength suddenly said, "Have to go now! I don't want to disturb LOVERS' interactions! Bai-bai!" She disappeared.

Kyla suddenly turned to Saino and asked her, "Oh, Saino, do you have Camellias around? Karan-chan asked me to buy one."

"Camellias?… Tsubaki-hime…" Hisoka remembered.

"You mean, Fujimiya Karan?" she asked. Saino then realized, "But you can't go and give it to her?! Didn't she know you were dead?"

Kyla smiled, "Don't worry. She already knew and the same goes with her sister. Also, the two believe in such stuffs."

She continued, "Her younger sister's at the hospital and Karan can't leave her there until the day of the operation or transplant…"

"Transplant?! Where?!" Hisoka asked.

"… At the heart."

To be continued…

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Reia: About the 'Kanazawa' thingie, it's 'Kanagawa', the place where Hisoka and Saino was born. Please do forgive me about this.

Next chapter hints: (When the Three Pairs met: Part III)

Kamui: Well, there are lovers conversation here and… some tarot card reading… ;p

Reia: I'll be not posting the next chapter until 17 because we'll be having our exams. But I will still continue writing the story! Arigato for your patience! ;p