FOREWORD: Coincidence. There are none. Destiny will determine our path. Underneath he deep blue sky lies our first meeting.
THE UNDELETETABLE PAST
Chapter 2: Spark of the moment.
Rukawa stared at Mrs Aiji's back as the old lady walk away from him. Her last words paralyze him completely.
"Rukawa san…..I think you should know ….Sano is here…somewhere in this building. I just picked her up at the train station and she insisted on coming here….she said something about finding some thing,"with that Mrs Aiji left him pondering.
Aiji Shisano…..It was like a dream. He thought it was. He tried to deny and pretend for so long until it no longer seem real. And her existence vanished, his memory of her erased. It was just a spark of the moment when he was lost and no one cared about him. He pushed everything about her to the back of her mind, to the back of his heart. He couldn't face the truth …about his mother's death…and about a gentle touch…too gentle for a tomboy….
Rukawa got up from where he was seated.For some reason he wanted to find her and see her with his own eyes.He looked around once and his instinct lead him towards the west.Deep inside he always knew where she was.Although he kept it hidden for ten long years,there was always a microscopic part of her that stayed in him.That suddenly multiplied when he heard her name.
FLASHBACK
There was a little boy, who was always alone, always statued, always sad.It was almost time to go home and every kid was having their last playtime before their parents came to pick them up.Laughter , screams and shouts could be heard as they ran about the playground.He was at the back of the canteen sitting in a corner.Eyes half opened, dazed.He heard a soft voice in the canteen,
"Please ,I promise I won't ruin it but mom already shifted my piano to the new house. I haven't got a chance to play since yesterday,"the voice said,a small harmonious voice.
"Alright I'll go with you but first I have to get the key,"he recognized that voice it was the lady in the canteen's.
Footsteps were heard approaching him.He stood up hurriedly not wanting to be found out but they were faster and an astonished voice called his name.
"Rukawa san,"Mrs Aiji said surprise.
He turned around and faced her and a chubby, cute girl by her side.The girl's light brown eyes were inquisitive and it twinkled with smiles.It seem that she expresses herself with her eyes.Her facial expression was one of impatience.He saw Mrs Aiji nudge her small shoulders and whispered something.She hesitated before reaching out a hand.
"Ohayo,my name is Aiji ,sayonara,"and she pulled back her extended arm and ran but was caught by Mrs Aiji.Mrs Aiji whispered something in her ear again which she seem to be interested in and she extended her hand again.Rukawa was dumbfounded but after an encouraging nod from Mrs Aiji he took in the handshake.
"Um… would you like to be the audience?Aunt Kaime said you would neh,"Aiji asked excited.She reached for his left hand and interlocked their fingers before pushing Mrs Aiji towards their destination.
Her hand felt warm in his and she swung it happily between them.They came upon a blue door labeled music room.Aiji practically ran inside after it was unlock pulling Rukawa harshly.The lights were switched on by Mrs Sano.Then he saw a piano for the first time,
It was placed at the side of the room.She let go of her hold and positioned herself in front of the instrument.
She took a deep breath . Then her deft fingers moved smoothly in the keyboard.Such a sweet ,cheerful melody that calmed him ,that was making him float and fly ,with his mother a beautiful angel.
Then he became her 'audience' for a week before the holidays.The last day of school.
She said sayonara,she was moving to Tokyo.They held hands walking together after school where she played a song for him ,her first audience and he had nothing to give except a white rose.
END OF FLASHBACK
He stood in front of the familiar room again this time it was yellow in colour.He turned the knob, it was locked…Disappointed he turned around and in a distance ,a girl walked towards him.A girl with long ebony black hair tied up into a ponytail.She walked past him ignoring his existence and unlocked the room,let herself in and wanted to shut it but Rukawa pushed it open,without words she let him in and clicked the door close.
They stared at each other.Her light brown eyes versus his dark blue ones.
"What do you want ? Eshiri sent you didn't she? We have already agreed I have a year to prepare for our fight so go away and stop bothering me!"she said softly yet stressing every word.
He was taken aback .But he remained in his calm composure.She still had her chubby features but now she was tall,built and had a saddened expression written on her face.A small scar about an inch was above her left eyebrow.Her eyes no longer twinkle with happiness but bore a tough and vengeful sight.
She looked at his puzzled expression and knew he wasn't one of her enemies.Yet he looked so familiar.She shrugged the thought off as he couldn't be that guy.The guy who wasn't one of her enemies but the one she hated , hated so that she could put the past behind her.He wanted her to know.He wanted to know.For the first time he broke the silence.
"Who are you?" he asked.
So he wasn't sent by Eshiri….Her expression soften and she replied in such a soft ,drifting voice
"I am a goddess .I am the raindrops falling from the clouds. I am the mountain that stand up tall beneath the mist and the deep blue sky, I am everywhere ."
He looked at her strangely , his left eyebrow lifted slightly. She mature much.She was very wise in her words .Something he hasn't found in any girl,in any of the letters left in his locker.She somewhat ease him. Her presence gives him comfort .
She realized he was staring at her probably with no understanding whatsoever of her speech.She did not mind .To release the invisible frown on his forehead she continued calmly
"It is better for two beings to communicate like strangers and walk away forgetting than knowing the truth which leaves a scar in the heart."
He decided to lure her out of this unusual mysterious way she changed.It was like he didn't know her at all.
"Sometimes there's no need for lies…Aiji'"he replied.
His words striked her ,causing a huge impact in her heart.Her eyes widened but quickly regain her balance.
"I hate you. I detest people like you,"she said trying to stress a point but the words came out shakily.
Rukawa saw her hands slightly shivered,he noted the shakiness in her voice.He needed just one more blow to her ears before she exploded.And he did just that.
"Aiji, I'm Rukawa,Rukawa Kaede,"he said softly.
That did it . She froze completely hearing his name. Then she realized he was playing a game, one that she will lose girls are always weak.Emotions clouded her mind .She turned her back at him.It suddenly grew warm in that air conditioned room.The temperature rose up so fast as the aura of feelings circled them both .He waited for her words ,angry syllables that would burn his ears but there were none
The stillness of the room.The quietness of the surrounding signals that danger grew close.Two hearts beating madly.One out of negative energy and the other with a positive source.Both clashed against each other.
"The ghost is back .It never stopped haunting me,"she said .Her hands forming into a fist.Rukawa Kaede the ghost that did not stop haunting her.That made her do silly things just to forget,to get away from his grasps.
He walked towards her .Her heart sceamed "No don't come close,go away,"
But she stood as she felt his hands slipping into hers interlocking their fingers reviving the past.
"I'm here,"he whispered . She lost this game again. She remembered Eshiri her junior high school life and that was enough to make her break their connection and ran out the exit,within seconds.Rukawa didn't waste any time in chasing her.
Sudden revival of memories,br
Bursting out from sidelines,br
Somehow what mattered most,br
Comes with a cost.br
A.N:Wow Rukawa is so OOC.But this is my fic and Rukawa is vulnerable inside beneath his tough hide.No it will not be a lemon.