Gomen for this taking so long to get out! I've been out of town and been
writing on different stories… But, like I said in the author's notes in
another story, it's summer now! So we all have more time to write, right?
Anyways, I don't own SM or GW. Wish I did though! Please, review if you
want more! OR you can email me at akamoonsugar@yahoo.com. Ja ne!
"I don't know." she said. This time he couldn't control it; his visible eye widened. He sat back down, and she did the same.
"What?"
"It's true, honest!" the girl said meekly. When asked to explain, she did. Smiling the entire time, she told him everything she had done in the six months since she awoke.
Trowa shook his head slightly when she ended her story. It was incredible that this tiny little girl had gone through so much... Almost too unbelievable, but her eyes showed that she was telling the truth. Trowa had an immense desire to protect her, to make sure she never had to go through any more pain.
"Well, that's all over now." he swore. She looked up at him.
"What?"
"Tell you what-" Trowa began. "You can stay here- or should I say, with me. But you need a name..." he trailed off, examining her. She giggled slightly as he ruffled her hair, a grin on his face that would make Hiiro blush. "Megami." She pondered a moment. "It means 'goddess'." he supplied. Her face teased him.
"I know Japanese!" she cried indignantly. He grinned back, then grabbed her hand and began to walk out towards his sister's trailer. Catherine looked up at them as Trowa opened the metal door.
"Trowa! Where have you-" she cut off as Megami came into the trailer behind him.
"Been?" she finished, giving Trowa a questioning look over Megami's head. "Hi." she greeted, standing and extending her hand to the shorter girl. "I'm Catherine." Megami grasped Catherine's hand firmly.
"I'm Megami." she said, smiling.
"Megami is going to be staying with us for awhile, Catherine. I was going to take her to talk to Jalke, but you know how he is. Can you help her get freshened up?" Trowa asked his sister. She nodded, and walked into another room of the fairly large trailer. In the brief moment she was gone, Trowa whispered quickly Megami.
"Don't let her in on your past yet, Megami. I'll tell you why later."
"I trust you, Trowa." Megami whispered back as Catherine called for her and she walked to the doorway where Trowa's sister was waiting.
A short while later, Megami emerged from the bathroom. She still wore her black clothes, but it was obvious she had washed her face and combed her hair. Catherine had experimented with her hair and had put it up in two meatball-like balls with long streamers coming out that reached her calves. (AN: At least now you all know who it is!)
Trowa smiled at Catherine and then at Megami. He took her hand and led her out of the trailer. Megami was surprised to find herself holding his hand, and turned to say goodbye to Catherine. When she twisted around, she saw an almost jealous expression on Catherine's face. She carefully stored the look away in the corner of her mind, deciding she would give it more thought later.
Megami didn't really watch what was going on around her as Trowa led her through the semi-crowded campsite. When Trowa stopped moving, she snapped back to the present and saw a man struggling with a heavy wooden block. Thinking this was the reason Trowa stopped, and not noticing the other man that he was talking to, she grabbed a corner of the block and steadied it. The man, thinking he must have set it down on something, let go. Megami strained under the pressure and had to quickly re-balance to stay on her feet, but promptly had it under control and was fine. The three men gawked at her.
"Jalke, this is Megami." Trowa introduced. The man who had originally been holding the block began to apologize profusely, but was swiftly silenced by the ringmaster and owner, Jalke. Megami set the block down gently on the ground.
"Nice to meet you." she greeted, and shook his outstretched hand. He smiled at her.
"So, Trowa, you were saying?" Jalke asked, continuing their conversation. Trowa grinned at her.
"I was just going to tell you that Megami will be staying with Catherine and I, and she might be interested in working here." Jalke nodded.
"What act would she like to be in? Acrobat? Horseback? Lion tamer?" he finished with a slight chuckle. Megami shook her head.
"Actually I just wanted to help move stuff, like this block." she told him, and watched as his eyes grew wider.
"Why don't you watch the practices for awhile and see what you like. Meanwhile, have Trowa give you a tour…" he trailed off, watching someone in the distance. "Please excuse me." he said as he briskly walked off. Megami turned to Trowa.
"So, you want a tour?" Trowa asked, and, seeing her nod, took her hand and led her off again. For a few hours they just wandered the fairgrounds, hand in hand. As the sun began to go down, the two were lying on a hillside. Megami, happy that she had finally found a friend, fell asleep sitting up. Her body wavered and keeled over, Megami's head landing on Trowa's thigh. Her face was towards him, and she tucked her hand under her head. She smiled slightly in her sleep, giving her the appearance of a child. Wondering exactly how old she was, Trowa caressed her hair and face softly, smiling as he did so. The pink and red light of the setting sun bathed them both in a slight warmth. In her sleep, Megami reached out to hold his hand, which he complied with gladly.
They sat like that for about an hour. Finally, just as the sun completely disappeared, Trowa kissed her on the cheek, and then moved to wake her up. Megami sat up and stretched, and smiled at the older boy.
"Arigato for letting me sleep, Trowa." she said. He smiled back at her.
"No problem. We should probably be heading back now." she nodded, and accepted his hand to help her up. She brushed off her backside and followed him back to his trailer. When they arrived, Catherine had changed out of her costume into a pair of sweatpants, and had taken her hair down. She was listening to the radio and reading, and greeted them with a smile when they came in.
"Hey you two!" Catherine exclaimed, putting her bookmark in place and then standing up to greet them. "There's some food in the kitchenette for you. I already ate, so help yourselves." They did, and then said good-bye to Catherine and left to go to Trowa's trailer, which was slightly nicer. They were lounging around, and Trowa began to answer Megami's questions about circus life.
"What do you do around here for fun when you're not working?" Megami asked.
"A lot of the time we're on the road, and some of the younger kids play some really juvenile games, but they're funny to watch. When we're camped out like we are now, we just hang around and work on our acts." She smiled at him.
"Can I watch tomorrow?" Megami asked. A small smile tugged at the corner of Trowa's mouth, and he reassured her that she could go anywhere she wanted. She yawned and looked at the clock. They had been talking for several hours.
"Tired?" Trowa asked. She nodded, yawning again. "Come on." he said, and led her into the bedroom at the back of the trailer. He gave her some of his clothes, and she went in the bathroom to change. When she emerged, wearing a 'long' shirt that came down to her mid-thigh, he had taken one of the pillows off the queen-sized bed, and had grabbed a blanket out of one of the closets. She walked over to him and tried to take the things from him.
"What are you doing?" he asked, slightly amused. She looked confused.
"I'm going to sleep on the couch." she told him, trying to pull the pillow and the blanket out of his hands.
"Nope, you're sleeping in here. I'm sleeping on the couch."
"No, I'M sleeping on the couch and YOU'RE sleeping in here."
"NO, I'm sleeping on the couch and YOU'RE sleeping in here."
"Look, why don't we alternate every night or something?" Megami suggested. An almost evil grin spread across Trowa's face for an instant before disappearing completely.
"What was that look all about? Do you have a better idea?" she asked, smiling.
"It's a queen-size anyway, why don't we just share?" Trowa offered. She blushed a deep pink, and all Trowa could think about was how cute she looked when she blushed.
"Yeah, okay... I guess." Megami said. Then she remembered something. "What about Catherine? Won't she mind? I mean, you two are... aren't you?" she finished, more confused then when she had started. Trowa laughed slightly.
"Are what, Megami? We are brother and sister, if that's what you mean. But somehow, I don't think you meant that." She mentally smacked herself.
"Oh, see, I thought that you were-"
"A couple?" Trowa supplied. She nodded, and he shook his head.
"Nope, just siblings and really good friends." Trowa said, retreating into the bathroom to change. He emerged wearing a pair of black boxers and a grey tank-top. (Drool. Down Trowa fans!)
Megami blushed once more, and climbed into the bed, laying very close to the edge of the left side. Trowa raised an eyebrow at this and then climbed on the other side.
"I don't bite, you know. You can have a little more room." he told her. She scooted about two inches nearer to him. He smiled at her, and then reached over and grabbed her by the waist. Trowa pulled her close to him. Her cheeks burned, and she smiled up at him.
"Comfy?" he asked, amused. She didn't have enough strength to answer, and her eyelids dropped shut as she fell asleep. In her sleep, she put her head on his washboard stomach, resting one hand on his chest, the other was tucked under her cheek. He fell asleep awhile later with one hand in her hair, the other resting on her back, rubbing it gently.
~~~~Megami's Dream~~~~
"U$@&#!" A man yelled at her. She spun around.
"What do you want?!" she demanded.
"You have to help! You have to finish!" the man, who she couldn't see, told her.
"What do you mean?! WHO AM I?!" she yelled back desperately.
"You have to... You just have to!" he replied.
"Every night I have this dream, and evey day it hurts to wake up! WHO AM I?" she screamed once more.
"You have to remember! You have to finish! Stay close with 03! STAY WITH THE PILOT!" the man told her, his voice echoing throughout the void.
"What? 03?! Pilot?! PLEASE! Just tell me who I AM!!" Megami begged.
"U$@&#, just REMEMBER! They're looking for you! Both sides! Don't let the wrong side find you! Stay with 03! Stay with the pilot! Promise me you'll stay with him!"
"I don't know any pilots! Who's 03?-" she was cut off.
"PROMISE!" he exploded. Her eyes widened.
"HAI! I promise!" she said. "Just tell me how to remember!! I want to know who I am! Please, tell me!" she begged, tears coursing down her cheeks.
"I can't tell you, U$@&#. You can find the way. Stay with 03! Stay with the pilot!" That was the last thing she heard before feeling the normal pain of waking up. Trowa was shaking her. She cringed and doubled over in pain. Trowa had awoken when she had began pounding on his stomach and the bed with her fists. He had watched, amazed and frightened as tears streaked her face and she cried out in her sleep. When she began to rock back and forth and twitch uncontrollably, he began to shake her.
"03.... Pilot....." she mumbled, the only phrase he could hear. Trowa drew back a little, shocked. Deciding to wonder about this later, he continued to try to wake her. When he finally saw her eyes open, they were filled with pain that no one like her should ever have to go through. She ran into the bathroom and stood bent over the toilet. She coughed up blood several times as Trowa rubbed her back.
'There is so much more to her than I thought.' Trowa pondered the girl silently. Soon she wiped her mouth on some toilet paper and flushed it all away.
"Gomen." she said, not meeting his eyes. Nearly in shock, he led her back out to the bedroom. "Megami?" he asked. She nodded, still not meeting his eyes. "What was that all about? Did you have a bad dream?" She nodded again. He caught her chin and lifted it to look her in the eye.
"Hai." she said, trying to avert her gaze. "I have the same one every night." Concern crossed Trowa's face.
"Do you always wake up in that much pain, coughing up blood?" he asked, a slight joking tone in his voice. She nodded again.
"Sometimes it's worse." she told him. He shook his head. Then he remembered what she had said in her subconsious state of frenzy.
"What was it about?" he asked. She sighed.
"It's always the same- I'm standing in a black void, and there's this man there, except I can't see him. I can only hear him, and he screams at me over and over again about 'remembering', 'finishing', and something about '03' and a pilot. He calls me by a name I can't hear or understand, and I yell at him to tell me who I am, and he just keeps going on about '03' and this pilot. I still don't know what he means, though. Six months and I still can't figure it out." she sighed again, and flopped down on her back on the bed. She only stayed there a moment before she was asleep again. Still shocked, Trowa bent down and pulled the covers back over her and knelt for a moment by her side.
He ran his index finger over her lips, feeling the softness. Like rose petals, he thought. He kissed them gently, and wiped all traces of tears from her small face. Then he stood and walked out of the room, grabbing his laptop on the way. He had to get in touch with the other pilots. This was weird.
"I don't know." she said. This time he couldn't control it; his visible eye widened. He sat back down, and she did the same.
"What?"
"It's true, honest!" the girl said meekly. When asked to explain, she did. Smiling the entire time, she told him everything she had done in the six months since she awoke.
Trowa shook his head slightly when she ended her story. It was incredible that this tiny little girl had gone through so much... Almost too unbelievable, but her eyes showed that she was telling the truth. Trowa had an immense desire to protect her, to make sure she never had to go through any more pain.
"Well, that's all over now." he swore. She looked up at him.
"What?"
"Tell you what-" Trowa began. "You can stay here- or should I say, with me. But you need a name..." he trailed off, examining her. She giggled slightly as he ruffled her hair, a grin on his face that would make Hiiro blush. "Megami." She pondered a moment. "It means 'goddess'." he supplied. Her face teased him.
"I know Japanese!" she cried indignantly. He grinned back, then grabbed her hand and began to walk out towards his sister's trailer. Catherine looked up at them as Trowa opened the metal door.
"Trowa! Where have you-" she cut off as Megami came into the trailer behind him.
"Been?" she finished, giving Trowa a questioning look over Megami's head. "Hi." she greeted, standing and extending her hand to the shorter girl. "I'm Catherine." Megami grasped Catherine's hand firmly.
"I'm Megami." she said, smiling.
"Megami is going to be staying with us for awhile, Catherine. I was going to take her to talk to Jalke, but you know how he is. Can you help her get freshened up?" Trowa asked his sister. She nodded, and walked into another room of the fairly large trailer. In the brief moment she was gone, Trowa whispered quickly Megami.
"Don't let her in on your past yet, Megami. I'll tell you why later."
"I trust you, Trowa." Megami whispered back as Catherine called for her and she walked to the doorway where Trowa's sister was waiting.
A short while later, Megami emerged from the bathroom. She still wore her black clothes, but it was obvious she had washed her face and combed her hair. Catherine had experimented with her hair and had put it up in two meatball-like balls with long streamers coming out that reached her calves. (AN: At least now you all know who it is!)
Trowa smiled at Catherine and then at Megami. He took her hand and led her out of the trailer. Megami was surprised to find herself holding his hand, and turned to say goodbye to Catherine. When she twisted around, she saw an almost jealous expression on Catherine's face. She carefully stored the look away in the corner of her mind, deciding she would give it more thought later.
Megami didn't really watch what was going on around her as Trowa led her through the semi-crowded campsite. When Trowa stopped moving, she snapped back to the present and saw a man struggling with a heavy wooden block. Thinking this was the reason Trowa stopped, and not noticing the other man that he was talking to, she grabbed a corner of the block and steadied it. The man, thinking he must have set it down on something, let go. Megami strained under the pressure and had to quickly re-balance to stay on her feet, but promptly had it under control and was fine. The three men gawked at her.
"Jalke, this is Megami." Trowa introduced. The man who had originally been holding the block began to apologize profusely, but was swiftly silenced by the ringmaster and owner, Jalke. Megami set the block down gently on the ground.
"Nice to meet you." she greeted, and shook his outstretched hand. He smiled at her.
"So, Trowa, you were saying?" Jalke asked, continuing their conversation. Trowa grinned at her.
"I was just going to tell you that Megami will be staying with Catherine and I, and she might be interested in working here." Jalke nodded.
"What act would she like to be in? Acrobat? Horseback? Lion tamer?" he finished with a slight chuckle. Megami shook her head.
"Actually I just wanted to help move stuff, like this block." she told him, and watched as his eyes grew wider.
"Why don't you watch the practices for awhile and see what you like. Meanwhile, have Trowa give you a tour…" he trailed off, watching someone in the distance. "Please excuse me." he said as he briskly walked off. Megami turned to Trowa.
"So, you want a tour?" Trowa asked, and, seeing her nod, took her hand and led her off again. For a few hours they just wandered the fairgrounds, hand in hand. As the sun began to go down, the two were lying on a hillside. Megami, happy that she had finally found a friend, fell asleep sitting up. Her body wavered and keeled over, Megami's head landing on Trowa's thigh. Her face was towards him, and she tucked her hand under her head. She smiled slightly in her sleep, giving her the appearance of a child. Wondering exactly how old she was, Trowa caressed her hair and face softly, smiling as he did so. The pink and red light of the setting sun bathed them both in a slight warmth. In her sleep, Megami reached out to hold his hand, which he complied with gladly.
They sat like that for about an hour. Finally, just as the sun completely disappeared, Trowa kissed her on the cheek, and then moved to wake her up. Megami sat up and stretched, and smiled at the older boy.
"Arigato for letting me sleep, Trowa." she said. He smiled back at her.
"No problem. We should probably be heading back now." she nodded, and accepted his hand to help her up. She brushed off her backside and followed him back to his trailer. When they arrived, Catherine had changed out of her costume into a pair of sweatpants, and had taken her hair down. She was listening to the radio and reading, and greeted them with a smile when they came in.
"Hey you two!" Catherine exclaimed, putting her bookmark in place and then standing up to greet them. "There's some food in the kitchenette for you. I already ate, so help yourselves." They did, and then said good-bye to Catherine and left to go to Trowa's trailer, which was slightly nicer. They were lounging around, and Trowa began to answer Megami's questions about circus life.
"What do you do around here for fun when you're not working?" Megami asked.
"A lot of the time we're on the road, and some of the younger kids play some really juvenile games, but they're funny to watch. When we're camped out like we are now, we just hang around and work on our acts." She smiled at him.
"Can I watch tomorrow?" Megami asked. A small smile tugged at the corner of Trowa's mouth, and he reassured her that she could go anywhere she wanted. She yawned and looked at the clock. They had been talking for several hours.
"Tired?" Trowa asked. She nodded, yawning again. "Come on." he said, and led her into the bedroom at the back of the trailer. He gave her some of his clothes, and she went in the bathroom to change. When she emerged, wearing a 'long' shirt that came down to her mid-thigh, he had taken one of the pillows off the queen-sized bed, and had grabbed a blanket out of one of the closets. She walked over to him and tried to take the things from him.
"What are you doing?" he asked, slightly amused. She looked confused.
"I'm going to sleep on the couch." she told him, trying to pull the pillow and the blanket out of his hands.
"Nope, you're sleeping in here. I'm sleeping on the couch."
"No, I'M sleeping on the couch and YOU'RE sleeping in here."
"NO, I'm sleeping on the couch and YOU'RE sleeping in here."
"Look, why don't we alternate every night or something?" Megami suggested. An almost evil grin spread across Trowa's face for an instant before disappearing completely.
"What was that look all about? Do you have a better idea?" she asked, smiling.
"It's a queen-size anyway, why don't we just share?" Trowa offered. She blushed a deep pink, and all Trowa could think about was how cute she looked when she blushed.
"Yeah, okay... I guess." Megami said. Then she remembered something. "What about Catherine? Won't she mind? I mean, you two are... aren't you?" she finished, more confused then when she had started. Trowa laughed slightly.
"Are what, Megami? We are brother and sister, if that's what you mean. But somehow, I don't think you meant that." She mentally smacked herself.
"Oh, see, I thought that you were-"
"A couple?" Trowa supplied. She nodded, and he shook his head.
"Nope, just siblings and really good friends." Trowa said, retreating into the bathroom to change. He emerged wearing a pair of black boxers and a grey tank-top. (Drool. Down Trowa fans!)
Megami blushed once more, and climbed into the bed, laying very close to the edge of the left side. Trowa raised an eyebrow at this and then climbed on the other side.
"I don't bite, you know. You can have a little more room." he told her. She scooted about two inches nearer to him. He smiled at her, and then reached over and grabbed her by the waist. Trowa pulled her close to him. Her cheeks burned, and she smiled up at him.
"Comfy?" he asked, amused. She didn't have enough strength to answer, and her eyelids dropped shut as she fell asleep. In her sleep, she put her head on his washboard stomach, resting one hand on his chest, the other was tucked under her cheek. He fell asleep awhile later with one hand in her hair, the other resting on her back, rubbing it gently.
~~~~Megami's Dream~~~~
"U$@&#!" A man yelled at her. She spun around.
"What do you want?!" she demanded.
"You have to help! You have to finish!" the man, who she couldn't see, told her.
"What do you mean?! WHO AM I?!" she yelled back desperately.
"You have to... You just have to!" he replied.
"Every night I have this dream, and evey day it hurts to wake up! WHO AM I?" she screamed once more.
"You have to remember! You have to finish! Stay close with 03! STAY WITH THE PILOT!" the man told her, his voice echoing throughout the void.
"What? 03?! Pilot?! PLEASE! Just tell me who I AM!!" Megami begged.
"U$@&#, just REMEMBER! They're looking for you! Both sides! Don't let the wrong side find you! Stay with 03! Stay with the pilot! Promise me you'll stay with him!"
"I don't know any pilots! Who's 03?-" she was cut off.
"PROMISE!" he exploded. Her eyes widened.
"HAI! I promise!" she said. "Just tell me how to remember!! I want to know who I am! Please, tell me!" she begged, tears coursing down her cheeks.
"I can't tell you, U$@&#. You can find the way. Stay with 03! Stay with the pilot!" That was the last thing she heard before feeling the normal pain of waking up. Trowa was shaking her. She cringed and doubled over in pain. Trowa had awoken when she had began pounding on his stomach and the bed with her fists. He had watched, amazed and frightened as tears streaked her face and she cried out in her sleep. When she began to rock back and forth and twitch uncontrollably, he began to shake her.
"03.... Pilot....." she mumbled, the only phrase he could hear. Trowa drew back a little, shocked. Deciding to wonder about this later, he continued to try to wake her. When he finally saw her eyes open, they were filled with pain that no one like her should ever have to go through. She ran into the bathroom and stood bent over the toilet. She coughed up blood several times as Trowa rubbed her back.
'There is so much more to her than I thought.' Trowa pondered the girl silently. Soon she wiped her mouth on some toilet paper and flushed it all away.
"Gomen." she said, not meeting his eyes. Nearly in shock, he led her back out to the bedroom. "Megami?" he asked. She nodded, still not meeting his eyes. "What was that all about? Did you have a bad dream?" She nodded again. He caught her chin and lifted it to look her in the eye.
"Hai." she said, trying to avert her gaze. "I have the same one every night." Concern crossed Trowa's face.
"Do you always wake up in that much pain, coughing up blood?" he asked, a slight joking tone in his voice. She nodded again.
"Sometimes it's worse." she told him. He shook his head. Then he remembered what she had said in her subconsious state of frenzy.
"What was it about?" he asked. She sighed.
"It's always the same- I'm standing in a black void, and there's this man there, except I can't see him. I can only hear him, and he screams at me over and over again about 'remembering', 'finishing', and something about '03' and a pilot. He calls me by a name I can't hear or understand, and I yell at him to tell me who I am, and he just keeps going on about '03' and this pilot. I still don't know what he means, though. Six months and I still can't figure it out." she sighed again, and flopped down on her back on the bed. She only stayed there a moment before she was asleep again. Still shocked, Trowa bent down and pulled the covers back over her and knelt for a moment by her side.
He ran his index finger over her lips, feeling the softness. Like rose petals, he thought. He kissed them gently, and wiped all traces of tears from her small face. Then he stood and walked out of the room, grabbing his laptop on the way. He had to get in touch with the other pilots. This was weird.