Of Lives and Destiny:
What happens when two people of different lives and different destinies meet?
Author's notes: Most of these are written under the "to the reviewers" section so I don't really have much else to say except that "Please enjoy my fanfiction" ^-^
Disclaimers: I own Flame of Recca. Really. I mean it. I REALLY mean it... okay, okay, I don't.
Chapter Three:
For a long time, I've been searching,
For those same eyes and those same dreams, my friend.
Yesterday would be the end of my tears and
Tomorrow will be the start of my laughter.
[Tokiya's POV]
I sat up and used my right hand to rub my temple. I frowned as I recalled the dream I just had: Meguri was sneering as flashes of the battle I had with him before I had left for New York glided in my mind. It was only to be replaced with the flashes of Mifuyu's death, mixed with the battle with Kai in a blur. I wanted to wake up, but I found that I couldn't. Then, came the same thing which has been haunting my memories and my dreams for so long...Mifuyu's face...only it was unsmiling, and her eyes seemed to be full of sorrow. Sorrow that had almost no depths, and I find myself falling deeper and deeper into it....then, I wake up with my temples somehow always hurting.
I reached over and flipped open my wallet and stared at Mifuyu's smiling picture. Mifuyu, why won't you smile at me like you used to?
*************************
[Fuuko's POV]
I can't believe I overslept on the first day of school! My mind literally screamed at me as I ran with all I've got to my class. I banged into it and the first thing my eyes met with were those of the teacher's. The teacher's really unhappy and distasteful expression in her eyes, to be exact. I looked into them sheepishly and muttered an apology. The teacher grudgingly then turned to the class and did a quick introduction. I took the chance to look at my class.
Most of them were English set aside from some Chinese, and they seemed to be whispering amongst themselves. They had very curious expressions on their faces. I guess it was because not so many of my type appeared in Universities such as Harvard, I mean, most of my kind just stick to Todai and be done with it. 'Eh-hem, miss Kirisawa."
I startled and looked at the teacher. She had an even more distasteful expression on her face. " Your seat would be over there." She pointed to a far little corner near the window. Fine with me by all means. I strolled over and put my bag on the table. I sighed to myself for the hundredth time since I came to New York... Why did I ever take up that stupid challenge from my dad? I mean, it was so obvious now that he was tricking me into getting into Harvard.
********************************
[Tokiya's POV]
" Mr Mikagami, Mr Mikagami!" I heard the professor's voice cut through my head like a bullet. I mildly startled and stared up calmly at the professor. "Twice the square of the number, take P to be greater than AR and you'll get your answer where the number would be equal to less than 10." I recited. Why in the world did I take up economic maths anyway? Who's stupid idea was it for me to want to pick banking as a profession? ( I am not sure about what you study for this or whether Harvard has this or not, but anyone who knows is welcome to tell me ^-^)
Everyone stared at me with surprised espressions on their faces. I smirked inwardly. Did those idiots really think I was not listening? They might as well wait another ten years. I placed my chin on the crook of my hand and silently suffered through the rest of the lesson, which I saw no point to. I mean, I already knew everything the professor was teaching.
*************************
[Fuuko's POV]
Gosh, classes here were so much more boring than Akihabara Daigoku. I mean, yeah teachers anywhere were boring, but this professor was worse. She practically droned the entire time I was there. I really felt like dozing, some of the others were already doing so, I noted with a slight smile. Seems like a different race didn't make a difference in the way we looked at our teachers. I sighed and put my hands behind my head and leant against the wall behind me and pretended to concentrate. I found my mind flying off anyhow. I wistfully looked out at the window as I recalled the time we had found that Tokiya had gone to Umeda somewhere in Osaka because he wanted to duel his master. Everyone freaked and rushed to Umeda immediately. We were too late. Tokiya had already started duelling and we witnessed when the old man smiled and told him that he was Tokiya's grandfather and cleared every misunderstanding Tokiya ever had before dying with a smile on his face. Right not long after, Tokiya had disappeared......I closed my eyes abruptly, not wishing to find out what more the blueness of the sky outside could bring me.
**************
[Story telling, This part is so much easier to write.^-^]
Tokiya sat down. He loved this place. The roof was the best place anyone could go when they knew how to get themselves up and down. Obviously, he had no problem. He just liked to be away from all the annoying people that he met up with everyday. This place was like his refuge. Where he could just hide and did and thought things he never knew he could. He laid down, hands folded behind his head, eyes fixed on the cloud movement. It was then something shadowed his face. Correction, it wasn't something. It was someone. A purple-haired grinning someone.
" KIRISAWA?!" Tokiya sat up quickly, nearly banging into her. He frowned. Why do I always seem to run into this annoying monkey?
" Hey Mi-chan," She said, waving at him and grinning.
" What are you doing up here?" Tokiya demanded.
" Hey, no offense, I didn't know you were here. Besides, its break time and I just thought to come here to escape from the wonders of life." Fuuko added sarcastically.
" ..."
" What, I don't seem like the type to you?" Fuuko smirked.
"..." Well she didn't. Tokiya shrugged indifferently.
" I happen to not like crowds that much either. I just happen to like being with my friends." Fuuko sighed as she settled herself near to Tokiya.
Tokiya just remained silent.
" Ne, was it hard?" Fuuko asked.
Tokiya continued with the silence.
" Was it hard going against someone you had trusted almost eight years of your life?" Fuuko asked staring at the sky.
" What do you know?" Tokiya returned coldly.
" I don't." Fuuko said with straightforwardness.
Tokiya looked at her.
" But I know that it was probably the hardest thing you ever had to do in your life."
"Hn." Tokiya said and suddenly stood up.
" Where're you going?" Fuuko asked.
" Somewhere where I can be alone and away from crazy monkeys." Tokiya turned towards the door.
" You know," Fuuko said, back facing Tokiya, " I doubt your sister would have been happy."
Tokiya stopped abruptly, his eyes wide. Turning around slowly, he asked, " What did you just say?"
" I said I don't think your sister would have been happy." Fuuko said without turning around.
" Why do you say that?" Tokiya asked, his voice sounding quite compressed.
" Because which sister would want her brother to live an unhappy life because she died?" Fuuko said. Whether it was the sky playing along with what Fuuko said, a gentle breeze started to blow. Fuuko's hair seemed to dance with the wind.
"..."
" Especially when he lives all his life just looking for revenge for her..." Fuuko continued, not knowing how much her words now penetrated into Tokiya's heart.
Tokiya walked out. He couldn't hear anymore. He stuffed his hands in his pockets. Thank goodness I only have one more class to go for. Tokiya thought.
*****************
Author's Notes: Okay, this is a stupid cliffhanger, but I really took a long time to join foreign sentences together. I was sort of banned from my computer, so I had to do this in school during break times, and I usually didn't remember where I stopped the day before, so I had to spend an extra effort to get everything straight. ^-^ Once again, I apologize really deeply and thank everyone gratefully for the reviews and for waiting.
To my reviewers:
Fuuko-san: Hey, I'm sorry if Fuuko-san seems a tad too OOC in this ficcy, but thanks a lot anyway for being the first reviewer on my list. ^-^
Hyper_shark: Hey you really live up to your name! Anyway, please don't die on me, and thanks a lot for finding the time to review.
LilBlue: Hi. Hope you're around this time to see my response to your review. Well, I do know that Harvard was not in New York. but it was only after I had written the first two chapters. ^-^0. So, yeah, sorry if I've offended you in anyway. But I really thought this story would be good, its just that it was kind of a risk for me to take since I had totally no knowledge on Harvard when I started, which was not a good idea. I'm not really sure if I can change that now, but I hope that being a fanfiction, other people would not get the wrong idea to it and I've written in a review myself to tell them so. Though I don't think many people saw it, so I've decided to write to the reviewers in this column. A million apologies really.
Amakasu toko: Hey, don't go all crazy on me, thanks a ,million that you love my little ficcy.
Karura: Thanks for dropping in to review, and I apologize for the misconceptions I've caused. ^-^ So sorry, I know now that Harvard is not in New York.
Dark Pheonix: I'm real sorry, but I have to disappoint you again, this one's not very much longer. ^-^
Melyan: Thanks for the compliment. And yes, Harvard is in New York, I'm real sorry for the disillusionised nonsense I've made up.
TouTetsu: Thanks a lot for dropping by, and I'll make Fuuko's life in this story much better. ^-^
Yuuhi_aogiri: I know, why does everyone know things that I don't? Oh well, thanks for your review.
Bishounen_lovah: Something might just happen you know...*gives bish_lov a mysterious wink* Thanks for your compliment. Appreciated it. ^-^
Darke Angel: Thanks, I tried my best to make Tokiya less OOC, even though, I think this chapter has quite a bit of it. Thanks for reviewing. ^_^
131108yaten kou140519 (manjie_killua@yahoo.com): Hey, I still didn't manage to update it faster, in fact I think this time it took so much longer...hope you still like it, and thanks a bunch for remembering. ^-^
sadako-chan: Yeah, I know that now, thanks for reviewing!
Isilwen Nyx Silverstar: Thanks for dropping by again! ^-^
Author's Notes: Once again ^-^0 Anyway, thanks to everyone who've been keeping up with this fanfiction. I really think I'm losing touch, but then again, here's the rather late, if not, chapter three. I'll try getting chapter four up quicker, but after the last time, guess I'd better not make too many promises. A big apology to anyone who has been waiting for this. ^ ^;;