Ello! Okay, this chapter is out to SpiritGoddess (please tell me if I have
your name wrong!). She sent me four whole reviews!
Vern: wow, four reviews...
Dusk: stop mocking my Aibou!
Vern: *goes starry eyed* anything for you...
Pixie: oh brother...
Ami: actually, that's pretty accurate.
Pixie & Vern: WHAT!
Ami: since you're both my muses, only I know of your pasts. I can tell you if you want.
Pixie & Vern: YES PLEASE!
Dusk: too late; time for the new chapter.
Ami: lol, yep, too late! Hope you enjoy the chapter! Bye^_^
Darkness...
Tyson sat on his bed, thinking about the day before. It had gone by so fast; it almost seemed like a blur. He almost regretted his decision to send Mariah back to her village...
"No," he murmured to himself, trying to block out at least the remembrance of her sweet taste from his mind. "This is no time for regrets. She left awhile ago. Ray even came to tell you that they were leaving; and that was 3 hours ago..." he sighed, closing his eyes.
Behind his eye lids, he saw something just as bad as his memory... Mariah was sitting on a rock, in the middle of a slow moving creek. She turned to look at him, and smiled her sweet smile. She then walked through the water, to him, and settled herself in his arms. Then slowly, he started to lean toward her and-
'STOP THINKING LIKE THAT!' his eyes snapped open and he stood up. He started toward the door, eager to get some fresh air, and to think about a few things. He walked across the yard to his tree, and climbed it, not daring to close his eyes...
"What's wrong with me," he asked, fighting back sobs. "I've never felt this way before, not even about..."
"Nitra?" a voice asked. Tyson looked down, only to see Aretha, standing there, looking up at him. "You really love that girl, don't you?" Tyson nodded; Aretha smiled. "I told you see was the one."
"No," Tyson said, shaking his head. He closed his eyes, only to see her; he opened them, only to be reminded of her. He couldn't escape her... "No, she isn't the one. She doesn't love me. She loves Ray. She always has; she's just denying it..."
"No," another voice said. Tyson recognized it as Kai's, but didn't open his eyes. "You're denying it. She said that she didn't like Ray anymore; and even when she did like him, that's all it was, LIKE- and infatuation; nothing more." Tyson opened his eyes and glared at him, causing him to retreat just a bit.
"Maybe your right," he started. "Maybe she is the one; maybe she does love me. But I don't know that. Alls I know is that I have this-" he paused, searching for the right word, "This obsession over knowing her every detail; this need to think of her all the time. Alls I know is that if she doesn't love me, as I love her, I'd die..."
"Wow..." Aretha murmured; Kai and Tyson himself looked just as surprised at the Little Dragon's choice of words. "You just......... admitted your feelings for her. You can't tell me that you're just going to continue to sit around and mope around, now, can you?"
"I can and I will," he said, looking up at the sky. "*I* will continue to mope around all the- oh no! I AM not saying this! I am not IN love with Mariah! I will not mope around, for I have no reason to! The last person I was in LOVE with was Nitra! And her love came WITH a stab in the heart! I will not sink so low as to fall in love with anyone! Not even if it is MARIAH!" (A/N: go over that last bit. This time, only read the words that are in caps, and the 'I' that has the star thingies around it. That's what he meant to say. Heehee!)
"What ever Tyson," Kai said, pulling himself up into the tree to sit beside him. He did something completely unexpected; he slapped the Little Dragon. "Both me and Aretha know that you're in love with her. You just admitted it god dammit; why do you STILL believe that you don't lover her?!"
"Because," the Little Dragon said icily, giving him a glare that gave even the Phoenix shivers. "She doesn't love me. And even if, by some miracle, she did; I would never deserve her..." he looked down, as if in shame, and closed his eyes, hoping to rid himself of the unshed tears dancing on his eye lashes.
Suddenly, he felt two hands pressed against his back, pushing him out of the tree; upon which he fell out of, doing a tight flip to avoid from spraining his ankle. He looked up, only to see Kai jumping down. Both Aretha and Kai started walking toward him slowly.
"What are you doing?" he asked them, slowly crawling away.
"Helping you," Aretha said. All that came next, was darkness.
Vern: wow, four reviews...
Dusk: stop mocking my Aibou!
Vern: *goes starry eyed* anything for you...
Pixie: oh brother...
Ami: actually, that's pretty accurate.
Pixie & Vern: WHAT!
Ami: since you're both my muses, only I know of your pasts. I can tell you if you want.
Pixie & Vern: YES PLEASE!
Dusk: too late; time for the new chapter.
Ami: lol, yep, too late! Hope you enjoy the chapter! Bye^_^
Darkness...
Tyson sat on his bed, thinking about the day before. It had gone by so fast; it almost seemed like a blur. He almost regretted his decision to send Mariah back to her village...
"No," he murmured to himself, trying to block out at least the remembrance of her sweet taste from his mind. "This is no time for regrets. She left awhile ago. Ray even came to tell you that they were leaving; and that was 3 hours ago..." he sighed, closing his eyes.
Behind his eye lids, he saw something just as bad as his memory... Mariah was sitting on a rock, in the middle of a slow moving creek. She turned to look at him, and smiled her sweet smile. She then walked through the water, to him, and settled herself in his arms. Then slowly, he started to lean toward her and-
'STOP THINKING LIKE THAT!' his eyes snapped open and he stood up. He started toward the door, eager to get some fresh air, and to think about a few things. He walked across the yard to his tree, and climbed it, not daring to close his eyes...
"What's wrong with me," he asked, fighting back sobs. "I've never felt this way before, not even about..."
"Nitra?" a voice asked. Tyson looked down, only to see Aretha, standing there, looking up at him. "You really love that girl, don't you?" Tyson nodded; Aretha smiled. "I told you see was the one."
"No," Tyson said, shaking his head. He closed his eyes, only to see her; he opened them, only to be reminded of her. He couldn't escape her... "No, she isn't the one. She doesn't love me. She loves Ray. She always has; she's just denying it..."
"No," another voice said. Tyson recognized it as Kai's, but didn't open his eyes. "You're denying it. She said that she didn't like Ray anymore; and even when she did like him, that's all it was, LIKE- and infatuation; nothing more." Tyson opened his eyes and glared at him, causing him to retreat just a bit.
"Maybe your right," he started. "Maybe she is the one; maybe she does love me. But I don't know that. Alls I know is that I have this-" he paused, searching for the right word, "This obsession over knowing her every detail; this need to think of her all the time. Alls I know is that if she doesn't love me, as I love her, I'd die..."
"Wow..." Aretha murmured; Kai and Tyson himself looked just as surprised at the Little Dragon's choice of words. "You just......... admitted your feelings for her. You can't tell me that you're just going to continue to sit around and mope around, now, can you?"
"I can and I will," he said, looking up at the sky. "*I* will continue to mope around all the- oh no! I AM not saying this! I am not IN love with Mariah! I will not mope around, for I have no reason to! The last person I was in LOVE with was Nitra! And her love came WITH a stab in the heart! I will not sink so low as to fall in love with anyone! Not even if it is MARIAH!" (A/N: go over that last bit. This time, only read the words that are in caps, and the 'I' that has the star thingies around it. That's what he meant to say. Heehee!)
"What ever Tyson," Kai said, pulling himself up into the tree to sit beside him. He did something completely unexpected; he slapped the Little Dragon. "Both me and Aretha know that you're in love with her. You just admitted it god dammit; why do you STILL believe that you don't lover her?!"
"Because," the Little Dragon said icily, giving him a glare that gave even the Phoenix shivers. "She doesn't love me. And even if, by some miracle, she did; I would never deserve her..." he looked down, as if in shame, and closed his eyes, hoping to rid himself of the unshed tears dancing on his eye lashes.
Suddenly, he felt two hands pressed against his back, pushing him out of the tree; upon which he fell out of, doing a tight flip to avoid from spraining his ankle. He looked up, only to see Kai jumping down. Both Aretha and Kai started walking toward him slowly.
"What are you doing?" he asked them, slowly crawling away.
"Helping you," Aretha said. All that came next, was darkness.