Another chapter! Ugh, what is wrong with me? Six chapters and I haven't gotten one single joust of writer's block yet. That is really strange for me. This one's a little shorter than all the rest, but I think you'll like it. And I'm sad to say it, but Sorry Doesn't Cut It is sort of on hiatus. I don't know what to do next and instead of ruining it with some stupid chapter, I'm just going to wait. Sorry!
Anywho, to all the reviewers: kOorI cHaN, Synthetic Iris, Act * Princess Love, Digiwizardess, and of course, Silver Horizon. And, in response to the reviews and e-mails I got, I know that magick is NOT spelled with a 'k' at the end, but that is both the Irish/Celtic spelling (and I'm Irish!) and it distinguishes between stage magic, like making a rabbit disappear, and the real stuff. Sorry I didn't explain that before.
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"Love is a perky elf dancing a merry little jig and then suddenly he turns on you with a miniature machine gun." - Matt Groening (doesn't really have to do with the chapter, but I liked it)
Willow, Chapter Six: Elusion
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"What do you mean, you don't care?" Takeru stared at his brother in disbelief.
"I mean, I don't care! You and Kari are free to do whatever you want. I don't care. I can tell you two care for each other and as long as you treat her well and neither of you get hurt, I don't care." Matt looked at TK, hoping he wouldn't get angry with him. "But I need you to help me with something."
Takeru stood there for a moment, thinking. "Alright. What do you need?"
Yamato smiled and motioned for Takeru to follow him down the hallway. "Something... has come up. I can't make it to the banquet tonight. There are things I have to take care of. Can you cover for me? Tell Mother and Father that I got sick? Anything?"
TK looked at him in surprise. "You know as well as I do that they won't let you skip this, even if you were dying! And Jun... if I told her you were sick, she would try and find you and take care of you and nurse you back to health. I'm dumbfounded that you would even ask. What came up?"
Matt sighed and stopped at a door at the end of the corridor. "I knew you would ask that." He moved to open the door, but then stopped suddenly. "You have to promise me you won't tell anyone about what's in here. Not even Hikari."
Takeru nodded and Matt slowly and quietly opened the door. TK watched as he walked inside and sat on the large bed inside. When he looked closer, he saw a young woman lying asleep under the blankets.
"Where did she come from?" Takeru asked, walking inside the room and towards his brother. "Who is..." he trailed off.
Matt nodded, as he knew what his sibling was thinking. He slipped his hand carefully into hers and kissed it gently.
"She's in that book! The one you took from me and Kari! She was in there... that is so weird..." Takeru said, shocked and amazed at the same time.
"Her name is Sora. There's more I have to explain to you, but now is not the time. I have to take care of her, TK. I don't know what's wrong with her... she's been like this for hours. And the banquet is in two hours. I can't go and leave her here. You have to help me."
Takeru looked on at his brother. He had never seen Yamato this distraught over anything since Sam disappeared. And he had definitely never seen him care this much for a woman. "Alright. I'll try my best. I might need help from Kari, but I won't tell her why. Don't worry about it, Matt. I'll help."
Matt smiled weakly and nodded at him. "Thank you." He stood up, gently placing Sora's hand next to her. "Thank you so much, TK."
Takeru nodded again and started to walk out. Yamato followed him, regretfully, and made sure that she would be alright while he was gone.
"Matt, can I ask you something?" TK asked quietly as his brother shut the door.
Yamato looked at TK and nodded. "Go ahead."
"Do you love her?"
Matt was silent for a few moments, looking off into nothing, remembering the past few days. He had not known her for long, yet felt like he had met her before. Something about this girl, this faerie, was drawing him to her. And now... now he wasn't going to fight it.
"Yes. I love her with all of my heart."
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Jun wrung her hands nervously as she waited for Daisuke to get back. She had sent him out more than an hour ago to find Yamato, who was a little lost at the moment. Not that she would tell them that...
"Daisuke!!" she yelled into the hallway, unable to see him. She paced again, played nervously with her hair, and sighed. "Where are you?!"
"Hey, hey, hey. Don't yell! I'm right here," the red head said calmly. His expression changed quickly however, when he saw the look on his older sister's face. "Um... well, I know you sent me out to find Matt, but you see... I really couldn't. I couldn't find Hikari, either, like you told me to, so um... I'm going to go now." He spun on his heel and was ready to bolt out the door when Jun grabbed his collar.
"What do you mean, you can't find him?" she asked, her voice trying to hind the anger within her.
"He's no where to be found... lost... not in the castle at the moment, but feel free to leave a message and I'll be sure he gets it..." he chuckled softly, but stopped as soon as Jun shook him violently.
"This is no laughing matter! The master will to be happy to know that he's not with me! Both of our necks are dead if you don't find the both of them. You have to separate those two... Takeru and Hikari... soon they all will know who the Chosen Children are and if those two are together, then our whole plan is wiped out! Just be glad that that stupid Yamato Ishida doesn't know that idiotic faerie girl, or we'd have no chance what so ever. Now, go! Find those two and keep Hikari to yourself during the banquet... then keep her with you all night." Jun let him go and he smoothed out his clothing. "I'm not going to the banquet unless you find Yamato. I'll be here if you need me."
"I don't know why you're making me do this... Hikari and TK were my friends. I don't want to hurt them just for some stupid monsters that no one even knows exist for sure..." he mumbled on his way out the door.
"What did you say?!"
"Nothing! I said I'm on my way, Jun. I'm on my way!"
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"Sora... please wake up. I don't know what's wrong with you... but please, don't stay like this forever..." Yamato stroked her hand gently and then placed it at her side once more. "I don't want to leave you, Sora. But if you don't wake up soon... my parents may find you and I'll have some major lying to do..."
He looked at her sleeping face once more and then got up and went to the window, unable to take it. He didn't want to see her like this. Where was the girl he had met in the forest, with vivacity and energy to spare?
He glanced back over to her and went to her bedside once more. "Please, Sora. I'm begging you. Wake up so we can find out what to do, now that we know who all of the Chosen Children are. Please. We need you... I need you..."
He leaned over and kissed her softly, her lips still soft, even in deep slumber. "I love you, Sora. You can't leave me like this."
Yamato got up and walked to the door, his arms folded in front of him. "I don't know what to do anymore..."
"Matt..." he heard a weak voice whisper. He turned around and saw Sora reaching her hand out to him. "Matt, where am I?"
He smiled and ran to her, hugging her gently. "We're... we're in my castle, Sora. Do you remember what happened?"
She nodded. "I read the book.... and the passage that told me how to become mortal... I had to face my biggest fear and overcome it... I kissed you. I overcame my fear... so now I'm not bound." Her eyes widened as she said this. "I'm... I'm mortal..."
Matt looked at her, shocked. "Mortal? How did kissing me make you mortal?"
"My biggest fear... falling in love with someone. I overcame it... so now I'm mortal. I'm not a faerie anymore." Her eyes weld up with tears. "It wasn't supposed to happen like this. I was supposed to still have my powers."
Matt panicked and took her hand in his. "Please don't cry, Sora. I don't have experience with crying. I... won't know how to handle the emotional trauma... please don't put me through that, Sora. Please!" he begged her.
She smiled faintly and the tears didn't fall. "What am I supposed to do?"
Yamato sat and thought for a few moments and a smirk came across his face. "You're supposed to come with me to the banquet."
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"So you're not going, Kari?" Takeru asked her, a little disappointed.
"No. I don't want to... Davis is going to be there and he's probably going to hurt me again... I'm so scared Takeru. I've never been scared like this before..." She ran over to him and put her arms around him. "Please, TK. Stay here with me in the tower until I can go back to my room.."
TK's eyes filled with both love for Kari and hatred for Daisuke as he held her tightly close to him. "Don't worry, Kari. I care too much about you to give you up without a fight."
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"Who is that lovely girl Yamato is dancing with, dear?" The Queen leaned to the side and pointed to the pair twirling gently on the dance floor.
"I do not know, dear. But it seems to me that he's enjoying himself..." the King replied.
...:::
"I can't believe we're getting away with this, Matt..." she whispered nervously to him.
"Don't worry, Sora. If anybody asks, you're from a kingdom down south. Avoid specific questions, alright? I'll take care of everything else..."
The couple swayed slowly to the music, his hands holding her possessively at the waist and hers at his shoulders. Her emerald gown, that Matt had graciously stolen out of Mimi's closet, brushed at her feet lightly and she looked beautiful in the normal, everyday gown that mortals usually wore.
But that's not what made her beautiful to him. To him, the dress didn't matter. Even if she was still wearing the plain white dress he had first seen her in, she would be the most stunning woman he had ever met.
"Matt... remind me why I let you talk me into this again."
Matt looked down into her scarlet eyes and smiled. "Because I'm just so darn cute... and because I have to at least make an appearance. If I just totally skipped it, like my brother said, my parents would lock me in my chambers until I did get married... which is a totally hideous thought, if you ask me."
She grinned and asked him: "What, the getting married part, or the part of you getting married to Jun?"
"Both. I don't want to get married until the trials... and Jun's just the scariest thing there is on this planet."
Sora laughed and Matt smiled; he loved to make her laugh. He loved to make her do anything. He loved her, period.
They both were silent for a moment and then Sora pulled him closer to her. "Thank you, Yamato."
The tone in which she said his full name sent chills up Matt's spine. Good chills, but chills. "Why? What did I do?"
"You're making this whole mortal thing not so terrifying. I mean, inside I am scared that something will happen before I can get my powers back, but I'm not so scared for myself anymore. As long as you're here, I don't have to worry at all..." She blushed momentarily at the emotions she portrayed and looked down from Yamato's cerulean eyes for a moment. "Thank you."
Mat smiled and slowly bent down and kissed her. Just a simple, short kiss, but loving none the less. "You're welcome."
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"Oh my goodness, honey, did you just see that?" The Queen pulled on her husband's sleeve quickly and pointed towards her son and the mysterious girl.
"See what?" the King asked, a little annoyed at his wife's outburst.
"He kissed her! Yamato just kissed that girl!"
That got the King's attention. "What?! What are you talking about?! I don't see anything!!"
"Oh, honey, calm down. Don't get angry. Maybe that's why Matt doesn't want to go through with the wedding. Maybe that's why he keeps running away. Maybe we were too hasty... I mean, if he's fallen in love..."
"Codswallop. Even if he is in love with this girl, unless she's a Princess, which I highly doubt, she's not going to marry my son. End of discussion." He looked at his wife to make sure she understood. "That means no meddling."
The Queen nodded and looked back over to Yamato. "They're gone!"
...:::
Matt looked up at his parents and saw his mother pointing towards them and exclaiming something to his father. "Uh-oh..." he said softly.
"What?" Sora looked up at him worried and then followed his gaze to the King and Queen, who were now in a discussion. "What's wrong, Yamato?"
Matt turned quickly and ran out the door, with Sora's hand in his. "Come on... we have to go hide somewhere for the night... my parents are going to want to kill me now..."
"Matt! Stop!" Sora stopped suddenly and jerked Matt's hand towards her. "What's the matter?"
"My parents saw us. We have to go somewhere to stay for the night... they're going to look all over the castle, so we're not safe here. I don't know where to go...."
Sora just looked at him plainly and said simply: "Gennai's."
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-Dearest Sora:-
-Haha! I knew you would come here. Actually, I'm in Mendai right now.-
-So you'll just have to stay here for the night. Which I also knew was -
-going to happen. I bet Matt's with you right now, too. Ha! I am too -
-good. And I'll do one more. You're wondering why you don't have your-
-powers anymore. Don't worry about, my friend. Don't worry. Stay here-
-for the night and all of us will talk in the morning.-
-Gennai-
"Um... okay. So I guess we're staying here, then?" Matt said nervously after reading the note.
Sora nodded. "I guess so."
They walked inside of the large, grass and wood hut to find that it was actually rather comfortable. There was a table, two chairs, a large metal pot to cook food in and a huge, blanket covered bed.
"Well... are you hungry?" Matt asked, walking over to the pot.
Sora laughed at him. "Do you even know how to use one of those?"
Matt shrieked in pain as he dropped the heavy pot on his foot. "Well... no. But it can't be that hard, can it?"
She laughed again and walked over to him. "Yes, it is. And I'm not hungry at all. I just want to sleep after all of that walking to get here. Who builds a house in the middle of a forest?"
"I don't know," Matt said. "Who lives in a tree?"
Sora smirked at him. "Touché."
Both of them walked over to the bed and plopped themselves down on it. "Well, this is certainly big enough for both of us... I was actually hoping it would be smaller..." Matt grinned.
"You wish, castle-boy," Sora said.
"Castle-boy!? Castle-boy! I'll show you castle boy! Could a castle-boy do this?" He rolled over to her, threw her down on the down-filled quilts and held her arms above her head. "Who's who now, magick... lady..." he said uncertainly.
"Magick lady. Nice one. Please get off of me, Matt before I am forced to punish you."
"Punish me. I dare you."
Sora smirked as she raised her head slightly and kissed him full on the lips. Yamato immediately let go of her hands and lowered himself closer to her. The kiss grew and grew, until both of their lungs were begging for air.
Sora rolled into his arms and he held her tightly. "Don't let me go, Matt..." she said softly.
"I won't, Sora. I won't."
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always,
lily-angel
Anywho, to all the reviewers: kOorI cHaN, Synthetic Iris, Act * Princess Love, Digiwizardess, and of course, Silver Horizon. And, in response to the reviews and e-mails I got, I know that magick is NOT spelled with a 'k' at the end, but that is both the Irish/Celtic spelling (and I'm Irish!) and it distinguishes between stage magic, like making a rabbit disappear, and the real stuff. Sorry I didn't explain that before.
..::--*--::..
"Love is a perky elf dancing a merry little jig and then suddenly he turns on you with a miniature machine gun." - Matt Groening (doesn't really have to do with the chapter, but I liked it)
Willow, Chapter Six: Elusion
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"What do you mean, you don't care?" Takeru stared at his brother in disbelief.
"I mean, I don't care! You and Kari are free to do whatever you want. I don't care. I can tell you two care for each other and as long as you treat her well and neither of you get hurt, I don't care." Matt looked at TK, hoping he wouldn't get angry with him. "But I need you to help me with something."
Takeru stood there for a moment, thinking. "Alright. What do you need?"
Yamato smiled and motioned for Takeru to follow him down the hallway. "Something... has come up. I can't make it to the banquet tonight. There are things I have to take care of. Can you cover for me? Tell Mother and Father that I got sick? Anything?"
TK looked at him in surprise. "You know as well as I do that they won't let you skip this, even if you were dying! And Jun... if I told her you were sick, she would try and find you and take care of you and nurse you back to health. I'm dumbfounded that you would even ask. What came up?"
Matt sighed and stopped at a door at the end of the corridor. "I knew you would ask that." He moved to open the door, but then stopped suddenly. "You have to promise me you won't tell anyone about what's in here. Not even Hikari."
Takeru nodded and Matt slowly and quietly opened the door. TK watched as he walked inside and sat on the large bed inside. When he looked closer, he saw a young woman lying asleep under the blankets.
"Where did she come from?" Takeru asked, walking inside the room and towards his brother. "Who is..." he trailed off.
Matt nodded, as he knew what his sibling was thinking. He slipped his hand carefully into hers and kissed it gently.
"She's in that book! The one you took from me and Kari! She was in there... that is so weird..." Takeru said, shocked and amazed at the same time.
"Her name is Sora. There's more I have to explain to you, but now is not the time. I have to take care of her, TK. I don't know what's wrong with her... she's been like this for hours. And the banquet is in two hours. I can't go and leave her here. You have to help me."
Takeru looked on at his brother. He had never seen Yamato this distraught over anything since Sam disappeared. And he had definitely never seen him care this much for a woman. "Alright. I'll try my best. I might need help from Kari, but I won't tell her why. Don't worry about it, Matt. I'll help."
Matt smiled weakly and nodded at him. "Thank you." He stood up, gently placing Sora's hand next to her. "Thank you so much, TK."
Takeru nodded again and started to walk out. Yamato followed him, regretfully, and made sure that she would be alright while he was gone.
"Matt, can I ask you something?" TK asked quietly as his brother shut the door.
Yamato looked at TK and nodded. "Go ahead."
"Do you love her?"
Matt was silent for a few moments, looking off into nothing, remembering the past few days. He had not known her for long, yet felt like he had met her before. Something about this girl, this faerie, was drawing him to her. And now... now he wasn't going to fight it.
"Yes. I love her with all of my heart."
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Jun wrung her hands nervously as she waited for Daisuke to get back. She had sent him out more than an hour ago to find Yamato, who was a little lost at the moment. Not that she would tell them that...
"Daisuke!!" she yelled into the hallway, unable to see him. She paced again, played nervously with her hair, and sighed. "Where are you?!"
"Hey, hey, hey. Don't yell! I'm right here," the red head said calmly. His expression changed quickly however, when he saw the look on his older sister's face. "Um... well, I know you sent me out to find Matt, but you see... I really couldn't. I couldn't find Hikari, either, like you told me to, so um... I'm going to go now." He spun on his heel and was ready to bolt out the door when Jun grabbed his collar.
"What do you mean, you can't find him?" she asked, her voice trying to hind the anger within her.
"He's no where to be found... lost... not in the castle at the moment, but feel free to leave a message and I'll be sure he gets it..." he chuckled softly, but stopped as soon as Jun shook him violently.
"This is no laughing matter! The master will to be happy to know that he's not with me! Both of our necks are dead if you don't find the both of them. You have to separate those two... Takeru and Hikari... soon they all will know who the Chosen Children are and if those two are together, then our whole plan is wiped out! Just be glad that that stupid Yamato Ishida doesn't know that idiotic faerie girl, or we'd have no chance what so ever. Now, go! Find those two and keep Hikari to yourself during the banquet... then keep her with you all night." Jun let him go and he smoothed out his clothing. "I'm not going to the banquet unless you find Yamato. I'll be here if you need me."
"I don't know why you're making me do this... Hikari and TK were my friends. I don't want to hurt them just for some stupid monsters that no one even knows exist for sure..." he mumbled on his way out the door.
"What did you say?!"
"Nothing! I said I'm on my way, Jun. I'm on my way!"
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"Sora... please wake up. I don't know what's wrong with you... but please, don't stay like this forever..." Yamato stroked her hand gently and then placed it at her side once more. "I don't want to leave you, Sora. But if you don't wake up soon... my parents may find you and I'll have some major lying to do..."
He looked at her sleeping face once more and then got up and went to the window, unable to take it. He didn't want to see her like this. Where was the girl he had met in the forest, with vivacity and energy to spare?
He glanced back over to her and went to her bedside once more. "Please, Sora. I'm begging you. Wake up so we can find out what to do, now that we know who all of the Chosen Children are. Please. We need you... I need you..."
He leaned over and kissed her softly, her lips still soft, even in deep slumber. "I love you, Sora. You can't leave me like this."
Yamato got up and walked to the door, his arms folded in front of him. "I don't know what to do anymore..."
"Matt..." he heard a weak voice whisper. He turned around and saw Sora reaching her hand out to him. "Matt, where am I?"
He smiled and ran to her, hugging her gently. "We're... we're in my castle, Sora. Do you remember what happened?"
She nodded. "I read the book.... and the passage that told me how to become mortal... I had to face my biggest fear and overcome it... I kissed you. I overcame my fear... so now I'm not bound." Her eyes widened as she said this. "I'm... I'm mortal..."
Matt looked at her, shocked. "Mortal? How did kissing me make you mortal?"
"My biggest fear... falling in love with someone. I overcame it... so now I'm mortal. I'm not a faerie anymore." Her eyes weld up with tears. "It wasn't supposed to happen like this. I was supposed to still have my powers."
Matt panicked and took her hand in his. "Please don't cry, Sora. I don't have experience with crying. I... won't know how to handle the emotional trauma... please don't put me through that, Sora. Please!" he begged her.
She smiled faintly and the tears didn't fall. "What am I supposed to do?"
Yamato sat and thought for a few moments and a smirk came across his face. "You're supposed to come with me to the banquet."
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"So you're not going, Kari?" Takeru asked her, a little disappointed.
"No. I don't want to... Davis is going to be there and he's probably going to hurt me again... I'm so scared Takeru. I've never been scared like this before..." She ran over to him and put her arms around him. "Please, TK. Stay here with me in the tower until I can go back to my room.."
TK's eyes filled with both love for Kari and hatred for Daisuke as he held her tightly close to him. "Don't worry, Kari. I care too much about you to give you up without a fight."
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"Who is that lovely girl Yamato is dancing with, dear?" The Queen leaned to the side and pointed to the pair twirling gently on the dance floor.
"I do not know, dear. But it seems to me that he's enjoying himself..." the King replied.
...:::
"I can't believe we're getting away with this, Matt..." she whispered nervously to him.
"Don't worry, Sora. If anybody asks, you're from a kingdom down south. Avoid specific questions, alright? I'll take care of everything else..."
The couple swayed slowly to the music, his hands holding her possessively at the waist and hers at his shoulders. Her emerald gown, that Matt had graciously stolen out of Mimi's closet, brushed at her feet lightly and she looked beautiful in the normal, everyday gown that mortals usually wore.
But that's not what made her beautiful to him. To him, the dress didn't matter. Even if she was still wearing the plain white dress he had first seen her in, she would be the most stunning woman he had ever met.
"Matt... remind me why I let you talk me into this again."
Matt looked down into her scarlet eyes and smiled. "Because I'm just so darn cute... and because I have to at least make an appearance. If I just totally skipped it, like my brother said, my parents would lock me in my chambers until I did get married... which is a totally hideous thought, if you ask me."
She grinned and asked him: "What, the getting married part, or the part of you getting married to Jun?"
"Both. I don't want to get married until the trials... and Jun's just the scariest thing there is on this planet."
Sora laughed and Matt smiled; he loved to make her laugh. He loved to make her do anything. He loved her, period.
They both were silent for a moment and then Sora pulled him closer to her. "Thank you, Yamato."
The tone in which she said his full name sent chills up Matt's spine. Good chills, but chills. "Why? What did I do?"
"You're making this whole mortal thing not so terrifying. I mean, inside I am scared that something will happen before I can get my powers back, but I'm not so scared for myself anymore. As long as you're here, I don't have to worry at all..." She blushed momentarily at the emotions she portrayed and looked down from Yamato's cerulean eyes for a moment. "Thank you."
Mat smiled and slowly bent down and kissed her. Just a simple, short kiss, but loving none the less. "You're welcome."
...:::
"Oh my goodness, honey, did you just see that?" The Queen pulled on her husband's sleeve quickly and pointed towards her son and the mysterious girl.
"See what?" the King asked, a little annoyed at his wife's outburst.
"He kissed her! Yamato just kissed that girl!"
That got the King's attention. "What?! What are you talking about?! I don't see anything!!"
"Oh, honey, calm down. Don't get angry. Maybe that's why Matt doesn't want to go through with the wedding. Maybe that's why he keeps running away. Maybe we were too hasty... I mean, if he's fallen in love..."
"Codswallop. Even if he is in love with this girl, unless she's a Princess, which I highly doubt, she's not going to marry my son. End of discussion." He looked at his wife to make sure she understood. "That means no meddling."
The Queen nodded and looked back over to Yamato. "They're gone!"
...:::
Matt looked up at his parents and saw his mother pointing towards them and exclaiming something to his father. "Uh-oh..." he said softly.
"What?" Sora looked up at him worried and then followed his gaze to the King and Queen, who were now in a discussion. "What's wrong, Yamato?"
Matt turned quickly and ran out the door, with Sora's hand in his. "Come on... we have to go hide somewhere for the night... my parents are going to want to kill me now..."
"Matt! Stop!" Sora stopped suddenly and jerked Matt's hand towards her. "What's the matter?"
"My parents saw us. We have to go somewhere to stay for the night... they're going to look all over the castle, so we're not safe here. I don't know where to go...."
Sora just looked at him plainly and said simply: "Gennai's."
..::--*--::..
-Dearest Sora:-
-Haha! I knew you would come here. Actually, I'm in Mendai right now.-
-So you'll just have to stay here for the night. Which I also knew was -
-going to happen. I bet Matt's with you right now, too. Ha! I am too -
-good. And I'll do one more. You're wondering why you don't have your-
-powers anymore. Don't worry about, my friend. Don't worry. Stay here-
-for the night and all of us will talk in the morning.-
-Gennai-
"Um... okay. So I guess we're staying here, then?" Matt said nervously after reading the note.
Sora nodded. "I guess so."
They walked inside of the large, grass and wood hut to find that it was actually rather comfortable. There was a table, two chairs, a large metal pot to cook food in and a huge, blanket covered bed.
"Well... are you hungry?" Matt asked, walking over to the pot.
Sora laughed at him. "Do you even know how to use one of those?"
Matt shrieked in pain as he dropped the heavy pot on his foot. "Well... no. But it can't be that hard, can it?"
She laughed again and walked over to him. "Yes, it is. And I'm not hungry at all. I just want to sleep after all of that walking to get here. Who builds a house in the middle of a forest?"
"I don't know," Matt said. "Who lives in a tree?"
Sora smirked at him. "Touché."
Both of them walked over to the bed and plopped themselves down on it. "Well, this is certainly big enough for both of us... I was actually hoping it would be smaller..." Matt grinned.
"You wish, castle-boy," Sora said.
"Castle-boy!? Castle-boy! I'll show you castle boy! Could a castle-boy do this?" He rolled over to her, threw her down on the down-filled quilts and held her arms above her head. "Who's who now, magick... lady..." he said uncertainly.
"Magick lady. Nice one. Please get off of me, Matt before I am forced to punish you."
"Punish me. I dare you."
Sora smirked as she raised her head slightly and kissed him full on the lips. Yamato immediately let go of her hands and lowered himself closer to her. The kiss grew and grew, until both of their lungs were begging for air.
Sora rolled into his arms and he held her tightly. "Don't let me go, Matt..." she said softly.
"I won't, Sora. I won't."
..::--*--::..
always,
lily-angel