Silver Millennium Life Bonds
Rocky Oberlin
Chapter 16
Disclaimer: I own most of the stuff in my room, so that means that Ronin Warriors and Sailor Moon aren't mine. "Pilgrim" is by Enya so I don't own it either.
I was corrected on how to spell Lita's Japanese name. It's "Makoto" not "Makato" as I spelled it in the past chapters. My apologies.
Also, I don't usually put songs in my fics, but this just screamed to be put in for Kento.
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Cale noted that the sun was coming up later and later as the season progressed and everyone got up to start the daily ritual of practice. Windy looked at the rising sun and then over at the calendar. She shook her head and Cale heard something about Day Light Savings time and October. He shrugged and let it go; the ghost muttered about a lot of stuff that didn't make sense to anyone from Japan.
"Morning," greeted a bleary eyed Rowen. Serena was at his side smiling, but just as tired as her Life Bond.
"It's nice to see the two of you up so early," said Luna. "How do you even get up? I know that I had a hard time getting Serena up for school."
Hotaru and Lita smiled at each other. "Lady Kayura has something to do with that," said Hotaru.
"She said that Windy gave her permission to use magic on her if she doesn't get up. What did she do to prove it?" asked Lita.
"She gave me a nasty dream." Serena made a face. "I was with that jerk and he was kissing me. I won't go into details though; it was disgusting."
Lady Kayura protested her innocence. "I just fired up your subconscious; I had nothing to do with the images in them."
Anubis added his two cents. "She right, Serena. We can't really force anyone's mind. We just put the suggestion in and your mind does the rest."
"Besides, going to bed early does help in you getting up early as well," added Lita.
"May be we should try that on you more often, Rowen," teased Ryo. Then we wouldn't have to get the cold water."
"Let me know," offered Anubis.
"We'll keep it in mind," said Rowen flatly. He didn't really want to be subjected to what his beloved went through that morning; he had the second hand view through their link.
"Are we going to practice or are we going to talk about ways for people to become alarm clocks?" asked Kento.
"They're coming," assured Michiru as she and Haruka walked to the back door. "They have to have some fun in life."
"Yeah, what happened to yours?" asked Cye as he looked at his friend.
"Nothing," muttered Kento. "Just weird dreams."
Windy turned from the kitchen sink where she was starting the coffee maker. "Weird dreams? What kind of weird dreams, Kento?"
Kento just blew off the question. "It wasn't really anything. Let's get outside and practice. The sooner we start practice, the sooner we can get breakfast."
Anubis, Lady Kayura, Sage, and Windy exchanged glances. Setsuna and Michiru looked at the four; there was something going on between the prince, the Guardian, and the two mystics. Michiru decided that she was going to see what her mirror said before she approached the foursome with her conclusions.
"Then let us depart before Kento complains about us holding him back from his food," announced dais. Seckmet snickered and Cye smiled, Kento wasn't going to live this morning down for the day.
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Windy was pleased at how Serena was coming along with her staff and to some point the glaive she was practicing with. Today Ryo and Sage were going to help the Moon Princess with a sword. Haruka was going to help, but Cale wanted a partner and Windy was going to practice with Hotaru. Michiru paired off with Cye to work on hand to hand with the slight Water Ronin and Setsuna worked with Kento.
"Are you sure that Lady Pluto should be working with Kento? She might come away with broken bones," worried Cye.
"She should be fine," assured Michiru. "She had to fight hard enemies before and still be able to guard the Time Gates. She should be able to work with your hard-headed friend."
"Is there a reason that you two chose us for today's practice?"
Michiru nodded as she blocked a fist coming at her face. "We were worried about Kento's statement on his dreams last night. Windy, the prince, and your two mystics seemed worried and I wanted to get a feel for your friend before I looked in my Mirror for answers."
"What would your Mirror show you?"
"It shows the truth. I can see what is real through illusion. I hope that it will show me what Kento dreamed last night."
"Then you will take it to the Guardian?"
Michiru nodded as she sent a foot towards Cye's unprotected side. He blocked the attack swiftly and went in for his own attack. It was more successful then Michiru's previous attempt and brought the Ocean Sailor to her knees. "You did well, shall we start again?"
"I think that your friend wants to talk to you. She might have the information that you want before looking into your Mirror. I hope that it was just weird dreams."
"So do I, so do I."
The two traded partners and Setsuna told Michiru what she found out. "Kento said that he sometimes has these dreams that the earth is telling him something. He wasn't sure if they were real as they don't always come true, but then sometimes the actions don't reflect his dreams and the outcomes change."
"But the other times?"
"They are exactly as he dreams them." Setsuna looked at her former sparring partner as he tried to sweep Cye's feet from underneath him. It almost worked, but the Water Ronin was quick and back on his feet in the next move. "He only told Cye of a couple and once he told Ryo. That was when Ryo did something different and the outcome changed, but I think they both knew what could have happened. From what he told me, Sage is the mystic of the group other then Lord Anubis and Lady Kayura, so he doesn't feel comfortable telling what he has dreamed."
"This must be one of them if he didn't want to say anything this morning. With Guardian Windy, Prince Sage, Lord Anubis, and Lady Kayura around, he would seem like he was trying to be part of the group."
"Or trying to show his importance to make himself feel needed," said Setsuna.
"Think that I should look in my Mirror?"
Setsuna looked quickly around for any of the other mystics. Anubis caught her eye and nodded. A faint breeze whispered to the two women to do it and, surprisingly, Ryo also nodded his head. "Do it."
The sparring pair stopped their fight and Michiru knelt down to pull out her Mirror from her subspace pocket. It reacted as soon as it was brought out. Michiru and Setsuna looked in the reflection as saw the Earth Ronin's dreamscape as he started the dream. It showed him sitting in the desert in a meditation pose while the sand blew around in the wind. Then the sand showed something like it was a reflective surface; it showed pictures of darkness and evil coming to stand on the earth's back. Then the sand formed into a figure of the one who any Outer Sailor would like to send their attack on- Prince Endymion. Then the Mirror dimmed to a quiet state once again.
The two women looked at each other. "We have to tell the others," said Setsuna.
"And we have to get Kento to tell us about this dream," said Michiru. "MY Mirror can only show some much. I think that Kento knows more then my Mirror is showing."
The two women decided that at their next break they should talk to the four mystics and to see what they thought. Setsuna was sure that Windy would want to hear Kento's dream even if she had to beat it out of him. A look at the ghost showed that she was willing AND able to do as the Time Guardian thought.
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"What did you find out?" asked Windy as the two Outer Sailors approached the small group.
"Kento is getting dreams from his element, but we can only see the images," said Michiru. "As you said once, feelings and foreknowledge is also a factor in dreams like this."
"So we have to get Kento to talk," said Lady Kayura. "How are going to do that?"
"We could persuade him that any information is needed, even from unlikely sources," suggested Sage.
"Or you and Rowen could take him out to the back porch and have a good sit-down with him," said Windy. "You still are his friends even if your pasts are stranger then fiction."
"He might be feeling left out with all the attention being focused on bonds made in the Silver Millennium," said Anubis. "After all, Ryo, Rowen, and you are princes of that time and Lita has been a focus of disagreements for the past few days."
"Cye doesn't seem to be having as much trouble as Kento seems to have," protested Sage.
"That's because of his kanji," said Lady Kayura. "He trusts his instincts and those his armor says to. If Windy brought someone here, then she had a good reason and Cye waited to see what it was."
"Nice to know someone trusts me in this house," muttered Windy. The others decided to ignore her comment and continue to convince Sage that he should talk to Kento. Sage finally conceded to the plan, but instead of having Rowen, Ryo was going to talk to Kento with him. Sage said that it was because Ryo and Kento were closer then Rowen was to Kento.
"So it's settled then?" asked Michiru.
"I'll talk to Kento after dinner tonight. I'll let Ryo know about our plans for tonight. He might be able to help with his persuasion."
The break was call to an end and Rowen was pulled from his beloved. Seckmet made a comment about the two being attached at the lips and was faced with two angry Ronins and disapproving looks from all five of the Sailors. Seckmet decided to practice with a neutral party for the rest of the morning to preserve his long lifespan.
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The day came and the day went. Practice was finished and household chores were done. Windy went out to the backyard and proved that she had picked up a few things as a swordswoman in other dimensions, much to the amazement or chagrin of others. After she finished her small demonstration, she went into the forest to have some "quality time with the Author and Perfecter of the Faith".
"In other words," muttered Cale, "she wants out of this mad house for a while." He joined Seckmet in the doghouse for the rest of the day.
Windy didn't come back for dinner and had left a message with Hotaru that she would get her own meal that night. Sage and Ryo looked at each other while the evening dishes were being cleared away and nodded.
"Hey, Kento, let's go out on the porch," suggested Ryo. Ryo's invitation was a friendly suggestion, but his tone was one close to a command, as the Ronin leader would get. Kento decided to see what Ryo wanted.
Sage was waiting for them on the swing as Ryo herded the Earth Ronin over to Sage's corner. "What did you want, Ryo?" asked the larger boy.
"We wanted to ask you about your dream last night," said Sage. "Michiru and Setsuna told us what they saw in Michiru's Mirror about your dream."
"Who said that you could go poking around in my business, Sage? Now my dreams aren't my own; if you want something you decide to ask one of the Sailors?"
"Kento," Ryo said quietly. "If they hadn't come to them about it, would you have? I know that you have more dreams like that then you let on, but this one might be important. Please, Kento, tell us what you dreamed last night."
"How do you know it's important? Why not just as one of the Sailors or may be Windy."
"Because," said Sage, "Windy said that you would be a better source then anyone of us."
"She also said that you were important, but she didn't need to tell us that. We already know."
"Why? Why do you say that I'm important?"
"Because you're our friend, Kento," said Sage.
"What about the others?"
"They are our friends, too, but you are one of the first for us." Ryo gave a chuckle and reminded Kento of their past. "Remember when we first met? The four of you had to save me from a Dynasty soldier."
"Then you had to save us from sleeping in our armor's chosen places," said Kento. "Alright, I'll tell you."
Ryo sat on the porch railing and Kento stayed standing at an angle with the two other Ronins.
"I dreamt that I was meditating in the desert and the Earth decided to tell me something. It showed me pictures of Dynasty soldiers and the Nether Spirits gathering in the Mortal Realm. It said that the Earth groaned under the weight of the evil and the places it touched, the earth was corrupted. Then the sand showed me a picture of that creep, Prince Endymion. The Earth said that its old prince had been rejected for what he had done in the past." Kento blushed. "The Earth said that it liked me better anyway."
The other two Ronins chuckled at the admission and waited for the rest of the dream.
"When the sand showed me the idiot, I knew that we would be seeing him soon." Kento looked at his two friends. "I think that he will be coming tomorrow."
"Then we better tell the others," said Ryo. "Want to come with us?"
Kento shook his head. "I think I'll stay out here a little longer. I want to see if Windy will be coming back before nightfall."
Ryo nodded and gave him quick thanks. Sage stood and faced his Chinese friend. "Thank you for telling us Kento. I'm sorry we had to force it out of you, but, please, next time tell us if you have a dream like that."
"Sometimes they don't come out as I dream them."
"Then the course was changed from what you had been warned of. My sister and I can tell you that not even destiny can always be planned out in stone." Sage left the Earth Ronin on the back porch and joined his leader in telling the others about the possible attack the next day.
Pilgrim, how you journey
on the road you chose
to find out where the winds die
and where the stories go.
All days come from one day
that must you must know,
you cannot change what's over
but only where you go.
Kento looked up at the music and watched as Windy left the forest. She continued the song as she walked and looked only at him.
One way leads to diamonds,
one way leads to gold,
another leads you only
to everything you're told.
In your heart you wonder
which of these is true;
the road that leads to nowhere,
the road that leads to you.
Will you find the answer
in all you say and do?
Will you find the answer
in you?
Windy had reached the porch steps and stopped. She continued to sing and look at the Ronin, provoking thoughts in his head about how he handled himself since the coming of the Sailors.
Each heart is a pilgrim,
each one wants to know
the reason why the winds die
and where the stories go.
Pilgrim, in your journey
you may travel far,
for pilgrim it's a long way
to find out who you are...
Pilgrim, it's a long way
to find out who you are...
Pilgrim, it's a long way
to find out who you are...
Windy mounted the steps. "Think about it," was all she said before going into the house. Kento knew that she knew they were going to have visitors tomorrow.
Rocky Oberlin
Chapter 16
Disclaimer: I own most of the stuff in my room, so that means that Ronin Warriors and Sailor Moon aren't mine. "Pilgrim" is by Enya so I don't own it either.
I was corrected on how to spell Lita's Japanese name. It's "Makoto" not "Makato" as I spelled it in the past chapters. My apologies.
Also, I don't usually put songs in my fics, but this just screamed to be put in for Kento.
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Cale noted that the sun was coming up later and later as the season progressed and everyone got up to start the daily ritual of practice. Windy looked at the rising sun and then over at the calendar. She shook her head and Cale heard something about Day Light Savings time and October. He shrugged and let it go; the ghost muttered about a lot of stuff that didn't make sense to anyone from Japan.
"Morning," greeted a bleary eyed Rowen. Serena was at his side smiling, but just as tired as her Life Bond.
"It's nice to see the two of you up so early," said Luna. "How do you even get up? I know that I had a hard time getting Serena up for school."
Hotaru and Lita smiled at each other. "Lady Kayura has something to do with that," said Hotaru.
"She said that Windy gave her permission to use magic on her if she doesn't get up. What did she do to prove it?" asked Lita.
"She gave me a nasty dream." Serena made a face. "I was with that jerk and he was kissing me. I won't go into details though; it was disgusting."
Lady Kayura protested her innocence. "I just fired up your subconscious; I had nothing to do with the images in them."
Anubis added his two cents. "She right, Serena. We can't really force anyone's mind. We just put the suggestion in and your mind does the rest."
"Besides, going to bed early does help in you getting up early as well," added Lita.
"May be we should try that on you more often, Rowen," teased Ryo. Then we wouldn't have to get the cold water."
"Let me know," offered Anubis.
"We'll keep it in mind," said Rowen flatly. He didn't really want to be subjected to what his beloved went through that morning; he had the second hand view through their link.
"Are we going to practice or are we going to talk about ways for people to become alarm clocks?" asked Kento.
"They're coming," assured Michiru as she and Haruka walked to the back door. "They have to have some fun in life."
"Yeah, what happened to yours?" asked Cye as he looked at his friend.
"Nothing," muttered Kento. "Just weird dreams."
Windy turned from the kitchen sink where she was starting the coffee maker. "Weird dreams? What kind of weird dreams, Kento?"
Kento just blew off the question. "It wasn't really anything. Let's get outside and practice. The sooner we start practice, the sooner we can get breakfast."
Anubis, Lady Kayura, Sage, and Windy exchanged glances. Setsuna and Michiru looked at the four; there was something going on between the prince, the Guardian, and the two mystics. Michiru decided that she was going to see what her mirror said before she approached the foursome with her conclusions.
"Then let us depart before Kento complains about us holding him back from his food," announced dais. Seckmet snickered and Cye smiled, Kento wasn't going to live this morning down for the day.
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Windy was pleased at how Serena was coming along with her staff and to some point the glaive she was practicing with. Today Ryo and Sage were going to help the Moon Princess with a sword. Haruka was going to help, but Cale wanted a partner and Windy was going to practice with Hotaru. Michiru paired off with Cye to work on hand to hand with the slight Water Ronin and Setsuna worked with Kento.
"Are you sure that Lady Pluto should be working with Kento? She might come away with broken bones," worried Cye.
"She should be fine," assured Michiru. "She had to fight hard enemies before and still be able to guard the Time Gates. She should be able to work with your hard-headed friend."
"Is there a reason that you two chose us for today's practice?"
Michiru nodded as she blocked a fist coming at her face. "We were worried about Kento's statement on his dreams last night. Windy, the prince, and your two mystics seemed worried and I wanted to get a feel for your friend before I looked in my Mirror for answers."
"What would your Mirror show you?"
"It shows the truth. I can see what is real through illusion. I hope that it will show me what Kento dreamed last night."
"Then you will take it to the Guardian?"
Michiru nodded as she sent a foot towards Cye's unprotected side. He blocked the attack swiftly and went in for his own attack. It was more successful then Michiru's previous attempt and brought the Ocean Sailor to her knees. "You did well, shall we start again?"
"I think that your friend wants to talk to you. She might have the information that you want before looking into your Mirror. I hope that it was just weird dreams."
"So do I, so do I."
The two traded partners and Setsuna told Michiru what she found out. "Kento said that he sometimes has these dreams that the earth is telling him something. He wasn't sure if they were real as they don't always come true, but then sometimes the actions don't reflect his dreams and the outcomes change."
"But the other times?"
"They are exactly as he dreams them." Setsuna looked at her former sparring partner as he tried to sweep Cye's feet from underneath him. It almost worked, but the Water Ronin was quick and back on his feet in the next move. "He only told Cye of a couple and once he told Ryo. That was when Ryo did something different and the outcome changed, but I think they both knew what could have happened. From what he told me, Sage is the mystic of the group other then Lord Anubis and Lady Kayura, so he doesn't feel comfortable telling what he has dreamed."
"This must be one of them if he didn't want to say anything this morning. With Guardian Windy, Prince Sage, Lord Anubis, and Lady Kayura around, he would seem like he was trying to be part of the group."
"Or trying to show his importance to make himself feel needed," said Setsuna.
"Think that I should look in my Mirror?"
Setsuna looked quickly around for any of the other mystics. Anubis caught her eye and nodded. A faint breeze whispered to the two women to do it and, surprisingly, Ryo also nodded his head. "Do it."
The sparring pair stopped their fight and Michiru knelt down to pull out her Mirror from her subspace pocket. It reacted as soon as it was brought out. Michiru and Setsuna looked in the reflection as saw the Earth Ronin's dreamscape as he started the dream. It showed him sitting in the desert in a meditation pose while the sand blew around in the wind. Then the sand showed something like it was a reflective surface; it showed pictures of darkness and evil coming to stand on the earth's back. Then the sand formed into a figure of the one who any Outer Sailor would like to send their attack on- Prince Endymion. Then the Mirror dimmed to a quiet state once again.
The two women looked at each other. "We have to tell the others," said Setsuna.
"And we have to get Kento to tell us about this dream," said Michiru. "MY Mirror can only show some much. I think that Kento knows more then my Mirror is showing."
The two women decided that at their next break they should talk to the four mystics and to see what they thought. Setsuna was sure that Windy would want to hear Kento's dream even if she had to beat it out of him. A look at the ghost showed that she was willing AND able to do as the Time Guardian thought.
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"What did you find out?" asked Windy as the two Outer Sailors approached the small group.
"Kento is getting dreams from his element, but we can only see the images," said Michiru. "As you said once, feelings and foreknowledge is also a factor in dreams like this."
"So we have to get Kento to talk," said Lady Kayura. "How are going to do that?"
"We could persuade him that any information is needed, even from unlikely sources," suggested Sage.
"Or you and Rowen could take him out to the back porch and have a good sit-down with him," said Windy. "You still are his friends even if your pasts are stranger then fiction."
"He might be feeling left out with all the attention being focused on bonds made in the Silver Millennium," said Anubis. "After all, Ryo, Rowen, and you are princes of that time and Lita has been a focus of disagreements for the past few days."
"Cye doesn't seem to be having as much trouble as Kento seems to have," protested Sage.
"That's because of his kanji," said Lady Kayura. "He trusts his instincts and those his armor says to. If Windy brought someone here, then she had a good reason and Cye waited to see what it was."
"Nice to know someone trusts me in this house," muttered Windy. The others decided to ignore her comment and continue to convince Sage that he should talk to Kento. Sage finally conceded to the plan, but instead of having Rowen, Ryo was going to talk to Kento with him. Sage said that it was because Ryo and Kento were closer then Rowen was to Kento.
"So it's settled then?" asked Michiru.
"I'll talk to Kento after dinner tonight. I'll let Ryo know about our plans for tonight. He might be able to help with his persuasion."
The break was call to an end and Rowen was pulled from his beloved. Seckmet made a comment about the two being attached at the lips and was faced with two angry Ronins and disapproving looks from all five of the Sailors. Seckmet decided to practice with a neutral party for the rest of the morning to preserve his long lifespan.
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The day came and the day went. Practice was finished and household chores were done. Windy went out to the backyard and proved that she had picked up a few things as a swordswoman in other dimensions, much to the amazement or chagrin of others. After she finished her small demonstration, she went into the forest to have some "quality time with the Author and Perfecter of the Faith".
"In other words," muttered Cale, "she wants out of this mad house for a while." He joined Seckmet in the doghouse for the rest of the day.
Windy didn't come back for dinner and had left a message with Hotaru that she would get her own meal that night. Sage and Ryo looked at each other while the evening dishes were being cleared away and nodded.
"Hey, Kento, let's go out on the porch," suggested Ryo. Ryo's invitation was a friendly suggestion, but his tone was one close to a command, as the Ronin leader would get. Kento decided to see what Ryo wanted.
Sage was waiting for them on the swing as Ryo herded the Earth Ronin over to Sage's corner. "What did you want, Ryo?" asked the larger boy.
"We wanted to ask you about your dream last night," said Sage. "Michiru and Setsuna told us what they saw in Michiru's Mirror about your dream."
"Who said that you could go poking around in my business, Sage? Now my dreams aren't my own; if you want something you decide to ask one of the Sailors?"
"Kento," Ryo said quietly. "If they hadn't come to them about it, would you have? I know that you have more dreams like that then you let on, but this one might be important. Please, Kento, tell us what you dreamed last night."
"How do you know it's important? Why not just as one of the Sailors or may be Windy."
"Because," said Sage, "Windy said that you would be a better source then anyone of us."
"She also said that you were important, but she didn't need to tell us that. We already know."
"Why? Why do you say that I'm important?"
"Because you're our friend, Kento," said Sage.
"What about the others?"
"They are our friends, too, but you are one of the first for us." Ryo gave a chuckle and reminded Kento of their past. "Remember when we first met? The four of you had to save me from a Dynasty soldier."
"Then you had to save us from sleeping in our armor's chosen places," said Kento. "Alright, I'll tell you."
Ryo sat on the porch railing and Kento stayed standing at an angle with the two other Ronins.
"I dreamt that I was meditating in the desert and the Earth decided to tell me something. It showed me pictures of Dynasty soldiers and the Nether Spirits gathering in the Mortal Realm. It said that the Earth groaned under the weight of the evil and the places it touched, the earth was corrupted. Then the sand showed me a picture of that creep, Prince Endymion. The Earth said that its old prince had been rejected for what he had done in the past." Kento blushed. "The Earth said that it liked me better anyway."
The other two Ronins chuckled at the admission and waited for the rest of the dream.
"When the sand showed me the idiot, I knew that we would be seeing him soon." Kento looked at his two friends. "I think that he will be coming tomorrow."
"Then we better tell the others," said Ryo. "Want to come with us?"
Kento shook his head. "I think I'll stay out here a little longer. I want to see if Windy will be coming back before nightfall."
Ryo nodded and gave him quick thanks. Sage stood and faced his Chinese friend. "Thank you for telling us Kento. I'm sorry we had to force it out of you, but, please, next time tell us if you have a dream like that."
"Sometimes they don't come out as I dream them."
"Then the course was changed from what you had been warned of. My sister and I can tell you that not even destiny can always be planned out in stone." Sage left the Earth Ronin on the back porch and joined his leader in telling the others about the possible attack the next day.
Pilgrim, how you journey
on the road you chose
to find out where the winds die
and where the stories go.
All days come from one day
that must you must know,
you cannot change what's over
but only where you go.
Kento looked up at the music and watched as Windy left the forest. She continued the song as she walked and looked only at him.
One way leads to diamonds,
one way leads to gold,
another leads you only
to everything you're told.
In your heart you wonder
which of these is true;
the road that leads to nowhere,
the road that leads to you.
Will you find the answer
in all you say and do?
Will you find the answer
in you?
Windy had reached the porch steps and stopped. She continued to sing and look at the Ronin, provoking thoughts in his head about how he handled himself since the coming of the Sailors.
Each heart is a pilgrim,
each one wants to know
the reason why the winds die
and where the stories go.
Pilgrim, in your journey
you may travel far,
for pilgrim it's a long way
to find out who you are...
Pilgrim, it's a long way
to find out who you are...
Pilgrim, it's a long way
to find out who you are...
Windy mounted the steps. "Think about it," was all she said before going into the house. Kento knew that she knew they were going to have visitors tomorrow.
