A/N: Well, I bet most of you are ready to kill me for my lack of an update. Umm, just wait until I finish the story, 'kay?

In addition to this brand new chapter for you all to enjoy (yes, I realize it's short, but it's also 5 in the morn.) I updated chapter 11. I changed Rin's name, doncha know. (Wooo, sleepy...)

Thank you so much to Mushi. Thanks to her, Rin has a name. Woot!

Koko Kung: You can go ahead and use any of my quotes. Just as long as you don't say you made them up. *_* Wow, you like my quotes!

This applies to everybody else too.

In other news, today I officially became funny, and my spell checker thinks I'm trying to murder it. If you're still reading this nonsense, I should give you a prize of some sort. Cause I'm the only person I know who will actually read the whole rant.

And now back to our scheduled programming.

Disclaimer: Umm, I don't think you all are idiots and I really don't want to have to make a funny or clever one up. You can get the funny from the brand new quote I have for you today.

/Stupidity is a form of expression. Yet it is the only one that people are not generally offended by\

Leaving Chapter 13

Listening

Rin only heard half the monologue she gave. Really, she was just repeating what Yu-baba and Zeniba had told her. Most of her attention was fixed on keeping the ability to walk, instead of collapsing from pain. The binding spell the two witches had laid on her, Yu-baba mostly, was breaking down quickly now. As the spell disintegrated, it was taking its toll on her body. But, for now, she had to keep walking.

Kohaku tried to concentrate on what Rin was saying, but one thought kept coming back. He was the one leaving this time. The last time, Chihiro was the one going, and now he would be the one leaving. And just like the last time, he never wanted to leave her side.

Chihiro only half heard what Rin was saying. She was more focused on not falling apart in front of the both of them. By the Gods, it wasn't fair! She had just gotten him back; she didn't want to lose him again! It wasn't fair!

Finally, as they were going through the park, in the middle of the bridge, she came to a dead stop. When Kohaku and Rin turned back to look at her, she realized she was crying. Immediately, she found herself in his arms. The tears still fell, but his shirt now soaked them up. She managed to form words through the tears. "I...there has to be another way. I- I don't want you to leave."

He sighed, stroking her hair. "I don't want to leave. But the last time, I came back to you, didn't I?"

Sniffing, she rubbed one eye and looked up at him. " Uh-huh. But this time you don't know whether or not you will be coming back." She sniffed again.

He smiled down at her, though somewhat sadly. "I did promise you I would love you forever. Gods, even minor ones, know the weight of a promise such as this. You are my beloved."

Before she could hide her furiously blushing face in his shirt, he leaned down and gently pressed his lips to hers. She blinked when he pulled away, silent mostly out of bliss and other such warm fuzzy feelings. He smiled again, but it soon faded.

"We have to go." Chihiro whispered, he nodded, and the two pulled apart reluctantly.

Chihiro's blush deepened even more when she realized Rin had watched the whole thing. However, Kohaku didn't seem to be too worried about what Rin thought. Rin didn't say anything either. She simply turned, and began walking again, trusting the other two would follow.

With their hands intertwined, Kohaku and his beloved fell into step behind Rin. Though all three stayed close together, they couldn't have been farther from each other.