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pink-hime-sakura: Thankies!!! As for the part that you're confuzzled out, hmm... *opens files and scans chapter two* Oops! I guess I didn't explain clearly enough. SOWWIES!! . Well, you'll probably find out some stuff about Kamatari in this chapter here, and why exactly he treated Nadeshiko the way he did.
On with the story... ^_^ I apologise in advance for the shortness of this chapter. Next one will be longer, I SWEAR!!
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It was quiet... until...
"OK, where the hell is he?!?!" this from Rina.
"I'm sure he's around somewhere, sis," Takuya said, narrowing his identical mahogany eyes at Nadeshiko. "Any ideas where he went?"
Nadeshiko shook her head and sighed, thinking back on what had happened last night.
"What happened?" Rina asked Nadeshiko accusingly.
Nadeshiko looked faintly surprised. "Am I that easy to read?" she asked.
Rina nodded. "I've taken lessons from Hatsuyo," she said with an impatient wave of her hand. "Hurry up, get on with it."
"All we talked about was blankets, you two, and he..." she trailed off.
"He what?" Takuya asked.
Nadeshiko picked up where she left off. "He apologised to me."
Now it was Rina's turn to be surprised. It must've been a blue moon that night, because there was hardly a day where her father apologised. "He apologised?" Rina asked dubiously. "Since when does that happen? He hardly every apologises."
Nadeshiko was surprised and turned to look at Takuya for confirmation. When the twin nodded, her eyes widened a little.
Takuya was still looking at Nadeshiko, but more observing now. His thoughts were ranging from, 'What makes Kamatari think she's so special? Is it that white aura that I saw earlier or what?' to 'I have to keep Rina away from her, she can't be trusted,' to 'She's pretty nice.'
Rina saw her brother surveying the teenage witch and her eyes narrowed instinctively. 'What's he doing now?' she thought suspiciously. 'He better not be thinking about harassing her. She's been through enough.'
Earlier that morning, Nadeshiko had confided in Rina about what had caused her to be all the way out here. Rina had hunted the girl down while she went to get some breakfast and told her to spill. Nadeshiko had tried to avoid the subject at first and had finally given in when Rina wouldn't stop bugging her about it. So, Rina had found out everything, and at first, the girl had been shocked. A mother just casting her child out like that. Her own flesh and blood. Goddamn, the woman must be some sort of devil. Nadeshiko had assured Rina that the woman usually wasn't. She had learnt all about Nadeshiko's family. Amaya, Nadeshiko's mother; Nadeshiko's older brother and younger sister, both of whom were nothing like her. And then she had heard about the young witch's father, the most horrible one of them all. It was a blessing that Nadeshiko was not like her father, unlike her brother and sister.
Rina had then gone back to talk to Takuya about what Nadeshiko had told her and her brother had told her to be careful. Rina hadn't really cared for what her brother had said and so she just walked off to have some breakfast and search that lazy lout of a father, Kamatari.
She had gotten a little worried after she couldn't find him around anywhere. He had been there the previous night because she had yelled at him to shut up. She remembered that clearly enough. So where had he gone? She had no idea, but wanted to find him so that she could yell at him some more about respect for other people, including keeping quiet while other people tried to sleep. Rina had kicked her brother awake and he had whacked her leg in return, hence the dead leg. Takuya really knew self defence pretty well. What a shame that he couldn't use it when put under pressure. He was better in his sleep, Rina would say that much and she wouldn't advance on that. What a pain.
Rina tried talking to Nadeshiko again about what had happened the night when she had been talking to Kamatari by the fire, but she hadn't given anything more away other than that they had been talking about blankets and the fact that Kamatari had apologised to Nadeshiko. Now that was a strange thing Rina had to say. Her father never apologised and even when he knew that he was wrong, he would never do it because he would feel that it wasn't worth wasting his breath. That was the sort of person that he was.
Even though their people were known for their compassion, Rina's father didn't have much of it and the only person that he had really ever shown respect to was his mother. Hatsuyo. Maybe because that was because she was like a slave driver. Rina had had all too much experience with the woman. She shuddered sometimes thinking about the intense lessons that she had gone through and that she was still going through. Rina was learning how to be a mind reader from the woman because she was the best. How else had her father become so good at it? He had learnt from his mother, she had taught him everything that she had known and she had promised to teach his offspring, her twin grandchildren, Rina and Takuya.
Takuya wasn't really much a learner; Rina enjoyed it more... usually. But there were just the odd times that she hated it and usually that was quite a few times, especially in the recent days because that old story that everyone knew had been getting quite needed. The girl from that story was essential to Rina's village's survival. Kamatari had said to Rina that Nadeshiko was the girl that they had been waiting for. Rina was still a little sceptical though. Her newest friend, the one needed to save the village? Impossible. But then once she thought about it more, it seemed more real.
After seeing what Nadeshiko could do earlier, Rina knew that she had to get Nadeshiko to her village as soon as possible. The ... thing ... was almost upon them, she could feel it. Nadeshiko was attracted to danger, and she usually overcame it, or so Rina had seen.
"Rina! Heads up!" Takuya called.
Rina looked up and saw her brother in a tree. "Takuya, get the hell down from there!" she yelled at him.
Takuya shook his head and called back, "It's the Manene. They must be after Nadeshiko, we have to get out of here!"
Rina gritted her teeth. Of all the times that those buffoons decide to come to where they were. Bloody freaking senses. They were going haywire on her. "Yo! Nadeshiko! Get outta here!" Rina yelled over at the girl. Nadeshiko had to get out of here as soon as possible, otherwise there would be no hope for Rina's village. They depended on Nadeshiko staying alive.
Nadeshiko looked up from where she was gathering blankets and looked doubtfully at Rina. "Why?"
"Just trust me, now, go!!" Rina yelled back. She ran over to Nadeshiko and began pushing her into the depths of the forest. "They're going to be here any second."
Nadeshiko didn't try to restrain herself against Rina. She only took the girl's words and ran for her life.
"Good luck girl, you're gonna need it," Rina said after her and then ran to assist her brother.
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"Takuya, help me out here!" Rina yelled over at her brother.
"As you can probably see, I'm a little tied up myself," Takuya shouted back and he was set backing up by the Manene.
Rina and Takuya were soon back to back. "Well, sis, what do you suppose we do now?" Takuya asked.
"Any bright ideas?" Rina questioned.
"Nope."
"Darn." Rina had a sudden brainstorm, but whether it would work or not, she wasn't totally sure. Anything was worth a try though. "Takuya, you remember what Hatsuyo taught you? About the elements?"
Takuya thought back. Indeed, he did remember. "Yeah, I do. Why?"
"OK, we're gonna use wind," Rina stated. "You send out from your part and I'll do mine." Rina extended her arms out in front of her, palms facing outwards, overlapped. "Kia kaha brother," Rina yelled, and her eyes narrowed at the Manene.
"Kia haere te hau!" the twins shouted in unison.
Their yells echoed throughout the forest, and they sensed that something was answering them. Takuya was feeling afraid. All of a sudden, winds slowly began creeping up, then they became harsher and harsher, and that's when the storm began.
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So so sorry!!!! It was so short!
The next chapter's gonna be a really long one, so it probably won't be out for about two-three weeks. Maybe before, but don't count on it, k?
Also- if you want to have a madeup character of your own included in this story, just either email he/she/its bio to me or post it in your review. Tell me what you want them to be, and I'll include them in ^_^
Email bios to me at karisa_temura@yahoo.co.nz
See you in a few weeks everyone!!! Review if you want to. ^_^
Karisa Temura
