Meetings and Renewals

Chapter One: Memories

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Silent Sage: Hey everyone! I'm a BIG fan of Angelic Layer, so I thought I might as well do a fic about it. Sorry if it might seem out of character. I don't really want to waste your time, so here's the disclaimer: I don't own Angelic Layer, the people at CLAMP do. I hope you like it.

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A young man in about the age of twenty was standing in front of an extremely burnt house. It was all in shambles, nothing was left standing except for some charred remains of some of the houses support structures and beams. In his hand was a blue doll, his gripped tightened on it as he kept staring at the house. His dark blue eyes were swirling with emotions, they were filled with sadness, hate, and hurt. It had been several years since the fire but the memories from that day were still very fresh.

//Flashback//

It was winter, and a young girl was in bed resting, she looked like she was in grade school, but she was actually in middle, was sitting in lying down in her bed and seemed quite sick. She was coughing was now and then, but there was always such a happy aura around her. A small red colored doll was sitting beside her on her night stand. A soft knock was heard and soon a tall boy appeared. He had dark greenish-blue hair with matching light blue eyes. In his hand was a bouquet of delicate white roses.

"Oujiro!" the girl said weakly as she weakly got up from her bed.

"Misaki," he said calmly as walked toward her bed and handed her the roses, "I heard you were sick, so I thought you might like some flowers.

Her eyes instantly brightened as she buried her head into the bouquet, smelling the beautiful scent. "Thank you, Oujiro, they're beautiful." He allowed a small smile to grace his face as he watched Misaki lovingly touch the flowers.

"They're gorgeous, but you shouldn't have, I mean they must have been so expensive," Misaki smiling sadly as she looked at the flowers.

Oujiro smiled as he shook his head, "I wanted to Misaki, besides I heard you were getting better so I thought I might visit."

"Thank you Oujiro…………….*cough* * cough*" Misaki then started to cough violently. "Misaki, are you alright," Oujiro said, before he was next to her by her bedside. Immediately a soft pink hue formed on her cheeks because of Oujiro's closeness.

"Yes, I'm alright Oujiro," she replied weakly, but Oujiro wasn't convinced in the least bit. She looked at him smiling gently, trying her best to convince him she was alright. "I'm just cold, don't worry."

A thought came to Oujiro as he watched Misaki, trying to catch her breath from her coughing. "How about if I help warm you up a little."

"Wha?!" Before Misaki knew it, Oujiro was sitting on her bed, with herself on top of his lap, with his arms wrapped around her slim waist. He had somehow, without her knowing, had placed his angel-Wizard- next to Misaki's angel, Hikaru.

"There, you should be must warmer know," he said smiling as he tightened his grip slightly.

"But-but, you'll catch my cold, being so close to me." Misaki said as she started to glow a soft red hue.  

Oujiro just smiled before trying to calm her down, "Don't worry about me, you're the one who is sick."

"But…………….." She looked at Oujiro's face before giving up, he was quite stubborn when he wanted to be, which wasn't very often. The pink stain on her cheeks still stayed though, as she cautiously leaned back against his chest. He leaned back against her bed to allow Misaki a more comfortable position, and before soon, she had soon fallen asleep, her head resting against his chest breathing ever so softly.

Oujiro sighed contentedly, a sound he would never allow his myriad of fans as he gently tightened his grip on her, before he himself overcame to sleep.

*~*~A couple of hours later*~*~

Misaki stirred ever so slightly as she slowly opened her eyes. 'What, where am I?" She slowly looks around to see she's in her room before lean back against her "pillow". 'Strange, this an awfully big pillow……and it's warm…....' she breathes deeply, 'and it smells good……and …….it's………breathing?!' She opened her eyes sharply to see Oujiro asleep, on HER bed, with HIS arms around HER, and SHE was lying on top of HIM.

Misaki just sat there, staring at him, before sleepy blue eyes met dazed ones. "Misaki, you're awake I see," he gracefully (AN: Like he could do anything but graceful) got up from his laying position on the bed. "Sorry, I suppose I fell asleep also, I hope you don't mind."

"No, I don't mind," she turned another bright shade of red before trying to get off Oujiro's lap. But couldn't since Oujiro's arms were stopping her and it didn't seem as if he was going to loosen yet his grip on her yet.

Instead he placed a hand on her forehead. "It seems your fever is almost gone, so I think it's safe for you to go outside."

"What-what to do you mean Oujiro?"

He chuckled softly, "I can't let you cook since you're sick, and since it's such a nice day, I thought we'd go somewhere to eat, if it's alright with you."

"That would be great! I haven't left the house for awhile, and since you're with me I don't think it would be a problem."

"I'm glad" Oujiro said before he finally loosened his grip on her waist so that she could get off his lap before he grabbed Wizard and gracefully walked out of the room for Misaki to get ready.

(1) //Later that Night//

A huge inferno was devouring the house at a quick rate. Many people were near the house, watching the fire fighters trying to control the fire. A car pulled up and Shuuko, Ichirou, and Oujiro quickly got out. Misaki's aunt was already there, since she was the one who called them about the fire. (AN: Sorry! I can't seem to remember Misaki's aunt's name, so if you do know her name, PLEASE tell me.

"Misaki!" Shuuko cried, trying to get through the mass of people, though no avail since Ichirou was holding her back "my daughter is in there."

"What!?" cried several voices. It belonged to Tamayo, Kotaro, Hotoko, Ringo, Kaede, Sai, and the rest of the dueses, Misaki had battled and befriended. They were all in shock as they stared at the burning house. Tamayo was the first one to snap out of it. "What do you mean Misaki is in there?!"

Tears were forming in Shuuko's eyes as her sister tried to calm her down. "I was out with Ichirou when I heard my house was on fire, I thought nothing would happen if I left Misaki alone for a little while I was gone." A fresh batch of tears formed in her eyes.

"Hey where's Oujiro?" Ringo suddenly said, looking around at the group. It was true, Oujiro wasn't here. "You don't think he………." Hatoko trailed off, looking at the burning house as she did.

"No…." murmured Ichirou as he saw his younger brother's figure inside the house.

//Inside the House//

"Misaki, where are you!" cried Oujirou as he tried to dodge the burning flames. This had to be one of the stupidest things he had ever done, but common sense had flown away from him when he had heard about the burning house, and which burning house it was.

"Oujirou," said a weak voice. He quickly turned toward he heard the voice, it was indeed Misaki. She was in a corner, trying to get as far away from the flames a possible. In a blink of an eye, Oujirou was at her side, trying to keep the flames away from her.

"Are you alright Misaki," he said as he held her close, she looked quite pale, as he took a closer inspection of her face. She gave him a weak smile before replying, "Yes, I'm alright," before going into a fit of coughing. He quickly held her light frame as he desperately tried to find an exit. He had found in open window, but before he could try to climb out, something horrible happen.

A burning beam had been shaken lose, and was falling. Misaki had seen it first and pushed him out of the way. Oujirou had managed to escape the fallen beam, but Misaki had been too slow. Oujirou watched in horror as he fell from the window to see the beam hitting her right on her head, after that the whole roof collapsed landing on top of everything.

Oujirou looked down in his hand, it was (2) Wizard, she had placed it in is hand before she had pushed him out of the way. "No, Misaki," was all Oujirou said, before he took one last look at the now blackened house before he passed out.

//End of Flashback//

"Misaki" Oujiro murmured softly as his eyes full of sadness. It had been two years since the fire but he couldn't help but still feel the heartache. They had never found her body, so her casket had been empty, instead of putting flowers on the empty grave marker; he instead placed a singe rose on top of one of the broken beams, before he started walking away.

Someone was watching him as he began walking away from the burnt house. "Oujiro," she murmured softly into the wind.

"What? Is someone there?" Oujiro turned his head to see who had called out his name, but there was no one there. He smiled a sad smile before turning around to go back to his house.

Her blue eyes watched him sadly as he walked away. "I miss you too, Oujiro," she whispered once more before she disappeared from beneath the shadows.

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Here are my explanations for the numbers:

(1)What happened when Misaki and Oujirou went to eat will be in the next chapter.

(2)The explanation of how Misaki got Wizard will also be in the next chapter.

Silent Sage: So how do you all like my fic? Hope you liked it. Please R+R, so I can see how you all thought of it. I'm still kinda new at writing fics, so please don't be so harsh with the flames, but I do except them. Well see ya later everyone!