Meetings and Renewals
Chapter Five: Discovered
'Misaki' Oujiro thought as he stared at the young girl who had fallen in love with all those years ago.
"Misaki, it's you!" Tamayo cried, staring at her friends face.
"Nani," she gingerly touched the place where her sunglasses once stood, "No………."
The others soon saw her face. Sai, Kaede, Ringo, and Kotaro were staring at her with large eyes, with good reason too. It looked like Misaki, but it didn't look like Misaki at the same time.
This Misaki had the same similar face to Misaki, but much had changed. She had grown from a petite height to a medium height. She was a couple of inches shorter then Oujiro now. Her hair had grown until it was waist length. But what had most changed were her eyes. The Misaki they had known all those years ago had a happy, innocent, carefree look in her eyes, but this one had cold eyes that looked like they've seen much of the world, and had seen for what it really was. She had grown more mature over the course of two years. But one thing that was evident that they all saw was the simple kindness and love in them that still seemed glow from her.
"No, please don't look at me," tears were streaming down her face, her hands in front of her face, trying to conceal it.
"Misaki," Oujiro took a step forward, she backed down a step.
"I-I had better go now," she quickly turned around, and started to run to the exit.
"No, Misaki!" Oujiro, with his longer legs soon caught up to her and grabbed her arm. But unexpectedly she flung herself into his arms. His arms instinctively tightened around her waist.
Misaki placed her face close to his, and whispered softly, "I'm so sorry Oujiro, I never meant for you to find out, at least this way," tears were still streaming down her face, as she got out of his grasp and disappeared into the shadow, leaving her confused friends and a heartbroken Oujiro.
Misaki instead of being at the stadium ended up at in old shrine, near a forest, soon met up with two people, a young man and a woman, calmly watching her. They had a rather worried look on their faces. Watching their young protégé walk toward them. Her head bent down toward the ground.
The girl, Aya (1) had light blue-green hair that went down below her waist, and was tied into a long braid. She was about medium height with an extremely slender, lithe figure that I model would kill for. The most unusual thing about her was that her eyes were the exact color of the ocean. They were sorta blue, and yet green at the time, with silver and gray tints. It was hard to tell what color her eyes were, but to Misaki and Kei, they were just a sea colored, and they always seemed to hold secrets of untold numbers. Her aura had a calm, kind, mysterious sort of air to it, but you shouldn't judge her by her looks, she can be very evil when she wanted to be.
The man, Kei, short for Keitaro (2), one word: MAJOR BISHOUNEN!!! He had amethyst eyes that could kill; they always seemed to have a glint in them that held untold secrets. He had violet colored hair that reached to his elbows that was tied into a low pony tail. He was tall, but not basketball player tall, just tall enough. He had a masculine body, that was well conceived, but it wasn't like he was all bulgy like Moose in the Archie Comics or anything. He was definitely MUCH stronger then he looked, and could kick butt. His aura was a lot like Aya's, but had more of a protective air to it, that was mostly centered on the two girls.
"Misaki, are you okay? You seem sad. What happened while you were gone," Aya asked anxiously, looking at Misaki's tear stained eyes.
"Yes, I'm alright, Aya," Misaki lied, as she tried to get past her.
"Sorry Misaki, but I don't believe you," Kei intervened and gracefully swept her up to in his arms, carrying her up into the shrine.
"Let go of me NOW, Kei!" Misaki was struggling in his iron like grip, to no avail, "I'm just fine, only tired."
"That's going to become a nasty habit of yours Misaki," Aya, was walking right beside them, "lying is not the best of habits to form, you know.
"She's right you know," Kei, after saying that promptly dropped Misaki lightly on the couch, while Aya got out a fresh pot of tea that had been on the stove, still hot.
The silence that was in the living room was nearly deafening. Kei was sitting on the recliner, watching Misaki as she stared at the floor as if it was the most interesting thing in the world. Aya appeared soon afterward, placing the tea tray on the table.
"Now," breaking the uncomfortable silence, handing Misaki and Kei a cup of tea, "what, might I ask, were you doing while you were out Misaki."
"Ummm……." Misaki, feeling much calmer now, but not much, looked at the reassuring faces of the two, "I met some people today."
"Oh, why would that make you sad, Misaki?" Kei raised an eyebrow, as she watched Misaki fidget ever so slightly under their watchful gazes, taking in what they saw.
"I met some people I used to know a couple of years ago," Misaki looked at the floor as if it was the most interesting thing she had ever seen.
Aya and Kei just looked at each other, worry clearly seen in their eyes.
"Are you going to okay, Misaki?" Aya sat down on the couch next to her. "Maybe coming here wasn't the best of ideas….."
Misaki looked away, but she answered truthfully this time, "I don't really know Aya, but I'll just try my best to avoid them for now," she looked up and gave Kei and Aya a sad smile, "it brings back too many memories that I'd rather forget." She turned around, giving them a reasurring smile, "I'm glad we came here. I'm glad to see them, but….it hurts seeing my friends at the same time."
Before Aya and Kei could stop her, Misaki got up from the couch, and quickly walked out of the living room and into the garden that was in the backyard.
"Kei, I'm worried, I'm starting to regret moving here" Aya looked into his dark amethyst eyes with her sad sea colored eyes.
"I know, I'm worried about her too, but we don't really have a choice," Kei looked at her with serious eyes, "we have to be here, The Black Dragon Clan (3) somehow found out about Misaki's past, and her friends and family are now in danger."
"I know, but it's a good thing that Misaki was there when she was or her friends got hurt, it would have hurt her heart more then any wound could give her."
Kei quickly changed the topic before it got any more depressing.
"Do you think she knows about the "you know what?" (4)
"I don't know, maybe, that would really shock her you know," Kei raised his eyes to meet Aya's.
She sighed softly, "I hid the files from her, so she wouldn't know anything about it, but you know Misaki, she'll find out sooner or later while we're here."
Kei sighed, running a hand through his violet hair, "We'll just have to trust her to take the news responsibly," he sweat dropped, "or Misaki will hate us for life."
Aya immediately smacked a pillow in Kei's face. "Idiot," she shook her head and smiled, "You're right, we just have to trust her," her eyes immediately glazed over, "let's just hope she doesn't do anything too rash."
"Yeah," Kei said as he looked worriedly at the horizon.
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(1) Aya happens to be one of my favorite names, and the colors describing her are my favorites too. I also ABSOLUTELY LOVE being near the ocean, so that's why I'm describing her eyes a lot.
(2) The look I'm giving Kei is kinda like Xellos, who to me is so KAWAII! The personality is very similar, except that Kei is a little less secretive and a little more open. The name Kei…….well I really like that name, so I decided to use it.
(3) The Black Dragon Clan, well…….you'll find out in the next chapter.
(4) It's a little surprise, you'll find out soon, so you'll just have to wait.
Silent Sage: Well, what do you think? Sorry, sorry it took so long. I had to study for some tests. I have another MAJOR test soon, so I guess you'll have to wait a while for the next chapter. So in advance: I'm so sorry!!!!!!!!
