Meetings and Renewals

Chapter Nine: Meeting A Dragon

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Silent Sage: Hey everyone!! I really want to thank the readers for helping me with my story. I hope it wasn't too much trouble. Now, on with the story!!!!!

Disclaimer: I don't own any of these characters except for Aya and Kei. Some of these characters belong to the people who review and told me of a description they wanted one of the character to be. (1)

I'm trying something new, 'kay. Please tell me if it's not to your liking.

"Talking"

//thinking//

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"Plip, plop, plip, plop." (2)

It was raining heavily when Misaki came out of the house. In one graceful movement, she had her umbrella opened and was soon walking along the sidewalk to her new high school, Kaibara High, along with the unsuspecting Tamayo and Kotaro.

//What a dreary day I chose to attend school……..// Misaki thought to herself, but continued the wet and lonely walk forward. She paused for a second; all was silent except for the pitter patter of the rain falling on her umbrella and everything else around her.

It was wet and dreary all around her, yet it had a calming effect on her mind. The sound of rain falling and the damp air gave her a refreshing feel. But there was something wrong. An uneasiness that couldn't be lifted from her shoulders.

"Who's there?" Misaki called out toward the seemingly empty sidewalk. Someone had been stalking her, and she wasn't going to take that likely. There was no way in the world that she was going to allow him to follow her all the way to school and endanger her friends, the students, or any of the faculty and staff.

"So, the stories are true, you ARE extremely aware of your surrounding, unlike most average people." The voice paused for a second before continuing. "Heh, but…….I doubt they've gone through the training that you've gone through, Misaki?"

The man, presuming he was a man since the voice was too deep to be of a female origin, was still hiding in the shadows.

What do you mean by that?" Misaki called out to the man. "I'm just your ordinary teenager going to school."

A thought then struck her and a sly smiled formed on her usually innocent lips. "Or are you too much of a coward to show yourself to me?!!!" Misaki could tell she struck a cord in the man's pride, but he kept silent.

A twig snapped behind her, and an in instant Misaki faced him from where she stood. What she saw was hardly what she expected.

Her stalker was sitting on a tree branch, shielded from the rain, and he was a major bishounen! Instead of a big guy with bulging muscles, and no brain whatsoever, it was the total opposite of that looking down on her from his perch on a tree. 

He had long white free flowing hair with sparkling dark green eyes, full of mischief. He was wearing all black, which highlighted the paleness in his skin. He seemed innocent enough, but Misaki knew you should never judge a book by its cover. She could sense that he was much stronger then he looked.

He lightly jumped off the branch was now in front of Misaki. She didn't even blink when he landed in front of her.

Silence soon slowly crept up between the two; the only noise was the sound of rain falling. The white haired man was calmly standing there, on the sidewalk watching her with eerily calm eyes.

"Who are you?" Misaki said, as she took a step back. She had to be wary of him; he was wearing the symbol of the Black Dragon Clan on his black leather jacket. The symbol of the sworn enemies of the White Fang Clan.

"You already know who I am, or……….should I say, you know why I'm mostly here." He grinned, almost a friendly grin, if he was not the enemy. He looked at the sky, "Hm, I gonna be late." He bowed and gave her another friendly grin, "We'll meet again Ms. Misaki."

As he said that a big gust of wind came from nowhere. Misaki had to shield her eyes from the wind. When she reopened her eyes, he was gone.

"Wha…..?" Misaki couldn't sense his presence. He was gone. //What did he mean when he said I was going to see him again…….// She didn't get the think about it further because she immediately freaked out. There was a small clock tower near the sidewalk and she had almost five minutes to get to school, and she lived twenty-five minutes away from it.

"I'm gonna be late!!!!!!!!!!" In a flash she sprinted off at a lightning speed that even Tamayo would be proud of.

*~ At Kaibara High school~*

"I'm so sorry I'm late!!" Misaki had managed to run all the way to school and managed to make it ALMOST on time. Almost being keyword. She was about two to three minutes late, give or take a second or two. She was looking at the ground and didn't see who her teacher was.

"Ms. Suzuhara, if you would please take a seat now." Her homeroom teachers' voice was strangely familiar.

//No, it couldn't be him…. // She hesitantly looked up to see her suspicions were soon confirmed.

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Silent Sage: So, what did you all think? I'm really sorry that it's so short. I'm really busy with other things, but that doesn't mean I don't try to update as often as I can.  Don't forget to r&r, 'kay?! I'd like to know what you think.

(2) I don't know what kind of sound water falling sounds like. I'm improvising here!!!

(1) *~ Authoress Thank you's ~*

Prince of the Layer- Thanks for reviewing. And thanks for giving me a character description. I hope you're familiar with the character whose being described up there!

Unknown- Thanks for reviewing and giving me a character description. Just keep looking out for my updates. You're character could be in one of the chapters.

Sakura Greenleaf- Thanks for reviewing and for putting my story in your favorites section. It means a lot to me that people really like my story. Also, thanks for giving me a description. Look out for my updates, your character could be in it.

White Reflections- Thanks for the review. It was optional for doing all the characters but the more descriptions I get, the better!! I'll try to update soon.

Kei- I just noticed something. You're name and my Kei in the story have the same name!!!!! I really hope you don't mind!!! It was totally by accident! I wasn't even thinking. I'm such a scatter brain! Thanks for the review and for the character description.

Crimson Snow- Thanks for the review and the character description. You're character Yoko sounds like a really good Dragon Clan member and I'll try to put her in my story.

Sakura Avalon or Kinomoto- Thanks for the review and character description! I'm really glad you like it. Kishitara sounds like a really good bully. I want to say this in advance: whatever Tamayo does to her, I'm really sorry!!

Hsien Ko- Thanks for helping me with the name thing! Thanks for the review and character description too. Your character for the Dragon Clan sounds really interesting. I'll try my hardest to put her in.