author's notes : I finished my shorts! MWAHAHAH! I did it in one night! MWAHAHAHA! Ok.... hehehe, I'm going nuts again. Yay! Graduation is only 3 days away! Weee! YES! Hehehehe! I felt so inspired to write 'My Mistake', so here. =) I made the 10th chappie! LoL! Hehehe! Anyway, here we go! =) Read and ENJOY! =)

DISCLAIMER : I don't own anything.... [sniff]

Janus : It's good that she doesn't own anything too. I would've died if I belonged to her.

Jet : Well, Media Vision owned you and you still die----

Janus's hand covers Jet's mouth.

Janus : Don't spoil those who haven't reached that part yet!

Jet : *muttering something inaudible*

Janus : Haha. Whatever. You are sooooooo lucky I wasn't here when that blooper happened yesterday.

Jet : Haha. I admit, I was lucky. Aya and Clive were the only ones here. Clive acted all mature about it, but the stupid girl just went weird.

Janus : As usual.

Aya : *enters* I heard that.

Janus : Uh-oh.

A large mallet hits Janus in the head... again.

Aya : Haha! Like yesterday...

Janus : *on the verge of collapsing* Why don't you ever do anything bad... *points to Jet* ...to him? He called you 'stupid'... *collapses, with stars around his head*

Aya : Because the whole story would finish if I did. *smiles at Jet* And besides, I have my reasons.

Jet : *sweatdrops*

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My Mistake

Chapter 09

by aya_yahiko/terrandagger

I sat there in awe.

...In silence.

How could I have forgotten?

...

You got that from saving me, didn't you?

I remember clearly how the blood - your blood - trickled down to the wasteland floor.

You were wincing in pain,...

...And I felt as if I was the one in pain.

I remember waiting for you... that day.

I wanted to thank you.

But you ignored me, as usual.

Then...

...You started to bleed.

...

...

You saved my life.

Oh, how could I not remember?!

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"Jet," Virginia started, as staring at her friend. "You got that from saving me... didn't you?"

Her question was frank, direct to the point. Yet she had a light flush on the cheeks as she spoke.

At first, the silver-haired Drifter did not answer, yet heat was also rising up to his cheeks. "Yea." He replied, his answer a very simple statement. "But I mean... like, its ok... you know, at least you're ok... uh..." He was at lost for words! Now that surely wasn't 'Jet-like'! He was the type of person who always had something say -- whenever he spoke, that is. He even thought once that the advantages of not speaking much is that you always know what to say when you do talk. And now, look! He was stuttering! 'Maybe what I said to Justine was wrong,' He thought, as thinking about the guardian previously. 'I do stutter. But in only happens in front of her...'

His thoughts broke off as the emerald-orbed female smiled and spoke. "Jet, thank you. For everything."

He turned to look at her as she spoke. She had the sweetest smile on her face and the happiest glint in her eyes. Now who would he be not to smile back to that? "Like I said... its ok..." He said, returning his gaze to the moon. Yet his smile, for once, did not fade. It just stayed there, stuck in his face.

Virginia giggled as she stared at the moon also. Whenever she saw Jet smile, she felt like laughing. Or smiling. Or grinning. You know, anything to join him in his elation. In other words -- she felt happy.

"Jet," She stated his name once again, her voice questioning. "Are you... going to leave... someday?"

Her voice was faltering.

From happy to sad.

"I don't know,..." Came the reply, as he stared one more moment at the moon then at her. He found her staring back at him, each as if trying to drown the other in their gazes. The glint in her emerald orbs were now gone... all because of that simple question.

If he was to leave or not.

"Its ok if you want to leave," She suddenly piped in, as if to break the momentary silence. Her voice was sorrowful, he knew she was just trying to cheer him up, so that he wouldn't feel guilty for leaving... if ever he wanted to.

But... her 'cheering him up' wasn't working.

Why?

Because he wasn't leaving in the first place.

"Virginia," He said, mentioning her name for the very first time after being gone for so long. "Is it really ok for you if I leave?"

She seemed silent for a while, as if deep in thought.

'So he is leaving,' The young maiden mused sadly, trying to hold back the salt water already forming in her eyes. 'Was I the only reason why he hasn't left yet? Am I holding him back?' Her thoughts seemed to evade the every corner of her mind. 'Why would he care if its ok with me or not, anyway? He confuses me...'

She then snapped back as she remembered that Jet asked her a question. "Uh... I guess so." Now that seemed like a lie, right?

The treasure-hunter's face seemed to show a hint of pain... but nevertheless, he wouldn't show it. He saw that she was fighting back emotions, yet what kind of emotions? Anger? Hatred? Annoyance? ...Love? Nah, it can't be. "So its ok, huh? Let me ask, chatterbox, why?"

Her lips formed the slightest smile as he spoke those words. He was calling her a chatterbox again. "Because I got to be with you... at least... just one more time." She then flushed at the thought of what she said. She tried to cover it up by sounding like she didn't care. "And besides, you want to leave, so why should I stop you? Its not like you care or anything..."

"Oh, so now, I'm the heartless guy?" Jet said sarcastically, as looking straight into her bright green orbs. He found himself doing that often... "So now I don't care... lets see, to prove I'm not a cold guy anymore, what should I do?" He looked at Virginia with a glint in his eyes. There was something there she never saw before.

'He's up to something...' The female traveler thought, quite surprised. Jet has never acted this way before. He was so open... still sarcastic, but open. He talked more, joked more... 'But I guess his sarcasticness will never change...' She smiled at the thought. As she gave room to these random thoughts, she then found a witty answer to Jet's question. For some reason, him asking that question made more of her cheeriness come back.

"To prove yourself, Jet Enduro," She started, speaking as if she was a queen and he was a knight. "You must tell me something that you did for the person you care about the most. And it must be something TRUE! No made up thingys." She then added to herself, 'Even if you WON'T surely be refering to me, I just want to at least know that you care for someone. At least you have someone to look up to. Someone to hold on to when all is lost...'

"Hmmmm..." The young amethyst eyed lad thought, as closing his eyes as if acting that he was deep in thought. When the answer finally came to him, his bright orbs snapped open, and he grinned smugly at his companion. "Can I mention more than one?"

'He must really like this person...' The young lady thought sadly. 'If he has done more than one thing...' She then resumed her awareness and answered him. "Sure! The more the merrier."

She tried to keep the cheerfulness in and the sadness out. But her voice was faltering...

Jet gave her one of his rare smiles again, then proceeded to answer. "Lets see... Things that I have done, huh? Well first of all, I saved her from an accident. You know, there was an earthquake and everything, rocks falling, and she was supposed to get hit. Yup, thats number one. Then number 2, I pushed her out of the way when this blonde girl we were fighting aimed a bazooka at her. And number 3, I rewrote the data in one of the prophets because he casted some spell to her that made her body refuse to breathe. Well, that prophet pissed me off too, calling me a sample and all. Hmmm.... Number 4..."

He continued on and on, and Virginia seemed to realize where this was getting to. He was talking about her! Right? Was he?

"Then the last one..." He said, finally finishing his list. (He kept going on and on a while ago.) "I came back. Because..."

Now the dual pistol holder wanted to hear this. "Because...?" She said, anticipating.

"Because... I..." He had to say it now. Now or never. Besides, Justine would irritate him if he didn't tell! "I..." Waitta minute, what if she didn't know that he was reffering to her? Oh well... "...I love you, thats why."

He said 'you', right? He WAS refering to her! Virginia's heart skipped a beat. "Jet... I..." She was at a loss for words. She didn't know what to do... nor what to say.

She was red. Her cheeks were burning.

"I…" She looked at him one more time, only to find his deep violet eyes staring back at her, waiting for an answer. It seemed that he would accept any answer he got, and that he was ready for any pain if he was rejected. "I.."

She couldn't take it anymore. She felt like crying, laughing, smiling… all her emotions were mixed up! Only Jet could make her feel like this… all emotions at once…

Unable to control it, she flew into his arms, into his embrace. She was crying,… yet she was smiling at the same time. "I love you… even though you make me feel weird…"

Jet smiled as he returned her embrace. He could feel her crystalline tears drip down his black shirt. He felt her rise up, looking to him. She was smiling… even though tears were on her cheeks… he could see… her whole being was smiling…

"That's what I like about you," He suddenly said, as smirking. "Your eyes show everything."

The young maiden gave him a sarcastic look. "So you're saying I'm easy to read."

"Basically, yes."

"Well, you can't tell a proper lie!"

"Well, lying is bad anyway…"

"I guess so." She then thought for a moment, seeming to realize something. "But haven't you noticed… Gallows and Clive don't notice whether you're lying or not."

He smiled and nodded. "And they can't read you easily either. Although I don't know why… your eyes reflect everything."

"Ha-ha." She then smiled at him again. "I guess we can read each other…?" Her voice became softer as she spoke.

He tucked a strand of her hair behind her ear before replying. "…I guess so."

Heat rose to her face at his touch. "Jet,..." She then muttured, staring at the roof's floor, trying to hide her flushing cheeks. "...Thank you. For everything."

The young treasure-hunter smiled, and for reasons he didn't know himself, he pulled her closer to him, her head leaning on his shoulder. He could smell the scent of her hair...

And they just watched the moon that way...

...Both of them contented.

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Author's notes : Hey! Yay! I know this chappie is reaaaaaaaaalllllllllly corney... especially the ending. So sorry! I still hope you like it! Hehehe! Weeeeeeee! I finally graduated! Mwahahahaha! Yay! Yay! I know I'm a really bad writer and you'll probably stop reading, but I still hope you guys like it. Thanks so much for everything! Love ya guys! =)

RANDOM CONVERSATIONS :

Aya : Mwahahaha... *jumps for joy*

Jet : You are so... weird.

Aya : This chapter was so fluffy... is it ok?

Jet : ...I guess so.

Aya : You are soooo lucky to do those scenes with Virginia!

Jet : ...

Aya : Hehehe, you're blushing!

Jet : Am not!

Aya : Are to!

Jet : Am not!

Kaitlyn is afar, laughing.

Kaitlyn : They're funny...

Janus : Stupid is more like it.

Kaitlyn : You're lucky Aya-nii didn't hear that.

A large mallet hits Janus in the head, like many times before.

Kaitlyn : Or maybe she did.

Virginia enters, smiling with a box of Dewberries.

Virginia : Nah, I think the mallet is automatic. *looks to Kaitlyn* Want some Dewberries?

Kaitlyn : Yay! Thanks Aunt Virginia!

Aya hears the word 'Dewberries' and comes rushing over.

Aya : Dewberries! *squeals and jumps like and idiot* Yay! Yay!

Virginia smiles again and hands some to Aya.

Virginia : *looks to Jet* Want some?

Jet : *blushing* Uh... sure. Thanks.

Aya and Kaitlyn give each other knowing looks as they watch the two...

Aya : *whispers to Jet* You're blushing.

Jet : *is smiling but gives her a death glare...*

That look means he's up to something.

Aya : *backs away and sweatdrops*