Sorry it took this long to get this chapter out. I have just lost all creativity. Plus, I wanted it to be simi long. You deserve that at least.
Sadly, as much as I have enjoyed writing this, it's amost over. A few more chapters or so. I'll try to make them long for you.
Well, lets get on with the story, shall we?? I think after this is finished, I will finish my Inuyasha story. I have one more to go on that one.
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Together Again
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The rest of the day went by smoothly for Chihiro. Kona ignored them, and except for the occasional glares from Kohaku to Kona, everybody was at peace. When the last bell of the day rang, Chihiro dashed out of the room and to her locker. She was supposed to meet Kohaku and Lani, so they could walk home together. Or in Chihiro's case, walk them home, then go to Kohaku's for more studying.
Chihiro opened her locker ready to pull her shoes out and place a few books in. She slipped on her other pair of shoes and completly missed the white envelope that fell to the floor as she started to arrnaged her other belongings. She packed her math books and notes in her bad, and put all her other subjects in her locker for safe keeping. She didn't need them. She heffted the pack onto her back and looked down.
She frowned at the envelope. She picked it up and read her name on the front. "Weird." She shrugged and tore the white paper open. She pulled out a line sheet of paper with very nice handwriting on it. She glanced down to the signature and saw that it was from Kohaku. She sighed as she leaned agaisnt her locker to read. Almost everyone in the halls had left, but Lani still hadn't shown up. She read the letter anyway.
Sorry Chihiro. Our study session will have to wait. Coach called a surprise meeting. It shouldn't take too long though. Meet me at the courts if you still want to get together his evening. If I don't see you there, I'll assume you went home. See you soon, I hope. Ja!
Chihiro sighed and leaned her head agaisnt the locker. The note was held close to her heart and a small smiled played across her lips. *Oh, Haku.*
"What's that?" Lani asked, suddenly in front of Chihiro.
Chihiro gasped at her friends sudden appearance. "Lani! Don't do that!"
"Do what?"
"Sneak up on me like that!"
"Oh." She giggled. "So, who's the note from?"
"Kohaku. He said he was called to a meeting by the coach. We're suppose to meet him there."
Lani shook her head. "No can do. I have to get straight home today. Looks like your going to be alone with him again." She winked at her friend.
Chihiro could only groan. "Whatever, Lani."
The girl laughed. "Well, I'll see you tomorrow. Or, actually, if anything happens tonight between you two, call me with all the juicy detials, ok?"
Chihiro could only nod as she sweatdropped. Her friend bounded away, down the hall, and out of sight.
Chihiro folded the note up and stuffed it in her pocket. She smoothed her skirt down and headed in the direction of the courts.
*****
"Hey, Chihiro," Kona said, slipping beside the girl unnoticed.
Chihiro frowned slightly at him. "Kona. What you did earlier.."
"I know, I know," he interupted. "I was out of line. I'm sorry. It's just... I dunno. I don't like that guy and I don't want to see you get hurt." He looked down as her witha sad smile.
Chihiro looked away, almost sad. She felt bad for him. She knew he liked her, she just didn't like him back, at least, not the way he wanted. To her, they were just friends. Maybe she should just break the news to him. She sighed.
"Kona," she started off. "Listen." She paused. They were nearing the doors that led outside to the field. "I know you care about my well being, but Kohaku is a nice guy, and I really like him." She looked up at him. He showed no emotion. "Your one of my best friends, Kona, but it just isn't going to work out between us."
"How come? As soon as he steped into the picture I was blown away. I actually thought we might have had something going on." He said it all so slow and with a hint of anger.
Chihiro sighed. "I don't want any of us to be hurt here, so I'll tell you the truth, Kona." She took a deep breath. "I've known Kohaku for many years now. Since I was 10, actually. He helped me, and I helped him. We were great friends. But I fell in love with him." She smiled sadly. "Even as a kid, I knew I was in love. Then my parents moved, so of course I had to go with them. Kohaku doesn't remember me, but I remember him."
"So your in love with him." It wasn't a question, but a statement.
"Yah, I am. And you know what? Someone is in love with you."
Kona snorted. "No one loves me, and anyway, I don't anyone elses love except yours!"
Chihiro shook her head. "You'll forget me, Kona. And someone does love you. She never says anything, because she knows how you feel about me."
"And who would this girl be? Lani? Tsbaki? Yah, right.."
"Not Tsubaki," Chihiro smiled thinking about the class nerd. "Lani."
Kona blinked in surprise. "Your kidding."
Chihiro shook her head. "I'm not." Chihiro looked down at her watch. "Look, I have to go. I'm running late. Think about what I've said, OK? " She smiled sweetly at him. "Bye Kona." She hugged her pack to her chest and started running down the hall, leaving a surprised Kona alone.
"Lani..." a small smile played across his lips.
*****
"I guess she's not coming," Hotori, a fellow team member of Kohaku's said. "Too bad, though. She's a hot one."
"Yah," Kohaku said. When he realized what Hotori had said, he turned around and slapped him on the shoulder. "Don't think of her like that!"
Hotori laughed. "You know its true! Your a lucky man, Rivers."
Kohaku grumbled something under his breath, but was smiling all the same. "Yah," he finally said. He looked up into the setting sun, his eyes squint, smiling.
*****
Chihiro adjusted the straps on her bad as she made her way outside. She had to close her eyes for a moment as the setting sun took its place behind the horizon. A few scatted people remained out on the fiels. She scanned over the area. Kohaku was not around. She sighed. She knew where he lived, and had his number. But, his house was a lot closer then hers. She should just stop by. With that in mind, she headed in the direction of Kohaku's house.
It took her a while, but she made it. She was out of breath, but there. She smoothed her skirt and appraoched the door. She knocked. And she waited.
And waited.
She knocked again. And waited again.
She sighed. He wasn't home. *So where is he?* she thought. She frowned. With her head lowered she left his doorstep and started to walk home. She didn't even notice the figure she pasted as she walked down the street. She barley even heard him call her name. It was like a whispear on the wind. "Sen."
Chihiro stopped in her tracks. The light breeze blew her falling hair around. She hated when she didn't pull it up, like today. Her hair always blew in her face. She slowly raised her head to see who had called her. It was him. Haku. Not the man she knew today, but the boy she knew in the past.
"Haku." Then it faded. She blinked her eyes. Kohaku stood before her a worried expression on his face.
"Are you alright?" he asked, placing a hand on her shoulder. She looked up into his piercing blue eyes and nodded. He smiled. "Sorry I missed ya. I stopped by the library hoping you woul dhave gone there. Looks like you beat me home."
She nodded dumbly.
"Look, how about we call it off for tonight. There's no school tomorrow, so how about we go down to the river? I can ask my mom if I can borrow her car. I don't think she'd mind. We can have a picnic or something."
Chihiro looked up at him with a sad smile. "Sure. I'd love to, Haku."
Haku's smile widened. "If you have a nick name for me, I should have a nick name for you. Hmm.. " He tilted his chin up. "I know! I'm going to call you Sen every time you call me Haku."
Chiriho's smiled became real. *He must be remembering!* "Alright, you do that!" She laughed. She playfully shoved him away. "Pick me up first thing in the morning, ok? I like to get there early."
He nodded to her, his hands in his pockets. "Sure then, Sen."
"Ok.. I better be going now then. It's already dark! I'll see you tomorrow, Haku!" She waved to him, happier then she had been in a long time.
"On the marrow, Sen!" He waved back to her and she took of in the other direction.
*He remembers!* she yelled in her mind. "YES!" she shouted once she was out of earshot. With her renewed energy, she made it home in record time. She had planning to do for the day ahead. She was determined to help him remember.
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If anyone can make a right guess about what's going to happen at the river, I'll give you a cookie!! Until next week, JA!
~~Sil Sil~~
Sadly, as much as I have enjoyed writing this, it's amost over. A few more chapters or so. I'll try to make them long for you.
Well, lets get on with the story, shall we?? I think after this is finished, I will finish my Inuyasha story. I have one more to go on that one.
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Together Again
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The rest of the day went by smoothly for Chihiro. Kona ignored them, and except for the occasional glares from Kohaku to Kona, everybody was at peace. When the last bell of the day rang, Chihiro dashed out of the room and to her locker. She was supposed to meet Kohaku and Lani, so they could walk home together. Or in Chihiro's case, walk them home, then go to Kohaku's for more studying.
Chihiro opened her locker ready to pull her shoes out and place a few books in. She slipped on her other pair of shoes and completly missed the white envelope that fell to the floor as she started to arrnaged her other belongings. She packed her math books and notes in her bad, and put all her other subjects in her locker for safe keeping. She didn't need them. She heffted the pack onto her back and looked down.
She frowned at the envelope. She picked it up and read her name on the front. "Weird." She shrugged and tore the white paper open. She pulled out a line sheet of paper with very nice handwriting on it. She glanced down to the signature and saw that it was from Kohaku. She sighed as she leaned agaisnt her locker to read. Almost everyone in the halls had left, but Lani still hadn't shown up. She read the letter anyway.
Sorry Chihiro. Our study session will have to wait. Coach called a surprise meeting. It shouldn't take too long though. Meet me at the courts if you still want to get together his evening. If I don't see you there, I'll assume you went home. See you soon, I hope. Ja!
Chihiro sighed and leaned her head agaisnt the locker. The note was held close to her heart and a small smiled played across her lips. *Oh, Haku.*
"What's that?" Lani asked, suddenly in front of Chihiro.
Chihiro gasped at her friends sudden appearance. "Lani! Don't do that!"
"Do what?"
"Sneak up on me like that!"
"Oh." She giggled. "So, who's the note from?"
"Kohaku. He said he was called to a meeting by the coach. We're suppose to meet him there."
Lani shook her head. "No can do. I have to get straight home today. Looks like your going to be alone with him again." She winked at her friend.
Chihiro could only groan. "Whatever, Lani."
The girl laughed. "Well, I'll see you tomorrow. Or, actually, if anything happens tonight between you two, call me with all the juicy detials, ok?"
Chihiro could only nod as she sweatdropped. Her friend bounded away, down the hall, and out of sight.
Chihiro folded the note up and stuffed it in her pocket. She smoothed her skirt down and headed in the direction of the courts.
*****
"Hey, Chihiro," Kona said, slipping beside the girl unnoticed.
Chihiro frowned slightly at him. "Kona. What you did earlier.."
"I know, I know," he interupted. "I was out of line. I'm sorry. It's just... I dunno. I don't like that guy and I don't want to see you get hurt." He looked down as her witha sad smile.
Chihiro looked away, almost sad. She felt bad for him. She knew he liked her, she just didn't like him back, at least, not the way he wanted. To her, they were just friends. Maybe she should just break the news to him. She sighed.
"Kona," she started off. "Listen." She paused. They were nearing the doors that led outside to the field. "I know you care about my well being, but Kohaku is a nice guy, and I really like him." She looked up at him. He showed no emotion. "Your one of my best friends, Kona, but it just isn't going to work out between us."
"How come? As soon as he steped into the picture I was blown away. I actually thought we might have had something going on." He said it all so slow and with a hint of anger.
Chihiro sighed. "I don't want any of us to be hurt here, so I'll tell you the truth, Kona." She took a deep breath. "I've known Kohaku for many years now. Since I was 10, actually. He helped me, and I helped him. We were great friends. But I fell in love with him." She smiled sadly. "Even as a kid, I knew I was in love. Then my parents moved, so of course I had to go with them. Kohaku doesn't remember me, but I remember him."
"So your in love with him." It wasn't a question, but a statement.
"Yah, I am. And you know what? Someone is in love with you."
Kona snorted. "No one loves me, and anyway, I don't anyone elses love except yours!"
Chihiro shook her head. "You'll forget me, Kona. And someone does love you. She never says anything, because she knows how you feel about me."
"And who would this girl be? Lani? Tsbaki? Yah, right.."
"Not Tsubaki," Chihiro smiled thinking about the class nerd. "Lani."
Kona blinked in surprise. "Your kidding."
Chihiro shook her head. "I'm not." Chihiro looked down at her watch. "Look, I have to go. I'm running late. Think about what I've said, OK? " She smiled sweetly at him. "Bye Kona." She hugged her pack to her chest and started running down the hall, leaving a surprised Kona alone.
"Lani..." a small smile played across his lips.
*****
"I guess she's not coming," Hotori, a fellow team member of Kohaku's said. "Too bad, though. She's a hot one."
"Yah," Kohaku said. When he realized what Hotori had said, he turned around and slapped him on the shoulder. "Don't think of her like that!"
Hotori laughed. "You know its true! Your a lucky man, Rivers."
Kohaku grumbled something under his breath, but was smiling all the same. "Yah," he finally said. He looked up into the setting sun, his eyes squint, smiling.
*****
Chihiro adjusted the straps on her bad as she made her way outside. She had to close her eyes for a moment as the setting sun took its place behind the horizon. A few scatted people remained out on the fiels. She scanned over the area. Kohaku was not around. She sighed. She knew where he lived, and had his number. But, his house was a lot closer then hers. She should just stop by. With that in mind, she headed in the direction of Kohaku's house.
It took her a while, but she made it. She was out of breath, but there. She smoothed her skirt and appraoched the door. She knocked. And she waited.
And waited.
She knocked again. And waited again.
She sighed. He wasn't home. *So where is he?* she thought. She frowned. With her head lowered she left his doorstep and started to walk home. She didn't even notice the figure she pasted as she walked down the street. She barley even heard him call her name. It was like a whispear on the wind. "Sen."
Chihiro stopped in her tracks. The light breeze blew her falling hair around. She hated when she didn't pull it up, like today. Her hair always blew in her face. She slowly raised her head to see who had called her. It was him. Haku. Not the man she knew today, but the boy she knew in the past.
"Haku." Then it faded. She blinked her eyes. Kohaku stood before her a worried expression on his face.
"Are you alright?" he asked, placing a hand on her shoulder. She looked up into his piercing blue eyes and nodded. He smiled. "Sorry I missed ya. I stopped by the library hoping you woul dhave gone there. Looks like you beat me home."
She nodded dumbly.
"Look, how about we call it off for tonight. There's no school tomorrow, so how about we go down to the river? I can ask my mom if I can borrow her car. I don't think she'd mind. We can have a picnic or something."
Chihiro looked up at him with a sad smile. "Sure. I'd love to, Haku."
Haku's smile widened. "If you have a nick name for me, I should have a nick name for you. Hmm.. " He tilted his chin up. "I know! I'm going to call you Sen every time you call me Haku."
Chiriho's smiled became real. *He must be remembering!* "Alright, you do that!" She laughed. She playfully shoved him away. "Pick me up first thing in the morning, ok? I like to get there early."
He nodded to her, his hands in his pockets. "Sure then, Sen."
"Ok.. I better be going now then. It's already dark! I'll see you tomorrow, Haku!" She waved to him, happier then she had been in a long time.
"On the marrow, Sen!" He waved back to her and she took of in the other direction.
*He remembers!* she yelled in her mind. "YES!" she shouted once she was out of earshot. With her renewed energy, she made it home in record time. She had planning to do for the day ahead. She was determined to help him remember.
******
If anyone can make a right guess about what's going to happen at the river, I'll give you a cookie!! Until next week, JA!
~~Sil Sil~~