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The Ocean Blue, chapter 2The lost and the found
It was late in the evening of the same day in which the "incident" occurred and Domon was still extremely nervous about the fact that the "incident" would not go by completely forgotten… so he tried to clear his mind by running… running as fast and long as possible through the jungle. To where? No where really…just running. As he was running and had been for quite some time the trees began to thin and he thought he saw a clearing. "Great! That would be a good place to practice." He thought. He kept running till he ran out of the now shallow tree line out onto the clearing and kept running until he saw it there was a cliff! He tried to stop himself the best he could, sliding into the dust and did stop but was at the very edge. "That was too close." He thought, but just as he did he heard a strange sound and then suddenly the edge of the cliff gave, sending him to go tumbling down the cliff side, and he wouldn't have been in such bad shape…if it hadn't been for the sharp rock and his head slamming into it causing him to lose complete consciousness…
Meanwhile back at the amp Rain sat staring into the water created by a nearby waterfall. She sat worrying about Domon once again, but how could she not. That morning when he'd given her poem back he seemed so tired, so weak, so sleepy and so embarrassed. She could have even sworn that she saw him blush…but then again he didn't allow her to see his face well at all but for maybe a whole ten seconds. For the most part he was staring at the ground. "He looked so embarrassed…and so weak and sleepy…I just hope he's ok…I really wish though that he would have just came back, got some sleep, and ate a little. Then maybe I wouldn't be so worried. He'll end up very ill or even …dead if he doesn't get some food and sleep." She thought as she stared into the deep blue water, so clean, and so pure it was as if no one had ever even touched the water. She was so worried, she felt like she was completely helpless…"I can't even get Domon to listen to her…he's just so hard headed…or maybe it's me…maybe I'll just have to make him listen to me…but…what will I say…" she thought just feeling all the more helpless and worried, like some how she was the water, deep and blue with sadness yet just as helpless as the water as well…and she sometimes wondered if it would always be that way…or even if when the gundam tournaments ended if they'd just, go back to their colonies and…just become forgotten memories to each other. That was far from what she wished. She then got a sudden, short, but surely scaring chill that ran though her! She then got incredibly worried, then calmed down a little and then said, "Oh Domon…why couldn't you just stayed here and rested today!? You'll…you'll end up dead if you don't soon…you'll end up dieing of some horrible sickness! Then what would I do!? Tell me that Domon…" she said out loud just as if Domon was there. She was still incredibly worried about him, and the sudden cold flash didn't help at all. She tried to stop the tears as they filled her eyes but yet they did, and yet she did hold them back enough to where they didn't stream down her face. Her heart was filled with such a great worry that it actually literally hurt her. Then someone said, "Then you'd live the rest of your life like any other person and not let that bother you because it wouldn't be your fault mademoiselle Rain." When she first heard the voice her hopes lifted, thinking it was Domon answering her thoughts she had spoken out loud, but it only took her less than a split second to know that it wasn't. She stared in an almost mesmerized way into the water, "How long have you been here?" She asked without looking up. "Long enough to hear all you said mademoiselle." George then replied. She got up and turned towards him, and said, " I can exp…" but George cut her off by saying, " You don't have to explain. I'm worried a little as well." She then noticed the shuffle crest glowing on his hand. She looked straight at him as her eyes shined in tears and said, "Oh no!" She tried so hard to choke back the tears that kept threatening to run down onto her face, but yet they still rolled slowly and painfully down her face. "It doesn't mean Domon is in trouble, it could be an of the shuffle alliance…and even if it does turn out to be him then it doesn't mean he's…dead or anything mademoiselle Rain." She knew he was just trying to make her feel better…and she tried to pretend it had cheered her up but she couldn't hold back the sorrowful, worried tears from running down her face. They were almost like a stream, she couldn't just stop them from streaming down her face and then onto the ground. All of this just crushed her at the fact that he was already in bad condition because of lack of sleep and food, and she was already worried before she ever even spoke to George but all this…just made it a hundred times worse that before. She then blurted out, "What if he just passed out from weakness right in the middle of the Guyeena Highlands, what…what if he fell from somewhere and is badly hurt or…worse dead…" "Now there is no reason to think the worst, besides I haven't when and checked the rest of the shuffle alliance yet, it could be any of them. Come with me to check on them yourself. I bet the whole thing is just something ridiculous. Besides I'm sure everyone would be happy to see you." George said trying his best to calm her down. "…Well…ok." She then replied. Meanwhile…
Domon awoke by a gentle breeze and a sudden, great sting of pain coming from his head. He slowly opened his eyes. "Am I…dead? He asked himself. He looked around a round as to take in his surroundings, and as he did he concluded that he had landed on a shallow rock laying out more on the cliff. He felt very weak as he lay there as he could feel the lack of food and sleep finally taking its deadly toll on him. He gathered up all of his strength and managed to move his arm enough to grasp his forehead, for there was a sharp, unbearable pain coming from it and a loud throbbing in his ears. He then pulled his hand back down to his side since it done no good for his head. He stared at his hand breathlessly as he was drenched in blood! The pain in his head only grew worse and within a short amount of time. "I'm…dieing…" he said to himself. He suddenly felt very weak and laid there for a few seconds, completely still. Then he felt as the blood started to run onto his face. He closed his eyes as it ran over one, and could feel as the blood streamed down his face of how blood, sweat, and a teardrop merged together. He weakly whispered, "I'm…sorry Rain…all this work…all this training…now…all I can do is lay here and die…at least…you'll be able to have your life back now…" He then blankly stared up at the cloudless sky as the sun beat harshly down on him, blinding him with its bright rays. As he felt as though he could no longer stay awake he whispered, "Fate…let this be my final request…If you allow such a thing…let Rain just forget all about me and go live her normal life and be happy again…That's all I can ask for because being forgotten by her is the best thing I can ask for, for all the times I treated her so cold, and harsh." He then felt as he slowly faded back out…
Mean while Rain and George had just finished visiting the rest of the Shuffle Alliance and were all discussing what could be wrong. "So Domon's got himself in trouble once again." Chibodee said as he leaned against a nearby tree with his arms crossed. "But I wonder what could be wrong with Bro?" Sai Shi replied. A few minutes of awkward silence passed and was then broken by Argo who spoke up and said, "Who knows." He stood a little outwards from the rest of the group as he was a bit of a loner. Rain stood staring emptily off into the sunset, as it was almost dark now. She seemed almost broken and as if she was in a state of shock. Sai Shi noticed she seemed very upset and came up to George and whispered, "I think Sis is really bothered by this. Maybe you could talk to her and cheer her up a little." "I'm sorry, but I think the only thing that will make her feel any better is if Domon returns safely…and besides if I talked to her it would only make it worse on her because I can't lie and said that he's ok if he's obviously not." George replied. This only made Sai Shi mad because he wouldn't even attempt to cheer her up and so he walked angrily by him and over to Rain, got her a chair and said, "Here you go Sis. Just sit down and take it easy." She turned around to face him, and she looked horrible. Like she had just been told her life was over. Yet she still gave him a false smile, and sat down. Her eyes looked as though they were made of glass and her face, pale and lifeless. As she sat down she noticed Sai Shi's crest glowing even brighter than before, and at this little reminder of the danger Domon must have been in, her eyes filled with tears as she gazed out into the now darker surroundings. She kept the tears from running down her face, though it was very hard. Sai Shi had knew she would notice the Shuffle crest glowing brighter and this was why she and suddenly looked even worse as her eyes had filled with choked back tears, so before leaving her to be alone he said, "I'm sure the Shuffle crest isn't glowing more because of…uh…Bro…it's just because it's getting dark and it looks like it's glowing more! Yeah, so cheer up a little Sis!" She was now staring emptily staring at the ground as more tears flooded her eyes that she still yet stopped from rolling down her cheeks. She then spoke in an almost silent, broken whisper, "Would…you guys help me…l…l…look for him?" She harshly choked back the tears that now, more than ever threatened to streak down her face. "It's getting dark though…and it is the Guyeena Highlands…but if it'll make you feel any better I'll ask everyone for you, Sis." He said sympathetically. She didn't say anything at first. She just sat in an eerie, blank stage of shock so he decided to just leave her alone for now. Yet, just as he was walking away he could hear as he said in a low whisper, "Thank you." "Poor Sis, she's really torn up by all this. I really hope Bro is ok…if not for his sake, then for hers." He though as he walked away…
Back out far in the jungle of the Guyeena Highlands Domon woke again. He slowly and painfully opened his eyes, as the pain from the injury on his head was now blinding, and caused his sight to blur horribly. So much he could barely see anything! It didn't matter though for it was now dark and almost nothing was visible in the first place. He tried to move, even the slightest bit, but he felt as though he only had but one last breath in him. He lay here looking over the dark, blurry, yet now strangely quite and serene surroundings and started to remember things. Many, many things, as if all his memories came flooding back to him. First, memories from long ago, during his childhood. All the times he spent with his mother and father and brother Kyoji. Then…then he remembered the first time he ever saw Rain. How even though he was only six, he thought she was so pretty. How all he could do was stand there and stare as she was walking around in yard, the light shining down on her and making her look like, to him at least a angel. How when she ran over to his yard, as they were moving in right next to Rain, and she took a picture of his face, he jumped back so far that he ran into Kyoji. He could still remember how she called out, "Hi! What's your name?" and how all he could do was stare at her in almost shock, because she ran up to him and even asked him his name. He could still remember how Kyoji shoved him forward and said, "Introduce yourself, Domon." The she said, "Domon? Is that your name?" All he could do was node. "Well I like that name! My name's Rain." She had then said. A moment of awkward silence passed, then she had said, "Do you want to come over to my house?" he then got the nerve to speak and said… "I don't want to play with dolls or anything." He had turned around to walk away and there Kyoji stood giving him a cross look. Then he had heard Rain say tearfully, "I…don't play with dolls…I…just thought you might like the gundam models I build." She then pulled out a small gundam model and threw it down, causing it to break. He remembered how he went, picked it up, and started putting it back together. In fact he sat and worked on it till dark. Rain had seen him still sitting in his yard working on it through her bedroom window and ran outside. When she got to him, he had handed the model to her and said, "Here, it's fixed now." She giggled and said, "This one only took me 30 minutes. It took you three hours." He blushed and laughed himself. "Do you want to see my others?" she had then asked. He then replied with, "Sure!" They had been best friends for a long time after that…till he left that is. Then he recalled all the time he spent being trained by Master Ashia…all the time he spent working so hard to become a good Gundam pilot. After that he remembered how Rain and him met up again, how she had seemed almost the exact same except older… Most vibrant and happy memories were the moments where him and Rain just sitting and talking, but yet these moments short and seldom occurred in between the fast pace of life, caused to go by too fast really for Rain to keep up…and he knew she was becoming less and less close to him and it was his own fault. All the times they argued, all the times he had used such harsh words when talking to her. How could she not grow more and more distant? All these thoughts made him almost glad he was dieing. Almost that is, for he would miss Rain, even in death and especially now in his lost moments of life, but once again he knew and convinced himself that she would be much happier without him. She could return to her old boyfriend Seit and be truly happy…even if it meant him becoming a lingering soul, mourning the loss of the woman that never was and never would be his. His last and final wish, as he whispered it with the last bit of breath he could gather up was, "Please, if it be the last thing I ever do…let me see Rain one last time before I die and… grant me the courage to tell her I do care about her…even if that's the only thing I can manage to say." Then he passed out from weakness once again. Back at camp…
"I'm really sorry Mademoiselle Rain, but we can't risk getting lost ourselves just to look for Domon." George said as Sai Shi had just asked the whole shuffle Alliance about helping Rain go search for Domon. "I agree with George. Really sorry Rain but I go'a go." Chibodee said leaving as George did the same, then Argo said bye and started to leave as well. "I'm really sorry Sis, it's just it's so dangerous out there." Sai Shi said as he left. The all couldn't help but feel guilty as Rain sat there in a silent shock. She then stood up, turned towards them and called out in a broken voice, "You all…you all are cowards! And…heartless cowards at that! How? I ask you, could you leave someone, anyone out in the middle of a jungle like the Guyenna Highlands? How could you be so…selfish? The dark is no more harmful than the light! And you, all of you are great gundam fighters, risking your very life for your country! You fear nothing, yet now you clam you fear darkness? Like some small child? You risk your life for your country yet you won't risk your time for your friend? Fear of darkness is no excuse. You all have flashlights. But yet if this fear is going to stop you from saving your friend then fine. I'll search for him alone…and if he's…dead I will never be able to forgive any one of you." They had all turned around and stopped walking at the unexpected sound of Rain's voice and had stood, mesmerized by her speech. A second of dead silence passed, then Rain dropped to her knees, put her face in her hands, and wept. They all stared as a wave of guilt washed over them all. George then walked over to her followed by Sai Shi and Chibodee…then even Argo walked over to her side. They all felt as sorry for her as she sat and wept her worry away. "I'm sure Domon will be fine. He can take care of himself. After all he always has." George said softly to Rain as he laid his hand gently on her shoulder, trying to cheer her up any bit possible. His words only echoed harshly through her head. She then raised her face from her sheltering hands and barely whispered out, "Everyone needs help sometimes and what if…Domon needs our help now…but if you won't help me look for him now then please leave me alone to look for him." They all did walk away, each one filled with a horrible guilt that almost hurt as the shuffle crest glowed brightly and wildly on all of their hands. She couldn't believe they just walked away, with not even a goodbye, though it was true. They had left her. She was filled with so much worry and sorrow that she felt as though she couldn't control her emotions. She turned towards the jungle of the Guyenna highlands and started to run though it. No flashlight or anything but a rope she had brought along, yet she knew but didn't care. "I…just hope he's not dead or something." She thought and at this simple though, her eyes began to flood with tears…
'I remember it now. Those footsteps, distant and faint, woke me up. I felt so weak and it hurt to breath. My eyesight was blurred so much now that when I managed to open my eyes slowly and painfully, everything around me was nothing but a blur of color. It was really hard to breath, so hard I thought I'd suffocate…and it made my lungs burn painfully. Then the small ledge I laid on at the time started to crack with me. I knew it was going to fall and thought I was going to die of either loss of blood or from the fall as the ledge collapsed with me…. but that's when I heard it…the sound of her voice.'
'I had run through the jungle for some time now, calling out Domon's name. I was now tired from running. I had gotten so worried and sad that tears started to run softly down my face, I tired so hard to stop crying yet they still seemed to still stream down my face like a river of sorrow. When I had stopped to rest for a few seconds I noticed that straight ahead of me the trees seemed to be thinning out. I walked though them to discover a cliff, still calling out his name, but now painfully desperate. I walked out on the now fairly small cliff and called out, "Domon!" Then…then I heard what I thought sure was Domon's voice call out, "Rain?" faintly yet still there. I looked all around me, trying to scan the jungle below me, all directions around me; even up thinking he may have been calling my name from the heavens. Then I looked down and…I saw him there…just lying down on a very small and shallow ledge, his head leaking out blood and face stained in blood. I was terrified, yet I knew this was no time to sit and weep about the situation…I knew he must have been dieing. So I pulled out the rope from my coat pocket and unwound it, tied it tightly and securely around my waist and then around a near by sturdy tree, left enough slack for Domon to grab hold of and started to carefully climb down the cliff to him.'
'When I first heard her voice, it was like the voice of a sad angel…clear and beautiful yet at the brink of tears, or maybe a guardian angel, watching over me and making sure I don't go out and do something crazy and then end up dead. It amazed me that she was still kind enough to worry enough to go looking for me…it was just like something Rain would do though. I could hear minutes later, rocks tumbling down the cliff, which meant she had to be climbing down after me. She then called out, "Don't…*tumble* worry Domon! I'm coming to get you back up here!" I couldn't answer her though since I was so weak at the time…I hated it, not being able to answer her…just a few words to let her know I was still alive. Yet I couldn't speak one word to let her know I wasn't dead yet. She slowly climbed down from what I could hear and got close enough to the ledge for me to grab hold of the rope she had with her, but I was to weak to move and without words she knew it. She climbed down onto the ledge herself and carefully wrapped it around my waist…yet it still hurt and I finally got from somewhere to open my eyes and say one word…. ouch. She immediately noticed that I woke up and said, "Oh no! I didn't hurt you by putting the rope around you did I? I thought you were knocked out…or maybe even dead!" I would have loved to be able to say a full sentence, heck I would have settled for being able to speak one more word, but all I could do with the reminder of my strength was node no. At least she did get the message and said, "Good! I'll get you back to camp as fast as I can…how…how badly hurt are you?" she said more of just to hear my answer I guess but I couldn't, all I could do was attempt to move, which was a mistake and caused myself even more pain. I winced by the cause of the pain but didn't have the strength to actually even say ouch again…pretty sad isn't it? Well as soon as she started climbing again, this time dragging me behind, too weak to move much less climb anywhere, and the ledge fell with me still laying on it…(you know that just done wonders for my injuries)' 'I had finally, actually got to the ledge Domon lay on. I had just got the remainder of the rope around his waist and started to climb back up the cliff when the ledge fell with him! The pull jerked me harshly and I clung to the cliff to keep from falling, and luckily didn't fall, but it was so hard to move with Domon on the rope. He was almost too heavy to tug up all by myself…but I knew I had to or he'd die! I did get up, moving clumsily up the cliff, almost falling every few minutes, but I did get up. When I got him and me up the cliff and stared down at him thinking that he had died and my eyes fled with tears and they ran down my face, this time not suppressing the tears but instead welcoming them. One ran down my face, fell off, and landed on Domon's cheek. I wouldn't have noticed but at that one tear his eyes slowly opened!' 'We had finally gotten up the cliff, Rain struggling to drag me up it but still managing to get me up. I could hear faintly yet still there, Rain weeping over the loud throbbing in my head. The pain in my head was really intense now, so bad that I could fell myself fading out, but that's when I felt a tear land on my cheek. "Could I be crying and not know it?" I thought but then the obvious answer was, it had to Rain's tear that landed on me. Even though I dreaded the pain that would go with it, I was determined to open my eyes, at least that would be some small sign that I was alive. I wanted to reassure myself that she was really there anyways, so I slowly and painfully opened my eyes. I could barely tell she was there even with my eyes open; all I could see was her silhouette standing out in the darkness, but just her presence made me feel much better. I still hung on to life for the purpose of telling her I did care about her and would always even though I thought I was dieing. I tried to speak but my voice wouldn't come…this hurt worse than my head did.' ' When he opened his eyes I immediately dropped to my knees by his side, "Domon! You're…alive? What happened? Can you speak? Can you even see?" I said franticly as tears still ran down my face…yet I felt very relieved that he was alive. I waited a few minutes for a reply yet he couldn't answer, all he could do was lay there in unmanageable pain I knew he must have been in telling by the expression on his face. I didn't know what to do, in fact all I did know was that I had to get him back to the camp and fast so I could find out exactly how badly he was injured. I knew of course he must had hit his head and that alone was enough to kill him since he had lost a lot of blood through the injury, but I also knew he had to be more injured than that as well because he couldn't even speak because of the pain…and hardly hold his eyes open. I felt so bad for him, just laying there in such horrible pain, yet still he managed to open his eyes…for what reason I'm not really sure, maybe he just wanted to let me know he was alive. I don't think he could even see. He seemed to be in so much pain that it was blinding him…yet he still managed to look up at me and…smile. A smile though obvious pain and weakness, a fake smile yet still warm and strangely kind, which was very weird considering the situation and the fact that I hadn't ever seem him smile like that. It made me smile back down at him, blush, then cry…simply because when I saw him smile like that it made me feel first happy because I knew he was alive and apparently not in the last minutes of life, embarrassed because his smile was so… warm and kind as if thanking me by expression, and sad that he must have been in a lot of pain and it took so much energy to just smile. Smiling, blushing, and crying all at the same time…but I guess that's just what Domon does to me sometimes…be so confused about how I feel, sort of like my emotions just go haywire or something…and the way he smiled at me made me feel like my emotions just blew a fuse or something…then he just passed out. I knew I had to hurry and get him back, so I shoved him onto my back and started to slowly walk. It was a struggle, because Domon was much to heavy for me to try and carry yet I had no other options given to me at the time. He defiantly couldn't walk on his own, I mean he was unconscious and you know if someone can't even stay conscious they're not going to be able to walk. I just made it into the forest when it started to rain an icy, stinging rain pouring down as if it would never stop. It stung my skin and was freezing me at the same time…'
Yes the rain was pouring down, icy and unwelcoming as if to predict what lay ahead in their path. As Rain carried on the tiring task of carrying Domon back to camp the rain just beat down even harder as if trying to stop her from completing her task…but nothing was going to get in her way, not the icy rain and wind beating down her will with every strike, not the weight of Domon on her back causing her to almost collapse to the ground because of the great weight made worse from exhaustion, not even destiny itself would stand in her way for all she needed to continue, the only thing giving her the strength to carry on was the thought of his smile. So warm and thanking, he was just happy to see her, nothing more. Through all the pain and diminished hope, in spite of being of the edge of life and in the face of death… he smiled. For her? She didn't know. Would she ever? Well…that my friend is a completely different story indeed and I'm here to tell the one at hand so I'll now continue. Quite a bit of time had passed since entering the jungle, or at least it felt that way to Rain. The weight of carrying Domon on her back seemed to be growing with every step and the rain seemed to get colder and colder as the wind swept it into her face and the night air made the chill to her skin even greater. It seemed as if it was an eternal night and Rain started to feel like she would never make it out of the Guyenna Highlands herself as her will was slowly grinding away with the stinging rain that seemed to be eroding it away. Suddenly her knees gave way and she collapsed to the damp icy mud that swallowed her legs and causing the chill to become suddenly unbearably bad. "I'll…I'll never make it out of here…I'm just not strong enough…I'm sorry Domon…" She said as he started to cry, the tears chilling her face bitterly. She sat and let herself sink into the mud and weep at her defeat of will, as it was broken because of the icy rain and wind. She wiped away the tears, stood up as she arose from the icy mud and said aloud, "No. I will not give up so easily, Domon is depending on me and if I don't succeed in helping him then no one else will. I'm…his last hope." She was starting to take her next step towards camp when she heard someone call out, "Hey! Rain, Domon! Either of you out here anywhere?" It was Chibodee's voice and close at that, then she heard someone else say, "Of course they're out here…Sis! Bro! Can either of you hear us!?" It was Sai Shi's voice this time. She tried to call out to them but her voice was choked by a cough, then tried again but this time succeeding in calling out. "Sai Shi? Chibodee? You guys? I'm right h…ere" she said as her voice choked from chill and was interrupted by a cough. They as well as George ran out to her voice. "Mademoiselle Rain! Are you ok? Is…he alive?" George immediately asked noticing she was carrying Domon on her back. "F..F…Fine…J…Just co…col…cold." She stuttered out at she was shaking now violently because of the chill. Then she suddenly started to cough and managed to say, "D…Domon is badly injured…we…have to get…him back to camp…" "She's caught cold…" George whispered to Sai Shi who was watching her talk with a look of deep concern. "Yes, you're right. Argo! Bring out that stretcher and fast!" George called out. He came out of the darkness and brought it out to them. "You…you all came to help me? But how did you find your way around in the darkness?" Rain asked them. "Well we took your advice and gathered up our flashlights!" Chibodee said smiling comically. She couldn't help but laugh and say, "Yeah but other than…that." She said coughing though her words once again. "Luck!" Sai Shi suggested, "Sense of direction." Argo then suggested, " Destiny." George then suggested. Everyone looked to him and nodded in agreement. Rain dropped Domon onto the stretcher, Chibodee and Argo lifted it and everyone started to walk towards camp again. Rain was now shivering harshly and started to cough quite violently as well and at least under the light of the flashlight and to George she appeared very pale and was walking slowly and weakly. "We should try and hurry and get back to camp…I think Rain had fallen quite ill." George said in a whisper to the group so Rain wouldn't hear. They soon returned to camp, slid Domon onto one of the portable beds and they all said goodbye and left Rain to take care of him. He slowly opened his eyes again, his vision slightly improved so he could actually tell where Rain was standing. She immediately noticed and said, "If you can, please sit up. I have to give you some medicine for the pain." He found himself rising up amazingly and nodded to her request. She walked over to him and handed him two Tylenol and a cup of water, then said, "Swallow these, then I'll to wrap up your injuries, I'll need you to cooperate or it will hurt. Understood." There was still a since of chill in her voice and she was still coughing as well. He nodded knowing it would do no good to complain in the first place. It didn't take long to bandage his wounds, Rain at the brink of tears every time she had to write down how badly he was hurt, "A broken rib, an other bruised…Oh Domon, you almost died!" She though to herself, wiping off the tears from her face. She didn't even notice now he hadn't fallen to sleep and when she was finished wrapping up his wounds, tears still streaming down her face, she looked to his face. That's when she noticed he was still laying there with his eyes open. "I wonder if he just fell asleep without closing his eyes." She though and said, "Hey Domon!" Then waited a few minutes for an answer just to see if he was asleep. No answer, so she sat by his bedside and whispered, "You know you really scared me out there…I though I had lost you…you can't ever do anything like that again. Well I'm sleepy so I'm going on to bed now…goodnight Domon." As she stared into his eyes though she thought he was asleep. She got up and began to walk over to the other bed that sat in the tent when she heard him say in a broken, choked voice, "I won't…goodnight Rain." It scared he so much she jumped, and then looked over to him as he now had his eyes closed and smiled. "I…bet he done that just to scare me." She thought as she coughed once again. She lay down in the small bed and before long at all fell asleep because of being so tired. Domon, though acting like he was asleep before didn't, he just sat and watch Rain fall asleep, eyes full of pure gratitude. Yet she was coughing in her sleep, and then broke out in a cold sweat. "I have a funny feeling whatever she caught out there was more than a cold." He thought watching her as she slept in a deep sleep, unaware she even seemed sick…
Yet another trial shall block the paths of the two…all during her peaceful, deep sleep, Rain grew sicker and sicker. Growing weaker and weaker because of this unknown sickness, by morning so weak she was unable to wake, still in a deep, eerie sleep…yes it was defiantly more than just a cold she caught….