Chapter 10
Afraid, oh, Hello!
Kari ran to her room and slammed the door shut. It didn't matter who heard. Nothing mattered…what had taken over her? Kari Kamiya was a bit eccentric, but nothing compared to what she had almost done today. "Why am I acting so strange," she whispered into the empty room. She could hear a bit of shuffling in the other room, but she was too scared to go and apologize to him. In fact, she knew what he was doing, and she had no courage to stop him…but she didn't really want him to leave did she?
Kari shook her head and fell to her knees and cried some more. Then suddenly she heard a female voice speak out and say, "You know, I never figured crying helped you keep a person from leaving." Kari looked up in shock. She could see a blurry shape, as her eyes were still filled with tears. She wiped her eyes unceremoniously on her sleeves and looked up again to see a girl about her age with raven locks that could easily be confused with silk, and plum eyes, dark and mysterious. She smiled smugly, and then said, "Hi Kari! You must be surprised to see me!" Kari sighed and said, "something along those lines…"
The girl smiled brightly and said, "Well, I guess you have every right to be, with me barging in like this. Oh yes! I forgot to tell you who I am. My name's Reese, the goddess of love." Kari gaped at her, almost in a fish like motion. Then she said in a soft whisper, "w-who?" The girl crossed the distance between them, and helped Kari up and let her sit on the bed. The the girl smiled brightly, and brought the chair in front of the dresser over and sat down and said again, "I'm Reese. Love Goddess from the guardian race of angels that look over your planet. I shouldn't be telling you this stuff, but I'll scan your memory at the end."
Kari nodded dumbly and then said, "so why are you here?"
Reese said, "well, I felt sorry for what happened so I came to apologize."
"Huh?" Kari asked confused.
Reese sighed and said, "Well, you see…I was sort of the reason you blew up in that guy's face. Takeru is it?" Kari nodded and then the other girl continued by saying, "well, I sort of took over your emotions and the original plan was with many traps set out for you two to fall in love. But you sort of realized faster than expected so things went haywire. My partner was warning me of this but I was too stubborn to listen. He's always telling me to be wary, but I'm an impulsive person. Only thing I can't figure out is how he knows girls' hearts. And…sorrie, I must be confusing you."
Kari stared at the girl for a few seconds and then asked, "So you came here to make me fall in love with TK?" Reese nodded and said, "That was the idea. The celestial beings thought of trashing your name off the destined lovers list, but I told them to give you a chance. So I came down here." Kari shook her head and said, "This is all weird…and wait, partner?"
Reese's smile widened, if that could even happen, and now she looked like she was grinning from ear to ear. She said, "Well yeah. Everyone needs a partner in crime. But he's not in league with the other celestial bodies. He's actually the ex-god of love. Came down here for an assignment once and liked the place, so he stayed on Earth. But since we guardians aren't supposed to do that, he got stripped of his title. Really nice guy though.
And as for confusing… of course it does! I don't want to go into an entire explanation of the world above you. They'll murder me for it. Or keep me down here."
Just then, a click was heard and Kari realized that it was the door next to her. Her eyes widened as she remembered the promise if the duel, 'if you lose, you will leave my life forever'
"Oh no! He's leaving." Kari said exasperated. Reese shook her head and said, "don't worry about him." Kari said, "but what if he doesn't decide to come back?" Reese said, "Just trust me on this one okay?" Kari nodded and said, "Well, I'm going to change and go to sleep… I guess. Not much to do."
Reese nodded and walked towards the window. Kari said, "Hey, where are you going?" Reese turned and said, "don't worry buddy, I'll see you very soon. Till then, I have to go. Bye!" And with a wave, she dissappeared from the room.
Kari shook her head and said, "I really must be dreaming."
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He stood in the middle of the garden, staring at the door, sad and confused. What was happenning? One minute she was over him, with her sword, and the next she was running like crazy to her room. He sighed and picked up her sword. He had lost, so now… he had to keep his promise.
He placed the sword very silently in front of her door. Then he walked into his room and packed up all his clothes and personal things. He saw the dress he'd bought her and the jewelery set on top, and then he left the items there. He wasn't sure that he was going to fall in love again, so there was no need for these things. They were her's, just like his heart was, and he was leaving them.
He picked up his trunk and walked out his room, and down the stairs… he looked back at the castle once more, before he started walking down to the stables.
Right before he turned the corner, he felt a hand cover his mouth, and drag him. He was caught so unprepared that he couldn't even fight the captor off. Then, he noticed his surroundings, and saw that he was being dragged into the garden and near the lake. Finally his captor let go of him, and TK turned around to hurt the guy and he saw…
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Ciffy!!! For once I have a chance to do a proper cliffhanger… you thought I'd let go of the opportunity? Mwahaha!!! Sorrie, getting carried away.
Well, Next Chapter, you'll find out who exactly is Reese's partner in crime, and we're aiming for the Spring Fling folks, sounds kinda better than festival ball…
Thanks goes out to everyone who reviewed. And special thanks this chapter goes out to Digimonfan4life. If it hadn't been for that review… I would have probably given up on this fic. Actually, I sort of did… and then your review kind of said, wake up, go write. So, yeah…
I'm still not satisfied with everything… but… oh well. I'm not giving up just yet.
Ooh! The next chapter will be pretty short as well, because I don't want to rush it all and have the big dance next chapter as well.
So, the count's down to three.
Apologizing for many many days of waiting,
~*Spectraangel*~
P.S.: please review… though I really don't deserve them…