Well. As you've probably guessed, Exams are over. I'm thrilled, and can't
wait to get results back. Mind you, I'm not the most studious person in the
world, but I do get fairly good grades. I'm hoping to be able to get into
Calvin College, where I'm going to major somewhere in Asian History, and
minor in Archeaelogy.
At no point in this story will there be a lemon. I don't write them. I never have, and I probably never will, mainly because I don't know how. I'm not good at writing that sort of thing.
Please keep on reading, and review. Thanks.
Writing for HIS glory ALWAYS;
Dante/TME/Brian/Isildri
Disclaimer- Me no own.
*~*
Nami walked down the hallway in search of Knoma, hoping that he could tell him when he could see Jumari. Nami had been waiting anxiously ever since his arrival to hear Jumari defend her actions, and he didn't intend to wait much longer.
He would have stayed with Chihiro and Haku, but it seemed clear that they wanted to be alone, so he had excused himself on the pretense of going outside.
He reached the elevator just as Knoma stepped off. They acknowledged each other.
"Where are you going?" Knoma looked at Nami suspiciously.
"I wanted to go and see Jumari. She has basically ignored my presence, and I'm not going to stand for it any more. She has no right to decide that she doesn't want to talk to me. If I didn't know better, I'd say she was afraid."
Knoma looked at Nami incredulously, then burst into laughter. He found it distinctly funny that this upstart spirit had the nerve to suggest that Jumari was afraid to see him.
"You don't know much about her, do you. It takes a whole lot to scare her. In all my years as her consort, I've never once seen her truly afraid." He laughed again. It was all just too funny.
Nami glowered for a minute, then asked, "Is Link awake yet?"
"No. However, Jumari has agreed to allow Chihiro to attempt to wake her up. She says that it certainly can't hurt, and he needs to be awake in order for the next torture to proceed. It's rather pointless torturing a body that for all the world might as well be dead."
Nami turned and entered the elevator. The doors shut behind him, blocking Knoma's last words. It began to rise.
*~*
Chihiro and Haku were still going at it when there came a knock on the door. They separated, and Haku got up and opened it, revealing Knoma. Chihiro got to her feet.
"What did she say?"
"Well, she said that it couldn't possibly do any harm, so she asked that you do so." Knoma looked as though he wanted to say more, but then seemed to think better of it. Haku looked at Chihiro, who then asked to be led to him.
Knoma guided them over to another elevator, and after heading up several floors, they disembarked to find themselves in another cooridoor similar to the one that they had just come from. They proceeded up a flight of stairs, and then down another hallway, until at last Knoma came to a stop in front of a beautifully carved mahogany door.
"He's right in here. Haku and I will leave you alone with him for a while. If you need anything, don't hesitate to call." He and Haku waited as she opened the door and entered the room.
Once inside, the first thing that caught her eye was just how lavishly the room was decorated. She walked over to the bed on which Link lay, his chest rising and falling with an agonizing slowness. His tunic was off, and he lay seeming to shiver from the cold air that blew in through the open window. She quickly closed it, hoping to heaven that he wouldn't get sick as a result of his caretaker's neglingence. She then sat down on the bed and took his hands in her own, holding them close.
"Please, Link. You've got to wake up. If you don't, who's going to be the best man at my wedding?" She whispered the words gently into his ear, wanting ever so much for him to be able to hear her. She wanted him to wake up so that she could tell him about the impending wedding, to share with him the joyful news.
His eyelids fluttered for a moment, then they were still once again. Still, that little movement gave her hope that he could hear her, and caused her to try even harder to get him to wake.
"Come on. If you don't wake up, I'll have to leave the Spirit World forever." She checked herself, realizing just how selfish the statement was. The words that she had just spoken made it seem as though she only cared if he woke up because it was to her own benefit if he did.
There. His eyelids definitely did flutter that time, and the sudden movement of his arm startled her enough to cause her to lose her balance and fall off the bed. He groaned, and then opened his eyes and looked down at her. The expression on his face was one of surprise and bewilderment.
"Chihiro! What are you doing here?"
"I came to rescue you." Chihiro stood up and dusted herself off, then sat back down on the bed.
"You shouldn't have come." His voice trailed off as he seemed to notice the ring on her finger. "So. Haku finally got up the courage to do it, did he?"
Chihiro grinned at him.
"Yep. He did it just last night, out in the gardens."
Well, congratulations." Link looked thrilled, but there was clearly a hint of regret in his eyes.
"Oh, Link. You know that it just wasn't meant to be. I still love you as a friend, and I always will."
"So, when's the big day?"
"We aren't sure yet, but sometime soon. We decided to hold it out in the gardens so that you can attend."
"You really didn't have to do that."
Chihiro just smiled at him and they spent the next few minutes discussing the manner in which Haku had proposed,
"I wasn't sure if he was really going to take my advice. The way that he treated my suggestion made me think that he wouldn't." Link looked thoughtful. "I guess that I didn't give him near enough credit."
Chihiro fell silent, her mind coming back to the question that had been bothering her for months now.
"Link?"
"Yeah?"
"Are you sure that you want to go through with the deal that you've made? I mean, if you decide that you want to back out now, I won't mind. I'd be willing to return to the human world."
"Without Haku?"
Well." her voice trailed off into silence. She would later swear that she saw tears in his usually emotionless eyes. He looked away and the moment passed.
"Thank you." His voice was so quiet that she almost missed his words. "Thank you for caring, thank you for coming after me, and thank you for your friendship. I'll never forget any of it."
Chihiro wasn't stupid. She realized instantly that Link needed to be alone for a while, so she stood up and walked to the door.
"If you need to talk, just have Knoma come and get me." She opened the door and walked out.
At no point in this story will there be a lemon. I don't write them. I never have, and I probably never will, mainly because I don't know how. I'm not good at writing that sort of thing.
Please keep on reading, and review. Thanks.
Writing for HIS glory ALWAYS;
Dante/TME/Brian/Isildri
Disclaimer- Me no own.
*~*
Nami walked down the hallway in search of Knoma, hoping that he could tell him when he could see Jumari. Nami had been waiting anxiously ever since his arrival to hear Jumari defend her actions, and he didn't intend to wait much longer.
He would have stayed with Chihiro and Haku, but it seemed clear that they wanted to be alone, so he had excused himself on the pretense of going outside.
He reached the elevator just as Knoma stepped off. They acknowledged each other.
"Where are you going?" Knoma looked at Nami suspiciously.
"I wanted to go and see Jumari. She has basically ignored my presence, and I'm not going to stand for it any more. She has no right to decide that she doesn't want to talk to me. If I didn't know better, I'd say she was afraid."
Knoma looked at Nami incredulously, then burst into laughter. He found it distinctly funny that this upstart spirit had the nerve to suggest that Jumari was afraid to see him.
"You don't know much about her, do you. It takes a whole lot to scare her. In all my years as her consort, I've never once seen her truly afraid." He laughed again. It was all just too funny.
Nami glowered for a minute, then asked, "Is Link awake yet?"
"No. However, Jumari has agreed to allow Chihiro to attempt to wake her up. She says that it certainly can't hurt, and he needs to be awake in order for the next torture to proceed. It's rather pointless torturing a body that for all the world might as well be dead."
Nami turned and entered the elevator. The doors shut behind him, blocking Knoma's last words. It began to rise.
*~*
Chihiro and Haku were still going at it when there came a knock on the door. They separated, and Haku got up and opened it, revealing Knoma. Chihiro got to her feet.
"What did she say?"
"Well, she said that it couldn't possibly do any harm, so she asked that you do so." Knoma looked as though he wanted to say more, but then seemed to think better of it. Haku looked at Chihiro, who then asked to be led to him.
Knoma guided them over to another elevator, and after heading up several floors, they disembarked to find themselves in another cooridoor similar to the one that they had just come from. They proceeded up a flight of stairs, and then down another hallway, until at last Knoma came to a stop in front of a beautifully carved mahogany door.
"He's right in here. Haku and I will leave you alone with him for a while. If you need anything, don't hesitate to call." He and Haku waited as she opened the door and entered the room.
Once inside, the first thing that caught her eye was just how lavishly the room was decorated. She walked over to the bed on which Link lay, his chest rising and falling with an agonizing slowness. His tunic was off, and he lay seeming to shiver from the cold air that blew in through the open window. She quickly closed it, hoping to heaven that he wouldn't get sick as a result of his caretaker's neglingence. She then sat down on the bed and took his hands in her own, holding them close.
"Please, Link. You've got to wake up. If you don't, who's going to be the best man at my wedding?" She whispered the words gently into his ear, wanting ever so much for him to be able to hear her. She wanted him to wake up so that she could tell him about the impending wedding, to share with him the joyful news.
His eyelids fluttered for a moment, then they were still once again. Still, that little movement gave her hope that he could hear her, and caused her to try even harder to get him to wake.
"Come on. If you don't wake up, I'll have to leave the Spirit World forever." She checked herself, realizing just how selfish the statement was. The words that she had just spoken made it seem as though she only cared if he woke up because it was to her own benefit if he did.
There. His eyelids definitely did flutter that time, and the sudden movement of his arm startled her enough to cause her to lose her balance and fall off the bed. He groaned, and then opened his eyes and looked down at her. The expression on his face was one of surprise and bewilderment.
"Chihiro! What are you doing here?"
"I came to rescue you." Chihiro stood up and dusted herself off, then sat back down on the bed.
"You shouldn't have come." His voice trailed off as he seemed to notice the ring on her finger. "So. Haku finally got up the courage to do it, did he?"
Chihiro grinned at him.
"Yep. He did it just last night, out in the gardens."
Well, congratulations." Link looked thrilled, but there was clearly a hint of regret in his eyes.
"Oh, Link. You know that it just wasn't meant to be. I still love you as a friend, and I always will."
"So, when's the big day?"
"We aren't sure yet, but sometime soon. We decided to hold it out in the gardens so that you can attend."
"You really didn't have to do that."
Chihiro just smiled at him and they spent the next few minutes discussing the manner in which Haku had proposed,
"I wasn't sure if he was really going to take my advice. The way that he treated my suggestion made me think that he wouldn't." Link looked thoughtful. "I guess that I didn't give him near enough credit."
Chihiro fell silent, her mind coming back to the question that had been bothering her for months now.
"Link?"
"Yeah?"
"Are you sure that you want to go through with the deal that you've made? I mean, if you decide that you want to back out now, I won't mind. I'd be willing to return to the human world."
"Without Haku?"
Well." her voice trailed off into silence. She would later swear that she saw tears in his usually emotionless eyes. He looked away and the moment passed.
"Thank you." His voice was so quiet that she almost missed his words. "Thank you for caring, thank you for coming after me, and thank you for your friendship. I'll never forget any of it."
Chihiro wasn't stupid. She realized instantly that Link needed to be alone for a while, so she stood up and walked to the door.
"If you need to talk, just have Knoma come and get me." She opened the door and walked out.