DISCLAIMER: I do not own the characters of the Inuyasha series nor do I own the original storyline.
AUTHOR'S NOTE:
Hi everybody!! Here I am again! Thanks for waiting! Hope you will enjoy this
chapter as much as I have when writing it!
Italic: thoughts or emphasized words
-- --: locations
"...": spoken words
~*~*~*~*~: time gap or change of perspective
*...* : noises
-by Kittymui-
Found yet lost
Previously:
The Phoenix of Ice huh? he thought determined as he blended himself with
the crowd of the streets again and headed into the direction of the famous brothel.
I'm sure everything will be solved once I meet her...
~*~*~*~
Inuyasha stood in front of the illuminating red building and hesitated. It was
one of the last places where he would search to find a girl, but since the only
clue he had was pointing at this place, he had no other choice.
Suddenly a loud voice spoke from behind him.
"There's no way she's going to turn me down tonight!! Watch me fellow-youkai! Tonight, the Phoenix of Ice will become mine!!"
Inuyasha snapped out of it and turned to the voice. He scowled when he saw the youkai that spoke. It was an ugly and fat pig-youkai dressed in some very rich garments. It was certainly not pleasing to hear these confident and shameless words coming from someone like him. When Inuyasha looked around, he realized he wasn't the only one giving the pig a disgusted look. He and the others watched how the revolting youkai entered the brothel and shortly after that, they did the same.
~*~
Right after stepping pass the doorframe, a tap on his shoulder drew his attention and he turned around, only to find himself face to face with a young man of his age.
He had long black hair tied into a low thin braid and was dressed in some very nice white haori and hakama with a light purple dragon embroidered on his left shoulder. He had navy-blue eyes and a dark purple cross/sparkle-shaped mark on the center of his forehead. "You don't seem a youkai searching for pleasure to me," he smiled.
"The same thing I can say about you...you are...human..." Inuyasha responded casually.
"Pardon me, I'm Bankotsu, the son of a well-known merchandiser of this city of Omoshi," he introduced himself with a polite bow. "I am indeed human. Tonight, I have come to witness the beauty of the famous Phoenix of Ice. I have heard a lot of stories about her, yet I have never had the chance to prove those stories with my very own eyes, hence I came."
"I assume the same reason goes for you as well?" he asked.
Inuyasha nodded. "I'd like to meet this Phoenix of Ice myself...because she might be someone I know," he explained. "Although deep in my heart I pray it isn't her at all."
"Ah, a possible friend of yours huh?" Bankotsu nodded understandingly. "But I don't think you should blame her, even if it is the one you're looking for."
The hanyou raised a brow at this. "Why?"
"Rumor says that the girl was captured and sold to this place against her own will and that's she's holding on until the day she'll be bought free," he explained.
Inuyasha smirked. "Well that shouldn't be too hard. If she's really that beautiful as rumors say she is then I doubt than anyone would hesitate to buy her free from this place."
"As a matter of fact, many lords and young men have...more than you can ever imagine," the human told him. "But the girl has refused every single one of them till now. From what I've heard she refuses anyone to own her and therefore wishes to buy her own freedom by herself."
"Keh! Working in a brothel and not wanting to be 'owned' is quite paradoxical huh?" the hanyou retorted.
Bankotsu looked at him with wide eyes. "You must be new here in this city, aren't you?"
"Fortunately, I don't live here. I'm only staying here for a short while," he responded.
"Then that quite explains the shortage in your knowledge," the human smiled. "This Phoenix of Ice we're talking about is namely just as pure and untouched as the Sacred Jewel at the Holy Shrine!"
Inuyasha widened his eyes. "You serious?"
Bankotsu nodded. "From what I've heard, nobody has so far been able to tempt the girl and persuade her to do more than pouring wine for them."
Unbelievable... he thought to himself but his attention was soon drawn again.
"Look! There's the manager of this brothel, miss Kaya," Bankotsu said as he pointed at a woman who was descending the stairs from the upper floor.
Inuyasha followed the direction of Bankotsu's forefinger and saw the person he was talking about. "She owns and manages this place on her own??" he asked dumbfounded.
The human nodded. "Pretty powerful for a human women huh?"
He ignored the last remark and looked around. Sheesh...this whole bunches of crowd...only to see one human girl?? he frowned, realizing how crowded is had become on the ground floor.
Everyone lowered his or her voices and became quiet when the manager held up
her hand to draw everyone's attention. "My dear gentlemen, I understand
that some of you have traveled a long way only to meet the Phoenix of Ice, but
I'm afraid I'll have to disappoint you tonight. The Phoenix of Ice is unwell
so she won't see anyone tonight. I'm terribly sorry," she announced.
A wave of wailings and curses echoed over the entire ground floor and the crowd started to dissipate. Most of the youkai made their way to the exit, while some remained and amused themselves with alternative choices.
Inuyasha frowned as the human next to him complained aloud. "Aw man!! Just
when I thought of having to chance to meet her!!"
He turned to the human. "It can't be helped then. I'll just have to stay in this city until I can meet her," he decided.
Bankotsu's expression suddenly brightened up as an idea popped up in his mind. "Hey! Why don't you stay at my place! Us being able to meet here is some strange destiny right? I won't charge you, what you say?" he suggested.
"You sure about that?" the hanyou asked.
"No problem! You don't look like a burglar to me and I'm sure I can persuade my father to let you stay for the night." he smiled.
Inuyasha returned a smile. "If you insist, then I'll be happy to take the generous offer!"
"It's settled then! Let's go!" the human said, turning to leave.
Inuyasha also turned to follow his newly made human friend, but that was until a sharp and loud scream echoed through the entire building, coming from the upper floor.
"IYAA-A-A-A-A-A-A!!!!"
~*~
[FLASHBACK]
"Maya? What happened? You look pale my dear," Kaya asked worriedly as she saw the girl stumbling through the entrance of the building.
"I-I'm okay...I just..." she stuttered, barely standing straight.
The manager approached her and put a hand on her forehead. "Hmm, you're having an upcoming fever sweetheart. Why don't you go to your room and rest? I'll tell the guests that you're not available tonight."
"But I__"
"No buts Maya. I may be a cruel businesswoman who wants to earn a lot of money, but I won't let one of my favorite girls work while they're sick," she ordered.
Maya dropped her face. "Yes, miss Kaya," she obeyed and did as she was told.
[END FLASHBACK]
Maya breathed heavily as she lay on her bed. She had been in lying in bed
for several hours now, yet she was still unable to fall asleep.
She kept thinking about how Rin's family got killed on the way to Omoshi. She knew she got separated from her real father and that Lord Takada adopted her. But things just didn't seem to fit. How did I lose my mother? And my father? And Maya...? How did we get separated...? she pondered.
She buried her head in her pillow. What's this awful feeling I'm having? Why? Why can't I remember anything about them...?
Suddenly, an audible squeak pulled her out of her thoughts. She slowly lifted
her head up from the pillow and turned to the origin of the noise. She realized
that her bedroom-door was ajar and rubbed her eyes. "Miss Kaya...is that
you...?" she asked weakly.
The door opened and revealed a fat and ugly pig-youkai with a wide smile on his face.
Maya calmly pushed herself up into a sitting position and covered herself with her white blanket. "W-who are you? Didn't the manager tell you and the rest that I'm unwell and that I won't receive anyone tonight?" she snarled, narrowing her eyes.
But the pig didn't reply her; instead, he entered the room without closing the door behind him.
"What are you doing? Get out!!" Maya ordered, slightly beginning to panic.
"Hehehe, there's not way I'm going to let myself be humiliated by some stupid excuse," he finally spoke. "When I say that I'm going to make the Phoenix of Ice mine tonight then there's no way I'm going to leave without proving my words first."
Maya widened her eyes as she saw the lust and determination in the pig-youkai's eyes when he said those words. Without second thought, she pushed her blanket off of her and climbed out of her bed.
A strong claw shot out and grabbed her wrist before she could even take a step towards the open exit. "Come here you!!" he growled as he jerked at her wrist and flung her back onto her bed.
"No!! Get off of me!! Stop!!" she struggled as the pig moved over her body and reached out for her clothes.
In spite of her spastic struggling, the youkai still managed to grab her blue nightdress by its shoulders and with a fierce jerk he ripped the neckline further apart, revealing a bare shoulder.
A horrific expression was written all over Maya's face when she saw the look in his eyes that were pinned on her revealed skin. And then something snapped inside her.
"IYAA-A-A-A-A-A-A!!!!" she screamed with all her might and pushed the disgusting youkai off of her.
She hastily stumbled off of the bed and walked to another side of the bedroom, as far as possible from the bed. "D-don't...come any closer..." she panted as she held her torn garment together. She froze when she saw that the pig was now standing only several feet away from her with the same lustful look in his eyes and saliva coming out of the corners of his wide mouth.
My legs...they won't move...t-this can't be happening...!! she screamed in her mind. Somebody...anybody...please help me...!!!
Suddenly, within a blink of an eye, a large and heavy object flew into the room and landed on the wooden floor between her and the pig-youkai, creating a loud crash and a thick cloud of dust.
Maya closed her eyes and coughed in reaction to the dust. When she opened her eyes again, she realized that the object was actually a large white fang-blade, thrown in front of her to block the pig from any further advance into her direction.
The pig on the other hand, had fallen backwards to the floor from the impact and was trembling in fear. "W-what the hell?!" he cursed wide-eyed.
Maya's gaze traveled from the blade to where it came from. Her eyes widened
when she saw the person who threw it standing in the open doorway. Then suddenly,
a vague name flashed in her very thoughts that moment. Her mouth automatically
opened to say it aloud, but it ended up being a whisper instead. "I...Inu...yasha..."
Shortly after that, her vision blurred and her legs became numb, and she started to collapse to the floor.
But the impact with the hard timber never came as Inuyasha dashed forward and
caught her limp form. "Oi!! Shikari shiro!! O-oi!!" he cried worriedly
as he jostled her gently. Woah!! She's burning!! he realized shocked
as he felt the high temperature radiating from her body. "Get a doctor!!
Hayaku!!"
~*~*~*~
"Uhn..." Maya groaned as she slowly opened her eyes.
"Thank God you're awake...how are you feeling?" a voice asked from beside her.
Maya turned her head to the side as her blurred vision slowly went back to normal. "Y-you..." she whispered, recognizing the unique golden eyes.
He smiled. "Yeah, we meet again."
Then she decided to get up but a firm hand gently pushed her down to the bed again. "You shouldn't be moving right now, your fever had only subsided a couple of hours ago," he said with a caring voice.
"H-how long...have I been sleeping?" she inquired, rubbing her eyes.
"About nine hours now, it'll be dawn within several hours," he replied.
Suddenly Maya remembered what had happened last night and shot up into a sitting position. "W-where that disgusting pig-youkai?!" she asked with a panicking tone.
"Don't worry, nothing bad happened. I already kicked his ass for what he tried to do," he reassured her. "He won't be coming back for a looong time."
She let out a sigh of relief but suddenly became alerted again when she realized she was wearing a white nightdress instead of the blue one she wore last night.
The hanyou smiled. "Your manager had some girls change your clothes," he explained. But then he realized that the girl wasn't exactly worrying about that, as he saw no change in her cautious expression. "What's wrong?"
"Where...where is it??" she asked with a voice on the verge of desperation. "It should be in the sleeves of my previous garment, they didn't throw it away, did they?"
"I don't know. What are you looking for?" the hanyou asked startled.
"It's very important to me, I can't lose it...where is it??" she continued.
Then Inuyasha remembered something and reached into his sleeve. "Are you looking for this?" he asked, opening his hand and revealing the porcelain bottle with the crest.
She widened her eyes and immediately took it. "H-how...?" she asked bewildered.
"A little girl named Rin told me to give it back to the Phoenix of Ice, she said she found it in the small bag of coins she gave her," he told her. "You...are the Phoenix of Ice???"
Maya hesitated a moment before nodding and dropped her gaze to the porcelain bottle.
Inuyasha watched how the girl examined the piece of art and decided that it was time to ask for some answers. "Rin told me that your real name is Maya," he began.
She looked up at him. "Y-yeah."
"Then...you know...Kagome, don't you?" he finally asked.
Maya widened her eyes. How did he know my real name?
"I take by your reaction that it's a 'yes', then can you please tell me where she is right now? She's the one who gave you that bottle, didn't she? Then you must know her whereabouts," he continued, sounding a bit desperate.
"Why are you looking for her?" she asked, a bit confused.
Inuyasha's eyes hardened. "It was a promise...I have to find her," he replied vaguely.
A promise...? T-then...then he...could he be__ she thought surprised but her thoughts were cut off again as he fired another question. [AN: Kagome thinks he might be the one from her childhood.]
"Where's your mistress by the way? Didn't you two escape together that day?" [AN: Inuyasha meant his snobby fiancée.]
Maya only replied him with a puzzled look....Eh?
Better not tell her that I'm the fiancé of her mistress... he decided inwardly. "I told you I was framed and that I got captured by Lord Takada, remember?"
She nodded.
"Well, after I helped you escape, I got caught again before I had the chance to escape. But then I heard that Lord Takada's daughter was missing, so I promised to find her in exchange for my freedom."
Her face almost instantly dropped when she heard this. That's why he wanted to know the whereabouts of Kagome...he made the promise to my father to find me... she thought disappointed. To think that he might be the one from my lost childhood...baka... she mentally scolded herself.
"Maya?" he called out her name as he saw she was spacing out.
She snapped out of it and turned to the hanyou. "Y-yeah?"
"Where is she now?" he repeated his previous question.
[AN: He meant Kagome as the one from his childhood, and not his "snobby
fiancé" of whom he doesn't know the name of. Basically nobody told
him that Lord Takada's daughter is called "Kagome".]
There's no way I'm going back and marry that jerk... Maya thought determined
and decided that she'll impersonate her former maid until she had found the
one she was looking for. "W-we got separated," she lied. "We
were...attacked by bandits on our way...and..."
[AN: Maya thought he meant Takada's daughter so she's is making up a
story to explain why they got separated.]
"And what?? What happened then??" the hanyou asked impatiently.
She suddenly averted her gaze and held her heart as her chest started to hurt again; the same reaction she had after hearing Rin's story. "...I-I don't know...I fell of a cliff...and lost part of my memory...I don't know what happened to milady." she continued, broken in heavy pants.
Much to her own surprise, tears welled up in her eyes and suddenly she had begun to cry. "I-I lost my memory...I'm sorry...I really don't know...I__"
Before she could finish her sentence, she already found herself in the arms of the silver-haired hanyou. "Shhh...it's okay..." he comforted her as he gently stroke her hair.
Maya buried her head into his chest and cried her heart out. Yet she didn't
even understand why she was crying, since she had made up most part of her story.
[AN: That's what she thinks ^-^.]
So that's why...she didn't recognize me...that's why I felt I knew her from a long time ago... Inuyasha thought to himself as he continued to comfort the girl.
After staying like that for a moment, Maya finally calmed down and pulled away
from his embrace. "I-I'm sorry...I didn't mean__"
"It's okay," he cut her off as he created more space between them.
"W-what are you going to do now?" she asked, feeling a bit guilty for lying to him and making him unable to keep his promise to her father.
He stood up as determination was written all over his face. "I'm going to continue my search...I will never give up the promise."
Maya smiled awkwardly. On one hand, she admired this man for his determination but on the other hand, that'll mean that he'll never be able to keep that promise and retrieve his freedom since she is actually the one he's looking for. "I'm sure you'll be able to find her eventually, don't worry," she comforted him.
"Thank you," he smiled. "You should rest now, you haven't completely recovered yet."
She nodded and settled herself back on her pillow and under the covers.
Without saying anything else, the hanyou turned and started to leave.
~*~
After watching him close the door behind him, Maya shifted her position on her bed until her back was facing the door. Why did I tell him that? Why did I give him false hope? she asked herself in her thoughts. Do I actually want him to find me? ...I want to give him back his freedom...but...
She turned around on her bed until she was facing the ceiling and closed her eyes. No!! I won't go back!! Not until I've found him...
With that decided, Maya slowly dozed off and fell into a deep sleep.
~*~
Inuyasha was deep in thoughts.
He could still feel the trembling maid against his chest when he walked down the hallway towards to stairs leading to the ground floor. He realized it was pretty ironic for him to comfort the girl when he was actually the one needing comfort and strength.
His heart almost completely crumbled when he heard that Kagome had encountered bandits on their way to the city. He was so close to finding out where she could be, yet fate had to be so cruel and made his first reliable clue in 12 years to suffer partial memory loss. Chikusho!! he cursed inwardly.
But he was definitely not going to give up. Screw his snobby fiancée; the most important thing right now was to find Kagome and rescue her from whatever situation she is in. Yes, that's what he had decided.
But first, he had something else to take care of. He descended the red-carpeted stairs and headed straight towards the study-room of the brothel's manager.
*KNOCK KNOCK* he politely knocked on the door.
"Come in," a woman's voice responded from the other side.
"Ah! I was already planning to look for you after I finished these documents,"
the manager smiled as she put down the papers she was holding on her desk. She
was wearing a red kimono with golden sakura petals embroidered on it and her
face was freed from all the extensive make-up she wore last night, which made
her look older than before. "Please, have a seat," she pointed at
the chair in front of her desk.
Inuyasha went to his appointed seat and sat down.
"I wanted to thank you for saving Maya last night. Who would have thought that the pig would sneak upstairs to her room and do something like that," she told him. "I wouldn't know what to do if she got claimed like that against her will, especially when I had given her that privilege."
Inuyasha smiled understandingly. "I know what you mean. I too, am glad that I made it in time."
She returned a smile. "I sense that you didn't simply enter my study just to say those words."
"I wanted to talk about the conditions to free the girl," he responded.
The manager raised a brow. "So...you want to buy her freedom? Surely you know that she's the most precious treasure of this place, therefore I should remind you that the price to set her free isn't a low one."
Without saying anything, the hanyou took something out of his sleeve and put it on her desk.
The woman looked at it and realized it was a golden identity plate. She widened her eyes when she recognized the crest. "Y-you're...the son of Lord Inutaisho??" she asked stupefied.
He nodded. "Money isn't a problem."
"I-I understand, but the girl refuses anyone to buy her freedom because__"
"Because she doesn't want anyone to own her right?" he finished for her. "Don't worry, I'll buy her freedom for her, but the choice of how to spend it is hers and hers only." he assured her.
"I see..." she responded. "In that case, it won't be a problem...sir..."
"Call me Inuyasha, you don't have to add any honorific titles, miss Kaya," he smiled. "I'll expect her to hear the good news when she wakes up."
"Of course," the manager responded. "But aren't you going to tell her the good news yourself?"
Inuyasha shook his head. "I have to continue my search again. Goodbye."
With that said, he stood up and turned to leave.
"Wait! Can you not take her with you? The poor girl probably wouldn't know what to do with her newly acquired freedom." she halted him.
Inuyasha paused but didn't look over his shoulder to the manager. "I can't add another human under my protection, I'm sorry," he replied and left before Kaya could say anything else.
~*~
Maya slowly opened her eyes.
"Ah! You're awake again. Are you feeling better now?" a woman's voice asked.
Maya turned her head and realized it was the manager who spoke. "Oh...miss Kaya..." She slowly got up into a sitting position. "I'm sorry for what happened last night."
Kaya smiled. "You have nothing to apologize for. In fact, you don't even have to speak as my subordinate anymore."
Maya gave her a puzzled look ...Eh?
"You're a free girl now. You can do what you want to do now," she explained.
She widened her eyes. "B-but how...who...?"
"The same man who saved you last night. He bought you back your freedom," the manager told her.
"Where is he now?" Maya asked.
"He left a couple of hours ago," she replied. "But before he left, he told me that it's your choice what you are going to do with your freedom."
Maya widened her eyes and gasped.
"I can't believe he's actually the son of the honorable Inutaisho. His kindness is truly remarkable...that Inuyasha...he__"
Before the manager could finish her sentence, the girl already jumped out of her bed and dashed out of her room.
~*~
While making her way to the entrance/exit of the building in her thin and white nightdress, she kept asking herself the same question over and over again. Why am I running in the hope to find him...?
Before she found an answer to it, she already found herself standing outside in the middle of the street.
Her gaze darted around and her face dropped when she was unable to find what she was looking for. Baka Kagome...why do you think he would still be around after hearing that the one he's looking for isn't here?
"Hey beauty! Longing for some sweet loving, aren't you?" a hissing voice suddenly spoke.
Maya snapped back into reality and realized that it was a lizard-youkai who spoke. And he was walking into her direction with a dangerous look in his eyes. She was ready to dash into the brothel again but the lizard was faster and grabbed her shoulder before she had even moved an inch.
"Get your dirty claws off of the girl!!!" a loud growl sounded from
a distance.
Maya looked over her shoulder to where the voice came from. A wave of relief rose inside her when her eyes met the familiar golden ones. The silver-haired inu-youkai was standing a couple of meters behind her and was walking closer to them.
"Mind your own business hanyou!!" the lizard snapped.
Inuyasha smirked. "I'm afraid this IS my business. You see...from this day on the girl will not be known as the Phoenix of Ice anymore. She has now become a free person."
"And how does a hanyou like yourself fit in this fairytale?" the lizard mocked.
He unsheathed Tetsusaiga and raised it to the youkai's neck over Maya's shoulder. "Because I'm the one who bought her free," he snarled. "Now take your filthy hands off of her shoulders or I might do something I won't regret!!"
The lizard immediately released Maya's shoulders and dashed away without sparing them another glance.
Maya slowly turned around tot he one who saved her life for the fourth time already. "A-arigatou..."
Inuyasha flashed her a smile. "You're welcome. Sorry about the possessive act, I hope I didn't scare you."
She shook her head. "Iie...not at all," she smiled. "But...miss Kaya told me you left several hours ago...why are you__"
"How about you? You are unwell, yet you hastily ran out here without dressing yourself properly against the temperature, why is that?" he bounced back the question.
"Well...I...euh..." she stammered, unable to tell him that she was actually hoping to find him.
"Your former manager asked me why I won't take you with me while continuing my search and I thought about it after I refused," he explained, interrupting her.
Maya widened her eyes. ...Eh?
The hanyou smiled at her. "Ready to start our journey in search of Kagome together?" he asked.
His smile made her forget all her worries and she nodded before she even knew it. "Uhn!" she returned a smile.
With his help, I'll surely be able to find my promise...
[AN: Okay, in case you're confused again. Inuyasha still doesn't know that his fiancée (Takada's daughter), Maya and Kagome are actually one and the same person. And Maya (Kagome), doesn't know that Inuyasha is actually searching for her as her childhood friend and not as the daughter of Lord Takada (she's suffering memory loss remember?). So in short, what Inuyasha knows right now is that Maya is the maid of his snobby fiancée and the former maid of his childhood friend. And Maya doesn't remember Inuyasha as her childhood friend so she thinks that his "promise" is the one he made with Lord Takada. Hmm if I continue, I'm going to repeat myself again hahaha.]
Hope you liked this chapter ^-^. I have to admit that I get confused sometimes as well by this plot I'm using. I better not forget what the characters of my story does or doesn't know or else I might be writing an inconsistent story hahaha. Please look forward to the next chapter!!
Oh by the way, the coming 2 weeks I'll be very busy because it's the end of
the term again. I'm having 1 huge deadline and 2 tests, so please forgive me
if I'm not updating for a while!!
Next chapter: And their journey began...
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\\"What's the matter?"//
\\"Ah...nothing...it's just that...I was wondering how you always managed to be there whenever I'm in a pinch."//
\\"Yeah, maybe you were somehow meant to attract trouble and I was meant
to get you out of it."//
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Vocabulary:
iya!: "no!" or "don't!"
shikari shiro: "hang in there" or "snap out of it".
This is the informal male speech version of "shikari shite".
hayaku: quick/hurry
chikusho: damn it
arigatou: thank you
iie: no
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REPLIES ON REVIEWS:
miko, inuyashasgirlforever, Michelle, ioka, Toya: Thanks!
lightmiko: Wow! Thank you very much!! I hadn't really thought about that expression but now that you mentioned it ^-^.
osuwariIYK: Haha sorry for the cliffhanger again. About Kikyou, well, you can't really say she's going to be evil, but she ain't gonna be nice either hahaha ^-^.
Alice: Thank you very much for your compliments ^-^!
Clearwater-Faerie: Hahaha exactly...he's just dense I guess. But then again, if he had been honest towards Maya, he would find out that Maya is actually Kagome and that their meeting in the dark room was just a misunderstanding ^-^.
Ks-Starshine: Hehehe, another twist in the story, hope you still like it. I guess I'm just too cruel to let them meet and recognize each other just like that. Memory loss isn't really something to take lightly don't you agree ^-^. In short, they won't be reunited until I say so...mwuhahahaha ^o^.
Dragon Man 180: Euhm...I think about 4-5 chapters, but that really depends on whether I'm going to let the next chapters be long or short. Thanks for reviewing!
LadyJynjr: *peeks from behind a rock* euhm...have you calmed down yet...?
captain psycho: Haha don't worry, if I'm not having tests or deadlines I usually update at least 1 chapter a week. Thanks for reviewing!!
Kagome200315: Hahaha I couldn't possible do that, it would be too cruel of me ^-^.
nekomoongirl: Is this soon enough? Hahaha, sorry in advance for the delay of the coming chapters (tests and deadlines, you know the drill).
Rhexi: Hahaha yeah I completely know what you mean by suffering the suspense as a reader. I'm glad you're getting used to them ^-^, I wouldn't want my readers to hate me for using cliffies that much.
Shrimple13: Yup they're actually going to travel together from now on, but they're still too "far away" from each other if you know what I mean hehehe ^-^.
Alice: Yeah you got that right hehe, but she won't have to do it, don't worry. Thanks for reviewing!
Kyia: Hahahaha, I COULD have continued ^-^ but I just can't resist the
lovely cliffies ^o^.
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Lots of greets
~Kittymui~
Posted: 26 March 2004
Last Edited: 26 March 2004
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