Sailorof Tears:

If you read my last chapter you don't have to read the beggining since it was the preview. And I don't know if this chapter is long or not.

Disclaimer: I own.....uhhhh, nothing. How can I own such a popular anime?

~~~Chapter Four:~~~

"There was a full moon that night........" Mariah started; looking out of the window of McDonald's at the full moon that was out that night.

~~~Flashback~~~

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Why don't I like the girl I see?

The one who's standing in front of me

Why don't I think before I speak?

I should I have listened to that voice inside me?

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The moon shone through a few trees into the deep woods beside an old, quiet village. Even though the moon shone brightly, deep gray clouds still covered the sky.

Everyone in the village was quietly sleeping except for two young teenagers who stood in the middle of the woods which was not recieving any of the moons rays, but instead soft drops of rain.

"Hey. Thought you wouldn't make it." Mariah said smiling. Rei walked up behind her and placed his arms around her petite waist to pull her on his chest.

"Me? Nah." Rei said resting his head on her hair so he could smell in her fragrance. She smelled of pineapples, his favorite. More rain drizzled down on the couple as they stood there in the forest. Sounds of hooting owls and creatures of the night could be heard.

'Should I tell him? He should know and if he doesn't like me anymore then so be it. At least I won't sit in anticipation beside my window every night.' Mariah thought if she was doing the right thing.

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I must be stupid,

Must be crazy,

Must be out of mind.

To say the kind of things I said last night.

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"Rei......" Mariah started. She slipped out of his grasp and turned around to look at Rei in his honey-golden eyes. She almost drowned in them, but found her way back to surface when she remembered the problem at hand.

"Yeah, Mariah? Anything wrong?" Rei asked looking into her eyes, concern written all over his face. She tilted her head so she was looking at the ground.

"Yes, it's our relationship." Mariah said just below a whisper. She knew Rei wouldn't get mad at her. Oh, never! But, the way he looks at you makes you feel guilty about anything that you say.

"Our...our relationship? Mariah have you've been-" Rei asked in a cold stare.

"Oh No!! I would never cheat on anyone....but-" Mariah said letting her head fall onto her chest. But, Rei caught her chin with two of his fingers and lifted it up so he could gaze in her eyes.

"Rei, it's the village elders.....they took our relationship too seriously. They have decided.....they have decided to have us married at once." Mariah told Rei. Her new found information was passed on to her from the village leader himself. The village leader didn't come out that much, only if something was to happen or to be done.

"Mariah.....you know I wouldn't want to get married all of a sudden. I just got Driger from Lee's grandfather just today, I have you, and my life is perfect. But, to get married at such a young age....I don't think I can." Rei said reassuring as he placed a soft kiss on her lips. She kissed back, but her heart wasn't in the kiss it was somewhere else.

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Mirror Mirror hanging on the wall,

You don't have to tell me,

Who's the biggest fool of all?

Mirror Mirror I wish you could lie to me,

And bring my baby back,

Bring my baby back to me.

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"Oh! I know Rei. But, it wasn't my decision. It's the village elders, when they make rules we follow them. Or be kicked out of the village." Mariah tried to explain to him. She didn't want to be kicked out of her village. Her friends, parents, and family members lived there, it was her life.

"Mariah....is there something else?" Rei asked concern filled in his voice. Today was going perfect for him; until just now.

"Rei, we've know each other for years. We've been beside each other all these years. You taught me how to beyblade and you beat up those who tried to bring harm my way." Mariah smiled and a tear fell from her eye down her pale cheek.

Rei brung her into an embrace and urged her to go on.

"Well, I've been scared to tell you this, because you might not show the same feelings for me. But, I love you Rei. And thank you for everything." Mariah said while smiling. Her heart gave her reassurance he would love her too. But, her mind told her that he might be too young to love, might not know the feelings, or just not ready yet.

"Mariah....Do I like you? Yes. Do I love you? I don't know. Mariah I don't think I'm ready yet. About the marriage. About love. About...about us anymore. Things are just going way too fast for me." Rei said stepping out of the embrace. The rain seemed to pour down harder soaking the pair.

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Why did I let you walk away?

When all I had to do was say I'm sorry.

I let my pride get in the way.

And in the heat of the moment I was to blame.

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"Rei........" Mariah burst out into tears. She stood in front of Rei crying too ashamed to bring her face up for him to see. She collapsed to the ground thanks of her legs giving out on her. Tear after tear the rain seemed to get harder as it was giving her a cold. She didn't care, all she wanted was to get away from Rei, so he wouldn't see her like this.

Rei knew exactly what she wanted. He took one last glance at her limp body on the wet ground and turned to leave.

'I promise Mariah, you will find someone. And when you do I will...........promise the Scarlet Promise to you.' Rei vowed to himself. Walking, walking away from his former home. And to a world of new adventures for Driger and himself to show the world their powers. He had no clue where he was going, but away from Mariah and the demanding village elders for a while would be good.

Mariah stayed in that spot until she noticed that she was catching a cold. She tried to stand up before she fell back down. Expecting to crash onto the muddy ground she was caught by a pair of arms. She was surprised at first then she did remember that their was a presence amongst her and Rei when they were talking. So he heard? At least she wouldn't have to explain to everyone why she was sick. He could lie for her.

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If only wishes could be dreams,

Then all my dreams would come true,

There would two of us standing here in front of you.

If you could show me that someone that I used to be.

Bring back my baby (my baby to me).

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As Mariah was being carried out of the forest and into the village circle she could feel her body getting hotter by the second. She would sneeze every now and then. She could see a few older people come out of their homes and circle around her with their umbrellas. They sensed she needed to get somewhere with shelter. The arms wrapped around her petite figure again and carried her to an unfamiliar house she never been in before. The village leader. She could hear different remarks from the village council that had awoken from all the commotion.

"Is she alright?"

"What happened? She's burning up!!"

"Boy, what did you do to her? We need to get her to a hospital!"

"Hospital?? We do not have that kind of money. We shall let her rest and call the medicine man in the morning." A much wiser, older sounding man said.

Mariah finally found peace when she heard everyone leave except for one person who had sat down in a chair beside a window. The rain still poured down, and now lightning and thunder could be heard. Mariah willingly let the rain lure her to sleep but, not before she could say one last thing.

"Thanks, Kevin."

~~~End of Flasback~~~

"So, what happened that morning?" Kai asked taking a sip of his drink.

"We're closing in 15 minutes! Hurry up with the story." Tala informed as he sat at the table listening to her story too.

"Where the hell did you come from? If you are going to eavesdrop you can at least make it less obvious, Tala!!" Kai asked getting angry that someone was listening in such an important detail of someone else's life.

"It's ok, Kai. He heard most of it now. Might as well hear the rest." Mariah reassured Kai. Tala stuck his tongue out a the blue-haired teen.

"Grr....." Kai growled out as he fought back the urge to punch Tala.

"That morning the sky had cleared up........." Mariah started again.

~~~Flashback~~~

"So, what's wrong doc?" Mariah heard her childhood friend ask somebody.

"Nothing really. All she had was a Cardiovascular Choke, or in other words C.V.C." The doctor explained.

"THATS, Nothing!?!? Doesn't sound like nothing. What is it??" Kevin asked as he noticed Mariah had woken up. But, he ignored her at the moment more interested in the disease or whatever the doctor was explaining.

"Well, it is when a person of young age is going through a lot of emotional stress. Not physical stress which could bring a heart attack. Alright? Well, our young Mariah Wong, was going through that emotional stress and since she was, the heart turns off all functioning capabilities and only the abilities of despair and sadness is still turned on which is why she was crying." The doctor explained as he packed up his equipment in the small bedroom.

"Ok. Got that. But, why would she have a fever? And does this C.G.C or whatever hurt her in the long run?" Kevin asked still unsure.

"It's common sense why she had a fever. She was in the pouring down rain, in the middle of the forest, in the winter. Why were you anyways, missy?" Doctor asked wanting a few of his questions answered.

"She was sleep walking and I happened to follow her. Ok? Now, does this affect her later in life?" Kevin asked again getting a little frustrated.

"....No, this disease does not affect Mariah later in life, it happens to alot of teens under a lot of emotional stress. But, since you've had it once it is best if you don't have it again. Then, that emotional stress can make you do things that people would not like who 'love' you." Doctor explained yet again as he left the room for Mariah to ponder at what he meant.

'Who loves me........' Mariah replayed his last remark in her head.

"Mariah, you know...Rei hasn't came back the village is getting worried about him." Kevin said with concern written all over his face just like Rei the night before.

"So...." Mariah asked in a sing-song tone.

"So, you won't have to marry him if they can't find him. And you won't have to marry until your 21 or if you find someone else. But, if your not married, it's you and Rei again or your kicked out of the village." Kevin explained looking more deeply concerned when he said she would get kicked out of the village if she didn't find a groom at the tender age of 21.

"Don't worry, Kev. I'm only 13, I have 8 more years to go buddy. And if I don't find someone by then, ya' know I can always marry you." Mariah said as she giggled.

"No offense, Mari. But, who would want to marry you? Especially not me." Kevin said as he chuckled a bit. Only to stop as he saw a pillow heading towards his face. And it hit him right on target.

"Kevin? How did you know where I was?" Mariah asked becoming serious.

"Well, I was woken up when I heard Rei shut the door going in to Lee's gramps house. I noticed he had a backpack on his back so, I thought he was going to leave the village or something, so I got out of bed and followed him when he came out of gramps house. He had Driger with him in one of his hands and pocketed it. Then, I found you and him in the middle of the forest arguing or something. But, I didn't listen in on the conversation, that would make me noisey. And that's not one other thing I would like to be credited for at the second." Kevin told Mariah his story.

"Oh, well, thank-you, really. I thought it was Lee at first, because you have no muscles to carry me." Mariah said as she stuck her nose in the air.

"Hmph...don't flatter yourself, Mari. You felt like a cow." Kevin countered back smiling.

"You green-haired punk!" Mariah screamed as she threw a pillow at his running figure out of the door.

~~~End of Flashback~~~

Mariah finished up her long tale just in time to throw away both her and Kai's tray of trash and get out of the restaraunt with Tala.

"Nice story, pretty. So, why don't you ditch this loser and come over to my place." Tala tried to tempt Mariah in his car.

Mariah laughed at his antics. If she did get into his car, she would die for even thinking about it. And he would rather want a death sentence than go through Lee, Gary, Kevin, Rei, and even.........Kai. He seemed somewhat protective of her like it was his obligation or something.

"Just go...there's no way I'm going home with you." Mariah said still giggling. Tala looked sad and pouted a bit.

"You would rather go home with him?" Tala asked as he started walking away.

"Apparantly" Mariah said as she ran up to Kai who had already started walking off towards his car. He knew she would come, so he wasn't too worried.

"Ready?" Mariah asked as she climbed into the front seat of black car. Kai started the engine as he asked Mariah what she was talking about.

"Ready for what?"

"To go to the casino!"

"Wha-?!?! Were not even legal yet, crazy!!"

"Well, I've got two i.d.'s from Kevin with our pictures on them saying were 21." Mariah said as calmly as she could.

"Grr....Mariah we are going home after that, ok? Nothing else!" Kai commanded while he pulled off to the closest casino he knew of. Matter-of-factly the Hiwatari family owned all the casinos in town and would probably let him in without even looking at their I.D. cards. This would be Kai's first time going to a casino.

As Kai pulled up to the valet parking they already knew who he was, but they were quite suspicious about the person with him. She wore his jacket and they were arm in arm. So, a valet parker let curosity get the best of him.

"Mr.Hiwatari, is this your lady?" The valet asked looking ove to Mariah.

"No, we are not going out.....yet, sir." Mariah simply stated as she pulled a stunned Kai into the casino.

"What was that about?" Kai asked suddenly when he pulled his grip from the pink girl and stood in the middle of the red carpet entrance leading into the 20-story casino.

"Let's keep them in suspense." Mariah said as she walked into the casino as if she owned it. Kai following closely behind with his arms folded and looking dowm towards the ground. He didn't want anyone else thinking they went out.

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I'm done. Phew........that was really hard. And I don't own the M2M song and I made up that cardiovascular thing. I tried to make it sound real. And I need one OC for a new thing in my plot. If you want to be my OC just write your name, age, and a sentence or two why you want to be it. I need a girl.

~~~Shout-Outs:~~~

Lil Bre: I hope their will be no flamers. Thanks.

Kai-Hanmyo: Thanks for helping me out. Well, the pineapples thing was told in this chapter. I can't tell you who likes who right here, but you'll learn in later chapters. Previews of next chpaters will come if I don't think I'll update in a while. It's been 8 or 9 days! Ahhhhh.....I've been so horrible. lol.

Lisa Ocean Potters: Oops....I'm sorry. Thank-you for your review!!

Nina: Well, she did, sorry. But, thanks for reviewing.

Moone-Goddess: I'll update. lol.

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Ummmm.........thanks everyone. And the next chapter will have a surprise in it and everyone will like it, I hope. ;)

Later,

S.T.