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Chapter 10: Special
Pairings: Mimato, Takari, Jenruki, Kouzumi, Kouyako, Taiora, mild Takumi, Ryo/OC and Ken/OC
Takari-san: Here's the tenth chapter… the halfway mark in this long story. Sorry for the delay of this chapter; I suffered from tedious writer's block. Anyone notice that I added a couple? Ken's here, yey! Though he isn't my favorite character his life is so cool and somewhat like mine… ^^
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"Iie, I would always be there for you. You might not know it… but you're really special to me."
Mimi Tachikawa found herself wrapped in a blanket when they arrived, fondly being watched by Yamato Ishida. She flushed slightly as she remembered those distinct words Yamato told her as she was bound by vines – those sweet words, which in truth… She didn't even know was the truth or not.
She sighed softly as she tried to avoid his intent gaze. She couldn't help it; if she ever did look into those sapphire orbs she would get trapped. When did this begin? How did this happen? She knew this began way before that time in which she confronted him. She touched her pocket and remembered the thing she asked Izumi to buy was inside. She now wondered how she could give it to him without breaking down and melting.
"Mimi-san…?" a voice asked in uncertainty.
She turned around to find Yamato looking at her, "Yamato-san…?"
He laughed in somewhat relief and she looked at him in confusion. He then said, "I thought you were ignoring me or something…"
"Why is that?" Mimi asked him, arching an eyebrow.
"You seemed so silent… so 'un-Mimi-like,'" He said in reply.
"And what is Mimi-like?" she asked testily.
"Err… noisy…?" he shrugged.
"Am I really that noisy?" Mimi looked at him.
"Sort of, I guess,"
he shrugged, "No offence taken, right?"
"Humph, I'm very offended Yamato Ishida!" Mimi said in a pout, jokingly of
course.
"I'm sorry, hime! I shall stab myself for repentance!" Yamato exclaimed, playing along with her game. He then took his sword and positioned it on top of his heart.
"Yes, do that and I shall watch you with amusement!" Mimi grinned. All her past thoughts about her insecurity with Yamato instantly vanishing as they began kidding around.
"Anything, just to satisfy you, my lady!" He said faking a stab and falling dramatically to the floor which made Mimi giggle.
He stood up and smiled; it was as if he did that to loosen up the tension around them.
"Too bad it wasn't for real…" kidded Mimi with a grin.
"You really want me to die…?" he said scooping her up from her seat carrying her up in the air with a smile.
Mimi giggled, "Put me down Yamato!"
"Do you want me to die?" he grinned as he raised Mimi higher.
"No, okay? So let me down!" Mimi giggled like one of those perky girls.
"As hime wishes…" Yamato gave her his charming boyish grin before letting her down.
Mimi sat down then fixed her hair that went astray as Yamato carried her.
"Here…" Yamato said throwing her a comb, "You need it."
She thankfully took it as it took a while to register in her mind what he said, "Yamato… did you just insult my hair?" she said slowly but menacingly.
"Yup!" he said proudly.
"Well, I guess it's alright… since you don't have sense in what good hair is…" she said pointing to his hair.
"HEY!" he said offended.
"Just kidding, Yamato…" Mimi laughed.
"I know… I mean… who can insult my hair?" he said as if it was the most impossible thing in the world.
"I can, because mine is way better." Mimi said flipping her hair for effect.
"As if…" Yamato snorted.
"Why, slave! You shouldn't insult your princess' hair!" Mimi exclaimed as if it was a mortal sin.
"I'm not a slave, hime! I'm your knight, K-N-I-G-H-T!" Yamato exclaimed spelling out the letters for the message to be clear.
"What did you say? I didn't hear you…" Mimi said pretending not to have heard Yamato's outburst.
"My, my, my, my hime is aging! No wonder there's already wrinkles on her face!" Yamato said dramatically as if he just saw Sadako (if you don't know her, she's the ghost from the movie 'The Ring') appear in front of him.
Mimi narrowed her eyes at him and soon pulled out her staff, "BURN! I DO NOT HAVE WRINKLES!" she shouted as fire came out of her staff and chased Yamato around.
"Alright already, no wrinkles got it!" he said as he tried to run from the continuous fireballs Mimi was throwing at him.
She finally calmed down, "You better…"
"Yes, no wrinkles just PMS." Yamato sweatdropped when Mimi glared at him again, "Okay fine, my hime is perfect!" he proclaimed to the universe unaware of Jenrya who just entered the room.
"Are you losing it, onii-chan?" he said looking from the burned room, to a glaring Mimi then finally to a shouting Yamato.
Yamato stopped, blinked then looked at Jenrya, "I think I am, actually…"
Mimi and Jenrya laughed, "Wait, I already know that…" Jenrya laughed lightly.
"Ha, ha…" Yamato laughed sarcastically.
Jenrya couldn't help but smile, "Well, seeing you a while ago; I see you and Mimi-san are quite…" he coughed for a while, "busy. I guess I better go…" Jenrya said before exiting the room as fast as he entered.
"What the hell was that?" Yamato asked confused as he sat down beside Mimi.
"I don't know…" Mimi shrugged.
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"Hey Gon, where's Miyako?" Koushiro asked a lower thief.
A raven-haired boy turned around and answered, "I don't know, isn't she in the room, Koushiro-sempai?"
"No, did anyone see her?" Koushiro asked rubbing his forehead.
"Iie, she seemed to have vanished… just this morning she seemed quite depressed," Gon said copying Koushiro as he rubbed his forehead as well.
"I see… I'll look for her outside, okay?" Koushiro said as he rushed out of the ship.
"Hai sempai, I'll tell Jenrya about it!" the thief said as he bid goodbye.
'Where did she go? Damn it…' he thought as ran, 'Where could she be? The lake…?' he thought as he made his way to the lake finding it frozen, "What the-" he said looking around finding Miyako walking on the frozen lake.
"Miyako, oy, Miyako!" Koushiro shouted to get her attention. She turned to look at him.
"Who are you?" she asked him leaving Koushiro speechless then she said again, "Who am I?"
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A man watched the two in amusement, "This is only the beginning… of my plan to make your life as cold as cold can get…" he whispered dangerously as he touched the bark of the tree.
"Ken…?" a little boy said slowly, "Let's go back, Daisuke-sama is looking for us…"
"Shut up Iori!" He glared at the frightened boy, "Go ahead, I want to see more lovers suffer… just like I did." He said coldly.
"H-Hai… but please come quickly… You know Daisuke-sama's temper…" Iori mumbled as he soon vanished.
The man known as Ken touched the spike of his navy hair, "Suffer, there is no such thing as love." He said glaring at the speechless Koushiro, he clenched his fists, blood dripping slowly due to the force.
The blood immediately froze.
Ken turned around, "Pathetic." He muttered as evidently a tear fell down from his eyes.
The part of the tree he touched turned into ice. The tear though, it was surprisingly warm.
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"Yamato…?" Mimi asked when the two finally stopped kidding around.
"Hai…?" he said in reply.
"Did you really mean what you said back there?"
He turned to look at her confused, "About the wrinkles?"
Mimi kicked him in the shin, "No… the one in the earlier battle."
"About you being special… to me…?" he said blushing, which Mimi managed to miss.
"H-Hai…" Mimi said blushing as well, both oblivious of each other's antics.
"Of course it was true… I mean, why else would I say it?" he said somewhat nervously.
"You mean it…?" Mimi asked him slowly.
"Y-Yeah… of course I do. You are special to me…" he said. What's happening to me? I should be cool, darn it! COOL!
"Thank you…" Mimi blushed.
"I don't get what you should be thanking me for…" he stuttered, his so-called coolness vanishing.
"I just do I guess…" Mimi shrugged clutching her knees tightly.
"Look, Mimi… I don't know how but…" he stopped for a moment gathering up the courage that he needed.
"What is it Yamato?" Mimi asked in a higher pitched voice. The tension in the room is going to the extremes making Yamato and Mimi insecure.
He smiled softly, "It seems as if our lives are two very different things and then we meet. We were two different individuals and Mimi… I know I already said this once, and I will too, even a million times if you want me to…" he said slowly as if prolonging Mimi's agony.
Mimi stared at him nervously.
"You're really special to me." He managed to say.
"You're special to me too," Mimi said finally getting the courage to look deep into those mysterious sapphire eyes.
Yamato smiled, "Mimi, I-"
The door suddenly opened causing the conversation to stop. The two turned around to find three people, one who is Takeru and two who they hadn't had the slightest clue who they are.
"Brother…" Takeru panted as he went inside the room, "I need your help."
Yamato stood up and looked at his brother. He evidently participated in a fight earlier and truly got tired, "Who are these people, Takeru?"
Mimi who was beside Yamato gasped and pointed at the man behind Takeru who had a well-built body, tanned skin and bushy chocolate-brown hair, "You're a DEATH KNIGHT!"
The man looked at Mimi, "Princess!" he quickly bowed down in respect.
Yamato looked confused and Takeru gave him an 'I'll tell you about it later' smile, "This is Taichi Yagami and Sora Takenouchi…" He pointed to them respectively.
Mimi still looked at Taichi as if he was an enemy.
"What is this help you're asking?" Yamato asked him as he looked suspiciously at Taichi and Sora.
"Hikari… his sister," He said pointing towards Taichi, "has been kidnapped by Daisuke."
"Daisuke… Who the hell is he?" Yamato asked in confusion; not knowing who Daisuke is.
Mimi clasped her hands in front of her mouth in fright, "He kidnapped his own men's sister?"
Taichi firmly nodded, "I'm sorry you majesty… I am now willing to serve you and you alone." He bowed down.
Takeru on the other hand answered Yamato's question, "He is the leader of the Death Knights – those soldiers with elemental strength as well."
Sora quickly pleaded, "Please help us; your future sister-in-law too…"
"F-future s-sister-in-law…?" Yamato managed to stutter his eyes going wide.
"She's your brother's girlfriend… didn't you know?" Sora asked the now frequently coughing Yamato ignoring Takeru who was giving off signals.
"Actually… no…" Yamato said slowly emphasizing every syllable as Mimi watched amusedly in the background.
Takeru sweatdropped, "So… will you help us now?"
Yamato sighed, "Fine… but I can't say the same for the others, though I think Kouji will agree…"
Takeru looked at his brother questioningly, "Kouji…? What miracle happened when I was gone?"
"Takuya turned out to be a spy and you know how it turned out…" Yamato sighed and peeked out at the window; he then found Kouji and Izumi in a cute seen outside. He immediately shifted his gaze.
"I see…" Takeru said softly, "Thank you brother…" she mumbled as Taichi and Sora said thanks as well.
"Don't worry about it…" Yamato said coolly, "Anyway, I really do want to meet my soon-to-be sister-in-law."
Taichi coughed simultaneously and both Mimi and Sora giggled.
Takeru blushed profusely… "Shut up, brother… as you can see he isn't too happy about this." He said pointing to Taichi.
"I know…" Yamato grinned in his familiar boyish ways.
"I ain't too happy about having to be comrades with thieves either." Snarled Taichi glaring from Takeru to Yamato.
Yamato laughed in amusement, "Live with it, my friend… Live with it."
Mimi smiled, "You can really make the subject lighter, ne Yamato-san?"
"Of course…" he replied.
Yamato looked at Mimi then smiled, Yes, very special… special indeed. Things are going to be interesting from now on… Yes, it will.
Tsuzuku
Takari-san: A very short chapter… _ I was out for so long and look at this chapter! It is so SHORT! _ GOMEN! My mind isn't functioning well and I just added Ken there out of nowhere! Ah, Gomen… hope you forgive me for making the halfway chapter so freaking short! Forgive me, ne? Pwease…?
Preview:
Chapter 11: Void
A void in a heart can cause it to freeze… A lost of a love one can do so much… A past of one revealed… Ken Ichijouji… why did he turn that way? For him, there is no such thing as love so he decided to destroy Koushiro and Miyako's chance for love. What happened to him? Why did his heart freeze…? Tomoki Himi, his façade makes him seem always happy and carefree but what happened before Ryo asked him to join his army? The truth is that he found his life empty and with no meaning; until he found one that is… What are the pasts of the two wielders of ice?
The chapter will also contain Ryo's party, Ryo/OC, Ryouki, and Takumi.
Takari-san: Here's the enemy chapter; since seeing how short this was, I concluded that I need to stop from writing about good guys and write about the enemies. I have taken a liking to Tomoki's, Ryo's and Ken's stories, you see… ^^ Even if this chapter was short, can you spare your time to review this hopeless weirdo? ^^ R/R