FYI: This chapter has two halves
reason being-i didnt realise that Arashi was 17 when everything happned
therefore i am having events that would have happened between 16 bday and 18th bday squished into one year
bare with me-it should go ok :-)
It was only a few days after Arashi's sixteenth birthday, that Hinoto began calling the seven seals towards Tokyo.
Gathering her few belongings, she said her goodbyes at the gate.
"So the day as finally come..."
"Kaede san--" Arashi started before Kaede interrupted her.
"Thank you for everything you have done for us over such a long time. I am very grateful that i met you........Arashi san...It has been a long time since i combed your hair"
Although fighting back tears, Arashi smiled.
A moment from her past to begin a new future.
The two women walked back towards the Temple, their bond never stronger and yet never closer to being broken.
Arashi was calm and serene as she stood in the elevator going down to the yumemi Hinoto's quarters.
What could she be like? Would she be able to read my every thought and anticipate my every move? Is this a trap from the opposing side?-i'd better be on guard.
As she stepped out of the lift, Arashi was faced with the shutters which would slide back to reveal the dreamseer. The building was silent as Arashi faced her destiny.
Before she was able to even knock the screens slid back to reveal two women, almost identical standing side by side. They appeared to be Hinoto's maidens as they were dressed in similar attire,standing back they allowed Arashi to enter.
'Why does a powerful dreamseer require two maidens? Is it that she is not as powerful as i estimated?
The room was completely darkened except for one area that was seperated off by a blind which was half down.Thhe light shone through making sharp straight lines along the mahogany floor.
Walking forwards and raising the blind, Arashi saw a raised area bathed in a light seemed to come from nowhere and yet it had the pale blue glow of twilight.
"You have arrived..Kishuu Arashi" said a small voice. Looking around her, Arashi saw no-one. No one other than what seemed to be a doll on the platform.
Hearing the faint tinkle of a bell, Arashi realised that the voice and bells had come from the "doll" which, after looking closer, she noticed was a woman.
'This must be Hinoto'
The woman sat barely moving on the platform dressed in white robes which seemed almost too big for her. Her silver water-like tresses were arranged around her in such a way that it almost appeared that the petite dream seer sat in a pool of molten silver. The light shone down on her as she spoke once more.
"You have arrived from the Ise Temple i understand. There are some things that you will learn quickly here. Do not be afraid..this will be your new home."
Her voice seemed to enter straight into Arashi's mind without travelling through the air. Hinoto was completely silent except for the occasional ring of the bells that were tyed to her hair.
She seems so desolate with nobody to love, only a duty to see dreams of the future. Appearing to have given everything up, movement, sight, touch in order to aid others in their quest. I can only pity her......a life without love is not worth living at all.
"You have no need to feel sympathy for me Arashi san...." her voice shaking with grief.
Feeling inclined to do so, Arashi moved towards the platform to sit down beside Hinoto, taking care not to sit on her robes or hair.
She took Hinoto's white hands into her own, feeling nostalgic of the first time that Kaede had taken her hand in the alley. Hinoto was disconnected and placed on a pedestool that she could not live up to. All she desired was someone to accept her into their heart, as someone worth protecting not for her capabilities but her.
They looked at one another, Hinoto's drained white eyes to Arashi's cold gray. From that moment there was a mutual understanding between them.
"It seems you were well trained" Hinoto whispered into Arashi's mind.
Releasing her hand, Arashi stood once more.
"As a seal you must learn to build a kekkai"
"A barrier.."
"Yes. I will try to teach you to the best of my ability. You need to channel your energy into your hands. Think of all those that you wish to protect Arashi san.."
Arashi stared at her hands, thinking of Kaede and all that she had done for herand her ambition to make her proud.
"Focus your mind on those that you love.."
Images of playing by the sakura tree and in the temple flashed through Arashi's mind and yet nothing came forth in her hands.
"..and the innocents that could suffer if you do not build this kekkai"
Their first battle played across the back of Arashi's head as finally a small green pyramid appeared in her cupped hands. It grew larger and larger until she could see it no more. She knew she was enveloped in it as the two maids Arashi had seen at the entrance had disappeared and only she and Hinoto remained.
"You are a fast learner Arashi san.. let us hope the others are the same" Hinoto smiled,closing her eyes and returning to the doll-like trance she was in when Arashi had arrived.
Sensing that that would be all for today, Arashi left the Diet Building, in an alien city in the heart of Japan.
'This is only the beginning'
---------Arashi's POV---------
Out of all the seven seals, there is one i feel a particular closeness to. His name Sorata and fun is his game. Just thinking about him brings a smile to my lips. He's the boy from Kouya, the one with the stargazer. There's something about him that i just cant comprehend. Behind that smiling and laughing exterior there's an earnestness, which just draws me in everytime. I know that he cares for me....he's told me as such.
"I've chosen you" he says and "I have chosen that you will be the woman i give my life for". When he says things like this, i dont know how to respond. My heart is screaming to him "i'm not worthy of your love" but i can never choke out my words. I know that my fear shows in my eyes, and this is what Kaede had said would be my weakness...but...he just doesnt see it. He simply lapses into laughter and jest. Is this the fatality that the stargazer predicted?
When he's around me, complimenting me, teasing the others, i feel as though there's a golden glow around me... and when he touches my hand or a strand of myhair, i feel his warmth counter the coldness i put forth. There's just something about him...i ......i just can't explain it.
On Arashi's seventeenth birthday, she was in the kitchen preparing a meal with Sorata and Yuzuriha. Yuzuriha and Sorata stood flirting and laughing with one another, however Arashi had been given the task of chopping the onions.
She felt her eyes pricked with acidy tears as she sliced the onion open and yet that was not the only reason, the tears were falling.Being away from Kaede and her training and the temple made Arashi uncomfortable.Also, the fact that Yuzuriha and Sorata were exxhanging little comments while cooking did not help her situation.
'They're not really flirting...he wouldnt do that...he said that he had chosen me...it was me that he would give his life for. And yet, there they are, a much better matched couple than he and i. They have a flow of dialogue,whereas when im around him, i just...i put up my shield and i just dont let him pass..'
These thoughts were wandering across her mind and yet all the while, Arashi was finding that the kitchen knife was not as easy to wield as her sword. Suddenly, she felt a warm hand around her own enveloping her right and moving the knife in her hand. It was sorata standing behind her, gently coaxing her into chopping the onion in front of her with him. Her pulse had quickened and she felt the colour rise in her cheeks. His light mountain fresh scent behind her tinged with the overwhelming scent of onion in front of her caused her to wish they were no longer in the kitchen.
As quickly as he came, he left her side, and she was left to finish the salad. They shared a meal along with Kamui and Yuzuriha, but in Arashi's mind, there was no other thought, but of his warm touch,his scent and his voice merry with his optimism.
AN:How was that hmm? Abit rushed yeah i guess but yeah
i wanna give a big thank you to my dear dear reviewers. you guys make me very very happy
and yet im filled withan awful sadness cs its nearly the end of my story ; ;
if you want me to write more stories-id appreciate your suggestions.i have other stories in mind-but im not sure if theyll be to everyone's liking-less angsty i mean
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