Hey guys! No I'm not dead! Just kind of got writer's block in the middle of chappie 5. It was going good until I went blank…and poof. My idea just quit…u.u' Oh well, I hope this fits to everyone's liking.
Thanks to Songwind for the idea, though it was already in my head before hand. ^.~ Have faith lol. Thanks also to everyone else for giving me wonderful reviews and to my beta reader…who just loves my grammar and punctuation habits. ;



Chapter 5-Truth


Kia sat down on her bed in the room Hotohori had given her that morning. Everything was going very fast. Kia wasn't so sure what to think anymore, at first she thought it was a dream but now she wasn't quiet so sure.


'No it has to be a dream! Ugh, it is physically impossible for someone to get sucked into a book, so of course it's a dream! A rather nice one might I add…Oh, ughy!'

Playground school bell rings again…

Kia sat up on her bed and looked around for the source of the faint, haunting music.

Rain clouds come to play again…
Has no one told you she's not breathing?
Hello, I'm your mind giving you someone to talk to…hello

Kia blinked, that was the song on her alarm clock but…Kia closed her eyes and listened to the haunting music singing softly to it, "If I smile and don't believe…soon I know I'll wake from this dream…"

Don't try to fix me I'm not broken…
Hello, I'm the lie living for you so you can hide
Don't cry…
Suddenly I know I'm not sleeping
Hello, I'm still here
All that's left of yesterday…

Kia sighed, she loved that song but how was she hearing it in her dream? This was too much. Kia stood up, hugging her blanket, she started to pace. Something she did when she was rather confused. Her mother hated it, she said it reminded her of Kia's dad and it was a bad habit to pick up.

"Oh, I don't know what to do. Mom, I bet your worried sick, if this isn't a dr-"

Kia looked up when she hit a firm, warm blockage of her pacing path. She found Tamahome looking down at her. It seemed like an eternity of silence as they just stared and studied each other. They were brought out of their trace by the soft patter of rain hitting the roof.

"Sorry I ran into you." Kia blushed furiously, hugging the blanket closer.

"Nah, it's okay, Priestess. I should have known I'd get run over by a pacing Priestess if I stood in her way." Tamahome smiled, walking over to Kia's bed, and promptly sat down.

Kia stood there for a few minutes, wondering what to say or do, finally she just started pacing again.
"So, what's your name?"

Kia froze.

'Ohmigod! That's right. I haven't given them my name. Oh what a day or should I say dream?…'

Kia groaned, before replying. "Kia…"


"Kia…?" Tamahome waited for a last name.

"Kia Lain." Kia tilted her head to the side, her blondish hair tumbling onto her shoulder.

Tamahome smiled, messing up her hair, he stood and opened the door.

"You get some rest, Kia. You have a long day or searching tomorrow. And this isn't a dream; it's all very real."


Kia sighed as Tamahome left, maybe he was right, maybe this wasn't a dream. Well, whatever it was she was going to have a long talk with Chichiri.

~*~

Kia groaned and rolled over as rays of sunlight filled her room, jerking her violently out of her peaceful dreams. She pulled the soft, silky sheets over her head to try and block the light for a few more minutes of sleep. Unsuccessful, Kia kicked them off and went to get ready. She tugged on a simple lavender kimono, and started to brush her blondish hair. Not being able to find a ponytail holder, she left it fall back down in it's soft layers.

"Kia, no da?"

Kia grinned and turned to find Chichiri standing there. "Yes? Oh, Chichiri! I forgot to tell you my name but, you know it already. Sorry, yesterday was kind of hectic."

"Tamahome told us you name last night after he visited you. It's fine, no da." Chichiri smiled, "Glad to see your awake. The emperor would like you to have breakfast with us, no da."

"All right. Um, Chichiri?" Kia paused, chewing on her lip, "Can I talk with you later? In private?"

Chichiri studied Kia for a moment then nodded, much to Kia's relief.

"May I ask what's wrong? If anything is?" Chichiri cast Kia a sideways glance. She smiled brightly up at him.

"Nothing is wrong. I would just like to talk with you about…er…things." Kia chewed on her lip again. Chichiri noticed it to be a nervous habit.

"Okay, we're here, no da."

Chichiri opened the doors to the throne room where a table was set up with food all over it. Kia's stomach growled to remind her that she hadn't eaten last night with the excitement of finding Tamahome. She glanced over all the foods on the table, mentally noting which ones she wanted to eat and which she needed to skip over. Kia was brought out of her food trance by the feeling of eyes on her, just as she had felt before. She spun suddenly to find herself face to face with a beautiful purple-haired woman. The woman said nothing, only looked Kia up and down as if saying, 'Is this what everyone is talking about?'. Kia knew she wasn't a supermodel, but by God, this woman didn't have to go over her and check off her flaws!

Kia straightened up, squared her shoulders and looked the woman straight in the eye, "What?"

The woman blinked and flipped her purple braid off her shoulder, "So you're what the emperor is head over heels for. I don't see why, you're very average."

Kia grit her teeth to keep from letting this woman see a side of her hardly anyone saw, save for a few popular girls in school. "Listen, I did not ask for your opinion. Hotohori and I are just friends, nothing more. So get off your high horse, lady."


The woman blinked, flustered a bit, and stalked off. Kia's jaw started to go numb from where she was clinching it shut. She rubbed her jaw line as she watched the woman walk back to her room, or the harem. While Kia ate, she ran over things in her mind. She was numb to the conversation going on around her about the war and the other news Hotohori was telling the other warriors. Kia wanted to go home. She wanted to see her best friend, Rae, and her mom.

'Oh, Rae. I'm scared. I don't know what's going to happen or if I'll ever return home… I need your help!'

~*~


Rae looked around her room for the source of her friend's voice. She mentally kicked herself for thinking she heard Kia's voice, but then again…It had been so loud and clear. Rae looked at the picture on her nightstand of she and Kia's smiling faces. She had to see what was up, or see if she was going crazy. Rae grabbed her bag and headed for the bus to go to Kia's. Something was amiss, very amiss.

YAY! 5 chappies! Woot! Yes, I am happy that I was able to hold out this long before saying screw it and deleting it because I got flustered. I would have updated earlier but we had a power outage for two days.. Yep, no power for two whole days. I picked up a new pass time though, playing Tetris. Lol. I couldn't work on my story because like the idiot I am I forgot to print it off my computer. ((I had rewritten it completely)) So yeah, more to come! (I do not own 'Hello' by Evanescence. I only love listening to it.)

-Toodles

-Eru