Chapter Five- New Gods
Mimiru paced back and forth in front of Ginkhan. "I can't believe it!" She ranted. "Four whole weeks! Gone!" She turned and stomped sharply on the Knight's instep. "And YOU! You of all people should have known something was wrong when she resigned from the Ruling Council!" Ginkhan looked away, unable to bear the shame of the truth of the girl's words. "...I am at fault."
Bear shook his head. "Not true. Whatever she is doing, she wishes to do it alone, lest she would have told us where she was going."
"I have stood at the server exit every day, doing nothing but waiting for her to return, all in vain!" Ginkhan lamented. "She has left the World then!" He turned round in circles and then veered away, towards the exit. "Without Lady Subaru to protect, the Knights have no leader! I must find her!!"
Mimiru nodded. "...want me to ask around on the BBS, Bear?"
"No, leave her be."
Mimiru stared at him. "Nani??"
Bear looked up to the sky. "Wherever she is, she can call us if she wants to speak to us. Until then..."
Laughing, Subaru spun slowly in a circle in a patch of flowers, the trees leaves' casting complex mottled patterns of light and dark across her pale skin. Tsukasa, sitting on the ground a few feet away, watched her contently. With a sigh, she sat down on the ground next to him heavily, a cloud of yellow pollen wafting over the two of them, making Tsukasa sneeze. "I still can't believe that you created this -entire world-!" Subaru breathed after he had gotten over his sneezing fit.
And the Lord saw what He hath made, and it was good, and He was pleased.
Smiling, he said, "You like it here?"
She nodded and leaned back next to him, her hands absently weaving a crown of flowers for herself. "I wish I could stay here forever," she said wistfully. "It is so... perfect here." "You don't have to leave."
Tsukasa said suddenly, sitting up and looking at her intently as if he had been waiting for this topic to come up.
She shook her head and chuckled. "I'm not like you, Tsukasa," she said, no offense in her voice. "I need to eat and sleep."
Tsukasa looked at the ground. It was still too soon. He looked back to her, forcing a smile that he hoped did not hint at how lonely he really felt. "I suppose you will just be my part-time new goddess then, ne?" They laughed together.