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Nova

Chapter 27: Suns Rise

Knives

We'd been given rooms for the night, but the tension emanating from just about every person here was reaching me and I was unable to sleep. I was beginning to regain a lot of my powers back, including the one that allowed me to sense what was going on around me. This did not include the one to block it.

And this room... was beginning to feel stuffy.

"Dammit." I changed position on the hard bed for the eighth time in ten minutes.

I had to get out of here.

Pushing myself up from the bed I slipped my feet into my boots and as quietly as I could slipped into the hallway.

The second I was opened the door I was hit with a blast of cool air, and I breathed it in deeply.

The other side of the hall was open to the cool air of the pre-dawn morning. Large pillars reached from the ceiling to the floor, casting slanted shadows on the wall from the moons.

I looked both ways down the hall. As early in the morning as it was I was surprised that no one was wandering about. These people seemed very busy. Like ants.

Speaking of busy... there was something going on in both of the rooms to the right of my room... Vash and Meryl's room and the priest and Milly's room.

I shook my head, "Disgusting." I really hope they haven't been doing that all night. I turned on my heel and headed left. In doing so, I passed by her room.

The door was ajar and I could sense no presence inside. I wondered if the creatures, the Saskanocs had come and taken her. But I quickly brushed that idea away. It just wasn't like them to come quietly, they definitely made a lot of noise.

Don't tell me you're... worried. a small voice in the back of my mind said.

I huffed, and stormed past the open door.

Then I saw her.

Kestrel.

She was seated up against a pillar, her legs pulled up to her chest, arms wrapped around them and her chin resting on one knee, staring out at the brightening sky, a distant look in her eyes.

I don't know how long I stood there, but she finally noticed me, and smiled, curiosity on her face, "Hello, Knives."

"Hello... Kestrel."

She laughed lightly.

"What."

Her smile got wider, "I think that the first time you've used my name."

I snorted, "A mistake... human."

She laughed again, then... "What are you doing out here?"

"I could as you the same question." I said and leaned into the pillar next to hers.

"You could."

I looked down at her. She had a faint smile on her face. I wasn't sure what her expression meant. Humans have so god dammed many of them. But it seemed to say... You can tell me... anything.

"I... couldn't sleep."

"Ah, me too. I have a lot on my mind, thought I might come out here and watch the suns rise."

"Why?"

She smiled and her eyes got distant again, "Back home, I used to watch the suns rise. I don't know why, but watching the birth of a new day was very... " She just shook her head, unable to find the right word, "It also helps me... think. I feel at peace, my head is clear."

She looked down, "I suppose it's silly, isn't it?"

"No." I looked away towards the rising suns, ignoring her questioning look.

"What are you thinking about?" I asked suddenly.

She smirked, "What? Not going to just enter my mind and find out?"

"I would rather not. I've had enough of your complex emotions gallivanting through my head."

She laughed then her face turned serious, "I was just wondering... why."

"Why what?"

"Why this Seldokas guy, singled me out. Of all the people in the world... why me? Before the city of January was destroyed... I'd done nothing extraordinary. Hell, I just barely got past Healer training as it was."

"It seems to me that force shield is very powerful."

"It's use is for defense only. But this Seldokas has found some way to counter the energies used, making a simple defense mechanism into a... giant bomb. Yeah, it's powerful. It if it weren't for these Saskanocs then it would be no more than just a energy shield." She squeezed her legs tighter to her chest a sad look entering her eyes.

"Something I don't understand..." I said staring at her intently, "how is it possible for you to use something that takes up so much energy? You are only human after all. How do you contain that energy? I don't sense any of it now. But back there, when these humans first attacked, I could sense it. It was like--"

"Flood gates opening?" She smiled.

"Exactly."

"Well, we don't. We don't keep the energy in our bodies. That isn't humanly possible. A certain amount of energy can be stored in the body but for only a short amount of time. If it isn't released within that time period then the body will... explode."

"Then where does it come from."

She shrugged, "Don't know."

I stared at her, a little surprised, "You are using a power source, and you don't even know where it comes from?" I sneered, "Typical of you humans."

She frowned, "You know I'm really getting tired of that."

"Of what?" I growled out.

"You! You categorize humans like you know so much about us."

"I do know 'so much' about you."

"Really! How long have you actually spent around humans without always judging their actions? From what I understand you've spent most of your life, as far from humans as possible. Apparently you only know the bad side of humanity. With those Gung-ho Guns of yours."

She stared me in the eye, "Anyway we aren't just leaving it be, our Lanothian scientists are studying it almost around the clock. We're trying as hard as we can to learn about ourselves. We are a fairly new creation compared with the rest of the universe."

An awkward silence dropped over us like a thick blanket. She looked out at the sky again, her hard expression softening as the first sun peaked up over the mountain tops.

"The birth of a new day," she whispered, "Empty of mistakes, and regrets, but filled with the promise of new possibilities."

Smiling a wide smile at me, she laughed, "That's one of the last things I can remember my mother telling me."

Abruptly she stood and then winked at me, "Lets do this again sometime, eh?"

Then she walked past me and headed for her room.

I shook my head, "You are an odd one... Kestrel Bluesummers."

Ooo, I've go a serious headache. Been reading too many Naruto comics! Hehe, just recently got into Naruto. I really like it. BUT TRIGUN STILL RULES THEM ALL!

Ahhhhhhh! I got an idea for a sequel! THE HORROR! Well... not really, considering the ending. :) Yes... I have an ending. It's the only ending that I can say will really fit. But why talk about it now! I've still go a ways to go with this one!

I got me a Live Journal now, look in my non-existant profile to find it. Warning, much stupidity.

Reviewer Responses

Lord Hustino: I'm glad you liked it. :) I spent like three hours straight in front of the computer typing away like crazy. Yeah, seriously off his rocker! And amusing as hell they are! until they try to kill you of course. loll.

KeNsHiNs GuRL : Was this good? I know it wasn't really fluff... but is some interaction between Knives and Kes'. I'll try not to wear myself out, my insomnia problems should go away in a little bit. Even with the insomnia probs I think I might be able to handle it. :) We'll see!

Rosebud: You are? Coooooool. Thank you, very much! Or as my Italian CD says: Grazie mille! As for how along Milly is... I guess about two to three months. And I really do like you choir thing. I was thinking about it yesterday and I just started cracking up when I thought of Legato coming up on stage and out come a really high pitched voice. lol. Then I though about what if he had a really low voice... oO

Chibi Chibi : Skeletons can.... sleep? Hmmm I had no idea. ANYWAY! Why was Seldokas just having visions of her? well technically he was having visions of various people but Kes' was the one who stuck in his memory. Why this is... well hopefully I can explain it in later. I'm afraid I committed a bit of an amateur mistaky with that point. :(

Desmonia: Ew, exams... hehem, thanks for catching all those mistakes! Once I get the time I'll have to got back through and fix what you've brought up... So thankee! I have a serious spelling problem... -- Thank god for Spell Check.

Neptune Butterfly: No worries my Butterfly friend! Evil twins are COOOL. I love that little story. Maybe the person wit the other cat is a cute boy. ;) hehe. And I will have a nice little insertion of Kuroneko, well a cat named Kuro, later on in the story. :)

Yma: Thanks! I'm glad you liked it! Great. :) I hope I don't disappoint you.