A Journey in a Different Time

-Chapter 14-

Memories

(Note: Koya is showing Michelle on what happened with her and him the first time they actually met.)

Michelle was walking home from school quietly, wondering on what she's going to do tomorrow or when she gets home because she doesn't have any friends to hang out with or talk with on the phone. Lately, she's been thinking of suicide because of how the people at her school treats her. She was holding her school bad in her hand, walking quietly to home. No one was around so it was just quiet.

But what she didn't know was three guys following her. The guys who jumped her before when she first got sent to the hospital. Michelle didn't know she was being followed, she didn't even bother to look who's behind her. But…she did felt something triggered in her body, but she ignored it and continued walking. As for the three guys, were catching up to her. She was walking at a normal speed but the three guys were walking fast to catch up to her.

After a few minutes, Michelle felt something grabbed her shoulder and pulled her back, finding her back against a wall, her shoulders being pinned to it. She knew who it was and she didn't even try to struggle free when she was being pinned to the wall. The guy, Gezu, pinned her tightly to the wall, smirking and laughing evilly at her, knowing she can't escape from any of them.

"Heh heh…Looks like you're all better from the last time we met, eh?" Said Gezu, evilly.

"Should we take her down again?" Asked Yuki, one of Gezu's men in the school ground, much more like a gang.

"Not yet, why don't we let our little victim here speak and let us hear her out."

"Why are you bastards wasting your time?" Michelle asked them. She looked up at the three of them. "Shouldn't you get to your fat girlfriends who are so obnoxious and maybe-"

Michelle was cut off when Gezu smacked her face. She wasn't surprised by it, she knew she would get a smack from him after what she said about their girlfriends and other stuff.

"Would you like to say anything else?" Gezu asked her with a different tone.

"And also that no one talks to you and that you guys are so lonely even if you guys have girlfriends you still continue to pick on people and then-"

He smacked her again.

"Why don't we just use the dagger now before someone comes and sees us?" Kyo, one of his men in the school ground, suggested.

"Yeah, I guess the time will be good now. So, little Michelle, have any last words before we start?" Asked Gezu. Michelle didn't answer. She really doesn't have anything to say. She didn't even hear what Kyo said to Gezu. Her mind was too deep in thought about something, but what? "Alright, she has nothing to say so give me the dagger."

'Dagger!?' Michelle looked up just in time to see Yuki handing Gezu the dagger. Gezu turned to Michelle pointing the end of the dagger to her neck.

"This is your last change, do you have anything to say before we strike you down?" Gezu asked Michelle again.

"Not in a million years, Gezu!" said Michelle.

"Fine, you-"

Gezu stopped when he heard something being thrown to the ground, he turned around and saw Kyo fell to the ground just in time with Yuki, both of them rubbing their cheeks. Gezu then was tackled from behind to the ground, he dropped the dagger when he was tackled. His face hit the hard concrete, banging his nose against it.

Gezu slowly turned his head behind him and saw a guy with short black hair and blue eyes, staring down angrily at him and his friends. The guy grabbed the collar of Gezu's jacked, and threw him against the wall, pinning him, his hands still gripped onto his collar.

"Bastard! What the hell were you thinking of trying to hurt an innocent girl like that!?" The guy yelled in furry.

"I wasn't going to do anything!" Gezu shouted. The guy punched him in the stomach.

"Shut up! You know it's not true! What the hell you were doing with a dagger anyway!?"

"I-!"

"Don't even think about lying to me!!" He punched Gezu in the stomach, hard. Gezu flinched and coughed, covering his mouth, coughing out a little bit of blood. Gezu glared up at him angrily, the guy letting go of his collar and backing away, giving Gezu some space. Gezu stood up shakily, still glaring at the guy.

"Come on, guys! Let's go before we get reported," said Gezu angrily. He quickly ran behind Yuki and Kyo and grabbed the back's of their jackets to lift them off the ground and run with him, running away out of sight, away from Michelle and the mysterious guy.

When Gezu and the others were out of sight, the guy sighed and turned to face Michelle, really glad that he saved her from them. But when he saw her face, she was looking up at him. Her eyes were covered by her bangs, so he can barely see her face, more likely her eyes. He frowned and walked up to her slowly, removing her bangs from her face so he can see her eyes.

"Michelle, you may not know me, but I'm Koya, one of your classmates at school. Are you okay?" Koya asked her, gently.

"Why did you go and did that?" Michelle asked him. Koya was puzzled, he saw her turned her face to him, but her face seems to be full of anger. "No one has ever defended me before, so why now!? I don't deserve that! I deserve to get beaten up like that!"

"That's not true, Michelle…"

"Everyone hates me!!"

"I don't hate you…"

Michelle flinched at the words Koya has just said to her. She smiled weakly at first but her smile turned to a frown. No one has ever cared about her, no one has really said anything to her except when it comes to violence or at the volleyball tournament. No one ever treated her like anything else, not like a human being except for now. But why now? Why not before? Why can't everyone treat her the same way as Koya is doing right now? Why?

Koya was waiting for Michelle to say something to him, but no answer from her. Koya gently lift his arms up at her, about to give her a comforting hug, but when Michelle saw that, she turned her head and started to run away, Koya saw a tear rolling down her cheeks, to the ground while he saw her run past him. Koya watched her slowly, watching her running away, from fear, from him, knowing that the next time he sees her, she'll forget about it because she's going to try and erase the memory from her mind.

Koya sighed when he saw her run out of sight, thinking to himself, wondering why she is so afraid for one person to care about her and not hating her. So far, he was the only one to care for her.

'Why can't you see I'm trying to help you, Michelle…?'

(End of flashback, back to the dark place where Koya and Michelle is).

Koya was rubbing her head softly again while the memory was disappearing, out of Michelle's mind and into the back of it. Michelle slowly opened her eyes, tears rolling down her cheeks, who was really hoping to not to see that memory again. She thought it was gone completely, but it wasn't, it was way in the back of her mind, it's why she could remember it clearly now.

Koya was still rubbing her head, seeing the tears rolling down her cheeks to the ground, he sighed. He then moved his hand from her head to her eyes, covering her eyes, like grabbing her face, but not actually. The tip of his fingers resting on her temples, her sight completely covered, not able to see anything but darkness.

"Now…you'll see what happened…the next morning at school…" Koya said slowly.

Michelle tried to stop crying, but she couldn't, afraid to see what's going to happen. Her mind was being cleared of everything again. Seeing darkness at first, and then seeing the image of her classroom…

(Another flashback, in the morning at their school.)

Koya was at school, sitting in his seat, waiting for the doors to open so he can see Michelle walking into the classroom. All he was focusing on was the sliding doors to the classroom, waiting for it to be open, hoping it would be Michelle walking into the room. He was tapping his fingers on the desk, being impatient, waiting impatiently for Michelle to get into the room.

His mind was so deep in thought. His head going back to yesterday when he defended her against Gezu, Yuki and Kyo. Just the thought of Gezu stabbing her with that dagger got him really angry, it was why he rushed into the scene and got rid of those guys for now. He hopes he drove them away from her for good. He's still going to watch her, making sure she's safe and making sure that no one hurts her or even tries to hurt her again.

After awhile he heard the door slide, his thoughts got back to reality and looked at the door, seeing Michelle coming in the classroom. He waited until she got to her seat so he can get up and talk to her. When she got to her seat, she put her black bag at the side of her desk and pushed the chair back, and sat in it, and pushed the chair in.

Koya pushed his chair back and stood up slowly, walking to Michelle's desk. He put his hand on her shoulder to get her attention when he got there. Michelle flinched lightly and turned to see who's behind her, slowly. She sighed in relief.

"Um…may I help you?" Michelle asked kindly.

Koya nodded. "Yeah, do you remember who I am?" He asked her.

Michelle looked at him deeply, but shake her head. "I'm sorry…I don't…"

Koya nodded again, he was right. Michelle would force herself to forget about it. Because the memory of it hurt her, it pained her heart when she thinks about it.

Koya turned around slowly, walking to his desk. He knew that someday, he would show Michelle what happened that day. Everyone at least…deserves the truth…

(End of flashback.)

Again, lots of tears were rolling down her cheeks, Koya's hand was soaked in her tears, he withdraw his hand away, and let Michelle cried freely. He turned his back against her, for some reason knowing that she doesn't want to see his face right now.

"I'm sorry for showing you those memories, but you had to know about it instead of lying to yourself all the time. You would just slowly die on the inside…" said Koya.

Michelle was sniffing, starting to cry more and more, now sobbing, wants to forget those memories so badly. All she can do now is run those memories in her head.

Koya just listened to her crying, he knows that she doesn't want to be comforted. He just waited for her to stop crying, but he also knows that, she wouldn't. At this moment, he doesn't know what to do. ( Of course, hardly any guy knows what to do when a girl is crying!)

"K-Koya…" Michelle said silently.

Koya heard her and he slowly turned around to face her, surprisingly to see her wrapping her arms around his waist, crying in his shirt. His face was shocked and also relieved, he slowly wrapped his arms around her, one hand rubbing her back and one hand rubbing her head gently.

"T-thank you…" Michelle said softly.

Koya nodded, he knows it was hard for her to say it to him. He pulled her back for a second, looking into her hazel eyes, his favorite color in there…green. He closed his eyes slowly, his lips leaning towards hers. Michelle saw it coming, and closed her eyes as well.

"Michelle, you awake?"

"Huh?"

(End of dream)

Michelle slowly woke up, seeing the light coming into her eyes, the brightness of it hurting her eyes. She closed her eyes quickly and covered her eyes with her hand and slowly sat up.

"Ow! Your head banged into my nose!" She suddenly heard Inuyasha's voice saying that and was wide awake, looking straight forward, seeing Inuyasha rubbing his nose.

"Well, I'm SORRY!! I didn't know you were RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME!!" She yelled at him. Michelle stood up and took a look around, looking at the place where she's at. She was in the same place of where she past out. "What happened?"

"You past out when the pack of youkais came," said a voice. Michelle turned around and saw Natsuyo standing behind her. "What happened to you? You just past out, out of nowhere!"

"I…don't know. I don't know what happened…" Michelle said slowly.

"At first, I thought it was a youkais possessing your body, but it wasn't. It was someone who put you to sleep for awhile…" said Miroku, who was standing behind Inuyasha, hiding from Michelle's anger.

Michelle glared at him. "Miroku…what are you doing hiding behind Inuyasha?"

"Nothing, just making sure I gave you enough space for you to breathe." He nodded.

"Yeah, right. Where's everyone else?"

"They went to go fetch some fresh water from a river," said Inuyasha.

"Oh…I see." Michelle was silenced for a second, thinking about Koya, she remembers him now. But barely, she needs time to remember him and try to figure out why he cares so much about her.

While she was thinking of that, Natsuyo was smirking for a second, then walking up behind her quietly and lightly rubbed her butt. Michelle shrieked and shivered, she turned around slowly and smacked his face. She walked away in furry, leaving Natsuyo behind with a hand print on his face.

"Damn, you do remind me of Miroku," said Inuyasha.

"Yeah, he does remind me of me…" said Miroku. "But what's wrong with that?"

"The girls hate it, that's what's wrong with it." Inuyasha punched his head. "Get that through your THICK SKULL!!"

Miroku started to massage the big bump on his head. "Ow…"

"You deserved it."

Natsuyo laughed a bit. Inuyasha glared at him for a second, thinking about the information he received from him last night.

'I think he's lying about Yokotsu, I bet he knows who he is. He's probably still alive somewhere, but the question is where? I better get the information out of Natsuyo as soon as possible.' Inuyasha thought to himself.

Natsuyo on the other hand, was laughing to himself…he is so happy that he did what Miroku did, rubbed Michelle's butt.

FROM THE WRITER!!

Sorry for taking a long time guys, I had writers block again and there was kind of lots of things happening here. And also I had this chapter typed up but it got erased because we had to restart the computer, same with the other chapter of the story "The Zodiac Curse" so I have to rewrite that one as well, well, I hoped you enjoyed the chapter.

Kunasu