Like the Moon

by TheTrueWolfBrother

My first fic!Motoko fails her second exams for Toudai and end up a three year Ronin.A few months later someone new appears at the doors of Hinata Sou...he introduce himself as Keitaros unknown brother!

8. Chapter 7: Lonely No More

I ask you,please bear with me on this one.....I know the chapter has a really poor sentence flow,but that is because I get so caught up when I write the emotional parts.

Of all the chapters so far this is by far my favorite,if you won´t read it because it may be abit difficult I ask you to reconsider.

Disclaimer: I don´t own Love Hina

Lying on top of Brendi,Motoko starts to get a warm feeling all over her.Gazing down in Brendis face she forgets time and space.There is nothing but the two of them,floating in nothingness.His lips...they are so full...and his eyes....´

Suddenly reality makes it presence known and Motoko snaps back into the now.
In a flash she is off Brendi and runs down the hallway towards her room.Upon entering she shuts the door and firmly locks it.Falling down on her futon she can´t help but whimper in tears.Her whole body shakes while she lets her loneliness envelop her and drag her down into oblivion.

After a little while Motoko barely notices the frantic knocking on her door and Suus voice yelling."Motoko!Motoko,let me in!"With a sudden break in her voice Suu cries out"Are you hurt?Did I hurt you Motoko?Please answer me!."
Turning to the door Motoko tries to make her voice seem normal and strong,but what she hears come out is but a whimper."Suu,I am alright." She lied.Tears starting to stream again, Motoko continues."Can you please sleep with Kitsune tonight?I,I am gonna study tonight." She lied again.
I am so sorry,Suu but I do not want you to see me like this.I do not wish to burden you with my own problems."
Standing on the other side of the door Suu looks as if she is about to cry herself,gingerly touching the door she whispers"Motoko...."
"Suu,please go,I need to start stud......" The last words nothing more than crying noises as Motoko tries to bury herself in her futon again.
A jolt of pain shoots through Suu.She doesn´t want to leave Motoko because she is obviously hurt and Suu doesn´t know what ails her.With a last touch of the door Suu walks away with a tear on her cheek.
As Motoko hears Suus footsteps disappear down the hallway she once again flees into the pain of being alone.

Not having a clue about the current situation is Brendi,walking down the stairs to the lobby where he sees Haruka,Keitaro and two people he hasn´t seen before.
One is a little blonde,girl wearing overalls with a red cap on backwards.The other is a tall man,about as tall as Brendi, with small,square glasses,short black hair in a white coat with brown pants with a pink shirt and a tie,in his mouth a cigarette.
That is when he notices that Haruka doesn´t have her usual apron on.Never,has he seen her without it.

"What is going on?"
Breaking the conversation they were having Keitaro rises and goes to stand by Brendis side."Ah,there you are Brendi,I have the perfect solution to your money problems,or rather Aunt Haruka has." SMOCK Comes the sound when the floor rises to greet Keitaro as if the paper fans of Harukas were magic."That´s Haruka-san."Standing up again Keitaro rubs his head with a grimace."Now,Brendi.As my other nephew here pointet out I have a job offer for you."Falling on his knees,not just because of exhaustion, Brendi hugs Harukas waist."Thank you,Oba-san!"
Smock And once again the floor rises to greet an Urashima."Haruka-san goes for you to!But,lets sit down and I will explain what it is you´re gonna do.Before that though,I want you to meet my husband and my daughter-in-law.Brendi this is Noriyasu Seta and Sarah MacDougal." Helping Brendi getting up Seta shakes his hand while at it."Hi,there.Glad to meet you again."Suddenly confused Brendi states."Again? But,I´ve never seen you before?" "Hehe,oh yes you have,I took care of you for a little while when your mother died and your father wouldn´t have you." "Y,you knew my mother?"At this point Setas eyes glases over as he remember something from long ago."Ah,yes.She wa...." Smock And for the third time in 5 minutes the floor rises. "Yes,yes we don´t have time for that now.I am sorry to cut this short but we have a plane to catch and no gossiping man is about to make us miss it."Rising with a bandaid on his head and an apolegetic smile on his face Seta just shrugs."But,Haruka-san I don´t know anything about my mother!"About to smack Brendi over the head Haruka realises that he didn´t call her "Aunt"."Well,if ya had asked I would´ve told ya about her,as for now we don´t got the time.Now lemme get to the damn point!" Seeing Brendi is about to protest again she smacks him just for good measure."I´ll telø you about her when I get back Ok!?!Sheesh,what do I have to do to get men to listen?"She mutters half to herself."Now get seated!"
With that the males finally got seated.Not bothering about the boring conversation she knows is coming Sarah runs off to bugger someone.
"Now,here´s the deal.I have to go away with this dork"She points to Seta."on some trip that you don´t need to know of and this leaves the Tea-house with a position free.Usually Mutsumi fills in,but she is currently at Okinawa,she said something about the possibility of a failing watermelon batch or something,whatever.So that leaves me two choices.Either I can put out an add and have Kitsune check out the eventual appliers,but since she would probably pick either the first and best or the most handsome guy,and also the fact that part-timers are expensive.There is also the choice of signing a familymember I know and....well trust is abit much,but.....is willing to work for whatever paycheck because if he doesn´t get any money soon I´ll throw him out.So I opted for the latter,you will of course not earn good money,but I won´t evict you and it will cover your most basic needs,like perhaps food and water.You will be working from 9 to 18:00 most of the time with a 30 minute break to eat something at 13:00.You´ll get 50 yen an hour,but that is when I have covered your food and rent.So,you up for it?"
Upon hearing the conditions Brendis face seem to loose some of it shine gradually,but in the end his expression gleams of decisiveness.
"I´ll take it!."
"Ok,Kitsune will hopefully tell you the basics and what you´re gonna do.She lives down there when I am not there so you´ll take her orders.Now lets get outta here,SARAH!!"As the trio dresses and prepares leave Haruka says one last thing."Oh,and if you´ve been a good boy according to Kitsune there MIGHT be a bonus in your paycheck.Keitaro,you´ll say goodbye to the others for me won´t you?" "Yes,off course.See ya in two weeks."
"Yeah,whatever.Bye."
Following them to the top of the stairs the two brothers wave untill they see the car crash into a lightpost only to bounce off over a few houses and disappear out of sight.
"Well,then I have a job.I´ll go down to Kitsune for a chat and then I´ll come back for bed.Goodnight,Onii-san."Says Brendi with a grin as he disappears down the path to Hinata-Tea-House.
"Goodnight,Brendi!"Going back into the house Keitaro wonders when Naru is gonna finally let him do something more than kissing,getting a nosebleed from only that Keitaro curses and walks off to find some paper.

As he walks down the trail to the tea-house Brendi thinks about how great his life is going.Still daydreaming as he enters the Tea-house,which is closed for the day,he searches through the various rooms in search of Kitsune.
Hearing someone crying,Brendi carefully glimpses inside the door of a room.
What he sees is Kaolla,back towards him, hugging Kitsune fiercely and her body shaking as if she was crying on kitsunes shoulder.Kitsune rubbing her back and making soothing noises.A couple of seconds passes by as Brendi stares,dumbfounded, and Kitsune and Kaolla haven´t noticed him.Then Kitsune sees him and her face takes on a somewhat angry look.Too stupid to realise that he should leave the two alone Brendi tries to explain himself."Wha-what have I done?Did I do something wrong?"At the sound of his voice Kaollas body stops shaking,climbing of Kitsune Kaolla turns to face Brendi.What Brendi sees then is something he will always regret seeing.Kaollas eyes are all red with crying,puffed up and he can still see trails of tears running down her cheeks.Now Kaolla doesn´t look sad,she looks mad,frighteningly mad.With decisive steps she starts to walk against Brendi,staring at him with those angry eyes.Desperately Brendi tries to explain himself while he slowly backs away from Kaolla."H-hey,c-calm down Kao"The last word never leaves his mouth as Kaolla smacks him in the face with enough force to loosen a few teeth."YOU MADE MOTOKO CRY!" SMACK "YOU MADE MOTOKO CRY!!" SMACK "YOU MADE MOTOKO CRY!!!" With the last slap Brendi falls to his feet and Suu stands over him crying,then with whimper she runs back to Kitsune and buries herself in her shoulder.Signaling that Brendi should leave Kitsune lends her shoulder to Kaolla and embraces her.
Not knowing what to make of himself Brendi crawls out into the hall and walks back to the main room,finds the first aid kit and sits down,waiting for Kitsune to show up.After about a halfhour Kitsune walks out of the room with a grim face.
As she reaches the counter she talks,hushed and hurriedly."I told Suu to prepare for bed and that I was going to the bathroom,so we only got a few minutes."
"Uh-huh."Nods Brendi,not quite having a clue as to what is going on.
"What did you do to Motoko?"Hisses Kitsune."In case you haven´t noticed there are only to people able to make Suu cry and that is Keitaro and Motoko.And you´ve obviously done something to make Motoko cry,now spill it!"
Thinking back to what happened Brendi can´t seem to remember anything that would make the swordwoman cry."I don´t think I´ve done anything to her,not anything that would make her cry anyhow."
"Well,you´ve obviously done something!I didn´t get much more out of Suu than "He hurt Motoko,he made her cry." but if it upset Suu that much.....you´ve got to make it up with Motoko."As if some gongong rang Suus voice can be heard from down the hall."Kitsune?"
"I have to go now,but promise me you´ll go straight to Motoko and try to deal with things."
Still surprised Brendi does what it is he can do."I-I promise."
"Kitsune?Are you talking to someone?"
"Ahaha,no Suu-chan I´ll be right there.Now,get outta here"With that Kitsune practically kicks Brendi out.
Still quite shocked Brendi slowly start the ascend towards Hinata-Sou,his mood gone from Mount Everest to an anthill.

ØPondering about what he might have done Brendi stumbles up the stairs to the third floor.
His legs now aching like there is no tomorrow,walking up three sets off stairs is quite the task.Exhausted he walks over to room 302.Lowering his voice,he knocks on the door and silently calls out."Motoko?"

With no more tears left Motoko now simply lies on her now wet futon resting and trying to gather her thoughts.Why did she always get these feelings?Although it was of the same sort as her feelings for Keitaro,Motoko is now too afraid to do anything about it,fearing the inevitable rejection of her feelings.After all she was just a pathetic girl who puts on a tough front.Why did she have to meet these men,when all men she had ever known before were perverts in her eyes.Tsurukos husband had taken her away from Motoko,and suddenly a great responsibility was dropped on Motoko.So,why did she have to meet the Urashimas?
First she had finally confessed her feelings to Keitaro,only to be shot down before she could rise but the slightest.And now there was another male,who couldn´t have any interest in her either.
As Motoko is about to start crying again she hears slow footseps coming up the door.
Who could that be?I better hold my tears so that noone can hear me.´Managing to keep her tears somewhat inside,Motoko lies silently waiting for the sound of the footsteps to fade away down the hall.But the footsteps don´t fade instead they stop right outside her door.A second afterwards a light tapping at her door can be heard,as well as Brendis voice calling out to her.

"Motoko?Are you alright?"
Not wanting Brendi to see her like this Motoko tries to summon up her last strength and force it into her voice,trying to make it firm.
But as before she fails miserably.
"I-i I am fine sob Go away,Urashima.I want to sleep,and I cannot do that with you standing at my door shouting!"Feeling herself becoming abit angry with this man who have succeded in influencing her feelings,Motokos voice grow firmer.
Not quite believing what she says Brendi won´t listen and pushes on.
"Come on,Motoko.I can hear that you aren´t fine and I also had Suu beat me half to death while she screamed that I hurt you."
Now Brendi cannot hear any more sobbing,instead Motokos room has gone dead quiet.
"Could you please,forgive me?I do not know what it is I have done,if you would tell me I am sure I could make it up to you.Please,tell me."
Not quite knowing why,Motoko wipes her tears from her face and rises to go towards the door.
"Suu,misunderstood Urashima......it is not something you have done........It is who you are´......there is nothing you can do to help me."
His expression becoming more pained with each word,Brendi does not stop his plea.
"Please,Motoko.....I know there is something I can do,there has to be.....I do not want you to be in any kind of pain Motoko."
Now Brendi can see Motokos shadow on the other side of the door,standing slumped over,not like the usual proud stance.Gingerly remembering the accident on the roof,Brendi tries to sense Motoko,to feel her.
Suddenly attentive to Brendis ki,Motoko freezes.He won´t try that will he?I don´t know if I could resist right now.To feel the warmth of it......´
Still stretching,Brendi begins to envelop Motoko again...briefly Brendi gets a flash of Motokos feelings.....She is so sad...why?´....meanwhile the more experienced Motoko can sense everything Brendi is feeling.He is so worried...why? And what is that hot,red feeling?...I never experienced that when Tsuruko was teaching me this.´Suddenly a thought forms itself in Motokos it be?Could it be that....that he is attracted to me...I just want to be embraced....´
In a flash Brendi registers a change in Motokos feelings.Now she feels happier?And...there is something else there.....something hot´
All this happens in a nano second as Motoko rips open the door and dives in an embrace with Brendi.Crying all over him she loses all control."Just hold me! please!"
Ara?What the who is happening??!?Motoko is out of control.´The sensation of Motokos body start to get to Brendi,and bit awkward he embraces her gently.I will have to calm her down,what did I do to make her so sad?And that this should feel so good is wrong on so many levels.´As they lie there in their embrace,Brendi gently rocks Motoko from side to side while he tries to comfort her.This REALLY shouldn´t feel this good!If this goes on any longer I don´t think I can control myself.´After a little while Motoko starts stroking his neck gently,mumbling something into his shoulder."Oh....what did you say Motoko-chan?"
Looking into Brendis face for the first time Motoko says."Kiss me!"

ØLying on top of Brendi Motoko feels just like she had back then.Back then when she had lost to her sister and had run away from Hinata-Sou,only to be found by Keitaro.She felt so close to Urashima,both now and then.This man she would not lose,she would claim him herself.Right now!Looking up at his face,tears streaming down her face,Motoko surprises him."Kiss Me".Not waiting for a reply Motoko shoots her face at Brendis, forcing her tongue into his,exploring his mouth and his tongue.
Brendi who only had control before because Motoko was crying in his arms is now taken entirely by surprise, his mind instantly loosing control and his body taking over.For minutes they kiss,neither wanting it to never end.Now as they are both fired up their hands start exploring.As a traincrash the thought smashes into both their heads,hands and tongues stop simultaniously.What is it they are doing,what is it they are about to do!?With abit of remorse Brendi pulls away from Motoko.And as he does Motoko hears that voice inside her head she knows is just too true,too true.Look,now you´ve done it.Since you stopped he will back away,now he sees the true you.Ugly,unattractive and an arrogant girl.No one wants you!Not even you yourself!You should be dead to the world!.´ Seeing Motoko looking as if she is about to cry again,Brendi hurriedly talks."Motoko,I am so sorry.I shouldn´t have forced you like that."Seeing she is about to protest Brendi pushes on.
"I shouldnt have done it,it is just that you are so attractive.So beautiful,and I´ve never felt closer to a girl before." As Brendi goes on about how entranced he is by her Motoko forgets that voice in her head.He actually cares for me!?He thinks I am hot!??!He is ATTRACTED to ME???!´Again tears well up in Motokos eyes,but these arent teaers of sadness and loneliness.They are tears of joy,tears created from an escape from the loneliness.
"And again I am so sorry,I will totally get it if you would never see me again,being such an..."
With eyes full of happiness and a flicker of seriousness Motoko interrupts Brendi.
"No!Brendi I thank you....I....I...... feel like that for you too.I like you Urashima Brendi."
"And now I am going to go back to my room and....huh!?"Pointing a finger to his chest Brendi finally exhales."Y...y...you....like me?"Thinking rapidly and not quite effectively Brendi blurts out."Then we can b..b..b.b...b...be together?L..l...like....going on dates?"
Things going abit rapidly Motoko decides to pull out before things get out of hand.
Masking her joy she stands up and dusts the oversized T-shirt she uses as a pyjamas she answers.
"I...I do not think so......"
Brendi lets his shoulders down in disappointment.
"I feel we should keep our feelings secret for a while.....Brendi-san.Goodnight."
With those words Motoko steps inside her room and shuts the door.
Still sitting flat on his bum Brendi sits there not blinking.Still not comprehending what had happened.After a while he gets up and head towards the bathroom to brush his teeth before he goes to bed.
Although falling asleep did have its problems,after a few hours and alot of cold water,Brendi manages to fall into a sleep.A sleep of not too unpleasent dreams.

The morning after Brendi wakes up at 09:00,finding something in his underwear that hadn´t been there when he went to bed.
Looking at the clock Brendi yawns and think.Heh,09:00 heh?That is abit late to wake for me.....breakfast was ready an hour ago.´
Getting up and discretely disposing of his underwear,I´ll have to wash that for hand later´,Brendi changes clothes and brushes his teeth.
Then he remembers.
Oh,DAMN! I should´ve been at the tea house over an hour ago!.´
Running downstairs Brendi grabs his shoes and runs down to the tea house,worried if he was gonna be fired already.
As he come into view of the tea house he finds that there seem to be extraordinarily few in he spots Kitsune standing by the counter,horse racing paper in her hand.
Noticing his entrance she throws the paper from her and goes to greet him.
"Hey,working man."She says with a smirk on her face,somehow finding his disstress funny.
"I reconned you would sleep in today since you had that matter to deal with yesterday."
Suddenly a serious look on her face."You DID solve that matter did you not?!"
Scared at her sudden change of mood Brendi responds in a hurry.
"Yes,yes...I did solve the issue,everything is settled.....H..how is Suu-chan?"
Relieved that Brendi had actually done something Kitsune responds comfortingly.
"She should be alright,if you apoligise and get Motoko to convince her you have made up.Something you should do pretty soon,because I think I heard her talking in her sleep about a few strange experiments with you as a gennypig.You better go talk to her straight away,and I will get things ready here."
Surprised at her sudden kindness Brendi gets up again.
"Gee,thanks Kitsune.I am soo grateful to hear that."
"Hehe,dont be,I am pulling todays and tomorrows paycheck for this.Not that Haruka will know,as you dont mind do you."The usual Kitsune eyes and smirk on her face again.
".....No....I don´t.....mind.....bye..."
"Cya!"

ØStriding back to the Hinata-Sou,grumbling,Brendi curses his alarm clock.Thinking as he was Brendi doesn´t notice the change in temperature that has occured since he came to Hinata-Osen.He had come in springtime,now it was mid-summer.The sun shone brightly and the different sounds of summer was all around him.Swooping over the grass was the gentle summer breese caressing the singing of the birds,amplifying it slightly.From the grass came the sound of grasshoppers playing their familiar sound,and in the shadows everywhere there seems to be an old man constantly muttering about dreams,trying to get some attention.

As Brendi enters he cries out for Suu,not getting a reply he thinks about where she could be.Now, where could she be?.......Doh!At breakfast of course,even if it is longover I am sure about now she will be there getting her second meal.´And as he steps into the dining hall he gets his suspitions confirmed,but not the way he wanted to.Sitting at the table is Suu,eating,but not like the normal Suu would eat.She shoves her food aroung on her plate,sometimes putting abit of fish or rice into her mouth.Then she sees Brendi,standing in the doorway."Ohaiyo,Suu-chan." He waves at her,smiling hopefully.At this Suu stiffens visibly."I have talked to Motoko-san and I have cleared up with her.She is ok now,after her."Jumping up from her chair unto the table Suu yells."I don´t believe you!Motoko NEVER cries!But you made her!"With those words Suu turns and jumps down from the table,running out through the kitchen,startling Shinobu in the process."Auu" She says as she watches Suu run away,tears making a small trickle down her cheeks.After a little while she turns toward Brendi with a serious expression on her face,with a look nothing like that of poor little Shinobu usually has in her eyes."Brendi-san,what have you done to Kaolla-san?!"Startled at this unusual Shinobu,Brendi starts to explain himself."And after I found her and Kitsune in the tea-house I went to ask Motoko what this all was about.After a little while I got nothing out of her,but it seemed I had comforted her.She was not crying anymore at least,but now Suu-chan won´t believe me.I don´t want her to be mad with me."Her expression softening little by little Shinobu at last look like her usually cheerful self."But,Brendi-san.All you have to do is ask Motoko-sempai if she can explain Kaolla-san the situation.In this situation I think Motoko-sempai is the only one who can comfort her,or perhaps Urashima-sempai,but I think you should go ask Motoko-sempai right now.She should be on the roof training about now."
"Wow,thank you Shinobu-san,I would´ve never thought of that.Thank you so much,you´re so smart!"
Blushing with all the thanks Shinobu barely gets out a reply."Oh,Urashima-san,you´re too flattering."
"No,I am not.I mean every word Shinobu...chan..."At the mention of these words and the title,Shinobu blushes even more,her face starting to look like a cherry."Well,once again thanks,I will go talk to Motoko-san now!"And with that Brendi was out the door,leaving a flushed Shinobu.

ØI wonder how Motoko is doing today´Brendi thinks to himself on his way to the roof.
Yesterday was so.....so.....wonderful.´Feeling abit guilty about his own thoughts Brendi blushes.How can I think that?When Motoko was feeling awful,I was thinking about her tongue gently carressing mine and running my hand.......!!!´Hitting himself Brendi feels even more guilty!´Bakabakabakabaka,you should be neutered and shot you know that?´He asks himself retorically.I guess I will have to apoligise again before I do anything else.
Coming up the last set of stairs Brendi announces his presence by not stepping very lightly.
The morning is beautiful,the last of the sakura blossoms swirling lazily in the wind the background of a blue sky complementing them.And in the middle of it all.A black haired beauty clad in red and white,her pale skin and her black hair contrasting each other.The wind making her hair shift gently around a face of a godess.And occasionally you could make out two deep,green eyes.At first they may seem serious and hard,but if you look carefully you can see the feelings swirling in her,very often sadness,but now all you can see is a joyous feeling,like a warmth spreading inside your body.The gentle upward tip of her blushing lips making your every last effort of resisting subside,and you get lost in that very smile.All the while this beauty moves gracefully in precise positions,like dancing, cutting a blossom with each and every change of the sword that is an extension of the beauty that is Aoyama Motoko.

Not realising he is staring Brendi keeps on staring for several minutes,his mind gone into "Freeze-mode" Brendi stops thinking at all and forgets to breathe.For several more minutes he stares,not breathing.Then finally a last move ends the kata and Motoko finishes with a deep inhalation.After this she walks up to Brendi,,sword in hand, and reaches out for his cheek.Uttering one single word she breaks her spell."Breathe".
Once he is able to think for himself again Brendi finally remembers that his body needs air.
Collapsing he inhales and exhales rapidly,his head swimming.
After a few minutes of only breathing Brendi is finally able to move without almost fainting.
Blushing,with a smile on her face, Motoko asks him."Now,did you come only to stare at me or was there some reason you came to see me during my training?"
Still abit stunned Brendi can´t remember for sure why.
"Errm....I am not you please give me a minute to gather myself again?"
Chuckling and blushing even more at this Motoko is starting to feel really flattered.
"You already had quite a few,but I will give you one more I guess."
"Thank you."

Sitting dumbfounded for abit Brendi suddenly remembers,both Suu-chan and his own feelings.Gesturing to the stairs next to him,Brendi asks Motoko if she could sit down."Motoko,could you sit down here just now?"
Noticing the serious tone in his voice Motoko seats herself without comment,waiting for him to continue.
I guess I will have to explain my own feelings first,then ask her to help me with Suu-chan.´
"Motoko-chan......I feel I have exploited you.."As Motoko suddenly tences up Brendi hurries to interrupt her."Please let me finish.I only ask of you to hear me out."
Now no feeling of joyfulness fill her eyes,instead they look and hard.
"I...I...I am sure I have feelings for you Motoko."At this point Motoko is surprised,having expecting rejection once again."I want to try with you Motoko,but......I think that you may have been influenced by last night.As was I,but......if I was only a stressreliever yesterday I can understand."Tears filling his eyes at this point Brendi feels like he had been feeling all his life.Now I will be rejected again,but it is my own fault again!I let myself become attached to this place,to these people,to you Motoko......I am so stupid.´
"I....I.....I....I am a fool,to think that someone like you could ever want to be with me."His heart breaking,tears create creeks on Brendis cheeks."I...I..was just so captivated by you,you are so beautiful and I am so pathetic.I am so sorry for disturbing you.....if you say the word I shall leave this place.I...sob I...I will not distu..."The last word was interrupted.Interrupted by a finger on his lips,now turning his head to the left Brendi sees straight into a face,no.THAT face.Her eyes as well creating small trickles,those green,green eyes.In those eyes Brendi sees that warm feeling, and also.....understanding.
Motoko understands Brendi so well.He has had it like me,exactly like me,only I was happy for my first 13 years of life......he has never enjoyed that.....he has been feeling like I have these last years for his entire life?´
With no more thoughts Motoko kisses Brendi,not like they had the night before out of passion,but now like soulmates.Like two people sharing their feelings.As they kiss their tears blend together and so does their feelings,their sorrow,their hardships.....their lives.

ØPeeking above the edge of the roof is Kaolla.Having been watching Motoko train like she does sometimes this time she had been interrupted.Up the stairs that boy had come up,and he stared at Motoko as if there was nothing else in the world.This tore in Kaolla for she didn´t want anyone to disturb her Motoko but herself,and perhaps Sarah,but Sarah was a trusted friend.Sarah had never made Motoko cry!After a little while Motoko had finished her training and walked over to him saying something Kaolla couldn´t make out and he had collapsed on the spot.After a few minutes he signaled that Motoko should sit next to him,which she did.As he talked Brendi had begun to cry,this Kaolla did not understand because even if she had cried from time to time herself she had never seen a guy cry like this,the only guy she had seen cry before was Keitaro but that was the kind of cry you cry when you don´t want to be mocked any longer.This was serious crying.Seconds later Motoko too started to cry,and as Brendi finished she turned his head and kissed him.Now they were not kissing any longer but they were hugging,no,embracing each other as if they wanted to stay like that forever.Now feeling abit lonely herself Suu stepped over the edge with water in the corner of her down she surprised the two with a gentle hug,when they both realised who it was they relaxed and hug her too.For several minutes the trio comforted eachother as the sakura blossoms blew around them and the wind rustling their hair.