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01/20/05

Even as her words took shape in my mind I denied them.

I hear the unwelcome sound of her hard shoes as they hit the stone floor.

"He is dead Hina," Yuri's voice reaches me again.

"There is no need for you to keep waiting. He will not come!" She holds no comfort in her voice, and talk as if she is speaking to someone slow of mind.

I hear her moving around the halls, searching for me. The sound of shoes touching the floor is most likely the only sound around for miles, but it feels to me as if it is only background noise in my busy mind.

I wonder why she bothers wearing them; most of our kind go without or use cloth. But, I suppose it fits, she has always seemed different from the rest, to me at least.

"Hina! I know you're here. Speak! Now!" her voice is more stern now, if possible. She is far away and her voice comes with many echoes. She has gotten herself lost in the many halls of our shrine, not a hard thing to do. 'I hope she stays lost forever!' The bitter thought creeps into my mind before I have a chance to stop it. I don't of course, wish that on anyone, let alone someone I respect. And I know it won't happen, she knows enough about this place to find her way around. I don't wish anyone to be trapped forever in this dark and dreary Hell. Warm as it was when our kind was many and we used to hold gatherings, but now the cracks go unchallenged and the plants grow unchecked.

I don't wish her to stay lost forever; I just wish she would never find me. That way I would never have to hear her awful lies again. Even as I think this I hear the sound of her shoes more clearly, she is drawing closer.

I know she means well, but she doesn't understand. None of them do. She is very old; the journey to here probably wasn't a very easy one for my weak high lady. Too bad it was wasted, she'll never convince me to stop loving him.

"Hina? Please! Just tell me where you are!" Her voice is maybe a room or two down the little side hall where I've been waiting.

Authors Note: Part two is up, well obviously. Hope you enjoy, the next part will be probably be up after Monday. Thanks to all reviewers to part one!