Well I'm back again with the fifth chapter of my story this one was made on the March Break so I kept up to my word and worked! He he well anyway this chapter skips to the events after what happened in feudal Japan and in this chapter it starts from my P.O.V and I am at school so enjoy before I give it all away!

Chapter 5

Mel's P.O.V

I sat in school the next day with a broad smile on my face. It was the Friday before march break, and for the break I would be returning to Canada to visit relatives. But it wasn't the relatives I was planning on visiting.

I stared attentively at the clock, tapping my fingers on my desk impatiently.

To pass the time I thought back on what hade happened yesterday. It was almost like any child's fantasy. Discovering another world. I had to admit I had gotten a great kick out of it.

I snapped back to reality as I felt someone tapping on my shoulder. I shook my head and turned in my seat. I was Kenji. He wore an aggravated look on his face. Making his eyebrows scrunch together, creating deep wrinkles on his forehead. He snorted and glared at me./

"Where the hell were you guys yesterday?" he snapped bobbing his head a little, making his shaggy black hair dance. As he gazed at me with his dark Asian eyes.

"I'd explain if I could Ken." I smirked deviously. I enjoy being a tease.

"What kind of an answer is that?" he retorted hotly. "And you don't even apologize, all the nerve." he mutter pouting, as he folded his arms across his chest and leaded back in his chair.

"I'm sorry." I apologized as I ran my fingers up and down his leg as he flinched a little. I laughed, as the bell sounded.

Instantly everyone were out of their seats gathering their things. "I'm sorry really Kenji. Have a good break." I smile as I leaned over and kissed his cheek.

His face lit up and he smiled back. "You too."

The plan trip back to Canada was long, and gruelling. But when we arrived I was totally pumped up.

I barely slept, waiting for morning to come. I wanted to him so bad.

Sakura's P.O.V

Li had stayed at Julien's. But it didn't matter. I was just glad to hear he wasn't planning to leave Tokyo until the end of the break. Mel had been hyper all day yesterday, awaiting her return to Canada. Apparently she hasn't been back for a couple years now. I hope she has fun. I thought as I walked down the street. The morning crisp and fresh as the early March sun kissed my cheeks. It made me smile.

She kept ranting on and on about how she had to see this guy. Maybe one of her earlier love interests. You never know

A slight breeze ruffled my skirt and made me shiver as it brushed up against my bare legs like a cat. I embraced myself for a moment and stopped walking. The breeze passed and I eased a little trying to shake off a chill. I continued walking trying to picture this guy that Mel was so anxious to see. I didn't get far before Li's face came into my head. I could feel my heart pounding in my chest. I love him, I really do don't I? I smiled as the chill that I had acquired, passed. I ran that rest of the block to Julien's house.

The lights were on so I didn't even bother knocking. My heart pitter pattered in my chest as I jogged my way to the guest room that Li was staying in. Sure enough he was awake sitting on his windowsill staring out at the mid morning skyline. The sun casting a warm orange hue on his face. I stepped up beside him and wrapped my arms around him. When he turned to face me our lips met, and we kissed deeply. It felt so right, sending tingles up and down my body.

We broke from our embrace and he wrapped his arms around my waist. We were actually starting to look like a couple. He leaned his head and rested it on my breasts as he closed his eyes. I stroked his hair and felt so complete and at ease.

"Sakura I love you." he mumbled. Even thought I could barely hear it every syllable meant so much to me.

"I love you too Li."

This is what I was missing living in Tokyo. It was the one thing I shouldn't have left behind in Reidington. True Love.

"Sakura." Julien paused. "I never knew you were here." His voice sang through the room. Li jumped and backed away from me his face a deep crimson. I turned and faced Julien smiling, "I just got here."

Mel's P.O.V

I had left the house early this morning to prepare myself mentally and brace myself to see him. Rendered hopeless and too young for a drivers license, I took a cab for the 1 hour trip that would take me where I needed to go. Not willing to let my mother know I was going to see the guy that she had hated ever since she had learned I met him. I stared out the window and almost fell asleep several times but I kept coaxing myself to stay awake.

I handed the driver his money and looked at the house. It was just as I remembered as I walked around to the back and realised it was almost exactly as I had left it. I easily scaled the pillar and got to the patio, despite the fact I was wearing a skirt. I looked in through the door. A couple light were on but there was no one in the kitchen.

I hopped off the porch and look through the basement window. Just as before his bed was there. But he wasn't in it. I opened the window that was always open doe to a broken lock and I hopped down onto his bed. I removed my shoes and sat silently, cross legged on the bed.

I could hear the shower going upstairs and knew where he was. Out of curiosity I got up and walked over to the room adjacent to the one I was in and peered inside. Sure enough Kyle, the oldest of the four boys in this family was fast asleep.

Let me see… Kyle would have to be umm 18 now. Since the last time I saw him he 16. And that would make him… 16. I walked up to his bed and leaned over and kissed Kyle's cheek. He flinched slightly then rolled over on his stomach and continued sleeping.

I wish I could get some more sleep. I thought yawning. I returned to his room and laid down on my side. Holding my head up with one arm. I closed my eyes and listened as the shower turned off upstairs. I use to always do this when we were younger. Wait in his room and scare the shit out of him. I smiled at the thought. Just like old times.

I heard his footsteps descending the stairs as my heart pounded in my chest. He opened the door still wet, with a pair of jeans on and a towel over his shoulders. He didn't notice me as he walked over and turned his stereo on, turning it down before it began to play. Guns n' Roses began to play as he hummed along, taking the towel from around his shoulders and drying his still long, curly, hair. He was almost exactly as I remember accept a little taller. He's still thin, tall, dark, masculine, and so drop dead sexy. And he still always wore a pair of jeans when he got out of the shower apparently.

He turned going to his dresser as he went to pull out a shirt.

"Do you still have an obsession with long sleeved Echo shirts?" I giggled as he pulled one out of the top drawer. He paused and turned to face me.

"Who?" he said stopping as he studied my face for the longest time then ran his eyes down my body and back up again, as if soaking it all in.

"No…" he mumbled as he walked over pulling my shirt down a little exposing part of my left breast. Just enough to see the freckle. A smile washed over his face as we wrapped our arms around each other.

"Koniciwa Steve-Sama." I laughed. "Hello Stephen." I whispered, with a broad smile on my face.

"Mele, holy shit. You look so, so…" he stammered.

"Different?" I offered.

"Hott." He replied.

"Well I'd be lying if I didn't say the same of you." I giggled as he sat down beside me.

"What has it been." he thought out loud.

"Two years." I finished for him.

He laughed. "Still finishing my sentences."

"I guess so." I replied my voice trailing off.

We stared at each other eye to eye for the longest time. I didn't know if he could see the deep pain in mine, that I've missed him dearly over the years. Leaving an empty feeling in my heart that keeps gnawing at me everyday making me cold inside. I slowly lifted my left hand and ran it down his cheek.

He grabbed my hand and turned it over so he could see my wrist. "What did I tell you about doing this Mele?" He growled setting a spark off in his eyes. He put his had over the scars on my wrists, some of them still very fresh.

"I'm sorry but sometimes I feel so alone in the world, I just don't want to live."

He leaned over and kissed me as my walls of resistance came crashing down. I broke away for a moment and looked at him. "I've missed you."

He smiled, "I've missed you too." he replied as he began to kiss my neck.

"I wanted to say something before I left but. You and Janelle I didn't wanna fuck that up." I confessed.

He looked me right in the eyes as I bit down on my lower lip. I could see the desire in his eyes that same desire was burning in my heart. I wasn't going to resist any more.

We began to kiss again as his hand began to go up my shirt. I didn't stop him. This was something I wanted to do and I wasn't going to miss my chance. Not again…

When the whole feeling in the moment subsided we just lay holding each other. Our breathing returning to normal.

"I had always beat at myself while I was living in Tokyo, because I had missed my chance before and I had thought it was my only one." I smiled as he leaned over and kissed me.

"Well obviously it wasn't." he chuckled and stroked my hair.

"What the fuck is this?" someone laughed from the doorway. We both looked up to see Kyle.

"Long time no see beautiful, what's up?" I smiled sitting up, using the Stephen blanket to conceal my nudity.

"Holy shit, and if it isn't Meleanna LeBlanc in the flesh. Fuck I never thought I'd be seeing your skanky face ever again." he smirked. I tossed a pillow at his head and crawled out from under the covers. Picking up Stephen's Echo shirt off the floor and pulling it on, it hung down to my knees. I walked over and got on my tippy toes to give Kyle a hug as he picked me right off the ground. I shrieked a little and laughed. He put me down and looked back over at Stephen for a moment.

"Trying to make yourself Mrs. Stephen Ward or something.? Good luck this boys a pimp." He laughed, pausing. "I thought you promised you would marry me?" Kyle pouted.

" I did Kyle my dear. But you told me I had to get in line. Remember?" I questioned.

"Ahhhh yes, with Echo, Hobo, and Stephen, now I remember. The cat, the dog, and my little brother. As I've said before."

"It's only incest." we laughed.

"Well buh bye for now." I smirked kissing his cheek and pushing him out the door, and closing it behind him.

I sauntered back over to Stephen's bed and sat on top of him with one leg on either side of his body.

"You haven't changed at all have you?" He smirked running his hand up and down my thigh.

"You wouldn't believe." I laughed. "Ha, I'm defiantly still a slut though." I grinned.

"That's for sure. But I like that." He smiled. I leaned over and kissed him.

"I can imagine." I chuckled.

For as long as I can remember me and Stephen have been so alike it's scary. We're the type of same that makes us finish each others sentences and yell out the same stupid thing at the wrong time. Usually leading us into trouble. I smiled at the memories. But there were also those times where we had confused each other. Knowing what the other was thinking but pretending we didn't know denying it.

I blinked several times trying not to let the tears locked behind my eyelids to break free.

I got up off of Stephen and walked over to where a mirror hung on his wall. I gazed cautiously at the person staring back at me. I closed my eyes in a futile attempt to make her go away. I took a deep breath and shuddered.

I jumped as Stephen placed his hands on my shoulders. I turned on my heel, and faced him. The look in his eyes told me he felt the pain in mine. I dropped my gaze to the floor. He embraced me as I pressed my cheek to his bare chest.

"We shouldn't be doing this should we?" he said taking the words right out of my mouth. It was true and I was thinking it as well, but I didn't want to believe it. I didn't look up at him. I couldn't. The tears began running freely down my cheeks as I bit down on my lower lip.

"I know but I don't want it to be true…" I mumbled. The whole realisation began sinking in as I thought about how this would effect me. I would end up going back to Tokyo loving him more so then I had before. Making that pain tearing at me inside to increase tenfold, if it was merciful. What was I doing coming back here and starting this once again. I really don't have my priorities straightened out. But I was screaming inside hoping this could all work out and I wouldn't have to leave and we could just live happily ever after.

"But we can do this right?" I asked pleading with my eyes. He looked away guiltily.

"Mele, you know as well as I do that sometimes its harder to rebuild something than to start from scratch." he whispered stroking my hair comfortingly, but I was confused and broke away from him.

"Why?" I cried desperately. Though I knew.

"Because you'll always have this picture in your head of what it use to be…." he mumbled his voice trailing off. But I shook my head the tears flowing more freely now.

"But we can rebuild, we can make it better!" I cried, ready to break down any minute and drown in my puddle of misery.

He nodded, then sighed. "But only if the damage isn't too great."

"And us?" I whispered.

"We're pretty much totalled." he finished. And that was all he needed to say. He was right, it was over. There was no chance for us now, or possibly ever again. I fell to the ground and embraced myself. He's right…

Well what did ya think? He he. Well the March Break is over now and I managed to get two chapters updated! So I worked, and you can't tell me I didn't Bwa ha ha! I feel so evil! Well anyway I was just happy cause my birthday is on the 16th! Yeah! Man Julius Caesar got killed on my b-day that kinda sucks but still… lol anyways the whole me and Stephen relationship may be a little expanded to what we really have but I like to dream… dazes off lol we are only at the point of friends with privileges but maybe, just maybe we'll have more in the future ;) he he well anyway thanks for forgiving me Stephen tho I will not share with you folks at home the major details…. Well buh bye for now and look out for future updates! And remember ppl I like to hear your opinions or suggestions so plz leave reviews!

P.S

Stephen if you say "take off your shirt and maybe I'll think about it" one more time I'm gonna slap ya! But only on the side of your face that has no feeling. Ha ha don't take that personally I do feel bad about the whole you not being able to feel your left cheek no more thing. And remember I love you! J ha ha happy face! I don't know if it does on fan fiction but on my word processor I have a happy face! He he buh bye for now.