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CHAPTER SIX: ALL OUT IN THE OPEN
Ayuma's POV
"I'm sorry...I can't go..." I said bowing my head and blushing.
"Why what's wrong?" Jun asked looking at me confused.
"I'm...afraid of heights..." I confessed rubbing my left with my right and shifting to on foot.
"You don't have to be afraid." Len said grabbing my hand and leading me to the steps of the plane. "Just take a deep breath and walk in."
"I don't know...."
Len's POV
"I'll be here right next to you, ok?" I tried to convince Ayuma to get on the plane. She blushed.
"Are you sure it's ok?" She asked testing the steps. I nodded and gave her an encouraging push. She took a deep breath and ran up the stairs and into the airplane. I laughed at her and ran in after her. I saw her seating in the seat next to the aisle taking deep breaths.
(I forgot the name and title of this song....But I didn't make it...if you know who made it please send me who did so I can edit this chapter again. Sorry.)
I'm desperate for a changing, starving for truth.
I'm closer to where I started, chasing after you.
"What's so funny?" She asked as I sat down next to her frowning. I shook my head and keep on laughing.
Ayuma's POV
After about a couple of minutes later, Len stopped laughing and I realized at what.
"He was laughing at me..." I blushed and looked at Jun. She was looking at both Len and me with a strange smile on her face.
I'm falling even more in love with you.
That ain't going with all I held on to.
I'm standing here until you make me move, I'm waiting by a moment here with you.
Jun's POV
"It's about time Len actually started to have a crush on a girl...I was beginning to think he might be...Anyway, I'm going to get those two together...but how?" I thought and stared at them.
"Hey is that my favorite shirt?" I wondered and looked more closely at Ayuma and shook my head.
"Len must have given it to her." I thought and smiled.
Forgetting all I'm lacking, completely incomplete.
I'll take your invitation, you take all of me.
Ayuma's POV
I huffed, ignored Len, and sighed. I still could not get why they did...why Len is giving up his life for me... maybe I never will.
"I'm sorry." Len apologized when he finished laughing. "It's just the way you ran on the airplane and sat down breathing like a fish."
I blushed and looked away until I felt his hand on my shoulder. I turned only to come face to face with him. I blushed again.
I'm falling even more in love with you.
That ain't going with all I held on to.
I'm standing here until you make me move, I'm waiting by a moment here with you.
"It was wrong of me to laugh, but..." He explained frowning. "I just...for some reason you...make me...feel...happy..."
"Is that bad?" I asked feeling insulted.
"No...I haven't felt like this in a long time..." He quickly explained turning around facing away from me. "And I'm glad that you are making me feel this way."
I blushed deeply and stared straight ahead.
I'm waiting for the only thing I know, I'm running and forgot where to go.
I don't know what I'm tapping into, just staying by the moment here with you.
There's else to lose. There's else find. There's nothing in the world that could change my mind.
Len's POV
"I almost reveled that I really like her...I'm so glad that I turned away just in time." I thought blushing. "I don't even know her and she doesn't know me..."
"Ayuma..." I called her name to get her attention from the empty seat in front of her. She turned with a small cute blush over her nose.
"Yes?"
"Can I hear the rest of your story...?" I asked unsure if she would tell me or not.
There is nothing else.
There is nothing else.
There is nothing else.
Ayuma's POV
"Do you really want to hear it?" I asked unsure if he really wanted to listen to me or not. He nodded his head.
(For those who don't remember here is the first part
Flashback
"They slaughtered my whole village, house by house just burning. I stood outside watching them gather all of the females that were between 10 and 14 and killing everyone else. My mother and father grabbed me and another young boy and we escaped. We hid in different places every other night. When we finally thought we were safe... I asked my mother questions that have been plaguing me
"Why?" I asked then yelled. "Why are all our family and friends died? Why don't we have a home anymore?" I cried into my mother.
"Honey, there's something we need to tell you. You were born with a special gift that evil people want to use."
"A gift, what gift?"
"You are the only one to be able to....")
I'm desperate for a changing, starving for truth.
I'm closer to where I started, chasing after you.
Flashback
"You are the only one to be able to 'Dios'."
"What's Dios, mommy?" I asked sniffing and holding back tears.
"It is a very powerful spirit that protects the reincarnation of an ancient queen. He comes and listens only to her. He was made by her husband to protect her. The only other person that can control him is her husband."
"Where is her husband?"
"Who knows, honey, who knows? But we have to protect and keep you away from that mad man..."
"What about Kenshin?" I asked pointing at the little boy sleeping in the corner of the cave. "What's going to happen to him? I don't want him to be hurt..."
"We'll give him to a family that will love and protect him."
"Give him away, but I don't want to...he's like my little brother I never had..."
"I don't want to either, but when we love someone we have to let them go when we know its best for them..."
I cried a little more and fell asleep. I woke up in the middle of the night, walked over to where Kenshin was, and fell asleep with my arm around him whispering
"I don't want give you up, but Mom says that when we love someone we have to let them go when we know its best for them..."
About five days later, we gave Kenshin to a young swordsman who needed someone to pass his skills to. He was only five...I never saw him after that. He was kicking and screaming the whole time the man carried him away...I cried all day and the next.
My parents and I moved to another cave deep in some woods where no one went. We stayed there for about 1 year when it happened...I was 15.
I was out gathering some wood when I heard my mother scream. I ran back and hid in the blushes near the cave. From there I saw two figures in a black cape. One was old, but muscular. The other was young, about the same age as me and handsome. They also had soldiers with them.
My mom must have seen me, because she whispered the words 'I love you.' Right before they killed her.
"Now's your chance, tell us where your daughter is." The old man commanded.
"No, I will never tell." My dad said as he struggled to get loose.
"Are you sure you don't want to tell? I'm offering one last chance, tell us where she is and you may live."
"Please...like I believe that. You already killed my wife. Plus, even if I live, I don't know what's going to happen to my daughter in your hands."
"No, she won't be in my hands. I am too old for her. She will be in my son's hands." The old man said laughing.
"What do you mean?" My dad asked confusion on his face.
"She will be wed to my son." The old man smirked and his son frowned slightly.
"Father, do I have to? I don't even know what she looks like." His son complained.
"We have already discussed this earlier, so silence." He said to his son and then to my dad. "So, where is she?"
"Somewhere you can't get her." My dad stated smirking. The man was annoyed and turned around. He walked to the entrance of the cave and snapped his finger. With that, my dad was stabbed in the stomach...right before my eyes he died.
I tried to hold back a sob, but it came out. The old man heard me and smirked while walking towards the bush I was in.
"Looks like we needed look any further..." He said. I stood up and dried my tears glaring at him. "Son, come. We have your finance."
His son walked out of the cave frowning, until he saw me. His mouth opened slightly and his eyes widen in surprise, but only for a second.
"What are you staring at?" I demanded as I stepped back. The old man stopped his movement as if I would run if he took another step, which I would have. His son started walking towards me with that stupid smirk of his on his face.
"You, my dear are...beautiful...and...all....mine." He seemed to whisper the last three words to himself. I blushed a little and turned to run. "Wait!"
"No!" I shouted as I ran. I heard the young boy command everyone to stay back and that he would go get me. I stopped running after a while and looked for a place to hide. I saw a river and a cave under it, so I hide there. The water came up to my neck and every occasionally splash on my face.
"Where are you?" The young man called his voice sounding worried. "You can get hurt. There are evil things in this forest..." His voice trailed as he spotted the small cave.
"I found you...just come out...I won't let anyone hurt, let alone touch you. You will be mine and only mine" He cooed as he waddled through the river towards the entrance of the cave. "Please..."
"No!" I shouted giving up the silence and ran/waddled out of the cave, catching him by surprise and knocking him over. I got onto his horse and rode away...
I've been running ever since, then....and learning how not to cry...
End of Flashback
Len's POV
She took a deep breath and closed her eyes leaning back into the seat. What I did next must have been some kind of reflex. I hugged her and she cried into my chest. She stopped after a while.
I'm falling even more in love with you.
That ain't going with all I held on to.
I'm standing here until you make me move, I'm waiting by the moment here with you.
"Do you feel better?" I asked worried. She nodded her head and smiled.
"It felt good...like taking a heavy load off my shoulder." I stared into her eyes and she blushed pulling away.
"What where your parents' names?"
"They where Mirkou and Sango..." She told me.
"The famous monk and demon slayer?" I asked in amazement. She nodded her head. "Wow! That's pretty, cool. You should be proud that they are famous and noble."
She blushed and lowered her head.
I'm living for the only thing I know, I'm running and forgot where to go.
I don't know what I'm tapping into, just staying moment here with you.
"I am..." She then looked back at me. "Len...thank you..." I was taken by surprise.
Just hanging by the moment.
"For, what?"
Hanging by the moment.
"For just being here..." She blushed as she leaned her head on my shoulder and went to sleep.
Hanging by the moment.
"No...thank you for crashing into my life..." I whispered and kissed her forehead and stared out at the window.
Waiting by the moment here with you.
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