Chapter two

Rei's POV

We laid down on the sand staring up at the stars, pointing to the constellations that we could see so clearly. There were no distractions in the desert to take away from the stars.

"I did this a lot when I was alone." I told Momo

"Alone?" She asked turning her head to look at me

"Yeah." I continued to stare at the sky. "When I was getting revenge for Ryu and Teepo."

She seemed quiet after I said that, to lighten the mood, I pointed at another constellation I knew. "Look, that's Malgaden, the Goddess of beauty and culture."

She looked up. "I don't see her."

I scooted closer to her to show her while pointing up. "You see that bright star right there?"

"Uh-huh." She nodded

"See how that star connects with those dimmed stars above it?"

She nodded again.

"Well, that's her."

She paused to look at the constellation more. "Oh, okay. Do you know that story behind her?"

I scratched my head. I really didn't know any of the stories behind these Gods and Goddesses. I made up a lot of them that I told her. My mind tried to find a good story to make up. "Well, she thought she was so beautiful that she didn't want anyone to notice. She was very lonely 'cause all the Gods loved her for only her beauty. So she disguised her self as an ugly woman hoping on day, someone would love her for her, not her beauty."

I stopped.

"And then?" Momo asked. She seemed very interested in the story.

"And then…she did. And they were both...uh, very much in love. That's it. The end." I kinda hurried to end that.

She sighed. "That was a very romantic story. That's my favorite one so far."

I chuckled at her. "Your favorite? All the stories I told you so far have been your favorite."

"Well, that was my favorite favorite." She told me.

I laughed, and then it got awkwardly quiet.

The sky had start to lightly light up. Its must be around five thirty.

"Hey, Rei…"

"Hmmm?" I turned towards her,

"Tonight was cool. I had fun, even though all your stories were fake." She turned towards me.

"H-How did you know?" I stammered

She smiled. "I read books, remember?"

"But I thought all you read was that technology crap."

"Its not crap!" She said quickly. "I do read other things other than that!"

"Oh...okay."

It got quiet again. I had to say something.

"So, uh, the sun will be rising soon." I told her

"So?"

"So…we're not gonna have enough energy to travel across the desert."

"And whose fault is that?" She asked me in an accusing voice.

"Not mine! Yours!"

"What!"

"You're the one who decided to stay out here with me. You could've gone to sleep anytime!" I told her

She blushed in embarrassment. "Oh, yeah, forgot." She laughed at herself

"You're becoming old; you're losing your memory." I joked.

"Oh, stop!" She playfully hit me. "I am not! If I am, then you are too! You're the same age as me. Soon you'll be getting gray hair in place of that blonde fur."

"Too bad." I smiled. "You really like my blonde fur. You're gonna be so sad to see it go."

"Whatever! You wish!" She seemed to blush even redder that before. It matched her hair, which drove me crazy, she looked do cute when that happened. Her red hair was everywhere. Sub-consciously I grab a little part of it and twirled it around my finger as I talked to her. She didn't seem to notice either.

I laughed at her. "No, you wish."

"Whatever! You're so immature!"

"Am I? Or maybe you're to mature?" I said. I loved messing with her mind.

"Mature? I am not! I was just brought up better than you!"

"Considering I had no parents to bring me up." I said in a light hearted voice.

She had just realized what she had just said. "Oh, Rei, I'm sorry. I didn't mean it...I-I wasn't thinking. I-I didn't realize I-" I stopped her.

"It's okay. It didn't bother me."

She paused. "What's it like…ya know, with out parents?"

I shrugged. "I dunno…lonely, I guess. I don't think about it much." Which was a lie. I think about it all the time. What would my life be like if I knew my parents? But I wanted to seem manly in front of her.

"Oh, okay. I guess I was kinda lonely when my dad died, but that's why I made Honey." She told me.

"Well, I wasn't always lonely. I found Teepo and Ryu, so it wasn't that bad."

I could feel the sand between my toes, it kinda irritated me, and so I swooshed my toes back and forth. She looked down to see what the noise was, and weirdly enough, she did that same.

"What are you doing?' I asked her.

"The same thing you're doing. What are you doing?" She said

"Whatever you're doing." I said

She laughed and stopped doing her toe thing, then yawned. "I tired."

"I told you."

She squared her eyes at me. "You didn't tell me anything." She scooted towards me so our bodies were touching. "I'm cold."

I wasn't really used to a girl being so close. No one really told me how to handle a situation like this. I slowly put my arm over her to bring her closer to have my body heat warm her up. "Better?"

"Mhhmm" Her voice was muffled. Half due to her face was close to my chest, and the other half due to she was tired.

I just then noticed my finger was still wrapped around her hair, and I blushed, and quickly unwrapped it.

"Momo?"

No answer.

"Uh…Momo?"

No answer, I think she was already asleep, so I closed my eyes, and quickly also fell asleep.