juu nana sho

the mysterious girl

Kawaru woke up. The first he saw was Maki. She was right there. He couldn't bare it if Maki was gone, even though he has Rin, Yuki, and Saori. Kawaru was hesitating but he finally got enough courage, he touched Maki's face. The more he looked at her the more he blushed.

He sat up, and then his heart thumped. He coughed blood into his hand. "Kawa-kun?" Maki stood up. "You coughed blood again," she whispered. "N…" Kawaru nodded. "I'll get you some water, go wash your hands," Maki said. "Okay," Kawaru stood up and walked to the bathroom, and washed his hands. He coughed again. "This time is getting worst…" Kawaru thought. Maki walked over and gave him a cup of water. "Thanks," Kawaru said. "Don't worry I'll find a way," Maki replied.

Rin opened hers eyes and saw the light in the bathroom. "Blood?" Then she closed her eyes. "Promise to not to fight or transform into the other you, if you do that your condition will get worst," Maki said. "I promise," Kawaru said. "Well, I'm going to go out," he added. "Be careful," Maki kissed him on the cheeks. "I will," Kawaru walked out. "I wonder where he's going…" Maki wondered.

"Even though I can live forever this is going to shorten my life, without spirit power I won't be able to do anything. Akui… of the poison… I guess I really have to find her…" Kawaru sighed. He went on the shuttle bus to town.

In the bus, there was a girl. A pinkish-orange hair color girl. She was crying. "Are you alright?" Kawaru asked. "Wahhhh, I lost my bracelet… I dropped it off the mountain when I saw some flowers… The bracelet was my mother's last words…" the girl said. "I'll find it back for you," Kawaru smiled. "That's why I'm taking this to go into town so I can find it down near the mountain side…" the girl sniffled. "Don't worry, I'll find it to you," Kawaru started to cough again, he coughed blood. "Are you alright?" the girl asked. "Yeah, I'm fine…" Kawaru stated. "His heart is beating hard, and he's coughing up blood… And only one clan can get this disease, Ja' aku Hane Clan… Even if immortal they can die," the girl thought.

Few hours later, we're there. Kawaru woke up the girl. "Thank you," the girl said. "No, it's not a problem…" Kawaru smiled. They walked out the bus. "What's your name?" the girl asked. "Oh mine? It's Kawaru," he answered. "My name is Haru," Haru said. "Nice to meet you," Kawaru said. "Me too," she replied. "Why were you coming down from the hot springs alone?" Haru asked. "Well, I wanted to search for someone and ask them a favor. I doubt they would help anyways, at least I can help you," Kawaru smiled. "Oh, was I bothering you?" Haru asked. "No, not at all… Something from your mother is important. I wish my parents would've left me something important, but the only thing they left me was me being alive, and their money," Kawaru said. "I'm sorry," Haru replied. "It's not your fault," Kawaru stated. They continued on to the mountain side, that Haru assumed she dropped it. "Be careful, Haru-Chan. The river looks strong, and rocks might fall," Kawaru warned. "Okay," Haru replied. "I'll search this side," he added. "Then I'll search this side," Haru replied.

"I think I found it," Kawaru announced. "Thank you," Haru was happy. While she was running back over, she tripped on a rock and fell in the river. "HARU-CHAN!" Kawaru yelled. "This is my chance," Haru whispered. Haru is actually Akui of the Poison. Haru is her real name. "Poison 104 Suffocation," she blew the suffocation poison out. Kawaru suddenly fell on the floor. "I can't breathe… Haru-Chan," Kawaru thought. He jumped in the river, even though he couldn't breathe. When he caught up to Haru, he through her back on land as he drifted down the river getting closer to the water fall. As he advanced down he collapsed because he had no oxygen.

Haru was shocked he did that. Then she jumped back to the river and she saved him. There was a cave near by, so she brought him inside. "He saved me, even though he was suffocating… He's different… Obaa-Chan You might be right, he is different… But I can't forgive Rin!" Haru thought.

When it was 3 o'clock P.M., Kawaru woke up. "Haru-Chan you're okay, that's good…" Kawaru sat up. "You shouldn't move that much, don't you have a disease?" Haru asked. "How did you know?" Kawaru was surprised. "I checked your pulse, who was the person you're looking for?" Haru asked. "I see. The person I'm looking for, I don't even know how she looks. But the only name I know of her is Akui…" Kawaru explained. "Just like Obaa-chan said, he was going to look for me…" Haru remembered. "The person your looking for is right in front of you," Haru stated. "You're AKUI?" Kawaru was surprised. "Yes," she nodded. "I'm sorry about the last phew times, I have my grudges against Rin…" Haru confessed. "It's okay, I never blamed you… But I really want to ask you something," Kawaru said. "You want me to heal you, is that right?" Haru stated. "Yeah… So can you" he replied. "Shh," Haru placed her hand on Kawaru's mouth. "Hmm, but I have 1 condition… You will have to promise me to do 3 things," she added. "I promise, but I won't do anything that's too low," Kawaru said. "That's fine," Haru replied. "What are the 3 things?" Kawaru asked. "I don't know 2 of them, but I do know 1 of them. If I asked you to kill Rin, you won't. If I ask you to leave her you won't either. So I guess this is the only non low thing. Can you stay with me for 3 days and 3 nights?" she asked. "I guess I can… since it's nothing too low for me, but I have to tell them I won't be back…" Kawaru said. Haru smiled. Kawaru took out his cell phone, and Haru saw a picture. The picture contained him with Rin, Saori, Maki, and Yuki.

Maki's cell phone rang. "Mushi mushi, Kawa-Kun?" "I won't be coming back for 3 days and 3 nights. Sorry I can't tell you why, please make an excuse for me. Sorry Maki. Please do; just tell them I won't be back until then. Stop them from looking for me, okay? I don't really have time," "Okay, be careful what ever you're doing. All of us will miss you, muah!" "I will too," "Good bye kiss," "Okay, okay, muah!" "Bye," "Bye"

"I envy those girls," Haru said. "Don't be, you'll be seeing me 3 full days," Kawaru smiled. "Let me heal you first," Haru said. "But before that, can you do me a favor not the one that you promise, but as a friend," Haru asked. "What is it?" Kawaru asked. "Can I take a picture with you with your phone?" Haru asked. "Heh, okay…" Kawaru smiled. Kawaru handed her the phone, and Haru moved closer to him. When she was ready to take the picture, she went and kissed him on his lips, and she snapped the picture. "You?" Kawaru was shocked. Haru blushed. "I'm sorry, but I won't have another chance to be with a guy… I know you heard of my grandmother, she's strict on me… I don't have any parents either, so we're almost on the same boat," Haru sighed. "Don't worry, if you need me, I'll be here as a friend. But you have to promise me one thing," Kawaru said. "Don't fight with Rin anymore, she doesn't want to fight you neither," Kawaru said. "I'll think about it, can you not delete that picture," Haru asked. "Anything you want," Kawaru smiled.

Haru asked Kawaru to lay down, so she started to heal Kawaru. "This will take a pretty long time, don't think of anything. Or it'll affect what I do, because if you think of something I'll know what your thinking," Haru warned. Kawaru nodded. Haru took needles out, and her hands started to glow green. She placed a needle on both side of Kawaru's shoulder. She also placed two on his legs. That made his arm and leg not able to move. Then she placed 4 needles around his heart area. Her hand started to glow white when she placed her hand on top of his body.

After an half an hour, she pulled the needles out. She sad him up and placed her two palms on his back. She started to share Spirit power with him. This cleans his body, since Haru can control everything of the body. She's very smart, she learned how to do special medical treatments and she can use different types of poison.

When it was midnight, she laid Kawaru down on the floor. "Obaa-chan knew I would have fell in love with him also, that's why she told me always to stay away from him, but this time she let me get close to him, even though she knew I would fall in love with him… Why is he the magnet to all of us? I just wonder…" Haru wondered. "At least Obaa-chan was nice enough to let him stay with me for few days," she smiled.

Back to the room, Yuki was making a big commotion so was Rin and Saori. "WHERE'S KAWA-CHAN?" Yuki screamed. "He said he'll be out for 3 days 3 nights," Maki replied. "I'm going to find him," Maki stepped forward and blocked Rin. "You can't do that, he told us not to go find him," Maki stated. "Aren't you worried at all, Maki?" Saori asked. "Of course I am, but I can't lie to Kawa-kun, he entrusted me to listen to his words, so I can't break our promise," Maki stated. "Heh," Rin walked back. "Fine," Rin replied. "Then we all won't go, but tell us what happened yesterday," Saori ordered. "I can't either, I promised Kawa-Kun. He told me not to let you guys worry about him," Maki stated. "That's like him," Yuki cried. "I guess we won't know until he tells us," Rin said. "Then I'm going to sleep," Saori said. "I'll sit here and wait for him to come back," she stubbornly added. "I'm going to do that also," Rin stated. "Then so will I," Yuki sat down. Saori and Rin leaned on the wall sitting down already near the balcony. "I'm relieved they understand, but if they leave in the middle of the night that's not going to be good, I'll set a fire trap," Maki thought.

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