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Chapter 4 And So It Begins

Lilly and Ohgami took a long stroll through the TeiGeki garden. The sun was almost finishing his daily journey and was melting the sky into a glorious sunset. All the trees in the park shown in red and gold. They finally reached the gardener's house. It was a small, well-preserved traditional Japanese cottage.

"You know, Ayame didn't mean that you're not a good leader. You really are one. It really takes a lot to make a team out of such diverse and strong personalities as the girls from the Flower division. You still have a long way to go, though." said the woman gently looking straight into his jet black eyes.

Ohgami was taken aback by her words. Looking at the ground he tried to find something to say to get out of this sticky situation. Then he glanced at her cut wrist which was still slowly bleeding.

"There is a medical case in the house. Let me get it and I'll take care of that."

She caught his glance and smiled. The spiked haired man disappeared in the house and came back after a few moments carrying a small white box with a red cross on top of it. They both sat down on the porch. Ohgami opened the box and started treating Lilly's wrist. Gently he cleaned the wound and put some bandages on it.

"There, that should do it." he smiled.

The Lieutenant took out a small bar of chocolate from his pocket and gave it to the woman sitting next to him.

"Here, eat this. It will make you feel better and help you regain the blood you lost."

"Domo arigato." thanked Lilly with a smile in her eyes. "Say, Ohgami, will you give me the pleasure of sharing this wonderful sunset with me?"

"The pleasure will be all mine, Colonel." replied the Japanese man.

"Thanks. And no need of the formalities. Call me Lilly."

Ohgami nodded and they both smiled at each other before falling into the amazing view that was the golden blood red sky above them.

In the TeiGeki common room

Ayame and Yoneda headed to the manager's office and the Kazegumi went down to the command center to finish their jobs before hitting the sack.

"Who does she think she is? I can't believe she has the nerve to come here and talk to me like that! Can you believe it, to me! The great Sumire Kanzaki!"

"Oh, pipe down already cactus woman." said Kanna annoyingly. "It wasn't just you, it was all of us, but she had her reasons or at least I think so."

"Well, the fact she had reasons, doesn't make it look right." pointed out Sakura. "Or feel right for that matter. My body is killing me."

"For once I agree with the country girl. I feel sore all over. There aren't reasons in this world good enough for making ME feel like that." exclaimed Sumire.

"What do you think about all of this Kohran?" asked Kanna.

There was no answer. All the girls turned to the purple haired Chinese. She was sitting curled on the floor deep in her thoughts.

"Hey Kohran are you all right?" worried the red head.

A stream of tears started falling behind the glasses of the young woman wetting her green overalls.

"I am so helpless…" she said so low that the others could barely hear her. "All I could do was stand aside and watch. There was nothing I could do. I'm no good. I'm so useless. USELESS!" her scream filled the room.

All the girls stood in shock. Even Sumire's ever self-centered face was showing terror and concern.

"Kohran…" she whispered softly, almost crying.

"Useless!" shouted the young freckle-faced woman again. And with that she ran out of the room, her tears flowing in the air.

"KOHRAN!" cried Sakura and started after her.

"Let her be, Sakura-chan." said Kanna.

"But Kanna I…"

"Let her be, she needs to be alone right now." cut her sentence the tall okinawan.

"Ape-woman is right country girl. There is nothing we can do for her right now. She must fight this on her own. We just have to be there for her." said Sumire, closing her eyes and facing the window to hide her concern.

They all stayed silent for a while. Leaning on the wall, Kanna was looking at Sumire's back in amazement.

So she has a heart after all… I knew that all that ice was just a front. But why show it now, why for Kohran…

"What are we going to do about this Lilly woman?" the brown-haired girl finally broke the uncomfortable silence.

"What do you mean Sumire-san?" asked Sakura.

"We are not going to let her get away with what she did to us, are we!"

"You guys, Iris thinks that she really isn't a bad person."

"Nobody is saying she is a bad person, Iris." replied the black haired Japanese arranging her pink kimono. "But the things she said and did wer…"

"But she said that she didn't really mean those things!" the blue-eyed teenager cut her sentence. "Besides she didn't actually hurt anyone of us. Well, maybe just our prides." her eyes were pleading but it seemed like the others weren't even listening to her words. In a final attempt to make her point she fixed her gaze at Maria, hoping she would help her.

The jade-eyed Russian was rubbing her burnt hand and seemed far off in her own mind. She felt Iris's look and turned to the teenager. She saw the plea in the little girl's eyes and gave off a faint smile. She regained her usual emotionless face and said:

"Iris is right, she didn't bring any harm to us but still we don't know anything about her so as far as I'm concerned she can't be fully trusted. I advise you all to stay alert and not to lay your guard down. It's late. We better go rest."

All the girls agreed and everybody headed for their rooms.

In the manager's office

"Can you believe it Ayame, our little Koneko? God, I wish Kazuma were here to see this…"

"He would have been proud, really proud. She has achieved so much. Imagine only 29 and already a Colonel." said the petite woman, her eyes deep in memories.

"I would never have pictured her in the army, though." said the General scratching his chin.

"You are right Ikki but don't forget she was a doctor before becoming an angel. We can safely presume she hadn't much of a choice about the army. Anyway, all this time, nearly fifteen years now, I've been feeling such a big emptiness inside me. I've always regretted the day we had to come back to Japan. She was like my own child to me. She still is… She has always been… I don't have words to express the happiness I feel now that she is here. I feel… I feel safe." Ayame sighed deeply and Yoneda embraced her.

"I can't believe one thing." said the old man. "This really is a small world. Imagine, Lilly and Kayama first cousins. This is almost more unbelievable than she coming back from the dead."

The Major started laughing and soon the General joined in.

"You got that right!" replied the petite woman after a while. "Who would've thought. I have so many questions to ask…"

"Leave them for tomorrow Ayame. She is finally here. We have plenty of time. It's time I gave everybody a little break. I'm thinking maybe a month or so. Next week be the last play before that. The girls will be busy with that so we will have time to see Kitty. But not tonight. This night belongs to Lilly and Kayama. They have a lot to catch up." the old man smiled.

"You're right. Let's leave them alone. Good night commander."

"Oyasumi."

In the gardener's house

When Kayama came back the sun had already set and a full moon had taken its place on the dark velvet blue sky. The young man found his cousin and the captain of the Hanagumi sitting on the porch silently looking at the stars. It was as if they were two stone statues. They didn't speak, move or even breathe. The Japanese smirked evilly.

"Hello lovebirds!" he said sexily from the darkness.

Both Lilly and Ohgami blushed softly. The full moon cast a strong light so it was easy for Kayama to spot that.

"Sorry, caught you two at a bad time." he smiled victoriously.

"Actually coz, your timing is perfect." said Lilly laughing. She was looking Kayama straight into his light brown eyes. The young man understood the message and gulped the next witty sentence.

"Well, it's getting late and I should be catching up on my rounds. It's been really nice sharing nature's beauty with you… Lilly." said Ohgami in an attempt to get them both out of the awkward situation.

"It certainly has been." nodded the black haired woman. "By the way, do you jog Lieutenant?"

"Yeah, I do. And as you said, lose the formalities – call me Ohgami."

"Well then, pick me up from here tomorrow at six o'clock sharp." an evil spark lit the hazel eyes. "See you in the morning… Ohgami."

"Till tomorrow. Good night Kayama."

"Good night pall."

They watched closely till the spiked haired man disappeared from their sight.

"If I didn't know you better precious, I'd say you were flirting with my good buddy Ichiro." smirked the Japanese.

"Don't be silly Kayama." laughed the Bulgarian. "I've got to help the Flower Division become a stronger team, remember? And what better way to start than with their captain?"

"Guess you're right. Here are your bags. You certainly travel light."

"Well, the weather here is warmer than Bulgaria or Russia, much warmer. And as you can see my wardrobe has changed."

"That I can see. Less is more, he coz?" said the young man with a sexy look in his eyes, whistling naughtily.

"Don't get any ideas, hentai! How about we went inside and cook a nice meal like our mothers used to do."

"Splendid idea Lilly!" smiled Kayama.

The two went in the dark house. The woman reached out for the light switch, but when she turned it on the light bowl exploded.

"Oops! I guess I can't escape from that." she sighed.

"What do you mean?"

"Let me put it this way – ever since I became an angel, me and electricity don't get along really good. I seem to absorb it in some way. Frankly I don't know what exactly happens."

"Tell you what we'll do." Kayama snapped his fingers. "I'll go and find some candles, why don't you take your bags to the bedroom, it's on the right. There is a bathroom next to it if you want to freshen up. And you better leave the cooking to me."

"Ok." hesitated Lilly. "Meet you in the kitchen in a few minutes."

After a few minutes the whole house was shining from the light of nearly a hundred candles. The young man was inspecting the fridge when he sensed a presence in the room. He looked up. A beautiful woman was standing in the door frame. She was dressed in light blue loose cotton pants that finished right below her knees and a matching long-sleeved white and blue top that barely hid her belly-button. Her feet were bare and she had loosen her hair, which reached the lower parts of her waist.

"You don't stop amazing me!" exclaimed Kayama. "That looks more like the old you, except your hair was much shorter when you were a kid. Ha ha ha!"

"Stop making fun and compliments of me and tell me if there is something good in this ice-box!" scolded him the woman.

"Well there is enough to make some kjufteta, stuffed peppers and a good salad." answered the brown haired man.

"Great! And I've got the perfect thing to go with them!" she said showing him a dark blue bottle.

"Is it what I think it is?" the young man's eyes tripled their size.

"Yeap." she nodded.

"I haven't had a sip of medovina in 20 years since we last sneaked in the cellar!"

They both smiled remembering the happy days of their youth and started preparing the food.

"That was exquisite!" said Kayama softly rubbing his full belly. "I've been waiting for this so long. Say sladka, you're sure you weren't hitting on Ohgami? You both blushed when I startled you."

"Why do you have to bring it up again, gotin?" asked a slightly merry and redden from the alcohol Lilly. "Don't get me wrong, Ohgami is a nice guy but after the incident when my parents got killed I'm not much into boys. Plus being an angel is not all flowers and roses. This life that has been given to us, we don't fully own it. We are here to help. Unfortunately this is a lonely job. We aren't allowed to have any relationships, let alone intimate ones. You scared us, that's why we blushed. You took us out of a trance. The sight of the sky was so beautiful."

"But you came here." Kayama was puzzled.

"Yes, I came here to help. To help an old friend as well as a team fighting the demons. I'm only lucky that you, Ayame and Yoneda work with this team. I missed you guys so much, you are my family." she started crying.

Kayama when to her and hugged her. He could feel her soft sobs.

"Hush, darling. You're here now. Nothing else matters." the young man comforted her.

"I wanted to see you so badly but I couldn't revel my identity. When Ayame, Yoneda and Kazuma went back to Japan it was you I only thought about. But I had no money to travel and no ship captain would let me work my journey to Japan. So I traveled on foot. When I reached Saint Petersburg I was exhausted and decided to stay. I was admitted at the university and saw in that my chance to acquire the necessary money for the trip. Then I met Nia and we build the clinic. Fate can be so cruel." she smiled. "I had just saved enough for a trip to Japan when they torched the clinic."

"All those years I spend searching for you. I joined the navy for two reasons – because my father was a sailor and to find you. When they offered me a job as a spy, again I accepted because it could help me find you. But I couldn't find anything, not even records of your death. I was on the verge of giving up. When I saw you today in the common room of the TeiGeki I felt alive again." a few tears shown in his eyes. "By the way, how did you know I was there?"

Lilly laughed loudly. "My fellow spy, I didn't expect questions like that from you. I've done my homework. That was all."

They spend the good part of the night laughing, drinking, remembering the past and filling the gaps in the present.

Author's notes:

Oyasumi (Japanese) – Good night

Hentai (Japanese) – pervert

Kjufteta (Bulgarian) – it is traditional Bulgarian meal. Balls made from grinded meat, chopped onion, egg, bread and lots of spices. Their size vary depending on the region where they are prepared. They can be fried or baked.

Stuffed peppers – again a traditional Bulgarian meal. Peppers (usually red) stuffed with a mixture of rice, grinded meat, chopped onions and carrots and spices.

Medovina (Bulgarian) – an ancient Slavonic alcoholic drink made of honey (med in Bulgarian means honey)

Sladka (Bulgarian) – my sweet, sweetie or something in that line

Gotin (Bulgarian) – handsome, dude or something in that line

"I wanted to see you so badly but I couldn't revel my identity. When Ayame, Yoneda and Kazuma went back to Japan it was you I only thought about." Here Lilly is referring to Kayama.

Special thanks to Benji Himura for his great reviews and advices. Thanks a million. I Hope you liked the story so far. This chapter is a little slow, no action and lots of words, but chapters like that are needed sometimes in the course of a story. Please guys write your opinions, no matter good or bad. I will answer all of you. See ya soon :)