Chapter 4, by popular demand. I hope that you all like it. ^_^
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*Fake Lost Lamb*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Meimi and Asuka lay there for a while, just dozing contently in each other's arms. Having finally found out that Asuka Jr. didn't hate her was a great relief. She felt relaxed in his arms. Smiling, she began to doze off, and just before she fell asleep, she remembered that she left her Saint Tail outfit folded outside the back of the tent.
Asuka Jr. dozed off just before Meimi, a slight smile on his face, but he was soon awakened by a rather authorative sounding voice. We have you surrounded. Saint Tail, you may come out now. Meimi, alert and awake, whispered, "Stay here." he nodded.
"Is there something I can help you with?" Meimi asked, feigning a tired voice while rubbing her eyes. The cop looked startled.
"I-I'm sorry, Miss, there were sightings of Saint Tail around here, and she was rumored to be around here... Are you alone?" he asked.
"Yes." Meimi said smiling sadly.
"Would you like some company?" the officer asked.
"N-no... I'm going to be on my way home soon, I was just doing a school project here. We were observing nature, and sketching it." Meimi said, knocking an eraser out of her jeans pocket. "Oops.." she said, turning around to pick it up. "1..2...3!" she whispered. "Sorry. Here, let me show you the sketch." Meimi said smiling. She stepped carefully into the tent, grabbed a paper on canvas and shot Asuka Jr. a 'be still!' look.
"Wow, that's a good sketch Miss." he approved. "Well, I'll be on my way. Sorry to have bothered you." he said, smiling kindly. He left. She waited until he was totally out of earshot and eyesight before she went and got Asuka Jr.
"That was really close, Asuka...." Meimi stated frowning in dismay.
"I know love, I know..." he trailed off at the crack of a twig. He dove into the tent. The officer came back around from a tree.
"Did I just hear voices back here?" he asked her curiously.
"Not that I know of, unless you were imagining them." Meimi said carefully.
"Ok, sorry." he said. He left, and did not return.
~ Later that day, close to dusk *
"Asuka, I think we should camp closer to Seika City... People will think we were travelling for a long time to get far away, but we won't have." Meimi said. Asuka smiled lightly.
"That's a good idea. In fact, if you're up for it, we could even get into the very outskirts of the park. I know you love it there, and there's an excluded little enclosure of trees we could camp in. Nobody knows about it except me. It would be perfect." he told her.
"Alright." she replied smiling. They set off for Seika City Park right then.
* Camp is set up ~
"Well, I'm going to bed Asuka.... Um... do you have a sleeping bag you want me to set up?" Meimi asked.
"You have it, don't you?" Asuka asked, thinking she was kidding.
"No, I thought you grabbed it when we left the clearing." Meimi frowned.
"I left it because I thought you were packing it.... So now where am I going to sleep?" Asuka said in a whiny voice. Meimi smiled, then frowned.
"You can have my sleeping bag." she said seriously.
"NO WAY!!! Meimi, you shouldn't sleep on the ground I will... It's okay, it's not your fault." Asuka said, shocked that she would say that.
"We could share?" Meimi asked slowly. Asuka nodded. Meimi set her sleeping bag so that both could fit in it, then put on her pajamas and laid down. She was nearly asleep when Asuka finally got into the sleeping bag with her. He undressed outside, putting on his sweat pants (no shirt) and went inside to sleep. When he pulled the cover of the sleeping bag over himself and Meimi, he fluffed his pillow and relaxed. Meimi snuggled up to him, and he put his arms around her. They fell asleep like this.
~* Morning *~
Meimi was the first to wake up, at sunrise. She crawled slowly out of Asuka's embrace, and put on her street clothes. She left a note for Asuka, and went to see Seira.
"Meimi, what are you doing here?! And where did you leave Asuka Jr.?!" Seira asked frantically. Her usual stoic appearance changed to flustered and frustrated.
"Asuka's in our tent. I came to see if you could run to the store for me. Sawatari works there, and I didn't want him to see me. You know?" Meimi asked. She appeared a little too at ease to Seira.
"Meimi, does Asuka Jr. know? I mean, does he know that you're Saint Tail?" Seira asked, her voice and hands shaking. Her eyes widened in shock as Meimi nodded.
"Yes, he knows, but he's okay with it, he swore not to turn me in." Meimi said smiling. Seira sighed in relief, then gave Meimi a questioning look. She looked as though there was something she left out. "And he told me he loved me." Meimi said, her smile reaching her eyes this time.
"That's great Meimi!" Seira exclaimed softly. Her parents were still asleep. "I'll run out to the store, you stay in my room, ok? I don't want any one to see you." Seira stated. She left for the store.
*~ Back at the tent ~*
Dear Asuka--
I went to Seira's for the morning to get a report on our status, and have her run to the store for us, since neither of us are to be seen. I shouldn't be gone for too long, but if there's trouble, I'll send you a calling card.
Love always,
Meimi
Asuka set the note down. "She's a complicated person..." he said to himself softly. At least she thought to leave him a note.
----Flashback----
"THIS IS THE POLICE. WE HAVE YOU SURROUNDED! RETURN THE NECKLACE AT ONCE, AND COME QUIETLY." a voice said from outside.
----End Flashback----
"Oh my gosh, why didn't I see it before?" Asuka said softly, but clearly, to himself. "Why, why, why?" he said angrily. "The person who Saint Tail calls 'the lost lamb' must be the person she steals for. The person who was wrong in the first place. But they must really not have been wronged! They must have tried to set us up!" Asuka said triumphantly.
"But if no one knows who Saint Tail is, then.... Maybe they just chanced into finding Seira, and spread their lie. Then, unknowing that it was a lie, Saint Tail 'stole' it back for them, but it wasn't theirs...." Asuka pondered out loud. "I'll have to wait until Meimi gets back to run this by her... I'm sure that she'll have thoughts on this." Asuka said to himself.
*~* In Seira's Room *~*
"Wow.." Meimi said softly. "This is a list of every lost lamb we've ever encountered!" Meimi said. The most recent written down was that of the necklace she'd stolen back.
"But... Then why did the police want to take us in? Usually, it's just Asuka Jr. ..." Meimi whispered. Then it hit her. "What if this person really wasn't the owner of the necklace?" she said.
At that moment, Seira was walking through the door. Meimi found her and told her everything she'd thought up while Seira was gone.
"Hmm... Meimi, that's a very interesting idea.. But wouldn't that mean that whoever the 'lost lamb' was knows that Saint Tail gets her information from me. Possibly, they even know who you are!" Seira said sadly.
"That would be very bad, Seira... Do you remember what this person looked like?" Meimi asked.
"Not clearly... Take me back with you to the tent, I want to see if Asuka Jr. can help us out, alright?" Seira asked Meimi.
"Alright." Meimi agreed.
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Did you all like it? I've recently gotten an new computer, and I can post freely again. (My last computer saved documents in .rtf, and fanfiction doesn't support those. ^^;) I'll try to update more frequently.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*Fake Lost Lamb*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Meimi and Asuka lay there for a while, just dozing contently in each other's arms. Having finally found out that Asuka Jr. didn't hate her was a great relief. She felt relaxed in his arms. Smiling, she began to doze off, and just before she fell asleep, she remembered that she left her Saint Tail outfit folded outside the back of the tent.
Asuka Jr. dozed off just before Meimi, a slight smile on his face, but he was soon awakened by a rather authorative sounding voice. We have you surrounded. Saint Tail, you may come out now. Meimi, alert and awake, whispered, "Stay here." he nodded.
"Is there something I can help you with?" Meimi asked, feigning a tired voice while rubbing her eyes. The cop looked startled.
"I-I'm sorry, Miss, there were sightings of Saint Tail around here, and she was rumored to be around here... Are you alone?" he asked.
"Yes." Meimi said smiling sadly.
"Would you like some company?" the officer asked.
"N-no... I'm going to be on my way home soon, I was just doing a school project here. We were observing nature, and sketching it." Meimi said, knocking an eraser out of her jeans pocket. "Oops.." she said, turning around to pick it up. "1..2...3!" she whispered. "Sorry. Here, let me show you the sketch." Meimi said smiling. She stepped carefully into the tent, grabbed a paper on canvas and shot Asuka Jr. a 'be still!' look.
"Wow, that's a good sketch Miss." he approved. "Well, I'll be on my way. Sorry to have bothered you." he said, smiling kindly. He left. She waited until he was totally out of earshot and eyesight before she went and got Asuka Jr.
"That was really close, Asuka...." Meimi stated frowning in dismay.
"I know love, I know..." he trailed off at the crack of a twig. He dove into the tent. The officer came back around from a tree.
"Did I just hear voices back here?" he asked her curiously.
"Not that I know of, unless you were imagining them." Meimi said carefully.
"Ok, sorry." he said. He left, and did not return.
~ Later that day, close to dusk *
"Asuka, I think we should camp closer to Seika City... People will think we were travelling for a long time to get far away, but we won't have." Meimi said. Asuka smiled lightly.
"That's a good idea. In fact, if you're up for it, we could even get into the very outskirts of the park. I know you love it there, and there's an excluded little enclosure of trees we could camp in. Nobody knows about it except me. It would be perfect." he told her.
"Alright." she replied smiling. They set off for Seika City Park right then.
* Camp is set up ~
"Well, I'm going to bed Asuka.... Um... do you have a sleeping bag you want me to set up?" Meimi asked.
"You have it, don't you?" Asuka asked, thinking she was kidding.
"No, I thought you grabbed it when we left the clearing." Meimi frowned.
"I left it because I thought you were packing it.... So now where am I going to sleep?" Asuka said in a whiny voice. Meimi smiled, then frowned.
"You can have my sleeping bag." she said seriously.
"NO WAY!!! Meimi, you shouldn't sleep on the ground I will... It's okay, it's not your fault." Asuka said, shocked that she would say that.
"We could share?" Meimi asked slowly. Asuka nodded. Meimi set her sleeping bag so that both could fit in it, then put on her pajamas and laid down. She was nearly asleep when Asuka finally got into the sleeping bag with her. He undressed outside, putting on his sweat pants (no shirt) and went inside to sleep. When he pulled the cover of the sleeping bag over himself and Meimi, he fluffed his pillow and relaxed. Meimi snuggled up to him, and he put his arms around her. They fell asleep like this.
~* Morning *~
Meimi was the first to wake up, at sunrise. She crawled slowly out of Asuka's embrace, and put on her street clothes. She left a note for Asuka, and went to see Seira.
"Meimi, what are you doing here?! And where did you leave Asuka Jr.?!" Seira asked frantically. Her usual stoic appearance changed to flustered and frustrated.
"Asuka's in our tent. I came to see if you could run to the store for me. Sawatari works there, and I didn't want him to see me. You know?" Meimi asked. She appeared a little too at ease to Seira.
"Meimi, does Asuka Jr. know? I mean, does he know that you're Saint Tail?" Seira asked, her voice and hands shaking. Her eyes widened in shock as Meimi nodded.
"Yes, he knows, but he's okay with it, he swore not to turn me in." Meimi said smiling. Seira sighed in relief, then gave Meimi a questioning look. She looked as though there was something she left out. "And he told me he loved me." Meimi said, her smile reaching her eyes this time.
"That's great Meimi!" Seira exclaimed softly. Her parents were still asleep. "I'll run out to the store, you stay in my room, ok? I don't want any one to see you." Seira stated. She left for the store.
*~ Back at the tent ~*
Dear Asuka--
I went to Seira's for the morning to get a report on our status, and have her run to the store for us, since neither of us are to be seen. I shouldn't be gone for too long, but if there's trouble, I'll send you a calling card.
Love always,
Meimi
Asuka set the note down. "She's a complicated person..." he said to himself softly. At least she thought to leave him a note.
----Flashback----
"THIS IS THE POLICE. WE HAVE YOU SURROUNDED! RETURN THE NECKLACE AT ONCE, AND COME QUIETLY." a voice said from outside.
----End Flashback----
"Oh my gosh, why didn't I see it before?" Asuka said softly, but clearly, to himself. "Why, why, why?" he said angrily. "The person who Saint Tail calls 'the lost lamb' must be the person she steals for. The person who was wrong in the first place. But they must really not have been wronged! They must have tried to set us up!" Asuka said triumphantly.
"But if no one knows who Saint Tail is, then.... Maybe they just chanced into finding Seira, and spread their lie. Then, unknowing that it was a lie, Saint Tail 'stole' it back for them, but it wasn't theirs...." Asuka pondered out loud. "I'll have to wait until Meimi gets back to run this by her... I'm sure that she'll have thoughts on this." Asuka said to himself.
*~* In Seira's Room *~*
"Wow.." Meimi said softly. "This is a list of every lost lamb we've ever encountered!" Meimi said. The most recent written down was that of the necklace she'd stolen back.
"But... Then why did the police want to take us in? Usually, it's just Asuka Jr. ..." Meimi whispered. Then it hit her. "What if this person really wasn't the owner of the necklace?" she said.
At that moment, Seira was walking through the door. Meimi found her and told her everything she'd thought up while Seira was gone.
"Hmm... Meimi, that's a very interesting idea.. But wouldn't that mean that whoever the 'lost lamb' was knows that Saint Tail gets her information from me. Possibly, they even know who you are!" Seira said sadly.
"That would be very bad, Seira... Do you remember what this person looked like?" Meimi asked.
"Not clearly... Take me back with you to the tent, I want to see if Asuka Jr. can help us out, alright?" Seira asked Meimi.
"Alright." Meimi agreed.
~*~*~*~*~*
Did you all like it? I've recently gotten an new computer, and I can post freely again. (My last computer saved documents in .rtf, and fanfiction doesn't support those. ^^;) I'll try to update more frequently.