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Chapter One
Chidori's Reappearance
Three years ago, after the fateful incident, after the search for the Celestial Robes. Life for
Yuuhi, Shuro, Ms. Q., Suzumi, Aya, Toya, and their baby Aki are finally getting situated.
Yuuhi stared out deep into the ocean. The breezes brushed by his face, shattering his light
brown hair. 'Three years,' he thought, 'since it was the last time I had been able to see Chidori. If
I'd known I'd miss her this much, I'd never let her go, and I never would have treated her in such
a cold manner.' Yuuhi sighed, pulling himself up from the broken surface of the sand, brushing
away the particles that had stuck to his jeans.
It was than. Yuuhi jerked his head up, towards the right. He was sure, even if it was only for
a fleeting moment. He was positive he had seen Chidori just walk right past him. He sprinted
towards the direction he saw the image head for. No matter how far her ran though he couldn't find
her. Stopping, he panted heavily. 'Had it been my imagination? Had he missed her so much that he
had conjured an image of her by himself.
"Boo!" cried a voice. Yuuhi jumped. He turned around to see that it had just been Shuro, in
her dorked up glasses and her hair tied up in a ponytail. Her hair had been growing long, since the
journey of the Celestial Robes had ended. She had officially announced to showbiz that she wasn't
a man, and had declared herself all female. Many of her female admirers had been shocked and
disappointed, but she didn't lose many fans though. The female fans that she had lost were all
replaced by male ones.
"I'd thought you'd be here," she said. Yuhhi turned his head, looking around, 'Maybe it was
his imagination.' "You're always here on this day," she smiled at him kindly, staring out at the
beach, but Yuuhi could still sense the sadness in her bright brown eyes. After all, she had lost Kei
right here, at the beach. "Well, are you ready to go back yet?" she asked, leaning over and slapping
his back cheerily.
He looked up at her sweat dropping, "You're always so violent," he commented. 'Maybe
he had imagined all that sadness too.'
They headed for an old, gray van. Shuro revved up the car and began to drive out. Shuro
wasn't exactly excellent driver herself, swerving five lanes, passing two red lights, and going over
eighty miles an hour all the while, is not exactly a car ride you could say that you'd enjoy.
"Wow! You still haven't said anything. You're the only person who's ever dared to get
into my car and not scream about it," she commented, taking a sharp turn to the left.
Yuuhi stared at the road ahead of him crazily, his eyes wide with fear. 'Maybe because I'm
the only one who made the most stupid decision of getting into your car,' he thought. Yuuhi
clutched his hands onto the head of his seat. Tears streamed down his horrified face that was too
shock for words.
Shuro chuckled nervously when she had finally turned around to see the bewildered look on
his face.
When suddenly he saw the image again.
"Stop the car!" he shouted loudly, but even before Shuro could slam the breaks, Yuuhi
had already unfastened his seatbelt and jumped out the door. His feet fell onto solid ground.
Cars screeched and honked their horns like crazy as Yuuhi darted across the traffic and
hit the crowd. He was sure this time, certain that he had seen Chidori, but where could she have
gone? He twisted his head in frustration, searching for a long brown haired girl. An image hits
him as he jerked his head wildly to the right. His body froze in absolute shock. While his jaws
dropped open.
His gaze was directed to a tall, straight haired girl, wearing a fuzzy, brown jacket. 'No
doubt about it,' he thought, 'This was Chidori. But how? She died three years ago!' he thought
bewildered.
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