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Chapter 9: Finding you
It was early dawn; the blotches of different shades were cast every which way, immersing everything in sight with melodic hues. The world, it seemed, was fixed in deep slumber still, yet it was apparent that one was not.
Perching on a balcony railing was a lone figure, casting her gaze solemnly to the colouring sky. She was many feet above the ground, yet she was neither shaking nor whimpering, looking simply unfazed and tranquil. Her face was silhouetted and therefore undistinguishable, but her auburn hair was visible, shimmering under the sun's gentle rays.
For a while there was not a sound, and time must have frozen in place, for only the subtle movements of the swaying branches and the occasional song of a stray bird could be heard or seen.
A sudden shrill ringing of her alarm clock rang from within the room behind her that was only accessible through the ornate balcony doors that were left slightly ajar. She turned toward the sudden sound, relieving her face to the light, seemingly unperturbed by the disturbance.
"7:00." She announced to no one in particular, realizing with hidden amazement that the sun had already risen without her distinct notice.
She sighed wearily, gracefully jumping off the railing in an elegant arch in the air before landing firmly on the balcony floor, not looking at the least bit ruffled. "Morning, Tenchi."
"Bryan." Tenchi smiled gently, watching as he sidled out through the door. "What are you doing up? I thought you slept late last night."
He shrugged in his usual gruff fashion, tilting his chin in her direction. "What about you?"
"Mm?"
She walked with heavy feet back into the hotel suite, suppressing a yawn. Bryan patted her on the shoulder sympathetically, "Tired, huh? You could get some last minute sleep in."
Tenchi refused, shaking her head dismissively, "I'm not tired at all. Really Bry." She hastened to add when he gave her one a sceptical look. "I'm going to go to the Stadium again."
Bryan paused in the middle of pouring water into an empty cup, blinking rapidly, "Tournament's tomorrow, huh?" She made an effort to hide her smile, and settled for clearing her throat instead.
"I think you guys had too much fun these days."
Bryan raised an eyebrow with almost wry amusement, handing her the cup of water he had just filled. "We enjoy training, if that's what you mean."
She shrugged, taking the cup gratefully, "Sure you guys train. But the rest of the day is spent fooling around Seoul, isn't it? I mean, how else would you almost forget that the tournament is tomorrow?"
Leaning against the wall, Bryan laughed, idly fingering the beyblade in his pocket out of habit. "We gotta have some fun, don't we? Besides, this place is alive 24/7, and as long as I'm not sleeping.."
Tenchi smiled widely, reaching for her coat on the rack, "I'm going to the stadium, you coming?"
~*~
Kesumi cleared her throat awkwardly as she took a sip of water, hiding her face into the cup. It was nerve racking to hear such silence, especially in a room inhabited by Tyson.
The Blade Breakers and Kesumi were seated in the private dining hall reserved for them in the hotel, enjoying a light breakfast of soup and bread. It was unusual however, for the atmosphere to be so tense and quiet; the only noises made were the clinking of glass and utensils.
It seemed that everyone was holding something back: Tyson in particular, was restraining himself from consuming his food with his usual gusto.
He felt strangely strained to be eating food with such forced manners. It was important though, Kenny had warned, that they give Kesumi and Kai time to sort out their arguments from last night - or whatever else happened.
When they had rushed upstairs, expecting to see a very livid Kai and a sobbing Kesumi, they were immensely aghast - there was no other word for their colossal shock - to find them asleep.
But what was even 'weirder' was the fact that Kesumi was sleeping on Kai's bed, with their stoic captain leaning against the bed post by her side.
Kai had not acknowledged them when the door had opened, and the Blade Breakers had assumed then, that he was either asleep or extremely angry and did not want to be disturbed. It didn't seem too much appealing to interrupt him at that moment, so Ray bunked with Kenny, Tyson and Max that night.
The next morning, Kai was seen in the training room, as was expected, with Kesumi still tucked soundly in bed.
They were confused and desperate to know what had transpired the night before, but were nowhere near confused or desperate enough to vex their captain. Tomorrow was tournament day, after all.
Kesumi sighed dramatically, suddenly aware that her sigh seemed a lot louder than it should sound, feeling sheepish as all eyes turned to her. She breathed in deeply, might as well try to break the ice now that I've got their attention. "Um, good morning?"
Okay, so that didn't come out as well as I'd wanted..
As if her words had broken some invisible barrier, the boys responded immediately, engaging themselves with laughter and chatter as they did every day. "Morning!"
"Good morning."
"Hey, pass the rice, Max."
"Thanks."
Kai was silent, and Kesumi poked him with her finger, "Why aren't you talking?"
The room froze again. Max, in mid laughter clamped his mouth shut, Kenny stared wide eyed, Ray gulped loudly, and Tyson's fork which was halfway to his mouth, dropped to the table with a clatter.
"What? What's going on?" Kesumi blinked with curiosity and surprise.
"Nothing."
"Right, um, nothing." They resumed their eating, avoiding each other's eyes as they did so. Kai raised an eyebrow; Kesumi scowled.
What the heck?
Still frowning, Kesumi started with her salad, poking the onions to the side of the dish with her fork, while she piled the things that she would actually eat into the middle.
"Eat all of it."
She pouted at her brother who watched her with heavy amusement. "You know I hate onions! Please, can I not eat them?"
Kai shook his head, "Take some of it out then, but eat the rest."
She smiled brightly, proceeding to extract the rest of the rest of the onions to the side.
"Kessy, I said some of it."
Before she could protest, she lifted her head from her plate, feeling many pairs of eyes on her. Kesumi frowned at the frozen group of boys - minus Kai - who were staring at them with mingled shock and disbelief.
She snapped, "What now?"
Ray cleared his throat, approaching the topic gently, "Well.yesterday..you know. Um we thought that you guys were um..mad and...mad at each other.the fight and stuff?" He reddened, knowing that he didn't make much sense.
Kesumi shook her head, "What? Why would I be mad at Kai?"
Tyson wailed, "You and Kai had that fight yesterday, remember?"
"Huh? Oh...*that* fight.." She launched into her story. "It's quite interesting really. Okay so I was travelling around the world to find Kai - my long lost brother - and then I find him with you guys. He somehow forgot that I'm his sister and then we had an argument yesterday about that and then he falls to the floor - "
"I did not fall on the floor!" Kai mumbled indignantly.
"Right, you almost fell to the floor. Anyways, he fell to the floor outside the hotel and he suddenly remembered that I'm his sister. Then boom! Here we are!" Kesumi grinned widely, "Isn't it cool?"
Ray, Max, Tyson and Kenny blanched; it was Tyson who voiced what all of them were thinking right at that moment, "I don't get it!"
Kai smirked.
~*~
It was sometime later when Kai had freed himself and his sister from his bewildered team mates, taking the chance to give her - and himself - a quick tour of the Stadium. He hadn't been able to inspect as thoroughly as he would've liked on his last visit there.
Through the front entrance, their guide took them around to see all the tournament arenas, making Kesumi gasp and marvel at the sheer size and elegance of the place.
On the way to one particular arena, he saw a flash of red hair, making him do a double take. It was that girl! "Kesumi, you and the guide go off without me for a while, okay? I've got to check something."
He sprinted off towards the disappearing figure, and almost as if she had sensed that she was being chased, she began to hasten her pace. Kai cursed, she was already far enough, did she have to make it so damn hard?
That girl had been nagging at his mind ever since he had given her a first glance. The mere memory of her face kept teasing at a part of his past that he couldn't seem to decipher the meaning of. He had finally found Kesumi and was regaining some lost memories ever since, but it still seemed that there was too much of his life that he hadn't known. He felt so guilty for not remembering his own sister, and felt so tired of being unable to remember his own life. And his guilt, his weariness swallowed him whole.
Kai had to figure out what was so *right* about this girl. He just felt it when their eyes had met, that feeling as if he had known her from somewhere.
He shook his head, I could be just feeling like this because I'm so desperate for the truth now...maybe it's just the need to know about my past that is making me so irrational. Despite his doubt, he didn't stop running.
"Wait!"
She halted abruptly in front of him with her back turned, only 5 feet away.
"Yes?"
He suddenly realized that he had no idea what to say to her. "You just..seemed familiar to me. Have we met?" Oh yes, a wonderful start to a conversation, Kai thought to himself dryly.
But he felt distracted...her eyes, they were so...blue.
"I - don't think so."
She had a gentle musical voice; he had heard her voice in his memory before. He was so sure..
"What's your name then?"
She seemed to hesitate, "I'm..Cecile."
Cecile? Kai frowned, that didn't seem right. It didn't *fit* her. He shook his head, maybe she wasn't....
She walked away and he watched her go, feeling a sudden grief so great, that it made his mind contort in withering pain.
Then as the girl rounded the corner, she turned back to give him an unreadable stare. He seemed suddenly struck by her eyes, and then, everything went black.
~*~
"Why Princess Cecile of the Skies! How wonderful of you to join me!" Kesumi giggled, "Please sit down and have your tea."
Cecile sat down regally as she replied in a soft French accent, "Thank you for the invitation, Princess Nicolette of the Forests, and yes, I would do well with some tea."
Tenchi stifled a laugh, determined to maintain a composed behaviour. She accepted a cup from Kesumi/Nicolette, brewing a cup full of tea in her imagination. "This is just wonderful, Princess Nicolette!"
The girls burst out with giggles through a mouthful of water, alarming both Kai and Tala from their game of 'go fish'. "You two are going to choke on that water, you two are!" Tala raised an eyebrow as their giggling turned into laughter, turning to Kai in dismay.
"They never listen to me."
Kai grinned, "'S okay, Tala. Don't take it too personally."
"So you two Princesses going to come and play go fish with us, or not?" Tala frowned, taking away their cups quickly in case they spilt water all over the carpet.
"Go Fish? We princesses don't play such common games!" Kesumi thrust her chin into the air, dissolving into a fit of hysterical laughter. Tenchi sobered enough to say, "Maybe just one round."
She extended her hand down to the younger girl, "Shall we, Princess Nicolette?"
Kesumi grinned, "We shall, Princess Cecile."
Kai and Tala rolled their eyes.
~*~
He breathed heavily, opening his eyes slowly to find everything swimming in his vision. He closed them quickly again, feeling the nausea build up in his chest.
"Kai?" It was a girl's voice, so soft and musical.
It wasn't Kesumi's, he thought abstractedly. His mind was in a mass of hazy mist still, and it impossible for him to think straight. "Tenchi...Tala..Kesumi..."
He forced his eyes to open this time, and he blinked to clear the blurriness from his sight, thankful for the touch of cold cloth on his forehead.
It was Tenchi. No, Cecile. *Cecile*. He struggled to sit up, but he was baffled to find that he couldn't.
"No, please. Stay still."
He looked at her, and while meaning to ask 'where am I', he said, "How'd you know my name?"
She looked horrified for a brief second, but that expression passed by so quickly he almost missed it. "I - I saw you on television. In case you haven't noticed, you're a bit famous, you know."
Tenchi - damn why the hell was he calling her Tenchi?! - Cecile avoided his gaze, continuing to dab his head with the damp cloth. "Right."
He wanted to survey his surroundings, never feeling more vulnerable than at that moment, but his stomach was threatening to throw out his breakfast if he made even the slightest movement with his eyes. To his relief, she answered his unasked question, "You're in the Stadium's hospital. You fell unconscious...and kept muttering names."
He frowned. I fell unconscious? How embarrassing.
"Well not really unconscious, but you were really close to it."
He expelled a secret breath. "What was I saying?" He had had one of those memory flashbacks from his past again, but he couldn't remember exactly...the details were so vague..
"Names? Oh um..for your sister, Kesumi."
"That's all?" Kai raised an eyebrow, he could've sworn that there were two more or so...
She nodded firmly, and he let it go with reluctance, realizing for the first time since he had awoken that there was something soft and warm covering his hand. He looked down, finding her hand resting gently on top of his. He cleared his throat.
Her eyes widened to the size of saucers, and she retracted her hand immediately, blushing so furiously that he would've almost smiled had it not been for the thumping pain in his head. Kai watched her with a bemused sort of look; her blush was so familiar.
"Um I'll just be going now, since, you know...hope you get better soon."
"Stay. Please. I just want a moment to talk, if that's okay." What the heck was he doing? He wasn't good with talking to people.
But then...talking to her..it seemed natural..and different.
Tenchi - damn it Kai, he growled inwardly, it's Cecile! - shuffled her feet hesitantly, pushing her stool as far away as possible from his bedside, nodding her consent. "Sure."
"First, I wanted to ask you...how did you know that Kesumi was my sister?"
~*~
Hehehehe!!! Another weird chapter, no? In case you guys haven't noticed, the plot is only beginning to unfold so if you think that Kesumi finding her brother would be it, well..you have a whole lot more on your plate than you think! The next chapter is extremely important so I advise you guys not to simply skim through it. Besides, it's tournament day! Lol. Thanks for reading, R/R!
anonymous: *huggles anonymous reviewer* thank you so much for your reviews!
Mizu: As always, a wonderful supporter! Thanks for being so positive. Anyways, can't wait to start on our fanfic!! I have a lot of ideas..lol! Make sure you leave me your e-mail address..I should have it somewhere already...but I think I kind of lost it! *sheepish*
AznAngel: Oh yay! A new reader! Hope you enjoy this chapter..and sorry for the cliff-hanger! Aren't I evil???
Miekkie: Aww don't hate me..hehe..I updated, see?
Jessie: Wow, trembling with excitement? I didn't know that this was *that* exciting! Lol, thx.
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Chapter 9: Finding you
It was early dawn; the blotches of different shades were cast every which way, immersing everything in sight with melodic hues. The world, it seemed, was fixed in deep slumber still, yet it was apparent that one was not.
Perching on a balcony railing was a lone figure, casting her gaze solemnly to the colouring sky. She was many feet above the ground, yet she was neither shaking nor whimpering, looking simply unfazed and tranquil. Her face was silhouetted and therefore undistinguishable, but her auburn hair was visible, shimmering under the sun's gentle rays.
For a while there was not a sound, and time must have frozen in place, for only the subtle movements of the swaying branches and the occasional song of a stray bird could be heard or seen.
A sudden shrill ringing of her alarm clock rang from within the room behind her that was only accessible through the ornate balcony doors that were left slightly ajar. She turned toward the sudden sound, relieving her face to the light, seemingly unperturbed by the disturbance.
"7:00." She announced to no one in particular, realizing with hidden amazement that the sun had already risen without her distinct notice.
She sighed wearily, gracefully jumping off the railing in an elegant arch in the air before landing firmly on the balcony floor, not looking at the least bit ruffled. "Morning, Tenchi."
"Bryan." Tenchi smiled gently, watching as he sidled out through the door. "What are you doing up? I thought you slept late last night."
He shrugged in his usual gruff fashion, tilting his chin in her direction. "What about you?"
"Mm?"
She walked with heavy feet back into the hotel suite, suppressing a yawn. Bryan patted her on the shoulder sympathetically, "Tired, huh? You could get some last minute sleep in."
Tenchi refused, shaking her head dismissively, "I'm not tired at all. Really Bry." She hastened to add when he gave her one a sceptical look. "I'm going to go to the Stadium again."
Bryan paused in the middle of pouring water into an empty cup, blinking rapidly, "Tournament's tomorrow, huh?" She made an effort to hide her smile, and settled for clearing her throat instead.
"I think you guys had too much fun these days."
Bryan raised an eyebrow with almost wry amusement, handing her the cup of water he had just filled. "We enjoy training, if that's what you mean."
She shrugged, taking the cup gratefully, "Sure you guys train. But the rest of the day is spent fooling around Seoul, isn't it? I mean, how else would you almost forget that the tournament is tomorrow?"
Leaning against the wall, Bryan laughed, idly fingering the beyblade in his pocket out of habit. "We gotta have some fun, don't we? Besides, this place is alive 24/7, and as long as I'm not sleeping.."
Tenchi smiled widely, reaching for her coat on the rack, "I'm going to the stadium, you coming?"
~*~
Kesumi cleared her throat awkwardly as she took a sip of water, hiding her face into the cup. It was nerve racking to hear such silence, especially in a room inhabited by Tyson.
The Blade Breakers and Kesumi were seated in the private dining hall reserved for them in the hotel, enjoying a light breakfast of soup and bread. It was unusual however, for the atmosphere to be so tense and quiet; the only noises made were the clinking of glass and utensils.
It seemed that everyone was holding something back: Tyson in particular, was restraining himself from consuming his food with his usual gusto.
He felt strangely strained to be eating food with such forced manners. It was important though, Kenny had warned, that they give Kesumi and Kai time to sort out their arguments from last night - or whatever else happened.
When they had rushed upstairs, expecting to see a very livid Kai and a sobbing Kesumi, they were immensely aghast - there was no other word for their colossal shock - to find them asleep.
But what was even 'weirder' was the fact that Kesumi was sleeping on Kai's bed, with their stoic captain leaning against the bed post by her side.
Kai had not acknowledged them when the door had opened, and the Blade Breakers had assumed then, that he was either asleep or extremely angry and did not want to be disturbed. It didn't seem too much appealing to interrupt him at that moment, so Ray bunked with Kenny, Tyson and Max that night.
The next morning, Kai was seen in the training room, as was expected, with Kesumi still tucked soundly in bed.
They were confused and desperate to know what had transpired the night before, but were nowhere near confused or desperate enough to vex their captain. Tomorrow was tournament day, after all.
Kesumi sighed dramatically, suddenly aware that her sigh seemed a lot louder than it should sound, feeling sheepish as all eyes turned to her. She breathed in deeply, might as well try to break the ice now that I've got their attention. "Um, good morning?"
Okay, so that didn't come out as well as I'd wanted..
As if her words had broken some invisible barrier, the boys responded immediately, engaging themselves with laughter and chatter as they did every day. "Morning!"
"Good morning."
"Hey, pass the rice, Max."
"Thanks."
Kai was silent, and Kesumi poked him with her finger, "Why aren't you talking?"
The room froze again. Max, in mid laughter clamped his mouth shut, Kenny stared wide eyed, Ray gulped loudly, and Tyson's fork which was halfway to his mouth, dropped to the table with a clatter.
"What? What's going on?" Kesumi blinked with curiosity and surprise.
"Nothing."
"Right, um, nothing." They resumed their eating, avoiding each other's eyes as they did so. Kai raised an eyebrow; Kesumi scowled.
What the heck?
Still frowning, Kesumi started with her salad, poking the onions to the side of the dish with her fork, while she piled the things that she would actually eat into the middle.
"Eat all of it."
She pouted at her brother who watched her with heavy amusement. "You know I hate onions! Please, can I not eat them?"
Kai shook his head, "Take some of it out then, but eat the rest."
She smiled brightly, proceeding to extract the rest of the rest of the onions to the side.
"Kessy, I said some of it."
Before she could protest, she lifted her head from her plate, feeling many pairs of eyes on her. Kesumi frowned at the frozen group of boys - minus Kai - who were staring at them with mingled shock and disbelief.
She snapped, "What now?"
Ray cleared his throat, approaching the topic gently, "Well.yesterday..you know. Um we thought that you guys were um..mad and...mad at each other.the fight and stuff?" He reddened, knowing that he didn't make much sense.
Kesumi shook her head, "What? Why would I be mad at Kai?"
Tyson wailed, "You and Kai had that fight yesterday, remember?"
"Huh? Oh...*that* fight.." She launched into her story. "It's quite interesting really. Okay so I was travelling around the world to find Kai - my long lost brother - and then I find him with you guys. He somehow forgot that I'm his sister and then we had an argument yesterday about that and then he falls to the floor - "
"I did not fall on the floor!" Kai mumbled indignantly.
"Right, you almost fell to the floor. Anyways, he fell to the floor outside the hotel and he suddenly remembered that I'm his sister. Then boom! Here we are!" Kesumi grinned widely, "Isn't it cool?"
Ray, Max, Tyson and Kenny blanched; it was Tyson who voiced what all of them were thinking right at that moment, "I don't get it!"
Kai smirked.
~*~
It was sometime later when Kai had freed himself and his sister from his bewildered team mates, taking the chance to give her - and himself - a quick tour of the Stadium. He hadn't been able to inspect as thoroughly as he would've liked on his last visit there.
Through the front entrance, their guide took them around to see all the tournament arenas, making Kesumi gasp and marvel at the sheer size and elegance of the place.
On the way to one particular arena, he saw a flash of red hair, making him do a double take. It was that girl! "Kesumi, you and the guide go off without me for a while, okay? I've got to check something."
He sprinted off towards the disappearing figure, and almost as if she had sensed that she was being chased, she began to hasten her pace. Kai cursed, she was already far enough, did she have to make it so damn hard?
That girl had been nagging at his mind ever since he had given her a first glance. The mere memory of her face kept teasing at a part of his past that he couldn't seem to decipher the meaning of. He had finally found Kesumi and was regaining some lost memories ever since, but it still seemed that there was too much of his life that he hadn't known. He felt so guilty for not remembering his own sister, and felt so tired of being unable to remember his own life. And his guilt, his weariness swallowed him whole.
Kai had to figure out what was so *right* about this girl. He just felt it when their eyes had met, that feeling as if he had known her from somewhere.
He shook his head, I could be just feeling like this because I'm so desperate for the truth now...maybe it's just the need to know about my past that is making me so irrational. Despite his doubt, he didn't stop running.
"Wait!"
She halted abruptly in front of him with her back turned, only 5 feet away.
"Yes?"
He suddenly realized that he had no idea what to say to her. "You just..seemed familiar to me. Have we met?" Oh yes, a wonderful start to a conversation, Kai thought to himself dryly.
But he felt distracted...her eyes, they were so...blue.
"I - don't think so."
She had a gentle musical voice; he had heard her voice in his memory before. He was so sure..
"What's your name then?"
She seemed to hesitate, "I'm..Cecile."
Cecile? Kai frowned, that didn't seem right. It didn't *fit* her. He shook his head, maybe she wasn't....
She walked away and he watched her go, feeling a sudden grief so great, that it made his mind contort in withering pain.
Then as the girl rounded the corner, she turned back to give him an unreadable stare. He seemed suddenly struck by her eyes, and then, everything went black.
~*~
"Why Princess Cecile of the Skies! How wonderful of you to join me!" Kesumi giggled, "Please sit down and have your tea."
Cecile sat down regally as she replied in a soft French accent, "Thank you for the invitation, Princess Nicolette of the Forests, and yes, I would do well with some tea."
Tenchi stifled a laugh, determined to maintain a composed behaviour. She accepted a cup from Kesumi/Nicolette, brewing a cup full of tea in her imagination. "This is just wonderful, Princess Nicolette!"
The girls burst out with giggles through a mouthful of water, alarming both Kai and Tala from their game of 'go fish'. "You two are going to choke on that water, you two are!" Tala raised an eyebrow as their giggling turned into laughter, turning to Kai in dismay.
"They never listen to me."
Kai grinned, "'S okay, Tala. Don't take it too personally."
"So you two Princesses going to come and play go fish with us, or not?" Tala frowned, taking away their cups quickly in case they spilt water all over the carpet.
"Go Fish? We princesses don't play such common games!" Kesumi thrust her chin into the air, dissolving into a fit of hysterical laughter. Tenchi sobered enough to say, "Maybe just one round."
She extended her hand down to the younger girl, "Shall we, Princess Nicolette?"
Kesumi grinned, "We shall, Princess Cecile."
Kai and Tala rolled their eyes.
~*~
He breathed heavily, opening his eyes slowly to find everything swimming in his vision. He closed them quickly again, feeling the nausea build up in his chest.
"Kai?" It was a girl's voice, so soft and musical.
It wasn't Kesumi's, he thought abstractedly. His mind was in a mass of hazy mist still, and it impossible for him to think straight. "Tenchi...Tala..Kesumi..."
He forced his eyes to open this time, and he blinked to clear the blurriness from his sight, thankful for the touch of cold cloth on his forehead.
It was Tenchi. No, Cecile. *Cecile*. He struggled to sit up, but he was baffled to find that he couldn't.
"No, please. Stay still."
He looked at her, and while meaning to ask 'where am I', he said, "How'd you know my name?"
She looked horrified for a brief second, but that expression passed by so quickly he almost missed it. "I - I saw you on television. In case you haven't noticed, you're a bit famous, you know."
Tenchi - damn why the hell was he calling her Tenchi?! - Cecile avoided his gaze, continuing to dab his head with the damp cloth. "Right."
He wanted to survey his surroundings, never feeling more vulnerable than at that moment, but his stomach was threatening to throw out his breakfast if he made even the slightest movement with his eyes. To his relief, she answered his unasked question, "You're in the Stadium's hospital. You fell unconscious...and kept muttering names."
He frowned. I fell unconscious? How embarrassing.
"Well not really unconscious, but you were really close to it."
He expelled a secret breath. "What was I saying?" He had had one of those memory flashbacks from his past again, but he couldn't remember exactly...the details were so vague..
"Names? Oh um..for your sister, Kesumi."
"That's all?" Kai raised an eyebrow, he could've sworn that there were two more or so...
She nodded firmly, and he let it go with reluctance, realizing for the first time since he had awoken that there was something soft and warm covering his hand. He looked down, finding her hand resting gently on top of his. He cleared his throat.
Her eyes widened to the size of saucers, and she retracted her hand immediately, blushing so furiously that he would've almost smiled had it not been for the thumping pain in his head. Kai watched her with a bemused sort of look; her blush was so familiar.
"Um I'll just be going now, since, you know...hope you get better soon."
"Stay. Please. I just want a moment to talk, if that's okay." What the heck was he doing? He wasn't good with talking to people.
But then...talking to her..it seemed natural..and different.
Tenchi - damn it Kai, he growled inwardly, it's Cecile! - shuffled her feet hesitantly, pushing her stool as far away as possible from his bedside, nodding her consent. "Sure."
"First, I wanted to ask you...how did you know that Kesumi was my sister?"
~*~
Hehehehe!!! Another weird chapter, no? In case you guys haven't noticed, the plot is only beginning to unfold so if you think that Kesumi finding her brother would be it, well..you have a whole lot more on your plate than you think! The next chapter is extremely important so I advise you guys not to simply skim through it. Besides, it's tournament day! Lol. Thanks for reading, R/R!
