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Chapter 2: Quilty Conscience

He stared at her lovingly as she picked wildflowers. Miaka learned fast of their costoms and none of the women have stopped running their mouths since they met her. Most people were drawn to the priestessess ditsy nature. They felt she needed to be protected.
Huiake could see others who have already saw her as a threat and hated her for no reason.

The seiryu warrior had watched over her all day. It was hard not to. Miaka was always getting into trouble. Sometimes it was annoying watching her and he wanted to slap some sense into her, but then she'd say something and Huiake would shake his head and walk behind her and her new friends.

"Huiake- kun!" Miaka tugged at his sleeve, "I think I have something important to do! Only, you know! I can' t remember!"

"Oh honey! Come over here and try this bread!" A women offered and the glutton quickly made her way over. She forgot things so easily when food was offered.

"What do you mean, Miaka?" He asked her when she came back for a brief moment.

She nodded and tried to explain, "Like I have someone important, more than one. . . I think it has something to do with. . . priestessess? I don' t know. Ooh! Yummy smells!" And she ran off again towards the sweet sensation clogging her nose. "Yummy yummy yummy! Food! So gooooood!"

Huiake chuckled. Then he thought more about to her words. Could it be the god or one of her friends are trying to reach her?

"Dear, shouldn' t you be gettin' Miaka home? It' s getting late." A woman told him. Huiake looked up to the sun going down and nodded. Collecting the sweet eating girl he took her to her "home." Maybe what she was talking about had nothing to do with her past. . .

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"Miaka. I miss you so much." Tamahome stated to the roof. He was close to sleeping, but he couldn't. Not yet.

"If we can connect to her maybe we can get to her!" Chirko added to the conversation going on.

"It might work, no da. I think we' ll have to channel our energies together." Chichiri spoke, "No da. . ."

"Let's try!"

Tamahome looked over at the other warriors,"Will it really work?"

"Don' t know until we try, no da!"

"Ya. . . Let' s try. . ." He repeated Tasuki' s earlier words.

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Amiboshi stared up in surprise. Miaka had snuck into his room.

"What are you doing here?" He asked gently.

"Uh. Guess I' m not that quiet! Ah hah hah hah!"

The seriyu warrior laughed with her. When their laughter died down the priestess pounced over to his bed. She plopped down besides him when Huaike move over to make some room.

"I' m still confused about everything I forgot!" Miaka squeaked.

"Maybe it' s best you forgot. . ."

"Now what' s that supposed to mean?"

He rubbed his face. Ever since she first said something about the priestess she had been making a nuiscance of herself running around asking about it. It was already bad enough that he felt so guilty, but with Miaka questioning people about it she might remember.

Her hair fell over her face as she bobbed up and down with surprising amounts of energy. "I' m waiting Huaike!"

"For what?" He teased her.

"Don' t be mean! You know something! I can tell!"

"Oh really? Is it something about you I know?"

"I don' t know! All I know is that you know something!" Miaka was close to jumping up and hopping around the room.

"I know only one thing." Huaike said slowly.

"What' s that?"

"This." He brushed his lips against hers. She pulled away fast.

"Why' d you do that?" Miaka gasped before going into shock.

"Miaka? Miaka!" Huiake called out to her before she came back to reality.

"Someone was calling me!" The priestess jumped on his lap, "Is that why I can' t remember anything? Because I hear voices?"

Huaike held her, "No. You' re not insane. " She calmed down a little, but went on talking.

"I think I have something important to do. I can' t stay here!"

"Please stay." He asked her.

"I- I can' t!" Miaka screamed.

His arms tightened around her, "Let me go with you. I know about your past, but it will take a couple of days to pack and we don' t know where to go- "

"Beijia! They said something about Beijia!"She tugged his sleeve.

"Calm down. It' s better if we rest now."

"But!"

"No. Sleep." Huaike ordered. Miaka cuddled up to him after turning down the offer for him to take her home. She didn' t want to be alone. She was so scared. He was there for her in the stories she heard from the others. Miaka could lean on him, right?

Drifting she felt the person she promised herself to before she lost her memories. She felt him and let go of the tie between them a little more.