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Chapter 3 Amnesia

The beach was peaceful today; seagulls flew in the distance, the horizon was clear, the water was a lovely transparent blue. Kid looked up from her sand doodles everynow and then to see the boy surface with a shell that he threw onto the black cloth onto the shore. It was about half an hour after Kid sat to observe him that the boy finally stopped looking for seashells and started walking to shore.

Kid was startled when she looked up again, realizing that the boy was now approaching her. She did not express any outward reactions however; she kept a stoic face and tilted her head out of curiosity. She felt a weird sensation inside of her. Fear, Anxiety, Happiness... and more emotions rushed to her and clashed together all at once, giving her a total reaction of her foot twitching from the tingling sensation.

The boy however, did not near her; rather, he went towards the collected shells and tied them up inside what Kid finally realized was his shirt. He stood in the same spot for a moment, looking around him aimlessly, as if he was taking in the view that he spent so much of his life in.

Finally, he shook his head to fling off the water that was hanging at the tips of his blue locks and walked towards where Kid was sitting. She had fascinated him, and he was wondering what she was doing there, sitting for so long in the same spot.

Kid pretended not to notice him advancing towards her, though her heart jumped at every step he took. She busied herself by writing an intricate character on the sand, the 22-stroke character of "kyou". She felt it fit the moment, considering it meant to be astonished.

When the blue haired boy had come within a few feet of her, he stopped and gave her a simple "Hello". Kid looked up and smiled at him and greeted him back with her accented "Oi". She knew she wasn't smiling out of courtesy, but rather; because she heard that familiar voice she's grown so accustomed to. He lingered standing for a moment before taking little inching steps towards her.

"I don't mean to be rude, but what are you doing here? I don't believe I've ever seen you before."

Kid forced herself to keep a smile and carry on a conversation with the boy to explain who she was and her purpose on the beach; fabricating a story about her comrades telling her that they had left a boat here and were unable to retrieve it because they had angered an old fisherman around the bay. The story had made both laugh, but Kid was trying her best not to feel the knocking on her heart that was telling her brain 'He doesn't remember you.'

After Kid was done explaining her purpose, the boy stood up realizing the time. "Oh, it's almost noon... I have to go back to Arni, I have to give these shells to someone."

Kid nodded at him, also standing up. "Arni? I have to go there to buy some things and a lunch. Mind if I come with you?"

The boy was already a few steps ahead when he turned around and smiled at her. "Sure, maybe my mom can make you something." He laughed and started walking again. Not long after, he turned around and bowed at her, "I'm sorry, I've been so rude; I didn't even introduce myself." Kid nodded at him as he stood up to his full height. "My name is Serge."

Kid resisted the urge to say 'I already knew that.' And nodded at him, "Me name's Kid. Nice to meet ya, mate."

Serge nodded and started walking towards Arni again with Kid just a few steps behind him.

The walk towards the village took more out of Kid than one would think. She hid it well though, for it was more of an emotional pain rather than physical. She had finally found out the truth, she now knew that the world where Serge was alive had dominated the one where he was dead; and that gave her a great relief. However, Kid felt an emptiness knowing that Serge didn't know who she was; and it worried her even more knowing Leena was with Serge in this reality, there was no getting around that.

The two entered Arni village with quite a distance between themselves. The old man at the gate greeted them and this time, Kid bowed at the old man and apologized for not acknowledging him earlier when she entered the village. The man nodded at her and assured her it was okay while Serge walked off and gave the shells to a little girl near the village restaurant.

Kid was already taking slow advancing steps towards him when suddenly the all too familiar vixen can rushing towards him and started to scold him.

"You're LATE! You were supposed to be here and HOUR ago!" Leena yelled at the boy. He didn't seem to care that much, for he was only walking towards his house, doing his best to ignore Leena, which in turned, angered her more. "Don't you ignore me! What took you so long!"

Serge stopped to calm her a bit and scratched his head, not quite sure what to say to her. He would've said that he stopped to chat with Kid, but he was smarter; he knew that would only further aggravate the already raging female. He was stuck and all he could do was slump and sigh.

Kid walk towards them, not quite knowing why; she knew Serge didn't remember her, but almost masochistically, she felt a need to be near him; no matter how much pain it caused her emotionally. Leena looked at her and raised an eyebrow.

"Well, hello again." She said in a stinging voice.

Kid looked at her and waved with an apathetic expression, and all was silent for a few moments. Serge felt the tension and broke the silence, "Oh, so you two have met?"

Leena sneered at Serge, almost as if she wanted to hit him for knowing Kid. "Yes, we met earlier this morning. She said that she was looking for someone that lived around here." Leena wrapped her arm around Serge's, as if showing Kid what was hers.

Serge ignored Leena's actions and looked at Kid, "Oh, I thought you were looking for your boat?"

Kid panicked and quickly made up another story; telling both of them that she was indeed looking for the boat and that the person she was looking for was the fisherman who was angered by her comrades. Serge seemed to accept the story pretty well, but Leena was a bit more stubborn, poking questions when she felt like Kid was lying, but eventually, Leena believed her story.

Kid shook her head, swaying the golden locks off her eyes and she looked up at the clear blue sky; not really knowing what to do next. Serge had gone inside his house with Leena and stayed for a few moments. Kid was unsure of what to do, but she felt it was rude if she just left. 'Then again, it was pretty rude o' them to leave me out here by m'self..." She paced a bit back and forth until she finally saw Leena emerge out of the levitated house, gave Kid a warning look and ran off towards the dock again. Serge also emerged soon after, this time with a nice white button-up shirt on; looking off at Leena's direction before walking briskly towards Kid, making his blue locks and white shirt flow with the wind.

The boy bowed and apologized for leaving her by herself, "My mom just made lunch, and she had made one for Leena, but she couldn't stay; So I thought instead of me eating it all, why not give one to you?"

Kid looked at him, not sure how to respond.

Serge blinked, "Err, what I'm saying is, would you like to have lunch?"

"Oh, uhm. Sure, mate." Kid nodded and kindly accepted, though she wasn't hungry. The excitement and anxiety she was experiencing earlier added to the indescribable mass of emotions she was feeling now had eliminated her hunger.

Serge nodded and ran back inside. Kid took her time to walk towards the house; looking up at the skies, seeing grey clouds forming quickly.

A/N: D: oh my god, this chapter is so below par with the others... I'm so sorry. Xx; Sorry if I'm updating too slow for you guys... I just don't wanna rush, ya? If I do, the chapters turn out craptastic. (Kind like this one... x x;; Sorry.) T T;; And I don't think you guys would like craptastic chapters that much. Thanks for reading and reviewing! I try to come out with good chapters as fast as I can! D: