Hey everyone! Sorry it took me so long to get this up but I have been really really busy and have just finished my finals so I will try to get another chappie up soon. I am truelly sorry but I did manage to get a few pics up! So check out the website I have listed on my user page thing ok! I have a pic of Sheena and what I think Sakura looks like! I love you guys!

Neko Aoki ( I will soon change my name to this)

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The last few hours seemed to take forever because the dance was just downstairs but it wasn't going to open till 6 o'clock. Sheena was very nervous and her almost 14-year-old self was freaking out. So as she stared at the clock she tried to relax but didn't succeed at all.

After the hours passed she and Sakura ran down the stairs and Sakura grabbed her arm and drug her over to the place to get the tickets.

As they waited in line Sheena noticed a large banner over the doorway that stated, "Welcome to Altamira's Annual Formal Dance!" then under that in a little bit smaller text was, "This event was sponsored by Mr. Bryant of Altamira's mining corp." She had no clue who he was but when she had been on the elemental railway she had always noticed they asked if she wanted to go to the mine. She had always answered no and she never had been there but she wondered who Mr. Bryant was. She expected some rich fat man who wore gaudy clothes and thought he was the biggest thing in the world but wasn't sure. She thought well Zelos isn't like that and he is more important, I don't know. Hmmm, maybe he is really handsome. When Sakura finally got the tickets she decided to drop it and she would probably eventually find out eventually anyway.

When they finally got in, everyone was waiting and not dancing and for that Sheena was thankful. She looked around to make sure she was dressed correctly for such an event, she came to a conclusion that yes she was. She glanced around at everyone and saw that the women were dressed in different arrays of kimonos, like herself, and a few were in elegant evening gowns. She then turned her head to the guys and noticed they were all in tuxedos and such. Wow, she thought, some of them are really hot. She also noticed a elegant bar serving sake and other liquor and the rest of the room was empty except for a small orchestra from which, she guessed, the music was going to come from. She looked at the orchestra again and her eye caught on a young pink-haired flute player, at first glance she looked like she had everything under control but Sheena noticed she kept glancing at a young blue-haired man. She laughed inwardly and realized she would be the same way also. She thought that they were a very cute couple and hoped that she and Zelos would be as close.

The orchestra started to warm up and so Sakura grabbed her arm, and as the orchestra started on the scales, and drug her off to the bathroom to check make-up. After Sakura was satisfied and had added about three more pounds of powder, eye shadow, mascara, and eyeliner (Blue on Sheena and black on herself), Sakura then drug her out of the bathroom and then they waited until the orchestra started playing.

They finally decided to play and it started out with a slow song. It was really good but Sheena was to nervous to dance. She tried to tell Sakura something but realized she wasn't there. She looked across the room but didn't see her so she decided to stay there and wait as she thought that it would be easier for Sakura to find her that way.

So after a couple songs she became bored so she looked around and noticed the girl who played the flute and saw her dancing with the guy with the blue hair. Hmm, she thought, I guess that she only wanted to play for a song or two and there were enough flutes to have her spared.

The girl was probably 15 and she was beautiful, she had flowing pink hair and was wearing a beautiful white wedding-like dress. Oh how she wished that she could be like that and love someone again. The couple moved across the dance floor with such grace that Sheena became very distracted.

"Hi," a tall mysterious man asked, "will you dance with me?"

"Ummm, sure I will but I don't know how to?" Sheena asked.

"That is ok, I will teach you," he said.

So he reached for her hands and put them on his shoulders then rested his own hands on her waist. He stepped over and then twirled her in circles. First he brought her over towards the bar then he twirled her over by the orchestra.

All of a sudden Sheena realized that there was a crowd gathering to watch them. At first she became nervous but then she realized that her guy would lead them through beautiful steps and was causing them to be the centers of attention. To Sheena's disappointment the song ended, so she thanked him and he offered her a drink.

"Sure! Maybe it would calm me down some," she replied.

Then, he not knowing she was underage, went to get them some sake.

She then wandered around until she found Sakura.

"Ahem," Sheena said, "I see you have a new 'friend'."

Sakura was making out with a rather hot guy. Sakura put her hand out with her pointer finger and held it up to show she would get to her in a minute. So as soon as she convinced him to get his tongue out of her throat she talked to Sheena.

"So how have you been?" Sakura said but her boy reached around her waist and kissed her on the cheek.

"Umm well-" Sheena said as her dancing partner came up behind her and put his arm around her and handed her drink to her.

"Ooof. Oh, hi hun," she said to him.

"Hi, so who is this?" Sakura said and then mouthed to Sheena "Damn he is so sexy!"

And he definitely was. She turned around and looked at him and noticed he wasn't wearing a tuxedo but instead he was wearing a almost Mizaho style shirt. It looked old in style but it was beautiful. It was a green velvet shirt with golden threads of ivy spreading across it and it crossed like a kimono but then it had a tie around the golden belt then black pants that were flowing and then beautiful boots that were leather with buckles on them.

"Well I am Yamamoto Mamoru which means earth and base of mountain. I am a student in Sybek." Mamoru said.

"Well thank you and I think I need some cool air and a minute alone," Sheena said.

Everyone's face made a slightly disappointed expression but they let her go.

So Sheena headed to the door that she had spied earlier when she and Mamoru were dancing. It went out on a balcony that no one was on except her self but she had brought out a couple drinks to calm her down.

She looked across the horizon and saw how beautiful the sea looked. She thought about her life and saw how pretty it was with the stars reflecting on the water, which for once was perfectly smooth like glass, and she was so amazed when she saw a few dolphins jumping out.

Then she gasped as someone's lips brushed her ear and she could feel his hair rest across the side of her face and he whispered, "Meet me at the Casino in a hour as no one will be there because of the dance."

Then she turned around and he wasn't there. So she decided to stay out there and stare at the sky for a while. Her mind kept wandering even though she was trying to focus on the sky and the sea but she couldn't stop thinking about how she would be seeing someone who knew her. She also thought about how wonderful his hair felt and how she could feel his skin. Then she wondered how Sakura was but decided she better find a way to get away without being noticed.

She waited for about forty-five more minutes and then tried to figure out how to get through the dance. She decided to walk around the edge in the middle of a song and tried to sneak out. She actually managed to and she was amazed that she was able to do so.

Then as soon as she was out of the room she ran at her full run all the way to the elemental railway and gasped out to the half-asleep man running it, "...Ple...please...take...me...to...the...cas...casino...thank...you."

So the guy lazily hit the button to go to the mine then he said, "Please hold on because someone called and wanted to get picked up to go to the dance from the mine."

So they went to the mine and picked up a rather rich looking man that seemed to also be in a hurry.

They finally got to the casino and she ran across the walkway and bursted through the door. Then she bent over because she felt like her lungs were about to split in half and she needed to catch her breath.

From the corner of the room a man watched her but gave her a chance to catch her breath. He flipped his red hair out of his face and grabbed her shoulder to steady her and to get her to stand up.

Sheena leaned into his body and then once she realized who he was she backed away. Then she started to cry and her knees gave out and she fell to the floor.

"I...I was hoping it was you," she sobbed,"but I didn't want to know why you didn't love me anymore."

"I can explain,"Zelos answered, "The pope found out about us and he told me I had a day before he would hurt me and probably, he didn't say this, but kill you if we weren't broken up. I just wanted to tell you I loved you and I knew you were in Altamira so I came here. I also wanted to explain to you I had to break up with you."

"I don't know if I can fully trust you but I still want to love you. I will take you back but I want you to know I am still hurting but I love you," Sheena said.

So Sheena then walked up to him and kissed him, but this time lightly and made Zelos feel like she didn't want him to have all of her right now because she didn't trust her. He was slightly mad but he knew he probably deserved it.

"Sheena, I didn't want to be so hurt so I decided to act like I was cheating instead of breaking up with you the right way and explaining it to you. I just wanted to say I am sorry and I wish I could change what I did but-"

Then Sheena kissed him, this time hard like he liked it. This took him by suprise and he fell back on the floor and she landed on top of him.

"Hehe. So sweet," a female voice said from behind them.

"Umm," Sheena said, "Sorry-SAKURA- what did, I mean, what are you doing here." Then Sheena noticed the guy behind her was Mamoru.

So she stood up and told him, "I have been in love with Zelos for years, and I just met you, but he had done something to me but he explained and now we are back together. I am sure you will someday find your own love."

"Well, he may already have," Sakura said, "I asked him if he would dance and he agreed and well we are now going out!"

"Well Mamoru and I are going back and if you want to you can, but Sheena here is the key to the room," Sakura said then she winked at Sheena and when Mamoru wasn't looking she even stuck her tongue out a little and smiled.

"So where were we?" Sheena asked coyly.

Then she kissed him and they made out for the rest of the night then returned to the dance at about 1 a.m. Then they danced to the last song and then returned to Sheena's hotel room to find Sakura in the bed (alone). So she and Zelos curled up on the couch and she snuggled up to him and soon fell asleep.

He stayed awake for a few hours and just watched her as she leaned against his chest. He wished that they could stay like that forever.

I hope you liked it and I will try to get the next one up soon!