"What happeded!" said Takoso to herself. "Did Kai...? No, he wouldent."
Takoso changed into her clothes and walked into the boys hotel room. Everyone was sleeping except Kai. Takoso tip toed over to the window seat Kai was sitting on and sat down next to him. He seamed to be thinking hard. Takoso peered under his arm to see his face. He had on his naturel poker face. Kai looked down at her like he was a little sad. Takoso was instently worried, but he pulled her into his arms and they say with eachother for a few minutes looking out the window. Then Chison came into the room. He was acting happy, but instintly soured when he saw Kai and Takoso in eachothers arms. Takoso said good morning, and slid out of Kai's arms to sit next to him. Chison said g'morning and said,
"I like your shirt, 'Koso-chan, How'd you sleep? Good dreams I hope!"
Takoso nodded slowely and said to Kai,
"I'll order room service for breakfast...What d'ya want?"
"I'll have pankakes and orange juice." Said Kai.
She looked at Chison who said,
"How about toast, jam, and a water."
She nodded, and went to Tyson and shook him gently. He turned over and Takoso asked what he wanted for breakfast. He wanted eggs, toast, and an orange juice. Then she went on to everyone else including Kenny in the new room. She sat on the Max's bed, because it was by the phone, and called,
"Hello room service? Yes, I'd like to order some breakfast for rooms 154, 155 and 156...Ya...O.K...2 orders of eggs...5 orders of toast...2 orders of pankakes...Um, hold on a sec..." She put her hand over the reciver. "Kai, do you want bluberry, normal, or rasberry pankakes?"
"Blueberry." He said smiling.
"yes, are you there?...O.K... both blueberry...then an order of biscutts and gravy...then an order of hash browns and the omlette...For drinks I would like 3 waters, 2 orange juices...an aple juice, and a Dr. Pepper... K...10 minutes...Thanks! bye."
Kai laughed as she sat back up on the window seat with him.
"Maybe you should become a secratary when you get older." He said.
Takoso pushed him playfully. there was a knock at the door and Takoso answered it. It was an advertisement for the Lina Mikado Ball today. She showed it to everyone else and Max said,
"Why don't we go? It's formal or semi-formal, but it'll still be fun."
They all agreed they would go at 7:00 p.m.
When breakfast came, they ate in silence. Hilary arived when they finished and Takoso took her to go shopping for dresses. All the guys went off to search for something to whare, and also to get dates.
Takoso and Hilary at the mall
For Hilary they had chosen a short black dress, with a black silk belt around it, with a diamond rose corsett on the belt. Chandalire earings and Black high heeled shoes. Takoso already had her dress, so they sat outside at on the balcany overlooking the indoor skater park. They were talking about the ball.
"You'll totally go with Kai, so you have nothing to be worried about, but who am I gunna go with?" Groned Hilary.
"Tyson of course, I know you like him." Takoso scrunched up her face. "But I don't know why..." Takoso laughed.
"Well, we just have different tastes in boys...Like I cant fathom why you like Kai, he's so quiet..." Said Hilary.
Takoso laughed.
"So unlike Tyson!"
They laughed together as they finished their cookies and watched the skateboarders. One of the boys walked up the stairs to Takoso and Hilary. It was Chison. He took off his helmet and sat on a stool next to Takoso.
"There are some pretty good boarders out there, huh?" He asked.
Takoso nodded, still surprised that Chison had been here for so long without her noticing. Chison turned to Takoso.
"Hey, do you wanna go to the dance as my date?"
Takoso almost choked on her cookie.
"Um...Excuse me?"
Chison laughed.
"You heard me."
He smiled, so sure she would say yes. Takoso hated that.
"Sorry, but I think I'm going with Kai..."
Chison looked mildly surprised, alomst as if it was played.
"I would never have asked you before, sorry."
Takoso nodded and Chison left. You could almost see flames rising from him shoulders. Hilary laughed as Chison twiched as he walked away.
The boys after they got their clothes, they're walking around the mall
"Hey Tyson, you gunna ask Hilary to the dance?" Asked Max.
Tyson blushed a little and said,
"Ya, I think I am...Who are you gunna ask?"
Max looked a little discouraged than said,
"I don't really know...I'll probably just ask a girl I see here. Who are you gunna ask Ray?"
"I'm gunna go with Mariha. She's in town, and I alraidy asked her if she would go with me, and she said yes...Who do you think Chison's gunna ask?"
"He seems to like Takoso, but she's TOTALLY taken." Said Max.
"Kenny doesent even wanna go..." Tyson pouted.
Max shrugged as they walked through the crowded mall.
Back to Hilary and Takoso.
Hilary and Takoso were now walking to the hotel to get ready for the dance, it was 3:00. As they got to the hotel, they went into Takoso's room, and locked the door. They first got in the shower, and washed their hair, that took an hour. They Takoso did Hilarys hair, Whick took half an hour. Then Hilary did Takoso's, wich took 45 minutes. Then they put on a little make up and jewlry wich took a half an hour. When they had and hour left they heard the boys arrive to get ready. They laughed and rolled their eyes. Then it took them 45 minutes to get dressed. Just as they finished The boys knocked on the door. Takoso opeded up the door, Tyson and Kai were in the door way. They gasped when they saw her. She had a little rose color on her cheeks, wich Kai had guessed to be excitment, and her face was absolutely glowing. She told them to come in. Tyson and Kai sat on the bed as Takoso went to get Hilary. Hilary came in and sat down on the bed, head down, trying to hide her blush. Kai stood up and took Takoso's hand and pulled her to the door leading to the hall leaving Tyson and Hilary alone. Tyson sat on the side of Hilary.
"Um...You wanna go to the dance as my date?" He asked shyly.
Hilary looked up happy and nodded.
"O.K."
So Tyson offered his arm and they walked into the boys hotel room. When Takoso and Kai were in the hallway, Kai asked her,
"So, do you wanna go with me to the dance?"
"Of course!" She said giggling. "Who else whould I go with?"
Kai shrugged and they walked into the room again.
As they are ariving at the dance
Takoso and Kai walked in first, hand in hand. Then Tyson and Hilary, then Ray and Mariah, then Max and his date Skye. They all walked over to the siting area. Tyson offered Hilary his hand and they stood to go dance. Ray then Max did the same thing. Kai looked at Takoso. She said,
"No, not yet, lets go in a few minutes...All that's playing is old fogey music, they said that the D.J. would put in some good music at 7:15."
She looked at her watch and showed it to Kai. It was 7:10. He laughed.
"I'm a terrible dancer, I just wanted to see if you felt left out 'cause everyone else was going to dance."
"Nah," She leaned against him on the couch. "I could never feel left out when I'm with you."
He stroked her face just as Chison came strutting up to the couch and sat down next to Takoso.
"Hey 'Koso-chan, wanna dance?"
"No thanks, cant you see I'm with Kai?"
He looked truely angered, then said,
"Is all you care about Kai!"
Suddenly the room froze, literaly. Everyone stoped motion, and the only people not frozen in time were Chison and Takoso. She looked around slowely, taking in all around her. She looked at Chison who was crying silently looking at her with pain.
"What's wrong! You want to know what is WRONG!"
The sky outside got dark, and it started to rain hard, and thunder rolled.
"I tryed to save you from having to become a Makinoyashi...I risked my life to save you from all this pain you've had to endure...And you ask me whats WRONG?"
Takoso was taken back. She didn't even remember her first life. Nothing at all of it. Some of her past lives she remembered, others nothing. Like in the beginning of this life, she had no clue that she was borne an orphan, more like created a child by Akisa. So how could Chison, whom she'd never met before know her in her first life. She thought only Makinoyhashi's were reincarnated. Chisons arm was suddenly chared and black. Takoso took it all in.
"Chison...A-are you the boy with gold eyes and black hair from my dreams?"
Chison nodded,
"I thought you would figure it out by now! I am going to kill Kai now, and we can live happily like we were meant to in your first life!"
Takoso bristled,
"You will not kill Kai! I love him not you!"
Chison's face got shadowed by a giant black figure behind him. The figure had long silky ears and a short spikey black tail. Takoso remembered tales of Gods and demons from Akisa's stories. Chison looked like he was in mental and physical pain. He put his head in his hands. Like Chison, Takoso also had a great being to help her. Akisa came up behind her and put her palm on her forehead, trigering a flashback.
Takoso was overlooking a great blue lake. She recognized it from her past life as a water nymoh and wherewolf. She was in her water nyph form with wherewolf ears and tail. A boy wherewolf came up to calling,
"Nisuna! Nisuna! Come quickly, they are burning your home!"
She ran as fast as she could, but Nisuna got there to late. The wherewolf clan of yamabuki had killed her parents and burned her home. The clan had always hated her family and her because her father was a great wherewolf, high in the pack, and her mother was a water nymph, next in line for the throne. They had married in secret and had Nisuna. The pack leader was only 17, but was a great warrior, and had fallen in love with the traitor wherewolfs half nymph daughter. He could not have her, so he had wanted no one to have her if he couldent. Nisuna had remembered that the pack leader in love with her had stood like Chison with a shadowed greif stricken face and a great black figure behind him. The pack leader ordered the pack to kill Nisuna. She tried to calm the pack leader. She took his hands in hers and cried with him, her tears were supposed to create new life, like the prophecy told her,
The live forever maiden
with the life restoring tear
fear and morning shaden
yet their always learking near
the opposite of her soull will help her in her wake
the loving hating relationship of their make
many a deception lay awaiting their kiss
many a love she shall miss
but o' live forever maiden
who's bed shall you be laiden?
a chid is bourne
filling her with regretfull scorn
you must rise over your pain
to help this child and the man of your bed lain
If the live forever maiden does not take her baby
the stars shall die, falling over the haiting
a new world shall be be bourne by your own kin
all because of your little sin
she'll destroy the world her head hung low
all by a raven haired Deshou
maybe a child of wind
will love the child you have sinned
his earth colored hair tossed by the air
shading his love and care
go live forever maiden,
make haste to the west
but this shall be a dangerous quest
bring together fire,water, and moon
earth, wind, light, dark, very soon
to help the lost little one
help her save the world and like her mother become
But her tears and soft hands did not help him. The black figure had pressured his mind to and body to kill her. But the pack leader truley did love the half nymph. When he opened his eyes, the figure disapated, and he was free again. The pack leaders name was Nakamen. He looked at Nisuna with love, but the nymoh had no feelings for Nakamen. Just to keep her life, she married him and they had a little girl. The girl had green skin and webed fingers of the water, and the ears and tail of the wherewolfs. Both clans loved the little child. She had black hair and blue eyes like her father, and the soft, beautiful features of her mother. She was a sweet child and her parents loved her very much. Nisuna would die for her baby girl, but she had loved another and not Nakamen, a male nymph named Ryoka who was her friend from birth. They had both been in love for a long time, and they were almost inseprable before Nisuna had to marry Nakamen. So she had decieived her love to keep her life. She felt terrible. Soon, the dry season came, and would not leave. All the water nymphs in the clan area had died except Nisuna and her daughter. The pack grew hungry and decided to eat Nisuna. So she was ripped apart and eaten by her own clan. Her child was terrified by her clan, and ran away. That was the end of the daughter of Nisuna and Nakamen...Deshou. She remembered right before she was thrown into her next life, that she saw Nakamen change into a different person, and the nymph that she loved also.
Takoso gasped and finally figured a bit of her lives out.
"Chison...You werent the little boy who saved me in my first life...You were Nakamen...Kai was Ryoka."
A/N- so much confusion...so much deciete...so much pain...wow, it wasn't supposed to turn out like this.