Yep. I'm back yet again. Man, this last week I've really been burning metaphorical oil- Battle On Fire is complete and with this story I'm now 5 chapters in deep. Ah well, time for some more act-shun. I know I left the situation with Miki hanging in the last chapter, but I'll be getting back to that now.

What I'm posting now, though this chapter is slightly uneventful, is a full 2-chapter update, so remember to send in any reviews!

Disclaimer: I don't own Godzilla. But I do own Jagereth, so hands off (though he doesn't come into the story for a while yet.)

A FRIEND

Tokyo

Miki sat down at her desk and looked out the window. Again, that image flashed in front of her eyes. She saw Akira, and those thugs dead on the ground- saw them dying, writhing in agony.

She felt sick. She hated what she'd done. She hated herself.

But whenever she thought about it, whenever she remembered it…she remembered how she'd enjoyed it. She'd enjoyed seeing them writhe in agony…seeing them die amongst the trash and filth…

"Miki?"

She snapped back to reality and looked up at her Math teacher.

"Do you have your homework?"

"Oh…uh…no…"

"Miki, this has been happening a lot. If this keeps up, I'll have to call your parents."

The teacher walked off and left Miki to her thoughts.

Miki got through half the day without saying a word to anyone except when a teacher asked her a question. As she entered the lunchroom, with a slight effort she managed to block out the thoughts of all the other students.

After getting some lunch, she sat down to eat. However, as she did so she heard some students talking near her…

"Hey, you hear what happened?"

"What?"

"Akira."

"What about Akira?"

"Well, some guy found him in an alley. The dude's dead."

"He's dead?"

"Yeah. And a pair of other guys."

"How'd they die?"

"The cops said it was a drug overdose."

Miki instantly remembered that horrible moment yet again. Without thinking, she abandoned her food, picked up her bag and, as quickly as she could without drawing attention to herself, ran out into the hall.

The next thing she knew, she was outside, sitting on a bench, crying. She wiped away the tears streaming down her face, and heard someone sit next to her.

"You OK?" It was Rebecca.

For a while, Miki didn't say anything. When she did, it was "Why should you care?"

"I'll take that as a 'no', then."

Despite her misery, Miki couldn't help but smile. "Sorry."

"It's alright. I…uh…heard about your cousin. I'm sorry…"

"Why? It wasn't your fault."

"Shouldn't you just talk about this to your friends or something about this?"

"I would if I had any."

Rebecca couldn't help but feel a pang of pity for her.

"Well, you can talk to me if you want."

Again, Miki couldn't help smiling.

100 miles from Osaka

Godzilla moved slowly through the water, trying to tell what it was he sensed. At some point the previous day, he'd sense a powerful mind somewhere- but he sensed something else as well. Something…different.

Mt. Fuji

Deep underground, something moved, ever so slightly. It felt the movements of the Earth- felt the heat of the magma beneath the planet's crust.

All these years…all these centuries…all that time trapped underground…and soon, it would be free. It could feel it coming.

At last, it could finish what it started all those centuries ago…

Tokyo

Lunch was almost over. Rebecca and Miki were still sitting talking, when the bell went.

"See you later," Rebecca smiled, "You wanna come over later?"

"Sure," Miki answered, "Where do you live?"

"Not far from here. You?"

"Actually, I kinda don't want to talk about that."

"Why's that?"

Miki sighed. She really didn't want to tell Rebecca this. But she could sense that she could trust her.

"I…kind of…don't live anywhere…"

"What?"

She sighed again. "I'm…homeless."

For a few seconds, Rebecca could only stand there in shock. "Homeless?"

Miki nodded.

"Oh my God…"

Yeah, I know, not much happened in that chapter. So sue me.

Just so there's no confusion- no-one except Akira knew that Miki is homeless, or that she has psychic abilities. Though Rebecca finds out at the end of this chapter. The characters from GFW (featured in chapters 3 and 4) will be returning soon. As for Jagereth and that stuff about the link- that's coming soon as well.