So bored

That I'm bored of being bored

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Opening the Past

Chapter seven: Lost pendant

Over a week had past, and each day instead of working as a waitress at the café I would go down to the lab and help Ryou. While One took my place serving the customers, Two hung out with Mint. And Three helped Keiichiro in the kitchen.

I even managed to start winning more when I argued against Ryou. After about a day I was actually enjoying our little spats. But who wouldn't if it were you with the upper hand.

A few times Ryou had to help me. I was seated Indian style on the floor while I tried to get the wires together the way Ryou had told me. When I couldn't get it to work he came up behind me and knelt down. Rapping his arms over me and taking the wire from my hands and doing it for me. My face burned red as his cheek was right next to mine. When he left I was still frozen in place my cat ears finally popping up. I had to shake my head a dozen times before I continued with my job. The whole time telling myself to stop acting silly.

I realized I hadn't talked to Masaya at all lately. And Ichigo Two had told him that I would call. For a moment I was considering going to call him with the phone in the kitchen. But something tug at me and it bothered me. I decided not too and continued to reroute wires.

One Thursday when we were walking through the park to get home before it got dark Two confronted me.

"What's been going on?" She asked; a dark look in her eyes.

"Huh?" I looked at her half afraid. She was started to pop up out of know where with strange questions lately. And every time I left to help Ryou in the lab I could just feel her giving me the death glare.

"You've been spending an awfully lot of time in the lab lately." She pressed her face close to mine. So close that I had to stop walking. The others halted ahead and looked back at us.

"Of course I'm spending a lot of time in the lab. I'm the one that screwed up the machine in the first place so it's my responsibility to help with it while Keiichiro keeps you four at bay."

"Hay, what you mean by keeping us at bay." Asked an insulted Kish One. I brushed his comment to the side as Two spoke up again.

"Well, you're acting a little to excited about it," She snapped. "You haven't even bothered to try and see Aoyama!"

"Your worst than Mint! At least when she pesters me about something she doesn't bring Masaya up all the time." She swung a finger up towards my nose as she leaped back.

"There! You did it again! You always call him Masaya. What happened to Aoyama-kun! I don't even hear you say that anymore!" I closed the space between us, shoving her finger away from my face.

"Stop it all ready! It's just a name! I can call him what ever of the two I want! I don't have to always call him Aoyama!" I snapped at her. Two's chest swelled as she gave me the most hatred look she's ever given me. And I still wasn't used to being hated by myself. It just didn't feel right.

Three came over and grabbed me by the arm and started tugging me away from Ichigo Two as I glared. I wanted to say something else but Three took hold of my shoulders, spun me around, and started pushing me towards the house.

The rest of the way I was fuming over what she had said. She knew exactly what to say to ruin a perfect day. Not only that but school was starting back up tomorrow and I didn't feel at all like going.

Later

When we reached the house I took out my keys and swung open the door.

"Ok, everybody inside!" I ordered as I waved my arms towards the door. Three just ignored me and walked into the house with her usual 'I don't care' look on her face. One was smiling up at Kish. He was smiling down at her while he held both her hands in his and leaned over and kissed her check. I stood there watching them while holding the door open. As Two walked through the door way she stopped and looked back at them whispering in my ear.

"Doesn't it just make you sick?"

It was weird seeing myself with Kish. But for some reason they seemed to fit perfectly together. I thought it was kind of sweet how Kish always walked her home with us even though a normal person might spot him. And Ichigo One seemed to really and I mean really enjoy his company. For the first time I was actually started to believe that they were a couple.

One slipped away from Kish looking back at him all the while. When she reached the door with a dreamy look on her face beside two. I thought for a second about how Two would react to what I was about to do. But she was the reason I was doing it any way.

THUD!

I slammed the door in both of there faces. Then jammed the key in the lock and twisted it. Two was banging on the door screaming through it while I heard One trying to calm her down. I could hear bits and pieces of her muffled cries

"I knew it" BANG! "……you whore…….ass!" BANG BANG BANG!

I then turned to face a bewildered Kish as I started walking down the walkway.

"What was that for?" Asked Kish as I swept by him.

"Mainly to get rid of an annoying Two while I deal with something." He looked at me with a raised eyebrow before he teleported off.

I went back the way we came. And as I headed back towards the café. I looked up towards the sky. I stopped. The split was no longer one. There was a second one, larger than the first. My eyes widened. The second one was sparkling. It had lightning ragging in it. And the purple of it was intimidating.

Maybe now was the time I should go tell Ryou and Keiichiro about it. I slowly took a detour. I wanted to make sure I didn't walk right underneath the cut in the sky. I watched the path below it. It was then that I noticed that a faint light hazed over the ground right below the rip. I eyed it.

I started walking faster. My knee length, red skirt swishing around as my brown boots smothered the grass beneath my feet. My gold chain bracelet the only other sound in the night other than my breathing. The light that was cast was a soft white and so inviting and mystical that it scared me to death. I had to stay clear of it but still keep it in sight.

While I evaded trees and bushed I stumbled through the grass and tripped on a thin root and hit the ground. My pendant fell out of my skirt pocket and dropped on the sidewalk. As it started rolling towards the light my breath caught. My eyes widening. Please don't! Please don't! I repeated over and over again in my head. It started to slow as it came nearer. Please don't! It then dropped flat on its back just an inch away from the light. I let out my breath.

I slowly stood up and crouched back onto the path. Reaching out my hand as I tried to grab my pendant. But the instant I touch it I realized that a corner was touching the light. My eyes widened as a sudden bolt of purple lightning shot out of the split and darted right for me. A loud sparking sound came from it. As if rushing water was pouring over a bell. I gaped as I whipped my hand away. It then struck the pendant and everything froze. As if in mid-motion. Sparks of purple and pink, mixed with blue. All sound seemed to have been sucked from the Earth and I was stuck in mid-fall. My arms swung out and my hair flying about, stiff as ice. A second lightening bolt shot from the sky, moving much faster. It was a bright burning pink, hazy around the edges. It almost looked like prickles of fuzz made of sparkling light . It struck my pendant right in the same spot as the purple bolt that still lay frozen. Then in a burst of white light motion returned and my pendant vanished. I hit the ground hard and winched as the pain jolted through me. I then looked up to see the sky re-raveling itself. Closing over the rip in the skywith dark threads. And then they were both gone. Along with the light.

I jumped up to my feet sweating then dashed down the path and headed straight for the café. When I busted through the doors I crash landed onto the floor. I guess I used a little more force than needed. Jumping up I went down the corridor and swung open the lab door. I was about to call out Ryou's name when I stopped.

What if he got mad that I lost my power pendant in some strange lightning. And how could I even prove that it happened now that the split in the sky was gone. I stood there…thinking.

The lightening was even the same purple color as the things sprouting out of the sides of the time machine. I slowly closed the door and pressed my back against the door and slid down to the floor.

"What am I going to do?" I asked myself in a mere whisper. Suddenly Keiichiro came out of the kitchen and looked down at me. I leaped up and almost bumped into him as I did.

"Oh, you're still here!" I asked nervously trying to false him a smile that I knew he could tell it was fake. He smiled his famous prince charming smile.

"Are you here to see Ryou? If you are he's still working on the machine. We really appreciate the help you've been doing lately Ichigo with getting it back and running. Pretty soon all three of the girls and Kish would be able to go back home." I smiled weakly as I waved my hands. And held the back of my head.

"Oh, no worry. I just thought I should since…um…My fault in all!" I think my voice was a little high. But Keiichiro smiled none the less. It had me feel glade to have him as one of my bosses. One that would always understand – unlike another boss I know!

"So are you going to see him?" he asked as he went by me and opened the door to the lab. I jumped back.

"No! I'm fine! I just…I left my bracelet and came to get it! That's all!" I said as I backed away from him jingling my gold bracelet in front of me. I then turned and dashed out of the café. When I was a distance away I slowed to a walked and looked back solemnly at the café.

Maybe I should have told Keiichiro about what happened. I mean I came in the first place to let them know…why back down. I then started off back towards home. Maybe I wouldn't need my pendant anyway….that is…at least for a little while.

End chapter seven – Beloved Kitten