Chapter 2

"Point taken." Kage noted, as he sat back down on the floor. Miya stared up at his ceiling, curiously, perhaps deep in thought.

"Do you believe in fate?" She asked, nonchalantly, as though she were asking him if the weather was nice outside.

Kage cocked his head to the side, wondering the origin of such a strange question, at this point.

"I guess so...why?"

"This must be fate... Have you gone to this school all your life?"

"Yeah..."

"Then why? Why haven't I ever seen you before? Ever? I mean, It's not like you're difficult to notice, and I'm sure if I saw you I would have remembered you. I mean, of course, You're a year older than me, but how could I never see you?"

"I suppose I could say the same about you... where are you taking this?"

"Okay... Then why, If we've never seen each other before, and we've both gone to this school all our lives... how come we run into each other 3 times today... And why.. did you bring me here.. instead of somewhere else..?

"Maybe that's just a coincidence... and something in me said I should."

"It's not a coincidence.. you don't honestly believe that?"

"Nah... you're right.. I guess I don't.."

"But something in me tells me I should stick with you.. when, and what for, I'm not sure.."

Kage looked down at the ground, then up at Miya.

"You hungry at all?" He asked, changing the subject. Miya felt somewhat hurt. He had changed the topic for a good reason, and Miya was afraid she was scaring him away.

"Kind of..."

" 'Could make ya something to eat if you want."

"I guess..." Miya was quiet, suddenly, Kage noted. What for? Her gaze seemed fixed upon the ground.

"Are you okay?"

"I'm fine..."

"Okay... " Kage said, knowing that probably wasn't the truth. " Are you hungry for anything in particular, or..." He said, stepping into the linoleum floor of the kitchen.

"No... Not really."

"Ramen okay? We've got a lot."

"Mhmm." Miya said as she nodded her head.

"'Kay.. I'm gonna make a pot," He said, reaching into a cupboard and pulling out a regular sized pot. "So if you wanna go tell Sasuke, That would be good."

"Okay." Miya said, walking off as he began to make some ramen. Why couldn't she look at him? Maybe it was because she knew she had some feelings for him, and she felt ashamed. She walked to Sasuke's door, and opened it.

"Sasuke?"

"Yeah?" He said quickly, looking up from his shelf that he had been trying to organize, since his room was a sty.

"Can I come in?"

"Umm.. Yeah...why?"

"Can I talk to you?"

"...sure.." He said, somewhat hesitantly. He turned around and looked at her, as she walked across his room and sat upon his unmade bed.

"What can I--" He began..

"I like Kage."

"Oh boy.Umm..." He said, feeling his face heat up. He rubbed his hand on the back of his head.

"I don't know what to do because we've only known each other for a little while and I feel really silly because I don't know I guess I've never really like anyone before well maybe I have but not as much as this and if he doesn't like me back I'll feel even worse because I don't know..." She said in one big huge long run on sentence, and tears began to drip down her pale--now slightly rosy--cheeks.

"Miya..." Sasuke said, as he got up and sat beside her. He put his arm around her, and even more tears rolled down her cheeks.

"I shouldn't have to feel this bad, but somehow I don't know, I just feel like he doesn't...doesn't.. you know..." Sasuke knew what she meant. He wasn't sure how she had derived that Kage did not like her back, but he could not say that it was obvious that he liked her. Sasuke turned so that his body was directly facing her, and Miya edged closer to him, and buried her face in his chest. He wrapped an arm around her, and rubbed his hand up and down her back. He was not very good at this sort of thing.

Miya guessed she just liked the warmth of another person, even though it wasn't who she wished it was.

The door opened.

"Sasu...ke..." Kage's voice dropped in his throat. He looked a mix of anger and confusion as he shut the door. Why in the hell?

Sasuke let Miya alone, and got up. He opened his door, and shut it as he exited. miya knew that he had gone to talk to Kage. Miya sat up, and wiped off her tears on the overly large sweater she had gotten from Sasuke's closet earlier. She got up, and exited Sasuke's room. On the kitchen table, she saw three bowls of ramen, with three sets of chopsticks. Sasuke and Kage were arguing quietly, and Miya could not hear them, but as she came into sight, they dropped it. Kage stared into Miya's eyes, and she dropped her gaze to the floor yet again. It was as if his gaze were burning a hole in her.

"The food is done." Said Sasuke. They all sat down and ate so quietly, no one said a word. Miya knew she was at fault. Miya finished first, set her bowl by the sink, and went to Kage's room. She laid down on his bed, stomach down, and buried her face in her arms. Miya heard the door open, and it was Kage, Obviously. But.. what now...? Sasuke had very likely said to Kage what she had said to him, and if that was such, she had quite possibly ruined whatever friendship they had had. Miya looked up at him.

"I hear you have feelings for me. Love like feelings in fact." Kage said quietly. Miya wanted to die.

"Why are you so ashamed?" He said, and smiled. Miya sat up. Maybe he liked her after all. He sat down beside her, and gently grabbed her chin, so that she was staring right into his eyes. Miya almost died at what happened next. Kage gently placed his lips over hers, and he kissed her. Such a simple kiss soon became something very passionate, Miya knew this was not Kage's first kiss, but it was most certainly hers. They, in the words of Sasuke, 'Ate each others faces for like, half an hour.'

Kage broke the kiss, and he said, "The feelings are mutual."

Kage, Miya and Sasuke had much collected fun, as they each, throughout the night had about 3 sodas. They stayed up 'till past 9 playing Video Games on a really old Nintendo64 they had dug out from within Kage's closet, and had cranked the stereo decently loud up to some good music. Kage and Miya kissed in front of Sasuke several times just to freak him out/make him jealous. Come time to go to bed, they were all very tired and weary eyed, and they had settled that Miya would sleep in Kage's bed, and Kage on his floor. Miya helped Kage make his bed on the floor, and Miya borrowed a large T-shirt and a pair of boxers from Kage to sleep in.

"Good night Kage."

"Mmm.." He said. He was out almost immediately, and Miya not long after.

Miya woke up Later, and she stared down at Kage. The Half moon shone through his window, and made his hair shine like it was woven from strands of that same moon. She got out of her bed and she Crawled in with Kage. He scooted over to give her room, and wrapped his arms around her waist. They both fell back asleep.

But an hour later, Miya woke to a series of thuds. Kage slept. He was still out. Miya Peered out Kage's open door to the living room, and saw something horrid. She saw a creature, it was standing there, it must have been eight feet tall. It appeared to have no skin, and was only muscle. On its skinless face, there was nothing but a large mouth with equally large teeth, dripping saliva and blood. It's arms fell to the floor, and had 3 claws for fingers on each hand. It had what appeared to be a tail, but was just another long arm with more claws, but this time fingers. And it was bent over Sasuke's dead form, eating him.

((So it commences. Very short chapter, however the next chapter will be long, and it will finish up this story. sorry it took so long to update. This chapter is Dedicated to NukeUmbrella and you know why. : ) Read and review, please.))