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AN: Hmmm.... even though I said I'd write shorter chapters, I just can't seem to do it. Well, looks like I'll just stick to what I've been doing all along. Sorry I take so long to get out these chapters, but I'm the kind of person that can't write unless I'm in the mood. I get easily distracted, so sometimes I lose patience with the story, but I try to keep it going. I hate leaving things unfinished, and I will finish Nogareru even if it takes me a year. So, if you like the story, and keep reviewing, I will keep writing. Once again, I thank all my loyal reviewers, even if there aren't too many of you. Thanks for your support! ^_^
Ite!- Ow!
Nogareru~Break Away
By Otaku-Chan ^_~
Chapter Fifteen~Red String of Fate
That evening, Rin lied awake thinking about Sesshoumaru. How was it that he always managed to seem cold and indifferent towards her right when she finally gets him to open up a little? Could Bokusenou have been wrong about him? Maybe he forced himself to be nice to her just so he could use the Tenseiga. She turned over to look into the leaping flames of their campfire.
~As long as the love is in thy heart, you shall be able to wield the Tenseiga. That is part of the key to the technique.~
'That can't be right. Sesshoumaru didn't even know me when he used the Tenseiga to revive me. There was no real love there... it doesn't work that way. At least... I don't think it does. It must've been a fluke that the sword actually revived me back then,' Rin thought to herself, then turned her gaze to her slumbering companions, when finally her eyes rested upon Sesshoumaru's lean figure. He was leaning up against a tree, wrapped in warm blankets. He looked almost angelic as he slept. 'And to think that he said "it was nothing" when we nearly kissed! Maybe he's just toying with my feelings. Then again, he was a youkai and is constantly complaining about feeling emotions all of a sudden. Does that mean that he was emotionless when he was a youkai? But then, why did he let me live? He must've felt something, anything! And his father was a youkai... he loved a human woman. Love is an emotion... so, Sesshoumaru was obviously hiding his emotions since it's obvious that youkai have emotions too. I should know, since I've lived among so many of them in Kinryoku. Why did he try to hide his feelings? Arrggghhh!!! He's just too complicated to figure out!' Rin furrowed her eye brows, feeling like her head was spinning from all of her own questions.
"I'll never get to sleep if I keep thinking so much. Hmph. He even told me that I think too much... the nerve!" she fumed quietly to herself, not wanting to wake the others. "I need a drink of water. That should set me straight."
Slowly, Rin pushed the covers off of herself and stood up. If it wasn't for the blazing fire, she would surely have been frozen to death by the lowly temperatures of the crisp autumn night. As she crept slowly away towards a small nearby creek they had found earlier, she took one last look at Sesshoumaru. Just looking at his face again made all her anger dissipate. He seemed so... lonely.
'Mou! Rin, now's not the time to fall for a cute face! He doesn't need any pity from me.' After scolding herself for being too soft, Rin continued on her way, making sure she had a small lantern to light the way.
She eventually reached the creek and carefully hung the lantern on a low tree branch as she filled her boar skin water pouch that she had taken with her. Taking a few sips of the cold water, she felt alive again as the liquid traveled to her stomach and quenched her thirst. She then looked up at the sky, seeing a myriad of stars. It was truly beautiful... 'I wonder what those pretty lights really are? So far up in the heavens... Perhaps they are the souls of all the creatures that pass on, smiling down upon us. Heh, that's silly. I must be tired again.'
Rin grabbed the lantern and quickly hurried back the way she had come, feeling chilled as the frosty night air nipped at her skin. Luckily, she was wearing a thick cotton kimono which provided her with some warmth. However, much to Rin's misfortune, she tripped on a branch that she could've sworn wasn't there before...
"Kuso! Ite!" she exclaimed as she fell over onto the cold dirty ground, dropping the lantern which was quickly extinguished, leaving her alone in the darkness of the cold night. "Why do I have to be such a klutz?"
Slowly, Rin stood up, trying to adjust her eyes to the darkness. A light, as well as a deep, familiar voice startled her out of her thoughts, saying, "You should know better than to go off all by yourself in this youkai infested forest, Rin."
"S-Sesshoumaru... I thought you were... "
"I was merely resting my eyes, then I heard you shuffling past, so I decided to follow you to make sure you'd be safe. After all, I don't think your friends would appreciate finding you half-eaten somewhere. Come. Let us return to the warmth of the camp fire."
Rin followed closely behind Sesshoumaru, once again thinking of his words and what they meant. So, he followed her to protect her? Nobody asked him to do it... and she'd been lucky that he did follow her, else she may have frozen to death unable to locate the camp with her poor human eye sight.
"Sesshoumaru, ano... ," Rin wasn't sure what she wanted to say. She wanted to ask him so many questions, but knew he probably wouldn't want to answer. As they finally got to the camp, careful not to wake the others, Sesshoumaru motioned for Rin to sit next to him by his tree, securely situated between two large upraised roots. He put the covers over her and himself, noticing how cold he felt, and seeing Rin shiver slightly. Rin blushed a bit, but hoped he couldn't tell, even with the light of the fire illuminating her face.
"Rin, about earlier today... "
"Sesshoumaru, I... "
They both stopped talking and just gazed at each other, somehow knowing what the other was thinking. Sesshoumaru then motioned for Rin to come closer to him, and she did so, shaking a bit from nervousness. He then wrapped his arms around her and held her in a warm embrace, nuzzling her neck, taking in what little of her scent he could with his human nose.
"Rin, I've never held anyone like this before," he whispered in her ear, "and you probably have experienced love before, whereas I have not... until now. I was scared of these feelings, afraid that I'd become weak like my father, and so I denied them for as long as I could, but when I looked into your eyes today, I realized I was living a lie. I don't want to hurt you, like I did earlier, so I'll make it up to you by letting you know how I feel... "
He pulled back a little to look into her deep, chocolate eyes once again. Rin looked as if she was about to cry... had he said something wrong?
"Sesshoumaru... this is the first time I've ever felt like this... But, I thought you were just using me to use the Tenseiga... "
Sesshoumaru knew where the conversation was heading, so he silenced Rin with a soft, yet searing kiss. Before either of them realized it, they were practically making love under the covers...
"Se-Sesshoumaru, we'd better not... we'll wake the others," Rin whispered as she kissed him on the forehead. He was laying almost on top of her with his arms wrapped around her slim body. He placed little kisses on her neck that sent shivers down her back. She wasn't ready for this!
"Gomen, Rin. I did go a little too far, didn't I?" He smiled a mischievous smile as he kissed Rin's soft lips one last time. "Just remember that I love you. I would never use you or betray you. The day I saved your life... I felt this odd emotion as I listened to you speak, on the verge of death. I never would've bothered with a human, but there's something about you that draws me to you. I... finally found you."
"What do you mean?" she asked, gently stroking his long midnight hair.
"Ever since my father died, and I lived alone at the palace, maturing into the youkai I was, I was also lonely, hoping that someday I would find someone who would take me for who I was, not for the power and rank that I held in society. Most Inu youkai females only choose their mates based upon such things, since they crave the power and prestige. It is rare for youkai to truly love each other and be a loyal pair for the remainder of their lives... " A sad smile graced the man's face as he rested his head on Rin's shoulder. "Yet I also feared finding love, having seen the sadness that can come with it as I witnessed the tragic triangle between my parents and Inu Yasha's human mother. I wanted nothing to do with love after that. I vowed to be strong, and keep watch over the Western Lands until the day I died... but, do I really want such a fate? No. You saved me from it, Rin. Regardless of the fact that you are a human, you saved my soul from growing completely cold and indifferent. Perhaps the fact that I too am a human now has pushed me to the point where I face my feelings. Whatever the case, I just want you to know that I'm not as heartless as you may think."
"I knew it all along. When I looked at your resting form earlier, I thought you looked so lonely. You don't have to be afraid anymore, Sesshoumaru. I'll never leave you."
He mumbled a low 'arigatou' before falling asleep. Rin could tell he was tired... he took long, deep breaths, and Rin continued to stroke his hair until she too fell asleep.
**********
The next morning, the Inu Yasha-tachi awakened to a fresh new day.... full of embarrassment...
"Come on Rin-Chan! You can tell me! What did you do with Sesshoumaru last night?" Kagome asked as she playfully nudged her friend in the side. "Did you two... you know..."
"No! We didn't DO anything!" Rin blushed furiously, not realizing the redder she became, the less Kagome believed her. She had been found sleeping with Sesshoumaru... just sleeping, quite snug and secure in his arms... yet the others in the group had other ideas. As soon as Rin opened her eyes, she noticed them all looming over her and her new found prince. Each of them had funny grins plastered onto their faces, as if to say, 'Oh... so that's how it is. Look at the love birds!' With a startled gasp from Rin, Sesshoumaru too woke up to see the situation. He was anything but pleased at being caught so soon as to actually being in love with a human, but at the same time he was relieved that they all knew... that would insure that Inu Yasha and the Houshi knew Rin was his, and not up for the taking.
Rin was snapped back to reality by Sesshoumaru's soothing voice. "Leave her alone. As she said, we did not do anything related to mating." And in the back of his mind he thought, 'Well... except for kissing.... and touching... '
"Fine, I'll drop the subject... but when Rin gets pregnant, we'll all know the truth anyway." With that said, Kagome winked at Rin and left the two alone as she went to Inu Yasha's side. Rin blushed deep crimson at the thought. Even Sesshoumaru's pale complexion had a tint of red.
Meanwhile, not any more than a quarter of a mile away from Inu Yasha and the gang, the teen aged kitsune, Yume, carried herself through the dense forest. Her mouth was dry, and her clothes were ripped and covered in dry blood in various places. Her face smelled of the many salty tears she had shed. After the tragedy at Saizen, she had nearly lost all hope to live, but in her half unconscious state, she envisioned a light of hope... there were others out there that also opposed the war and Naraku himself. If only she could find those individuals... then Kohaku's death will not be in vain. If she could only hold on to this hope and keep going...
'I have to make it... I don't want to die. I have to live... if not for myself, then for Kohaku and Souta, and all the other Kinryoku villagers that died at Naraku's hands. I must hurry! I know the ones I seek are here somewhere... I can feel it! I just hope Kagura doesn't find me first...'
Yume winced at the pain of the many scratches on her body. When she had regained consciousness, she realized that she had been caught. The wind user Kagura was standing over her, red eyes seeming to pierce into her very soul. The battle was brief, and in the end, Kagura decided to let Yume go, injured as the kitsune was from her deadly wind attacks. Perhaps she didn't want Naraku to get a hold of her... Something in Kagura's eyes held betrayal...
Yume could sense things about people like no one else could. She was considered to be empathic, able to sense people's most hidden emotions. She instantly knew when people had good or evil in their hearts. She would feel a distinct throb of her youthful heart whenever she passed someone who was undergoing a painful time in their life, or she would feel joy when seeing children playing in the flower fields, free of troubles and innocent to the world. Her previous master had evoked a feeling of dread within her. He was cold, cruel, and detestable in every way. The day Yume became his slave was the day she closed herself off to the world... she would no longer feel the joy, the pain... only nothingness. She felt that she had lost her special gift, but now... now she was free! And as she discovered that she never lost her gift, she would use it as best as she could. She would find those whose hearts were set on ending the war and creating peace. Those who were not afraid to take a stand against Naraku. She would find them no matter the cost. She had to.
Finally, she stumbled into the little make shift camp, badly dehydrated and tired. There before her stood the people that she saw in her vision. She could feel it in her soul. They were the ones she seeked... they could help her. She cried with unshed tears due to her physical condition. But they were not tears of sadness, rather, tears of joy.
'Thank Kami-Sama!' she prayed as she fell to the ground, too worn out to introduce herself.
Miroku noticed her first, hearing the distinct 'thud' sound as she fell limp to the ground. The others followed him to where the kitsune lay unconscious. Sango bent down to examine the girl's wounds when she suddenly recognized her face. A feeling of sickness passed through her stomach... much like how she felt a few days ago. It was the unnerving foreboding feeling that something was very wrong. Why was Yume here? And what on earth happened to her?
"What's wrong, Sango, you look pale, " Miroku asked, noticing the taijiya's odd reaction.
"Hurry. Let's help her out. Once she rests up, I need to ask her some questions..."
Confused by what Sango meant, Miroku just nodded and helped bring the girl over to the soft bedding. Inu Yasha, Kagome, Sesshoumaru, and Rin all watched the scene unfold, then went about trying to help the girl.
Little did they know how significant it was that she had found them.
To Be Continued...
AN: Whew! This took awhile to get out. I never have enough time to write because of school. It really sucks, but that's the way it is. At least I manage to keep the story going, ne? Well, please review! I'll start the next chapter ASAP, promise! ^_~
AN: Hmmm.... even though I said I'd write shorter chapters, I just can't seem to do it. Well, looks like I'll just stick to what I've been doing all along. Sorry I take so long to get out these chapters, but I'm the kind of person that can't write unless I'm in the mood. I get easily distracted, so sometimes I lose patience with the story, but I try to keep it going. I hate leaving things unfinished, and I will finish Nogareru even if it takes me a year. So, if you like the story, and keep reviewing, I will keep writing. Once again, I thank all my loyal reviewers, even if there aren't too many of you. Thanks for your support! ^_^
Ite!- Ow!
Nogareru~Break Away
By Otaku-Chan ^_~
Chapter Fifteen~Red String of Fate
That evening, Rin lied awake thinking about Sesshoumaru. How was it that he always managed to seem cold and indifferent towards her right when she finally gets him to open up a little? Could Bokusenou have been wrong about him? Maybe he forced himself to be nice to her just so he could use the Tenseiga. She turned over to look into the leaping flames of their campfire.
~As long as the love is in thy heart, you shall be able to wield the Tenseiga. That is part of the key to the technique.~
'That can't be right. Sesshoumaru didn't even know me when he used the Tenseiga to revive me. There was no real love there... it doesn't work that way. At least... I don't think it does. It must've been a fluke that the sword actually revived me back then,' Rin thought to herself, then turned her gaze to her slumbering companions, when finally her eyes rested upon Sesshoumaru's lean figure. He was leaning up against a tree, wrapped in warm blankets. He looked almost angelic as he slept. 'And to think that he said "it was nothing" when we nearly kissed! Maybe he's just toying with my feelings. Then again, he was a youkai and is constantly complaining about feeling emotions all of a sudden. Does that mean that he was emotionless when he was a youkai? But then, why did he let me live? He must've felt something, anything! And his father was a youkai... he loved a human woman. Love is an emotion... so, Sesshoumaru was obviously hiding his emotions since it's obvious that youkai have emotions too. I should know, since I've lived among so many of them in Kinryoku. Why did he try to hide his feelings? Arrggghhh!!! He's just too complicated to figure out!' Rin furrowed her eye brows, feeling like her head was spinning from all of her own questions.
"I'll never get to sleep if I keep thinking so much. Hmph. He even told me that I think too much... the nerve!" she fumed quietly to herself, not wanting to wake the others. "I need a drink of water. That should set me straight."
Slowly, Rin pushed the covers off of herself and stood up. If it wasn't for the blazing fire, she would surely have been frozen to death by the lowly temperatures of the crisp autumn night. As she crept slowly away towards a small nearby creek they had found earlier, she took one last look at Sesshoumaru. Just looking at his face again made all her anger dissipate. He seemed so... lonely.
'Mou! Rin, now's not the time to fall for a cute face! He doesn't need any pity from me.' After scolding herself for being too soft, Rin continued on her way, making sure she had a small lantern to light the way.
She eventually reached the creek and carefully hung the lantern on a low tree branch as she filled her boar skin water pouch that she had taken with her. Taking a few sips of the cold water, she felt alive again as the liquid traveled to her stomach and quenched her thirst. She then looked up at the sky, seeing a myriad of stars. It was truly beautiful... 'I wonder what those pretty lights really are? So far up in the heavens... Perhaps they are the souls of all the creatures that pass on, smiling down upon us. Heh, that's silly. I must be tired again.'
Rin grabbed the lantern and quickly hurried back the way she had come, feeling chilled as the frosty night air nipped at her skin. Luckily, she was wearing a thick cotton kimono which provided her with some warmth. However, much to Rin's misfortune, she tripped on a branch that she could've sworn wasn't there before...
"Kuso! Ite!" she exclaimed as she fell over onto the cold dirty ground, dropping the lantern which was quickly extinguished, leaving her alone in the darkness of the cold night. "Why do I have to be such a klutz?"
Slowly, Rin stood up, trying to adjust her eyes to the darkness. A light, as well as a deep, familiar voice startled her out of her thoughts, saying, "You should know better than to go off all by yourself in this youkai infested forest, Rin."
"S-Sesshoumaru... I thought you were... "
"I was merely resting my eyes, then I heard you shuffling past, so I decided to follow you to make sure you'd be safe. After all, I don't think your friends would appreciate finding you half-eaten somewhere. Come. Let us return to the warmth of the camp fire."
Rin followed closely behind Sesshoumaru, once again thinking of his words and what they meant. So, he followed her to protect her? Nobody asked him to do it... and she'd been lucky that he did follow her, else she may have frozen to death unable to locate the camp with her poor human eye sight.
"Sesshoumaru, ano... ," Rin wasn't sure what she wanted to say. She wanted to ask him so many questions, but knew he probably wouldn't want to answer. As they finally got to the camp, careful not to wake the others, Sesshoumaru motioned for Rin to sit next to him by his tree, securely situated between two large upraised roots. He put the covers over her and himself, noticing how cold he felt, and seeing Rin shiver slightly. Rin blushed a bit, but hoped he couldn't tell, even with the light of the fire illuminating her face.
"Rin, about earlier today... "
"Sesshoumaru, I... "
They both stopped talking and just gazed at each other, somehow knowing what the other was thinking. Sesshoumaru then motioned for Rin to come closer to him, and she did so, shaking a bit from nervousness. He then wrapped his arms around her and held her in a warm embrace, nuzzling her neck, taking in what little of her scent he could with his human nose.
"Rin, I've never held anyone like this before," he whispered in her ear, "and you probably have experienced love before, whereas I have not... until now. I was scared of these feelings, afraid that I'd become weak like my father, and so I denied them for as long as I could, but when I looked into your eyes today, I realized I was living a lie. I don't want to hurt you, like I did earlier, so I'll make it up to you by letting you know how I feel... "
He pulled back a little to look into her deep, chocolate eyes once again. Rin looked as if she was about to cry... had he said something wrong?
"Sesshoumaru... this is the first time I've ever felt like this... But, I thought you were just using me to use the Tenseiga... "
Sesshoumaru knew where the conversation was heading, so he silenced Rin with a soft, yet searing kiss. Before either of them realized it, they were practically making love under the covers...
"Se-Sesshoumaru, we'd better not... we'll wake the others," Rin whispered as she kissed him on the forehead. He was laying almost on top of her with his arms wrapped around her slim body. He placed little kisses on her neck that sent shivers down her back. She wasn't ready for this!
"Gomen, Rin. I did go a little too far, didn't I?" He smiled a mischievous smile as he kissed Rin's soft lips one last time. "Just remember that I love you. I would never use you or betray you. The day I saved your life... I felt this odd emotion as I listened to you speak, on the verge of death. I never would've bothered with a human, but there's something about you that draws me to you. I... finally found you."
"What do you mean?" she asked, gently stroking his long midnight hair.
"Ever since my father died, and I lived alone at the palace, maturing into the youkai I was, I was also lonely, hoping that someday I would find someone who would take me for who I was, not for the power and rank that I held in society. Most Inu youkai females only choose their mates based upon such things, since they crave the power and prestige. It is rare for youkai to truly love each other and be a loyal pair for the remainder of their lives... " A sad smile graced the man's face as he rested his head on Rin's shoulder. "Yet I also feared finding love, having seen the sadness that can come with it as I witnessed the tragic triangle between my parents and Inu Yasha's human mother. I wanted nothing to do with love after that. I vowed to be strong, and keep watch over the Western Lands until the day I died... but, do I really want such a fate? No. You saved me from it, Rin. Regardless of the fact that you are a human, you saved my soul from growing completely cold and indifferent. Perhaps the fact that I too am a human now has pushed me to the point where I face my feelings. Whatever the case, I just want you to know that I'm not as heartless as you may think."
"I knew it all along. When I looked at your resting form earlier, I thought you looked so lonely. You don't have to be afraid anymore, Sesshoumaru. I'll never leave you."
He mumbled a low 'arigatou' before falling asleep. Rin could tell he was tired... he took long, deep breaths, and Rin continued to stroke his hair until she too fell asleep.
**********
The next morning, the Inu Yasha-tachi awakened to a fresh new day.... full of embarrassment...
"Come on Rin-Chan! You can tell me! What did you do with Sesshoumaru last night?" Kagome asked as she playfully nudged her friend in the side. "Did you two... you know..."
"No! We didn't DO anything!" Rin blushed furiously, not realizing the redder she became, the less Kagome believed her. She had been found sleeping with Sesshoumaru... just sleeping, quite snug and secure in his arms... yet the others in the group had other ideas. As soon as Rin opened her eyes, she noticed them all looming over her and her new found prince. Each of them had funny grins plastered onto their faces, as if to say, 'Oh... so that's how it is. Look at the love birds!' With a startled gasp from Rin, Sesshoumaru too woke up to see the situation. He was anything but pleased at being caught so soon as to actually being in love with a human, but at the same time he was relieved that they all knew... that would insure that Inu Yasha and the Houshi knew Rin was his, and not up for the taking.
Rin was snapped back to reality by Sesshoumaru's soothing voice. "Leave her alone. As she said, we did not do anything related to mating." And in the back of his mind he thought, 'Well... except for kissing.... and touching... '
"Fine, I'll drop the subject... but when Rin gets pregnant, we'll all know the truth anyway." With that said, Kagome winked at Rin and left the two alone as she went to Inu Yasha's side. Rin blushed deep crimson at the thought. Even Sesshoumaru's pale complexion had a tint of red.
Meanwhile, not any more than a quarter of a mile away from Inu Yasha and the gang, the teen aged kitsune, Yume, carried herself through the dense forest. Her mouth was dry, and her clothes were ripped and covered in dry blood in various places. Her face smelled of the many salty tears she had shed. After the tragedy at Saizen, she had nearly lost all hope to live, but in her half unconscious state, she envisioned a light of hope... there were others out there that also opposed the war and Naraku himself. If only she could find those individuals... then Kohaku's death will not be in vain. If she could only hold on to this hope and keep going...
'I have to make it... I don't want to die. I have to live... if not for myself, then for Kohaku and Souta, and all the other Kinryoku villagers that died at Naraku's hands. I must hurry! I know the ones I seek are here somewhere... I can feel it! I just hope Kagura doesn't find me first...'
Yume winced at the pain of the many scratches on her body. When she had regained consciousness, she realized that she had been caught. The wind user Kagura was standing over her, red eyes seeming to pierce into her very soul. The battle was brief, and in the end, Kagura decided to let Yume go, injured as the kitsune was from her deadly wind attacks. Perhaps she didn't want Naraku to get a hold of her... Something in Kagura's eyes held betrayal...
Yume could sense things about people like no one else could. She was considered to be empathic, able to sense people's most hidden emotions. She instantly knew when people had good or evil in their hearts. She would feel a distinct throb of her youthful heart whenever she passed someone who was undergoing a painful time in their life, or she would feel joy when seeing children playing in the flower fields, free of troubles and innocent to the world. Her previous master had evoked a feeling of dread within her. He was cold, cruel, and detestable in every way. The day Yume became his slave was the day she closed herself off to the world... she would no longer feel the joy, the pain... only nothingness. She felt that she had lost her special gift, but now... now she was free! And as she discovered that she never lost her gift, she would use it as best as she could. She would find those whose hearts were set on ending the war and creating peace. Those who were not afraid to take a stand against Naraku. She would find them no matter the cost. She had to.
Finally, she stumbled into the little make shift camp, badly dehydrated and tired. There before her stood the people that she saw in her vision. She could feel it in her soul. They were the ones she seeked... they could help her. She cried with unshed tears due to her physical condition. But they were not tears of sadness, rather, tears of joy.
'Thank Kami-Sama!' she prayed as she fell to the ground, too worn out to introduce herself.
Miroku noticed her first, hearing the distinct 'thud' sound as she fell limp to the ground. The others followed him to where the kitsune lay unconscious. Sango bent down to examine the girl's wounds when she suddenly recognized her face. A feeling of sickness passed through her stomach... much like how she felt a few days ago. It was the unnerving foreboding feeling that something was very wrong. Why was Yume here? And what on earth happened to her?
"What's wrong, Sango, you look pale, " Miroku asked, noticing the taijiya's odd reaction.
"Hurry. Let's help her out. Once she rests up, I need to ask her some questions..."
Confused by what Sango meant, Miroku just nodded and helped bring the girl over to the soft bedding. Inu Yasha, Kagome, Sesshoumaru, and Rin all watched the scene unfold, then went about trying to help the girl.
Little did they know how significant it was that she had found them.
To Be Continued...
AN: Whew! This took awhile to get out. I never have enough time to write because of school. It really sucks, but that's the way it is. At least I manage to keep the story going, ne? Well, please review! I'll start the next chapter ASAP, promise! ^_~