Here I am! And here is a new chappie of Whole Again.
Disclaimer: I do not own Princess Ai, or her songs. Those all go to their respective creators and publishers.
Whole Again
I stand and brush off my clothes.
I walk from the dark alley way into the brightly lit streets of Tokyo.
I still see posters from my CD hanging in shop windows and smile, " They remember me..." I think and quietly continue on my way.
"Hey!" I look up, "It's Princess Ai! She's back!"
"Crap..." I start running and eventually loose the crowd when I jump into a bush and start running through the area of bushes.
After about a minute, I trip and land on my knees.
"What was that?" I turn to look and see a box sitting there with Clover's Pad written on it in marker.
I smile as memories rush itno my mind.
I heard a voice outside the bushes.
"Did you hear dude? Princess Ai is back!"
It sounds like...Daisuke...
"I know your trying to make me feel better, but you dont need to, I'm over her." Kent.
His voice enters my mind and it takes a minute for what he said to sink in. I gasp.
"Come on dude, how can you be over her?"
"I just am. I'm takin the short cut, you comin?" His voice came closer.
"Nah, see you at work." And all went quiet.
I heard someone mumble to them self, "Jeez, why does he talk about her every day?"
He walked into Clover's clearing and walked right passed me, not even noticing I was there.
I just watch him walk, silent tears rolling off my chin.
I breathed in through my nose, waiting for him to leave but it sounded like I had a cold and her turned and starred at me, eyes as wide as dinner plates.
"Ai..." he breathed out before he fell in blackness.
"Kent? Kent, dude, wake up." Daisuke was shaking him awake.
"Huh?" Kent mumbled and starred at Daisuke, "Where's Ai?"
"I though you didn't beleive me..." Daisuke gave him a weird look.
"Oh! I don't. I think I tripped and passed out." Kent explained.
"Well obviously someone found you and pulled you too the door. You were here when I got here." Daisuke nodded and pointed to the door to the library.
Kent stood and ran out the door, Ai...
I leaned against a tree and tried to catch my breathe as I thought about Kent.
So he's over me, huh? I think bluntly to myself. I hate Nora for this.
I hear a car pull to a stop behind me and spin around to see a familiar face starring into mine.
"Ai? You really are back!" He said excitedly, "You are going to sing again, right?"
I smile and nod before climbing into the car beside him, "Sure Takashi, Why not?"
"Hey, I'm headed to the Club now, wanna come? I'm sure your boss would be delighted to see you." He offered. I simply nod and my mind shifts to memories of Jen.
Why did she have to die like that? I think to myself just as Takashi pulls to a stop and metions that we arrived at the club.
I look up to see the familiar club, Club Cupid.
Takashi offers me his arm and I gladly link mine with his and smile.
He leads me inside and we are escorted to a booth in the back of the room.
Once we were alone, Takashi began to ask, "Ai, what made you come back?"
I shrug, "It wasn't voluntary, not saying I don't like being back, but, a boy from Ai Land made me return here. So, what happened to HTA?" I try to change the subject.
"Oh, I'm running it now. Profits are 10 times greater then before. Just think of what the income would be if you started singing with us again!" He smiles.
"So, who's the suck up now, Mr. VIP?" I ask with a hint of joking in my voice.
"Oh, its just Mika again." I glared at the sound of my enemies name. Mika hated me from day one. Not only because Takashi wanted me as a hostess instead of her but also because after about a week of working here, I got asked to join HTA, which she worked harrd for months to get Takashi to let her be apart of it.
"Uhg." I grunt, "She still work here?"
"Yeah, I do, you got a problem Miss-" She cut herself off when I turned to look at her, "You!"
She jumped at me, but Takashi jumped between us.
"Takashi, why are you protecting that bitch from me? I'm going to kill her!" Mika yelled and everybody stopped to stare.
"Because, Mika, Ai is a VIP now too AND you probably want to keep your job." He smirked as she sat down in the booth and pouted.
Takashi cocked a brow at her then called my former boss over, "Hello! Mika isn't up to hosting today, please take her away. I don't need a host today." Shinji nodded and pulled a resisting Mika backstage.
"Ai, Sorry about that. Mika really doesn't like you much, does she?" He grinned and glanced at the stage where a girl had just begun to sing.
"It's no big deal, it's not like you have control over her." I shrug and lay my head on the table, sighing.
"Ai, what's wrong?" Takashi leaned over the table to get a better look at me.
"Nothing I was just thinking..." I sigh again.
"ABout...Kent?" He asks.
I turn my face away from him, " He said he was over me" I tell him before sitting up and smiling, "But that's okay. At least I still have you!"
He blushes and tried to hide it from me, but it is as plain as the nose on my face. I giggle and he looks up, suddenly fasinated with the ceiling tiles.
Okay then! There you go!
-Abbi
