TheNobodyofNamine: Hi guys! Here it is, Chapter 2.

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Chapter 2

Ryuu's Dream

It was a warm summer. The sun was about to set when Nadeshiko picked up her sack and headed for the door.

"Nadeshiko, wait! Where are you going?"

"There's something important I need to do right now Ryuu."

"When are you coming back?"

Nadeshiko went down on her knees to hug her crying brother.

"Don't cry Ryuu. I'll be back as soon as possible."

Nadeshiko reached into her pocket and pulled out two small stuffed teddy bear with wings on the back.

"Whenever you want to see me, just hug this doll. You see, these dolls have magic in them. If you hug this doll, then my doll will tell me right away and I'll do my best to come back, okay?"

Ryuu smiled. "Don't worry. I'll hug it everyday."

"First, you need a name."

"I got it! Its name will be-"

CRASH!

It was morning when Ryuu woke up to a loud sound. At first, he thought he was dreaming, that is until he heard another crash. Ryuu quickly threw off the blanket and got up from the blue futon. His green eyes scanned the room. He then noticed that Momosé's bedroom door was slightly open.

"Momosé-chan?" He called. There was only silence.

"Momosé-chan, are you alright?" he asked again.

Ryuu ran to Momosé's room and only found paper cranes that filled almost every inch of her bed. "Momosé-chan! Where are you?" he called again. He heard a nervous giggle from the kitchen adjacent to the living room. He turned around and saw Momosé on the floor in a puddle of water behind her. "Geez, you can be such a klutz." Ryuu complained. Momosé gave a nervous giggle. Ryuu looked at the table in the kitchen. On it was what looked like the most delicious breakfast ever. "Did you make all of this by yourself?" Momosé nodded and smiled. "So what are we waiting for? Let's go and eat."

After they finished breakfast, Ryuu noticed Momosé's uniform. "So, how far away is your school exactly? Just hold up how many blocks we have to walk with your fingers." Momosé did as Ryuu said and formed her fingers to show the number four. "Oh God, are you serious?" Momosé nodded. "Okay. There's another question I need to ask you." Ryuu said. "Hold up your right hand if the blocks are short and hold up your left hand if the blocks are long." Momosé did as directed and held up her right hand.

'What did I get myself into?" Ryuu thought. "Okay. Are you ready? Do you have everything?" Ryuu asked. Momosé nodded. "Then let's go."

The weather was scorching hot. The summer sun blazed over head and hovered in the ocean painted sky. The clouds were riding on the winds, as if that was their only destiny. The leaves kept falling, even though it was far from autumn.

"So you're not going to ride your bike today?" Ryuu asked. Momosé shook her head. "Okay then. Just don't expect me to carry you half way."

After walking for about ten minutes in silence, Ryuu decided to try to understand Momosé. After all, he wanted to live in a real "house". "So, Momosé-chan," Ryuu started, "Kuya-san told me about Shirokawa-san. I know that it's none of my business, but the next time I see that punk, I'll knock him out. Of course, only if it's okay with you." Momosé only smiled. Silence took over again, so Ryuu tried to get Momosé to talk. "The sky is so cool, don't you think?" Ryuu asked. Momosé nodded in agreement. "There's a story I'd like to tell to tell you. Do you want to hear it?" Momosé nodded. "My sister told me this story." Ryuu started as they continued to walk.

"A long time ago, there were this race known as 'winged beings.' Basically, people with pure white wings. One day, a winged being known as Kanna kept moving to different temples for protection. But all Kanna wanted was to be free, to find her mother whom she was separated from birth, and to be in the sky. So Kanna, Sir Ryuuya her protector, and Uraha her trusted friend escaped the temple and set out to find her mother. But it wasn't easy. They were being pursued by people trying to bring back Kanna to the temple. Eventually, they found Kanna's mother in a prison. Shortly after finding her, however, Kanna's mother dies from an arrow shot from a guard from the temple. After finally being caught, Kanna tries fly up into the sky. But she was not meant to be free, so one of the guards shot an arrow that pierced Kanna's heart. The moment she was struck by the arrow, Kanna's body disappeared and there were feathers that fell from the sky. Eventually, guards from another temple approached Ryuuya and Uraha, asking if they had any relations to Kanna. Then the guard leads them to a temple, where the head temple priest tells them the history of the winged beings. He says that, 'winged beings inherit the dreams of the world.' Kanna keeps reincarnating until her spirit can find happiness. But she isn't the only one who still feels the pain. Sir Ryuuya's soul also reincarnates because he was Kanna's first love. But whoever holds Kanna's soul is fated to die young because her soul was filled with sadness since she was cursed before she died. Kanna's soul even carries the curses she inherited from her mother before she passed away. Everyone her on earth has met the reincarnation of Kanna once, but they just never knew it, so she dies. Only once did someone try to save her, since he was a direct family member of Ryuuya. But in the end, Kanna's spirit died and now, she's somewhere waiting for the soul of Sir Ryuuya to save her from the shackles that bind her to her loneliness."

Ryuu finally stops talking. "So what do you think? Do you like it?" He asked Momosé. Momosé nodded in delight. "Well, I'm glad you like it." Ryuu said. "That story isn't very well known, and I wonder how my older sister knew it."

The ocean waves were rocking against the sandy, unattended beach while the breeze was caressing their faces. All of a sudden, a group of large buildings appeared on the horizon. 'This is it?' Ryuu thought, 'Well, that was fast.' Momosé ran a couple of steps ahead and stopped. "Are you sure you don't want me to go in front of the school with you?" Ryuu asked. Momosé shook her head, trying to say, "It's okay. You can go back now." Ryuu gave her a skeptical look. "Okay, if you're sure. See you later, okay? We're going to meet her at this spot, got it?" Momosé gave him a thumbs-up and went off to the school. "I can't believe I got myself into all of this." Ryuu said quietly. Ryuu started to walk back, thinking about his sister. 'She never did came back.' Ryuu thought. "I wonder what happened to her." he said to himself.

"What happened to who?"

Ryuu turned around. It was the lady who owned the snack stand, and she had a lot of bags filled with strawberry milk, red bean mochi, and banana popsicles.

"Nothing." Ryuu said. "It's not nothing." The lady smiled at him. "Then it's something." she said. Ryuu stared at her. "What? I told you, it's not nothing." The lady started to laugh. "If it's 'not nothing,' that means it's something because 'not nothing' is the opposite of 'nothing,' making it something." Ryuu face turned red. "Well, you learn something everyday." he said to hide the fact that he was embarrassed.

"Say, do you think you can help Yurika carry these to my snack stand?" she asked.

"Why not? I've got nothing else to do today." Ryuu took some of the bags that were literally hanging off of her arms. As they started to head down to the snack stand, Ryuu asked, "By the way, Yurika's your name, right? My name is Ryuu Miyazaki." The girl's face turned red. "Yurika's sorry! Yurika's name is Hoshino Yurika. It's nice to meet you Miyazaki-kun." Ryuu stared at her. "Miyazaki-kun? How old are you?" he asked. "Why, does Yurika look older than Miyazaki-kun?" Yurika asked back. "I don't want to sound rude," Ryuu started, "but yeah, you look older."

They continued to walk when Yurika said, "Yurika guesses it's because I'm so independent. To tell the truth, Yurika's Momosé-chan's age." Ryuu was shocked. "I have another question." Ryuu said. "What does Miyazaki-kun want to know?" Yurika asked. "That's just it. Why do you talk in third person?" Yurika stayed silent for a while before she said, "It's a long story." "That's okay." Ryuu said. "I have a couple of hours before I have to pick up Momosé-chan." Yurika pointed to her snack stand. "First, let's get this into the cooler." she said as she walked over to the stand. Underneath the table was a medium sized cooler filled with a lot of ice. "Here, put everything in here." Ryuu did as directed as Yurika got two folded chairs.

"Alright. It started when Yurika was five years old. Yurika was in Kindergarten, and Yurika was very lonely. But one day, a boy named Hiro Watanabe made Yurika happy by just being at Yurika's side. Hiro-kun was Yurika's best friend. Then, Hiro-kun decided that he would take Yurika to the river near our school. Yurika took off her bracelet, and it fell into the river. Hiro-kun tried to get bracelet back, but he ended up drowning. Yurika feels so horrible because she feels that it was all her fault. Now, Yurika talks in third person because she's trying to see the world through Hiro-kun's eyes. All Yurika wants is to be forgiven."

Key:

-chan: Used at the end of a girls' name, and even amoung lovers.

-kun: used for boys. sign of endearment

-san: equivalent to Ms., Mrs, and Mr.

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