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Chapter 4

Dreaming of You

A long dark highway stretched in front of Eichi's car as they raced to Mitsuki's rescue

"So Meroko" Eichi began "You think you know who took Mitsuki?" She nodded

"Who? And what do they want from her?"

"Release" she answered, his eyes widened as fire burned in his chest

"They want what!" he roared misunderstanding her reply,

"No it's not that" she answered blushing "You see their a group of men who were put under a curse"

"A curse?" Eichi asked

"Yes, I'm not quite clear on it but it had something to do with true love conquers all"

"What?" he asked confused

"Well you see like I said before this family had a curse put on them and it was something like they would never be able to find true love therefore never being able to start a family which would soon-"

"Leave no one to there family?" Eichi guessed finishing her sentence,

"Yes" she replied

"So what does Mitsuki have to do with it, why her?" he asked aggravated,

"I honestly don't know, I was never told that much" she said turning to gaze out the window

"Were you once there?" Eichi asked lightening his tone

"Yes, I was once chosen to help cure the curse"

"So they think that if they just find some women off the street then bring her back that she will fall in love with one of them then lift the curse?"

"Well I'm not exactly sure if it's just some random person, but from my knowledge yes your pretty much right" What Meroko didn't know was that there was much more to it then that

"I'm sorry" he whispered

"Why?" she asked

"Because I can see this conversation is hurting you, I shouldn't be pushing this on you. I shouldn't even be making you go back to see these terrible people" she smiled at the boys sincere tone,

"It's okay, I see how much you care for her and if there was someone who knew where the person I loved was then I would want help"

"Thank you Meroko" he said turning slightly to smile at her,

"No problem, now turn here then we have to travel east for a few days"

"Okay" he replied following her orders,

"Takuto" she whispered, he turned his head to the frightened girl beside him

"Yeah" he replied,

"I don't know" she said, he let out a small chuckle

"Why would you ask something if you don't know what your talking about?" he asked

"No" she answered "I mean I don't know if I can do it" they were now in the small confines of Mitsuki's tiny prison "I mean I can't choose someone because…because…"

Could she tell him it was because she loved someone else?

"I know it's hard" he started in a somewhat harder tone "I wouldn't be able to commit to something so deep if I were you"

"Why was it me?" she whispered, he turned his face the other way so that she was unable to read his expression,

"I honestly don't know why the boss chooses as he does" only Takuto knew that that was a lie,

"Oh" she said turning her head swallowing back the lump threatening to intrude her throat,

"You should go to sleep now it's really late" he said turning to leave her small imprison, her heart froze, what would happed if Sheldon or someone were to come in?

Mitsuki swallowed then blindingly stumbled around looking for a bed,

"It's over here" he said, she gasped when she felt his warm gentle hands guide her towards a frumpy mattress "I know its not great and it gets really cold at night but…" he froze to think of something then spun and darted from the room,

"Takuto?" she whispered confused and hurt from his sudden departure 'Did I say something?' she wondered. She didn't know why but where his hands had gently graced her left a trail of burning fire on her skin,

She sighed then felt around until she touched the firm mattress which she then lay down upon. It definitely wasn't as comfortable as her own bed but it was better then the hard ground. She then tried to find some sort of cover, the room was freezing and all she found was a light sheet. Large shivers raced through her body making her whole body shake.

"Here" Mitsuki gasped once again when she felt his warm hand brush her arm as he laid a thick blanket over top her quivering figure. "I know it gets really cold here at night and I don't want you to get sick" he seemed to rush through this explanation as if it were some embarrassing feat.

"Well g-goodnight" he stammered turning to leave,

"Takuto" she whispered a little rushed

"Yes" he asked turning to look at the fragile girl

"Thank you" she whispered closing her eyes, he smiled

"No problem" he then turned to leave again, her heart spluttered against her chest

"T-Takuto?" she whispered again afraid she was annoying him,

"Yeah?" he answered

"N-never mind" Mitsuki said, she wanted to hit herself in the head. She was going to ask if he would stay with her until she fell asleep like a small child but couldn't muster the courage,

"Okay" he replied leaving the girl to herself,

"So Ta-kun, your getting pretty close to her aren't you?" Izumi was leaning against the wall outside Mitsuki's 'room'

"No, and why are you here? I swear to god that if you go in there and try anything with her I will-" Takuto replied grudgingly to his blonde friend,

"No Ta-kun I will not touch your precious Miki, although I would keep an eye on Sheldon if I were you"

"Why?" Takuto asked in an aggravated tone glaring at Izumi

"Well lets just say that your whole little 'show' in protecting her when you were in the main hall set him off, and now he thinks it's a game to see who wins"

"Wins?" Takuto asked not grasping the point to Izumi's explanation "Wins what?"

"Mitsuki of coarse, he sees how close your getting to her and he's waiting for the moment to steal her away from you"

"I'm not getting close to her, she doesn't mean anything to me!"

"Then why are you being so nice?" he inquired wickedness reaching his tone,

"Because I… never mind" He growled turning towards his room,

"Your going to loose the game if you play like that!" Izumi smirked,

"It's not a game!" Takuto retorted

"Say whatever you want Ta-kun, by the way your going to get cold tonight. You should just share a bed with her…that would gain you some points" He called to Takuto's retreating figure laughing,

"Shut up!" he yelled back "Damn Rio" he growled under his breath. He was right in more ways then one. Plus he had given Mitsuki the only blanket he had and his room too had been known for reaching frigid temperatures,

Her heart was still beating wild for reasons she didn't know, she was now wrapped in the comforts of a warm quilt. The blanket had the slight sent of men's cologne which made her blush.

'Eichi' her conscience reminded her 'I know!' she screamed back, it was true she loved Eichi more then any man in the world…or so she thought. She clutched her shaking hands to her head rocking back and forth in her bed, if that was the truth then why was her heart acting in such a weird way? It was just being stupid when it acted like that she concluded.

"I love Eichi" she whispered, almost as if she was tryingto convince herself and satisfy her conscience, her mind finally gave in and she fell into a dreamful slumber

Her hair flowed all around her as she stood on the high cliff overlooking the vast ocean. The waves would crash against the rocky shore spraying watery mist everywhere. The sun was slowly setting colouring the tides a beautiful orange red tint.

She let out a content sigh letting her arms outstretch allowing the cool breeze to flow all around her. She let out a small shiver when two strong arms wound around her. She turned to see two sets of beautiful hazel orbs gazing back at her. He gently kissed her shoulder.

"You're so beautiful" he whispered "Just like the moon" she blushed. They stayed like that for a long time. The cool breeze would make her shake then his warm arms would give her heat.

"What are you doing?" she asked when he let go. There seemed to be a black out and the scenery changed. She was now in a small room it was like her prison. Fire encircled her, she cried for help. Her breathing became short and came out in a wild coughing attack.

Her eyes frantically searched the room in hope of an escape route when her gaze locked on a dark shadow. For a moment she felt relief until he stepped forward and the burning flames lit his features

"S-Sheldon" she wheezed, he smiled stalking towards her. She closed her eyes petrified.

"Stay away!" she hissed, he simply ignored her continuing forward. Her heart froze when she felt two hands grab her. She looked to Sheldon then felt confusion, he was still across the room from her and too had stopped in what almost looked like fear.

"E-Eichi?" she whispered looking over to who tightly gasped her arms. When his eyes locked with hers she gasped it definitely wasn't Eichi.

End Chapter