Its been two years since I ran away. I decided to come back and face the fear that I was running from. What would I face when I come back? Would people hate me? Would people accept me again? I'll find out when I get back home.
It took me about 2 hours to get back to my home town. What are people going to think of me? Are people going to hate me, or are they going to accept me back? Well I'll find out when I get back.
I finally walked into my home town. When people saw me, they stood there with a shocked expression. Others started to clap. Some just started to yell at me on how I abandoned "my girlfriend" or something like that. There were multiple people who came up to me and welcomed me back.
As I was walking through the park I saw Yia sitting on a park bench.
"YIA!" I said as I ran up to her,
"Wha- LAN!" Yia said as she stood up,
"Why did you run away? GIVE ME EVERY DETAIL!" Yia yelled at me.
"Well, I couldn't handle the stress of being a net savoir, and every time I tried to talk to someone about it, they don't listen." I explained,
"Well you could've talked to Mayl." Yia said,
"Mayl! Oh my god, I forgot about Mayl!" I said,
"Where's Mayl?" I asked Yia,
"She... she moved." Yia said,
"WHAT! Why?" I asked,
"She was heartbroken. So after she finished the 8th grade, her parents thought that it was a good idea to move." Yia explained,
"Where did she move to?" I asked,
"She moved to Cyber City." Yia said,
"Well what about my Mom and Dad?" I said,
"They moved too." Yia said,
"WHERE!" I screamed,
"I... I don't know." Yia told me,
"WHAT!" I said,
"On day when I walked by your "old" house, they were gone. As I looked through the window, there was nothing in the house." Yia said,
"Well... I... I'm going to go see Mayl. At Least I know where she is." I said,
"What's her address?" I asked her,
"5309 N. Cyber St." Yia told me.
"Yia I'll be back, I'm going to see Mayl." I yelled at Yia as I ran to the cyber metro.
I got my ticket and was riding to Cyber City. As I was sitting on the train, people were staring at me, like they couldn't believe there eyes. It was sorta awkward, people were whispering what I think was about me.
Finally someone actually took action and confronted me. All he did was ask me questions like, "Are you Lan Hikari?" and "Where did you go?". I just ignored him. I didn't care on what he had to say.
He didn't walk away. He stood there, waiting for me to answer. After about five minutes, he started to shake me, and told me to answer him. I started to lose my temper. I just wanted him to leave me alone, but he just wouldn't leave.
Finally, he grabbed my chin and forced me to look at him. Right as I was about to punch him, another person I think saw my anger swelling up inside me, confronted him.
He stepped up and confronted the man that was holding me. He asked the man if he was my father. He knew that he wasn't my father. The man told him to leave "us" alone, but thankfully he didn't step down. He started to yell at the man.
The man snapped, and pushed the other man down. Other people on the cart started to yell at the man and told him to leave the other man and me alone. That's when I lost it. I got up, and the man holding my chin looked at me and asked "Are you going to answer me now?". I said yea, and punched the man in the face.
"Never touch me, or push anyone else EVER again." I said.
Some people on the train started to clap, while other people asked me if my hand was ok.
I said yea, and sat back down in my seat.
It was about 9:30 when I got to Cyber City. I got off the train and went to the address that Yia told me. I knocked on the door and Mrs. Sakura answered the door. She was shocked when she saw me.
"Lan! What are you doing here? Where have you been?" Mrs. Sakura asked me,
"I came back. I found Yia and she told me that my parents and you guys moved. I don't know where my parents moved too. So I asked Yia were you guys moved to, and here I am." I explained to Mrs. Sakura.
She invited me in, and I explained to her all the things that happened while I was gone, and on the way here.
"Can... can I go see Mayl?" I asked her,
"You sure can, go up the stairs, and her room is the last door down the hallway. It's just like our last house. You have to go up the spiral stairs to her bed." Mrs. Sakura said.
(Ok, during this part I had three ideas on how this could play out. The third one is the part that I choose to continue the story.)
===== Draft #1 =====
I walked up the stairs, and walked to Mayl's door. I opened her door and looked around her "new" room. Sure enough, it was almost the same as her last room. I walked up the spiral stairs, and saw Mayl, sleeping peacefully in her bed. I looked at her desk and saw my headband and the note that I left on my bed the day I left. I turned on the lamp, and read the note that I left. How could I hurt her that much? She cared about me that much, that she kept the note and the headband. Tears started to fall from my eyes. I pulled out Mayl's computer chair, and cried for the rest of the night.
===== Draft #2 =====
I walked up the stairs and entered Mayl's room. The moonlight lit up the room. I walked up the spiral and saw Mayl sleeping peacefully. I looked at her desk and saw that she kept the headband and note that I left, the day I ran away. I pulled out her chair and I sat there until she woke up.
===== The real thing!
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I walked up the stairs and entered Mayl's room. The light from the moon lit up Mayl's "new" room. To my surprise, it was almost the same exact room from her old house. I walked up the spiral staircase and I saw Mayl's desk. On the desk was my P.E.T, my bandana, and the note that I left the day I ran away. I picked up the note and slowly started to read it.
Dear whoever reads this,
I decided to run away. The stress of being a net savior just got to me. Every time I tried to talk to someone about it, someone interrupts me, or I have to do more work for the Net Saviors. I'm not going to deal with this anymore, the stress is just too much. I'm sorry Mayl if you're the first one to read this. Here is my bandana. I love you Mayl. I'm sorry.
I looked over and Mayl was still sleeping peacefully. I walked up and slowly started to shake Mayl awake.
"Lan..." Mayl mumbled as she slept,
"Hm, must be dreaming about me." I thought with a smile,
"Mayl, it's me Lan." I whispered to her,
"Lan?" Mayl shot up and looked around.
Her eyes weren't adjusted to the moon light, so she couldn't see me. She slowly started to cry.
"Mayl, why are you crying?" I asked,
"Lan?" she said,
"Yea Mayl it's me." I told her,
"LAN!" Mayl screamed as she practically tackled me with a hug.
Mayl instantly started to cry. They weren't tears of sadness, but instead, tears of joy.
"Never leave me again." Mayl said in between sobs,
"I'm not Mayl." I told her,
"What's with- LAN!" Megaman shouted from Mayl's P.E.T.
"What happened to you Lan?" Megaman asked,
"I ran away." Lan simply said,
"And if you ever do it again I will kill you!" Mayl threatened once again in between sobs,
"Mayl, I am never leaving you again." Lan said still hugging Mayl,
"Lets lay back down in your bed." Lan said as they walked back to her bed.
"You need your sleep." Lan said,
"You might run away like you did last time." Mayl said calming herself down,
"Mayl, I am never leaving you again." Lan said as he pulled Mayl in for a kiss.
While they were kissing, Mayl's body shook, and her stress disappeared.
Because of the human need of oxygen, Lan and Mayl had to stop and catch there breath.
Mayl put her head on my chessed and we slowly fell asleep.
I woke up at about 8:00, (despite the fact that he fell asleep like at 10:00) to get up and use the bathroom. While I was using the restroom, Mayl woke up. When Mayl looked over to where she "thought" I was, she grew pale, but stopped when she thought about the kiss.
She was going to start crying again, but she kept telling herself that It was the best dream evar. She got up and got ready for the day, unknowing that I was done and was walking back up the spiral stairs.
"Hey Mayl." I said leaning on the rail,
"Lan..." Mayl said,
"Did you miss me?" I joked,
"I thought it was all a dream, because when I woke, you weren't there." Mayl said,
"Yea, sorry I had to use the bathroom." I said walking back to the bed,
"Lan?" Mayl asked,
"Yea Mayl?" Lan said,
"I understand you explain it in your letter, but why did you run away?" Mayl asked me,
"The stress of being a net savoir got to me." I told her,
"The why didn't you leave?" she asked,
"I couldn't leave." I slowly said,
"Megaman was too powerful for me to take away." I sighed,
"Wait, it was my fault that you couldn't get out of the net saviors." Megaman shouted from Mayl's P.E.T,
"To tell you the truth, yea." I said,
"Wow. So... I caused all this." Megaman said looking depressed.
"It's not your fault." Roll said hugging him from behind,
"Oh, and hi Lan. Welcome back." Roll said.
"Not trying to get off topic, but how did you take it?" I said to Mayl,
"I was heartbroken." Mayl said laying next to me.
All I could was pull Mayl closer to me.
"What happened to you, while you were 'away'?" Mayl said,
"A family took me in." I said,
"What?" Mayl said with a shocked expression,
"Yea, I was walking down a road, when a car passed me. I really did mind, but then the same car passed me again." I started to say.
"Finally it pulled up beside me and a man in a suit rolled down the window. He asked me what I was doing. I told him that I was taking a walk, and he didn't believe me. Finally I told him that I was running away. By this time I was too far away to walk back and It was getting dark. So he took me in as his 'son'. He had a wife and they lost a son, so I fit perfectly in." I explained,
"What about schooling?" Mayl asked,
"Oh! That remind me." I said as I reached and got something from my back pocket,
"What is it." Mayl asked me,
I pulled out two report cards.
"Look at these." I said holding them out to her,
"What?" Mayl said shocked,
"Straight A's." I said proudly,
"You'll be able to get into my highschool with these grades." Mayl said,
"I know right." I said,
"Did you see your parents again?" Mayl asked me,
"No, my parents moved. I don't know where they moved to." I sighed,
"I... I'm sorry." Mayl said,
"Mayl to tell you the truth, I'd rather be with you than them." I told her,
"R... really?" Mayl said,
"I care about them, but I care about them more." I said and I pulled her in for a kiss.
During that week you couldn't split up Mayl and me for the world. After every time I would use the bathroom, I would go straight to Mayl. It was sorta like a baby puppy and his mommy.
Life after I came back was sorta the same. With the grades I got the high school gladly let me in, and I lived with Mayl and her parents. It felt like a million times when we "walked" in on Megaman and Roll, and every time we went to bed Mayl's dad would always joke about how he doesn't want grandchildren YET!