Fear of Thunder
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"I already stopped tuning others a while back now and if I'm correct that King already has a new tuner," Meshiru defensively spoke cutting Ine off in the progress.
"Yes he does have a new tuner, but I meant do you remember him, Meshiru-chan?" Ine asked causing Meshiru to think, "What a weird question to ask."
"Not really, but why?" Meshiru fired back at her.
"You were the perfect tuner for him. Though I think he might've forgotten you as well. You always tuned him by yourself, with no help," Ine said while returning the A-Ts to its rightful owner. Meshiru looked over at her former sensei and now friend.
"I only tuned him for a couple of months when he became the new King, Ine-sama," Mashiru said with her eyes positioned in a confused way. "I think 'perfect' is too much of a strong word."
"Believe me Meshiru-chan, I know. Plus, I just wanted to know why you decided to quit and leave. You always seemed happy to tune him," Ine sent her counter at Meshiru.
"It wasn't just about tuning him Ine-sama, but I guess I'll give you a reasonable answer. I remember why I decided to stop tuning him at least," Meshiru responded while she thought back on those times and their events. "I didn't truly enjoy tuning him when he needed it. It was because of his Regalia. That Regalia I never could stand by enough, but I really liked those days when I think about it more..." Meshiru voice changed from firm to soft to something thoughtful with slight regret. "Perhaps she really does miss when she was a tuner more then I thought she had," Ine thought thoughtfully in her mind.
Meshiru slid her A-Ts back onto her legs and the strings on the front outside fit perfectly against the figure of her legs. Looking out at the window Meshiru saw each memory flash by. The only problem was that they were very vivid and cloudy. She couldn't remember the name of the King she tuned for before. Which was extrememly strange. Though, she does remember that he was the Thunder King. At the thought of when she tuned the Thunder Regalia Meshiru's stomach flipped a bit.
"The thunder... You don't like it do you Meshiru-chan?" Ine asked after a moment of silence. Mehsiru simply shook her head and Ine understood.
"I saw you one day back then when you stayed here one night because of the horrible weather. I'm not sure you remember Meshiru-chan, but I saw you frightened for the first time with my very own eyes," Ine said sympathetically. Ine was the first to learn of the Broken Road and it's Fallen King, or more so Queen. Every since then, she had understood Meshiru much more then usual.
"I didn't understand why you tuned the Thunder King for three months before you finally left. You are truly are petrified of the thunder, aren't you?" Ine continued. She may have asked a question, but Ine actually didn't expect an answer. Yet, she received a reply in the end.
"Even I don't understand why. It didn't feel like a Thunder Regalia at first. Something about it was different, but eventually I couldn't stand it anymore, Ine-sama," Meshiru responded quietly as she turned back to Ine. Ine nodded, understanding what Meshiru had just said and didn't require her to speak more.
"We've been here for quite some time now. Why don't you head home and sleep?" Ine said looking out the window. It was true, the day had soon became night.
Nodding her head in agreement, Meshiru stood up from her seat and beckoned Ine a good-bye.
"I'll see you again soon I suppose, Ine-sama." With that, Meshiru vanished from the room.
"She didn't change much in a year, did she," Ine quietly spoke to herself.
Riding out of Tool Toul To's base, Meshiru left the thoughts of tuning the Thunder King fairly quickly. She loved the ecstasy that flying brought to her. Quickly riding on her way home, Meshiru paused for a second when she stood on a unknown building to her. Shaking off those queer thoughts, Meshiru started again and continued her way home to sleep.
:Next Day:
'Plop, plat, plop, plat, Kaboom!'
Meshiru woke up with a start, her body trembling for an unknown reason. "It was just in my head..." Meshiru thought while she looked out the window to assure herself it wasn't really happening. Quickly calming down and her heart rate returned to normal. Getting off her bed, Meshiru did her daily routine.
Exiting her home, Meshiru rode out to a park she knew. The park was one that wasn't know by many people. it was basically abandoned. Meshiru was pretty surprised that she even remembered where to head. While heading to her desired destination, Mehsiru was quite glad that she accepted the chat with Ine. Smiling inside her mind, Meshiru neared the park. Eyes surveying the area seeing if there was anyone there. About a couple metres away from the spot, Meshiru saw just a couple of people. "Strange, I didn't expect people knew this place. Even back then no one came here," Meshiru thought silently to herself. Shrugging it off, Meshiru just continued her way to the little park. Sliding down the grassy hill with her A-Ts, Meshiru was tooken by surprise when she saw who it was at the park.
"It's you!" Meshiru said accidently out loud. The black cloaked figure turned around to see the newcomer. The others there didn't notice and continued playing around. Meshiru realizing she had just said that out loud, instantly covered her mouth as a instant reflex.
"I mean... Umm... You're Nue right?" Meshiru fixed quickly. Nue nodded his head before he responded.
"Then you're Meshiru from yesterday," Nue said knowing that he was right, "What are you doing here?"
"I just wanted to visit a park I know... I didn't think there would be anyone here... I'm sorry for bothering you, I'll be leaving," Meshiru apologized for no reason at all. Thus, it caused Nue to be taken by slight surprise.
"You don't have to go," Nue said warmly, for some reason something about Meshiru was familiar, in a way.
"Oh no, I'll be a bother," Meshiru said attempting to reject Nue's offer.
"Believe me, it's fine," Nue countered. Yoshitsune had told Nue a couple of things about Meshiru yesterday when she left and Yoshitsune metioned she just moved back to Japan the other day. All the other information kind of intrested him as well.
"Umm... All right then," Meshiru gave in to the three inch taller male.
"Here I'll introduce you to everyone," Nue said as he began walking over to the group of kids. "Hey guys! This is Meshiru." Giving a small gesture to Meshiru, everyone said 'hi' to her making Meshiru feel much more comfortable. Meshiru smiled and said 'hi' to everyone as well and got to know them a bit more then she did before.
"What brings you here Nue?" Meshiru asked out of sheer curiousity while she walked along side him.
"Nothing really, just taking a break," Nue replied easily.
"I see," Meshiru said with a nod while she thought what was the actual reason she came here too. "I guess I came here for the same reason as well, hah."
"Here have a seat," Nue spoke while sitting down against a tree's trunk.
"Thanks," Meshiru said with a light smile as she sat against the tree besides Nue's. "Why don't you join the others, Nue?"
"... I don't really want to..." Nue responded while staring at a branch on the ground. Meshiru sat there blankly as her eyes followed a falling green leaf.
"You ride A-Ts Meshiru?" Nue said with a hint of surprise in his voice. He didn't noticed her A-Ts earlier, but now saw them clearly since she was sitting.
"Yeah and I can clearly see you do to," Meshiru followed on with Nue's word with an added nod. After the mentioning of A-Ts, the two began talking normally and got to know each other quite well. Couple of hours passed and they ended up learning a lot about one another. Thus, a new friendship was created. Not only that friendship was created, but friendships with everyone else there was formed as well.
"I'll see you later oaky?" Meshiru said while standing up and brushing dirt and leaves off herself.
"Yeah. Bye then," Nue replied with a small wave. Meshiru waved back as she started back up the little hill.
"Bye everyone!" Meshiru called back before they vanished from her sight. Easily hearing them all yell their good-byes back to Meshiru, Meshiru smiled as she walked around town.
(M.berry)
Hello again! Yes I'm kind of thinking that some want to know what they talked about, but I'm lazy to type that much! Let's just say they talked... about things... like what people talk about... Hopefully you get my point. Well, let's get to my point to why I'm even typing this. Sadly, school is just around the corner,(-cough-tomorrow) and I will be chained to it. Thus, meaning that I will(-cries-) be unable to type at my normal rates. I only got about two days to type now. The PAIN! D: But, believe me I WILL NOT FAIL TO TYPE :O even though right now I want to type another part of the story... must keep myself to follow the story! No jumping around places!
Oh yeah! One more thing left!
-Thanks for reading and for all those who review. It means a lot, even if I'm only on the third chapter xD