Velvet skies.

What are you waiting for? He thought to himself.

He was at the landing of the steps, try to work up the courage to ask Madoka to go with him to the Meteor shower. Madoka was done cleaning up the shop, which was now closed for the night. She was struggling with a box.

" Here, let me get that." He said, and took the box from her. It weighed a good amount. She looked at him, thankful.

" Thanks." She said, and smiled. He shyly smiled back. As she turned to pick up another box, he shook his head, trying to clear his thoughts. Come on, Just do it!

" You can put that box there." Madoka said, motioning to a table that had been cleared off.

" Okay..." He said.

He put the box on the table beside Madoka's. He took a deep breath.

" so- uh- I was wondering..." He Began, and Madoka turned to him.

" Yes?"

" Would you, you know, come to the meteor shower with me?" He asked, Embarrassed. She looked at him.

" Huh?"

" As an apology, for getting baking powder in you hair." He said, flustered. He was looking down at the floor, hoping that his bangs would cover the redness in his face.

Madoka was a little shocked.

She had never thought that he would be asking her on a date, and be blushing while do so. She smiled.

" I would love to."

He looked up, surprised. " Really?" He asked, not quite getting his mind wrapped around the fact that she just said " Yes".

She giggled. " Yeah. I would like that. "

In his mind his was doing a little victory dance and saying, " Ha! Take that Ryuga!".

Ryuga, who was a little more confident, had already come up with a reason to take Kendra. He was down in the basement, talking to her.

" I did promise that I was going to show you the Constellations, didn't I?" He said. Kendra smiled.

" Yes You did. And nobody breaks a promise with me! Or else!" She Said. He smiled.

Hey, a promise is a promise.

The sun had set now, and they were walking through the festival, which had many sales booths that had various items that were being sold, Such as rice balls, pocky, souvenirs and stuffies. Both boys were separate with their dates. Kyoya was walking along with Madoka. She was carrying a lion stuffie that he had won for her. She was smiling as people were dancing and singing.

There was speakers all around the Festival. It wasn't long before it was Announced that the meteor shower would be start in half an hour.

" Come on, we want to get a good view!" Madoka said, and held Kyoyas hand as he followed her to one of the many Grassy hills that was around the festival.

" The meteor shower will be starting in half an hour." The announcer said over the speakers.

"We should get a good spot." Ryuga said, and kendra pointed to one of the hills.

" How 'bout there?" She said, holding a dragon stuffie that ryuga had gotten for her.

" That's a good spot." He agreed, and they began to walk to the hill.

Ryuuga helped Kendra set down the blanket that they had brought. Ryuuga let Kendra sit down first and then followed her. He noticed that she had brought a book. It was the Cosmic Vistas book.

" I bought this book back when I was nine, and was visiting Canada with my father." She Explained. " I always loved learning about the stars, and my father would always show me. But I could never remember." Kendra said, giggling sheepishly. Ryuuga smiled .

" What's your favorite constellation?" He asked.

" Drago. I always thought that it was cool. A dragon flying thru the stars over head in the night..." She answered. He looked up to the sky, trying to find the constellation. He found it.

" Do you see that bunch of stars?" He said, pointing to a long strip. She looked up and followed where he was pointing.

" M-hm."she said. "Those ones, Right?" She asked pointing to the stars.

"Thats Drago."

" Really?"

" Yep. And there's Colombia, the dove. And that's Vulpecula, the Fox."

He continued to show her the different stars when the lights from the festival dimmed. A few people chattered in response, then grew quiet.

Ryuuga watched as the night sky, fille d with shining stars and a half crescent moon, grew alive as many falling stars illuminated and flew across the sky. They seemed to come from nowhere, shining bright in the colors of jade, yellow, indigo, and so many other shades of colors, some that he couldn't even name.

Fsh, fsh, fwosh.

The comets made gentle skimming sounds.

It was... so... Peaceful, and yet powerful.

" Amazing..." he heard beside him.

He looked over, and was caught be the sight before him.

Kendra was staring blissfully at the sky above her. The light of the moon gave her hair a light gray tinge, and made the blue of her hair glow white with a slight blue glow. Her eyes seemed to glow white, and when the comets reflected off of them, they glowed with their hues. It was like they were changing colors.

She looked like a goddess.

His mind went blank.

As her eyes followed a comet, she saw him looking at her from the corner of her eye.

She looked at him, slightly embarrassed. He was looking at her strangely.

But the feeling disappeared as she gazed at him. His hair glowed as the colors of the meteors shone above him. The golden dragon headpiece glow faintly, and so did his eyes. Right now, in this moment, he truly looked like the dragon emperor.

She felt him place a warm hand on her cheek, and was gently pulled in. She closed her eyes.

His lips were surprisingly warm and gentle. An tingling sensation spread throughout her back and on to her shoulders. He pulled away and the look on his face was so... infatuating...

Her face went a deep shade of scarlet. Ryuuga realized what he had just done, and too, began to blush.

At first it was only a few rays of light, but then there were many, all lighting up the night sky in many colors, such as Scarlet , jade and indigo. Their rays made the night sky glow in many shades, and almost looked like the northern lights. Kyoya could hear the faint fsh as they skimmed across the atmosphere.

" Wow..." He heard Madoka whisper and He looked over to her.

What he saw amazed him.

The lights shone and reflected in her blue eyes, making it look like the night sky twinkling over a sea , with the comets flying across its waves, turning the water into a vast, beautiful rainbow.

She looked over to him, perhaps to see how he was reacting to the sky, and was caught in his gaze, which reflected the moon that was given a blue hue in his azure eyes.

Every thing else in the world was blocked out. The only thing he was aware of was Madoka as he placed his hand on her cheek, drawing her closer to him. He closed his eyes.

He placed her lips upon hers, which were soft as velvet, smooth as satin. A small shiver up his spine, a tingle thru his arms was what he felt. he did not pull away until he felt out of breath.

When he did, he saw that she was looking directly in to his eyes. It was a few moments before she realized what had just happened. She began to blush madly, causing Kyoya to smile sheepishly, blushing just as hard as she was.

They didn't notice that Benkei was behind them, who had originally came here to film the Meteor shower, recording the whole thing with his video camera.

When they were walking home, Madoka and Kyoya held hands. When Madoka saw that Kendra had been returning home with Ryuga, she had stopped to ask where she had been. She laughed sheepishly and scratched the back of her head. The girls walked in the shop first, while the three boys stayed outside

Kyoya walked past Ryuga on his way into the B-pit, and they both said quietly,

" You lose."

" What?" Kyoya said.

" You lose." Ryuuga said again.

"Well actually... It was a tie..." Benkei said silently to himself. He left the two boys outside to bicker. He had to show Ginga the tape.

Benkei was in his room, with the video camera hooked up to the computer.

He was on the live video chat with Ginga and his friends in brazil. There, it was still day.

" So did you actually get them to do it? Who won?" Ginga demanded.

" Hold on. I'll show you the video." Benkei said, and uploaded the video to them. They watched in awe as they saw the video.

" That bet idea you gave me worked! B-b-b-bull!" Benkei said.

" What are you watching?"

Benkei turned around, Fear showing on his face.

" Gwah! Kyoya! Ryuuga! I can explain!" Benkei Exclaimed. Kyoya and Ryuuga looked at him, confusion on their face. " What?" Kyoya said.

" Hey lover boy's!" Ginga said, laughing. Kyoya and Ryuuga slowly realized what Benkei had done.

" BENKEI YOU ARE SO DEAD!"

" B-B-B-BULL!"
so thats the end of that! Next up, Ryuugas long week end, the sequel, then ill be posting mindgames, which already has alot of chapters! so, yeah, see ya next time!
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