Sorry I haven't updated this in a while, folks. Been blocked. Anyways, On the twenty fourth I'm leaving for camp for two weeks, so I will try to update everything that needs to be. So all you fans of Morning Bat, get clicking. It'll have another chappie soon. Enjoy.
I tried with all my might to refine my technique. It just wouldn't do. This just wouldn't work. I was weak. Yuki was right. I was a child. I knew nothing. "Chie," I whispered quietly. "Yes, Sayuri?" "Why am I so... useless?" I asked. A single tear streaked down my face, the light of the crescent moon illuminating it, making it shine like clear water. "You aren't, dear. You're not." "Yes, I am." I croaked. "I know... that you're strong. You could make me strong... if I was stronger... by myself." I said. "I just want to... help..." I confessed. It was strange. Chie and I both knew I'd never wanted to be the least bit helpful in my life. Why now?
"Sayuri, the reason that you seem weak right now," Chie began to explain. My wolf ears perked up. Here it came. "Is because you're too self-centered." she finished. Hadn't been expecting that. "You mean...?" "Yes. Normally, you have been fighting for no other reason but that which becomes a profit for you. Prove yourself to Yukio. Get revenge for the taking of your friend. All you." she said. "So..." I began. "I have to... fight for... others?" I asked. What a strange concept. I'd always been a loner. I didn't really know what it was to do things for others.
"You said it yourself, little one. You want to be helpful." "So, what if my reason... is to help Yuki? Would that make me stronger?" I asked. "Most definitely." smiled Chie. "I'll do it!" I said.
After many more hours, it was 11:55. I had finally gotten the hang of my techniques, and I could leap farther. I was ready. 11:58... 59... 12:00. The clock inside my house chimed, and my mother poked her head outside. "Sayuri, you OK? You've been out for a long time..." she said. Her perfect black hair framing her pale face. Dad came up behind her, and put his hand on her shoulder. "I-Ikuto..." she stuttered. It's always been comical, their relationship. Even though they're married, mum still stutters sometimes. "It's fine, Airon. Leave her to whatever she's doing. We'll just stay the horrible parents we are, and not worry about her life." he joked. But, of course, mum took it seriously. "Ikuto! You should be more worried about your daughter! First you buy her punk clothes, then you let her watch TV before homework, then junk food, now this? Oh and..." it went on and on, as they departed for their room. Mum would never stop. It was also funny how mum still had her charas. Well, not all of them. She said one... Yuuri, or something, had gone. But, her musical ones, which get along with Chie well, and one named, er, Somu, hadn't, though. She hadn't become them yet. So they stayed.
Then Yuki showed his overly-concerned face. "Sayuri, you don't have to be with me, you know. Amaya can just as well be my partner... although..." he trailed off, sighing. I don't think he likes Amaya. He sat on the edge of my fence, his black cat tail twitching. "Well? You better?" he asked. "Ask Chie. I don't know." I mumbled. Chie flew over to his chara, and whispered something in his ear. The cat nodded, and turned to Yuki, who also nodded, and looked up to me. "I guess... you can stay..." he said. "Yes!" I hissed, punching the air. "Heh, you really are just a kid." he joked. "Yuki..." I threatened. "Oh, Yuki?" "Hn?" "What's your chara's name?" I asked. "Oh... Hitoshi..." he said. He sounded... embarrassed? Oh... "Wait, doesn't Hitoshi mean... 'even-tempered'? Does that mean... you have a bad temper?" I asked. It didn't seem like it. I guess he didn't like that fact known. He glared at me. "Don't make fun..." he said. "I wasn't!" I declared, waving my hands wildly in front of me.
We sat on the fence together, sometimes telling stories of random junk. He told a ghost story at one point, which made me scream, so he had a good laugh, which ticked me off, so I pushed him off the fence, hence he got a large lump on his head.
"Oh, Yuki?" I asked as he turned to leave. "What?" he asked. "You wanna come to my birthday party next week? Since my only friend was stolen, I just thought... Well, if you don't want to, naturally I would assume tha-" he put a finger to my lips, making me blush. "I'll be there." he smiled. "Oh, and I can see down your shirt." he said, waving as he walked away, leaving me tomato red, clutching at my shirt.
I went to my room, taking a shower, getting on my pajamas, brushing my teeth. I went downstairs to get a glass of water. There was a knock on my door. Yuki? I rushed to the door, and thrust it open. A small package was placed neatly on the doormat. Wrapped neatly in my favorite royal blue. A red satin ribbon adorned it, with a small card tucked underneath it. That same, unmistakable, spidery handwriting on it. I picked it up, and opened it carefully, tying the ribbon around my neck, and being sure not to rip the paper. There was a small golden box inside. I carefully opened the lid. A chain sat among mounds of fluffy velvet, a small lilly charm was at the end. Fastened under it was a dolphin. My eyes teared up. There was no doubting who this came from. I threw the paper at the side of the door. I kept the necklace in my hand, walked up the stairs, and turned out the lights. I cried myself to sleep...
Sayuri-
I guess I have a lot of things to say to you. I'm sorry. I really, truly am. I chose a guy over you, but I won't take back my choice.
I miss you, and I wish the old days were back. I guess you could say that this necklace
shows what we used to have. I'm so, so sorry.
And happy birthday.
-Yoko