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Chapter 19- Tamera meets Xui- again

"Len," Tamera spoke softly and gently pushed him with her hands but he kept on sleeping.

"Wooh," she sighed and walked towards the small windows. Morning light filtered in through the thin cloth hanging over them. She took the pieces of cloth off and put them aside on a small table made for meals. Looks like a perfect little cozy house… But I'm dying to go back She glanced over her shoulder at Len.

Jun and Ran must be worried sick about him. And Yoh and Anna! Oohh!! …She sighed and spoke up, "Then I'll just go get something to eat. We forgot collecting the berries yesterday." She quickly opened the door and sneaked outside. Even though it was almost eleven in the morning, it felt like evening. The sunlight looked as if it had all energy and warmth drained of it.

Tamera made her way to a small pond they had found. The water made her hands go numb. It was freezing! She splashed it on her face anyway and walked to a huge tree, which supplied the cute little berries. She quietly began picking off some and collecting them in her free hand.

"Quiet a lot of fun picking berries, isn't it?"

A chill ran through Tamera's back as she nervously turned around. "Huh?" No one there. Maybe it was just my imagination. Yeah. Timidly, she turned back to picking, wishing silently that there wasn't any girl with flowing purple hair and those devilish eyes behind her. Then, Tamera heard laughter. It was a girl, her voice -low and teasing. Tamera jerked back and spun around.

"Wh-who is it!" she croaked, the words getting glued to her throat. Sweat tingled on her forehead and a gust of wind blew, blustering up leaves and dust. Suddenly, Tamera wished she hadn't just walked out like that. She should have woken Len up. Something pricked Tamera's shoulder like needles. She jumped back and looked around. There -behind her- stood a pale girl, taller than Tamera, about Anna's height, with two, long purple ponies and piercing silver-red eyes.

"Hi," she said casually. "I hope you remember me and what I told you." A light, menacing laugh escaped her mouth. "Yes?" she looked Tamera straight in the eye. Tamera, on the other hand, couldn't utter a word. "I'm dead" these two words filled her every thought. Goodbye Yoh…goodbye…Len. Tears spurted out of her glossy deep pink eyes. Tamera's knees touched the ground as she looked up at Xui's pretty face.

"Feelings," she made a face, "You make me sick!" she kicked at Tamera, sending her flying and landing hard against a tree.

What seemed like the first time, fear had actually gripped Tamera like never before. Always before, there had been someone for her. Even at her previous encounter with Xui, she had known how to go back, go back to people-to Yoh- Anna-to…-Len. Len? Suddenly, a new type of feeling emerged in Tamera. Len! I have to get up!! I have to save myself!! Len tried all the time! I can't let his efforts and feelings die like this! For once, a thing called courage summed up in Tamera. Yes! Bravery, something she didn't know she possessed. Something everyone one possesses really. You just need a call for it.

Tamera forced one eye open. Xui stood beside, looking down at her.

"You finally up Tammy? Good! I thought you were already dead!" she laughed again, this time loudly- a good evil laugh. "Ooops!" Xui covered her mouth with one of her ghostly white hands. "Can't let Len wake up, can we?"

"You won't need to!" Tamera stood up and brushed dust off her pyjama's knees. "Feelings huh!" Tamera looked down and smirked slightly. "Well," she looked up, "How come you love Len then? Love is a feeling Xui!"

Xui looked at her-shocked and obviously taken aback by Tamera's outburst. She parted her lips to reply but thought better of it and closed her mouth.

"You talk to much Tammy!" she finally burst out and pulled out a silver sword- it's blade glinting in the only beam of sunlight the trees let through. The strength Tamera had mustered up seemed to drain out as her eyes hit the flashing metal, which looked quite ready to slice down.

"Now," Xui's voice lowered again. "I'll just finish you off silently. Don't bother to open that pretty mouth of yours. After all," she giggled slightly, "It's only a matter of time and then you'll never open it at all."

Tamera took a step back. "W-why me?" her lips trembled terribly but the question caught Xui by surprise. Her lips formed an amused smile.

"But of course it's you! Tamera! I thought after all this you had gotten it! Don't you ever get that Len can never be anybody's but mine! And anybody who does try to get in my way will go down my way!!! Xui's wrath will be unforgivable!!!" Xui's eyes had gone completely red-glowing red! She was using a spell again. Tamera gazed at her eyes; they seemed to pierce her mind, penetrating in- deeper and deeper, reading every thought and memory.

Xui's expression grew angry as she read the time Tamera had spent with Len. "That's it!!" she fumed, "Now you die!!!!!!" She began chanting under her breath.

Tamera's eyes reflected the red glow of Xui's as an invisible hand clasped her neck- it's fingers digging deeper in her flesh. She rose up against the tree, and kept rising until her feet were almost two meters off the ground. Wind blew in rapid, fast gales. Tamera struggled helplessly as she felt death closing in. Her legs thrashed about, kicking hard against the tree. I-I'm going to die! Hot tears gushed out. N-no please! Don't kill me!!

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Saori Eguchi