[A/N]: I'm addicted, to whom you may ask? Two words: Britney Spears. This is the second time this has happened, first was in 1998. I'm bored so I'm updating, surprise, surprise! Spring Break is boring; I never have anything planned and basically spend the whole week wasting away watching cartoons and the FoodNetwork.

Bad news: I haven't played Animal Parade in sooo long! I miss the Harvest God and is sexy abs of steel! I'm gonna start playing again when summer starts, oh wait I can't—I'll be working the whole freaking time! Eh, I'll make time; enough rambling, time for story.

The song Emotional by Diana Degarmo and Beauty and the Beast by Jordan Sparks inspired this chapter. (Remake of the song by Celine Dion—check Disney'sBeauty and the Beast.) Kind of fits to me; oh and Shut Me Up by Mindless Self Indulgence (I love them!) Plus, Can't Stand It by NeverShoutNever (God, the lead singer is so adorable!)

Oh, and thank you to everyone who had read and/or reviewed this story. It means a lot that you guys like it so much, I feel so elated to know that my writing is appreciated, thanks again. I'll do my best to try and put more chapters up!

Disclaimer: I don't own Harvest Moon—Natsume does. All I own are the plots. This story is based on: Harvest Moon: Animal Parade.

Chapter 7

I've grown very tired of her attitude. Powers or not, she's getting punished! I'm sick of her telling me what to do and I'm definitely tired of her getting angry whenever I do not perform it in the way she likes. She is not my creator and she is absolutely not my mate! Therefore she is not the boss of me!

She's been acting like a child this whole day, just because I choose not to talk to the humans. She knows I dislike them, so why is she so disappointed? And why… why do I feel so ashamed…? I usually don't care when she's angry, or upset, or anything, so why now?

This is irritating. This hasn't happened since then… when I was with her…

I try to forget about her, but nothing seems to work. It seems I'll forever be cursed with her memory; with what could have been.

There's a reason why I dislike humans so much, and it's all because of… her… Gabriella…

. . . . . .

Her name was Gabriella; she wasn't really special, wasn't very pretty. She was average looking—she ever had an average personality. Everything about her was humanly normal, no special abilities, nothing.

Yet I fell for her, hard.

Even though she was average, she was special in my eyes. To this day I have no idea why I found her so captivating; maybe it was because she always tried hard or the fact that whenever she was in the room she'd make everyone smile.

The first time I met her was completely different from how I met Akari. She wasn't rude, and she wasn't obnoxious. I still treated her badly; she was a human after all.

Yet my behavior didn't stop her from visiting me. Each day she'd bring me gifts; insignificant things like candy, pictures, toys, childish things. She'd say, "You're too serious; sometimes you need to lighten up and have fun!"

I'd just scoff; her opinion didn't matter to me. If you had my job I'd bet you'd be serious too! Yet at the same time, I kind of enjoyed her visits. Being alone most of the time gets really lonely; so it's always nice to have company.

She knew all the right things to say, even when I wasn't in the mood to deal with anyone. When she'd bring food with her it was always a treat. Her cooking was better than anything I had ever tried.

The thing I enjoyed most about her visits was the books she'd bring. She'd always read to me, probably thinking that I didn't know how to. She always brought in odd books, yet I couldn't help but pay attention. The way she read, it was like she was actually a character in the story.

Time passed, and my affection for her grew more and more. Whenever she was around I couldn't help but think of how beautiful she was, and how badly I wanted her. When she way away, I couldn't stop thinking of her; I needed to see her just once to go through the day. I kept hoping that one day she'd feel the same for me, but that was just too easy.

A couple seasons later, a new resident had appeared. I never paid attention to him, but I wish I did. Soon, he started winning the affection of my beloved. At first I didn't know what to feel; this had never happened to me—but of course, I've never been in love before. She used to come and talk to me about him, of how handsome he was, or how kind.

I'll admit it, I was jealous of him. Every time she talked about him, you could see this glow in her eyes. Not once did she ever look at me that way; it was rather bittersweet. I wanted to do something about this, to end their relationship immediately, but as the Rules of the Gods states: Its' strictly forbidden to interfere in the lives of humans.

So I just stood there and did nothing, watching as the love of my life fell for someone else. Ultimately, they had gotten married and had children. It tore my heart in two, but I still did nothing. She would still visit me every now and then, but my feelings for her had changed—in the worst way. They had changed into resentment and bitterness; it had come to the point where I couldn't even look at her without feeling angry.

After awhile I couldn't take it anymore, so I had asked her to refrain from visiting me. She was hurt, but didn't object. That didn't stop me from watching her though. Years passed, her children had grown old and left for the mainland to start a life for themselves. Gabriella and her husband had grown old together, though he was the first to go. Even though they both knew that he would eventually be the first to go, it was still a shock that it was so soon.

His funeral was in the middle of fall, it was quiet and peaceful, and the weather was cool and calm. Their kids had come from the mainland to say farewell to their departed father. Gabriella took his death the hardest (even though it pains me to say this…) I couldn't leave her so alone and heartbroken, so I spent the remaining time she had to live with by her side.

It felt like time hadn't changed, when she was just a young florist moving to this island to start a new life. Even though I still resented her for leaving me for her (now decease) husband, my affection for her was still strong. I could have confessed my feelings to her, but I didn't. I'm still confused why I never told her; was it because I did not want to be rejected? I don't know, and I don't think I'll ever know…

A couple weeks later, Gabriella died… and my love for her was locked away, deep within my heart…

. . . . . .

"Ignis… Ignisss… IGGY…!" Akari's voice woke me up from my reminiscing.

"Uh… what, yeah?" I said stupidly.

She rolled her eyes at me. "If you're done spacing out then it's time to go, might as well since you don't feel like cooperating,"

"I don't as though I should cooperate, seeing as you're forcing me to do something against my will. Isn't that called kidnapping or such?"

She grabbed my arm and pulled me to the other side of the room. "Look here buster, I'm sick and tired of your fucking attitude, you hear me?" She hissed in my ear. "Now, get your shit together and lets go!"

She let go of my arm, leaving small bruises. Huh, I never thought she could get mad; this experience might be more interesting than I thought it'd be.

Aaaaand its gone. The lengths of my chapters are getting longer, ya see? I'm so proud! Most of this was written after my last chapter; I started writing the rest last night but I couldn't stop, so happy!

Oh, I have a question for you guys—should the next chapter be in Chase's POV, or Akari's? I'm conflicted so I'm not quite sure. And another thing, next year I'll be taking Running Start, which is a program where I can take high school classes in college and finish high school a year early. So, when I start, I won't be writing a lot. Less than I'm writing now; I'm really sorry, and I hope you guys forgive me, I'll still be updating—just not a lot. I hope you guys will forgive me… *sadface*