"I'll Find You Again"

Chapter 10: Follow Me

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"You erased someone Miharu, I don't think that means they're still out there somewhere waiting for you to find them," the older tried to reason.

"The Shinrobanshou said she'd grant wishes from my heart; if I didn't really want them to disappear, she might have just changed things. You haven't seen him Thobari-sensei-"

"At this rate I don't think I want to!" The man said quickly. "Miharu, you're playing with fire. The Shinrobanshou is dangerous, and breaking something it's done could have very serious consequences. Not to mention, we can't be sure."

"Hana felt it too!" Miharu replied just as fast, getting a hard stare in return. "It isn't just me, you can't just ignore this!"

"I'm not ignoring it." Onyx eyes stared sternly. "I'm just saying this could provide us with a lot of difficulties, and we have to deal with it accordingly."

"Funny, that's not what it sounded like a moment ago." The brunette sighed. "…Thobari-sensei, do you even care?"

"Of course I do. It's worrying you, and that concerns me," The man tried to assure him with a sigh.

"I'm visiting Fuuma Village this weekend."

"Miharu!"

"I wasn't asking your permission," he said softly. "You can try and do whatever you want at school to make me not go, but I need to talk to someone there…"

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Light blue eyes stared through the window, the teen sighing inwardly at the scene. Everything out there looked so… free. The way the wind swayed the trees, the way the clouds moved…. It's not like he couldn't go out there or anything. Still, he felt so… trapped.

Sora really didn't understand it. As the class around him started to shuffle and pack their things up, ready to head to the lockers downstairs, he felt like it wouldn't matter if he left with them now or stayed in the school building all weekend. Finally the obsidian stood, getting an odd look from his teacher for lingering so long. He just forced a small smile onto his face and continued on.

The obsidian haired decided to take his time walking home, wanting to think some things through. All week his mind had been on the previous weekend he'd spent with Miharu. It was strange really… He had felt so familiar with the people he'd only just met and yet he could have sworn he'd never had anything to do with any of them before. Then there was what Miharu had said; they both had some memory trouble and there could have been a chance they'd met during those 'forgotten times'.

If that were the case, what had happened that was so bad they'd both forgotten? Some sort of mental trauma? He couldn't toss the idea aside; after all, it had all seemed too comfortable. Then there were those looks Yukimi and Hana had given him; they may have thought he hadn't noticed but it was hard not to. And then…. That cat. 'Yoite'. Why had there been such an odd connection through all of that? It certainly didn't make any sense at all.

'Yoite… I even responded when he called me that. It's not like it hadn't happened just once either…' Cerulean eyes glanced down and he nearly jumped; his vision had seemed to phase out and he felt really uncomfortable in his own body for a moment – he would never be able to describe just how perfectly, but he felt like it was shutting down. The dark haired shivered and leaned against the wall of the building he'd been walking beside.

It was a while before he decided to move; his joints started to feel stiff and he felt a little sick… Sora stood up straighter and started to look himself over, maybe to see if there really was something wrong with him… The boy froze up, bringing his hands into a better line of view, then froze in fear. Why…? They were shaking, and they felt numb, but that was natural, thinking 'I must be cold'. But no, his hands were dark and splotched, like bruises had formed everywhere, or like he'd gotten charcoal on them…

"W-What…?" In the next heartbeat the vision was gone, just normal hands in front of him shaking even harder from his panic.

"Sora!" The boy looked up, the pang of an unknown feeling hitting him when he saw Miharu. The younger was moving quickly from the bus stop down the road to catch up to him.

"W-What are you doing here; I thought I was coming over tomorrow…?"

"Y-Yeah… I just… maybe…" The smaller was trying to catch his breath. "If you'd be willing to come with me somewhere…"

"Right now?"

"Yes." He looked determined. "It's not too far, I promise."

It was odd really, seeing the younger this way. He was so panicked and the raw determination… Then again, what he'd just been through had been just as insane.

"Yes." Sora nodded, shifting the bag on his back. "But come over first, we don't have to leave right away, do we?"

The younger shook his head, easily following the dark haired back to the apartment.

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AN: Sorry about the shortness and the delay. School's getting crazy not that the semester is getting closer to an end. The next chapter will have more promise, so bear with me dears.

"Seems like we're starting to take some steps forward in the plot, though just enough to whet our appetites. I'm excited for when things really start to roll, because right now the story is teetering wonderfully and dangerously on the edge, just waiting for a puff of wind to tip it over. For the moment though I really enjoyed the flow of the writing itself; the wording seemed particularly fluid and was absolutely lovely to read. "

-Vivacia18