Choice of Music: I Miss You - The Seventh Brother, I Gotta Find You - Joe Jonas (don't judge me)

Chapter 4 - Kia?

'Rin Akata,' Vice thought to himself. His mind pondered a bit on the name of the girl. ' "Sometimes I get a little too into other people's personal lives and business." Just like Kia.'

"She was kinda nice," Jealousy said, trying to pry on Vice's thoughts.

"Yes," the green Douji replied, not really paying attention to the blue and pink Douji's question. "She was."

"There was something kind of...familiar about her, if you know what I mean."

Vice spoke nothing. His thoughts traveled to Rin and Jealousy's words. 'I think it would just be a good idea to, ya know, maybe move on?'

"How am I suppossed to forget Kia?" Vice mumbled, thinking Jealousy hadn't heard him.

"What?"

"You said I needed to move on. How am I suppossed to forget Kia?"

"I don't know that, maybe have Tansen delete all the information and memory of her?" Jealousy replied, shrugging his thin shoulders. "Ask Rune if you really need help."

Suddenly and abruptly, Jealousy froze in his tracks. Vice stared at him, cocking an eyebrow at his curious manner. "What the-"

"Vice, shut up." Jealousy's eyes darted around the crowd, scanning each and every person.

"Excuse me?"

"Just shut up. I really need to listen." Pink and blue eyes stared intensely throughout the mass of people, his head twisting and turning to get a better view. Like he was looking for someone.

Vice started to look too, without the extra sense that the envious Douji had. His telescopic vision slowly began to intake the appearance of every human within the ten kilometer distance. Men, women, teenagers, children, elderly, all of them normal people going about their busy day.

White haired old man with walker; dark haired grey-eyed woman, most likely with-child; brown haired green-eyed man with small son; black haired hazel-eyed girl; purple-

Black haired hazel-eyed girl. She wore a simple yellow skirt with a pink shirt and black tank top. She had a white beret cap on top of long and glossy black hair.

"Kia?" Vice said, his voice nearly shouting. She turned to him, like she was aknowledging his existence. Her hazel eyes went wide, like she knew him.

Turning on her heels, she took off as fast as her feet would carry her. "Kia! Kia, wait!" Vice shouted, bolting after her, not hearing Jealousy hollering after him.

They darted through the crowd. 'It's Kia!' thoughts ran through his mind, sending a shiver down his back and into his soul. 'It's Kia, it's really her!'She ran around and through people like a deer, and Vice tried his hardest to keep up with her.

"Kia, dammit!" Vice cussed. "Slow down!" Kia turned a corner, dissapearing from his view.

Thinking he had possibly cornered her, Vice followed. But the moment his eyes met the new street, he startled a flock of birds and they took off into flight. But there was no Kia.

Wait! Black hair turned into a shop, and Vice sprinted towards it. Upon entering the shop, he became face to face with Ko, a friend of Kia's.

"HELLO?" she shrieked, nearly bumping into the green Douji.

"Where's...she?" Vice panted. He slightly bent over, his hands on his knees, trying to catch his breath.

"Where's...who?" Ko questioned, slightly confused at his behaviour.

"Saw Kia. She ran. This way," he tried to speak through each gasp of breath. He was a Douji, it was easier to fly than to sprint for what felt about a mile and a half.

"Kia?"

"Yeah, where?"

"Um, Vice?" Ko said, pulling a lock of black hair out of her face. "Kia's gone. She died a year ago."

"No, I swear I saw her!" He stood up, looking around. "She had long black hair, hazel eyes, and when I called her "Kia", she looked at me like she knew it was me talking to her."

"Jesus Christ, your fast," they could hear someone panting behind them. Jealousy showed up, looking as though it had taken all of his effort to follow the dominant Douji. "Vice, what the fuck was that about? Didn't you hear me?"

"What?" Vice asked the pink and blue Douji, like his actions hadn't caused him any trouble at all.

"That girl isn't Kia," he said. "That was someone else."

"Hold up," Ko spoke, putting her hands up. "What's going on here? What's this thing about Kia?"

"Vice and I were shopping," Jealousy started to explain when Ko snorted. Ignoring her, he continued. "When we left the store, I felt something in the crowd that was way too familiar. Vice saw a chick who looked like Kia and took off after her. That was someone else. You went the wrong way."

"What do you mean, 'wrong way'?" Vice questioned, feeling his irritance growing slightly.

"You ran in the wrong direction. Kia wasn't in that direction."

"So," Ko interupted. "Kia...was there?"

"Yes," Jealousy stated, nodding his head. "It was only for a moment, but yes, Kia was there."

Her's and Vice's eyes widened. "What?"

"Kia is still alive. I don't know where, and I don't know how, but she is very much still alive."

Ko looked like she was about to start crying at any moment. Vice could feel something bubbling in his chest. Kia was still alive. She was okay. He was about to give off a sigh of relief when he saw the concentrated look on Jealousy's face. He looked confused, irritated, worried, and angry all at once.

"What's wrong?"

"Kia's alive, but she's not safe," Jealousy slowed spoke, backing away from Vice should he his temper erupt.

"What do you mean?" Ko asked, worry and concern overtaking her face. "What's happened?"

"I can read hearts-"

"We know that."

"So I caught a glimpse of Kia in the crowd. But there was someone else there, and they knew Kia. They know her age, her appearance, everything about her and they knew her well. And they were very intent to find her."

"How intent?" Vice asked, slightly curious about the answer.

Jealousy looked at the ground, silently praying he'd live through the day. Looking up, he spoke. "In all of the nine centuries that I have been on this Earth with my Noh permanently on, I have never met someone with a heart bent so much on killing someone with the exception of Vice."

"What you're saying is-" Ko started to say.

"Someone knows Kia's still alive, and they want her dead."

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