Soar
That night was cool, a bit chilly; it reminded her of the night a few months ago, as she ran home in night's cold embrace…
Hinata walked to the gates of Konoha with a smile on her face, the chill did nothing to stem her joy.
The Glade awaited her, and she knew that Remiel was waiting for her…
They had been going steady for a month and a half now, and in-between missions, they went to the Glade to do things in private.
The first time they did it in the glade, she was kind of nervous, and she felt afraid, but as time passed, she grew to like it, and at times, looked forward to it…
It gave her an incentive to finish the mission her team was assigned to…
And now, as she stealthily made her way through the forest, the prospect of Remiel waiting for her there with that childish smile on his face, made her look forward to it all the more…
At that moment, in the forest glade, Remiel was gazing at his golden locket, a gift from a past life, from his dead beloved…
He tried to remember the details, but his mind kept them under lock and key…
No use raising up forgotten ghosts…he mused.
That was a full life… he thought to himself.
This is a better life… answered a voice in the recesses of his mind.
At least here, you get the girl… continued the voice
"Good evening!" a voice greeted cheerily.
He turned around, and saw Hinata standing there, puffing slightly but still looking cheerful.
"Good evening too, Hinata-hime, my princess…" he replied.
Hinata blushed slightly at the added honorific, and giggled a little.
"Oh stop it, Kenshin-kun, you flatter me so…" she smiled as she said this.
"So, Hinata, are you ready?" Remiel asked, a smile starting to form on his face,
He really looks good without that mask… she thought to herself.
"Is there something on my face?" Remiel's voice broke her reverie.
"Oh, uhm, nothing…nothing, Kenshin-kun, yes, yes I am…" she replied.
She walked toward Remiel, and looped her arms around his neck, and clasped her right wrist with her left hand.
"You grabbed on tight?" Remiel asked, getting a nod in response.
He unfolded his four white wings, and beat them in unison, making them rise into the night sky.
Hinata had never flown before, but the moment she and Kenshin had left the ground, she felt like she was at peace, with the world, with everyone…
She gazed out from behind Remiel, and saw a familiar sight, a sight she saw every time she was with Remiel…
The sky, the brilliant night sky, studded with diamonds, sparkling just for them.
Remiel suddenly gave a great burst of speed, and they were flying through the sky upward in a thermal, that carried them up to a lofty group of clouds.
He grouped some of the clouds using the drafts from his wings, and alighted on them.
"Uh…Kenshin-kun, I don't that thing is solid enough to sit on…" murmured Hinata.
"Trust me…" he smiled to her in reply.
He alighted on the clouds, and set Hinata on one gently…
"Ohhh, it's so soft!!!" she exclaimed.
Remiel only smiled at her in reply, and gazed at the moon, a solemn orb on night's canvas.
"Hey Hinata, how about we go somewhere else, somewhere away from the noise of Konoha, somewhere like the…" he said while he continued to gaze at the night sky.
His face suddenly light up, and then he said,
"…Like the moon!" he suddenly exclaimed.
"The moon?!?" replied Hinata, a shocked look on her face.
"Come on!!!" he scooped her up in his arms, unfolded his wings, and set in a great burst of speed toward the moon.
End of Ch. 2