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Title: Completing the puzzle

Images of unknown things flooded her mind. No, not unknown, they were familiar in a strange way. They were not images, but memories. Of her past, it was most likely. There was one where she saw herself standing beside Usui Takumi, as though leaning in to kiss him. Another one showed the both of them, except that the background was different, it seemed to belong in another century from a while back. Then there were more flashes of such memories, each with their own story to tell of their love story of another time.

The memories stopped the moment they parted. Misaki was speechless. Usui spoke first, "Misaki, do you understand now?" Unknowingly, Misaki nodded. "We… Why were there so many places… and times?" She skipped the most important question. Seeming to understand her reason, Usui answered her.

"When I said that that girl… You… died, I didn't mean once. I meant so many times, until somehow the cycle got disrupted and you didn't come back to Earth after that. I watched you die again and again, and there was nothing I could do. But now, maybe I can."

"….."

Misaki didn't know what to say. Was the devil that she was assigned to kill really the person that was about to save her? Stammering, she spoke. "So… You must have really loved me, then." There were so many things she wanted to ask him, but somehow, those were the only words that managed to come out.

"That's my kind of love. But if that isn't what love is to you, then that's all I have."

For some reason, tears welled up in her eyes. She thought through all those lives she had had, those lives with her many different families, and how she would never remember all those tiny little details in each one of them. Had she been lied to all along by those in heaven?

"Can I try something?" Misaki asked nervously. Usui nodded. Carefully, Misaki leaned in to press her lips against his. She had only meant to try it to see whether or not those memories would surface again, but somehow her lips were unwilling to leave his, even after the memories had flowed right into her mind. She saw herself holding hands with him, smiling and laughing with so much happiness.

Moments later, when they both leaned away from lack of breath, Misaki's face was flushed. Not just from the kissing, too.

Smilign slightly, Usui asked, "How was your try?"

"Quite well, actually."

"I see."

Misaki wanted something. Not just Usui. She wanted to know about her past, everything.

"Alright. I want answers. Who was I before now? And before then? I want to know, you owe me that."

Usui sighed.

"I owe you so much more than that. Very well, but I have a request of my own. Call me Takumi. That's how you called me back then."

So many memories after that, Misaki was speechless. Again. Usui kissed her forehead gently as she leaned against him for support. What Misaki didn't understand was how Usui… Takumi could stand being with her heartbeak after heartbreak, every single time she died. She shouldn't be the one crying, it should be him. She was the lucky one, she was the one that couldn't remember all of their love stories, the one that was supposed to be spared all the pain and heartbreak, but instead, she was the one that was in pain.

"How do you stand it? Seeing me… die… time after time?"

"I don't. I don't stand it. I just remember that you come along again after every death."

Blinking back more tears, Misaki tried to say something. But she knew that anything that she said could not balance things out. After all, Takumi was the one that had to suffer over and over, and all she had had to do was try to kill him.

Breaking the silence that had entered since Takumi had spoke, Misaki asked, "So how come I don't remember even one part of it? I mean, I am an angel now, anyway."

As though he had to think it through extremely carefully about every word that he said, Takumi replied carefully. "They don't wipe out your memory, they can't do it. All that they do is to lock it up somewhere in your mind, but that lock occasionally slips, and when you go somewhere and see something that you have seen in the past, you'll find it strangely familiar, but you just won't know why."

Misaki hadn't realised that she had been nodding continuously since just now. She stopped herself and then asked again. "Then why, why do you know so much about my mind? About how everything is 'locked' up? How can I remember anything, then?" She was desperate to know about her love story from so long ago. Misaki didn't want to admit it, but she was desperate to know about the way she had loved Takumi and the way he had loved her. Under her strong personality, she was vulnerable.

She felt his lips touch hers, how his lips wrapped around hers so tenderly, so gently.

"Because, I'm the one that locks it all up. Not the people in heaven, angel."

-END-

Ok. I really don't know what I'm doing right now. I keep having ideas in my mind, but I just can express them out in this story. I know this chapter sucked… I'm just soso sorriie. Major OOC by both Misaki and Usui. I would love if any of you gave me some ideas about this… My mind's a mess right now. I don't think there's much development in this chapter, it's basically just Misaki understanding more. Boring, huh. I feel like a failure right now. Gaahhh. Hopefully, my mind will clear up soon. (:

Anyway, please review your thoughts towards this chapter. I love and accept constructive criticism, not just reviews saying "Update" non-stop. Thanks so much! :D

Xoxo, AnGeLiX3 (:

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P.s Didn't proofread this, so don't hate. (: