Wow…..I just realized how dramatic that last scene was….. sorry, it kind of ruined the fanfiction, but don't hate me! T^T Anyways here is the next chappy, and I hope you guys enjoy it~! Thank you guys. Oh and also don't forget, REVIEW PLEASE! (btw i'm going to try and use the POV of Kazuma, instead of Ayano.) Oh and don't get me wrong, I don't hate her at all, it's just that Kazuma's character hasn't really been used that much outside of all of his perverted motives towards her… / My oh my that purvey Kazuma, why must he always tease such innocent girls? XD anyways please enjoy, and again please do review.

~Miyoko-tan

Kazuma's POV:

The cold rain lashed down on me, making my bare skin tense upon contact. The rain hasn't shown the least decency to stop for a mere second, instead it decide to pick up more making everything nearly impossible to see.

How in the hell is she able to keep the same consistent speed in weather like this? I think to myself. Since I rushed out of the room so quickly without thinking, I forgot to put my shoes on so my feet are now soaked to the bone, and as pale as a ghost's skin. My breathing has been picking up quickly, and i'm beginning to feel exhausted.

I can't comprehend on why my body is responding like this, and if it even has a connection to why I felt like crap when I woke up. I just can't figure it out, like was I knocked out to the point where I forgot what happened? I shake my head violently to make myself become concentrated more towards the task at hand. I take a deep breath, and I direct the spirits of the wind towards me, allowing my body to pick itself up, and to levitate up into the air. With my mind fully concentrated on Ayano, I am able to get a full on read on where she is. It seem that her pace has actually slowed down tremendously. I quickly dash with my wind towards her location, and then I notice that thunder threatens to release lightning everywhere. A quick sigh releases from my mouth as I push it out of my focus. I can see that Ayano has been stopping, but the weird thing is that at random portions of time, she moves quickly towards something. But what is it….?

Then her aura changes completely, at first it was a more lighthearted feeling towards it, but know it was a more frightening, and vulnerable aura. Somethings wrong…. I wield myself faster into her direction, trying to reach her as fast as possible as I mutter to myself, " Ayano, you better be safe."

Ayano's POV:

How pathetic can I be? I'm soaked to the bone, i'm as pale as can be, and not to mention I am cold and scared. Why, why of all days does it have to be a thunder and lightning storm? Why do my memories keep on returning back to me, of when I was a little girl? I freezing cold chill crawls its way up my back, giving me a sense of insecurity. I brush it off, but the feeling doesn't appear to want to go away, so instead I try my best to just ignoring it. I take in a deep breath while taking in a well rounded survey of where I am at. Great….I ran into the forest without realizing it….. I'm such a baka!

BAM!

AH! I scream out in fear, as I fall onto my knees. Lightning, why? why now? Okay Ayano, get yourself together… and at least try and find some shelter…. I take in a even deeper breath, and I slowly get back onto my feet. As the thunder roared from above, I walk through the dark woods, while shaking consistently. After around 20 minutes of torturous walking, I find myself 100 meters away from a old worn down building.

T-thats strange…...w-why would there be a building like this in the middle of the woods? I stagger towards it cautiously, knowing that there might be a yohma possibly in it. After all yohma take shelter when conditions are bad in the outside world…...I slowly inch my way up towards the, what seems to be a old log cabin. The front of the cabin is now only a couple of feet away from me, and I quickly do a survey of the place. The place looked way out dated, with bushes that swallowed almost half of the cabin, and bundles of weeds the pressured their way out of the front wooden deck. Even some managed to climb their way up the sides of the house making them seem as if they were actually vines. The place looked completely abandoned, so I decided to check it out. I walk up to the front deck, and I step on the most, and squishy wood that looked like it would fail to hold in any second.

The squeaking of the wooden boards grew louder and louder, as I walked closer to the front door. A sinister feeling filled the air around me, and I got in a stance that showed that I was ready to fight. I put my small ivory hand on the rusted iron door knob, and I gently and slowly turned it. When I pushed towards the house, the door make a loud creaking noise, and since it was being too loud I just quickly pushed it open. Which worked since it didn't make that much noise. I stepped into the dark and dusty room, quickly on high alert for any attacks to come my way, but none did. I was happy that at least there wasn't a yohma attacking me, when I was surly completely exhausted. All I now had to do was to go check the bathroom, which was indeed…..empty. At last I am able to rest, so I sit down on the old and hard couch, getting situated to my new surroundings. But I was still scared, I always was never able to handle thunder and lightning, but since I was kicked out of my clan and left to fend for myself. I learned how to deal with these things by myself…...always….by myself…..I pull my knees towards myself, while wrapping my arms around my legs, concealing them. I then lay my head down towards my knees, allowing my head to rests itself.

Kazuma's POV:

I finally can tell that Ayano has stopped moving, and I wasn't that far away from her. There was at least one part of the problem out of the way. As I grow closer and closer to her, her aura becomes more open, as if she was to tired and exhausted to even keep it in check. I couldn't blame her though… She got pretty far by just walking here, it must of been extremely exhausting for her. I finally am close enough to her location, and when I survey the woods below me, I spot a small, and worn down cabin below, with the front door wide open. I roll my eyes, so this is where she was all of this time! A stupid cabin in the middle of nowhere….. I summon my wind to pull me down to the surface of the Earth, and as I land on the soft, mushy grass, I can't help but to let out a small chuckle… She got this far in the matter of an hour...and know she is in a small building, doing nothing? I walk towards the main entrance of the cruddy, rundown cabin and the second I take a step in, I notice a small body, curled up into the corner of the couch, shaking. Her long, beautiful, scarlet hair falls down from her head, and some of it lays on the couch cushions it long swirls, while other pieces fall down off the side of the couch, almost touching the base of the floor.

Man….she's a mess…..I guess I should just take her home, after all….she told me pretty much why she is here… I take a step towards the girl, and without realising it, a large reddish-orange flame, blazes itself towards me. Quickly I use my wind magic to cancel it out, but Ayano's body is already out of the curled up position with fire blazing in her hand. Her eye's filled with the emotions of being lost, petrified, and even the urge to kill.

"Okay, okay princess calm down!" I raise my hands up after making the sarcastic statement. Her eye just twitches in anger and her hand then begins to glow a bright blood red.

"Don't c-call me princess!" She shouted at me, with a strong glare following after it. I can't but help putting on my trademark smirk, which causes a lot of people that I fight grow even angrier, but you can say that I just wanted to test it out on her.

"Yes yes~! Okay…...how about… Ayano-hime?" I said in an even more sarcastic tone, which caused her eyes to grow brighter, as if she was going to try and kill me. Her hand that had the fire it it was shaking rapidly, as if she was controlling her anger, trying not to kill me.

"Just c-call me Ayano baka!" she screeched at me. I nod my head in agreement and the flames in her hand deteriorates again. ((I said again since she did it two chappies ago~ -_-))

"Fine stuttering by-the-way," I said in a insensitive tone.

"Just shut up!" she snarled back. She sits down back into the same position as earlier, instead of that her head was up and was glaring at me, watching everything that I do. I grab a dark brown, wooden chair that was by a table and I it down on it. With the backing facing her, but I am still facing her. ((so he is sitting on the chair backwards basically… -.-))

"So…. do you want to tell me why you are here? Like why did you decide to randomly run away?" I asked in a serious manner. She just shrugs as if she didn't really know why either.

"Um, maybe because, I was just…...I dunno okay?" she said in an uncertain tone. I nod my head since I could tell that she wasn't lying.

"Okay, I don't really care about what happened earlier, and if you don't want to tell me about why I woke up on the couch in pain then you don't have to. Also with the who questioning thing that I was doing, just forget about it because you pretty much told me the main point into the whole mission that you were sent to do for Jugo. So let's just forget about that whole ordeal and go and head home okay?" I ask politely, which is weird since I never ask nicely… She nods her head, but right when she was about to get up a large clash of lightning slammed down making a large bam, crackle noise. It wasn't that far away from us either, but she let out a small yep and curled up even tighter, shaking like crazy. My eyes widen a bit, "A-ayano, are you alright? Are you by any change afraid of lightning and thunder?" I ask her, but I can't help myself from smirking since I was able to find out one of her weaknesses.

Ayano's POV:

Fear ran through my body as I remembered about all of what happened, two years ago, and of when I was a little girl. My body tensed up really quickly as tears helplessly spilled out of my eyes, to where I couldn't stop them from falling. His words echoed inside of my head. Ayano are you okay? Are you, okay? Ayano? I just can't respond though, and I can't show him my face. He probably figured it out….My biggest weakness…..Lightning. No it can't be! I can't have anyone know about it!

Kazuma's Pov:

I got sick and tired of waiting for a response, but I knew she must be scared out of her mind, so I let her be for another 10 minutes. The thunder was now only roaring a little bit, and she finally calmed down, but she was still crying a little. You could tell. He shoulders were still moving, and she was making sniffling noises. So I decide that it is finally time to go, and out of nowhere, I pick up the small, frail girl bridal style and I walk out of the door with her.

"W-what are y-" I cut her off, " Just be quiet…" I say emotionlessly, while hiding my expression with my dark chocolate brown bangs. She rubs her eyes and nods her head, while gripping my wet shirt, to keep herself held onto me. I lift us up into the air, and I head towards the Kannagi household.

ouo thanks for reading, and I will try to update as soon as I can, but not tomorrow since it's the Fourth of July~! But still thank you all for reading, and remember….

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