-TWO MONTHS LATER-
-Zapphirra-
I still couldn't believe they were gone. Everyday when I came back from teh gym and came back to an empty house i felt a piece of me seem to break. It had actually been so much that I moved back into the shrine with my parents. But even being with my family couldn't make the empty feeling in my chest go away.
"We're leaving Cecelia, will you be alright by yourself?"
I heard my mother ask from downstairs, but didn't bother to answer her. I heard the door open and close from downstairs and sighed as I stared up at my ceiling. My parents had been asked to come bless a new house for some celebrity or something and they wouldn't be back for a while. Normally I wouldn't care, but that simply fact made me feel that much more alone.
When had I become so dependent on others to make me happy?
I wondered, but I already knew the answer.
Naka, Mia, and Tami were great, but they didn't make me feel as accepted as Hikaru and the others had and it was because Naka and them were human and I wasn't. Sure I didn't have fangs, claws, or colored skin. Scales, wings, or a tail, but I was a miko who had the ability to make barriers, break through them, heal wounds, and purify. No normal human could do that, and that made me feel alone in the world. But when Hikaru and the others showed up I finally felt like I belonged. Now that they're gone I felt like a piece of me was gone as well.
-Hikaru-
I sighed as I looked around at my pack. When I'd come back they had been ecstatic. My Beta specifically since his mate was pregnant with their first born.
"What's bothering you Alpha Hikaru?"
I turned at the sound of my name to see Sephira, my Beta's mate, coming tos it next to me.
"It doesn't matter."
I said, but she shook her head.
"That is not true. If it has you so distracted you cannot see the cubs stealing your food then it matters."
She said with a smile as I turned to see two cubs, barely three years old, run away with my slice of meat.
"I guess you're right."
I said with a sigh.
"Talk to me my Alpha, what is troubling you?"
She asked and I ran a hand through my hair before reaching towards the collar I still had around my neck.
"It has something to do with the one who gave you that, correct?"
She asked and I smiled sadly.
"Yeah. I miss her Sephira. She was-no, is my friend but I had to leave."
I said and she rubbed my back comfortingly.
"She seems to be a remarkable woman if you are so concerned about having to leave her."
She said and I frowned.
"Do not worry about it so much my Alpha, things that are meant to be usually find ways to appear in our lives. It will all work out somehow."
She said and I sighed as I dropped my hand to my lap.
"I hope so Sephira, I really hope so."
-Zapphirra-
I was in the middle of bringing in the laundry when I felt a raindrop on my hand. I looked up at the sky to see the clouds darkening and moving to block the sun. I frowned as I felt another raindrop fall on my face.
I finished bringing in the laundry and closed all the windows just as the bottom fell out and it started to pour. I sighed as I walked into the kitchen. I was in the middle of cutting up an apple when a loud clap of thunder shook the house making me jump and slice my finger.
"Fuck!"
I cursed as I ran it under water to clean it before wrapping a bandaid around the cut. Just as I tossed the trash away another clap of thunder sounded and I felt my heart start to race.
I made my way up the stiars to my room and crawled under the coverso n my bed and drew my knees up to my chest as I heard the strom outside thrash against the side of the house. I felt tears in my eyes as the hollow feeling in my chest enveloped me again. I wrapped my arms around myself as I remembered the last time there was a thunderstorm and that made the tears in my eyes fall down my face and the feeling in my heart increase as I realized I was alone again.
-TWO DAYS LATER-
-Tatami-
I hadn't heard from Cece since the Harvest Festival and I was starting to get worried. I drove over to her family's shrine since I heard from Mia that she'd moved back in. I noticed Cece's mom's car was gone and guessed she was alone. I knocked on the door, but got no answer. I tried the door and found it locked. I sighed before waving my hand over the doorknob and twisting the deadbolt to unlock the door. It swung open for me and I walked inside. As I looked around I frowned when I didn't see Cece anywhere. My heart stopped when I saw a knife on the kitchen counter with blood on it.
Oh shit.
I thought before racing up the stairs to Cece's room, hoping I wasn't too late.
I threw her bedroom door open to find Cece curled up on her side crying and sighed in relief that she was okay before walking over to the bed and sitting on the edge and brushing some of her hair behind her ear.
"Cece, what's wrong?"
I asked, though I had an idea, and she turned her head to look at me.
"They left Tami."
She said and I smiled sadly at her.
"They left and now I'm alone again."
She said and I felt bad for her.
"Cece, you're not alone."
I said and she shook her head.
"I'm not normal Tami, I can do things no normal human can and I'm in love with a Wizard."
She whined and I smiled at her.
"Cece, I'm not normal either."
I said and she looked at me confused as she sat up and wiped her eyes.
"Yeah right, you're just saying that."
She said and I sighed.
"Cece, look."
I said before holding my hand out with my palm face up and made a mini tornado in the palm of my hand.
"What the hell?!"
Cece asked with wide eyes and I let the tornado die away.
"I'm a Sorceress Cece, and I knew your friends weren't human the moment I saw them."
I said and she blinked at me in shock.
"How come you never told me? I've felt like I was alone in the world."
She said angrily and I felt a little bad for not telling her, but I had my reasons.
"Cece, if you love him why'd you let him go?"
I asked, deciding a change in subject would be best and she frowned.
"He couldn't have stayed, he doesn't belong in our dimension."
She said and I sighed.
"Where do you think our descendents come from? We're from that dimension."
I said and she blinked in surprise.
"But they don't belong here."
She said and I sighed at the fact she wasn't getting it.
"True, but you could belong there."
I said and she stared at me and I smiled.
"If you really love him yo uneed to tell hm. You can't let him steal your heart and run. Go after him."
I said and she frowned.
"How? Its not like I can hitch a ride to the Demonic Republic on the next bus."
She said and I smiled at her.
"You're forgetting one thing Cece."
I said and she looked at me confused.
"I'm a Sorceress."
A/N: I'm sorry if you guys didn't like how I had Tami reveal herself to Cece, but I needed it to happen. And remember, Cece is afraid of thunderstorms and she used that time to let out some bottled emotions as well. She kind of just continued on with her life while trying not to break down once they left. Now things will pick up for her. Please review and tell me what you think. I"ll update when I can, but no promises.