Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Awake and Unafraid ❯ Searching ( Chapter 7 )
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By: kitsune90210 
self-explanatory
Anime/Manga: Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance / Drama / Comedy / Adventure / Action | Type: Self Insertion | Uploaded On: 07.09.2007 | Pages: 2 | Words: 2.6K | Visits: 165 | Status: Completed
self-explanatory
Anime/Manga: Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance / Drama / Comedy / Adventure / Action | Type: Self Insertion | Uploaded On: 07.09.2007 | Pages: 2 | Words: 2.6K | Visits: 165 | Status: Completed
Tama: Chapter seven! You guys have so idea how stoked I am!
Nori: I think this is the furthest you’ve ever come with a story, isn’t it?
Tama: Yupp! I usually give up by now! But I can’t do that with this and my other story, I’m too involved!
Nori: I’m super proud biatch.
Tama: Why, thank you, biznatch. Hey, I know! Let’s have Kuwabara do the disclaimer for once!
Kuwabara: What? Why me?
Tama: Because I said so, and I’m writing this story. So what I say goes. Be careful, I control your fate here. You wouldn’t want an untimely death, now, would you?
Kuwabara: -groans- Tamarae doesn’t own YYH or its characters, but she does own the OCs and situations.
Tama: -grins- Thank you! Read now, loves!
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“Ok, well, now what?” Ayano asked, out of breath. They had stopped after what seemed like endless running. Two and a half hours had passed since Saya had gone missing. They were in the heart of demon world. It had been easy following Saya’s trail. Up until now. Youko had been following her scent, but it was getting fainter by the minute, most likely due to the rain that had started to fall.
“Damnit!” Youko exclaimed and kicked a random pile of dirt that was slowly becoming mud. He was getting frustrated. He knew it would be nearly impossible to find her if he couldn’t follow her scent. He took a deep breath to calm himself down.
“Hey, fox,” Hiei said. Youko looked at him. Hiei pointed straight ahead. It was a large fortress type building, made of stone. Yusuke, Ayano and Youko sweatdropped.
“…Oh,” he said simply. “Let’s go.” The four took off in the direction Hiei had pointed, knowing without a doubt that that’s where they would find Saya.
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Saya took a deep breath as a shadowy figure turned the corner and stood about ten feet away from their cell. All she could see was a slight smirk.
As the person took a few steps closer, Saya could clearly see she was a woman. She had short black hair, only down to her chin. Her eyes were equally as black. She wore darkly overdramatic eye makeup and dark red lipstick. She wore a long hooded black cloak that had one button just below her chest over a pair of black shorts and a black corset. She had a mystique about her that was interesting, yet at the same time terrifying. Any doubt in Saya’s mind that this was the person who had killed her in another life was erased at that moment.
Saya’s bright blue eyes opened wide from fear as the woman reached out her hand, gently stroking Saya’s cheek with the back of her fingers. She tried to speak, to ask what she was doing, but no words came out. The woman smiled.
“Oh, Aurora, what happened to those gorgeous green eyes?” she asked softly, then making a deep scratch across Saya’s cheek. Saya’s hand flew up to her new cut. She drew it away to reveal blood. The woman laughed.
“Well, little girl, if you haven’t guessed by now, I’m Daeva. I’m sure you’ve heard a lot about me,” she grinned. “Welcome to my domain.”
Saya glared. Kijirou spoke up.
“What the hell are you talking about, Daeva?” he asked, irritated. “For the thousandth time, Aurora is dead. She has been for a long time.” Daeva smirked.
“You know, Kijirou, you’re dumber than I thought,” she stated. “You mean you really don’t see it? Take a good look at her.” Kijirou looked at Daeva, then at Saya. He squinted his eyes, then opened them wide.
“…I was right. Your aura isn’t human. You really are…,” he started.
“Yes, it’s her, the girl that broke your heart. The one you gave everything to, but she just turned and walked away from you.” Daeva looked Saya in the eyes. “Isn’t that right?” Saya looked back at her with hate. She had no idea what she was talking about, but she did know that Daeva was trying to get Kijirou to turn against her. And that pissed her off.
Daeva smiled. “Well, I’ll leave you two to talk.” She turned and walked back up the stairs.
Saya looked down at the ground. She didn’t have to look at him to know that his eyes were filled with shock, hurt and hatred. All aimed at her.
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Koenma looked up from his paperwork, only to find a distraught ferry girl standing before him. He about jumped three feet.
“Botan!” he exclaimed. “You scared me half to death. I didn’t even hear you come in.” Botan mumbled an apology, looking at her feet. Koenma was worried. “Hey, Botan, what’s the matter? Whose soul did you have to bring across the River Styx this time?”
Botan looked up at him, and he could see she had tears in her eyes. She bit her lip.
“…It’s Saya,” she started. “Daeva….she’s got her.” Koenma’s eyes widened.
“What? She wasn’t supposed to do anything yet. Saya hasn’t even gotten her powers yet, has she?” Koenma said, shocked. Botan shook her head slowly. “Damn…how did you find out?”
“Yusuke contacted me through his communicator. I guess he and the rest of them were celebrating Christmas at Genkai’s and Saya went out for some air. They said she was out for half an hour and didn’t come back. So Kurama went to check on her, and he said he found blood and drag marks. They contacted me immediately after that, and I let them through the portal to demon world,” she explained. “I know I should’ve asked you first, but it was an emergency and…”
“No, you were right. I would’ve done the same thing,” Koenma replied. He ran his fingers through his rather short brown hair. He had been staying in his teenage form lately. He thought it was easier. “Botan, do you know how long it’s been since Saya was taken?”
“A little more than two hours,” she answered. “Koenma…” He looked up at her. “You…you think she’ll be ok, don’t you?” Koenma sighed.
“I sure hope so.”
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Another half an hour passed in the jail cell. They had sat down, and Saya hadn’t looked at Kijirou once. Even when she turned her back to him, she felt his eyes burn in the back of her head. She felt horrible, and she hadn’t even done anything!
‘Jeez, it was that stupid Aurora chick that cheated on you, not me!’ she thought to herself. She sighed. She had to say something, the silence was killing her.
“Look, I know you probably hate me right about now,” she began.
‘Yea, that was a great way to start things off. If he wasn’t thinking about hating me then, I’m sure he is now.’ She shrugged it off.
“But listen to me. I’m not Aurora. Well, I am. But not really. I mean, I guess I have her soul. But I don’t even have her power or attitude or anything!” she told him, very quickly by the way. She finally turned to look at him. She noticed him looking at the ground, smiling. He looked up at her.
“I could never hate Aurora. No matter how hard I tried, I just couldn’t. Don’t worry,” he laughed. “I don’t hate you.” Saya sighed. That was a relief.
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Ayano drove each of her katanas into two different demons guarding the fortress. With a scream of pain, they each fell to the floor. Ayano sighed. They had been doing this for at least twenty minutes, and she was sure she had killed at least forty demons by now, not including the ones Yusuke, Kurama and Hiei had gotten a hold of. She was surprised how easily it came to her. When she came across her first opponent at the gate, she was terrified. What if she lost? What if she couldn’t bring herself to kill someone? But, without hesitation, it was as if there was an invisible force guiding her hands. It was very easy to kill, and she didn’t have to think about it at all. She couldn’t even remember doing it. She remembered raising her weapons and then drawing them back, but not the actual blow itself. That had to have been Diemos’ doing.
Ayano decapitated another demon that came her way. She looked around her. All she saw was her comrades and several corpses. She breathed a sigh of relief.
‘Good,’ she thought to herself. ‘At least we all made it this far in one piece.’
Hiei looked at her and nodded, as if he was commending her on her good work. She smiled. It made her happy that Hiei was proud of her. Her thoughts of pride, however, were interrupted by an outburst from the head spirit detective.
“God Damnit!” he yelled, punching a giant hole in the wall with the help of his spirit energy. “We’ve looked through just about this entire place, and we still haven’t found Saya! Where the hell is she?” Not only was he frustrated, he was really beginning to get worried. Over the past month, Saya had become like the little sister that he never had to him. He was kicking himself so hard for the fact that he wasn’t there to help her. He knew Kurama felt the same way, but for different reasons. He looked up at the silver kitsune and sighed. “Now what?”
Youko looked at the spirit detective. He surveyed his surroundings, his gaze resting on a flight of stairs that went down. He looked back up at Yusuke, Hiei and Ayano. All at once, the four nodded and raced down the stairs.
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Saya rubbed her hand. Even hours after the fact, it was still cold from when she fell in the snow. And she was feeling rather sick. She stared off into space, thinking about what had happened not long ago.
She had finally met the new threat to humanity, who just so happened to have Saya as her target. Daeva wanted Saya dead, and now that she had her locked away in a jail cell in her dungeon, that could definitely happen. This should’ve been enough to scare the living crap out of Saya, and for awhile, it was. After Daeva had left, all she could do was sit in the corner and shake from fear. But the more she thought about it, the more she realized that she wasn’t really afraid of Daeva. She was beginning to hate the woman, but she didn’t fear her. Maybe it was Aurora’s influence on her, but she felt a connection to Daeva. She felt as if she had known her her whole life. Well, in a way, she had. But no, Saya wasn’t afraid of her.
A wave of panic went over her, though, as she reached up to her neck. Her necklace was gone.
Gone.
Had Daeva taken it?
No.
She couldn’t have.
Could she?
‘Damnit! Koenma is going to fucking kill me if he finds out!’ she thought to herself. Then it hit her. If Daeva had her pendant and could open up the gates of hell, why hadn’t she done it yet? I mean, if hell had been uncovered, surely there would be some tell tale signs. Like, oh, I don’t know, maybe the utter destruction of the rest of the world? But, there was nothing.
Why was she hesitating?
She looked over at Kijirou and noticed he had fallen asleep. Leaned up against the wall, he had one leg spread out and the other bent. His arm stretched across his knee and he laid his head on his shoulder. His shaggy blonde hair fell in his face.
Had he taken it?
No, she doubted it. He didn’t really have the opportunity to do it, and he really seemed like he was a good guy.
What the hell had happened to it?
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“Hey, Yukina,” Keiko called to the ice maiden. “Come look at this.” Yukina met Keiko near the Christmas tree.
“What’s wrong?” she asked.
“Isn’t this Saya’s necklace?” Keiko held out the stone. It was attached to a broken string. Yukina nodded.
“It must’ve broken while we were opening gifts or something,” she replied. Keiko nodded.
“We should tell Koenma. That way he won’t have a heart attack when Saya tells him its missing…”
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After their race down the stairs, Ayano, Hiei, Yusuke and Kurama were faced with another obstacle. They had a choice of three directions to go, and they could hear people behind them.
“Well, I think our only choice is to split up,” Youko said. The rest nodded. “I’ll go straight. Yusuke go to the right, Ayano go to the left. Hiei, you stay here and fight off whatever comes down those stairs. Everyone meet back here once you’ve checked all you can check.”
“Alright, let’s go then!” Yusuke exclaimed. They had to be getting close. He, Youko and Ayano took off and left Hiei to his favorite pastime: killing things.
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“Hey, Saya?” Kijirou asked. Saya looked at him.
“What?” she asked. He had recently woken up, and they hadn’t really said much to each other.
“Do you remember anything? You know, from Aurora?” She was silent for a minute.
“Well, I don’t really know anything yet. I don’t even have her powers yet,” she replied. “But I did have a small flashback.” He waited for her to explain, but she wouldn’t.
“What was it about?” he asked. She sighed. She didn’t really want to tell him, but he wasn’t really leaving her much choice…
“Uh…well….you were in it actually,” she replied. “We were…I mean, you and Aurora were, you guys were running somewhere and then you went swimming…”
“Heh, was that the time that you…er…Aurora just randomly took her clothes off and dove into the spring when she knew we were going to be late?” he asked with a chuckle. Saya laughed a little and nodded. He laughed some more. “Yea, that was Ror for you…you never knew what to expect with her…”
Saya smiled at him. Just like with Daeva, she felt such a strong connection to him. It frustrated her that she didn’t know anything more about him, or herself for that matter.
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Tama: OH MY GOD! FINALLY! After more than three months, yes, THREE MONTHS, of not posting a new chapter, I’m finally done!
Nori: Holy shit, has it really been that long?
Tama: Yes, and I’m so sorry! I feel so bad. But here it is, and I promise that from now on, I will try to be better. That is, if anyone will read it anymore…anyways, read and review please!
Nori: No flames!
Nori: I think this is the furthest you’ve ever come with a story, isn’t it?
Tama: Yupp! I usually give up by now! But I can’t do that with this and my other story, I’m too involved!
Nori: I’m super proud biatch.
Tama: Why, thank you, biznatch. Hey, I know! Let’s have Kuwabara do the disclaimer for once!
Kuwabara: What? Why me?
Tama: Because I said so, and I’m writing this story. So what I say goes. Be careful, I control your fate here. You wouldn’t want an untimely death, now, would you?
Kuwabara: -groans- Tamarae doesn’t own YYH or its characters, but she does own the OCs and situations.
Tama: -grins- Thank you! Read now, loves!
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“Ok, well, now what?” Ayano asked, out of breath. They had stopped after what seemed like endless running. Two and a half hours had passed since Saya had gone missing. They were in the heart of demon world. It had been easy following Saya’s trail. Up until now. Youko had been following her scent, but it was getting fainter by the minute, most likely due to the rain that had started to fall.
“Damnit!” Youko exclaimed and kicked a random pile of dirt that was slowly becoming mud. He was getting frustrated. He knew it would be nearly impossible to find her if he couldn’t follow her scent. He took a deep breath to calm himself down.
“Hey, fox,” Hiei said. Youko looked at him. Hiei pointed straight ahead. It was a large fortress type building, made of stone. Yusuke, Ayano and Youko sweatdropped.
“…Oh,” he said simply. “Let’s go.” The four took off in the direction Hiei had pointed, knowing without a doubt that that’s where they would find Saya.
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Saya took a deep breath as a shadowy figure turned the corner and stood about ten feet away from their cell. All she could see was a slight smirk.
As the person took a few steps closer, Saya could clearly see she was a woman. She had short black hair, only down to her chin. Her eyes were equally as black. She wore darkly overdramatic eye makeup and dark red lipstick. She wore a long hooded black cloak that had one button just below her chest over a pair of black shorts and a black corset. She had a mystique about her that was interesting, yet at the same time terrifying. Any doubt in Saya’s mind that this was the person who had killed her in another life was erased at that moment.
Saya’s bright blue eyes opened wide from fear as the woman reached out her hand, gently stroking Saya’s cheek with the back of her fingers. She tried to speak, to ask what she was doing, but no words came out. The woman smiled.
“Oh, Aurora, what happened to those gorgeous green eyes?” she asked softly, then making a deep scratch across Saya’s cheek. Saya’s hand flew up to her new cut. She drew it away to reveal blood. The woman laughed.
“Well, little girl, if you haven’t guessed by now, I’m Daeva. I’m sure you’ve heard a lot about me,” she grinned. “Welcome to my domain.”
Saya glared. Kijirou spoke up.
“What the hell are you talking about, Daeva?” he asked, irritated. “For the thousandth time, Aurora is dead. She has been for a long time.” Daeva smirked.
“You know, Kijirou, you’re dumber than I thought,” she stated. “You mean you really don’t see it? Take a good look at her.” Kijirou looked at Daeva, then at Saya. He squinted his eyes, then opened them wide.
“…I was right. Your aura isn’t human. You really are…,” he started.
“Yes, it’s her, the girl that broke your heart. The one you gave everything to, but she just turned and walked away from you.” Daeva looked Saya in the eyes. “Isn’t that right?” Saya looked back at her with hate. She had no idea what she was talking about, but she did know that Daeva was trying to get Kijirou to turn against her. And that pissed her off.
Daeva smiled. “Well, I’ll leave you two to talk.” She turned and walked back up the stairs.
Saya looked down at the ground. She didn’t have to look at him to know that his eyes were filled with shock, hurt and hatred. All aimed at her.
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Koenma looked up from his paperwork, only to find a distraught ferry girl standing before him. He about jumped three feet.
“Botan!” he exclaimed. “You scared me half to death. I didn’t even hear you come in.” Botan mumbled an apology, looking at her feet. Koenma was worried. “Hey, Botan, what’s the matter? Whose soul did you have to bring across the River Styx this time?”
Botan looked up at him, and he could see she had tears in her eyes. She bit her lip.
“…It’s Saya,” she started. “Daeva….she’s got her.” Koenma’s eyes widened.
“What? She wasn’t supposed to do anything yet. Saya hasn’t even gotten her powers yet, has she?” Koenma said, shocked. Botan shook her head slowly. “Damn…how did you find out?”
“Yusuke contacted me through his communicator. I guess he and the rest of them were celebrating Christmas at Genkai’s and Saya went out for some air. They said she was out for half an hour and didn’t come back. So Kurama went to check on her, and he said he found blood and drag marks. They contacted me immediately after that, and I let them through the portal to demon world,” she explained. “I know I should’ve asked you first, but it was an emergency and…”
“No, you were right. I would’ve done the same thing,” Koenma replied. He ran his fingers through his rather short brown hair. He had been staying in his teenage form lately. He thought it was easier. “Botan, do you know how long it’s been since Saya was taken?”
“A little more than two hours,” she answered. “Koenma…” He looked up at her. “You…you think she’ll be ok, don’t you?” Koenma sighed.
“I sure hope so.”
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Another half an hour passed in the jail cell. They had sat down, and Saya hadn’t looked at Kijirou once. Even when she turned her back to him, she felt his eyes burn in the back of her head. She felt horrible, and she hadn’t even done anything!
‘Jeez, it was that stupid Aurora chick that cheated on you, not me!’ she thought to herself. She sighed. She had to say something, the silence was killing her.
“Look, I know you probably hate me right about now,” she began.
‘Yea, that was a great way to start things off. If he wasn’t thinking about hating me then, I’m sure he is now.’ She shrugged it off.
“But listen to me. I’m not Aurora. Well, I am. But not really. I mean, I guess I have her soul. But I don’t even have her power or attitude or anything!” she told him, very quickly by the way. She finally turned to look at him. She noticed him looking at the ground, smiling. He looked up at her.
“I could never hate Aurora. No matter how hard I tried, I just couldn’t. Don’t worry,” he laughed. “I don’t hate you.” Saya sighed. That was a relief.
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Ayano drove each of her katanas into two different demons guarding the fortress. With a scream of pain, they each fell to the floor. Ayano sighed. They had been doing this for at least twenty minutes, and she was sure she had killed at least forty demons by now, not including the ones Yusuke, Kurama and Hiei had gotten a hold of. She was surprised how easily it came to her. When she came across her first opponent at the gate, she was terrified. What if she lost? What if she couldn’t bring herself to kill someone? But, without hesitation, it was as if there was an invisible force guiding her hands. It was very easy to kill, and she didn’t have to think about it at all. She couldn’t even remember doing it. She remembered raising her weapons and then drawing them back, but not the actual blow itself. That had to have been Diemos’ doing.
Ayano decapitated another demon that came her way. She looked around her. All she saw was her comrades and several corpses. She breathed a sigh of relief.
‘Good,’ she thought to herself. ‘At least we all made it this far in one piece.’
Hiei looked at her and nodded, as if he was commending her on her good work. She smiled. It made her happy that Hiei was proud of her. Her thoughts of pride, however, were interrupted by an outburst from the head spirit detective.
“God Damnit!” he yelled, punching a giant hole in the wall with the help of his spirit energy. “We’ve looked through just about this entire place, and we still haven’t found Saya! Where the hell is she?” Not only was he frustrated, he was really beginning to get worried. Over the past month, Saya had become like the little sister that he never had to him. He was kicking himself so hard for the fact that he wasn’t there to help her. He knew Kurama felt the same way, but for different reasons. He looked up at the silver kitsune and sighed. “Now what?”
Youko looked at the spirit detective. He surveyed his surroundings, his gaze resting on a flight of stairs that went down. He looked back up at Yusuke, Hiei and Ayano. All at once, the four nodded and raced down the stairs.
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Saya rubbed her hand. Even hours after the fact, it was still cold from when she fell in the snow. And she was feeling rather sick. She stared off into space, thinking about what had happened not long ago.
She had finally met the new threat to humanity, who just so happened to have Saya as her target. Daeva wanted Saya dead, and now that she had her locked away in a jail cell in her dungeon, that could definitely happen. This should’ve been enough to scare the living crap out of Saya, and for awhile, it was. After Daeva had left, all she could do was sit in the corner and shake from fear. But the more she thought about it, the more she realized that she wasn’t really afraid of Daeva. She was beginning to hate the woman, but she didn’t fear her. Maybe it was Aurora’s influence on her, but she felt a connection to Daeva. She felt as if she had known her her whole life. Well, in a way, she had. But no, Saya wasn’t afraid of her.
A wave of panic went over her, though, as she reached up to her neck. Her necklace was gone.
Gone.
Had Daeva taken it?
No.
She couldn’t have.
Could she?
‘Damnit! Koenma is going to fucking kill me if he finds out!’ she thought to herself. Then it hit her. If Daeva had her pendant and could open up the gates of hell, why hadn’t she done it yet? I mean, if hell had been uncovered, surely there would be some tell tale signs. Like, oh, I don’t know, maybe the utter destruction of the rest of the world? But, there was nothing.
Why was she hesitating?
She looked over at Kijirou and noticed he had fallen asleep. Leaned up against the wall, he had one leg spread out and the other bent. His arm stretched across his knee and he laid his head on his shoulder. His shaggy blonde hair fell in his face.
Had he taken it?
No, she doubted it. He didn’t really have the opportunity to do it, and he really seemed like he was a good guy.
What the hell had happened to it?
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“Hey, Yukina,” Keiko called to the ice maiden. “Come look at this.” Yukina met Keiko near the Christmas tree.
“What’s wrong?” she asked.
“Isn’t this Saya’s necklace?” Keiko held out the stone. It was attached to a broken string. Yukina nodded.
“It must’ve broken while we were opening gifts or something,” she replied. Keiko nodded.
“We should tell Koenma. That way he won’t have a heart attack when Saya tells him its missing…”
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After their race down the stairs, Ayano, Hiei, Yusuke and Kurama were faced with another obstacle. They had a choice of three directions to go, and they could hear people behind them.
“Well, I think our only choice is to split up,” Youko said. The rest nodded. “I’ll go straight. Yusuke go to the right, Ayano go to the left. Hiei, you stay here and fight off whatever comes down those stairs. Everyone meet back here once you’ve checked all you can check.”
“Alright, let’s go then!” Yusuke exclaimed. They had to be getting close. He, Youko and Ayano took off and left Hiei to his favorite pastime: killing things.
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“Hey, Saya?” Kijirou asked. Saya looked at him.
“What?” she asked. He had recently woken up, and they hadn’t really said much to each other.
“Do you remember anything? You know, from Aurora?” She was silent for a minute.
“Well, I don’t really know anything yet. I don’t even have her powers yet,” she replied. “But I did have a small flashback.” He waited for her to explain, but she wouldn’t.
“What was it about?” he asked. She sighed. She didn’t really want to tell him, but he wasn’t really leaving her much choice…
“Uh…well….you were in it actually,” she replied. “We were…I mean, you and Aurora were, you guys were running somewhere and then you went swimming…”
“Heh, was that the time that you…er…Aurora just randomly took her clothes off and dove into the spring when she knew we were going to be late?” he asked with a chuckle. Saya laughed a little and nodded. He laughed some more. “Yea, that was Ror for you…you never knew what to expect with her…”
Saya smiled at him. Just like with Daeva, she felt such a strong connection to him. It frustrated her that she didn’t know anything more about him, or herself for that matter.
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Tama: OH MY GOD! FINALLY! After more than three months, yes, THREE MONTHS, of not posting a new chapter, I’m finally done!
Nori: Holy shit, has it really been that long?
Tama: Yes, and I’m so sorry! I feel so bad. But here it is, and I promise that from now on, I will try to be better. That is, if anyone will read it anymore…anyways, read and review please!
Nori: No flames!