《Forget Her Not》


 Chapter 1-Trying to Forget is Difficult

    As the bullet train came to a slow stop at the station the conductor came over a speaker, "All those getting off at Kirigaya, I repeat Kirigaya" with that, the train doors opened and a wave of people stepped out onto the platform among the sea of black and brown haired people a flash of dark red could be seen.


    The dark red belonged to a boy who was a bit taller then those around him, he had a melancholy look on his face, he had a bag strapped to his shoulder plus a suitcase, he held a phone in his hand which on the screen showed what looked like a map with direction mapped out. He grumbled as he studied it, "Alright, according to this they live a few miles south of the train station" the boy looked up from his phone, he was glad he was tall, he looked over the sea of heads so that he could plan out a way through the sea of people.


    He made his way through once he had a route figured out, he bobbed and weaved through the wave of people, this was one drawback of being so tall, he struggled to break through the wall of people he felt like it had taken him about five minuets to make his way out of the sea of people. When he got free he headed down the stairs from the platform, a closer look at the boy revealed that he was around his late teens or getting into his early twenties. Besides his tallness the boy was built quite well, he wasn''t as big a a bodybuilder he just had a very toned body but, that coudn''t really be seen under his baggy jacket and pants. The jacket the boy wore looked to be a worn running jacket, on the front was a white label with his name written on it, the ink was a bit faded but it read out ''Naoki Shirio'', that was the boys name.


    As Naoki walked to the exit of the train station his face still held that melancholy look, he stopped moving and stood still, he looked up at the ceiling, "I wonder if this is what she''d want" he said in a somber tone. Naoki could feal his heart ache with sadness, he touched his chest and gripped his jacket tightly, "Misa..." he whispered, out of the corner of his eye Naoki could see people staring at him, he shook his head and his arm went back to his side. He then started walking again, he made his way outside and stopped at a stone coloum outside the trainstation, he looked down at his phone at the map, "Alright, from here I go.." he looked to the right "That way" with that Naoki started walking once more.


    As he walked away from the trainstation Naoki looked around at his surroundings, "So, this is Kirirgaya?" he looked at the various buildings and businesses he''d passed along his way, Kirirgaya wasn''t the boys home town, he was actually moving to Kirigaya because he enrolled in a collage that was located there. His parents were against him going to an out of town collage when there was one in his hometown but, he had presuaded his parents to let him go but, only because he agreed he''d live with his aunt and uncle that lived in Kirigaya. Naoki had agreed, if that was the only condition it was nothing, he just didn''t want to be in his hometown anymore it was where memories of Misa were, suddenly, at just the mere thought of her made Naoki''s face darken with sadness.


    His heart ached, "Why''d you have to leave me like that?" he whispered, "I''m sorry" came a feminine voice, Naoki''s eyes went wide, he gripped his phone tightly, Naoki shook his head, he had to forget about that, about her, but somehting told him, he wouldn''t be able to forget Misa. Naoki walked in silence for about a few blocks before he came to a fork in the path, he looked down at his phone "Lets see, where do I go from here?" he studied the map until he found what he needed "Alright, from here I make a left" he looked to the left fork and started walking down it. As he walked Naoki felt his was a good idea to look up where he had to go next, as he studied the map his phone beeped, a message icon came up, it said ''Mom'', he sighed and pressed the message. "Must be Mom checking to see if I made it okay" the message opened up and replaced his map, Naoki stopped and decided to focus on the message from his Mom.


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    Sure enough, the message read out ''Hey, I was just wanting to check and see if you made it to Kirigaya'' Naoki sighed, "If you were worried I wasn''t going to make it alright then, why''d you let me go?" Naoki pulled up a blank text message, his fingered zoomed over his screen after he was finished a message was typed out in the box it read as such, ''Yes, I made it okay, I''m on my way to Aunty and Uncle''s place'', "And send" he pushed the ''send'' button and his message was off to his Mom. Naoki then tried to pull his map back up but his phone buzzed again before he could, he groaned it was a replie from his Mom, it read ''Oh good, make sure you don''t cause them any trouble while your staying with them'', Naoki sent ''I know, I''ll behave myself'', his Mom answered back, ''You better, if I hear that you caused trouble I''m making you come back'', Naoki sent ''Okay! I got it, you don''t have to worry!''.


    His Mom sent back, ''Okay, anyway, there is something I wanted to ask you before you left but, I didn''t have the courage to ask you'', Naoki raised an eyebrow and he sent ''Ask me what?'', Naoki waited for a response from his Mother. Her message came on his screen, Naoki just caught a glimpse of what had been written in the message but his face showed great sadness, the message read out, ''I wanted to know, does this have anything to do with Misa-chan?''. Naoki shuddered, he sent back ''No, this has nothing to do with her, and don''t bring her up again'' Naoki pounded the ''send'' button, his Mom responded with ''Alright, I''m sorry I brought it up'' Naoki felt bad, he had just snapped at his Mom for mentioning Misa in a text. He sent back, ''Sorry, and like I said, it''s not about her'', his Mom responded ''Okay'' after he inital response his Mother sent a second message, ''I found a photo frame with a picture of Misa-chan'' Naoki read the message over.


    He gave a shuddering breath, a third message fallowed his Mothers second, ''What do you want me to do with it?'' Naoki thought for a bit, he slowly typed out a response, ''Could you send it to me?'', he gave another shuddering breath, his Mother replied, ''Sure'' Naoki smiled, ''Thanks'' he sent. After that, no more messages came from his Mother, Naoki was still standing where he had stopped, the smile he had vanished and his face grew solem, Naoki pulled his map back up and started back on his way. After walking what seemed like hours Naoki finally came to his Aunt and Uncles house. "This is it" he looked up from his phone at the one story house in front of him, Naoki put his phone away and walked through the gate and up to the front door, he softly knocked on the door and called out, "Aunty, Uncle, it''s me Naoki" he heard no response.


    "Are they not home yet?" Naoki knocked again, "Hello?!, Aunty?! Uncle?!" he got no response again, Naoki knocked and called out a third time, when he heard no answer he sighed "Great, I''m here but they''re not" Naoki was about to pull out his phone and call his Aunts phone to find out where they were when all of a sudden someone shouted at him. "Hey! What the hell are you doing here!?" the voice belonged to a girl, Naoki looked back and staring at him with glaring brown eyes was indeed a girl. [END]

 Chapter 2- The Memories Keep Coming Back

    The girl before him was a bit shorter then him but she seemed to be around his age at most, she had long brown hair that stopped at her waist which was where her hands were placed she was slender, and had fairly long legs, she wore a black hoodie jacket and a pair of faded blue jean shorts. For some reason or another, the girl glaring at him seemed vagueley familliar, "I said what to you think your doing here!?" Naoki shrunk back, did this girl think he was some kind of suspicious person, "Uhm, this is my Aunt and Uncle''s house, I''m going to be living here as I''m going to be attending the collage here" the girl gave a skeptical look.


    Naoki got nervous, this girl looked like she wasn''t believing him, "It''s true! I''m not someone suspicious! I was about to call them and see where they were as they''re not home" the girl grumbled, Naoki cursed, what he had just said made him actually look suspicious. The girl gave a sarcstic smirk, "Oh yeah, is that so?" at first Naoki was relieved, he thought the girl was going to belive him and he nodded "Yeah, so if you let me call them they can tell you-" the girl cut Naoki off, "Yeah right! You think I''m going to believe some bogus story like that!" Naoki sighed. The girl hadn''t believe him at all, "Now, your going to tell me what your really doing here before I call the police on you" the girl then proceeded to take out her cellphone, Naoki panicked "No please! I''m telling the truth! This is my Aunt and Uncles house!" the girl grumbled. "I thought I said I wasn''t going to belive that, now tell me the truth" Naoki grumbled "I am telling the truth!" the girl scowled.


    "Tell me the truth, 1..." she had started counting, Naoki was panicking like crazy, this girl was seriously about to call the cops on him, "Why won''t you believe me?!" the girl scoffed "Because, this is my Mom and Dads house, and I''ve never heard about someone like you coming to live with us!" Naoki gave a puzzled look. "Your Mom and Dad''s house?" the girl nodded, a lightbulb started to go off in Naoki''s head, "Wait a minuet?" he looked closely at the girl, suddenly he started to figure out why she had looked so fammilar to him, "Kirika? Kirika is that you?" the girl gave a surprised gasp, "Yeah, how do you know my name?" the girl had a worried look on her face. Naoki chukled, "Oh my god, I didn''t recognize you! You''ve really grown since I last saw you haven''t you?" the girl raised an eyebrow. "What the heck are you talking about, why do you sound like you know me?" Naoki chuckled "Come on Kirika, don''t tell me you''ve forgotten about me?" the girl uttered a confused hum.


    Naoki sighed, "Kirika, it''s me, Naoki, your cousin" the girls face filled with surprise, then she looked hard at Naoki the slowly realization came to her face, "Naoki!? is that really you!?" Naoki smirked "Yep, it''s me, nice to see you again Kirika" Naoki waved. The girl standing before him was his cousin Kirika Izami, a bright smile came to Kirika''s face, in a flash she ran over to Naoki and grabbed him in a hug, "Oh my god! I haven''t seen you since forever!" she giggled as she hugged Naoki tighter.


    "Likewise" Naoki chuckled, Kirika looked up at Naoki, "You''ve changed so much! No wonder I didn''t know it was you!" Naoki smiled "I could say the same about you, you''ve gotten alot prettier since I last saw you" Kirika chuckled "Thanks, you''ve gotten alot taller" Naoki gave a grin "Yeah, I guess I shot up" Kirika nodded. "We use to be the same height, now, I''ve actually got to look up at you!" Naoki laughed "I guess your right, you shot up too though" Kirika grumbled "Yeah, but, I''m not nearly as tall as you are, it sucks I have to look up at you!" Naoki chukled and rubbed Kirika''s head.


    "Sorry, I am a guy after all" Kirika grumbled, "Sexist" Naoki chuckled, "Ah! Your hair! It''s red!" Kirika exclamied upon seeing Naoki''s red locks, he peered up at his hair "Oh yeah, I dyed it a few weeks back" after saying that Naoki frowned, as he remebered why he had dyed his hair, Kirika didn''t seem to notice as she was too busy staring at Naoki''s red hair. "That''s why I didn''t recognize you, the last time I saw you, you had black hair" Kirika giggled "Wow, you really changed alot" Kirika looked back down at Naoki who quickly put on a smile. "I could say the same about you" Kirika let Naoki go, "Yeah, I''ve gotten alot more womanly haven''t I?" Kirika did a small twirl, Naoki could agree, Kirika had definetley gotten alot more feminine since he last saw her, her body was more shapley then it was back then, and she had let her hair grow out as well.


    "Yep, you sure have" Kirika smiled and giggled, "Thanks" Naoki chuckled "Now, if you don''t mind could you let me in please?" he pointed to the front door of his Aunt and Uncles house, Kirika gasped in shock "Oh yeah! Sure!" with that Kirika put her cellphone away and walked to the door. "To think I was about to call the cops on my own cousin" she chuckled to herself Naoki chuckled nervously, "Yeah, I''m kinda glad you didn''t" Kirika dug inside her pocket, she pulled out a silver key and put in into the knob. She turned it and the lock clicked, she took the key out and grabbed the knob and she pushed the door open she was about to walk inside but she stopped, she looked at Naoki and bowed, she extended her arms to the door, "Please, come inside" Naoki stiffled a laugh, even if she had gotten older Kirika still acted the same. Naoki walked into the dark house, he waited for Kirika to flick the lights on before going in any further, when the lights flashed on he looked around "Man, this place sure has changed since I was last here" Kirika chuckled as she closed the door behind her, "Yeah, Mom and Dad did some redecorating"  Naoki smirked "I see".


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    Just then a thought came to mind, "Where is your Mom and Dad?" in the stunning reuinon with his cousin he had forgotten to ask about the whereabouts of his Aunt and Uncle,"Oh, Mom and Dad left some time ago, they said something about going to pick something up" as she had finished her sentance a light bulb went off, "I guess that something was you?" Naoki nodded, "I guess so, but, they didn''t have to go out of their way to pick me up" Kirika chuckled "I guess now, since you made it here already" Naoki chuckled. "I guess your right" silence fell between the two, "So" Naoki started, "What grade are you in now?" Kirika jumped in surprise "Uhm, I just finished my last year of highschool not that long ago" Naoki nodded "I see, are you looking at colleges right now?" Kirika shook her head "No, I''m looking for a full-time job right now" Naoki nodded. "I see" silence fell again, it was a bit akward talking with each other after so long.


    "Uhm, you said that you were going to attend the college here" Naoki nodded "Yeah, I decided to choose a college that wasn''t in my hometown" Kirika hummed "I see, that''s cool" the two went silent again, they started at each other having no idea what to talk about. The Kirika blurted out, "So, do you have a girlfriend?" the question hit Naoki hard, he tried hard to not let his face grow sad, he gave a smile "No, what about you? Got a boyfriend?" Kirika blushed "No!" Naoki laughed. Kirika puffed out her cheeks in anger, "Don''t you make fun of me!" Naoki''s laugh started to die down, "Sorry" he wiped his eye, it was then realization appeared on Kirika''s face "Why don''t I show you your room?" Naoki nodded "Yeah, that''d be great" Kirika nodded. She walked passed Naoki "Fallow me please" Naoki laughed as he fallowed behind her.


    Kirika led Naoki up the stairs, she turned a corner and walked until she stopped at a closed door, she turned and faced Naoki, "Here you go, this is your room, I saw Mom and Dad fixing it up a few days back" Naoki smiled "Thanks" Kirika giggled "Don''t mention it, now, I''ll let you get settled in, I''ll call you when Mom and Dad get back" Naoki gave a nod, "Thanks" Kirika smiled once more and she walked off back down the stairs. Naoki looked at the door to his room, "Alright, lets see what we''ve got" he took hold of the doorknob and twisted it, he slowly pushed the door open the lights were off, he blindly felt on the wall for the light switch, when he felt his fingers touch it he pulled on it, the lights flicked on. Naoki took a good look at the room before he walked in, like Kirika had said, his Aunt and Uncle had really fixed the room up for him, it looked like it had been freshly cleaned and it even looked like it had been freshly painted.


    "Wow, they really did fix this room" Naoki couldn''t believe that his Aunt and Uncle had fixed the room he''d be staying in so much, it made him a bit guilty when he remebered the real reason he decided to attend college in Kirigaya, to get away from memories of Misa, Naoki''s face grew dark at the mere thought of her, it was going to be harder to forget her then he thought if just thinking of her got him like this. ''I''m sorry'' the words spoken in a feminine tone echoed in his head, Naoki clenched his fist, he shook his head, "It''s going to be real hard" he mumbled, Naoki stood still for what seemed like hours until he decided to move, "I need to unpack" he took hold of the bag on his shoulder and held his suitcase up, he threw both ontop the bed.


    Naoki zipped open the bag and opened his suitcase, in the bag was various things his wallet, his own toothbrush, his own bathing materials and other assorted everday nesscisties, in the suitcase was two neatly folded piles of shirts that also had several pairs of pants to got with them. These were the clothes that Naoki had decided to bring with him, he just brought what he felt he would wear the most with that Naoki got to work, he took the stack of shirts and placed them on the bed he looked around the room and saw that a drawer stood right next to the bed, he smiled he opened the first draw and placed some shirts as well as matching pairs of pants inside it.


    He took hold of another stack of shirts, he placed them neatly inside the second drawer, but suddenly, Naoki had stopped dry, as the shirt he held in his hands, he recognized it well, he dropped the other shirts and held just the one, his heart ached just looking at it, it might look like just a regular collard shirt, but to Naoki, it was special, as it held lots of memories, memories of Misa. Naoki gripped the shirt tightly, in his rush to pack so he could leave home quicker he must have accidentely put it in his suitcase with the others, he held the shirt close to him for a bit, he could smell a sweet scent wafting from it. The smell was nostalgic, it smelled of flowers and sweet vanilla, "Misa..." he whispered.


    Naoki''s heart ached in his chest, he could feal he was on the verge of tears, he wanted to put the shirt away, put the nostalgic smell, was making it rather difficult for him to do so, Naoki was glad when he heard Kirika yell from downstairs, "Hey! Naoki! My Mom and Dad are back!" Naoki smiled "I''m coming!" he replied, he took one last long look at the shirt he held in his hands, the shirt with her scent on it. Naoki quickly put it away, he then walked out the room closing the door behind him. [END]

 Ch. 3- Dream of Pain part 1

    Naoki walked down the stairs, possibly because she could hear his footsteps Kirika called out, "We''re in the living room!" Naoki looked to where Kirika''s voice came from, when he reached the bottom of the stairs he walked right in the living room.


    He caught sight of Kirika sitting on the sofa alongside his Aunt and Uncle, the two had aged since he last saw them, his Aunt had more wrinkles in her face but, not too many as she still looked young, he also noticed her brown hair had gotten a bit lighter, all in all, his Aunt hand''t really changed that much. His Uncle on the other hand, had, he had far more wrinkles on his face then his wife, his once thin mustcahe was now bushy and well kept, and in his black hair he had small streaks of grey mixed in. Naoki noticed how much his Uncle had slimmed down, his Uncle use to be more muscularly built, but now his muscles had diminished greatly and seemed to be a bit soft and flabby, his Aunt and Uncle both looked at him, the had smiles on their faces.


    His Uncle was the first one to speak, "Ah! Naoki-boy, there you are!" his Uncle chuckled, "Hey Uncle" Naoki responded, his Uncle grumbled, "What did I tell you to call me?" his Uncle scowled, Naoki shuddered, "Hey, Takao-Jiisan!" Naoki rubbed the back of his head nervously and laughed, his Uncle smiled, "That''s better! Now, come sit down over here, let Jiisan get a good look at you!" his Uncle jestered to the open chair across from the couch where they sat, Naoki nodded and he walked over to the chair and sat down. His Uncle took a hard look at him, he would ocassialy hum and grunt as he looked Naoki over, he then laughed, "You''ve really become a man since I last saw you boy!" Naoki smiled "Thanks Takao-jiisan" his Uncle smiled back.


    "You look alot like Jyunichi when he was your age" his Uncle chukled, Jyunichi was Naoki''s fathers name, Naoki''s father and his Uncle Takao were brothers, "Really?" Naoki smirked at his Unlce''s comment, his Uncle gave a huge grin "Your basically the spitting image of him, except for the red hair" Naoki looked up at his dark red hair, he chukled nervously, "Yeah, I kinda decided to do this after I got out of highschool" Naoki looked back at his Uncle. His Uncle laughed, "You look like Jyunichi but, your a rebel like me!" Naoki laughed and took the compliment, he didn''t really want to tell his Uncle the real reason as to why he had dyed his hair.


    "Now Takako! Don''t make fun of the boy!" came his Aunt''s voice, his Uncle looked over at his Wife who had a stern look on her face, "Oh come now Yumi, I''m not making fun of the boy" his Uncle gave a grin, his Aunt grumbled, "You are if your saying he''s like you" his Uncle grumbled, his Aunt giggled and smiled, she looked at Naoki and Naoki looked right at her. She did like his Uncle and looked him over, "Your Uncle''s right Naoki-dear, you have gotten alot older since we last saw you" Naoki laughed, "You''ve gotten really handsome dear" Naoki smiled "Thanks Aunty" his Aunty groaned in dissapointment "Come now, if your going to call your Uncle like you used to you could do the same for me" Naoki chuckled. Naoki rubbed the back of his head, "Sorry, thanks Yumi-basan" his Aunt smiled.


    "I can''t believe how much you''ve grown, I still can''t believe how much Kiri-chan has grown, its almost unreal" Naoki looked and Kirika who gave a grin, Naoki smiled back, he then looked back to his Aunt "I really appreciate it, you know, letting me stay here and all" his Aunt gave a bright smiled, "No worries dear, we''re happy to have you stay with us!", his Uncle cut in, "Yeah, it''ll be like old times, like when you and Kiri were still kids" Kirika grumbled, "Dad! I''m not a kid anymore stop calling me that!" Kirika puffed out her cheeks. His Uncle laughed, "Oh my! Sorry!" Naoki couldn''t help but laugh alongside his Uncle, after that Naoki sat there and talked with his Aunt and Uncle, he told them what he had been up to since they last saw him, he left out the parts about Misa though, when all was said and done his Uncle slapped his hands on his knees, "Well, you''ve really grown up haven''t you boy?" Naoki nodded.


    At that moment Naoki yawned, his Aunt chuckled, "Well, looks like someones really tired" Naoki chuckled and scratched his cheek, he couldn''t deny that, he had ridden on a train for about five hours, he then walked for another three minutes just to get to his Aunt and Uncles house, and now he had spent a multitude of hours talking with his Aunt and Uncle, he looked at the clock on the wall of the living room. The time showed it was really late in the night, again Naoki yawned and he also streched this time, his Uncle chuckled, "Why don''t you go get some sleep son, you''ve had a long day" Naoki looked at his Uncle and nodded, "I think I''ll just do that" Naoki slowly and drowsily got up from the chair. Before Naoki went up to his room he turned to his Aunt and Uncle, "Uhm, I was wondering, if you''d do me a favor?" his Aunt and Uncle exchanged a look of cofusion, they then looked back at Naoki, "What would that be?" his Aunt asked.


    Naoki scratched the back of his head, "Well,I forgot to bring something with me, and Mom said she''d send it to me over here" his Uncle chuckled, "Oh, forget something important?" Naoki gave a semi sad smile,"You could say that" noticing the look on his face his Aunt and Uncle exchanged looks, "Could you just, tell me when it arrives?" his Uncle looked at him and nodded, Naoki started walking away but, he stopped once more. "Also, could you promise me something?" his Aunt and Uncle raised an eyebrow, his Uncle replied "Sure, what?" Naoki smiled "Could you not look in it" again his Aunt and Uncle exchanged a confused look, his Aunt looked back at him "Sure, we promise we won''t look inside it" Naoki smiled again, "Thanks" finally Naoki turned and started walking back to his room.


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    Naoki walked into the room and closed the door behind him, he leaned his back against the door and slid down to the floor, he huged his knees close to him and hide his head in them, while he had been talking with his Aunt and Uncle while he may have kept a smile on his face, deep down he was tearing himself apart, as with each story he told memories of Misa would come flooding back. Naoki was trying his damndest not to start crying, but, with the multitude of memories he had recollected floating around in his head was making it difficult, as Naoki sat there on the cold floor of the room he whisphered one word, or, one name only, "Misa" it took some time but, eventually Naoki made his way over to the bed, he layed down on it and he layed flat on his back he didn''t bother to cover himself or change his clothes.


    He layed there, his arm covering his eyes, he gave a shuddering sigh, before he fell asleep Naoki uttered one last phrase, "Why did you leave me?" after that he fell into a deep sleep while he did, he started to dream. He dreamt he was in a white room, he was all alone, he would call out for anbody he knew but, not one of them answered back after he found himself walking around in the white room. As he walked Naoki could swear he could smell something, it was a smell he knew well, the scent of flowers and sweet vanilla, there was only one reason he''d be smelling that. And Naoki''s hunch was right, as he started to see a figure come towards him, Naoki started to shudder and his heart started to ache in his chest, as the figure got closer it was found it was a girl. The girl looked to be around Naoki''s age all be it a year younger, her features started to come out, she had long red hair that stopped at her waist, it swayed back and forth with each step she took, she had a bright smile on her face that could warm the coldest person.


    Her blazing amber colored eyes were mesmerizing, they looked like two gemstones shining in the sunlight, they were locked onto Naoki as he came to a stop, as she neared more of her apperance could be seen, she was about two inches shorter then Naoki, she had puffy cheeks that were flushed with red, she had a figure most girls would pine for, she had a slender waist that went to wide hips, her legs were nice and shapley. Her chest stuck out from her body, her breasts were big that could be seen clearly from the white dress she was wearing, this girl was one that almost any sane man would want for themselves. The girl smiled brightly at Naoki, she giggled as she got closer and closer, the girl then stopped right in front of Naoki who just stood and stared at her with wide eyes, he stammered a bit, the girl giggled and cocked her head to the side playfully.


    Naoki''s heart raced at the sight of the girl, the familliar smell coming of her made it beat even faster, "M...Misa..." Naoki uttered the name, the girl giggled upon hearing her name, "Naoki-kun" she said in a sweet voice, Naoki''s whole being shuddered, the girls voice sent shivers down his spine and that''s when the tears started to flow down his face. Without hesitation, Naoki grabbed the girl, he held her tight, he felt the girls arms come around him, he gave a sad leddened chuckle as he just stood there, "Naoki-kun" came the girls sweet voice once more, Naoki hugged the girl tighter, "Misa..." he whispered. The girl he held, was Misa, the girl he was trying to forget about, the girl that was his lover, Naoku knew in his mind that the Misa he was holding in his arms wasn''t real, but, his heart wasn''t allowing him to let her go. "How? How can I ever forget about you?" he sniffled, "Misa" he whispered.


    As he sniffled, Naoki felt a soft hand touch his face, he looked and saw Misa smiling at him, a concerned look in her eyes, "Misa" Naoki whispered again, Misa chuckled "You big dummy" Naoki raised an eyebrow "Dummy?" Misa chuckled "I told you didn''t I? Not to get hung up on me?" Naoki felt like a bullet went through his heart, he gave a sad leddened smile, "I know, but, its just so hard Misa" Naoki shuddered, "It''s so hard trying to forget about you" Misa giggled, "I know, that''s what I love about you" Naoki chuckled. "Misa, I miss you" Naoki stiffled a cry, Misa smiled, "I know, I miss you as well" Naoki held Misa tighter, "I''d wish you''d come back to me" a sad chuckle came from Misa, "You know that''s not possible anymore Naoki" Naoki shuddered. [END]

 Chapter 3- Dream of Pain- Part 2

    It was true, Misa would never come back to him, no matter what he did, Naoki sniffled "I know, but, I just wish there was" Misa smiled and gingerly rubbed Naoki''s cheek "Your so sweet" Misa slowly rose up and kissed Naoki on the lips, that sent Naoki into a whirlwind of nastolgia. The softeness of Misa''s lips, the smell of her hair wafting under his nose, it made him remeber each and everytime Misa had kissed him like this, Misa''s lips moved away Naoki looked at her with tear filled eyes. He took hold of her hand and gripped it tightly, "I hate how this is the only place I can see you" Misa smiled sadly, "Naoki, I want you to move on" Naoki''s eyes shook, he sighed "I know you do, but, like I said, it''s hard" Naoki ran his hand through Misa''s red locks. Misa in turn touched Naoki''s face, "I want you to be happy, I don''t want to be the one who caused you to have a sad life" Misa looked at the ground and sniffled.


    Naoki held her chin and tilted her head up, he smiled, "You could never cause me sadness" tears ran down Misa''s face she grabbed Naoki and hugged him tight, "Please, I want you to move on, I know it''s hard to forget about me but, please, I want you to be happy" Misa looked up with tear filled eyes, Naoki smiled and patted her head "Alright, if that''s what you want" Misa smiled. The two stood there staring into each others eyes, then suddenly the white room started to fade away, as did Misa, her body started to get transparent, she sighed and looked up at Naoki "Looks like this was all the time I had" Naoki frowned. Misa smiled, tears rolled down her cheeks, she touched Naoki''s face once more, her hand was cold to Naoki''s warm face, Naoki held it tightly, "I''m glad I got to see you again" his face grew dark, "Even if it''s just a really lucid dream" the white room went black, then Naoki watched as Misa''s smiling face vanished.


    Naoki stayed the way he had been, his arm still holding Misa even though, she was gone, his hand hovered over his cheek as if Misa''s hand was still touching his face, he could still smell her scent even though she was long gone, "I miss you" he whispered "I will respect your wishes, even though..." Naoki''s face darkned as he looked to the ground, "I don''t really want to" just then, Naoki could hear a voice calling out to him. He smiled, he knew the voice, "Looks like it''s time to wake up" Naoki looked up at the black sky and closed his eyes, when they opened again his eyes filled with the color of his room. As his eyes adjusted to the light a figure hovered over him, he could see long strands of brown hair flowing down, and a pair of brown eyes staring at him, he smiled "Morning Kirika" his cousin giggled "Mornin''" she smiled brightly.


    Naoki yawned, he rose up from his bed and rubbed his head, "Did you sleep well?" Kirika asked, Naoki chuckled "Yeah, sure did, I had a really good dream too" Kirika hummed with intrigue "Really, what did you dream about?" she smirked, Naoki gave a simple smile "I''m not telling you" Kirika grumbled "Oh, come on! We always use to tell each other things like that!" Naoki looked over at Krika and chuckled. Naoki then noticed how Kirika was dress, she was wearing a t-shirt that was really loose on her body and was slipping off her shoulder revealing a bit of skin, Naoki blushed as he looked down and saw that Kirika wasn''t wearing pants. Naoki freaked out, "What the heck are you doing coming in here dressed like that!" Kirika gave a confused look, then she looked down, her face went red as she noticed the state of her attire, she sheriked and she knelt to the floor she pulled her shirt down to cover her exposed lower half but, that caused more of her upper body to be exposed,


    Naoki could see a bit of Kirika''s clevage peering out from her shirt, Naoki looked away his face flushed, "Man, she really has grown a lot, in certain places" he heard Kirika groan "I can''t belive I was so careless.." she sighed, an akward silence filled the room, Naoki chuckled nervously "Uhm, thanks for waking me up Kirika" Kirika chuckled nervously, "Ye-yeah, your welcome, well, I''ll be going now!" with that Kirika bolted out Naoki''s room. When he didn''t hear her pounding footsteps Naoki sighed, "What a sight to wake up to" he rubbed the back of his head, Naoki looked out the window of his room and saw that it was early the next morning, "What time is it?" Naoki dug into his pocket and pulled his phone out. When he clicked the screen on his eyes went wide, "Oh, shit!" he then lept out of bed and quickly started to take off the clothes he had slept in "Gotta hurry!" he threw his shirt and pants on the floor in a pile.


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    He went to the drawer next to the bed and opened the top one, he took a shirt and pants that he felt looked good together and threw them on, Naoki then went to his duffle bag and pulled out comb and he quickly fixed his bedhead the best he could he threw the comb back into the bag and he closed the drawer he had opened. But, before he left he looked down at the second drawer, even though the drawer was closed he could still smell the scent of flowers and sweet vanilla, a sad look came across his face as he remebered the dream he had. "I want you to move on" Misa''s words from his dream echoed in his head, Naoki tightened his fists, he then silently changed his shoes and left the room. As Naoki walked down the stairs he could hear sounds coming from the kitchen, before he stepped off the stairs Naoki took in a breath a put on a smile, he walked off the stairs and into the kitchen where he saw his Aunt busy making what was most likely breakfast.


    "Morning Yumi-basan" Naoki greeted, his Aunt turned and smiled when she saw him, "Morning Naoki-dear, Would you like some breakfast?" Naoki smiled "No, I''m running a bit late, I just came to say I was heading out" his Aunt smiled "I see, thats too bad, see you when you get back then" Naoki nodded "Bye Aunty" he waved as he walked out the kitchen. "Do your best dear!" he heard his Aunt call out Naoki laughed "I will!" he gave a wave and started for the front door, he was about to walk out when his Uncle came out from the living room when he noticed Naoki he gasped, "Ah! Naoki-boy, wait a second!" Naoki stopped and looked over at his Uncle "What is it Takao-jisan? I''m kinda running late" his Uncle smirked. "I know, but, it''ll only be a second" Naoki sighed "Alright, what do you need Takao-jisan?" his Uncle smiled "Oh, I don''t need anything, there''s just something I wanted to give you" Naoki raised an eyebrow "Something you wanted to give me?" his Uncle nodded.


    "Wait right there, I''ll got get it" with that his Uncle stepped back into the living room, Naoki didn''t have to wait long as his Uncle came rigt back this time, he had something in his hands, he walked over to Naoki and handed it to him "Here, it was your fathers when he went to college" the object his Uncle was handing him was a black leather bookbag. Naoki took it from his Uncle, "Wow, this looks really expensive" his Uncle chuckled "Yes, our father paid alot for that bag when Jyunichi annouced he''d be going to college" Naoki looked at his Uncle "I can''t use this, I mean it must mean so much" his Uncle raised his hand and Naoki went quiet, "It''s alright, I want you to use it, I know Jyunichi wouldn''t mind you using it" Naoki smiled. He looked down at the leather bookbag and then back at his Uncle, "Thanks Takao-jisan, I''ll use it carefully" his Uncle smiled and nodded a clock chime went off, "Oh man!" Naoki gasped his Uncle gave an apologetic smile "Sorry, you should leave now if you want to make it on time" Naoki nodded.


    He bowed to his Uncle, "Thanks!" he then turned and opened the door and stepped out "See ya when you get back" his Uncle called Naoki smiled and nodded as he closed the door, Naoki made his way down the street he had started running after he stepped out the door, he dug his phone out his pocket and pulled up the map which had clearly marked directions "Please! Let me make it on time!" Naoki saw the time in the corner of his phone and that made him kick it into high gear. As he ran the metal parts of the bookbag clacked, he looked down at the bag and his face darkned, "I don''t deserve this" he felt like a bastard, he was holding something that held alot of value yet, he was here because of his own selfish reasons. "I want you to be happy" came Misa''s words from his dream, Naoki sighed "I can never be happy, because your not here" Naoki continued to run in silence on his way to the start of his college career. [Ch.3 END]