63A Lost Memory By Paradigm08
Summary: It took him to realize how much he needed her, only to when she went missing.
Chapter One:
A Dream Gone Bad
"Nii-san!"
"What is it, Yuya...?"
"You don't remember? Today you promised to take me to the fair!"
He smiled. "How could I forget...I'm sorry." He brushed a piece of her hair out of her face. "Come on. Get dressed and we'll be on our way."
Shiina Yuya had just turned ten years old and she wanted to celebrate her birthday with her favorite, loving brother, Nozomu. She didn't have parents, for they died when she was much younger...She only had a small memory of them.
"I'm ready!" Yuya hopped up and down. How could anyone keep a straight face when going to something so fun as a fair with your favorite person? She had noone else to go with, but she didn't mind. Her brother was so good to her. Almost too good! Nozomu had a hard enough time trying to keep his smile from forming when looking at his adorable, little sister. But he failed miserably...
Yes, it's true. Yuya didn't have many friends because she was "different" as people called her. Men took a liking to her though (They found her difference very appealing) for she had long, silky blonde hair that hit a few inches below the shoulder with a pair of unusual emerald green eyes. Most women thought she was cursed and tried to avoid her as much as possible. Their idea of beauty was having long, prefectly straight, black hair and a matching set of dark brown eyes. And, excuse me, how foolish of me to forget! They also wanted quite a large set of breasts since they thought that was the best way to grab a man's attention...How sad. Yuya had acquired none of those traits, but she didn't want to be just like everyone else! Though sometimes she protested against being called "small" or "flatchested".
Sometimes she would come home crying. Hearing faint noises coming at her from common people of the town whispering things like," Ugly..." or, "Disgusting girl!" seemed to hit her hard and send her home, flying into the warm, comforting arms of her brother. She would bury her face in his shirt and Nozomu would try to calm her down. I mean, who else did she have to turn to?
Anyway...
The two of them, brother and sister, walked out the door, hand-in-hand. Yuya was dressed in a long pink kimono that had been colorfully decorated with small white flowers printed all over. Nozomu thought she looked amazing for such a laid-back night to have some fun, but his content thoughts were quickly disturbed when he felt her little hand grip his tighter. He felt himself look down to the small girl.
"Yuya...?"
Yuya shook her head. He looked around and found many women glancing their way. He knew exactly what Yuya was hearing from them.
"Yuya, don't listen to them. You're beautiful. Don't let something like this ruin our night out together, ne?"
She looked up at him hesitantly, but answered him with a small nod. Of course her smile was soon back on her face as the fair came inito view.
"Nii-san, look! Isn't it pretty!" Yuya stared at all the lights with big, round eyes.
"Indeed."
The fair was decorated with lights consisting of the colors blue, red, yellow, green, orange, and purple. It was quite a sight. Many stands were lined up that sold all sorts of things. Nozomu sighed... It's a good thing he remembered to bring his wallet.
The stands were the first thing Yuya looked to. Many of them held mostly different kinds of foods, jewelery, beautifully crafted sandels for both men and women, wallets and other fun little trinkets a child would beg their parents for. If you were lucky enough to find room in the crowd gathering around, there was a small game stand that had many goldfish in their bowls, propped up on some shelves. The idea of the game was to throw a small ball and try to get it into the fishbowl. If you did...well, you were a very happy child that came home with a new fish!
Yuya's eyes were darting from stand to stand, not knowing where to start. Many of the items looked so colorful and eyecatching to her. A girl like her would wish to buy it all, but she knew that she and her brother were in rough times so she turned down many items. It was so hard to resist the sales clerks when they were holding out such beautiful things.
"You know, Yuya, don't be so concerned! This is your fun night out and I promised you a birthday present." Nozomu looked down at her with a smile noone coud resist.
She blushed slightly. Yuya was flattered that her brother was so willing just for her. She glanced over to a stand.
"Are...Are you sure it wouldn't be a problem?" She wasn't looking at him, he noticed. She had her eye on a certain purple wallet.
"Anything." He replied shortly. He picked up that exacted wallet and her eyes followed it as he lifted it up. As we all know, this very wallet will be stolen many times in her future by a certian red eyed, demon. Let's not spoil the fun now... "Such as this."
Nozomu turned to the woman who was selling the wallet. The young lady smiled warmly at him and offered the price.
And no doubt...He took it.
Yuya gasped. It was exactly what she wanted, but it was too much! The cost was much more then any other wallet would have been...then most things would have been. So this sales lady was trying to make lots of money off the two. She just couldn't! She wasn't even old enough to start making money by herself!
"I-If it wouldn't be too much trouble, Nii-san...but you shouldn't! I mean, look at the price!" She looked shyly at the ground.
"Not at all! Weren't you listening to me before? This is a present from me to you...The price doesn't matter. Today is your day to get whatever you want." He grinned at her knowing she had greatly appreciated it even though she might not have gave off the first impression so clearly by trying to aviod the present just because of the price. He handed it down to her.
Yuya took it from him gently and examined it closely. It was a silk, purple wallet with a small, matching zipper on the top. Patched on was a beautiful white design almost impossible to describe. It was like many long, silver dragons flying around the silk. It was really the perfect thing for her.
She slipped it in her pink kimono and met Nozomu's gaze after he payed. The eye contact only broke when she ran at him to give him a tight hug. She didn't know how else to repay him for buying the wallet for her and she would cherish it forever. They spent the night walking around the stands until both were getting pretty tired. It was decided between the two; It was time to go home.
"I don't know how you do it, Nii-san..." She stared at her feet as they walked away from the fair.
"Do what...?" Nozomu squeezed her hand.
"You are always so good to me, yet I feel like I have nothing to give you in retur-" Yuya stopped mid-sentence and looked up at him to see his face clearly. She noticed Nozomu's attention was now on a stanger who had somehow managed to slip past them. The man was unidentified because he had his face wrapped up in a cloth which only showed the top half of his face.
Yuya had been too distracted to realize that this man was now talking to her brother...but it was as if she couldn't hear him. They were argueing about something so she couldn't help but feel confused. How did her brother, Nozomu, know this man? What were they talking about? Why did this man have to keep his identity confined? Yuya looked between the two men. What the hell was going on! It was as if time slowed it's self down and Yuya could only watch. To jump in the way was the last thought that came to mind...and it was already too mysterious samurai pulled out his long kantana and came right at Nozomu. There was no real fight at all. Nozomu didn't have any time to reach for his own sword. Blood had scattered everywhere, including on Yuya's face. She looked to the murderer and saw something she made an oath to never forget. He had a cross that seemed to burn straight through his inner core to shine to the world on his back.
Thoughts ran through Yuya's head and she couldn't move. Not because someone was holding her down, but because it was like her body refused to listen to her. She watched in horror as her brother hit the ground in a heavy, bloody, heap. She knew he was gone, but she didn't want to believe it. Revenge. Yuya would get revenge...
"NOOOO!"
"NOOOO!" Yuya's eyes snapped open and she shot up in bed, covered in sweat. This was the fifth time this week she had relived her brother's death! What the hell was going on in her head?
She had been stressed out lately. Maybe that was the reason for the dreams, right? It had been a while since she was out on the road traveling with her old friends. She wondered where they were and what they were up to. They were all so good to , Hotaru, Akira, Sasuke, Okuni, Mahiro, and Benitora...She laughed. Good old Benitora. She missed his sweet face. But damn! He was annoying as hell! Yuya shook her head. How could she possibly think of them now? She had something else to think about at the moment. But how she missed them...especially him. She couldn't forget how when he glared at her, it seemed that his eyes were burning straight through her soul. Those demon red eyes...Yuya sqeeuzed her eyes shut. No. Not him!
Her dream was only part of the reason she woke up. Yuya could of sworn she heard a sound somewhere in the room, but of course due to her luck, the room was too dark to see a thing. Feeling the need for protection , she reached across the futon and grabbed her three-barrel revolver that her brother had given her before he died. She grew very silent, trying to detect any sound from within the room. She had learned to use this technique, that proved very helpful, from two situations and it still worked. One, it was an easier way to track down bounty. The other reason she learned from someone else she didn't like to talk about. He always seemed to hear something way before she did. This man had broken her heart ever since he turned around after he won that battle, got his body back and left her. Just broke her heart and just left her. But as many people put it... It was her fault she fell in love with a demon.
Being stupid enough to be distracted by her own thoughts, a strong hand back-handed her revolver out of her hand. Yuya tried to reach for the gun again, but was stopped by a cold blade that was pressed against her neck. She wasn't sure whether or not there was other men in the room...She didn't want to make a false move. Fighting back would have been the reasonable answer but the blade was stopping her from doing so. She cursed under her breath.
"Having trouble sleeping?" A husky voice whispered into her ear.
Yuya shuddered at the breath along her neck and shoulder, but didn't give an answer.
She heard another voice come from infront of her, "Tch! Who would of believed this girl was a bounty huntress! And they said she was the best... "
It was a woman.
Yuya smirked hearing how people thought she was the best, but she remembered what kind of situation she was in.
She snorted," Well it's a little hard when I believe there is two people on me, but I could of take you two down...If there was some goddamn lights!" She struggled this time, but stopped again as the blade was being pressed harder against her flesh. Yuya swallowed hard.
The figure infront of her grunted. There was no response back.
"What do you want with me?" Yuya glared at them. Well she glared at the dark, but she didn't give a shit. They were pissing her off, dammit!
There was a long pause and finally she got an answer. But it wasn't the one she wanted.
"You'll find out soon enough." She didn't have time to figure out who answered her for the man holding the blade did something she didn't have time to fight against.
He brought his right hand around her head while still holding the knife in the left and covered her mouth. It wasn't just his hand, oh no...The hand was covered in a fabric that was doused with an alcohol of some sort.
Yuya muffled a scream into his hand. Feeling dizzy and lightheaded, she started to sway.
She fell into the darkness...
Okay! End of Chapter one: A Dream Gone Bad! Was it really that bad? Okay so to tell you the truth, I wrote this on a plane coming back from Hawaii and I having a fucking person in front of me with their seat leaning back on me, dammit! But anyway...I know the death of Nozomu isn't accurate but like I said, I didn't have a source to make this proper. I also didn't read the end of the manga yet so the whole deal about Yuya's 'heart-breaker' was all just made up. And, um...those people that were talking in the end? Well they're not VERY important. Like you don't need to know their names or anything...xD;! You'll probably find out their names in the next chappie. Kyo will show up in the next chapter if I feel like continueing this! It all depends on youuuu
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Quick thing...How many people thought that was Kyo at first with the blade against Yuya's neck? When I read this over I noticed it...Seriously it wasn't planned out. xD Come on Show a raise of hands!
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