"Nuriko," gasped Miaka as she slowly took a step towards the figure seated at the table.
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"Nuriko," gasped Miaka as she slowly took a step towards the figure
seated at the table.
"Miaka!!" Hissed Yui and Taka as they tried to stop Miaka from dashing to the woman.
Tetsuya watched the woman seated at the table as Miaka ran towards her calling out "Nuuurikoooo."
The woman turned her purple gaze from the window to be startled by a brown haired girl locking her arms around her in a tight embrace.
"Oh Nuriko. I can t believe it. It sbeensolong.Howhaveyoubeen?", blurted out the girl as she buried herself into the purple haired woman s chest.
"Ano... ," the woman didn't t know where to begin. "I m sorry miss but I think you've confused me with someone else." Explained the woman trying to calm the sobbing girl down. "My name is--".
"Miaka!", scolded Taka as she tried to extract his girlfriend from the woman.
"We re sorry," apologized Yui as she helped Miaka to her feet. "You just look a lot alike a friend of ours. We re really sorry." Yui bowed as she apologized for her friend.
Tetsuya was left in the background still trying to make sense out of the whole seen. The woman stood up as Taka extracted Miaka from her. She was wearing a long flower printed skirt and a long blue blazer over a plain white blouse. She was dressed simply but still managed to look beautiful as she looked over at the distraught girl she had roughly met. The girl was being calmed down by the handsome waiter who served her a few minutes ago.
She smiled at Yui. "It's all right," she soothed, "it happens quiet often. Is she all right?"
"I'm sorry I didn't mean to...", Miaka commenced as the Nuriko look alike started to turn towards her.
"She really looks like Nuriko, except she's a she and Nuriko...Maybe Nuriko", thought Miaka as she stared at the woman's face, "got reincarnated into a girl. But she doesn't t have Nuriko s mole, maybe--".
A cough from behind her interrupted her musings. She turned around and saw Taka raise an eyebrow towards her and was reminded of her former misgivings.
"I'm sorry...", she began once again bowing in apology to the woman in front of her.
"Miaka, is it?", quietly asked the woman as Miaka nodded her assent. "My name is Kourin Chou. I m from China. A few of my friends decided to spend our summer vacation her in Tokyo. I haven t met that many people yet so it is very nice to meet you.", greeted Kourin as she introduced herself.
"Eh", was all Miaka could say as a vague sense of de ja vu overwhelmed her.
"Hello Kourin-san." Yui decided to make the proper introductions. "My name is Yui Hongo and this is Miaka Yuuki...", began the introductions. Kourin smiled as she was introduced to Taka who waved his hello while holding on to his bewildered girlfriend. And winked at Tetsuya as he continued to stare at her from behind Yui.
"Please won t you join me. I am waiting for my boyfriend. I m suppose to meet him here so we can go see this movie...," requested Kourin.
"Uhm.", smiled Miaka finally feeling a bit like herself. They sat around Kourin s table Taka had to pull up another chair because there were only four chairs around the square table. He sat next to Miaka trying to hold her together.
"Kourin-san, what movie are you watching?", cheerfully questioned Miaka as she started feeling more comfortable with this Nuriko look alike. "Maybe she's a reincarnation of Nuriko and she just doesn't t remember her past life like Taka did. ," thought Miaka as she listened to Kourin.
"Really?", chimed in Yui, "were watching that too."
"That s great. Maybe we can all go see this movie together," suggested Miaka eagerly.
"Then after that maybe we can show you guys around." Tetsuya was finally able to gain some of his composure.
"That sound great.", exclaimed Kourin.
"Kourin", came a distinct voice from behind Kourin as she felt hands close around her eyes.
"Saihitei", pouted Kourin as she pried the hand away from her eyes. "Your late." She stood up and crossed her arms at her boyfriend to show him her dislike for his tardiness.
"You ought to blame your brother," Saihitei tried to make an excuse as Kourin's pout got deeper.
"I missed you." Saihitei soothed as he took Kourin's hands into his own and brought them to his lips.
Kourin broke and smiled. "I could never stay mad at you," she said and gave her boyfriend an embrace and whispered in his ear, "I missed you too".
"Hotohori-sama," mumbled Taka under his breath as his eyes fell upon the dark haired new comer that wooed Kourin.
Yui stared at the couple in front of them. Kourin s boyfriend was more beautiful than handsome. He had his long dark hair tied loosely at the back. He was wearing one of those dark brown colored American suits and looked like a model. "They make a perfect couple", thought Yui.
"Uhm...Kourin who are your friends?", queried Saihitei as he spied the four figure sitting around the table staring at them.
"...this is Saihitei Seishuku.", finished Kourin as she introduced her boyfriend to her new friends.
"Yoroshiku," smiled Miaka cheerily as she greeted new friends from the past. "We should go now. We won't want to miss the movie." She pulled the still shocked Taka from his chair and started the procession towards the door of the restaurant.
As she exited the building along with the others she looked up the sky and thanked the heavens. She put her hands around Taka s arm and leaned on his shoulder. "Yes it is really a beautiful day."
Author's Notes: This fic happens at the end of manga 18 or the OVA2
series. I don't have magna 18 or haven't seen the entire series yet so
I'm guessing Taka still works at a restaurant and everyone who's dead is
dead and those who are alive are. I don't know if Yui and Tetsuya are going
steady but for this once they would be. Tetsuya might think Kourin is beautiful
but he's still in love with Yui so don't those who like the Tetsuya and
Yui couple have nothing to worry about. Hotohori/Saihitei might be acting
a little bit out of character through my whole fic. This will be due to
the fact that this time he has friends and a girlfriend and doesn't have
a kingdom to worry about all the time. Hotohori will still have the same
qualities as he had but this time he'll be more playful and less brooding.
And his narcisitic value, which is still there, will be toned down to a
minimum....especially by Kourin.
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