The Village S1 (Rough Draft)

[Beebs]

Outside, the sound of footsteps grew louder and became more rapid as the three companions ran for their lives from the mysterious hooded figures that had pursued them for the past 3 days. "All of this over a little debt?!" a very tall man exclaimed.

"Look, over there! A house!!" a rather short woman said as she pointed to Miyo's home, "Let's go!"

"I'll hold them off, see if I can get them to flee. You guys go!" the final female of the group urged, she wore a headband with a feather stuck in it. She stopped in her tracks and turned to face their pursuers. As one of the hooded men charged at her, she redirected his spear to hit him in the head, knocking him on his back. She wiped her forehead of sweat and looked around. "Where'd the other one go?" she mumbled.

The smaller woman, who was accompanied by the large man, who were continuing towards the house, turned back to see the other hooded figure was quickly on their tale. "Oh no!", she exclaimed, before the figure caught up to her and stabbed her in the arm with a syringe, injecting her with a green liquid. She sighed, then collapsed.

"No!!! Mini!!!" the large man yelled, before punching that hooded figure right in the head, knocking him out. "Eana, hurry!"

As the the headband wearing woman rushed over to where the other two were, she gasped at the site of Mini on the ground. "We have to get inside Gil, before they have a chance to send more goons!! We have to break in!!"

"No, we can't, what if someone sees?!" Gil grimly questioned, holding Mini in his arms.

"We don't have time," Eana explained, "If Mini is to survive I need to work on her!"

The man frowned, before nodding and moving out of the way with Mini in his arms. Eana entered a battle stance of some sort, before releasing a burst of some sort of energy to blast a hole in the wall of the house

They quickly rushed Mini inside and put her on the floor. Eana proceeded to get out some sort of medical kit from her bag, while Gil held Mini's head, saying, "You're going to be fine Mini. Just hold on."

After hearing a crash, Kikyo, Kohana, and Miyo woke up instantly and headed to the living room area. Miyo, being the closest to the area, gasped as she saw everything and rushed Kohana back to bed before she caught a sight of the scene. Kikyo looked at Gil and the other two, then looked at Vincent. She held up her bow and arrow ready to attack the 7 foot beast of a man.

"Wait a minute!" the young woman quickly shouted to Kikyo before trying to get a better look at what was going on. Miyo's eyes grew wide as she saw that two of them were trying to save the third one. Vincent pulled Cerberus from his side and quickly loaded his weapon with bullets. He sharply aimed the gun at the intruders in case they became violent. The man leered at them with his red eyes and did not utter a word.

Miyo quickly went to her room and grabbed a small bowl filled with what looked like a paste. She came back and saw a gun in Vincent's hand in which was ready to fire. "Alright now, don't overreact," the woman told the priestess and the Turk. "They don't even seem to be concerned with us."

The man looked upon at the intruders and reluctantly lowered Cerberus. "Fine," Vincent snapped as he continued to eye their every movement. "But the minute they become rampant, I won't hold back. I'll kill them if I have to."

"I won't hold back either," Kikyo replied, she looked to the woman beside her. "Are these people from your village, Miyo?"

"I'm not sure," Miyo whispered in a soft voice. She took a step to approach the fallen man. "If they do try anything, then do what you must." She placed the bowl in front of them trying not to so any emotion. Miyo took in a big swallow as she said to them, "Here, this paste might help her." Without another word, she slowly backed away from them.

Eana looked at the bowl, and quickly turned away, grunting, then continuing to try to save Mini.

"Can you hand me the lantern by you?" Miyo continued in a whisper after looking at Vincent. She motioned to the lantern by his feet.

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The man nodded and handed Miyo the lantern without lifting his eyes off of the three humans. There was a certain aura about them that made even Vincent feel uncomfortable. He glanced over at Kikyo with her bow in her hand, and like him, she was also ready to attack.

He turned to Miyo and placed Cerberus on his shoulder. "Just stay behind us," he told her. "We'll make sure that you won't be harmed."

Miyo nodded as she used the fire in the lantern to light the fire pit in the middle of the room ((or where ever it was at first XDD)) and stayed to the side behind Vincent. She looked at him and felt a warm feeling from Vincent. She asked him, "Do you know who they are?"

The man shook his head. "I've never encountered these people before," he told her. Vincent gave a quick look over to the priestess once more and then fixed his eyes upon the intruders once more. "Do you know who there are, Kikyo?"

"I haven't seen any of them in my life." Kikyo replied.

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Miyo looked over and saw that people started to gather outside. She rushed outside and noticed that some of the village people were frightened to death some some that had weapons in their hands ready to kill.

"Wait!" she told them looking back. Miyo took in a deep breath as she saw a big hole in her home. "Go back to bed! Everything is taken care of and this doesn't concern you all." she yelled, "The festival is what you all should worry about. Riyona will be expecting it!"

After a while she finally calmed down the people and they went back to their own huts. Miyo when back inside and asked Vincent, "What are they doing to that girl?"

Vincent took a step toward the beings and observed them for a moment. "They're healing her," he said after a moment as he looked over to the two women, "with some sort of medical equipment. I've been around scientific equipment all of my life, and I've never seen such a procedure."

He turned back to the intruders and raised a brow. "Then again, they probably aren't from my world."

"I'll go and check on Kohana." Miyo said rushing to her sister. "Hopefully, they'll just leave after they finish saving that girl."

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Gil hastily interrupted Eana's efforts, by saying, "Is it working yet?!"

Eana moaned and said, "No, none of it's working. I think this equipment is defective."

"What?!", Gil exclaimed, "All the work of obtaining it and it doesn't even work?! Come on Mini, come on."

Vincent watched as Miyo went to Kohana's room and he looked over to Kikyo. "They're not going to save her," he said without any emotion. "They're not using the proper procedure. She die without the proper medication."

"I barely know what's going on." Kikyo replied, "We don't have any of this in my world. Do you have the ability to save her yourself?"

Vincent was fell silent and thought of an idea. "The Jenova cells in my body could help her," he replied. "If I can channel them into a physical energy, I could give her some power to sustain from."

The man slowly removed his right glove and revealed a scar ridden hand from Hojo's extreme experimentation. He closed his eyes and his faced his palm toward the ceiling. "Just give me a moment," he said attempting to channel Jenova energy into his hand.

Kikyo watched Vincent as she sensed a tremendous energy coming from the Turk. "I've never felt this much intense power from one person." she thought, "My power can't reach his level."

"Kohana is ok, she's still sleeping." Miyo said walking back into the room. She looked at Kikyo, who was looking at Vincent. Miyo turned to Vincent and saw that he was about to do something with his hand. "What is he doing?" she asked Kikyo.

Kikyo lowered her bow and arrow saying, "He's creating some sort of energy and he might be able to save the girl over there."

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The man continued to concentrate and after another minute, Vincent's palm began to glow with a blue aura that resembled fire. He slowly walked over to the girl trying not to break his hold on the energy. The Turk knelt down and placed his hand on her stomach. With a deep breath, he opened the flow of energy into the girl.

"Hey, what is he doing to her?!" Gil asked with both fear and concern.

"I think..." Eana announced, "...he's saving her!"

Vincent's entire arm burned with the blue Jenova energy, and he felt the power drain from his finger tips and into the girl's body. As the energy flowed throughout her body, she began to breath again at a steady and calm rate, and she began to mend on the cells. The man stood up and released the intense energy from his grip. He took several breaths due to exhaustion and turned to the two women bearing a nod.

Miyo and Kikyo were almost shocked to see so much power he had in him. Miyo rushed over to Vincent and told him, "You need some rest. You don't look too good."

Kikyo looked down and saw a mat near her, grabbed it, and when over to Vincent's side to place it under him. Miyo looked over and saw that the girl was doing ok and told the others, "There's an extra room over there." She pointed to the room where she slept.

Gil picked Mini and carried her into the room with tears in his eyes. Eana was still in a slight state of shock, but managed to say, "Thank...you, sir, for saving my friend." Vincent and Miyo looked to Eana, and Vincent said, "Yeah...well..." Eana smiled and nodded, then headed into the room where Gil and Mini were.

Miyo looked back to Vincent and said, "We need to get you to a bed too."

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"I'll be fine," he insisted rubbing the side of his face. "I've been in worse situations than this." Vincent slipped on his glove once more and displayed his calm, emotionless face.


"Well you need a little rest. Take a seat, I'll warm some tea up for everyone." Miyo said with concern on her face. She looked at the hole in the wall and sighed. "It's going to take a while to repair that. I don't understand how they even made such a hole. But I'm glad they didn't crash through the side we were sleeping at." she whispered to herself. She went about making some tea from what was left.

Kikyo noticed how tense Miyo seemed and said, "It's ok Miyo, we'll help out. Tomorrow things should get better. Isn't that right Vincent?"


Vincent nodded and took a seat. "I'll start to fix the wall when the sun rises," he said trying to offer an act of kindness for the person who had welcomed him into her own home. "It should be a manageable job."

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"Well I've always wanted another window in the house!" Miyo said sarcastically. She laughed a little while preparing the tea and gave some to everyone in the room. Miyo then place 3 more and gave some to the strangers in her room.

Coming back into the living room she looked outside the hole to see the sun coming up. She said aloud, "What a night it has been. I'm glad everything seems to be ok now."


Vincent nodded and took a sip of some of his tea. "I guess so," he said looking at the hole in the house. He looked over to Miyo and displayed his emotionless face once more. "I should get to work soon. You said you wanted a window, right?"


"Yes a window is fine. You don't have to start now though." Miyo replied, "We need some fresh air inside this house anyway."

"Miyooo." Kohana said walking into the room, stretching out her sister's name, "I'm hungry." She still looked sleepy and she rubbed her eyes trying to gather some energy. Kohana looked up and saw a hole in the wall. "What happened to the wall?"

Miyo looked at her younger sister and replied, "Just some changes to the house. Nothing to worry about. Here have some tea, we have a big day with the festival."

"Oh yeah!" Kohana said with excitement, "Kikyo, Vincent, will you come with us to the festival?"

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The Turk lowered his head. He hadn't gone to a festival in many years and hadn't been around a large crowd for some time now. The man thought for a moment and didn't seem to be in the mood for interacting with others.

"I don't know," Vincent said after taking a breath. "I haven't been around a lot of people in a long time. I don't think I'm up for it."


"Please come!" Kohana said whinning, "Miyo tell Vincent to come."

"You know I can't do that, he can make his own decisions." Miyo replied grabbing an asian pear ((I've seen those the other day...they look like round apples :3)), "Here you'll need some energy for the flower picking today."

"Flower picking?" Kikyo asked point to the flowers on the floor, "But you have a bouquet of flowers over there."

"Today we pick a rare flower that only blooms around this time." Miyo replied. Kohana added, "It's a Spider-Lily Flower!"

"I see, but what about those 3 people in your room Miyo."

"I really have no idea. For all I know, two in there now are only concerned about the girl." Miyo replied. "I would be better if we stayed here just in case."

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Vincent looked up at the little girl's face and sighed. He cleared his throat and then crossed his arms. "Alright, Kohana," he said to her. "I'll go to the festival, if you could tell me something: why do you want me to go to the festival?"


Kohana became a little nervous and started playing with her fingers. "Well festivals are fun to go to and I thought that you would like to come." she replied shyly. She looked at Miyo then turned back to Vincent, "You don't have to go if you don't want to."

Kikyo looked outside and saw that the village people were decorating their homes with white ribbons and some where even dressed in white and red. "It looks like fun to me. I seemed dressed for the event." Kikyo said looked down at her clothes.

"We wear red and white because it's the colors of the Spider-Lily." Miyo replied, "There are eight petals that are white with red lines which gives the appearance of a spider. It's very beautiful."


The man nodded. "I think you've convinced me, Kohana," he said. "I guess it wouldn't hurt after all." For some odd reason, Vincent Valentine felt the urge to show off his contentedness, and he did the unthinkable by showing off a small, rare smile.

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Kohana's face lit up with happiness and joy as she gave a bright smile. "OK!" she shouted and started dancing around putting a smile on everyone's face.

"Wash up Kohana and get dressed." Miyo said to her, "You're clothes should be in your room." Kohana gave a small nod and started walking away. Suddenly she stopped, rushed over to Vincent and gave him a small hug. "Thank you." she whispered as she rushed off to get dressed.

Miyo smiled and felt happy that Vincent cared even if he didn't show it in his face. The sun was up and everyone can hear the festival activities beginning. She said to Vincent, "She's never been so attached to anyone before not even our brother. I hope that she not giving you any trouble."


Vincent looked up at Miyo and shook his head. "It's no trouble at all," he said as he looked out the hole in the wall to see that people coming outside to begin the festivities. He looked down at his red cape. "The festival colors are red and white, right? I guess I'm partially suited then."


Miyo grinned, "I see. But I apologize though, we only have clothing for us two."

Kohana came out, looking very cute with her white outfit and red trim. "How do I look everyone?" ((I really like this Korean Aengsam below. Just picture it white with the black trim as red ))



"You look like a princess, Kohana," Miyo said with a smile. "I have a basket for you to put the flowers in."

"Ok, but aren't you going to?" Kohana replied looking at Miyo's clothes, "We should all go together!"

"Ok ok, you all wait here." Miyo said. She went in her room and saw that the group who created the hole in the wall where asleep. Then she when into the room where Kikyo slept and started to get dressed.

The Turk nodded and stood from sitting on the chair. "So, what sort of things will we be doing today, Kohana?" he asked. "I'm looking forward to this festival." Vincent couldn't believe what he was saying. It had been a long time since he had been excited for an event as such.

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"Oh! We're going to the Riyona shrine first! Then we will stuff our faces with food, then watch a play they do every year, next we go watch a sword fight, it's fake but anyway, then we go to the shops and see all the new stuff they brought from other places, then we go flower picking in the afternoon. At night, they have a fireworks show, and it's really pretty." Kohana said in one breath. "I'm sure that you'll love it."

Miyo came out of the room and walked into the living room area. She gave one of her warmest smiles and felt much better. Widening his intense eyes, Vincent, stunned by the woman's appearance, felt his face brightened with color, and he felt a small smile gradually grow. Never before had he been so entranced by a woman.

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((This is what Miyo is wearing but red at the bottom and white at the top....kinda reminds me of Song's clothing from Avatar. sorry the pic is kinda big to have on here.. ))

Meanwhile, in the next room, Eana and Gil were having a conversation.

"How could this of all things have happened? I mean it was a simple job, get the med supplies for a buyer. But no, we didn't have enough equipment to pulled the heist, so we accepted a loan from the Fuwu Clan! Man, how foolish are we?!" Gil angrily ranted.

"Calm down Gil," Eana insisted, "You're causing a ruckus."

Ignoring her, Gil continued, "But of course we were dumb enough to believe they'd accept our repayment a little late because they first buyer back out and we needed a little time to find a new one. Then, those stupid purple wearing weirdos start following us and boost half the stuff, including the virus samples, track us down after days of evading and inject one of our own with the stuff! Kinda poetic, don't ya think??"

Gil became flustered, heaving and breathing for a minute, before going on, "Then we risk ourselves by blasting our way in here using your ability. The brand new stuff we got is busted and then Prince Dark and Dank comes on over and shoots his powers inside her! Who knows what he did to her?!"

"Stop, he saved her, you should be grateful!" Eana protested.

Gil continued to ignore her comments, proceeding, "And then they just invite us to stay after recking their house? What is up with that?! Who knows who this guy is, let alone these people! They could be some of those coven witches or whatnot!"

Eana sighed, stating, "Gil please, people have said the same thing about me. I'm sure they're good people!"

"Don't 'Gil please' me!! This whole situation is messed up and you know it!" Gil said as he stomped his enormous feet.

After hearing their new guests fighting, Miyo, followed by Vincent, looked into their room curiously and she said "What's going on?"

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Gil quickly swung himself around to face them, raising his arms in a fighting position, yelling, "Hey, this is none of your business! Get lost!!"

Vincent gripped Cerberus at his side and leered at the being. "Watch yourself," he growled as he stepped toward Gil. "I could kill you in less than a second."

"You have no idea who you're dealing with bub; bigger men than you have tried and failed!" Gil screamed, standing his ground against the Turk.

The man's eyes thinned and he aimed Cerberus at the large man. "You have no idea what kind of things I can transform into," he said coldly. Vincent had gone from a happy mood to an angered temper in less than a minute. "The Jenova cells have corrupted me into something that comes out of your nightmares."

Kohana backed behind Vincent and Kikyo had her bow and arrow ready. Miyo looked at everyone and although she was a little frightened, she didn't show it. To her, it was early and they didn't have time for this.

She looked over at Kohana then to the strangers and said, "Look we don't want any trouble. You and your friends put a hole in my home and Vincent saved your other friend's life. If anything you should be thanking us for sparing yours as well!"

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Eana smacked her forehead, blushing with embarrassment, and said, "Look, I apologize for my brother, he means no harm. He's just a little upset about our friend. I think if we all could be calm and put down our weapons--"

"Look I don't know what your motives are, but I think it's best if you all leave." Kikyo interrupted with a blank expression, "Miyo has tolerated you all long enough."

Miyo looked at Kikyo and gave a quick nod, before unleashing her temper, "I don't know where you came from, but I think you should go. You, that small girl, and your giant, hot-headed brother have cause enough trouble with the wall alone, let alone your attitude!!"

Eana titled her head to the side, developing an insane expression on her face, replying, "Listen missy, no one talks that way about my family! I'm told you sorry and I was grateful for what your and your friends did to help us, but you don't seem to care!! You're so upset about your precious wall, here!!"

Eana huffily rushed over to the broken wall and raised the rubble in the air with her ability, mending the hole. She continued to yell, "Happy now?! And the next time you think about inviting strangers into your house, don't!! Just look how this all turned out!! Gil, get Mini, we're leaving....NOW!!!!!"

The large man rushed into the room and out with the small woman and Eana's bag in his arms. He rushed through the open front door and outside. Eana soon followed, angrily mumbling under her breath. When she was outside, she turned back to face the stunned group, and said with a tone of uncontrollable hostility, "Thank you for the room and tea, it was very relaxing!" She slammed the door shut and the the group left the house.

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Vincent eyes thinned as he watched the three strangers leave the house. "Glad they're gone," the man said retracting his gun and putting it away. "I thought I would have to fight them off. Oh well."

Miyo looked over at Vincent and showed a confused expression on her face. "What just happened?" she asked, although she was watching, "I'm still trying to take all of this in."

"I'm confused myself, Miyo," he said turning to her. He nodded and looked over to Kikyo who had also put away her weapons.

Miyo still remained slightly in a daze, finally asking, "How did she fix the wall like that? It was like magic."

"I really don't know," Vincent replied.

"Well are we going to the festival or not?" Kikyo asked, unconcernedly .

Kohana lowered her head and started playing with her fingers. Miyo walked up to her younger sister, bent down in front of her, lifting her head and asked, "Regardless of all this fuss, we can still go to the festival if you want, Kohana."

"I want to go, but I want to make sure everything is ok." Kohana replied softly.

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Vincent stepped toward the small girl. "Kohana, everything will be alright," he said reassuringly. "As long as Kikyo and I are near you, you'll be well protected. You don't have to worry about any of those crazy rampant people. Now, you want to to the festival right?"

Kohana looked up at Vincent with a smile and gave a quick nod. "Thanks! You all are the best!" she replied cheerfully.

Miyo got up and gave a small smile. "I'm glad that she will be protected but what about me?" she thought, "I shouldn't be worried about that now. Kikyo noticed Miyo and how she was in thought. Kikyo wanted to say something but she felt that it wasn't the right time.

Kohana grabbed Vincent's hand saying, "We missed a lot but I know that you're hungry right?"


Vincent nodded and scratched his head. "I guess I'm a little hungry," he said as looked down at his stomach. "A little food won't hurt me." He turned to Miyo and gave a blank expression. "Hey, are you coming? It won't be a real festival without your presence."

Miyo frowned, replying, "Well...I guess...of course! It's just...I feel a little bad for the way I acted. It seemed like the sister was actually grateful and remorseful for what happened, but I just kind of lost it."

"Hey," Vincent said, "You had the right to be mad after what happened. I'm sure they won't hold it against you later when they look at it in perspective"

"Yeah...I guess..." Miyo said with doubt, but shook it off and continued "You're right, let's just enjoy the rest of the day, huh?"

"Sounds like plan," Vincent answered, showing a half-smile.

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Suddenly, there was a knock at the front door. "It couldn't be them again, could it?" Miyo rhetorically asked, before going to answer it. She opened the door to see a young blind man, Oberon, then said "Oh, hello, can I help you?"

Oberon nervously smiled and replied, "Uh...yeah...is Kikyo here?"

Miyo, looking a little surprised, answered, "Um, yes, she is. Kikyo, you have a visitor!"

Kikyo looked up from her seat and said, "A what?" She got up and went to the door, seeing Oberon's goofy face, and her expression changes to effectively match it. She sighed and said, "Oh, you, what is it you want?"

Miyo smiled and said, "I'll let your two have your privacy." She then walked back to where Vincent and Kohana were.

Oberon chuckled a little, before saying, "Well...see....I kind of have a problem. And since you're the only person who talked to me for more than 5 minutes here, I thought maybe you could help me out?" He then gave a big grin.

Kikyo looked a little surprised, but then realizing she felt sorry for him because he was alone in a strange place, and blind nonetheless, she decided to comply. "Fine, as long as I'm in back in time for the festival."

Oberon's jaw dropped a little, then he happily replied, "Really? Cool! It's actually at the festival too, heh, small world, huh?"

Kikyo sighed and continued with a sarcastic tone, "You mean small village? It's at the festival? Terrific, let me just inform my peers." She walked back into the house where the other three of the group were conversing. She began, "Listen, my....friend over there needs my help with something at the festival. I'll see you all there, okay?"

Vincent looked at Oberon who stood in the doorway, staring at nothing, then said, "Well...sure Kikyo, if you think it's a good idea..."

Miyo and Kohana both nodded in agreement with Vincent, and Kikyo gave a smile. Oberon tapped his foot and called out, "Now would be nice!"

Kikyo slammed her eyes shut in annoyance, then said, "Well, I'll see all of you soon, bye." She walked out the door and began to leave with Oberon.

After a little while of Miyo doing small chores around the house, Vincent admiring the house's small library (a bookself), and Kohana yawning, the young girl's eyes lit up. She hopped up from her seat and rushed over to her big sister, jumping up and down saying, "Is it time yet? Can we go to the festival now?!"

Miyo smiled at her younger sister, replying, "Sure, that is if Vincent's ready."

Vincent turned to them, sitting the book he was glancing at back down, answering, "I'm ready."

"Alright then!" Miyo said with a smile, "Let me just grab our things and we'll go!" She gathered various items into a basket and her hands, and soon the three were out the door.

As Vincent followed Miyo and Kohana to the festival, he couldn't help but to have a bad feeling about Oberon. The man shook off his idea. He knew Kikyo was a capable woman who could fend and protect herself. The Turk looked down at Kohana's anxious face.

"You excited, Kohana?" he asked as he walked along beside her.

Kohana looked up at Vincent with one of her brightest smiles. "Yep!" she replied, "I hope you are too!"

Miyo looked ahead and saw the village center covered in almost red and white. People were dressed up, eating, talking, and enjoying the festivities. One side had a sword fight, the other with lots of exotic items and mass amount food that could feed nations.

Seeing lots of people moving about and having fun gave Kohana an exciting feeling as she tugged on Vincent's cloak. "Come on!" she said, "We're here!"

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Vincent looked about the festival and remembered an event similar to this back in Kalm. "At my home, there was an annual event like this," he said as his eyes feasted at the various sights. "It was to celebrate the precious life that they lived, even through hard and desperate times. Of course, I never went to them."


Kohana pulled everyone toward the food grabbing some fruit and started eating it looking at everything around her.

"Why not?" Miyo asked with concerned on her face, "It was that bad in your world?"


"It's not that," the Turk said as he watched Kohana gorge herself with plentiful food. "It's just that it was always around those times I would think about..." Vincent paused and an image of Lucrecia flooded his head. He touched the side of his head and sighed. "Nothing... It's nothing."


Miyo watched Kohana enjoying herself and grabbed some food for Vincent and herself. She gave him a plate full of meats and other foods as they all sat down at an empty table. "Sorry if I caused you to remember a bad memory." she said looking down at her food, "Eat something, the food here is freshly made."


"Right," he said softly as he lifted a piece of meat to his mouth. Vincent looked over to Miyo and sighed. "Don't be sorry. It's not your fault. It happened a long time ago, way before you were born." The man nodded and placed the meat in his mouth. After a moment, a content look crossed his face.

"Not bad," the Turk continued. "Not bad at all. It's pretty damned good."

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A breeze passed through and Miyo looked up at Vincent. She gave a quick smirk and began eating a little. She looked over to Kohana, watching all the events around her then looked up at the sky. "Blue skies, fluffy clouds, and sunshine." she whispered to herself, "Perfect weather."


Vincent smirked and looked down at the meal before him and drowned himself in deep thought. He couldn't help but to think of the melancholy memories from long ago, and he continued to view the woman who had betrayed him in his mind. I want to forget about what has passed and move on, the man thought to himself. Please, I want this memory to stop once and for all.

"Lucrecia," the Turk whispered under his breath, not even realizing he was speaking aloud.


Miyo quickly turned her head to Vincent and saw him deep in thought. "He's very handsome....mysterious, but handsome." she thought smiling a bit, "I guess he has some problems with the one he longs for."

Meanwhile, Kohana was in her own world. She got up and walked around seeing people having a wonderful time at the festival. She moved through the crowd and finally stopped at some performers, watching them do tricks with fire. After watching them for a while, she went back and saw Vincent and Miyo still sitting in the same spots. "Hey!!" she shouted, "Why are you two still here? Get up, lets go pick some flowers."

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The hours rolled by and nightfall came quickly. Under the light of the florescent moon, Vincent and Miyo watched as young Kohana picked the rare spider lily flower, the sign of the village's celebration. The threesome had decided to break away from the festivities in the village and spend a moment in peaceful tranquility. There, the two adults nestled themselves amongst the meadow of flowers and continued to vigilantly watch the young girl.

"It's a gorgeous night," the man said as a warm breeze greeted his face. He gave a small smile and looked up at radiant moon casting its mysterious light, like a beacon of hope. "I wish it would last forever."


Watching Kohana playfully picking flowers, Miyo smiled. She never been this happy in her life. Everything seemed perfect to her as she knelt down on one knee to picked up the rare flower. "You know, this flower really blooms during the night." Miyo stated as she stood up looking at the Spider-lily, "Most people pick them up before they can really blossom."


Vincent nodded and looked at the flower in Miyo's hand. "That Spider-lily reminds me of a flower that used to bloom in my world," the man said as he sat down in the field of flowers. "Back then, times were good and pure. But now, everything is dying and there seems to be no hope left in the hearts of the people. This world is still unmarred by the scar of sin that my planet carries."

[Beebs]

Miyo looked at the star-filled sky. As the moonlight touched her face, she replied, "Maybe. Things are starting to get crazy lately though. The only good thing that has happened was you."

Kohana slowly grew tired and yelled from a distance, "Can we stay here for the night? I don't think it will rain."

"You want to stay here?" Miyo replied with a raised eyebrow, "What do you think Vincent?"

Vincent nodded. "I think I would like that," he replied as looked up at Miyo and then glanced at Kohana. "It's pretty pleasant out and the fresh air should do us good. That is, if it's alright with you, Miyo."



"It's fine with me." she said smiling at Vincent. She looked at Kohana signaling her to come over. "I hope you have enough flowers for me Kohana."

"I do." Kohana replied giving Vincent a handful of Spider-Lily Flowers, "Here Vincent you can take some home with you too."


Vincent nodded and took the flowers from the girl. "Thank you, Kohana," he said with a small smile as he tenderly put the flowers away in a safe pocket. "That's very kind of you. I'll keep them nice and safe."