Development (Takara)

[Yuki-kun]

"It's so nice out here..."

It's been weeks since Yuki last went out of the academy buildings to just relax. School has just started for him and he was gradually adjusting himself to the environment. Not to mention his studies; he certainly isn't one of the brightest ones in the bunch so he really has to study hard. It's a good thing he bumped into Takara the other day, and now they decided to meet here by the garden maze.

The sun was high up but it wasn't very hot. Maybe it's because he just wore a thin light blue polo shirt and denim shorts. Although he was totally going against his principle of not wearing light colored clothing, well, it seemed very fitting for the weather. On his feet were navy blue sneakers which was very comfortable to wear. His outfit looked nice against his pale skin complexion as well his lavender colored hair.

He lifted his wrist and then looked at his watch. It was only about 1:50 PM. He and Takara decided to see each other at 2 PM. Yuki left his dorm earlier than he should've. Well, it was Saturday anyway, and he didn't have anything to do back at the dorms. Before leaving, he ensured that he had enough rabbits to treat his companion a feast. The last time they saw one other out of the school didn't turn out so well, so now he wants to look good in front of her. He might not realize it now, but maybe he has a little crush on the cute purplehead.

[Mi'ki-chan]

"Yunyun!" Takara called, running towards her friend. They were a bit earlier than the set time, but that was alright, wasn't it? The sun seemed in a good mood, just like she was. She was wearing a thin, snow-coloured jacket with several pockets, probably containing rabbits and some odds and ends over a yellow sun dress that went down to her knees. She hat socks with a rabbit pattern and white sandles. Her bluish purple hair was tied up like it always was, complete with pure, white ribbons. All materials except for her ribbons and shoes were made of cotton. A nice material to wear in any season.

'It's a good day today, don't you think?" she smiled cheerily. Today, since no classes were held, she got to spend the entire day with Yuki! They were free to do as hey pleased as long as nothing ended up dying, broken, in pieces, destroyed, obliterated, and anything relativly to those mentioned words. She really was happy, she didn't know why. Lately, if somebody had said his name, she'd cheer up immediately. Maybe she was sick? this was a new feeling for her. She didn't know if she was sick, but, she liked the feeling.

"What should we do first," she asked, taking his hand in hers, "We have to whole day to do anything." she said, looking around the area. The garden maze looked huge, flowers decorating the exterior and interior of the hedged maze. All plants looked healthy and well-cared for, most of the flowers bloomed and the leaves a nice shade of green. The other areas were filled with beautiful plant life as well. She wasn't much of a gardener, but she knew these plants were probably cared for by a passionate plant lover.

[Yuki-kun]

"Takara-hime!" he called back, running towards the purple haired girl. She looked very nice today with her outfit; a very fitting choice of colors for such a cheerful girl. "You look very nice today. And yeah, the day's very nice too," he answered with a smile.

On his back was a black bag where he put a lot of food. He thought of having a picnic with Takara so he brought food, but then he thought maybe the girl would like to do something else. Well, she was now asking him on what they should do, so it's all up to him now.

"Hmm," he started, putting his fist under his chin, "How about we explore this garden maze? Maybe we could have a picnic there or something. What do you say?"

[[Sorry for the short post... writer's block... -___-]]

[Mi'ki-chan]

She put her index finger to her lips in thought. A picnic in the maze gardens sounded pretty good. the only picnics she'd ever been on were during hanami season with her parents and older brother.

"A picnic sounds really good!" she said, taking his free hand.

"How about we take a look around then have a picnic in a nice spot? It's a shame to waste such a nice day, isn't it?" she glanced at the maze. It sisn't look THAT big. Even if they did get lost, she could use her alice to get a better view of the surrounding area.

[The block hit me too.]

[Yuki-kun]

Takara took the boy's hand and then they took off. "Um, sure," was all Yuki was able to say, his face flushing a little bit. He has never let anyone be that close to him despite the fact that when he was still outside the academy, he had lots of girl-friends. Well, there's a first time for everything, right?

As they went inside the garden labyrinth, the lavender haired boy can't help himself be amazed. The craftmanship of the maze is truly remarkable--to him, it's as if the bushes were 'sculpted', and that the tall bushes which served as the maze's wall were actual walls. Still, the fact that Takara was still holding his hand distracts him a little too much.

"Umm, Takara-hime," he started, his light gray eyes glued on his and the girl's hands, "Don't you think this maze is amazing?"

[Mi'ki-chan]

She looked around in amazement. There were hedge walls, beds of vibrantly coloured flora, plant and tree sculptures of various animals, people and objects. There were also many stone statues and memorials of great past students from the academy, those that achived something great. The path they were walking on was a...yellow brick road kind of thing. Well, it was yellow. And brickish.

The girl turned to the one she admired, "It really is amazing, isn't it?" she smiled, "Over there! Shall we have our picnic over there?" she pointed to the shade of a large sakura tree. It was odd that it was fully in bloom, especially in this season. Surrounding the large tree was lush, emerald-green grass and several flower beds lined the area. They'd walked to the middle of the maze.

"Or would you like to find a different spot? I dont' mind, this place is really beautiful."

[Yuki-kun]

Takara pointed a spot where they could have their picnic, and the boy quickly looked over there. A huge sakura tree was in bloom, and there were sakura petals which served as a blanket to the ground. That place looked more than fantastic; it was perfect for somebody as sweet as Takara. As they walked towards it, the gentle wind blew, softly caressing the purple haired girl's bright yellow dress. At that moment, Yuki blushed.

"Yeah, sure," he answered.

The two walked over to the tree, and then stopped for a while. The boy looked up to marvel the tree's size. "Wow, it's big, isn't it?" he said, not minding how cutely stupid he looked before the girl. Of course it was big; he can see that with his two light gray tinted eyes. But still, one can't count out the 'cute' part in that. He doesn't realize that he was looking pretty dumb already, but then he's not the kind of guy that would just do things to impress anyone.

And by the way, all those time, Takara was holding Yuki's hand. As they got in front of the sakura tree, the lavender haired boy started to hold her soft hand back.

[Mi'ki-chan]

The girl dragged Yuki to the shade of the tree and let go of his hand. She reached into her pocked and drawed out a yellow pebble. Closing her eyes in deep concentration, the pebble got bigger until it was finally reconised was what it really was - a bag. She turned to Yuki, "It makes things so much easier to carry, you know?" she giggled, opening the bag and taking out a large cloth. It was a good thing she'd thought to bring it. Just incase they wanted to sit down for a little while.

She unraveled the cloth. It was yellow and in the shape of a bunny's head. The bunny had a happy face, one that matched its owners'. She took off her sandles and placed them to one side before sitting down, she romoved two grey pebbles from her pocket and enlarged them until they became two drink bottles inside grey covering. Takara tugged on her friend's shorts.

"Sit down Yunyun, its bad to stand for too long."

[Yuki-kun]

"This is a very nice spot... having to sit under a shade and getting a beautiful view of the surroundings."

"I just remembered," he started, sitting on the bunny shaped cloth which Takara had spread out, "We've never really talked about your alice. Well, yours is very handy... not having to drag heavy stuff all the time. I kinda envy you..." he said in a low voice, blushing a little bit.

[OOC: Sorry it's short... I dunno what else to say ]

[Mi'ki-chan]

"Ehh?" she said disbelievingly, "You can't be! You have the best alice in the world, Yunyun!" she exclaimed, causing some of the few animals around to look their way. "Even though I haven't seen it yet, when you told me about it in Central town, I wished that I could fly too." she laughed lightly. "Maybe if i'm lucky, I'll so sky gliding one day and you can fly along side me." the girl blushed slightly.

Shaking her head, she spread the food out across the blanket and passed the boy a paper plate and a plastic cutlery set. There was plenty of food to choose from so neither needed to be very picky. "Let's eat. Itadakimasu." she smiled.

[Yuki-kun]

"You really think so?" the boy meekly asked, playing with his fingers as he looked down, blushing. "I... I mean, I really don't know... because I've never actually experienced flying..." he said, his expression changing to a sadder one.

He looked up to the purple headed girl and then smiled; it seems that just by looking at her, he feels a lot better. Takara was there, so he should always look happy. At least when she's there. "But you know, if I learn how to properly use my alice, you're gonna be the first one to fly with me!"

With that remark, he blushed deeply, his heart pounding faster. He set his light gray eyes down once again, apparently embarrassed of what he just said. "I'm sorry," he said under his breath, unbeknownst to him that a silhouette of something white emerged from his back. Something like wings. It isn't very visible, but if one has a keen eye, then it will be noticed.

As Takara offered him something to eat, he lightened up again. He rested his bag pack on his lap and also took some food in it. "Yeah, let's eat. Itadakimasu..."

[Mi'ki-chan]

She laughed and patted him on the shoulder, "I don't know what you're sorry for, but that's okay."

The girl glanced at the wings. She'd never really seen his alice, but she guessed that, that was probably it. It was transparent, but really beautiful. 'The miracles of an alice.' she thought to herself, still admiring the new apendages.

"Itadakimasu~." she sang, taking some of food on her plate. She set it down infront of her as she realised how many people had actually gone. Her mother, her brother and her father. Her brother and father were overseas, but that counted as leaving too! She looked up at Yuki.

"Yuki-chan, My mother really loved life, did you know? she told me to cherish the people I met." at this point, she blushed lightly. "She said that one day when I have a person I want to keep as my friend, I should give them this before they left." she took out a small bracelet, identical to the one of her right wrist. It was a silver bracelet with a single, small gem on each of the silver beads.

"I was going to give it to my papa before I came here, but he left. So I want you to have it, okay?" she smiled as she held the bracelet out to the boy. "Because, I don't know why, but meeting you is always a good thing."

[OOC: I was decieved! I know who you are >]

[Yuki-kun]

Yuki faced Takara, looking very surprised. Well, he should be, seeing as the girl was giving him something that she should've given her father. The honor of being given something like that was overwhelming, but then it would be rude of him to refuse the girl's offer. Still, he was feeling uncomfortable of doing so...

He stared at the bracelet for a minute and then reached at it, gently grabbing the ornament from Takara's soft hands. "A... are you sure, Takara-hime? I mean... this was meant for your dad," he stuttered. He was having mixed feelings of happiness and nervousness. Happiness, of course, because he was happy that Takara entrusts her with something as special as that, and nervousness because he doesn't know whether he is worthy of such a gift. Come to think of it, he doesn't even have a gift for the girl. With that thought on his mind, he looked down, an evidently gloomy expression was etched on his pale face.

"I'm really sorry," he started, "I don't even have a gift for you." With every second that he spent being sad about it, his wings started to grow more visible. In fact, it was already about 75% visible.

[OOC: EEEH!? What are you talking about now? Please don't insist that I'm Cher, 'coz I'm not... -____-]

[Mi'ki-chan]

[OOC: EHHH?! YOU'RE CHER?! OMG!!! NO WAY!! REALLY?!]

"I don't want a gift in return. And papa would understand, I'll bet." she smiled and patted his shoulder. "So don't be sad, okay? It's a gift specially for you..." she trailed off, looking at his wings that were now nearly completely visible. She reached over his shoulder and stroked it gently.

"Your wings are really soft. Like pillow kinda soft." she smiled.

[OOC: short..i'm going to bed :3]

[Yuki-kun]

Suddenly Yuki felt something in his back being caressed. He looked behind him, his light gray eyes widening. Oh God...

His wings! Takara could already see and touch them! At that point, the lavender-haired boy was already feeling dizzy. He was trying to best to keep himself conscious, but to no avail. His alice is taking over him. Hopefully he won't do anything that would cause destruction, like he did the last time. Still, only God knows what would happen next.

Holding tightly the bracelet that he received from Takara, gradually Yuki lost control of himself. "Go... gomen ne, Ta... ka...ra-chan..." He fell down and looked at Takara, his pupils suddenly dilating. His wings were already a 100% visible.

[OOC: Sorry for the crappy post too. =_= I told you, I'm not Cher! Who do you think I am anyway? o.O]

[Mi'ki-chan]

[OOC: No worries! Sis, you're Yui and Setsuna, right?! RIGHT?!!!?!?!?!? Please don't tell me i got this wrong again.. ]

Takara trembled as Yuki fell backwards on the rabbit-shaped blanket. She stared in horror as he looked at her, she noted that his eyes were strange.

"Yu...Yuki-chan? Yuki-chan, Daijoubu desu ka?" she asked shaking him lightly in hopes he would return to normal. This, she knew wasn't regular human behavior. Heck, anything with half a brain could figure there was something wrong in this situation.

'Was it the food? or his...Alice?' she thought to herself, worriedly.

Quickly, she stood up and jumped back, grabbing her bottle of water and unscrewing it. She wasn't going to do anything drastic just yet. Maybe after watching his actions, she would decided whether or not to do her newly learnt attack. It wouldn't harm him, but at least he might snap out of it.

[Yuki-kun]

[OOC: Yesh, you're right. -____-]

As soon as Takara shook Yuki lightly, the wings on the boy's back spread out, causing snow white feathers to scatter in the air. He gently pushed the purple haired girl away from him as he slowly stood up.

"Stay... back..." the boy said in a low voice, his tone a bit different from usual.

His head was kept down, thick strands of lavender hair covering his pale face. Suddenly, his skin started to glow, a definite sign that his alice was 'awakening.' For the second time around, his wings spread out again.

[Mi'ki-chan]

Takara stared at him, trying to figure out what his alice - or the food - was doing to him. Okay, so it was obviously it was his alice, but this girl is quite slow. She dropped her water bottle, its contents spilling onto the healthy green grass. She lunged forward at the boy and shook him again.

"Yuki-chan! Snap out of it! I'll use my alice if I have to!" she said, mixed feelings of worry, fear and panick taking over her mind. Was he losing his mind? She'd read that people like this went to a mental institution. But she wouldn't let them.

Then he told her to stay back. STAY BACK?! AT A TIME LIKE THIS?! He really was going nuts! "I won't stay back!" she said, shaking him a little harder.

[Yuki-kun]

Yuki's skin started to glow to a blinding white, his wings flapping incredibly fast. The wind being produced by the force of those two angelic wings was enough to blow the rabbit mat towards the branches of the oak tree in front of him. Everything that was placed on the ground was blown away as well--in fact, the tree itself was swaying already. The girl was still holding him, actually, still shaking him. Takara didn't heed his warning. She should have.

As Yuki started to raise his head up, he grabbed Takara's shoulders really tight with both hands. As if he was never letting go. With his now whitish eyes, he looked straight into the purple headed girl's eyes, and then showed a faint smile. His wings still continued to flutter, and if he didn't take hold of the girl, she would have been blown away too. He embraced her and then...

The two started parting from the ground. The boy was already preparing to take off.

[Mi'ki-chan]

The girl winced as he gripped her shoulders rather tightly. What now? She really didn't want to use her alice on him. Despite what would happen, that should be her last resort. She felt her heart sink as he gave her creepiest smile she'd ever seen in her 12 year life. Her heart sank even deeper as she felt her feet lift off the ground. No...They were going to fly?

"But you know, if I learn how to properly use my alice, you're gonna be the first one to fly with me!" his words rang inside her head. So he did learn to properly use his alice? If so, this just didn't feel right. She didn't want to fly if it felt this horrible. But was this what he was feeling? If that was what he felt when his alice activated, she'd rather her not fly either.

"Yunyun..." she said softly, gazing back into his very creepy looking eyes. "Snap out of it.." she said, shaking him as best she could.