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Yume blinks, surprised that anyone would recognize the markings. "Yes... they are.. and about that girl.... ... ... " Yume stops, lapsing into silence. ~I can't quite remember... but I think my parents were killed when I was only around ten...~ She thinks.

Specter began to think. ~Could she be that girl from my past? Only one way to find out.~

Yume lowers her eyes, and distractedly runs her fingers through her hair, working through a new snarl that had come out of nowhere. "... ... So... I assume that you've traveled alot?" She asks quietly, her voice returning to it's normal soft pitch, and her orchid eyes regaining their far away look.

"Yes I have. I have a question. Did you ever visit Khol village when you were younger?" Specter asked. ~She has to be her, if she is then I've found an old friend, but strangely I feel like I'm falling for her.~ Specter's mind was racing.

Yume's eyes focus on Specter suddenly, and she stares at him, as if she's never seen anything like him before. "Yes....." She answers slowly recognition dawning on her face. "You.... you were there, weren't you?! I didn't stay there long though, as the hunters were already after me by then. ... ... ..." She pauses, staring at his face for a long time before speaking again. "Imagine ever meeting again... when I leave somewhere, any friends I make I'll never see again..."

Specter ran to Yume and gave her a big hug. "The same has happened to me!" Suddenly realizing that the suprise hug made he drop her towel, Specter quickly turned away blushing. "Um ,sorry 'bout that."

"Uhhmm..." She blushes furiously and hurries to pick up her towel to readjust it. "..Seems like we were fated to meet again... I hope the hunters didn't cause too much trouble..."

"No, not really." Specter said head to the bath taking off his shirt. He had gotten so many scars from keeping out the hunters and keeping her a secret when he was younger that he looked like a giant scar.

"...Those scars... That long one was made by a hunter's bow-knife, was it not?" She asks, walking over to behind him and tracing one of the long scars. She shudders, remembering only all too clearly that particular weapon that she had come to hate. Part bow, part knife, it was a dangerous long and short range weapon. And also used for torture and catpure.

"Yeah, he said that I should feel honored to be killed by such a weapon. Too bad I logded it it his throat." Specter then turned to show an 'X' shaped scar on his torso, 3 parrallel lines on each side. "Theses I've had since the day you left. They attacked out of nowhere. First time I killed any with my bare hands, first time I killed any at all." Specter turned and entered the bath.

Yume goes over and sits in front of the fireplace, wrapping her towel around herself and waiting for her clothes and hair to dry while she thought about stuff. ~I guess I caused him alot of trouble then...~ She thinks sadly.

In the bath Specter thought a lot about what happened since that day he met her. He's been so kind to her and in return he got pain. "Could this be love?" Specter asked aloud not realizing he said it loud enough for Yume to hear.

"!!" Yume blinks, hearing his little comment. ~love?!~ "...." She blushes a deep red. ~Love... with a demon... doesn't that only bring pain? Begain don't demons eventually want to bite? Then, if they're good, they regret that. But yet... He helped me so much right after my parents were killed. I at least owe him a chance. Just.... one chance... I guess. It's better to have the love of a demon than the hate of one.~ She concludes, making her decision. She gets up, and goes over to where she left her small pack with her belongings. She rummages about for a second or two, then takes out a small figurine of a fox in flight from a pack of hounds. She cradles it tenderly for a moment, and it starts to glow, and she remembers what the fox spirit had said when he gave it to her. "Give it to someone you care about, and something good will happen...." She says quietly, but unaware that Specter's demon hearing could pick it up.

Specter was just getting out the bath when he heard. "Naw, I must be hearing things who would ever return the love of a demon." Specter opened the door to see Yume stand at the doorway. eek "Uh, yes?"

Yume Smiles and holds out her hands. "Here. I wnat you to have this. In return for all you've done for me. And I'm sorry to have caused so much trouble." She tells him. She offers him the figurine of the fox running from the pack of hounds, that was still glowing ever so slightly, like it always did whenever she held it, confirming the fact that the spirit of the fox had belssed her.

Specter showed his thanks by pulling her close and kissing her. "Yume, I love you. I've always loved you since the day we met when were kids. These scars are proof that I would rather die than have someone take you away." This was the first time Specter had ever exprssed his feeling so openly. Maybe he was in love.

(To be continued..)