Lily229

“He’s nothing but a big fluff-ball really. If he’d talk once in a while that wasn’t a death threat, maybe people would like him more.” Lily and Sakura shrugged together as they reached the door to the Forum. Lily took a step through the door, but Sakura grabbed her hand and stopped her from advancing any further.

“Thank you for today Lily, but this is where we need to part. I have to sneak back into the house so my mom doesn’t know I left, and I don’t want you getting caught.” Her lower lip was quivering slightly.

Lily lifted Sakura’s chin with her thumb and smiled. “No problem Sakura. Just send me a PM in the morning whenever you get here and I’ll do my best to get down here ASAP.”

Sakura smiled as soft tears fell from her eyes. She threw her arms around Lily’s waist and hugged tight. “Thank you so much for today Lily.”

Lily returned the hug and patted her back. “Hey, come on now. We’ll only be gone a few hours from each other. I promise Sakura.” She pulled away and stuck out her pinky finger. “I’ll always be here when you need me.” Sakura smiled and locked her pinky with Lily’s. Sakura nodded and ran past Lily and down the beaten path of trees. She stopped at the Sakura Tree and waved goodbye. When Lily returned it, Sakura turned once again and ran off home.

Lily looked up at the sky. The moon and the sun had just battled. The blood from both of them painted the sky with vivid colors of purples and reds. Lily watched as the sun retreated back to its hiding spot behind the earth as the moon triumphantly took over the sky. But as triumphant as that moon was, its wounds that would never heal continued to bleed. The moon would continue to fight this never-ending war, but Lily knew, in her heart, that the moon could never win. Not completely.

Lily spun around as a tall man stepped through the doorway. “You must be Lily.” He said in a booming voice. He had a slight Asian accent and had a big goofy smile on his face. His skin was a soft olive color and had dark black hair slicked back with hair gel. He reminded her of what a dad would like. A white polo shirt, tan pants and nice shoes. He had a Rolex on, Lily noted, as he stuck out his hand to her. “You told me to meet you in the Spam Zone. I was already there and saw you dash out of the PM Room. I was just walking by when I saw you leaving with that one pink headed girl.”

“Oh, you must be Nelson Kong.” said Lily, taking his hand and shaking it. He had a firm grip, like that of a businessman who had done this several hundred times before. “It’s nice to meet you Nelson Kong.”

“Please just call me Nelson.” They released hands. “Well lets go back inside the Spam Zone and chat hmm?”

Lily nodded as they both stepped back inside. “That sounds nice." They walked back to the Spam Zone and sat down at a table. “So Nelson, been here a while?”

Nelson nodded. “Almost a year now.”

“Living by yourself?”

“No, I have a wife and a daughter, just born a month ago.”

Lily put her hand to her heart. “Awww...Babies are so cute. I love kids, just don't want them."

"She is a handful but she's really worth it." He twiddled his thumbs. "I didn't get a good view of today’s performance was in the back, but I must say, what you said really made sense. Aren't you scared they might try something?"

Lily cupped her hands in her lap and stared at them. "No, not really. I can sense bad people, and they're not bad. I'm sure they have good intentions but are just going about it all wrong. At the time, I didn't really think of the consequences. I just saw someone in trouble and jumped into action. It just came so natural."

Nelson winked at her. "I think you'd make a great Mod one day, Lily."

Lily looked up and blushed. "Me? A Mod? I doubt that will ever happen."

"Never say never Lily."

A soft ding rang in Lily's head. "Excuse me, Nelson." She said standing up from the table. "But I think I have a PM."

Nelson nodded and stood as well. "Lets continue this tomorrow. I have to be heading home to my wife."

Lily and Nelson shook hands once more. "I look forward to talking to you again, Nelson."

"Hopefully next time it will be a bit longer."

He waved from behind as he walked out of the room. Lily walked into the PM Room next to the door, which was strangely unoccupied. She sat in front of the monitor and read the name of the sender. X.

"Another fan?" Lily smiled to herself as she opened the PM.

You will meet me under the Sakura Tree on the outskirts of NL.

"Under the Sakura Tree?" Lily pushed the 'reply' button but nothing popped out. The voice of the tollbooth lady popped in.

"The action you have requested has been denied. The member you are trying to send a message to is either not accepting them or their PM box is full. Sorry for the inconvenience."

Lily's eyes opened wide as the message deleted itself from the screen. "Ouch!" she cried as her left wrist began to burn. "What the hell is going on here?" She looked down at her wrist, as the burning moved from her wrist to her back. She arched her back forward as the burning sensation reached her scar. She bit down hard onto her lip as pain shot through her body. In a breath the pain ceased and a small tear drop of blood trickled down her chin. She wiped it off with the back of her hand and stood.

She looked over her shoulder as the doors to the PM room flew opened, beckoning her to step through them. A soft chill spread through her throbbing body as she stepped out of the PM Room into the Spam Zone. It looked like a ghost town, there was no one there but her. How convenient, she thought. She stepped outside as a harsh wind swept her hair up. She knew who had sent that PM, she knew who was calling her. "You want to play you bastard." She hissed at the wind. "Then lets play."

*cracks knuckles* Ima get to work on chapter 11 as soon as possible promise ^^. Hope you enjoyed this chapter.

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