Days of my Life

I came out of the bathroom about twenty minutes later and sat on the only chair that was in the room that was next to the desk.

The design of the room was simple. The walls were painted yellow and even though the room was small, we were able to keep two beds, that was until Natski suggested the whole bunk bed. Just behind the front door was the little kitchen then the rest of the room is the bedroom, the window was beside the edge of the wall so it was the perfect place for a bed.

The rest parts of the room was the wardrobe and the reading desk, it was a pretty small for two teenagers. But since we rarely get to stay at home, it didn't really bother us much, except when Ayaka wants to go to the bathroom and I really wanted to go too.

"Ayaka, do you know the Akatsuki clan?" I adjusted myself on the chair.

Ayaka stood still for some time like she was thinking about something, before resuming motion.

"Akatsuki clan" she repeated like she didn't hear me the first time. "Yeah, I knew the Akatsuki clan"

"Knew?" I raised my eyebrows.

"You must have heard about the fall of the great three?"

Ayaka brought a plate of rice and onigiri and placed on the desk.

"As a matter of fact, I've not"

"Well, I'll explain later." She took out some clothes from the wardrobe and threw it on me. "Dress up we're going out"

"Where are we going?"

"Just hurry up. I want to show you something"

***

As Ayaka and I walked up the stairs to the shrine, I took my time to take a game look at her. Ayaka was wearing a short blue skirt and a white top with a jean jacket, to bad she was wearing dark tight, making it impossible to at least know the color, if you get what I mean. And worst of all, she hide her tail, so I couldn't see it wagging.

The truth is that Ayaka is very beautiful, and it makes me wonder if she have a boyfriend. But no one would ever want to be with a bossy girl, but if I had a girlfriend as beautiful as her, I won't care if she's bossy or not. That must mean she has a boyfriend, right?. But why am I bothered about it anyways?, Does this mean I'm starting to fall for her?.

"What is it?"

Ayaka voice pulled me back to reality. She was standing two stairs above me but slightly bent down, bringing her face close to mine, to close that I could hear her gentle breathing.

Her face being close to mine startled me and I slipped, but Ayaka caught me by my shirt before I fell down.

"Ummmm,I.... It... It was nothing important" I said, trying to hide my face so she wouldn't notice that I was blushing.

"Are you sure?" She smiled, releasing my shirt slowly.

"Okay, I just thought you... Ummmm, look... Umm, cute.. today"

"Of course, I look cute everyday" Ayaka said. Shit!, That didn't go the way I expected. " And?"

"You know what will look cuter?" I asked. "If you bring out your cat ear and tail"

"I knew it" Ayaka lets go of my shirt and I fell down the stairs. "Pervert!"

"What the hell is that for?" I yelled angrily after scaling back to the shrine.

The shrine was different from the regular japanese shrine you'd see anywhere, but this one was a little bit different. It had statues of cat, the demon cat!.

So people actually worship the demon cat, and Ayaka is the demon cat's host. That means Ayaka is like a demi-goddess.

Ayaka shushed me and dragged me behind a tree. "Look" She said, pointing to the offering box.

Yaze walked stood in front of the box then dipped his hand into his pocket and brought out a pouch. He opened it and pour into the offering box, then clapped twice and closed his eyes.

I guess he was praying.

"Did you bring me here just to show me this?" I asked.

"He comes here every Saturday from 9 to 9:30 pm" Ayaka said, she looked sadden.

"But..., Why did you show me?"

"I can hear him, I can hear his cries, I can feel his pain" Ayaka said, she sat on the ground and covered her ears with her hands. "I just can't do anything"

Looking at Ayaka like that makes me feel miserable, maybe is this why Mira never told me anything about her. She might had faced something worst than mine, but she was still able to smile. But looking at her now makes me think otherwise, she looked scared, the expression on her face was terrible as she tremble continuously.

"Ayaka, are you okay?" I asked but she didn't respond. "Ayaka, you're starting to scare me"

"Hey, Kakashi" A feminine voice called out to me.

I turned around and saw Kanade at the entrance, looking back at the shrine, Yaze was gone.

Miss Kanade quickly walked up to me. "What are you both doing here?"

Miss Tachibana Kanade. Ayaka talked about her something, apparently, she is like a mentor to her. Ayaka did say she was almost as powerful as a sage but was never given the title because of her drinking habit, but she did seem pretty normal to me when we first met at the beach.

"Ayaka asked me to come here with her but since we arrived, she has been acting strange" I voiced out. "Do you know what's wrong with her?"

My voice was trembling, I don't know why but I couldn't just stand there and watch Ayaka like that, maybe it's because I've developed some feelings for her?.

Miss Kanade lifted Ayaka up and carried her in a bridal style. "Come with me, I'll explain later"

I ran after her, but looking at the shrine again, my mind wandered. Why did she bring me here in the first place?