"Nino!" a voice yelled from behind teh dark haired man. Nino let out a cold breath and finally stopped and turned to face Emiko who was running up at a steady pace towards him. He said nothing but just eyed her sharply. Emiko was wearing an extremely determined look upon her visage, and the dark haired man all but cringed while staring at it. Stopping fully, Nino waited. As Emiko bent down to catch her breath, a image of Aoi doing the same flashed through the dark haried man's mind, and quickly he forced it away.
"I want some answers. Honest answers. What happened back there? What did you do to me?" Emiko said forcing herself up completely once more. Nino said nothing but started to side step and turn around once more. However, Emiko appeared to run in front of him and forced herself forwards almost as a barrier. Nino's eyebrow raised sharply.
"I have no idea what you mean," Nino answered back making a movement to brush by the red haired girl, and yet she seized his shoulder sharply. Flinching, Nino stepped back with his eyes narrowed down into a death glare. Seeing this, Emiko's eyes widened in sudden surprise but then narrowed again.
"Who was that girl?" Emiko asked crossing her arms in front of her. "She said Nin-kun which would be you. Matsu's said that before too."
Nino said nothing for a moment but then turned his head. "No one," he answered back. However, his thoughts had been confirmed. She had seen it too.
"That's a lie," Emiko answered back almost caustically. "What did you do?"
"I did nothing," Nino answered back forcing himself to stare directly back at Emiko. "This conversation is over." Nino made a motion to side step Emiko once again, yet she refused to allow him to pass.
"I feel sick, I think someone's after me, and I blame you," Emiko said sharply. "What did you do?"
"You need to stop eating sweets then," Nino answered back, and suddenly Emiko's face took on somewhat of a comic angry form. "They're bad for you and cause your brain to lose functional control."
"Are you calling me fat?" Emiko said suddenly puffing up sharply.
"Shesh why are you eating so much?" the dark haired boy shook his head and crossed his arms.
"Are you calling me fat?" the brown haired girls answered back.
Nino shook his head sharply and all but shoved four fingers of his left hand into his temple. "No," he answered back. "I'm saying that you're mistaken," he answered back.
"No, you did something," Emiko answered back looking more determined than ever. "Who is she?"
"Will you just leave it alone!" Nino shouted sharply causing Emiko to recoil back. Catching himself, the dark haired man fell into silence and started to side step Emiko again. "Just go 'home'," Nino said sharply. "And don't worry about it." Forcing himself past Emiko, Nino began walking down the street again.
"Is she someone important to you?" Emiko finally asked. Nino remained silent as he walked.
"No," Nino answered back. "Just leave me alone."
With that, the dark haired man continued to walk away.
"You're suffering," Emiko said after a moment causing the dark haired man to freeze in place once more. "Just explain it already."
"I can't," Nino answered back keeping his back to Emiko. His head moved up, and his eyes had already started to focus on the stars that were forming in the strange sky above. "Go back to Ryuu's party and enjoy yourself. The shamistic world isn't for outsiders."
"I can see spirits too ya know," Emiko said almost sharply.
"It's not like that," Nino shook his head and forced himself to walk once more, and at the very last second, almost so quietly that no one else could here, Nino spoke again. "Her name was Aoi," he breathed before he continued walking, and with that, the dark haired man disappeared down the street.
