XXXHolic Fan Fiction ❯ Ever Raining ❯ Chapter 2

A/N Hi! Thanks for the reviews, I feel so loved. Sorry I took a while to update, I've been thinking about my other fics a lot lately, I really need to update more often in general. Also, the store cupboard was in a room with AC, so it's okay, sorry for not explaining that better! Well, I have nothing else really to say, so with all due respect, on with the fic! I love watermelons.

 

Disclaimer: I do not own XXX Holic. Though I wish I did…

 

Watanuki walked towards the school, regretting ever even bringing this up with Yuko. Tonight it was especially eerie, the moon stood, a glowing white orb, bathing the ground in moonlight. It was utterly silent other than the whistle of the wind blowing past.

 

“Hmm, here it is. It's raining, but only around the tree,” Watanuki noted, looking up into the branches of the tree. It was dark in the tree, so Watanuki did the only thing that came to mind. Grabbing hold of the nearest branch, he began to climb.

 

As he slowly got further up, it got wetter, until he saw a great darkness. Taking the hint, Watanuki climbed towards the darkest spot, only to be pulled into it. “What are you doing here?!” came a surprised voice.

 

Watanuki looked up. Sitting on a branch of the tree was girl, looking about his age. Her hair was a dark velvety purple, and reached all down her back. She had a simple dark blue dress, with white lace in a design around the edges. The only slightly strange things about her were one, she was holding a large fancy umbrella, lavishly decorated, and two, sitting next to her was a silky coated creamy white cat. Its large shining eyes staring at Watanuki creepily.

 

“Huh? What are you doing here?” Watanuki asked, pulling himself up onto the same branch as the girl and the cat.

 

“Hmm? I had to stay here, it was too hot out. If I went down there, I would have evaporated into nothingness!” she replied, looking at Watanuki.

 

“Then, are you an Ame Warashi?” asked Watanuki, trying to understand.

 

“What does it look like? Also, I need to wait here for Kuro necko chan to come back, Shiro necko is getting lonely by herself,” the Warashi said, gesturing towards the cat on the other side of her.

 

“I needed a way to escape the heat, so I came up this tree. I was visiting here because of another matter, but that's none of your concern. It always rains here, so I though we would be okay, but Kuro necko fell, and that girl took him away. I couldn't go after her, think of the weather, not to mention her name seems warning enough to keep away,” she explained, looking annoyed.

 

“If I bring back this black cat, will you leave?” Watanuki asked, trying to remember where Himiwari had put it. “Of course, this weather is killing me!” she replied exasperatedly.

 

Watanuki muttered a quick “I'll be back in a few minuets,” before climbing back down the tree. It was simple, he just had to get the cat, and the Ame Warashi would leave and take the rain with her. Watanuki ran around the school, going into the supply room carefully. Opening up the cupboard he picked up the sleeping cat, and ran back out towards the tree.

 

“Have you got him?” the Ame Warashi asked tentatively. At seeing Kuro necko chan, she cried out in joy, and gave him a great hug. “Why are these cats so important to you?” Watanuki asked, not understanding.

 

“Hmm? Oh, they aren't really cats. They're the pure essences of light and dark silly. Well, guess I'll be leaving now! Bye!” she said, before disappearing into thin air. The darkness that had stood around the tree evaporated as fast as she had, and soon, Watanuki was sitting in an ordinary tree, soaked to the bone.

 

Climbing down, Watanuki started walking away, looking back for one last time that night. The tree was like every other, other than the fact rain still fell only around it. Watanuki decided to talk to Yuko about it, and began the walk back to her shop.

 

***

 

“You say that rain still fell only around the tree?” Yuko asked, as Watanuki cooked her a midnight snack.

 

“Yeah, I though when the Ame Warashi left, she would take the rain with her, oh well… wonder what I can do to help?” He asked absentmindedly, while frying beef strips in sauce.

 

“ There are some situations where it's too late to help,” Yuko said, her voice mysterious. “What? You never make any sense Yuko, try to explain yourself every so often at least,” Watanuki retorted, scooping the meat into bowls already partially filled with vegetables and rice.

 

“Sukiyaki!” Yuko exclaimed excitedly, grabbing some chopsticks and her bowl, as Maru and Moro ran around her in a circle singing `Sukiyaki, sukiyaki!'

 

“Why am I making you a midnight snack? Why am I even awake at this hour?!” Watanuki exclaimed furiously, starting on one of his rampages.

 

“Tell me Watanuki kun, if an Ame Warashi dies, does it continue to rain?” Yuko asked in a hushed voice, as Watanuki continued to yell, taking no notice. “Oh never mind, you'll find out one day on your own. Now, time for some sake!” Yuko said, grabbing a bottle from her nearest shelf.

 

I can't see clearly

Darkness spreads, in my name may it

Rain evermore

 

A/N Ame Warashi: literally translates into `rain maker' a creature more powerful than spirits or sprites.

“ I need to wait here for Kuro necko chan to come back, Shiro necko is getting lonely by herself”: Kuro necko translates to black cat, and Shiro necko to white cat.

 

That last bit was a haiku I wrote a while ago for this fic, I didn't get it quite right, but oh well. Every so often I'll add a haiku to the end of my fics, mine aren't very good, but I still love writing them! Hahaha, that was the end. That's kind of sad, I hate writing endings, but oh well. This is short fic cause it was originally supposed to be a one shot, tell me if you liked it! Thanks a lot for the reviews, they drove me on! If I get enough reviews, I might make a longer XXX Holic fic, but only if you liked this one. Ja ne!