| Jim woke up, something was licking his hand, he looked down and saw a small black cat. "Hey, that looks like Ha-" A high-pitched whistle broke the peacefulness of the park. Suddenly the cat jumped off the bench and ran to a small purple-haired girl. "Hanmyo?" The girl sped off out of sight and Jim chased after her. "Hey wait up!" Jim yelled. Jim took a shortcut and finally caught up with her. He turned her around and said: "Hanmyo I thought I would never see you again!" The girl's hair was purple but she was clearly not Hanmyo. She was a little younger than his girlfriend and she had green eyes instead of brown. "Who's Hanmyo?" The girl asked. "Oh...Uh sorry, my mistake." Jim walked off, his face turning a bright red. "How could I have mistaked her for Hanmyo? Why did I mistake her for Hanmyo? I must miss her more than I thought." Jim thought to himself. ******* "And how was your day Jim?" Melfina asked as the young blond entered the apartment. "It was fine, I just sat around in the park most of the time." "That sounds nice." "Yeah, it was." Jim hopped on one of the barstools where Melfina was cooking. "So what's for dinner Mel?" Jim asked, sniffing the air. "I thought everyone might like some beef wompa. It should be ready in a few minutes." "Mmm, my favorite." Jim said with a dreamy look on his face. The dinner at the apartment was just another one of their average dinners, with Aisha teasing Jim, Gene complaining, and Melfina trying to make pleasant conversation. "Man that was the best Mel!" Jim complimented. "You can say that again." Gene said, patting his belly. "You really have outdone yourself." Said Suzuka. "Thank you everyone." "I don't know about you guys, but I'm going to bed. I think we should all get up early so we can get to Nilmar 5 a lot sooner." "You got that right Jim." That night, Jim dreamt he was in a beautiful forest. It was spring so the cherry blossoms were in full bloom. "What a beautiful place." "I know, wouldn't you like to stay here forever?" Surprised, Jim turned around and couldn't believe his eyes when he saw who had asked the question. "H-Hanmyo?" "That's right!" Hanmyo said as she gave him a quick peck on the cheek. "Hanmyo, it's been so long." "Too long Jim." She replied. "W-what are you doing here?" "I just wanted to see you again and to tell you that soon we might be together forever." "Really? How?" "You'll see. Oh and Jim, there was something else I wanted to tell you." "And what was that?" "I love you." She said, kissing Jim again. Jim woke up in an extra special mood that morning; he seemed to have a little bit more bounce in his step. Jim walked into the kitchen to get some breakfast, and he saw Mel getting herself a cup of coffee and some eggs. "Hi mel, isn't it a great day today?" "My someone seems to be in a happy mood today." Mel said. "You can say that again." "Would you like some breakfast?" "Sure." "And would you mind telling me why you're in such a good mood?" Mel asked. "Well ever since we left for Nilmar 5, I've been having some pretty strange dreams." Jim explained. "Oh? And what's so good about that?" Mel said as she set down Jim's breakfast. "Well last night I had a great dream, I dreamt that I met up with Hanmyo again." "Who's hanmyo?" "Oh yeah, that's right. I never did tell you about her did I?" Jim asked in between bites of his bacon. "No you didn't, who is she?" "You know that space station we went to a while back, that one where we met up with the ship with independent grappler arms?" "Yes?" "Well Hanmyo was the girl that I met at the space station, we were boyfriend and girlfriend. Until that day she didn't show up, I never saw her again..." Jim sighed. "I'm sorry Jim, perhaps you'll meet her again someday." "Yeah perhaps. But I just feel so happy today for some reason, maybe this job won't be so bad after all. Oh well, I'm going to go check up on the ship, I'll see you later Mel." Jim said as he got out of his chair. "Bye Jim!" "My, humans can act so odd sometimes." she said, sipping her coffee. ******* "All ready to go?" Gene asked. "Ready." "Check." "All set." "I'm ready." "Okay then let's go! Rehodin system here we come!" Gene launched off the Outlaw Star; they were going to be at their destination very soon, Nilmar 5. "Aniki, we've reached the Rehodin system." Jim said. "Well that's great and all, but where's Nilmar 5?" Gene asked. "Hold on a sec." Jim did some searching on his computer and pulled up some data on Nilmar 5. It was a large forest planet, with cherry trees covering the whole planet. "I found it, putting it up on main viewscreen now." "So it looks like it's that planet over there," Gene pointed. "Yep, that's the one." "Jim, scan the planet; I'll set a landing course." "Right aniki." A couple of minutes later, before they entered the atmosphere, Jim's scan had finished. "The atmosphere is breathable aniki, but the water's toxic." Jim said. "What about life signs?" The older partner asked. "No life signs whatsoever." "Hmm, I wonder why." "What was that Gene?" Mel asked. "Oh nothing." "Get ready everyone! We're coming in for a landing!" Gene said. The Outlaw Star started shaking from the entrance into the atmosphere. Then, there was a moment of stillness followed by a large crash. "Do you think you could of made a more rough landing aniki?" "Aw quit you're whining." "I'm sorry aniki. Oh man, this is great!" Jim said running excitedly outside of the airlock. "Since when does Jim apoligize like that? And what does he mean, this is great?" Gene wondered. "Hey Jim, why so happy all of the sudden? Are you sick?" "Of course not aniki, and do I need a reason to be happy?" "Okay, okay. Forget I said anything. By the way Jim, how far away is this monastery." "Just a half mile northeast from us, it shouldn't take us too long to get there." ******* "Ogawa sampa, ogawa sampa, ogawa sampa, oga-" "Quiet! Pay attention!" Ordered an eleven-year-old girl. "I want you to kill the blond haired boy, but make it fast and not painful. You may do whatever you want with the others. Now go! I do not want to see failure!" "Ogawa sampa, ogawa sampa..." The undead monks chanted as they left the monastery. "Soon Jim, you and I will be together forever." the girl said. |