********* (I love you) Aki X: Kousen-A FFXI Love StoryFollow

AUTHOR’S NOTE: This is the first aki of Part Two of my love story ******************* (I Love You)”[/i].

Part I- Connection (Enishi) [in full]
http://ffxi.allakhazam.com/journal2.html?user=385748&mid=1118071855825271130&num=0

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I thought I was going to stop writing these stories after Chapter IX, due to the negative comments I had been receiving over them. To those of you who wish for me to stop writing my stories, I say this: too bad^^

Please enjoy, and let me know what you think.
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Aki X: Kousen
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For some reason, my mind only latched onto the part most affecting me.

"Wha?...a court martial?..."

I blinked a couple of times, not believing what I was hearing.

The guard on the left nodded once.

"You need to accompany us to the Archduke’s private chambers now. Your lady friend may stay here in Jeuno’s care until she is fit to be released." He gestured towards the doctor who had just reentered the room carrying a satchel that took me half a second to realize was the small sack that I had carried at my side a few when I had made that fateful trip into the Necropolis.

Numbly, I pulled away from Hitomi’s hands, and stepped away from her side back over to my bed. There, I picked up the sack and tied it with a couple loose pieces of leather on my belt to my waist.

Court martial?...

How...

How could he have known?...

I stepped in between the gaurds, and started to lead the way out of the infirmy’s wooden door into the streets of Upper Jeuno.

It was then that I realized what he had just said.

"Wait. The beastmen are attacking?!" I paused as my eyes grew wide as the reality of the statement hit me.

The soldier on the right nodded this time.

"Yes sir, last night the beastmen attacked the Kingdom of San D’ Oria, the Federation of Windurst, and the Republic of Bastok in a sudden and surprising offense. The troops of those nations were only able to hold them at bay, but at great cost. The number of casulties are still coming in...but the death toll is estimated to be in the thousands."

I hung my head in sorrow as I stood there stunned for a moment.

I could have sworn that I heard a couple soft sniffling sounds in the infirmry as the news of the beastmen’s attack was told to me.

"All right...let’s go." I said quietly.

It wasn’t until much later that...

I realized that Hitomi was crying.

[/i]–fin Aki X: Kousen[/i]