"Why were you trying to scare me?" she said softly turning her face back to the tree when he stepped closer. "Don't-"
"Don't what? There is no point in this pretense. Look at me."
"No" Rachel said trembling "Leave me alone."
"Not until you look at me"
"…." Rachel closed her eyes as she panicked, stepping away from him. Trying to back away, but, he caught her wrist.
"What happened to you?" He whispered "What went wrong? I looked for you for so long. Where did you go?"
She still refused to look at him. His soft voice was overlapping with someone else.
"Ray" he released her arm and took her face. As he gently lifted it to his forcing her to meet his eyes.
'Ahh, they are overlapping.' She thought trapped by the ocean blue eyes of someone else.
"Please, don not deny me. I cannot bear it." He leaned her against the Sakura tree, Rachel felt her power collapsing, the aura the made her ethereal dispelled. He embraced her in a tight hug to calm her down.
"This is not the place for this. Tomorrow" he said his voice against her check, his breath against her hear. "Meet me tomorrow on the Moon bride. You know it?"
"No…I cannot. You don't understand I ca-"
He pulled back from her to se her face as he gave her a little shake. "You can, and you will. Do not argue unless you want me to hound you until your is a burden. I will do it. Tomorrow at noon, you are going to meet me and tell me everything."
"No" Rachel finally caught herself as she pushed back and shadow-weaved away to a safe place. She knew she couldn't continue to keep running away. But, at the same time she felt the need to. She couldn't forget to put Ise' s last wish to rest, Tsiyi made her remember.
Ise's revenge cannot be forgotten.