POST DD:AA

Phoenix was waiting on the train station seats for a specific someone. Pearls had told him that she was coming back for a visit since her master’s duties were nullified for a day, seeing as there were no clients; she had finished all her training for the month and was heading back to LA. It had been a long eight years since he had seen her. Of course, there were the occasional letters and phone calls, (and the Steel Samurai DVD’s…) but never really any face-to-face encounter between him and her. Between investigations for Kristoph, taking care and raising Trucy, bringing the Jury System back, he never really had any time for her in the first place in those long eight years.

He looked up at the train schedule; a train from Kurain was coming at 3:15 PM. He glanced back up at the clock next to the

schedule notices. 3:10… He had to admit, that he took off as soon as Pearls came back from grocery shopping with Trucy. Apparently Kurain now gave out their one and only cell phone to the people leaving for vacation. In this case, Pearl had it and was contacted immediately. He had quickly grabbed his coat and stumbled his way out of the door and nearly tripped down the stairs. 3:12… Three more minutes, before the train would come zooming through the station, slowing down then halting to let her down.

What would she be like now? Would she still retain the hair and cheery attitude that he grew so attached to a long time ago? Or would she have the more stoic, expected demeanor of a master to a school? Then again, he didn’t really care. Just as long as he could see her again, after probably the longest time he had ever been away from her. 3:14… He could hear the sound of the train now, whooshing its way to the station. 3:15…

The loud sound of the train blaring flooded his ears. The train had arrived. It stretched for as far as the station’s end and slowed down to a halt. The train let out a sigh of steam and that covered Phoenix’s sight for a bit. When it cleared, a sea of people suddenly flooded the area. Seeing that he might lose her in the crowd, he quickly scanned the area. He couldn’t spot her, maybe she had already left the area, or maybe she was somewhere he didn’t look yet. But lo and behold, after the sea of people parted, there she was!

Phoenix ran towards her calling out her name again, after what seemed like an eternity. “Maya!” He yelled, catching her attention. Maya whipped her head to track down who had called her name. Once she had found him, she called out as well. “NICK!” Maya dropped her suitcase to greet her Phoenix. He reached her and picked her up, to twirl her around. “Maya! It’s been so long!” He propped her back down. Maya grinned at him, her smile brimming with happiness. “Too long Nick, way too long! You take too long, you old fart.” He grinned back at her and felt the familiar sting of a Maya comment. He chuckled, “You never change, do you?”

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“I never will!”

“Haha, I can’t believe that you are a government official. Its impossible!” “Wha-! Nick! So this is how you greet me after, like… forever!”

“Well, one thing changed about you… Your clothes and hair… What’s up with that?” “It’s apparently traditional clothes for the master. I think.” “Well, it suits you.”

“Thanks Nick! *growls* Oh, I think I’m getting hungry. You up for some burgers?”

“Yup, you never change…”

And so they went, two old friends reunited.

THE END