The sun had went down hours ago, and yet, here was Alice, still sitting on the roof of her house watching the world. She heard footsteps behind her, but didn't turn around because she already knew who it was. Shura Kirigakure. Shura sat down next to Alice and was silent for a few minutes till she spoke up. "How is Shima doing? Any more panic attacks in the middle of the night?" Alice smiled and looked at Shura. "I don't even want to know how you know about the panic attack." A sad look crossed both their faces.
"Yes." Alice finally said. "He wakes up screaming Rin's name." She choked up and her voice got quiet. "I can still see that night. Still see all that bloodshed and death. And Rin. Oh I can never forget Rin's sacrifice. How he saved his brother. Saved the world from Satan." Tears trickled down Alice's face as she spoke.
She turned to watch the rising moon lost in thought.
Three weeks ago, Yukio had committed suicide hoping to be with his brother again. The funeral would be next week, yet Alice couldn't sleep. That's why she was out here. Everytime she closed her eyes, every time she went to sleep, she saw that night, 7 years ago, all over again. The whole gang of theirs; Shima, Shiemi, and her; were all split up now, all Top Exorcists now. Rin, Yukio, and Bon were dead. After Rin died Bon wasn't the same. They been dating at the time so it must've been so much more harder to cope with.
He became too reckless, started more fights, got into more arguments. He had gone on a solo mission, and, never came back. Two weeks later they found his demolished body. Seems being reckless got the best of him during a fight with a demon. Konekomaru and Izumo had quit being exorcists after the war with Satan. Konekomaru was traveling the world, right about now he should be in Russia, studying their customs. He vowed to find a way to set things right because Shima was all he had left. Him and Izumo were married now.
Shiemi had moved into a house of her own. She had loved Yukio so she was heartbroken when he killed himself. She blames herself for his death saying she wasn't strong enough to prevent it. Every so often Alice goes to her house to visit and see how she's holding up. The visit will consist if them both sobbing over cups of tea, then retelling stories of both Rin and Yukio to keep their memory alive and strong.
Shima and Alice had moved to America hoping to start a new life there. They were married to eachother. At times Alice would find herself locked in the basement of their house holding a picture of Rin Okumura and her. She'd watch the tears trickled in streaks down her face and land on Rin's smiling face.
Shima wasn't the same person he was anymore. A few times she would wake up in the middle of the night to find Shima on the roof watching the stars. She'd come sit over by him and she would wrap her arms around him and he'd cry into her shoulder screaming Rin and Bon's name as heartbreak would take effect.
She heard Shura get up and leave. A few minutes later Shima wrapped his arms around her stomach as he sat down next to her. He didn't say anything, just sat there watching the stars with her. Then after ten minutes he slipped something in her hand. She looked down and saw it was a notebook and ink pen. She looked up at Shima as he got up. "What's this?" He smiled and she saw a spark of something in his eyes she hadn't seen in nine years. Hope. And a bit of his former self.
"Write down our story. Will ya Ali-Kat?" Alice smiled at the old nickname. She looked down at the notebook before glancing back up and spoke, her voice cracking. "Okay." He leaned down and kissed her passionately before going back inside. She looked down at the notebook and smiled, the tears forming in her eyes as she thought about her life. It was time to write. To write the start and relive the past.