To the Death
by: Sakura Astaomenaka
Disclaimer: I do NOT own Kimimaro or any related charaters
claimer: I DO own the things that do /not/ appear in the show :)
I suppose that there was one moment, where I felt just the slightest regret, and my thoughts wandered to the only people that had ever truely meant anything to me. Suprisingly, as the sand crushed against my body and I felt the cracking and pain of my bones being forced into my chest and lungs, those thoughts weren't about him. Instead they went on to the dark golden eyes of his son, and then the mismatched ones of my Minamiko. Ah yes, I supposed I would miss them and somehow I hoped that mayb eI could have seen them again. The boy who affectionatly called me his brother, and then the only one who'd ever touched me so deep. Shi had been my reason to fight, too bad it took this to figure it out, hir and that boy...my family. Family, now that was a funny word and it felt strange to think about, but what drove me to climb out of that dark crushing abysmal hell was the thought of the last thing shi said to me I had more to live for and a small life waiting for me. "Minami...Sorochii..." Their names spoken allowed the sand into my mouth coughing on it and the lack of air practically sufficating me...would I see them? Would I make it out of this? Or was that god up there laughing at me, giving me hope only to throw it away again? The moment I felt the chill of air and the breaking of sand above my fingertips I knew I would soon find out, the lack of breath driving my will even harder.
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This is the revised prologue, I hope it's better than the old one
*note: Minamiko is a hermaphidite, incase anyone was confused about the 'Shi' and 'Hir'