I'm not much of a fanfiction writer, 'cause I've got my OWN stories and OWN characters to write, and also 'cause I think that it's up to the creator of the manga, book, anime, TV show, or WHATEVER it is, to write it and end it how they themselves see fit because THEY'RE the ones who came up with it in the first place. And normally, I'd NEVER write a different ending for something, because I think that how it ends is how it ends, regardless if you like it or not (and I think that if you DON'T like it, then that is all the better, 'cause it makes you mad and affects you all the more), but I started thinking of this before I actually finished the anime, so I thought it'd be okay to go ahead and write it. I've got nothing against the actual ending; this is just what came to me before I SAW the actual ending.

Enjoy.


Becoming Lost

"PAAAAABOOOOO!!!!!"

Huff, puff. Huff, puff. Huff, puff.

"PAAAAABOOOOO!!!!!"

Click, clack. Click, clack. Click.

Wait…

What's this…?

Why wasn't he calling Pai when he'd been calling Pabo Pai? 'Cause Pai wasn't Pabo, and Pabo wasn't Pai. Pabo was the one who had sealed away Pai. Now Pabo was Pabo, and Pai was Pai.

He'd found Pai…

But where was Pabo…?

"PAAAAABOOOOO!!!!!"

Click, clack. Click, clack. Click, clack.

"PAAAAABOOOOO!!!!!"

Huff, puff. Huff, puff. Huff.

He stopped in a clearing not of trees, but of rocks, huffing and puffing from clicking and clacking. "Damn it," he said with his hands on his knees. "Why be immortal if you still get tired out?"

"YAKUMO!"

He looked around, but couldn't find the source of the voice.

"Hehehe. YAKUMO!"

That's when he looked up.

Pai was descending atop Fei-Oh's back, grinning her cheerful and usual grin. Oh, how he had missed that grin. At this point, it seemed the most beautiful thing in the world.

They landed; she sprang up and flew into his arms. "Did Yakumo find Pabo yet?"

He shook his head. "No, not yet…"

"Pai hopes that Yakumo will find Pabo soon."

"So do I," he said. "So do I."