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She could not believe that it was all over, that she was alive, and that Haji was dead. Unable to stand the pain any longer she excused herself from the room. Once outside she looked up to the sky and remembered….
She remembered Riku and her father, two people that she loved dearly that had given their lives for her. She remembered Riku's laughter and smile. She remembered how he was always by her side and how much she had loved him. She remembered her father who was always kind to her and loved her as his own. She remembered how he had put himself in harms way so that she would not get hurt. She remembered all those that had been lost. She remembered her sister who had in the end only wanted to live her life in peace with her daughters. She remembered the way that she had been treated so unfairly. She cried for her. She cried for all those that were lost in the war. And then she cried for Haji and remembered the one who had loved her for centuries. She remembered his last moment with her.
"I wanted to see your smile" Haji had said, in his low husky voice, turning to Saya from were he had stood facing Kai.
Once, more like when we first met.
I have been serving you
And was glad to return to you,
Even if I had to give everything up
When I first awakened after becoming a chevalier,
The first thing you showed me was your tears.
And, driven by rage, you chose to take up arms and fight.
However…
When i found you in Okinawa,
You were wrapped in happiness.
There was the smile that I could not give you even if I had wished for it.
It was you and your family Kai, who gave that smile to her.
"Saya" he said as we walked over to her, "As your Chevalier, I have been living according to you wishes."
"But now… I must go against your wishes. Just this once" He said kneeling by her side were she had fallen next to Diva's children.
"Live" he said as he gently pulled the katana from her hands to take her hands in his. "Please live"
"Haji…" she said
Live on today for tomorrow, he continued
You do not need to fight anymore
He cupped her cheek with his hand and turned her face toward his until their foreheads touched. Ihen he placed a kiss on her temple. He pulled back so his ocean blue eyes could stare into her reddish brown ones. Then she leaned forward to rest her face against his.
"I want to live" she said as tears slid down her face. She pulled back only to once again lean forward once again to receive a kiss that was over a century in the making.
As her warm lips rested against his Haji wiped away her tears gently. He pulled away to only pull her pack gently onto his lap and into his arms.
"I want to live together with Kai, Haji and everyone else" she said as Haji continued to hold her. "I want to live together with everyone." She turned to the babies with an ureadable expression she she heard them gurgling happily to see them looking at her. One had the same reddish-brown eyes that she has. And her twin had the same icy blue eyes that her mother had.
"They are saying they want to live to" Kai said from where he still stood.
"From now on you can live the way you want" Haji told her and she stared at the twins that in time would look just like their Aunt Saya and her Twin who was also their mother Diva.
Live today and smile for tomorrow. Said Kai from where had sat down. If you live your life to the fullest, looking forward to tomorrow thing will work out. Nankurunaisa!
Saya wiped the tears from her face as she remembered her sister's, and Haji's last day. She closed her eyes and tilted her face back and remembered how Haji had given his life for hers. She remembered his last few words and his last precious smile that he had directed to her. She could remember they way he looked at her and way he smiled for her. Still she heard those three words resonate in her heart. "I love you" he had said. Before she lost him, to the same image of the Zoo where she had met him.