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Tamashi no Rimeiku
Prologue
"Hang in there Amaya, help is on the way! Don't close your eyes! Please, please stay with me! Kami! There's so much blood! Did you call an ambulance!?" The girl asked the onlookers, fear and desperation in her voice and eyes. After receiving a nod from one of the people surrounding her, she let out a huge breath that she didn't realize she had been holding in. Coughing and a raspy voice brought her attention back to her friend she was holding in a death grip.
"S...Sumi. I'm so cold. I..I think the bullet punctured my lung. I can't hold on much...longer. Tell mama and papa that I love them and that I'm sorry, please?" Amaya whispered to Sumi through her blood filled mouth. Agonizing pain filling her entire body with each breath she tried to take.
"No! Amaya, no! Just hang in there! The ambulance was called, they're on their way! Please?!" Sumi attempted to soothe and convince her dying friend, unwilling to accept her end.
"Sumi, I'm d..I'm dying. Please, I don't have much longer. Listen...please?" Once Sumi nodded she continued with her last request, forcing with all her might to push death away for a little longer. "Sumi, tell mama to bury me under the cherry blossom behind the house, next to Akiro? S..She knows where to look. I'm so sorry Sumi. I should have just g...given him what he wanted. I...
I'm so stupid!"
"No Amaya, you were so brave! I love you like you were my own sister, and I am proud to call you my best friend. Please try to hold on a little longer? I don't want to lose you!" Sumi begged as her eyes began to burn with unshed tears. Amaya smiled at Sumi, blood spilling from the sides of her mouth.
"I..I too call you sister. I...love you Sumi. Thanks for always being there for m..me." Amaya whispered her last words before death finally claimed her. Sumi let her tears fall down her face and onto Amayas. Rain started to fall upon their blood soaked bodies, as Sumi clung Amayas lifeless body close to hers. The ambulance arrived fifteen minutes too late. Paramedics attempted to remove Amayas body from Sumis hold, but she would not give on her grip on her best friend.
Days had passed, and it was now Amayas day to be buried. Many whom loved and cherished this bright soul attended her burial, saddened on this rainy day. As was requested, Amaya was laid to rest underneath the cherry blossom beside her beloved brother.
Prayers, commentaries, and songs concluded her service, until there was only one left at her grave. No one approached or spoke to this person, assuming they were as distraught as the rest of them. Stretching his senses to be sure he was alone, he knelt beside the grave.
"It is with a heavy heart that this had to happen. Go now and fulfill your destiny, for we all will be waiting for your victory."
He placed his right palm upon the grave, causing it and the cherry blossom tree to glow a brilliant white. Once the light receded he stood and turned to walk away, whispering a prayer unto the heavens for safe passage for her poor soul.