Sorry for language mistakes, English ist not my mother toung. Feel free to cammant. Enjoy!
The first thing she noticed was the silence, then the darkness. She knew that this wasn't a dream anymore. She opened her eyes but still was covered in black. She tried to move, but yet she couldn't say where to find the bottom or the top. She was surrounded by cozy warmth, which made her feel comfortable and secure. Then this world was fading away from her senses again.
The next time Saya woke up, she was lying on cold stone. She opened her eyes and lifted the upper part of her body. Her eyes needed a while to get used to seeing after such a long sleep, but not as long as her mind needed to remember, where she was.
She felt weak, but still forced her body to stand up and walk towards the exit of the crypt. It was night, but the full moon spent enough light to see properly. She glanced back inside and caught sight of two cocoons, beside the broken shells of her own: her nieces where asleep.
Would she ever be able to meet them?
Thirty years had passed and now, as Saya was awake, they might just be in the middle of their slumber.
She turned around and left them behind. When she stepped into the moonlight her foot touched something soft. She looked down to find a rose on the ground and kneeled down to pick it up.
Was it meant to be for her or for one of the twins?
It had a blue ribbon tied around the stalk. She pulled at one end to loosen it. When she bowed her head to observe her find closer, a stroke of her long black hair entered her field of vision. She tried to position it behind her ear, but it didn't take long, until it fell in front of her eyes again. Carefully she placed the rose on the ground and started braiding her hair, which had been reaching her hip by know. When she had finished, she used the blue ribbon for tying the braid together. As she was looking at the blue tie in black hair, painful memories spread in her mind. He had always worn his hair tied back with such a ribbon. She tried to hold back her tiers and concentrated on the bay of Okinawa and the sea below.
She had been standing there for half an hour until she noticed how cold she was feeling. Her naked body was totally exposed to the fresh wind. She went back into the crypt for some shelter. Inside she found a pile of clothes: blouse, skirt and sandals. When she picked up the blouse a small piece of paper fell out, gliding slowly towards the ground. It was the Photo of Saya and her brothers, they had taken so long ago. "Riku", she whispered, tears streaming down her face.
Why did everybody she loved had to die? It was all her fault: she had released Diva from the tower and now they were gone: Joel, George, Riku and Haji.
Nankurunaisa – live through today for tomorrow's sake, she said to herself and placed the photo in the pocket of the skirt.
After getting dressed she cast a last glance onto her nieces' cocoons, and then headed towards the stairs.
"You finally are awake!" she startled when she heard the familiar voice disturb the silence of night.