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The Light of Your Eyes
By the time the child's head had turned, it was far too late to avoid his fate. He knew that.
The car connected with a sickening crunch as steel cracked the boy's bones, throwing him into the oncoming traffic. The boy landed flat on the top of his head. The child felt his neck twisting in a way he knew instantly was wrong. A loud snap followed.
Realization struck: he wasn't getting another chance. It was over.
Another car spun, trying to avoid the small figure, but all in vain. The vehicle rolled, landing directly on the child and then continuing to cascade down he nearly empty morning road.
Inside, the young child laughed. I never thought…. he pondered … that death would be this easy…this painless…
It wasn't as people described. The light was there, but it was small, and, upon closer inspection, just a simple reflection of the boy's small, nearly lifeless eye, portraying the light of life disappearing.
The eyes looked down. A crimson puddle was now enveloping the area around him, his breaths coming in quick, labored gasps.
Not much time…
The child peered back into the gradually shrinking light, concentrating as best as he could beyond the dizziness caused by oxygen deprivation and blood lose. Inside the gleaming caramel light, visions flashed by.
Visions of himself.
At Shigure's.
At school.
At the hot spring.
With his mother…
Then, the light gave out, lost its luster, just like that. He fell into the black abyss.
He died at the scene of the crash, a full fifteen minutes before the paramedics even arrived.
The Sohma's and Tohru Honda- of course- were called out of class early to hear the news.
Hatsuharu and Tohru took it the hardest. It was just too much too quickly for them.
He'd died over an hour ago.
Momiji Sohma was dead.
Momiji sat on a small stool in the center of a plain room. No door, no windows, not even any décor on the walls.
So… a voice spoke from the abyss, startling the caramel-eyed boy. It seems your time has come.
Now for the decision…
Momiji suppressed a small squeak. Crud! he thought. This is what Father warned me about! Do I pass? Ahh…!
Momiji Sohma…. That's who you were, right? the voice questioned. The rabbit could almost hear the voice's brow arch.
"Y-yes." he replied, shaking.
Calm down, Momiji. No need to worry. the male voice said. Yes, Momiji now noticed it was male. No need to worry. I'm just getting a little background check…
Now, would you like to repeat your life? As the rabbit I mean. You would no longer be Momiji, and you wouldn't recall your previous life, but you would, in a sense, get a second chance.
The blonde blinked, confused. He was… getting another chance? His eyes brightened. He could go back! Sure, he would know he was 'back' necessarily, but still! Mother would…
Still not know who he was.
Momiji's smile dimmed some. But, in his heart, he knew that he could help the next rabbit… to get through. Besides, he wanted to try again. So many things he should have done differently, or even done in general.
The boy looked to the roof, and announced. "I'll take up your offer. Just tell me what to do."
Good. replied the voice. Now, I need you to answer some questions.
Would you rather be male or female?
Momiji thought for a minute. I get to choose? he thought. Well… I looked enough like one… might as well try being one…
"I'll be a girl!" He grinned. This was totally ridiculous.
Would you want to be born on the inside of the Sohma's or outside? "Inside." Momiji responded, not even thinking.
Finally, the voice announced. Would you like to do something important? Something to be remembered?
The blonde boy's brown eyes were lost in thought. Something to be remembered? What does that mean? Maybe… History books? Well, being famous is cool and all, but I don't know…
"Hmm…"
"I'll do it."
With that, blinding light burst forth, dancing before him.
Good luck…
Anyways, I hope you enjoyed the story! There will be another mean pull later in the story... Chapter 3 I think I'll be putting it in...
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----Hikari----