Warnings: this takes place at the end of the tv series so obviously there's going to be spoilers.

Dance With Me

Arashi opened her eyes and sat up in her bed. It was still dark outside. She got out of bed and walked outside. "Neechan" a familiar voice called out from behind her, "what are you doing up so early? The sun hasn't even come up yet."

"I can't sleep," she responded, "everything is so peaceful now. It's hard to believe that just a year ago……" the sun began to rise, the skies were radiating with brilliance. "It's beautiful isn't it Sorata?" the man's eyes were fixed on her.

"yes, beautiful."

Fuuma tossed and turned, but he couldn't fall asleep. It still haunted him. Everytime he closed his eyes, he would see the look in their eyes as they died again. He would feel their warm blood on his hands again. No matter how hard he tried, he can't forget. Saiki who died to protect Hinoto. Sorata who died to protect Arashi. Nataku who died so that he could regenerate. And many nameless, faceless people he could never apologize to. And then there were his sister and best friend. He had killed the both of them

A knock on the door caused him to open his eyes, the horrifying images circling his head vanished. He sat up in his bed. The door opened and a girl came in carrying a tray full of food in one arm, and closing the door with the other. Fuuma smiled at her as she set down the tray. "The landlady is getting impatient. You're already two months behind in paying your rent."

"I thought it was three."

"Shhh," she whispers, "I took care of that. Just pay me back when you can." she hands him a newspaper. "I think you should start looking for a job." she picks up his basket of laundry with one arm and opened the door with the other. "Anyway, I gotta get back to work. Eat up and start looking for a job. You better be gone when I come back to clean your room. Ja ne Fuuma-chan."

Mirai was the girl's name. After the incident in 1999, Fuuma was afraid to go back to the Togakushi (?) shrine. After wandering the streets for a while he ran into her. It turns out that she was working in an apartment building with a fairly cheap rent. That's where he stayed ever since. In a way he was kind of thankful for her; she would help him out whenever someone asked him a difficult question.

"Subaru!!!!" a young girl yelled as she waved her arms around wildly trying to get the young Sumeragi's attention. She runs as fast as she could to him. "Hi--Hi-" she tried to say as she struggled to catch her breath.

"Hi, Yuzuriha,"

"I haven't seen you in such a long time. I didn't think you would still remember me."

"This wasn't something someone could easily forget. But I'm kind of busy so I'll be on my way."

Subaru went on his way and entered an apartment building. A young girl about the age of 13 or 14 with short red hair greeted him.

"Irashaimase," she smiled, "My name is Runa. Is there anything I can do for you?"

"I'm looking for someone named Mirai. She's been expecting me."

"Why?" she whined, a little jealous. "She's no fun though. Wouldn't you rather talk with me?" By now she had already grabbed his arm and was shaking it gently; this he didn't mind so much. What he did mind was her high-pitched voice that hurt his ears.

"I have an appointment with Mirai-san," he tried to say as nicely as he could. The Runa pouted.

"Fine! I'll got get her then." a couple minutes after red-head with the cloying voice disappeared, an older girl with longer darker hair came out.

"You must be Subaru Sumeragi." Her lips formed half a smile as what she approached him. "I'm Mirai. I'm sorry to have kept you waiting."

"It was no trouble at all." Mirai took a step closer and looked him straight in the eye. "Is…..something wrong?"

"No," she smiled, "nothing's wrong." A glass eye, she thought to herself. She took another step closer. The Blossom Star. She could feel it. She had finally found him. "Tell me, do you believe in ghosts? Souls who are unable to leave this world and cling to it? Spirits that still walk the earth in vengeance?" It was obvious that the girl didn't want to hear his answer for she kept on talking. "Do you believe in the difference between justice and vengeance?" she took another step closer and was now only three inches from touching his face and whispers, " Do you believe that no sin will ever go unpunished? That a murderer can drink his victim's blood and with that, erase that person's existence from the world and expect to see tomorrow? " She laughs as she turned around and started to walk away.

"I believe that for everything…… there will be consequences." Subaru couldn't understand what this girl was hinting at.

"I've been looking for you for a while now." she laughed again. "I'm not afraid of you. " she disappeared up the stairs. He left the building still confused. He came because she called him last night asking him to investigate something for her. However, when he arrived, she asked him strange questions and laughed insanely to herself. He shook off these thoughts.

"Nobody is taking me seriously. I have better things to do than listen to the insane babble of some girl."