Hello Again!
Gomen for not writing in 3 months.
I had a serious case of Writer's Block and laziness (Bad combo)!!!
I really want to finish this story, because there's supposed to be-
Agh! Forget it, let's go on with the conclusion. :3
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We waited at the train station for a month, my half-bird friend was getting anxious as to her absence of her brother. I once asked her where he was coming from, she responded with "China".
"Ehh?!" I've been waiting with this girl this whole time and her brother was coming from China? This was getting me nowhere, they would soon find me and force me back to Japan. I had to get out of this region fast. Lucky was I that I had raised money from playing my violin at an old couple's antique shop, to get passage to the United States by ship.
I had already acquired a ticket, but the time of departure was coming near. It was December 1st, my son's birthday...
.... the ship would leave in a week.
December 2nd...
How long has it been since i've slept properly?....
December 3rd...
I told Mai the story that Tsu had told me....
Tamago No Kokoro, I think....
December 4th
I woke up in the middle of the night due to a certain energy... I had the ability to feel it when I was a child... it felt very tense...
... it was X Egg energy, they're coming...
December 5th
I feel my heart beating against my ribcage, I know what they will do to Mai when they find me with her... since the day I told her the story, she's been staring at her chest, waiting for one to come out....
December 6th
I felt an X Egg again.....
The worst part... it felt closer...
December 7th
No... X Egg energy was polluting the air. It suffocated me. I looked down to see a child who walked zombie like... I immediately felt it, an empty heart. A lump caught in my throat, tears producing in my eyes, I hugged Mai as I apologized over and over again.
" Gomennasai gomennasai gomennasai-"
" Huh? Mister why are you crying?"
' For leading them to you...'
" Gomennasai gomennasai gomennasai-"
" And why are you apologizing?"
' For breaking my promise, Tsu...'
December 8th...
I felt X Egg energy extremely close by. I decided it was time to change location, and quickly.
" Let's go Mai."
"Huh?" She was playing with the handle of my violin case. "Where are we going?"
I kneeled down and placed my hands on her shoulders, " I can sense bad people coming. We need to go somewhere else and hide for awhile."
" But my onii-chan-"
" If the bad people see you they'll take you too."
She hesitated for a bit, but finally came around.
" Please don't be mad, Shito..."
We zoomed off the steps and began to run, avoiding the places where the energy was strongest. Mai kept up with me, ignoring every scrape and scratch she gained each time she tripped. When I felt farthest away from the energy, I stopped running and fell to the ground huffing and puffing.
We were in a park near a busy outlet that was lined with coffee shops, bookstores, and other necessities. Mai's legs were a mess, but she was still running.
" Mai," she looked over to me and widened her eyes like she had seen an evil person, " it's fine we got away."
KA-CLINK!
A metallic noise sounded from the side of my head, I turned my head to see a gun pointed directly at me. I immediately jumped up and looked behind the bench....
" Oh no..." It was Easter.... I had been tricked by X Eggs...
" It's been awhile, hasn't it?" Even worse, it was Kazuomi Hoshina in the group of shady characters...
"You gave us a hard time trying to find you. It was useless even trying to get away from us."
I began to back away, but one of the henchmen had restrained my arms to my back. I began to struggle until Kazuomi grabbed on to my shirt collar.
" There is no use in struggling, come calmly with u- Blargh!"
A snowball had hit him in the face, and the only culprit was... oh no. She had just endangered herself.
" Who threw the goddamn snowball?!" His eyes searched for the guilty, until he spotted Mai preparing to launch another one. He eyed her evilly, noticing my struggle to signal her to run away.
He walked toward her calmly, as if he were being friendly. Mai took the bait and dropped her guard. Oh no.
In one arm movement, he had scooped up a bundle of her hair, pulling tightly as the young girl cried out in pain.
" Why don't we check if she has the Embryo." No!
One of the men walked towards Mai and forced her Heart's Egg out.
"No!" I struggled out of the restrain as the egg came out easily.
" What a-" POW! I released all frustration into that punch that now marked Kazuomi, without noticing someone else's move.
BLAM!
... Scarlet covered white... I fell to the ground. It hurt so....badly. Muffled gasps from Easter rose.
" Dammit!" Kazuomi shouted as he ran with the others. Feh... coward.
I looked over to Mai whose eyes were still normal, despite her egg being stolen. Tears formed as she ran over to me.
" Mister!"
" Mai..." My voice was weak.
She walked towards the busy outlet where everyone was panicked from the gunshot.
" Help! Please Help!" Even if they could not understand her words, they understood what she needed as people began calling 9-1-1. My crippled body was in view as Mai returned to my side.
" Mai... I..." My throat was dry. I began licking up the snow next to me and restored moisture.
" I need... You to.... fi....nish so..mething for me."
"Yes?"
I removed the gold chain from around my neck, on it was a key with four clear crystals.
" Go... to a town in... Japan called... Seiyo...."
I placed the key in her lap.
" Deliver... that to... my so...n. His name is.... Iku...." I began coughing up blood.
" Mister, please stop talking! Your cut will get badder!"
" Mai Tachibana", I said with such truth, " Please give it to him..."
I looked at her with begging eyes and she finally understood.
She stood up and released her wings.
She turned away and looked back once,
" Sayonara, Aruto Tsukiyomi."
I closed my eyes, listening to the gentle beating of wings. It was replaced by foreign language and soon after that the sound of rumbling, like an engine. The rest was a blur. When my conscience came back, I could hear loud breathing and a gentle beeping noise. I couldn't get my eyes to open, and couldn't move my fingers. Instead of paying any attention to what had happened, I made a wish... it was a simple wish and all I needed for it to be granted was for it to get there. My conscience was fading again. I smiled happily as I wandered away from reality, and into sweet sleep...
'Mai, Ikuto, good luck. 'Cause your going to need lots of it...'
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Phew It's successfully finished! I didn't know what Aruto was supposed to say at the end, but it sounds good. :)
I got a bit choked up while typing this, i'm just sensitive to sad anime scenes :P
And so ends my first Fanfiction! Thank you for reading and i'll see you again for it's *drumroll* -SECRET- .
Bai-bai!
