"No!" Hikyou cries out as he fell to his knees in front of his body. "No. No."

Why?

"Because we don't have any choices in life." A quiet voice comes from to his left.

Hikyou looks over to see a teen, maybe a year younger or so, and the little kid, Kitai.

The merman gives a mournful smile before walking forward and wrapping his small arms around Hikyou's neck. "I'm sorry, Hikyou."

Hikyou didn't reciprocate the hug in favor of looking at the teenage fox crossdresser. "Who are you?"

"Raef. Trickster." He repsonded, not looking his way. Instead, he's looking at the trees warily.

"Uh-huh. So, what happens now?" Hikyou asks, standing up, dislodging Kit's grip on him.

"Either you move on to heaven, get sent to hell or stay here in limbo." Raef smirks.

"He's right, Hik." Kit nods.

"I signed up for the AUP and for what? To die on the second night?" Hikyou starts to pace, nearly becoming hysterical. "It-it's just not-!"

"Fair." Kitai interrupts. "It's not fair but we just got the bad hand life sent us or however the saying goes."

Hikyou opens his mouth but was interrupted by the sound of rapid footfalls behind him and a thud.

The trio looks on as Nozomi Nara falls to her knees, her hands becoming red from Hikyou's blood.

"Oh God, HIKKY!" Ariana von Schwarz cries out in shock and despair.

"Why...does this keep happening…? FUCK!" Samuel Botha shouts, punching the nearest tree.

If he could, Hikyou would feel his heart pounding in response to Nozomi's scream at the sight of the gruesome body hanging from the tree.

Raef tugs Kitai to his body, pressing the kid close, not letting him see his body's state.

The Ultimate Loser spots Kitai's inner organs on the ground and tears his eyes away when he sees the kid's heart on top of the bloody pile.

Kitai trembles in the trickster's arms as he hears Auntie Ari's high pitched shriek and he can hear Samuel struggling to hold her back from getting to his body.

"No! Minnow! Minnow!" Ariana sobs, tails lashing at Samuel and now, Nozomi to let the kitsune go.

"Come. It's time for us to go and you need to make your decision." Raef says, turning to walk away.

"Wait." Kitai pulls himself away and runs towards his Auntie, who had kneeled down on the ground, sobbing heavily.

"I love you, Auntie Ari." Kitai presses a kiss to her forehead and gives her a brief hug before pulling away and running towards the other fox entity.

Hikyou sweeps his eyes across, searing it into his memory before following after the trickster and merman.

"How do I-?" Hikyou starts to ask before swallowing.

Raef looks back at him. "Move on to where you belong?"

"Yeah."

"Just think of someone you love, envision them. They'll come and take you with them." Raef explains.

Hikyou nods in understanding before closing his eyes. He opens them again when a small body collides with his.

"Goodbye, Hikyou." Kitai bids. Hikyou smiles warmly, kneeling down, wrapping one arm around Kit's middle and the other on top of his head.

"Goodbye, Kit." Hikyou whispers. "May we meet again."

"Hik?"

"Yeah?"

"I don't think you're a loser." Kitai admits, a small grin forming.

"Really?" Hikyou asks.

"Yep. You're actually the King of Cool."

"King of Cool?" Hikyou's eyebrows raise up in surprise. "Heh. I love it."

Raef sighs at the scene in front of him. "Are you two done with your goodbyes? We really need to keep moving."

Hikyou nodded and let Kitai go. "Take care of him, okay?"

"No duh. What do you think I've been doing?" Raef retorts.

"Hmph." Hikyou closes his eyes and he was gone in a flash of light.

I can understand, I can connect.
When the sparkling youth of dawn draws closer, altruism fades.
Everything is here, everything is beautiful,
But still, I have to fight.

Even when we're drowning in the high tides every day,
We're here firmly standing, unawakened from our dreams.
I can always hear the voices of my friends surrounding me,
To shake off my loneliness, as I embrace the winds echo's from the city.
All I can do is move on, with the way of life I believe in.

Wondering about my lack of courage which keeps on changing for my sake,
And now, even if I cry for losing, without strength, nothing will change.