Author's Note: I wonder what's exactly going on with Azami in the canon?


"..."

How long has she been trapped in the heat-haze?

Foolish humans...

She was having a great life already...and then the humans just had to tear it apart.

The simplicity of humans...that is another reason as to why I hate them...Tsukihiko is exempted from my hatred, though.

She simply sat within the red and black of her never-ending world...the world where she wished to never be lonely.

But...to be honest...I feel like I hate Tsukihiko as well...

Tears started to form in the medusa's eyes.

Why did you have to leave me? Why? Why are humans' lifespans so short? WHY?

If only she had control of her snakes, then she would have decided to wreck the whole world using them.

But since she didn't have control of her snakes, she decided to settle for a teary-eyed glare at the red and black in front of her.

After she spent minutes calming herself down, she decided to take a walk around her never-ending world.

There were humans roaming around in the heat-haze because they had died, while the other people who were with them when they died gained eye powers and stayed in the outside world.

Azami didn't care for them, though. She didn't even want them around, too.

It's all your fault, you foolish humans.

She felt like observing the humans, but she considered them the same as every other human: simple and foolish.

And so, she decided to curl up into a ball, in a place where no one could notice her.

The medusa slept again.

Still, a voice inside her spoke:

I don't want to be alone.

As much as she hated to admit it, she cried as she drifted into sleep.

"Don't worry, mother. I'm here for you."

Azami then felt her small body being carried onto someone's lap. Then, she felt herself being hugged from behind.

A melancholic smile formed on the black-haired medusa's face, and then she sobbed into her daughter's arms.

At least Shion is here, Azami thought as she let her emotions out.

As she fell asleep, she remembered all those happy days that she had with Tsukihiko and Shion.

I wish I could have that happy dream again...

I wish I could dream that happy dream...forever...