"If you were to die today, you wouldn't have to wait at the gates of heaven until tomorrow. I'd get there at the same time you would so we could walk into forever together and act like nothing kept us apart."
Chapter 4
She hadn't moved since he left. She was playing with the grass beside her with one hand and rubbing N's loaned shirt with the other. Bushes behind her rustled and she turned around expecting to see N, "Were you running? Because I have to admit, that was pretty fas-" the last four sages walked out of the woods, "Oh, sorry, I was expectin-" They all got in a circle around her, "What's going on?" The one behind her pulled her to her feet while two others grabbed her and held her still. The remaining sage reached in his robe and pulled out a knife. Her eyes grew wide and when she was about to scream, the sage, who had pulled her to her feet , covered her mouth so it came out muffled. "We're here to get rid of Team Plasma's growing threat. No more shall you stall our efforts and stop our king from his work, keep him from his dream. It's time to end this false reality. You shall be nothing more than an old memory to the world." He walked towards her and brought the knife back, but as he was bringing the knife back, he didn't stab the heart of the admirable trainer but instead the shoulder of a green-haired boy. The sages backed away, "Lord N!" N was hunched over, covering White with his back to the sage who had attacked. The three other sages arrived and grabbed the other sages, "Lady White! What should we do?" But White just stood there starring at N's face that was cringing in pain just a few inches above hers. After a few seconds, N answered with pain covering his voice, "Leave. Take them to Ghetis…better yet, lock them away for the rest of their time!" "But Sir, you need a doctor-" "I'm fine! Go!" Hesitantly, the three sages obeyed and took away the other sages.
He reached behind his shoulder, grabbed the knife and as fast as he could without causing too much pain, pulled it out. N cringed again and then looked down at White who had tears forming in her eyes, "I'll be-" N's legs gave. White grabbed him before he hit the ground and then laid him down the rest of the way gently. "I'm so sorry!" She had begun to cry by this point and he did his best to smile, "It's not your fault…" "What were you thinking, N?" He cringed but not out of the physical pain, but the pain of remembering what had compelled him to take a stab in the back for her….literally. "I couldn't let them kill you…I wouldn't let them kill you…I wasn't going to live without you, White….couldn't…" He had imagined life without her…to go back to the way things used to be knowing they could never be this good again, knowing he'd never love someone or anything like this again…White put her hand on his head and began to gently stoke it, she gave the best smile she could, "First, I'm not leaving you." N gave a rough sounding laugh, "Second, I wouldn't leave without saying goodbye or telling you where I was going myself…Obviously, as we can see, I wouldn't even leave you, I'd take you with me." Another tear slid down her face, "You said you wouldn't leave me, N." He starred in her eyes and sat up with a groan. She tried to help but he just grabbed her hands and held them. Once he was up he pulled her as tight as he could to himself, "Who said I was? I'm not going anywhere." She sighed, "You need to see a doctor, N…if you don't-" "If I don't, I'll still live…I'm not going anywhere you're not and I'm sure not taking you into death with me…that leaves me one option." He grabbed her face and kissed her as much as he could until he cringed again, "N?" He kept his forehead to hers, "But, maybe a doctor's not such a bad idea…"
"You have failed me." He paced outside the cells where the four sages sat. "We're sorry, Sir. But we never intended to hurt Lord N and when he jumped in front of her and we stabbed him…it was-" He tapped his foot impatiently, "Against everything I taught you?" All of them looked down at the ground. He sighed, "This girl is far more troublesome than I thought she would be…" He turned to the sages and then stomped out the room, with his usual cape flowing out behind him.