Mukuro: Chapter six. And few reviews recently. How sad.
Fuuko: Cheer up Mukuro! Be happy! Don't cry! Have a starfish!
Mukuro: Why do you hand out starfish? The wedding's over.
Fuuko: So that everyone can be as happy as my sister!
Mukuro: Well, you've managed to cheer me up, at least.
Disclaimer: Neither the Anime, Visual Novel, or Manga belong to me. I'd love to own Tomoyo, though…
Through Death Will Us Part
Chapter 6
I couldn't wait to meet Tomoya at school today. I only have two months or so by my calculations, so I have to spend most of the time saving the trees.
"Hey, Hiruko, I know you're always listening, so I have a question." I said, walking up the hill to school.
"What?" Hiruko asked. I was assuming that since no one was wondering why a green haired boy ten feet in the air was talking to me, that he was invisible or something.
"Can you save the trees? What would I have to pay?" I asked. I also assumed that my voice to him was being censored, as no one was wondering why I was talking to myself. Not that anyone was here. I was early.
"That's two questions." Hiruko said. I didn't even have to look up to know he was smirking.
"Please answer…" I said.
"Okay, first, I can't, and second, not a thing." Hiruko said, dropping down next to me, without making a sound.
"Why not?" I asked, turning to face him.
"Because the only deals I can make with you are ones pertaining to our original deal, which is you get an extra year to tell Okazaki you love him." Hiruko said, looking through a book, before he showed me the page.
"Rule 33…" I read. "It is not allowed to make any deals with someone unless they are either dead or have already made a deal, and, if so, only if the deal pertains to their original deal."
I kept reading. "Rule 34: If an object can be conjectured, there is porn made of it. If not, then porn will be made of it as soon as someone hears what you are looking for. Known exceptions are:
Rule 34 itself. You cannot rule 34, rule 34.
Also, abstract ideas may not be rule 34'd, it must be a concrete object or be representable as one."
"Don't read that." Hiruko said, closing the book.
"What about that deal about Sunohara?" I asked.
"I lied. You still have another three months or so." Hiruko said.
"Really?" I asked.
"No, I'm just kidding you. Read this." Hiruko said, thumbing through the book.
"Rule 802…" I read "The only exception to Rule 33 is when it will save the life of someone whose life was put in jeopardy by someone who came back to life, and in that case if their presence shortens or lengthens the saved person or persons' lifespan."
I kept reading.
"Rule 803: For every rule there is a loophole."
"Whoops!" Hiruko said, slamming the book shut. "Don't read that..." He slipped the book into his jacket.
"Wait, that said-"
"Sorry, no exceptions, can't help you." Hiruko said, disappearing.
"…Jerk." I muttered.
I met up with Tomoya at lunch today, and sat down to eat with him.
"Whoa, Tomoyo, why are you sitting with us?" Sunohara shouted, jumping back. Explain to me why I saved him again?
"Yes." I said, nodding.
"Tomoya, are you cheating on Ryou?" Sunohara shouted. "How could you?"
"No, he's not." I said, coming to his defense. "I just thought that he might be lonely with his girlfriend gone, right?"
"Yep." Tomoya said, nodding.
I went through my next month happily, working hard to make both of my dreams come true. I went on a few dates with Tomoya, and he and I both agreed not to tell anyone about our relationship. And then finally, at long last, I had managed to save the Sakura Trees from being destroyed. The school contractors had signed a contract saying that as long as the trees existed on school property they would not be harmed by any members of the faculty.
"I'm so happy." I said. "I've completed all my goals today!"
"Congratulations are in order then!" Nagisa-chan said, smiling.
"Yes." I said, nodding. "I need to call my parents again, to, to tell them the good news."
I walked over to the phone, and spoke to my parents and my brother for what would probably be the last time. After school ends tomorrow, I would spend all my free time with Tomoya.
"Oh, aren't you leaving your second year?" Akagi asked.
"Yeah." I said, nodding.
"Then we should celebrate that next!" Akagi said, smiling.
"No, thanks." I said, smiling. "I'm tired." I walked down the hall to my guest room, and closed the door behind me.
"I don't want to die…" I said to myself, as tears fell down my face. "But if I survive, then it will only hurt me that much more…"
I began thinking for a long, long time. What would happen when my time ran out? Would I drop dead from internal bleeding, or some unknown disease? Will I just disappear? Will time rewind and I just die in the car accident, and it's like no one remembers me? And if that is what happens… Do I even want to be remembered?
"Well, well, well." A soft voice said. "It seems like we have here a lost little maiden."
"Huh?" I asked, looking up.
The girl I saw was like something you'd see in a church. She was hung, suspended in the air, probably by the aid of the small, feathery wings on her back. She had a long, white gown on, and long, flowing blonde hair. She had a helpful smile on her face, one that reminded me of Nagisa and Sanae-san. She also had deep, bright blue eyes, and the palest skin I'd ever seen, seemingly glowing white.
"Are you and angel?" I asked. I really couldn't think of any better word.
"Well, aren't you a smart little girl?" The girl said, smiling. "If you want to call me an angel, then you can. But I'm really a messenger from God."
"You mean like Hiruko?" I asked.
"Oh." She said, her smile turning into a pout, which still managed to retain its' cuteness and damn it! I'm straight! Straight!
"So you did meet up with him." She said, interrupting my thoughts. "It figures. You should be dead, yet you're still alive."
"Okay, so if you know who Hiruko is, can you please tell me what exactly he is?" I asked.
"It's complitcated." The angel said. "He's sort of what you would call, um… That guy with the hood and the scythe."
"Death?" I asked.
"Yeah, Death." He's in charge of searching the world for people who died, and sends them to the afterlife, where it is decided if they will go to what humans call heaven, where I come from, and what humans call hell. So, he's a neutral party in the war between our god and his mortal enemy, Lucifer."
"Really?" I asked. "Because I thought he was like one of the Devils' followers."
"Devil? What do you mean, 'Devil'?" The angel asked. "A devil is someone who sells their soul to Lucifer in exchange for power. So, there are many devils, but only one king, which is Lucifer."
"I see." I said. "And why are you telling me this?"
"Because now that you'll die, I want to guide you to the right path! I'm sort of like a guardian angel, if you'll pardon the pun."
"Oh, hey, Tomoyo, I just got back." Hiruko said, popping in. He then saw the angel, who was glaring at him.
"Well, well, well." Hiruko said, smirking. "I see that God must have sent his ugliest angel to try and persuade Tomoyo to go to heaven."
"And I see the most idiotic angel of death is once again trying to meddle in the natural affairs of things for his pathetic enjoyment." The angel said, smiling.
"I'm going to go out on a limb here and say you two have met." I said.
"You could say that." Hiruko said. "This here is Evangeline, or Eve, as she likes to be called."
"And he's Hiruko. He's one of the angels of death." Eve said, smiling.
"Wait, 'one of the angels of death', as in there's more than one?" I asked.
"Yes." Eve said, nodding. "Most angels of death stick with their jobs of no interference. Those are the ones that are almost respectable. Whereas Hiruko…"
"If you had to put up with what I have to, you'd be bored to." Hiruko said.
"Do you have any idea how much trouble we've had to go through because of this guy?" Eve asked.
"Oh, name one time when I've cause a major planetary problem." Hiruko said.
"During your talk with Jonathan Booth you exaggerated about Lincolns' future persecutions against the south."
"And now look." Hiruko said. "The united states presidents now have bodyguards."
"You did the same thing with Kennedy. And what about that new flying machine you were testing out in New Mexico that the government confiscated?"
"Okay, first, they've never proved that, and second, can we talk about something else?"
"Okay, how about slipping Einstein that little tidbit about nuclear radiation and how to control its' force?" Eve asked.
"If I didn't, Germany would have won." Hiruko said.
"Need I remind you about all those special 'powers' you gave to Moses, along with those ten commandments about what people should do to get 'heaven'?"
"It made the world a better place, and besides, it gave him something to live for!"
"That's not the point." Eve said. "You are utterly too careless with your powers and your deals."
"That was decades ago! I'm a changed man." Hiruko argued.
"What about that little fiasco about the new world a few centuries ago?"
"They found that all on their own."
"I see." Eve said. "You actually have the balls to be telling me you had nothing to do with it?"
"Absolutely nothing." Hiruko said, nodding.
"Well, then, let's get back on track." Eve said. "You have interfered with the natural order of things one too many times."
"Let me tell you something before you judge me." Hiruko said, whispering something into Eve's ear.
"I see." Eve said, after a long period of time. "Then there's no point in my being here."
"What was that about?" I asked. "And more importantly, where have you been for the last month?"
"I was with Rick Astley. You never know when someone's going to kill him." Hiruko said. "So, anyways, you have one month left. Are you going to go all the way even once?"
"Of course not!" I spluttered. "His first time should be with Ryou!"
"It was." Hiruko said. "As was his second, and his third, and so on, and so on, and so on…"
"Alright then…" I said, looking down dejectedly.
"That's the spirit!" Hiruko said, smiling. "Get going and get laid!"
"..."
Time Until Death: 30 Days
Mukuro: So, we've reached the end, folks. We have one more chapter and then an epilogue. I've stretched this out as far as I can, but no one seems to be reviewing.
Fuuko: Fuuko is sad about it coming to an end. And about not getting many lines.
Mukuro: It's okay, Fuuko. (pats her head) There's always the sequel.
Fuuko: Yay! A sequel!
Mukuro: Yes, there will be a sequel.
Fuuko: Bye! See you in the next chapter! Review!
Mukuro Out.