Will you Notice
Part Five
"Kurogane, they will leaving tomorrow morning, from the garden." Tomoyo tells the ninja as she closes the door to his room behind her.
"Thought it was at noon" Kurogane replies as he lifts himself up from his futon to welcome Tomoyo.
Tomoyo stops his movements by a fluid movement of her hand. She turns away from him then and moves toward the door on the opposite side of the room. Her steps, her movements are graceful, flawless. They make her an unreal sight, her noiseless movements just adds to the idea. "I can't see them off if they do, I asked them to leave earlier"
Kurogane nods his understanding, he sits back down, left arm over folded knee and sword held firmly in his right hand.
"Are you not leaving with them?" Tomoyo asks as she opens the shoji screens. Instantly the room is flooded with soft moon light, bathing kurogane in it's glow. For a moment Kurogane has to close his eyes. The light too bright on his eyes, but it fades, his eye adjust.
"No, It is my duty to serve and protect you. I traveled with them to find my way back" He answers and Tomoyo moves out of the path of the light. She tilts her head. A sweet sound of chiming bells can me heard as her elaborate head dress is moved.
"You will not reconsider"
"I swore to keep you safe"
"I thought that would be your answer" Tomoyo looks out onto the grounds. "Will you miss them very much?"
Kurogane looks away .
Tomoyo-hime feels his movements and does not ask again. "It's almost a full moon, bright but dim in comparison to tomorrows light"
She reaches out, again the bells jangle. "It's appropriate. In this worlds a moon so close to completion is a symbols of missed chances or perseverance. The wises words from the past say, let the light guide your steps for all your tomorrows."
Her hand is still out stretched pall up, as if welcoming the light into the room "The light of moon the night before completion is a guide, if you follow it, it will let your future shinny even brighter. It can only be done with a full heart and troubled mind. It can only be denied by certainty"
Kurogane faces Tomoyo. He opens his mouth to say something, but she shakes her head. The sweet sounds of bells silencing him. Slowly she lowers her hand before she turns and walks towards Kurogane. The small clear sounds of silver bells following her.
"Sleep, and rest your weary head" She places her hand on his forehead. "Sleep"
She nods and moves away. Kurogane does not move to show her out, or watch her leave.
'Good bye' she says as she leaves, first opening and then closing the door behind her. The sound of bell following after her, but even after the doors closes behind her the sound still lingers in his room for a moment longer then normal.
He sighs feeling the day's events wear on him He looks over at the shoji screens Tomoyo had left open, for a moment he considers closing them but he doesn't. Instead he lies down on his bed and instantly falls asleep under the light of the moon, lulled by the sound of sweet chimes.