Yep, another chapter! I was just thinking about quitting before I got the wonderful review from easily confuzzled. Thankyou so very much! I'm not getting any reviews, so I as thinking 'Screw it, nobody likes this bloody, god-forsaken story anyways.' THANKYOU EASILY CONFUZZLED! Anyways, here is another heart-warming tale...
BE WARNED! THIS MAY BE PRETTY SHORT, PEOPLE!
Chapter Nine...
"W-why..? I love you..."
As the frightened couple gazed at Jin who's skin was turning almost an impossible pale, a pool of blood beginning to start near the fire demon's feet. He was dying. Sango didn't do it, and neither did Miroku, so they wondered who did it, and why Jin said what he said.
As Miroku and Sango stood up, Sango still against the one she loved, with Miroku's arm wrapped around her waist protectively, still quite scared from their very close death. As they stood, their eyes widened again, discovering Kaede, who was believed to be dead. From the puddle of blood that she had been surrounded in, she should have been dead, but she wasn't.
Instead, there she was, standing behind Jin, weakly grasping an arrow that was stabbed through Jin's neck, and had been stabbed through the middle of his chest as well, which should've killed him, but somehow Jin was still holding on.
"Lady Kaede!" Sango cried out, watching the old priestess smile weakly, the life fading out of her eyes.
As soon as it had happened, it was over, and Kaede's grasp on the arrow was no more, and she fell to the ground, skin even paler than Jin's. Her eyes closed before she hit the ground, her mouth opened a little, and she hit the ground with a loud THUMP! Her head tilted to the side, and then there was silence except for the ragged breathing of Jin.
"Why..? Why...? God damnit, Kaede... WHY! I thought you loved me.. I thought.. I thought.." Jin began to ramble, tears flowing freely again, his voice barely even heard because of the arrow, and it was quite obvious he was barely holding on.
The fire demon, fell to his knees, unable to support his own weight now. He gazed almost longingly at Kaede, his breaths growing shorter and more strained, which was even more amazing since he should have been dead already.
Sango held in her tears, still pressed against Miroku, silently watching Jin. While she hated him very deeply for harming Miroku, she still pitied him, knowing it could have all been different for Kaede and Jin, as deep down she knew that they were soulmates, and that they could've gotten married, and instead of Kaede having to suffer the loss of her sister and never knowing what happened to Jin, plus the added bonus of living alone.. She could've lived a happy life, but now, as Sango gazed upon her deceased friend, she couldn't hold it in any longer and began to cry quietly, unable to contain the pain anymore.
Miroku gently patted her shoulder, knowing now wasn't the time to grope her, but he had already planned to do it later, just not now in a serious situation like this. He lowered his head a little in silent rememberance, watching Jin closely, breathing in deeply, making sure Jin did not try to do anything with Kaede's body, but also wanting to make sure Sango was a safe distance away from the demon.
"It's.. a-a-alright.. It's ov-o-..." Jin coughed, the cough racking his whole body as he tried to talk. "Over.. I d-d-d-d-don't care about you.. an..any..anymore.." His head lowered and he coughed more, little droplets of blood coming out as he coughed.
"Why did you harm her if you loved her? If you love someone, you stay with them and protect them no matter what.. Why?" Miroku suddenly asked, knowing that Jin's death was near.
"I didn't.. mean t-t-to.. She wouldn't drink it.. I.." He didn't continue, his head lowering a little, now seeming unable to breath anymore.
He placed his now weakened hands upon Kaede's stomache, and the other on the area where her heart was. He coughed, his struggle to breath growing more harder. He smiled weakly, his hands suddenly going a firery red, the same colour as the fire that was surrounding them, slowely growing closer to them. But as he seemed to be transferring whatever life he had inside of him, the fire shrunk, and seeming to disappear, and soon the once raging fire was no more.
"Kae'... Kae'... You..." Jin was still crying, his voice was barely above a whisper now, and it was full of pain. "You accepted me.. no matter how I acted.. or what I did.. You a-a-always loved me.." He closed his eyes, tightly, his posture seeming to grow weaker. "Forgive me, I always loved you.."
Sango let out a small, barely noticable sob, Jin's words practically breaking her heart, as she could almost vision the outcome where she had died, and Miroku was dying as well, but was trying to revive her as Jin was. She buried her head against the monk's chest, trying to stop crying.
"I never des...erved.. someone like you.." His voice was fading away. "I wish it didn't turn out like this.."
"I..."
"I wish.."
"It had all been different.."
"I.. I..."
"I wish I was there fore you, Kae'.. You know.."
"You know.. I wanted.. to b-b-be..
"I.. I wish.. No.. p-please hear me.."
"Please.. kn..know.. That.."
Jin seemed to give one final gasp, pushing the last of his life into her, and he began to slump foreward, over Kaede's still limp and lifeless body, his eyes slowely closing, but he struggled to take one last breath as he died.
"That I loved you.. forever.. and always.. Kae'..."
Then,there was silence as the couple looked around the area, which was burned and dead now. Their eyes soon rested upon Kaede and Jin, both lifeless. But, just as soon as Sango was going to bury her face into the monk's kesa again, Kaede's eyes opened for a moment, briefly closing again before they opened wider, and she inhaled deeply, feeling strange.
She slowely sat up, feeling Jin's body roll off of her, the arrow still in his neck. Her eyes widened a bit more as she gazed at her lifeless love. She glanced briefly at Miroku and Sango, who seemed stunned to see that their once dead friend was alive. Her attention returned back to Jin, and her eyes filled up with tears, and it was obvious she was trying to hold them in.
"Aye.. I loved you forever, and always, too, Jinny.."
"Always.. and forever.."
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BA-da! That's right, friends, THE END! Or is it? Probably not, so expect another crappy chapter from me. Ah, I don't want to end it, really I don't even though I must admit I'm not all that fond of this story. Well, sorry if it's short, I tried making it really long, dunno if I did, but hell, I tried.
Anyways, I tried to make this chapter depressing, so..
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Hoped you enjoyed this crappy little chapter!
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