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Fighting the Fate.
Chapter 13: The Essence of Life.
Every one was sitting in the lounge. Their expressions grave. Keith was hugging Mira who was crying. Marucho had hidden his face in his hands. Dan was holding his head,trying to take in what had happened after their return to the real world. He tried to blink away the tears which threatened to fall from his brown eyes. He couldn't stand it. He had left the room where his best friend rested peacefully now. He couldn't watch him like that. The Pyrus brawler couldn't believe what had happened to his best friend. It was...impossible.
"He died...even after we had tried to save him...even when Shun..." Keith sighed.
"Shun..." Mira whispered quietly...her voice muffled by Keith's jacket. Keith had pursed his lips. His eyes moistening every now and then.
"I still don't understand how did it happen...I mean...after..." Marucho trailed off.
"I don't know that either Marucho." Keith glanced at the shorter brawler before looking at Dan, "Dan?"
"I'm...I'm alright...never mind me..." Dan felt his throat getting dry. He felt as if he was going numb...the shock of past few hours had taken it's toll and he tried to inhale deeply.
"Now what?" Mira asked.
"Yeah,what're we going to do now?" Marucho looked at the Pyrus brawler.
"I honestly don't know Marucho." Dan sighed, "I wish he could just..." He left the sentence incomplete.
"Give us a sign." Keith completed where Dan had left.
"It's too much..." Mira sobbed.
"I can't take it anymore." Dan stood, "I'm going."
No one asked him where he was going as they all knew it very clearly that where was the hot-headed brawler going.
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Dan sat beside his best friend. He took in his fragile appearance and looked at his pale but serene face. Placing a hand almost hesitantly on his friend's cold one,Dan's lips quivered.
"Shun..." That was all he could manage as he allowed water droplets to splash onto the lifeless cold hand which he clutched dearly.
"I hope you're feeling better now...without any more pain to suffer...you look so peaceful..." Dan continued even though he knew his best friend couldn't hear him.
"I miss you buddy." Dan told the unmoving teen as he brushed back his raven hair.
With a sigh,he lowered his head,letting his collar get soaked by the tears. It had been too much to handle.
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"How could you let him die?" Mira looked at Dan, "He didn't deserve it."
"Yeah Dan...we know you two didn't like each other but that's not a valid reason to not help him." Marucho pushed back his glasses.
"I tried..." Dan argued back.
"He lost the cure...it's his own fault." Keith added.
"But still...you should've helped him." Mira lifted her head, "That's what brawlers were supposed to do. Or so I thought."
"Mira...you've no idea what happened." Dan gazed at the orange haired girl.
"At least I'm trying to..." Mira was cut off by Keith.
"Stop it,everyone. Discussing it now isn't going to help us one bit." The Darkus brawler looked at the occupants of the room.
"Yeah guys,we need to stay focused." Marucho agreed.
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Dan looked outside the window,thinking back about the past events as he sat beside his best friend.
FLASHBACK...
He was yelling as he fell all the way down the cliff end...straight into the lava. Dan extended his hand,trying to grab his hand but failed as his velocity forced him to fall down and down...descending into the lava eventually.
Horrified,Dan looked at the spot where he was present just a few moments before...laughing menacingly and saying something along the lines of that he didn't need any cure...that he had trapped the brawlers.
END FLASHBACK
"It wasn't supposed to happen." Dan clenched his fists, "He wasn't supposed to end like that."
"Even after everything he did?" Drago opened on Dan's shoulder.
"Yeah. I know he put all of us through a hell but still..."
"But..."
"Listen...I know he was our enemy but he shouldn't have died like that..."
"But you tried to save him...didn't you?"
"I...I did...but at that moment,Shun was more important to me." Dan lowered his gaze, "Wiseman should have lived."
Drago sighed.
FLASHBACK...
Dan shook the unconscious teen hard as he realized that his best friend wasn't breathing at all. He looked so peaceful...lying in his friend's arms,having nothing to worry about now...
"No...don't give up Shun..." Keith panicked.
"DON'T YOU DARE DIE ON ME..." Dan shook him roughly again.
But when nothing happened,Keith snapped into action, "Dan...to the building."
Dan blindly followed his instruction as both of them brought Shun to the medical area inside the building. Once settled there,quickly helping him on the bed,Keith pulled out the IV drip. Filling it with the cure,he inserted it swiftly in the sick teen's wrist vein. They had managed to find his weak pulse...which meant that he could still come back.
Nothing happened...
They waited...waited...and still...they waited.
Time ticked by slowly...no such luck...
"Shun..." Dan's eyes widened,unshed tears shimmering in them, "Please...don't do this to me buddy..."
Dan's pleading bounced off Keith's ears as he frantically searched around for something...anything that could bring the teen back to life.
The Ventus brawler was like a leaf dancing in a flame...or like the song of a dieing swan...
Dan stood up as he caught sight of something beside the bed. It was adrenaline, one of the equipment, Keith was rummaging through to see if anything could help. In a desperate attempt,Dan picked it up and without thinking,plunged it straight into his best friend's heart. Keith turned around but before he could do something,the vessel had been emptied in the boy's system, "Dan...it was..."
"Shun..." Dan's eyes were filled with...anger...remorse...sadness...pain...emotions whirling within their depths, "Come back or I'll have to die too...and frankly speaking...I don't want to die yet..."
Keith smiled sadly. Dan and his mood swings...his thoughts flipped back to the prone form on the bed as he heard a slight cough. The sudden boost of adrenaline had miraculously forced the teen's heart to beat again.
With wide eyes, Keith stabilized his heart beat and fixed his breathing by using the mask. After a few moments,glazed and unfocused topaz eyes opened slowly,blinking heavily in process. Dan bent over him,his mouth opened in surprise, "Well,I honestly didn't expect you to take my words so seriously buddy."
Shun blinked again. His eyes closing against his will. He tried to open them but then relaxed beneath the blanket as he felt himself floating on the clouds,riding the wind.
END FLASHBACK
When Dan and Keith had told everyone about it,they all had reacted...if somewhat differently...too shocked to say anything,the brawlers waited for the Ventus brawler to wake up again.
And now Dan was sitting beside his best friend. His fever had broke. He was breathing normally and looked less paler. With a sigh of relief,Dan leaned forward and without realizing what he was doing,he allowed sleep to take over him.
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Opening his eyes,he looked up blankly. Where was he? What had happened? He didn't feel sick now but he felt a slight pain in his chest. Confused as to why was breathing a hard task for him,he settled his bleary eyes on a figure present on his chest. Red...but it wasn't blood...it was something red...his tired mind registered so he moved a bit. When nothing happened,he moved again,this time,a bit harder but still no luck.
The burning pain made him gasp and he coughed,trying to control his respiration. The red figure gaped and woke with a start.
"Oh Shun...sorry buddy...you okay?" Dan sat upright. He had actually slept in an awkward position,head and arms resting on his best friend's chest while he himself sat on the chair.
He received a nod in response and blinked, "Hey...you're awake!"
"No...really?" Shun raised an eyebrow.
"How're you feeling?" Dan composed himself.
"Fine. What happened?" Shun looked up.
"Well..." Dan took a deep breath before briefing the Ventus brawler of the recent events.
"So...I lived and Wiseman died." Shun muttered.
"Yup...you did. And I missed you buddy." Dan's face became serious. He could always talk to his best friend comfortably.
Shun blinked at the sudden change, "Dan..."
"I was so scared buddy. I thought I lost you. I thought I'd never see you again and I...I cried too." Dan admitted,his voice becoming low.
"I..." Before he could say anything,Shun was surrounded by an embrace as Dan hugged him tight,afraid to let go.
Being back to normal,Shun felt a huge burden lift off his shoulders. Every thing was just as before now and looking outside the window,the ventus brawler caught glimpse of colors of the wind. He had stayed strong...he had faced his test bravely...he hadn't given up...he hadn't scummed to the darkness...he had struggled to live...and most of all...He had fought his destined fate.
Okay...the end! I'm not pleased with this chapter but I had to post it up. It's really hard to control the flow of two stories at a time. If any of you is interested in my new beyblade fic,go on and keep reading coz it's the end of story,not the end of me! ^^
Rose out! :)