Lovers' Destiny

Chapter 14: Destined to Be Lovers

"Gakupo! Gakupo!" Luka shook Gakupo's lifeless body as he lay on the ground, blood still flowing from his body.

"Gakupo, please! Come back!" Luka cried, as Miku walked to the scene after killing Kaito inside the mansion.

Miku felt sympathetic for Luka, but she knew that it was going to happen.

"Gakupo, if you really want to save Luka, you have to risk your own life," Miku explained.

"I don't care. Life or death, I don't care. As long as Luka is back to normal where I can see her beautiful smile, I don't care," Gakupo said, full of determination.

Miku smiled as she remembered Len telling her the same things moments before his death after saving her.

"Okay. To save her, you most stab the Purifying Sword into her body including yours. She must be in front of you, and the sword must go through both of your bodies. The sword is long and sharp enough to do that. Once that's done, your purified blood will trickle down the knife, and as Luka pulls it out, your blood will make contact with her. This will purify her and return her back into her human form," Miku explained, not pausing.

"But, you'll die moments after she's saved," Miku sadly said.

"Fine," said Gakupo, standing up with no fear.

"I'm ready," Gakupo looked at Miku and they both nodded.

Miku reminisced what happened before Gakupo and Miku rescued Luka from Kaito. Luka was still crying and sobbing for Gakupo's death, but Miku couldn't do anything more to help for that was the end of it.

As Miku looked at Luka, she remembered how she was in the same exact situation years before she had met Gakupo and Gumi.

Miku had also loved a boy named Len. They loved each other dearly, but when the date of her return to be Kaito's wife came, she left Len with no clue on what to do. Len had lost hope, but was helped by a mysterious woman he met on his way to try and rescue her. Len was scared at first, but realized that if he continues living without the person he loves, then there was no point in living for he would just live in a miserable, lonely life. So he decided that even if he dies, at least he would still be able to see Miku as he watches over her.

"Miku," Len said.

Miku was in tears, not being able to do anything to help Len.

"I'm so glad…that I had…met you. You were…the most beautiful…angel…I've ever seen. Even if…you…were a fallen…angel…I still…loved you for who…you are," Len said, struggling to tell Miku how he feels as he died in front of Miku.

"Miku…I love you…and I always will…" Len said, losing his pulse, breath, and heartbeat.

"Len? Len? A-are you still there? Len!" Miku cried, shaking him.

"Len! Len! I love you, too. Now come back, please!" Miku begged even if she knew that nothing was gonna return him back to normal.

"Len!" Miku's voice echoed in her head.

Miku pulled Luka's arm several times, helping her to get up, but she refused.

"No! I don't want to leave Gakupo! He's going to come back!" Luka said, holding on to Gakupo.

"Luka, you have to face the truth! He's gone! He's never coming back!" Miku yelled, frustrated.

Miku was surprised of what she said herself for she knew she went over the line.

Luka looked at Miku with tears still running down her cheeks.

"You're right," Luka said, standing up as she faced the cold, hard truth.

"No! She's not!"

Luka and Miku turned around to find Gumi with Akaito running behind her.

"She's not right, Luka-chan! Gakupo will come back!" Gumi said, unwavering.

"What do you mean?" Miku asked, confused.

Gumi took Miku's Purifying Arrow and walked to the dead Gakupo.

"Gakupo-kun," Gumi said to herself.

Tears poured from her eyes as she looked at Gakupo's dead body.

She hugged Gakupo, not believing what she was seeing.

Luka's tears streamed down her face as she saw Gumi crying. She was never good at handling things like these. Luka would always cry if someone was crying next to her. She thought it was weird at first, but she realized that she can feel other's pain, making it painful and distressing to her, too.

After mourning for some time, Gumi put her body onto Gakupo's. Luka and Miku were confused on what she was going to do, but they watched her.

Gumi screamed as she took the arrow and heaved it into her body and then to Gakupo's.

"No!" cried Miku, seeing her best friend die.

A tear ran down on Gumi's cheek as memories of her, Miku and Gakupo ran inside her mind.

"I guess it's true that your whole life flashes in your mind before you die, huh," she thought, one last time.

Miku tried to run and stop Gumi, but she was being held back by Akaito.

"Get your hands off me!" Miku said, trying to break Akaito's tight grip.

"Gumi!" she turned to Gumi, whose body started glowing.

A bright, blinding white light shone all over the area, making the three close their eyes.

When they opened their eyes, they found Gumi's body nowhere.

"Gumi?" Miku asked, looking everywhere for her.

The three ran to Gakupo's body, hoping to have a clue from where Gumi went off to.

"Lu…ka?"

Luka's eyes widen as she heard her name being said by a voice so familiar. She turned around and saw Gakupo's eyes opening slowly.

"Gakupo?" Luka said, kneeling down.

She held Gakupo's hand and realized that his wounds were gone. Blood stains were the only things remaining on his shirt.

"Gakupo!" Luka hugged Gakupo again, smiling really wide.

Gakupo got up with the help from Akaito and Miku, who kneeled down to help him after hearing Luka's cheerful voice.

Luka and Gakupo kissed passionately for a few moments. Their eyes were closed, and their minds were full of each other's face.

Another bright light shone and all of them looked up.

It was Gumi.

She was dressed in white all over and her feathered-wings were white.

"Gumi!" Miku yelled, trying to reach for her.

"Gakupo-kun, I'm glad you're alive again. I wish you and Luka the best," Gumi said, looking at the both from the sky.

"Gumi, where are you going?" Luka asked, worried.

"I'm going to a better place now. Goodbye, everyone," Gumi waved and disappeared with the bright light.

"What did she mean?" Gakupo wondered.

"She's an angel now, Kamui-sama," Akaito answered.

"What? How? Why?" Gakupo, Luka and Miku asked.

"By using Hatsune-sama's Purifying Arrow, Nakajima-sama stabbed herself and Kamui-sama. Since she was a human and Kamui-sama saved a fallen angel, she was able to bargain with the angels by summoning them with the power her parents had left her before they were killed by the fallen angel, Luka," Akaito explained.

"She said she didn't want to leave it as it was, so she planned it on the very last minute," Akaito continued.

"Here," Akaito handed Gakupo a letter.

"Gakupo-kun, by now, I'm probably in a better place. I'm so glad to have met a person like you. I know I was wrong into thinking we can ever share the same feelings, but I now realized that I have to let go. I realized your happiness when you're with Luka-chan and my only wish is that your happiness is kept. So I sacrificed myself to the angels to resurrect you as the same person you are now. I'll be watching over you and Luka-chan," Gakupo read with Gumi in his mind.

Tears ran down his face as he finished.

"Gumi," he said, looking up.

"Thank you," Gakupo said, wiping his tears and smiled.

"I guess I have to move on, too," Miku smiled after wiping her tears.

Gakupo looked back at Luka, and fervently kissed her again.

"I can't believe all of these happened!" Luka said, smiling.

"I'm just glad to be with you," Gakupo said, hugging Luka tight.

The two held hands as all of them walked to the car. Akaito and Miku sighed at the same time and looked at the two, walking slowly behind them. Miku and Akaito both spoke at the same time and smiled.

"It's true. They were destined to be lovers."