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Chapter 21: My final moments

A chink of light streamed in through a gap in the drapes. Warmth filtered through the room and tingled the tips of her fingers.

She sighed.

I urged myself closer to her, igniting more contact despite our proximity. She winced and I drew back slightly. She was so fragile.

'It's okay,' she whispered, her lips turning up at the ends.

'It is not okay. Say anything, but don't say it's okay.'

Nanami shrugged. 'I always liked the bad boys,' she grinned.

I tried to hide my smile but I couldn't. I never could.

She coughed harshly and my eyes tightened with pain. Why was this happening to her?

She took my hand. 'Don't worry about me. I'm not going anywhere soon.'

I almost believed her. She was so stubborn that she could hold on forever but she was so weak that a fall from a high tree might kill her.

I just nodded and put my face close to hers. She smiled slightly and nuzzled into me. I savoured her warmth. I knew this moment wouldn't last forever.

'You're too young,' I murmured into her chocolate coloured hair.

How was this fair? To lose the one I love when I haven't finished loving her. This wasn't right.

She pursed her lips. 'So was my mother,' and her words were engulfed in sadness. I held her tighter.

'Please don't leave us,' I whispered.

'I don't plan to. Imagine you and Mizuki without me anyway!' she laughed and then paused. 'I don't want to be selfish so I won't lie… I'm only human. I can't hang around here forever. I'm not as strong as you.'

'I'm not that strong,' I mumbled into her hair. 'If I were stronger, I'd be able to let you go.'

'Maybe, but… I like this side of Tomoe the best.'

We were both quiet.

A particularly harmonic chirp shattered the silence. It was too happy. Nanami was fading away and yet life and love went on. Why? If Nanami died, the world should die with her. There was no world without her.

As if hearing my thoughts, she gave me a weak slap on the cheek, being unable to put any force behind it hurt me worse than the slap.

'Don't be like that. You used to have a life outside of me. You could always visit old friends or…' she glared at nothing in particular, 'the tanuki girls.'

Even in her state, she humoured me. I chuckled, wrapping a strand of her hair around my finger as I murmured consolations to her. I really loved this stupid human girl. She was weak and she was fragile, unpredictable, liable to explode in sensitivity if you said anything even remotely hurtful, but she was mine.

A/N: Waaaaaaah, dem feels! Tomoe is such a sop in this that it makes me sad :( This was requested by Kane Ookami who seems to have a few good ideas :3 I've done the Tomoe death fic (ish, he didn't die -_-) so I decided to do Nanami :p Also, oh my God, this story is so short! I'll try and get them longer! =_=

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1. Thank you awesome reviewers! I love what you post, you kick butt in a good way :p

2. Review if you haven't already pretty please, and if you have, review again, they feed the hungry dragon that is my mind ©.© Well. That's a weird metaphor.

3. I have a new story out :D It's a collaboration fanfic (written by me, TheRabbitOtaku and Arthusa48), and it's a Harry Potter based fanfiction. The Marauders are expelled from Hogwarts for pulling a prank and are sent to our school, where they get very muddled in "human" affairs. It's rated T because… just wait until chapter 3… So give that a glance if you have the time :)

Mei: You fell off the bed? Do you need a plaster for that? Why did you make "I don't even want to know what else she thinks" sound dirty?! WHY?! Awh thank you :3 Yesh, I liked the chapter too :) You've watched the Vampire Diaries? Well I've read the first six books because they HAVE KITSUNES IN, however, the series I've watched quite a bit of, but not ALL of it, my sister was obsessed with watching it on Netflix so I caught quite a bit of it. Klaus and Caroline?! I didn't see much of that pairing o.O Yes. NanamiXTomoe forever. You… stole my sandwich? :C Deleting people on facebook is fabulous! He got a crush on me and I didn't like him so I deleted him haha. That was mean of me. But he creeped me out. Nope, I'm confused haha. Bromwich maybe? Wait, why are we being paired together…? O_O Yeah, I tried to get into Black Bird and I couldn't, it's not my thing at all. Also, I don't think much of that title, I couldn't get into the manga and when I ordered Kamisama Hajimemashita the DVD, I got the anime free with it, which I watched but didn't really enjoy. Seeya :P

TheYokaiOtaku: Oh ho! I died. That was so funny. He eats your vegetables? Get that knife and SHANK HIM UP.

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ZeldaWithAShotgun: Might be the best pen name EVER. Thanks a lot :D

Kane Ookami: It didn't really have a solid end, did it? I expect what happened is what you want to happen C: You decide.

Kane Ookami: Hahaha, you sound like me, procrastinators FTW! Check. And the pet idea sounds fabulous! You can bet that'll be the next chapter :v Thanks so much -w-

AnotherJoker: Well this is based on the fan theory that Nanami is Yukiji's reincarnation, so technically, he found Yukiji inside Nanami, and fell in love with them both but it's one person. Thanks so much, love you too ;) 50 Tales of Mikage Shrine?! Haha, I'll never be done with this story! I'm afraid it'll remain at 30, thanks so much though :)

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