Here we go. The last chapter of Yin Yang Twins. I will be taking a break from writing for a while, most likely for a few months. I may start posting again around May-July during my summer break. But I've enjoyed sharing my story.
Morro stood outside Autumn's hospital room, his heart racing in his chest, a feeling he hasn't had in a long time. It's been a week since Autumn woke up and he still hasn't gone to see her. Everyone else has seen her ( Kai going was a horrible idea since the two ended up arguing) but he hasn't. He was so scared of how Autumn would react to seeing him with a mortal body. The last time she had seen him, he was still a ghost, now he isn't. He was so scared to see her reaction.
"Sooo? Are you just going to stand there and not do anything?" Morro sighed and turned around to face the rest of the ninja behind him.
"It's stressful, okay. I know she's okay and I know she wants to see me. But she doesn't know I'm not a ghost anymore," Morro said. The others knew he was partially making excuses. They all gave him a look that pretty much said 'Get your ass in there'. Morro glared at them and turned back to the door. He hesitated and held his breath before knocking. Autumn's muffled voice from in the room letting him know to come in. Morro took a deep breath and reached for the door handle. He slowly opened the door and peered into the room. Autumn was sitting in the bed playing on her phone. Morro walked in and only then did she look up at him.
"Morro! You- ..." her words trailed off. Morro smiled and sat on the bed next to her.
"H-Hey, Autumn. How're you feeling," Morro asked with a shaky voice. Autumn was silent and just stared at Morro. He could see tears beginning to form in her eyes. He wrapped his arms around her, being cautious not to put too much pressure on her cast, which was now covered in doodles, and let her start crying.
"Y-you're... you're not a ghost..." Autumn said quietly. Morro looked at her and saw the tears running down her face. But more importantly, a big, sweet smile spread across her cheeks. It had been a long time since Morro had seen Autumn smile, so it made him happy. Autumn pushed herself off of Morro's shoulder and Morro expected to see her smile, but Autumn's smile had faded and was replaced with a frown.
"What's wrong," Morro asked. Autumn just looked at Morro with the same expression.
"You lied to me." Morro's eyes widened and went quiet. "You told me you died when you accidentally got trapped in one of the chambers in the Caves of Despair. And you said you didn't know how your parents died. Neither one of those is true." Morro immediately felt the guilt.
"I'm sorry... you were so young, I didn't want to scare you. I know I should've told you when you got older, but I didn't know how," Morro said. He felt so much guilt from his lie.
"Bansha told me the truth... she said Pythor killed you." Morro nodded. "Is that the same case for what happened to your parents?" Morro nodded again. He was completely silent and couldn't look Autumn in the eye. He felt so ashamed of himself.
"I wish I told you sooner, but I didn't know how to tell you after I had already told you something completely different. I hope you can forgive for all of this," Morro said. He could feel tears starting to well up in his eyes, yet tried to prevent himself from crying. Autumn hugged Morro, causing pain in her arm.
"Of course I forgive you. You were just looking out for me. I could never stay mad at you. You're my best friend." Morro's tears started flowing down his face and he hugged Autumn.
Days past after Morro visited Autumn in the hospital. Lloyd was scheduled to be discharged in the next few days. Both twins were safe and were going to recover well. All the ninja had left to do was deal with the cursed ghosts. They had kept the ghosts in the deepstone cage so they wouldn't do anything while Lloyd and Autumn were recovering. Morro visited the ghosts briefly a few times but never said a word to them. He only watched the ghosts from the small window in the door of the room the ghosts were kept in for a few minutes until he was noticed. But he decided to enter the room and directly communicate with them the day before Lloyd was to be discharged. Morro always had one idea to make sure the ghosts wouldn't break free from the Departed Realm, but now, he was questioning whether or not it was the best option.
When Morro entered the room none of the ghosts looked at him. He leaned against the wall for almost ten minutes before Bansha said something.
"Are you going to just stand there and not say anything or what?" Bansha glared at Morro, clearly not happy to see him. She noticed a small vile of a pale blue liquid in Morro's hand. Morro noticed Bansha looking at the vile and he quickly tucked it away in his jacket pocket.
"That's only if I think it's necessary," Morro said.
"What the hell does that even mean," Soul Archer asked.
"It's the same thing that brought me back." The ghosts went silent and stared at Morro.
"Why Morro bring us back," Goultar asked. Each of the ghosts was confused. Why would Morro want to bring each of them back from the dead?
"As I said, it's only if I think it's necessary. I do not want you four getting out of the Departed Realm again and trying to get to my friends again. So if that means bringing you all back, then fine."
"Let me guess, if you decide to use that on us, you all will send us to Kryptarium," Bansha said. Morro nodded.
"But I haven't decided if I will give you this. I know that you could break out of prison and try to get to them again."
"Well, it's your choice. Use that little potion on us and send us to prison or send us back to the Departed Realm," Bansha said, glancing away from Morro.
"... Hollow, Issac, I don't know about Goultar and Wryath, but you two didn't exactly deserve to be cursed," Morro said. Soul Archer glared at Morro and wrapped his arm around Bansha.
"Don't even say anything like that! I know you know a lot about mine and Bansha's past, but don't you dare use it to your advantage," Soul Archer yelled. Morro was taken aback from Soul Archer's response. He knew mentioning Bansha and Soul Archer's past would anger them, but he wanted to get under their skin to know why they kidnapped Lloyd and Autumn.
"You two tried to kill my friends. Do you think that's something your parents would be proud of," Morro asked. That statement angered Soul Archer.
"Shut up! You have no right to talk about our parents! If you're not going to do anything but mock us, then go," Soul Archer yelled. Morro glared at them and approached the cell. He slammed his fist against the bars in anger.
"If you want me to leave, then tell me you the Preeminent wanted Autumn in her clutches," Morro demanded. The former ghost and cursed spirits glared at each other for a few moments in silence.
"... The Preeminent said if Issac and I brought Autumn to her, she would revoke the curse on our souls as well as my banshee curse. We would be able to see our parents again without any shame," Bansha explained. Morro remained silent. Morro pulled out the vile of the resurrect potion, placed it on the floor, and smashed it.
"I don't care if you two wanted a better reputation with your parents. If that's your reasoning, there is no way I'm letting you whither away. You four can face the Preeminent," Morro said. He turned back to the door and left the room, slamming the door behind him.
Days later, the ghosts were sent away, back to the Departed Realm. No one knew what would happen to them now, but all that mattered was that Lloyd and Autumn were safe. A few days later, Lloyd was discharged from the hospital. He was pretty reluctant at first because he wanted to stay with Autumn, but Misako managed to convince him he would feel better at home.
Later that day, Lloyd was in his room on the phone with Autumn since they were apart.
"So how are you feeling?" Lloyd asked.
"I'm okay. Being in the hospital isn't much fun but it beats being locked up who-knows-where and being tortured by some ghosts that want to kill you," Autumn said. Lloyd chuckled.
"Yeah, no kidding. That sucked. Getting kidnapped in the middle of the night was not fun. I remember getting pretty worried when I woke and you weren't next to me. I didn't know where you were and I was worried about you."
"Heh. That's your overprotective brother side showing. I can take care of myself, Lloyd. You don't always need to be breathing down my neck looking after me. I'm not that same silly little girl I once was."
"I know, Autumn. I just get worried about you. I really missed having you around and I don't want to lose you again."
"I know, Lloyd."
"Hey, at least I don't have to worry as much. The doctors said you would be home in about a week."
"Yeah. I can't wait to be home. I'm getting sick of the food and this bed."
"I can't wait to see you."
"Me neither. I'm getting pretty tired though. I'll talk to you tomorrow."
"Okay. Good night, Autumn."
"Night Lloyd." The twins ended their call and Lloyd put his phone on his nightstand. Lloyd stared up at the ceiling for a while until he fell asleep.
Thanks for reading. As of now, my summer plans have changed and I don't know when I'll be able to start posting again. But I've enjoyed sharing my story.