Blossoms of Blood
by: yumeneko & Shiro Hikage
Chapter 3: Unfold the Dream
'Onee-chan! Onee-chan! Dame da! I don't want you to go away! Onegai! Don't waste your life for me and Kenji... Onegai. You were the only one who knew who good my family was. Please don't go...'
'Gomenasai, Sakura, this would be the greatest way I could thank your parents.'
'Onee-chan! You don't deserve this fate! They're after us! Not you. Onegai. Step aside.'
'Sayonara, Sakura.'
"IIIIYAAAA!" Sakura suddenly awoke from her nightmare, "It was just a dream, Onee-chan." She remembered the brutal fate that fell upon her sister. "No. She wasn't my real sister. She was just a neighbor who helped me and Kenji." She remembered her features, her short black hair held with a headband, her slight smile and her bright blue eyes. "Onee-chan..." Sakura murmured. Yet, she heard a murmuring from Hakkai's room. So she got to her feet and made her way into his room.
'Kana!'
'Gono.'
'Kana, please come back home with me.'
'Gomenasai, Gono. It's too late. I carry that monster's baby...'
'Kana...'
'Sayonara, Gono...'
"Kana!" Hakkai awoke from the same old nightmare. Right on his bedside was the 10-year-old Sakura. "I heard you screaming. I heard a familiar name." Sakura said as a tear fell. "Why are you crying?" Hakkai asked his adopted 'sister'. "Kana." Sakura murmured, "She was someone close, right?" Hakkai nodded knowing the truth. "She was my sister. But she killed herself." He replied. "I had a sister, too." Sakura smiled, "Her name was............Kana." "How ironic. Your sister had the same name as mine." Hakkai smiled. "She wasn't really my sister. She was my next door neighbor..... I can't tell you the story. It's too horrible." Hakkai sympathized and said, "I'll understand. My sister's story was horrible, too."
"Kana was the only one in the neighborhood who was kind to my family. Everyone else treated us like bugs. Unwanted and feared. She was kind to everyone in my family, especially to me. She always took me and Kenji out to many places. I loved her so much. I wished I could be with her for eternity. She called me, 'imouto'. Kenji just called me 'Sakura-chan'. I felt so happy to know that Kana-neechan considered me as her little sister. But one day, there were a series of murders in the village. The villagers accused our family of this and killed our parents. Then, they were about to kill me and Kenji when suddenly, Onee-chan stood between us and the villagers and she said, 'Please spare them! They're just little children!' 'Move aside, Kana. You'll never known when these children would do harm to us.' The chief demanded. Kana didn't move. Concerned about her, I protested that she shouldn't die for us but she didn't mind. With no hesitation, after she said 'goodbye', the chief killed her. I saw her face, she was happy when she died. I was so angry that suddenly, I went out of control. Kenji was lying. He said it was us. He was wrong. It was me. I burned the village, I killed everyone. I'm responsible for Kana's death..." Sakura sobbed as she unveiled the truth.
"Are you a demon?" Hakkai's voice questioned. "I don't know." Sakura replied. Hakkai sighed and said, "I hope you find the truth soon."
Chapter 3: Unfold the Dream
'Onee-chan! Onee-chan! Dame da! I don't want you to go away! Onegai! Don't waste your life for me and Kenji... Onegai. You were the only one who knew who good my family was. Please don't go...'
'Gomenasai, Sakura, this would be the greatest way I could thank your parents.'
'Onee-chan! You don't deserve this fate! They're after us! Not you. Onegai. Step aside.'
'Sayonara, Sakura.'
"IIIIYAAAA!" Sakura suddenly awoke from her nightmare, "It was just a dream, Onee-chan." She remembered the brutal fate that fell upon her sister. "No. She wasn't my real sister. She was just a neighbor who helped me and Kenji." She remembered her features, her short black hair held with a headband, her slight smile and her bright blue eyes. "Onee-chan..." Sakura murmured. Yet, she heard a murmuring from Hakkai's room. So she got to her feet and made her way into his room.
'Kana!'
'Gono.'
'Kana, please come back home with me.'
'Gomenasai, Gono. It's too late. I carry that monster's baby...'
'Kana...'
'Sayonara, Gono...'
"Kana!" Hakkai awoke from the same old nightmare. Right on his bedside was the 10-year-old Sakura. "I heard you screaming. I heard a familiar name." Sakura said as a tear fell. "Why are you crying?" Hakkai asked his adopted 'sister'. "Kana." Sakura murmured, "She was someone close, right?" Hakkai nodded knowing the truth. "She was my sister. But she killed herself." He replied. "I had a sister, too." Sakura smiled, "Her name was............Kana." "How ironic. Your sister had the same name as mine." Hakkai smiled. "She wasn't really my sister. She was my next door neighbor..... I can't tell you the story. It's too horrible." Hakkai sympathized and said, "I'll understand. My sister's story was horrible, too."
"Kana was the only one in the neighborhood who was kind to my family. Everyone else treated us like bugs. Unwanted and feared. She was kind to everyone in my family, especially to me. She always took me and Kenji out to many places. I loved her so much. I wished I could be with her for eternity. She called me, 'imouto'. Kenji just called me 'Sakura-chan'. I felt so happy to know that Kana-neechan considered me as her little sister. But one day, there were a series of murders in the village. The villagers accused our family of this and killed our parents. Then, they were about to kill me and Kenji when suddenly, Onee-chan stood between us and the villagers and she said, 'Please spare them! They're just little children!' 'Move aside, Kana. You'll never known when these children would do harm to us.' The chief demanded. Kana didn't move. Concerned about her, I protested that she shouldn't die for us but she didn't mind. With no hesitation, after she said 'goodbye', the chief killed her. I saw her face, she was happy when she died. I was so angry that suddenly, I went out of control. Kenji was lying. He said it was us. He was wrong. It was me. I burned the village, I killed everyone. I'm responsible for Kana's death..." Sakura sobbed as she unveiled the truth.
"Are you a demon?" Hakkai's voice questioned. "I don't know." Sakura replied. Hakkai sighed and said, "I hope you find the truth soon."