Chapter 17: Goodbye?
Her wounds returned from her past injuries. She lay bleeding on the ground with the walls of her room crumbling around her. She crawled over to Chichiri and pulled herself onto his lap. "Chi-chan.will you die."
".I think so no da." Chichiri tried to say with a smile. Tasuki sat next to them and held onto Chichiri while Sora did the same. They both cried out for him. Sora buried her face into his neck and cried. Tasuki breathed harshly trying to cover his wails.
"MITSUKAKKKKEEEEE!" Tasuki screamed. Sora screamed out for him too and screamed for Nuriko and Hotohori as well.
The purple hair spirit appeared with happy eyes. "Please Sora, Tasuki..do not cry." Hotohori appeared as well.
"Everything will be fine Sora." Mitsukake appeared and knelt beside Chichiri. He placed his hand on his chest and healed his wounds and then placed his hand on Sora's cheeks and healed her as well. He stared at Tasuki and healed the cuts on his face. His job was done. Chichiri and Tasuki stood to see their fallen comrades. They disappeared without a word. Except for Nuriko.
" I'm sorry guys! It isn't time for any of you to die. Mitsukake has the worst timing doesn't he? He almost didn't make it.that big glug head. Well I think I should go now. Keep that bracelet Sora. I could have killed Miaka when she lost that one^.~" Nuriko waved and disappeared. The bracelet dropped from her arm to her wrist and the sword handle glitter at her side.
"They helped you. didn't they?" Sora nodded. She collected the gifts and placed them on the bed. She turned around and wrapped her arms around Tasuki and Chichiri. "It's all over. It all over now." She hugged them.
"No.it is not." Chichiri muttered. Walls began to crumble and the ground shook outside the palace. The world of the book slowly began to destroy itself. Tasuki and Sora stared at each other.
"You have to leave.your presence is destroying this world." Sora reached out and grabbed Tasuki's arm in despair.
"NO! It is NOT time for me to go!" She grabbed Tasuki and held him tightly.
"It is not time to go! I don't want to leave you!" Tasuki took off one of his necklaces. Its' jewels shown purple and green. He hooked the back and placed it around her neck. Chichiri put his hand on her shoulder. She turned around quickly and hugged him tightly as well.
"Chi-chan! I don't wanna go! You can help right? Right?" Chichiri pried her from his body and looked her close in the face. He felt tears stream down his face. He found it hard to speak but did as best as he could. "Now matter how much you, Tasuki or I may want you to stay, it is impossible."
"But we should never be apart!" Sora hugged him again.
"We will NEVER be apart no da. We are friends and nothing will stop us from being in each other's hearts." Chichiri tore a long strip from his cloak and tied it around Sora's wrist. She looked at them with tears. She touched Tasuki's necklace and then Chichiri's cloak strip.
She realized that these were parting gifts. She pulled her favorite necklace from her neck. She slide off the two tear shaped pendants. She handed the red one to Chichiri. She then opened up Tasuki's hand and placed the light blue one in his hand and closed it.
"We have to part.don't we?" she barley spoke out. She grabbed Chichiri and held him tightly. "I love you soooooo much Chichiri. I wish I had a brother like you."
"We will always be family."
"Every time I take a breath I will think of you Chichiri. I will miss you so much." She gave Chichiri a kiss on the cheek and he gave her one in return. They hugged each other for a moment and then released each other. Sora stood in front of Tasuki and looked at each other for what seemed like an eternity. In a flash they hugged each other tightly and roughly. She buried her face into his neck and moved his hands through her hair. He felt her eyelashes flutter away tears against his chest. They cupped each other's face in their hands and looked at each other with tears. They kissed each other's cheeks and lips. They embraced each other once more and light began to surround them.
"A moment of love, that's all we had! It's not fair! It's not."
"It isn't fair."
"You said love will find a way."
"It will Sora. I know it will. I'll never stop searching for you.never."
"I love you Tasuki." They tightened their embrace as if she may be able to stay. Sora felt his body grow lighter and he felt hers. He held her tighter and tighter. They wailed 'I love you' to one another. When Tasuki felt his arms hit his chest.she was gone.
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Sora lifted her head from the library table. She looked about and saw her books laying on the table and the librarian cleaning up. She walked over to her, "We are closing now miss." Sora gathered her things and put them in her back pack. As she walk outside she whisper, "Tasuki? No ,no that was just a dream. All this studying is making go insane." She walked down the street and it began to rain. "That was the oddest dream ever. I bet I could write a book on it." She laughed. As she entered her home her mom came in.
"Oh Kuki-dear you're late."
"Don't call me Kuki oka-sama." Sora jogged up the stairs to her bedroom. She tossed her backpack on the floor and tossed herself on the bed. "What a long day. And I didn't get any studying done.erg."
Sora forced herself up off her bed and she pulled off her clothes. She walked over to her night stand and pulled out a pair of boxers and a tank top. She walked over to her make-up stand and sat on the cushion in front of the mirror. She pulled a brush through her hair and then tied it back into a loose pony tail. She looked at herself in the mirror and smiled. He smile was short lived for when she saw the glitter of purple and green jewels around her neck.
".Tasuki." She lifted her hand up to the necklace and noticed around her wrist with part of a blue cloak.
".Chichiri." She stared into the mirror and felt hot tears stream down her face.
"It was real.it was no dream." She flung herself on her bed and cried a puddle into her lilac sheets. She pounded her fists against the mattress and screamed into her pillow.
Her mother heard the wailing and knocked on her door. "Kuki, honey, what's wrong?" Sora unburied her face to scream at the door.
"I'M FINE! LEAVE ME ALONE!!!" her mother left, what else was she to do? Sora continued to cry all night and all the next day. Her mother allowed her to miss tat week of school. She wondered what could have caused her daughter to go into such a pit of depression?
Her wounds returned from her past injuries. She lay bleeding on the ground with the walls of her room crumbling around her. She crawled over to Chichiri and pulled herself onto his lap. "Chi-chan.will you die."
".I think so no da." Chichiri tried to say with a smile. Tasuki sat next to them and held onto Chichiri while Sora did the same. They both cried out for him. Sora buried her face into his neck and cried. Tasuki breathed harshly trying to cover his wails.
"MITSUKAKKKKEEEEE!" Tasuki screamed. Sora screamed out for him too and screamed for Nuriko and Hotohori as well.
The purple hair spirit appeared with happy eyes. "Please Sora, Tasuki..do not cry." Hotohori appeared as well.
"Everything will be fine Sora." Mitsukake appeared and knelt beside Chichiri. He placed his hand on his chest and healed his wounds and then placed his hand on Sora's cheeks and healed her as well. He stared at Tasuki and healed the cuts on his face. His job was done. Chichiri and Tasuki stood to see their fallen comrades. They disappeared without a word. Except for Nuriko.
" I'm sorry guys! It isn't time for any of you to die. Mitsukake has the worst timing doesn't he? He almost didn't make it.that big glug head. Well I think I should go now. Keep that bracelet Sora. I could have killed Miaka when she lost that one^.~" Nuriko waved and disappeared. The bracelet dropped from her arm to her wrist and the sword handle glitter at her side.
"They helped you. didn't they?" Sora nodded. She collected the gifts and placed them on the bed. She turned around and wrapped her arms around Tasuki and Chichiri. "It's all over. It all over now." She hugged them.
"No.it is not." Chichiri muttered. Walls began to crumble and the ground shook outside the palace. The world of the book slowly began to destroy itself. Tasuki and Sora stared at each other.
"You have to leave.your presence is destroying this world." Sora reached out and grabbed Tasuki's arm in despair.
"NO! It is NOT time for me to go!" She grabbed Tasuki and held him tightly.
"It is not time to go! I don't want to leave you!" Tasuki took off one of his necklaces. Its' jewels shown purple and green. He hooked the back and placed it around her neck. Chichiri put his hand on her shoulder. She turned around quickly and hugged him tightly as well.
"Chi-chan! I don't wanna go! You can help right? Right?" Chichiri pried her from his body and looked her close in the face. He felt tears stream down his face. He found it hard to speak but did as best as he could. "Now matter how much you, Tasuki or I may want you to stay, it is impossible."
"But we should never be apart!" Sora hugged him again.
"We will NEVER be apart no da. We are friends and nothing will stop us from being in each other's hearts." Chichiri tore a long strip from his cloak and tied it around Sora's wrist. She looked at them with tears. She touched Tasuki's necklace and then Chichiri's cloak strip.
She realized that these were parting gifts. She pulled her favorite necklace from her neck. She slide off the two tear shaped pendants. She handed the red one to Chichiri. She then opened up Tasuki's hand and placed the light blue one in his hand and closed it.
"We have to part.don't we?" she barley spoke out. She grabbed Chichiri and held him tightly. "I love you soooooo much Chichiri. I wish I had a brother like you."
"We will always be family."
"Every time I take a breath I will think of you Chichiri. I will miss you so much." She gave Chichiri a kiss on the cheek and he gave her one in return. They hugged each other for a moment and then released each other. Sora stood in front of Tasuki and looked at each other for what seemed like an eternity. In a flash they hugged each other tightly and roughly. She buried her face into his neck and moved his hands through her hair. He felt her eyelashes flutter away tears against his chest. They cupped each other's face in their hands and looked at each other with tears. They kissed each other's cheeks and lips. They embraced each other once more and light began to surround them.
"A moment of love, that's all we had! It's not fair! It's not."
"It isn't fair."
"You said love will find a way."
"It will Sora. I know it will. I'll never stop searching for you.never."
"I love you Tasuki." They tightened their embrace as if she may be able to stay. Sora felt his body grow lighter and he felt hers. He held her tighter and tighter. They wailed 'I love you' to one another. When Tasuki felt his arms hit his chest.she was gone.
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Sora lifted her head from the library table. She looked about and saw her books laying on the table and the librarian cleaning up. She walked over to her, "We are closing now miss." Sora gathered her things and put them in her back pack. As she walk outside she whisper, "Tasuki? No ,no that was just a dream. All this studying is making go insane." She walked down the street and it began to rain. "That was the oddest dream ever. I bet I could write a book on it." She laughed. As she entered her home her mom came in.
"Oh Kuki-dear you're late."
"Don't call me Kuki oka-sama." Sora jogged up the stairs to her bedroom. She tossed her backpack on the floor and tossed herself on the bed. "What a long day. And I didn't get any studying done.erg."
Sora forced herself up off her bed and she pulled off her clothes. She walked over to her night stand and pulled out a pair of boxers and a tank top. She walked over to her make-up stand and sat on the cushion in front of the mirror. She pulled a brush through her hair and then tied it back into a loose pony tail. She looked at herself in the mirror and smiled. He smile was short lived for when she saw the glitter of purple and green jewels around her neck.
".Tasuki." She lifted her hand up to the necklace and noticed around her wrist with part of a blue cloak.
".Chichiri." She stared into the mirror and felt hot tears stream down her face.
"It was real.it was no dream." She flung herself on her bed and cried a puddle into her lilac sheets. She pounded her fists against the mattress and screamed into her pillow.
Her mother heard the wailing and knocked on her door. "Kuki, honey, what's wrong?" Sora unburied her face to scream at the door.
"I'M FINE! LEAVE ME ALONE!!!" her mother left, what else was she to do? Sora continued to cry all night and all the next day. Her mother allowed her to miss tat week of school. She wondered what could have caused her daughter to go into such a pit of depression?