disclaimer: since i have lost all humor for this fic. I don't own Ayashi no Ceres. There, no funny joke.

Author's note: I know this is short, but I just have to write this, for the sake of my own sanity. After watchign episode 20, i can't not write something. So, here it is. Enjoy.

Tooya…

How familiar the name. It seems like forever. It seems like I've always knew that name, I've always knew him. Tooya, even the name, so mysterious. Ten nights. Tooya, the name I've whispered on the numerous lonely nights. The name that hangs in the air, even now. Even after the owner of that name is gone. Returned to the place of his birth, the ocean. Tooya. The name of a savior, of a hero, of… no longer. No, death, oh undefeatable, inevitable death, has claimed him. Death. Death and rebirth, reincarnation, forever the torment. Will he come back? Will Tooya come back? No, of course not, I hope he won't. For his sake. Don't come back. There's no place for you in the world, not anymore. The world has become a horrible, dead, bloodstained place. The earth doesn't deserve you. I don't deserve you. This is funny. The irony of love. I'm inclined to agree with Kagami. He was correct. Love was but an excuse, an illusion just like everything else. Nothing but an illusion. An illusion for happiness that will eventually end. That will eventually end in death. Amor che a nullo amato amar perdona. Amor condusse noi a dura mort. Love conquers all. Love led us to death. How true, how true. Tooya… the dead. Tooya.