Perfect World (This chp. is a bit longer than usual)

"Hitomi come hear." Meruru said.

"Uh.. okay. She followed Meruru to the far end of the room. She gasped as she saw a broken carving of a face on the wall. Meruru ran her fingers over the face.

"Hitomi, before Varie died, she said if all of them died, the Wing Goddess could bring them back to life. She told me how."

"And the Wing Goddess is.. who?"

"I never told you but when you weren't there, Van called you the Tsubasa no Kami. We just have to trust him right?" She nodded her head.

"So how do I do that?"

Meruru pointed to the face. "That's the key. Stand right..here." She pointed to a section of the floor. Hitomi stood there. "Now hold out your arms." As soon as she did, she felt things strapping her arm to the wall. A ghostly glow came around her figure, blocking all vision and sound.

She felt something rough cover her and realized it was the face. For the second the stone passed over her, she could see Meruru on the floor with a look of fear on her face. She heard another sliding sound and watched as another stone half covered her. "Meruru!" she yelled. Then the world went black.



She felt a cool breeze blow across her face. Hitomi opened her eyes and looked around. 'I must be dead,' she thought.

"Hitomi." She truned to where the voice came from. Folken Fanel was standing there, next to her, in the sky.