Differnt Forms - pt.9- Bridge
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Author's note: another bridge? Am I insane? Yes.... *sighs* actually, I didn't know WHAT to write. so I gave up for the time being. it's getting the message across at least. O.o;
There we go... Chishiki's revelations.
As for the comments made by "Hmm" I found myself compelled to answer them:
~Great storyline and writing style, with especially well written dialogue. Lots of angst ^_^. I like this chapter; it helps define your characters more, epecially Kenshou.~
Aww, thanks. I pride myself on the dialouge. ^-^
~Your foreshadowing with Kenshou's drawings might be a little excessive, but then again that might be the effect that you were going for.~
Yeah, it was... as MOST of you can tell.
~Please continue writing this story; it's too good to just stop. Oh, one last thing -- Naraku? Why in the world would you name her mother Naraku?~
Oh, I think I was going for the name: Eternity, and I dunno... I didn't realize that Naraku also meant, Hell, and such. But then again... Tasuki reminds me so much of hell... I decided not to change it.
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"I'm sure we'll meet again, someday you and I; another place, another time although you may not know who I am"
~*~
Chishiki pulled out a small box, tearing it open as she did so. Inside she found the wedding rings they had picked out, nestled in tissue paper, a note resting beside it.
"Chishiki,
"You know I love you, more than anything... and you know that Kouran loved you as well. We're sorry to leave you, but I give you these rings to remember both of us. I find it sad that no matter how hard we try, life tends to repeat itself. That ferocious cycle, the one that creates envy, revenge and lives lost. But you must remember, we've always been destined to go before you. And I quote, 'The three of us will be reunited in heaven.' I hope you remember that, Houjun.
"Hikou."
She sat there staring blankly at the letter in her hands, unsure of how to react. Finally she let the letter fall back into the box. Slowly she pulled off the delicate engagement ring and slid on the slim, golden band onto her finger. It was then she realized that there was a golden chair nestled in the bottom of the box, the larger ring already strung on. A smile graced her lips, and she brushed back a few tears. "Oh Hikou... if only... then... I wouldn't had to suffer all this time."
Her mind was reeling from two sets of memories... one was Houjun, the other as Chishiki... but either way she was Chichiri... Chichiri the Suzaku seishi. Those weeks she spent feigning ill, were days that were spent recovering memories of another time... and witnessing the deaths of the ones she loved all over again.
~*~
Kouran balanced on the edge of a quickly rushing river, her arms extended to both sides in fear. "Chishiki!! Help me!" She felt it coming, the aftershocks from the earthquake. As her friend reached out to help her, the shocks hit. Chishiki leapt, and slid, as the ground started to give way. Suddenly Kouran was halfway in the water, which was only increasing as the aftershocks started growing stronger.
"LET GO CHISHIKI!!!"
"Kouran! I'm not going to let go! I'm going to pull you up!"
"LET GO!!!" the purple haired girl was shrieking at the top of her lungs.
Chishiki didn't listen, the water was making it harder for her to work, but she was trying. "Kouran! I'm sorry! But you got to hold on to me!"
"I'm sorry Houjun! Please forgive me! I didn't mean to do this! I didn't mean to make history repeat itself!" Chishiki heard her best friend cry, just before a log came barrelling down the river and smashed into her eye. Then, another aftershock hit, and her grip was lost. Bleeding, and unable to see she cried, "KOURAN!!"
~*~
Hikou... no... Houjun's Hikou had died the exact same way, only it was the beginings of a flash flood. She clentched a fist tightly. Both times, both times she swore to them... she wasn't going to let go. Then, that one time... she didn't.
"I loved you Hikou... this life... and the last..." Chishiki sobbed, collapsing to the floor.
She remembered the news of her release from the jail cell, how Hikou turned himself in, and he was going to be the one going to trial. Kouran's family dropped the charges on her, obviously accepting him to be the real murderer. No one listened when she cried that Kouran was just a casualty of the earthquake, no one listened when she explained how her body ended up in the river. No one... no one wanted to know where the scar came from, except Hikou.
~Why are you doing this!?~
~Because I love you!~
~If you love me.. you'd take it back!~
~That scar... you've already been punished!~
~Please Hikou!! I could have saved her! Let me go instead!~
~NO!~
~Hi--~
~I love you too much! I'm NOT going to let you suffer!~
Their lost conversation played over and over in her mind, the way he admitted his love, the way he would do anything for her. She didn't want to lose him, all along... all along...
"All along, I knew he was going to die," she said softly, clutching her chest.
Chishiki looked up at a quiet knock at her door. She half expected Alec to be there, instead there was a box on the floor, a note dangling from a string. She stared at it for a moment, half afraid to touch it, but the handwriting was so familar. "K-k-kenshou," she murmured, brining the box inside.
"Hey," the note started, "I hope you get this package, and someone doesn't steal it. In the box is some cookies. I made them myself, hopefully they'll make you feel better. I really miss you being my tutor and all. I miss our time together."
She undid the string and found a small tin of cookies inside, a note tucked to the side. She unfolded it, ignoring the picture on the other side. "Chishiki... I don't have the heart to tell you this in real life... but... I think I'm in love with you," the note said in quickly scrawled hiragana.
The note fluttered to the ground, landing picture side up. "Why do you have to do this to me?"
~*~
Kenshou jumped into the car, and sighed. Kouji rubbed her shoulder lovingly, love he knew would never be returned, but it didn't bother him so much. "Ya'll right now?" he asked.
"Uhm... I think so." She looked back up at the apartment building before starting her car and heading back home.
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author's note: That's it. That's all you get... okay.. lessee... the uhm... *counts* 80th reviewer gets a prize! They get a story! Yay!
*SMACK*
Ow.. what?
Minako: Don't forget you owe Butterfly Ishida HER story! You just started it!
*sobs* Gomen...
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Author's note: another bridge? Am I insane? Yes.... *sighs* actually, I didn't know WHAT to write. so I gave up for the time being. it's getting the message across at least. O.o;
There we go... Chishiki's revelations.
As for the comments made by "Hmm" I found myself compelled to answer them:
~Great storyline and writing style, with especially well written dialogue. Lots of angst ^_^. I like this chapter; it helps define your characters more, epecially Kenshou.~
Aww, thanks. I pride myself on the dialouge. ^-^
~Your foreshadowing with Kenshou's drawings might be a little excessive, but then again that might be the effect that you were going for.~
Yeah, it was... as MOST of you can tell.
~Please continue writing this story; it's too good to just stop. Oh, one last thing -- Naraku? Why in the world would you name her mother Naraku?~
Oh, I think I was going for the name: Eternity, and I dunno... I didn't realize that Naraku also meant, Hell, and such. But then again... Tasuki reminds me so much of hell... I decided not to change it.
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"I'm sure we'll meet again, someday you and I; another place, another time although you may not know who I am"
~*~
Chishiki pulled out a small box, tearing it open as she did so. Inside she found the wedding rings they had picked out, nestled in tissue paper, a note resting beside it.
"Chishiki,
"You know I love you, more than anything... and you know that Kouran loved you as well. We're sorry to leave you, but I give you these rings to remember both of us. I find it sad that no matter how hard we try, life tends to repeat itself. That ferocious cycle, the one that creates envy, revenge and lives lost. But you must remember, we've always been destined to go before you. And I quote, 'The three of us will be reunited in heaven.' I hope you remember that, Houjun.
"Hikou."
She sat there staring blankly at the letter in her hands, unsure of how to react. Finally she let the letter fall back into the box. Slowly she pulled off the delicate engagement ring and slid on the slim, golden band onto her finger. It was then she realized that there was a golden chair nestled in the bottom of the box, the larger ring already strung on. A smile graced her lips, and she brushed back a few tears. "Oh Hikou... if only... then... I wouldn't had to suffer all this time."
Her mind was reeling from two sets of memories... one was Houjun, the other as Chishiki... but either way she was Chichiri... Chichiri the Suzaku seishi. Those weeks she spent feigning ill, were days that were spent recovering memories of another time... and witnessing the deaths of the ones she loved all over again.
~*~
Kouran balanced on the edge of a quickly rushing river, her arms extended to both sides in fear. "Chishiki!! Help me!" She felt it coming, the aftershocks from the earthquake. As her friend reached out to help her, the shocks hit. Chishiki leapt, and slid, as the ground started to give way. Suddenly Kouran was halfway in the water, which was only increasing as the aftershocks started growing stronger.
"LET GO CHISHIKI!!!"
"Kouran! I'm not going to let go! I'm going to pull you up!"
"LET GO!!!" the purple haired girl was shrieking at the top of her lungs.
Chishiki didn't listen, the water was making it harder for her to work, but she was trying. "Kouran! I'm sorry! But you got to hold on to me!"
"I'm sorry Houjun! Please forgive me! I didn't mean to do this! I didn't mean to make history repeat itself!" Chishiki heard her best friend cry, just before a log came barrelling down the river and smashed into her eye. Then, another aftershock hit, and her grip was lost. Bleeding, and unable to see she cried, "KOURAN!!"
~*~
Hikou... no... Houjun's Hikou had died the exact same way, only it was the beginings of a flash flood. She clentched a fist tightly. Both times, both times she swore to them... she wasn't going to let go. Then, that one time... she didn't.
"I loved you Hikou... this life... and the last..." Chishiki sobbed, collapsing to the floor.
She remembered the news of her release from the jail cell, how Hikou turned himself in, and he was going to be the one going to trial. Kouran's family dropped the charges on her, obviously accepting him to be the real murderer. No one listened when she cried that Kouran was just a casualty of the earthquake, no one listened when she explained how her body ended up in the river. No one... no one wanted to know where the scar came from, except Hikou.
~Why are you doing this!?~
~Because I love you!~
~If you love me.. you'd take it back!~
~That scar... you've already been punished!~
~Please Hikou!! I could have saved her! Let me go instead!~
~NO!~
~Hi--~
~I love you too much! I'm NOT going to let you suffer!~
Their lost conversation played over and over in her mind, the way he admitted his love, the way he would do anything for her. She didn't want to lose him, all along... all along...
"All along, I knew he was going to die," she said softly, clutching her chest.
Chishiki looked up at a quiet knock at her door. She half expected Alec to be there, instead there was a box on the floor, a note dangling from a string. She stared at it for a moment, half afraid to touch it, but the handwriting was so familar. "K-k-kenshou," she murmured, brining the box inside.
"Hey," the note started, "I hope you get this package, and someone doesn't steal it. In the box is some cookies. I made them myself, hopefully they'll make you feel better. I really miss you being my tutor and all. I miss our time together."
She undid the string and found a small tin of cookies inside, a note tucked to the side. She unfolded it, ignoring the picture on the other side. "Chishiki... I don't have the heart to tell you this in real life... but... I think I'm in love with you," the note said in quickly scrawled hiragana.
The note fluttered to the ground, landing picture side up. "Why do you have to do this to me?"
~*~
Kenshou jumped into the car, and sighed. Kouji rubbed her shoulder lovingly, love he knew would never be returned, but it didn't bother him so much. "Ya'll right now?" he asked.
"Uhm... I think so." She looked back up at the apartment building before starting her car and heading back home.
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author's note: That's it. That's all you get... okay.. lessee... the uhm... *counts* 80th reviewer gets a prize! They get a story! Yay!
*SMACK*
Ow.. what?
Minako: Don't forget you owe Butterfly Ishida HER story! You just started it!
*sobs* Gomen...