Disclaimer: FoR does not belong to me.
Chapter Three
Prayer
A bouquet of roses…
Now,
here,
he was…
He closed his eyes,
trying to grasp reality.
I don't understand, my love.
What are you trying to tell me?
He scanned the area.
And then he saw the girl with purple hair kneeling before a tombstone.
Did you know she would be here, my love?
And then the inscription on the tablet of stone caught his eye.
This place…
is
where the house of Mikagami is laid to rest.
The roses hit the ground.
The boy fell to his knees.
No. It can't be real.
Is this what she was trying to tell me?
He's dead.
Is this why she sent me to this cemetery?
A bouquet of roses…
It's true then,
He is…
the love of her life.
How could you do this to me?
You told me to find the truth,
yet everything you told me was a lie.
You never loved me.
*
His eyes burned as he tried to blink back his tears.
And then he heard her voice.
Don't cry…
That phrase.
His dream.
I want to understand.
There is still so much I don't know,
Don't comprehend.
The girl with the purple hair.
She must be a part of it.
As he approached her,
he made a prayer in his heart.
Please,
let her have some answers.
*** ***
The purple-haired girl turned to face him.
A glimmer of recognition.
It can't be…
She watched as he walked over to her.
You can't be real.
As he stood before her,
She reached up to cup his cheek in her hand.
"You've come back.
After all this time, you've come back to me.
I should have told you.
I never told you."
"Come back to you?"
He interrupted her, his voice questioning the accuracy of the statement.
She smiled sadly,
"Yes, I realise,
not for me.
For her."
And pointed towards the tombstone
Towards which he walked.
His hand rested on the slab of stone,
Reading the inscription.
"Mikagami Mifuyu."
Mikagami Tokiya's sister.
Am I to offer these flowers in place of him?
"Why did you leave?"
"What are you talking about?"
"You left us.
You left me.
And you never even said goodbye."
She grabbed his shoulder and spun him around.
"Why?
I love you, Mikagami."
She pressed her lips against his.
Mikagami.
The name struck him like a lightning bolt.
"No.
I am not him.
I can't be him."
But what if you are?
Something within him questioned dangerously.
"Then why did you come?
Why did you come here, of all places?
A bouquet of red roses.
Do you remember?
You would bring them for her.
Your beloved nee-chan."
I don't believe you.
You are Mikagami.
You have to be.
For a sister?
Could it be…
"Tell me,
how did she die?"
"It was your sensei."
Sensei…
…The girl in my dream.
Falling.
"And there was another,
like her."
"Yanagi. Her name was Sakoshita Yanagi."
It is you, Mikagami.
*** ***
He continued to gaze at the tombstone as the purple-haired girl watched on silently.
What is this madness?
There is still so much I need to say, my love.
So much I still need to ask you.
Even if this girl did know me,
There is only so much she can tell.
I must find you again my love.
And he heard her voice carried by the wings of the wind.
If you find the past…
You will know where…
I will find you…
Aoi,
My love
*
I only pray I can find the truth…
Author's note: Does this clear some stuff up? His beloved, is Aoi. She's a manga character. I think that might explain a lot if you've read the manga. Please read and review. I need to know whether it is of any value for me to continue.