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Chapter 5
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Raven looked at her watch and sighed.


"How long does it take for a train to get here?" she asked impatiently. Hotaru looked around.


"Something has happened. I can feel it," she whispered.


"What happened?" asked Haruka looking at the girl holding his hand. She closed her eyes for a moment as she started to glow purple.


"The train crashed....only two managed to survive and get out before the train went over a cliff.....Makoto is badly injured......Seifer is carrying her to the nearest town.....too much pain," she whispered. Setsuna picked the girl up and carried her as they bored onto the ship.


"Lets start looking for them," said Minako.


"No. We're going to wait here as we promised. If Makoto wanted to be picked up, she would have communicated us," said Setsuna.


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Seifer held the tired girl closer to him. She was wounded worst then him and he could tell. They had managed to pull some glass out of her back when they rested. He followed the tracks closely while they continued. He looked ahead to see a city getting closer to them. He sighed and rubbed her lower back gently.


"We're almost there," he whispered. He felt her head turn under his chin.


"If I die, I want you to tell my friends what happened---"


"You're not going to die."


"It's possible. Just remember that if you want to be happy, you have to make others happy Seifer. I'll make sure that I watch over you," she whispered.


"You're not going to die Makoto. I'm not going to let you." He looked to see some people running toward them as they entered the town. It was some people in while medical suits.


"Hurry up and come with us. They girl needs medical treatment now!" He ran with them into a hospital where they had him lay her down on a bed. He looked at her once again. So much blood all over her.


"Don't let me be alone," she whispered as he held onto her hand. Another doctor tried to stop him from going into the emergency room.


"You can't go in there. You'll just be in the way."


"I need to be with her. She wants me to go with her."


"Lets take care of your wounds first. I promise you that she'll be fine."


"If she dies, you die," glared Seifer and then followed the man into another room.


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Raven paced some more. It had been at least an hour while everyone just started to rest from another attack. These creatures were strange and powerful. All they needed is another form and then they could win, right? Raven stopped pacing and went more into the ship. She stopped in the training room where she started hitting the punching bag with all her strength. She turned her head once at the sound of her name and bam! The punching bag smacked her right against the face.


"Sorry about that," smiled Zell. Raven turned to him.


"It's alright. So, what can I go for you?" she asked.


"I thought I could help you train. I need a little practice myself," he grinned. She smirked.


"Are you sure you want to train with me?" she asked.


"As sure as sure can get."


"Well, then you're in for the fight of your life." She put on her gloves and then turned back to see he was ready.

(AN: I suck at describing fights so, don't be harsh on me! Thanks ^_^)


She moved out of the way as he sent a punch for her. She grinned as blocked each other. She got the first punch in. They jabbed, they tried upper cuts, but, in the end, Haruka pulled them apart.


"Raven, can't you feel it?" he asked her. She had felt it. The tears rose further in her eyes and tried to fall but, she held them back.


"She's going, slowly...."


"Who's going?" asked Zell as Raven walked out of the room, leaving them.


"Makoto's coming to the end of the road." With that, Haruka left them.


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The doctor walked out to Seifer whom was pacing across the floor.


"Mr. Almasy, she's been asking for you---" Seifer quickly left him and went toward her room. He quickly pulled up a chair and sat next to her. He held onto her hand gently and saw her emerald eyes open up. This was the first time he saw it. Pain. Fear. All her hopes and dreams seemed to be gone from her eyes. She turned to look at him, with those eyes he'd fell in love with the first time they'd met. Everything that he'd once seen in them, were gone. He didn't know her anymore. She looked like a lost soul, trying to find out which was was right.


"Are you alright?" he asked.


"I promise to watch over you, Seifer."


"But you're going to be alright, aren't you?" he asked. She gave a small smile.


"I'll always be with you, even though you won't see me. You'll know I'll be there. Tell the others that I send my love."


Revenge is going to be mine. Whom ever did this, will pay!


"I'm not going to let you die---"


"You have no say in it. It's a part of life. Lets just look on the bright side of the hill. Everything will be alright."


"No! Nothing is going to be alright!" He pulled himself away from her and turned his back.


"You were the one person that understood me, Makoto. You made me smile even in the worst of moods. You cared for me even when you didn't know who I was. You showed me that there's more to life and that my dreams can come true......You never let me down and always showed me hope." He turned back to her, looking at the kindness appear in her eyes. The love that she had always showed him. He took her hand in his as he sat down.


"You loved me when no one else would. You didn't love me by the way I looked, you loved me for who I was. Now that I found you, I don't want to let you go." She smiled at him gently. Filled with a meaning that he had never seen in her before. He looked at her gently sit-up slowly and lean him toward her more until she was looking into his green eyes. She ran her fingers over his cheek, feeling the stubble tickle her gently.


"We've been interrupted too many times or either in a state that we couldn't. You were a challenge you know. Always thinking of only you. No pity toward others when they begged for mercy. You've come a long ways from the cold hearted soul you once were. I will miss you...." He felt her sweet lips against his softly. He kissed her back, knowing this would be the last time, the last moment that he would cherish forever. She had managed to pull him onto the bed with her, letting herself be held in his warm embrace.


"I love you Seifer. Always and forever." He watched as her eyes slowly closed, death was upon her. Coming closer, and closer. He watched her chest rising and falling. It was getting slower with more pauses in it.


"Always and forever," he whispered, cradling her in his arms. He kissed her forehead gently as he saw her chest fall but, never again rise....










An: Sorry, I can't write anymore. I'm too sad. Don't fear, there will be more. I would never leave you off like that....well, actually, I am right now....sorry for making you cry or almost but, I'm in a sad mood. I hope you liked it.