Epilogue
"Mina," a voice suddenly interrupts my thoughts, "Mina."
"Ryosuke?" I look up to find my young follower.
"You've been silent for the last hour, Mina, are you all right?" he asks with a look of concern on his face.
"I'm fine, that I am," I smile, "I was just thinking about the past, that's all."
"You aren't the only one," Gonji joins in the conversation.
"We certainly have come a long way these past fifteen long years, haven't we?" Ryosuke asks.
"Hai," I nod.
"So this here's Tokyo," I turn to Wesley who peers into the city below, "never thought I'd actually make my way to the capital like this, no siree."
"Tokyo, this is where it all began," I look to Hideo who stands close by with his arms crossed.
"All right, we've rested here long enough," I tell my followers, "let's head into town now."
I begin to lead my men down toward the city but a tug suddenly pulls onto my sleeve.
"Mina," Ryosuke calls for me, "we're forgetting someone."
I turn back toward the top of the cliff, it's no surprise who I find still standing there. I find myself walking toward my remaining follower as she stands there in a daze. I can't blame her for how she is, it's not her fault for what happened.
"Yurika," I tap her shoulder, "Yurika."
"Hai?" she answers in her monotone voice.
"Let's go, Yurika."
"Hai," she answers again without a trail of emotion in her voice.
She begins to make her way to where the others are as I take one more look into the city. Tokyo, this is where my journey will end, this is where I'll find him. Shinta, our reunion is near, I can feel it...
"Hm," a white speck suddenly falls before my face. "Snow, the mark of the end of one season and the beginning of a new. Romantic nonsense, that it is..."
End of Book I
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