Chapter 2: The way to Hell.
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/Now I'm on the stairway to hell. I wonder if the way to Hell is in Tokyo, the highway of Tokyo. And if it's the way to hell, so why do so many people walk on it?/
I stop thinking and look around. My eyes stop at Shinigami and I realize everybody is looking at her. Shinigami is beautiful, right? She has long black hair and wears a long black dress. Black girl, but a beautiful light covered her body, charming almost all the boys and mans.
" So, you have been looking at me for a while. Am I strange?"
Ahh....does she have eyes on her back?
"Uhm, a little. Your hair is so beautiful. And long, too. How long have you been keeping your hair long?"
"About 100 years," said Shinigami.
"Uhm...what? Hold old are you? You are older than my grandpa?"
"Maybe, I don't know how old I am. I don't remember how long I have lived. "Because I'm deathless."
"An immortal life isn't boring, is it?"
"None of your business, boy."
Yeah, none of my business. I've forgotten that Sai was only a ghost. I've thought that Sai would be with me forever even he was a ghost. I can't touch him. I can't hold him or something like that. Only seeing is not enough for me to fulfill my love.
"Moreover, life is life." Shinigami sighs.
"What?"
"Fate seems to take twisting people's lives as a hobby." She continued.
Yeah, fate. So cruel. Sai and I were not in the same world. God damn it. Why did fate make me meet him and then take him away from me? Suck!
"Don't curse at God. If you didn't know Sai, didn't meet him, would you be happier?"
Shini-san is right. If I didn't meet Sai, I would never understand my feeling, I would never know I love him, I would never find out my ideal of life. I keep thinking until Shinigami speaks up though I know that she doesn't care if I listen to or not:
" Stop here."
I wonder if it's Hell. It looks like a casino.
"Sai is here?" I ask Shinigami.
"Idiot. How can you think that Sai is in a place like this?"
Yes, Sai can't be here. But....why did Shini-san stop here?
"Let's go in." Shinigami ordered.
Shinigami makes me follow her and we goes to the center of the Casino. I looked around, looked at the sight that we were crossing. So noisily. Shinigami asks me to stop again. In front of me is a hole, a very deep hole with diameter about 1 meter. Shinigami closes her eyes, her hands put together then she chants some words that are so strange that I can't understand.
The hole lights up suddenly. The white light flashes brightly and makes me close my eyes, and a warm power embraces me. When I open my eyes, I see Shinigami's long hair flying up as if gravitation didn't exist. We - were - falling - down.
I scream at the top of my lung and Shinigami scolds at me. "Damn you. Why so noisy?"
"Where would we go, Shini-san?" I stammer.
"Stupid question. Hell, of course." She answers.
I decide to be silent. Damn. Did Sai go to hell with this way? Oh no, he has no weight. He's a ghost. He could fly. And he couldn't fall down like me. Arg... what is "fall down like me"? Not time to be proud of something stupid like that.
Ack! My back hit the ground. Oow..so painful. Suck! Hell is really terrible, including the way to hell.
"Weak guy, this way," says Shinigami.
I start to be annoyed. She's so complex. Follow Shinigami, I grumble so much that she runs more quickly.
"Wait! Wait! Shini-san! Where are you going?"
"Quickly, bastard. Black turtle, you're slower than a real-turtle."
"Lady, you curse at me so much. Don't do that once again."
Shinigami doesn't reply. She decelerates, waits for me. When I catch her, I realize we are in real-Hell. There's only darkness and lava is boiling in the abyss below us.
"So, want to take a bath, boy?"
"You're so funny, haha. Don't make fun of me. Today is not the day I usually take a bath."
"I'm not kidding, boy. You don't have another choice. It's the only method to cross this."
" Huh? But...how about you?" I start to be anxious.
"Uhm, you've forgotten. I'm Shinigami. I could fly here to there, right? But you are different from me. You're only human. You have to swim only."
"But..you can took me fly with you, right?"
"Seem you're so heavy. I don't want to carry you."
What? A truth or joke? I must swim in lava while she is flying on my head? Oh dear. Look at the lava (yeah, has been boiling), I know if I dip my body in it, I could be with Sai forever without any difficulty.
"Jump down, boy."
"Shini-san...I can't. I'll die if I jump down. The lava..."
I think I see Shini-san's eyes flash. Oh dear, Shinigami. She has been being the reaper, the angel of death. Her duty is to guide the way to Hell. Am I her victim?
Suddenly, Shinigami points to the confront cave and tell me, "Sai is there. He stays there to be punished, You still dilly-dally?"
Look at the way she pointed, I see a person with white clothes and black long hair. Is that Sai? Run toward him without thinking, I fell down to the lava.
Shinigami screams. "Boy!"
Her voice seems so far away. I hear only my voice. "Sai! Stay there! Wait for me! I'll go there now!"
The lava has been boiling below me. I don't care. Sai is there. Near me. Sai is in front of me. I can be with him, once again. We will be together, Sai.
A power embraces me, stops me in the mid-air then takes me up. When I land, it dissolves, and I see Shinigami panting.
"So, you want to die huh? Damn. You're stupid more than I thought. A human who falls down to the boiling lava will die, don't you know?"
I don't reply, staring at the cave where Sai has been standing.
"You didn't hear me? Boy, say a word!"
Maybe Shini-san is right. If I don't try my best, I can't catch Sai. Sai is over there, but I'm afraid of trying. I don't want to go to Sai by myself. I'm really a bastard.
"Hey, are you deaf?" Shinigami yells at me.
" Shini-san, If I swim there, I can meet Sai, right?"
SHinigami hit me on my head. "You're really stupid huh? You think you could still be alive to meet Sai if you swam in boiling lava? Oh...fool."
"But..you said..."
" Oh my...I said, yes, but you could just ignore me, couldn't you. Your life is more important."
Huh? She has joked? Arg....I will never believe girls. Especially Shinigami. Their kind of jokes! They're so different from Sai. Sai has never lied to me.
Sai...when can I meet you, Sai? Please wait for me. I..miss you so much. Sai, I miss you!
Shinigami seem to be sulking. She doesn't say anymore, looks at me and waits. I think I really should say something, but I know if I said, I would say Sai's name only.
End chapter 2.
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/Now I'm on the stairway to hell. I wonder if the way to Hell is in Tokyo, the highway of Tokyo. And if it's the way to hell, so why do so many people walk on it?/
I stop thinking and look around. My eyes stop at Shinigami and I realize everybody is looking at her. Shinigami is beautiful, right? She has long black hair and wears a long black dress. Black girl, but a beautiful light covered her body, charming almost all the boys and mans.
" So, you have been looking at me for a while. Am I strange?"
Ahh....does she have eyes on her back?
"Uhm, a little. Your hair is so beautiful. And long, too. How long have you been keeping your hair long?"
"About 100 years," said Shinigami.
"Uhm...what? Hold old are you? You are older than my grandpa?"
"Maybe, I don't know how old I am. I don't remember how long I have lived. "Because I'm deathless."
"An immortal life isn't boring, is it?"
"None of your business, boy."
Yeah, none of my business. I've forgotten that Sai was only a ghost. I've thought that Sai would be with me forever even he was a ghost. I can't touch him. I can't hold him or something like that. Only seeing is not enough for me to fulfill my love.
"Moreover, life is life." Shinigami sighs.
"What?"
"Fate seems to take twisting people's lives as a hobby." She continued.
Yeah, fate. So cruel. Sai and I were not in the same world. God damn it. Why did fate make me meet him and then take him away from me? Suck!
"Don't curse at God. If you didn't know Sai, didn't meet him, would you be happier?"
Shini-san is right. If I didn't meet Sai, I would never understand my feeling, I would never know I love him, I would never find out my ideal of life. I keep thinking until Shinigami speaks up though I know that she doesn't care if I listen to or not:
" Stop here."
I wonder if it's Hell. It looks like a casino.
"Sai is here?" I ask Shinigami.
"Idiot. How can you think that Sai is in a place like this?"
Yes, Sai can't be here. But....why did Shini-san stop here?
"Let's go in." Shinigami ordered.
Shinigami makes me follow her and we goes to the center of the Casino. I looked around, looked at the sight that we were crossing. So noisily. Shinigami asks me to stop again. In front of me is a hole, a very deep hole with diameter about 1 meter. Shinigami closes her eyes, her hands put together then she chants some words that are so strange that I can't understand.
The hole lights up suddenly. The white light flashes brightly and makes me close my eyes, and a warm power embraces me. When I open my eyes, I see Shinigami's long hair flying up as if gravitation didn't exist. We - were - falling - down.
I scream at the top of my lung and Shinigami scolds at me. "Damn you. Why so noisy?"
"Where would we go, Shini-san?" I stammer.
"Stupid question. Hell, of course." She answers.
I decide to be silent. Damn. Did Sai go to hell with this way? Oh no, he has no weight. He's a ghost. He could fly. And he couldn't fall down like me. Arg... what is "fall down like me"? Not time to be proud of something stupid like that.
Ack! My back hit the ground. Oow..so painful. Suck! Hell is really terrible, including the way to hell.
"Weak guy, this way," says Shinigami.
I start to be annoyed. She's so complex. Follow Shinigami, I grumble so much that she runs more quickly.
"Wait! Wait! Shini-san! Where are you going?"
"Quickly, bastard. Black turtle, you're slower than a real-turtle."
"Lady, you curse at me so much. Don't do that once again."
Shinigami doesn't reply. She decelerates, waits for me. When I catch her, I realize we are in real-Hell. There's only darkness and lava is boiling in the abyss below us.
"So, want to take a bath, boy?"
"You're so funny, haha. Don't make fun of me. Today is not the day I usually take a bath."
"I'm not kidding, boy. You don't have another choice. It's the only method to cross this."
" Huh? But...how about you?" I start to be anxious.
"Uhm, you've forgotten. I'm Shinigami. I could fly here to there, right? But you are different from me. You're only human. You have to swim only."
"But..you can took me fly with you, right?"
"Seem you're so heavy. I don't want to carry you."
What? A truth or joke? I must swim in lava while she is flying on my head? Oh dear. Look at the lava (yeah, has been boiling), I know if I dip my body in it, I could be with Sai forever without any difficulty.
"Jump down, boy."
"Shini-san...I can't. I'll die if I jump down. The lava..."
I think I see Shini-san's eyes flash. Oh dear, Shinigami. She has been being the reaper, the angel of death. Her duty is to guide the way to Hell. Am I her victim?
Suddenly, Shinigami points to the confront cave and tell me, "Sai is there. He stays there to be punished, You still dilly-dally?"
Look at the way she pointed, I see a person with white clothes and black long hair. Is that Sai? Run toward him without thinking, I fell down to the lava.
Shinigami screams. "Boy!"
Her voice seems so far away. I hear only my voice. "Sai! Stay there! Wait for me! I'll go there now!"
The lava has been boiling below me. I don't care. Sai is there. Near me. Sai is in front of me. I can be with him, once again. We will be together, Sai.
A power embraces me, stops me in the mid-air then takes me up. When I land, it dissolves, and I see Shinigami panting.
"So, you want to die huh? Damn. You're stupid more than I thought. A human who falls down to the boiling lava will die, don't you know?"
I don't reply, staring at the cave where Sai has been standing.
"You didn't hear me? Boy, say a word!"
Maybe Shini-san is right. If I don't try my best, I can't catch Sai. Sai is over there, but I'm afraid of trying. I don't want to go to Sai by myself. I'm really a bastard.
"Hey, are you deaf?" Shinigami yells at me.
" Shini-san, If I swim there, I can meet Sai, right?"
SHinigami hit me on my head. "You're really stupid huh? You think you could still be alive to meet Sai if you swam in boiling lava? Oh...fool."
"But..you said..."
" Oh my...I said, yes, but you could just ignore me, couldn't you. Your life is more important."
Huh? She has joked? Arg....I will never believe girls. Especially Shinigami. Their kind of jokes! They're so different from Sai. Sai has never lied to me.
Sai...when can I meet you, Sai? Please wait for me. I..miss you so much. Sai, I miss you!
Shinigami seem to be sulking. She doesn't say anymore, looks at me and waits. I think I really should say something, but I know if I said, I would say Sai's name only.
End chapter 2.