Eternal Snow
Be forewarned! This is Ending #1, honestly I stole a bit from Full Moon
wo Sagashite. Even the end song because it so fits right. So this is Ending #1, I have another Ending in mind so if you don't like this one, don't worry there will be another one!
Notes: I do not own Furuba. And watching FMoS, I couldn't resist writing it this way. Don't worry another ending will be published soon! And thankyou to everyone who reviewed it! It helps ya know :)
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For the next 2 months, no word from Kageshi or Kyo. Shigure was getting especially worried and maybe thinking that this whole time that they were sneaking behind Ayame's back, but he was doubtful that Kyo would do anything like that.
Meanwhile Ayame kept himself busy as always, running around trying to get Yuki's attention. Yuki wanted to act like a brother and have him open up but he thought it was better he let him try so he wouldn't breakdown. Yuki knew how it was to breakdown. The many times he cried himself by himself but everyone knew. Everyone thought that Ayame was going to pull out of it ok, but what they didn't know was how he drunk himself every night talking to 'nothing', as if she was still there.
One night he went into her room, same as it was 4 months ago. Nothing moved, nothing changed all what was there was dust collecting on the dresser, her jewelry he gave to her as presents from his shop. He opened the closet and you can smell some of the dust that collected on her clothes. It started raining and he sat in her room next to the window first then laying on her futon that was still unmade. Everything was EXACTLY as she left it because it looked like someone had been sleeping in it. He took the bottle of sake and already drunk out of his mind threw the bottle at the window and punched the already broken window, which made his fist bleed a bit, but was now stuck with small shards of glass.
Outside his house Kyo stood there and saw the bottle fly out of the window and saw Ayame's fist hit the rest of the glass. Kyo came back to see how he was doing but as he didn't expect to see Ayame ever like that became worried. He heard two voices coming towards him so he hid. He looked at it was Shigure and Yuki. In hopes they would noticed the broken glass he threw a small pebble at them coming from the direction of Ayame's place. They looked and heard things breaking.
Ayame who was about to lose it picked up a necklace that had a glass meteor with a heart inside it. He remembers giving it to her for Valentine's Day and how happy she was. He saw her smiling face then threw it against the wall and it shattered. The meteor in small tiny pieces and the heart split in two down the middle.
Shigure and Yuki quickly ran inside and up to her room and saw the mess. Ayame who was sitting against the wall underneath the broken window was in a trance that he didn't want to be awaken from.
Down below Kyo stood in the rain and then ran to Hatori's place. He couldn't bear to see them. Even if him and Tohru could never be at least Ayame is able to experience it.
Back at Kageshi's place, she felt a sudden pain in her chest, an unbearable feeling that made her throw up. She didn't like the feeling it is an empty feeling. After these 4 months of denial she was finally feeling it also the same time as Ayame, a complete feeling of helplessness, emptiness. She screamed at the top of her lungs, banging he head against the wall, throwing everything in the room around creating an absolute mess. Of all things she wanted to do was see Ayame, but she was fooling herself with excuses about Tohru. How she is not good enough and that she'll never be half as good enough for them, no not them, Ayame.
"Hatori!" Kyo broke down his door again.
"Hey you this ain't Shi.." he looked up "Kyo! Where have you been, you've made all of us worry even Shisho is worried about you!"
"Hatori.." he kept saying in between breaths.
"What?"
"Ayame.. Ayame is..."
"Ayame? Take me to them" he grabbed Kyo and forced him out who ran to Ayame's.
They ran inside and saw that Yuki was trying to calm down Ayame. But Ayame sat there, Yuki and Shigure and saw Kyo and smiled in hopes of seeing Kageshi with him. The only thing that would, no could bring him back is her.
"Kyo-kun!" Shigure yelled out.
"Where is she?" Yuki asked, "I know you were with her this whole time, that is the only other reason you would be gone."
"Or are you telling me that Kagura actually told you?"
He nodded, "I found it strange she didn't come around the house asking for you since you've been gone for so long, so I asked her."
"Damn that Kagura."
"So?"
"So?"
They stood there not saying anything. "Where is she!?" Yuki shouted at him.
"God your so annoying and loud you damn mouse can't you shut up!?"
"Baka-neko"
"Eh... say that again"
"Baka-neko"
Hatori sat next to Ayame and checked his pulse. He was fine, "Actually he's not even drunk, he just acted that way. There's not enough alcohol in him to act this way."
"Then?" Shigure mumbled.
"We need to find her, this is bad case of heartbreak."
"I could have told you that!" Both Yuki and Kyo said in their heads a bit annoyed with that comment.
"What?" Hatori looked at them.
"Nothing." Yuki said.
"Hatori can I speak to you?"
"Hm?"
Hatori packed his things told them to stay with Ayame till he 'wakes up'.
Kyo and him walked to his house.
"So?"
"Kageshi..."
"She ok?"
"I don't know. I worried about Ayame and her."
"Kyo"
"Hm?"
"It's a rarity for you to show such expressions towards people especially Ayame."
"Hatori, you know he has a chance for something we don't, do you honestly think just because I don't show it that I would want all of us to live like this? And also..."
"Also...?"
He looked at him seriously, "I don't feel a need to get approval from you all to be a member of this family?" Yuki, who wanted to Kyo to take him to her, listened by the door to Kyo and Hatori's conversation.
"What do you mean?"
"I've gotten to know her a little bit over these past few months, and I can see why Ayame's so smitten by her. Didn't you notice for the time she was here he wasn't seeking as much approval from Yuki like before?" It was true, Ayame was still loud but the way he was, was a bit different, as if he already accepted everything let things flow. Yuki stood listening more closely.
"Don't be fooled by her Kyo, look what she's done to him? Yes I am angry more of the fact she left with no reason. Do I hate her? No not entirely but its like she has evil intentions."
"She doesn't!" Kyo shouted at him.
"Kyo!"
Yuki was surprised also.
"Kageshi... she just... you don't understand. What she's done? Yes I've seen what she's done, not only have her and Tohru bonded but also helped with getting Yuki and Ayame closer little by little. She helped Ayame realize that there more to life then living in the past and accept everything, she even helped Akito get better."
"Why are you defending her? You were only with her for a few months."
"It's because of her I let go of my hatred and my revenge on Yuki these past few months I've been away."
"Kyo, why do you hate Yuki so much?"
"Why? Because if it weren't for him I would be a part of this family."
"But Kyo aren't you a part of this family already? Your name is Souma Kyo; yes you are cursed with the cat's spirit, but that's its spirit, it's not you."
"Huh?"
"Kyo, if they didn't accept you as part of this family, you wouldn't be living with them, Akito would have taken some form of other action other than putting you with other members of the Jyunishisho."
"I guess... what's it to you anyways?"
"Why do you want to be accepted so much? I think that they do accept you, but because it's in your nature, you act the way you do. And isn't enough, even if it's only one person who accepts you, its enough? People take for granted what they have that they don't see, that is what makes people grow with anger and weak and in the end die with regrets."
"Anyways Hatori will you go back with me to get her? Let's bring her back!"
Hatori looked at him in hesitation. "Fine, but write down the name of the place and leave directions, maybe Yuki can get him to go there."
They left the house and went on their way back to where Kageshi was.
"This isn't very far"
"Not by car anyway" Kyo said, "You should try walking all the way there."
They arrived at the house, it was desolate, it seemed dark and cold all of the sudden.
But there was light and the door was open.
Kyo ran out, "Kageshi! Kageshi!" he yelled.
"Oi! Kyo!" Hatori stopped the car and hopped out following him.
Inside were two strangers that Kyo's never seen before.
"What have you done with her!?" Kyo yelled.
"Excuse me? May I ask who you are looking for?"
"Kageshi! Where is she? What have you done with her?"
"Kageshi!?" the girl answered and sounded surprise, "How do you know Kage-neesan?"
"Oneesan?"
"Oi Kyo! Don't be rude and just barge in and yell... excuse me we're looking for ..."
"I don't know how you know her but leave, you have no business here"
"Oi Shi-chan stop it."
"But.."
"Sorry for her rudeness. Are you the one that's been living here?"
"Uhh... yeah..."
"Why? How did you find this place?"
"What about you what you are doing here?"
"We own this property, one of the campers that drive by here said they've seen someone living in here for a while and since we didn't rent or sell this place we'd come and see who was here."
"Oh. Well I followed Kageshi here and been staying with her for the past several months."
"Kageshi?" both the girl and boy looked at each other with sad faces and disappointment.
"Are you sure you're not sick? Let me take..." The girl said.
"Of course I'm not, and he's a doctor so I don't need anything."
Hatori, "Anyways we've come back for Kageshi to try and convince her to come back."
"Go back where?"
"To where our home, there's a guy there who's nuts over her and she's the only cure for him."
The couple looked at each other with solemn faces. "Um..."
"What is it? Is she in the room?"
"Umm.." the girl started but was interrupted by the young man, "Kageshi isn't here."
"What do you mean she's not here? She has to be, I've only been gone 1/2 the day."
"You don't understand, Kageshi-san has been dead for the past 2 1/2 years."
"What!?" both Hatori and Kyo yelled.
Kyo, "That can't be! Hatori! We saw her, everything that has happened this past year it's REAL! Right?" He looked at him with a confused face.
The girl looked up, "What your talking about I have the slightest idea, but the fact is, is that she's been gone for a long time."
Hatori stood there in silence, not sure what to make of it all. "Then what was all that stuff in the hospital?" He thought. "That's impossible, because I'm a doctor and she was put into a hospital and was taken care of!"
The young man looked at him and held out a picture of her in a school uniform. "Is this the girl you saw?"
"That uniform" Kyo said.
The young man looked at it again, "This was taken right before she died. She died in an accident, she was at the wrong place at the wrong time. What school are you from may I ask?"
Kyo answered him and he was surprised. "The man you say that is in love with her did he attend there also?"
Hatori, "We all did."
"What year?"
"Class of 1993"
"No way. She used to attend that school. I believe she must have been a freshman when you all graduated then, but after you guys graduated she came back to her old school saying there wasn't anything left for her."
He went over and pulled out an old yearbook from that year and showed Hatori and Kyo.
"This is place is hers. She moved in here after leaving that school."
"Hatori do you remember her?"
He nodded, "Not really, I was only around Shigure and Ayame."
"Ayame? Souma Ayame? That means you are..."
"Souma Hatori and this is Souma Kyo. Is there something wrong?"
The girl left and came back with a box, "This was left here for someone name Ayame. We never opened so we never knew whom it was for. I think this may have been left for Ayame." She handed Hatori the box.
Kyo who was still a bit confused, he didn't understand no matter how much he tried piecing together everything.
"Kyo-kun, you're a very smart person, you must use your head once in a while."
Kyo remembered a lot of things that Kageshi and him talked about. He tried so hard but couldn't. So much he got a painful head almost as bad as when Kagura is beating him to a pulp.
They drove back in the car back to the main house to Ayame's place. Shigure and Yuki were downstairs while Ayame was still in her room lying down. Hatori sat down and told both of them the story.
Yuki, "That's impossible! And absurd! She was here, Hatori you're a doctor you checked her in and everything."
"I know."
"So?"
"Yuki-kun, calm down"
Kyo, "I remember overhearing that from her family is a lineage of doing magic and foretelling." They all looked at him, "It's been taking me a long time to figure this out, but she went to the same school and as them (referring to Shigure, Hatori and Ayame) and after you guys graduate she leaves? Don't you find it strange? Even more she leaves a box for Ayame, as if she already knew her future and what she had to do."
They all looked surprised, "Wow Kyo-kun you sounded intelligent there for a second or two."
"Hey!" he yelled back.
Yuki, "But it does make sense in a way. They say that some spirits that have not finished or died with unfinished business come back to finish it. But I mean come on..." He looked at the box, "What's in the box?"
"We don't know, we were just going to give it to him and maybe he'll figure it out from there." They looked at each other and saw Ayame coming down.
Yuki, "Oniisan!"
Hatori stood up and gave him the box, "It's from Kage-chan"
Ayame looked up at him and in his eyes it's as if he already knew she was gone. He went back up into her room. The others followed him and sat in front of him. He opened the box and inside was a small musical box with glass cover that had to stones in it, a letter, some pictures, videotape and a necklace. He took out the music box and it played a sweet tune and the stones inside looked like they were dancing. He took out the pictures and some of them were recent, of them two together and some from high school. The one's of them together were cute one's where both of them were laughing and at times they both looked like they were the perfect couple. As the music played, he opened the letter that said "Souma Ayame". He opened it and read it.
"Dear Souma-san,
Or should I say Ayame-san? How are you? By now if you're reading this and gotten that box then I'm probably already gone. I couldn't say it to you when we first met in High School because I was really shy and you had a flock of girls chasing after you, especially that "Ayame fan club" of yours. I couldn't say it when I was alive and when we were in High School, that I Love You. I always have, when you left our high school I was sad that I couldn't say anything. Then I received this premonition of my future and I had to let you know how I felt. One thing I couldn't predict was if you were ever able to read this and if you are reading it we're we able to make memories? At least a little bit? Well I havn't much to say, except that I enjoyed our time together if we even got that much accomplished and please watch the video. The necklace is a reminder. Remember that necklace you broke, well here it is, but this time I made it, this is my gift to you. One more present, let Yuki take care of you. Tell Kyo to just stick it out, if not I'll give him a lecture he'll never forget, Kagura-san, Kisa-chan, Momoji-kun and Hatsuharu-kun please give them my love. And to Yuki-kun, Shigure-san and Hatori -san, I'm sorry I couldn't do a better job of taking care of you. Ok so that's more than 1 thing to say but I have to let it all out now or else it won't happen. You all have a place in my heart.
Love you always,
Kageshi"
While holding the letter, he wouldn't let himself cry, but he did, a tear fell from his check. He put down the letter and music from the box stopped. He looked at the tape and was hesitant to put it in. He gave the letter to the others to read and went downstairs to where the TV is and popped in the tape. The camera was on her and she had a white short dress on with white fluffies at the end.
"Ayame-san, everyone there! Hi! This will be the last time I get to see all of you. I'm not going to tell what I have seen in your futures, there'd be no fun in that, but I do want to tell you that Akito will live, and Yuki you don't have to be afraid anymore." And she smiled over to where Yuki was sitting. And Yuki stop being stubborn with Kyo-kun and Ayame-san, you have to have no regrets in the end."
Yuki, "She even knew where we were sitting?" they kind of had this creepy look on all their faces.
"Stop looking like that, it's what I was gifted with, if you want to call it that. Anyways, I'm going to sing a song, which will be very popular by the time you guys see this. Ayame-san..." and she was looking straight at him, "This is for you, please accept it and accept me." The music started playing and it was a song that just released a few days ago on the radio and isn't released for sale yet.
Eternal Snow
kimi o suki ni natte dore kurai tatsu no kana?
kimochi fukurande yuku bakari de
kimi wa kono omoi kuzuiteiru mo kana
ichido mo kotoba ni wa shitenai kedo
Ever since I had fallen in love with you... about how long has it been?
This feeling only continues to grow
Do you realize this feeling?
Although I've never said it once
yuki no youni tada shizuka ni
furi tsumori tsuzukete yuku
Like the snow.... quietly
It continues to pile up
Hold me tight konna omoi nara
dareka o suki ni naru kimochi
shiritaku nakatta yo
Hold me tight, if this is how it feels
Then the feeling of falling in love with someone
was one I didn't want to know
I love you namida tomaranai
konnanja kimi no koto
shirazuni ireba yokatta yo
I love you and my tears won't stop
If this be it, then I
should never have known you
kimi o itsu made omotteiru no ka na?
tameiki ga mado garasu kumoraseta
How long will I continue to think of you?
My sigh clouded the window glass...
yureru kokoro tomosu kyandoru de ima tokashite yukenai ka na? Isn't my swaying heart now
melting with the candle light?
Hold me tight oreru hodo tsuyoku
kogarashi fubuki ni deatte mo
samukunai you ni to
Hold me tight, strong as if you were to break me apart...
Even if the trees wither, or we encounter a windstorm
I won't feel cold
I miss you kimi o omou tabi
amikake no kono mafura
konya mo hitori dakishimeru yo
I miss you... just thinking of you...
This knitted muffler...
Tonight again I will embrace myself alone
eien ni furu yuki ga aru nara
kimi e to tsuzuku kono omoi kakuseru no ka na?
If there is snow that falls for all of eternity...
Would it hide my continuous feeling for you?
Hold me tight konna omoi nara
dareka o suki ni naru kimochi
shiritaku nakatta yo
Hold me tight, if this is how it feels
Then the feeling of falling in love with someone
was one I didn't want to know
I love you mune ni komiageru
fuyuzora ni sakebitai
"ima sugu kimi ni aitai yo"
Hold me tight, if this is how it feels
Then the feeling of falling in love with someone
was one I didn't want to know
And the tape ended. They all sat there not knowing what to say.
"To have that power must have been painful, ne? Kagechan? I know I wouldn't have wanted it."
Notes: I do not own Furuba. And watching FMoS, I couldn't resist writing it this way. Don't worry another ending will be published soon! And thankyou to everyone who reviewed it! It helps ya know :)
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For the next 2 months, no word from Kageshi or Kyo. Shigure was getting especially worried and maybe thinking that this whole time that they were sneaking behind Ayame's back, but he was doubtful that Kyo would do anything like that.
Meanwhile Ayame kept himself busy as always, running around trying to get Yuki's attention. Yuki wanted to act like a brother and have him open up but he thought it was better he let him try so he wouldn't breakdown. Yuki knew how it was to breakdown. The many times he cried himself by himself but everyone knew. Everyone thought that Ayame was going to pull out of it ok, but what they didn't know was how he drunk himself every night talking to 'nothing', as if she was still there.
One night he went into her room, same as it was 4 months ago. Nothing moved, nothing changed all what was there was dust collecting on the dresser, her jewelry he gave to her as presents from his shop. He opened the closet and you can smell some of the dust that collected on her clothes. It started raining and he sat in her room next to the window first then laying on her futon that was still unmade. Everything was EXACTLY as she left it because it looked like someone had been sleeping in it. He took the bottle of sake and already drunk out of his mind threw the bottle at the window and punched the already broken window, which made his fist bleed a bit, but was now stuck with small shards of glass.
Outside his house Kyo stood there and saw the bottle fly out of the window and saw Ayame's fist hit the rest of the glass. Kyo came back to see how he was doing but as he didn't expect to see Ayame ever like that became worried. He heard two voices coming towards him so he hid. He looked at it was Shigure and Yuki. In hopes they would noticed the broken glass he threw a small pebble at them coming from the direction of Ayame's place. They looked and heard things breaking.
Ayame who was about to lose it picked up a necklace that had a glass meteor with a heart inside it. He remembers giving it to her for Valentine's Day and how happy she was. He saw her smiling face then threw it against the wall and it shattered. The meteor in small tiny pieces and the heart split in two down the middle.
Shigure and Yuki quickly ran inside and up to her room and saw the mess. Ayame who was sitting against the wall underneath the broken window was in a trance that he didn't want to be awaken from.
Down below Kyo stood in the rain and then ran to Hatori's place. He couldn't bear to see them. Even if him and Tohru could never be at least Ayame is able to experience it.
Back at Kageshi's place, she felt a sudden pain in her chest, an unbearable feeling that made her throw up. She didn't like the feeling it is an empty feeling. After these 4 months of denial she was finally feeling it also the same time as Ayame, a complete feeling of helplessness, emptiness. She screamed at the top of her lungs, banging he head against the wall, throwing everything in the room around creating an absolute mess. Of all things she wanted to do was see Ayame, but she was fooling herself with excuses about Tohru. How she is not good enough and that she'll never be half as good enough for them, no not them, Ayame.
"Hatori!" Kyo broke down his door again.
"Hey you this ain't Shi.." he looked up "Kyo! Where have you been, you've made all of us worry even Shisho is worried about you!"
"Hatori.." he kept saying in between breaths.
"What?"
"Ayame.. Ayame is..."
"Ayame? Take me to them" he grabbed Kyo and forced him out who ran to Ayame's.
They ran inside and saw that Yuki was trying to calm down Ayame. But Ayame sat there, Yuki and Shigure and saw Kyo and smiled in hopes of seeing Kageshi with him. The only thing that would, no could bring him back is her.
"Kyo-kun!" Shigure yelled out.
"Where is she?" Yuki asked, "I know you were with her this whole time, that is the only other reason you would be gone."
"Or are you telling me that Kagura actually told you?"
He nodded, "I found it strange she didn't come around the house asking for you since you've been gone for so long, so I asked her."
"Damn that Kagura."
"So?"
"So?"
They stood there not saying anything. "Where is she!?" Yuki shouted at him.
"God your so annoying and loud you damn mouse can't you shut up!?"
"Baka-neko"
"Eh... say that again"
"Baka-neko"
Hatori sat next to Ayame and checked his pulse. He was fine, "Actually he's not even drunk, he just acted that way. There's not enough alcohol in him to act this way."
"Then?" Shigure mumbled.
"We need to find her, this is bad case of heartbreak."
"I could have told you that!" Both Yuki and Kyo said in their heads a bit annoyed with that comment.
"What?" Hatori looked at them.
"Nothing." Yuki said.
"Hatori can I speak to you?"
"Hm?"
Hatori packed his things told them to stay with Ayame till he 'wakes up'.
Kyo and him walked to his house.
"So?"
"Kageshi..."
"She ok?"
"I don't know. I worried about Ayame and her."
"Kyo"
"Hm?"
"It's a rarity for you to show such expressions towards people especially Ayame."
"Hatori, you know he has a chance for something we don't, do you honestly think just because I don't show it that I would want all of us to live like this? And also..."
"Also...?"
He looked at him seriously, "I don't feel a need to get approval from you all to be a member of this family?" Yuki, who wanted to Kyo to take him to her, listened by the door to Kyo and Hatori's conversation.
"What do you mean?"
"I've gotten to know her a little bit over these past few months, and I can see why Ayame's so smitten by her. Didn't you notice for the time she was here he wasn't seeking as much approval from Yuki like before?" It was true, Ayame was still loud but the way he was, was a bit different, as if he already accepted everything let things flow. Yuki stood listening more closely.
"Don't be fooled by her Kyo, look what she's done to him? Yes I am angry more of the fact she left with no reason. Do I hate her? No not entirely but its like she has evil intentions."
"She doesn't!" Kyo shouted at him.
"Kyo!"
Yuki was surprised also.
"Kageshi... she just... you don't understand. What she's done? Yes I've seen what she's done, not only have her and Tohru bonded but also helped with getting Yuki and Ayame closer little by little. She helped Ayame realize that there more to life then living in the past and accept everything, she even helped Akito get better."
"Why are you defending her? You were only with her for a few months."
"It's because of her I let go of my hatred and my revenge on Yuki these past few months I've been away."
"Kyo, why do you hate Yuki so much?"
"Why? Because if it weren't for him I would be a part of this family."
"But Kyo aren't you a part of this family already? Your name is Souma Kyo; yes you are cursed with the cat's spirit, but that's its spirit, it's not you."
"Huh?"
"Kyo, if they didn't accept you as part of this family, you wouldn't be living with them, Akito would have taken some form of other action other than putting you with other members of the Jyunishisho."
"I guess... what's it to you anyways?"
"Why do you want to be accepted so much? I think that they do accept you, but because it's in your nature, you act the way you do. And isn't enough, even if it's only one person who accepts you, its enough? People take for granted what they have that they don't see, that is what makes people grow with anger and weak and in the end die with regrets."
"Anyways Hatori will you go back with me to get her? Let's bring her back!"
Hatori looked at him in hesitation. "Fine, but write down the name of the place and leave directions, maybe Yuki can get him to go there."
They left the house and went on their way back to where Kageshi was.
"This isn't very far"
"Not by car anyway" Kyo said, "You should try walking all the way there."
They arrived at the house, it was desolate, it seemed dark and cold all of the sudden.
But there was light and the door was open.
Kyo ran out, "Kageshi! Kageshi!" he yelled.
"Oi! Kyo!" Hatori stopped the car and hopped out following him.
Inside were two strangers that Kyo's never seen before.
"What have you done with her!?" Kyo yelled.
"Excuse me? May I ask who you are looking for?"
"Kageshi! Where is she? What have you done with her?"
"Kageshi!?" the girl answered and sounded surprise, "How do you know Kage-neesan?"
"Oneesan?"
"Oi Kyo! Don't be rude and just barge in and yell... excuse me we're looking for ..."
"I don't know how you know her but leave, you have no business here"
"Oi Shi-chan stop it."
"But.."
"Sorry for her rudeness. Are you the one that's been living here?"
"Uhh... yeah..."
"Why? How did you find this place?"
"What about you what you are doing here?"
"We own this property, one of the campers that drive by here said they've seen someone living in here for a while and since we didn't rent or sell this place we'd come and see who was here."
"Oh. Well I followed Kageshi here and been staying with her for the past several months."
"Kageshi?" both the girl and boy looked at each other with sad faces and disappointment.
"Are you sure you're not sick? Let me take..." The girl said.
"Of course I'm not, and he's a doctor so I don't need anything."
Hatori, "Anyways we've come back for Kageshi to try and convince her to come back."
"Go back where?"
"To where our home, there's a guy there who's nuts over her and she's the only cure for him."
The couple looked at each other with solemn faces. "Um..."
"What is it? Is she in the room?"
"Umm.." the girl started but was interrupted by the young man, "Kageshi isn't here."
"What do you mean she's not here? She has to be, I've only been gone 1/2 the day."
"You don't understand, Kageshi-san has been dead for the past 2 1/2 years."
"What!?" both Hatori and Kyo yelled.
Kyo, "That can't be! Hatori! We saw her, everything that has happened this past year it's REAL! Right?" He looked at him with a confused face.
The girl looked up, "What your talking about I have the slightest idea, but the fact is, is that she's been gone for a long time."
Hatori stood there in silence, not sure what to make of it all. "Then what was all that stuff in the hospital?" He thought. "That's impossible, because I'm a doctor and she was put into a hospital and was taken care of!"
The young man looked at him and held out a picture of her in a school uniform. "Is this the girl you saw?"
"That uniform" Kyo said.
The young man looked at it again, "This was taken right before she died. She died in an accident, she was at the wrong place at the wrong time. What school are you from may I ask?"
Kyo answered him and he was surprised. "The man you say that is in love with her did he attend there also?"
Hatori, "We all did."
"What year?"
"Class of 1993"
"No way. She used to attend that school. I believe she must have been a freshman when you all graduated then, but after you guys graduated she came back to her old school saying there wasn't anything left for her."
He went over and pulled out an old yearbook from that year and showed Hatori and Kyo.
"This is place is hers. She moved in here after leaving that school."
"Hatori do you remember her?"
He nodded, "Not really, I was only around Shigure and Ayame."
"Ayame? Souma Ayame? That means you are..."
"Souma Hatori and this is Souma Kyo. Is there something wrong?"
The girl left and came back with a box, "This was left here for someone name Ayame. We never opened so we never knew whom it was for. I think this may have been left for Ayame." She handed Hatori the box.
Kyo who was still a bit confused, he didn't understand no matter how much he tried piecing together everything.
"Kyo-kun, you're a very smart person, you must use your head once in a while."
Kyo remembered a lot of things that Kageshi and him talked about. He tried so hard but couldn't. So much he got a painful head almost as bad as when Kagura is beating him to a pulp.
They drove back in the car back to the main house to Ayame's place. Shigure and Yuki were downstairs while Ayame was still in her room lying down. Hatori sat down and told both of them the story.
Yuki, "That's impossible! And absurd! She was here, Hatori you're a doctor you checked her in and everything."
"I know."
"So?"
"Yuki-kun, calm down"
Kyo, "I remember overhearing that from her family is a lineage of doing magic and foretelling." They all looked at him, "It's been taking me a long time to figure this out, but she went to the same school and as them (referring to Shigure, Hatori and Ayame) and after you guys graduate she leaves? Don't you find it strange? Even more she leaves a box for Ayame, as if she already knew her future and what she had to do."
They all looked surprised, "Wow Kyo-kun you sounded intelligent there for a second or two."
"Hey!" he yelled back.
Yuki, "But it does make sense in a way. They say that some spirits that have not finished or died with unfinished business come back to finish it. But I mean come on..." He looked at the box, "What's in the box?"
"We don't know, we were just going to give it to him and maybe he'll figure it out from there." They looked at each other and saw Ayame coming down.
Yuki, "Oniisan!"
Hatori stood up and gave him the box, "It's from Kage-chan"
Ayame looked up at him and in his eyes it's as if he already knew she was gone. He went back up into her room. The others followed him and sat in front of him. He opened the box and inside was a small musical box with glass cover that had to stones in it, a letter, some pictures, videotape and a necklace. He took out the music box and it played a sweet tune and the stones inside looked like they were dancing. He took out the pictures and some of them were recent, of them two together and some from high school. The one's of them together were cute one's where both of them were laughing and at times they both looked like they were the perfect couple. As the music played, he opened the letter that said "Souma Ayame". He opened it and read it.
Or should I say Ayame-san? How are you? By now if you're reading this and gotten that box then I'm probably already gone. I couldn't say it to you when we first met in High School because I was really shy and you had a flock of girls chasing after you, especially that "Ayame fan club" of yours. I couldn't say it when I was alive and when we were in High School, that I Love You. I always have, when you left our high school I was sad that I couldn't say anything. Then I received this premonition of my future and I had to let you know how I felt. One thing I couldn't predict was if you were ever able to read this and if you are reading it we're we able to make memories? At least a little bit? Well I havn't much to say, except that I enjoyed our time together if we even got that much accomplished and please watch the video. The necklace is a reminder. Remember that necklace you broke, well here it is, but this time I made it, this is my gift to you. One more present, let Yuki take care of you. Tell Kyo to just stick it out, if not I'll give him a lecture he'll never forget, Kagura-san, Kisa-chan, Momoji-kun and Hatsuharu-kun please give them my love. And to Yuki-kun, Shigure-san and Hatori -san, I'm sorry I couldn't do a better job of taking care of you. Ok so that's more than 1 thing to say but I have to let it all out now or else it won't happen. You all have a place in my heart.
Love you always,
Kageshi"
While holding the letter, he wouldn't let himself cry, but he did, a tear fell from his check. He put down the letter and music from the box stopped. He looked at the tape and was hesitant to put it in. He gave the letter to the others to read and went downstairs to where the TV is and popped in the tape. The camera was on her and she had a white short dress on with white fluffies at the end.
"Ayame-san, everyone there! Hi! This will be the last time I get to see all of you. I'm not going to tell what I have seen in your futures, there'd be no fun in that, but I do want to tell you that Akito will live, and Yuki you don't have to be afraid anymore." And she smiled over to where Yuki was sitting. And Yuki stop being stubborn with Kyo-kun and Ayame-san, you have to have no regrets in the end."
Yuki, "She even knew where we were sitting?" they kind of had this creepy look on all their faces.
"Stop looking like that, it's what I was gifted with, if you want to call it that. Anyways, I'm going to sing a song, which will be very popular by the time you guys see this. Ayame-san..." and she was looking straight at him, "This is for you, please accept it and accept me." The music started playing and it was a song that just released a few days ago on the radio and isn't released for sale yet.
Eternal Snow
kimi o suki ni natte dore kurai tatsu no kana?
kimochi fukurande yuku bakari de
kimi wa kono omoi kuzuiteiru mo kana
ichido mo kotoba ni wa shitenai kedo
Ever since I had fallen in love with you... about how long has it been?
This feeling only continues to grow
Do you realize this feeling?
Although I've never said it once
yuki no youni tada shizuka ni
furi tsumori tsuzukete yuku
Like the snow.... quietly
It continues to pile up
Hold me tight konna omoi nara
dareka o suki ni naru kimochi
shiritaku nakatta yo
Hold me tight, if this is how it feels
Then the feeling of falling in love with someone
was one I didn't want to know
I love you namida tomaranai
konnanja kimi no koto
shirazuni ireba yokatta yo
I love you and my tears won't stop
If this be it, then I
should never have known you
kimi o itsu made omotteiru no ka na?
tameiki ga mado garasu kumoraseta
How long will I continue to think of you?
My sigh clouded the window glass...
yureru kokoro tomosu kyandoru de ima tokashite yukenai ka na? Isn't my swaying heart now
melting with the candle light?
Hold me tight oreru hodo tsuyoku
kogarashi fubuki ni deatte mo
samukunai you ni to
Hold me tight, strong as if you were to break me apart...
Even if the trees wither, or we encounter a windstorm
I won't feel cold
I miss you kimi o omou tabi
amikake no kono mafura
konya mo hitori dakishimeru yo
I miss you... just thinking of you...
This knitted muffler...
Tonight again I will embrace myself alone
eien ni furu yuki ga aru nara
kimi e to tsuzuku kono omoi kakuseru no ka na?
If there is snow that falls for all of eternity...
Would it hide my continuous feeling for you?
Hold me tight konna omoi nara
dareka o suki ni naru kimochi
shiritaku nakatta yo
Hold me tight, if this is how it feels
Then the feeling of falling in love with someone
was one I didn't want to know
I love you mune ni komiageru
fuyuzora ni sakebitai
"ima sugu kimi ni aitai yo"
Hold me tight, if this is how it feels
Then the feeling of falling in love with someone
was one I didn't want to know
And the tape ended. They all sat there not knowing what to say.
"To have that power must have been painful, ne? Kagechan? I know I wouldn't have wanted it."