ELP: Okay, people, this was sad to me. I'm not sure about you, but it was for me. GET YOUR KLEENEX READY!!! I do not own Digimon, or Martina McBride's Song, Concrete Angel. It's a really nice song, you should listen to it sometime. It made me cry in front of my friends.
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Miyako opened her cell phone, and took the call.
" Hello?" She answered. Yoki was on the line, crying and crying. Miyako narrowed her eyes.
" Yoki, calm down, what is wrong?" She asked. Miyako's face dropped, absolute shock plastered on her face.
" What?" She asked weakly, gulping. Kari and Ken gave each other a side glance, keeping down the watery eyed look that they felt like. Miyako nodded.
" Okay, Mariachi Hospital, right? I'll be there in a little while, K? Hang in there." Miyako closed her cell phone, and started to walk to the port, holding back tears. Ken and Kari ran to catch up. Cody grabbed Kari's hand.
" What's going on?" He asked. Kari turned, and whispered into Cody's ear.
" I'll tell you another time, but right now, I can't. See you all later." With that, she turned and ran after Ken and Miyako. Miyako looked grave.
" Mom's in the hospital....." She croaked, opening the port. Kari held back the urge to tell her what was going to happen, and Ken was fighting tears. They transported into Ken's room, and then took a cab to the hospital. Miyako walked up to the room, and knocked on the door. Yoki opened the hospital door, her face streaked and stained by tears, new and old. Miyako, Ken and Kari walked in, Kari already wiping her eyes. Mitsue ran over to Miyako, and hugged her with a sad little kid hug. Mitsue was only 10, so she really didn't understand the term of death and fatal sickness. The doctor sighed.
" I am sorry to say, but your mother is not going to last more then a day. Her liver is destroyed, and her brain is almost useless, from drug and alcohol abuse. Her heart and lungs are fatally wounded from smoking, and she's given up. I am sorry." The doctor left the room. Mitsue looked up at Miyako.
" Is mommy going to go somewhere better?" She asked. Miyako's eyes swelled with tears, but they disappeared back into her eyes.
" Yes, you could say that. Don't worry, everything will be okay....." Miyako kneeled down to Mitsue's height, and started to sing a song, which made Kari cry silently, and Ken cry as well.
She walks to school with the lunch she packed
Nobody knows what she's holdin' back
Wearin' the same dress she wore yesterday
She hides the bruises with linen and lace
The teacher wonders but she doesn't ask
It's hard to see the pain behind the mask
Bearing the burden of a secret storm
Sometimes she wishes she was never born
Through the wind and the rain
She stands hard as a stone
In a world that she can't rise above
But her dreams give her wings
And she flies to a place where she's loved
Concrete angel
Somebody cries in the middle of the night
The neighbors hear, but they turn out the lights
A fragile soul caught in the hands of fate
When morning comes it'll be too late
Through the wind and the rain
She stands hard as a stone
In a world that she can't rise above
But her dreams give her wings
And she flies to a place where she's loved
Concrete angel
A statue stands in a shaded place
An angel girl with an upturned face
A name is written on a polished rock
A broken heart that the world forgot
Through the wind and the rain
She stands hard as a stone
In a world that she can't rise above
But her dreams give her wings
And she flies to a place where she's loved
Concrete angel
Mitsue smiled a bit.
" Thanks, Miya-Chan." Mitsue smiled. Miyako smiled a bit as well.
" Welcome. Hey, how 'bout you go with Yoki, okay? I need a bit of time with mom." Mitsue nodded. She, Yoki, and Momoe left the room, Ken and Kari following. Miyako walked over to her mother's bedside, and looked down at her. Her mom was pale and grey, looking helpless and hopeless. She looked up at Miyako.
" I'm sorry...... For making you this way....." She whispered. Miyako blinked.
" It's alright, I-" Miyako's mom put her hand up.
" That is not what I mean......... I always told you crying was weak........ I need you to know now, it's not weak........You were so strong all these years, but you bottled everything up............ Cry, let it all out when you go to where you are staying.......... But don't cry for me too long..... I'm leaving this place for a reason, my girl...... Hold your head up high, because you are strong....... You'll always be my little girl, my little angel....Never forget that, kiddo....." Miyako smiled lightly.
" I won't, mama, I won't. I promise." Miyako's mom smiled.
" I love you, Miyako. Goodbye........" *Beep. Beep. Beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep..........* Doctors rushed in, pushing Miyako out of the way, ushering her to leave. Miyako walked out the door, and looked into the eyes of the sad people around her.
" She's gone. It's over." She said simply, looking down. She then took off out of the hospital, Kari and Ken following. It was pouring rain. Miyako was standing out in the rain, looking up. Ken and Kari stood beside Miyako, worrying deeply. Miyako smiled.
" All I ever wanted to hear was that one of them loved me. How come wishes don't come true when they are going to be alive longer, but happen on a deathbed?" She asked, looking down. They started to walk to Ken's house.
" I don't know, Miyako, I just don't know...." Ken stated. When they entered the Ichijouji house, no one was home. Perfect. Ken, Kari, and Miyako sat on his bed, looking around. Miyako buried her face in Ken's chest, and cried loudly, taking comfort within the arms of friends and family. Kari patted her back, crying herself.
It was official.
The future does come true.
And Miyako is a Concrete Angel.
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ELP: Chapter coming soon. You know what's weird?
Sammy: What?
ELP: I cried writing this fic. I can't believe it.
Sammy: R& * Sniff* R!