Chapter 2 of War of Hearts and Minds
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Ginji sat at the back of Honky Tonk staring outside of the window showing no movement or anything.
"Master, is Ginji gonna be alright?" Natsumi whispered
"give him time…"
"I feel so empty… I mean Ban's gone. Time seems to be flying by so slowly without him." Natsumi wanted to cry
"we all do."
I remembered his face before and after the burial
+flashback+
Ginji didn't go to the funeral. He didn't want anybody to see him cry. He just stayed inside Honky Tonk drinking his ass off.
"so you won't go?" Kadsuki asked
"no" Ginji just stared at the bottle of beer
"c'mon he was your best friend and best partner." Emishi tried to drag Ginji off the chair
"I SAID NO! SAID I NO! WHAT PART OF THOSE SENTENCES DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND?" Ginji shouted as he threw the bottle at the wall nearly hitting Emishi "it's enough for me to see him die in front of my face. I can't…" Ginji ran outside to an open field and cried his ass off.
"why did you have to die? Everybody dies because of me. I wish that something will hit me right now, die and go to hell. I'm just a curse to everyone." Ginji stood up and finally decided to go to Ban's final resting place. sorry, I don't want you to see my pathetic face. At least let me say some goodbye words to you.
~after the burial~
Ginji went straight to Ban's and placed his right hand on the tombstone "hey Ban-chan… Farewell. oh man, this is pathetic." Ginji forced a smile and a laugh but cried immediately "why did you have to get in the way!? Why don't you just let me die!!?" Ginji put both of his hands on his face "you know you don't deserve me to be your friend or anything." He was forced into a flashback movie Ban's smile, laughter, sacrifice, Genius in Battle, that serious face, the hair, his jokes… all gone in a blink of an eye.. Emotions took over him ."YOU'RE NOT DEAD!! NO! YOU'RE JUST PULLING A PRANK! YEAH, THAT'S IT!" He started to hit Ban's tombstone and forced himself to believe it was only a nasty joke. "OY BAN!" He started digging with his bare hands "WAKE UP! IT WON'T WORK THIS TIME!" his hands were soaked with tears and covered with dirt.
"GINJI! NO! ACCEPT IT! HE'S DEAD!" Paul grabbed Ginji's body and pulled him away Ban's burial place
"NO! CAN'T YOU SEE??" Ginji's face was full of determination and extreme sorrow "I CAN STILL HEAR HIM LAUGHING BECAUSE I FELL FOR HIS PRANK!"
"Shido! Help me here!"
He came and helped him carry Ginji away.
"Shido!" Ginji needed someone's shoulder to cry on.
"Ginji… I'm terribly sorry…"
"WHO'S GONNA BE MY PARTNER? WHO'S GONNA BE MY BEST FRIEND? TELL ME HUH?" Ginji screamed and he pounded his hand on Shido's chest "He's gone… I'm scared to be alone again…"
+end of flashback+
"I'm scared for Ginji-san, it's been two weeks already and he's still depressed."
"I can understand. Ban and Ginji shared a special bond that no one can destroy. Every mission or assignment, easy or challenging they always did those together. They supported each other through thick and thin, through life and death situations. Just let him be, he'll get over it."
Ginji stood up and walked to the door
"Ginji-san where are you going?" Natsumi asked.
"to the bridge."
Ginji walked out the door.
"he's going to Ban." Paul stated
~at the graveyard~
"Himiko?" Ginji saw Himiko at Ban's place and walked towards her "hey…"
Himiko looked at Ginji and cried "You know I hated him from the bottom of my heart. Yet I loved him for what he is. I loved him so much, weird huh? I didn't even get the chance to say it before he died. It's because of my stupid pride!!"
Himiko stopped talking to Ginji and faced Ban's tombstone "the sweetest smelling perfume I made just for you. Please brother, take care of him." She poured it on the tombstone.
See you next time, Ginji-kun.
"yeah…" Ginji gave a small smile
"Ban-chan… ever since you died, it's like a part of me died too. And I can't seem to bring it back to life. I.."
Jubei, Kadsuki, and Shido came.
"Ginji, are you gonna be alright?" Jubei asked
"maybe after a few more weeks… who knows…"
"just remember we're still here." Kadsuki gave Ginji a smile
"we're just gonna give some presents before Ban's soul departs to the Northern side."
"sure…" Ginji stepped aside and watched the sun set
Shido whistled after a few minutes a falcon appeared and landed on his shoulder. He put the falcon on top of Ban's tombstone "they say the falcon leads the soul to Northern side. After a few days I know you'll be joining Ban… you're old anyway." Shido gave a small smile.
Kadsuki offered a statue of an angel "may your angel lead you to peace."
Jubei offered the magnet stone with the Yin Yang sign "Harmony will be with you in the next life."
"Ginji, I'm sure Ban wants you to stop on grieving." The three went ahead.
"guess I'm the only person who can't give you anything… isn't it funny I'm the one closest to you and I can't give you anything… see how pathetic I am!!!" he forced himself not to cry "oh man. Even now I can't do anything or give anything to you. Ban, you're the only one who can stop my grieving… at least show any sign… anything that tells me you're okay… and you're not angry at me. Please!!" he wiped a few tears off of his face "well, see ya when I see ya. I'll get you something next time! Promise!" Ginji told the Falcon "stay with him…" He went home as the sun carefully sets.
TBC
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Nxt chap: will Ginji be stay depressed and submit to… stuff..
Thank God for giving me a lot to say!=p
Did it suck? First one did I think… well, it was past my bedtime when I wrote Chapter1 so I can think much. Northern lands? Where'd that come from? That's what you get for playing FFX-2 the whole day. It's shounen ai when you think it's shounen ai, ("')?… it's not really shounen ai to me… I put shounen ai in the summary it's because most people consider these shounen ai stuff…"'
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