Author's Notes: I don't own .hack, nor do I own Kioku. .hack is registered to Bandai and the project .hack team. SeeSaw owns Kioku. Enjoy the fic.

Artist: SeeSaw

Song: Kioku

Anime: .hackLiminalty/SIGN

Memories: A boy and His Cat.

By: Aura

Italics=Lyrics

'…'=Thoughts

"…"=Speech

Format:

Japanese Lyrics

(Translation (Done by Ayu Ohseki)

Kitto saigo ha koko ni kaette kuru to omou
(I think that I'm surely coming back home to here in the end)

Sekai no hajimari wo futari de mite ita

(Together, we were watching the beginning of the world)
Ichido dake sono basho ni tashika ni todoita kara
(Because I certainly reached that place only once)

Kono te wo hanashitemo kowaku ha nai no  nido to

(Even if these hands separate, I will not be afraid a second time)

A purple cat with a white face, that stood at least seven feet tall, fell to the ground, flat on her back into the arms of a boy wearing an orange vest, and matching hat and pants.

            Another boy, dressed in navy blue, looked at the two in horror.

            "How could you Kite," He muttered to himself, but unable to speak as he got closer to the boy and the cat. 'How could you kill Mia!' He thought as a tear fell from his cheek to the floor as memories of him and Mia playing the game, The World, flowed through his mind.

Kitto saigo ha koko ni kaette kuru to omou

(Memory of lying thick on an empty body)
Sekai no hajimari wo futari de mite ita
(Little by little creating me, forming me)

Ichido dake sono basho ni tashika ni todoita kara
(This is how a person gains their human shape)

Kono te wo hanashitemo kowaku ha nai no  nido to
(Piling up feelings that they do not wish to forget in their hearts)

            Memories, of Mia. Memories of the adventure with Kite, they filled the mind of the young Wavemaster as he saw his best friend, dead in her murderer's arms. He didn't understand that Kite had to kill her, so his friend Orca could wake up. Nor did he seem to care. All he wanted was his friend back.

            His heart didn't want to forget…the times they shared, searching for Aeromatic Grass. The times he would log on and just wait for her. She made him what he was today. A more confident and independent person. It was all because of her, and now she was gone.

Karappo no karada ni furitsumotte yuku kioku
(And when we go how far)

Watashi mo sukoshizutsu tsukutte mitashite
(I am in here, inside of you,)

Sonna fuu ni hito ha hito no katachi ni naru no
(Like the stars that guide you)

Wasuretaku nai omoi kokoro ni kasanete
(Constantly here)

            "Hey," Kite tried to say to Elk, but the Wavemaster turned away. Elk wanted to scream at Kite.

            'YOU MURDERER! HOW COULD YOU KILL MY BEST FRIEND!' He thought. Unaware that he was friends, with an AI. Elk finally turned to Kite.

            'Don't worry Elk…' Kite wanted to say, 'I am sure, she'll still continue to guide you, through your memories from within.'

Dokomade tooku yuku toki ni mo
(And when I go away from you)

Watashi ha koko ni kimi no naka ni
(Toward that place that carved my chest)

Kimi wo michibiku hoshi no you ni
(Because I surely can return)

Zutto iru wa
(I will go without turning around)

            'She'll be back one day,' Kite thought as Mia turned into a bunch of purple balls. Floating up above the two. Her body started to fade, as Elk reached out for her. His hand went through the cat's fur covered body, as she faded away.

Kimi wo hanarete yuku toki ni mo
(Memory known by the name of love in a chest that was empty)

Mune wo kizanda ano basho he to
(You sweetly, bitterly fed it)

Watashi ha kitto kaereru kara
(Because I certainly reached inside of you only once)

Furimukazu ni yuku wa
(I will not be afraid of reaching out my hand a second time)

            'Mia…I uhhh like you.' The memory in Elk's head was fresh as if it had just happened moments ago.

            'Uhh, thanks…' Mia said. Being an AI she was incapable of understanding what love was. Bound only to her program, she should by all means have no heart. However, Elk knew, he had helped her find one.

            'Thank you Elk,' Her voice could be heard echoing in the room as she faded.

Karappo datta mune ni ai to iu na no kioku

(Even if it cannot be found now)
Kimi ga amaku nigaku sosoide kureta
(There is still something precious)

Ichido dake kimi no naka tashika ni todoita kara
(I struggled on to you on the night when)

Kono te wo nobasu koto kowaku ha nai no nido to
(I merely embraced you)

            Kite stared at elk with a sad look on his face. AS if he was apologizing, silently. Elk looked at Kite, nodding as he turned away. Yellow circles surrounded him, and he faded, just like his best friend had done moments before.


Kimi wo hanarete yuku toki ni mo
(And when I go away from you)

Watashi ha koko ni kimi no naka ni

(I am in here, inside of you,)
Kimi wo michibiku hoshi no you ni
(Like the stars that guide you)

Zutto soba ni iru wa
(Constantly near you)