None of these Characters belong to me at all, they belong to Rumiko Takahashi and the creators of Grave of the Fireflies. Well, at least the story belongs to grave of the fireflies. I changed some stuff from Grave but it's not all that different. The characters are all Takahashi's though- . So without further adieu, here's my story.. be sure to bring kleenex's cuz it only gets sadder. This fic mostly centers around Nabiki, and Akane. Gosunkugi is a vital to the story, but he comes in the later. For those of you who have not seen Grave, don't read this till you watch it cuz it'll spoil the movie for you, I mean unless you wanna read it ofcourse, I don't care ok, on with the shooowww!!
-Where Angels Fear to Tread-
-LMG-
In the beginning, there is eternal darkness and suddenly there's a spotlight.
You see a character walk into it. It looks like a boy with a short bob hair cut and he's wearing a white beret and a green heavy jacket with khakis pants and brown boots. He has a pack on his back.
The boy slowly raises his head and you see that it's not a boy at all, but Nabiki.
Her face is dirty, and she looks tired and worn out from crying.
There is a flash and Nabiki's gone.
The light begins to dim and you see little fireflies cover the screen.
You see a character fading into view.
It is Nabiki and she is leaning up against a pillar.
She is dressed in rags and is filthy.
As the scene becomes clearer, you see that Nabiki is at a public place.
There are people walking around her telling her she's disgusting and that bums should not be allowed in a public place like this.
Nabiki is still sitting there not moving. She seems to be mouthing something, but it's not like anyone's listening.
As the day turns into night, Nabiki is sitting by herself in the dark. She has enough strength to mutter one last word.
"Akane..."
Then she keels over onto the ground. Her eyes slowly close. There are flies buzzing around her and you get the feeling that she won't ever open her eyes again.
Midnight rolls around and there is a clean up crew at the place. They're cleaning up the dead bodies.
A burly janitor pokes at Nabiki's still form with the blunt end of his broom.
"Hey-"
Nothing.
The man shakes his head and tsks.
"Ah man, looks like we got another one over here...."
He spies something in Nabiki's hands. He bends over and pries it away from her cold fingers.
"Ne? What's this?"
He eyes the object carefully. It's a little blue marble. The man snorts.
It's nothing spectacular.
He takes it and tosses it in the grass outside.
There is a greenish/blue light coming from outside.
A figure steps out from the darkness.
It's Nabiki. She's alive and well.
She looks down at the little blue marble in the dirt and smiles.
This was the little marble that she found for her Akane the day they went to the beach.
Nabiki picks it up and looks at it.
There are tears brimming in her eyes.
Suddenly, she hears Akane's laughter, she turns around and sees little five year old Akane running around in the grass behind her.
Akane sees Nabiki and squeals in delight. She runs towards her older sister and hugs her.
Nabiki grabs Akane's hands and squeezes it tight. She gives Akane her jewel and they both walk away into the night hand in hand.
Nabiki's speaks. Her voice is clear and strong, un-afraid.
"Let me tell you the story about how we died...."
-End-
What do you think? I know I know, but like I said, this is my rendition of Grave of the Fireflies and i changed a few things... but i don't care if you don't like it tough!! =P anyways, if you don't wanna read it then don't but if you do, let me warn you, it only gets worse from here on out. so prepare your kleenex's y'all. If you're expecting Ranma to come in, he doen's untill the later chapters... =PPPPP
-LMG-