I Came Back

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Chapter Two

Sunlight filtered in through the window, spilling over Sae's eyelids, willing her awake. Birds sang loudly as they flew by the window. Sae slowly cracked her eyes open. The day was going to be beautiful, a startling contrast to the gloomy day before. It was as if the day knew of Mutsuki's sacrifice.

Yawning, Sae got up and stretched. She looked over at the other side of the futon to discover Yae had left.

'I wonder where Yae went?' Sae paused in thought before folding up the futons.

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Yae looked up at the twin house she may have to go through one day. She shuddered at the thought, stepping up to the newly made door. Taking a breath, she rapped lightly on the door. It slid open to reveal the always so adorable Chitose. The young girl's eyes widened slightly, but soon returned to normal as it was replaced by a light blush.

"Yae onee-chan. Have you seen Mutsuki onii-san? He didn't come home last night."

Yae put on a sympathetic smile for the girl.

"I'm sorry Chitose-chan. I haven't seen Mutsuki-san, either."

Chitose looked down, her eyes sad.

"Oh... I see. Arigato gozaimasu, Yae onee-chan."

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Itsuki looked out at the world outside his window. He stared down at Chitose talking to Yae, just as he had told her to do.

' With Chicko-chan having the only key to my room, it will be easy to write to Ryozo-san. Maybe then we'll be able to rest easy, Mutsuki...'

With these thoughts in mind, he pulled out some paper, and began drawing his elegant characters across the page.

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By nightfall, Itsuki's letter had been sent, giving him some time to grieve. The whole village also knew of Itsuki's failure and had set their acidic eyes on Sae and Yae. The twin girls had donned their white kimonos the next day...

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"What?!" Yae was outraged. " You expect me to strangle Sae?!"

Ryokan sat there, about as little emotion on his face as a rock. Yae sank into her place, sitting on the floor next to the table. Her head hung low, in shock and disbelief.

'Sae... I can't do that to her. I can't kill her...' Tears sprang to her eyes. Sae, sitting next to her sister, embraced her shoulders lightly. She had a calm expression on her façade.

"How long do we have, father?"

Ryokan appeared to have acknowledged her question, but dismissed it right away. Instead of answering, he got up and moved towards the shoji. Pausing briefly, he looked back at his daughters to give them his wise words of advice. "This is your destiny. Accept it." With that, he left.

His words struck a nerve in Yae, causing her to get emotional. 'Accept it?! How can he say that?'

"Sae," She held her sister close. "I don't want to kill you. I can't kill you. I can't do this..."

Sae petted Yae's hair in attempt to calm her.

"What do you suggest we do?

--- TBC

OMG!! I almost forgot about this! I'm sorry for those whom have waited for forever for this. I've been really busy with school work, you know. ; I never figured 10th grade to be so hard! I'm currently struggling to get all my work in. It's really hard for me, since I'm usually lazy, y'know?

So, anyho. I'm sorry for the short chapter. It looks longer on paper. I added a few details in here, compared to what I had origionally wrote. So, hopefully you guys would like that.

And now, onto the reviews!

Sae Kurosawa- Thank you! I hope I get around to writing more, also. Preferrably longer chapters ;

Sky-Pirate-Tat- I'm sorry!! T.T I meant to write a longer chapter, but then those attempts go straight to the abyss and back. I will try harder to get them to be longer, though! cross your fingers! crosses her's

MajinVeggieHead- OMG! Veggie soup! You actually reviewed! YAY!! I'm honored that you liked my story. I will hopefully not forget about this again and give you something interesting to read XP god knows that dutchie crap is.. well... lame. I've told you once, and I'll tell you again. GET THE GAME! It's to die for literally.

Sinizzae- Woo!! I'm very glad that you liked my story. I'm seriously trying my best, as of right now, to go on with this story. Right now, I'm getting started on chapter 3 (or chapter 4, depending on how you look at it.). Hopefully it'll be done by the end of next week. Oh, just so that you know, I started flipping out that I actually inspired someone to do something. My writing isn't very good compared to other's, so it was very surprizing to see your review. Infact, I went and looked at a couple of your storys. They're pretty good! Don't put down our writing, all you need is a little bit of work and it will become a whole lot better. You'll see!

Mafuyu13- Hey! I'm really glad to hear that I have improved. I'd have to beat myself over the head if my writing was the same as two years ago. It was too bright, and not realistic enough. Not everyone can become a summoner and get the guy they want. Plus, my grammer sucked. Oh, and I will make this different from the Fatal Frame story line. It'll have a few good twists. I already have the ending all set out. This is gunna get good!

white mage 12- Thank you. I'm sure you're right about that, but I don't know of anything else that they could sleep on. So, I'll just use Futons for now, until I get some better information. Thank you very much for pointing that out, though!

In a mix- Oh, goodie! That means I got something right, at least. I hope this chapter is as good as the last. I'm kind of getting over a writer's block at the moment, so. Please don't kill me if the chapter's done for!

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