City of Tears

Charlotte closed her eyes and slept. Melissa quietly shut the door, and running to her room to stop the tears realized that if she stopped it once perhaps she could do it again. Melissa waited until Charlotte awoke to tell her.

Charlotte stared at the ceiling... then spoke. "Things I feel like I should remember are slowly fading away... but I have this feeling that what I'm doing now is wrong. But what is it he wants me to do? Who am I? I don't understand anymore. I'm just going to cause more pain if I stay here. I should go. (Through this whole time the second mini-theme from the episode with Kagome beating the curse Tsubaki put upon her playing) "Charlotte?" Melissa asked walking through the door. Charlotte looked behind her. "Meli.... Don't let me down. I'm going to stop what I've started." Melissa ran to her side. "No! Not yet! Come spend two more days with me." Melissa urged. Charlotte stepped down from the window.

Melissa took Charlotte to their childhood villages, and homes... bringing back the memories hidden inside her. Then they were there. The place they knew Inuyasha... Floydada. Camp OC. Charlotte felt sadness come over her quicker then happiness was found. Melissa smiled. "If you are to defeat Inuyasha... would you stay here with me? Keep me company?" Melissa asked trying to win against Inuyasha once again. "Meli... He cannot die until I die. He has my soul, and if I am to die... he would die for me to live. No matter how it happens we die. Death takes us both...(smile) But there's one thing we can do. We can live together... if you will help me, I can come see you; but I mustn't allow myself to get off coarse." Charlotte answered. "Charlotte Spychaj! How can you live with yourself? You threw everything away for what! A cartoon that loves you only because you think no one else will! You threw everything we worked hard for away! You're throwing your life away! If I did something as desperate as that I would rather live then die. I would find a way to take my soul back, and make sure he never returned. You know that I love Escaflowne but I wouldn't make Vahn real because I happen to like him. You're throwing your life here away! It's so stupid!" Melissa argued, tears flowing down the side of her face. Charlotte hid her face out of shame. "Oh Melissa. I can't... I swore, and I remember. I swore I would find out why we celebrated the day I forgot Inuyasha, and now I know. If I am to stop anymore-innocent deaths... then I will stop him. I made him invincible except to you or me. To You! You can hurt him Melissa, and I don't know why I would let you! I can't bare the fact you would die, and I can't kill you let alone him! You yes are dearer to me then life itself, but he is my life. I have no life other then with you, and when you left I was all alone, and I was lost. I didn't want that anymore, so I decided to go and be with him..." As charlotte continued Melissa gasped. Her comma! He put her in a comma! I don't understand... if she wanted to see me she should've called, but I... I guess she's right. I couldn't even take a week off let alone talk to someone who would go crazy because she's afraid of not death but losing one of us. She thought.

Melissa smiled at her friend as she saw her silver tears. The sun shone so brightly on them, and her friend was so sad. How did she let this happen? Was it her fault? "Melissa... don't ever think it is your fault. I was just so lonely, and I lost all of my other friends because even after you did the terrible... the worst they thought possible of your character I wanted to stay with you. Yes drugs were bad, but you got through it. And I was so happy, and even though you couldn't rely on your other friends I knew you could rely on me. I knew I would never leave you, but then... You disappeared. I no longer saw you... I no longer heard from you, but I continued to wait. I continued to talk to you sister, hoping you would be home soon, but soon I could no longer call, for she had moved away. Your mother still thought I was crazy, and that was making everything about Inuyasha more real... he was becoming a real living, breathing demon; and soon he would do the same to others. It would be chaos, but I still hanged on to the thought you would call. Unfortunately you didn't, and I lost all control of Inuyasha. He was his own person." Melissa and Charlotte continued to talk, and soon they had returned home. Tomorrow was their last day, and she would soon find out the last they would ever see of each other.