Chapter 13 It All Comes Down to This
Previously in Shattered Hope:
Ayume panicked, why would he be slowing down? Then she got her answer, he speed up and with everything he had he rammed back into them. Ayume slammed forward losing control of the car. That's when they hit.
Serena felt pain running through her head, slowly with the only moment she had, she used her hand to check her forehead. She pulled it back down to notice that it had blood on it. Ayume's car didn't have air bags. She didn't have much head movement, so she couldn't see if her 'friend' was alright. She was groggy; she didn't even hear her door open. Two hands grabbed her. They were the disgustingly familiar hands of Yukio. She was helpless; there was nothing she could do her in current state. /Darien/
Darien felt something rush through him. /Serena/, was his only thought.
And now on with the show...
The night was quiet. All was calm, except for one thing. This wasn't exactly a thing it was a person. Darien Chiba to be exact. But he wasn't himself one could say. Something had called out to him, Serena had called out to him. That when it happened, he didn't really understand, something rushed through him, something new, yet something very old.
He had been standing outside of the police department with Andrew when it had happened. He felt her, not like before. It was different. He knew where she was. He knew that he could find her, his heart would lead him there. Andrew didn't understand at the time. Darien had just run off, leaving Andrew speechless.
He had run into the alley nearby. That's when the change happened. He had intended to change into Tuxedo Mask so he could reach her faster. Whenever she was in trouble he would change. He felt different, she felt different. Like it was something-greater calling out to him. He was no longer himself, nor Tuxedo Mask, he was Endymion the man in desperate need to reunite with his love.
She groaned her mind was a jumble of confusion. Her head ached and she couldn't remember what had happened. She opened her eyes slightly and took in her surroundings. She was lying on a soft mattress, her blond hair cascading on the comfortable sheets. Carefully and slowly she sat herself up resting against the headboard of the queen-size bed. Her surroundings were certainly new to her, or at least she thought they were. She wrecked her brain trying to remember what happened but nothing came too.
"Hello?" Serena called out into the room. It was nicely decorated. It was light blue and had this nice feminine touch to it. She found it comforting; maybe this room was in fact her room. "Is anyone here?" She tried to get up from the bed but the excruciating pain coming from her head prevented her from doing so. /What happened to me?/
The door opened and a young man walked in. He had a smile on his face. "Oh, your awake. I didn't think you'd be up this soon." He walked over and set a tray of food on the nightstand. "How are you feeling? Any better than this morning?"
"This morning?" She asked herself more than she did the strange man sitting next to her. She didn't remember being awake.
He put his hand over her forehead and checked her temperature. "You're still a little warm. The doctor said that your fever should go away with the medicine that he gave you yesterday." He went to get the tray.
She grabbed his wrist, stopping him. "Where...where am I?"
He smiled sadly, "you really don't remember do you?"
Her eyes went downcast, "no, no I don't."
He sat back down on the bed, placing the wooden TV dinner tray next to him. "Well, for starters you're at home, and this is your room." He paused, "My name is Yukio."
"And, who am I?"
He smiled and stared into her eyes, "Your name is Aneko."
/Aneko/ She tossed it over in her head, /why doesn't that sound familiar?/ She looked back over at this, Yukio. "Yukio, how do we know each other?"
"Our parents are friends so we hung out a lot together when we were kids." He trailed off, "since your accident 5 years ago we haven't talked really."
She was intrigued. Here was her chance to learn about herself and her past, to learn about who she was. "Why didn't we talk after my accident?"
"Because Aneko," he paused and was no longer able to look into her eyes, "you were in a coma until 2 days ago. After the doctors thought that you would never come out of your coma your parents decided it was best to keep you at home."
She moved to sit up more properly and Yukio assisted her. "So where are my parents now? And why are you here, and what kind of accident did I have?"
He stopped her a bit, "Slow down, I'll get to all your questions. You're still tired and weak. You still need your rest, and something to eat."
Serena smiled sheepishly, "if I forget to say it later, thank you Yukio for everything."
He stood up; "it's not a problem, its what friends are for." He turned and left her alone in the room.
Serena looked around the room. Still nothing seemed familiar. Nothing clicked and told her anything about her life. She carefully swung her legs to the side of the bed, so that they were hanging over the side. Carefully grabbing the nightstand she steadied herself so that she could attempt to stand. She wasn't hungry and she really wanted to know who she was.
With the right amount of effort she was able to stand, though she did wobble getting into the standing position. Before Yukio had entered she noticed a jewelry box. It was simple, wooden with nice embroidery from what she could see on the side. If this was in fact her room then that little wooden box was her jewelry box.
Holding on to anything she could to support herself she made her way to the dresser, which the box sat upon. She gently bushed her hand against the wood it was smooth and sleek to her touch. She tried to lift it but it was locked. /I guess that I need a key to open it./ She searched the dresser top but she couldn't see anything that could open the box.
/If I was a key where would I be?/ Fumbling through the top drawers she finally found something that she could open it with, a bobby pin. Carefully maneuvering it through the key whole she managed to hear a click that singled that she had opened it.
Slowly pulling back the lid that reveal memories of her past Serena was met with a beautiful tune. It was a music box she hadn't realized it until she opened it. The music was sweet but she couldn't seem to feel anything familiar about it. The tiny pink ballerina in the center spinner didn't do anything either.
"What are you doing?" She was caught, she instantly slammed the lid shut and turned to find out who the intruder was.
"Yukio, I thought you left," She trailed off hoping that she wouldn't have to explain herself to him. If this was her room than she had every right to look around in it.
He eyed her questionably trying to figure out what she was hiding, "I came back to see if you finished eating."
She kept her back against the dresser. There was something about him that she didn't like something that made her nervous. "I wasn't hungry" He advanced towards her with this very strange look in his eyes. He was coming closer to her and she didn't like it one bit. "I just want to get a feel for who I was...I mean am."
He was inches from her face. That's when she felt something familiar his breath on her neck. This had happened before she knew it. She shuddered she didn't like the feel of it at all, had Yukio done something to her that she couldn't remember? "What were you looking at Aneko?" His voice was different, colder than it had been earlier.
She was frightened, she felt weak, and she hated this feeling he was making her feel. "I told you," she paused and looked him in the eye, " I was looking through some of my stuff, after all this is my room isn't it. I was just hoping that something would jog my memory."
He moved his hand and for a moment she thought that he was going to touch her, instead he just sidestepped and reached around her and picked up her music box. A stepped away from her and smiled. "This is the music box I gave to you for your 9th birthday."
So it was a gift, a gift from Yukio. Serena looked at it more closely. "You gave it to me?" She might have been frightened just mer seconds ago but now Yukio had changed, he had become more soft and calmer.
His smile was soft and his wasn't really looking at her, he spoke with a soft tone, "I remember how one day when our moms where shopping together, and we walked into this antique shop and you found this box. And you feel in love with it instantly and you really wanted to get it. And you didn't have enough money and your mom wouldn't buy it for you.
"So I saved up 4 months worth of allowance just so that I could buy it for your birthday. You were really happy when I gave it to you." He gently placed it back down on the dresser beside her. "I think you should try to eat something now."
She nodded in agreement and followed him back to the light pink coloured bed. He carefully helped her descend onto the bed so that she was in the sitting position. He sat down neck to her and pulled the food tray between the two of them. He opened up one of the container, the nice smell wafted in the air, slight steam rising from it.
Serena smiled at the smell, it smelled really good. "Umm, that smells good, what is it?"
He stirred the food slightly with a spoon, "Chicken noodle soup," he gave her a crooked grin, "Mrs. Tanaka thought it would help you feel better."
He handed her the spoon and she sipped it lightly, it was still a little bit hot. "A little hot," She wiped her lips from where it had split. She took another spoonful and blew on it lightly. The inter time Yukio was staring at her intently. It made her nervous, like he wanted something. She put the spoon back down, "Yukio, I know that you said that you would wait to tell me all the answers to my questions." She had caught his attention, "Where are my parents right now?"
He feigned a frown, but she didn't notice it. "Aneko I don't really know how to tell you this, but about 3 years after you accident your parents split. Your dad couldn't take living with your mom anymore and he moved to America.
"Your mom is at work right now, she has to pay the bills and her boss shortened her shift so that she could come home earlier. I'm sorry that I had to be the one to tell you, I don't like lying to you."
She didn't know how to feel, she knew that she should be sad but she couldn't, she couldn't even remember this man that was supposed to be her father. How could she possibly miss someone that she didn't even know? "Thank you Yukio for telling me...where is it that my mother works?"
"At the hospital, she normally works a 12 hour shift but her boss is giving her a 10 hour one."
Her mother worked at the hospital, "When did she leave?"
Yukio pulled back his sleeve and checked his watch, "About 2 hours ago, she should be home around 7 tonight."
"Okay," so in eight hours she was finally going to see her mother. The thought comforted her. She wouldn't have to spend anymore time with Yukio. She took some more sips of her soup and nibbled a little on her toast.
Yukio removed the tray and placed in on her nightstand, "I think you should try to get some rest now."
Serena laughed, "Yukio I have been sleeping for 5 years, I think that I've done enough resting to last me a long time."
"I know that you're anxious to get moving and look around and explore, but the doctor said that you still need your rest, your body still isn't functioning properly." He tossed back the covers so that she could slide her legs under.
"But I only woke up a little while ago," She whimpered.
"Don't complain to me, doctors orders." She sighed and gave in, if she was sleeping or pretending to sleep than she wouldn't have to be around Yukio.
"Fine," she lay down and Yukio pulled the covers up to her chin. "'Night Yukio."
"Night Aneko, sweet dreams." He turned and left shutting the door behind him.
Good, now she was alone. Time to wrack her brain trying to figure out whom she was. Yukio hadn't really told her what she had been like before her accident. What if she wasn't the person she was before, what if she could never remember? She tried to stay awake but she sleep finally fell over her.
He dived into the lake after her. He couldn't find her. He dived under again. He spotted her at the bottom and swam towards her. He pulled her out and placed her on the grass. She wasn't breathing; he would have to do mouth to mouth. He tilted her head back, and opened her mouth. He put his lips over hers and breathed into her mouth. Her eyes opened and he pulled back. She then tilted to the side and spat out the water she swallowed. He rubbed her back while she coughed up the water. It was sort of an intimate gesture. She turned back to look at him, he was sitting behind her.
"Are you alright?" He asked her. She only looked into his eyes.
She stared into his eyes. They seemed so familiar, like she had seen them somewhere before. She realized that she had been staring at him, she blushed. "Thank you for saving my life".
He gave her a genuine smile, "Don't mention it." He helped her to her feet. "I have to go." Then she did something she herself didn't expect to do. She kissed him.
Once she realized what she had done, she mumbled 'sorry' and headed in the other direction. He grabbed her by the shoulder and turned her around to face him. He crashed his lips down on hers. Then the kiss ended, leaving her breathless. He disappeared off into the day, jumping from rooftop to rooftop.
She stood still in awe, her fingers on her lips where the remains of his kiss still lingered. "Wow." was all she could say. /I kissed him, and he kissed me back./ She smiled.
"School work," He grumbled.
"That good huh," She made him smile, "I'm not good at school work either".
"Maybe it's because of those meat balls." He teased her.
"Hey", She playfully swatted him, "What's wrong with my hair?"
"Nothing, they just look funny". She frowned at him, "I'm kidding I think they look... cute". A small smiled crept onto her face, "I mean, once you get past the part where they look like food".
"Hey!" She stuck her tongue out at him, "That's not fair!" She splashed water at him. He jumped back; the water was dripping down his clothes.
He smirked evilly; she knew that look, "Now you going to get it". He splashed up water at her. She jumped back and squealed. She glared at him, and then she noticed that he was about to do it again so she took off running in the direction of the wild flower field. He was close behind her. She looked over her shoulder, not looking in front of her she tripped. Two hands encircled around her waist, stopping her from smashing into the ground face first. Darien helped her up,
"Thank you," Serena felt a blush rising on her cheeks.
"No problem," He replied, not noticing that he still had Serena in his arms.
"Um... Darien?" She felt a little weird; not that she didn't like being in his arms. In fact she really felt comfortable.
He was confused until he realized what was going on, "Oh". He let go of her, missing the warmth that she was giving off. She blushed and turned her back to him. "Ser--- how is it that each time we see each other you end up tripping over something?"
Serena woke up some time later, her stomach growling lightly, she was hungry again. Then again she hadn't eating that much for breakfast and it was around 11, it was a good enough time to eat lunch.
Her dream confused her, switching from one thing to another. She knew that she was the girl in the dream, but she didn't know who the boy or who the man was. And if it was a memory, than why was she older in the first part? /Darien...I called him Darien./ She shifted in her covers. /Do I know him, where we friends?/
The dream was more than confusing, especially the first part. That man had saved her, and then she kissed him. From what it seemed she didn't normally do that. She touched her fingers to her lips; she could still feel the familiar tingle of the kiss still present there. /So it was real, I knew that it couldn't be a dream./
She sat up, she was really getting tired a lying around. Yukio had picked the perfect time to show up and check on her. "I though I heard you waking up," he shut the door behind him.
"Yeah, I couldn't really sleep that much, I think I've overslept." She smiled slightly.
Yukio chuckled, "you might be right about that. Is there anything I can get you?" He heard her stomach growl, "Maybe some food."
"Yeah that would be good." Yukio turned and was about to walk out, "Yukio who's Darien?"
Yukio stopped dead in his tracks, "Darien?" Did she find out, did she already remember?
"Yes, I keep on thinking about this name, Darien. I feel that I know him." She didn't know if she could really explain it to Yukio when she herself didn't really.
"Well Darien..." He would have to choose his words carefully. He hadn't really planned on this. "Darien...he...Darien was...a friend of ours." /Don't ask anymore questions/
"A friend?" So her dream was right, "How do I know him?"
"School, you know him from school. We used to play together in the sand box when we were little kids." He chuckled a little.
"Did we still hangout together before my accident?"
Yukio's face-hardened before he answered, "Darien is the reason why you had that accident, he is the reason why you were in a coma for 5 years."
She was shocked to say the least, "He was? Is he alright, he wasn't hurt was he?"
"He's alright, came out with only a scratch. I hoped that he wouldn't"
"Yukio!" How could he say such things, "just because he might have caused my accident doesn't mean that we should wish anything bad on anyone. I wouldn't wish what happened to me on my worst enemy." For a few minutes they were silent, "I want to see him."
Yukio almost forgot what they were talking about, "Who?"
"Darien. I want to see Darien Yukio." She said it with conviction. Yukio hadn't been able to stir up any memories but maybe Darien could.
He started shaking his head, "Oh no, you're not going to be seeing him. Darien is bad news Serena."
"I think that I should be..." /Serena? That seems so familiar. Did he just call me Serena?/ "What did you just call me?"
"Hum?" He hadn't realized his mistake before it was too late. "I called you Aneko."
"Um, no you didn't you called me Serena." Something fishy was going on here.
"No I'm pretty sure that I called you Aneko." Shit, was she finding out, was she remembering?
"No you didn't, why would you call me Serena?" Now she knew that he was hiding something from her. "Is that my name, are you lying to me Yukio? Is that even your name?" She started to get angry, here she was unable to remember who she was and he was lying to her about her name. "I want to talk to my mother, I want to talk to her now!" She demanded.
He started coming dangerously close to her. "Aneko I don't know what you're talking about but this could be the after effects of your accident."
She backed away from him. "Don't give me that, I want to speak to my mother." She got off the other side of the bed. It now was the only thing separating them. She tried to move but he copied her movements on the other side. She was scared; the look in his eyes was purely anger and sheer madness. "Why are you doing this!"
His smile sent chills down her spine, "Because Serena, we are meant to be together, I wanted to start fresh make a new beginning. But I guess that you don't want to do that. We could have had something great, but you had to go and mess it up."
He moved to come to her side and she moved away. She was breathing heavily, this defiantly felt familiar. "Mess what up, I don't even remember, all I know is that you lied to me!"
He talked to her in a calm voice, his eyes still holding fire. "I just wanted us to be together, I know that we belong together. Can't you see that Serena, I wouldn't have gone through all of this if I didn't love you."
"Love me! You're crazy, you don't love me!" She needed to get out of here, to find somewhere safe, somewhere away from Yukio.
He jumped over the bed and stood in front of her, "But Serena I do love you, what do I have to do to prove that to you."
She started to back towards the door. "If you say that you love me then let me go!"
He walked more towards her, "Serena but then we wouldn't be together!"
She was scared, she didn't know what was going on, this man was pledging his undying love to her, but at the same time he was lying to her. She didn't know what he could have done to her while she was sleeping. All she knew is that she wanted Darien, who ever he was and that she wanted to get out of here. "Please Yukio you have to let me go, you know that you do."
"No!" He screamed and threw the food tray against the wall. Serena cringed and whimpered. "NO, NO, NO! We belong together! We are going to stay together forever Serena, that's how strong our love is." He was angry and violent.
She moved towards the door, "Yukio I think that maybe...if you let me go we can still be friends. I just need to go home, and after I leave you'll see things more clearly."
He threw his head back in madness and laughter, "Serena," He finally grabbed her by the arm, "you haven't been listening to me."
She smiled weakly, hoping to play him, "Yes Yukio I have, but before we can," she backed up more, "can continue with our relationship we need to have a little breather, you know a little time apart." She tried to smile hoping that he was buying it. "And after that then we can pick up where we left off."
He slapped her across the face and her head turned violently from the force, "do you think I stupid Serena?" He twisted her arm and she yelped, "Huh? Do you really think that I'm that STUPID!"
The pain in her arm was immense, "No," she whimpered out as he yet again pulled painfully on her arm. "I don't think you stupid."
"If you don't think I'm stupid then why Serena," he pulled again, causing a groan to escape Serena's lips, "are you trying to play me?"
"I'm not, I just want to go home." He released her arm and pushed her against the wall. She slammed against it and slid down. "Please I just want to go home." She started rocking against the wall, chanting, "I just want to go home."
"Oh will you just shut up!" He looked at her and mocked her, "I'm Serena the little cry baby, 'I just want to go home' boo freakin' woo!" He grabbed her from her hurting arm and dragged her to the bed, he less that lightly threw her onto it. "It's not always about you Serena, what about me? What about what I want?"
"Yukio," she choked out between sobs, "Please don't do this."
He grabbed her wrists and used his body to pin her to the bed, "I'm sorry Serena, but I think that its time we took our relationship to the next level."
She struggled, trying to use her legs to get him off. She kicked him in the shins, hoping that she would hit some part of it and he would lose his grip, "STOP IT!"
He got her into a position, which she could, no longer use her legs as leverage. "Aww, come on Serena, it won't be that difficult, just as long as you don't fight it." He smirked down at her. He forcefully kissed her, not expecting what would happen next, she bit him. He screamed, blood forming at his lips. He took his free hand and slapped her across the face. "Once again Serena, that was something you shouldn't have done."
"Please just stop this Yukio, you don't have to do this." Pleading was getting no where with him.
"Please blah ba blah blah blah blah," he mocked her, "I've already hear that tune Serena, why don't you try to play me another one."
A new voice entered the room, "How about this one asshole?" Yukio was thrown off Serena. Endymoin looked at Serena but realized that he needed to deal with Yukio first before he could tend to her.
Yukio tried to pull himself up; wiping the blood from Serena's bit off on the back of his hand. "Well isn't this an unpleasant surprise Darien. If you don't mind you were interrupting Serena and I," he gestured towards the bed, "we were having a moment."
"Yeah," he grabbed Yukio by his collar, "I do mind." He slammed his fist into his face. Yukio then kicked Darien, sending him back towards the bed.
"Well, then, I don't really care do I." He smirked and pulled something out of his pocket.
Serena watched, helpless, not knowing what to do. This was Darien; this was the man of her dreams. But there was something different. In the first part of her dream she knew that Darien was the masked man, subtle hints that he was someone that she knew. In the second part, he was different. Like something had changed that boy to the young masked man. She didn't quite understand.
Now here he was, defending her from her attacker. The two of them knew each other, obviously since Yukio had warned her to stay away from him. All the while she should have been staying away from Yukio himself. She watched as Yukio charged towards Darien. She couldn't understand why she couldn't remember, all she knew is that she had this feeling that she needed to help Darien and she had done it before. But then again, this man before her wasn't Darien. She noticed that Yukio tried to gut Darien with the knife, "Endy watch out!"
He heard her and moved to the side, dodging the blade. He grabbed Yukio's armed hand and turn his wrist, causing him to drop the weapon from the pain. For a split second he looked back at her, she had called him Endy, was it that obvious that he was his former self, could she tell? Did she too remember her past life like he did?
/Endy...Endymion?/ That was what she called him. That was what the little boy's name was. She remember, how could she ever forget?
'Serenity...' His hand reached out to hers, only missing. It was the end, this was when they had last seen each other. This was when they had died. She had watched him die, only to follow him into darkness moments after.
Serena's lives past before her eyes. Her life on the moon and on Earth, it easy to see that she loved Darien. Every thing all made sense now, it was like some greater power wanted this to happen, that there was a purpose for everything and every one.Endymoin looked back at her, Yukio no longer being his biggest concern. Stupidly, that was where he went wrong. The second he was distracted that was when Yukio got him. Yukio had landed an uppercut on his jaw, surprising him. He staggered slightly backwards, almost loosing his footing.
Yukio got his wrist back from Endymoin; he now had the use of his blade back. He took that chance, and shoved the knife into his stomach.
Endymoin gasped, not expecting it. His face contoured in an expression of shock. His hands going down to the inflicted wound in disbelief. Thick red blood was forming a small pool on his hands, staining his armor.
Serena choked back a sob; he wasn't going to die. She wasn't going to let him die; they had just been reunited. They had just found each other again to only been taken away within minutes. She rushed over to his side without even thinking. He tried to get her to not come to him, to get her to leave. If he died than Yukio won. If Endymion died, she died.
"Endy," she whimpered looking at his blood stained shirt.
Yukio stood triumphantly with the knife in his hands, marveling his handy work. "Oh Serena I don't think you should move one more inch towards him." He moved behind Endymoin who had now dropped to his knees in his weakened state. "If you move I'll slit his throat, and I'll make him have a," he smirked evilly, "more painful death."
"Please don't!" She screamed she didn't want to loose her love. "Please don't kill him!" Tears fan freely down her pale cheeks. "I'll do anything, just please, don't kill him."
"Oh Serena, I think that I might just let you both live and have happy lives together," he laughed, "I've learned the error of my ways, I'll change. Ha," he started laughing uncontrollably. "No Serena, this is how it works, I kill him quickly or I kill him slowly, its up to you."
She looked from Yukio to him. Their eyes meeting. His, begging her to ran while she could, hers telling him that she wasn't going to leave him here to die. "I'll do whatever you want me to do Yukio."
Yukio smiled, "Now that's what I like to hear." He looked back down at Darien, "now all we have to do is decide what to do with you." Yukio's expression changed, he was shocked to say the least.
Endymoin removed his sword from Yukio's chest. He slumped down and used the sword for support. He could no longer support his body weight; Serena rushed to his side, this time Yukio not stopping her. She carefully held him, trying to avoid his wounds and help him to sit. She looked down at his wound, noticing that the blood flow was great and that he was losing blood quickly. Tears streaked down her cheeks; she choked back a sob as she moved his shirt up to further inspect it. Endymoin winced as she did it, she mumbled 'sorry' as she cut a piece of her own shirt to wrap around the gash.
When she was finished covering it for him, she glanced back at Yukio's unmoving form. She needed to be certain for herself that he truly was dead. She slowly moved over to his form and she knelt beside him. She hoped that he was dead, that she could be finished and done with this, so that she could move on with her life. His blood had flowed freely across the wooden floor of the room. She thought that Endymoin had bleed a lot, but no, Yukio has so much blood, she had never seen so much. Her index and first finger shook violently as she proceeded to advance towards his pulse point.
Her fingers finally made contact with his neck, she sucked in air as she felt a hand grab her wrist. Yukio looked into her eyes and air escaped from his lips, his dark eyes pieced through to her soul.
She scrammed backwards on while sitting, her body finally met with the wall, her chest was heaving up and down like a mad man. He couldn't be alive, he wasn't alive. She tried to convince herself of that. She looked into his eyes, his empty black eyes. His body twitched, was it just a post mordum reflect of the body after death? She had heard about it before, but she could wear that when he looked into her eyes, that was the last thing he saw.
She didn't know how long she sat there, her back against the wall, letting everything that happened to her sink in. Darien, she needed to get him to a hospital. She supported him as he stood, "use my body for support."
The walked to the door, Endymoin glancing at Yukio's body as they passed it and he paused. Serena gave him a questioning glance. He look back at the door, "let's get out of here."
THE END!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A.N. at last it is FINALLY DONE! Ah, that was sooo much work that last couple of paragraph's gave me so much grief trying to write, but now its finished. This was the last chapter, most likely I'm going to write an epilogue to tie up the loose ends of the story but the mean part of it is done and Yukio is dead! does a little happy dance Thank you so much for being patient with me cause I have been really really busy since the summer. I'd like to give special thanks to those who reviewed:
Hopeless Dreamer 1125
KrystalJade
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Chibi J : to answer your question about the smell of the dead mother I had to look into Yukio's in-depth character and the answer I found was, he preserved her. Meaning that he took care of her to keep her in the best , as best as a dead woman can be in that is. As for the matter of bail for Andrew, Darien and the girls, they were let out of jail because their bail was posted. By who, lets say Rei's grandfather who knows someone who knows someone in the police department and that someone owed a favor, and as you can see, that's how they got out.
SkyRaven : to add to your comment 'no body suspects the butterfly'
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Mere Bear : humm I never thought of Darien's criminal record like that, now that you mention it, it is hott. Lol
Tramie: you are right, you are very lazy, get off your bum so we can write :P
And also a special thanks to: Mere Bear, and Tramie for helping me write the last chapter of the story because I wouldn't have been able to do it without you guys. As well as Laura for giving me 'living dead girl' by Rob Zombie to listen to as I struggled through the last few paragraphs of the story.
Until next time,
Shottsy
