Chapter 8: Grief

"What did you want to see?" 'This place looks familiar…'

"Its…not today. Tomorrow. We… have to wait…"

"Okay. Where are we going to sleep?"

"I…thought you knew…. We are time traveling. There is no…. warmth or coldness. Remember?"

"Oh yea…. It's almost tomorrow anyways. Lets just go to sleep."

"Wait…. I want to sleep…. But not now…. Later…. After I see…," the blond said as she floated somewhere.

"Wait! Where are you going!" Jikan asked but the girl didn't stop. "Wait!" Jikan called out as she followed the girl.

"Tomorrow….at dawn…. Right here," the girl said as she pointed to a park.

"What's gonna happen?"

"To the… Street," the girl said with no emotion. Sure she was a ghost but she still showed emotions like when she was crying. Jikan had never seen her like this. Something must've happened. The girl wouldn't act like this unless she cared or something. "Sleep….. I will wake you….. When it starts…," the girl said before she touched Jikan's forehead and made her unconscious.


"Hey. Has anyone seen Jikan?"

"No Daisuke. Why?"

"Oh…then nevermind…. It's just that, I felt that she was gone…"

"Oh… No. That can't be true. She's probably just time traveling," Krad said.

"Oh. Okay then…," Daisuke said feeling embarrassed.


"…," SLAM! Riku slammed the phone down. She needed Jikan for something really important. Fine. Important to her. She knew that Daisuke liked Risa but she wanted to tell Daisuke that she liked him anyways. BUT she needed Jikan for this. She called her phone and cell phone but she wouldn't pick up any of them. She also wanted to ask her about the dance that was coming up soon. They were graduating and a party was going to be held too. She needed Jikan for this but where was she?

"RIKU! HURRY UP! SOMEONE ELSE MIGHT BUT THAT DRESS!" Risa yelled.

"Okay, okay," Riku said as she walked out the door with Risa.


"Wake…"

"Huh?" Jikan stood up still tired. She was drooling and saliva was falling from her mouth.

"It's….beginning…"

"Huh?" Jikan asked fully awake now.

"There…"the girl said as she pointed to a bench in the park. Dark and this girl with long brown hair were talking. They were laughing and stuff so they seemed like lovers.

"So Rika, do you love me?" Dark asked.

"Ha ha ha. Of course silly," the girl name Rika answered.

"Really! No joke!"

"Yes. No joke."

"Wow! I'm so happy today! Lets go somewhere to celebrate," Dark exclaimed as he pulled Rika's hand.

"Ha ha ha. Okay Dark."

"C'mon! What are we waiting for!" Dark said as he walked to the street with Rika. Green! Yes! "C'mon, Rika, Let's go," Dark said as they crossed the street.

"Oh! Wait! I forgot my purse!" Rika said as she ran back to the bench. The light was still green so Rika ran to catch up with Dark. She was running so fast that she didn't notice the truck still moving. The man driving the truck was talking on the phone while listening to some very loud music and drinking a soda and eating fries (What a PIG) the same time. The truck wasn't slowing down so he probably didn't notice the red light. Dark noticed this and realized Rika was going to get hit.

"RIKA! WATCH OUT!"

"Huh?" Rika said as Dark pushed her out of the way of the truck. Blood splattered everywhere and the truck finally stopped.

"Sniff… sniff…."

"Huh?" Jikan said as she looked at the ghost. She had her hands covering her mouth and she was shivering. She was crying and was on her knees. "Hey….are you okay?" The ghost just nodded her head and wiped her tears away. "Wait… If this was going to make you cry… why did you want to see it?"

"Because…. I… I wanted to see him….. smiling…to me…again…. Just one more time…"

"Oh….. Hey wait… Isn't this place--"

"Yes….it is… This place…is Time…."


"When do you think Jikan is coming back?" asked Daisuke.

"I don't know. Why? She can take care of herself, you don't have to worry about her," answered Satoshi.

"I know but Riku was looking for her, and I couldn't just tell her that she was time traveling. We might as well tell her pig's fly and goldfish walk."

Satoshi chuckled. "Just leave her alone. She'll come back," Satoshi said although so sure himself. He wasn't so sure on time traveling. He's never time traveled so how could he? 'She'll come back…'


"What? But isn't Rika human?"

"Yes. Dark….he fell in love with her…. He told her the truth, she accepted and he showed this place. Dark should've disappeared…. But he didn't. God…. He had reasons to keep alive…..until today. He was reborn again anyways since Rika died."

"What! How! Old age or something 'cause she's alive now from what I'm seeing."

"She…committed suicide…. Because….she couldn't live….without Dark…."

"Oh…wait… How do you know all this? What's your name anyways?"

"My…name?"

"Yeah. You know. When you were alive."

"My…name...it's Rika."