Shadow light

This is chapter fourteen of Shadow light, but first reviews!

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And now…chapter fourteen!

Prev: Sora started to tell everything. Everything about her past. Everything about what happened here. When she was ready with her story, she stopped crying. It felt good to tell everything to Sojiro. "Don't worry Sora-chan. Now c'mon, we have to take care of your wounds." Sora nodded slowly, and with one last look at the dead woman, she left the house.

"There must be some bandages around here somewhere…" Sojiro muttered smiling.

The whole village was empty. It wasn't a big village, most men died with the fight, other men ran away with their children and wives. Now Sojiro was looking for some bandages in a house were the people had fled. He opened a closet and began his search in there. With a big smile on his face, Sojiro finally found bandages. He walked to Sora, who sat on the ground.

"I finally found some bandages Sora-chan." Sojiro said kneeling down before Sora.

Sora didn't answer. She looked at her boots that were covered with blood. Sora could hear the scream of dead from her mother. And then the scream from the woman she killed just a few minutes ago.

"I'm a murderer Sojiro-chan…" Sora said silently.

"No you aren't." Sojiro said turning the bandages around Sora's knee.

"But I murdered that woman for no reason at all."

"I don't know why you did that Sora-chan, but I'm certain there is a reason for it."

Sora thought about what Sojiro said. A reason. What was her reason?

"I wasn't myself anymore…Something in my mind said that if I would kill her, that I would have my revenge. I was angry. I lost my mother. That child didn't. Why me and not she? Now I realise that it was a stupid mistake…" She was silent for a moment. "…to kill that woman. Cause now, that child knows the same pain as me. Maybe she'll end up like me… killing…"

"We all make mistakes we regret at the end Sora-chan. It's something natural. We can't stop it when we want to."

Sojiro was done with getting the bandages around Sora's knee. He stood up and offered his hand. He pulled Sora on her feet.

"Can you walk?"

"Yes, don't worry."

"Okay good."

Sora nodded. They walked out of the house. Sora looked around. She could see the house were she killed that woman from the place she was standing. Sora started to walk in that direction.

"Sora-chan you're going the wrong way!"

"I regret the mistake I made. I can't stop the mistakes I make. But I can try to make my mistakes up as much as possible."

She walked in the house again. Sora could hear silently crying of a child. The child was curled up in the arms of her dead mother. Sora carefully walked closer. The child looked up. She recognized Sora and curled up closer to her mother. Sora first looked at the child. Sora could see that she was scared of her. Then Sora looked at the mother. Her eyes were wide open, looking at Sora. Or so it looked like. Sora quickly looked at the child again. Slowly, Sora brought her hand to the child. She started to stoke the girl's hair carefully.

"Sshh, don't worry…sshh…"

With her other hand, Sora closed the eyes of the mother. Sora sighed and looked at the child again.

"I'm terribly sorry for what I did, and I know that there is no way that I can make it up to you. But I'll help you as much as I can, okay?"

The little girl looked at her with big eyes. Sora hesitated. She wasn't even sure if the child had understood what she had said. At the same moment, Sojiro slowly walked in the house too. Sora looked for Sojiro for a moment, and then turned to the girl again.

"I'll help you okay? Come here…don't worry."

The girl didn't move. She was too scared of Sora to come to her. Suddenly Sojiro walked a step forward, with a smile he looked at the child.

"Hey, don't be afraid, I'll won't hurt you, come here."

The little girl hesitated first. She looked at her mother and then to Sojiro. Sojiro's smile made her sure that he wouldn't do her anything. She stood up and slowly walked to Sojiro. Sora smiled at the child and then looked at Sojiro.

"Sojiro-chan? Can you please find a rock for me? Big, but not too big. I'll be somewhere at the edge of the forest."

Sojiro nodded and with the girl he walked outside. Sora smiled. She'd never expect that Sojiro would do such a thing. How he won the trust of that child so fast… he was great. Sora's smile faded when she looked at the mother again. She slowly walked to her and tried to pick her up. She was heavier then Henya was, and with much trouble, Sora was finally able to get her out of the house. At the edge of the forest, Sora laid the body on the ground carefully. She sighed and looked around. She needed a shovel and thankfully, there was standing one against the wall of a house. She walked back at the mother and kneeled beside her. Sora carefully ripped a part from her bandages and cleaned the mother's face carefully. After that Sora stood up, threw away the piece of bandage and picked up the shovel. She started to dig a hole. It didn't go very fast, but after a good ten minutes there was a big pit in the ground. Sora sat on the ground resting. She saw Sojiro and the little girl approaching her. Sojiro smiled.

"This was the biggest rock that I found Sora-chan. I hope it's a good one."

"It's perfect thank you Sojiro-chan."

Sojiro looked at the pit and putted the rock at the end of it.

"I was already thinking that it was for a grave."

Sora smiled sad. "Yes, but this woman deserves a grave. She didn't even deserve to die…" She closed her eyes for a second and looked at the child then. "It's time to say farewell to your mother uhm…"

"Tsua…" Said the girl silently.

Sora nodded. "It's time to say farewell to your mother Tsua."

Tsua nodded and carefully walked to her mother. Sora turned around. She didn't want to see this. She was already fighting to keep the tears inside. She had to think of her own mother. Sora even hadn't the chance to say goodbye to her. She passed out in her mothers arms, a few minutes after the murder. When she waked up again, she was laying in a bed of the orphanage. Nobody knew what happened to her mother afterwards. Sojiro laid his hand on Sora's shoulder. Sora smiled at him. Good thing she still had Sojiro.
After five minutes, Tsua stood up.

"Ready…" she said with tears in her eyes.

Sora nodded. "Sojiro-chan, could you help me with putting the body in the grave please?"

Sojiro nodded and he walked to the mother. Sora and Sojiro both picked her up and carefully laid her in the grave. Tsua looked how her mother was slowly disappearing under sand. A few minutes later, the grave was complete. Sora walked a little bit into the forest and saw a few flowers. She carefully pulled them out the ground and walked back at the grave. She laid the flowers before the rock. After that, Sora walked to the other side of the grave and started to pray respectfully. Sojiro started to pray too, and a then Tsua followed their example.

The end of chapter fourteen! Hope you liked it! Till the next chapter!