Yuki was in the dark. If she had felt less of the seriousness and gloom in the air she might have jumped around in the space where there really didn't seem to any up or down. Yuki walked, or floated rather, over in the direction of a light in the distance. It got closer in almost no time, and she wondered why. Then it became clear.

The source of the light was Yuki's boyfriend, Seth and a girl whose face she couldn't make out. They were walking so close together they were in danger or tripping over each other and the unknown girl was hanging onto Seth's arm while he held onto the wrist the arm around his with his other arm's hand. They walked with their heads together, whispering and laughing. Yuki stopped and waited for Seth to see her. When he was about five feet away he noticed the other body and brought himself and the girl to a halt.

"Yuki? What are you doing here?" Seth asked, confused.

"I don't know." Yuki answered. "Who's she?" she indicated the girl still hanging onto Seth's arm, her face in the shadow despite the light she was giving off.

"Oh!" Seth turned and smiled at the girl. "Well, I was hoping I could talk to you about her. You see, I really like her and—"

"What?" Now Yuki was the one confused.

"Well, it's just that she's better then you. She can cook, draw, she's sweet, she's funny, a great dancer, and an even better singer…the list just goes on!"

"But Koriu," Yuki used her nick-name for him. "I can do those things too! I can't cook but I can sing and draw!"

"Yeah, but just listen to her! She's way better then you are at singing." Seth said. As if on cue, the faceless girl began to sing one of Yuki's favorite songs, in Yuki's own voice! When the girl had finished, Seth kissed her on the cheek.

"That was beautiful." He whispered.

"Arigato." She even spoke in Yuki's voice!

"She sounds just like me!" Yuki exclaimed.

"No I don't." The girl said.

"She's right Yuki." Seth commented. "She sounds way different, but what I really love is her comic! Go on and show her."

The faceless girl giggled and handed Yuki a folder from somewhere. Yuki opened it and if there had been a floor to land on, she would have. She was looking at the comic she herself had been working on for a while now! There was Duckie, and the Nameless Creature that really did have a name, and Kai! These were her characters! This was her handwriting! This was her comic! She looked up, her mouth open to ask a question she couldn't think of.

"Isn't it great?" Seth asked. "I can't wait for her to draw some more of it."

"This is my comic!" Yuki said. "I drew these! And this is my chibi ghost!" Yuki pulled out a picture if a little chibi ghost and held it up.

"No you didn't." Said the girl. She let go of Seth to grab at the drawing. "I drew this for my Koriu-sama." The folder of comic pages fell into the infinite void below as Yuki got her first look at the other girl's face. It was almost like looking into a mirror, only mirrors didn't age people two or three years.

"Your Koriu-sama?" Yuki whispered.

"Yeah, isn't it a cool nick-name?" Seth beamed. "She loves Japanese stuff." The older Yuki took hold of Seth's arm again.

"We'd better go." She started to lead Seth away. Seth went willingly. "The anime convention starts soon."

"Wait!" Yuki cried as they walked past, somehow moving as if she were in water, slow and unsteadily. "She's me! I can sing like that! That was my comic! I can prove it!"

"I guess we can spare her a few minutes." The older Yuki said. "Let's humor her."
"Alright" Seth looked Yuki in the eyes, they were hard and cruel. "Prove you're not her. Prove you're different."

"Arigato." Yuki's mind was blank. How was she supposed to do this? Then she heard the fake Yuki start to hum and she had an idea. "We'll sing!"

"Ok." The other Yuki shrugged and let go of Seth to stand in front of Yuki. "I'll prove to Seth that I'm the one he's always wanted and you're no better then dirt beside me." Her eyes had gone from playful to cold and heartless. Yuki said nothing.

Seth moved to the side so he could see both girls and vise versa. "Ready? Start!" He prompted. Both girls opened their mouths and sang.

"Ichiban kirei na soro watobouyo, tashika na mirai e, try! Negai wa hitomi no maka kagayaite afueru egao." The fake Yuki was good and the real Yuki saw Seth watching only the fake Yuki.

"Hito koto de konna ni mo kizutsuku kimi wa kodoku wo oshiete kureru." As Yuki sang she thought, 'Why? I love him. He's only looking at, wait. Did he just look at me? I love him. He did it again!'

"Mamorenai toki keep on trying, baby. Yakusoku doori janai kedo trust me." Yuki realized what had happened and, closing her eyes, sang with as more love and life in her voice then ever before. "Muri wa shinai shugi demo, kimi to nara shite mite mo ii yo." She thought of everything she and Seth had ever done together and how much all of it meant to her, how much she loved him. "I wanna be with you now. Futari de distance mitsumete. Ima nara maniau kara. We can start over. Kotoba de tsutaetai."

"Nagare ni tsubasa wo azukete ima wa furick aerazumi-zuni." The fake Yuki's song faltered. Seth's eyes were darting between both girls. Yuki opened her eyes, focused on Seth and thought of every last thing and sent all the memories to him. His eyes started to linger on the real Yuki more and more.

"I wanna be with you now. Sono uchi ni distance mou." Now she sent more feelings with the song. Safety, love, acception, togetherness.

"Meguri aeta kiseki wa pleasure line. Yakusoku shita yo ne?" the fake Yuki was faltering even more. Her notes were less steady and some were even off key.

"Dakishimerareru you ni nareru yo. We should stay together." Seth was totally focused on Yuki now. She glanced at the fake Yuki.

"I-ichchiba-ba-ban ki-kir-rrrrei na sooora e to-to-bobou-yy-yo." The fake Yuki could barely get a word out properly and was shaking so bad it looked like she was being shocked by something. Then she shattered.

The pieces of her, like pieces of a broken mirror, fell down into the infinite void below.

"Yappari I need to be with you." Yuki finished her song and looked at Seth.

"Yuki…" He smiled and opened his arm.

"Seth?" Yuki was unsure.

"Yuki." H said it so warmly and his eyes, they were kind.

"Koriu!" Yuki ran to Seth, arms spread wide. Her eyes closed in happiness as Seth's reassuring arms closed around her.

After a minute, things felt wrong. Seth's arms didn't reach all the way around her and his body felt smaller in Yuki's arms. She opened her eyes to the sight of the little brown eyed boy from the cat shop. She quickly let go and looked around.

"Where's Seth?" She was confused. Gone was the infinite blackness. She was kneeling in the middle of a small valley. Behind her was a forest stretching as far as the eyes could see to the left and right. In front of her behind a small thatched house were majestic grey mountains that seemed to glow and shimmer in the bright sunlight.

"I'm Seth!" The boy said happily. He wasn't wearing a kimono anymore, but jean shorts and a dull yellow tee-shirt. "And you're Yuki." The smile on his face grew.

"Yeah, but Koriu…" She continued to look around.

"We're the only ones here." Seth said it almost sadly. He sat down heavily in front of Yuki. "Mom said I had to talk to you alone. Lilly has to too, but Mom won't let me go with her."

"Huh?" Now Yuki was really lost. "Lilly?"

"She's my sister." Seth grinned again and grabbed his ankles. "She's really shy but she has to talk to someone all alone." His smile fell. "Even if I was just there it'd make her feel better, but Mom says we have to be totally alone. I can't even watch from the window." He looked over at the small hut house.

"That's you're house?"

"Yeah. See the window on the side with the flowers? That's mine and Lily's room." Seth was smiling again. "Mom's room is on the other side. Her flowers are pink."

"Your mom likes the color pink?"

"Yeah, she loves it!" Seth leaned back still holding his ankles. "But she's not our real mom. Our Mom died years ago."

"Oh." Yuki tried to find a way around that subject. "How old is Lilly?"

"We're twins." His big smile was back. "We're 10, but I'm older."

"You don't look 10"

"Mom says we age slower. I'm supposed to say I'm 7 whenever we go out." Seth leaned back so far he fell over. Yuki moved to help him up, but he just rolled over and sat up again 2 feet from his original place. "You still want to know where that other guy went don't you."

"Yes." Yuki answered. "Where did he go?"

"He was never here." Seth answered as he stood up. "I'm supposed to show you something." His smile was long gone and he spoke as if he was only doing what he was told to.

"Where are we?" Yuki asked as she stood up. The grass she had been sitting on was very plush, the perfect shade of green, and very thick.

"Home." Seth answered. "You're not really here, just in spirit or something. I think that's how Mom explained it." He took hold of Yuki hand and walked toward the mountains. "She said this is a Dream and you're asleep right now but all of this is real." They had reached the base of the mountain and Seth let go of Yuki's hand to start climbing. "I'm your Light home, but you have to pass a test to get here and officially become a Light Bearer. I think that's what Mom called you."

They climbed a bit more and then Seth disappeared into a small hidden cave in the rock face. Yuki followed him in and sat against a wall because she was about 2 inches too tall to stand upright.

"This is my secret hiding place." Seth said, very proud of himself.

"You found this on your won, Seth?" Yuki asked, impressed.

"Yeah and you don't have to call me Seth. My real name's Windwalker."

"Windwalker?"

"Everyone calls me Windy though." Seth said. They sat and stood there in silence for a while. Yuki picked up a piece of black rock and started to draw on the floor. She drew a cat person and then she started to draw Seth/Windy.

"That's really good." Seth commented, he was crouched next to Yuki and watching her work.

"Arigato." Yuki smiled.

"Can I add something to it?" Seth asked looking at her.

"Sure." She handed the coal to Seth/Windy and he drew a horn onto his forehead.

"Why did you do that?" Yuki asked.

"I'm a unicorn foal." Windy looked at Yuki with his big smile again. "I'm the fastest one in our herd!" He suddenly stood up like he had remembered something. "Can show you?"

"Show me what?" Yuki was lost again.

"Show you how I really look!" Windy was happy again.

"Alright." Yuki said unsure of everything that was going on.

Windy stepped back to the opposite wall and stood there with his eyes closed. Then a strong wind came in the cave mouth and wrapped around him. Small rocks were picked up and whirled around as well. Yuki shut her eyes and shielded her face until the wind was gone. She dropped her arms and where Windy had once been was a unicorn foal with a dull golden coat and brown-yellow mane and tail hair. In the middle of his forehead was a dark ivory horn. He walked closer to Yuki and looked her in the eye. He neighed and then pranced around the small cave as if to say, 'Well? What do you think?'

Yuki laughed and reached out to stroke his coat. Windy let her then turned and touched the tip of his horn to the palm of her hand.

I'm sorry. His words went right into Yuki's brain.

"For what?"

Mom says if we want to talk like this forever, I have to hurt you. His voice was very heavy and sad. I don't want to hurt you. You're like my sister. You sing and you're nice.

"I'm your sister?"

No, you act like Lilly. His head dropped down a bit but his horn kept contact with Yuki's hand. Mom and I watched the test you went through. Mom said that boy was your twin, like Lilly is to me. He raised his head and his voice took on a protective tone. I don't ever want Lilly to go away.

He lifted his head and put his horn over Yuki's heart. Mom says if I hurt you, we'll be able to stay with Lilly and the boy, but…

"It's ok." Yuki put a hand on Windy's head. He raised his head and looked Yuki in the eye. The before he could talk himself out of it, e lowered his head and drove his horn through Yuki's heart.

Yuki! You are allowing me to bond with you of your own free will.

You care for that boy as much as I care for my sister.

I will help you get home to him.

Once Windwalker had finished speaking, a faceless choir became a wordless song that filled up all of Yuki's mind, body, and soul. Somewhere in the voices, she could hear Windy, his own voice hide behind the others with a voice that Yuki immediately recognized as his sister's. Windy strung together a song of togetherness that reached her ears clearer then even the loudest voice.