DarkTaoAngel: Just to clarify to you all, the reason that many of my characters die and do not get revived by Anna are because either their souls resist, or their bodies are far too mangled, as the case with Ren in this story, as they never found his body. Hao's body was buried by his supporters, so he was easily revived. I hope that made it easier to understand!
Pirika ran onwards, ignoring the fact that he clothing was torn in many places, and her hair was becoming excruciatingly tangled. Her legs were ready to give way at any time, and her feet bore the calluses of constant travel, but still she continued on, wanting to get away, just for a moment she could be free of all of the worry, and all of the pain would leave her body for the time being. She just wanted to be near him, near where she had last seen him, just to say goodbye to him at long last.
Tears were splashing icy cold onto her clothing, but she made no effort to wipe them away, she did not care. When she had last seen Ren he had been put in a different light, one that he had refused to let happen, and she had seen him look at his worst. Not only had there been sadness in his eyes, but another, far more different emotion, one that is referred to as the worst kind of emotion of all, fear. He had been extremely close to crying in front of her, and she could see it in his once cold and desolate eyes, not a pleading look etched in them, and in her memory, forever. She wanted him to open up a bit more, maybe show some more emotion, but never plead, because that caused Pirika to feel even guiltier.
Pirika finally reached her destination and, upon seeing it, she ran with her full strength, just barely getting there before she collapsed, cold, tired and alone, upon the hard earth. She ran her fingers through the rough sand, feeling its every grain, as it was s close to where he was as she could get. She was exhausted from having run for so long, but she needed to talk to Ren, even though he was not here with her, she could almost sense his presence, and she was almost sure that he could hear her speak.
"Ren…" Pirika began, choking slightly on her tears as she fought to keep them from falling, "Ren, please, come back. I never meant to do this to you…. I never meant for you to leave…. I just wish you could be here now; I'm lost without you to guide me…. I truly meant every word I said before… I really do love you, Ren…. I… love… you…." She could not continue to speak, her voice was getting rather scratchy, and she was feeling as though if she did not get some rest now she could quite possibly faint later in the day; besides that, she needed her strength to make it all the way home, which was miles away from here.
She felt ill and lonely, the only thing that kept her from dieing right now was some unknown force that seemed to be so very familiar to her, but she could not tell distinctly what it was. She thought about it and a thought struck her, it was him. He was the one that kept her alive, and protected her always. Just because he was not here physically, did not mean that he was not here, and that he was completely gone. Wherever she went he would be with her, protecting her always, and comforting her when she needed it, and no one could take that power away from her. As long as she believed that he was there, he would be, and she could talk to him if she needed to, just like she was now. She had not come here just to be here, and to be closer to him, but to talk to him, because she knew that he would always listen to her troubles, and try to solve them.
Now that she thought about it, they sounded just like a couple, too bad that they could never be one. He was too far gone from this world for that to happen, but at least she knew that he loved her, and she would always love him as long as she could, and longer still.
She decided to stay there just a little while longer, so as to speak with Ren some more, so that she would not have to go back to the place which she had left; it seemed so long ago that she was there. It was just a memory to her, something that had happened before now, and so it was all past and done. She let it all slip out of her mind as she lay there, beside the grave of her beloved, crying slightly, but at peace with herself and Ren at long last.
She remained pleasantly unaware of the fact that Ren was gone, forever to her, Yoh was fighting a losing battle, and she was next in line in the string of fate; but for now she enjoyed the peace and quiet, refusing to let the days events bother her and further, as she drifted off to sleep, dreaming happily about all of the things that could never happen, not to her anyway.
Ren was gone to Pirika, only a memory, one of the happiest ones she had ever had, and she would not let that go. Sadly that dreaming memory had to end, and she had to return to the living nightmare that was her new life without Ren. She got up slowly, hardly recovered from the long walk, and turned to leave. She said something before leaving, however, that could make all the difference in the world to her, and it did.
"I love you Ren." It was then that she felt a hand touch on her shoulder and, turning around, she saw with happiness exactly who the hand belonged to.
DarkTaoAngel: I am sure that many of you know how this story ends, but then again, many of my stories end just the opposite of what you would expect! Please review this chapter, and thank you all for reading my stories!