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Fate
Prologue
""Talking
''Thoughts
[Hospital]
During this dark and rainy night, everyone is at home, snuggling up to their loved ones with a good movie to watch and is at their heart's deepest content. On a night like this, in this hospital, a loud cry broke out from deeper down the hall way, disturbing the silence. The secretary at the front desk snapped awake from her feather like sleep and looked towards where the cry came from. Her eyes still weary and sleepy, yawning, she turned back to her desk again.
So, the baby is finally out. She crossed off the date on the calender, Apirl 18th. It's late into the night, most of the patients are sleeping anyways, she put down her pen and laid her head down again, hoping that sleep would take over her again.
Inside the hospital room, a baby has just been born, the nurse quickly took the baby away for cleaning and proceeded to put the baby in their carriage right away.
"Good news, everything was very successful, now the madam only needs her proper rest and she should be back to normal." The doctor took off his mask and smiled at the young woman on the bed. "Two children in two years... must be hard."
The woman smiled with her white lips, sweat pouring down her face still, but she looks happy. Very happy, her face is filled with joy and her eyes are shining with love, she's trully in her mother state.
"Please... doctor, is it...."
"It's a healty little girl, she is very cute." The doctor said with a smile, the woman's smile was wiped off of her face immediately, she suddenly looked frozen in time and desparate for a way out. "Good night." The doctor then nodded to the two men in the room and stepped out.
As soon as the door closed behind him, the older man stood up, his face stern with a frown over it. He looked down at the woman in the hospital bed emotionlessly, as if not speaking about his problem at all. "I will let you see the child, I shall take her away tomorrow."
The woman closed her eyes, tears poured out of her eyes, she cluntched onto the blanket tightly, her knuckles white. "Please... why must we do this? She's just an innocent little child!"
Before the old man could speak, the younger man stood up, lighting up a cigarette, he looked at the woman lazily. "Piyoko, we already have a son, it's enough." He said carelssly, tapping the burnt cigarette, letting the ash fall onto the ground. The woman looked at him through disbelieving eyes, she never knew there would come a day like this.
Without a choice, she turned towards the older man again with a pleading look in her eyes. The older man looked at her then rolled his eyes and looked away. "Please, Piyoko, our family does not allow a female, we only want males. I am grateful that you gave us a healthy boy, this girl can be ereased from our memories. You never had her, and we'll never see her again anyways." He said coldly, then turned he looked towards the younger man, seeing he is still smoking his cigarette, the older man shook his head.
"I will take my leave now, I'm picking up the girl tomorrow night. Feel free to see her whenever before that." With that, he walked out of the room confidently, the younger man winked at the woman and walked out after him. The door closed again, this time finally granting the room some silence. The woman just starred up at the ceiling, tears pouring down her face. Then, with one movement, she flipped around and buried her face into the pillows, her whole body shook due to her tears.
Yet... on a night like this, who can hear her pain?
[Next Night]
The older man held the sleeping baby in his arms, not even bothering to see if the girl is comfortable or not, he just carried her out carelessly, bumping her into people here and there. Walking outside, he was greeted by a couple of men suited in black, they opened up the back door of the black limo and the older man climbed in.
Looking out the window, he put the baby next to him, not really caring for her health or safety. The views of Japan passed before his eyes, as the buildings grew smaller and the area looks to be more rural, they rounded themselves up at the top of a mountain, where a temple is located. He looked up at the temple, the star gazer already by the door looking at him through his sad, yet wise eyes. The older man broke his eye contact with him, the star gazer's eyes are too scary to look into, not because of their physical shape... rather, it's the emotions and the knowledge that's hidden behind those eyes are scary.
He walked out from the limo, giving the suited men a look, they bowed and stood there. He then carried the little baby up to the temple, meeting the star gazer, whose eyes are focused on the little girl.
"Are you sure about this girl?" The older man asked first, the star gazer only shook his head and led him into the temple.
Inside, they seated themselves around a table, with a fire beside them. The man placed the baby on top of the table, surprisingly, she's very quiet, her eyes are still closed despite all of this noise.
"She will only be chaos for your family, it is best if you do not let her into your family, ever!" The star gazer said firmly, his eyes focused on the little girl in front of him.
The man turned his head away for a minute, just looking at the fire in the pit, listening to the wood churn under the fire. "She... is my still my grand-daughter, so unless you're absolutely sure about this, I don't want any assumptions! My blood runs in her veins, she is part of my family, and part of..." He trailed off, re-calming himself, feeling that he had already gave away too much of his emotions.
"Trust me, unless you want a decade of your family to be chaos, a little sacrifice like this won't hurt." The star gazer said, his gaze drawn down to the ground. It's a little girl in front of him, life is to cruel.
"Fine then." The man then turned back to him again, and nodded his head firmly. "I take your word for it, thank you." He the stood up and made a move to go reach for the baby.
"Wait." The star gazer put up a hand and stopped him, the man looked at him surprised. "Just in case, I think we should leave something for your recognization later on in life if she ever crosses your way again."
The star gazer then took off one of his many necklaces and put it over the fire, the man looked at his actions strangely. The temple was filled with silence, everything was finished in silence. The star gazer turned over his necklace in his hand above the fire, then turned to the little baby with the red, hot necklace still in hand. The man frowned and turned his head away, not wanting to take in the sight.
Suddenly, the night was pierced through by a shrilling cry, the baby finally opened her eyes and let out her cry once more. The star gazer moved away, and only the mark of eternity was left on the little girl's forearm, still swollen and seems to be glowing. The star gazer then put down the necklace and looked up at the man before him.
"Now, you know where she is no matter what happens."
The older man looked at the star gazer then at the crying baby, he sighed and picked up the baby again. Despite her cries, his actions were much more gentle than before, perhaps it's because of the guilt that eats at his heart. The star gazer followed him out, and stopped at the opened doors of the temple. The man turned to him and bowed again, the star gazer returned the same gesture and watched as the man walked down the steps slowly.
Upon reaching the limo, he quickly handed the crying baby to a suited man, whom took her into his hands carefully.
"Sir, they're here." A suited man said quickly, he turned and saw a couple walking towards them.
"Sir." The couple bowed when they caught sight of him, he nodded and waved his hand. Holding out his hand, a man handed him a package and stepped back again. He handed the package to the couple, the guy took it carefully and looked up at the older man in front of him.
"From now on, she is your daughter." The man announced powerfully, then he held out his hand again, this time he was given a suit case, he handed the suitcase to the couple as well. "Here's some money, take her and go wherever you'd like to go."
The couple bowed, then the suited man handed them the baby that's still crying endlessly, the burn on her forearm still red like before. The woman took over the baby with care, blowing on the burn, she shook her head sadly. The older man looked at this scene in front his eyes, then he reached out slowly and touched the baby's face.
So soft, this is his grand-daughter... no, no longer his grand-daughter.
With that thought in mind, he opened up the door of the limo and stepped in. Soon, the black limo drove off, leaving a trail of dust behind it. The couple took the baby and the suitcase, then they walked down the mountain slowly, getting used to the idea of having a baby in their life. However, their backview did look happy.
All of this was caught by the star gazer, he looked at them through his sad and wise eyes, then he looked up at the sky, the stars are just out. Taking a look at the stars, he lowered his gaze and looked at the back view of the couple again, this time shaking his head softly with a sad sigh.
"But... how can you fight destiny? What happens in the future is bound to happen no matter how you try to change the course of their life." He said softly, then turned and walked inside the temple again.
Up above, the clouds have cleared, and the stars finally made their way up, telling a tale of their own....
TBC....
Thanks for reading, please R&R.
