"In The Arms Of An Angel"
EXTRAS
The Stuff You Missed
It's finally finished! 'A Train Ride To Remember' and its sequel 'In The Arms Of An Angel' are finished for good. But what happened after the end? Or didn't you read between the lines and missed something in the story? Was their going to be a tragic ending? A 3rd part? And stuff that happened that wasn't meant to. Well don't fear because here's the extras part to come in!...
.:What Happened After 'The End':.
At the end of the story, Tohru says "Wonderful memories?" she said '"Yes... They were" and it finishes there. But Yuki told her to say to Haru "Oh, and tell Haru: Jeimii's happy to see him smile again". In the end author's note, I touched briefly on it, saying Tohru had told them. But here's what happened:
"Thank you, Yuki" she said "And goodbye"
"Same to you, Miss Honda. I'm sure our paths will cross again some day" Yuki replied "Oh, and tell Haru: Jeimii's happy to see him smile again"
"I will!" said Tohru, as Yuki disappeared
She placed the frame onto her bed side table
"Wonderful memories?" she said "Yes... They were"
Tohru wondered downstairs, still on an adrenaline buzz after seeing Yuki for one final time, and being able to thank him. She pushed past the Sohma family, who were drinking and eating from the buffet. She found Haru sat in the corner, talking to Hiro; by now, all the Sohma's who were sick, were better.
"Haru?" asked Tohru "Can I speak with you in the kitchen for a minute please?"
"Er... Yeah sure" replied Haru, getting up
Hiro gave them a funny look, but they walked off all the same
"Yuki told me to say 'Jeimii says he's happy to see you smile again'" she said, looking him in the eye
"Yuki was here?" he asked "And he didn't hurt you?"
"Yes... But he's gone now... It doesn't matter" she said, looking down
Haru pulled Tohru's chin up "Chin up, eh?" he said, smiling
Tohru smiled back, blushing slightly
And slowly, they went to kiss
The doorbell sounded, stopping Tohru and Haru's kiss
"I'll get it!" shouted Tohru, she looked at Haru "Back in a minute"
She opened the door, a mailman was stood there
"Letter for Tohru Honda?" he said, handing her the letter
She turned it over; by now, nearly everyone was looking. On the other side, Tohru's name and address was in posh handwriting. A stamp of a train in one corner, and 1 1st class stamp in the other
"Uh-oh" said Tohru, gulping and looking at the others...
THE END
OK, so maybe that's why I cut it short... I didn't think it was a good enough ending to be in the story so it never made it...
.:Stuff That Wasn't Meant To Happen But Did:.
Some stuff that happened in the story wasn't really meant to happen...
Like this HUGE one: When the Sohma's and Tohru went to clean the train, it was only meant to be for a couple of chapters, but as the Yuki appearances got more frequent, the plot seemed to twist around cleaning the train
Also this story wasn't meant to have been made; A Train Ride To Remember was only supposed to be one story and In The Arms Of An Angel another. You see; In The Arms Of An Angel was meant to be another story about Yuki meeting his tragic end with an asthma attack, and how everyone coped with the loss
.:Stuff That Never Made It:.
Another one was Kyoko; she was meant to be in it more than what she was. I wanted her to open out more, even though she spilled her heart out in chapters 18 & 19 'Kyoko Confesses' and 'The Truth About Jeimii'. She wasn't meant to die either, I had planned for her to live and still try to kill Tohru and end up hurting someone else in the process
Another one was the manager of the station; he was meant to be a more bigger role than a cameo. I wanted to make him seem creepy in a way, make you think he was doing some things to everyone. But most of the chapters he was in, I cut out so he never made a big impression...
One more was Jeimii; he was meant to see everyone in ghost-form, like Yuki. He was meant to cheer up Haru and make some impressions on everyone's stereotype on him. Though, this too, never happened...
.:A Tragic Ending:.
One day at school, my friends (Jess, Kim and Lucy) were boasting about our stories and how sad they were, Jess had real tragic endings to her stories and sad pasts. I never could think up of sad endings. And I wanted to prove I could do it, but I could never do it, and I wanted sad stuff to happen, but with writers' block most of the way through the story, I couldn't think...
.:A 3rd Part:.
My reviewers have told me to make a third part the this duo of tales (lol), and make it a trio... But I've decided not to... But if you had any ideas for it, I'd gladly accept ideas from all my adoring fans (silence)... Ahem... Fans (cheers)... my email should be on my profile, check now, I'm not doing anything interesting...
.:Stuff You May Have Missed:.
Along the way, I slipped in a couple of things you may have missed during reading, and here they are:
At the end when the Sohma's and Tohru are boarding the train, the speaker says '... train number 815...' which was the flight number from the hit TV series LOST, which I watch every time it's on .
Also at that point, during the beginning of the story, they had to run to platform 15 from platform 5, though they don't have to run again... And it's not much
In both the stories, Aomor and Hakodate are places they visit, these are actually places and there really is a huge bridge linking Hakodate to Japan, though I'm not sure it has train tracks on it.
In ATRTR, Jeimii and another boy are talking about the noise coming from compartment 75 (i.e. Tohru's). One of them (I forget which) says Tohru is wearing a school uniform, though it wasn't a school day when they left...
I have a special section for my friend Jess, who likes to point out details of my stories and contradict me... Here they are...
The Orient Express isn't actually in Japan, nor does it run nowa days. It's been out of service for a while now and I think it runs special journey's in another country; I'm not sure...
Akito doesn't have a zodiac form (in ATRTR, he's the rooster)
Ha'ri becomes the new head of the Sohma family, even though you have to be born the head
Ha'ri doesn't help anyone but the Sohma family, even though in ITAOAA, he helps Tohru
After Ha'ri has helped Tohru, she can walked fine, even though she was bleeding quite badly (even when I said it was a flesh wound)
(A/N: Well, that's it, thanks for reading this... Why don't you catch up by re-reading ATRTR, and ITAOAA and go 'Oh yeah' after seeing what you saw today! Have a great time this year and happy reading/ writing!)