Akanishi-san: So...finally at last...the original ending. So this will be continuing, since i kinda felt like it...and i felt sorry for them. XD haha, you'll know what I mean soon.
Ch6
Back in Ageha form, she and Dark ran through corridors of the house, guided by Ageha. "This way." She whispered, turning a corner.
"Was it wise to leave Satoshi outside like that?" Dark asked.
Ageha nodded, trying to stop herself from crying. "Yes…that was for the best." She smiled, and as she turned another corner, she leaped backwards and pushed Dark back in the process.
"Wha-" Dark growled, shoved back, offended. But the next this he saw, he saw a bullet hit Ageha on the left shoulder.
Gritting her teeth, Ageha stayed silent, her right hand over her left shoulder. "Hiwatari, how nice of you to show up." She growled.
Out of the corner, Hiwatari walked towards them, the gun in his hand aimed at Ageha. "How nice to see you two working together." He replied, looking at Dark. "I worry that you are going to betray me?"
Ageha nodded, chuckling. "I'm sick of working under you."
He shrugged, pointing the gun at Ageha's heart. "Fine." He said, "I assume this is for Satoshi?"
Ageha nodded, smiling. "And for Dark, Daisuke, Riku, and everyone in the world." She said, "Go on, shoot me. Then I won't have to go through the trouble of destroying the stupid sculpture."
"Oh, but you forgot that I can always re-incarnate you." He chuckled.
Ageha sneered at him. "Oh, but you forget that I can always do the same thing. You forget that I was created to betray." She chuckled. "Besides, even if I do get killed here, when I get reborn again, I'll make sure you destroy the sculpture. Without it, I won't come back."
He shrugged. "Ageha, do you think you will be the only sculpture I can turn to?"
Ageha shrugged back. "It's not my problem for you to keep turning on other sculptures, but mark my words, I bet that none of them would love working under you, and WILL betray you in the end."
Using this as a chance, Dark lunged forward, and knocked the gun away as he kicked his legs, making him loose his balance and fall.
Grabbing the gun, Ageha leaped forward, "This way!" She yelled, Dark followed without another word, only to sneer at Hiwatari who fell to the ground.
Ageha led them to a double door, kicking it open, they entered a huge ball room. In the center of the room, a cased object on a podium glistened from the light. A tag on it read: Eternal Butterfly.
Running to it, Ageha shattered the case open, and took it out. "Hurry! I can't destroy it myself, someone else has to do it for me." She yelled, throwing it to Dark.
However, before it reached his hands, someone else had become aware of what was going on.
((AN: From this point on, the story will be a continuation story. If you want this story to end in the original way I was thinking of, scroll down until I say: ORIGINAL ENDING. So you can read it from there for the original. So yeah. Anyway, that's all))
Satoshi slowly woke up, the darkness coming clear now, seeing the dark sky with stars dancing above. He groggily got up, momentarily confused. His eyes snapped open to finally realize what had just happened, horror striking him. He jumped to his feet, and started to run, jumping over the guards. He ran through the huge front garden, and he felt himself sweating as he ran into the house, through corridors and bunch. But he didn't' care. His only thoughts were on Azusa…
'Please, don't let me be late!' He thought to himself over and over again, turning corners of the narrow hallways.
But things did not always go as he wanted. Dark had caught the artifact, and he quickly pulled a feather. He hesitated, and seeing that, Ageha narrowed her eyes. "Hurry!" She growled, running to the door way. "I can hear Hiwatari coming. And…someone else…" She paled, to feel who it was. "Hurry!" She yelled, and before she could say more, Dark heard her slump to the ground, whimpering.
Dark turned around to see Ageha on the floor, one hand holding over her left arm, blood slowly dripping through her fingers. "Ageha!" Dark cried out, and ran to her side, the sculpture still in his hands.
"Break it!" Ageha gasped in air, trying to take in the pain. Her arm was hurting terribly; she felt the pain all over her body, not just the arm. She felt as if there was a huge truck going slowly and painfully over her, taking its time to see her suffer.
"Hand it over." Someone said, and out of the darkness much to their disgust, Hiwatari came, gripping something in his hands.
Dark scanned his hands, to see that he was holding a small artifact. He frowned, trying to figure it out. However, the man had no mercy, Hiwatari gripped his hand tighter, and from that, Ageha cried out more pain, and blood continued to steadily flow.
Dark then finally understood. The thing he was holding was what was making her suffer…and if he did not hand it over…Dark slowly got up, and holding out the sculpture, he walked to him. "Take it." He growled. "But let her go."
"Dark…NO!" Ageha cried out, trying to get up. "Don't!"
However, Dark had passed the artifact, and from that, Ageha's pain reduced into numbness. "There is a good girl and boy." He sneered, cuddling the Eternal Butterfly. "I won't have you two destroying it. To create one to life means that the art must have lots of emotion and a will to live…and it's pretty hard to find that kind of art. I've been looking for over 10 years, and I finally found one, and I'm not going to let go of it so easily."
Ageha growled, stumbling up, Dark helping her. "Why did you do that!" She growled, her eyes burning with anger.
Dark smirked. "Because I saw something coming." He looked over to their enemy, Ageha following his gaze. And as soon as Ageha looked over, someone had tackled Hiwatari from the back, making him stumble, letting the artifact fall. Dark easily caught the artifact, handing it to Ageha. He also swooped down and grabbed the smaller artifact in his hands, the one that was controlling Ageha.
The man cursed, and tried to get it once again, to fail, Dark sneering at him. "Heh, now you can't do anything about it." He chuckled, turning to the person who had knocked the man down. "Good job, I have to say." He said.
Satoshi panted, leaning on the door frame for support. He kept up his heavy breathing, watching Dark knock his foster father out with magic. As soon as his breathing leveled a bit, his eyes turned to Ageha, who was looking at him with shocked eyes, also tinted with sorrow.
"Why did you come?" She asked with shaking voice, the sculpture still in her arms.
Satoshi tried to smile, but feeling Dark watching, he held it back. They were only reserved for private use. Only for certain someone. "I came because…" He glanced at Dark. He didn't like how Dark was there…"you know why." He growled, glaring daggers at Dark. He felt SO uncomfortable.
Ageha looked away. Instead of looking happy as he thought she might have, she looked hurt. "Why, Satoshi?" She asked. "Why! I could have gone peacefully, and never have had to look at you, and painfully go away! Why did you come! I didn't want to see you as the last person I was going to see!"
Satoshi frowned at her, which soon changed to anger. "Why do you want to die!" He growled, hitting the door frame. "When I want you to live!"
Ageha took a step back, tearing. "I…I…" She stammered on her words. "We can never be together…You are a human, I am a sculpture…"
"You are not just a sculpture…no regular sculpture can become human form…" He took a step towards her. "And…I don't want you to go…" He stretched a hand towards her. "If you keep the sculpture and destroy the thing torturing you, you would be free…" He was looking at her with hope in his eyes. "Stay…" His words were almost a whisper.
He fully knew Dark was there…but he wanted to get his point across as well…He felt so awkward, saying all of this. He had never felt anything towards anyone. But her…she changed his life, she made him feel love. Something only she could give.
Ageha looked at his hand, and to him. "I…"
Dark smiled at the two. "I suggest you take his option." He shrugged. "That's what I would do."
The butterfly wings on her back covered Ageha gently, and when it re-opened, Azusa was standing there, holding her left hand over her chest, her right arm holding onto the sculpture.
"Stay…" That word shook Azusa, and she had to smile. She was wanted, wanted for something other than a tool. Other than for betrayal. Other than hate, only for love.
Azusa took a step forward, her hand about to take his hand. However, bolt of lightning suddenly came out of no where, right between Azusa and Satoshi, cutting the two apart. "Azusa!" Satoshi cried, trying to grab her.
However, the lightning changed to a dark portal, and a hand suddenly came out. Azusa's eyes were wide from shock, unable to speak or move. The arms from the dark portal grabbed her, and before anyone else could say anything, she was pulled in.
Azusa had accidentally dropped the sculpture, which fell to the ground. But no one noticed that as they saw Azusa get pulled in, her body and all, until she was no longer in the room.
Satoshi and Dark lunged towards the portal, but it closed, to nothing. It was gone…She was gone…
Akanishi-san: The bottom would have been the original ending. So read it from where I put the on the top part, okay?
ORIGINAL ENDING
Satoshi slowly woke up, the darkness coming clear now, seeing the dark sky with stars dancing above. He groggily got up, momentarily confused. What was he doing here? He saw something glitter in his hand as he stood up, wondering. He paused to look at it to see that it was a small crystalline flower.
Satoshi frowned, wondering where he got it. Wait…why was he in front of the house anyway? Why was he here? Was he looking for something…? Or someone? He looked up into the sky, the stars shining. Was someone there just right now? Flying over him?
Dark? No…it was a woman…But he couldn't place who it was…all he saw was Dark…Who else was there? He growled his frustration. He finally then realized the guards around him, all asleep. He wondered if Krad had done all that.
He just shrugged, and started to walk away from the mansion. No need to be there when he couldn't remember anything, right? With another look towards the mansion, he started to walk away.
Meanwhile Ageha growled her frustration as she heard Hiwatari running down the corridor. "Get out of here!" She hissed, grabbing the sculpture back from him. "He's coming, and I'm sure he's not in a good mood."
"What are you going to do!" Dark growled back, not letting the sculpture go. "Let him make you suffer? Are you going to submit yourself to him again?"
"As if." Ageha rolled her eyes, and at that point, Hiwatari had come running in. Taking that as a cue, Ageha drew the gun up she had stolen from him earlier and shot at his feet. She had purposefully missed him, hitting the floor. "Leave me be." She growled.
The man chuckled. "You know how long it took me to make you? I'm not going to let you go so easily!" He drew another gun, aimed at Dark. "Come over here with the sculpture, or you're little friend here will die.
Azusa looked over to Dark, then to the gun. No matter how fast the thief was…could he avoid a bullet? Ageha hesitated, but pulled the sculpture from him when she heard the clicking sound from the gun Hiwatari was holding.
((AN: Just bare with me, maybe he can avoid it, but here, she assumes he can't. Okay?))
Dark opened his mouth to speak to her, but the gun went off, just grazing his cheek. "No talking." He growled, glaring at him. "Come over here, my Ageha." He sneered. He had won.
Or so he thought.
In a swift movement, Dark pulled Ageha over to him, and threw a feather full of magic, which hit Hiwatari's wrist, causing him to drop the weapon. "C'ya later." He sneered to him, and pulling Ageha tighter around himself, he jumped out of the nearest window, shattering it in process. Soon as he was out, Wiz spread his massive wings, and they were off into the dark night.
Satoshi froze on his steps to hear the window shatter. He turned back around to see Dark flying out into the darkness, gunshots following him. Who in there right minds would try to shoot him? He squinted to see someone else there, but he couldn't make out who it was. Risa, maybe?
He chose to ignore it for today. He was tired, and he felt misplaced somehow. He felt as if something had been pulled out of his memory…Something…someone.
He pulled out the crystalline flower in his hands, examining it. Why was it with him? He looked up to see a small black and yellow butterfly fly in front of him. He frowned at it; something was clicking in his head…But what?
His feet started to move, he didn't know where he was going, but he felt he needed to go there. He looked above to see he was running where Dark was going. Was he unconsciously following him? But he was too curious and puzzled to stop. He wanted to know what was missing in his head.
"You didn't have to do that, you know." Azusa commented, looking across the ocean which sparkled from the moonlight, leaning onto a rail that was only support and wall to the cliff that fell down to the ocean. "You could have let him shoot me instead. That technically would have been faster."
"Ah well, I wanted to. Besides, you wanted to break it, right?" Dark replied, shrugging. "Here you go, Azusa…or Ageha, shall I say?" He smiled.
Azusa in her Ageha form took the sculpture from him, holding it in her hands. "Thanks Dark…" She said, holding the sculpture up, examining it. "Hard to believe this is me. I still can't believe that I was created to kill and betray. Even after all these years, I still can't. When I was young, I believed that maybe I can change, maybe into something who can create happiness." She sighed. "But all I brought was destruction.
"But all those days will be over; this will be the last day where the Eternal Butterfly or Ageha will fly, ever." She turned to the ocean, and leaped lightly onto the railing, holding the sculpture close to her. "Thanks Dark, for everything."
Dark tried to smile, but failed. He looked at Ageha with saddened eyes, "Azusa…Are you sure you won't see Satoshi before you…" He stopped. He didn't want to say it; he didn't want to admit it…
"I erased his memory." She said aloud. Seeing Dark's shocked face, she smiled. "I had to…I don't want him to be hurt." She felt her eyes burn thinking of him, but she kept it back.
"But you love each other!" Dark almost yelled. "Why?" He whispered.
She looked up into the stars, smiling. Ignoring that, she continued "Well, I think I should be on my way, Dark?" She handed Dark the sculpture, who took it with shaking hands. "I know you are listening, Daisuke, so, thanks to you too. You and Riku were my first friend I have ever made, please tell her thank you for me, and good-bye." She paused, her eyes watering. "Well then, go ahead, Dark."
She closed her eyes, letting a single tear drop down her cheek, but she was smiling. She only wished that maybe, she would be able to see Satoshi, but…there would be no way for him to know what she was going to do. He wouldn't remember her anyway.
Dark took out one of his feathers, holding it over the sculpture. "Azusa…Ageha, rest in peace…" He whispered, and started to lower his hand.
A gentle wind swooped into the area where the 2 stood, and with that, Ageha tilted back, and Dark's feather touched the sculpture. When the feather touched the sculpture, a crack went through the middle of it, breaking it into half.
"Thank you." Ageha whispered, and fully tilted back, she fell backwards, falling down the cliff, falling down to the ocean.
Right then, Satoshi came, looking quizzically at Dark. "What's going on?" He asked, quite curious. Maybe Dark might know what happened? He was, after all there.
Dark looked at him with pained eyes, and held the 2 pieces towards him. "I think she would like for you to keep this." He said, and soon as Satoshi took it, he flew away; all Satoshi saw was that he was crying.
Satoshi walked to the railing and looked over. There was nothing but the ocean below, no body, no blood, nothing. He fell onto his knees, feeling his eyes water as he looked at the 2 pieces left of the Eternal Butterfly. "Why am I crying?" He asked himself, drops of water continuing to fall. "Why do I feel as if everything in my life…stopped?" He looked at the Eternal Butterfly, now in two pieces, broken as if lifeless. "The Eternal Butterfly…" He whispered, brushing a hand over the name engraved on the sculpture.
He looked up into the stars, trying to stop crying. Why was he feeling this way? Was there something connected with him and the sculpture? He figured that when Dark handed it to him...but why? "I want to know…" He whispered, another tear falling.
He felt something land on his shoulder, and when he looked over, a yellow and black butterfly had landed on his shoulder, peering at him. His eyes widened when he saw a girl standing next to him, smiling at him.
"Satoshi…" She said, fading into the air. "I love you, Satoshi."
The last thing Satoshi saw was that she grinned, and a pair of butterfly wings grew on her back, and she disappeared, into thin air.
Satoshi's eyes kept the water coming, no matter how he tried, he could not stop it. He remembered. He remembered every detail of her, everything about her. He remembered how she first appeared, acting as the sneaky girl, slowly revealing herself to them, telling them she knew about them. He remembered how she was suffering under him, and how she suffered. For him.
"Azusa" He whispered into the air. He felt a warm and gentle wind surround him, circling him. He smiled to feel the starry skies smiling at him. "I love you too."
The next day, Satoshi gloomily entered his classroom, his eyes red, from lack of sleep…and from crying. He looked at the empty seat in front of him, which would remain empty forever. He fumbled with an object in his hands, trying to hold back his tears. He looked sideways when he heard group of girls chattering next to him.
"You know that flower crystal that was stolen last night by Ageha?" One asked, giggling.
"Yeah, what about it?"
"Do you know the flower meaning? The flower means 'Remember Me'."
Satoshi chuckled softly at the words spoken from his class mates. He looked down at his hands to see the crystal flower, tear drops falling onto it. "Azusa…" He whispered. "I will remember…"
Akanishi-san: Umm...so yeah. Im working on the 7th chapter, but I still don't know what to do. I have an idea, but don't know how to bring it there. Any ideas anyone for their fate?
