As I fell to the ground I looked around expectantly but was caught off guard by a searing pain to my head. With a cry I clutched it tight with both heads and tried to hold back the tears. Below I could hear voices echoing my pain. What's going on? I thought. I managed to get one eye open and saw Kurri looking up at me unaffected from my stomach. I was falling back first and kept it that way so Kurri wouldn't be injured when we hit ground.

Soon after I landed with a soft thump in the sand at the top of a cliff. The voices were coming from below and I managed to drag myself to the edge to look down while still holding my head. My eyes widened for a moment when I saw what lay below me.

Vash was there and so was Legato. They were on a part of the cliff that stuck out from the giant one I was on, Legato kneeling before Vash who held a gun to his head. People were around them, scattered across the ramp like part of rock that led up to Vash and Legato's ledge and all weresquirming and screaming in pain.

As I looked over the edge a few pebbles fell and Legato looked sharply up. His eyes widened for an instant and the pain in my head subsided. "What are you doing here?" I heard his voice echoing around my head. I'm still trying to get back home! I thought in reply. What are you doing? I saw Vash turn his head to look up as well but for some reason I pulled back at the last moment. "Don't be seen." Legato said to me. What's wrong? I thought, growing afraid. The screams of the people were making me dizzy. The smell of fear was all around and I knew it was Legato's fault. I had seen this very scene in the anime Trigun that I used to watch at home.

"You're not supposed to take part in this. You should look away." As he said these words I felt my hand rising on its own to cover my eyes. Stop! I thought. You can't let him kill you! I heard Legato laugh in my mind and crawled slowly back to the edge. Using my free hand I pried my other away and looked down. Even as Legato transferred thoughts to my mind his lips were moving as he talked to Vash in a seperate conversation. "I'm not letting him, I'm making him." But why? I thought as tears began to fall. Slowly my hand rose and wiped them away and I knew Legato was controlling me again. "Don't worry, it will be alright. Just promise you'll make it home ok and keep smiling." How can I smile? I whimpered. "The last time I saw you, you were able to smile at me while surrounded by the bodies of the townspeople you knew I had killed. I know you'll manage this time too. Goodbye." Legato, no! I shouted in my mind but it was too late.

I heard Vash's cry as the gunshot went off and my hands clamped to my mouth to hold in the scream but stayed even after Legato was gone. I fell over in shock, hands still covering my mouth and eyes wide in shock, my face slightly obscured by my hair. I lay there, unmoving for a long time.

I refused to look over the cliff edge, very afraid of what I might see and as I heard the voices of people below me growing faint I felt Kurri snuggling into my side. Finally I pulled a hand from my mouth and draped it softly over the black kitten. A few more hours passed and the hot sun rose straight overhead, stinging my skin but I didn't move. Visions of what might meet me if I looked below danced around my head.

Finally Akumei's voice sounded throughout my head just as darkness began to fall. Kira… Are you crying?

He's dead…

Who's dead? Akumei cried out. Did you hurt someone again?

No… It wasn't me but he's still gone and I couldn't help him. I can't bring him back!

There was a long silence where I burst into tears and Akumei just listened quietly before finally speaking again. Are you ready to bring yourself back?

Yes. I want to go home! I whimpered.

Ok, picture me, your brother and everyone else here as clearly as you can. That should help. Are you ready?

Yes. I replied and heard no more. Slowly I sat up and gathered Kurri into my arms. I stared at him and he at me before licking my cheek softly. "Are you ready Kurri?" I asked. "Ready to go home?" He gave a soft meow in reply and I smiled softly, remembering what Legato had said. "Well, I'm going to keep smiling." I decided as I disappeared from the sandy, barren world.


Akumei looked up sadly. "She was crying again. It seems someone died, though she had nothing to do with it this time. She couldn't help him, is what she said and she sounded really upset."

"Is she coming back this time?" Inuyasha asked eagerly.

Akumei shrugged. "There's a very good chance she will so let's just hope so."