Title: How Far

By: Author 888

Disclaimer: Still don't own anything except what was said earlier and the situations in this fiction.

Ms. Hildnesckon: There is no character bashing in this fiction. In fact, anyone who thinks otherwise should go to flamer's graveyard. Zaps all the nonbelievers. Hah!

Chapter 10: She's A Butterfly

She remembers when

She first got her wings

And how she opened up

The day she learned to sing

Then the colors came

Erased the black and white

And her whole world changed

When she realized

She's a butterfly

Pretty as the crimson sky

Nothing's ever gonna bring her down

And everywhere she goes

Everybody knows

She's so glad to be alive

She's a butterfly

Like the purest light

In a darkened world

So much hope inside

Such a lovely girl

You should see her fly

It's almost magical

It makes you want to cry

She's so beautiful

She's a butterfly

Pretty as the crimson sky

Nothing's ever gonna bring her down

And everywhere she goes

Everybody knows

She's so glad to be alive

She's a butterfly

God bless the butterfly

Give her the strength to fly

Never let her wings touch the ground

God bless the butterfly

Give her the strength to fly

Never let her wings touch the ground

Oh, she's a butterfly

Pretty as the crimson sky

Nothing's ever gonna bring her down

And everywhere she goes

Everybody knows

Shoe's so glad to be alive

She's a butterfly

God bless the butterfly

Give her the strength to fly

Never let her wings touch the ground

God bless the butterfly

Giver her the strength to fly

Never let her wings touch the ground

Kisa walked over to Yuki. I hope Yuki is okay. He should know it's not his fault. "Yuki…" He gave no response. "Yuki! I want you to know that it's not your fault. There was nothing you could have done to change this."

"There was something I could have done…" Yuki responded.

"What could you have done?"

"I could have been a better brother. I could have stopped shunning him every time I saw him. I could have talked to him. I could have got to know him better. I could have done so many things that I didn't do, but I didn't do them. I was selfish."

"But… you didn't know that he would become a serial killer. There was no way anyone would have known that."

"I still could have-"

"NO! You couldn't have! If you could have, you would have done it! Now stop sulking and help do something to fix it before another one of us dies and we are all hurt more!"

Yuki didn't reply. He rose from the rock and began to walk to the graves. Once he arrived, he sat in front of Haru's and began to think.

Ayame ran back to where Mine was. She always checked him for injuries. Ayame arrived in tears and she wondered what had happened. "Ayame…"

"He yelled at me again. I can't do anything right." Ayame put his head in her lap and sobbed. She almost hugged him, then remembered the one time she had done that. "I just want to bond with my brother, but no matter what I do, he always gets mad at me. What do I do wrong?" Tears fell out of his eyes.

"It will be okay… All we need to do is help him realize the error of his ways. I have just the plan." She whispered something in his ear.

"You think that will work? It just seems he will get angrier at me."

"Trust me. If this doesn't work, I don't know what will?" Mine stared at the miserable Ayame. It was heartbreaking. I remember this one time when I had tried to bond with Yuki…"

"Don't you get it! You annoy me! You are one of the problems in my life!" Yuki screamed to Ayame after another attempt at a bond.

"How Far?… How Far, Yuki? How far do I have to go to make you understand my feelings? How Far do you want me to go to make our brotherly bond whole. I want to make this work so much that it hurts badly every time you reject me. It hurts so badly in my heart that I begin to think that you want to kill me," Ayame asked while on his knees. Teardrops hit the floor.

"How Far! I don't think you even care if I leave! You aren't trying!"

"Y-yes I-I am. I-I've tried m-my hardest every time." Ayame wept.

Mine looked at Ayame sympathetically. He soaked in every word he had said, every word that had made her hate Yuki. She wanted to kill him, but she knew that would make Master Ayame disheartened. So, instead, she had supported Ayame's decision to do this, even though she knew it wouldn't work. She had supported him this far and would not stop now. "Go, Ayame, work on getting your dream."

Ayame took his head off Mine, "Okay… I'll try."

"Look, Hiro! A butterfly!" Kisa called when she saw the first positive thing since last night. The butterfly landed on Kisa's arm. "Look!"

"So what? It's just a stupid bug," retorted Hiro.

"No! It's a sign of hope. It might be over soon! We might be okay!"

"How much longer do you think Yuki will be over there?"

"Probably for a while. His brother just told him that he was killing people for him. Then again, the butterfly is a good sign for the future." Kisa smiled and grabbed Hiro's hand, with the hand she did not have the butterfly on. "Let's go check on Ritsu!"

They walked towards the opposite direction of the graves, the direction Ayame went. Soon they ran into Ritsu. He was curled up in a ball on the ground.

"Ritchan! Get up! I found a butterfly." Kisa called out to him.

"Ritsu rose and slowly moved towards the two, "Hello, Kisa-san, Hiro-san."

"What are you doing curled up in a ball on the ground?" Hiro asked. "It's pathetic."

"I-I'm sorry…" Ritsu tried his hardest not to panic. This was important. Lives were at stake. Ayame… his role model had attacked and killed so many people. He noticed the butterfly on Kisa's arm. "Is this the butterfly you spoke of?"

"Yes! It's a sign of hope! We'll get out of this okay after all!"

Ritsu turned around to see Ayame returning to the stop. "A-A-A-Ayame h-h-he's coming back." Ritsu stood his own. There was no way he would leave Hiro and Kisa and panic. That would doom the children.

Ritsu remained in front of the children, trying his hardest to protect them. Ayame began his attack.

Yuki stood up. That cleared my mind. Kisa's right… It's not my fault. I couldn't have known that he would turn into a psychotic murderer, not even in the deepest fiber of my being. Yuki returned to the pile of ashes that was earlier's fire.

Strange… No one is here. Where could they have gone? Yuki heard a scream from the direction of the manor. No!

He arrived to find Ritsu bloody and fallen over on the ground. Kisa was on her knees crying, a butterfly cut in half in front of her. Ayame was holding Hiro in the air by his neck, surely choking him to death.

"NO! HIRO! PLEASE STOP IT! PLEASE! LET HIM GO! LET HIM GO! PLEASE! I'LL DO ANYTHING! STOP IT! HIRO!" Kisa shrieked with all her might. Ayame dropped Hiro.

"Anything you say… I'll spare him, but, in return, I want your life," Ayame told her.

Kisa's eyes grew wide. She wanted so badly to be with Hiro forever. Hiro, forgive me… She stood up and walked towards Ayame. Hiro was unconscious and could not protest. Ayame grabbed her.

At that moment, Hiro awoke. "Kisa! What are you doing?… Let go of her, Ayame!"

"A life for a life. She did this to save you," Ayame answered.

"KISA! I LOVE YOU! DON'T GO! PLEASE DON'T GO! NOOOOO!" Hiro shouted. All of them heard a crack as Kisa's neck broke. I love you too, Hiro. She departed.

"How sweet. Too bad she had to die," Ayame stated coldly. He then disappeared.

Hiro stood over Kisa's dead body then walked away. He couldn't stand the corpse being in his sight. He had to get out of there.

Yuki examined Ritsu then lifted him off the ground. The movement made Ritsu wake. "I'm sorry Yuki. I tried my hardest to protect them. He just got the better of me," he explained to Yuki. "No matter how much I wanted to, I did not panic. He was just too fast for me. I'm sorry."

"You're in no condition to be moving. I guess we have to stay where we are," Yuki told Ritsu. He held Ritsu firmly and began carrying him back to the main area of rocks.

Hiro was almost back to the main area. He was pretty sure that she was out of his sight now. He looked back and looked the way he came. He saw a single butterfly rise from the distance, rising up into the sky. Goodbye, Kisa, my butterfly. My hopeful butterfly.

Note on dead character: puddle starting to flood lounge Kisa! Not Kisa! She had been so full of hope. I thought the butterfly would be a sign of hope for them.

Momiji and Tohru's view of chapter;

Momiji: contributing to the puddle

Tohru: The poor little tiger and poor little sheep. They don't deserve this punishment. It's just too much for me to handle. resumes contribution to puddle

Haru: Author 888 wants to know how sorry you feel for Kisa and Hiro.

Rin: Thank you for taking your time to read this fiction, you fucking idiots with too much spare time.… Oh shit! gets shocked with an electric stick at four times the power I had told her I would use What the-? Why so much power.

Author 888:

One: you insulted my readers

Two: you said bad words

Three: I doubled the shocking power because this chapter was really sad.

Extra note: This fiction is getting out of my hands! Mine was never in any of my original plans! It's starting to write itself! Help! I don't even know what's going to happen next chapter anymore!