An arrow was fired into the Akuma's heart.
"Quickly Jiro!" Midoriko cried.
Her uniform was ripped and bloodied; this was to be her final battle.
The akuma cut her down, and she fell to the earth.
Jiro lunged forward and stabbed the akuma, who hit him in turn, but he was still alive.
The two of them reached for each other, bloodied hands intertwining as they looked out onto the lake together where the lotuses bloomed.
"They are born from mud, and reach for the blue sky. Like us exorcists." Midoriko said. "We light up the darkness."
Her hand went cold against his as he reached once more for the sky, reaching for his weapon, his Mugen.
"Oh you were still alive, Exorcist?" Akuma lunged for him and finished him off.
All was darkness, everything black.
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Neah stood in a pile of Noah bodies, crazed look on his face.
"Why are you doing this, brother?" Mana asked, confused.
"For the only reason any man does anything." Neah said. "For love."
"I don't understand." Mana said.
"I have seen a world that will be perfect and wonderful." Neah said. "All I have to do...is cut through you."
"NO!" Mana said, grabbing Neah. "The two of us will escape this war!"
Together they escaped, back to the circus