Hey guys, sorry for the absolutely abhorrent wait... It feels bad. But, it's here now, and it's the end of this little mini arc. Only one left until we get back into the next big arc of the story. Might be back in... Four chapters or so? Around that time. Hope you guys are excited. We will see more of Tyler next arc, and further exploration of Violet, and her new abilities. How she has grown over these past two years. It's gonna be fun, hope you guys are ready. Anyway, enjoy the Finale of Shadows of Light!
Also, I might, possibly be launching a soon. I'm not sure yet, it might go up alongside my new story, and Aftermath on other sites. The new story is going to be RWBY related, just a little chill story, check it out when it's up guys, it'll be fun, we'll have a good time. Anyway, enjoy! Let me know any thoghts, comments, concerns, all that in a review. If you wish, of course. Bye for real this time!
-Aftermath-
~Shadows of Light~
"So, you don't have people that make your clothes?" Violet asked, as she and Mitsuha were in Mitsuha's room, preparing dresses for the ball later that night. Mitsuha shoot her head.
"No. The magic in this world is vast enough that I can use it to make my clothes, and fit them to my figure. That's what we're doing now."
"Just be careful with the nips. They're sensitive." Violet told her, with a smirk, Mitsuha just shook her head. "I used to have a personal tailor, that fitted all my fancy clothes. I lost most of my clothes though…" Violet trailed off, her eyes losing a bit of focus, Mitsuha just tilted her head.
"Something wrong?" Mitsuha asked, Violet shrugged, looking back to the royal girl, with a small smile.
"Nah. Just, got a little sad for a second. I'm fine now." Violet told her, as she stretched a bit, yawning. "So, who exactly is this suitor you have on your mind?"
"They're an old friend of mine." Mitsuha said, as she gazed out the window wistfully. "We knew each other years ago, but he had to leave the Kingdom. I haven't seen him since, but we write letters back and forth. I know it's old fashioned, especially with all the magical tech we have, but it keeps us grounded. It's more romantic."
"That is pretty romantic. I hope he shows up… He is gonna show up right?" Violet asked, Mitsuha shrugged.
"I'm not sure. I wrote him earlier today, it should have gotten there. He could be on his way right now, for all I know…" Mitsuha trailed off, Violet smiled, and walked towards the girl, placing a hand on her shoulder, making Mitsuha look at her.
"He'll be here. If not, I'll track him down, and force him to marry you, and love you." Violet said, with a smile, Mitsuha giggled a bit at the blonde.
"That is sweet, but please don't harm him."
"I wont. If he doesn't hurt you, now, make those clothes please. Also, do I have to wear a dress? I got nothing to show, so what's the point of a dress?" Violet asked, pouting at Mitsuha, who smiled a bit, laughing, as she shifted a bit.
"Girls are supposed to wear dresses in this world Violet. It is customary. Though if you are technically my date to this ball, it would be fine if you wanted to wear a suit." Mitsuha told the blonde, who nodded.
"Yes please. You can add a flair of pink to it though, because I do love the color pink. It's my favorite color, actually." Violet informed the Princess, who smiled at her, nodding a bit.
"You got it." Mitsuha said, before her hands glowed a faint blue color, she closed her eyes, and for a few minutes focused. Eventually she snapped her fingers, a black suit jacket with pink lining on the collar, and buttons appeared on Violet, along with a white shirt, and a pink bowtie, with black pants and shoes. She snapped once again, and a pink formal dress appeared on her own figure, with more frills, and lace than her other one had had on it.
"Holy shit! Your magic is so much different from mine! I usually only destroy." Violet told her, Mitsuha opened her eyes, and smiled.
"It is fundamentally the same though. Magic is magic."
"Right. You know, I could probably learn that. Learning is kind of my special power, if I see magic, or a fighting style, I can usually copy it with a bit of practice, and time. It's why I'm the best fighter, or I was on my world." Violet said, with a cocky smile, Mitsuha laughed a bit.
"I'm sure. Now, we have some time before the ball officially begins, shall we go and see your friends now, we could at least head down to the dining hall if they are ready, and have a meal before everything starts."
"Wont there be food at the ball? Not that I'm complaining of course, I love food, but still." Violet said, as she moved over to the door, Mitsuha following close behind her, as she opened it, and allowed the Queen to step through first, before following her out.
"There will be, but a proper dinner typically brings people closer together. You three are my friends now, and I wish to hear more of your adventures."
"Okay. Sounds good." Violet said simply as she walked across the hall with Mitsuha in tow, she opened the door to Jesse, and Damon's room, seeing Jesse tying Damon's tie. Violet smirked. "Jesse don't fuck up!" She yelled as loud as she could, the scream made Jesse jolt up, breaking his concretion, as he released Damons tie.
"Why must you always break a peaceful quiet moment? Do you truly have that much contempt for quiet?" Jesse asked as he resumed his work on Damon's tie, Damon just smirked a bit.
"Nice one."
"I could not tie this." Jesse threatened, Damon simply shrugged at him. Jesse just shook his head, and went back to attempting to tie the tie. Violet let out a sigh, and stretched, looking to Mitsuha, who watched the three with mild amusement in her eyes. They all seemed to be so comfortable with one another, and have so much fun.
"So, how did the three of you meet?" Mitsuha asked, Violet turned towards her, with a light smirk, as she fondly recalled the memory.
"Well… They were literally assigned to be my friend. After that, they just couldn't get enough of me, so they stuck around." Violet informed her, looking to her two companions.
"Pretty much." Jesse confirmed, as he finished with Damon's tie, smiling at his handiwork, he turned to the girls in the room, and glared at Violet. "Why aren't you in a dress, as is customary?" Violet rolled her eyes at him, she just knew he was going to say something about it.
"Mitsuha said it was fine." Was all the reason Violet gave him, Jesse simply shook his head at her, before he looked to Mitsuha, Damon yawned and stretched.
"So, what are we to do while we wait?" Jesse asked, Mitsuha smiled at him.
"We're going to have dinner. You three can tell me about your adventures in other worlds. Violet is going to be my ambassador after all." Mitsuha said, Violet nodded, as Jesse hummed.
"So long as we don't need to hold formal meetings, that should be fine." He said, Violet rolled her eyes, she had said the same thing herself.
"Fuck you Jesse, already agreed to it."
"I am sure that you did. You have an overwhelming desire to help people, and be a hero. I'd say you are managing quite well." Jesse told her, Violet smiled at him.
"Thank you Jesse."
-Aftermath- Virtuoso City-
"Ooh, I remember that place! My mom always told me about it, they tailored her clothes for her when she was younger." Iris explained, as Tanner, and Miranda walked alongside her.
"I still feel like it's weird that she's here. I mean… Violet's…"
"Shh." Tanner quickly shushed her sister. "It will all be fine, it's in the Book, it will be fine if she's here. She needs to see the world before it all goes to hell." Tanner told his sister, who simply nodded, as Iris bounced around a bit, before she turned, her eyes being a vibrant pink color.
"So, what are we gonna do next?" Iris asked, thinking of all the things she could do here. She had never experienced anything like this before. She was always on the run from ZaZick, or his followers. Every day was a fight just to stay alive, but this… It was everything her mom had described.
"I still think it's creepy her eyes change color like that." Miranda said, Iris glared at her, eyes flashing to a red color, making Miranda smirk at her.
"My mom said my eyes make me special."
"She kinda has to say that about her kid." Miranda pointed out in a bored tone, Iris glared at her, and Tanner sighed, raising his hands between the two girls.
"Stop it you two. Miranda, you're an ass who loves to provoke people. Iris you have your mom's quick anger, and take offense too easily. Both of you need to stop." Tanner reminded them. Iris backed up, her eyes shifting to their natural brown coloring. Miranda simply shrugged a bit.
"So, Tanner, why exactly am I here, if I'm not allowed to interact with anyone?" Iris asked him, Tanner shrugged.
"My Book only told me you needed to be here now. I assume it's less to deal with what you do here, and more that you train with me and Miranda here, so you can be better suited to help out Bianca once you return to your time." Tanner explained to her, Iris nodded.
"So, basically it's advanced training so I can be as strong as Bianca. Well, at least help her out some more. That girl seems fine just on her own."
"She is the Hero for that time after all. But not the Hero in this story, that is Violet." Tanner said, Iris nodded, and Tanner smiled. "But if I know you mom, if she knew I had taken you to a mall, and didn't pamper you, she would probably kill me, or at least attempt to."
"Yeah, my mom loves me."
"How is Violet in your time? We aren't around then, so I don't know." Miranda asked, Iris hummed.
"I mean, mom has always been the same… Stressed mostly, but with me she's sweet and loving… And quite strict with training, gave me this scar when I was smaller. My first real fight with her." Iris noted, pointing to her chin, where a thin scar was.
"It's terrifying to think of Violet as a parent." Miranda muttered, Tanner smiled at her.
"You could say the same of Toni. But she did a pretty good job with Violet, though Kelsi was around to help."
"Probably did most of the leg work." Miranda said, Tanner simply shrugged, before looking back to Iris, who was staring at the shops once again, with a frown, and wistful stare.
"I really feel like I missed out…" Iris muttered, Tanner lowered his head, and stepped forwards, placing a hand on the girls shoulder, she looked over at him, with coal colored eyes.
"There was nothing anyone could have done. ZaZick is too strong for even me to take on… Probably, I'm not allowed to fight him directly." Tanner told the girl, who frowned.
"My mom was killed right in front of me… She was so strong, then he came and just killed her, like it was nothing… Bianca was there too, I was protecting her, or at least concealing her presence."
"That your special power?" Miranda asked, Iris looked over at her in confusion. "Each Hart has one at least… Stella could see through peoples lies. Toni was incredibly strong, with high magic that was inaccessible to her. Violet can learn pretty much anything by sight alone, a bit of training, and it's hers completely. Her Uncle Tyler has the uncanny ability to absorb most damage, to a certain extent of course, pretty much impossible to kill." Miranda explained, Iris nodded.
"I guess… My emotions change with my eye color." Iris told her, Tanner nodded.
"That's right. They're blue when stressed, or alarmed, this makes you faster than normal, but also weaker. Green when you lie, or hide from things, making you harder to detect. Red when you're angry, that makes you stronger, and faster in exchange for defense, and magical power. Pink when you're excited, your magic is strongest in this state, but you are physically weaker…"
"How do you know this?" Iris asked him, Tanner smirked at her.
"It's in my Book. I know everyone's abilities, the full extent of their potential, and how much they typically hold back percentage wise."
"You're scary."
"I suppose so. Anyway, you want me to buy you anything?" Tanner asked, with a smile, Iris widened her eyes at him, eyes turning back to brown.
"Oh, that's fine. I wouldn't want to impose, or make you waste Munny on me." Iris told him, Tanner simply shook his head at her.
"It's not a problem to me. Munny, and material items have no value to me. When you've been alive as long as me and Miranda, those things just lose value."
"I've lived in a hell hole my whole life… I had a doll when I was little, but nothing else of value really, nothing worth keeping." Iris told them, Tanner frowned at her.
"It is quite sad, but I understand how you feel." Tanner told her, letting out a sigh. "I have access, if I wish to every version of myself in the Multiverse… Some are alone in the world, I still feel that, but I also feel the warmth of everyone around them. It's a blessing and a curse. A constant reminder to try my very best at surviving, with my sister."
"That's deep… Wait, there are other version of you? Does that mean there are different version of me out there too?"
"Yes. Though all versions of you, and everyone else for that matter with the exception of me and Miranda are cut off from the other versions of you. Me and Miranda share the memories, and experiences of every version of ourselves out there. It makes us special."
"Oh, Tanner, just thought of something, wont Yuri be able to sense Iris?" Miranda asked, she figured her brother had thought of that already, but she was curious herself.
"No. Iris is being kept in a little sliver of Time. It's a very complicated form of Time Magic. She doesn't belong here, so I have to keep that up. Sadly, this means my next use of powerful Time Magic shall be my last." Tanner explained to her, Miranda nodded.
"And the next time is…"
"If nothing goes wrong, yes." Tanner answered her, not needing her to finish the question. They had both read the Book of Prophecies. Though Miranda had a greatly lowered interest in doing her job at this point. Tanner was more than happy to fill in for her, if it meant she was happy.
"Excuse me… Who exactly is Yuri?" Iris asked, Tanner smiled at her.
"One of Violet's friends. He holds a special power to see all the memories, and thoughts of pretty much everyone. With the exception of me, and Miranda… You are also immune due to my magic, and I believe ZaZick is immune as well."
"How can he do that?"
"Special powers. Just like the Harts. I think Zack's family has a couple as well. Mostly weapon based. But Rhyme was the first in her family line to exhibit, or at least unlock her special powers. Which was a certain degree of seeing into the future, regarding her friends."
"I thought everyone could summon weapons?" Iris asked, Miranda nodded.
"They can, but they need to find a weapon first, and essentially register it as theirs with magic. Zack's family line is able to conjure weapons from nothing whenever they wish to, from birth. Rose seems to have potential, but doesn't use it much. Zen uses it to a slightly bigger degree, but not by much, and Ruby seems to have exhibited the most talent with it."
"That's pretty interesting. Does Bianca have one?"
"Yes, though it is wholly unique to her. Not even I could tell you which bloodline she stems from, as their doesn't seem to be one. She just is, she popped up one day." Tanner told her, Iris nodded.
"That's weird… But what is her power?"
"Well… She's a Hero. She loves fighting, and is able to do it pretty much at all times, fighting gives her energy, and power… She cant suffer fatigue from throwing a punch, and she only gets stronger the more fights she's in. She can still be killed by taking enough damage without any breaks, but it would take an extreme amount of power."
"So… She's unstoppable?"
"Kind of. As I said, she just popped up one day. Meaning… She was sent by something beyond mortal understanding. It makes sense how she would be so strong. She's the shiniest beacon of hope in the bleak world you inhabit. She's meant, destined even to bring an end to it, and restore Light to the world." Tanner told her, Iris hummed.
"Guys, this is kind of irrelevant to the current, next, and even the arc after that one's plot. It's all fluff of stuff that could, or couldn't even happen. We should get back to the important story at hand." Miranda reminded the duo, one of which had no clue what she was talking about, her brother however simply nodded.
"Right. I suppose, we shall see how relevant this discussion was…" Tanner noted, before looking back to Iris. "So, onto the shopping trip we came here for."
-Aftermath- Kingdom of Mantriella-
"So, do you come here often?" A rich looking man asked, throwing his arm around Violet. The blonde looked over at him, with a fierce glare. He smiled a little more unsure of his life choices at that moment.
"Keep your arm there, and I'll rip it the fuck off." Violet threatened him, the man jumped, and lifted his arm off of her. "Leave me alone." Violet simply told him, as she looked over, as Damon and Mitsuha came back, laughing at something. The man and Damon locked eyes for a moment, and Damon smiled at him.
"He hittin' on you Violet?" Damon asked, Violet smirked, and nodded at her friend.
"He tried to. Told him I'd rip his arm off, and to leave." Violet answered, Damon laughed a bit, and shrugged, as Jesse came back, with two glasses of champagne. Handing one to Mitsuha, and the other to Violet.
"I'm more surprised he's still here." Jesse said, smirking at the group, Mitsuha laughed, as the man simply rushed away from them. Violet laughed, and looked over at the Queen.
"So, find the guy yet?" Violet asked, Mitsuha's expression saddened a bit, as she shook her head. "What's his name?" Violet asked the Queen.
"His name is Hisashi. Black hair, dark red eyes, a few inches taller than Damon. He's cute too." Mitsuha said, adding the last part as she blushed, and shrank into herself a bit, Violet smiled, and looked to Damon and Jesse.
"Well, boys. Looks like we've got a target! Operation: Find Hisashi for Mitsuha to Love begins! The three of us split up, and look for him. If anyone finds him, bring him to Mitsuha." Violet said, clapping her hands together. Damon, Jesse, and Mitsuha exchanged a look.
"So where shall I wait?" Mitsuha asked the blonde, who nodded.
"Just up by the throne. Easier that way." Violet answered, Mitsuha nodded in agreement.
"Long name for an Operation." Damon chimed in, crossing his arms, before he turned and left, off to do Violet's bidding.
"I shall try my hardest, but I guarantee nothing." Jesse said, nodding, before he went off in a different direction to find Hisashi. Violet smiled at Mitsuha warmly.
"I got them under my thumb." Violet said, with a large, Cheshire cat like grin, Mitsuha smiled at the blonde, and nodded before she left for the Throne. Violet looked around, and turned, heading in a different direction than Jesse, or Damon.
Violet quietly hummed to herself, as she made her way through the crowd, twisting around people, grabbing some, and turning them around, only to find out they weren't who she was looking for. She grumbled to herself a moment, before she saw a taller man in front of her, black hair, facing away. Violet glared at the back of his head, and marched towards him, knocking several people out of the way, leaving a trail of chaos in her wake.
"Hey, are you Hisashi?" Violet demanded, as she roughly grabbed the man's shoulder, and spun him around, he stared at her with surprised bright green eyes, and Violet glared at him. "Ugh! Why is it never him?" Violet groaned, the man just tilted his head at her.
"Um… Miss, what is this all about?" He asked, as he looked around her, seeing what she had done to the people who were standing between the two just moments before.
"I'm trying to find a guy named Hisashi, so he can marry Mitsuha, and make her happy! Also so I don't have to share the throne…"
"I know Hisashi, he's my younger brother, just left to get us drinks." The man told her, Violet perked up, and smiled at him, with stars, and hearts exploding from her eyes.
"You sir are a beautiful person! What is your name?" Violet asked him, full of energy, nearly vibrating. The man laughed a bit at her.
"I'm Kosuke." He answered her, Violet nodded.
"Got it." Violet said, before she released him, and smoothed out his shirt. "Sorry about that. I've noticed I leave things in chaos, I like disrupting the status quo. After all, normally a Hero isn't around to help." Violet said with a smile, Kosuke laughed a bit.
"You're a Hero? That certainly is outside of the norm. Usually people are left to deal with their own problems."
"Yeah, I like subverting that. No one should have to be alone when dealing with something shitty. Everyone deserves a chance, unless of course you're an evil bastard." Violet said, Kosuke smiled, and nodded.
"That is true." Kosuke agreed with her, as a man came over to them, looking to Violet questioningly. His dark red eyes boring into her brown ones as she smiled widely at him.
"Why are you staring at me?" Hisashi asked the blonde who merely shook her head, and grabbed his wrist, making him jump, and try to yank his arm away in protest, but her grip was strong, way stronger than should be possible for a girl her size.
"You're coming with me, no excuses. Kosuke, you comin'?" Violet asked, looking at him, he simply shrugged.
"Sure, why the hell not." Kosuke answered her, and before Hisashi could question him, he was dragged off by Violet, with Kosuke following after them. Violet had Hisashi dragged up to the throne in a matter of seconds, knocking down multiple guests that were in her way, as she single mindedly charged ahead to help her friend.
"Violet… While I am happy you want to help me, you kind of hurt a couple people…" Mitsuha muttered, as se examined the chaos Violet had left in her wake. Violet blinked, and looked behind her, seeing several disgruntled guests glaring at her, as they either picked themselves up off the ground, or righted themselves, after a blonde jackass battering ram plowed through the middle of the ball.
"They don't matter right now. Sorry though. I did bring Hisashi though." Violet said, as she shoved the boy forwards, causing him to stumble a bit, before he caught himself. Jesse, and Damon came up next to Violet, one smiling, the other glaring at Violet.
"You hurt several people Violet." Jesse noted, Violet simply nodded at him, as Damon laughed a bit. Hisashi stared at Mitsuha, before he smiled at the Queen.
"You look great Mitsuha." Hisashi told the Queen, who blushed, and nodded, brushing a stray tuft of hair behind her ear.
"You look rather dashing yourself." She said, he blushed a bit, and looked down at his attire, before looking back up to the Queen.
"You think so?" He asked, Mitsuha nodded, and Hisashi smiled at her, before offering his hand. "Would you like to dance?" He asked, Mitsuha internally screamed, as she blushed and nodded shyly, taking his hand, and letting him lead her to the middle of the ball room. Violet smiled at the couple, and placed her hands behind her head, yawning a bit. Damon, and Jesse returned to her side.
"So, what do we do now?" Damon asked, looking to his friends, Violet shrugged, and looked to Kosuke.
"I dunno. I made a new friend though!" Violet exclaimed, Jesse nodded.
"You seem to have a knack for that. Though you are utterly inept when it comes to tact." Jesse said, Violet glared at him.
"Oh, suck my balls Jesse." Violet said, Damon chuckled, and shook his head.
"That raises a whole lot of questions." Damon said, Violet turned to hi, glaring at him.
"Have you ever seen me naked?"
"No. Closest I've seen was panties, and that was only a fleeting glance at best, from the back." Damon answered her honestly, Violet nodded, placing her hands on her hips, smiling triumphantly at her friend.
"Then you don't know what I got! I could have a dick, who's to say I don't?" Violet asked, as Kosuke blushed a bit.
"This conversation is making me uncomfortable…" Kosuke said, Jesse laughed at him.
"Welcome to being Violet's friend. She still manages to say something that makes me uncomfortable on a daily basis. For context, we've been together every day for upwards of a year, and five months now. It's actually quite astounding how you manage it." Jesse said, Violet smiled proudly at him.
"I make it my daily objective. It gives me life." Violet told him, Jesse simply shook his head at his blonde friend, she was a pain, but a welcome, much desired pain. It reminded him of simpler times, back when he would attend school at Apex, then leave to work at his Diner job, with Emily next to him. Jesse frowned a bit, and shook his head.
"Something wrong?" Violet asked, keeping her playful tone despite her genuine concern. She couldn't let him know anything about her plan.
"Yeah, I just need some air, for a moment. I'll be back shortly." Jesse told her, reassuring her with a smile, Violet simply nodded, and looked away, appearing to not care as much as she really did. Jesse nodded to Damon, before he walked away, getting lost to the crowd easily.
Violet hummed a moment, before she walked forwards, marching through the crowd towards Mitsuha, and Hisashi, who were talking animatedly, having a moment together as they reconnected. Violet hated to interrupt them, but this needed to happen. It was now, or never. She tapped Mitsuha's shoulder, making the two stop their dance, the Queen looking at her.
"Time for your end of our deal. Jesse is most likely out on the balcony right now. Go talk to him, will ya?" Violet asked, Mitsuha nodded, smiling at Hisashi before attempting to leave, Hisashi gripped her hand, whispering rather loudly.
"Don't leave me with her!" He frantically begged, as Violet gripped both their wrists, and forced them apart.
"Go, Mitsuha." Violet said, Mitsuha nodded as Violet released her wrist, and she walked away, Violet turned towards Hisashi with a smile. "Now, Hisashi, let's talk about my dear friend Mitsuha, and what will happen if you ever harm her, also, you're going to dance with me." Violet demanded, Hisashi just gulped, wishing he was anywhere else, Violet was scary.
Mitsuha weaved through the crowd effortlessly, having had to do so her whole life during balls, and other formal events with her father. It still took a while for her to process that her father was actually gone, and evil. It was surely a surprise to see someone working for the New Guardians of Light as evil. But she supposed that bright lights always create dark shadows.
Mitsuha opened the door to the balcony, and closed it behind her quietly. She saw Jesse leaning over a railing, shaking a bit, as he wiped his face with the back of his hand. He was crying, Mitsuha observed, frowning, as she moved over to him, placing a hand on his shoulder, making him jump in surprise and stare at her, with puffy red eyes.
"Mitsuha… What are you doing here?" Jesse questioned her, Mitsuha smiled at him.
"Thought you needed someone to talk to about things. It seems serious, can I help?" Mitsuha asked, Jesse frowned at her.
"I presume Violet sent you. She shouldn't worry herself over me. I'm fine." Jesse said, and Mitsuha laughed bitterly at him.
"Sure you are Jesse. Because crying all alone on a balcony is a fine thing to do." Mitsuha said, Jesse glared at her. "I just mean that… You're obviously not okay, you should talk to me, if you cant talk to her." Mitsuha said, Jesse frowned. He knew she wouldn't leave him alone, and that she would probably tell Violet about this, but… He needed to talk to someone about this, so why not now?
"I just… Don't know anymore. I love the time I spend with Violet, and Damon. They're my best friends, really, but… I feel awful every day." Jesse told her Mitsuha frowned at him.
"Why?"
"Because… They rely on me so much. I'm the level headed one. I have to keep them both in line, and I love them both dearly… But, I really just want to cut loose, and joke around with them. Granted I've never been great at that, but I was trying more, I was getting better… Then, everything was taken from me."
"Not everything Jesse, you still have Violet, and Damon, and your little sister, and mom… I'm also sure that they wouldn't fall apart or get themselves killed if you goofed off a little bit." Mitsuha said, he looked at her, eyes wide, Violet had most likely told her all about him in preparation for this moment.
"I've always had to be strong. Back when my dad died, I had to step up to help my mom with my little sister. The only times I could relax were at work with Emily, but she's gone. I don't know how I can move on from that honestly."
"You've got a lot of problems Jesse. But, I mean, we all do, and we all need help from time to time. Didn't Violet go off because she wanted to heal alone? You and Damon went with her didn't you? You knew she couldn't deal with it alone, and even if she did make herself better, it was because she realized you two were with her, and would back her up in her dreams to be a Hero." Mitsuha said, Jesse laughed a bit at her. This girl had known Violet for a short time, and had gotten her to share so much information with her.
"But… They cant see me as weak, they rely on me to-"
"Oh, stop it." Mitsuha exclaimed, rather frustrated at the boy in front of her. "You all rely on each other. We all put on the same brave face before we get out of bed, we all deal with things internally that we don't share with anyone. We all go through things, but nothing gets solved if you don't let that mask slip, and realize that no one is going to be mad at you for it."
"You're right… But-"
"But nothing Jesse. Tomorrow, you should talk to them. I'll go back, and leave you here, if you want."
"You can stay, it would be good… to spend more time with someone who looks so similar to her." Jesse said, Mitsuha nodded, and smiled at a thought she had.
"Hisashi is probably wishing I was there right now, he's frightened of Violet."
"For good reason. She is rather… Forceful. Especially when it involves her friends, and relationships." Jesse said, with a slim smile, he would try to get better. Let Violet, and Damon in, and have them try and help him. Maybe finally let Violet hook him up with the girls she had always tried to push on him, during their many adventures. Emily wasn't coming back, and nothing he did could change that, but he could change himself for the better. She would absolutely hate who he turned into, but he would get better, and honor her memory.