Awwwww! I'm so happy I made that chapter. And come on guys, did you really think I was going to keep her dead? She is my OC! I live my life through her! I am not even close to being as cool and chill as she is! But how is she alive? Well to tell you all the truth, I don't know either. Some seance type thing Lord Death did to make her live. But, there was a side affect to it. And that's what we are going to find out in this chapter! Woo! Time to get reading guys because this is the last chapter! Don't worry though, I'll write tiny one-shots that will continue the story a bit for those who aren't ready to let go. This story is dedicated to: Darktenshi01, DeathTheKidOCD, AnimeFreak132002, ReaperAsOfLate, dark anime princess marie, Renee, cyber samra, Erza Soulthief, pokemon73, purplegradient, PawPrint05, Haley-sama, Spartan Yoshi 90, Aquanovedragon, Moonlight Stargun, lydiakleux, , Kat-Likes-Sammy, Razzeeberry, and the Guests who reviewed with no account, and to all my readers. Thank you all so much! I love you all!
It has been about a week since my resurrection and still no one knows. I never leave my room without wearing my beanie so they don't see. They can't see, because if I explain this whole...thing… to them, it would only settle in more and make me more miserable with this knowledge. However! I need to stay positive and just enjoy the time I have with my friends, my sister, and my boyfriend. Though, I suppose I'll have more time to be with him after...all this stuff happens… Which it won't for a long time, but whatever. And I suppose, of all people, I should tell Kid. He's the only one who understands this whole ordeal. And maybe he can help me figure stuff out.
So, my resolve for the day was to go to Kid's place and talk to him about everything. After brunch with Maka and the others in my household. I got out of bed and walked into my private bathroom. Looking into the mirror, I saw the most hateful haircut on my head ever. No offense to anyone with a bob and bangs that go straight across, I just don't like it for me. But, I'm going to have to live with it. Hopefully my hair will continue to grow out instead of staying like this. I had taken a shower the night before, but I didn't dry my hair so it looked like a huge mess. I plugged in the hair drier and made my hair fluffier and drier than before. I then took a brush to my mane and smoothed it all down. Another glance at myself in the mirror and I could see them. The three stripes going across my head, like three halos got stuck and never came I asked Lord Death about why mine all connected and Kid's didn't was because Kid was his heir and when/if Lord Death ever died, Kid's would connect and he would assume the position of Lord Death himself, whereas I was resurrected as a full on grim reaper. That's how Lord Death explained it at least, but it still didn't make any sense to me. So there I was. Wearing beanies everywhere I went. And it is summer time now, so wearing these is a living hell. I may result in buying a bunch of bandanas instead for summer.
After brushing my teeth and putting on my eyeliner, I placed my plain black beanie on my head and walked out of my room to the kitchen where brunch was being set up.
"Morning sis," Maka greeted me when I walked in.
"Morning," I said back with a slight yawn. " So what did you make? It smells really good in here."
"Cinnamon rolls and french toast."
"Nice! Need any help making the bacon?"
"Yeah sure. I'll set up the table while you do that."
"Cool." I walked over to make the bacon and as it was cooking, the other three walked in. The bacon sizzled in the pan as it cooked. It only took a few more minutes for me to finish making the bacon and place the plate on the table with the rest of the food.
"Smells good in here," Soul commented, his arm around Donna's shoulders.
"Thanks," Maka and I said at the same time. I smiled at them all when they took their seats, which quickly turned upside down when I remembered that eventually, they will all be six feet under. And I won't be.
"Something the matter?" Donna asked me, noting my frown. I knew it was inevitable, what would happen to us. Well, more to them. I looked at all their faces and sighed. I can't keep this from them, as much as I wish I could. Maka at the very least, would find out one way or another eventually. I sat down next to my sister.
"No. Not really," I admitted.
"What's wrong?" Maka asked. "What, after all we have been through, could possibly be wrong?"
"Well, you know how people die of old age?" I said.
"Yes. Also disease and tragic incidents. What's your point?" Soul said.
"I won't." I blatantly said.
"What do you mean?" Blair, who in her cat form was walking on the table, asked.
"Well…When I was resurrected I wasn't exactly brought back the exact same as before. I don't know how it happened, honest, but it did. And now I can't die."
'And why can't you die?" Blair asked again.
"Because… well, because of these," I said and defeatedly took off my beanie to reveal three white lines going all the way across my head. Unlike Kid, whose stripes only go halfway, which I don't understand why mine go all the way, but whatever. When I took off the beanie, they gasped, and I can't blame them. It was shocking to me too. "I'll live forever and end up watching everyone I love die. All of you, dad, Chrona, Liz, Patti, Black Star, and Tsubaki. All of you."
It was silent for a full minute before anyone spoke. And in that minute, I started tearing up at the irrevocability of what I had just said. I never imagined having to live without my sister, much less living forever.
"Not all of us will," Maka said, breaking the silence.
"What do you mean?"
"You'll still have Kid and Lord Death," she sighed. "I wish I could say I understand, but I can't. At least not all of it. Losing you was incredibly hard for me to accept, but you came back, so I only had to live without you for a few days. Granted they were miserable, but you have eternity. Eternity to move on."
"But Maka, I can't. You know how much I depend on you for everything! How am I going to go through this without you?"
"You will. Think about it. Kid, I'm sure has gotten over innumerable amounts of death and he's turned out fine."
"He has OCD, Maka."
"Not anymore. After you guys started going out, he has lessened his obsessing over symmetry until now he doesn't even look twice at anything that isn't symmetric. With him by your side, you'll be fine," Donna added.
"But…"
"What, don't you love him?" Soul asked.
"I do, but he's the only person I've ever dated. So… I don't know if he is the one I want to spend the rest of time with."
"That's the good thing then. You have all the time in the world to figure it out."
"But at what cost?"
"Will you shut up?" Blair interjected. "Look, I do some snooping while you all aren't at home. Apparently Lord Death says that you and Kid are meant for each other and it's been destined eons ago or something like that. So suck it up and let's just eat breakfast." There was a stunned silence from all of us after Blair spoke. She then took a bite of some bacon.
None of us wanted to speak after that, so we all awkwardly ate our breakfast in silence. I thought about what Blair said through breakfast and putting my beanie back on along with my white Reebok's. I thought about it all the way to Kid's house and was snapped out of my train of thought when I heard snapping in my ears.
"Hello? Earth to Myra," Kid said. "Are you okay?"
"Hm? Yeah fine. Lost in thought, sorry," I said giving him a peck on the cheek.
"You seem to be doing that quite a bit since you came back. Anything you want to talk about?"
"Actually, yes. Can we talk in private?"
"Of course," he said, leading me to the living room. We sat down on the couch and he looked at me expectantly. "So, what did you want to talk about?"
"Well… It's kind of hard to explain…" I told him. His back straightened a little as he tensed up. I looked into his eyes and could almost tell what he was thinking. oh nononono, it's not what you think, I thought to myself.
"Go on," he encouraged calmly, though I could tell he was panicking.
"So...I read somewhere while searching the web about Reapers," I told him. "And I saw something that had to do with some sort of prophecy or whatever and the people described in it resembled our group. A lot."
"Ah yes, that one. I realized during the fight that this is what Father was telling me about all those years ago. But how did you find it on the internet?"
"Not sure, honestly," I lied. "But there was one part I read that made me confused. It said...uh… the one with hair red as blood shall...uh… see time's end." I had to make something up and that was the best I could do.
"That is strange...well what do you think it means?"
"Uh…" I wasn't prepared for this. I am really bad at this. "That I would die. But I've already died, so that can't be it."
"It can, unfortunately. You came back, but as a human, your life is limited."
"Except… I'm not."
"What? no, of course you are. I mean, if you weren't then that'd mean…" he paused.
"Yeah…" I took off my beanie and for the second time today to reveal my white stripes. As soon as Kid saw them his face fell.
"Myra...I-I never wanted this for you, I hope you know that," he told me seriously.
"Kid, I know why your Dad brought me back. Because, as Blair has informed me, you and I are destined to be together or something…"
"Well yeah. When you first started school, my father pulled me aside and told me. I didn't believe him at first, but when we finally met, officially, I was starting to believe him. Are you...not happy about it?"
"I don't know what to feel, Kid. I'm going to lose all of my friends and my sister. And the whole 'destined to be together' sounds like it's from a cliche supernatural novel. Plus, as in love with you as I am, you're only the first person I've dated, so... I don't know what I wanna do."
I expected him to look disappointed in my answer, but he didn't. He had an understanding look on his face. I couldn't look at him anymore, so I directed my eyes to my lap. Talking about all of this made me feel, well, not myself. I don't know how else to explain it. Kid took one of my hands into his own and lightly kissed my knuckles.
"I get it. I really do. So listen, I will completely understand if you want to see other people while you figure stuff out. As much as I don't want to be apart from you...I understand the need to know what to do and who you are going to end up with. I've had hundreds of years experience in dating. You haven't even had one year," Kid told me.
"But… not yet," I said. "Maybe someday down the line, but definitely not now. You're the only one who understands what is going on and...and I need you." Kid smiled softly and nodded. I then leaned onto his shoulder. He let go of my hand and put his arm around me instead. We sat there in silence, a comfortable silence. Each of us wondering what would happen to us in the future.
EpilogueMarch 15, 2045
Today, two weeks after my nephew Aaron had his 16th birthday, I finally got engaged. I know it has been a bumpy road to get to this point. After Kid and I had broken up for the first time a month after I had turned eighteen, it was heartbreaking. And the three others I had dated until this point weren't exactly the best candidates. It was only after two years from being with Alex that I finally got back with Kid. When we did get back together it was like nothing had changed since I was a teenager. We still had that spark, that unrequited love for each other that I never really got with the others. It's strange, really. With what happened today, I am remembering my fondest memories of everyone. All the family trips Maka and I took when we were little, when Soul and I officially became friends, when Donna agreed to be my meister, when I first met Chrona. I still remember the fateful day I met the rest of my friends, when Kid saved my life at the mall, our first date, our first kiss. When everyone first saw me after coming back to life. Maka and Chrona's wedding. Donna and Soul's wedding, Black Star and Tsubaki's (who none of us actually thought would end up together) wedding. When Soul and Donna had their first child (which I had dubbed my Niece), and their second and third (another Niece and Nephew!). When I officially became an Auntie to Maka's child. Liz's wedding to a guy named Clay and their kid who came about a year after the marriage. Black Star and Tsubaki's first (and only as Tsubaki has informed me) child. Patti stayed the spinster of us all, which wasn't too surprising. She's too free spirited to be tied down to anyone.
My only regret about today is that my father won't be able to walk me down the aisle on my wedding day. Both of my parents gone, but I have a feeling that their spirits will be watching us from wherever they are. As my friend's lives are all coming closer and closer to the end with each passing day, I cherish it more. Because I know one day they won't be there. I'm just glad they can be at my wedding. As for any future plans? I have no idea. Kid and I don't even know if it is possible for me to have children, but we don't mind testing that theory at all. And since we literally have all the time in the world, we are definitely going to travel the globe. Every country, island, and province there is. Who knows, maybe we'll even get to travel through all of space! And if we are lucky, travel through time! A girl can dream, can't she? Heh.
Well, I think that this will be my last journal entry for a while. The past thirty years have been a blast to write about, and I'm sure more exciting things are to come in the future. So for now, my dear journal, Ciao! I can't wait to re read you in another thirty years to reflect on my life.
Fin.
