1Okay so here is the second to last chapter! I think its okay but give me your opinion!
Disclaimer: I do not own Negima or either of the songs used.
Chapter Six:
One Last Goodbye
The sky was dark and the moon could still be seen. Big and Blue. Four men slowly lowered the brown casket into the ground. A thud was heard every time the dirt hit it.
A crowd of people swarmed around the grave mourning for there lost friend. One particular girl stood in front of the crowd. Her long blue hair hanging down, not up as it normally was but hanging in front of her face. Her short, black dress swayed with the wind.
The grave was now covered and each person put a black rose in front of the gravestone which said, "Quinn Stratford Born April 17, 1989 Died March 21, 2003 A fragile soul caught in the hands of fate." Slowly everyone seemed to leave but that one girl stood motionless. She placed one red rose over all of the black ones.
"Are you Yue?" someone asked from behind her. She turned around seeing two boys and one girl.
"Yes." she said sadly.
"Hi, we were friends of Quinn's at school. Im Hayden, this is Valerie, and this is Derek." He said pointing to his two friends at his side. "Its cool to finally meet you. Quinn barely ever stopped talking about you. He said how he couldn't wait until he got to see you again. Im just really sorry that you only had a few days to see him."
"Its okay." her voice now shaky.
"Well we need to go so we can catch the train. It was nice meeting you." they slowly turned around and headed out of the cemetery.
Yue turned back to the gravestone and fell to her knees, her head hanging down.
"Did I disappoint you or let you down?" she started to sing under her breath.
"Should I be feeling guilty or let the judges frown?
Cause I saw the end before we'd begun,
Yes I saw you were blinded and I knew I had won.
So I took what's mine by eternal right.
Took your soul out into the night.
It may be over but it wont stop there,
I am here for you if you'd only care.
You touched my heart you touched my soul.
You changed my life and all my goals.
And love is blind and that I knew when,
My heart was blinded by you.
I've kissed your lips and held you hand.
Shared you dreams and shared your bed.
I know you well I know your smell,
I've been addicted to you.
Goodbye my lover,
Goodby my friend
You have been the one.
You have been the one.
Goodbye my lover
Goodbye my friend
You have been the one
You have been the one for me.
I am a dreamer but when I wake
You cant break my spirit-its my dreams you take.
And as you move on remember me.
Remember us and all we used to be
I've seen you cry, I've seen you smile.
I've watched you sleep for a while
I'd spend a lifetime with you
I know your fears and you know mine
We've had our doubts but now we're fine
And I love you I swear that's true.
I cannot live without you.
Goodbye my lover,
Goodby my friend
You have been the one.
You have been the one.
Goodbye my lover
Goodbye my friend
You have been the one
You have been the one for me.
And I still hold your hand in mine
In mine when im asleep
And I will bear my soul in time
When im kneeling at your feet.
Goodbye my lover,
Goodby my friend
You have been the one.
You have been the one.
Goodbye my lover
Goodbye my friend
You have been the one
You have been the one for me."
Her voice became raspy and her eyes filled with tears. Kotaro went and kneeled beside her putting a hand on her shoulder.
"I wish it was me rather then him." he said sadly, "because then maybe you wouldn't be so distraught."
She turned and looked at him. She practically jumped on him, hugging him. She buried her head in his chest crying.
"How could you say that? I don't know what I would have done if you died! Kotaro...I-I just don't know what im going to do!" Kotaro started stroking her hair to comfort her.
"I...I know how it feels like to loose someone close. You feel as if you can never be happy again. The pain, it never truly goes away, but you learn that you cannot hold onto the past." A tear fell down his cheek. He tried to hold it inside but Quinn had become a really good friend over the past couple of days. Seeing her like this reminded him of himself. He slowly stood up, taking Yue with him. She still had her arms around him and her head in his chest.
They stood like that for a while until she lifted her head from him. "Come one, lets get you back to the dorms. Its getting cold and you look as if you haven't slept in days."
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Kotaro and Yue slowly and quietly walked around the Mahora campus both lost in there own thoughts. They were both thinking about Quinn in one way or another.
'I don't know what I could say that would make her feel better.' Kotaro thought. 'Well there isn't much that I can say.'
"Of course there's something to say!" came a voice from beside him.
'That voice.' he turned his head to the opposite side then Yue was on and saw Quinn walking beside him. He was wearing the same clothes he was wearing the day he died. A slite smile was on his face but sadness filled his eyes. Kotaro turned his head to Yue who seemed to have no idea that he was beside him.
"Quinn, how...why?
"Kotaro, just let me do the talking. I cant be there to personally protect her anymore and I was hoping you could do it for me." Quinn looked at Yue sadly. "I truly love her and I hope that she knows that. I've noticed the way you've looked at her and I can tell you deeply care about her. I was also hoping you could love her the way I cant anymore."
Kotaro's eyes widened. He tried to talk but nothing came out.
Quinn's head lowered and a tear fell down his cheek. "I know you would have taken care of her with out me asking but I just wanted you to know." Quinn then faded into the wind leaving Kotaro standing there with a shocked face.
"Kotaro are you okay?" Yue asked.
"Yeah im fine. The real question is are you okay?"
She lowered her head down and began to tremble. He lightly placed his hand on her back.
"Im not sure if I will ever be okay. It was my fault that Quinn died. MINE! If I wasn't so emotional I would have never been caught by Dominique and you, Quinn, and everyone else wouldn't have suffered for me."
"Yue its not your fault that no one over told you what you truly are until now. Stop blaming everything on yourself. Cause then one day you might do something terrible that would ruin everything that he did for you besides..." he let out a sigh, "he did it because he loved you, not because he had too."
Yue looked at him in disbelief as they headed through the doors into the dormitory. As soon as they entered the lobby they saw the rest of 3-A and the other people who attended the funeral waiting for them. The lobby was set up the same way as when they had the kareoke party when Quinn first arrived, stage and everything.
"Yue..." Nodoka started, "we all thought that...well maybe..."
"If we threw a party again it would make you happier!" Haruna finished. The lights then flicked off except for one light pointing at the stage. "And Yue we all decided that you should go first." the crowd cheered and Yue looked around nervously. She felt a hand on her shoulder and turned to Kotaro.
"Don't be nervous, you'll do great! Just sing something meaningful. Straight from your heart."
She starred blackly at him. 'Is this really Kotaro. He seems to have changed a lot over the past few days.' she then nodded and headed towards the stage as everyone screamed louder.
Chachamaru handed her the microphone and awaited her song choice. Yue looked out into the crowd and thought that she could sing a song about her classmates but then in the back of the room she thought she saw Quinn leaning against the wall watching her but as someone walked in front of him he was gone. But she then knew what to sing. She leaned over and whispered into Chachamaru's ear and she took her place in the middle of the stage.
"I found myself today
Oh I found myself and ran away
Something pulled me back
The voice of reason I forgot I had
All I know is you're not here to say
What you always use to say
But its written in the stars tonight.
So I wont give up
no I wont break down
Sooner then I seems life turns around
And I will be strong
Even if it all goes wrong
When im standing in the dark ill still believe
Someones watching over me.
Seen that ray of light
And its shining on my destiny
Shining all the time
And I wont be afraid
To follow everywhere its taking me
All I know is yesterday is gone
And right now I belong
To this moment to my dreams.
So I wont give up
No I wont break down
Sooner then I seems life turns around
And I will be strong
Even if it all goes wrong
When im standing in the dark ill still believe
Someones watching over me.
It doesn't matter what people say
And it doesn't matter how long it takes
Believe in yourself and you'll fly
And it only matters ow true you are
Be true to yourself and follow your heart.
So I wont give up
No I wont break down
Sooner then it seems life turns around
And I will be strong
Even if it all goes wrong
When im standing in the dark ill still believe
That I wont give up
No I wont break down
Sooner then it seems life turns around
And I will be strong
Even when it all goes wrong
When im standing in the dark ill still believe
That someones watching over
Someones watching over
Someones watching over me.
Someones watching over me."
Yue handed the microphone over to Chachamaru and jumped off of the stage where she was then surrounded by a bunch of people. "Yue that was amazing!" Was just about all she could understand with the roar of the crowd. Hayden, Valerie, and Derek pushed there way through the crowd and went up beside her so she could hear them.
"I thought you had a train to catch!" she said sarcastically.
"Well... we lied so sue me! Anyway we wouldn't have missed this! We may have just met but I can already tell a lot about you. Quinn is probably watching you right now with a smile on his face." Yue looked over Hayden's shoulder and saw Quinn standing behind him with a wide smile and all she could do was smile back.
Yeah so there it is. Hope you liked it!