Okay! Yep, new chapter.. LAST CHAPTER!! Or is it?? Maybe, probably, most likely it is.. BUT HEY! If anyone wants a sequel, you should tell me.. P After this, be expecting either a Johnny the Homicidal Maniac story called the "First Dates of a Maniac and an Artist."(FDMA)or just "First Dates"(FD) 'cause it's much shorter... and MAYBE a Pyramid Head story 'cause I know deep inside of you, you all love PH (Pyramid Head).. Uhm.. I LOVE YOU ALL WHO REVIEWED!! And for the dudes that didn't... I still love you too, just... a super microscopic bit smaller.. but I still love you, and it's the thought that counts right? Now, onto the story, which may very short 'cause there's seriously a hole in my tongue.. bleh...
Oh, ha, and I've been sick, which is why this is late, so you can't get mad at me for being late! xD
Haha, now I got a reason for the title! Trust me, you'll know when you see it.
cHaPtEr 10...
There was only silence, and she almost wanted to cry because of that. 'Silly,' she scolded herself. 'It be only silence.' But..
To her it was hard to bear.
How many years had she been through it? Went through all that Time Alone, the silence the only thing that surrounded her, usually making her head her so badly because for once, just once, it would have been nice to have a voice break that silence and help her, free her from it. That muteness that she lived in. That she called a life.
It was when the village was burning with flames, the villagers running from it, trying to get their only homes flame free, or perhaps trying to save a loved one that had accidently caught on fire. She could remember her sister being set on fire. The adrenaline was such a sudden rush for her. Then she heard his voice, of all people. But he was dead now. Dead, dead, dead. That's how everyone she knew would be before her. The monk. The taijiya. The hanyou. The girl from the furture. It was almost like a curse..
"Hey, old hag! You alive in there?" A gruff voice called out, and Kaede looked up from changing into a clean, blood free new clothes.
"Aye, Inu-Yasha." She muttered, ignoring his rudeness, smiling now. 'I shouldn't be thinking like that, they'll live longer then I.' She thought, sighing.
She slowely stood up, walking outside, her eyes closed. She bumped into someone as she walked out, and opened her eyes, the sudden rush of the bright sunlight blinding her for a moment, and at first she saw Kikyo, smiling at her, praising her. ('You're so good at this, Kaede!').
Then her parents smiling happily at their two young daughters ('They're so lovely and ready for a long, long life full of happiness. We are so lucky to have such angels sent from the heavens..').
All her friends that had died when she was little, or just friends that seemingly 'vanished' were smiling and waving, laughing happily. ('Keep smilin', Kae'! Keep smilin'! We miss you, too!')
And Jin, standing in a field that was set ablaze, alone. His eyes staring straight at her, watching her every move. Then he smiled and the flames seemed to roar up, engulfing almost everything, swallowing it in a firery wrath. And Jin smiled. Jin smiled. ('You know I loved you always and forever Kae', I wish it never turned out like this but I'll always be with you.')
And the blinding light was back, brighter and more intense, and she stumbled foreward, tripping and beginning to fall. Falling into a hole, her grave perhaps, as she use to imagine when she was depressed. And no one would catch her, she'd think as she'd sit alone. 'I'll live and die alone..'
"Hey! You need to watch your step old hag!" Inu-Yasha's voice broke through her thoughts as she felt his strong arms catch her.
When she opened her eyes, she saw Jin again and smiled weakly as she got to her feet, looking around at Kagome who seemed worried about her, and Shippo who was one her shoulder with a lollipop in his mouth, seeming worried as well. She could tell that Kagome wanted to say 'Sit!' for the hanyou's rudeness to her and she smiled, glancing at Miroku and Sango who were both asleep by a tree. The monk's arm was around Sango's back, and Sango's head rested comfortably on Miroku's chest/shoulder.
Kaede felt like crying now, seeing and knowing how much her friends cared about her, and smiled even more, wanting to hug them and just thank them for everything that they've helped her with, for all the times they spent together, good or bad.
"Aye, I apologize to ye, Inu-Yasha.."
('Who needs love anyway, when I have friends like this?')
- THE END! (i THiNk)
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The ending sucks, I know! Sssh, leave me alone about the ending! If you hate it, please refer to any other chapter that you find suitable as an ending and use it.
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This story is over, and I feel.. Ah, actually, as much as I actually hate this story, I wish it wasn't over... Heh... WHO WANTS A SEQUEL?!?! Nobody, that's who.. If you want one.. you should tell me.. xD
- End. November 19, 2006. 8:24:55 pm, (8:24 with 55 seconds).
- - - Mirango.