Thanks to all the reviewers! (again)
I't finally Fai's turn- yay! this is the last chapter.... of what was originally just one chapter.... that wan't even a chapter.....
anyway go fai!
As soon as he opened his eyes, the cold was upon him.
The cold he'd escaped for so long; the one he swore never to return to.
After a good long angst and a bit of blood, he'd stopped playing superman and decided to deal with the mess he left behind.
yeah, in his little world of pretend, he was superman.
A brilliant smile, fantastic hair, the whole nine yards.
His Lois Lane......... Kurogane?
He almost had to laugh at that one.
Just almost.
No need to look more insane than he already was.
His Kryptonite? Ashura.
Or maybe Yuui.
But he didn't want anyone to know about that if possible.
So yeah.... Ashura was his Kryptonite.
So for him to be back in Celes, the place of so many bad memories, it was like dumping a truckload of kryptonite on his head.
Kind of hard to breathe, kind of hard to move, and kind of hard to think.
He looked around.
It was.....gray.
He knew what color looked like; what it felt like.
And here there was nothing but gray.
White was cold plastic and squeaky Styrofoam that smelled salty like instant ramen.
He'd seen it in Piffle, as they'd sat on the rooftops and watched the town light up.
Blue was a sky, an ocean, with a cool breeze that softened everything it touched.
That was the unamed world... the world with the fish. In some ways, it was his favoite world.
Yellow was a cotton dress, worn in warm sunshine and spun about in a carefree manner.
That was Outo. A lighthearted cafe, and an unbelieveable amount of sunshine.
Orange was a flashing neon light on a busy street, full of crowded with faces laughing and feet stomping.
That was Hanshin republic, at the start of things.
Purple was a tiny flower growing in between the cracks on a sidewalk, swaying with the passerby, and smelling of vanilla.
That was Lecourt, where beautiful things were found in small places.
Pink was the color Sakura turned everytime she woke up someplace new, being held in Syoran's arms.
That was in Jade, when the blush was more visible against the snow.
Red was the color of a pair of eyes, and the color of the heart that made them flicker open and closed.
That was Tokyo. Waking up and seeing those eyes and hearing that heartbeat as he woke less than human.
Green was the color of anywhere but here.
And Black... was the color of the feeling you get when you've been cursed. And there is nothing you can do.
That was Infintiy.
All these colors were absent in Celes.
It was if the country was devoid of life, of feeling, or of people.
Instead they were replaced with a bitter cold that surrounded the last four to ever enter the country again.
The snow started to fall around them, dropping in large chunks.
They fell like oversized confettii, celebrating a return that shouldn't really be celebrated.
As if to say, "Welcome to Celes."
"How do you know that she's there....that Sakura's in that castle?"
"She's still living, just without her soul. For how much longer I cannot say. But that it the only living thing inside the castle, so it is there that we'll go."
"But what about the people in this world? what about them...."
"There are none. None living."
The end.
