I'm on a roll today! Last chapter for today. Only two or three chapters before it ends completely. Let me know if it's ending too fast.
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One Week Later
"Alright you two, you are no longer under supervision, but you pull this again and the consequences will be worse you hear?" Mr. Delmas said as Aelita and William sat in the principal's office.
"Yes Mr. Delmas, we understand." They responded flatly.
"Alright then, you go on now." Mr. Delmas dismissed them.
Aelita and William all but bolted from the room.
"We're going to be late if we don't hurry." Aelita breathed.
"I know," William replied, "If we hurry to change we should be just in time."
"Alright then, I'll meet you there." Aelita nodded.
William grunted a sound that sounded like a 'yes' and bolted towards his own dorm. Aelita dashed up another flight of stairs and into her own dorm. There she was confronted by Yumi, dressed in a black kimono.
"You'd better hurry." Yumi warned.
"I know, I know." Aelita panted, motioning for Yumi to close the door as she pulled her dress off over her head.
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Five minutes later Aelita and Yumi, both dressed in black, met with William, also in black, to walk out to the park. There they met Ulrich and Odd, both also dressed in black, a small white box was clutched in Odd's hands gently, as if it were some fragile object. The group walked in a solemn procession towards the gate at the front of the school. Odd opened the top of the box slowly, carefully, his eyes filling with tears as he did so.
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Odd's POV
My eyes filled with tears and I blinked them away. I knew my voice would betray how sad I was but I had to speak. I think that William was to only one who wasn't yet crying. That's only because he hardly knew Kiwi. We came to a stop before the school entrance. A gentle breeze stirred my clothes and hair.
"These gates always held you in, trapped you. You never liked being caged." I said, my voice cracked, I couldn't help it, I lost my little doggie.
"Be free Kiwi." I said, thrusting the box away from me, tipping it as I did so, watching as the ashes of my dog blew away in the breeze.
"Goodbye Kiwi." I whispered, biting my lip hard against the sobs that threatened to take over my body.
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Ulrich's POV
It truly broke my heart. The things Odd said about Kiwi. I wanted more than anything to go wrap my arms around him and make all the sadness go away. But I couldn't do that.
"We'll miss you Kiwi." I whispered sadly, remembering all the times when Kiwi had ruined my things, or made the dorm a huge mess. The way that he always slept on my bed, made my sheets wet so often I can't remember a day I didn't celebrate every time that my sheets were dry. The immense amounts of fur that were all over my bed. None of that mattered now. Kiwi was gone, no more would my sheets be wet and covered with hair. No more would I have to clean up the dorm or buy multiple copies of one CD. Kiwi was gone, and I was gonna miss the little guy.
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Aelita's POV
My heart was heavy as I watched those ashes blow away. I felt tears falling down my face. I could hardly imagine life without Kiwi, this past week had been hard, but it was going to be harder now.
"Bye Kiwi." I whispered, "You deserve to run free forever." Kiwi had always been there; when I was trapped on Lyoko he was a small sound that I heard occasionally. When I was materialized he was a friend. When I was alone at Kadic over break Kiwi was my companion. No more digging through the grounds for my stuff, but still. Kiwi had been a bigger part of our lives than I think any of us realized. I hope he finds Jeremie; he hates being without people he knows.
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Yumi's POV
The ashes blew away down the street and Odd's face crumpled in sadness.
"Run free little guy, free as the wind and the rain." I muttered. The little dog had indeed been a pain over the course of his life, but what dog wasn't? Kiwi helped us out so many times it overruled the bad. He was a sweet little dog, and I hope he finds happiness.
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William's POV
It was a sad day; the air felt heavy and thick. Kiwi was gone. His ashes blew down the street and away; as that happened I felt a strange emptiness. Emptiness is something that happens when someone who's close to you dies. I guess Kiwi was closer to me than I thought. Poor little dog, shame he had to die so soon.
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Normal POV
Ulrich stepped towards Odd, putting an arm around his shoulders.
"Sorry buddy." Ulrich muttered sadly.
"You couldn't have done anything." Odd mumbled, looking up with tear-stained eyes, "Nobody could have."
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Jeremie looked out on the small procession, he smiled as he held Kiwi, watching the ashes blow away. Kiwi whimpered and licked Jeremie's hand, his doggie heart felt heavy and sad.
"They miss you Kiwi." Jeremie told the little dog, "You left them too soon."