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This is the last chapter, Neyri's work ended here. So far so good xD, but well, it may have a... uhhhhhhhh... unexpected... ending. You're warned! I did my part! Thanks a lot for every person that took their time for reading my fanfic!!!!!!!
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Chapter 5- My Last Breathe
Hitomi didn't want to tell Chitose the truth about Itsuki. At least not yet.
Chitose was suffering a lot. First she lost Mutsuki, then all the Repentance occurred. And now...
Hitomi turned to Chitose. She was in a deep sleep. Chitose had been sick for more than a month now. A few days after the Repentance happened. Hitomi knew that this would happen, since there was no food, no water, no...Anything! The teenage girl didn't know what to do. She wasn't hungry, and she wasn't sick. Instead of being happy about that, or at least relieved, she was sad and worried.
Why she was still alive? Why did she have to watch how little Chitose suffered? Why she wasn't dead, as the rest of the village???
Occasionally, a random ghost appeared, and Hitomi was sure scared, but remained silent, hugging Chitose and covering her eyes. Eventually, the spirit vanished. It was always like that.
Other times, she heard a person muttering down the hall. No matter if it was a child, an adult or an old man, they always muttered about The Repentance.
After a few minutes thinking, Chitose woke up.
-Can we go see Itsuki? I want to see him!
Hitomi turned her face from Chitose.
- We can't. The villagers are there. They would capture us and you couldn't see Itsuki...
- That doesn't matter! I wanna see him! Please...
Hitomi observed Chitose's pale face. The poor girl was having a lot of pain and she was just a little child. Mutsuki, Itsuki, The Repentance and now a village full of spirits killing everything they saw. As if all the fear she had wasn't enough.
- He's dead... isn't him?
Hitomi surprised as Chitose finished saying that. She made a weak smile.
- Chitose... he is dead. I... didn't want to tell you... you might have not supported it... I'm sorry... I'm really sorry...
The little girl started crying. She cried and cried, but then, she suddenly fell to the floor.
-Chitose! Are you alright? Hey!
- It was Yae's fault... because of her, Itsuki was locked... she shouldn't have left...
Chitose's body immediately became tense and rigid.
-No! Wake up...! Don't leave me...! Come on...! Chitose...
Hitomi started crying as the last beloved person she had suddenly died. She was all alone now...
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She didn't know how much it has passed since she buried Chitose next to Itsuki. Weeks? Months? Years...? She hasn't changed anything. She was still a teenager, just a little more pale than before.What got her really frustrated was that she wasn't dead.
She didn't eat- nor drink- anything, but just look- still alive.
Maybe it was a punishment for having escaped the village and have survived?
Sae's insane laughter was often heard in the village...
The villagers were still looking for Yae, not giving up. Every spirit thought that they were still alive, and continued fearing for the Repentance.
The only place that seemed to not have any spirits was Misono Hill, where Hitomi spent most of her time. It's not like she could talk with someone like in the old times...
When she was heading to the Old Tree- another place that seemed deserted at all- she gave a quick glance to the storehouse, and saw the little window opened. But that wasn't what surprised Hitomi, it was the fact that Itsuki was standing there.
In all her time in the village since The Repentance, she hasn't seen Itsuki, just a young woman that kept looking for her boyfriend. She tried talking to her, but it looked like if the time was warped, because as soon as she got near her, she disappeared. Hitomi was pretty sure she wasn't a ghost, not yet... the last time she saw her, it was already a spirit, wandering the Osaka House...
Hitomi looked away from the storehouse, and then she watched it again and saw the window closed, and a young girl coming out of the storehouse.
Hitomi ran as fast as she could, trying to catch up with the girl. Sure enough, she managed to be with her.
- Hey!!!!! Who are you??????
Glad to find a person to talk to, Hitomi made the first smile of the last years.
The girl looked surprised, and was about to take her a photo with her camera, when she realized she wasn't a ghost at all.
- I'm... I'm Mio Amakura...
When Hitomi saw her closer, she let out a little scream. She was identical to Yae...
- I thought there was a boy at the storehouse... but when I opened the door (she pointed to the inside of the storehouse) there wasn't anybody...
- He is... he is dead. His name was Itsuki. He was my boyfriend...
Hitomi said as she lowered her face.
-Are you... Part of this village?
Hitomi raised her face and began to tell her story, excepting the whole before-The-Repentance- part.
- I'm sorry...
- It's okay... you didn't know...
- I'm- I'm looking for some pinwheels. You know... to... escape the village... Have you seen them?
- No. I'm sorry.
-I'll keep looking for them... want to join me?
- No, thanks... I'll stay here. Good luck.
Mio stared at Hitomi for a while and then left. Hitomi lied about the pinwheels. It was her fault for helping Itsuki to make his plan. In first place, she must've not helped him to get the pinwheels. She didn't want to make the same mistake again so another Repentance happened.
She entered the storehouse, quietly observing every object it was inside. Entering via the small door to the cell, she put a lot of books piled down on the floor. She took a rope, decided to make the same thing Itsuki did. She tied the rope from the ceiling, and put it around her neck. She adjusted it and was about to kick all the books, when she saw what it appeared to be Itsuki.
- Itsuki... I'll be with you... but now... Forever... nothing will separate us...
Itsuki just remained in there, completely immobile. Crying, Hitomi kicked the books.
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- Well, I now have the 4 pinwheels; this should be enough to escape. I might invite that girl... maybe she'll join us...
Mio walked past the well, and towards the storehouse. She opened the door.
-Hitomi? Are you here? I have the 4 pinwheels! My sister and I are going to leave the village! Hitomi? Hitomi???
She searched the storehouse, but didn't find her.
- She must have left...
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Mio took the last photo as she ran out of film. Sae still was standing there, laughing insanely.
Sae lifted her arms, ready to strike Mio, but then Itsuki appeared between them.
-Sae...
-...Itsuki!
- You have to stop this. You cannot continue with this...! Yae will not come back. You have to understand.
-... I...understand...
Sae gave a weak smile, and started walking towards the Abyss. Just like that, she threw herself into it.
- MAYU!!!!!!!!
Mio ran as fast as she could to try to catch her twin, but didn't arrive in time. Mayu was already a few inches below, and Mio couldn't reach her. She was about to throw herself too, when Hitomi appeared and took Mayu's hand. She helped Mayu to stand up, and then turned to Mio.
- Hi there.
-...are you-?
- A ghost? Kind of...
FLASHBACK
Hitomi kicked the books below her, and she hung herself to death.
All went black.
Then, she woke up. She was laying on the floor. She saw her hands and they looked paler than ever. She looked up and saw Itsuki, kneed in front of her.
- Itsuki...!!!!!!!!
She hugged him, and he hugged her.
-I'm sorry... for being so stupid that couldn't see the consequences of the escape... I shouldn't have involved you...
Hitomi was crying, yet again.
- It's okay...! It's okay... but I were so lonely after you died! And then- the Repentance! And Chitose...
-I know. You don't have to say it. Don't worry anymore.
Itsuki kissed her head and continued-
- If we want the village to be haunted no more, we have to move fast. We must stop Sae.
- What are we going to do??
- Sae has to be in the Abyss, not outside. And the Kusabi... I'm sure that he is no more by now. We must stop Sae in order to bring peace to the village.
-O-ok...
END OF FLASHBACK
Itsuki turned to Mio and Mayu.
-You have to go now. The village is going to disappear soon. Every spirit will be able to rest in peace...
He turned to Hitomi, but suddenly the place started to tremble.
-Now go! You don't have too much time!
Mio nodded and grabbed Mayu's hand as she started running towards the exit. She turned to Itsuki and Hitomi and said-
-Thank you.
She started running again. When they couldn't be seen anymore, Hitomi smiled to Itsuki.
-Is it over?
Itsuki hugged Hitomi and nodded.
- It's all over now...
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The curse of the village was finally broken, and now inside of it weren't any ghosts.
Still, Mio and Mayu never returned there, shocked by what they saw at the village.
But even with that, a dam was constructed in the place where the village once stood.
Every spirit was now in peace, not bothering anyone.
Though the village was completely destructed in order to construct the dam, there were still some shrines, that prove that maybe, a lot of years ago, there was a village, with its story.
The End!
(Crying like crazy) WAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!! The fanfic's finished. I really hope you liked it... I know, a bit confusing, and a bit crappy, but it's my first fanfic I make for Fatal Frame... Don't flame me!!!!!!! Or else Sae will return and kill you!
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