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Fatal Frame; The Last Butterfly

Dawn Chapter.3 When Two Butterflies Meet :

POV : Itsuki Tachibana

It's two hour already since Sae fainted, Itsuki brought her to Osaka house and let her lie down at fireplace room, it s a brightest room Osaka house could have for now. Itsuki sit beside Sae with confuse, looked at her who wearing white pure kimono, the dried blood had gone though she still looked so pale, well she is a ghost just like me after all. But a ghost could faint too ?.. Thought Itsuki

For some point Itsuki really hate the malice, but what can he do ?.. The hope seems like only lies on Li's hand now. And he just.. A ghost after all. Itsuki saw the camera which he used earlier to hurt Sae, one film left and the camera couldn't be use anymore, he felt guilty using the camera to hurt the one he care but he have no choice back then. Itsuki wondered what is the first question Sae Will ask him when she wake up from his slumber, will he ask about Yae ?.. How he will answer him ?..

For one moment, Itsuki remembered his promise to Chitose. He promised her that he would back quickly when his task finished, but looking Sae like this had forced him to break his promise again. I am sorry.. Chitose . Itsuki said to himself desperately. " Are you alright ? ", a voice, very familiar voice which made Itsuki freezing, slowly but sure, he looked at the person who lie down beside him, the source of that voice. Sae is there.. glaring at him with a weak smile trying to move her body so she may sit too, " I thought I would never have a chance to meet you again. ", she said which replied by Itsuki with silence, Itsuki couldn't say anything again, more than one emotion mixed up in his heart. Suddenly he hugged Sae very strong, very surprised that making Sae couldn't help but shut in her silent too.

" Please.. Forgive me.. Sae.. ". Itsuki said, Sae felt a big guilty contained from his words, still hugging each other, Sae replied him with a warm pure voice, a voice that Itsuki wish to hear since long ago, form words that he longed, a cure for his regret; " I never blame you Itsuki, never.. The only person who need to say sorry is me.. Only me.. And Yae.. ".

They gazed each other, Itsuki realized the sadness still there, in Sae's heart, a pain that Yae gave her long ago since she left her. Both of them couldn't help them self crying, they hug each other again.

" The X didn't want to take me at all, never except the one who kill me is Yae ", Sae said. Hearing that Itsuki replied; " Just call it Hellish Abyss, the damn pit or whatever.. We can't afraid with that thing forever.. Screw with that old taboo regulation, we need to change, it s true both of us already died but there s always hope if we want to find it.. ". Sae shivered, yet surprised after hear his word. " What's wrong ?.. ", Itsuki asked when he saw Sae glared at him with strange expression on her face. " Nothing..", Sae said with cute smile blooming from her lip, " you looked more mature now ..", Itsuki's face too blooming as he felt hot on his face after hear that.

Fortunately Sae didn't lose all of her memory, she still remember many things except the massacre tragedy that she had done with Kusabi on The Repentance day. She couldn't remember about Mio too. Itsuki decided to not tell her about the massacre though he still told her about Mio and Mayu.

" So The Repentance destroy the entire village ?.. ", Sae asked again, Itsuki could see the regret on her face. Sae still thought that if she and her sister Yae had done the ritual, the future of this village wouldn't become like this, she felt guilty too about Mio and Mayu, didn't know that she too had took a part why Mio killed Mayu back then. " Don't worry, one of my friend surely still with Mayu and Chitose now, I am sure we can help him to end the curse ", Itsuki said trying to calm down Sae from her regret. " The one you called Li ? ", Sae asked back, " yes.. Well, it s hard for me to explain about him, rather show you directly later, he is different with us, he is human and he had strange ability which give us chance to end this curse, he want to help us, and me too want to help him get out from here ".

" Itsuki.. ", Sae said as she glaring him with determined eyes, " Let me help too, I don't want you take all the responsibility, this is my fault, you helped
me so much back then and I can't watch you struggling with all of this while I am sitting here. Please take me with you.. I know my house very well.. I am sure I can help.. ".

" Sae.." , Itsuki replied, " don't worry, I wouldn't leave you alone here, together is better right now, despite our condition as a ghost, other vengeful spirit still may harm us. The malice is everywhere and tainted everyone. They can kill us once again and if that happen our existence will gone forever. Besides.. ", Itsuki stop his words suddenly which made Sae felt curious. " besides ?.. ", Sae asked wishing Itsuki to finish his words, Itsuki gazing at Sae seriously before answered; " I want you to meet Li, he know everything about me, Chitose even the founder of this village, I am sure he may tell you everything about Yae. Especially why she left you back then. ", Sae keep silence after hear those words, but her determined eyes still there as she answered; " please.. Take me to him.. ".

It's a dark place, really dark with miasma everywhere, a shadow of someone standing there with a man wearing a white kimono with red sash, not one of them talk or say something until the shadow started it first ; " What a surprise.. My barrier had weaken, looks like I couldn't count on Sae anymore. But it's alright, how is your job ?.. We must break The Gate of Hell no matter what happen.. ", then the boy answered; we still need time, unexpected that we need more hatred to produce the malice in order to break the gate.. ".

" Really ?..", the shadow said again; " We can't underestimate that last Rope Shrine maiden I thought, your time has come, I want you go outside and take Mio's malice, surely it's more than enough to break the seal, can you do that ?.. ", "As you wish.. ", as the boy answered, he went to the opposite way from the spot where the shadow standing.

" Wait.. ", Suddenly the shadow stop the man asked again; " What will you do if you meet Itsuki out there ?..", the man looked a little surprised, without hesitation he then answered; " that's mean the time has come for him to pay.. I will make sure about that. ", hearing those words, that shadow laugh maniacally, even more scary than Sae itself as bloody kimono.

" Now go.. And finish the task I had given to you.. Mutsuki.. ".

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