Chapter 7 Nineteen years later

Yes it's the end. Sad I know. Thank you if you have reviewed and if you haven't, click the review button NOW.


It was a beautiful spring day when Eiji arrived at Seishun Academy. He looked at his watch and realized he had about 15 minutes before classes started. He made his way to the classroom and opened the door. He dropped off his things and headed to the teachers lounge.

"Ohaio, Kikumaru-sensei." Fuji teased.

"Oh stop it. You know I don't like that name. It makes me feel old." Eiji laughed.

"So, how's the family?" Fuji asked.

"It's going okay. I'm planning on-" Eiji was cut off by the shrill ring the bell made.

"Well, we'd better to class now." Fuji smiled and headed out the door and in the direction off his own classroom.

Eiji began the day with a discussion about the Heian period in japanese history. He passed out the corrected tests and heard someone moan.

"Kuso. I only got a 67%? Okaa-san's is gonna freak!"

Eiji laughed to himself and remebered the trouble he had when he was in school. The day passed by without any big events. As Eiji made his way home, he stopped to admire the gorgeous cherry blossoms. Petals fell around him, and Eiji felt at peace. He soon remebered that he had to make his way home and fulfill his duties as a husband and father. He entered the door and a small creature hurried to hug his legs.

"Okayri, otoo-san!" a sqeuaky voice yelled.

"What's up, anything big you want to share with me?" Eiji asked.

The young boy vigrously shook his head and smiled a big, toothy smile.

"Moh, Eiji, what took you so long? Dinner's getting cold!" Shiori's head popped out from the kitchen.

"Hai, hai! Come on now, or your dragon-of-a- mother will start breathing fire all over us!" Eiji whispered to his son.

Predictably, this sent his child in to a fit laughter. He wouldn't stop laughing until well after dinner was over. After he had settled down, Eiji decided that it was time. He took his son's hand and said,

"Come. There's something I want to show you."

Fear filled the little boy's eyes.

"Are you going to spank me?" he asked, his voice shaking.

Eiji burst in to laughter and said no. They went outside and began to walk. The two began to talk about the beautiful blossoms and the boy's day at kindergarten. They made each other laugh and laugh until their stomachs ached. Finally, they reached their destination, the cemetary. Eiji's son was puzzled and asked what they were doing here.

"To show you where you got your name." Eiji explained.

They walked to a tombstone that was shaped like all the other tombstones.

"What's so speacial about this one?" his son asked bluntly.

Eiji chuckled.

"This is who you are named after." As Eiji spoke, the little boy carefully examined every inch of the cold, marble stone. After a few moments of silence, the boy finally spoke.

"Daddy…what does it say?"

"It says…" And Eiji told him what it said. Tears welled up in his eyes as he told his only child what the tombstone read. The boy saw these tears, and climbed up on to his father and wiped the tears off. Eiji whispered a thanks and picked his son up and carried him the entire way home. A small cherry blossom petal fell on to the gravestone that read,

An amazing friend,

An awesome brother,

A speacial son,

Forever lost,

Shuichiro Oishi.

Underneath, in a spiky scrawl written in Sharpie, read

Rest in peace, mother of Seigaku.

The End


Tear, tear that's the end. Kind of a predictable ending, but there was no other fitting end to it. My friend suggested making Eiji kill himself. Hmm….(hehe, new idea for story!) Thank you so much to those who support this story! Arigato gazaimasu, xie xie da jia men!