Chapter 34 – Goodbyes Are Always Hard
It was two weeks later after the reincarnation of Hikaru and Sarome. Tarja was back to her normal self, happy and never mourning, but, they all knew today was defiantly the day. Hiei showed Kurama, surprisingly, the frozen tear Katoma had given him. Sarome had also given him something like that. It was one of her own tears, hardened into a tear of red, yellows, oranges and blacks. "If you ever need to come back," she said, with Katoma by her side, and Hiei and Kurama in front of them, "touch the crystal with your blood, and ask it to send you to us. It will not fail you," Sarome said.
"But we can deny your passage," Katoma said with a laugh. "If you come too often." The two men nodded in understanding, and all four of them stepped into the light. The portal had been opened, and it was blood red, with hues of many other colors.
"We will hold it open for as long as we are able. When you cross over, move as far away from the Blood Portal as you can manage," Tarja said, motioning for everyone to gather.
"We experienced the pain the wrong way," Shelbra said with a smile. Everyone was gathered around the portal, all silent tears falling down their faces. "Thank you for the experiences, everyone, but it is now for you all to head back home," she said.
She is right, Rain said, surprisingly upset, we will hope that our paths will cross again.
"Well, Sarome," Kurama said. He was the last one to step out of the portal, "I guess, I will, See You In Another Dimension, right?" She nodded, and fingered to his tear tied around her neck.
"I hope so," she said, before he turned into the portal and walked away from her life, that is, for now.
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Kurama awoke in his bed, his roommate was still asleep. The sun was just breaking the horizon with dawn, and he thought for a moment. Was it all just a dream? Was Sarome real? But as he placed his hand to his chest, a lump proceeded from his shirt, and he pulled it out.
It was a tear-shaped jewel, with the hues of red, yellows, oranges, and blacks. It was tied onto a silver chain, which scented of a cat demon. He smiled to himself, and looked at the jewel, at the tear, and saw her face in it. She was smiling back at him, but, there was a second necklace around his neck. It was a shell, laced with dried seaweed. It was the shell Rose had given him. He smiled and held it tight against his chest.
I will See you In Another Dimension, Sarome. I promise, he thought to himself, before placing the two jewels back around his neck, and falling back into his dreams.
See You In Another Dimension