"All of this bloodshed could have been avoided. However, this is the final battle for justice. Let us have peace after the war." –Ukitake Juushiro
KYAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! THE WAR'S ALMOST OVER!!!!
I'm freaking ready to end this. I really am. I have a lot of other fanfics that have been put on hold because of this, the LONGEST FANFIC I HAVE EVER SEEN TO THE END! /confetti/ This has practically taken over my effin' life.
/cries/ the next Bleach chapter came out… poor Shun and Juu… /sob, sob/ NOOEZ KUBO-SENSEI! I WAS JOKING!!! JOKING!
Inspiration: Happy music and Ouran High School Host Club. O.o
Chapter Rating: PG-13
Spoiler Warnings: for the sequel, lol
Chapter Warnings: Language
"These are normal thoughts."
Note: Some Japanese words may be in italics.
These are thoughts Sakana (and spirit animals) receives. "This is stuff she sends."
"This is one's Zanpakuto."
Chapter 13: The War's Beginning, Part 2
X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X
Aizen raised an eyebrow. He had researched every aspect of their Rinji Kenpei, trying to prepare himself so he would not be thrown off guard. He knew its strengths and knew its weaknesses.
"I know everything about your Rinji Kenpei, now. It brings out the inner dragon in your soul. You share this form with your Zanpakuto; if you are mortally injured, your Zanpakuto will fade. In addition with giving you power, the Zanpakuto gives you this, its true form."
Sakana nodded, pretending to be interested. "You've certainly done your homework."
Aizen' cool façade returned, calmly smiling. "Yes. Your Rinji Kenpei allows you to combine your reiryoku to launch an attack. It brings about great agility. But most of all, it creates a mental connection to both users."
"Oh, great. Like we couldn't do that already." Sakana mentally complained. Toshiro let out a very soft snort.
It does strengthen your abilities, and allows me to talk to you without sounding like an idiot to myself. He responded.
Aizen rummaged around in his pocket until he pulled out something, pointing it at the duo. "All of this, and you still will not be able to defeat me. With the Hogyoku, I can negate the Cero your Rinji Kenpei can create. Go on, try to attack. It is pointless." Aizen smirked. Sakana growled, and Toshiro let out a loud snort before both disappeared.
Sakana reappeared in the air, flapping the velvety red dragon wings. With a roar, she exhaled, blowing fire at Aizen. He quickly shunpo'ed out of the way with a smirk. However, the smirk quickly fell from his face when he shunpo'ed right in front of Toshiro, who smacked Aizen with his tail, freezing him into a block of ice. Toshiro landed in front of the frozen Aizen with a smirk.
"That was a little too easy."
Toshiro felt something stab him and looked down; a sword was sticking through his side. With a harsh roar, he flew forward and then up, using the frozen statue as leverage to launch himself in the air. He put a hand on his now bleeding side and winced; if it had been any closer, it would have killed him. Sakana raised both of her hands, and a red/orange Cero came from them, sailing towards Aizen. Said traitor raised the Hogyoku, and the Cero dissipated right before their eyes.
Sakana, we have to get the Hogyoku from Aizen before we can attack him, or it'll all be for nothing. Toshiro snarled, flapping his wings. Sakana nodded and disappeared from view.
"Any diversion you create will not work on me." Aizen said calmly as Toshiro began to fire icicles at the traitor, pushing Aizen backwards. Diving at Aizen, he roared, firing an extremely large icicle at his feet. Aizen jumped up and then ducked as Toshiro sailed overhead.
Sakana, now!
Sakana reappeared on Aizen's right side, clamping her claws into Aizen's arm, the same arm that had the Hogyoku. Aizen winced, then his eyes widened in slight horror as Sakana breathed fire right in his face. Shutting his eyes, his grip on the Hogyoku loosened, giving Sakana the chance to swipe it from his grasp. Quickly relinquishing her grip, she leapt back, but not before Aizen swung his other arm, which had his Zanpakuto, cutting her across her face.
Sakana sailed backwards, her back hitting an icicle, but her grip on the Hogyoku never lessening. She roughly brushed blood from the shallow cut from her forehead. She squinted, her sight still slightly blurry. She felt Toshiro's cold presence next to her, and she gazed at him, opening her hand.
"You got it," Toshiro breathed, "Now we stand some sort of a chance." He put a hand to her forehead, carefully freezing the cut so it wouldn't bleed as much as it did.
Aizen's chuckling broke into their thoughts, causing both to look around. Aizen had disappeared.
"You shouldn't turn your back on the enemy, taichou-kun. Shatter. Kyouka Suigetsu."
Both soul reaper's cursed as suddenly, the world around them turned pitch dark. Sakana felt isolated as she shut her eyes, trying to block out the sensation.
This was all just a game to Aizen.
Suddenly, she felt cold, but it wasn't the same cold that Toshiro emitted. She crouched into a fighting stance in the dark, drawing her wings close to her body. The nightmare that she had had when she first became empathic and telepathic replayed in her mind.
With a snarl, she opened her eyes.
"TOSHIRO!"
I'm right next to you. You know how to shatter this weak illusion, right? Toshiro responded, but it sounded faint, like he was far away. Sakana nodded, although she knew he couldn't see it.
Once again, she allowed her reiatsu to rise higher and higher, and felt Toshiro's do the same. At once, the black void shattered, revealing the tattered remains of the hall they were fighting in. Aizen blinked as his Zanpakuto reappeared, his illusion broken.
"Hmm. How unfortunate. Well, I don't really need my Zanpakuto to defeat you. What you hold in your hand is a copy I created of the Hogyoku. I hold the original in my hand." Aizen said, holding out his hand. Sakana looked in hers; it did look different than the original.
Sakana, let's use it.
"Use what?"
The Hogyoku. It may be a fake, but it would give us the power to defeat Aizen. Toshiro thought. Sakana let out a surprised snarl.
"What? No! It'll turn us into Arrancar!"
No, it won't. Not if we don't have any intention of being Arrancar. We can absorb its power and launch one final attack before Aizen decides to use the original. Toshiro growled. Sakana closed her eyes with a sigh.
"Fine."
Aizen's eyes widened as the fake Hogyoku began to glow, as well as Sakana and Toshiro. Their reiatsu grew higher than ever before, even more powerful than the combined reiatsu of the court guard squads. He couldn't believe his eyes; they were actually using the Hogyoku, turning themselves into Arrancar on their own accord.
Then Aizen's jaw dropped. They weren't hollowfying.
"T-this cannot…"
Sakana opened her eyes. She was able to see clearly, now. Their normally yellow reiatsu had turned purple, and swirled around them. Toshiro snarled, a glare full of bloodlust directed at Aizen in his eyes. Both soul reapers had their hands pointed towards Aizen, and they too were glowing purple.
"It's over, Aizen."
X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X
Every single soul on the battlefield were forced to their knees as a reiatsu even more powerful than before weighed on their shoulders. The only one that was seemingly not affected by this was Urahara, who had a slightly mortified look in his shaded eyes. Kenpachi's reiatsu or even Ichigo's reiatsu was not so dense and heavy. Amaya pushed herself up with Miratsukiai, her eyes wide as she recognized the reiatsu.
"Sakana… and Toshiro…"
"What's going on?" Ukitake asked Kisuke. Kisuke took off his blood-stained hat, recovering from the shock.
"The Hogyoku… it's being used, but…" Kisuke then chuckled, "I never would have thought its power would be used like this."
"Whaddya mean?" Amaya asked, still staring at Las Noches.
"The Hogyoku can be used to remove the barrier between Soul Reapers and Hollows. It created all of these Arrancar. But… it can be used as a one-time power boost. However, it's dangerous. I never thought… that anyone would even think of using it like this." Kisuke said, putting his hat back on.
"Which means… Sakana and Toshiro could die?"
"Die? Oh, no. The worst that could happen is they completely exhaust their reiryoku and never regain it." Kisuke said.
All of a sudden, roars could be heard around the entire battlefield. Some arrancars completely dissipated, but others turned back into Hollows, mostly Menos. Espada screamed in agony as their bodies dispersed. Others frantically clawed for their Zanpakuto that they would never see again.
"What's going on?!" Hana shouted over the screaming. Kisuke scratched his chin thoughtfully.
"Hmm, I believe Aizen is dead. He must have used his own reiryoku when creating the arrancar, and now that he's dead, there is nothing to support them." Kisuke said, "Those two just made ending the war a lot ea—"
The rumbling ground was the only warning they got when Las Noches literally exploded.
Everyone ducked as sand and wind blew over them, getting in their eyes and wounds. Some Soul Reapers were literally blown away, and some clung onto someone, whether it was an ally or enemy. The only thing visible was a huge blast of purple light from the general direction of Las Noches.
As quickly as the explosion happened, it stopped. Everyone slowly stood up as the dust settled, staring with mixed reactions towards where Las Noches used to be. Hana gripped the spoon hat in her uninjured arm as she made sure her division was all right before worriedly staring at Las Noches. Rangiku put a hand on Hana's shoulder, the same thought running through their minds.
"…taichou…"
X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X
Toshiro opened his eyes, warily looking around. The force of the blast had destroyed everything around them. In one corner was a pile of rocks, a green Zanpakuto sticking out of it. In the same corner, a piece of white cloth caught his eye. Was it Aizen? He didn't know, didn't bother to find out, and didn't care. All he cared about was the girl lying in his arms.
Both of their Rinji Kenpei had disappeared, and their Zanpakuto had returned in their sealed state. Sakana was leaning against Toshiro, her grip on Kaenrinmaru slowly loosening. Toshiro sat on the ground with Sakana in his lap, letting out a soft groan as his body protested against the movement. Her other hand held Toshiro's but it was limp. Her head was bowed, and unmoving.
"Sakana…"
Toshiro's eyes felt like lead. He felt like sleeping for a century and a half, and then sleeping some more after that. But he couldn't let himself pass out without knowing if his lover was okay. He gently shook the girl in his arms, calling out to her both mentally and physically.
"Sakana… Sakana, wake up…"
He gently brushed the blood and soot from her face. The force of the explosion had melted the ice, including the ice on her forehead that was stopping the cut, which was now bleeding freely again. Sakana didn't move; there was no reaction whatsoever.
"Sakana… c'mon… wake up…open your eyes for me…"
No reaction. Toshiro started to panic a little bit, refusing to believe that anything had happened to her. He tried to calm himself down; he couldn't allow her to feel any panic or worry.
"Sakana… I love you… please, open your eyes…tell me you're alright, that you're still here with me." He whispered, gently kissing her cheek, his lips trailing down to the mark that he had left on her a few weeks ago, as he continued to call his princess.
"Sakana… wake up…not just for me… but for all of us."
Sakana stirred in his arms, letting out a small moan. His breath caught in his throat as she opened her eyes, staring dazedly at Toshiro.
"...Mmm…Shiro…"
Toshiro gently kissed Sakana on the nose, and it wrinkled, just as it always did.
"Welcome back."
Sakana groaned, fumbling around with Kaenrinmaru. She sat up with Toshiro's help and sheathed her Zanpakuto, whose blade had turned completely black. When she collapsed back into his lap, she took his hand, squeezing it gently.
"How are you…"
Toshiro let out a soft snort, wincing as he felt a pain in his side. Great, a broken rib in addition to all the other injuries. "I should be asking you that. You were the one who fired off that huge blast…"
Toshiro's expression turned to worry as Sakana suddenly tensed, her eyes shutting in pain. She let out a whimper, her grip on Toshiro's hand tightening. The snowy prince quickly scanned her body; no injuries that would cause her to tense up in pain so suddenly. She needed medical attention; hell, they both did, but she needed it a lot more.
"Sakana…hold on…"
"Think of me."
Toshiro raised an eyebrow at the Soul Reaper lying in his arms. He hadn't been expecting her to say anything in her current state—especially that—but suddenly, lyrics to a song he had listened to once rose to his mind.
Think of all the things we've shared and seen
Don't think about the way things might have been
Think of me
Think of me waking silent and resigned
Imagine me
Trying too hard to put you from my mind
Recall those days
Recall back all those times
Think of the things we'll never do
There will never be a day when
I won't think of you…
Toshiro closed his eyes, tears threatening to run down his cheeks. Sakana curled into a ball on his lap, breathing raggedly. The ice prince gently wrapped his arms around her, sheltering her with his love and affection. He thought of all the times they spent together, the comfort that they had provided each other. He thought of after the war, when they would be able to snuggle together, relaxing on the roof of a building, or in an onsen, basking in each other's presence. He thought of all the love they would have after this war, how he would love her and comfort her.
Sakana's body slowly relaxed as she felt Toshiro's love for her wash over her, protecting her. Neither of them had died from using the attack, but Sakana was back where she started in the beginning. Deep down, she was grateful; she had connected with her childhood friend, forming a bond that could triumph over anything. She began to sense the feelings of the Soul Reapers outside; pain, anguish, but mostly hope. She smiled slightly; Toshiro's love for her had drowned anything else out.
Sakana sighed, beginning to close her eyes and sleep for a while. The war was over, and they had emerged victorious. The madness was over.
Then, her eyes shot open. Something she hoped she would never feel broke into her thoughts, causing her to flounder in Toshiro's arms. Toshiro blinked at Sakana, wondering what she was shouting. He raised an eyebrow, his dazed mind trying to comprehend what she was shouting.
"No… AIZEN!"
Toshiro suddenly twisted his body, wincing in pain. Aizen was standing there, his hand on his Zanpakuto imbedded in the rock. With a yank, he pulled it out. There were many cracks in it, but it was still lethal, still able to cause harm. His entire body was bleeding, and he looked like he SHOULD have been dead.
Toshiro cursed as Aizen disappeared in a swift shunpo. He was too exhausted; they both were. They had no power left to shunpo or even run away. Sakana clung to Toshiro, shutting her eyes. Toshiro grabbed Hyourinmaru, wincing in pain as he raised the sword, hoping that he would be able to fend off Aizen.
"BANKAI!!! MIRATSUKIAI HARETSU (AN: Violet Rain Explosion)!!"
To their surprise, a battered Amaya covered in blood and wielding a Zanpakuto with a black diamond hilt and red/purple blade stabbed Aizen through the back. She smirked as a black bubble surrounded Aizen, who screamed in surprise.
"AMAYA! MY OWN DAUGHTER, WHAT IS THE ME—"
Aizen didn't get a chance to finish his sentence as the black bubble contracted and then exploded, black and purple droplets raining down on them. Amaya landed in front of them, then fell to her knees, her Zanpakuto going back into her sealed state.
"Heh… looks like I got her just in time." Amaya breathed. A sickening squelching coupled with a thud sounded behind her as Aizen fell. Amaya turned around and poked at the body. When it did not respond, and nothing came from it, Amaya breathed a sigh of relief. A hell butterfly flew into the obliterated area, and Ukitake's worried voice came from it.
"Amaya! Are you okay? Did you find them?"
"Heh… just in time, but yes. I found them. Tell the fourth division that we need medical attention for three." Amaya chuckled. Toshiro held Sakana in his arms, and she smiled weakly.
"Nice that you found us…"
"Too tired to even speak, Sakana-chan?" Amaya asked, plopping on the ground, "I can't even feel your reiatsu…back to square one?"
"Probably…"
Toshiro kissed Sakana's nose, the only place that wasn't covered in too much blood or grime. Sakana let out a soft sigh and snuggled in Toshiro's arms, falling asleep. Toshiro faintly heard the fourth division Shinigami running to treat them, but didn't care. All he cared about was Sakana. She was safe, and they won. He looked up at the sky, letting out a tired sigh.
War was always terrible, but at least it was over.
X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X
Yamamoto smiled proudly at the two slumbering occupants of the room. They were the true heroes of the Winter War, bringing Aizen to his knees. A few weeks had passed since everyone had returned to the Soul Society, and there were still many patients in the fourth division. Many were still struggling for their lives, and others were close to being released. No captains or vice captains had died (Yamamoto considered it a true miracle), but a few would not be returning to their division soon, including Kenpachi, who shockingly enough, had almost come close to death for taking on three arrancar at the same time, and Komamura, who had almost lost an arm to the Espada he had fought.
The two heroes of the war also would not be returning to their divisions for a long time. For the past two weeks all they did was sleep, occasionally waking up to eat. When one was awake, the other would still be asleep, so they never got a chance to talk. Sakana was surprisingly not being overloaded with emotions and thoughts, since she was back to being super-sensitive. They were in their own private ward in the back of the Fourth Division, a shield placed around it to protect them from anything foreign.
When Unohana came up behind Yamamoto, she smiled softly at the two dozing occupants, who couldn't stay awake for longer than thirty minutes before they fell asleep again. Yamamoto seemed happy that the two captains would be okay.
"To think that a pair so young would save all of us." Yamamoto said quietly before leaving Unohana with her patients.
Unohana brushed Sakana's bangs out of her face, pinning them back gently with a hairpin before undoing the bandage around her forehead. The wound had healed quite nicely, and didn't even leave a scar. She gently put her hand on Sakana's forehead, feeling for any sort of fever. Luckily, there was none, and Unohana disposed of the bandage.
Sakana's Zanpakuto lay next to her on the bed. Sometimes when Unohana would check on them in the middle of the night, she would be hugging her Zanpakuto to her, brow furrowed in what seemed to be humorous anger. Unohana gently took the Zanpakuto off the bed and put it on the sword rack in between Toshiro and Sakana's beds. After checking on Toshiro, she was about to leave when she heard Sakana stir.
"Mm…"
Unohana turned around, smiling at the sleepy soul reaper, who rubbed her eyes before squinting at Unohana.
"…Unohana-san?" she muttered, more to herself. Unohana went and sat at her bedside, waiting for Sakana to wake up a little more. She then noticed that Sakana's eyes seemed out of focus.
"Sakana, how are you feeling?" Unohana gently asked.
"Tired as hell. Other than that, pretty fine."
Unohana looked at Sakana, who kept rubbing her eyes. Getting up and standing a distance away from the bed, she held up two fingers.
"Sakana, can you tell me how many fingers I'm holding up?"
Sakana squinted again, making an adorable face as she tried to see. "Um… four?"
Unohana returned to her bedside. "Somehow, during the fight with Aizen, you became nearsighted. You will be fine, though."
"Alright…" Sakana yawned, "God, I'm so tired…"
"Don't try to fight it. It is natural; after all, you did exhaust your reiryoku. I will return later." Unohana said. Sakana gently waved Unohana off as she left the room and closed the door.
Sakana looked around. Toshiro was lying in his bed, still fast asleep. Feeling brave, she swung her legs out of bed, testing their strength. When she was sure she would not face plant into the floor, she carefully walked over to Toshiro's bed.
Her ice prince was still fast asleep, his arms wrapped around a pillow. She reached out, stroking the snow-white hair she loved so much. Sakana jumped when Toshiro shifted, moving over to the other side of the bed.
"…come here…"
Sakana blinked sleepily at her boyfriend. His hand had poked out from underneath the blanket, searching around until it found Sakana's hand. His eyes were still closed; he was still asleep.
"…get in…don't worry about it………"
Sakana shrugged; her eyes felt heavy and she felt like sleeping for another thousand years, so she climbed in, snuggling against Toshiro's chest. He let go of the pillow he had been hugging to himself and wrapped his arms around Sakana, who closed her eyes, feeling drowsy again. She felt him give her a squeeze and he whispered something in her ear before they fell back asleep.
"…I love you."
Hana and Byakuya (who seemed less emotionless since the end of the war) were going to pay a visit to the two captains when they bumped into Amaya and Ukitake. Ukitake was limping slightly, but they both had huge grins on their faces.
"Hana! I have something for you from Sakana-chan!"
"From taichou?" Hana questioned. Amaya rummaged in her Shikakushou, pulling out a folded piece of paper. Hana opened it, scanned the contents, and let out a loud squeal.
"OHMIGOSH!"
Byakuya picked up the piece of paper Hana had dropped and read it aloud as Hana bounced around him cheerfully.
"I, Sakana Satoshi, hereby recommend my vice-captain, Hana Sentaishi, for the position of Ninth Division Captain. And… Yamamoto-soutaichou approved." Byakuya said, sounding very pleased. Hana bounced up and down excitedly, hugging him cheerfully.
"I can't believe it! The whole reason she never promoted me was because she couldn't find a replacement vice-captain!" Hana exclaimed. Ukitake chuckled.
"We figured you would have liked to know. Sakana told me to save it until after the war." He said, "Where are you two going, anyways?"
"Well, we were going to visit taichou!" Hana said cheerfully, "Now I'm going to give her a huge hug!"
"Ah, we just came from there. They're asleep." Amaya chuckled, "you can still drop off the flowers, though."
After nodding their goodbyes, Hana and Byakuya went up to the door. Hana knocked on it, but didn't get a response. Hana shrugged and opened the door.
Hana had to put her hands over her mouth to stop from squealing. Her captain and her boyfriend looked so adorable, lying asleep together. Hana left the flowers beside their beds before leaving for her new division.
A few weeks later, the two were released. Sakana's empathy and telepathy, as she found out, would never completely go away; it was something she would have to live with for the rest of her life. Also, now being nearsighted, Sakana had to wear glasses until Unohana could order contacts. Sakana didn't mind one bit, except when her glasses got any hint of a smudge on them. Both Sakana and Toshiro had business to take care of with each of their divisions, so they took the day to sort things out.
First Sakana needed a new vice-captain. After Hana's (reluctant) promotion, she needed a replacement. She tried to convince her third seat, Ara, but she denied it. After thinking about it for a while, she went to Ichigo, who had been visiting Renji.
"Oi, Ichigo! C'mere!" Sakana shouted. Ichigo raised an eyebrow and went over to where the captain was standing.
"Hey, Sakana. How are you and Toshiro?"
It's Captain Hitsugaya.
Sakana raised an eyebrow, looking around. Normally she could only hear Toshiro's thoughts when they were close by.
"Huh? Where are you?"
In my office. I can hear you. Toshiro's voice sounded smug.
"Uh, hello?" Ichigo asked, waving a hand in front of Sakana.
"Oh, sorry. Kurosaki-kun, I have a proposition for you." She said, sighing, "See, I'm in a bind. I never promoted Hana in the past because I didn't have anyone to replace her."
"Go on…"
"And, well, I promoted her. So I have this empty spot."
"Go on…"
"Oh, c'mon! You know where this is going! I want you to be my vice-captain!" Sakana exclaimed. Ichigo's eyes widened.
"You want me… to do what?"
"I'll make arrangements for you, and the good thing is, we're the division with the least paperwork! Whadaya say?" Sakana grinned holding out her hand. Ichigo paused for a moment before grinning back and shaking her hand.
"Okay, I suppose." He said.
X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X
Toshiro was working on paperwork when Sakana slipped in behind him. She quickly put her hands over his eyes, and he chuckled.
"Sakana, I know its you."
Sakana pouted childishly. "Aw, no fair, Shiro-chan!"
Toshiro smiled at his girlfriend, who seemed happier than usual. "What's up? You're bouncing around like Yachiru."
"Ichigo's my vice-captain now~!" Sakana said cheerfully. Toshiro felt happy for her. For the first time in a while, she would have a vice-captain that wasn't abusive.
"Whatcha doing?" Sakana said, sounding like a small curious child. Toshiro put down his brush and sighed.
"I was doing paperwork for all the casualties we had, but seeing as you're here, I won't get any work done." He muttered with feigned annoyance as Sakana kissed his cheek.
"Oh, come on. I'm not that much of a distraction, am I?"
"With your buzzing around as well as thinking random things, yes it is, love." He whispered, getting out of his seat. He grabbed Sakana's hand and the two walked from the office.
"You're going to make Rangiku do the work, aren't you?" Sakana chuckled. Toshiro smirked as he jumped on top of the 10th division building. Sakana leapt up, landing neatly in his arms.
Eventually, the two settled on the roof, watching the sunset. Sakana was lying in Toshiro's lap, and Toshiro had his arms around her waist. Both were very content. Sakana allowed her eyes to close halfway, basking not only in the sunset, but also in Toshiro's love. Sakana could not have asked for a perfect ending; the war was over, they were victorious, and Sakana had her boyfriend all to herself. She felt Toshiro kiss the mark on her shoulder, and she shuddered, giggling slightly as the sun finally set and the stars came out. Sakana moved next to him and pulled a bottle of sake and two dishes out from her Shikakushou, pouring both of them some. Toshiro kissed Sakana before taking a sip.
"This is perfect."
Below, they could hear Rangiku, Ichigo, and Amaya trampling around the 10th division, calling both captains names. Neither captain bothered to respond or even move; this was their special moment, and they wouldn't let anything ruin it. As the noise receded, Sakana chuckled.
"You know, there was more to the prophecy. About the will of the heart."
"Hmm? What was it?"
"That the two would be able to see the true form of the will of the heart in the end because of the bond." Sakana said. Toshiro opened his eyes, looking up into the sky.
"Look."
Above them was something that resembled the northern lights. It was a myriad of colors; a truly beautiful sight. As the two dragons sat next to each other, they knew only the two of them could see it. As Sakana leaned against Toshiro, glad to be alive and with the man she loved, she whispered in Toshiro's ear,
"This light… the will of the heart… I see."
Toshiro smiled and wrapped his arm around his girlfriend.
X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X
An author's note: OH MY GOD. I have been waiting for the perfect opportunity to put the title of this fanfic into the story, and it finally happens at the end! I HAVE OFFICIALLY FINISHED THIS FANFIC AS OF MIDNIGHT 4 JULY 2009! Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii (breath) iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii (gasp)iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii (pant dies, comes back) iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii (good lord) iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight NOW!
(dies from lack of air)
Okay, after my randomness, some other stuff.
This is the second fanfic that I have managed to finish in my lifetime. Well, this isn't officially finished, but all that's left is the epilogue, and that won't take long. Thanks to all of my reviewers, how few there are. I had planned to finish this at the end of summer~
I have a sequel planned, but you'll find out about that next chapter xD Also, a special surprise next chapter~! Love ya guys… now I'm going to sleep…
--MattsyKun_TEFA
PS: this chapter is exactly 5000 words! xD