-Ch. 9-

-.-Kuro's PoV-.-

I cried, holding my dead lover, Rain, in my arms. I thought to myself... why…why her! She has a daughter, she has friends, she has me…then it got tossed away cause she saved me from my death. I should have been the one to die. ME! NOT HER! Something quickly came to mind…Lu is a priestess…she should be able to resurrect her…I took off toward home at the thought, hoping for the best that she can be brought back to them…him.

-.-End PoV-.-

Kuro ran as fast as he could to Amatsu. That was…before he remembered that he had a butterfly wing. He grabbed it from his inventory and crushed it, taking him and Rain's body to Amatsu..to home. He ran around town, getting frightful looks from the other towns people. I mean, who wouldn't be a little scared of someone holding a dead girls body. Kuro saw his home and ran to it, banging on the door. Maki opened it and looked shocked. "Kuro…Whats wrong? Why are you holding Rain like that?" Kuro ignored Maki's questions, "Lu…where is Lu!" Lu came out from behind Maki with a questioning glance "Whats wrong?" She asked, before gasping at Rain's body in Kuro's arms. "Resurrect her….BRING HER BACK!" Lu flinched "I'm sorry…I don't have that skill yet. I'm not good anough for it." Kuro's eyes went blank and he looked down. "Why…you're a priestess…you should be able to." "The gods don't see it fit for me yet! Every priest and priestess has to earn what they use!" Maki set a hand on Lu's shoulder, shaking his head. He knew what Kuro was going threw. He lost a lover, someone close to him. He then walked over to Kuro, setting a hand on his shoulder. "We should hold a proper ceramony for her tomarrow." Kuro's shoulders shook, signalling that he was crying. Kuro nodded, before walking inside. "Lu…change her clothes and clean the blood for me please…so she's not bloody and broken up when we burry her." Lu nodded slightly, taking Rain from Kuro's arms. She walked upstairs to Rain's room before grabbing a bowl of warm water and a rag. Back downstairs, Kuro sat on the couch, staring down at his hands. Maki walked over and sat next to him "What happen?" Kuro flinched before slowly, softly telling him everything that happened to them. Maki nodded. "Where is Len..?" Kuro asked. "She should.." Maki was cut off by the door opening, and Len stood in the doorway. "KURO! YOUR BACK!" Len yelled, running and hugging her father figure. Kuro forced a smile on his face, hugging her gentally. "Where's mom? I wanted to give her something." Maki frowned and tapped Len's shoulder. "Len, something bad happened…" Len's eyes widen and she shook her head slowly "No…not her…not again…" She ran upstairs to Rain's room and a scream was sounded threwout the house.

It's been a quiet, sorrow filled day. Crying, screaming, asking the gods that it wasn't true. Len locked herself up in her room, telling everyone to go away that tried to ask if she was alright and wanted anything. She lost another mom. And she blamed that man. Kuro's brother. But she also blammed herself. She had not told Rain to be safe and come home soon that time. She was out training with Lu and Maki. She had always told her mom to be safe before she and Kuro left. Len's first time not saying it, something bad had happened. She clutched her pillow in her arms. 'Mom…why did you leave me?' she thought to herself. She had lost her second mother, and was obviously hurt.

-.-Next Day-.-

Kuro, Len, Maki, and Lu stood around a yet to be filled grave. They were all quiet. Some people from the town had come also. They knew Rain and thought of her as a great friend for the short time they knew her. Sighlently, everyone said their own small payers. Lu stood at the front of the grave by the handmade headstone. She voiced out a long payer for their dead friend. Hoping they would all meet in a new life. Around sunset, people slowly left afterwards. The only couple who didn't leave where Kuro and Len. They sat in front of the grave, looking down at it. "Len…I'm sorry I lost your bunni…" Len shook her head, telling him no. "Not just my mom…but your girlfriend." Len cried and Kuro hugged her, letting her cry on him. "I promise, for Rain, I will protect you. Just like a father should." Len nodded, still crying into her father.

-End Ch. 9-