Chapter 22-Question
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A/N: *yawn* Tomorrow, I am sleeping in. No exceptions.
I've got dark circles under my eyes, so you'd better be happy.
Anywhositz, final chappy upload for a while.
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I buried my face in the grass, moaning over the pain. It turns out that the throb I'd felt earlier was just me.
So, here I was, aching all over.
Was that really worth it?
Piko, still half-asleep, looked over at me.
"If we can find out if the person who tried to kill me is the same person who killed Miku, then yes. Brown hair, brown eyes. Male, apparently."
You knew I could tell that before you even said it.
"I know, I just do it to give my voice something to do other than scream."
"Good choice."
Then, my idea came to the forefront of my mind, bright and innocent-like, mirroring my face.
"Oh hell no. Not until tomorrow, at least. You're already exhausted from one wish, another would kill you. Wait a little."
"But... I want it now.." I pouted when he shook his head, then stretched a bit.
"I'm not having you die just for something that's not even necessary."
"Well, we can't stay here much longer, both Miku and Rin know this place, if someone tails them while they're following us, we'll have to go."
"Still. Wait, Gumi." I pouted further, my lip stuck out.
Then, "Can I take a nap so I can do it sooner?"
"If I think you're still too tired, you'll wait. If you're ready, I'll let you do it." I nod, then cuddle and curl up beside him.
"I like it when you sleep, you look so cute, and you mewl, remem..."
It was a bright, white place. In front of me was the woman...-or girl?- I'd seen a few weeks ago when Piko had contacted me by means of a vision.
She resembled me, green hair, brown eyes, pale face. She just looked... older.
"So." She was dressed in a white dress with drooping sleeves, and a long skirt. It had a hood and a thick cape that covered her back entirely. I was wearing the outfit I liked to wear the most- my skirt and shirt combo.
"Who... are you?" I felt a bit cautious. I then noticed a small brown stain on the end of her right sleeve.
"What you will become in a little while." She smiled guiltily. "Your choices so far are good. And you should wait to ask, because you'll still be exausted when you wake up," she pointed out, making me pout, and slightly confused.
"Dang it..."
"Yeah. Anyways... when the time comes for it... don't run. Stay and work it out, or..."
Suddenly, the scene from a few nights ago re-appeared, where my nightmare had come true... then blood in the road, the screech...
I shuddered violently in sync with the woman.
Then,with that thought, it hit me.
"Yep, I'm just an older you." She twirled an orange pencil that she'd gotten out of nowhere, still smiling in that guilty way. "I know pretty much everything that happens to you for a few months, then it's my present, or your future." She sighed, making the pencil vanish.
"What day is it for you?"
"You'll know soon, I'm sure," she muttered darkly, shuffling her feet, her face shadowed by her dark hair, looking down.
I felt a sense of foreboding.
"Is it..."
"Yes, it will be that day." Again the nightmare scene.
"So I'll never forget that day if it does come to happen?"
"Never. And, I think it's time for you to head back to your own time."
"Wait, when is this, then?"
She smiled.
"The end, or the beginning, of time itself. It bends in on itself, changing and resetting constantly. The only noticible changes are things like a leap year, or the date of Easter. It all depends on this moment that we're frozen in."
Then, it all faded as she nodded to a certain point to my right in the white, and I was thrown into darkness again.
I woke up with a jolt. My entire body felt alive, thrumming with energy. I was panting, feeling as if I'd just been in a very realistic movie.
Piko turned over to look at me, slightly confused.
I... damn... can't focus...
He grinned, then snorted.
"That's what you get for wanting to ask now."
Well, it's not... my fault... fully...
"Really? It isn't? That's a surprise."
Well, not today.
I catch my breath again, then feel a slight headache. I still feel sleepy, despite the energy.
"Go back to sleep." I sighed, then, knowing it would be stupid to argue, laid back down and watched the stars slowly move until drowsiness muffled the energy and sent me into the darkness again.
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I felt fully awake, nearly as if I'd not slept at all, when I jumped up in the morning. I instantly rolled up my sleeping bag, slipped on my sandals, and was fully still when Piko finally woke up.
When'd you wake up? Half hour ago?
"Naw, ten minutes ago."
"Well, you've certainly been busy." I smile lightly.
"Up. I want to do it now, while it's still early and hardly anyone's awake."
"I get your point. I'm up." He is up within moments, stretching, tail in the air, which makes me supress a snort, but he knows I'm doing it anyways.
"Uh-huh. Are you ready, or is there some special position I'm supposed to be in?"
"No... I'll do it now." Flashes of the summer went through my mind, like the river, the very first day of, the end of it, the grove, the ice creams... as I shifted my feet a little, then looked up and began.
I ask for...
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