This is another one with implied character death in….so please don't kill me over this one...O.O

She's gone.

A month ago, when I left neo domino, she was brave and smiley and cute…..albeit a bit tearful because I was saying goodbye, but lively all the same.

And now she's gone. What could have been just a nasty bruise on the head caused by a slippery bathroom floor turned out to be a subdural hematoma…at least, I think that's what I got told over the phone…but whatever it was, it took her away.

So she is dead and gone.

Dead and gone, rotting away under the earth in a coffin. Alone.

I wasn't even there to be with her in her last moments. Sure, the others were, but I should have been there too.

For once, I'm actually cursing my job as a duellist. Last I checked , Duelling was not supposed to be a chore…yet with all the reasons my sponsors and suchlike gave me , I ended up staying longer and longer …I should have fought harder to at least get to her funeral. But I even missed that.

Again, something I should have been there for. But I wasn't. Duelling even got in the way of that. I used to love it, but now, I'm not sure. If it kept me away from what I loved-then what reason is there to continue?

What reason is there to go on living through each day?

At least I'm here now, at her gravestone…surely that should count for something.

I'm thinking about her now. Sweet girl, she was. Is. She may not be around anymore but she's still the adorable girl I knew once .The adorable girl who must be so lonely now.

Perhaps I could join her.

I mean , what exactly is keeping me here?I'm racking my brain so hard for one reason, any reason. But I can't find it.

I'm kinda tired, so I kneel down .the letters of her name on the gravestone are now at eye-level. Idly, I trace each character that make up her name. And then, through the fog that is my messed up mind , I hear someone calling me.

I ignore it. I can't be too sure that what I'm hearing is in the present, rather than a faint memory, and I don't feel like looking stupid. Not today. Normally, I relish being the joker.

Then I hear it again. This time, with footsteps. I turn my head to see.

Daiichi, Ginga, Taiga and Kokoro.

"Crow-nii-Chan!" They all say, running towards me madly, tears streaming down their little faces , while smiles light those faces at the same time. When they collide into me , I put my arms around them in a hug. And then I realise.

I do have a reason to keep on living even though Hikari is no longer here.

4 reasons, in fact.

So…whatcha think of that one?

Quick Note: I may not be able to upload chapters for a while, due to exams and all that stuff-so please bear with me.

In the meantime, please review, and if you wish to , leave me some themes to work with.