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Aurore's Moemon Adventure
Chapter 87
"Sora, are you okay?" Sakura asked, sitting down next to Sora.
"No…" Sora said, shaking her head. "It's still in there… It hurts so much… I can't stand it…"
"I have an idea." Aurore said, frowning. "I'm going to call in a favor."
The three of them sat on the sidewalk, holding onto Sora and comforting her, so that her Darkness would be kept at bay.
"Master…" Sora said, looking up at him, smiling. "Thank you so much… You managed to hold me back…"
Sora turned to Sakura, tears welling up.
"Sakura…" Sora said, staring at Sakura, about to cry. "I'm so sorry, I… I almost… The things I said…"
"It's fine." Sakura said, rubbing her hair. "You weren't yourself, cutie… Don't worry your pretty little red head about it."
"Sora." The three looked up and saw Bluebell standing there, frowning.
"Bluebell…" Sora said, staring at Bluebell, a pained expression on her face.
"Shove it." Bluebell said, glaring at Sora.
"Bluebell, are you okay?" Aurore asked, frowning.
"Not right now, master." Bluebell said, frowning. "Sora, what were we talking about? Remember? About trusting your friends?"
"Bluebell, I'm sorry…" Sora said, looking down, frowning.
"It's okay, Sora." Bluebell said, smiling. "We're friends, remember? What sort of person would I be if I didn't just accept your bitchiness and inner hatred at me?"
"…A woman." Aurore said, frowning.
"Yeah, he's right." Sakura said, nodding.
"…Okay, sure." Bluebell said, shrugging. "What I'm saying is that we're friends, Sora, so I'll forgive you for attacking me."
"Thank you!" Sora cried, standing up, hugging Bluebell tightly.
"Yeah, do it again and you're dead meat though, 'kay?" Bluebell asked, smiling.
"Right." Sora said, nodding.
"Aurore." The four turned their heads to see Sephiria, now fully clothed in a simple black sundress, standing there.
"Sephiria." Aurore said, frowning. "You said that you can remove the Darkness from Sora, didn't you?"
"There is a way." Sephiria said, nodding. "A single way."
"How?" Sakura asked, hopefully.
"Genesis." Sephiria said, holding out her hand, revealing a simple golden crystal that seemed to contain its own inner light source.
"What is that?" Aurore asked, frowning.
"The Genesis Crystal." Sephiria said, frowning. "It contains mystical properties. It was created by a man named Bryce."
"What does it do?" Aurore asked, frowning.
"Anything." Sephiria answered. "Whatever you program into it, it can do that. It is capable of removing foreign presences in a person, or capable of turning a human into a moemon, or a moemon into a human."
"What?" Bluebell asked, grabbing the crystal. "So, if I used this, I could become human and could live with master as his wife?"
"No, you couldn't." Sephiria said, taking the stone back. "The Genesis Crystal can only do one thing at this point, because only one man was capable of deciphering the code that it was programmed in, and he's missing. So now it can only accomplish its original task."
"What's its original task?" Aurore asked, frowning.
"The Council believes that its original task was to turn humans into moemon, but in actuality its original task was to remove anything that is corrupting a soul." Sephiria explained. "So if I use this on Sora, then I can use its power to pull Darkness out of her."
"Why did this Bryce guy program it for that?" Aurore asked, frowning.
"Because that's what I asked him to do." Sephiria said, frowning. "When he first created Genesis. I was hoping I could use it to someday return Sora back into the person she once was."
"So if I use this…" Aurore said, taking the crystal. "Then I would remove the Darkness from Sora, but it might turn her into someone else?"
"I don't know." Sephiria said, frowning. "I've never tested it before. But it's the only thing I know that can save her."
"But…" Aurore said, staring at the crystal in his hand.
"Yoink!" Sora grabbed the Genesis Crystal out of Aurore's hand, and held it to her chest to prevent him from grabbing it.
"Sora, you might…" Aurore said, frowning.
"It's fine." Sora said, smiling. "Master… I don't know what might happen if I use this. But I do know that whatever does happen… It will always be better than letting what happened before happen again."
Sora closed her eyes, and smiled as she focused energy into the crystal.
Then, her eyes opened as she felt Aurore's lips press against hers. He pulled away, and looked into her eyes.
"I love you." Aurore said, smiling.
"I love you too." Sora said, smiling, tears falling from her eyes as the crystal began shining, covering Sora's body in a veil of light.
Sora awoke in a world of white.
"Okay, where the heck am I?" Sora asked, looking around, frowning. "One minute I'm with master, and the next…"
"You're here." Sarah said, appearing in front of Sora, smiling. "With me."
"Who are you?" Sora asked, frowning.
"I'm you." Sarah said, smiling. "I'm who you used to be, and I'm who you'll still be in many ways."
"I don't understand…" Sora said, frowning.
"Sora, you were born out of my undying love for Aurore." Sarah said, smiling. "But now it's time for me to move on from this world. However, now you are no longer bound to my soul. You can be your own person."
"No." Sora said, shaking her head. "I can't be."
"Why not?" Sarah asked, frowning.
"Because you'll always be a part of me." Sora said, smiling. "No matter what happens, you will always be a part of my soul."
"Yeah…" Sarah said, closing her eyes, nodding. "That's what I wanted to hear. You and Aurore… I want you to be happy. For my sake as well. You can't beat that."
Sarah disappeared from Sora's sight, leaving Sora standing in the colorless world, which began to fill with the cheerful imagery that had always been there.
Sora sat up, holding her head, feeling for the first time in years as though there was no longer any Darkness or sadness or anger left within her.
"Sora, are you alright?" Aurore asked, helping her up.
"Yeah, I feel like such a weight has been lifted off my chest." Sora said, smiling.
"Well, speak for yourself." Sora turned and saw an exact clone of her sitting on the ground, frowning.
"…Well, that was unexpected." Sephiria said, frowning.
EoS: Not for me.
Lauren: Me neither.