Chapter 15- Every Hero Falls- Different P.O.V

Kanda P.O.V

I was so shocked by the girl's sudden change in attitude. One moment, she was yelling at me, calling me a jerk; then she was kissing me. I didn't know how to react.

It started to pour rain on us, right as I pushed the girl away.

"You really are a freak!" I yelled at her.

The girl stepped back, and slipped on the wet grass. Before I realized it, she was falling off the edge, and down into the valley.

I tried to grab for her, but she was just out of reach. Her screams bounced off the valley walls as she was lost from sight, engulfed by shadows.

I couldn't breathe or move. I remembered that Daisya had once told me that she was terrified of heights.

I started to feel dizzy, and realized that I wasn't breathing. I closed my eyes, trying to focus on taking deep breaths.

I fell to my knees, and grabbed at the grass that was beneath me.

"I wondered where you were," An old man said behind me.

I turned around to see Zhu standing there with an umbrella over his head.

"Zhu," I said. I hated the weak tone in my voice. "I-"

Zhu interrupted me by shaking his head. "You do not have to explain right now, Yuu. Come; let us get out of the rain."

He helped me to my feet. I followed him, unable to get my mind to focus on anything except the girl falling to her death. The only thing words that were going through my mind were, "She's dead. You killed her."

Arisa's P.O.V

I screamed as I slipped. I felt the air rush past me as I plummeted down into the valley. Kanda tried to grab my arm, but I was just out of reach. Shadows obscured my vision, so that all I saw was blackness.

I tried to calm myself down long enough to activate my innocence, wrap it around a tree, and pull myself up; much like I had done when I first came to the Order. However, my heart was beating so quickly, and I was freaking out too much to do anything.

I saw my family in front of me. I saw Lenalee, Daisya, Rever, Jerry, Kanda, and Johnny, Suman, and Marie, and Komui's smiling faces. I even saw Leverrier and that CROW agent that was always following him around. I didn't know his name, but I still saw him. I saw everyone's face as I plummeted to my death. I reached out for them, but they weren't there. They all had vanished.

The image changed, showing me two blurry faces. I couldn't make out specific features, but I somehow knew that it was them. My parents.

The image changed again to show a little boy with chestnut hair and blue-gray eyes. My little brother.

I felt tears rush to my eyes as I saw everyone for the last time. I wouldn't get to see them again. I wouldn't get to say good-bye.

However, I figured that that would be for the best. I hated good-byes even more then I hated heights or keeping secrets.

I didn't want to die, but I knew that I was going to.

I closed my eyes. I hoped that the fall would kill me instantly, but I doubted it. I figured that I was going to be an agonizing pain for a few moments before I was taken to wherever it was that I was going to go to.

My back made contact with the hard ground, and my breath left my body. I heard bones break, and I felt a searing pain erupt throughout my body. My vision blurred as darkness surrounded me

This is it, I thought. I guess that this is how I'm going to die.

The minutes ticked by as I waited for Death to finish surrounding me with his shroud of darkness.

I guess that this is what the Fates had in store for me, I thought. I smiled as I remembered Daisya telling me about the Greek myths. I guess that he would be proud of me for adding something from those myths into my life.

I thought back to the stories he told me, trying to find one that would send me into someplace peaceful so that I could die happily. However, my mind kept going back to the myths.

They were full of tragedy, and gloom. I couldn't remember a single one that had a happy ending. I saw as every hero died a painful death. Three words popped into my head just as Death's shroud covered my face.

Every hero falls.