Sakura's Journey Epilogue Faceless
It was so weird from where I stood, looking downwards, far downwards, at this little girl. The little four year old had sandy brown hair and hazel-green eyes. Her skin was rather pale and she was dressed in a black shirt with dark grey jeans. Her parents had clearly chosen her clothing, and it was rather nice. She looked at me with mute facination, as she always did when I was in my slender form. I will admit it's a bit silly, but I liked being this way mainly because it meant I still stood over my boyfriend. At age 17, he was a good 6 foot 2. That was nothing compared to my 7 foot 6 I had at the moment...
Amber's eyes held a certain intensity that she shared with her older brother. She tilted her head to the side again and asked in her little voice. "Daemon, why doesn't Kura have a face sometimes?" That made me smile. She was so cute. Like her older brother, she had grown up very close to my own family, so slenderfolk were a normal thing for her, like they had been for Daemon. But never had Daemon asked why we were faceless at times. It's understandable that she would ask that, to her it was normal, but she was well aware that no members of her blood relatives could do this. "Me and my dad are slenders." I spoke as I bent down to her level. She reached her little hand and poked my nearly invisible nose. "Is it a rule for slendies to wear scarves?" I giggled. "No, we just think they're pretty."
Daemon had been put in charge of watching over his little sister. Of course, he had contacted me right away. He wasn't exactly good with children...or pets...or any responsibilities in general. But hey, I loved him that way. I looked back to him and how good looking he was. His head was partly shaved, what was left dyed bright green. That was always his favorite color. He had a nose ring, identical to his mother's, and a tattoo of a few cherry blossoms on his arm. It made me blush every time I saw that. On our three year aniversary, I had decided to pay for the tattoo he had been planning to get, a skull with a few flames. I was so surprised when we got there and in the end, he got this. You paid for it, I'd rather have it be something that represents you. I remember what he said.
"Daydreaming again?" I was snapped back to reality by his words, or rather his thoughts. I smirked to him. "Yeah, I tend to do that when I look at you." We then both turned around in shock when Amber cried out. The little girl had somehow managed to get stuck in the very lawn, her little foot burried partly in the ground. "You see why I need you?! This kid defies the laws of physics!" I giggled a bit. "Yeah, like YOU know the laws of physics." He grumbled and went to try to help his little sister. In the end, I had to snake one of my tendrills to pluck her from the ground. She giggled in such a cute way when I lifted her off the ground. "Dae, Dae! Kura's being a 'ctopus again." He laughed. "Octopus, Amber. Octopus." She looked to him with her bright eyes. " 'ctopus." I couldn't stop myself from laughing.
As we went inside, I sensed new presences at the edge of my aura. Angie and Johnny were coming back. They walked in carrying groceries. Johnny dropped his bag and jumped back in surprise when he saw me. "Jeez, five years and I never got used to that." He had a hand to his chest and was breathing pretty heavily. Angie was laughing. She brought us all some cookies of course. As we ate, I felt Daemon's mind join mine again. "So where did you say you had to go with your dad today?" I took an other bite. "He's taking me to work so I can see what he does." He smirked and added one last thing. "You're not going to just show up as a slender are you?" I looked down to my snow white arm. Over the years, I grew to barelly notice when I was human or not. Knowing he probably just wanted to smell my hair or some other weird dude thing, I let myself shrink back down to my human form. My curled brown hair flowed down to my waist, dyed bright pink here and there. It went well with my scarf.
I hated feeling so much smaller than him, but he made up for it when he kissed me softly. Amber started making gagging noises. "Ew, no kissies!" We both blushed and started laughing. With character like that, she was Daemon's sister alright.
Some time later, my dad showed up. Still, human, still looking the same as always, with one difference. He had decided to re-grow his slight mustache and beard he had around the time that I was born. I had never remembered seeing him like that, so it was kind of weird for me. As we stepped into the car, waving goodbye to Daemon, he looked to me with a bright smile, his aura radiating pride. "So, ready for your first look at the job?" I smirked, feeling a bit unsure now. "I guess...I don't have much of a choice do I?" He ruffled my hair playfully and I swatted his hand away. "Daddy, stop it!" He only chuckled. I squeeled and actually flung myself against the car door when I unexpectedly felt one of his tendrills reach for me and grip my wrist. I was trying to catch my breath while he was laughing. I pushed him in the shoulder.
The whole car ride was silent. I was stressed! Why wouldn't I be?! My dad's job wasn't just like flipping burgers or fixing papers or something. He had lives in his hands! Not human lives, but still lives. Innocent lives. I was so scared I'd mess up. Then I felt a tendrill coil around my wrist again. I didn't jump back, it wasn't a cheery contact. Suddenlty, static washed over me, leaving me with a sense of peace. "You're my daughter, you HAVE to be great! It's in your blood. Don't worry." So I stopped worrying.
As I waited in the waiting room for my dad to sort everything out for me to be there, I started reading my new book I had gotten, or rather been given. The fresh pages were as white as I was when I was a slender. I was already more than halfway through it, having so much fun at each page. But I paused at the paragraph I was reading now. "Without a signal, without any indication, it was an impulse we both had shared. We leaned in closer until our lips touched." So many memories. It felt strange now that I thought about it. I knew Daemon would always be a great writer, his only problem was getting inspiration. And this certainly was some inspiration.
"Kura?" I looked up to see my dad, closing my book and tucking it away into the pocket of my small light pink bag. "Yes?" "Come on! Let's go." I stood up and walked over to my dad. So this is what I'll do when I'm older...can't wait to get started.
THE END!
AN: Hey! Yeah! This fanfic is done! It may have been a bit shorter than what I had originally planned, but hey...I'm pretty dang close to that 45 000 words! Anyway, yeah...thank you all for reading! I'll start a one-shot series eventually...Idk when... It'll be mainly about the characters of Nature's Spirit though, but it will have some one-shots from Sakura's Journey's characters. This isn't my last fanfic in this slender universe. I will be writting probably two more in my time on this site, but they won't feature the same characters. They'll be a part of the same fictional univers, happening in the same timeline with refferenses to various events, but they will be pretty much unrelated... I will also write a fanfic for Avatar: The Last Airbender. Not now though...Idk when I'll be back to these archives...hopefully soon! You haven't seen the last of me! Thank you all, hope you enjoyed, bye! -ArashiKira