There isn't a day that goes by where I don't think about Eirin, much like there isn't a time where Huzi doesn't think of Keine. I could just hear it now, Eirin's voice and thinking of what sort of memories we could have had if she had lived and what she could have done for us. I wonder how things could have been if she had survived. We are a long way from home and already snowflake tears are falling from my eyes. The nuclear winter and Cirno are cold but I feel even colder and that is exactly what Eirin felt, before she died. At the same time, she is free and, in thinking of her, I no longer remember why it is I even left home at all. Yup, that's me again, fucking around, doubly so since I cannot seem to find my way back and neither can Cirno. Well, I suppose it would be okay to begin anew and probably go back to the others when it is springtime.

As we journey onwards, I look up at the sky and ask, "Eirin, can you hear me?" Heh, I guess it is foolish to ask that, as Eirin isn't here to guide me anymore or any of us for that matter. To a certain degree, I do wonder what could have kept her from suicide. Her diary, which I still have, stated it was from all of the hell that she had endured up until that point and Yuuka did tell me she was happy so at least she is free.

As I think about Eirin, I wonder what the others are up to.

"Hello, Princess."

Eirin, can my voice reach you now?

"Kaguya, how are you?"

Eirin...

"Kaguya, let's go to the festival!"

Eirin...

"Kaguya, it's Reisin's birthday today, let us go and plan a party."

Eirin...

"Again, Princess?"

Eirin!


"How long has it been since the war, really?"

"I don't really know. Probably 'bout a year or so."

"Actually, it has been more than a year and, at the most, it would have been three if not five years, as Reimu, Maribel, and Renko are much larger than what they once were and Yume Ni is, as I remember, clearly older than two or three."


Authoress' Note:

Um, hi there, it's me again, I just wanted to write what the Kaguya was up to since her absence. - Amoridere