Dreams in the rain

"So tell me what happened to you?"

Hearing the question, the woman before him thought long and hard about that day. About that moment wondering if he would be disappointed or happy for her. "Very well my love, but hear my story out"

The boy listened intently to her it was the least he could do to for his love that had spanned the ages and will soon be given another chance. "I will pleases go on."

"I dreamed of you that night. The dream that I always have when it rains, a dream of that that day you left me behind. It has all replayed to me time and time again, The horror as I see you fall and call out my name, the loneliness as I left you there. The rage in me… as I scream at the pointlessness of it and how unfair it was. a constant nightmare that plagued me."

Saeko shoke off the memory of that dream and continued her explanation "As you know I strictly fallow bushido and deeply believe that there is life in every breath and that life is a gift. But yours was taken from me so soon so, that I could not have my now with you that was my sadness my regret, I carried with every step and with each breath until the end.

About a year and a half after it all happened. I went back to that cursed place to find you and give you a proper resting place. Kohta came with me and the moment I set my eyes on your remains it all came back to… me… and… I… I finally broke... wanting nothing but to be with you."

She trailed off at her last her last sentence looking away from him only to feel him get up. Was this it? Was this him now leaving her? She thought in vain to understand what he was doing, until he sat behind her locking his arms around her "Its ok you can go on now." came his soft voice.

With a slight smile as she leant back into him savouring his warmth, Saeko continued her story.

"Because it rained, I wanted to go out to satisfy myself. as I told that I would do, but this time I just could not, there was nothing that could satisfy my thirst… I had kept my promises to you and I had nothing left in that world…. that is the moment that I decided it was time to join you so I asked Kohta to help me." Again she paused listening to his breathing, feeling his head rest on her shoulder and enjoyed the touch of her cheek on his.

Takashi thought during her pause closing his eyes he struggled to ask. "Did you commit Seppuku*?"

"No… I had thought of Jigaki *… But I did not think you would approve of that. But I would be lying if I told you I had not come close to doing that several times. In my private time I had gone as far as preparing myself… I even sought out how and practiced the ritual. But I died the way every Onna bugeisha* should die. I died in Battle.

I asked Kohta as he works for the security forces, where the nearest outlaws where and I set after them, engaging them in battle. Giving me the enemy I required fulfilling my life. There is no grater loss than a life thrown away. So with my last I fought them on a bridge and I face death unflinchingly."

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As the rain thundered down a noise on a distend bridge disturbed the tranquillity of nature, the sound of a battle in all its horrible glory as gun shots sounded, steel met steel and the cries of dying men screamed out as lone sapphire eyed woman fought her final battle.

With a flash of steal the lone warrior fought with such ferocity, that it scared her enemy to their very soul. For no matter what they did she cut them down whittling away at their numbers. Each strike of her blade calculated with cold deadly efficacy. The few of them that slowly stumbled in to the battle had become nothing more than an annoyance to her, and would become eviscerated by her blade. For those that were out of range of her blade answered to the M92 vertec, that she was once gifted from a dear friend, who had also instructed her in its use.

The hammer struck down crashing into the firing pin igniting the round as it was sent on its way to its intended target the top slide locking to the rear indicating it had expired its 15 round magazine. turning the now empty pistol in her hand using it as a club smashing it across the jaw of one attacker unfortunate to get in close to violet haired the warrior.

Drawing her sword for its last time as the last of the bandits with no honour surrounded her she thought of nothing but her enemy up until this point. Now as the rain stopped, she could now see her death and smiled knowing that she could keep that long held promise to him. Happy that she could now at last go to him. Saeko savoured her favourite moment the smell of the clean air just before this battle would end.

As her enemy gave into their urges and ran in at once, overwhelming what she could do. Her sword flashed cutting down yet another of the heartless men that had robbed and murdered others. She turned to face the next, only to be mobbed by four others. As the beating started she felt no pain, only anticipation at reclaiming what was once hers. Her vision became blurry her arms heavy but she was still defiant to the last even when she was thrown from the bridge stabbing one last enemy in the throat.

As she fell time slowed and she thought about the spiky haired man that she was going to meet at long last… wondering what would he look like now? Would he remember her? It had been a long time.

She hit the water below and it engulfed her numbing her senses. Slipping further and further downward into the water she broke into a smile grateful that she had a life that was not wasted and as the world darkened, she dreamed a dream of him. Not the one that had caused her the pain all this time. It was a dream of that one moment that she had forever cherished, the moment when she had found someone that had accepted her.

Onna bugeisha. Correct term for female Samurai

Seppuku. Male ritual suicide

Jigaki. Female ritual suicide

Authors note: origanaly this was to go in my st of one shots The Dead but I have put this set into a standalone. I had to rewrite this chapter as it had far to many similarities with someone else's work for me to be happy with. Considering my stance on plagiarism, I could not release that piece of work. this caused me some major writers block and a big delay . This is the last of the Rain trilogy that I had planned for Saeko and Takashi.

please leave a review an opinion if I should do a full on story based of of this.