Music Playing: Reunion by Hiroyuki Sawano

I felt something grab at my hand and I don't know why but that woke me up. I looked around the room before my eyes caught a mess of black hair and a blue sweater. I suppose my hearing decided to come in because I could hear a voice go, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, please forgive me, Ryuuko." At first, I wondered where I saw this lady before but then it sunk in who she was. I couldn't find the words but I, somehow or another got out, "Am I dreaming...?" In case I was, I closed my eyes before I opened them again and she was still there. No, this ain't a dream...

It was really sinking in that my sister, after all these years, was actually in a room with me. I think, at first, I wanted to be mad at her but I couldn't. I just wanted my sister back and I started to grab at her like I did when I was little. Sis... I was scared, for some reason, that if I didn't hold onto her, she'd be gone again. My heart started to hurt and I told her, "Don't go!" She told she was there with me now and that she wouldn't be going anywhere. "I owe you some answers." she told me. I was in her arms again and she's bigger than what I last remember.

"Why'd you leave me, Sis?"

"I couldn't bring you back there. Our mother probably would have killed you, directly or indirectly, and the alternative was that one or both of us starve to death in the streets. I couldn't bear to do either one, so I left you with the Mankanshokus because I could tell they're good people and, at least, I knew you'd be safe."

"I missed you, Sis."

"I know, and I've missed you, too."

"Why didn't you come see me, Sis?"

"Oh, Ryuuko, I'm so sorry. I couldn't find the courage and, from what I can tell, you were so happy and loved with the Mankanshokus. I couldn't think to take you away from the most stable family you've had."

"I wanted my sister, Sis."

"I know and I'm very sorry for never seeing or writing to you in all those years."

"Sis..."

"At least, I'm with you now, though it can't make up for the hurt I've caused."

"..."

"I didn't leave you willingly. You were all that I had and I loved you more than anything."

She stopped talking after that and just held me close. It was quiet for a while before I asked her if I was dying. She held me tighter and told me, "I just know that you're very sick and I'm terribly sorry that I caused all of this." For a moment, I was little again and Sis was holding me in her arms. In that moment, I was sick and sad anymore, I was with my Sis. That part, anyways, was a dream. I was still in Sis' arms but I was sick, still. Is this the end...? I think, for a moment, I started to cry, telling Sis, "I don't wanna die."

She just held me tighter and told me that she's here for me, regardless. She was there with me all night and into the next morning, holding onto me still. "I'm sorry that I wasn't there for you but I'm here for you now. I'm not going anywhere." she whispered, petting at my hair. I think, at that point, I had to know her name and so I asked her. She told me, "My name is 'Satsuki', Ryuuko." She would go on to tell me that she expected that I wouldn't recall her name, no, I was too little then. Oh, so that's your name...

I don't think a whole lot of other things mattered, no, not at the moment, but what mattered is that I had my Sis. I wasn't dreaming, no, but, if I was, I didn't want to wake up.

Authoress Notes:

Once again, I bounced around a few tracks until I found one that fit. At first, I went with a track by Unknown Dimension (said track being Line to Horizon) but then I tried a track by Hiroyuki Sawano and found that track fit better.

On another note, I wondered if this should be the last chapter but I realized I'd have far too many loose ends, so we get more chapters after this. In the meantime, go check out Unknown Dimension, they make some pretty good tracks.