Thursday, April 14, 2005

   ...for this too shall pass…
Lost and Found

Episode 8
*Suichichi’s perspective*
I am not having a good day. The man has been chasing me around the fifth cave, unleashing pulse after pulse of energy. Thanks to the recuperative powers of the serpent amulet he now looks forty years younger and moves like a man of twenty-five. I managed to dodge most of his attacks, but I’ve taken some pretty bad damage, and the last one sent me reeling. Before I can do more then get to my knees, he is standing over me gathering a final energy wave. But suddenly, a noise shatters earth and heaven and the amulet’s power turns to defend against a new foe. The Hammer speaks again, and Marlene buys me the extra seconds that I need to act. I pull a single thorn from my rose and throw it just beside the man’s neck, shattering the amulet’s chain. As the amulet falls, The Hammer roars once more and this time, without the amulet, the man is ripped in two. I’m about to pass out, but before I do there is one more thing to be done.

*Marlene’s perspective*
That guy was dead, but Suichichi wasn’t doing too good. “Set the C4,” he said, “two minute delay. Kirara, the amulet.” I began setting the charge as Kirara got the amulet. Meanwhile, Suichichi pulled a small device from his pocket and spoke into it, “Boton, now!” To make a strange story short, a girl with blue hair appeared out of nowhere and somehow got us all out of there. She took us to an apartment, she said it belonged to a friend of Suichichi’s, only she kept calling him Kurama. She did something to him with her hands, there was a brief glow, and she said she had healed him. She insisted on giving me the same treatment, and my ribs stopped hurting so maybe she was telling the truth. She took the amulet, stopped to scratch Kirara’s ears, and left. Anyway, Suichichi (Or is it Kurama? I’ll have to ask him.) is still sleeping on this guys couch with Kirara curled up at his feet, and I’m sitting here watching him, and thinking about Yuji. Everything reminds me of him. Fighting, not fighting, being asleep, being awake, but most of all feeling alive. It’s odd, but as I watch this young man sleep, I do feel alive and I think of Yuji. Only it doesn’t hurt so much, thinking of Yuji while I look at Suichichi. Maybe I’m worn out, maybe I’m getting use to the pain, or maybe, as I watch him sleep, I feel something else, something good…

*Kirara’s perspective*
Well that’s over with. We all made it out alive and in relatively good condition. The amulet is safe, and the human race will see another sunrise. It’s not that I don’t feel a great sense of accomplishment, but after the first time, saving the world stops being so exciting. Anyway, she’s sitting there realizing that she’s still alive and her old guy isn’t and that it’s not the end of the world if she moves on. As I said, I’d seen it all a thousand times before any of you were born. As for whether or not they live happily ever after, I’m not really sure. I guess that’s what makes life interesting…

*The End*
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