Say good bye

Cid looked at the lifeless body that Tsuzuki was holding. The boy had died but the dark Lord Sagutamus has not been resurrected. "Tsuzuki-san," the elf lowered his head and looked to the side. "Let us leave." Tsuzuki only nodded as tears continued to stream down his cheeks. He picked up his lover and cradled the body to him. How could something like this happen? Why would anyone want to cause so much pain to Hisoka and himself?

"Are you sure about this?" Akara stood next to me. The two of us followed the elf and my love. She had stuck around, I don't really know why. I started to cry, I didn't know that spirits could cry like this. I guess when you're dead it's no different from having a body of flesh. One of her arms wrapped around my shoulders and she shook me gently. She coughed rather harshly causing her warm arms to be taken back. Her coughing wouldn't stop, she finally fell to the floor on her knees. "Akara?" I knelt beside her. Blood, pale blood escaped her lips. It splattered all over the dark corridor floor. I didn't know that ghosts could do that. Wow, I'm learning a lot being dead like this. Apparently Cid hear something, I would guess it was the splashing sound of the pale liquid, because he turned around. His light spell automatically getting bigger. "What is it?" Tsuzuki had asked him. "They're still here," he looked very sad but allert. "You mean Hi-hisoka?" "Yes, and a female... Tsuzuki-san we must hurry out of this place if we wish to have enough time." Tsuzuki only blinked like the slow idiot that he is. "I suggest that you follow us as well," Cid had spoken to us. There was a sound, an awful sound of some kind of demonic yelp. It sounded more like it was trying to talk to others, but I'm just guessing here. "Why are you coughing up blood? How can that happen?" I helped her up. "I-it's," she coughed again. "Because I'm spending to much time here. Let's get going." We grabbed a hold of each other's hands as we ran after Tsuzuki and Cid. It seemed that the demons were gathering for something and we couldn't afford being caught there. From my knowledge of being a shinigami demons were well aware of spirits and could even use their powers. If they were after me before then they would still be after me, but being as I am it's going to be much harder to defend myself. We made good time getting out of that devilish place and out of the house. Our little group finally stopped a good ten feet away from the house where Tsuzuki's spirit wards were. Cid was clenching to his heart, he obviously wasn't used to running so much. My lover was still holding onto my body. "Hisoka," Akara spoke to me. "What?" I tilted my head slightly as I watched Tsuzuki's beauty. "Do you really want to stay like this?" "I don't mind." "You're lying..." I looked at her, I wasn't lying just telling half the truth. I wanted to tell her something so much, but I wanted to be with Tsuzuki. Akara roughly grabbed my shoulders startling my a little. Then her gentle hands went to my face as the first snow flacks of winter began to fall. "Hisoka you need to really want this in order for a resurrection to work." "Eh?" I blinked. A... resurrection? I looked over at Cid who was now digging a circle around my body and Tsuzuki with his fingers. "But I want to stay with you," I quickly said. "No!" she shook her head her beautiful bangs swaying side to side as she lowered her face. "Hisoka... Please don't do this... please don't do this for me." I was silent once again, finding myself looking at Tsuzuki. He was lowering my body down letting Cid do his work with out even knowing what was going on. I was being selfish, I wanted to be with Akara and I wanted to be with Tsuzuki... but I couldn't have both... never. Akara was the first one to ever except me for who I was, she was the first to open my eyes... but I closed them soon as she had died. Tsuzuki was the first one to protect me, to mother over me. I was broken out of my thoughts when another demon yelp came, they were following us. This was bad, very bad. Akara quickly gave a look to the house then back at me, she seemed panicked. "Hisoka, do you remember what I had you promise me?" she asked hastily. "Yes," I nodded worried. "Then never let him go, never think that anyone is better than him. He's the one for you, you love him," she said as tears began to form in those green eyes of hers. She was scared, scared they would take me away again. "But I love you both the same!" I said fresh tears welling up. It wasn't a lie, I loved them both so much and in the same way. I had planned as a child to marry her and even after death I wanted to be reborn just so that I would have that chance and now I wanted to be with Tsuzuki just as much. They weren't kidding when they said that love had no boundaries. Akara smiled so gently it reflected the drifting snow. She hugged me and I embraced her back so tightly but the embrace wasn't to last. My friend pushed me away slightly, "I love you too... but it's time for you to be with him and not me. Hey... don't worry I'll be seeing you again." "What?" I could feel the pain filling my heart. A large silvery blob punched through the barrier of Tsuzuki's. Akara pushed me away and it wrapped around her like sea water. It jerked back as she kicked and choked on the jelly like liquid. I screamed out her name as I grabbed a hold of her foot. I pulled and pulled, no matter what I wasn't going to let go. I wouldn't allow her to be torn away from me. "No, no, no!!" I screamed tugging her back, "Leave her alone! Give her back! Tsuzuki help me, please!!" I looked over to Tsuzuki, he couldn't see me neither could Cid. They had no idea what was going on because they couldn't see it. I was by myself on this and I was loosing badly. I gave a quick tug as I tried to force the thing away with some of my natural powers. It began to work, I was slowly working her out of it when everything went fuzzy. My hands went through her ankle. A bright flash of light and I was back in my body. I jerked up looking around franticly. "Akara? Akara?!" I shouted not seeing anything but the worried, yet relieved look of Tsuzuki... Then there was Cid, he looked sad. Before Tsuzuki could say anything I grabbed Cid by the collar, "Cid, what happened to her? Why couldn't you let me help her?!" The elf looked at me with sad eyes, "If I waited any longer then you couldn't be brought back." I could feel my heart pang, "Cid, where is she? What happened to her?" I waited for a brief moment before shooting to my feet, "Cid!!" He looked to the side, "I'm truly sorry, she was a good person." My fists clenched and I turned my back on him, "Foolish." I knew that she had a part to play in this. She was a conniving one. I could feel tears falling from my clenched eyes as my shoulders shook, "Baka yarou... honto, honto ni baka yarou..." "Hisoka?" Tsuzuki voice came to me accompanied by his hand on one of my shoulders. I turned around and buried my face into his chest and held onto him tightly. I lost one of them, I didn't... couldn't... no absolutely wouldn't allow the other to be taken away from me. Tsuzuki thought that our job was going to get as done as possible so we went to Meifu with Cid. My love took me to my place and as I took a shower he talked to Cid.

"What happened?" Tsuzuki asked starting to make some tea. Cid was quiet. "Cid, tell me what happened to Hisoka... and who was that woman you said he was with?" "... They were friends..." Cid lowered his head, "They knew each other as children and planned to share their lives with each other... but they died and were separated." Tsuzuki looked at Cid in some what surprise. He decided not to say anything, he wanted the elf to continue. "Spirits cannot live in a demon's realm for longer than a day with out dying." "What?" "She was there... waiting for him because she knew he would be in trouble. She searched for him," Cid's shoulders began to shake. "She talked to me... asked me to keep an eye on him and if anything went bad she would be there. Now she's truly dead." Tsuzuki walked over to his friend and leaned over. His purple eyes looking at the elf trying to get an expression. "But no one truly dies right?" The elf nodded. "So what's so bad?" "Dying as a spirit causes you to be pushed in to purgatory... the eternal hell where you are frozen until a god actually decides to do something with you." Tsuzuki was quiet, he had only heard of purgatory, so far not even one soul has been touched from there. That was truly a punishment. They say that these spirits only see the wrongs and evils in their lives and the world... that was what the higher ups said.

//Hisoka what are you doing just standing there like a donkey? We've got to get going,// her voice echoed through my head as the hot water rained down on me. She was gone now. //Don't look at me like that you look like a whipped kitten.// Akara never did like it when I frowned or pouted. I only pouted around her. //Do you want to see a movie with me? I'm bored out of my mind and need some company.// I began humming a melody that she had taught me. It was her melody. It reminded me or the middle ages in Europe and the travelers. She could even play it on the flute. Talent, she had a lot of it painting, drawing, singing, beating the crap out of anyone that insulted her or me... I managed to smile bitterly, she had it all but she wasn't satisfied until I would crack a smile. I still remember the insult game where we could insult each other in so many ways but the only rule was you couldn't repeat something already said. "Baka," I rested my head against the tiled wall. "Moron... Nimrod... donkey lover... black lab... rocks for brains... fool..." I began to silently cry as I curled up into a ball.

Cid didn't stay for the night. We took him back to the land of the living, I think it was around Fukouka. He smiled to us and left... that was the last time we saw our elven friend. Now I sit next to Tsuzuki at my... no it's our house now. I have my cheek against his chest as I held onto his shirt. I can close my eyes and see her encased in a crystal. I only choose to see her when I need but now I can see the real her. Dressed with a tattered clock around her shoulders, her hair still short with those two locks in front of her ears. Leg wraps tied to stay still as her large shirt stays frozen in an eternal wind. They say that in purgatory you become yourself. But to me she hasn't changed, she was always strong like a warrior... always my friend and first love.

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