The usual disclaimer: All the characters in this short story are the property of Clamp.

Farewell

Part One: Yasha

So this is how it all ends. Ashura and I are together but only because of your sacrifice.

Kujaku…schemer, meddler, jester. You deserve better than this. Everything you’ve done for

us….

You understood, didn’t you?

More than I ever could, you understood how deeply hurt Ashura was by her mother’s hate.

Unwanted child.

You understood, too, when day after endless day I waited for Ashura to wake up, unable to give up hope even after everyone else had forgotten about our struggle.

Centuries before I was born you were already fighting against "inescapable Fate."

All of the years you lived alone yet you were still able to smile and joke, still able to comfort others.

In your own way, you were as stoic as I, perhaps more.

That laughable pretense of being an ordinary, harmless peasant never fooled me. I was wary of you from the first, sensing a warrior’s spirit beneath the comic mask.

I never laughed at your jokes.

To you, even Death need not be treated with solemnity. Dying, you asked Ashura to smile and be happy with me.

It should not have been necessary. You should be here with us.

Thank you.

Farewell.

Part Two: Ashura

My fault.

I can almost see you shake your head at me.

Why?

You were not responsible for your parent’s sin but silently, all your life, you suffered because of this.

No, not silently. You laughed. You smiled. You joked.

A hoshimi who refused to accept Fate.

I swore to be strong and I will be. Yasha and I will be happy together.

But, why?

Kujaku…

How can I ever be worthy of your sacrifice?

The first thing I saw when I opened my eyes again was you dying. You said it wasn’t my fault.

There should have been another way.

You were always so kind to me, my favorite playmate. I wondered why you cared. You understood so much. Now I know why.

I know what it feels like to know that your mother didn’t want you to be born.

My friend…

You wanted a happy ending for me and Yasha more than you wanted anything else.

For you, and for Yasha, I will be happy.

Farewell.

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