sorry everyone.. was away
from the internet this weekend.. but here's the next part.. ^^
(which as you notice hido,
-isn't- pairing tetchan and sakusaku... . *siiiigh*)
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tetsu's hand was still clutched
in sakura's when they reached the water's edge, and the crisp night breeze
blew the star's fine strands of red hair around his face so that it looked
like a golden halo under the moonlight. he shivered slightly, and sakura
quickly unbuttoned his coat and held it open so that tetsu could share
some of his warmth. he was still clad only in the long white garment that
they had found him in which was so light that it was tinged pink where
it touched his skin.
"why is a question that's hard to answer.." he suddenly spoke, answering hyde's question as if he could read the boy's mind. he looked back at hyde over sakrua's shoulder. hyde suppressed the urge to strangle the dark figure. "everything you were told was true." tetsu looked up towards the sky as if looking for encouragement from above.
"but they said..." sakura couldn't help but doubt the beautiful boy's words.. after all.. stars were just stories.. weren’t they?
tetsu shrugged his shoulders as if he expected as much. "long ago, father says, all humans believed in stars. but a time fell over the world when there was so much suffering that even we couldn't help. we tried.. but, almost everyone on earth has almost forgotten us.. or doesn't believe anymore."
sakura nodded, but wasn't sure what to think of the smaller figure crushed in his arms. he was beautiful, there was no doubt about it.. but a creature descended from the sky?
"when someone who truly believes
makes one last wish... that's when we are given the power to fall from
the sky and save them." tetsu gently slid out of sakura's grasp to stand
alone on the shore, the moonlight glittering on the water's surface seeming
dull and faded compared to the way it danced over his skin. the only thought
that ran through hyde's mind was how much he wanted to help this beautiful
boy who was so troubled.
"the only problem is.. i
lost my way.. and i don't know who it was that called me.."
a burning sensation started
in the pit of hyde's stomach... .
everything was black again..
and he was running.. . . running through the darkness .. towards the sea..
it was calling him again..
. it's seductive whisper enticed him to enter.. to plunge to the depths
to...
"noo..." he whispered.. not sure if it was part of the memory or the present.. "not again..."
he was so scared...
he remembered the fear coursing
through his body until it flowed like blood through his veins..
"don't let it happen.. please.."
and then there had been the whispered prayer.. for someone to save him
from the madness... .
"anyone.. please.. help
me.."
and then it was black again...
"hyde!!" sakura shouted, as the small boy collapsed into the sand.