well here it is... *disappears to do the chem lab that she should have been writing before* ^^;;
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For the first time in his life, Yukihiro
thought he would truly cry. Not the manipulative tears that he used all
the time to make sure that things went according to his plans, or even
the tears of pain that had sprung from his eyes when he was still just
a child in this body and he had fallen and scraped his knee. No, these
were true tears, sobs that threatened to escape as he stood staring at
Hyde's lifeless body, his pure red blood staining the sheets, his head
turned at an awkward angle to where Tetsu had been laying, as if in death
he was still watching over his love, to ensure that nothing harmed the
one that he had existed all his lifetimes for.
Never before had Yukihiro ever felt
more helpless. The entire purpose of his life was to find the One.. to
make sure that the Star didn't interfere, and to deliver Hyde to his mother.
Alive. If she were to find out that he had failed, that she would have
to wait until the cycle began again, when the Star's soul joined Hyde's,
when they were given a new life, were forced to find each other again.
If his mother were to find out that she had lost yet another lifetime of
his due to her own son's stupidity. Yukihiro couldn't even begin to conceive
the rage that she would destroy him with. She loved him, that was true.
After all, he was of her own making, pain and suffering had gone into his
creation, but her love for him was nothing compared with her longing for
the One. He knew that. She would destroy him, if it meant that she would
have Hyde forever. Destroy him without any remorse.
Seeing Hyde's unmoving body--one of
his arms partially outstretched, his fingers curled into his palm, his
moist pink lips, not quite closed, forever expelling his last breath--reminded
Yukihiro how helpless he was, how no matter what he intended for himself,
for Hyde, for his mother, that everything in and instant could go spiraling
out of control.
There was only one way to stop it.
He would have to bring Hyde, the One, back to life.
Somewhere, deep inside, Sakura knew that Levin had not meant for Hyde to die. He wanted though, with all of his heart, to put the blame on Yukihiro, but he wouldn't let himself. There was a stronger force at work here, one that had overcome even Levin's power, stronger than Yukihiro, and most likely even stronger than Sakura himself. He didn't tell this to Tetsu as the Star had cried in his arms all night, fearing that he had lost his love so soon after finding him again. But Sakura knew. He knew that there was something else at work here, stronger than any of them had expected. This wouldn’t be the end.
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With his mother being the sea, naturally
Yukihiro derived all of his unnatural strength from the power of water,
though he had never attempted something of this scale alone. He couldn't
let his mother know. So Instead of calling on the fury of the tempests
that raged in the seas, the force of the waves crashing on the shore, the
power that had guided him for as long as he could remember, he instead
sought out a different form of strength--that of flowers blossoming with
the sun’s encouragement, of tiny creatures, blinking their eyes for the
first time, that of the love between Hyde and Tetsu. For the first time
ever, Yukihiro called on the strength of life.
The searing hot energy that ran through
his arms and legs in electric-like waves seemed at first as if it would
be too much for him to control, but, unlike the rage he was use to wielding,
this energy would obey his wishes. He cocooned Hyde’s body in the healing
energy, concentrating especially on the large wound that ran along his
pale chest. The knife Levin used hadn’t been cursed or poisoned, so it
was simple to bind the skin back to itself. After he was sure that everything
was right, he called one last great force directed to Hyde’s mind. His
soul, still fearful that Levin had destroyed Tetsu in that last moment
as well, was still hovering very close to his body, determined not to leave
until he was with Tetsu again. It took no coaxing for him to return to
his body once he knew that Tetsu still waited for him. Hyde took one deep
breath, coughed and sputtered and Yukihiro knew that he had succeeded.
Exhausted, he collapsed against the wall and immediately fell asleep.