Ethereal slumber- Raiden shogun x Tomo

Chapter 45

Ei was standing inside a plain where she can see the samurais.

The samurais were walking towards the light, while a young cryo samurai stopped and turned around towards Ei's direction.

"Kohaku? Kohaku!" He called out and Ei turned around and saw Kohaku walking in the opposite direction, where it was more dimmer and dead petals raining like blizzards where Kohaku was standing.

Kohaku slowly turned his head towards the one whom called him "Hikaru... please leave me and walk straight towards the light..." Kohaku said quietly with his voice slightly cracked.

Kohaku continued walking in the dark side. Hikaru ran towards the hydro samurai and grabbed his hand.

Kohaku felt his grasped but the warmth in it was missing but he could feel it familiar and it was full of emotions.

Tears brimmed Kohaku's eyes "Please leave... and let go!" Kohaku shouted while whimpering and whipped his hand out of his grasp.

Hikaru rubbed his swollen eyes from tearing up and hugged Kohaku's waist "It wasn't your fault, Kohaku... the Kohaku I saw back then, whom betrayed us and started a war was not you..." Hikaru said.

"I died not because you killed me... I died because I wanted to save you and bring back our Kohaku..." Hikaru said and slowly let go of his waist.

Kohaku turned around to face Hikaru, as the cryo samurai was holding his hands "Are you forgiving me?" Kohaku asked and Hikaru nodded with a soft smile.

"Then why? Why would you forgive someone like me?" Kohaku asked "Because you're my friend. I know you too well, Kohaku. I don't want you to suffer in hell... I want you by our friends' side and enjoy the eternal afterlife" Hikaru spoke making Kohaku drop to his knees and sob.

Hikaru crouch down and rubbed his friend's shoulder "Now, now, stop crying. Let's go. Our friends are waiting for us" Hikaru said and helped Kohaku stand up.

They walked forward and back to their friends who were waiting for them to catch up.

"Oi! C'mon! Quit the drama and let's go!" Kazuki(Pyro samurai) shouted "Oh don't be so mean and in a rush. Heaven can wait" Daiki(Dendro samurai) said with his arms crossed.

"I'm glad that you're finally back, Kohaku" Nozomi(Electro samurai) said "Now that we're together now and in peace! Let's rest in the afterlife with some good ol' sake" Kojuro(Kokomi's grampa) said "You're the one paying, old man" Genkei(Electro samurai) bumped Juro's side with his hip and rested his arm around Juro's shoulder.

Juro giggled and slapped Genkei's face lightly. Ei was standing there and watched the samurais bonding time.

Ei feels deja vu while watching them being free from their suffering... free like doves, finally letting them flee out of their cages.

The group of friends' laughter echoed around the plain of fate, as Ei's eyesight became blurry as she faded into a void.

The place only contained darkness...

But it was soon replaced by a light that blinded her eyes...

In her preview, she could see the joyous memories of the samurais being played like it was Ei's own memories being remembered.

"Hikaru! C'mon! Hurry up!" a masculine yet raspy voice called. Ei was in a preview of the youthful cryo samurai.

The guy that called out for him was the Anemo samurai "I get it, Sora. No need to yell" Hikaru catch up to the guy named Sora, leaving a chuckle out of his lips.