Wings & Mages

Chapter 15: Eternal Harmony [Epilogue]

Recap:

"In that case..." Natsu lingered, "Please come back and visit us when you can."

Natsu had a warm smile on his face, a smile just as warm as the others. There is such a warm feeling that is overwhelming, and it made the wide agape mouths of the two weave into the same warm smile.

"We won't forget about that..." Satoshi lingered as his feet and Krad's started to glow and wither slowly into dust.

"Thanks for everything..." Daisuke added as he and Dark began to experience the same thing as Satoshi and Krad did. "We won't forget any of you."

"Farewell..." they stated in unison as their bodies completely disappeared and was carried by the air. Everyone waved their arms in response, watching their new friends' ash being carried into the sky.

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Meanwhile, back in the Niwa basement, the two feathers stopped glowing. Emiko and Daiki also regained their consciousness. Kosuke gave both of them a glass of warm water.

"Are you both feeling okay?" Kosuke asked them worriedly.

"Yeah," Daiki agreed, squeezing his head a little bit.

"More or less," Emiko replied wearily.

Shifting to her side, Emiko caught a glimpse of Towa and With coming back to life. Their stone bodies have returned to normal and they are both breathing perfectly fine.

"Kyo!" With exclaimed as he jumped into Emiko's lap.

Towa, on the other hand, transformed into her human self and hinted, "Master Daisuke and his friends are about to return in a little while."

"I'm glad you are all safe," Kosuke said with a huge warm and wry smile in his face.

By then, they anxiously waited for the doorbell to ring. It has been an hour since the awakening of the Black Wings failed to be suppressed. They had no idea that Daisuke and Satoshi went to another dimension and stayed there for several days, since everything that happened in Azumano, the apocalypse, is still fresh.

Towa and With began to drift off to sleep.

An unfamiliar mist entered their basement and scattered around, much to their surprise since there was no window in the basement and the only door was left close.

"What is that?" Emiko asked.

"I don't know..." Daiki and Kosuke replied silently.

The smoke materialized above their sacred ritual table, only to reveal and exhausted Daisuke and Satoshi, carrying the unconscious Dark and Krad with them.

"They returned..." the three muttered, casting weary smiles on their faces.

Surprisingly, the doorbell rang loud and broke everyone's shock. Kosuke, being the strongest in the house, volunteered to meet the people waiting outside their house. He ran all the way to the main door and opened it for them.

"Oh, it's you!" he greeted informally as he saw Riku and Risa, catching up their breaths.

Riku was panicking, stuttering as she was saying, "Niwa... the explosion... light... caught... disappeared..."

Kosuke smiled at her because he understood her, although all she said didn't make any sense. "Daisuke's safe," he said.

"He is?!" the two snapped worriedly, and quite disbelieving. "But we saw... the explosion..."