Shady Times

...The End

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...MI

MI... KO

MITS...KO

MITSUKO...

MITSUKO!!!

I got up and realized this wasn't a dream anymore. "Get up" Yukio commanded

"Where are we?" I asked as I wasn't entirely conscious yet

"No time" Yuzuki said as she picked me up and slung me over her shoulder, "They are coming with no idea of stopping, let's go."

Yukio and Yuzuki ran towards the bottom of the mountain as we were getting shot from the back by energy blasts and lightning strikes, they weren't letting us go this time. Dodging and weaving, we were on the run once again.

My vision was coming and going...

I looked down and I started misting from my sides and legs... I was hurt bad.

I could barely make out what Yuzuki was saying, "Wh... Way?"

"This..." Yukio responded and I was out again.

I was alone in darkness with only one thing in front of me... a replica of myself.

"The only way to finish the mission... is to go back."

I started running away...

Through the darkness...

... but she appeared again, "Back where you belong..."

I ran again... but she still showed up, "Where you made your friends..."

I didn't stop running 

"Where you met him..."

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"Where you were something..."

...

"Let them go..."

I...

"They only care for themselves..."

I DON'T...

"You really think this will lead you to happiness? HE...IS...GONE... THERE IS NOTHING LEFT FOR YOU."

I fell and started crying, "... You... are... right..."

"This was just a dream... a fairy tale they put in your head. Let's go home just grab my hand." She held out her hand and I started reaching for it...

"...CARE!!!!!!!" Out of nowhere, she was pushed back by a force.

I looked back and all there was were small lights coming together making a human figure... but he didn't look familiar... until I heard his voice.

"I came back... just like you asked," Mamoru said

"How... How is it possible?" I asked

"I don't know... I guess even if i'm gone, I still live inside you." He said as he smiled, "Come, grab my hand."

I got up and as I grabbed his hand, I felt power coming back to me... something I have been missing my whole life.

Suddenly a bright light glowed and all our surroundings became white. 

"Hey," Mamoru pointed out, "Look at us."

I looked at myself and I was back to my former human body, "Wha... What happened?"