His Light

Ch. XV (final)

A young girl walked down the streets of Shibuya, looking for an old friends house. Its been a while since she had been in town. She doesn't walk around often. Finally, her eyes sparkled when she saw her friends walking to their front door.

"Ren! Kaede!" she yelled waving her arm at them when they turned around to see who called them. The two smiled and waved at her to come over.

"So how are things back in the beast world, Sakumi?" Ren asked
They were sitting at the dining table drinking tea.
"Same as always" She said and a puff of smoke surrounded her. When it was gone, her ears and tails popped out. She let out a sigh, "you have no idea how it feels to hold that spell" she chuckled
"It's good that you learned that spell" Kaede said, "since you can visit us and all"
"How's Ichirohiko?" Ren asked
"He's doing good" Sakumi said, "He's working at my shop, but he should be home right now" she explained looking at the clock.
"That's good to hear" Ren said
"And how are you doing Kaede?" Sakumi asked, "you know with the pregnancy and all" she said pointing to Kaede's growing stomach.
"So far so good" she chuckled

That's right. Ren and Kaede had "tied the knot" a few years ago. Ren had decided to live in the human word with her, since he was gonna go to college and all. Sakumi and Ichirohiko obviously still live in the beast world. After the incident, Ichirohiko was treated a bit off by the beast, but he didn't blame them. After what he did, he wasn't really expecting a warm welcome from everyone. Sakumi still ran a sweets shop, only Ichirohiko helped her make it a bit bigger, and he helps her full time now. Ichirohiko said that he didn't feel like practicing fighting that much anymore because of what happened, so he decided to help Sakumi with her shop. After a few years, Sakumi had learned that she could hide her ears and tail, so she would go to the human world and visit Kyuta-uh-Ren and Kaede. Sakumi had asked Ichirohiko if he felt like going with her, but he would say no because he still felt bad. He did say that he would go someday, just not yet. Sakumi understood completely and didn't want to push him, since he felt super bad for everything he did while under the darkness.

"Ichi! I'm back!" Sakumi called as she opened the door to their home.
Oh, and Ichirohiko decided to live with Sakumi in another home too. Sakumi didn't feel like staying in her boyfriend's home anymore. Not because she didn't like it, but because she felt like one of those free-loaders. So when she made enough money, she bought her own home and Ichirohiko decided to live with her too. To take care of her.
"How'd it go?" Ichirohiko asked as he walked to her
"Pretty good" she answered giving him a kiss on the cheek, "Kaede says she's doing pretty good with the pregnancy too"
"That's good for them" he said, "maybe next time I'll actually go with you"
"I'll hold you to that" Sakumi said, "have you eaten yet?" He shook his head, "I'll make us some food"

"By the way" Sakumi said as she chopped, "how did it go at the store?" she asked. When Ichirohiko didn't say anything, she turned around to look at him. He was not looking at her and his bangs were covering his eyes. "What happened?"
For a few moments, he didn't saw anything, "these guys came by and wanted to pick a fight with me for what happened back then" he explained, "they wanted to damage the shop, I kept trying to get them to back off, without hurting them, but it wasn't until Jiromaru that they walked away"
Sakumi sighed. When are they gonna him alone? Many people have forgiven Ichirohiko by now, but there's still a small part that tease him and make fun of him. Now matter how many years have gone by, there's always someone. "Ichi, don't listen to them" she said walking up to him, "it's over now, and you're okay" she held his hands, "all that was the darkness, not you. Please don't listen to them" Ichirohiko lifted his head to look at her. His sad eyes starring at her crystal blue ones. Finally all he could do was nod. Sakumi smiled and let go of his hands, "I'm gonna finish the food" she said kissing his cheek.

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After dinner, Sakumi and Ichirohiko sat on the couch. Just sitting there, relaxing in each others' arms. Sakumi's back was on his chest and his arms were wrapped around her shoulders. He berried his nose in her hair and inhaled her scent. Even though he knew that he wasn't a beast, he liked Sakumi's scent.
"Sakumi" Ichirohiko mumbled as he opened his eyes, and she hummed in response. After a small silence, he finally spoke up. "Maybe.....we should go to the human world"
Sakumi's eyes widened and she sat up straight to look at him, "you mean it?" she asked, "you wanna go to the human world?" Ichirohiko nodded, "that's great, you can finally go visit Ren and Kaede-"
"I don't mean to visit" he interrupted. Sakumi starred at him in question, "I think we should....move to the human world" he said
"b-but why?"
"Why!? Because you and I don't belong here Sakumi" he said, "I'm a human, you're half human, someone always makes fun of us. It's like we're humans living here"
"Ichi-"
"I don't think we should stay here" he continued, "I don't think we can raise a kid here" he said looking at her in the eyes, "think about it, with you and me, our kid will be more human than beast, and I don't want them to be teased" he leaned his forehead to her, "not how you were" he then hugged her, "I don't think I'll be able to stand it if I see someone else I love be bullied and teased"