One More Chance ( A Date A Live Fanfic )

Chapter Thirteen

( AN : See the end of the chapter for special notes. )

        After having spent the night camping, Shido and Mukuro returned home in the morning. Of course, Mukuro had insisted to sleep in the same tent as Shido , which while Shido was first reluctant to, but finally accepted in the end. So the night was spent with Mukuro in his arms cuddling with her. And sure , like always, he still didn't sleep, but it was still the best night since the last century. He had given up on sleep a long time ago. He only had two types of dreams . Nightmares and a single particular dream . And even after a century, the dream refused to leave his mind. The promise was not yet forgotten. He still remembered HER voice , HER promise, but HER name…….. was unknown to him. As was her face. Even though he didn't remember anything about her, he knew that SHE mattered to him a lot. His heart ached every time he thought about HER.  He felt a hole in his heart . It was the same kind of sadness that he had the day when he lost all of his family to the polluters.

       He knew it was irrational ; to grieve for someone he didn't even remember. But did it matter ? After all, The Heart has its reasons, which reason knows nothing of…..  It was the main reason he wished to re-obtain his memories as Rhadamanthus of his past life, just to know about HER.  Even if SHE would have long forgotten him and discarded him , he still at least wished to remember HER, to treasure the memories he had of HER.  Still, it was nothing but wishful thinking on his part. Even if SHE would somehow remember him, he had no right to request HER or even the spirits for that matter to stay by his side. No woman , no matter how evil deserved to be forced to stay her life beside him. It was a cursed fate that no one should ever have to undertake. A monster like him should only have one fate , to die somewhere in a ditch alone while choking on his own blood. That was the only acceptable fate for him……

         He shook his head in disappointment. It wasn't right to think about HER right now. Maybe after dealing with the issue of polluters on earth and after Reine and the others would hunt him down out of hatred and disgust , he could finally flee from this dimension and then try to find out more about HER.  Even when he remembered nothing about HER , his heart still longed . Longed to just see HER , even if the only look that she would have for him would be hatred and disgust. Longed to hear HER voice , even if the only words she would speak would be curses and scowls for him. That was all that he wanted. It was the reason why he was actually trying to save humanity. One of the conditions in the agreement stated that if he did manage to save humanity, the Paramount Dao, Lady Maya would herself remove the seal on his memories. The only other way to remove the seal was for it to unravel on its own. And that required fulfillment of some specific conditions that he himself had no idea. So that was his only hope of regaining his memories. Of course, some parts of his past still managed to slip through. That alone was enough evidence of how strong his emotions for HER were . Even if he didn't remember anything about HER , he still remembered HER existence. And the promise. Even if he lost his own self, that promise was the one that he would never lose.

" We will meet again, won't we ? "

" Of course. Have I ever lied to you ? "

" Then let's make a promise ! I promise that I'll always return for you , no matter what happens. "

" Then I too promise, that I'll always be waiting for you, no matter how long it takes. "

            The words still rung through his ears , as if those were spoken just a day ago. Under the Sakura Blossoms, he had made a vow. A vow that he was desperately trying to fulfill. A vow he would do anything to achieve…….

  

          He sighed as he finished dressing up in his costume. He couldn't show his weakness or sadness on his face. He still had to meet up with Nia. Besides, it was wrong to think about another girl before going on a date with your girlfriend, wasn't it ? He attempted to humour himself with his own joke , but as expected, he felt no amusement. Still, there was nothing he could do about it. His life sucked and he had to deal with it. Picking up his cosplay accessories, he walked out of the room and made his way towards the convention, where Nia was going to meet up with him…….