Hey everyone!! I've finally started up again...or at least my writing block has temporarily ceased. I hope you all enjoy this one!! I had this great urge during school to write and this is the result of it. This takes place after the end of the VPM anime (26th episode). VPM is owned by Narumi Kakinouchi. Her drawings are so pretty and elegant. *sigh* Well, you probably don't want to read this so, on with the story!!

~*~ End of Episode 26: The Last Shinma...

"Sayonara...Miyu!" Chisato stated happily to Miyu's motionless form, clutching her weapon in her fist, Miyu's blood dripping off the blade.
"MIYU!!" A voice shouted and Chisato looked up as the source of the voice fell from the sky, his hand in a blade-like shape in front of his face. Before she could even register the owner's face, her world blacked out around her, her head severed.

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He watched her gaze at the ball in her hands. Her eyes glowed with the light reflecting off the ball, the red sky contrasting against her white kimono.
"Chisato...it's ok now...you can be a child here forever. That was your wish wasn't it? Ne...Chisato?" Miyu whispered to the ball, an image of a sleeping girl's face framed with wavy, short brown hair within. Larva's blood red eyes softened, though unseen through the mask covering his face. He watched her pet the ball and hug it to her form. Advancing towards her, his cloak flowing behind him, he went to stand behind her.
"Miyu..." His voice resonating into the empty air. She continued hugging the ball, whispering. "I'm sorry Chisato. You shouldn't have had to gone through this too." Larva stiffened, though not visibly. He recalled the last fight with the Eastern Shinma. His fight with Shidon. The loss of his left hand during the fight. The feel of Miyu's blood boiling in his veins, and the fire pulsing in his hand as he released its fury towards Shidon. Miyu's fallen body. Chisato, her friend, standing beside her, black double-ended kunai-like weapon in her hand, stained bright red with Miyu's blood. Miyu's saddened face when she awoke to Chisato's corpse before her. Breaking out of the memory, Larva grasped his left arm as the pain, both physical and emotional, flowed through his mind.
"Miyu..." He called again, this time louder. Once again, Miyu ignored him continuing to pet the ball, murmuring comforting words to the soul within it. Then he heard her bid her lost friend good night. He watched as she placed the globe in its place on the branch above her of the tree she sat on. Miyu stood and turned around towards Larva, surprise shown on her elegant features when she saw him there.
"Larva..." Miyu whispered, then a soft smile crossed her face. "What are you doing here?"
"Nothing...I was worried about you Miyu," he quietly replied, emotion lost behind the pale white mask. The vampire tilt her head in question as she looked up at his tall, lithe, dark form covered from head to toe save the face in the loose black coat, dark loose hood covering his head, and pale porcelain mask covering his face.
"Is there something wrong?" Miyu asked. Larva softly sighed, muffled by the mask and unheard by the guardian. Gently shaking his head, he answered, "No Miyu." Miyu smiled and walked up to him, placing her back to his chest. Getting the hint, Larva wrapped his arms around her shoulders. A moment of silence came between both as they sat there. What seemed like minutes passed by before, suddenly, a high-pitched voice called out to them. "How long are you two planning to sit there doing nothing? Let's go out!! I wanna go outside!" A plump, little bunny-like thing hopped out from behind the tree's trunk below them. With one jump, it landed before both of them on the same branch.
"Geez you guys are so boring!"
"Shiina..." Miyu smiled gently and held out her arms. Shiina jumped into her arms and settled down. Slowly the red sky faded, giving way to a dark, forestry background with tall long shoots blocking them from view. Shiina looked around before realizing that they were standing in the same forest as the time after the mermaid Shinma fight. Larva sat down on the tree stump nearby, while tightening his grip on Miyu and pulling her closer to his chest, securing her on his lap. Shiina looked up at Miyu. "What are we going to do now that there are no more large troublesome Shinma? Are we just gonna wander forever?" Miyu remained silent. Shiina sat quietly, waiting for an answer. He looked up past Miyu and up towards Larva. The tall Western Shinma was facing towards the empty crimson sky, silent as always. Shiina couldn't figure out what he was thinking so distantly about due to the emotionless mask covering his face. 'Geez...this is so annoying. Why can't Larva take his mask off more often? He's so frustrating!' Shiina was broken out of his thoughts by Miyu's gently, quiet voice.
"Shiina, you can leave," Miyu closed her eyes and lowered her head so her bangs covered her eyes. Larva and Shiina quickly turned their gazes at her, shocked.
"What?!" Shiina shouted out, jumping up to a straight-up position from her former slouch.

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Ooh...I'm evil...CLIFFIE!! Lol...this is far as I could write rough draft-wise. I know what's going to happen next...but dunno how to put it! Also in the ending of episode 26 at the beginning of the story, I left out Chisato's dream after she's been killed. I didn't know if I should have put it up or not. Tell me what you think of it by clicking that nice little lavender button on the bottom of this page...u see? That one! The one under this message!! Yeah!! Now...I'd appreciate it if you reviewed!! Thank u!! ^_^ Till next time!!