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They waited for a few minutes before the gate started creaking open.
Shigure was the one behind it. His expression was grave.
"Come on."
He said in a low voice, gesturing for them to follow.
Haru and Kisa followed him into the main courtyard. The entire place was silent.
"Where is everybody?"
Kisa asked quietly.
Shigure didn't answer, just kept walking.
Kisa and Haru exchanged concerned and bewildered looks.
The sky was growing dark, though it was still morning. The sun was completely blocked, and a thick fog was descending on the Souhma residence, adding to the strange desolation.
Kisa's POV+
'This is creepy...Where is every one? And Shigure's being so..cold...What...could be happening...? This is strange...I don't like it...'
She moved a little closer to Haru as they walked.
End of Kisa's POV+
'God...What the hell is going on? Why aren't there any people...? And Shigure's being...distant...very. What could have happened...Whatever it is, it isn't good. None of this feels right...'
Haru thought as he walked, also feeling Kisa's discomfort with the situation.
Shigure led them through the courtyard, and into the main part of the house. Haru's stomach clenched as Shigure turned into one hallway.
'This is the way to Akito's room...'
Simultaniously (long word...sp?), Kisa and Haru stopped.
"Shigure..."
Haru said in a questioning tone.
Shigure turned to them with absolutely no expression on his face.
" Keep coming. Haru, trust me."
He said, his voice sounding exhausted, like he didn't have energy for any kind of feeling.
Haru met Kisa's gaze. She nodded slowly, and, reluctently, they started following Shigure again.
Shigure slid the door open. Haru sqeezed Kisa's hand and took a deep breath.
'No...'
Kisa fought to keep her ground and, even worse, move forward into the room.
Haru stepped forward. Kisa moved as well. Into the room.
"You came. Good."
Hatori stated from a chair in a dark corner of the room as Haru and Kisa stepped inside the doorway.
Between them, there was a rectangular, open box in the middle of the room. There were no lights on, so it was difficult to tell exactly what it was at first.
'A box...Wha-'
Kisa felt a sudden jolt in her mind.
"Haru..."
She whispered.
"What?"
Haru asked, still confused by the object in the center of the room.
"It's a coffin."
Haru stopped breathing.
'A coffin...Oh! Oh god...Oh god...'
He stepped forward to look inside. Kisa hung back, to stunned and confused to try to move.
Haru stepped back.
"H-how?"
His voice choked, not with sorrow, but with the overwhelming feeling of impossibility.
"When he fell. The angle snapped his neck. He died almost instantly."
Hatori answered in the same empty tone that Shigure had spoken with.
Haru fell silent, trying to take in what had happened.
After a moment, he acted.
"Kisa. Come with me."
"Where?"
She whispered.
He took her hand, and started out towards the gardens.
She followed without resistance.
Once they were outside, he sat down on a rock, a Kisa followed(guess that's my word today. lots of following in this chapter) his example.
Haru took a deep breath.
"It's over Kisa..."
"Wha-what do you mean?"
She paused.
"It was...It was him? In the coffin?"
Haru nodded.
"That night...Last night...I hit him. I just meant to knock him out so that he wouldn't follow us, and I did, but...but when...he fell, it brock his neck...and he died..."
'Oh god...I killed some one...I killed Akito...I don't feel anything...It isn't setting in...I killed him...'
Kisa waited for a minute before speaking.
"But...That means that we don't have to run anymore...and..that's good...right?"
"Yeah...Yeah, it is..."
"Will...They all be mad at you? Do you think?"
"They might. I don't know."
"I'm not mad."
Somehow, in the midst of all the finality and confusion, Haru managed to smile at Kisa.
"I know. And I'm glad."
He pulled her into his arms.
"I love you Haru."
"I love you too, Kisa. I'll always keep you safe, I promise."
After a few minutes of peace, Hatori emerged from the house.
"I'd like to ckeck on Kisa, and make sure she's been recovering well."
Haru nodded for Kisa to go with him, and she left him sitting in the garden alone.
The next few days passed in a sort of fog, with no sense of time, for Haru at least. It all blurred together into a grey color. No one spoke to him, with the exeption of Hatori telling him that Kisa was fine, and Haru didn't speak to anybody else either. Kisa was swept away into her mother's and the rest of their families' arms, and Haru saw nothing of her. On the fifth day since their arrival, Haru found himself back in Akito's room, standing over the coffin. He stared at the pale, lifeless face.
'This is the last day he'll be here...They're going to cremate(sp?) him tonight...'
Faintly, Haru heard a child scream with laughter in some distant part of the Souhma house.
'...This is...vertigo? This is all so surreal...nothing is setting in...I killed him...I killed him...and it isn't setting in at all...'
All at once, Haru's mind cleared, and the grey lifted.
'Yes it has. I know what I did. But I don't...regret it...Not at all. He deserved it, and I don't regret it.'
"Haru?"
Kisa's familiar voice came quietly from the doorway.
Haru raised his eyes from the waxen body to look at Kisa.
'No...I don't regret it...Now she'll be safe...She'll be ok...I don't regret it.'
"Yes?"
"Hiro was going to take me to see a movie tonight and...I was wondering if you'd come?"
Haru thought, then smiled.
"No...Hiro wants to be with you. I'd probably just piss him off if I came."
'Those two...It's him. That kid...really bugs me, but he cares about her. I'll always protect her, but he will too. And I have a feeling he's going to start playing a pretty big role in her life...'
"Are you sure?"
Kisa sounded a little dissapointed, but also like she saw his point.
Haru nodded.
"But, hey. If you guys aren't doing anything tomorrow, I'll take you both to eat out. If you think he'd be ok with it."
"That would be fun."
Kisa smiled, and then walked over to Haru.
He knelt and put his arms around her.
"Everything ok?"
He asked gently.
"Yeah...I think it is...Now, anyway...Everything is gonna be ok..."
"I think so too."
After a minute, they broke apart.
"Well, I gotta go get ready. Seeya!"
Kisa smiled and waved as she exited the room.
"Bye."
Haru said to himself, smiling.
'She's right...Everything will be ok...Everything is really gonna be ok...'
And he walked out of the room without looking back at the coffin.
THE END
yes! happily ever after! one fanfic complete! this was actually one of the most inspired and easy to write chapter for me! besides the first one, i think this is my fav. anyways, i hope you guys liked it! remember, last chapter, so EVERYBODY REVIEW! hope i'll hear from all you guys again, luv ya!