Well, that concludes the terror of Xevin, but it also concludes the role of The Dark Jester(or maybe not...) Anyways, here's the aftermath of the fight.
The Dark Jester II
Vestige of Identity
Chapter Seventeen
Concluded
People gathered.
They all gathered around a recently prepared funeral.
Friends, family, and friends to the family all gathered around the grave of Jon Kashincho. They were all dressed in black to follow the tradition of a funeral(I'm not too sure how funerals work in Japan, so I'm gonna follow along the American way). Among them was Davis, Kari, TK, Ken, and Yolei. They gathered around the grave with the others as a prayer was made for Jon.
"He still had so much to live for. To die like this was not what he wanted. We can only hope that he may rest in peace."
On the other side of the grave, Davis saw that Karen was also there. Her eyes were filled tears and she looked at the grave of Jon. Davis could sympathize for her mourning, to lose someone close hurts.
The funeral ended shortly afterwards. Everyone who was there gave their respects to him and dropped a flower on his grave. While they passed Jon's burial, they gave their respects to Jon's parents as well, saying how sorry they were for their loss, and hoping that the pain wouldn't last forever. Karen was the only one left. She wanted to be alone with Jon, for one last time. Davis saw that Karen was still there and decided to join her.
"I never got to know you that well." Karen said, talking to Jon as if he was still alive. "I feel so awful for what happened to you." Remembering of what she witnesses at that party, she remembered of what happened to Jon, the humilation by her ex-boyfriend and the sudden drmatic change he made. "I'll always remember you."
"Are you alright?" Davis asked.
Karen looked over and saw Davis was standing behind her. She wiped her tears off her eyes, "Yeah, I'm fine."
"Come here." Davis brought Karen in for a hug. She hugged him back and began to cry again. "You sure you're going to be alright?"
"I just need time." Karen said. She slowly turned to look back at the grave. So many things that she could have done with Jon, but now she'll never be able to. "I'm just really going to miss him."
"Yeah, me too." Davis said. He rested a hand on Karen's shoulder, "Come on, everyone else is leaving."
Karen said her final good bye and placed her flower on Jon's grave, which rested with many of the others, though her's was different, for hers was a red rose, while the others were white. The two walked off the hill of where Jon was buried. Karen looked back at Jon's grave for one last time.
"I just hope Jon's in a better place now." Karen said.
"I hope so too." Davis replied. Remembering Jon's final act before dieing. He knew that Jon atoned for his wrong doings. He'll never know what really happens to Jon in the afterlife, but he can only hope that Jon does better there.
As they all left the Jon's grave, a strange activity took place. From beneath the buried ground, a small trial of smoke began to seep out, wrapping itself around the red rose that was just placed on the grave.
The next day was a Saturady, so not many people were busy, but there were many people wandering around the streets of the city. Amongst them was one specific woman.
Sora was carrying a small plastic bag that had what appeared to be a small box. She was rushing her way home, not wanting to draw attention for some reason. She was walking faster than any other person that was outside. She made her way to her apartment and locked the door behind her. She went to her bedroom and locked the door to that as well. Her bedroom had a bathroom connected to it and she went in there. She seemed to be very protective of whatever she was doing, for she locked the bathroom door as well. Whatever she was doing, she didn't want anyone to know about it.
I can't believe I'm doing this.
She took the small box out of the bag and set it on the sink. She opened the box and took out one of the many items that were inside.
He walked out of the elevator. He looked both directions of the hallway, remembering which way to go to get to him. He walked through the left side of the hall and came to a door. He knocked three times and waited for someone to open the door.
The door opened and the person to answer was Izzy.
"Matt?" Izzy asked. He was indeed surprised to see him, considering the kind of injuries he faced three nights ago. "What do you need?"
"Its about Tai." Matt said.
Matt's been living on for the past year, making choices that he now regrets. Siding with evil many times, going against Tai in many occasions. They were all actions that he wished he could take back. He hoped that what he planned to do now would somehow atone for his past mistakes.
"Did you find him?" Izzy asked.
"Uh...no. I didn't." Matt said. He looked over his shoulders to see if anyone was around, "Listen, could I come in?"
Izzy moved out of the way of the open door and let Matt in. He shut the door behind him and locked it.
"What's wrong Matt?" Izzy asked, "Why are you here, and what's this about Tai?"
"Well, I'm not here because I found him, but it is about the fact that he's gone." Matt said, "Izzy, I need your help."
Sora was lying on her bed, crying uncontrolably. Whatever just happened in the bathroom had just caused her to go in an emotional breakdown. From the other side of the door, a knock was heard.
"Sora?" It was her mother, "What's wrong?"
Sora got out of bed and wiped the tears from her eyes. She went to the door and unlocked it and opened up.
"Are you alright Sora?" Her mother asked.
"No mom, I'm not alright." Sora answered. The tears were still in her eyes.
Motherly instincts gave Sora's mother the assumption that whatever the issue was, it was serious.
"Mom, I have something I need to tell you." Sora said.
In the washroom, whatever Sora had brought home in that small plastic bag was on the sink. The box was open and small amounts of the contents were on the floor. There was one that stood out from the rest, it was in the garbage bin. It stood out from the others for it was used by Sora. The small stick was in the trash and it showed a strange color, possibly what made Sora cry.
No, not possibly. It did make her cry.
The test proved it.
Sora was pregnant.
Davis was lying on his bed, which was by his bedroom window. He stared into the night sky, waiting for a time for Vestige to come. His right hand was running along his belt buckle, just itching for the time to activate it. He then heard the sound of his bedorom door knocking. He sat up and looked over to the door. Jun had opened the door and walked in, with Kari standing behind her.
"She wanted to see you." Jun said, "She said it was important."
Jun left the room and let Davis and Kari be alone.
"Hi Davis." Kari smiled, as she spoke softly.
"You shouldn't be here, Kari." Davis frowned, "You know why we can't do this."
"I know why you think that Davis." Kari replied, "I understand. Really, I do." Kari closed the door behind her and slowly walked up to Davis. She reached out and held onto his hands, "But can't you respect me enough to let me make my own choices? I'm a big girl Davis."
"But I can't let you be with me." Davis said, he gently released Kari's grip on his hands and slowly backed away. "If something were to happen to you because of me, I couldn't live with myself. If others hurt you to get to me, I wouldn't be able to forgive myself for it."
"I know there's gonna be danger for us both, but I don't care about that." Kari said, "I want to face all of them with you. I want to spend my life with you, go through the dangers of the night, and see the next sunrise, and the days after."
Davis was speechless, he didn't know what to say to her now. She really wanted to be with him, no matter the trouble. She reach up and touched his cheek with her soft warm hands.
"Will there ever be a time when the women save the lives of people?" Kari asked, smiling. "Say something Davis, I'm right here and I'm not going anywhere."
Davis could only smile back. "Thank you so much Kari."
The two moved towards eachother and their lips met. Finally, they were together at long last. Davis Motomiya and Kari Kamiya were finally together, like they were always meant to be. Their moment of passion was interrupted when Davis heard the sound of sirens. They broke their kiss and Davis looked through the window. He ran over to the window and saw a horde of police cars driving on the streets to a location.
"Sorry." Davis said, turning to Kari, "But Odaiba needs me."
"Go ahead." Kari smiled, "I'll be waiting for you right here."
Davis smiled at her and rushed back over to her for one last kiss. He turned to head to his window, preparing himself for his night. He opened the window and with one single bound, he jumped out. Kari ran out to the window to see where Davis had just landed, but instead of landing, Vestige flew up into the sky. His cape took form of wings and he flapped them, floating up higher to the sky, as he followed the sirens. This was his calling, it was now on his shoulders to look after the city.
Kari stood at the window that Davis had just jumped out from. She looked on as Davis flew through the night, flapping his wings and soaring to danger.
As long as danger was in the city, she knew Davis would have to leave suddenly to stop it. She knew he would risk his life every night. She knew every night could be their last night.
But she didn't care.
She loved him.
And he was worth the wait.
Vestige flew through the night sky. The moonlight was shinging down on him as he soared over the streets of the city. His green eyes looked down below.
This city was now his to protect. It was now his responsibility to keep it safe.
The sirens were his guide to where ever the danger was. Squads of police were in front of a large electronics store. Inside, there were several masked men with guns and hostages. Vestige's first act on this situation was to simply fly right into the wall of the building. In doing so, he disappeared in the wall.
"Get the hell away from us, or we blow this place." One of the gunners yelled.
From above them all, a vent was broken and a black figure fell through, landing on his feet. Vestige stood up from the fall and looked at his surroundings.
"Sorry, but the door was blocked." Vestige said.
"Shit, its him." They all took out their guns and aimed it at Vestige.
This was now his life, this was who he was. This was what Davis Motomiya would now do. He was now the protector of Odaiba. Everynight, there may be a calling for a savior, there may be trouble that needs to be solved. All the while, his love, Kari Kamiya, would be safe at home, while he was out to go straight into danger.
With everything that he went through, he waa finally with the girl of his dreams. After many years of pursuing her and never getting any closer, he was finally with her. All those times of hurtful rejections would always be remembered.
But he didn't care.
He loved her.
And she was worth the wait.
It was dark. Very dark. He was familiar with this type of situation.
Saji slowly got up to his feet and looked around. Everything around him was dark, everything was black and white. There was not one single essence of color. He was standing on a beach where even the water was dark.
He knew very well that he wasn't near home.
Down the shoreline, there was a connected island that had what appeared to be a destroyed building. Considering that this was a beach, that destroyed building must have been a lighthouse. It would have been nice to have a bit of light in this dark world.
Perhaps a little wandering would do well. Saji took his first step on this dark beach. There wasn't really anything different about how this place felt. It had a breeze like any beach, as well as the sound of the waves crashing. As he walked more in the beach, he came across a location where dark puddles of strange substances appeared. These dark spots began to wobble around, until figures began to portrude from them.
"Look, it seems we have a visitor." One of the dark figures spoke.
"Haven't had one for years." Another said.
Their voices were ghastly and villianous, Saji sensed great evil in each of them.
"Not much of a hunt, but a well waited prey." They all surrounded Saji, raising their dark arms up.
Saji reached for his back and unsheathed two swords. He drew them out and waved them gracefully around him. "You shall have to take me down first."
One of the dark creatures lunged at Saji from the back of Saji's right side. He countered by swining his right sword back and spinning it in a circular motion that sliced at the creature, which disappeared into darkness. Another jumped up from up front, but Saji countered this as well. He thrusted his left sword forward and the tip of the blade dug into the creature's head. With the other sword, Saji swung and decapitated the already defeated foe. The two pieces of this creature also disappeared into darkness.
"Well, I know I shall never be bored." Saji said. He looked around and saw that more and more were still coming, rising up from pools of darkness on the sand.
(Fanfare)
It's finally over!!
I want to thank you all for loving my story and reviewing it.
Well, not that that's over, there are many other stories to work on. My plan right now is to make a side story of Vestige, which will take place during the time of Saji's absence.
In case some of you are worried, here's the answer to all your questions.
Yes. Saji will return and in case you haven't figures out yet, Saji is now trapped in the Dark Ocean. And no, Xevin is not alive, he's gone for good.
I got a few private messages from people of how they were upset of Jon's death and Karen being alone without him. So to please them, I'll have him return for an unidentified role for the next Dark Jester story. Will he be a good guy? Will he go back to being a villian? That's for you to find out when the time comes.
Other than that, the third Dark Jester story will have completely new villians, maybe a total of three or four.