Chapter 23-----Another New Beginning

It's almost sunset........

The birds begin to fly away to rest for the night...

As the sun begins to disappear slowly into the horizon......

Rimururu is standing on a small cliff near the Sacred Sages Temple, staring at the sunset....

Ukyo puts some herbs into Hoahmaru's arm..and wraps bandages around it.......

Hoahmaru : "OUCH!" freaks Hoahmaru....

Ukyo : "Stop moving."

Hoahmaru : "..Ha...It doesn't hurt that much..OUCH!"

Ukyo : " Damn, you move too much...Here, you finish it yourself..."

Hoahmaru : " How much bandage do I need?"

Ukyo : " It's not that a big wound.... Just as much as you need for it."

Hoahmaru : "....UH....THAT'S HOW MUCH? Like THIS much? Or THIS much? Or THAT much? Or....."
Ukyo : " JUST TAKE THE WHOLE THING!!!!!" Freaks Ukyo.....

And gives him all the bandages...........

Then he went to help Kazuki...........

Charlotte : " Thank you, Mr.Ukyo." said Charlotte...rests a little...

She didn't wear her armor, only a long blue dress.....

Galford : " I thought you abandoned us, man."

Galford : " If it wasn't for you, we'll be stuck in the Underworld and rot away like those corpses!!"

Ukyo : "....."

Ukyo ignores him, and continues to treat Kazuki......

Hoahmaru : " Yeah, Why did you came back for us, dude?"

Ukyo : "Many reasons...." whispers Ukyo, without facing him......

"Like???"

"UKYOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!"

Screams a girl voice......

It's Cella....

Ukyo : "Like her." whispers Ukyo, and works a little faster. He coughs a little too..

Genjuro : ".........."

Genjuro gets up, puts his blade on his shoulder, and walks away in silence......

Hoahmaru : "HEY GENJURO!" shouts Hoahmaru...

Genjuro stops, and faces Hoahmaru.......

Hoahmaru : "..Thanks for helping us out."

Genjuro : "......."

Genjuro didn't say anything, and turns back around.......

Hoahmaru : "GENJURO!"

Genjuro : "........"

Hoahmaru : " We don't have to do this. We were both raised by Nicotine..we were friends... I don't want to fight you."

Genjuro : "...We are not friends."

He said in a cold-calm way......

Hoahmaru : "Then why didn't you kill me when you had the chance? I'm wounded now.."

Genjuro : "Fool."

Genjuro : " I spend all my life searching to proof that I'm the strongest. I spend years looking for you, the greatest warrior alive. And my revenge.."

Then he begins to walk away......

Genjuro : " But fighting you now would be like fighting a wounded deer. Even my revenge won't be fully satisfied knowing that I defeated and killed a weakling.."

Hoahmaru : "....."

Genjuro : " But the NEXT TIME WE MEET..."

Genjuro : "..IT WILL BE DIFFERENT.."

Then he disappeared to somewhere else...

Hoahmaru : "Hmm.."

Hoahmaru lowers his head, kinda disappointed...

Then he smiles (as usual, Mr.happy-guy even if his own ex-best friend is going to kill him) then they all joined Rimururu, staring at the sunset....

Rimururu : "..The Sacred Sages..Kojiro.." whispers Rimururu......

Rimururu : " People in our world will never know what was coming at them... they will move on with their lives and everything will become nothing but a legend in time... and we will move on too after this sunset.."

[Silence]

Rimururu : "..What about Shizumaru? It would be so cool if he's still around.."

Rimururu : ".....In time, we're all going to forget all of this including Shizumaru.." whispers Rimururu, and smiles...

Rimururu : "..He would want it that way. He don't want to live as a demon..he don't want people to remember him as a demon, but another normal person who passed away.."

Then she pulls out the Akane's pendant..

And throws it away into the Temple somewhere.........

Then she closes her eyes, and smiles a little.........

Rimururu : "..He's finally free.."

And they continue spend the rest of the day together, for the last time before they all depart in their own ways.....

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Akane : "ONE DAY...."

A girl is standing in the field of flowers with a pair of wings behind her back...........

Akane : "One day..when we meet again.."

She turns around........

As the wind blows gently at her.........

She smiles.......

Akane : ".. The world is truly saved... there will be peace.."

Shizumaru looks around, a bit confused.......

Then he saw Akane, standing there, not far away from him.......

Smiling at him..........

Shizumaru : ".........."

Shizu didn't move, he just looks at her........

Akane : "..And it will be the end...."

Shizumaru holds Akane's hand..

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Shizumaru finally gave her a hug

And for the first time..................................

He smiles with Happiness..............

THE END.........

**note: ONE DAY. that means it can be 2 years until Akane meets up with Shizu again (peace to the world) or 10 years or 10000 years..
YOU WILL NEVER KNOW......

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