JUST ONCE MORE
Author's Note: I'll be having a change of plans regarding this story. I said before that this will be a three chapter story. Well, I expanded it to four. I don't know. It just got into me. Anyway, please leave your comments/reviews about this. Thank you (before I forgot) for those who added this to their favorites and alerts (mostly alerts). Enjoy reading!
Disclaimer: I do not own Ghost Hunt and its characters. Somehow, I could say that the plot belongs to me. So I guess I should still be happy with that.
Warning: Characters might not be in their usual selves. In other words, possible OOC
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PART THREE
Words To Lead Him Back
Mai continued to run for hours into the forest surrounding the Kawazumi mansion. If she hasn't mistaken, only a quarter of that forest belonged to the Kawazumi family and the rest belonged to the Mizuno family. The forest she had just entered now probably belonged to the former. To be honest, she wasn't sure where she was heading off. But she knew her instincts were leading her somewhere—it was somewhere she needed to go.
She continued running without even stopping until she passed by a weird-looking boulder with some etchings on it. But that alone had stopped her to her tracks almost abruptly.
Boulder? Etching? Could it be that she had passed by the first boulder where Mina wrote the words?
She approached the boulder as fast as she could. When she saw the boulder, something struck her. This boulder was definitely the one in her dreams. The boulder where Mina etched the first stanza of the poem she wrote on the journal. The etchings were pretty deep, so even if almost nine years had passed, the words on that boulder were still there.
Mai began reading the words on it.
Death is such a destiny no one can defy and counter
And ever since then, it was never a laughing matter
Is that the reason I felt and unimaginable pain
When I lost you one night in the middle of the rain?
Mai smiled bitterly upon reading it. It was raining when the family told Mina that Shiro died in an accident—when all the while, they lied to her. Mina thought Shiro really did leave her that one rainy night. Her life began turning into a living hell after that. According to Mina, it was hell already that he had been a part of the Kawazumi family. Mai couldn't help but to feel sad about it.
Heaving a heavy sigh, she faced the etchings on the boulder before proceeding to the direction that the etchings faced. She has this feeling that it would lead her to the second boulder—where the second stanza was etched.
And she was right.
There's no way I wouldn't care about your loss
'Cause you've been my life since our paths crossed
Loving you felt like I've been to the seventh heaven
And I thanked God for giving you to me; making me happy back then
Love was something that could make you happy, at the very least—and for once in Mai's case, she felt it hard. Sure, Naru didn't reply to her with regards to her confession to him until now. But then it was weird for her not wanting to give it up no matter what. She couldn't let it go. She remained holding on to her feelings for Naru until now.
No matter what it takes, she was glad that she had loved someone like Naru—even though he was the coldest and the most narcissist type of person that she had ever encountered (so far) in her life.
She could definitely—if not, at the very least—relate to Mina's poem. She thanked God for bringing Naru when she needed someone to let her experience what love really was.
She was already panting hard when she found the third boulder.
I never had the power to defy our fate
But how come I just realized it completely too late?
I know I couldn't be with you eternally
But still, why is my fate so unfair to me?
People do blame fate on how their lives turned out, or at least that was what Mai thought. She knew eternity wasn't something that could be achieved by a person in a normal sense. But she also knew that love has its ways of defying the laws of eternity. It was the kind of love that Mina felt for Shiro since she was willing to defy the odds just to be with the man she loved forever.
Death could never separate two hearts that love each other so much—so much that it was enough to defy the rules of heaven and earth. But happiness because of love wasn't something that could be achieved so easily. Hardships would have to test it to its limits…
…until they were truly worthy of receiving it.
But would this be the kind of hardship that two people in love could survive in the end? Would they really have to endure this fate to be separated forever?
Am I really destined to suffer so much pain
Because of losing the one I love that was slain?
Do I have to cry this hard for you to know
That even if it's Death, I never wanted to let you go?
Mina couldn't let go of Shiro even after she died after giving birth to Minako. She suffered hard enough. She cried hard enough. Being with Shiro till beyond eternity would be the only way to ease her suffering soul and would enable her to move on.
One more boulder and it would all be over. Mai would be able to find Mina. She just wasn't sure if Mina would actually believe her when she tells her that Shiro died.
Silly me. Of course, she already knew that. But how would I tell that I couldn't bring Shiro to her? She tapped her forehead with that thought. She has no time to think about that right now. All that mattered was for her to find Mina.
And the final boulder would lead her to where Mina lies.
She did a few more running before she caught a glimpse of the boulder she was looking for. But compared to the first four boulders, the fifth and final boulder where the words were etched has blood on it. The red substance there might be dried but she knew it was blood.
Mina's blood that underlined the phrase "just once more." It must have been the reason for all the haunting in the Kawazumi mansion, along with Mina's desire to see Shiro once again.
She read the final stanza.
Now I know I wasn't strong enough for me to defy
The cards dealt by fate in which I couldn't simplify
But please let me dream about my love before
This way, at least I could be with you just once more
When Mai faced the direction that the etching was facing, she saw a pathway made of flat rocks.
This rocks will lead me to Mina, she thought. Trusting her instincts, she followed the pathway. But then as she slowly approached the end of the pathway, she could feel her vision started to blur. What's happening? Am I going to faint?
Just before she completely lose consciousness, she was sure she heard Mina's pleading voice.
"Let me use your body… even just for a while. Please!"
She didn't fall to the ground. She remained standing there and soon after, she continued walking. But then she didn't have any control of her own body anymore. She walked until she reached the end of the pathway…
…which happened to be a grave near the cliff!
But instead of walking towards the grave where the name Kawazumi Mina was engraved on its gravestone, Mai was walking towards the cliff which looked really high and dangerous! She continued walking until she reached the edge of the cliff. One more step and would definitely fall.
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Though weird, I have to end the chapter here since I need to work on my other stories that are currently pending because of so many stuffs that's needed to be done. If you're the eldest child, you'll know what I'm talking about. What I hate the most: babysitting. I don't have much patience when it comes to talking care of babies but I do adore them.
Please review on this one. I'll try updating as soon as I can and this time, it will be the last chapter.
Coming next…
PART 4 – To Feel You Once Again
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