Back to the present as


    Tetsu gets done reminiscing,


    I think of my emotions.


    How do I feel about this?


    About how him and I are


    dead.


    We are in some sort of


    tragic dimension only


    for Ronin''s sick game.


    We are puppets to


    his amusement,


    or probably even


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    special toys in his


    treasure chest.


    His charming smile


    comes to mind until


    it distorts into a smile


    of madness.


    For some reason, I can


    feel my lips forming…..


    THAT SAME SMILE.


    “Tsukino!” Tetsu shouts


    in a panic.


    He suddenly pulls me into


    his warm embrace, bringing


    back to me my sanity.


    My whole body becomes light


    as I hear Tetsu speak in a


    strange dialect.


    “You can''t give in, Tsukino.”


    Tetsu whispers.


    “I know….” I whisper back.


    “I''m trying not to but


    it''s so hard.”