“Stop.” whispered Hatsuniku as she grabbed Kosei’s hands. “Don’t take it off. I am a horrible monster under it.” said
Hatsuniku with tears coming to her eyes. “I can make it better.” whispered Kosei. “It’s not possible… I am a slave of the
devil…” said Hatsuniku, closing her eyes to try and hold back many years of painful tears. “Trust me.” said Kosei, making
her look him in the eye. “No!!!” yelled Hatsuniku as she tried to hit Kosei away from her, but all her strength was gone. “I
am sorry if this is painful,” said Kosei as he grabbed her hands and made fire rings around them, burning her hands. “Ow…”
whispered Hatsuniku as she felt the great pain in her hands surge thought her body. Hatsuniku sat there and gave in as Kosei
held her in place as he pulled her helmet off. Her face was very pale. She had violet hair just as Kosei, but shorter. It wasn’t
much longer than 2 inches. Her face had a scar on the left side of her chin. Her mouth was badly deformed, and looked like
it was in a frown forever. She cried many tears when Kosei touched her face. “Utsukumo`…”whispered Kosei as he
embraced Hatsuniku in his arms. “Utsukumo`… I haven’t heard that name in so long…” cried Hatsuniku. “Repent and you
can be freed, Utsukumo`” said Kosei to Hatsuniku now called Utsukumo`. “But how…?” cried Utsukumo`. “Give me your
hands.” said Kosei as he grabbed her hands and held them in the air. “Now, say… ‘Sun Brightness!'” said Kosei, closing his
eyes. “Sun Brightness!” yelled Utsukumo` as a ball of fire formed over Kosei’s and Utsukumo`’s heads and fell on them.
“Kosei-kun!” yelled Haku as he ran to the fire. “Wait!.” said Kaon as the fire disappeared. Standing where the fire had been
were two figures in white. “Kosei?” asked Haku to one of the white figures. “Yes
Haku-kun.” said Kosei, tatoo glowing brightly. “Your okay.” said Binka, very happy. “Of course.” said the other figure.
“Utsukumo`?” asked Kaon. The second figure nodded. “You don’t look like…” said Onkatsu. Utsukumo` now looked like a
angel with long shining violet hair to her ankles, lips in a smile, and her beautiful green eyes bright with love and happiness.
Kosei himself didn’t look the same either. His eyes were brighter than usual. His hair was pulled into a small ponytail since it
had grown. His lips too were in a smile. “Are you two… Twins?” asked Kaon. “Yeah.” said Kosei, looking Utsukumo` in the
eyes. “Hatsuniku, you traitor!” yelled Akuya. “That’s enough out of you evil one.” said Utsukumo` as the flame that was
holding Akuya burned him to dust. Then Haku’s, Binka’s, Kaon’s and Onkatsu’s tatoos all lite up. Blue and green light
surrounded them. Out of the blue light walked two figures in sky blue. “Binka…” said one of the blue clothed figures. “Of
course Haku-kun.” said Binka, to the other figure. “Your breathtaking…” said Haku, the first blue figure. “So are you.” said
Binka as she got closer to Haku and kissed him. Haku blushed a dark red , then closed his eyes as he embraced her, tatoo’s
shining. Haku and Binka had changed in their bodies like Kosei and Utsukumo` had. Binka’s hair had grown to her sholders and her eyes were shining brighty. Part of Haku’s hair was to his sholders and his eyes were bright like Binka’s, both their tatoos were shining. Out of the green light came two figures clothed in a light forest green. “Onkatsu… your
blushing.” said one of the green figures. “I…” said Onkatsu, the other green figure, putting a hand on his face. “You can
show your feelings. Don’t feel you have to hide them.” said the first green figure. “But… we’re siblings, Kaon” said
Onkatsu. “We are practically strangers, Onkatsu, we never knew each other till now…” said Kaon, the other green figure.
Onkatsu’s red slowly went away as he embraced Kaon in a hug. Then, Onkatsu put one of his hands on both sides of Kaon’s
head and kissed her. Kaon blushed some what, but closed her eyes and rapped her arms around Onkatsu’s neck. Kaon and Onkatsu had changed too. Kaon had some of her hair in front of her ears and her eyes were bright. Onkatsu’s eyes were shining and his hair was down to his behind, blowing about. “Look, the
Seikatsu…” said Utsukumo`, looking at the Seikatsu. “It’s changing colors!” said Kosei as they saw the Seikatsu floating as it was
changing colors. From red to orange, to green, to blue, then to white. Finally, a bright light filled the room… blinding
everyone. Were the Seikatsu was, was a new stone… It was a light violet in color. “What happened to the Seikatsu?” asked
Kaon. “The legend…” said Kosei. “Legend?” asked Onkatsu. “The legend of the Seikatsu my father told me… That under the
power of sibling love… It would change into a stone of good, pure energy… called… Onseikatsu.” said Kosei with wide eyes.
“So all our love has changed the Seikatsu into Onseikatsu…” said Binka, still embracing Haku. “Yep” said Utsukumo`.
The six changed back to their original cloths, but keep their new bodies. They then walked outside Jisatsu temple with the Onseikatsu in hand as they looked out at the sunrise of another day beginning. Is this the end? Or is this just the beginning?
Chapter 12: Parting Ways
“I can’t believe it! We finally have the Onseikatsu… atlast..” sighed Binka. “I shall return it to my mother for her to keep.” said Kosei. “You mean step-mother.” said Utsukumo`. “No, my birth mother she is. I never had any step-family.” said Kosei. “Then… that means… your mother is, my mother.” said Utsukumo` looking hopeful. “I would say so. We can’t be twins if we were’nt born from the same mother.” said Kosei. “Were you told you had a sister, Kosei?” asked Kaon. “No actually. I was told I was a only child.” said Kosei. “I want to meet my parents so badly…” said Utsukumo`. “I will be glad to let ou meet our mother, but our father you can’t meet.” said Kosei, starting to look sad. “Why not?” asked Utsukumo`. “He’s dead. You killed him, remember!?” said Haku in a mean tone. “I… did…” said Utsukumo`, eyes getting watery. “Did you get the Seikatsu from a man in Noto by murdering him?” asked Kosei, looking down. “I… yes… I did.” said Utsukumo` putting her head down to hide her tears. “She couldn’t help it thought.” pipped in Kaon. The party was silent for a minute or so after. “Atleast you had parents… I don’t even know my real parents.” said Onkatsu. “Kosei, not to be mean or anything… But would you mind if Onkatsu and I parted and left the group for a while?” asked Kaon to Kosei. “Sure, go ahead. We could all use some time to ourselves.” said Kosei. The 6 said their good-byes for the time and all agreed to meet at Noto in 3 months to re-group. Haku and Binka headed off to Nagaoka for adventure. Kosei and Utsukumo` headed back to Noto, and Onkatsu and Kaon headed to Nagano. They all waved at one another until none of them could see any of the other 2 somes.
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