Back to ze past

"Come on then." e led them into the room Elizabeth was in. Taro was sitting against the wall, still trying to calm Tosh down, and smiled wearily up at them when they walked in. Rhun went straight to his mother's side and fought back tears. She was breathing. She was alive.

Evelyn dropped beside her mother and gently touched her face. She was alive... She was alive.

Rhun laughed softly in overwhelming relief, and Mori didn't have the heart to caution him to be quiet. "I can't believe it."

Evelyn lay her sleeping brother down beside her mother. Alexander curled into her side.

Mori smiled and then left the room, heading down to get himself a drink. he spirits here weren't too bad, but he much preferred sake.

Glancing uneasilly at the other children, Tosh crawled foreward until he was sitting toe to toe with Taro.

Taro gave a small laugh and gave the child a quick hug. "Come on, let's get out of their way." He led the boy into the next room.

Feeling a little dazed from the sudden hug, Tosh cautiously followed Taro.

Taro sat down cross-legged and gave Tosh a small smile. "I just wanted to make sure you knew that I wasn't cross, I was just worried." He explained. "You won't do something like that again will you?"

Quickly shaking his head, Tosh gave Taro a quick 'No sir!'

"Good." Taro smiled, folding his arms. "Nothing to worry about then."

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Elizabeth awoke with a silent scream. She looked around, her eyes panicking. Where was she? What was... There was movement beside her. She looked down slowly and saw her son. Then her daughter. Then her other son. She took a deep breath, though the panic was still in her.

"Mum? Mum! She's awake!" Rhun exclaimed, smiling in relief.

"Oh Rhun." Elizabeth breathed before pulling her son into a tight hug. Evelyn grinned and hugged her mother as well. Alexander tried to climb over his sister to get to his mother.

"We were all so scared," Rhun said with a small laugh, hugging his mum. She really was alive. She wasn't dead.

Alaexander nodded and held onto his mother tightly. Elizabeth smiled softly. "I'm so sorry for scaring you all."

"We're just glad you're okay. I don't even care how... You're okay. That's all that matters." Rhun said tearfully but grinning.

Elizabeth kissed Rhuns cheeks before doing the same to her other children

Glancing sideways, Tosh stared at the wall that separated the two rooms.

"U-um, Elizabeth is a-awake"

Taro glanced over to Tosh and then stood up with a smile, moving quickly downstairs to confiscate Mori's drink and shephard him upstairs. Not that it took much effort once he had heard that she was indeed awake. The two of them walked into Elizabeth's room, Taro staying by the door so as to avoid overcrowding her, which they would probably end up doing anyway, as Mori walked over to her.

"Hey, you're awake." He smiled his relief. Taro grinned over and wove a hand.
"Nice of you to join us."

Elizabeth smiled at Taro and looked to Mori. "Seems so."

Yuki walked up behind Taro and smiled softly.

"God, I'm so glad." Mori said with a gentle smile, moving forwards but stopping short. The kids really were right, spoken in grief or not. But at least she was okay. And he really had no right to question it, or ask that she forgive him. None of it mattered anyway because she was alive.

Taro smiled slightly to himself and reacher for Yuki's hand.

Yuki took his hand slowly and smiled.

Elizabeth held her arm open for him. "Come here."

Mori walked over and wrapped an arm around her, touching her cheek with the other. "I'm so glad you're awake." He repeated softly. "I'm so sorry for everything that happened."

Taro stood still and shut his eyes. Yuki was back, Elizabeth was alive. Nothing really was wrong, was it? Yes. Someone had killed Yuki, when the demon was just starting to look alive once more, and they were still alive. There really was no sense of reality to anything anymore, only that they, whoever they were, needed to die. That was it. For now, that would do.