Fan Fiction ❯ The Goddess Sagas ❯ Do You still Cherish The Memories Of Those days In Your heart? ( Chapter 54 )

Chapter Fifty-three: Do You still Cherish The Memories Of Those days In Your heart?

" It was eight years today since the defeat of Saiyoua and the destruction of Oisa. Gaia is peaceful again, and though humans still bicker with each other, and are no longer still working for the same cause, no one would ever forget the events of that day. Lots of things has changed since that day, and the people who had courageously fought and the people whom aided them has continued on with their lives. They all have grown up to become mature and righteous adults, living happily on the planet they worked so hard to save.

Whom should I start with? They all were important, each and everyone one of them. I think I will start with those who aided the hero's in their battle. Though I can't right down the names of everyone on both planets and all those in the life stream, I will write about a few I know well.

~Bra Brief~

She is much older now, but is still smart and very pretty and continues to work on making Angeles an beautiful city again. Though still into electronics, she knows that machines are not the answer to everything, and that to much technology may end up destroying the planet in the long run. Though still saddened by the lost of her family, that did not stop her from finding a husband and starting an large family of her own, bringing to life a whole new generation of Brief children."

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Bra sat at her computer, typing when two small little boys ran into her chair. She frowned and then turned to look at them, shaking her finger.

"Genki, Keith what did I tell you?"

The two brown haired and brown eyed boys laughed nervously. "Sorry mom!" They echoed together.

Bra smiled. "It's ok...but stay out of my lab! And stay out of trouble ok?"

"Kay!!"

The two boys ran into the next room, their entrance followed by loud crashes. Bra shook her head, putting her hand to her forehead as she felt a headache coming on.

"They never stay out of trouble...."

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"~Maria Brief~

Sadly Maria did not have as much luck in the future as Bra and no longer works as a scientist but resides in the village Tarlee. After being married to two abusive husbands she gave up on starting a family, and now lives alone speaking once and awhile to a few friends. However, the people still remember her compassion on building the rocket and always makes sure she is safe, that she has food to eat and a place to live."

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Maria sighed fixing her hair, an ragged and tired look on her face as she walked out of her small house to buy some food. As she bought her items an small girl with blond pigtails and big blue eyes walked up to her.

"Excuse me?" The child said with admiration.

"Yes?"

"Are you Maria Brief, the one who worked on the rocket?"

"...Y...Yes...."

"Oh! Miss. Maria!! You are so wonderful! Can you teach me how to be as smart and as kind as you are!? You were so wondeful to work so hard on that rocket, and even though it failed, your still my heroine!! please teach me!"

Maria smiled, feeling tears coming to her eyes. "...S...Sure..."

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"~Holly Brief~

She disappeared right after the defeat of Saiyoua. No matter how hard Bra tried she could not find her, but is now convince that perhaps Holly had left to go with someone she loved and feels in her heart that her sister is safe and happy."

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Holly, hair up in a short pony-tail tied back with an red bow, wore a red dress and white apron as she mixed cake batter up in a bowl. She turned behind her, to look into the study of her small but beautiful little house. The door was opened revealing her husband whom typed on a computer.

"Honey! Are you soon finished your book yet!?" She called.

"Uh...Yeah, almost..."

"Well hurry up!!"

Holly turned back the cake humming happily when her black haired and brown eyed four year old son, poked her in the leg.

"Mommy, are you done the cake yet?"

"Uh...yeah...almost..."

"Well..." The boy put his hands on his hips mocking her. "Well hurry up!!"

"Uhhh......"

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"~Arisu Trisu~

Arisu is married with two twin boys and is mayor of her village Trisu. She has lost much of her bitterness and makes sure everyone in her village is well, and takes care of people, ordering them to watch each other and care for each other. She has matured alot since the days of the goddess, and though she now found a man whom she truly loves and treats her with kindness, it is reported that still to this day she wonders what ever became of Keith, and speaks with no hate in her heart towards him.

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"Remember everyone!" Arisu spoke standing before a crowd, an Imp man standing next to her (Yes Unco...the same imp that has appeared before for parts of random silliness in this story) and two half human, half imp boys.

"Work together to make our town a beautiful and prosperous place! Remember the war against Saiyoua! As long as we all have our hearts as one we can't be brought down!"

"YEAH!!" The crowd cheered, prasing their mayor, the best mayor they ever had.

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"~Nagisa Trisu~

She remains unmarried and childless but is happy that way. She works at Marlo magic school as a councilor for the students to go talk to when they are having trouble with relationships and the such. Unlike Arisu though, she has no forgiveness in her heart for Keith, thinking back to the horrible things he did to her. Still to this days she hates him, but as long as she is happy with her life, it doesn't matter. He would be glad she is happy."

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"Na...Nagisa...ma'ma?" A fifteen year old girl with green hair and yellow eyes, red and puffy from crying, freckled face scared. "I need help..."

Nagisa tenderly walked over to the girl, taking her into a hug.

"Shhh...don't cry. What's wrong?"

"My boyfriend..." The girl sobbed. "He keeps beating me and forcing me to have sex....I..."

"I know how you feel...I had a horrible boy friend too....the best thing to do is to leave him before he hurts you even more."

"But...I still love him....How can you understand?"

A sad expression crossed Nagisa's face. "I understand more so then you think..."

"~Aria~

Aria vanished, no one knows where she went and still to this very day no one knows where she is. We hope she is safe and that she will come back soon."

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An thirteen year old girl stood on the top of a mountain looking over the city of Tokyo on planet earth, face set in a worried frown.

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"~Parfait~

Ryan's little sister, she has really grown up. She has become the strongest wind mage there ever was but that is not what she is recognized for. Around the world she is recognized as the most cutest actress to ever show up on the big screen. She is still winning rewards for her acting fetes, and though she sometimes lets it goes to her head, vists her brother almost every weak."

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A beautiful slender demon-half walked threw a large crowd, body guards having to keep the screaming fans away. Parfait smiled at them, waving and blowing a surgery kiss to a few of the guys.

"Thank you everyone!" She held up a golden globe reward. "For making this reward possible!!"

"Parfait!!"

"You rule!"

"We love you, Parfait!!"

"Act for us forever!"

Her fans cheered, making her smile at them cutely.

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"These are just a few of those whom helped the heroes in some way, even if it was small. I would also like to mention six souls whom died for the cause of defeating Saiyoua and would like to mention them hear as well.

~Kim Walker~

She faught to find the goddess stone shards, to save the world. She belived herself to be heartless, for she would kill those who had the shards, but someone who was really heartless would not go through so much to save the world, and in the end, the life she sacrificed was her own.

~Amy Anderson~

Partner and best friend of Kim. She also faught to find the goddess stone shards and save the world. She and Kim aided Ryan and his friends many times, though they would not like to admit it. She to had a goddess stone shard inside of her and died because of it.They were both couragous young woman who lost their life to soon, sacrificeing themselves for the planets. May their memories be cherished.

~ Alex Emilo~

He lived an painful life from the day he was born, and in the end he gave his life to destory the Magention factory and weaken Saiyoua. Though Saiyoua's power was energized by the goddess stone and his death wasen't in vain, for if the Magention factory had not been destroyed the life stream would probably not of had enough power to help defeat Saiyoua. May his soul rest in peace in the life stream.

~Mara trail~

This goes to both Maras. The real one and the copy, for both were alive and had feelings. Though she is missed, we know she is happy now, watching over her best friend still to this very day, and always will watch over him...

~Genki Brief~

Who though he would become a god of the life stream? Though he could always reborn himself onto the planet he chooses to remain in the life stream and stop it from going into chaos, and continues to protect Gaia and Earth and the souls on each of the planets. Without him the group would have lost the battle if he hadn't brought the force of the life stream to aid them. It was said he was the key to the ultimate destruction, but really he was the key to the ultimate hope. He helped save us all and still giving up his life is helping us all to this very day...he will be deeply missed by many.

~ Princess Marie-Maya Gazumaro AKA Ruto~

We owe her all our lives. She destroyed Oisa dispite the fact that it destroyed her as well. She left behind all those she loved to save them. She is still grieved and even I feel tears sting my eyes as I write this...so I will write no more about her, except that she was one of the bravest people alive and that without her we would of all died. May her memory live on forever in the hearts of everyone.

I would also like to write something about Miss. Lena, whom died shortly after Saiyoua, turning to dust. Reasons for her death must of been the fact she and her sisters were given almost eternal life by Saiyoua for hundreds of years and when Saiyoua died the magic wore off. Though gone I would like to say that she was a great teacher and loving person

I guess I should soon end this book soon and write about the hero's whom saved our planet. Each and everyone of them deserves much more honor then the little bit of information I will give about each of them, but it is all I can do, and I hope that people will honor them and keep their courageous deeds in mind.

~Lima Waterflower~

The cheerful and sometimes dense elf of the group became alot more mature after the battle. She quit the police force a year or two after, and went back home to Ellen woods. She became a kindergarten teacher, and still not all that bright, she is a kind teacher and takes care of the children, offering them her kindness and love. She watches them like her own children and loves them dearly.

She has meet and fell in love however and ended up getting married soon after the battle to another elf whom came to Angeles to help the injured. His name is Gabriel, a dark skinned, brown eyed and black haired doctor. He can be a bit serious at times and is a hard worker but Lima gets him to have fun once in awhile. He loves her dearly and treats her with kindness and respeat, remembering how hard she fought to save the planets.

Today Lima has three children, an seven year old daughter named Raifan, whom looks and acts just like her father. Unlike Lima she is very smart and is already advanced to high school. She is known as being snobby and rude, and I would like to say she was a sweet girl, but I never heard rumor that she was, so I'll presume, since as we learnt against the battle with Saiyoua, no one is all bad.

Lima's second born is a six year old son named Gau, he has his mother's blond hair and his father's brown eyes and though a mix in looks he has a personality all of his own! He is clever in findings ways to get what he wants and is spoiled and believe it or not is already hitting after girls in day care!

The last is a baby girl named Lilli whom looks like Lima in every way, she is still to young to tell if she will act just like Lima as well.

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Lima, now 29 years of age but still beautiful stood before her kindergarten class, smiling. She still had her perfect figure, which now wore a short white dress with red and pink flowers dotting it. Her hair was cut to her shoulders in a blunt cut, and light makeup dotted her face.

"Ok class!" She exclaimed cheerfully. " Let's review our ABC'S! Now, sing along with me...A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, uh......" she paused, biting her lip.

Raifan, walks into the room, carrying her mom's book bag in which she forgot at home and scowled, rolling her eyes.

"It's 'I', mom...."

"Oh hi Honey! Ok, I, J, K, L, M, N, Uhh..."

Raifan continued to look at her mother as though she was nuts. "It's 'O' next..."

Lima turned around with a big cheerful smile on her face. "Of course! I knew that!"

"Uhhh...." Raifan trailed off, still holding the book bag.

"Ok class! Let's continue!" She turned back to the class with a smile.

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" ~Rose Caraway~

She became a famed fighter, known inside and out side of the wrestling ring. Though people first came to see her because of her body and looks they stayed her fans because of her streagnth and great will to continue fighting. She got married, finding another man whom she loved, but sadly he died tragically in an accident, just two years after their marriage. Convince she will never find love Rose continues to fight in the ring, claiming one victory after another. She never stops fighting, and has dedicated her life to it. In the ring she is known as `Torns' but outside of the ring she is known as the fighter who never stopped fighting."

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Sweaty and tried, Rose threw her opponent to the ground, pinning him. The referee counting to three, and shouted

" Torns wins!"

Rose raised her arms up to the crowd, giving an cheer as the fans screamed and yelled her name in praise and admiration as she was handed the championship belt. As she walked of stage an reporter confronted her.

"Rose! Tell us how you've become such a great fighter! Why did you dedicate your life to fighting?"

"I fight....because..." Rose looked up at the shimmering of lights that let up the wrestling arena. "It's such an important part of my past and my soul."

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" ~Carrie Fernandez and Colt Quzegag~"

Both are happily married today. Colt got cyborg implants allowing him to be able to move again, and the two have been traveling all over the world since. Both are top archeologists, and search for secrets and buried treasure but all the while remembering that Gaia and their lives are the true treasure.

Carrie writes many books about their discoveries but not only that, but writes many books of the world's most beautiful songs and poetry, and Colt while they travel the world searching, often stops digging through the rocks and goes off to help injured animals, and is sometimes called a traveling vet. They both got married at a young age, and had a child soon after. A beautiful baby boy with blue hair and golden eyes. His name is Ein, and is currently three years old. He is a stubborn little boy and hates being treated like a child. He can be mean at times...but he is a cute kid and is really kind, it's just that he hates not getting his way. The family is happy and they continue to travel but makes sure they stay in touch with all of their friends, writing letters every second day.

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Carrie, twenty years old, her blue hair reached down to the middle of her back, tied up in a blue braid, glasses framed her face as she frowned, crossing her arms over her chest. Her white blouse and blue tunic blowing in the slight breeze.

"Colt! Have you seen Ein!?"

"Huh? Wha---?' Colt walked out from behind a tree, holding a hurt bunny. He was tall and had a strong built. His red hair was let loose and it went to his shoulders. He blinked looking around.

"I thought he was with you?"

Carrie's frown deepened but she now had a worried look on her face. "Oh! Colt! I told you to watch him while I looked for that hidden entrance to the suppose cave buried around hear! I'm all for helping injured animals Colt, but really, your son is more important then some rabbit!"

"I'm sorry...let's just find him ok...?"

The two began to look around, until Colt pointed upward to the top of a medium sized mountain, towards a small little blue wolf pup.

"There he is!!"

"EIN!!!" Carrie, frowned. " GET DOWN FROM THERE!!!"

The wolf whined and ignored her, but then he lost his footing and fell and he tumbled down the cleft. Quickly handing the bunny to Carrie, Colt dashed forward, turning into a wolf and catching his son on his back. Both man-beasts turned back to human form, and the little boy frowned, crossing his arms.

"I could have saved my self...I'm not a kid..."

"Colt!" Carrie breathed heavily calming down from her sudden panic. "You bad boy! I told you not to play around like that!!"

"I'm a big boy! I'm not a little kid, I can take care of myself!"

"Ohh, really?" Carrie asked putting her hand's on her hips. "Well then, come on Colt, let's go! Ein can take care of himself!"

"Uh...ehh...ok? Carrie?" Colt allowed her to pull him along.

Ein looked around himself, eyes suddenly filling wit tears.

"Mommy!! Daddy!! I didn't mean it come back!!!" He ran after them.

Carrie and Colt exchanged smiles, taking their son by the hand and continued walking down the forest path.

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" ~Mimi Sakura~

Mimi never did marry or meet anyone else she loved more then she loved Genki. She became a nun and stays at a church, filling the place that was once run down and empty with beautiful flowers and the smell of good food she bakes for the poor. Though after Carrie left her to get married and start a family, Mimi was alone she did not let it get her down, and remains smiling trying to give hope to others."

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A short and slender woman, around the height of a advrage twelve year old, and around the age of 24 stood in a beautiful garden in the back of the church, with a flower pot watering the roses and daises. She wore the regular black and white nun suit, but in the back a pair of light pink fairy wings fluttered slighting in the breeze, short curly pink hair framing her face from underneath her nuns hat. She paused sadly, looking down at a small cross she had built, a reef of flowers on it. She brushed her fingers against the name `Genki Brief' in which she had carved into the wooden cross. She looked sad, tears coming to her eyes.

"Mimi." A voice came from behind her, and Mimi turned around wiped her tears and smiling as she faced her friend Link the Pegasus.

"Oh Link, you startled me."

"Mimi, I want to see you smile, come fly with me and see the stars."

Mimi smiled nodding, as Link knelt down for her to climb on his back. He took off and the two flew threw the air, looking at the beautiful things all around them. Mimi smiled brightly, looking down at Gaia.

"It's so beautiful I'm glad that we were able to save it."

"Yes...and as long as there are brave people like you, Mimi, who are willing to continue fighting for it, it will always be beautiful."

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" Squall and Lemon"

Well, the two of them never got married. Only because Lemon could not approach a curch, but they do live together happily but gets into all kinds of bizzar situations. I won't even begin to explain...

They live in a small wooden house together, built just for them, and lives happily together. They don't have hardly any money, but they really have all they need, the love of a family.

Squall still remains much the same way he was during the adventure except he laughs and smiles more often now. He does not make any money but keeps his family feed by hunting in the woods for food. You could say he is a hunter, but only takes the meat he needs from the dying and sick or old animals to support himself and his family, unlike the human's whom hunted his kind, he hunts to eat and not out of hate.

Lemon also hasn't changed much in personality and in looks because well...he keeps in the body of a thirteen year old. Well...he did change a bit...his hair is very short. Why? Well...I hear it was an accident involving maple syrup...

Anyway Lemon is the money maker in the family, getting the money they need to buy the martial things they need. How Lemon gets the money? Well, his talent at designing at making his own clothes paid off and he became a fashion designer, creating clothes that almost every teenage girl just loves to wear. Pan is also doing find, and though only eight shows that she is going to be a hand full. She is beautiful but...mean, stubborn, brash, rude, and mocking, however Lemon was right, she is a total daddies girl! As Lemon complains `She has Squall completely wrapped around her little finger!'

But on a plus side...she stopped pulling Lemon's hair....and pokes him in the ribs instead and seems to try to make him go deft because she is always arguing with him over every little thing. They love each other though...it's just tuff love. Besides, Pan takes after Lemon for one thing...she'll talk the head off you, or yell it off, all depends.

Lucky for Lemon his second born is to young to yell. Yes, you've read right. Squall and Lemon were blessed with a second miracle, a beautiful baby boy named Lime. I never saw the boy but I heard that he looks just like Lemon except that he had Squall's gray eyes.

The family of four lives happily and everyday goes by...well can't say peacefully because the fact something bizzar happens almost everyday..."

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It was a peaceful afternoon, warm and sunny out. Squall walked home to his little wooden house, in the middle of the woods that he shared with Lemon, his daughter Pan and his son Lime. The days were peaceful, smiling happily he wiped some sweat from his bang, smiling as he looked up at the sun. It had been eight years since they defeated Saiyoua. He arrived outside the house, throwing the egg bear he had killed for that nights dinner in the freezer shed, he headed for the door when his eight year old daughter Pan came out of the house, holding the infant Lime, she was laughing hysterically about something, the pale blonde wolf tail she always kept transformed on her, swishing behind her gracefully.

"Pan, what's so funny?"

"Mom is taking a ballistic fit!!"

Squall blinked, confused. "What's gotten Lemon so worked up?"

"Well, you see...ha, ha,ha,ha." Pan chuckled. " Mom was trying to clean up the juice Lime spilled on the floor, and Lime knocked the maple syrup right on his head!"

"..........."

"Mom had to cut his hair...Heh, Heh...." Pan then burst into giggles.

Squall's mouth opened in shock. `Lemon...cut....his.....hair?'

"Uhh, Pan, did Lemon see you laugh?"

"No."

"Then stay outside till you got your giggles under control, and watch Lime ok, sweet-heart?" Squall smiled weakly, knowing that Lemon would probably throttle the girl. Heck, he would get angry with anyone whom laughed about his hair.

"Kay dad."

Squall marched into the house afraid of what he was about to see. His little Lemon with short hair? He did not want to believe it!! He loved Lemon's long pale locks, which felt like silk between his fingers. Would Lemon still even look like Lemon? Or would short hair make him look....Squall shivered. He could not imagine Lemon looking like a man.

The man-paused looking down at the floor, seeing some cut strains of hair laying discarded of. He picked them up sadly, putting them gently into his pants pocket. He strained his ears, trying to hear Lemon, he picked up a small sobbing noise and followed it into the bed room they shared.

Lemon sat on their bed, cradling his chopped off hair in his hands, a brown cloak and hood was draped over him, so Squall could not see what was left of his hair. The vampire looked up, sniffling sadly.

"Squall...." He spoke pitifully.

"Lemon!" Squall exclaimed, rushing towards him, wrapping his arms around him affectionately. "It's ok, don't cry."

"But....my hair....."

"Don't worry about it, it'll grow back...."

"My hair takes along time to grow...It'll be twenty years before it's the length it was before!" Lemon whined.

"Och..." Squall wrinkled his nose. " Don't take it to hard, I mean, it will grow back."

"I look stupid...." Lemon sniffed sourly.

"I doubt that. Come on, take the hood off, let me see."

".....Ok....."

Squall gasped in disbelief as Lemon removed the hood.

"I look dumb, don't I!?" Lemon cried, tears rolling down his cheeks.

".....No.....you look....."

Squall stared at the short hair cut, the back went to the middle of the neck, while the front went a inch below the chin, the bangs and hair were fluffed like a cotton ball. It was....

"You look cute." Squall finished, surprising Lemon.

"Really?"

It was true, the little boy's hair cut made him look adorable! It gave a whole new girlie-boy look to Lemon. He looked....sweet. Like a little boy just waiting to be kissed. Yeah, that's what he looked like, a young and very cute little boy.

"Yeah, I like it, it looks good on you." Squall smiled running his fingers threw the short blond locks.

Lemon smiled happily. "Thanks...it'll take some getting use to, but, if you like it, then I guess it can't look that bad."

Squall smirked. "It doesn't look bad at all." with those words he swooped Lemon into a kiss.

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"Last but not least there is Ryan. Without him Saiyoua would never have been defeated and saving Gaia would not of been possible for it was his courage, strength and will to continue fighting that saved us all. He never married or dated after the adventure, though many girls fell in love with him for his heroic deeds, his heart would always be true to Ruto, and keeps her in his heart still to this very day. He lives in a large house in the very back of the woods, not all that far from Lemon and Squall's place. He doesn't live alone, but with his beautiful and free spirited eight year old daughter Angel, and around fifty other children. Yup, the large house is an orphanage for dozen of children who are left without parents and he takes care of them all, until they are adopted or until they are old enough to go out on their own. He loves them all like his own children and makes sure each child is treated special. Tough he hardly ever smiles...even when he is happy...his lost of the woman he loves still hammers hard on his heart to this very day.

Well, before I end this book I would just want to mention one more person, Keith Soun. He was not a hero, he was foolish and an idiot and did many horrible things in which he finds even himself hard to forgive. No one from the group has seen of heard about him since, he vanished right after he got Ryan outside to safety. But from where he is, he wishes that everyone knew how sorry he was for what he did, and that somehow he could be forgiven and that...he wont let his darkness take over his soul anymore, and he wont thirst for power"

The writer turned around looking at Holly and their son and smiled, before writing.

"He has found something more important.

The end"

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Ryan, walked outside, shielding his eyes from the blazing sun. He frowned looking at his black pants and white shirt, though both were made from cool martial he was still burning hot. The sounds of children laughing as they played games filled his ears, and he walked forward, the wind blow his short mushroom cut hair slightly in the breeze.

"Angel!" He called, looking around for his daughter. "Angel!"

He looked around worriedly, not spotting her anywhere. He turned to a little boy and girl and asked.

"Have you seen Angel?"

"Um yeah." The boy nodded.

"She said she was going to play near the lake." The girl informed.

Ryan nodded, worriedly and hurried off towards the lake in search h of his daughter.

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Angel stood on top of an tall cleft, over looking the water. Her brown hair flowing in the breeze, the blond part of her hair done up in pigtails. She looked back at her small pink wings and smiled, moving them.

"Ok, wings, let's try this again! Let's fly!! Yeah!!!" She exclaimed

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Ryan cried out in horror as he saw his daughter lunch herself of the cleft.

"ANGEL!!!" He screamed reaching outwards her.

The little girl fell downward a bit before stomping herself as her wings began to flutter keeping her air born.

"Hey daddy! Daddy! Look, I'm flying! I finally got it!!"

Ryan could feel his heart stop racing. "Angel you scared me to death, please don't fly so high!"

"Why not daddy---Epppp!!" Her wings closed up as a breeze hit them and she plummeted downward hitting the water.

"ANGEL!!" Ryan cried concerned as his daughter splashed into the water.

She swam back up to the surface, shaking her head. "I'm all right...shoots! I thought I had gotten my ability to fly under control."

Ryan watched in relief as his daughter paddled around in the water, smiling, and looking care free.

"Angel..." He smiled. "Come on honey, the water is cold, you don't want to get a cold." he reached down, picking her up, her pale pink dress clinging to her wet body.

"Aww, daddy, I love swimming and staring up into the sky...it's so peaceful... so free..."

Ryan frowned sadly but then smiled, putting her gently onto the ground. "Go back home and get you swim suit and you can swim all you want, ok?"

"Ok!!" Angel giggled happily dashing off into the woods.

Ryan turned to fallow her but was stopped as a white angel feather fluttered past him in the breeze, landing in the lake behind him. Turning around he gasped, seeing the transparent figure of Ruto walking out of the lake. The two of them face each other, neither of them having to say a word, their faces saying more then words could ever. Gently Ruto took Ryan's hand in her own and placed the white angel feather in it, and leaned forward, allowing the two of them to share a final kiss. As she pulled away, she smiled at him sadly.

`My heart is with you always Ryan...' he heard her voice though her lips did not move. `With you and with Angel...I always will be.'

"Ruto..." He whispered as her form twinkled out of existence. A wind blew snatching the feather and blowing it from him hand, and into the sky. He slowly extended his hand out towards it, but then lowered it, closeing his eyes sadly he walked away, leaving behind the single feather which floated downward to rest in the water.

The end