I was standing in the rain soaked from head to toe. I looked up thinking there'd be no sky and this was illusion but my eyes saw the dark clouds that came with storms. I put a hand over my chest feeling a steady heart beat underneath it and took a shaky breath. I was alive but how and why? The rain came down upon everything as I walked through the park like a lost child. Everything felt like it was brand new. Had it all been a dream? It couldn't be I hadn't fallen asleep in a park. Was this a dream too? I pinched myself and knew instantly it wasn't a dream. My hand then found the hilt of the sword at my side. It was all real but what happened to bring me back to life. Hayden? Where was everybody? Had they been brought back or was it just me who'd been brought back? Fate couldn't be so cruel as to force me to live a life without any of the ones I loved could she? I felt a hand on my shoulder and turned so rapidly my wet hair smacked the person in the face.

"I'm so....Holden?" He nodded his head yes and threw his arms around me. I hugged him tightly and sighed into his wet hair. He was real. I wasn't the only one once again roaming the mortal realm.

"Did you see it?"

"See what?"

"Hikari she came just as you were taking your last breath and said an incantation. I couldn't understand it for she had made me human again. Kenshin carried us back to this world on the back of a hydra. Have you seen them?"

"Holden I'm really not sure what's going on but I hope by us....Nacelle!" I ran to the swings where my sister sat gently using her legs to move back and forth. I hugged her tightly and prayed this time we wouldn't be separated.

"It's nice to see you again and be able to feel a pulse when you touch me."

"I don't understand." I pulled away wiping away the tears that had once again formed. One thing that this whole experience had taught me was that crying was not a weakness just another emotion that the soul used to display its strength. Holden hugged Nacelle from behind and rested his chin on her shoulder.

"We were granted a second chance. We were all forgiven for whatever crime we committed against each other so our souls were clear and did not belong in that world. Hikari turned us human and we almost suffocated there so Kenshin brought us here. He told us next time we meet will be on better terms and he'll hold a place for us in his palace." I stopped wiping the tears letting them flow freely and walked away from Holden and Nacelle letting them have their moment. My heart felt like it was breaking all over again, he wasn't here. Where could he be? Hikari wouldn't have made him stay behind would she? I ran away from there not being able to take the thought that he wasn't here. It started with me wanted to be alone and now that I was it hurt. I wanted him here. Needed him here. Hayden where are you? You said you wouldn't leave me if you didn't have to so where are you? I dropped to the ground crying for the fear of having to face the world without him. Something I was certain I couldn't do.

"What's wrong?" The rain had stopped falling on my emotion worn body and I looked up to see him kneeling before me.

"Hayden." I threw my arms around him knocking us both down with the force of my embrace. He laughed and pulled himself up taking me with him and leaving the umbrella. He hugged me tight and I rubbed my face against his chest easily feeling his warmth through the soaked thin fabric. He tipped up my chin to lock my eyes onto his then leaned down and gently kissed me. I felt him scoop me up in his arms and held tightly to him never wanting to be apart from him again. Someone cleared their throat and we pulled away to look at Holden and Nacelle.

"We have to get going don't want to get sick on our first day back to life." We all agreed and started walking Hayden not putting me down I sensed he had the same fear that we'd be torn apart again.

"But we have no identities, everyone thinks we're all dead."

"Kenshin took care of that. We still all have the same first names so as not to confuse us but are all now the Jetanle's, it translates to survivors in demon tongue. He made us lives as two married couples who own a little shop with our home above it in this small town."

"Guess what we sell in our shop?" I had no clue so when they realized I wasn't going to guess they groaned.

"We sell things having to do with magic like herbs needed and spell books and some really cool stuff. Kenshin said it would be best because only we knew the true consequences of such power having had it running through our veins in the after life." We continued to talk as we walked down the unpaved road into the town that we would now call home.

Hayden carried me all the way to our bedroom not letting go even when I insisted. I laughed as he dropped me down on the bed and stopped when he landed on top of me. He brushed back the wet strands of my hair and kissed my forehead. I let my lips graze his neck feeling him swallow down a lump under them. Good at least I wasn't the only one who was nervous. He stared into my eyes his gaze so intense it made my body feel hot. His hand was trembling from both the cold and anticipation I suspected as he kneaded my shirt with it. He pulled at the buttons with shaky fingers and I put my hands over his. He stopped and just watched me as I placed butterfly kisses on his hands trying to warm them up. He cupped my face in his hands and scrutinized it me making me blush.

"What are you doing?"

"Memorizing every detail of your face while the desire slowly builds up in your eyes." I wasn't use to such affection and it made me shake with need.

"Hayden we're married and there's two things we haven't done that married couples do." I rested my arms on his shoulders and he placed his head on my chest.

"What can those possibly be?" I could hear the seduction in his voice and fought the urge not to stretch this out. If he continued to speak with that lustful tone and caress the underside of my breast with his thumb as he was I knew this would be over too soon. This had to last, had to be memorable. I wanted to have every detail etched in my mind clouding over all the pain and suffering still gnawing there. I kissed the top of his head trying to push those thoughts to the back of my mind.

"Our first dance." He propped himself up on his elbows and pouted but then smiled. He pulled me off the bed slipping off my shirt as he did so. I shivered at the contact of his wet shirt on my bare stomach. I put my hands under his shirt pleading for him to let me pull it off.

"Trying to even the field?" I nodded yes vigorously and he pulled away just enough to let me pull the shirt over his head. Once it was gone he wrapped his arms around me to unhook my bra. I was surprised with how easily he got it off and he laughed.

"What song are you thinking of?" There was still too much space between us for my comfort but I didn't close it yet as we slow danced.

"The rhythm of you." He pressed me to him so we were bare chest to bare chest. I molded my body to his filling any spaces that had remained between us as we swayed to our own music. He placed a hand on the small of my back caressing the skin there sending an electrical sensation up my spine. His simple touch elicited an awareness of my body's wants that I had never before dared venture. I could feel his arousal against my thigh and wiggled to rub against it gaining a moan from him. His lips went to my neck grazing the skin there. Our remaining clothes were too restricting we both agreed and tugged at one another's cargoes. I was about to pull down his pats with his boxers when he placed a hand over mine to stop me.

"Is something wrong?" His face was still in the crook of my neck and he inhaled deeply making every hair on my body stand on end. He exhaled warming down the goose bumps that had developed.

"Are you sure this is what you want?" I pulled away to be able to face him and kissed him with every ounce of passion in my body. He pulled me close and I wrapped my legs around his waist letting him lay us down on the bed with him between them. He arched up to remove whatever clothing I still had on while I pushed down his pants and boxers with my feet. I threw my head back as his body joined with mine and felt him hug me to him. He stayed still watching me to make sure I was comfortable with what he was doing. Not liking that he wasn't making any move I thrust my hips up towards him making him bite down on his lip.

"Please Hayden, I want you. Don't hesitate anymore. I want all of you." It was all the encouragement he needed before leading me up to cloud nine. It was like we became one for that moment in time and the one after it and the one after that. He dropped down over me the both of us panting and sweating almost as much as the rain had soaked us. He rolled off of me to pull me into his arms. I rested my head on his chest, listening to the calming beat of his heart. I looked up to see his smiling face and kissed his shoulder where my nails had dug into the creamy skin leaving pink half moons. His smile only widened and he put his hand under my chin bringing me in for a gentle kiss. Even after what he had just done he managed to seem so innocent, his eyes still holding the curious glow they did when he was a child. He sat up to throw a blanket around our naked bodies.

"You forgave yourself for all the crimes you believed you committed against the world. I'm really proud of you Kilalen, it takes a big person to admit all their faults to themselves. And for once you indulged yourself not thinking that you might be punished for it. I'll forever give you that everything you crave. All you have to do is ask. Are you still awake?" I only gave a little 'hmm' sound as acknowledgement while he ran a hand up and down my side that he'd failed to pull the blanket over. I got the feeling that was on purpose. I listened to the baritone of his voice loving the way his chest vibrated under my ear with every word uttered. His voice served as a lullaby and I hoped that this would occur for many nights to come. The best good night blessing was and will always be being embraced by the one you love bare flesh to bare flesh. Hayden pulled me closer as I began to slowly drift off to sleep.

"This time everything will be right because we'll be together through it all. Not even death could pull us apart."
The End