The lonely queen (Fukuro)

aqua pulls him over to akuma and akiro "akuma isn't able to heal his inside what do we do?"

Akuma weakly looks at Shi. Shi gives a grim look. "I'm sorry Aqua. By this point he's lost to much blood." Shi shakes his head.

"I'm sorry Aqua... Hey, Akiro, Shi... He is back... I think now is about your best chance to run... Take Aqua with you.." Whoever this he was, he was clearly strong enough to put shocked expression on Shi and Akiro's faces.

aqua looks at them confused and shakes her head "no i can heal him!" she puts her hands over his wound and tries to heal him "am not leaving you here akuma!"

Akiro grabs Aqua by her arm. "I'm sorry queen, but if he really is back, then we need to leave, now! It was the first time that Akiro yelled. Akiro dragged Aqua away from Akuma.

aqua tries to get back to akuma "who is he?! shi tell me and get akuma please we can't leave him here.." tears fall down her face like a waterfall.

"I can't tell you that. Please understand that even I have to keep secrets. Akuma would only slow us down, and he knew it. That's why were leaving him behind." It was less than 24 hours before their wedding and Akuma was dying, but he was going to be keeping Aqua safe, which brought a smile to his face.

aqua cries "NNOOO AKUMA!" she watches as her view of akuma disappears "this isn't fair...."

"I'm sorry Queen, but we have to leave. Or else-" The castle begins to shake like there's an earthquake. The hallway to the secret room caves in. "damn. I thought there would be a little more time."

aqua looks around "oh no whats going on. please i need to know.." she cries alittle "will mother and father be ok shi?"

"I can't say for certain, but if they can protect them selves then they should be fine." The shakings stops.

aqua sighs lightly "they'll be fine my moms part fairy." she smiles lightly and looks around "is it over?"

There's pounding on the door. "Queen Aqua, you must leave now! Something has gotten into the castle! Hurry!" The soldier ran off. It isn't long until the same soldiers scream is heard, most likely dying. Soon, a clawed, almost lycan like had pushes it's way though the door, breaking it. Shi reacts and draws his sword which still stands nearly as tall as him. Shi slashes off the creatures hand and the creature howls in a pain and then is heard running away.

"Damn, I didn't think he was that fast." Shi says sheathing his sword.

aqua looks are in surprise "what was that?!" she holds onto akiro.

"He is a lycan." Akiro said it with some shock in his own voice. Shii continues what Akiro was saying.

"That thing is a lycan/demon hybrid. It's the shinigami for demons if you want to put it in a sense. He's here for Akuma. When demons die they fade away and leave their souls. And it feeds on those souls, goring stronger with every last soul. It'll get it's hand back soon. We have to take this time to escape."
Shi was speaking seriously. Shi looked at the collapsed entrance to the garden, it looked like Akuma was safe in garden, assuming that it was only the entrance that collapsed.

aqua shivers in fear "am scared..."

"Then lets go. That secret exit to the forest shouldn't be caved in." Shi finds the exit that Akuma and Aqua had used when they were getting away from the Kanshu. "Now lets go." The exit seems to be fine, light can be seen on the other side. Akiro takes up Aqua into his arms, not sure if Aqua is going to put up any resistance about leaving Akuma in the garden. Akiro begins to run through the tunnel and Shi follows behind.

aqua cries as she watches akuma disappear out of view. "where are we going?"

Akuma's body had faded away merely minutes ago. This was his second time as a soul. Just because he was a soul didn't mean that he wasn't still able to move around or talk. The soul Akuma moved around the caved in garden. Akuma soon wandered back into the pitch black garden. The garden was soon illuminated by a rising moon. Allowing the moon blossoming flowers to bloom.
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The four exited into the forest, the moon was rising. Akiro kept Aqua in his arms still running, Shi followed behind. The four soon ended up in a clearing, surrounded by many different kinds of flowers. One of the many species of flower are the ones that Aqua had in her secret garden. And in the center was a floating blue orb. A soul.

aqua looks at the orb and smiles. she whispers "akuma?" she holds onto akiro and looks around "it's so beautiful..." her eyes sparkle in the moonlight.

The orb glows and releases a short burst of a blinding light. The orb is soon replaced with a person, Akuma. He looked at Aqua and smiled. Akuma wasn't sure why, but he felt... alive, well more alive anyway. "That's three times I've 'died' now Aqua." Akuma smiles and laughs a little at his own 'death'. Akiro puts Aqua down on the ground letter her stand.

aqua smiles and runs to akuma jumping into his arms. "quit scaring me tho... you buttwipe." she giggles happily and nuzzles him lovingly.

"If life didn't have it's scares than how would life be fun?" Akuma said laughing a little. He nuzzles her lovingly back.

"Seriously though Akuma, you need to stop dying for a while, you seriously are scaring use when you do." Akiro said as he and Shi walk up to Akuma and Aqua.

aqua giggles "i agree with akiro. stop dying so much.." she smiles happily "so what do we do now.." she sees a river and smiles she could get the blood stain out of her dress. she takes off her dress and walks over to the river and begins to clean out the blood.

Shi and Akuma blush when Aqua takes off her dress. Akuma seems to act like it was normal, because for him, when they were running from the Kanshu, it pretty much became a normal thing. Akuma was glad that Aqua still worse a swimsuit under her dress though.
"Did she just..." Shi continues Akiro's question.
"Take off her dress in front of us..?" Akuma laughs at that. He had acted the same way when Aqua first took off her dress in front of him.

"After about the third or fourth time you get used to it." Akuma walks to the river. Akiro and Shi shake their heads and follow Akuma to the river.

aqua looks back at them and smiles "guys are funny.." she looks at shi and akuma "i have a swimsuit on.." she hops in the river acting like she fell in and sinks.