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"Elkie, you have to make a decision right now! There is an opening over this way that you need to go through," a familiar voice shouts and I turn to the right as Kiriya waves his hands up in the air as the others stop beside him. 


My eyes go to the side of him, staring at the giant portal with my world in the background. There's my house! My house is right there staring back at me. But do I want to go back right this moment without a proper goodbye? 


"You don't have time to think," Kuroto says, being loud enough for me to hear him over the Bugsters making noises. What kind of noises are they even making? Sounds like zombie sounds to me, but I don't know.


"Hey, behind you!" Hiiro shouts, pointing behind me. I turn, my eyes going wide. 


There is a huge Bugster up in the sky behind me right now. It's like the biggest one I have ever seen too! It kind of looks like a giant ship or something. I don't get what kind of shape it is. It reminds me of this giant monster from a video game I used to play. Man, that game has great replay value to me. I'm definitely going to have to replay it.


"What happens if I don't go?" I ask, shouting.


"The worlds will merge and be destroyed together," Kuroto answers. 


The Bugster moves, heading towards the portal, and I turn towards where Emu is standing as he shoves a Bugster back. I'm going to have to leave him aren't I? I am going to have to depart so suddenly and not see him again.


"Emu!" I shout. "I'm leaving now! I'm sorry and I love you!"


Emu turns, putting his foot down on the Bugster. "Elkie, you can't leave me!" 


"I have to!" I shout. I don't have a choice in this matter sadly.


Emu shakes his pretty head and rushes over to me. He stops in front of me and pulls me into his chest, holding onto me gently. He really doesn't want me to go.


"No, you can't leave me. I don't know what I'll do without you, Elkie," he says, his voice shaking a bit. 


"I don't want to leave you, but you know I have to do what is right. If I don't go, everyone will die. Emu, I don't want anyone to die." That is the last thing that I want to happen to everyone here in my life.


I can't stand the thought of the world just ending for all of us. The life force of both worlds will be drained and the Earth stained in blood. I can't stand the thought of that. I can't stand being the one who causes such pain. So, I have to do what is right for everyone and sacrifice myself to end this. I don't know what will happen the moment I enter that portal, but I do know that everyone will be safe. I can feel it. 


"I can't let you go."


"I know that you can't." I look up at his face as he looks down at me, his eyes watering up. I would be doing the same, but I have to stay strong for the two of us right now. 


He leans in and places his lips against mine, kissing me gently on the lips. I close my eyes and kiss him back, my heart slowing down. I wish to have this for the rest of my life, but I know that it isn't right for me to. I'm not that lucky.


I open my eyes and bring my hands up to his chest. I shove him back and bring my knee up, hitting him in the nuts. He's going to have to forgive me for that and thank me for it. This is the right thing to do.


"Oh, that has got to hurt!" Kuroto shouts. "Good thing it wasn't me!"


"Hey, that is insensitive!" Hiiro snaps. "The Intern didn't deserve that."


I turn and move towards the portal. I stop in front of it and look at the others, staring at them as my heart pounds against my chest. This is going to hurt me more than it hurts them isn't it? I don't even get a proper goodbye with them.


"Do you really have to go?" Jennie asks me, staring at me with sad eyes.


I nod my head. "Yeah, I do. I'm sorry."


"Well, come back soon," she tells me. "Go no. Don't hesitate for too long."


I nod my head again. "Right." I don't have time to give a proper goodbye to them and I have to go now. 


"Take care," Kiriya tells me.


I laugh. "You too, trouble." 


"I'm not that much trouble. Now, head off." Kiriya nods his head as he laughs, eyes shrinking. He has a nice smile though.


"Take care, sis," Hiiro tells me. 


"I will. Kuroto, behave. Jennie and Taiga, be good to each other." I am only going to give a few words. "And Poppy, keep on popping."


"Don't tell me what to do," Taiga says, refusing to listen to me. 


"He'll do it," Jennie tells me.


"I will keep popping!" Poppy exclaims. "I'll miss you."


"Check on Emu for me," I order. "I have to go."


I turn my head, staring over my shoulder as the big Bugster moves closer. I turn back to the portal and move forward, closing my eyes as Emu screams. My body hits something warm and I gasp as energy moves through me. 


"Intern, move over. I'm going to be the one who checks on her since I have the skills to," Hiiro states, shoving Emu a bit. "How do you know my name?"


Sleeping in a chair is uncomfortable. "Uh..." I can't tell them anything. If I don't, it'll get me into a lot of trouble. Besides, I have no idea what is going on.


"Where did you come from? Are you a Bugster?"


I glare at him. "I'm not a Bugster you idiot!"


"Hiiro, you're upsetting her!" A pink haired girl shouts, smacking him on the head. "Hello there!"


"Poppy?"


"You know me?" Uh....I need to get it together.


I gasp as more energy hits me, feeling hot and sending pain through me. This isn't a pleasant feeling. Is this what it is like to do? To remember the good moments? What else do I remember? Well, want to remember?


I lift my head off my hard pillow, eyes burning. What time is it right now? How long did I sleep for? I feel like I've been sleeping for one million years. I don't know how long that feels like to sleep for, but I'm sure it feels like this.


"Elkie...?"


"Emu?" Where is he even at? Why is my bed talking to me in Emu's voice?


"Down here."


I look down and gasp. That explains so much about me thinking my bed is talking to me with Emu's voice and why my pillow is hard. I am right on top of Emu, crushing him with my body!


"Oh, my goodness! I am so sorry!" I can't believe that I'm crushing him right now. Why am I even still crushing him right now?


"When did we fall asleep?" Emu asks me, rubbing his eyes with his hands. He's lucky I'm not crushing his hands like his body. "The last thing I remember us doing is singing and dancing together while doing High School Musical songs." We got to sing High School Musical songs? Weird.


"I have no clue when we decided to doze off like this." He's wearing clothes, so I know I didn't take them all off. But did we do anything without involving clothing removal services? "Uh...should I be getting off of you now since I'm crushing you?"


Ah, that was a good time. I would open my eyes right now and not remember these things, but I don't want to blind myself. This energy could probably do that. And why is it taking so long to get to the end of things?


"You know you did the right thing, Elkie," I say, nodding my head as my body burns even more. "This is the right thing to do."


If this thing kills me, it'll be fine. I did a lot of things recently that were a lot of fun and more than what most can experience in the world. I found an entirely different world that doesn't exist in mine, found true love, and I had a relationship with a different species. How cool is that? It makes me feel pretty special.


I don't know how anyone else would have gotten through what I did. I am okay with not knowing some things like that. It is fine to not know something. I wish I could have thought that before going into this portal.


My body stops burning as energy leaves me, leaving my vision black.


A/n: Hello everyone! Here is the new chapter that I said I would post. I'm working on the other chapters, but I'm making good progress! When I'm not busy with work, I'll be writing when I feel like it (sometimes I'm just so drained from working so hard. Also, I watch streams sometimes in my free time because it is so relaxing. Overwatch League anyone? Just me? Haha xD). 


I hope you're enjoying this story. We have plenty of chapters to go since this story is going to be 80 chapters total. What will happen during the rest of the chapters? You'll have to keep reading to find out. Let's hope for happiness for everyone. 


Thanks for reading. Sorry for the long note! Also, if you read my other fanfics, what do you think of a Kamen Rider OOO fanfic? I know I got to finish up my Kamen Rider Trouble (which I will when I'm done with this one), but I started OOO because I wanted to see if it was good (someone recommended it to me. You know who you are). I got carried away and watched three episodes and I like it so far. Honestly, I'll post the fanfic either way. xD


Thanks again <3 I really appreciate the support you all give me. 

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