"...Raine.."
"It's.... not possible...."
The man looked at Sunny, with a stange expression.
Then got up from the floor slowly.
No emotion showing on his face.
"....Not yet, atleast."
The man lost his balance.
"You bastard, you wanted to give me heart attack or what?" Raine said, getting up from the floor again.
"What do you mean... Not yet? What happened there? Tell me everything...You know how long you have been gone, bastard? ...I even though Prisma actually killed you in there, and you turned into a hollow,.. she don't like other people, you see. ....Man, I was thinking of killing you to get her back, but the chances were really low."
Chill.
....
'Is he serious? Did he really plan to do this, this bastard was actually going to kill me... For a sword?'
(Not just any sword, the most awesome one ever.)....'Hay, who said that? who's there?' Sunny thought he heard a voice just now.
'.....maybe he's just to sensitive when it comes to that blade.' Sunny thought.
Sunny promised him not to pull this kind of stuff on him, ever again. Especially not related to that sword.
"Ok, I mean.... I can't turn her into a Shadow after all, ...but that sword is .... trying to do something there.....I don't know what it's doing, or it will work or not, ...Maybe she's hoping to absorb a shadow by killing one of them, I don't know,... but....she isn't stopping." Sunny said.
"I don't know it will work or not, man, i never seen anything like this before, hell, I didn't even know if I'm able to hit them or not, i haven't tried that, but... The important part is, it isn't giving up, ..so there may be still a chance? What you think?" Sunny asked.
Raine stayed silent, thinking, for a full minute.
"It's ok, there's still a hope, and ...I can live with knowing that. ....Keep her In there. ..let her do whatever she wants... She will succeed eventually." Raine said.
....
"How are you so sure that she will succeed?" Sunny started to refer to the sword as a 'she' as well.
"Because Prisma never give up. ...It's like she don't know if there's even an option to back down, you know..."
"So even if it's impossible...., as long as she's still trying..., she won't fail. .. that's how it works.... You fail only when you give up " Raine said in resolute voice.
Sunny was impressed by this man's trust in his weapon.
"But ...what if she can't do it, no matter what she do? ...She could be there for months... Or even years, you know. ...Will that be ok? ..Can you live without her for so long?" Sunny understood this man's behaviour a bit better then before so he knew that this will decide what will happen to the sword.
The sword couldn't do much, if he decides to give up, and get it back from him, the sword won't be able to do anything.
She was just a Echo after all, no matter how awesome it was, she still had to follow the spell's rules.
"I ...will manage. I will do it. ... Even if it will take year, hell, even if I die.... As long as she doesn't give up, I won't take her back." Raine announced.
"...Or I'll regret it. ... I'll live with a regret that it was me, who gave up, not her. ..that maybe there was still a chance for her and it failed because I couldn't wait. Because I couldn't be more patient."
"And living like that will be far worst then not having her at all."
"She has a will. So she has the right to make the decision on this, and I won't interfere."
"So you see, I will wait...., for her to return, .....even if it'll take an eternity."
Silence.
...
'.....Talk about being dramatic? ...Is this the same guy who was shouting about focusing ahead and moving forward no matter what? ....And here he's acting like a lovestruck fool.' Sunny thought.
'Is she really not his wife?'
....
"Ok then, I'll hold on to your precious Sword then." Sunny said with a smile.
....
....
....
'Damnation! ...What is wrong with this guy?'
'...He hasn't moved an inch for a whole day. ...Why is he acting like someone who's mother just died in front of him?.... No, don't think that, that's rude, even if I just think it in my mind.... But still when will he get up?'
'I don't wanna sleep on the couch again, why can't he just go somewhere else to sulk, why my luxurious bed?'
Sunny was watching the man. He looked frozen, unmoving, staring at the seeling with Hollow eyes.
'Wait a minute,....why isn't his chest ...moving? ...Don't tell me....'
Sunny shot from the couch and approached the man in a hurry.
"HAY, ...WAKE UP, BASTERD, DON'T DIE ON MY PRECIOUS BED, HAY, YOU LISTENING?, GET UP, GET UP NOW."
Sunny slaped the man on the face, maybe a few time more then necessary..... But he couldn't help it, he was feeling kinda good doing it for some reason.
"Aaannnhhhh," ..a grown came out of the man's mouth.
"So you are alive after all, hah" Sunny sounded a bit disappointed, ...maybe hoping this way he might get his hands on that awesome blade.
'No, pure thoughts, pure thoughts...'
"Get up, bastard, you are lying there from yesterday, you need to go out, and see the sun." Sunny said.
....
"...I .... can't...." A whisper was heard.
"What?" Sunny brought his ear closer.
"..I ..can't..move.., my.. body.. is .. paralysed..." Sunny heard.
"You can't be serious, you bastard. .. only yesterday you were talking about waiting for an eternity, and now you look like you are about to die... What is worng with you?" Sunny sounded annoyed.
"... It's..... it's ...like.. I... don't...have.. enough..energy....maybe ...I'm ...feeling ..low.., lowest ...of... lows,..... i.... don't ...even.. want... to..talk ...." Raine said.
"Bastad, if you want to die, get out of here, don't use this place as your house where you can die without a worry, this is my place, you hear?" Sunny didn't get any reply.
"Ahhh, what I'm going to do with you...." Sunny sat on couch again, after confirming that the man still have some breaths left.
'What a bother, ...what should I do? ... should I try to help him,... should I throw him in the hall so that Basterd of a Knight will finish the job? ...hmm ...'
'What to do, what to do.....damn it, why is this so hard. ...'
Sunny got up, approach the bed, looked at the man's face...and went back to sit on the couch again.
'Damnation? Why am I hesitating, there's nothing stopping me from killing him'
'And after everything that Basterd put me thought, he deserved to die. ...just ..like.. her.'
'But he did save me from ...my future..so...maybe he was trying to help me?....'
'Damnation, who tie down people on bed to help them?...And why did this thought sounded so... wrong?..'
He looked at the man again and a groan left his mouth.
...
Sunny could kill him. He could find his way around to complete the deal even after killing him.
The deal was to only turn the Echo into the shadow, no mention of returning it.
Or he could just put the sword on his grave if the deal still wouldn't consider completed.
Sure, he would face the wrath of the Sword but he could just feed it to Saint.
That would be a huge waste but it would be better then losing one's life.
He thought this through.
He made up his mind.
"Hay, you should wake up"
" Atleast for the sake of your sword!"
A movement. A tiny twitch.
"You know? When it's finally becomes a shadow, it will need a lot of memories to consume, to really get stronger."
The breathing continued again.
"And we also have to get enough shadow fragmats when she finally succeeds whatever she's trying to do. So get-" Before Sunny could finish, the man was standing on his feet, far away from bed.
Sunny even thought that he floated for a second to leave the bed.
"Oh, why didn't I thought of it like that,.. my precious Prisma is working so hard in there, and I am just lazing around?..., no.., that's unacceptable!.... I will also work hard, ... To prepare for a awesome welcome... I WILL PREPARE SO MANY MEMORIES THAT SHE WILL REACH DIVINE RANK...." The man announced, full of energy.
Sunny just smiled.
He had thought about this.
It won't be a problem for him to kill this man, but he didn't want to.
He didn't want to betray this man because....
' If I do this then there won't be any difference between me and ....her.'