she held her dear lynn, she had done all she could to keep him pure, to keep the blood of his hands, she looked down with her cold eyes, hiding the emotions she felt, she sighed, and finally she spoke,
" lynn .... i'm crying inside..." she paused for a minute not knowing what else to say, lynn coughed and spluttered slowly with his labored breath he looked up at her and said " aren't you always?" stroking his hair she inhaled deeply, searching his hazy eyes she finally new what to say,
" i tried so hard.. i tried to protect you ... to keep you safe.....", lynn shifted careful of the wicked blade peircing his stomach, he reached up and, her hand in his own, " you tried to hard", she slowly dropped lynns hand and held her own to his wound, " i love you, no matter how cold i may be ..." lynn let his eyes close, slowly he opened them and with a voice full of sorrow he said, " you can't love ... you can't even smile ..." she sighed, she did love him, her dear adopted brother, the only thing she loved... her mind went back to the day she found him .... he was four ... an orphan and she was five, running away from the monster that took everything away from her, recognizing the pain he felt she and him found something to live for, eachother. she raised him, supported him, protected him, kept him oblivous to the pain surrounding him .... she became an assassin not only for revenge and money, but so he could be safe, protected. she had always beleived she would die first ... it was far worse to have to loose the only thing you have left, the only thing that returned her affection .... she sighed, her stomach hurt, the greif was overpowering her, her hair slid in front of her cold eyes, looking up at the black, endless, night sky she felt lynn slowly slipping away , at last she replied;
" a heart that hates can love, a heart that is cold was once warm, a heart that feels pain feels releif ...... " she held him closer to her, his fragile heart beat slowing every minute, " it's a heart no matter how tainted .. "
she looked down at him a look of affection had overpowered her face, " so you see, i'll love you till the end .." lynn smiled lightly his eyes closed,
" you know you're a great mom, a great sister ... you're the only family i have .." he coughed clearing his throat of blood, " my last wish is for you to be happy...",
she felt his heartbeat slow down even more ... he had so little time .... " i want you to live, to get married ... have a family .. travel .. just be free ... i know you wan't revenge even more now,andi hope you acheive it, move on, and make peace with yourself ..." she felt his heart beats reduce to almost nothing, she loved him so much, her little brother.. her little son ... they both wanted the same thing... she wanted to watch him grow, find a profession, have a family ... she sheltered him ... sheilded him from the obvious suffering of others ... it was her fault, he had never tasted true fear, an emotion that became a true weapon in battle .... she had trained him of course ... but he never grasped the contrast between reality and the world he occupied, safe, peaceful, indifferent, the conscept of pain was never fully comprehended, not by his mind, or his body, now he faced the worst kind, the kind were you loose everything, hope, dreams... life .. and now it was to late for him to learn...he was cold ... his soul had left his body, her heart filled with despair, and she made her way through the dark city, the yakuza would pay, they would receive the pain the deserved, and she would be the one to deliver, she would take down the demons who took her last purpose to live, rain bagan to drizzle, and the tokyo lights began to blurr, she walked, steady with a purpose, filled once again with the familiar desire, the desire for revenge, the taste of blood filled her once again, and through the darkness her feelings reached accross the sea, millions of miles away she had a purpose, a never ending carousel of hate began to spin, and the agony in her soul overcame her. she had a new destination, and she was a step closer to her ulitmate goal, no strings bound her now, she had broke free from the marrionette that had kept her in tokyo.
