The Trails of a Troubled Mind~ [PRIVATE - Mero and Utena only.]

After finding a few good rooms I sprinted back to the now broken throne room. "I've found a place, how is she?" I briskly walked over to where Utena laid and knelt down beside her. "Damacus has your strength returned? Or shall I take her?"

He thought a moment then shook his head, "I can't let you take her, I shall". I nodded as I backed off waiting for him to pick her up.

OOC: Raijin left the topic, so I guess it's back to just you and me posting Mero.

My chest wasn't pulsing anymore up and down, up and down to rhythm of my heart. It had stopped. But nonetheless, I'd be okay. I knew I would. I was a spirit floating above the scene happening with my body. I was watching them carry me with such care to the room that Mero had sought out to place me in. But, she knelt down to check on me, she really did care for me and I was lucky to have such great friends that cared so much for me and my well being.

"Everything looks so different from up here. So that's what I look like to other people.. Wow, being a spirit is so cool. But doesn't that technically mean I'm dead?"

I sighed as Utena was now in a large bed resting. She seemed to have settled, which I only hoped meant she was comfy. I pulled a chair over to the window and sat down. I would wait until she woke up before doing anything else. I stared out the window and watched the outside world, wondering how long it would take to repair the damages.

My eyes widened "Of course I can, Utena your awake!" I turned in my seat and looked over to her with a smile. My smile faded as I realized she was a still motionless and unconscious. I scrunched my face and sighed frustrated. "I must be imagining things.." I muttered then turned back around to face the window.

I listened to her and shifted my eyes around the room. I tried hard to find the source of her voice but I couldn't quiet pin point it. I stood up and waked over to her body, "Where are you?" I muttered.

I turned around and saw nothing. I stared forward and squinted. "I can't see you. Why aren't you in your body?"

"Dead eh?......" I continued to stare forward not blinking. "DEAD!?!?!?!" I screamed. "Can you use your magic at all?"

I face-palmed, "Fuck. What do we do now?" I started pacing back and forth thinking. This situation was confusing and frustrating all at the same time. It was bad enough I couldn't see her, but that fact that she was probably dead was worse. "Is there any way I could revive you? I know I don't have any magic, but is there a way I could obtain it momentarily?"

I became instantly confused but nodded, "I do care for my friend..."

"I can see you are crystalline. You have committed crimes and sins in your past before. But the past life is the past and shall be overlooked in this case. I shall see your heart for as it truly were. A pure one. Although you don't profess it, you do have a good and righteous interior, Mero Imaimashi. I can see past the wall of human flesh to the internals and that your heart still beats with care for your friend."

The voice paused and then continued.

"Your request for any sort of magical power to revive your friend shows how desperately you want her to live. How you would carry yourself to any length in order to keep her alive. True friendship I see. You don't need magical power at all...."

The voice seemed to fade away slowly, giving me consciousness back. Mero just spoke to Dios. Not that I knew it, but she did. She had a pure heart. That's all she really needed. What's a prince without her fairytale ending to follow? Would not a friend who was true weep over the loss of her friend? Perhaps that was the key!

I got angry at the voice, "What do you mean I don't need magic! How else can she be revived!" I screamed, frustrated. My eyes began to water as I clenched my fists. "Don't you dare fade away! Tell me how to fix this!" Tears were now streaming down my face. I didn't want one of my best friends to die. Life would be less interesting if she did. "What do I do?" I asked quietly, looking at her lifeless body.

I opened my eyes and gasped. Utena's chest was rising and falling. I smiled widely and jumped up with joy. I suddenly became giddy and I backed off and went back over to the window to let her rest.

I had nodded off, but my eyes shot open when I heard movement. "Utena!" I ran over to her bed side. "Your awake! Hell your alive!" I hugged her then moved back. "You don't remember anything?"