Beautiful Monster
Extreme Memory

The dorrr! The dorrr! The dorrr!

Several silver bullets were also fired into Yujiro's body to the back of his head. Yujiro pushes Miho's body away from her as she struggles to endure the pain in her already bleeding body.

"Yujiro!" call Miho sitting on the ground with eyes filled with warm liquid.

Slowly, Miho's shared memories begin to unfold with her head accompanied by pain. Memories of the two of them growing up together, especially when Miho always protected her.

Awareness began to emerge. The two wings on his back began to shrink. The light of the horn on his head is now dead, no longer burning.

Miho catches Yujiro's weak body into his embrace. His hands were covered in blood as he held onto Yujiro's head, which was injured. The man's hairy body slowly disappeared as the full moon was coming to an end.

"Mii... Ho.." - Yujiro cried in a voice so weak when he heard it.

Miho tightly hugged Yujiro's body which was already filled with many wounds. If it was a human, he would have died stiffly by now.

Yujiro moved one hand as if she wanted to return Miho's embrace. He was laid by Miho who cried without a sound when he saw it.

"Hold on," asked Miho as she clasped her hand tightly.

Yujiro stuck out one hand to grab the side of Miho's face, the woman he loved so much as a human other than Naho. Miho who managed to make himself aware back as Ushioda Yujiro.

"Miho.." call Yujiro again. "Yuji... Ro... The love... Miho's..."

Miho grew sobbing with tears flowing down. He saw Yujiro looking at the star-studded sky with a moon that was not full. His blue Hazel slowly dimmed, making Miho immediately hug the man's head feelingly.

"I love you too, Yujiro." said Miho.

Several people witnessed it, including Jo who now dropped the gun that shot at Yujiro. He sat back down, feeling so guilty and sad. On the other hand, this was what he felt he had to do.

Making Yujiro continue to live would still torment him. Everyone already hated and considered him a threat, so he would continue to be hunted down to be destroyed. Therefore, Jo chose to end her son's misery in order to live happily with Naho in the afterlife.

Along with his dim eyes looking at the sky, Yujiro recalled all the life he had lived.

Yujiro recalled about how he had gotten the curse of a life hunted by death like this.

A pathetic little wolf who is outcast, lonely, and hungry. That was him first. He stepped down the streets with his surroundings so chaotic. There was no other animal wandering in the burned-out forest other than him.

She's starving. Looking for food all over the forest. There was not enough water to fill his stomach. His family had all been exhausted along with the burning of the forest by human activities.

His body began to roll weakly, lying on the barren ground and still scattering the heat of the former flame. The little wolf's eyes glanced towards the sky. There are so many stars out there, beautiful. Different from his situation on this land.

Feeling unwilling to give up, the wolf again woke up with great difficulty. He walked with a shaky body until something caught the attention of his two eyes.

He approached a blue flower that was shining under the moon. Flowers are so beautiful, not inferior to the night sky up there.

The wolf drew his nose closer to breathe its alluring aroma. Since her hunger had still not subsided, the flower was the only one interested in her eating at this time.

Higanbana blue. Which animal knows if the flower has a curse, sought by man for eternal life.

But it turns out that the immortality that humans mean is a misunderstanding. The immortality that the flower gave was to come back to life from the dead countless times without end. As if you wanted to stop feeling miserable, you wouldn't be able to cry blood.

The memories of the past receded slowly, along with the now pale eyes of Yujiro. His body did not move, nor did he breathe.

Before taking his last breath, Yujiro was happy because he was loved by humans.

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A man entered the room after knocking on the door and got permission. The man faced Keizo who was still lying with his body still stiff.

"Mr Senzo failed to get the creature," he reported, causing Keizo to cluck.

"She is unreliable" he continued disappointed. "So what about the creature? Is it still alive?"

"He's dead by Jo, sir."

"Jo? Is he still alive?"

The man responded with a nod. "He gave himself up."

"Ah, fuck! He must have told us all about us," grumbled Keizo trying to get up.

"Can you help me? We need to get out of here before the police come" he asked, so he was helped to get up by his subordinates.

They managed to escape using a car that was already provided by his remaining men.

Shortly after Keizo's departure, several people came with guns. They break into Keizo's house, which turns out there's no one in it.

"Damn! They have kissed our arrival" hissed one of them until the search was still continued.

The long, dark night had now changed to dawn in the morning.

Miho tried to open her two swollen eyes and cried. He got up, sat down for a moment, then rolled his eyes to find someone who was now in his mind.

"Yujiro?" call Miho with fluttering eyes holding back tears.

Miho remembered that her hands last night kept hugging Yujiro, not wanting to let go. Tired of his condition until Miho does not remember himself falling asleep, so he must find the dead Yujiro.

"At last you realize" said someone who came near Miho.

"Hisashi, i..." Miho bowed sadly thinking about Yujiro.

Hisashi understands Miho's feelings. He sat down next to her, looking at the sky that was beginning to light with dawn. The fresh cold wind that morning also blew on the faces of the two of them.

"Miho, just this time I saw such deep sadness in you. I've always seen you brave and smile in the face of anything. But now, you're making me want to keep protecting you."

Miho looked at her two palms that felt empty. "Why are you protecting me? I'm even... Can't protect anyone."

"Miho, I know you've felt a lot of loss. Don't let you lose yourself. Okay?"

"Hisashi.." - Miho, with eyes turned to him. "... I promised him. L'm... Will always be with him. But what now? I even just sat like this letting him go. I'm so mean..."

"No. You stayed with him even until his last moment" Hisashi said, rising from his seat. He extended one hand to Miho.

"I'm sure he doesn't want to see you like this. It's over, Miho. Now, we just have to face the future. Keizo is alive. He went with his men out of nowhere. There's still a lot we have to do to avenge all his crimes on us, on your Yujiro."

Miho was silent looking at the hand until she finally gave a reply. As Miho's heart begins to resolve, he will punish those who have eliminated Yujiro and those in Miho's life.