WAT [update 3]

[Amaranth]

"It's so nice to have my little monster home!" Eris crooned gleefully. She paused, then added, "Even if it is only for a little while."
Amaranth stood silently to the side, watching blankly as the older woman bustled around, "setting things up."
The girl was a terrible mess- not only was she half frozen, her dress was bloodstained and in tatters, and her wounds appeared to have frozen over. Her breath came in ragged gasps, a horrible rattling audible over this, and her skin was waxy and looked fever-flushed. It looked as though death wold be an improvement.
She was vaguely aware of some sort of chanting. Most of it seemed to be echoing inside her mind strangely. AFter quite some time of this, there was an eerie silence, and she was suddenly alone in an enclosed space. She didn't know where she was, but there was a suffocating darkness all around-
Abruptly, her entire body exploded with pain and there was a loud rushing in her ears, as though of strong wind. Screaming, she toppled over to the ground, which was covered in snow.
Visions flashed through her mind. Though she was fairly sure most of them had never happened, they were so terrifyingly real that tears streamed down her face.
She knew that she could recognize them, but she could not. Despite this, she could feel her heart shattering under awful pressure as she watched and as she listened.
"Care for you?" He laughed scornfully, Who was he? "Why would I?"
The world flickered, and now she was watching from afar as an unknown but lovely girl laughed with him, kissed him, held him in her arms...
The girl was gone and he looked disgusted.
"Disgusting. You're a freak. A monster. Get away from me!"
She was hurled back as though from a blow, and then someone else was speaking.
"Are you sure you want to do this,..." A name had been spoken. She could not hear it, but she knew that it was his.
"Yes," replied his voice. He sounded vaguely triumphant. "We can't let a monster like that wander around, can we? I hate it!"
She was aware of herself, standing on a cliff, staring over the edge. There was a sound behind her, and she turned.
It was him. "She greeted him with his name, a cry of joy, but she couldn't hear her own voice.
"Hello," he replied pleasantly.
Suddenlym he darted forward and seized both her arms, gripping them so tightly she thought they would surely break. Startled and frightened, she stared at him, and saw hate in his eyes.
He shoved her away, over the edge, and she was falling through flames.
There was only hate on his face as he watched her fall.
There was a shatering sound, and all that was left was the rushing wind.
"No..." she whispered, and she could hear herself again. The rushing sound faded, and darkness closed in.

Japheth was terrified. He didn't know how he knew where to go, he just did.
He also knew that he head to hurry.
As he skidded to a halt in a snow=covered clearing, he froze in horror.
He couldn't move, couldn't speak. He could only stare at the dark, huddled figure on the ground.
He was too late.

[Jeni]

Cold and alone he continued on into the mountain range. He couldn't see anyone and hadn't seen anyone in quite sometime. He missed the presence of others. And, even though Yamamoto was silent most of the time, or somewhere else, he was always there. He would come in a split second if needed and his presence was alwasy drifting in Zeth's mind. But now... but now he was completely alone, there was no one. The only thing that kept him going was the thought of her. The one he so desperatly wanted to find. He needed to.
He still had Amaranth's rose and the lace bracelet he had found. It seemed like years ago that he had found it, laying forgotten in the snow. It was the only hope he was going in the right direcction.
Then Zeth saw something. Something new in the snowy landscape he had been tirelessly traversing through. He soon came to realize it was a person. A person standing still in a small clearing. He couldn't tell who it was from the back, but a fire of rage was smoldering inside of him. He looked so familiar, in a bad way, even though Zeth couldn't see his face. Zeth quietly walked up behind him and grabbed his shoulder, spinning the guy around to look at him. Zeth almost froze in shock.

[Amaranth]

Japheth's head turned as his body was spun, his wide eyes never leaving the object of his horror. He didn't really register that someone else was there.
Only that it was his fault, and he was too late.

[Jeni]

Zeth's teeth were pressed firmly together, he jaw clenched, his eyes narrowed. He couldn't believe who he was staring at. Him. The person he really hated. Japheth. Why he was here Zeth really didn't care. Curiosity didn't even register in his mind, only hatred, anger, and doom. "Japheth..." He hissed through gritted teeth.

[Amaranth]

Japheth looked around at him, blankly startled, then back at the other edge of the clearing.
He didn't care about Zeth.
Why would he?
It was his fault. He was too late.

[Jeni]

Zeth's emotions got the better of him. He didn't care about anything at the moment other than Amaranth and Japheth's presence was certainly not helping the situation. Flashes of memories crossed his mind, all involving Japheth's constant critisizm of her. He didn't seem to care about her at all. Yet he claimed her did. Zeth hated him for it. A lot. He had wanted to knock some sense into him a few times, but he just wasn't that kind of person. Now however, he didn't seem to be himself. He was cold, desperate, guilty, and angry. And it all came crashing down. His hands balled into fists as he glared at Japheth fiercly he kinda just lost his nerve and swung his arm, his fist comming in contact full force with Japheth's jaw.

[Amaranth]

Japheth was knocked over by the force of the blow, and landed heavily on his side in the snow.
For a moment forgetting the problem at hand, he leapt back to his feet and barely kept himself from attacking the other boy right back.
"WHAT THE HELL-?!" he shouted angrily, and then his stomach lurched.
"YOU IDIOT!"

[Jeni]

"YOU'RE THE IDIOT!" Zeth shouted back, completely losing his cool. He had never really punched anyone before. He was always the calm and collected guy, the one people went to to resolve things. However, hitting Japheth just felt so good, in a wierd sort of way. He had been wanting to do it for so long. "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU EVEN DOING HERE?!?!" He demanded. "YOU ARE A PATHETIC ASSHOLE AND YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT ANYONE BUT YOURSELF!"

[Amaranth]

"WELL YOU SEEM TO BE BLIND, WHICH ISN'T MUCH BETTER!" Japheth shouted in return, snapping completely.
"WHAT, YOU CLAIM TO CARE SO MUCH BUT YOU DON'T EVEN BOTHER LOOKING?!"

[Jeni]

"ALL I SEE IS YOU!" Zeth retorted angrily. In fact, that's all he could see at the moment. Japheth was standing in the way and the snow was still falling, making the veiw not as vivid. "AND, AT LEAST I DON'T JUST CLAIM TO CARE!" He yelled, knowing exactly what Japheth was talking about. "I ACTUALLY DO! I DON'T JUST THROW INSULTS AND CRITISIZM AROUND LIKE IT'S OK!"

[Amaranth]

"WELL, NOW IT DOESN'T MATTER!" Japheth screamed, gesturing wildly behind him.
"I DON'T THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT AT THE MOMENT, ASSHOLE!"

[Jeni]

"Doesn't matter?" Zeth seethed, his glare as cold as the wind around them. He was going to say more, wanted to hit him again, but stopped when he noticed just what Japheth was talking about. He froze at the sight and he briefly forgot about Japheth as he ran over to the figure, desperatly hoping it wasn't to late, though he had a sinking feeling in his stomach.

[Amaranth]

It clearly was too late. The body was curled on its side, head resting on one palm, and, had it not been for the awkward position of the other three limbs, the figure could merely have been asleep.
But, even had the repose been one of slumber, death would not be far away. There were several open wounds, crusted with ice, and the cheeks were sunken to match the skeletal condition of the rest of the body. The skin was as white as the surrounding snow, and just as cold to the touch. Had the eyes been open, they would have been glazed and staring. Fortunately, however, they were closed, almost peacefully. The mouth was ever so slightly open, as though a word had been half-spoken.
Anyone who knew the body's former occupant would never believe that this was the same being.

[Jeni]

Zeth carefully pushed some loose strands of hair from her face. She was cold. So cold. It was almost as if Zeth had been touching ice and not flesh. He withdrew his hand, squeezing it shut, both from the cold and dispair. He knew who it was. She didn't look as he remembered but he could tell anyway. And the feeling inside burst. He couldn't believe it. He just had to be dreaming, though he knew he wasn't. He had almost forgotten Japheth was there, standing over there like an idiot. "No..." He whispered quietly, reluctant to accept the truth.

[Amaranth]

But Japheth wasn't paying attention to that. He was instead staring, wide-eyed, at something that he rather suspected only he could see.
The semi-transparent form of a girl looked sadly at the body.
"You know, Japheth," she said, turning to stare reproachfully at the boy, "This is the most idiotic thing I've ever seen. You didn't love her enough for her to live.
And you didn't love me enough, either.
It's just awful," Sumaya's spirit went on, "That it turned out this way."
"I didn't mean to-" Japheth began in a mutter.
"Well? What's your decision?"
"Decision?"
"Will you stay here and face the consequences or come with me?"
Clearly he had chosen to go.
Before he could open his mouth to reply, however, he was suddenly gone, along with the glittering form.