๐๐จ, ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฌ๐ ๐ฒ๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ, ๐๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐ซ๐๐ฆ๐๐ข๐ง๐๐ ๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ซ๐ญ... [...
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๐๐จ, ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฌ๐ ๐ฒ๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ,
๐๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐ซ๐๐ฆ๐๐ข๐ง๐๐ ๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ซ๐ญ...
[ Collection of Cosmos solo. The final chapter. ]
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๐๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐ซ๐๐ฆ๐๐ข๐ง๐๐ ๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ซ๐ญ...
[ Collection of Cosmos solo. The final chapter. ]
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๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ด. ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ, ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฎ๐ต๐ฉ, ๐ค๐ณ๐ข๐ฅ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ. ๐๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐บ๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ท๐ฐ๐ช๐ค๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด. ๐๐ฐ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฅ๐ฐ.
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The sun is high in the sky, basking the land in itโs warmth. A large lake lay at the bottom of the valley, a few dozen meters beneath his resting place. The bullet wounds in his throat don't hurt; in fact they don't appear to be there at all.
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Confusion swims in his eyes, but he takes a deep breath. Wasnโt he dead? The soft bowing of an old, finely-tuned violin makes him shiver. That sound was familiar, but he couldnโt even find himself fearful of it.
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Eyes scan the valley below, and he jolts to his feet, mouth open from awe. Now that his vision was clearing and he was able to get a better look at the new world around him, everything became so much more beautiful.
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Those were people he knew, people he hadnโt seen in years. Looking better than ever, more healthy and happy than they had in life. But they were all supposed to beโฆ dead. ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ, the voice in his head confirms.
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Phoenix canโt find it in him to be upset, or mad. That warmth wells up in his chest, and a small grin crosses his face. Venus was safe, he knew that.
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Heโd given his life to save hersโ, and he didnโt regret it for a single moment. If a bullet in the neck was what was necessary, then so be it.
And in the end, he'd even righted his wrong. Rhys was alive, he'd be okay. He had to be.
And in the end, he'd even righted his wrong. Rhys was alive, he'd be okay. He had to be.
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Heโd earned this rest, and it was, not so regrettably, the one he wanted it. Heโd just gotten it much sooner than heโd expected. Thoughts of the kids they were supposed to have together, the life in Kalosโฆ
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But Venus would have to find someone else, and she could. She was the most beautiful girl in the entire world, after all. She didnโt need some fox-brained lab experiment; she deserved someone better.
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Phoenix rolled his shoulders and took a deep breath, picking his way carefully down the grassy incline, worried theyโd not receive him well.
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But they did. The boundaries in life were not the same as the ones here: there were none. The boy Phoenix only knew as 078E, once mostly Arcanine, was now just a normal boy, and no one pointed out Phoenixโs still-existing animalistic features. Because it didnโt matter.
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The sun didnโt set for hours; hanging in the sky. The sun never set in heaven, it seemed. But no one minded, because this sun was special.
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No one ever got sick because it was too hot, or too cold; the temperature always just right, the breeze just strong enough to carry the coolness from the lake to their life-weary bodies.
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Combee and Cutiefly settled in Phoenixโs fur, but they didnโt sting nor did they make him break out in rashes. It was nice being so close to creatures that normally wouldโve ended up sending him into shock.
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Small conversations, speaking of their families, their friends, the dreams theyโd had; Phoenix listened to them all. The first time heโd felt like heโd truly belonged since Venus walked into his life, and it was wonderful.
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These people, though dead, all understood what heโd went through, because they lived it, too.
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The mute manโs soft music made with his violin only made it that much better. The world was cold and heartless, but this place wasnโt, and there were so many more people he hadnโt met yet.
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These were just a fraction of the people heโd met and watched die all those years ago: and the rest of them were living their own lives, in their own special part of heaven.
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Pushing himself to his feet, he bid them good-bye; there were a lot more things to see, and an entire eternity to do it all. He turned to leave, but suddenly the boy who used to be โ078Eโ spoke up, directly to him.
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โIf you see Lyra, will you send her to me? Itโs been a while. Sheโs my age and sheโs got blue pigtails; she canโt be too hard to find. Sheโll probably be with her mom.โ A light ear-twitch, but Phoenix nodded. It wasnโt like he had anything else to do.
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โIโll send her to the lake for you, no problem, woof.โ A wag of his ink-black tail, and off he went. To find Lyra and her mother; the name was familiar, but heโd never actually met the girl. If she was Lyra, then the boy he spoke toโฆ?
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Looked oddly like Kenโonce Unspoken, but they all chose to go back to their old names, or make up new ones, when theyโd escaped Team Plasma.
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...๐๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ. That was it. A small sigh as he picked up the pace, soon breaking into a dead run. One that heโd never tire from, just like the graceful Suicune. They ran and ran and ran, yet their stamina never ran out, their job never ending.
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Breathing in deep, Phoenix took in all the new scents and smells. Lots of Pokemon scents, and for a split second, the Chimera almost thought he saw a large Ursaring nosing around in the bushes for food. The flowers smelled amazing, too.
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The lake seemed to amplify every scent around it, but none of it was ever overwhelming.
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Joyful yips filled his ears and he skidded to a halt for a moment, tail beginning to wag wildly. A small horde of Houndour scrambled off the shore and through the undergrowth, snorting smoke. All the little pups who were just never strong enough.
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Dropping to his knees, Phoenix let the pup brigade tackle him to the soft, grassy forest floor. Drowned in drool and dog kisses, it took all the strength he had not to stay there and nap with them as they grew tired and bored of being pet and tickled.
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The sun was so nice, and the forest was dark enough for a nice nap, after all...
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But Phoenix had a job! He gently shifted a small brown canine off of his stomach, setting them in the rich grass. A kiss for each of the five pupsโ foreheads, something they deserved so much more in life, but it was all he could do now, in death.
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A small yip in farewell and he was gone again, that grin never leaving his face. If only he could share here and now with Venus, itโd be perfect. But she was safe on Earth, and that was good enough for him.
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Maybe heโd see her again some day, and when that time came, heโd have a lot of things to tell her.
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And poor Rhys... Phoenix hoped he'd not have to see him for a while. He deserved a long, happy life, one that Phoenix had almost snuffed out. Had. Snuffed out.
Only eighteen... Too young to die... but...
Only eighteen... Too young to die... but...
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Old people, companions heโd never had the chance to befriend, were all here now. All waiting with open arms, ready to welcome him into their ranks.
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This place, Heaven or not, was beautiful, and he couldnโt wait until he found the woman whoโd taught him to read and write.
He had so much to thank her for, after all.
He had so much to thank her for, after all.
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๐๐ญ๐ญ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ, ๐๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ช๐น. ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ, ๐ข๐ง๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ.
And that was alright.
And that was alright.
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[ END. ]
