Death
Waltz Pt. 2
Here
Spike was with the gun in his hand pointed at Sakura who was on her
knees
waiting to die. “All I have to do is pull the trigger and it’s over.”
Spike thought. “But… why can’t I do it? Why?” Was it love? It
couldn’t
be, could it? Did Spike love Sakura too much to kill her? Was that it?
Was it?
Spike
finally lowered the gun and dropped it. Sakura opened her eyes when she
heard
him do so. Spike stood tall before her. “I’m sorry Sakura,” said he. “I
can’t
do it, I just can’t.”
“Aw,
that’s a shame!” a voice cackled. The pair turned. KuroSakura was
stepping out
of the shadows into the moonlight. Vicious followed behind. Spike’s
anger awoke
once again.
“Because
that would have been less work for me.” KuroSakura went on. “Oh well,
looks
like I’ll have to slay you both now!” Spike just rolled his eyes.
Sakura
stepped up to the cowboy. “Head back to the ship.” Spike whispered to
her. “But
Spike,” the tenshi-chi began. “What about you?” “I’ll by fine.” Spike
replied.
“Just go on!” Sakura nodded and began walking away quickly.
KuroSakura
leapt forward and drew out her kantana. Spike put up his gun at her.
The
oni-chi smirked.
“A
Judas II, I see.” she acknowledged. “Very good defense choice, but just
not
good enough!” Then KuroSakura sailed forward and raised her sword high.
Spike
began firing at will. The oni-chi dodged the first three shots.
KuroSakura
blocked the next five shots with her kantana. “Shit!” Spike
thought as
he kept his focus.
Then,
bang! The cowboy felt a shot pain in left arm. He looked up. Vicious
stood by
grinning. He had a small pistol in his hand. The cowboy quickly caught
on. His
former ally had shot him with a minor poison bullet.
“Damn
you Vicious!” Spike hissed. His rival just snickered. KuroSakura just
continued
her attacks.
Sakura
peeked up from the huge stones. She didn’t really run back to
Swordfish. She
couldn’t abandon Spike. The tenshi-chi watched on in despair. Spike was
getting
beaten. “Spike…” she thought. Sakura wished she could help. But
she
didn’t know how to…
Suddenly,
Sakura fell into another daze. She felt her soul rise to the night sky.
Her own
angel wings seized her tightly.
KuroSakura
was bout to finish Spike off when she sensed something. The oni-chi
looked up
to the sky. Her fears skyrocketed. A pink light was shining strongly in
the
sky. It was crashing down like a missile.
“Not
again!!!” KuroSakura cried. The light crashed down hard to the ground.
Spike
looked up and saw Sakura holding him close to her. She had the sweetest
face he
had ever seen. “Sakura…” the cowboy mumbled. The tenshi-chi lightly put
her
finger to his lips and smiled. “Easy now Spike.” she whispered. “You’ve
put up
a good fight. I’ll take it from here.” Spike eased up. The tenshi-chi
continued
healing him.
Moments
later, Spike awoke again. Sakura stood over him smiling. “Oh, it’s
you.” the
cowboy said. The tenshi-chi just nodded.
“Oh,
and Sakura.” Spike said when he got to his feet. “Yes?” she asked.
“Never
mention a word of this to anyone, okay.” the cowboy requested. “K.” the
tenshi-chi said. Then the pair headed back to Swordfish.
On
the way home, Sakura slept beside Spike. He just let her do so. “I
guess you
deserve it.” he thought to her. “You did save me after all.”
Swordfish
made it back to Bebop by morning. Spike found his possessions out on
the front.
“What the hell is this?” the cowboy thought. He saw Ed and
Cherry sitting
in the front as well. They didn’t look happy to see him.
“Hey,”
Spike said bewildered. “What is this?” “Murderer!” Ed yelled. “Get away
from
here!” Cherry screamed. Spike quickly found why the girls were being
harsh. “They
think I killed Sakura.” he thought. The cowboy began snickering. Ed
and
Cherry’s anger flared. “STOP THAT!!” they yelled. Spike kept laughing.
“Spike.”
Sakura said as she climbed out of Swordfish. “What’s going on?” Spike
stopped
laughing and turned to her. Ed and Cherry were shocked. Sakura Tenshi
was
alive!
Cherry
and Ed threw themselves at Spike’s feet. “We’re sorry!” Ed yelled. “We
thought
you killed her! Please forgive us!” Cherry cried. The cowboy just
smirked. “Yeah,
whatever.” he said. The kids were overjoyed. They thanked him over and
over
again.
Spike
may have won his first hardship, but there was more to come!