Chapter Nineteen : Before I Go

                                    

                                          


                          
(Yuki's pov) 
                          
I wanted to clap in this moment. 
                          
I never thought Meia could be so.... Strong. 
                          
I ran beside her and lifted up my sword, ready to attack but Meia gave me a look that told me not to. 
                          
"This is my fight, Yuki. " she said smiling. 
                          
Uncle yukio tossed me a gun and I handed it to Meia. 
                          
"Here. " I said and backed away. 
                          
Meia looked her mother in the eyes and lifted up the gun. 
                          
"I don't want to. " Meia said. 
                          
Her mom swung the scythe at her, missing by inches from her face. 
                          
"But it seems I'll have to. " Meia said sadly. 
                          
She shot one bullet and missed - greatly. 
                          
I facepalmed. 
                          
Maybe, I shouldn't have given her a gun....  I thought. 
                          
She shot again, this time a little closer, but still missing by a mile. 
                          
Meia's mother laughed. 
                          
"Your supposed best friend gives you a weapon you can't even use? " Meia's mom said laughing. 
                          
Then she jumped up in the air on top of Meia, and had a scythe to her neck, once again. 
                          
"You think you're strong enough, to defeat me, Meia? That's a joke if I ever heard one. " Meia's mom said. 
                          
Meia spit on her mother's weapon with disgust. 
                          
"One thing I've learned about me and you mother seer, is while I may be weak, I'm smarter than you!" Meia said and shot her gun straight at her mother's chest hitting her twice in the stomach. 
                          
Ha, she used her weakness as a tool and caught her off guard. 

                          
Way to go, Meia. 
                          
The mother seer stumbled backwards against the wall, and held her scythe across her, like a shield of protection. 
                          
"Traitor. " the mother seer spat, as she coughed up blood. 
                          
Meia stood up. 
                          
"I am. But only to you. To my friends, I'm more loyal than I've ever been. I'm stronger than you, not physically but mentally. I also have one thing you never gave me, and that was love. Did you ever truly love me, mother? "
                          
Meia's mother grinned. 
                          
"Once. You were three years old. You looked up at me from your bed, one night. I loved you in that split second. That was the only time. " she said. 
                          
I could see the tears running down Meia's face. 
                          
Meia's mother smiled and walked slowly towards Meia. 
                          
She stopped at about a foot away from her. 
                          
"This is the second time. " Meia's mother said smiling. 
                          
Meia looked up at her and smiled brightly. 
                          
"Really? " she said. 
                          
"Really. " she said and hugged Meia. 

                          
Wait a second... 
                          
I saw Meia's mom start to lift her scythe behind Meia's back. 
                          
I ran towards the both of them. 
                          
"No! " I shouted. 
                          
I closed my eyes. 
                          
And when I opened them, I gasped.