[V1/C12] REMNANTS

"I'm alright now, Mother. Father must be waiting for you at the hall to take care of some matters. You should probably hurry there" Without breaking his act, he smiled brightly, politely asking for her Mother to leave the premises.

"Alright then. Have your little Brother accompany you to the garden to take a breather" She upped and left after saying so, and only the three siblings remained inside the shrine.

*YAWN~* Amaterasu yawned while watching the drama unfold. Tsukuyomi looked back to see the drowsy Amaterasu.

"Hey, you should probably take some more rest" No matter how fake the world he's in, he sincerely and kindly spoke towards his little sister.

"I'm alright Brother... YAWN~" With how stubborn she was, he decided to carry her on the bed.

UPSY DAISY.

Amaterasu got flustered. Her face completely flushed with embarrassment."B-Brother! What are you doing right now...?! She questioned shyly averting her eyes to her side.

"What're you saying? If you're sleepy then sleep. Don't push yourself too hard" Tsukuyomi answered, his eyes smiling towards the shy maiden.

"B-brother!" Amaterasu covered her ears in embarrassment and whispered."You're the one who's pushing yourself too hard..."

Hearing her ranting, Tsukuyomi got slightly pissed and answered."Heh~? Is that so?"

He then threw her up as if it's the price of her stubbornness."WAAAH...! BROTHER!"

She kept flailing her arms in mid-air as if she was trying to fly, trying to avoid the heavenly bed right below her.

"Pfft! HAHAHAHA!" Tsukuyomi chuckled seeing the hilarious display of his younger sister.

A quarter of an hour later. After finally getting Amaterasu to sleep, Tsukuyomi called Susanoo while tucking in the blanket on Amaterasu.

"Wait for me outside," he said with a cold voice. Feeling the coldness in his voice, Susanoo happily responded with an innocent smile on his face.

"Alright, Eldest Brother!" He then made his exit, silently closing the wooden sliding door. Tsukuyomi gazed back at the closed door with a stern look on his face and deeply sighed.

*SIGH*

Brushing his hair, he gritted his teeth, silently reminiscing of the past. He then leaned forward on the sleeping Amaterasu, looking at her peaceful image as he carefully caressed her hair.

"Sleep well, Lil Su," he said ever so lovingly with affectionate eyes. After a moment of silence, he then let go of the young maiden's hair and silently walked towards the door leading outside the room.

Tsukuyomi looked back one more time before leaving, he felt so attached to the place and the memories he had with them.

In these memories, they were happily laughing as they counted countless clouds along the skies. The memories didn't fade and will never fade so long as he ever lives, even though the past has gone and places like this have been buried throughout the changing times; Tsukuyomi felt regretful as he left, slowly shutting the door, leaving the past as the memories they will be and ever will.

*SHUT*

After closing the door, he reluctantly walked along the long corridor shrouded in darkness.

"Whoever you are... YOU'LL PAY FOR THIS TRANSGRESSION WITH YOUR LIFE!! He said with a cold and domineering voice as he walked the endless path.

As he continued his walk, he looked around and saw many memorable memories he had with them.

"Ah... This place should be the "Plains Well." Seeing the places they were at in the past, his heart ached silently shedding tears.

The "Plains Well" was well stated to bring forth eternal happiness to everyone who came across it. But to him, this happiness was just like a slumbering lie, a false shimmer of light.

Tsukuyomi looked ahead again after seeing the well, continuing the path laid out for him. With countless places and countless memories residing inside it. He saw the ghost of the past that kept hunting him and locked him in place in an endless loop of lies.

He continued forth until he embarked on a seemingly joyous journey with Amaterasu and eventually obtained the title of the "God of the Eternal Moon."

The God of the Moon then muttered as he finally saw the end of the path, reaching out to the dimming light.

"Let's end this." Tsukuyomi then saw the armoured General, Susanoo, waiting for him outside.

"Let's go Eldest Brother!" Susanoo then turned his back and walked along joyously in the forest.

Tsukuyomi followed along the forest trails, which led to somewhere they were destined to be for the eternal cycle of their story to end after a long-awaited waiting.

While walking through the dense forest, he just silently tagged along and stared at the back of Susanoo wearing a black plated armour with a word engraved "Storm" on the black steel shoulder pad.

A whole half an hour have passed ever since they entered the forest only seeing an endless stream, endless trees and endless rays of light coming from the East.

Another quarter of an hour later they finally left the forest and started walking along a stone pathway leading to the final phase of their journey.

As they were walking, Susanoo looked up at the sky."Eldest Brother, are you two doing well...?" He asked with guilt.

Tsukuyomi did not respond to Susanoo's question and just blankly stared at him with an endless glaring coldness.

"Eldest Brother... How's Lil Su?" Another question popped up in his mind, but with no one to answer it. The scholar just looked at him with no change of expression.

"Eldest Brother... How are you feeling right now?" He asked again, hoping for an answer, but was still greeted with a deadly silence.

"Eldest Brother..." He called out one last time as they arrived at the edge of the hill with a seemingly lonely cherry blossom at the edge.

"Are you still feeling the bitter guilt and regret?" He said while nonchalantly looking at the fully blossomed cherry blossom tree.

Each petal which dropped from the tree, the petal will be magically swayed to fall at the cliff. The strong breeze coming from the seaside along with the last glow of light which is destined to fall.

Tsukuyomi looked at the vast sea and answered."Susanoo, I've never felt regretful of killing you."

Susanoo replied with a smile on his face, still looking at the cherry blossom."That's a lie. I know you well, Eldest Brother."