174 You’re No Longer Alone
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Ninhursag’s family smiled back at her, as her mother kissed her forehead and her father hugged her tightly and caressed her silvery-white hair and her brother kissed her cheek.
“It seems that there are already people out there waiting for you.” Said her father.
“So stop being so stuck in the past, and go meet them, I think they’re worried about you...” Said her mother.
“Yeah, stop being such a crybaby...” laughed her big brother.
“...”
Ninhursag looked at her family as she heard the whispers of the people outside calling her.
They needed her now... she couldn’t simply falter.
She had to move and wake up.
.....
“Wake up...” said her mother.
“We’ll keep watching you as you make your own legend, my daughter,” said her father.
“Make sure to make lots of friends!” said her big brother.
“Okay... I will go... One day, when I die... I will met you again, and I will hug and kiss all of you...” she sighed.
“Don’t think those things!” said her father.
“Nobody wants to die,” said her mother.
“Come on, stop delaying it already, go on and move on!” said her big brother.
Ninhursag suddenly was embraced by a bright light, it was warm and familiar.
She looked one last time at her family, as they smiled warmly at her.
As long as she’s alive, they’ll always live inside of her heart.
That’s a given.
So... she decided to not be so reckless...
She almost died back then.
So now that she found that she was still alive, she wants to make sure she won’t go wasting her life away going insane like a monster anymore...
She walked towards the light, as it encompassed her entirely.
“You’ll always be in my heart...” she said one last time, waving her hand to her family to say her goodbyes.
FLASH!
...
When Ninhursag opened her eyes weakly, there was an adorably trio of children crying at her side.
A cute red-haired half-elf with emerald eyes, a beautiful girl with brown skin, long silvery-white hair and aquamarine eyes, and a cute boy with brown skin and short almond hair, with green eyes...
“Ninhursag!” cried the half-elf girl.
“You’re okay?” asked the other girl.
“We were so scared! You were not breathing for a while!” cried the boy.
“Eh? Ah... You kids...” muttered Ninhursag, as she smiled at them mildly.
She remembered why she had gone all out back then; it was to protect the kids.
The trio hugged her tightly, as they seemed to have been very worried of her, they even began to cry all over her, getting her leather clothes all wet...
Faylen greeted Ninhursag with a faint smile.
“You worried the children a lot, Ninhursag...” she sighed.
“Ah... Faylen... Sorry...” sighed Ninhursag.
She noticed that not only Faylen was there, but Nepheline, Allan, and Shade.
All of these people that considered her a friend were worried about her. Perhaps she wasn’t an official Hero, but she always helped them a great deal back then when they explored the area with her.
And Shade and Nepheline already appreciated her a lot as well, thinking that she was someone special and a precious friend, alongside the guardian of the forest.
“You dumb idiot! Ninhursag, what did I told you about using that transformation?! Allan and Shade told me you used the chimera again!” sighed Nepheline, the muscular amazon began to reprimand the skin changer.
“S-Sorry! I... I had to do it, it was the only way to defeat those monsters...” sighed Ninhursag.
“But still, you should had bought time instead of trying to take them all with you, or have ran away, there’s no point in staying there if you already saw the kids moving away...” sighed Shade.
“Shade... I... Well, I wanted to take them down on my own because... I can’t stand seeing those monsters...” sighed Ninhursag.
“We understand why you did it but still, it doesn’t mean that it justifies you sacrificing your life over it, Ninhursag, you have to get over it sometime and realize your mistakes, don’t go overboard on us, please.” Sighed Allan.
“Okay, I understand, Allan... I get it, I won’t go crazy.” Sighed Ninhursag.
“That’s good to hear. But will you even do it? Sigh... Look, I tried to take most of the scars, but your body ended even more scared than before...” sighed Faylen.
Ninhursag noticed her body filled with even more scars over her body, but these scars were also part of her battles, each one is a different battle to her, something that her family always appreciated and saw as precious.
“It’s fine, I like them. I like my scars.” She said with a smile.
“Scars are a nice way to show the battles you’ve had...!” said Nepheline.
“Yeah, yeah, okay, fine, but still! The kids were worried too! I know you were doing it for them but you exceeded yourself!” said Faylen.
“...”
Ninhursag blushed a bit as she was being showered in attention and the worry of her friends, she felt her heart warm up to their concern, they really cared about her.
She often wandered the forest alone by herself thinking there was nobody for her in any place she went to, but she would had never expected that there would be people here willing to help her and do everything they could for her... It was quite mesmerizing, but it was certainly the truth, they were more than willing to fight at her side, and to save her.
“You were in the verge of death back then... I had to cauterize your wounds or you would had died out of bleeding before reaching here.” Sighed Allan.
“We’ll try to be at your side and help you as much as we can but... Take care of yourself, Ninhursag... We don’t want to lose another friend...” sighed Shade.
“Everyone...” muttered Ninhursag.
Suddenly, little tears began to come out of her eyes, this only concerned her friends even more.
“Eh? Why are you crying?!” asked Allan.
“Are you okay?” asked Shade.
“D-Does something hurt?” asked Faylen.
“Ninhursag?” asked Nepheline.
“Nin, don’t cry...” sighed Sylphy.
“Yeah, you should be happy that you survived instead...” sighed Aquarina.
“Don’t cry or I’ll end up crying even more...” cried Zack.
“No... I am not crying out of pain or sadness... It’s just... It makes me happy to be alive... and be with you... I guess... I was never as alone as I thought.” Said Ninhursag.
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