With The Lady's and Chronos' guidance, after a final hug and kiss farewell from the latter, Kai helped Whisper home.

Whisper had put on her old clothes, with a little bit of sewing, she had managed to make some ingenious redesigns to the back, allowing for her wings, which she had now learned how to un-manifest.

With a little wave, looking unhappily at Chronos, she vanished.

The scenery shifted, the strange realm of time evaporated around her, and slowly the trees of the forest clearing she knew so well came into view.

Becca-an was looking frantic, her other friends were all wearing panicked expressions. Until she emerged fully from the shift.

There were happy reunions, apologies from Becca and hugs all round, but she had only one thing on her mind, Tremor. She had only a year left with him. After speaking to The Lady of that reality, she had discovered that soon after his return to Nareku, he had been killed in an accident. So it was certain, Tremor was going to die a year from now, and there was nothing she could do about it.

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Chronos watched as Whisper waved and disappeared with a solemn look on her face.

"Lady, why is she so sad? She's going home."

The Lady smiled and looked down at Kai a moment, her new pupil. "She's sad because she knows Tremor will die, but she is consoled by the fact that you will return to her, one day."

Chronos looked at the floor, and then ran his hand through his spiky black hair, ruffling it. He grinned uncertainly, "I'd better get going then..."

"I'll miss you Mister Chronos, sir." Kai said with a smile.

"I'll miss you too, kiddo." And he was gone, stepping through the limbo world into his own time.

He stood for a moment, thinking about the months he had spent in that reality, and then looked up.

She was there, Whisper, the woman he knew, standing under a tree, the sunlight playing in her beautiful hair, watching him with a welcoming smile on her face.

"I knew you would come, it was just a matter of time."

End