"You guys ready?" Zazume asked turning around, gesturing for them to come over.

"Yeah," Shuichi whispered, taking Kokichi's hand in his own. They both walked over to the group. Sora was hoping more than anything that this would work and she would be able to see her beloved again. Kokichi wanted to know why she thought his life had more meaning than hers...

"Mozomo," Zazume said as Mozomo put her hands in the middle of the circle mumbling some words before the room was filled by a blinding white light.

They all flinched by the abruptness of the light before they adjusted. There was Akira floating there...she looked like a ghost. Sora noticed that she wasn't wearing her mask...which made her a little jealous that all the others got to see her without them...

"Akira!" Sora was the first one to approach her. She rushed up to her and tried to hug her essence only to walk through her. Akira frowned at her when she turned back around.

"S-sorry S-sora." She moved closer to Sora and kissed her on the lips. Sora closed her eyes and put her hand to her cheek. She felt the warmth from her spirit. Sora smiled while they slowly pulled away from each other. Everyone in the room other than Kokichi and Shuichi knew about their relationship before all of this happened. 

"It's ok my beloved.  I forgive you," She said tears starting to fall down her cheeks.

"S-sorry! I d-didn't k-know there w-were other p-people here!" Akira gasped putting her hands over her eyes. 

"It's ok. See it's just Shuichi and Kokichi. They came here to talk to you." Sora said moving back letting Shuichi guide Kokichi closer to Akira. 

"O-ouma-kun and S-saihara-kun, w-what would y-you like t-to ask m-me?" She asked looking at them. Shuichi blushed when he heard her address him and Kokichi so formally. 

"You can just call me Kokichi!" Kokichi said with a teasing smirk.

"Yeah...you can just call me Shuichi...no need to be so formal..." Shuichi said putting his other hand on the back of his neck.

"S-sorry!" She exclaimed bowing her head.

"It's ok Akira," Sora said gesturing to Kokichi to ask her a question.

"Ah...Akira, why did you die for me?" Kokichi said letting the words fall out of his mouth. He felt uncomfortable having to ask her after she already gave her life for him...

"Ou-Kokichi..." She paused floating over to him. She wrapped her arms around him and put her head over his shoulder. They were the same height so Akira was floating high enough where she could achieve this.

"I d-did it because y-you are like t-the brother I n-never h-had...you h-helped me t-to be a-able to find t-the c-confidence to b-be able t-to face m-my problems...and it h-hurt me t-to know h-how y-you p-perished...you h-had so m-much more v-value to o-others t-than I d-did...s-so I gave m-my life f-for you..." She paused again pulling her head back to look into his eyes.

"B-because you d-deserve to live Kokichi." She said with tears in her eyes. Kokichi had tears sliding down his cheeks. He wiped them away quickly, not wanting to cry in front of all these people.

"It's o-ok to c-cry Kokichi...it's b-better to l-let your e-emotions out...b-because if y-you k-keep them i-in they w-will find w-ways to b-break out...b-believe m-me..." She whispered slowly pulling away from the embrace.

"I'm glad you have Shuichi...I wanted more than anything for him to be the one you could trust," She smiled and looked down at her feet.

"Thank you Akira...you made me have time to tell him how I felt," Shuichi put his arm around Kokichi's waist gently pulling him closer to him so he could rest his head on his shoulder.

"Of course! I'm g-glad I c-could be o-of use t-to y-you..." She whispered sadly.

"Akira..." Sora sighed.

"A-anyway, you g-guys can g-get back t-to your o-own u-universe r-right?" Akira said looking at them as though she wasn't sad moments before...like her personality switched.

"Yes, Zazume explained the bracelet to them before you got here," Mozomo replied with a small smile.

"Ok..." Akira said putting her hand to her chin.

"Z-zazume-" Akira said only to be cut off by Zazume.

"You want to ask me if they can keep it so they can come here again if they want to right?" He said making her nod. She didn't seem that phased by how he just knew.

"This will be ok under one condition...you can only travel with one other person max...if you try to do any more some time anomaly could possibly take place..." He said looking directly at Shuichi.

"Ok, we understand," Shuichi said awkwardly. Feeling nervous from the direct eye contact. Kokichi nuzzled his head into his shoulder, calming Shuichi down.

"Alright, feel free to leave whenever you would like," Akira said politely without stuttering.

"Thank you..." Shuichi paused looking confused.

"I wanted to ask you Akira...in the video Monokuma played the day after your death occurred...it mentioned that you had two personalities...I wanted to know how this happened..." Shuichi asked. This question made the others curious for the answer as well...other than Zazume who already knew.

"O-oh, uh w-well..." She paused holding her hand over her eyes again for a moment.

"Well, I h-have a-always held all o-of my e-emotions i-in...s-so eventually t-they b-became r-real..." She paused looking down, guilty.

"Real?" Shuichi asked.

"She has been having hallucinations ever since she was a kid...and whenever she kept keeping things in it became an embodiment of herself...some of them are more submissive, but others try to take control of her mind..." Sora whispers remembering the countless times she had to get Akira out of one of her 'attacks'.

"Y-yeah...S-sora h-has been k-kind enough t-to help m-me..." She said with a blush. Sora smiled starting to cry again.

"I love you Akira," She said, kissing her forehead. Akira didn't say anything her blush just deepened. 

"Sora, I was wondering if you explained everything I told you to them after I perished." She said confidently. This made Shuichi and Kokichi jump...because they thought she was just stuttery and polite. 

'This must be another of her personalities...' Shuichi thought to himself.

"Yes, I did Akira..." She said, going silent.

"I wanted to apologize to you..." She said as her tears fell to the floor.

"F-for what S-sora?! Y-you didn't d-do anything w-wrong! D-don't feel l-like you h-have to a-apologize t-to me!" She exclaimed stuttering again.

"No, when you left I realized how lonely and how weak you must have felt when I left you in the game..." 

"B-but t-that was b-before Sora-" She cut her off not wanting her to start self-deprecating...

"It doesn't matter I'm sorry regardless...because I made my Akira feel that way..." She whispered. Akira's face went red when she heard her say 'my Akira'. 

".   .   ." Akira just went over to her and buried her head into her chest.

"Akira..." She sighed wrapping her hands around her essence.

"Shuichi, we should go back before Kaito flips a shit..." Kokichi whispered to him not wanting to ruin their moment.

"Yeah..." He said kissing his cheek before facing them again.

"Akira and Sora...we are going to leave now...thank you so much for letting us get to meet you guys..." He said with a smile.

"Of c-course...g-goodbye Shuichi and K-kokichi," Akira said coming over to give them both a hug before they left. Shuichi and Kokichi gave them a wave before Shuichi brought them back.

"Akira, I heard that you stayed by my side even when you left the world of the living?" She asked looking into her bi-colored eyes.

"Y-yeah...I d-didn't want y-you to f-feel a-alone..." She said stuttering and blushing.

"Thank you," 

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"Where the hell have you guys been?!" Kaito yelled storming over to Shuichi wanting an explanation.

-Here is the next part...thanks for being patient with me! Thank you so much for reading!-

-ShuichiOuma010-