I had always wondered what it was like to be dead.What religion, superstition or belief was right or wrong?Right now,I felt as if I were in water,I could feel myself slowly sinking to something,cold but relaxing.It was peaceful,quiet and a feeling of tranquility and relief overwhelmed my entire body,one I had never had in the life I lived.Suddenly,the water gushed unevenly,as if an object had entered the surface.My eyes,in laziness of wasting the moment,opened slowly, revealing my hazel coloured irises.
In sync,my mouth also slightly opened.Perhaps because my muscles wanted to move,or I wanted to identify what it was I was in, because,if it were water,I would probably be drowning,right??Then again,I was dead,hence,bound to be able to break some rules of nature and physics,but how could I know this,it was all just a big dream,right.I caught a glimpse of what it was that had distorted the even and balanced flow of the water.'Huh??'my mind thought.It was a hand,probably,it was reaching out to me.From it's structure and looks,it was not,in any way, muscular.It had to be of a woman or to be even more precise,a young lady.
The tips of my fingers acted on their own and begun twitching, indicating I should also try and reach the hand.I lifted my hand by letting its weight be consumed by the force and density of the water.With little power in my wrist,I threw forth my hand and managed to get my index finger to caress the tip of the other hand's middle finger.Then giving in to the water,my hand came back down.The latter,on realising my efforts to reach,fastly inserted more position of their hand and grabbed mine by the wrist.
Slowly,I was pulled up the water.The closer I got to the surface,the more the intensity of light grew on it.Possibly,a refraction from a rather immense light source.Was this coming from the place were would go??The Afterlife??I unwantingly closed my eyes and emerged from the surface of the water.All of a sudden,ones I opened my eye,I noticed that I was in a neat and bright white kimono."Where did this come from ??" I calmly said with a confused voice.I notice that the hand had disappeared when I gazed on my wrist.
The settings of the terrain in which I found myself in was magnificent.It was a glimmering road of pure white marble that stretched out further than the eye could reach.Alongside it were the radiant flowers of hyacinth,purple and captivating in its unique beauty that one could simply not resist.I first felt my hands to assure myself if it were reality,as expected,I felt the smooth flow of my soft skin,I then felt my chest to see if my heart was beating.Proceeding gentle across my chest,I made my way to my chin and felt myself.This was no mere lucid dream,it was the real deal."But,how did I get here,??The last thing I remember is being in an ambulance after the accident with the falling pipes at the construction site down town,,Wait,DID I DIE??"I then begin taking careful steps towards the field of hyacinths to my right,for I notice that an acacia bench didn't lay far from me.I thought that if I contemplated on my current situation whilst sitting in a comfortable position will help me reach a final answer.'Problems are best solved when one is of clear mind,'.I held my head down,my temples in between the palms of my hands."I mean,only the conclusion of being dead would suit as an answer here,""Why of course,you are dead,silly,"I became petrified by the feminine voice of a teenage girl that came across the bench I was on."Aaaaaaaarrrrrgghgghghg,"I yelled with such an immense pitch ,inducedt by the adrenaline,that I could have sworn to hear my echo after that .
"Hey there,?I'm Shinigami Aoi,Nice to meet you.Welcome to Purgatory"