Your 'deceased' friend

"The last time you saw me...I was lying on a bed after another round of treatment." Lilith whispered. My ears perked up at her words. She had your full attention. "I remember how you always use to visit and we use to play games and you would read stories to me." She smiled somberly.

"Nao," I gasped as I stared at her. There was no way she was actually Nao. Yet...the things she said.

"Its Lilith now, I haven't gone by Nao in a life time now." She admitted. "But yeah...in my past life that was me."

"You...you're...how?" The words fell out of my mouth. I remembered Nao vividly, how could you not. They were my best friend. Of course that didn't stop them from becoming sick and passing on.

"I'm sure can guess." Lilith spoke as she looked at you with warm tenderness. "Its etched into my mind. I remember my body growing weaker. I was feeling tired and you were there watching me in my bed, and then...the pain just stopped and I fell asleep." She mused as walked away.

"You died." I said without thinking. I quickly covered my mouth. "Sorry," I apologized.

"Hehe.. "dying." I suppose I never really thought of it like that." Lilith mused. "One minute I closed my eyes in that bed, and the next...I'm waking up in this world." She turned to face me.

I stared at her trying to overlay the two. My once sick friend, young, pale and weak was now the Demon Lord, Lilith. It was unreal.

Yet it didn't stop there. Lilith approached me cautiously. She raised a hand and cupped my cheek. Her metallic gloves were cold but i didn't flinch as I stared into her eyes. "A lot happened to me, and a lot has changed. Yet for some reason, I always found myself drifting back to you and my past life whenever I needed solace."

"Nao," I whispered.