"I don't want to say 'Good Bye.'"
It would seem my time has come short Kurama.... Even to this moment I am.. unsure of exactly how I felt for you, and you for I. I wonder even now if that kiss under that piece of Devils Fuge was just because of the human tradition that you spoke of or if you perhaps did it for some other reason.
Perhaps in my heart I've always hoped for one of the two options... but even now I can't understand my own emotions. All I know presently... is previously I felt that I had no reason to live, previously I almost wished to just fade away. However now that feeling is different. I don't know what is different about it... perhaps it's because I know now that... I have those that I can trust. Those that accept me for who I am.
You're one of those few Kurama. You accepted me without any hesitation, just taking me as I was. I appreciate that.... no... more then appreciate. Thank you.... I'm grateful. You were there for me with your guidance and counsel more often then not. Even if I did not appreciate your wisdom... more often then not you were right. About yourself, the world, and about me. I couldn't have asked for a better companion, friend, whatever we were. Perhaps... I held your far higher then others because deep down you were something more to me. I can't say what it is you were... but please whatever you do. Don't forget me... alright..? So long as you and the others remember... perhaps I can be at peace with myself in my last moments. Just maybe I can find myself not regretting what I've done.
I deeply regret... ever harming any of you, upsetting you the way that I did.. but I honestly had no idea how else to act, how else to treat you all. You were all... my friends, but especially you Kurama.... I find that I think I'll miss you worst of all. Please... live. For the both of us... and for what may have been. Don't let what may have been hold you back, but let it set you free.