This is my first Sorcerer Hunters fic. And unlike other authors trying to break into another genre, I am not going to tell you to be nice and review please. Pfff… I want feedback and I don't care if its flames because at least I'll get some constructive criticism.

The pairings were clearly marked so turn around now if you do not like C/C or T/M.

I don't know yet whether I'll leave this as a one shot or do a few more chapters. I guess that will all depend on how many reviews I get. Hehe.

Samanda

Disclaimer: I do not own Sorcerer Hunters or any of it's characters. Oh darn.

Can A Broken Heart Mend?

I looked toward the tent that held the suffering form of my sister, Chocolate, as she was delirious with fever.

I think what surprised everyone most was when Carrot said flat out that he was responsible for Chocolate and would take care of her. The hint of desperation in his eyes as he said it held me silent.

I think that's when my heart dropped and shattered into pieces. When I saw that Carrot had realized his feelings for my sister and would never return mine.

Marron and Gateau's eyes were full of a sympathy that made me cringe. I couldn't look at them without seeing it and it hurt to know that my friends pitied me. So when a haggard Carrot finally emerged from the tent and announced my sister's recovery I slipped away.

I knew that two out of the three had seen me go but I hoped that they wouldn't follow me. I wanted so badly to be alone.

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Darkness had a firm grip on the world as I trudged through the forest. It had only been fifteen minutes or so since I had left but I already felt like I was in my own world. The trees stopped suddenly and a medium sized meadow lay in front of me.

I slipped off my robe and threw it to one side. Underneath I wore not my dominatrix outfit but a tank top and a pair of short shorts. Then I did what I always did when the world troubled me. I danced.

When my emotions or the world troubled me too much, I danced. It was my secret. Of course I couldn't always do so and so my other outlet for stress was born but then anyone who reads this account already knows what the other is.

And so I danced my troubles away under the quarter moon that hung low in the sky above me. All I could hear was the rhythm of the blood that pulsed through my veins until it roared in my ears and everything else fell away. Nothing existed except the land I stood on and myself.

It was like a fire in my blood that night as I danced until I was exhausted and couldn't dance anymore.

I entered back into reality with a crash as my legs gave out and I fell to the ground. I had a profound realization as I panted into the grass.

I was going to live. I wouldn't pine away and die if I couldn't have Carrot. I love him but I don't think that it's as strong as what my sister feels for him. Chocolate may seem a lot stronger than I am but it's a brittle strength. Chocolate would start a fight about it but inside she would be dying.

At that moment Marron walked over to me. I looked up at the soft footfalls and saw him and his sympathetic eyes staring down at me.

"Hello," He said softly. He hesitated then continued. "You were amazing."

I felt my face heat up with my blush. "Th-thank you."

"If you ever need anyone to talk to," He continued. "I'm here for you. Don't forget that."

I nodded as I looked up at him. I was resolved not to lean on him until I saw another emotion in his eyes that almost masked his sympathy. It was pain. And it reminded me that I wasn't the only one hurting.

Marron loved his brother and was obsessed with his safety. He always put Carrot first and it hurt him to realize Carrot would put Chocolate first from now on.

A few crystalline tears dropped from his eyes and in an instinctive reaction I pulled him into my arms. I held him close as he cried over the closeness he was losing with his brother. I surrendered to the tears inside of myself and cried too.

It was embarrassing. I cried for so long that after Marron's short spate of tears stopped he ended up holding me like a child as I sobbed.

It was the hardest thing I've ever done but at that moment I let him go and freed myself of hate in the process.

I don't remember falling asleep but I must have since I awoke after dawn still wrapped in Marron's arms. He looked happier than I've seen him in a long time as he was stuck in the midst of some dream with a smile on his face. I settled myself back down and went back to sleep.

I could get used to this.