Death
Character : All Might & Sir Nighteye
Music : Never meant to belong (bleach ost) : watch?v=4fRaWZji_Co
Topic : The death of a loved one.
"Life looks at death with horror; death looks at life with appetite. "
Anne Barratin; De toutes les paroisses (1913)
Toshinori Yagi held in his palm the hand of a man he considered his best friend, despite the fact that time separated them by his harshness. His eyes reflected his last moments and he was there, holding him in his arms as death came to devour him like a piece of meat.
Sir was a good man but he was not going to hold the shock any longer. He was alone and without medical help... he was lying right in the arms of one of the few men he respected greatly. Toshinori in his basic form never ceased murmuring comforting words, lying to himself about the poor fate of his friend.
A trickle of blood trickled from the superhero's mouth and he looked at All Might with that rare smile. The eyes were connected and any trace of old dispute disappeared, they knew what awaited them.
Nighteye loved and respected Toshinori and despite all that they could say after the fateful battle against All For One ... he still loved his former comrade and admired his heroic will, but he would not say it out loud.
It was his end and he had tried to resist as long as possible, only ... They were only two men lost to the greatness of the infinite that represented life, but he knew he was going to die without knowing what there was after.
Sir looked at All Might as he tried to say in vain that there was still hope that he would survive, but the gaping hole in his stomach did not confirm that. It was the end, and he was happy to be there with his friend, to rest in his arms for the last time.
''You are going to make it ! You can do it ! Believe me, healers are coming ... pity do not leave me, resist! "Toshinori almost ordered as tears came to his eyes.
He felt weak in the face of the inevitable, lost to his own weakness ... If it was only a few months ago, he could have activated his last traces of One For All and would have taken his friend to the hospital, but this was not possible just now.
"Please ... stay ..." he said as he shook hands with his friend.
He (Toshinori) loved him like a brother and remembers all that had happened between them, all their laughter, all their arrests and their fights against great criminals ... All this came back to him like a search missile never letting go of its target.
Toshinori remembers once when he was with him, eating in a small restaurant and having a good time talking about everything and nothing, they had just met at this precise time. They spoke of heroism and All Might felt so good that day that he lowered his security. A man, a notorious villain then shot him while he was not expecting it ... but Nighteye had seen everything in advance and saved him on time.
This memory brought to light a clear fact for the two comrades: They had saved their lives dozens of times between them, and they were like brothers after living so much and so much …
'' You will die in 5 years! '' He had told him five years ago ...
And what had he done to his best friend? He had ignored him as if he was nothing and had fled like the plague, only to find himself carrying him in his arms, as soon as possible to the hospital. He took a sheet that was dragging and wrapped Sir in so that it did not catch cold and he ran as fast as possible looking for help.
He had been so insubordinate to his friend and ignored him for so long, and he had to see him for the last time when he was on his death bed ... how ironic it was. He was pitiful as a friend and he felt tears come to his eyes as he felt desperately Sir cling to life to declare his last words.
Nighteye spat a sheaf of blood and tried to speak, but he had to do it twice because of blood and pain. "Yagi ... Yagi ... I only wanted one thing: your happiness ... So ... I'm not against you fighting your destiny ... if that can make you happy …"
'' Fight ... fight your destiny with me ! let me help you redeem my faults towards you ... ''
'' To redeem you ...? If I had to do it too ... it would take me so long. So far in my life, I've been looking for all possible outcomes to avoid your death, but it was futile ... nothing would change ... After what Midoriya showed me ... I think it's about 'a question of will ...'
All Might cried, he held in his arms the bloody body of his friend who was trying desperately to talk to him while the sheet was covered by his blood. He only had a few minutes or even half an hour at best.
"You ... you can fight your destiny, you can stay with me! Without you ... without you ... I ... could not do it Sir! I need your help my friend, stay with me! ''
"Toshinori ... it's too late for me ... but you ... you can still change your destiny, you can fight it and change it and stay alive by the sheer force of your will. I am condemned to die. But you do not ... so please, fight your destiny. I think if you put that much will ... you can do it! "He finished, spitting a new sheaf of blood on the forearms of the former number 1.
"No ... no you can ... you can do it, we're almost in the hospital, look, do you see paramedics?" We can get there on time! ''
He ran as fast as his basic form could, but it was not enough, the sheet was stained with blood, and Sir's eyes said absolutly all. It was over, death was devouring him without his being able to defend himself, without anyone being able to save him from certain death.
"Yagi ... I have only one regret ... It's not knowing ... not knowing if you will succeed in overcoming fate ... Promise me that as long as there is hope ... promise me to conquer death and she will not eat you ...! ''
All his voice was transmitting only a final volley of passion and friendship, he grabbed the forearm of All Might with his last arm and made it stop with difficulty. He shed a tear but his usually hard look did not even flicker at that moment. '' Promise me also that you will watch over Mirio ... until he become a great hero ... ''
It was too much, too much to bear. Seeing Nighteye's dying look, he went to a solid wall close to them, Sir could say his last wishes. It was no longer a shadow of a doubt that it was the end of Sir. Despite being stubborn like a donkey, All Might could not deny what was happening before his eyes.
The thrill of his friend, his eyes, the loss of his blood, and especially, especially the tone of his voice, everything was going downhill but not without a last ounce of truth. Toshinori had seen people dying when he was younger and knew what was constant to any death, it was that there was always that feeling, this last effort to say what was needed and that until it was done the body would not give way.
He put his friend's dying body against a cold wall and he held his hand, standing directly in front of him, to talk man to man in the last moments.
He swallowed and felt the ball in his belly growing more and more. He gathered the last forces that ran through his tired mind and he swore with the greatest conviction that he could. "I will do it my friend, I will watch over him as long as I have a breath left."
Sir smiled for the last time in his life, and he gave him a look of gentleness rarely matched by his person. His features seemed to regain their splendor and he seemed to feel better for a second and finally, finally came the time to say goodbye to the world that saw her birth.
He closed his eyes to never open them again as his best friend cried with heavy tears on his shoulder.
'' Adieu Yagi ... ''
Note from the author:
I will not go further than that, just a word for those who have stayed here.
I want to clarify that this story is a translation of my own story (French). I am French, and hence, it is possible that some basic faults are present in the text. I apologize if this is the case, and just know that I made the most effort to offer you a good story.
I dedicate this OS to my dear friend Chisana Ran without whom this OS would never have seen the light of day. Without her I would never have joined the discord and had a great evening with very nice people. Without her, I would not even have the idea to write this OS. So if you liked this story, thank her as much as you thank me, because it is also that made me love writing this OS.
In short, if you liked your reading, or not, do not hesitate to tell me in review, I'm not going to bite you