Just a slightly strange song-type-fic I did, though I don't think it's a song-fic judging by the usual terms. It's a bit strange. But…I like it It's 100 dedicated to Rekino, who is a pain in the arse and who wanted me to do a nice fic for her. So, Rekino – here it is! A pairing that I don't exactly love, but, eh. Who am I to complain? I'm just the author!
You know what to do, people! Read! Review! Don't disappoint me!
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Oh shit.
I collapse into the dirt beside her. Her breathing is ragged and her chest rises and falls with no discernable regularity. Weapons of all shorts lay around her – a bloody kodachi is still clutched in her hand. Her eyes are open, and slowly – oh so slowly – they fix upon my face.
I'd give up forever to touch her right now, because somehow she is the only one who truly feels me. She is, has forever been, the closest to heaven that I'll ever be, she is that perfect.
Her hair is spilling down over her shoulders, mixing with the blood and my own hair. I can't tell where hers begins and mine ends.
"…N…Neji…" she whispers, locking her eyes with mine, a small smile lighting up her dying face. I can feel the stinging behind my eyes, and I know she can see it. In this moment, all I can taste is that sweet smile as I breathe in her life. I know she is dying, her life force trickling away like the blood that soaks the ground under her. I can't help her. It is beyond my control, and sooner or later it will be over, but I don't want to think about what I do when it happens or afterwards. I don't think I'll survive. I don't want to miss her.
I don't want the world to see me right now, because they can't possibly understand what is going through my mind right now, as I stand over the only thing I have ever truly loved in my entire life. As I watch her I realise that everything is made to be broken – lives, hearts, souls. She is breaking all three for me.
"God, Tenten," I whisper, cupping her face in my hand. "What happened to you?" I am trying to keep the shake out of my voice, but I can't keep it out of my eyes. I don't want to keep it out of my eyes – I want her to know who I am, who I care about, who I trust, in these last moments.
I can't fight the tears that won't spill – I scrunch up my eyes and blink rapidly. I want to cry. I can't.
"Don't worry…Neji…" She speaks my name slowly. "I'm fine…" Her face contorts with pain as soon as she has said these words. I don't even have to look to see the truth under her lies.
Softly I touch her chin.
"You're bleeding," I whisper, swallowing hard, wishing my mouth weren't as dry. She laughs a little – the laugh turns into a hacking cough that brings blood to her slips, staining them crimson.
"I bleed…to…know I'm a…alive…" she manages to say, the smile still on her lips. I shake my head.
"You are alive – you know that!"
Slowly her fingers crack open from around the kodachi hilt, and she lowers them down to my hands cupping her face. When we touch, she smiles.
"I…know," she murmurs, her eyes fluttering close. "…I know…"
Slowly, slowly, slowly her breathing begins to slow – I clutch at her hands desperately, trying to keep the warmth in them, but still the life escapes her, as if drawn away by a swift, unknown breeze. I lower my face to hers.
"Tenten," I whisper. I know she is still alive, barely. "Tenten…I love you…"
And then, with a soft exhaling of breath and a smile, Tenten turns her head into my hands and stays still. And now, now that she is gone, I can't fight my tears.
I cry.
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Random! And yes, she dies! Maybe she goes to the Soul Society now? Lol. That is an interesting idea……..
Anyway, tell me what you think! Please, no flames! ducks tomatoes being thrown at her head Be nice!
xx Scythe