Love Me In The Darkness

Disclaimer: I do not own Angel Sanctuary or any of it's characters, I don't claim to. :p

I wish I owned Kira though! wink

It takes place in my own little mind. Setsuna and Sara are at peace on Earth, together. All the beings were set free from the mortal bodies (even Kira) and were back on Earth with no recollection of what happened.

Lucifer was the god of darkness, the ruler of hell.. how could he still be in love with an 'angel' after all this time? Well, all he could figure out was that he was and there was no way around it. That's why he sat at the gates of heaven now, he was very close to positively demanding to see Alexial or he wouldn't leave. He had no offensive demons with him, he'd come alone. He just wanted to see her.. talk to her.. hear her beautiful voice and admire that perfectly delicate looking skin. He didn't dare hope to touch her or look into her eyes. Afterall, he was him and she was her.. it was scandelous. He couldn't put her through the pain a liasion like that would bring.

What was that he'd seen out of the corner of his eye just then? Did he hear the soft fluttering of wings? He slowly turned away from the gates to look behind him and what he saw, he was not prepared for. There she was, in all her stunning radiance and glory. His heart nearly stoped beating as he stared into her beautiful brown eyes. He swallowed hard as he tried to find his voice. She spoke before he could find his voice, her voice light and crisp,"Hello, Lucifer, what a pleasant suprise to see you here. Tell me, where are all your little minions?" She smiled at her pointedly sarcastic remark, and truely her smile was a beautiful sight. The sight of her smile nearly made him drop to his knees and worship her beauty. He finally found his voice, a low rumbleing barotone, "I wasn't inclined to bring them along this time. I have other things to worry about besides their well-being, and I didn't want them hurt." He watched her as her smile slowly faded, then thought it time to make his move, if he was ever going to do it. He cleared his throat and spoke up again, " Alexial, I was hoping that you would accompany me back to my Castle for dinner and a visit. We have recently constructed new rooms, and I haven't a clue as what to use them for, I thought maybe you could help.. Give them a woman's touch of decor as guestrooms?" He hadn't planned on lying to her, it just came out as he went along. It was half-true, he had recently constructed new rooms in the castle, but he hadn't planned on asking her to decorate them.

She smiled again at his words. "I'd be delighted to assist you in decorating your new guestrooms, Lucifer. Dinner sounds good also." He nearly smiled, but kept his emotions checked and nodded. "Shall we go then?" She noded and soon afterwards they had arrived at his castle in the darkest pits of his domain. Nearly everything was one of three colors: grey, black, or red. The castle was lit with candles, they sat everywhere. Even the chandaleire in the foyer was lit with candles. He escorted her to the dinning room and to her seat, holding it out for her, then pushing it in slowly. He then took his seat and looked at the various foods already set upon the giant table for their enjoyment. He smiled rougishly at her, "Well.. help yourself to anything your heart desires." When he said this he immediatly began thinking that the only thing his heart had ever or would ever desire was sitting in her chair. He quickly pushed those thoughts aside and put some various meats and foods on his plate and began to eat; she followed suit, doing the same. After awhile they had both fully stated their hunger for the delicious food and were done. She smiled brightly to him and his heart speeded up. Her voice just as beautiful as ever, "So, would you show me to the newly constructed rooms, then to the room I am to sleep in?"

Her words were music to his ears and he was sorry when they stopped flowing from her lush mouth. He had barely heard her, but none the less managed to hear every word. He nodded slowly and stood, walking over and helping her from her seat then lead the way to the Eastern Wing of the great castle, stopping before the new rooms that created a four story tower, each story holding a room with a bathroom. She explored the rooms with great detail and finally turned to him and stiffled a yawn. "I have a few ideas on what to do, but could you please show me to my sleeping quarters, i'm rather tired." He nodded and lead her down the hall then up the stairs to the room beside his. He opened the door to reveal a elaborate bedroom decorated in red and black. She gasped at the sight, stepping in and looking around. Mosiacs on the walls told a story of a Angel being banned from heaven for loving another angel more than God. She followed the Mosiacs, speaking the story aloud till she got to one describing the angel-lovers, and relized it described her and Lucifer. She turned to look at him and his head was lowered. She spoke softly, barely able to believe what she was seeing, "Lucifer, what is the meaning of this story? Do you love me? Is this why you were banned from heaven, I never heard the story, just various rumors.. " She watched him closely as he nodded in response to her question, her heart dropped into her stomach and her knees went weak.

How could she not have relized all this time that the man she loved so dearly returned her feeling? Was she truely that blind to other's emotions? She looked up at him and moved towards him, lifting her hand and forcing his head up to look at her. "Lucifer, the feeling of love is mutual then.. I have loved you from the begining.. "

What was she saying to him? He had heard it, but he very nearly refused to believe it. She loved him aswell? She'd never shown him any sign that she did, of course nither had he shown her. It slowly sunk in as he stared into her perfectly beautiful eyes. They were in love, had been for some time, both were too blind to see the feelings were shared by the other. How could this have happened? So much time lost.. so many things gone untold, unspoken of.. His heart ached at the thought of it and he wrapped his arms around her waist, gathering her to him and leaning down, burying his face in her silky tresses. She was perfect.. He held her to him and she didn't resist. Could this be the beginging of something beautiful? Only time would tell...