A/N: I do not own any of the characters.
Take me away
You said you would do it. I have waited for my wish to be fulfilled. I have felt feelings of sorrow so many times before. However, the greatest pain is leaving those who are precious to you.
The setting sun reflected its rays upon the blade of the sword. A deep color of red swept across the ninja's face. His sword lay steady in his hands, his breath heavy.
He could feel the blade move in his hands. He looked at the man in front of him. His body cringed of pain made by his sword. Every time the man gasped, Kurogane felt the blade move, tremble. Every contraction of the man's stomach, he felt in his hands, through the blade of his sword deep within the man whose blond hair covered his eyes.
The blond man held the blade of the sword with both hands, blood curling its way through his fingers. The blade had gone right through his stomach and pierced out from his back. The man sat on his knees shaking; sweat dripping from his face along with dark red blood.
Kurogane could not count how many times he had killed someone. How many times he had seen people die at his sword. Watched the life flicker in the eyes of the ones who's life he had taken. How many times he had seen the last bit of life leave their eyes, the empty bodies falling to the ground with a silent thump. Still this time was different. The pain of the man standing in front of him, feeling the pain of death, a pain the ninja felt too.
The blond man slowly looked upwards. The locks of his fluffy hair fell aside and revealed a blue eye bathed in red sunrays.
"You said you would do it," Fay said looking right at Kurogane. "Please do as you said."
Kurogane looked at the wizard, not knowing what to answer nor do. The look upon the magician's face was hard to read. His eyes flickered with sadness, fear and anger. Kurogane could not tell witch one of those feelings who were the strongest at the moment. However, the ninja knew one thing, the mask was gone, no smiles hiding his feelings, no teasing, just one blue eye fixed upon him.
"You said: Until then, stay alive," Fay walked closer to the ninja. "I have stayed alive" His nose almost touching Kuroganes. "Now fulfil your promise to me" The magicians breath swept across Kuroganes face like a light breeze bringing feelings of sadness upon those touched.
The ninja did not move. He looked at the black eye patch. It was the only thing on the pale wizard not illuminated by the sunlight. It absorbed everything. Every feeling of warmth, every feeling of happiness.
Then he felt the hand of the wizard holding his hand. The hand touching his as cold as ice. The magician placed the ninja's rough hand on the tilt of his sword and pressed it around it. Kurogane saw that one feeling had arisen in Fay's eyes. The feeling of sadness. Although his face was filled with determination, his eyes said something else. You can read him like an open book, this man that is an expert on hiding behind a mask, when he lets you see what is under, Kurogane thought feeling the cold hand holding his with a strength he had never felt from a man before.
The ninja watched as little tears formed as crystals, filled the magician's eye. Building up slowly, like a wall of water ready to be unleashed. "Please" Fay's voice weak and fragile, like it would brake into tiny pieces at any moment. Kurogane was afraid. Afraid he would let his emotions take control of his body. The voice hurt Kurogane like a spear through his heart. Once again, the wizard said "Please" tears started spilling down his pale cheeks. Once again, the heart of the ninja cringed in pain. "Please" Fay held the shirt of the ninja with both his hands. His face now filled with crystal tears. He buried his face in the ninja's chest sobbing. Little silent sounds of desperation escaping his trembling lips.
Kurogane lifted his hands and lay them upon the trembling Fay, then pulled him closer. Gently he whispered in his ear "If that is what you want."
The blue eye was filled with pain and tears. Little streams of blood running from his mouth. His eye filled with the life of a kind and loving man, one of the greatest men Kurogane had ever known. It was the life of a man that deserved a life filled with love and happiness. A life that should have been treasured by all who knew him.
Kurogane pulled his sword out off Fay that was kneeling on the ground shaking with pain. A small gasp escaped his blood-covered lips as the sword came out of his pain-filled body.
Kurogane looked into the eyes of the magician. He watched as the light slowly faded. Like it flowed away to some distant place. To a place he could not return from ever again. Fay stopped trembling, his eyes almost empty with the light of the living. His face deserted of the smiles he so often had worn. His mouth not speaking the usual teasing words to the ninja. Then with his last beat of the heart, his last breath, he spoke two words looking into the eyes of the ninja: "Thank you"
Then the magician fell forwards, his hands trying to catch the fall but they where to weak to hold up his weight. They collapsed under him, his face against the ground, his blond hair blowing slightly in the breeze, carrying the words of a beloved person that was now no more.
A/N: Reviews will be much appreciated. I wanted to write about what could happen when Fay wakes up. Kurogane said that if Fay wanted to die so badly, he would kill him. Then he said "Until then live." I really hope this does not happen. Thanks for reading my story!
