[Chapter 1]
A/N: Alright, I've just decided to kill myself by writing this, when I am really really supposed to be focusing on my assignments, exams and Breaking the Silence. But I just can't fight the urge to write this, with the scenes running in my mind every night -.- Same rules apply, I will try to update as and when I am able to, and also for Breaking the Silence as well. This would be a short story I guess? So it should be done faster as compared to BTS, which requires me to do tons of background reading. So, hopefully you all will enjoy this as much as JTLY (Or even is there anyone who had enjoyed that. :X) Oh ya . .. You may need to read JTLY in order to understand what this story is about . . .So :X hehe
"Let's get married, Odango, for your sake." Fighter suggested, as Serenity poured out.
"But -" Serenity wanted to reject the idea. She knew that if she accept that, it was going to be a total unfair to Fighter.
"No but. I will do anything for you ." Fighter stopped Serenity from speaking. 'Even though I know that on your mind, it's going to be filled with Endymion. Likewise for mine, I guess . . . It would be Maker. We are just 2 lonely souls. We are of the same fate, Odango. Maker . . . If you are here, would I had made this decision?' Fighter thought sadly in her mind as she hugged Serenity tightly. "I've said long time before didn't I ? I will never let anything bad happen to you. I'll always protect you, no matter what happens." Fighter continued as she buried her chin into Serenity's golden blond hair.
"Seiya . . ." Serenity was lost in her words. She did not know what else could she say, to express her gratitude to Fighter's thoughtfulness. 'What can I give you for what you have sacrifice, where you knew that you will never get the whole of my heart, Seiya . . .This is so unfair to you . . . But is there any other choices that I can make? I can't let the kingdom fall in my hands. The kingdom I've built together with Mamo-chan, I can't let it fall. Sorry . . . Seiya' Serenity thought silently in her mind, as she rested her head on Fighter's shoulder. She had allowed her tears to fall on Fighter's garment. 'Mamo-chan . . . I miss you . . .' Serenity thought as she slowly lost her conscious, falling into a comfortable sleep that she had be ransomed of since the breaking of her soul.
"Dream of Endymion, I'll pray for you." Fighter whispered softly into Serenity's ear. 'Because I knew that that was going to be only way that you will be able to see him face to face, Usagi. Maker . . . Where are you?' Fighter thought, as she carried Serenity gingerly, careful not to awake her from her comfortable sleep, and placed her lightly back on the bed. She leaned forward and kissed Serenity on her forehead before settle herself comfortably on the floor, beside the bed. "I'll be here for you. For that she had made the decision for me." Fighter commented softly, lying her head on the bed, falling asleep beside Serenity. 'Will I be able to dream of you as well, Maker?' That was the last thought in Fighter's mind before she fallen deep asleep.
'Fighter. . . '
"Don't leave" Fighter pleaded out in her dreams as she laid on Maker's bed. "Stay with me. I love you."
The fresh memory lingered in her mind. The last moment before Taiki left her room. Fresh tears began to add on to the overflowing ones in her eyes. 'Fighter . . . It's the end. It's really the end. The end of our story. I won't want you to have any regrets in the future. I do not want you to be torn between choices. I do not want to see you break. The dilemma of yours, I knew it. 4 years of longing, you will get them now. The year of happiness, I guess, would not be as fulfilling as what you will get when your longings are realised. Who was in your dreams? It was her, isn't it?' Taiki questioned her own self in her mind. 'Nonetheless, I still love you. . . There's no other one that I could love other than you, Fighter. . .'
Taiki reached her right hand to her abdomen and spoke very softly. "I'm sorry baby. This choice of mine, it's going to be so unfair to you. I'm sorry." Taiki cracked, choked by her own tears that she could no longer speak for that moment. 'It wasn't supposed to be in this way, in this situation. I've miscalculated. I'm not going to give you up, mummy promised. Even without my star powers, I believed that you will survive. I know you will. You are the only possession, only person, only memory I can remember, I can hold on to. To make myself believe that Fighter is still with me. I won't let you down. You are an outcome of our love. A remembrance of our love. The love that nobody knew. The connection, the evidence.'
Mochi stood up from his position and climbed onto Taiki's lap. He rubbed his nose against Taiki's hand, comforting Taiki in his way.
"Mo-chi. . ."
Fighter felt numbness in her feet as she woke up. She was still in the position she was in the night before. 'A day had passed. My first day without you in my life, Maker. . . It felt like ages. It felt like hell. A night without dream. . . Why wouldn't you come into my dreams, Maker. . . Are you that cruel to me that you wouldn't even let me see you in my dreams? I'm missing you already. . . Where are you. . ." The numbness Fighter felt in her feet had travelled through the her blood and was brought back to her heart through her vessels.
Fighter glanced over at the sleeping beauty before her. Serenity had a sweet smile. She look peaceful in her sleep. 'Do you dreamt of Endymion in your dreams, Serenity? You are so lucky, do you know that?' Fighter thought sadly as she continued watching Serenity in her sleep. Slowly, the smile on Serenity's face disappeared. Her eyes twitched and flinched. Tears began squeezing the closed eyes of Serenity. "No . . . No . . ." Serenity began mumbling out softly in her dreams. Fighter sat up in attention as she observed the lost of tranquillity in Serenity.
"Usagi." Fighter called out as she nudged Serenity lightly.
"No . . ." Serenity continued mumbling. Sweat formed at her temples and merged with the tears that were flowing down the corner of her eyes.
"Serenity." Fighter called out once again as climbed up from her position from the floor and sat on the corner of the bed Serenity was lying in.
"NO!" Serenity screamed out, jolting up from her lying position abruptly, quivering in the position. Fighter hugged Serenity tightly in that position, It was obvious to Fighter what had Serenity had just dreamt off.
"Don't mind, don't mind. No worries. I'm here, Usagi, I am here." Fighter coaxed as she rubbed Serenity's hair gently.
"Mamo-chan . . . He's gone. . . he's gone. . . forever. The dream . . . He . . . "Serenity started crying out in Fighter's embrace. "He . . "
"You don't have to remember that dream, Usagi . . " Fighter interrupted, stopping Serenity from describing what had happened in the dream. She did not want Usagi to be stressed out and over the details of the dream, falling back into her depression once again. "I am here. . . Remember, I am here. I won't leave you." Fighter ensured.
Serenity broke the embrace and looked into Fighter's sapphire eyes. "Seiya. . ."
"Let's break the news to them, shall we? We are getting married, as soon as we can. to keep your baby safe, like what we have come to agree yesterday." Fighter suggested.
Serenity blinked her eyes blankly at Fighter. "Fighter. . . I . . . Thank you. " Serenity lugged forward and hugged Fighter tightly.
"You don't have to thank me. . .This is what I want to do for you, Odango . . " Fighter reassured. "Be a good girl. Wash up and let's go to the hall, shall we?"
Serenity nodded her head at the suggestion. She broke the contact once again and stood up from her bed, proceeding towards the bathroom.
'It's a nightmare. A nightmare for both you and me, Usagi . . .'
Taiki opened her eyes as she felt the train stopped moving. She had fallen asleep in the middle of the journey. 'Where is this place?' Taiki asked herself as she packed Mochi back into the sling bag and hurled it over her shoulder. She stood up slowly and got off the train and into the station.
She turned and glanced at the board. 'Village of Miseki' Taiki read off the board. Suddenly, she felt the heaviness of her head coming towards her. Her visions went blurred and the next moment she saw. Pitch black. Plain darkness.
Final notes: Okay, I'm trying to be evil by ending it here :D hahaha. ^.^ Hopefully. . . I will update soon. I hope so too :X