What Child Is This?
Author's note: This is a Tien and Lunch fic. I really like this couple has well has G/C and K/18. Anywho read and enjoy. I guess you could say it's Christmasy.
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Tien and Lunch were walking thourgh the woods one snowy day when they heard something. It sounded like a baby, so they went to investigate. Lunch by some chance got there first (must have been mother's intution). She gasped at the sight, causing Tien to skid to stop behind her. There in the middle of the snow. On the ground was a young woman around twenty with red hair. Her skin was pale and her lips were blue. There next to the woman was a little girl probaly only two or three. The girl was crying and shaking the woman who was obivously her mother.
Tien looked at the young woman knowing she was dead. It jerked back startled for he had just noticed the bruises on her arms and legs. Then he looked at the little girl noticing that Lunch was approaching her. The little girl stopped crying then reached up to be held. Lunch silently picked the girl up craddling her in her arms. Tien walked passed them and picked up the young woman. He rose his ki to make a hole in the ground before placing the young woman in it and covering it up. Then they walked home.
Upon entering the house Chozu looked up at them. Then his mouth fell open in shock.
"Where you'd find her Tien?"
"Out in the woods, the girls mother is dead. I guess Lunch wants to take care of her." Then there was a silence in the room. Two years ago Lunch had a miss carriage. She still hadn't gotten over it. Now Tien hoped that this child would help. Tien looked at the calander Christmas was only a few days way. More like five days (yeah yeah I know it's a little early but deal with it.).
That night_______________________________________________
Lunch was putting the child to sleep, by singing to it.
What child is this, who laid to rest
On Mary's lap is sleeping?
Whom angels greet, with anthems sweet,
While shepherds watch are keeping?
This, this is Christ the king.
Whom shepards guard and angels sing:
Haste haste to bring him laud,
The babe the son of Mary!
Why Lies he in such mean estate,
Where ox and ass are feeding?
Good Christain, fear: for sins are here
The silent worls is pleading.
This, this is Christ the king,
Whom shepherds guard and angels sing:
Haste, haste to bring him laud,
The babe the son of Mary!
So bring him incense, gold,and myrrh,
Come peasant king to own him,
The king of king, salvation brings,
Let loving hearts enthrone him.
Raise, raise the song on high,
The Virgin sings her lullaby:
Joy, joy for Christ is born,
The babe, the son of Mary!
Tien and Chozu listened to Lunch sweet voice from the doorway. For the first time in years she looked truly happy.
Christmas eve____________________________________________
Lunch was watching the baby on the floor in front of the fireplace. A screen had been put up so that Eve wouldn't get hurt. Tien watched has his adopted daughter and his friend Chozu danced to some Christmas carols. He held Lunch against him. Has they watched lieing on their sides. But that night while the baby lay in bed sleeping something happened. The baby changed slowly. Lunch feeling something was wrong went to check on her. Instead of a baby she found an angel.
"What?"
"Don't fear mother."
"Huh?"
At that minute Tien walked in.
"What the???"
"Thank you for looking after me. My mother was an angel while my father was a demon. My father tried to drag her with him to hell. That was until Micheal saved her by closing the portal. But by then she was already on earth and the portal to heaven couldn't be opened for awhile. My mother wondered the earth with me growing inside her. When she meet a bad man. Well anyways I am actually supossed to be fifteen but I took on this form for a reason."
"What reason?" asked Lunch.
"You. Don't cry momma there is comfort in the future."
With that the angel disappeared and in it's place in the crib was Eve. Lunch reached for her has the child took her last breathe. Lunch clutched the baby to her. Heart wrenching sobs tearing from her throat. Tien held her against him tears slidding down his face.