The true sequel to 'Pure as the Snow'. If you haven't read that, my advice is to read it now, or else you're going to become very lost reading this.
True Light
Chapter I
A sixteen year old boy, with blond hair and eyes the colour of gold, stared at the grave where his teacher… his first love… and also the man who betrayed him, lay. His eyes scanned the grave inscription, a stray tear falling down his cheek;
"Here lies the body of Yuki Kitazawa
'I hope to Heaven, his soul is gone,',"
Memories… blood-stained memories flashed across his mind at the speed of light, but they lingered long enough for the boy to relive his nightmare, even now. To relive his betrayal by Kitazawa. To relive those horrible, cursed memories that he wished could be permanently erased from his brain.
Although every moment of the nightmare had happened in light-speed, the images were forever burned into his mind, and there was no hope of them ever fading into darkness once more.
He remembered everything as clearly as when it had happened. He remembered everything like the moment it started. All the sights… sounds… smells… and the very fear he had felt at that very moment were brought back to the surface. The pictures were vivid, and took on a life of their own… a life he wished they didn't have.
Black snow…
He looked skywards, and cascading from the sky of New York was snow… black as midnight. His hands that had been tucked into his pockets reached out to catch a snowflake or two. Two, small snowflakes sat in the palms of his hands. The young boy had never seen anything quite like it. But true horror struck as he looked down at the snowflakes in his hands once more.
His breathing became unsteady. His heartbeat raced. Fear ran through his veins like never before.
The black snow on his hands, turned a shade of blood red. And the snowflakes melted in the palms of his open hands, leaving behind a parting gift… a sticky red mess which had a strong odour he recognised.
"Blood…" he whispered, frightened of his own voice. He stood, shaking by the grave of his former teacher, blood trickling off his hands. He could smell it too… that disgusting smell of fresh, new blood which tainted his memories and scarred his sixteen year old mind. He fought back the incredible urge to vomit, and stared at the blood, now dripping onto the snow below his feet.
A voice from deep inside his soul called to him.
"You murdered him… you murdered him…"
A single drop of blood fell onto the grave, as Eiri Uesugi, aged sixteen, fell down to his knees and wept, silently and alone.
The twenty-two year old Eiri Yuki awoke with a start.
He found himself sitting bolt upright in his bed, sweat dripping down him and running off onto the bed sheets. His pink-haired lover made some odd mumbling and grumbling noises beside him and rolled over a bit, but he did not stir. He was obviously deeply asleep, enjoying some peaceful dream only a 'brat' (as Eiri often called him) like Shuichi could dream.
"You murdered him… you murdered him…"
The cold voice which called out in his dream seemed so… familiar. He felt like he'd heard it somewhere before… a long time ago…
The numbers on the alarm clock glared angrily at him. 2.09am.
Sliding himself back under the covers again, Eiri decided not to think about this odd dream for now, but rather to try and catch up on all the sleep he'd been missing to meet his deadlines. So, after placing a kiss on his brat's head, he pulled up the covers over him, and fell once again into a deep sleep, praying that no more dreams would come to bother him again.
But, unbeknownst to Eiri Yuki, the real nightmare was just beginning.
Closing A/N: Ahaha! First chapter complete! I'm so proud!
Yeah, this is the rewrite of 'The Shining Light' I've been slaving away on for the past couple of months. I only managed to get the one chapter written, but… hey! It's still a start!
Okay, a little notice here. FORGET EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED IN THE PREVIOUS SEQUEL! I've got something much more interesting planned for this fic, so you'd do well to try and forget everything you read in 'The Shining Light'.
Oh, and new readers, welcome!
Also, as some of you may know, I got into a huge fight with Cia a short while ago, and I have decided that I want to continue writing alone. Quite frankly, I'm sick of praise being split between us, when I'm the one putting in the effort by typing it all up and spell-checking it all. And, what annoys me most is that Cia hasn't been writing any of this for about… four months! Yes! Four months! For four months, all the work on has been by me! Understand my frustration? Good. So anyway, I've decided to tackle this sequel alone; just me, my pen and paper and my compy-chan :D
Oh, and Suanne? If you're reading this, I'd really appreciate your comments and thoughts on the rewrite so far :) It took a lot of hard thoughts to inspire me to rewrite it!
Oh, and I'm in the top 20 for the Young Author's Competition I entered back in August :D Isn't that so great!
But, anyway, I've said all I think I need to! Take care everyone, review soon and see you all next update!
-ThE-gEnIuS-hIkArI-
( - Hikari-kun - )