dark-birdie: peophin-chan my friend, THIS IS FOR YOU! Thank you for letting me use your short fic thing-a-ma-bob for a much LONGER fic thing-a-ma-bob! o also half inspired by watching a preview of upcoming movie "flight plan" which I will be SURE to watch and enjoy. If you've seen the preview, you'll see how it ties into the fic.
Fue……I'm starting too many new series at once! Expect ANOTHER new series from me to pop up sometime this week…
I need to work on my OTHER series… "
ANYWHO, for those of you who don't get it, then TOO BAD! Go read peophin-chan's "watermirror"! then you'll get it!
Words in the belong only to Peophin-chan.
Butterfly-
Chapter 1-
Tiny wings unfurled in and out as the muscles of its body sent the small insect soaring through the air.
The black butterfly took off into the day with a somber message in its presence.
Just let it all end...
"You know..."
Just let me go...
Rune turned toward his friend, curious at the sudden outburst.
Just let this ocean surround me...
Thatz continued. "You know, they say... that the last thing you see when you die... is a butterfly."
Let these waters engulf my head, my thoughts, my memories...
They both stared ahead in silence for a moment. But presently a thought came over Thatz...
Just let my mind go free... free me of all this sorrow, all this pain...
"Where's Rath?"
Both knights stopped and looked at each other for a moment.
Then, simultaneously, they took off running.
Free me... Just let me finally let go...
Both ran outside, a natural instinct pulling them towards the lake.
"Rath...!"
Let these waters cleanse my soul... one last time... before I leave this dirty place...
A minute later, the two were frantically pulling the fire knight toward shore, trying not to drown as well.
One last time... before I go...
"...Rath?"
But though his name was called, Rath did not see them. His eyes floated right past.
"Oh, look..." he murmured. "A butterfly..."
And then I'm gone…
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"NO!"
A shout echoed through the deathly-silent room as the girl jolted upright in her bed, hands eerily pale as she clutched tightly to the cloth covering her body. A wave of confusion floated threw her violet eyes as she took in her surroundings. She was in her…room?
'Argh! Stupid messed up dreams!' she thought loudly, Ungracefully falling back into her pillows and rolling onto her side. 'But it seemed so real…' She could not come up with any reasons why she would be dreaming of the death of the Fire Dragon Knight, which made her more confused than ever.
'But wait…'Once again rising from the bed, she quickly slipped out of the sheets and wrapped a warm coat around her. And then, out the door she went, walking as fast and silent as she could.
'I'm a fortuneteller, I'm supposed to have visions!' she thought in fear, pulling the coat around her closer, 'That might have really not been a dream, but a vision of him dying!'
A few more steps and she was there, outside the room of the boy in her dream. The boy whom drove her crazy with thoughts she couldn't categorize as normal in her mind. The boy that annoyed her so much, but in turn was so easy to love.
She blew the doors open.
Literally.
"RATH!"
"…hn?"
The two stared at each other; blood-red eyes staring questioningly into surprised violet ones.
"…well?" The crimson-haired boy asked, making himself sit up in bed. The blankets slid off his rather thin, but firm body frame and revealed a bare chest and plain black pants to cover his bottom half. ((-squeals at the thought of topless Rath- XD)) "Is there some reason as to WHY you're busting into my room at five in the morning?" He asked sarcastically, "Not to mention the fact that you just ruthlessly blew down my door like a poor imitation of the big bad wolf?"
"Ah, well, um…you see…" Her face turned bright red as she saw the boy perfectly fine in his bed with no shirt.
With no shirt…"Iyah! Excuse me!" She ran out the door and down the hall, and then a left turn, up the stairs, and back into her room.
'Weird girl…' thought Rath to himself. He looked down at his hands, sadly sighing. Sorry, Cesia…
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'Okay…he's nowhere in site. Now, if I just avoid him for the rest of the day-'"Boo."
"AAAAH!" Cesia clutched her pounding heart as the face of the crimson-haired boy appeared upside down in front of her own. She looked up and saw him hanging from the tree branch above her.
"Hello to you, too," he smirked, swinging down from the tree to sit adjacent to the girl. "What's up?"
"Ah, nothing, really…" she mumbled, looking down at her hands. She still couldn't get over the dream from last night. 'Maybe it was a vision of the future?'
"Rath…you're not…um," she hesitated, thinking of how to correctly word the question.
"Not what?" he asked, gazing distantly at the sky.
"Well…are you happy? Er, with life, I mean," for Dusis' sake, she sounded like a psychiatrist.
He looked down at her, "If you mean right now, yah, I'm happy."
"Are you sure?"
"Yup, 'cause I'm here with you."
"What?" Her gaze left her hands to meet the blood-red eyes of Rath, in turn locking with them.
He scooted closer to the girl, sides touching, and put an arm around her shoulders. "Let's just sit here for a second, okay?"
"Um…okay…" the half witch, puzzled, looked across the darkening sky. ((yes, it's already nighttime, BECAUSE I CONTROL THE TIME!)) 'Why is he being so nice today?' she thought, but she had to admit, this did feel nice. "…You SURE you're okay?"
"Yah.." he said, closing his eyes and leaning into her further.
"Lean anymore, and I'm going to fall over!" she said, pushing him slightly with her shoulder. 'Forget nice, this is FUN!'
The two stayed like that, watching nature's lights dim into the east (or is it west?) and basking in the presence of the other. Unnoticed by Cesia the look of gloom on Rath's face and the black butterfly flittering its wings on his shoulder. She yawned as her eyelids became heavy.
Rath peered down at the demon girl as a smooth rhythm of sleep sounded from her. He lifted his hand to caress her rosy cheeks. Once again, that look of longing and sadness overtook his features. "I'm so stupid…"
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The day was done and over. Cesia slept quietly in her room, unknowing of the presence besides her.
Rath longed to hold her, the girl he loved but had never told. And now it was too late… He put his hand on hers.
And then reality comes crashing down…His hand passed right through hers. He felt nothing. No warmth to calm him, no ease to sooth his fears. And for the umpteenth time he whispered those two words, "I'm sorry…"
Rath faced the dark emptiness of the room. "I'm ready…"
For a split second the dark room was enveloped with light, sending a heavenly glow throughout the place, and then it was gone.
"Did you fulfill your wish?"
He looked down at the small girl in front of him. She looked back at him sadly, knowing there was nothing else she could do for him.
"Yes, thank you," he replied, smiling down at the death god graciously, "You let me do what I most wanted."
"I'm afraid that is all I can do," she said, slipping her hand into the side of her kimono and revealing a small glass vile in her fingers. "From now on…you will not remember your past life."
"It's okay…I'm ready to properly die. I shouldn't be here anymore."
Her small fingers uncurled and the glass shattered without a sound, though in the ears of souls, it let out a terrifying, high-pitched scream.
And the boy and death god disappeared, leaving a single, black butterfly in their place.
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dark-birdie: WOW, that took a while… anywho, read and review, don't forget to review! And more actiony stuff will happen in the next chapter.