SO I've been staring at America the Beautiful. Staring. At. It. O.O I love the idea, I really do, but I need to revamp it. I WANT to revamp and redo it. I've grown, my style has grown, etc. etc.
So I am gunna revamp and try a second time. If anyone has read ATB (America The Beautiful), be prepared for a ton more angst, a lot more in character-ness, a lot more jumping from past to present. However, all the twists are the same!
Hope you like it! Enjoy!
Prelude: Home
"Youou..."
The man in question glanced over, a surprised look painting itself all over his face. It wasn't the actual mumbling that surprised him, since the mage had been murmuring in his sleep for over a day, even if most of it was not comprehendible. The thing that made his eyes widen and his breath catch was the fact that he had whispered the name he thought only Tomoyo knew, the name no one else called him by, the name that bound him to his home. The old, ugly, standard blinds filtered the room's light into a dingy yellow color. Particles of dust lazily fell through the harsh atmosphere, perfect defined against all else. Not a thing moved, and neither of the two in the room hardly breathed, and all was deathly silent. The room was quite empty, save for a cheap mattress on a simple black metal frame, an air bed, a hamper from the dollar store, and the shelf the ninja had hung for his sword. A small, almost feminine form lat on the bed, a throw blanket neatly placed over him. Beside him, on the edge f the bed, sat the brutish figure of the ninja himself, now turned to look at the fairy. The realization washed over him that the blonde must have heard him that night, when he pledged his lift to Tomoyo once again in his stupid attempts to keep some sort of hold of what he had always thought of as home. Through the whole ordeal with the Clones, traveling from here to there and back, he had always had one goal: to find his way home, at any cost. For him, making his oath to Tomoyo once again had been a way to set his goal in stone, to make it a promise, and God dammit, he never broke a promise.
Now, if Fai heard that - that speech that gave away his mind, body, soul, and everything else that belonged to him, which numbered little - If Fai heard that, there was no telling what he would think. Even if it was only a small bit, Fai had grown and was starting to allow himself to trust people, if only by a minuscule amount. To be told in an almost through-the-grapevine sort of way that the person that had snapped at him to trust was now going to leave him at the end of the road was harsh. He could easily sympathise with the fact that Fai had just wanted somewhere he belonged, and after so much he had started to believe that somewhere was in reach. Now, to have that place reeled away like bait on a line, now that was terrible. Only, Fai could never know that the promised land was still in sight. Fai didn't know that Kurogane, deep within the caves of his heart, had already made a pledge with himself that he would follow the blonde, and any part of their little fucked up "Family" to the ends of the earth, and then beyond, if it insured the wizard's happiness and safety. Why else was he here?
Kurogane grimanced at the lightly built sleeping form of Fai D. Flourite, staring him down angerly. Dammit! Misunderstandings. That what had caused this whole stupid thing, and now the blonde was out cold in a drug, alcohol, pain, exhaustion induced semi-coma. For the last twenty-seven hours he had done nothing but sleep and mumble and sometimes look scared, and there was nothing Kurogane could do about it. Ever since they had arrived in this world there had been nothing but misunderstandings and anger and annoyance thrown under the rug because of daily life. Why hadn't he stopped it sooner? "Wake up," snarled the ninja to himself more than anyone. He clenched his fist in defeated anger. "Wake up, dammit!"
I LIVE FOR WORDS OF THE WISE. FLAME, AND I SET MY MAGICAL RAINBOW PANDAS AND GILBIRDS ON YOU. LOVE, and I GIVE HUGS. BUT IF YOU GIVE ME CONSTRUCTIVE CRITISM, I WILL THRIVE! REVEIW PLEASE!
