Dark Fire
A/N: Hey! I'm back... I know it took me a while, but I've been working on a lot of other projects, plus the horror known as "real life". Anyway, ever since the Oishi drabble, A Mother's Wrath, Eiji has been squalling in my head for his turn in the limelight. And here we are... The seventh Seigaku's Insanity drabble.
Warnings: Umm... Insanity? Metaphors that may or may not be terrible. Oh, and shounen-ai of the Golden Pair variety if you tilt your head and squint.
Disclaimer: Seigaku? So not mine. (Fuji would do terrible things to me if I tried.)
"Nya!"- Smile.
"Fujiko!"- Grin.
"Ochibi!"- Glomp.
"Kikumaru Beam!"- Leap... SMASH!
Kikumaru Eiji is perhaps one of the most harmless, least offensive people on the Seigaku team - at least if you're not talking to Gakuto. His bright, occasionally hyper, personality and friendly demeanor make him at the least, very hard to hate, even by those who find him nothing more than an annoying nuisance.
He is a bright spirit ablaze with life; the Yo to Oishi's In*. Even his appearance reflects his cheery soul; fiery hair and sky blue eyes that light up when he is happy.
All can agree that Eiji is a uniquely sunny part of the Seigaku team; the one who keeps his far darker teammates from fading completely into black. But they forget...
He is like the fire; he gives warmth as easily as breathing, but he can burn the world to ashes with the same ease. For every light, there is the shadow it casts, the darkness it cannot live without, and Eiji is no different. He is made of light, but he loves the night.
Eiji is of Seigaku, after all. And Eiji knows. He sees the insanity that grips his team, and he feels it within his own soul too.
It pulses through his blood like dark fire as he smashes another Kikumaru Beam to burn through their opponents' defenses, leaving only ash behind.
Eiji knows that all of them, all nine regulars, are dangerous, crazed beyond hope of redemption, but he does not mourn them. If anything, he rejoices, for he is not alone in his madness.
He is never alone, for he is half of the Golden Pair; he has Oishi, will always have Oishi, his opposite and equal- black water to match his own dark fire.
His opponents tend to underestimate him, seeing only the bubbly surface. Eiji knows this, uses this; he is the attacker of the Golden Pair, the fiery sword to Oishi's watery shield. He is dangerous; He is Seigaku's.
Oishi defends; Eiji attacks. Two sides of one coin, united with one goal:
Destruction of any who dare to step onto their court.
Eiji is the fire, the blazing red heat among Seigaku's darkness. But, as they all know...
The brighter the light shines, the blacker the shadows it casts.
*Yo and In: Japanese for Yang and Yin.
And that's a wrap! Inspiration: Musing one day on fire and PoT. Eiji always seemed so bright to me... The redhead in a team of brunets/black-haired players. The seventh drabble done... Now that you've read, I hope you'll review!
-Sa'Kage