A/N: heh well let's see...I've been wanting to write a story about Genya (yes I call him that instead of Arikado lol) ever since I saw that pale face of his on the character melinge ad in the Nintendo Power magazine that my friend subscribes to. Well, I just instantly fell in love with him lol and I just had a feeling that he'd be Alucard in disguise...
I must say, I'm not an extreme (or even a little) fan of a Genya/Mina couple...buuuuut for the purposes of this fic, I shall have to bear having them be together...heh not for long.
The following is a revised form of a fic I wrote when I first found out about the Aria of Sorrow game, when I knew nothing about Genya other than his name. Heh ok I'll shut up and get on to the fic now...
Oh on the last note, I've modified a few things because I felt like it...for example, the graveyard by the shrine...
Disclaimer: I do not own Castlevania *sigh*
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Mina Arikado
April 16, 2018-July 18, 2037
Her soul is finally safe...
The words have long been deeply branded into his mind, and they probably will remain so for the rest of his miserable life. Arikado, like the rest of his kind, will live for centuries, for forever...
This wasn't so for Mina.
The death of Arikado's beloved knifed his soul. Happiness was out of the question.
Arikado stared at the gravestone as if seeing through it, searching for Mina on the other side. His hand swung forward and released a wilted rose. Just a few minutes ago, the flower carried a luminous beauty, like Mina. Now, the drooping petals hung oppressingly from the brittle stem, shriveling to a fragmented heap; weak.
After Mina's death, everything Arikado touched seemed to wilt and die in one way or another. At first, roses would re-bloom as soon as they landed on Mina's grave. Now, they just shattered...like crystal; like glass.
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"I can't believe we're taking a field trip to a shrine place...what is WRONG with this town, anyway?!"
"...We're exchange students in a country that's in a whole other hemisphere, Eclipse. WHAT A SURPRISE that they have a different culture..."
"...OK, so the school system is a little weird...and I'm in need of anger management. So what," Eclipse shrunk into her cloak. "I hate this kind of rain,"
"Get used to it. This place never has sunshine,"
"Yeah, Keri, I know...just look at my skin. I'm Chinese and I look like an albino now...hey, where'd the teacher go? Are we supposed to just wander through this place?"
"Yeah...and we're supposed to buy flowers to pay respect or something,"
"To what? The dead?" Eclipse counted a few bills and handed them to the shrinekeeper. "So..."
"What are we going to do?"
"Well, everyone else is dropping flowers on the gravestones..."
"Whatever," Keri followed as Eclipse stared at the ground and absentmindedly dropped flowers on random graves. Eclipse was clenched out of her daze as her gaze landed on a grave that only had a single, wilted rose...barrely disinguishable as a rose. She looked up and her eyes were met by the eyes of a man who stood in front of the grave.
Eclipse was shocked by the contrast between the man's raven black hair and his almost white skin. She was reminded of herself. The hair and skin's colors greatly differed, yet melted into an ok look. Actually, the person standing in front of her looked better than just ok.
"Uh-" Eclipse blinked and automatically held out a flower to him. "Maybe you should put this one with the rose. It's less...it's more...uh..."
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Arikado slowly reached for the flower. The girl had spoken to him; she had not been afraid to be near him. Then again, she had accidentally stumbled upon the grave and may have been just too polite to run away.
The whole town knew of Mina's death and his curse. Didn't this stranger?
His hand gripped the stem of the flower, but it did not instantly die. Arikado glanced curiously at the flower. Why wasn't it wilting?
The girl let go of the flower, the tips of her fingers accidentally sweeping Arikado's hand.
Even after the girl's hand had left the flower, it stayed alive; radiant as ever. ~how-~ Arikado's gaze flew back toward the girl's face, but she had already left, strolling with another student through teh cemetary. Arikado stared at the flower. Still alive. Still beautiful.
"Mina, is this real? Did this flower actually not die at my touch?" he felt that if he held the flower for another second, it would die and end the miracle. Arikado dropped the flower next to the shriveled rose.
The flower's beauty made the rose insignificant...
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"That guy was creepy," said Keri, looking over her shoulder at the only grown-up in the cemetary.
"How so?"
"Well, just look at him! There's some odd...ness..."
"You mean his hair really contrasts his skin?" snapped Eclipse.
"Well no. Something just feels funny..."
"...I'm just not going to say anything,"
"Well, actually, right when we got here, I saw him buy a rose, and as soon as he touched the rose, it shriveled up. Creepiest thing I've ever seen,"
"That can't be. I just GAVE him a flower and saw him take it. The flower was fine,"
"Well, still,"
"You're paranoid," Eclipse tossed her last flower onto a gravestone. She looked over at the eccentric person. He was still standing motionless, staring regretfully at the gravestone. "I wonder who that is..."
"Who?"
"Whose grave that is. It said something like Mina Arikado. Died just half a year ago. So sad,"
"Maybe this Mina character was his sister,"
"Maybe,"
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I think that's a good place to stop my insanity...BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA MINA IS DEAD!!!!!!! *happy dance* always wanted that to happen...oh lesse later, Soma shall enter the tale...he ish 20 now i guess...ok review pweese thankees ja ne!
I must say, I'm not an extreme (or even a little) fan of a Genya/Mina couple...buuuuut for the purposes of this fic, I shall have to bear having them be together...heh not for long.
The following is a revised form of a fic I wrote when I first found out about the Aria of Sorrow game, when I knew nothing about Genya other than his name. Heh ok I'll shut up and get on to the fic now...
Oh on the last note, I've modified a few things because I felt like it...for example, the graveyard by the shrine...
Disclaimer: I do not own Castlevania *sigh*
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Mina Arikado
April 16, 2018-July 18, 2037
Her soul is finally safe...
The words have long been deeply branded into his mind, and they probably will remain so for the rest of his miserable life. Arikado, like the rest of his kind, will live for centuries, for forever...
This wasn't so for Mina.
The death of Arikado's beloved knifed his soul. Happiness was out of the question.
Arikado stared at the gravestone as if seeing through it, searching for Mina on the other side. His hand swung forward and released a wilted rose. Just a few minutes ago, the flower carried a luminous beauty, like Mina. Now, the drooping petals hung oppressingly from the brittle stem, shriveling to a fragmented heap; weak.
After Mina's death, everything Arikado touched seemed to wilt and die in one way or another. At first, roses would re-bloom as soon as they landed on Mina's grave. Now, they just shattered...like crystal; like glass.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"I can't believe we're taking a field trip to a shrine place...what is WRONG with this town, anyway?!"
"...We're exchange students in a country that's in a whole other hemisphere, Eclipse. WHAT A SURPRISE that they have a different culture..."
"...OK, so the school system is a little weird...and I'm in need of anger management. So what," Eclipse shrunk into her cloak. "I hate this kind of rain,"
"Get used to it. This place never has sunshine,"
"Yeah, Keri, I know...just look at my skin. I'm Chinese and I look like an albino now...hey, where'd the teacher go? Are we supposed to just wander through this place?"
"Yeah...and we're supposed to buy flowers to pay respect or something,"
"To what? The dead?" Eclipse counted a few bills and handed them to the shrinekeeper. "So..."
"What are we going to do?"
"Well, everyone else is dropping flowers on the gravestones..."
"Whatever," Keri followed as Eclipse stared at the ground and absentmindedly dropped flowers on random graves. Eclipse was clenched out of her daze as her gaze landed on a grave that only had a single, wilted rose...barrely disinguishable as a rose. She looked up and her eyes were met by the eyes of a man who stood in front of the grave.
Eclipse was shocked by the contrast between the man's raven black hair and his almost white skin. She was reminded of herself. The hair and skin's colors greatly differed, yet melted into an ok look. Actually, the person standing in front of her looked better than just ok.
"Uh-" Eclipse blinked and automatically held out a flower to him. "Maybe you should put this one with the rose. It's less...it's more...uh..."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Arikado slowly reached for the flower. The girl had spoken to him; she had not been afraid to be near him. Then again, she had accidentally stumbled upon the grave and may have been just too polite to run away.
The whole town knew of Mina's death and his curse. Didn't this stranger?
His hand gripped the stem of the flower, but it did not instantly die. Arikado glanced curiously at the flower. Why wasn't it wilting?
The girl let go of the flower, the tips of her fingers accidentally sweeping Arikado's hand.
Even after the girl's hand had left the flower, it stayed alive; radiant as ever. ~how-~ Arikado's gaze flew back toward the girl's face, but she had already left, strolling with another student through teh cemetary. Arikado stared at the flower. Still alive. Still beautiful.
"Mina, is this real? Did this flower actually not die at my touch?" he felt that if he held the flower for another second, it would die and end the miracle. Arikado dropped the flower next to the shriveled rose.
The flower's beauty made the rose insignificant...
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"That guy was creepy," said Keri, looking over her shoulder at the only grown-up in the cemetary.
"How so?"
"Well, just look at him! There's some odd...ness..."
"You mean his hair really contrasts his skin?" snapped Eclipse.
"Well no. Something just feels funny..."
"...I'm just not going to say anything,"
"Well, actually, right when we got here, I saw him buy a rose, and as soon as he touched the rose, it shriveled up. Creepiest thing I've ever seen,"
"That can't be. I just GAVE him a flower and saw him take it. The flower was fine,"
"Well, still,"
"You're paranoid," Eclipse tossed her last flower onto a gravestone. She looked over at the eccentric person. He was still standing motionless, staring regretfully at the gravestone. "I wonder who that is..."
"Who?"
"Whose grave that is. It said something like Mina Arikado. Died just half a year ago. So sad,"
"Maybe this Mina character was his sister,"
"Maybe,"
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I think that's a good place to stop my insanity...BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA MINA IS DEAD!!!!!!! *happy dance* always wanted that to happen...oh lesse later, Soma shall enter the tale...he ish 20 now i guess...ok review pweese thankees ja ne!