Two Heartbeats: Princess' Lament
Inspired by: Ruin Princess
Disclaimer: Hunter X hunter was created by Yoshihiro Togashi
Genre: Comedy, Adventure, Drama, Romance, Fantasy
Overview: Discover the secret behind the Zaoldyeck Family… A selfish act years ago is about to change a girl's fate. A lot of twists and turns… Note Killua and Kurapika's change of hearts!
Chapter One: Encoded Destiny
Back there, to the place where I used to be, everything seemed bright. Dazzling. Happy.
Everyone cared for me, loved me. My Mom, Dad, oniichan, oneechan—my family, and everybody else. It was a perfect life…and so I thought.
That night came. Darkness covered the sky. Fire was everywhere. Everyone was shouting and running, as if to escape from something that threatened their lives. At my young age, I knew something bad was happening. And standing there in the middle of the chaos, not running away, like the others, is too dangerous. Somehow, I felt fear. I called for my mom.
"Okasan….!" Warm tears flowed down my cheeks. Where are they? Where is everybody? My breath caught the smoke, and it ached my throat and lungs. I was coughing hard, and when I turned to run, I staggered into something stiff lying on the ground. I fell face down on the pavement.
"Hime-san!"
Someone grabbed my arms. I looked up to see a lady, her long hair tousled, her skirt muddy, and she was holding a baby wrapped in white cloth.
"Hime-san, come, quick! We must leave this place!". The lady half-dragged me away. It was then that I caught a glimpse of the thing lying on the ground. With its face visible to the light, I saw how horrible it was. It was a man, his face distorted, his head inclined on a rough angle, and the eye sockets now hollow, like something or someone took the eyeballs out. The man was all sullied with blood.
But something on the man's chest caught my eyes. It shimmered against the flames around us. It registered unto me at once. I recognized my father's topaz that hung on a silver chain on which he wears almost every time, and for whatever significance that goes with it, that particular thing was indeed, important.
Pain shot through me like a thunderbolt. It was my own father, my ever gentle and loving father, lying on the ground, cold and dead.
"Otosaaaaann….!!!" No! No please no! Father! Not my father! "Let me go!! Otosaann! Nooo…!!!" I could not cry and scream hard enough. For I knew, father could not hear me, but I kept on denying it to myself. I tried to reach for him, but the lady caught my hand again, her grip was hard, and she would not let me go.
"Hime-san, im sorry, but we should leave now! They are coming!" She tried to pull me away.
"NO!! I want my father! Otosaann!! Don't leave me!! Where's oneechan? Oniichan??!! Okasaann..!!" Scream! Harder! But I could not hear my own voice, my own scream. It was like I lost my voice. What should I do? I'm so scared that if I won't scream louder, my family would not know that I was there and I need them.
The lady tugged me away. I was still trying pull free from her grip all the way, screaming for my family. After a while, we reached a small river. The flames and smoke were still visible from a distance, and I can still hear the shouts of the people back there. Shouts and screams of agony and fear.
The lady pushed me gently unto a small raft on the riverbank. I slumped, weak and exhausted. I was helpless; all I could do was cry.
"Hime-san, listen very carefully." I did not look at her, for my eyes sore from crying too hard.
"I'm sorry I couldn't do anything to save them. But please, I would risk my life now, for you. You must go away here safely. Save yourself Hime-san. This is for our people. You must live! And.. please, bring my baby with you." She placed the baby on my shaking hands.
"Take care of yourself, and… my baby." And she broke into a silent whimper.
I looked at her. Our eyes met. Deep scarlet eyes reflected each other.
It was then that I sensed something different. My eyelids are dropping. From a far, I heard a lullaby, a gentle song, that kind that would put babies into sleep. My body felt weaker, lighter. I collapsed on the raft, holding the baby close to my chest.
I felt the raft shifted away from the riverbank, slowly. Away from the lady, the flames, away from the shrieking people, the chaos, before the shadows took my consciousness. And a glimpse at the moon, it was red. It looked like a single scarlet eye. I wonder why… But I was too tired and sleepy to think about the red moon. I closed my eyes.
Sometime between my sleep, I was half-awakened by a movement on my side. With my eyes half-closed, I peeked, and saw someone, a lady perhaps? Yes, it was a lady that was not the same lady who helped me escaped that night. Something was different about her looks, and most of her face was covered. Her eye glinted, small and red.
"Hmm…Indeed, I am lucky today, am I not?" Red colored lips smiled gently at me. "Such beautiful pair of eyes…" I heard her giggle. "Oh well, fate must have brought you here. I never thought… I only wished for someone… ordinary, yet, I ended up with someone… exceptional." Another giggle. "Now, now, lets get on with it, shall we, hime-san?"
A piercing pain on my chest followed the high pitched voice. It was like a sharp knife cut into my chest towards my heart. My eyes widened as the pain intensified. My mouth opened, but no scream came out. What's happening…. It was all I could ask to myself. The pain was blocking my senses…
"Your destiny, is mine to decide…" She whispered close to my ear.
Darkness.
Footnote:
This is my first shot on fanfics.. please bear with me minna..
i worked on the first chapter with an effort...for appropriate words and everything
reviews and well rounded critiques are much appreciated.. thanks! = )
i will accept it wholeheartedly
the first chapter is too...short? yeah... but the follow up chapters are hopefully..better
as you can see.. everything is still unclear and scenes are hazy... but you'll discover the true story soon
i only posted the first chapter for the trial and error reasons...
special thanks to rheechan = )
Chapter Two: Favors and Surprises
Overview: Kikyo wants Killua back. And she would do anything to prevent Killua from running away from home again.
"Tell him to come home now, or else, I'll do something... appalling...And regrets are inexcusable this time..."
"We will be with you Killua, right behind you."