"Kuroi Tsuki"
("Black Moon")
a Hikou
songfic
Character spoilers
for Chichiri, OAV2 ep. 5. Manga volume
17.
I used the
English translation of "Kuroi Tsuki" (vocal song from the OAV mini-albums, I
think the actual one is "Everlasting Story" but I could be mistaken).
Enjoy!
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In the dark, a
hollow laugh reaches my ears
I alone wander about
in the deep labyrinth
The memories
tormented me, I could see them all
around. The three of us,
playing happily together as
children. Kouran-chan,
me, you. Juxtaposed with the
cold flash of the dagger
you pulled out, during our
fight -
Another laugh. I
realized now - I wasn't truly dead, I
had a chance, didn't I?
Another chance...
A faint hope
Withered flowers
The whirling flames drive me mad
No. I see this memory in
scarlet, in the flames. I was crying for help. You let go.
You let go, Houjun. And
now, you shall pay...
"Serve me," a
distant voice said. "Serve me, and he
shall pay for his
betrayal."
How?
"With my power, you
shall rule over water. The same
water that drowned you,
as a human, shall aid you in
your revenge." The
voice came closer. "Your love is dead.
You drowned.
Only he survived."
The fire-
Blood-red memory-
I'm veiled in the black
moon,
I sense nothing at all
Tear up my body and
take me away to the depths
of the sea
I was not Hikou. Yet I
still was.
Broken pieces
of glass Sinking your cold eyes
The doll of
stone You were changed...
Tenkou-sama
changed me into Kanki, one of the Chisatsu
four kings. True to his
promise, water born from my
wings made people lose
their reason. Yet I never
reacted to the name, my
heart was the heart of Hikou -
I lost my heart
to you though,
the hope not coming true went to pieces
"Friendship is only
an illusion." I pronounced.
An illusion.
And you tricked me with
it.
I still
remember the times we had back then…
"Oi, Houjun, look at this! It says here
that the Suzaku seishi Chichiri
is a monk and has a mask…
if that's the case, do I get to marry Kouran?"
"Please, Hikou-kun, don't
tease so seriously like that! I brought tea for
Houjun and you, it'll get
cold if it's not drunk soon…"
I remember that I hadn't
been teasing.
So much for friendship.
I'm veiled in the black moon
to the another world of my
memory
I vacantly see your image
in my mind's eye
The vision of you beckons
me to the faraway sea
"Kill
the Suzaku shichiseishi called Chichiri," Tenkou
ordered. "Destroy
them all, even their miko. Torture
them, make them suffer
like you did. Remember your
pain, the betrayal! Make them all
suffer!"
I'm
veiled in the black moon,
I sense nothing at all
Tear up my body and
take me away to the
depths of the sea
Chichiri
– no, Houjun.
I must carry out my
master's orders.
But I hear a gentle
whisper, one that I haven't forgotten,
even though
it sounds far away.
"In heaven…
the three of us can be together again.
Please,
Hikou-kun…"
I bow before
Tenkou-sama and leave.
The whisper
gets just a little stronger.
I feel
myself reach for a small flask and splash a tiny portion of the water.
Let's see if
you've forgotten your terrible past, Houjun.
I'll make
you remember.
Author's Note: OK, by now it should be obvious which character I
like. Chichiri. ^_^
But this is, to my knowledge, the SECOND Hikou POV fic in
fanfiction existence.
(The first one is "Beasts", by Aenagwen@aol.com,
which I read a long time ago on the fyfan ML.)
