AN: Please read in ½, I believe it looks nicer that way. Heavenly Bodies are CAPITALIZED.
Disclaimer: I do not own in any way Trinity Blood; it is Sunao Yoshida's work, finished by Kentaro Shibamoto, magna adapted by Kiyo Kujo, anime adapted by Gonzo.
X
It was about a month after the Vatican escorts left that the Count of Memphis had received an Imperial command, a request from the Empress herself. At first he had been shocked that the annoying, commanding Seth, and His Majesty, whom he has served his whole life, were in fact the same person, 'We wonder what her Majesty want's of us today,' Ion wondered as he walked down the elaborate hallways of the palace.
Reaching the gardens he bowed on one knee in front of Seth, who was sitting in a antique wooden chair with a smug face and mischievous grin.
"Your Majesty," Ion acknowledged.
Seth giggled, "Rise, Count of Memphis. I have a request of you." she requested informally.
Ion stood up straight before asking, "What is thy will?"
"As you may have known, there is a meeting between the Vatican's Duchess of Milan, Caterina Sforza, and the Empire. This is to discuss what to do with the fallout of the Rozen Kreuz Orden, as they have lost many high ranking members such as 'Magician', 'Marionettespieller,' and 'Flamberg and their leader, Cain Nightlord," Seth said in disgust at her eldest brother's name, " Do you get where I'm going with this?" She finished, twirling a lock of her black messy hair on her index finger.
Ion nodded in understanding, "So thy wish for we to accompany our Majesty to this meeting,"
The youngest Krsnik hopped out of her seat and ruffled the feminine boy's hair, "I'm glad you understand, no let's go then unless you wish to stay behind with the Duchess of Moldova,"
As much as he loved and respected his grandmother and shouldn't leave Baibars to suffer his chagrin by himself, he feared her and couldn't exactly decline the Empress's offer. Turning, he followed Seth out the door to a jade colored carriage.
X
The ride was quite, only the shallow breathing of the two 'vampires'. Then Seth sighed, "You know Ion, Krsniks and Methuselah aren't so different. They both have nanomachines running though their bodies, both originating from the MARS Colonization Project."
Ion looked up, "We never knew that nanomachines even existed, or even Krsniks for that matter till your Majesty explained it. We always thought we were better than Terrans," He then took in Seth's appearance. The filtered sunlight streaming in through the window, an eternal twilight, lighting up her face, the pale skin taking a orangish colour. It wasn't till he saw her mischievous grin reappear on her face that he could tell something was wrong.
"Count of Memphis, you staring. I'm just an average pretty girl, you know," Seth teased.
"Wha-!... No! I was- We mean We were not staring at thou," Ion denied, crimson splashing onto his face. When Seth continued accusing Ion of checking her out, Ion buried his head in his lap and covered his face with his arms, 'Please, stop... Pleeaassee.. This is more embarrassing than our grandmother."
Then the green-eyed girl moved from the seat opposite of Ion to next to him, putting a hand on his shoulder, "Oh come on, I was just teasing you a bit. Nothing to be embarrassed about, it's natural."
A whine escaped the young noble, "Why is our Majesty making fun of us..."
"Man up, your acting like some overemotional teenager, Ion" Seth remarked then added, "If you think that was embarrassed then take this," and pulled him into a hug, knowing she was making Ion turn blazing red.
"Please your Majesty, please spare us from teasing."
Seth smirked, "Hey you know Ion~, we grant thee permission to address me as 'Seth'. However in any official setting, you will revert back to addressing formally."
Ion lifted his head and observed Seth's honesty, "You mean it, your Majesty?"
She nodded, "Yes, your my friend right?"
"Yes, I guess I'm your friend... Seth..."
X
The carriage pulled up in front of a olden train station, rusted iron decorating the exterior. Ion looked out the window, immediately reaching for his sword but a small, soft hand laid itself, gently requesting him to calm down.
"No need to worry, this is where I specified to board at," Seth consoled him removing her hand as the door opened.
The elderly driver bowed, "Your Majesty, we have arrived at your destination; your train will be leaving in 14 minutes to Luxembourg,"
Seth softly smiled, "Thank you Jeeves, please give Duchess of Kiev my thanks," and she accepted two train tickets from the Terran's open hands.
Ion and Seth climbed out of the carriage and said their farewells to Jeeves before going their separate ways.
Walking up to the platform the sat on bench in front of where their train would arrive. No words were exchanged as their train arrived. A voice carried over by a intercom, "Passengers of train departing to Luxembourg, please board now," and they boarded the rusted steam train.
X
Once they entered a UV-filtered room, Seth collapsed messily onto one of the bench seats while Ion sat neatly on the other, 'This is going to be a long ride, going from the heart of the Empire to the small county of Luxembourg.'
After thinking a bit Ion asked, "Your- We mean Seth, why is it that you would disguise yourself leave the palace unattended?"
Seth layed down and yawned, stretching her arms, "To see what the people really think, it's simple. If they saw me as the Emperess they would lie through their teeth and not speak their thoughts, but if they see me ask some average pretty tea seller, flower dealer, or student, they tend to speak their mind about what they think," she smiled, "And who can stay cooped up in one place for 900 years? How Abel morned at Lilith's grave, I will never know."
Ion frowned, "But what if your attacked ro something, when your not using the krsnik you appear as a Terran."
"I don't worry, I trust my children to not attak another without good cause, and if they do I'll simply run. Even Süllyman remarked how strong I was when I fought him," Seth remembered back to when Esther and her found Mirka's 'tomb' loaded with napalm and Süllyman blew her off the cliff. It was disheartening at his passing, the poor lost child, that Dietrich using him, Radu, and Ion. 'Oh how I wish I was the one to end his cowardly excuse for a life!'
Reading her face he guessed, "Your thinking about the Duke of Tigris's betrayal aren't you?" when Seth nodded her head he continued, "We too were shocked at Radu's betrayal as well, and he too couldn't bring himself to end the one he cared about." Seth nodded solemnly in understanding.
Silence slowly encroached itself into the small room. Hours passed and SOL appeared to set outside the window, as they fell into a dreamless sleep.
EN: Please tell me how I did, I was sorta frustrated at the lack of Seth X Ion fanfiction and one of the few writers of Seth X Ion has left FF so I decided to make my own.
