Mazui, demo ijiwaru dewa arimasen

Haha ni shikarareta.

The garden is the calmest place on earth, nothing really happens there, everything is but a dream, and the people that habitate it are nothing but illutions, illutions to the eye….

This place is reserved for the holy, the unreachable, the pained and the lone… the garden is no heaven and no hell, the garden is limbo….

In the garden a woman lives, she has lived there for the better part of herlife, this woman is bounded from men, however she is not without the joy of caring for her children… this woman has never known the warmth of a male form by her side, but does have two children that are hers for all intended purposes, to care and raise… and she had more, she had six… however three were given to grow and develop on different waters… and one more chose to leave by it self, not being able to bare everything she was given, her mind chose to run from her and now it was time for the mother to wait patiently and care for the remaining two…

Altena was a caring mother, but not any less strict than the best Japanese nin sensei, and this was something both her children appreciated…

Bonds are stronger when they undergo the hardness of the world in a safe space.

The children are unique, one of them has purple hair, much darker than her mother's, she's an almost perfect killer, she has tried hard her whole life to be able to reach one of her sister's level, she's a lonely but giving and loving child, and her name for the world to know is Chloe.

The other one has hair red as her heart, she's also an almost perfect killer, she has no contempt for life and knows no mercy, but would never be able to kill if bounded by feelings. Anyone could think she has no heart, but her best ability has always been camouflage, and the name she is known by is Saky.

Everyday in the garden, peace is breathed and life goes as if nothing else mattered. The children wake up to a caring voice and a sweet smell, it has always been like this the mother wakes them to enjoy the gifts a new sun brings them. In silence everyone shares smiles and looks; they share victuals and time. Afterwards the children bow in thanking and leave the mother to continue her work.

Altena takes care of cleaning everything just like a good parent, and smiles greatly at the thought that her children are growing healthy and content thanks to her doings. The children always leave the dining room to go outside and make her proud.

They train every day, harder every time, better every move. Sometimes they go back with wounds too deep to leave alone and require the mother's ministrations, others liking the superficial scrapings will be enough. These children aren't special only on the outside, they have certain abilities the garden has given them, but this just like anything else is both a blessing and a curse, whatever the garden gives is never without burden.

Altena has taught her children well, she has showed them the path beyond pain, the land of the numb, the place where the strong lay in quietness and stagnation.

Chloe and Saky have a strong and complicated bond, they both love the grand figure that looks after them, and they love each other, but their love is different, Chloe's has admiration and tenderness, Saky's drives more towards nostalgia and is not without hidden and untold feelings.

They both wish to proud and honor their raising, however they have flaws, just like any other child. Chloe has undeniable feelings for another child and that blinds her when she nears her, keeps her from being just a beholder and prompts her into action. Saky on the other hand is simply unable to hurt or allow any bad done to her sister, and this has often got in the way of their training.

Chloe has indeed improved, her best feature is knife control and today she has finally managed to scrape her sister twice in one shot. Saky left her guard down not wanting to hurt the child when she had the opportunity to simply get her. This had already become and art to Saky, managing to beat the child without hurting her, but today that hadn't been possible and the always watching figure had realized of it. She had finally seen why everything had seemed so superficially good for the last months.

There was almost nothing Saky feared and nothing she let on. But the mother's wrath was never pleasant. Saky had learned the art of laying still and bottle, instead of the legendary trip to the land of the numb she was being taught. Chloe had learned how to transport into an inside place where she was met with a face that brought her the deepest strength that allowed her to endure anything. And today both things would be tested.

When the children get home, the mother is always there to greet them and attend to them, nurture and feed them. They get the care they require and then are allowed some alone time with only each other to heal their remaining wounds. And after a necessary amount of time, the mother comes in to get them into bed and give them the final care of the day. Chloe gets a kiss goodnight every day, as this is something she always requested. Saky on the other hand being a closer child to her mother and much more giving to her, is put to bed in the embrace of the still young woman and is allowed if not incited to wrap her lips around an offered breast and remain suckle and lavishing it with nothing but sweet ministrations. This has always been the only way the child could sleep, and Altena has never been opposed to it, if any she has encouraged the ordeal, there's nothing that hurts and joys her more than her children's deep love for her.

Today however is not an usual day, today something has been surpassed, today the mother has been angered and that comes with great cost that will now have to be paid.

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So that was chapter one. I'm trying to make shorter chapters mostly because I think it'll be more fun if I update every week instead of every month.

I happen to know a couple of you like Noir so I just had to do it. This idea had been lurking my mind and laptop for a while, but I decided to post it now simply because today it seemed fitting.

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It's dark, and it'll get darker, just so you know… Hope you enjoyed!

-SSVK