She turned to the veil to avoid the demon. She can't erase the kiss or the memories, but she will try to move on. "But you can never run from me."
A/N: Okay, so I had told someone that I would start this after 'House of Sin,' but I decided to start it now, but work on my other story so this will not get in the way. Please enjoy and review at the end!
Naminé kneeled before the altar, hands together in prayer. On her face was a calm smile, shining with the dim candles in the room.
"Naminé?" called out the voice of the priest. Naminé rose from her prayer and turned to see the face of Father Ansem, the kind man who took her under the wing of God. She bowed to him.
"Father Ansem. How are you this evening?" she asked him formally. Father Ansem, his orange eyes beaming, nodded his head.
"Well. And you? Have you adjusted well?" Naminé quickly nodded.
"Yes, Father!" Father Ansem smiled.
"That is a pleasure to hear. Please wash and join the other sisters for our evening meal." He bowed his head and walked away. Naminé headed to her room in the dorms. Her mind wandered to several weeks ago. She felt guilty of her actions before, enticed by a demon, losing her innocence, nearly brought to damnation. She was a foolish girl those weeks ago.
"Run faster, Naminé! I can hold him off until you find sanctuary!" cried the girl helping her. Naminé was tired, but pure adrenaline was feeding her legs and allowing her to run through the dark dense forest. Branches cut her as she ran, the cold air biting her cheeks and lungs.
"Naminé!" shouted the demon. She didn't dare look back.
"Stay away!" she yelled back, not stopping.
"Return to Hell, you son of a bitch!"
"Fuck off, angel!" The sounds of magic crashing together sounded behind her.
"Holy!"
"Flare!" Naminé ignored the sounds, even though she was worried about Kairi, the angel who showed her the truth about the boy who was actually a demon. She saw the cathedral only a couple hundred feet away and her legs moved with ferocity.
"Gravity!" Someone shouted above her. Naminé was forced down into the grass, knocking the wind out of her. She gasped for air, trying to crawl towards the cathedral even though she felt like weights were strapped to her body. She saw the face of someone she thought was a friend, scowling at him.
"Sora…" He easily walked in front of her, crouching down. He smiled, an attractive brunette with cobalt eyes and spiky hair.
"Hey, Nami!" he greeted. He looked disgusted at the cathedral. "You weren't headed there, were you? If you go there, we'll never see you again."
"That's where I was going…" she hissed. He wagged his finger at her.
"Bad Nami," he said, talking to her as if she were a child. "How do you think we're gonna feel if you do that? Don't be so selfish!"
"I don't care about how you or Roxas feel about it!" she shouted.
"Holy!" shouted a new voice. Sora was shot back by a stream of white magic. Gravity was lifted off and Naminé was brought to her feet by Father Ansem. Kairi, a red headed girl with blue eyes, angel wings and a pink dress, landed next to them.
"An angel," said Father Ansem, staring at Kairi in awe. Sora scrambled to his feet when another demon emerged from the forest behind him. He had the same blue eyes like Sora's and spiky blond hair. But his eyes were changing into a dull red. Fearfully, Naminé held onto Father Ansem. His eyes went soft, reaching for her, but Father Ansem had placed a barrier around them.
"She claimed sanctuary, Father," said Kairi, turning to Father Ansem.
"The fuck?" shouted Sora. "No she didn't!" Kairi angrily whirled around.
"She was thinking it! That counts!" she countered.
"It didn't come out of her mouth, therefore it doesn't," said the blond next to Sora. Kairi scoffed.
"Since when did you care about the rules, Roxas?" she spat. Roxas glared at her.
"Fuck off, Kairi. Give her to me!" Father Ansem didn't comply.
"The mind has greater strength than the body. I will not allow you to take her," he said firmly. Roxas turned his glare to him.
"You hypocrite…" he hissed. Naminé saw fangs protrude in his mouth.
"I claim sanctuary!" she yelped. Roxas looked at her, the blue returning to his eyes and hurt glazing over.
"Naminé…this angel and priest are tricking you! Claiming sanctuary bars you from everything you lived for!" he said, ripping through Father Ansem's barrier. Naminé screamed when he embraced her tightly.
"You lied to me! You never told me you were a demon! You aren't even supposed to come near villages with the cathedral!" she shouted. Roxas growled.
"Yes! I lied and I'm sorry! I was afraid that you would never speak to me again if I told you!" Kairi scoffed.
"Well he's right about that." Roxas ignored her.
"I love you, I want you! If you claim sanctuary, I might not see you again." Naminé wanted to love Roxas, but he was a sinner. He was a demon, rejected from God. Her family was very religious before they had died in a demon attack. If she fell in love with a demon, she was turning her back on everything they had taught her. Her fist balled beside her, glowing white. She shoved Roxas away, trying not to look at how heartbroken he was.
"Holy!"
Naminé washed her hair in the bathtub, wrapping a towel around her. Several weeks in the sanctuary had strengthened her white magic. She was able to make barriers and heal, like the angel Kairi. The angel had approached her one day and warned her about Roxas. She was the one who forced Roxas to reveal his demon heritage by attacking him in front of Naminé. She had even told Naminé stories about how she once loved Sora, a banished angel who became a demon. She had almost had her wings taken away by God because she had nearly followed him.
Kairi also told her a story about a woman named Rinoa. Rinoa was a young sorceress who fell in love with a handsome man she met at a masquerade ball. But the human was a demon in disguise. Kairi had tried to help her reach sanctuary, but the demon killed Rinoa and dragged her soul to his realm because Kairi was weak. She didn't want it to happen again, getting stronger and meeting Naminé whose situation reminded her of Rinoa.
Naminé smiled, drying herself off. Kairi was a kind angel to her, she was very happy in the sanctuary. But she often worried about Roxas. She attacked him, but he was too hurt to hit her back. When she was watering the garden outside in the mornings, she saw Roxas standing as near as he could. It was too far to see his face. She was afraid that he was plotting something. Why wouldn't he? He was always the persistent one who pursued her when they met.
She joined the other sisters and Father Ansem in the dining hall where they were all seated. She took her seat beside Kairi, who was staying to ensure Naminé's safety. They bowed their heads in prayer, Father Ansem reciting the prayer, made the sign of the cross and began to eat.
"Naminé," whispered Kairi at the end of the meal. Naminé stacked dishes up in the kitchen.
"What's wrong?" Kairi looked at her apologetically.
"I have to go back for a few days. Or a week and a half. You have to promise me you'll stay safe." Naminé smiled, hugging the angel.
"I will! Thank you for everything." Naminé escorted her outside, looking around to see Roxas nowhere in sight. That was very good. Kairi unleashed her wings and bid Naminé goodbye, disappearing in bursts of light. But before Naminé could go back inside, she grabbed and hauled into the forest. The scene changed from an open field to the trees so quickly that she didn't register where she was until she was pinned to a tree. She tried to scream, but was covered by a mouth. Roxas was kissing her, a hand massaging the spot between her legs. Feelings of lust were reawakened in her, moaning quietly in his ear.
"Roxas…ah…ah! S-stop!" she panted, trying to push him away. Her focus wasn't enough to unleash a Holy spell. Roxas groaned in her ear.
"I want to hear you moan." Her face was flushed, trying to keep her moans suppressed.
"Ah…mmm! N-no!" She squeaked when his hand hiked her dress up. Roxas smirked. His fingers rubbed her through her panties, watching her every move.
"Don't! Ah!" His fingers slid into her panties and touched her clit, sliding a finger slowly in her warmth.
"You can never feel this within your sanctuary. Come out of it, Naminé, you can't be safe in that place for long." His eyes turned red with lust and pride. "I can break these barriers at any time, like how I broke yours." His finger slid in deeper, eliciting a moan from her. He wanted to drag her back to his home, shackle her to his bed so she would never leave him. If he tainted her enough then she can never be seen as an innocent in the eyes of Heaven.
He thought about Rinoa, who was killed by a man he greatly respected. She was forever bound to him, but Roxas couldn't bring himself to kill Naminé. Squall killed Rinoa out of desperation because she was so close to sanctuary. That was fifty years ago. And since then, Squall has tried making it up to her. Kairi was spouting off nonsense about saving Naminé since she couldn't save Rinoa, but Naminé didn't need saving. He would never hurt her, that bitchy angel thought otherwise
But he turned his attention to Naminé, who was breathing heavily and had both fear and lust in her eyes. He didn't want fear in her eyes.
"Stop! Protega!" shouted Father Ansem, a barrier forcing Roxas away from her. Roxas put his hands up in surrender, but was smirking deviously.
"Okay, I give. For now." His eyes darted towards Naminé. "Let me tell you something, Naminé. I know about Rinoa, she was taken by an elite demon." He carefully watched her reaction, saw surprise and fear. "She's alive, in a sense." Relief.
"How can she be alive if she is in Hell?" hissed Father Ansem. Roxas smirked.
"If you're so curious, why don't I kill you and show you how?" He dodged the blizzard spell the priest shot at him. Naminé stayed put, worried about what he would do if she moved.
"You can hide in that sanctuary all you want, but I can tear that foundation as easily as a fire can burn a forest. You can try to depend on the angel to help you, but you can never run from me. I will find you and you will be mine." He disappeared. Naminé fell to the ground, trembling and sobbing. She was ashamed of how she felt, worried that she put her sisters and Father Ansem in jeopardy. Father Ansem casted a sleep spell to calm her, then used Aero to carry her back to the cathedral.
Roxas was greeted back in Hell by a chorus of screams and groans. He was engulfed in a bitter cold that could've chilled a human's bones. Yep, he was in Hell. More specifically, in the dungeons. He bee-lined it through the long hallway to find the room he wanted. Sora emerged from another room, grinning at him.
"Hey Roxas! Where are you going?" Roxas stopped.
"Where's Squall?" Sora scratched his head in confusion.
"You mean Leon?" Roxas crossed his arms over his chest impatiently.
"Squall," he said tightly. "He called himself Leon on earth, remember?" Sora beamed.
"Oh yeah! He's in his room." Roxas nodded and turned, but stopped in his tracks. Sora stared with innocent blue eyes.
"What?"
"That bitch they call an angel…she met Squall, didn't she?" Sora smiled fondly.
"Kairi? Mmm, my sexy angel…" He straightened up at Roxas's blank stare. "She mentioned it, saying she won't end up like Rinoa and said she could save her. Why?" Roxas shook his head, then started down to Squall's room.
Squall's door had a large carving of a lion. Chains surrounded the door, probably to keep Rinoa from escaping. Roxas threw a Firaga at the door.
"Squall! I need to talk to you!" The chains released, whipping back to the lock that kept the chains in place, almost hitting Roxas with its rust. The door opened with a creaky moan.
"Come in," called out the voice of the stronger demon. Roxas and Sora entered the room.
Squall's room was very large like a suite. The furnishings were crimson and ebony. The bed was king-sized according to his rank as an elite demon. The sheets were silky black and on them sat Rinoa, a beautiful woman with long raven hair and brown highlights. She was wrapped in a black robe and faced the wall, her back to them. Squall, a short haired brunette with blue eyes, was sitting on a sofa with his gunblade in his lap. He gestured for them to sit on the opposite couch.
"What's with the Firaga?" he asked. Roxas shrugged.
"Got lazy. I have a problem," he stated. Squall smirked.
"You can handle yourself, Roxas." He shook his head.
"No, not that kind of problem." Squall held up a hand to keep him from speaking.
"I heard from Cloud. You're in love with a human." Behind him, Rinoa twitched. Roxas nodded.
"Yeah, but she claimed sanctuary because of that damn angel Kairi." Squall narrowed his eyes.
"That angel wasn't a hindrance for me." Rinoa twitched again. "Besides, human magic is weak compared to our black magic. You can tear down the Protega barrier easily once she leaves the cathedral to go shopping." Roxas sighed.
"But I can't kill Naminé. I understand your situation before, but Naminé's in sanctuary already."
"Then leave her be," said Rinoa suddenly, turning to them with cold eyes. Roxas twitched.
"Leave her be," she repeated more firmly. "She won't go with you unless you kill her. You don't want to do that, so what choice do you have? Just let her live." Roxas shook his head.
"I love her, Rinoa. We were fine until Kairi came." He spat her name out.
"Hey, I like Kairi!" argued Sora. Roxas waved his hand.
"I don't care. She's the reason why Naminé ran away from me."
"What if she didn't? Would you pretend to be human? You can't age," Rinoa shot back. Squall slanted a look at her.
"Rinoa," he said firmly. He casted Sleep on her, the woman slowly drifting to sleep on the bed. He turned back to Roxas.
"Look, this is the only advice I can give you. You have to take her away before she's gone. If she loves you and you feel the same, then the rules shouldn't matter. Heaven is full of hypocrites and rules, break one and you're not innocent anymore. Then they start making up bullshit because something was overlooked. I love Rinoa, I never wanted her to find out like this. I intended to tell her about our heritage, but Kairi went and told her and made me look like the bad guy. I hold out hope that one day Rinoa can forgive me for what happened fifty years ago, I think she's starting to warm up to me again." He looked wistfully at the sleeping girl on his bed.
"Do what you want, Roxas, but know this. Whatever bad you do, there is always something inside her that will love you. It may be a primal feeling, but it's still there."
"I want another way to make Naminé mine," said Roxas outside Squall's room. The chains returned to where they belonged on the door. Sora hummed.
"Did you think about corrupting her?" Roxas snorted.
"Yeah. That's the best plan I have so far. But there should be more options. What about you, Sora? How's operation: Make Kairi mine?" Sora gave him a toothy grin.
"Fine, actually. As a former angel, I know all about them. They're the protectors of the humans and Heaven, but allowing the deaths of humans or loving demons result in banishment. I let a human die, remember? Because he was an ass." Roxas narrowed his eyes. Something wasn't adding up.
"Rinoa died with Kairi watching her, didn't she? And she fell in love with you. Why weren't her wings taken away?" Sora dragged him to their room they shared.
"Easy! Kairi recommended sanctuary to Rinoa, but did not place her under her protection because she couldn't defend her from any of Squall's attacks. Therefore, it was a regular demon attack despite the presence of an angel. As for me, I never slept with her when I changed to a demon. If I did, her wings would've been torn clean off. Naminé is under Kairi's protection now, however. If Naminé is killed by a demon, Kairi failed her duties as a guardian angel. It's a win-win situation!" Roxas glared at him.
"I'm not killing Naminé." Sora sighed, then grinned.
"Say, Naminé's in the sanctuary, right?"
This was inspired after listening to a song about obsession! As I have stated before, I will not work on this story until 'House of Sin' is finished. Please review!
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She smiled at him, vaguely thinking about the small date he offered. But behind her, someone was watching them intensely. 'How dare he touch her?' he raged, but smirked at the turn of events. He could use this man to his advantage.
"You don't know how foolish this is, Naminé. I already told you that you were mine," said Roxas, disappearing when Naminé turned to his direction.