Title: I Remember

Author: Felidae Silvestris

Warning: Very obvious shoujo-ai/Yuri pairing (KirikaxMirielle) and spoilers

Disclaimer: I Don't Own Noir!

I remember the first time I saw her, really saw her. The construction site where we first met.

I remember the care she put into wrapping my wounds even after brutally slaughtering the Soldats lackeys. She did it so mechanically, but gently, like I was the most fragile doll.

I remember the promise that first night in France. The promise to kill her once everything fell into place. That didn't happen.

I remember each and every time she saved my life. Even when I had turned against her.

I remember the sketchbook and paints. Holding her as she cried over her friend. The sketchbook and paints dropped in the river.

I remember the tea with Chloe. How astonished she was at Chloe's skill. Our surprise at Chloe's wanting to keep the fork meant to kill her.

I remember my fight with her. It was going to be our last, if that demon had not faded from her eyes.

I remember how she used the fork to kill Chloe. Saved my life by spelling Chloe's death.

I remember how she saved me yet again, by killing Altena.

I remember saving her from the very pit of hell. Walking out of the manor together, past the Soldats.

But most of all, I remember my Kirika, the way she is now. She's curled up in our bed; her wounds from our hit tonight dressed in clean bandages.

Kirika, my gentle angel of death.