Clothes fell away, and a voice was raised in a scream for aid that went unanswered, then unraveled into helpless pleas. He smiled calmly, cruelly, as the innocence in those bright eyes was shattered and thrown into darkness. Broken, mewling sounds from the young throat punctuated the unnatural silence, and blood stained white, virgin skin before seeping into the ground to be caught and drunk up by the thirsty roots of a life twisted and maintained by dark magic.
He did seem to favor a certain type of prey, he reflected as he stood, watching as the tree pulled its meal towards it, branches spreading and tugging at limply splayed, slender limbs, a few pink petals falling like butterfly kisses to rest on china-pale skin, coal-black lashes of large eyes fallen closed on high, delicate cheekbones.
The tree, of course, wasn't finicky about its nourishment, although eventually it would take its promised due, the marked and chosen Sakurazukamori's prey. Until then, one Seal would serve as well as another.
He wondered absently if taking Subaru would be the same as taking his young teammate--but then, he'd destroyed that innocence years ago, using a far different method, although one no less satisfying than this.
Someone would come for this unfortunate, he supposed, but they'd find naught but a discarded uniform. The body was already dissolving into blood-stained petals, and its guardian had gone long before, impaled on sakura branches no less deadly than his fellow Angel's computer cables.
Really, what were the fates thinking, casting the battle with such weighted odds? Four schoolchildren--well, one less now--and three adults to hopefully shepherd them through to the Final Day. It was clear in his mind, certainly, which side was meant to win.
Shaking his head in amusement, he turned and walked away, leaving no one to hear as a young girl's scream joined the cacophony of voices in the tree, her spirit protector's mournful howl dying in the wind.
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This was a fic to test a theory. I'll let it sit a few days, and
if enough people pester me about it, I'll reupload the content with an
explanation of said theory, and possibly a breakdown of the the fic to
point it out. For now, let me make a few disclaimers.
1) This is probably as close to SxS as I will ever write.
The pairing just doesn't interest me. Let this not be taken to mean
I'm anti-SxS. I just don't care enough about Subaru to have any particular
interest in any pairings that involve him.
2) I don't think Seishirou's a rapist, at least not physically--psychologically
is another matter entirely; what he does to Subaru in Tokyo Babylon is
most certainly a mindfuck.
3) Yuzuriha is one of my favorite characters, and I don't think
she'd go down that easily.
Any more than that is explanation of my reasons for writing this little horror. If I don't reupload the content, you may feel free to email me and I'll explain all about what I was thinking.