Disclaimers: RG Veda belongs to CLAMP. I make no profit, and my deepest reverence for this manga gives me inspiration to craft these flashfics.
A/N: 250-words flashfic illustrates a last song, which I made up. Italics denote thoughts quoted from the manga. Bold font denotes the song, which is a poem. Everything after the single line 'I…alone!' is the full poem. (Using Japanese honorifics would ruin the continuity, hence…)
Summary: Ill-fated innocence Taishakuten destroys, in her final moments. Dwindling into nothing… but she is never alone.
A sister's song
Frailty preserved in unpolluted air currents is now a caged and weakened entity before hundreds of intimidating eyes and unfeeling hearts. His silken murmur rouses the nightingale out of her delirious state, gently whispering a line as reassuring as razor-sharp finesse on gossamer vulnerability. Sister … The child hears the cry warming her ears, which only adds icy dread to Fear weighing heavily upon bowed shoulders. I must sing for Sister!
Struggling to her feet within a dissolving bubble smooth and hard as marble, liquid beads of crimson and salt dot sallow clammy skin, as a world of hazy colour seems to sway more perilously than a blurring pendulum. Breathing agitated, thick lashes flutter shut, locking out his imperious predatory gaze, as she concentrates on regaining some measure of endurance. Only the pure vision of her Great White Bird remains. Self-imposed protective deafness holds Karyoubinga aloft, as her final thoughts empower her to begin an ode to convey her deepest desires.
I only sing for Sister alone!
Listen to the heart that lives for you,
of strengthened notes through soul-wrecked tears;
Your wishes, your smile—my breathing faith
My final gift to sprout you wings:
Freedom to soar in cloudless skies,
Ascend the heavens past ravenous Light
Embrace peace that soothes your psyche
Your chains to earth will be gone
With the whispers of this song…
I feel your warmth preserving me,
Always wherever we will be,
Our connection lingers as everything else departs
I- Sister… love…
Live…
-Free…