digi-gal-rox: i actually wrote this particular fic some time ago, just never got around to putting it up. so yea. here it is! this particular short songfic/story takes place before the Epilogue and Aftermath. anyways...
-V- peace out!
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Mizu no naka ni yoru ga yureteru
Kanashii hodo shizuka ni tatazumu
Midorinasu kishibe
Hanging her head slightly, she watched as several bodies were carried away. Her cousin and aunt stood beside her, stiffly as he watched his fathers body in the lead. Her aunt watched fighting back the tears that threatened to fall from her face. She stiffened slightly as her parents body followed. Slowly, she raised her arm, saluting them. One by one, everyone else followed her. A young teenager stood, tears falling from her face. She knew her life would never be the same again. She was so young...
Utsukushii yoake wo
Tada matte iraretara
Kirei na kokoro de
She looked up to the dark sky, the stars could be seen clearly. After a moment, it began to rain. slowly bringing her head back down, she watched the surviving crew she could tell that they were all still shocked. Archangel had died for them. Her friends beside her, gestured to her to make her way to the microphone. She didn't want to. That was her mothers's job. To sing a song of encouragement, peace... and hope. It wasn't her's. But it was now. Her mother had taught her the songs of those. She had to give them hope, even if she had lost hers.
Kurai umi to sora no mukou ni
Arasoi no nai basho ga aruno to
Osiete kureta no wa dare
Dare mo ga tadori tsukenai
Soretomo dareka no kokoro no naka ni
She remembered during her younger years, her parents had promised her a peaceful world. She remembered when the war started... her first battle she took part in, they had promised her a peaceful world. A world without fighting... She never really understood than. That the peace they had promised, was one they had to fight for. She understood that now. But she didn't want to do it. Not without them.
Mizu no nagare wo shizumete
Kureru daichi wo uruosu shirabe
Ima wa doko nimo nakutemo
Kitto jibun de te ni ireruno
Itsumo, itsuka, kitto
She knew, even with the great sacrifised they made, there will still be war. They had to continue fighting to protect what they believed in. She knew that she had to continue to fight. There would always be war. There would always be conflict. There would be people who still feared each other. But she... they, they would always continue to fight for what they believed in. For what they should believe in. Peace.
Mizu no akashi wo kono te ni
Subete no honoo wo nomikonde nao
Hiroku yasashiku nagareru
Sono shizukesa ni tadoritsuku no
Itsumo, itsuka, kitto
Anata no te wo tori...
They weren't really gone. They were with them. They were with her. She swore she felt a nudge, as someone... something pushed her gently to the microphone. It wasn't her friends. She spun around, surprised to see them. Her parents. Both had a gentle smile on their face. Peace, tranquility... Her father nodded, as her mother slowly held onto her father, a gentle smile on her face. Tears formed in her eyes, as she turned around, now facing the soldiers that looked at her, curiously. Closing her eyes, she took a deep breath and opened her mouth, as the words of her mother poured out. No, they weren't just words of her mothers. It was her fathers... the Archangel's. Hers.
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