A.N.: ATTENTION! If you have just come to this chapter without reading the other 3 prior to this...read them all in order again! xD It's how I think my fic should be read. Also the song for this final chapter is It All Belongs To You by Fever Fever, again I recommend you listen to it c:


~Chapter IV: It All Belongs To You~

Noel had never been one to believe in the impossible, or time-travel for that matter. It also wasn't often that saving the universe crossed his mind. Yet he'd done it all, now only Caius stood in his way. He never would've fathomed this is what Caius had fabricated in the darkest part of his soul, never would've thought he resented his own curse so much he was willing to doom the entire future of mankind, even though he knew how it ended. Even though he knew the endless pain and suffering he was going to inflict upon everyone. Although the more Noel thought about it, it was a perfect comparison to what Caius had done to him too.

Needless to say over the course of time his opinion of Caius had changed, he was a selfish and cruel man and Noel knew he was a fool for loving him. But the strangest thing, even to himself was that he knew he couldn't kill him because that deepest and darkest secret he tried to hide, at some times even from himself, was that he still loved him.


The sickening sound of his blade piercing Caius' chest echoed in his ears and he heard Serah gasp in horror behind him. Noels world froze in that moment, everything seeming to move in slow motion as his eyes traced up to see Caius still doubled over on his sword.

Slowly, very slowly, Caius's head raised to lock eyes with his own brown ones. Noel could feel his mind and body trembling as he tried to comprehend what was happening wasn't just a cruel and twisted dream.

He saw Caius' lips twitch into a smile and suddenly he felt the blade plunge even deeper, with another horrifying squelch of the sword, its metal cutting through the flesh of the man in front of him. The noise running right through Noel as if a blade pierced his own heart, nausea flowing through his stomach, into his limbs making his knees shake and feel weak.

He could no longer see Caius' face but he felt his breath on his shoulder, it was slow and heavy, as he leant over the brunette,

"Please no" Noel found himself whispering softly, his voice breaking slightly as he felt bile rising in his throat and he begged tears not to fall. His lungs felt as if they were punctured as he took in shaky inhales of air. Of all the ways it could've ended Noel wouldn't have picked this one. He would never have picked this one.

He heard Caius let out a short breath of air and moisture slid through his fingers as he felt the mans blood running off the hilt of his sword and into his hand.

"Noel"

The voice in his ear tried to speak to him and Noel shut his eyes, he felt sick, he didn't want to hear it. He couldn't take the final rejection, the final declaration that Noel didn't mean anything to him. The last laugh at Noel for being such a fool to love him. He willed Caius to be silent, he wanted to sink to the floor, onto his knees and beg Caius not to say it.

"Noel I-"

A pause in breath and Noel felt tears welling up against his will in his eyes, his hands beginning to shake as more blood ran through them.

"I regret a lot of things I have done with my long life" Caius spoke softly while Noel just looked on straight ahead, his hazel eyes unfocussed on the seas of Valhalla,

"But you are not one of them"

In that moment Noel let out a breath he hadn't known he'd been holding as he felt Caius's nose and lips gently nuzzle his neck, before pausing next to his ear.

"My heart…will always belong…to you…"

Suddenly Noel felt Caius' hands on his gripping them tightly, rubbing his own blood across Noels knuckles as he tried to show Noel this last piece of affection, trying to take his shaking hands in his own, before his hands travelled up to the hilt of the sword which struck right through him.

With a guttural moan, Caius pulled the sword from his body and collapsed to his knees, clutching at his chest before he slowly fell forwards and hit the floor.

There was silence all around, there are no sounds and no noise in Valhalla, it is without time and space, where anything is possible; dreams or nightmares can all become reality.

Noel stood perfectly still, eyes still staring off into the horizon as his body, mind and soul felt vacant, covered in red and frozen in shock and horror. His blade still held in the air, the red liquid trickling down and hitting the sand, staining it crimson with the blood of the only man Noel had ever loved.


A.N.: Is it weird that I only realized how much of a broken and tragic relationship they have, after reading it through like the fourth time over? :x They never got to be together because Caius never counted on falling in love with Noel and he denied that he was in love to himself until near the very end, but by then it was too late. He was too focussed on protecting Yuel and thought he was above falling in love with a human (I use this term loosely, because although Caius is also human he has the Heart of Chaos and is immortal), he was too slow in realising he loved Noel.

Also, this provides an alternate ending to FFXIII-2, because as Caius promises his heart belongs to Noel, Noel therefore gains the Heart of Chaos and Etro doesn't die...allowing everyone (apart from Serah who dies, having seen too much of the timeline) to live happily ever after in 500AF! HURRAY~ xD

I like this pairing, I may or may not write some more for them...depends how much support this fic gets over the next month or so.

And well...that's a rough take on my view of their relationship folks x) HOPE YOU LIKED IT! PLEASE REVIEW, I'd love to know what you thought c: