An Angel's Everything
A/N: just a reading guide
Italics- is when it's a memory (could be a scene or the just the other person talking)
Underlined- is what is currently happening
The rest is just the narraritive
I felt it was a little confusing if I didn't do this…
Watching Over An Angel
Yuki Kitazawa wasn't one to meddle into things that did not concern him. He liked to mind his own business and only give his input when asked.
But when it came to one particular angel that didn't seem to be an option.
Yuki has watched over Eiri for as long as he could remember, from his toddler days to his teenage years and well into adulthood.
Yuki was there when Eiri first talked, walked and he was there when Eiri first learned to spread his wings.
He had trained him to use his powers, to control it, to take flight and many other things. He was both a mentor and a friend.
Yuki having been with Eiri for as long as he could remember had grown quite fond of the little tike and he knew perhaps better than anyone what Eiri was really like.
And it was because of this knowledge that Yuki had been able to discern the lies and the truth in the rumors that spread about the prodigal angel.
"Eiri is as close as you could get to a perfect being. He carries out orders to the letter, he never strays from his mission and always does them to perfection. He is powerful, intelligent and benevolent. Maybe one day he'll take the seat of the highest rank. Eiri would never stray, would never betray and he certainly would never go against the laws."
"Eiri's perfection can be rivaled by no other. Perhaps it's because he can control his emotions so well. I bet he can stay calm and stoic even while facing the worst of adversaries."
"My children, would learn a lot from him, maybe one day they could at least be half the angel he is."
Yuki has heard it all and every time he heard them he felt a surge of pride run through him. For what could be better than be revered by not only your peers but also by your elders and everyone in between? And to think that even just a little he had helped in raising such a wonderful being.
But at the same time Yuki felt his heart clench at each word, at each praise.
Eiri, no matter how many centuries he's lived, is still young, an adult but still young. To hold such responsibilities and expectations on his shoulders is too much for him or anyone to bear.
Expectations about always being perfect and composed must weigh heavily on him.
Yuki glided down to the ground as he looked for Eiri and once spotting the uniquely tinted wings he followed stealthily.
As his wings glided through the wind he frowned.
Maybe the other reason that his heart ached was because he had seen the truth and the lies in the praises that were always thrown in the young angel's way. Their peers and everyone around them certainly believed it but that didn't mean they were entirely true.
Many said that he would be perfect in every way, not a strand out of place, a blemish on his skin or attire, he would be perfect in his studies, his training and never would he do wrong.
But again Yuki knew Eiri wasn't perfect. From the countless centuries he's been with the young angel he'd seen his little imperfections.
Like for example the task of learning how to fly took in average of about two weeks, Eiri learned it in four. When he was beginning his training he'd throw a tantrum whenever he couldn't get it right the first 2 or 3 tries.
He'd even cry when he had to learn something he felt he could never do without even trying first.
About the only thing right in the assumption was that he certainly had the looks and was naturally intelligent, when it came to books and studies, Eiri soaked it up like a sponge.
Yuki watched Eiri with his newly appointed charge. A little girl named Himiko Suzuki.
And Yuki found his frown deepening.
"Calm and stoic even while facing the worst of adversaries. And never would he do wrong."
Yuki knew that no matter who you were no one could remain calm and collect at every event/obstacle thrown in your path.
There were those times when he literally broke down. The first time was with his brother. When Tatsuha had…disappeared Eiri was torn apart, everyone was. It was a time better left not remembered.
Yuki for one never liked to revisit. It always left a bitter taste that could not easily be washed.
Yuki watched as Eiri smiled and hovered over the little girl. He seemed to truly be enjoying himself.
Yuki smiled he was glad that Eiri seemed to be doing fine. He had thought that Eiri might have been too affected by what had happened with his previous charge.
But maybe that wasn't the case, maybe Eiri was really alright.
Three Weeks Ago: After Eiri's Removal
Eiri was picked up and escorted to see the Elders during which he had not voiced a single word. He was eerily silent to the point where Yuki had tensed and wanted nothing more than to escort him back to the young boy.
And in a way it had been an all too familiar tension, one that caused dread in Yuki's very core.
Eiri had talked calmly and appropriately. He had not lost his composure at all in front of the Elders and at one point Yuki almost wished he had. For then there would be a bit of normalcy.
After the meeting with the elders Yuki didn't want to immediately part from the angel and it seemed Eiri thought the same.
They walked along a garden path, silence had reigned until Eiri finally spoke. Yuki had been more grateful than one could believe to hear Eiri speak. For after hours and hours Eiri's voice was no longer monotonic.
"I didn't want to report it. I wanted to keep him to myself." Eiri started.
Yuki had immediately turned his attention to the young angel he had grown so fond of.
"But the warning from the elders, from trainers and all your lessons came back to me. None of it condones what I wanted to do. So I rationalized that there must be a reason that it's so forbidden to get attached to your charge but no matter how much I rationalized there was still that voice telling me that nothing bad could possibly happen if I stayed with Shuichi... I don't like the choice I made Yuki."
"I'm glad that you found what it took to step away from where you were and you may not like it but in the end it is the right choice Eiri, please believe that."
"But Yuki… what could be so wrong about it? I had… for a second, for a moment I got back what I lost so hastily."
Ignoring the question Yuki replied, "What do you mean?"
"…I got a little brother back…"
"Eiri… I understand how hard it was and it still is for you but Shuichi isn't Tatsuha."
"I know that, but I just felt so alive to be able to care for a little brother again. Shuichi, no matter how painful it was, brought back happy memories of Tatsuha and when the pain of remembering became too much he made me smile again. He may just be a child but he pulled me back from the pits of my own hell."
"Eiri…"
Eiri's smile showed nostalgia and a hint of pain, "I know what I did was right and that perhaps it would be for the best but I don't have to like it right?"
Yuki's gaze shifted from Eiri to the sky, "…right."
Yuki at the time didn't like the tone, in retrospect he still didn't.
That conversation it just -it didn't remind Yuki of anything but it made him think about what it could mean.
Yuki had always known how to differentiate lies with the truth but because of this event Yuki wasn't quite sure anymore.
Because honestly Yuki had never thought Eiri would choose to break a law.
When he had heard that he was to remove Eiri from his guardianship over his charge Yuki hadn't known what to think. He wasn't briefed thoroughly and what he knew was sketchy at best.
When Eiri and the Elders had explained he was more than just a little shocked. He had never imagined a time would come when he would see Eiri break the rules.
Even to Yuki who knew Eiri so well it was unfathomable.
But as Yuki continued to watch over Eiri he finally realized that you can never know someone to the fullest. There's always something in their depths that you have yet to uncover whether it be something profound or horrible.
Eiri as he has been for the past week was as clueless about his presence. Yuki wasn't just following his used to be apprentice out of worry, he had been ordered to do so.
"Kitazawa." Seraphim called out.
"Yes, Elder."
"I want you to watch over Eiri for a while."
Yuki frowned, "May I ask why?"
"You've heard of what rule he has broken right? It is something that can't easily be forgotten, you know that."
"Seraphim-sama, are you perhaps insinuating that Eiri will repeat history?"
Seraphim stood from his seat, "We can't be too careful, he may have removed himself from the case but that doesn't mean he'll completely step away."
"With all due respect Elder are you saying that Eiri will go back to the boy even though he's been removed from his side? That in the end he'll –"
"I'm not implying anything but Eiri has always been at the top and everyone has revered him and expects a lot from him but he is straying. Affection for a human no matter how small or innocent always leads to something disastrous. I do not want to see Eiri stray from his path and fall."
Yuki frowned, "He will not, he has taken the first step to avoid such disasters he will not make the same mistake… He won't make the same mistake as Tatsuha did."
Seraphim turned his gaze to Eiri's mentor, "I pray that he does not… you are dismissed Kitazawa I will let you know when to cease your watch over Eiri."
Kitazawa lightly bowed and left.
Seraphim sighed, "No matter how much we believe in Eiri it may not be enough Kitazawa. The Powers* have spoken and it seems history will indeed repeat itself, this may just be inevitable, yet another angel may be destined to fall."
Yuki had heard the Dominion's whispered words and it worried Yuki more than he liked maybe it was because the Powers themselves had spoken? They had predicted Tatsuha's demise and just like that it had come true.
And maybe it was because Yuki could see the truth in the words that Seraphim-sama had spoken from watching Eiri, from listening that he worried even more.
Shuichi may end up being the reason that Eiri experiences another heart wrenching experience.
A human male may be the reason, yet again, that an Uesugi will fall.
A/N: I noticed this is awfully short! But this is where I want it to end so uhm, sorry about that, I'll do my best to make the next one longer. Oh and they will definitely see each other again next chapter...sort of. XP
Powers*- the historian's in the heavens,elders that are pretty much the know-it-alls. Past, present they know it all, and as for th efuture they don't know all that will happen they they have a sence of what's to come, like glimpses. (Refer back to the first page for the rankings.)
But anyway thanks for reading!
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