Thank you everyone for your support for KroryxMiranda!
Strange weather hit the Order HQ with a sudden rain storm. It was no big deal for the huge fortress but unfortunate for Lavi and a wounded Krory who slowly made their way up to the front gate.
"Hang on buddy" Lavi called out over the rain while trying to help Krory walk," We're almost there"
The limping exorcist groaned a bit, grasping his sides that were poorly bandaged up in haste to get home. Both were completely soaked, not making his wounds feel any better, but regardless of the pain and exhaustion he was determined to plead for forgiveness.
"L-Lavi…can you report in for me?" he asked weakly, now waiting for the gate to open.
"Wait…What?"
"I have to talk to her"
"Are you nuts? You can barely stand!" the gate opened and Lavi quickly, while trying to drag the taller exorcist, made it inside. Both sat on the floor of the entrance to take a breather, Lavi took off his headband and wrung it free of rain water it had collected.
"Listen Kro-chan, you know I'm all for you saying sorry and all but...seriously, you need to take a break. A freaking building fell on your head"
Krory took a deep breath, enjoying his moment of rest before gathering enough strength to stand up.
"No, I have to do this now" he held his side in pain.
"Krory! Hey where do you think you're going!?"
The two looked up to see a very worried Linalee running up to them," Lavi told me what happened you need to-"
"Linalee, please, where is she?" he cut her off and begged. It took her a moment to recall her conversation with Miranda about what had happened and what Krory had said to her. Despite her urge to kick him over the edge of the Order for her broken hearted friend, the desperate look on his face told her that he was more than ready to say sorry.
"She's on the roof, something about fresh air awhile ago"
"What? But it's pouring out there!" Lavi scratched his head, though Krory didn't look surprised. The red head huffed and crossed his arms over his chest," Man you two are really depressing when you're sad…I mean…really, over excessive"
"Lavi, stop talking…seriously" she glared at him.
"Wh-what? I'm just saying….h-hey! Kro-chan where you goin'?"
As Linalee and Lavi were talking, Krory had taken off…though he didn't get far, just a few feet as he limped away.
"Krory! You're hurt!" she exclaimed.
"Don't bother, he's a man on a mission" Lavi looked a little proud. Linalee huffed and watched him go.
Very. Slowly.
"At this rate, she's going to jump off the roof" she muttered under her breath.
Both Krory and Lavi whipped around and stared at her with horror on their faces.
"H-h-hey don't joke about that!" Lavi was on his feet now.
Finally she let out a long sigh and stomped over to Krory," Ok. That's it. Let's go" she grabbed his hand, activated her Dark Boots and took off like a rocket to the roof with Krory helplessly being dragged along, leaving Lavi alone to watch his buddy fly off in the name of love.
A few moments after the launch, Komui and Allen appeared around the corner with towels meant for the two of them.
"Hey where's Krory?" Allen asked, giving Lavi a white towel.
"Oh, he ran off to beg for forgiveness" he stated very calmly while drying his hair.
Allen sighed in relief, "Good, so now we don't have to kill him"
"Yep"
It was quiet; Komui slowly peaked over Allen's shoulder and looked at Lavi then at Allen then at Lavi again with confusion and worst of all, curiosity.
"So…would you two like to fill me in?" he asked innocently.
"Oh that's right you don't know, so it went like this…" Lavi started.
Meanwhile, when it could've taken Krory maybe two days to climb all the way up the Order's tower, it took Linalee a grand total of two minutes to reach the highest level. She gracefully landed on solid ground and helped him stand up right.
"Here we are, just through that door and she's right there…" she paused and watched him," Um Krory?"
"We…have a ceiling?" he pointed to the ceiling that he was sure didn't exist, from where his room was, looking straight up was just like looking at space, just darkness. Meaning, they were very very high up, making him very very nervous.
"Focus Krory she's over there, and don't worry, we sealed it off with a big fence, she can't jump even if she wanted to"
"L-Linalee!" He panicked.
This time she didn't answer, instead she walked over and opened the door slightly, just enough for him to clearly see a lone figure standing out in the middle of the rain. He didn't say anything either, he just took a deep breath and stepped back into the rain and straight to her. Linalee watched him go and smiled a bit, closing the door and left. Though she wanted to give them privacy this time around, she would still stick around until they returned together.
The rain continued fall, causing the roof to collect large puddles everywhere, but he didn't seem to care as he stepped through them, neither did Miranda, she just stood there like a statue, facing the gate that prevented her or anyone else from jumping.
"Miranda?" he called out gently behind her, she didn't hear him coming and jumped slightly. She turned and gave him the same fake smile he last her with.
"Krory! You're home early"
He took a short moment to look over her, her dress was completely soaked, her hair clung to her face, and her cheeks and nose were lightly pink, no doubt catching a cold after this.
"Y-yeah well…I…um…" unfortunately in his over excitement to apologize, he didn't think about how to say it. He scratched the back of his head, looking around to think, but his movement caused his cloak to move slightly, but enough for her to see the bandaged poorly wrapped around his chest and stomach.
"Oh! Krory you're hurt!" she pointed to his chest.
He paused and followed her gaze, now that he noticed his wounds once again; he realized water was seeping through.
"You…vell…shouldn't you be in ze medical ving?"
"I know…but…" he blushed," I wanted to see you"
There was a small pause.
She blinked," Vhy?"
Now he stood silent, like she truly had not idea or had forgotten. This, of course, not making things better for him.
"Well…um…"
"Ja?"
He sighed," Look, I just…" he took a step forward to get closer but as he did so, the wounds began to sting as water continued to hit them, making his legs weak,"…oh…ow…" he leaned forward and groaned, she quickly caught him by the shoulders.
"Krory are you ok? You should go-"
"No, Miranda I need to talk to you" he whimpered, lowering himself to sit on his knees, she followed suit and sat in front of him.
She sighed, pushing him lightly to make him sit up straight," Krory…if zis is about ze ozer night, I already told you zat I'd get over it"
He looked straight at her and her false smile, it was killing him slowly." I'll…ve…can both forget about it, it never happened"
"But that's just it…that's the problem" he replied softly, for a moment she couldn't understand what he was saying until he leaned forward, placing a small kiss on her lips. She froze up; they parted before she could react. Krory remained close, his heart pounding in his chest and cheeks very red.
"I can't forget" he finished his point.
It was quiet for a moment; the two just stared at each other. Miranda blinked, still trying to register what was going on and what just happened, while Krory forgot to breathe, waiting for some kind of response.
"Krory" she came back to life, he held his breath tighter in his throat," I don't need any pity"
It was quiet again.
By now Krory didn't want to breath, his shoulder and face fell in shock," Y-you…you think I'm doing this…out of pity?" he managed to gasp out with the little air he had.
She sighed lightly and stood up to leave.
Normally he would've let her go in the state of shock he was in, but that was before, now he had to fight for her back.
"Miranda wait" he quickly took her hand before she was out of range.
"Krory…" she whimpered, refusing to look back at him, just keeping her eyes on the door that lead inside. Which lead to her room where she can cry her eyes out again in her own little bubble.
"I'm not letting you go" he stated with confidence in his voice, this caught her attention. He gently tugged on her hand, a small pleading gesture. She finally sat back down but kept her eyes on the floor, feeling all emotions she kept inside bubbling up; looking at him would only make her crack.
"I'm sorry…I'm sorry I broke your heart"
She couldn't see the tears streaming down his face, hard to tell in the rain anyway. Chances are he couldn't see hers either.
"It was selfish of me, I didn't think about you or your feelings when I left. It wasn't fair, please forgive me for being so…"his words fell, what could he describe his actions? There were many to choose from," So…um…"
"Stupid?" she answered for him, rather quickly.
"Y-yeah…stupid…" he gulped, her sudden outburst was new. She was cracking.
"So…vhat happened to make you run back so quickly?" she asked, he could clearly hear the anger in her voice, but it was restrained.
"Being buried alive under a burning building"
Her head snapped up "Vhat?!"
"S-so you do still care?" his cute smile came back with hope.
Unfortunately, it didn't work this time. She glared at him and finally snapped," Vhy should I forgive you!?" she screamed, not holding anything back or her tears. Krory winced at her voice, all this madness made the small meek exorcist explode. Not Good.
"You picked her vith no hesitation or question und I supported you! I never…I didn't realize you vould be so…so…blind! Tell me vhy I should forgive you?!"
Krory felt two inches tall all of a sudden, this was the first he's ever heard her so upset before, most likely the first time she has been. It was perfectly understandable but it didn't stop from him feeling so horrible already. It was silent again, except the small patter of rain still hitting the floor around him and her light pants for air after her outburst.
His eyes slowly fell from her face to his hand which still held hers; Miranda's intense glare was making it difficult to think of anything to say at this point.
"I…um…just...erm…" he mumbled nonsense, not realizing that he was gently stroking her hand with his thumb. She watched him for a while; the poor guy was a complete mess now. She sighed deeply, calming down now.
"Do…you hate me?" he managed to say something after all.
She quickly shook her head," Nien…"
He smiled a bit, there was hope. He brought her hand up and placed a small kiss on the back of it before letting her go and began to undo the buttons on his cloak.
"Krory?" she asked curiously, he kept his small smile and put the cloak on her head, preventing any further rain water getting to her.
"I love you" he stated and kissed her quickly, she blinked in surprise," And I'm sorry", while she was still in shock, he stood up and scooped her up on his way bridal style. She yelped and clung to his shirt at the sudden movement.
With that, he walked off towards the door with her securely in his arms.
Miranda blushed and looked up at him, his face was difficult to read, that and his wet bangs stuck to his face, hiding his eyes. But it all seemed to make sense when she noticed through his weird low cut shirt that his poor bandages were falling apart and wound bleeding through them.
Yet he was somehow to calmly open the door, walk in, place her on her own two feet, and turn to close the door.
Miranda took the cloak from her head and moved it to hang on her shoulders," K-krory…are you…"
The moment the door was closed shut he promptly fell over at her feet.
"DAH! Krory!"
"Ow…that hurt…" he whined, followed by a small sniffle. Definitely getting a cold after this.
Miranda quickly knelt beside him and helped him up, despite his groans and whines to not be moved, she was able to get him to sit up and lean against the door.
"So you veren't kidding about ze building falling on you" she mumbled, while pressing his cloak against his chest to stop the reopened wound from bleeding.
"It…ow was burning…ow ow" he added in between small grunts of pain.
She removed the cloak for a moment to inspect his chest, for once thankful for that stupid shirt, but unfortunately it didn't seem to be doing any better. Like a reflex she reached for her right arm to grab his Time Record, in hopes of healing him temporarily until they got to the medical wing but it wasn't there.
"Ze one time I don't have it vith me…" she slapped her own forehead.
Miranda noticed it was quiet…and too quiet for the vampire exorcist in pain, she looked up and found him unconscious but still sitting up.
"Krory!" she stood on her knees and held his face in her hands," Hey! Krory vake up!"
He mumbled, too weak to move but awake enough to let her know she was alive somehow.
"Stay alive, ve are so not done here" her sudden angry confidence appeared again. At this he whimpered.
She paused for a moment before placing a small kiss on his lips," I'll be back"
Miranda stood up and turned only to be face with a giant robot to be none other than Komui's new toy, Kimorin 27. Similar to its 26 other predecessors, it shared the same white and purple color along with Komui's signature hat on top, but this one was a thinner model, most likely built for stealth, thus why she was not able to see or hear him coming as it climbed up the tower like the spider it looked like.
"ARYSTAR KRORY!" Komui screamed, he was perched on his control center on Kimorin 27's back.
Miranda blinked, this day couldn't get any more of an emotional rollercoaster than it already was.
"Oy! Komui! We didn't finish the story!" Lavi called out, using the extending hammer to meet up with them, Allen was also with him, hanging on under Lavi.
"Lavi! Allen! Vat did you two tell him?!" she growled, of course she wasn't happy about...well everything about the situation but having her personal life broadcasted was another thing.
"We just got to the part when Krory said he wanted to be friends, and then he freaked out and got a new giant robot!" Allen explained, trying to keep away from the giant mechanical spider, he's had enough experience with Komui's experiments for one lifetime.
"How dare he do such a thing! I'll take care of him myself don't you worry Miranda!" Komui's glasses shined evilly as his creation growled, a small door opened from its chest, revealing more arms, which held swords, guns, and other random objects that cause pain. Miranda yelped and stood in front of Krory.
"Komui! Zat ist not necessary!" she gulped, sharp objects getting awfully close.
"At least lemme finish!" Lavi shook his fist.
"Well alright, hurry it up though, I really want to try out this new ray gun here" Komui pouted and stopped the robots advances. Miranda sighed in relief.
"Long story short, a burning building collapsed on him, somehow making him realize he loves her and he's here begging for forgiveness and…well…here we are" he finished.
Komui nodded and turned back to Miranda," So are we good?"
"J-ja! I forgive him! Please put ze veapons avay!"
"Aw…" Komui whined, pressing a button that retracted his weapons of mass destruction and closed the door.
Miranda sighed again," Um…Supervisor, Krory is still hurt, could you take him to the medical ving please?" she moved to let him see the unconscious vampire in the corner.
"Okie dokie!" Komui's grin came back," But I can take care of him myself!"
A few buttons later, Kimorin 27 reached out with one of its arms from the door in its chest and wrapped itself around his waist.
Krory's eyes snapped open at that moment, he blinked, trying to register what was going on and why he had suddenly woke up but when he noticed the giant robot and Komui's evil grin, he yelped and grabbed the doorknob behind him in a futile attempt to get away.
"I was hoping for an easy catch but…oh well!" Komui reached under his seat, pulling out a fisherman's cap out of nowhere and put it on. He then grabbed on the red lever in front of him and pulled on it, though it seemed to be difficult, Krory wasn't letting go.
Miranda wisely stepped away as far as she could, as did Lavi and Allen.
"You're only making it harder for yourself!" Komui called out, still having trouble pulling the lever all the way.
"No! Not again!" Krory whimpered.
The door couldn't take it much longer and was ripped open, now hanging onto it's hinges. Krory wouldn't give up; he dug his nails into the wood and clung to it with his legs as best he could. As a last and final attempt, he bit into the side of the door with his huge fangs.
"A true fisher of exorcist will never give up!" Komui declared, still pulling.
A few moments later and the door couldn't take it anymore, finally the door and Krory with it were ripped from it's hinges. In shock, he let go of the door but still clawed at the floor as he was being dragged away.
"Miranda!" he called out, now clinging onto the railing," Help!"
She stood in front of him with a small glare and her arms crossed. At this, Krory suddenly wished for death.
"H-hey…please…don't you think I've suffered enough?" now he was crying in a true Arystar Krory fashion.
"Nien…not quite…" with that said, she gently tapped his hand that was grasping the small pole with her shoe. Making him loose his grip and left him nothing to stop Komui and his evil "healing" techniques.
"Yay! I got me a big one!" Komui pulled the lever completely and reeled in Krory, who still cried for help all the way down. Soon Komui and his spider robot disappeared in the darkness below.
Miranda just watched.
"Um…wasn't that a bit harsh?" Lavi asked, peaking over her shoulder and down into the abyss. Allen did the same.
"No way" Linalee suddenly appeared from the corner she was hiding in," This is way nicer than what I would've done…nice to see you have a back bone though Miranda" she smiled.
The two boys exchanged looks of worry and fear.
Before Krory went unconscious for the second time that day, he was sitting in a cold steel chair, strapped down and blinding lights on him. Everything after that was the hissing of Komui's new healing gun, pain and darkness.
Now, when he opened his eyes, he was in his room, lying on his bed and couldn't move too much.
'Is…it over?' he asked himself, luckily his neck was working and he was able to look around, confirming that he really was in his own room.
"Ah..Achoo!"
In fear, the poor traumatized vampire squeezed his eyes shut and pretended to be asleep.
Miranda sniffled, cleaning her nose with a small tissue," Standing in the rain und vallowing in mien despair sure sounded gut at ze time…" she mumbled to herself, placing the tissue in the trash and walking back to her chair which was placed by his bedside. Now in dry clothes, she decided to stay with him until he woke up. Feeling almost sorry for the way she yelled at him, he was a very sensitive fellow. But the key word was 'almost'.
The moment she sat down she immediately noticed something was off, just by the way he was breathing and his eyes were rightly shut, she knew he was awake.
"Krory?" she poked at his arm, he didn't move," Kr..kro…" she suddenly stopped herself.
He gulped and silently waited for her next move, was she still upset or was she going to bash him again?
He received neither, instead he felt her hand brushing his bangs away from his eyes and a small voice saying," Arystar…I know you're avake"
At the sound of his first name being called he opened his eyes and looked straight at her with a bit of surprise of his face, a pleasant surprise.
She smiled and sat back," I figured ve vere at a first name basis about now"
"Y-yeah"
"How are you feeling?"
"Well…I can't really move…" he demonstrated by bending his elbow to bring his arm up, he appeared to have some trouble with just that," and I'm a little cold…"
"Oh, I just put a blanket on you a moment ago, Komui brought you back vithout a shirt und vrapped like a mummy, but I took zem off. You're fine"
"Wh-what?!" He tried to sit up but failed miserably, craning his neck he saw that she was right, there was a blanket on him. Which made him wonder exactly how long she left him there topless, he would ask that later when he knew for sure she was in a good mood. Though she giggled at his panic, looks can be deceiving.
"Um…are you still upset?" he asked softly.
"I'm not going to hurt or yell at you if zats vat you're vondering"
He smiled big," Thank God"
"Sorry about all zat"
"Don't apologize, I deserved it. I'm just glad you could forgive my stupidity" he paused, suddenly giving her the biggest pair of puppy eyes he could," So…I…um…I am forgiven…right?"
She stared at his huge and now watery eyes and laughed," Ja ja, stop vorrying"
He let out a small sigh of relief, she wasn't going to hurt him, he had plenty to be happy about. She smiled and leaned forward, crossing her arms on the bed and resting her head on them, watching him watch her.
"I'm sorry" he whispered, reaching up, as best he could, to gently pet her hair.
"I know" Miranda sighed, burying her face in her arms, slowly drifting off as he continued to toy with the end of her hair around his fingers.
The bed squeaked and moved a bit, she peaked over her arm with one eyes, to find him now much closer than he was before.
"So…I am forgiven…you're sure?" he asked innocently. It didn't hurt to check.
Though he couldn't see it, most of her face was buried in her arms, her smile couldn't get any bigger. Miranda knew better than anyone exactly how much Eliade meant to him, she was so sure that this moment here with him would never happen. Plus with all of her other failures in her past, there was no doubt that she would fail at love as well.
"Arystar, Ja means yes" she giggled, lifting her head up to kiss his forehead.
When she brought her face back onto his arms she saw tears welling up in his eyes again.
"Really?"
She just laughed, he did too. Things were going to be ok after all.
He had his goofy smile back on and nuzzled his face in her arm like a cat wanting attention," Love you" he mumbled, now his hand resting on hers. She yawned slightly, grasping his hand and responded back in a very sleepy state.
"Ic…Ich libe...diche" and she fell asleep.
He blinked in confusion at her slurred words but let it go, he could always ask later. A few moments passed as he watched her sleep peacefully, before he knew it, a small tear fell from his eyes and let out a tiny cry of victory before falling asleep.
"Yay"
"…She's not very pretty…" a sulky female voice suddenly stated.
Krory's eyes snapped opened immediately.
"…You do know that…right?"
He sat up straight, completely forgetting about his sore and tired body, he looked around the room in a panic, searching for the source of the familiar voice. He soon found her standing in front of his dress, in front of his lone rose.
"Eliade…"
He didn't move, he just watched her to face…not him but the sleeping girl beside him. Krory's blood went cold, her face was difficult to read, was she upset? Jealous? Or sad?
"No…not pretty at all" her voice was emotionless, just stating what she saw.
"You know I never cared about that..." he replied softly, as to not wake Miranda.
The blonde apparition just shrugged and began to walk off towards the door.
"Oh well…each to his own I guess, maybe she'll be able to do what I couldn't do for you" she smiled pathetically to herself," It would sure make up for plenty"
'I wanted to love you'
He kept his eyes on her silently, he always thought of so many things he wanted to say or do if he could see her again, but it didn't seem to matter anymore. She grabbed the doorknob and looked over at him this time, like she was waiting.
"I still love you" he admitted, but then sighed," But I have to let you go"
She smiled," You idiot, if you were a real man you would've said it sooner"
Despite her negative comments, he knew now that she was lying, a good liar but a lie to cover herself up no different than the makeup she wore.
"Now we both can be at peace" she opened the door.
"Will I see you again?"
She kept her smile as she left," No"
THE END
*plops over dead*
DONE! Everyone thank you so much for your continuous support for Krory and Miranda!
Maybe an epilouge....hmm...dunno yet. review plz!
~Swd
