Me: I do not own Casshern Sins if I did, Dio would have lived and Leda would have been kicked out of the castle to die. Also I wanted to say Lunar does cough up blood because she is ruining. Her healing doesn't extend to herself. I mean she would have to drink her own blood for it to work and that's just weird. I haven't showed it in the first few chapters to get a handle on where I was going with this. I'm sorry if I confused anybody! Please tell me if you want a happy ending or a sad ending cuz I can't make up my mind! R&R plz!

Chapter 10:

Lunar jumped awake upon hearing a metal fist come down next to her head. She scrambled up and scurried away tripping over her own feet. The world was still blurry and she wasn't processing everything like she should have been. A shadow fell over her and she looked up her eyes widening. A giant robot was towering over her. Fear showed as clear as day in her eyes and she used her legs to push herself away.

'Someone…anyone…!' She thought panicked.

Everything snapped crystal clear in her vision and she rolled onto her stomach before getting up. She spun around to face her attacker and ducked out of the way of another assault. Maybe Dio decided he didn't need her anymore. She pushed the thoughts aside and leapt out of the way almost getting hit. She would have to get better at this if she was to survive on her own. She twirled and her right arm came up as if calling forth something magical. The world seemed to slow around her as the robot lunged for her again. There was a symbol on its arm that reminded her of her family. Her eyes widened slightly as the robot closed the distance.

"Don't TOUCH ME!" The voice rang out clear as day and for a second Lunar couldn't tell if that had been her or not.

An agonizing cry pierced the air as the robot fell back a piece of metal sticking through its head. In her haste of getting away she had picked up a metal pole that had been sharpened at the end and pierced the robots metal skin killing it. Lunar shuffled back using her feet to push her. She sat there watching the robot turn to dust. Dio wasn't anywhere to be found. He had left her. Tears fell freely from her eyes as she began crying.

"I'm so lonely…he hates me! He hates me!" She sobbed.

She shakily got up and walked over to a rock and slid down until she was sitting against it hugging her knees. It began to rain and her clothes were getting soaked. Only then did she look up as the rain hid her tears from view. She stood up and decided then and there that she was going to leave and never come back to the castle. Dio apparently didn't need her, so she was leaving. She stood and began walking in the pouring rain as lightning lit up the dark sky. What she didn't know was that the night before Leda had appeared with the some robots from the army and Dio went back with her because she threw an absolute fit.

"Don't worry she'll be fine...!" She had snapped at him.

Dio sat in his wooden chair contemplating whether to go back for Lunar. He hated that he had left her out there without protection, but maybe she would be able to get back to the castle safely. He doubted it and from what he had seen of her, he had good reason to.

Lunar walked silently and was mindful of the bandits that would probably cross her path. She slept when she could, but mostly stayed on the move. She hadn't eaten in days either. Finally she came around the mountain. She stared blankly at the path leading to the castle and turned away from it. She wasn't going back. After crying for so long she became numb with only hatred boiling under the surface.

"I…don't care anymore…," she murmured to herself.

Not only was she hungry, but for the days she had been walking there had been only rain. It was never ending like the heavens where crying. She wondered why they would cry and for who. She took a step forward and her foot hit something. She looked down and her eyes widened. A young boy lay on the ground at her feet. Lunar knelt down and checked for a pulse. It was there, but barely. She couldn't leave the poor child laying there. He let out a weak whimper as Lunar placed him on her back with some difficulty.

"Don't worry kid…I won't let you die…," she told him smiling.

She didn't know how she could keep that promise. It was almost impossible. Lunar sighed sadly.

"Thank…you…," a weak voice told her.

The boy lifted his head and smiled weakly. Frankly he didn't want to die, but if he was going to die he wanted to die with someone there with him. Lunar smiled back wanting to cry. She carried him to a small abandoned building and laid him down. Her dress made a swish as the breeze caught it. Lunar then set about cleaning the boy's wounds. At least they wouldn't get infected. A tear drop hit the boy's cheek and Lunar did a double take realizing she had been crying. She sat back.

"I'm not g-going to cry…," she repeated to herself in a whisper. "I have to help him…"

She looked at the kid.

"What's your name?" She asked. "That way you can be remembered by at least one person…"

The boy blinked, "My…name? I don't…have a name…"

He looked away sadly. Lunar thought of something.

"Then I'll give you a name! Everyone needs a name!" She coughed into her hand showing that the ruin was progressing more for her, "You can be called Alder!"

"A-Alder?" Joy filled Alder's face.

Lunar nodded, "It means eagle in the language of German I think…"

"Thank you Miss!" Alder hugged her before pulling away and covering his mouth.

"You're welcome!" Lunar hummed softly.

"What are you humming?" Alder tilted his head in confusion.

Lunar's face turned red. He was just so cute with his sandy brown hair and jade green eyes. He must have been only six.

"It's a song I came up with a long time ago…," she replied.

"Can you sing it to me?" Alder asked tugging on her sleeve weakly.

He coughed harshly and wiped his mouth. Lunar frowned feeling helpless about his ruin and began to sing just a few lines of the song.

"I wonder if you can hear my whispering voice

As it dances on the silver moon

The world crumbles around me

But still I wait for you to return

The one light in this darkness

As the moon spins round and round

I want to catch it

To fly with the birds

To see the blue sky once again"

Alder was resting his head on her lap as she continued to sing. His eyes were beginning to shut as if he were just going to sleep. Lunar knew better though.

"The fragile world at my fingertips

I hide in the shadows watching the brightened sky

You told me never to see the light again

But somehow I disobeyed you

Lost in this fragile world

The rain continues to fall

As if we are trapped in this perfect snow globe

I will stop time just for you

As long as I can rest in your arms

We will fall asleep together

You disappear like the shadow of the light

The time that has started again will never return

This fragile world of mine

I will stop time just for you

As long as I can rest in your arms

And fall asleep to the sound of the rain

I want to never leave your side

Together we will extinguish like burning flames

In this perfect crumbling world"

She stopped seeing Alder had passed on. Tear droplets fell like rain on the child's face. It was horrible how people had to suffer and she couldn't do anything to stop it. She began to run her fingers through her hair, but stopped and grabbed it instead angrily. She began coughing again. Her ruin was getting worse. There must have been a lot more poison in the air now. Her nails dug into her own skin drawing small beads of blood. She stopped and slowly placed her hands on her lap again. She wanted to go back to the flower field and watching Ringo play. Those days were over. She sat back against the wall and held Alder close. She closed her eyes falling asleep.