I'd like to dedicate this chapter to Fen 3 who helped me come up with this plot. n.n

Theme: Last Stand

Rating: T

Warning: swearing, character death

Summary: Allen lives in a time in which homosexuality is punishable by death. And he has been accused.

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Allen bowed down to his commander. The man before him eyed the white haired teen. He had known Allen for all of the young boy's life, he had helped raise him. He had always been a dedicated little soldier and he didn't like the fate that had been set out in front of his charge.

Being forced into a trial would be scarring for anyone of his age. But being in a trial by being the accused and having a life threat hanging over your head was by far worse. And the accusation… it saddened the commander.

"Mana." The commander looked down at the boy in front of him. "Please, I know I will be convicted."

"What!" the commander interrupted. "You will not, they have no sure proof. You can get out of this if you play it right!" Allen lifted his head.

"But I do not wish to… 'play it right'. I am not ashamed of who I am or what I decided to do. I will make my stand and hope to see a change in my shadow."

Mana felt a coldness in his gut. What thoughts must be running through this boys head? How did he grow up to be so? Had he not done his best to keep him away from the type of world he was experiencing now?

"Now please Mana, send me off one last time." The commander pulled Allen from his bow and embraced him. He felt like crying but refused to do so in front of the boy he viewed as a son.

"You be careful, and always act in the way you see best fit." Allen nodded and broke away from the hug.

"That is why I am doing this." With that the white haired teen walked out of Mana's room for the last time.

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Allen could feel the eyes of everyone in the court blazing at him. He could not understand why they thought he was such an abomination. He could easily pick out a few of them who were exactly like him. He was distracted from his thoughts by the banging of a gavel. The judge sneered at everyone in the room as he called their attention.

"Today we have come here to hear the trial of one Allen Walker, but before we begin I would like to introduce our great king!" The judge gestured to the door which burst open at that moment.

A frivolously dressed young man strolled in, followed by a number of servants. Allen narrowed his eyes at the king. This man was his first true opponent. Even if in the war most people believed him to be in he was his leader.

The king walked up to his thrown beside the judge. He sat down and the servants immediately began fanning him. He nodded to the judge to continue. The man cleared his throat before speaking again.

"As I was saying, we are here to witness the trial of Allen Walker. He is accused of the following: misconduct with another male and high treason against the king through relations with a member of the current opposing army. So Mr. Walker what will you be pleading during these proceedings?"

Allen lifted his chin and spoke. "I plead guilty to both charges." Quite a few gasps were heard around the court room. Mana had spoken the truth when he said they had very little substantial evidence. Many of the people attending had expected him to plead innocent.

"Very well Mr. Walker. I will now present the evidence collected against you." The judge reached his hand around his desk and gathered the papers around it. "We have multiple accounts given by your contemporaries that they have woken up to find you were not in your allotted bunk nor anywhere within the premises. We also have an eyewitness placing you in a deserted spot with another man becoming intimate with said other man."

Allen felt a blush try to take his cheeks; he could remember the nights he snuck out of the army camp to meet with his lover. Just thinking about someone spying on them at that time. Oh how mad his lover would be if he knew.

"Do you deny the legitimacy of these statements?"

"No I do not." Allen eyed the judge and stood up. "I do not deny that while campaigning I would sneak away from the encampment. I do not deny that the reason I did so was that so I could meet with my significant other. And this significant other is another male. One from the army we are currently at war with."

"Well then, jury-"

"Stop, I am not done speaking." The whole room's eyes were on Allen once more. "I would like to ask the king something." Everyone there yelled out, enraged. Allen heard a chorus of 'filthy bitch', 'has no right', and 'he deserves his sentence'. But to the surprise of the whole room the king spoke.

"Let him speak, I am curious as to what he has to say." The king put his focus on the white haired teen.

"I would like to know why you are so much against homosexuality." A dead silence took over the room. The king raised one of his eyebrows.

"Why it is unnatural. It is against how god designed us. He made both male and female so that we could procreate and be together. Being with one of the same sex is against His will." Allen sighed.

"Such a closed mind. Have you never noticed your dogs making advanced towards each other? Never seen the other animals do similar? Homosexuality is a natural thing. It is just something that you don't understand. Hence you are afraid of it." Allen looked around the court room. "I know some of you are like me, but are too afraid of this suppressor to act. I guess I can understand that. But I would rather die being me, than live with a mask."

"You have already confessed have you not?" the judge asked. Allen nodded in response. "Then jury, what is your verdict?" He turned to the group of people sitting beside him. They all said "guilty". The judge nodded toward the guard and he walked forward and grabbed Allen.

He dragged the teen out of the courtroom and down the hall. All the way he thought of his lover. All of the touches they shared, all the kisses and soft words. And how pissed he would be when he heard the news.

The guard opened the door to a small room and threw Allen into the chair contained within. Each of the straps were placed around his limbs and tightened. The guard went over to a switch attached to the wall. He glanced at Allen once then flipped it.

The last thought on Allen's mind was 'I love you Kanda, I'm sorry.'