Dance In The Vampire Bund: Akira
Semi AU as in this is a mixture of the manga and the anime.
Dark blue eyes met dark brown, they were full of sadness as she gazed into them.
Eyes that used to look at her like she was the center of the world, his world. Now they looked at her with sadness, regret, and pity.
She forced herself to smile, knowing he was hurting just as bad as she was.
Yet they had brought this upon themselves, they knew form the very beginning that they would never be able to be together, not forever.
He was bound by a promise and she was bound by duty.
"Akira." Her voice was low as she nodded at him in greeting her black locks shifting in the wind. He subconsciously inhaled deeply, taking in her scent, memorizing it one last time.
One last time.
"Kagome." His voice was just as low, so many emotions were ragging just under the surface.
So many things left unsaid.
So many things that could not be said, not now, not ever.
So many, but this was how it had to be.
She was the high miko of all of Japan, humanity's last resort against things that went bump in the night.
He was one of those things and had pledged his everything to the queen of monsters, Mina...
A small quirk of his lips let her know he was thinking of her, his queen and her heart throbbed in pain yet she shoved it down.
She knew, had always known, he belonged to the small queen in every meaning of the word. He was born for her. Raised to protect her and had promised to love her long before they had met.
Her fingers twitched as she buried then in the red fabric of her miko pants, her flowing white top encased her making her look so tiny. He wanted to pull her into his arms, to protect her. Yet he couldn't he had already promised to protect Mina, he didn't regret making the promise seven years ago...
He regretted the fact that he had let them, let her, believe that they could be happy when his fate was already set in stone. He had been selfish and now they were both paying for it.
She stood taller, knowing they weren't alone, no she was watching them, making sure this was the end to their short lived romance.
A year, it had only been a year but damn if it hadn't been the best year of her life. After her adventures were done and her physical wounds healed she had tried to move on.
Yet the wounds were to deep, she had been so alone and he had reached his hand out to her.
She had taken it, knowing he wasn't human, and clung to it. He healed her, helped her, gave her a reason to live and now...now she had to let him go.
She once again had to let go of the hand of the man she loved.
"Be safe, and protect her." She gave another small smile as she gazed towards where she knew Mina was, listening and watching.
"Love him." With that she turned on her heels and left the small courtyard, ready to return to her shrine duties, gathering the courage it would take to stand up to the prime minster. She would not be a tool of war, no never again and never against the man she loved.
Even if she couldn't be with him she would protect him and the queen he served.