*~
It was a thick night, blanketed heavily in an almost eerie silence. It almost seemed
as if everything had stopped living or had at least fallen into a deep dreamless sleep. The
summer breeze blew gently up against her skin, caressing her cheek softly and running it's
long invisible fingers through her long brown hair. The tall, dark trees outside bent
low to the wind, their leaves trembling in honor. The stars twinkled almost like diamonds...
or like the twinkling of joy in a young child's eyes. That hope tossed up into the dark night
sky, coming to a resting place and snuggling deep within the thick night. Maybe the night would
have been beautiful, with the moon glowing so warmly down upon their planet, almost as if trying
to comfort those who existed so far below it. Or maybe just keeping a comforting, watchful eye
upon those who slept so soundly and without a care. Maybe it would have been beautiful....if
she didn't have to feel so exhausted....so empty.
The palace garden was lit a soft, dull almost bluish color from the glow of the watchful
moon and smiling stars. Stepping out of the shadows of the palace's entrance way, Maker brushed
her long, slightly messed up hair over her shoulder. A small strand refused to budge and fell
beautifully across her face causing her to look slightly younger and misleadingly naive.
Resting a hand against her forehead, she sighed softly into the darkness of the night, watching
the shadows as they twisted and danced about. She had felt this strange deep pull within her.
Something she didn't quite understand, though she felt as if she should. Yet, she couldn't
place the feeling at the moment, her weariness clouding her otherwise sharp and tact mind. She
had thought that maybe a short walk within the gardens, at such a beautiful time of night, might
help her mind to grow at ease and she would be able to retire for the night.
Moving silently along the rows of bushes donned with beautiful exotic flowers, the soft,
long, cottony material of her dress brushed up against her legs. Touching her skin lightly,
almost like the soft touch of a feather. Looking up at the wondrous night sky she thought to
herself, 'Yet...I don't feel alone out...'
Pausing, she came to a slow stop, tilting her head to the side slightly, her long hair
spilling over her shoulder as she tried to listen. The soft call of crickets seemed to echo
around her, teasing her senses as she tried to listen beyond the normal sounds of the night....
and then she heard it. Very faintly....but it was there. The soft whisper carried on the wind
danced around her, confusing the direction in which it was coming from. Blindly though, Maker
started to walk down a small path way in the garden, her lavender eyes glancing about into the
shadows. Yet....this feeling...it felt...like...
Her. She was there.
Kneeling underneath a large willowy tree, the skirts of Kakyuu's dress spread out around her as
she knelt. Her soft silky looking hair seemed to almost shimmer in the moon's gentle glow, the
deep crimson tresses still pinned up into the familiar two loops on either side of her head, two
long ponytails trailing down her back. Her pale face was turned upwards, her eyes full of stars
as she whispered softly into the darkness. Praying? Making a wish? She was beautiful....
Maker hesistated a moment, not sure if she should interrupt her princess, yet also the
strong pull towards the young princess was begging her to go on. Biting her bottom lip, Maker
stepped closer to where her princess was and paused once more, her heart feeling warm just from
being this close to her princess. Kakyuu's long hair trembled slightly in the wind, a few
strands curling up around her face, accenting the natural beauty she held outside as well as
inside. And once more, Maker found herself envying Healer for being blessed enough to be able
to actually feel the warm glow of their princess' soul. Very lucky....
The moonlight played upon Kakyuu's lovely face. A single tear slowly falling over her
cheek glistened a moment before it was swept away by the brush of her hand. 'Oh....' Maker
held her breath a moment, her eyes widening at the simple, yet deep display of kakyuu's sorrow.
"P...princess..."
The young girl in question, turned her head slightly and gazed up at her friend and guardian
with pure eyes full of glistening tears and raw emotion. "Princess!" Maker cried out softly,
falling to her knees beside her princess and wanting more than anything to be able to reach out
and hold her, embrace her as Healer had....yet she wasn't Healer. She couldn't.
"Gomen ne...Maker..." Kakyuu's voice was so soft that it was almost lost within the darkness
of the night and the dull twinkling of her fading hope. "I...hope I didn't wake you..." She
trailed off slowly, looking away from Maker painfully.
Maker cringed at the sad pain held so tightly within her princess' eyes. Why would
someone so lovely and so warm be filled with such pain and sorrow? It wasn't right! "Princess...
Please..." She moved closer to Kakyuu, the soft fragrance of olive blossoms swirling around her
and causing her heart to grow slightly warmer. Filling her with strength to comfort this hurting
angel, "Do not be so sad. What is troubling you so? Please princess...don't feel these things
alone."
"Demo..." Kakyuu sighed softly, brushing her long hair back over her shoulders and
gazing up at Maker, her eyes trembling with tears, "Minna already has so much to worry about..
..I do not wish to be a burden anymore than I am...."
"A burden?" The thought to Maker was almost laughable and she shook her head, "Princess,
you are anything but a burden. You are a beautiful blessing upon every person who knows you
and just your smile is able to touch and bless a person's day. Please though..." She gazed
down into the misty eyes of her beloved princess, "Tell me what is bothering you princess.
Why have you been having such a horrible time sleeping these past few weeks...I'm worried."
Frowning a little sadly, Kakyuu shook her head, giving into the deep, comforting eyes
that were gazing at her with such emotion. It would feel wrong to her if she didn't let Maker
know... "I've been having these dreams recently....and it's the same few over and over again."
She paused, almost as if trying to gather up her thoughts, "Maybe it doesn't seem like anything
that should give me such worry...demo...demo...they have felt so real...almost like a vision
of sorts. And..." Her voice broke off as she let out a small, painful sob, her shoulders
trembling delicately, "In my dreams...Kinmoku-sei is destroyed. Completely destroyed! And I can
feel my people dying all around me! Calling out to me for help....yet....I'm unable to do
anything."
"Oh...princess..." Maker gasped softly, an acute pang dug itself deep into her heart.
With great passion she reached out and pulled her aching princess to herself, wrapping
her gently in a sheltering hug. Wishing more than anything that she had the power to wash
away all of Kakyuu's fears and worries.
Kakyuu buried her face against Maker's shoulder. Her damp tears brushing off against
Maker's bare skin causing goose bumps to rise upon her flesh as she held the princess close,
her hands gently caressing her back. "P...princess....I....I'm really not sure what to think
of these dreams." She swallowed, trying to straighten out her jumbled thoughts, "I do not think
you silly though to worry about what these dreams could mean. Although...I do not think that
you should have worried yourself as much as you did. And I do think that you should have come
to us sooner with this piece of information. Demo....please princess. Don't cry so....I promise
that whatever happens, I'll always be by your side, as will Healer and Fighter. And if anything
bad did happen to Kinmoku-sei, we will overcome it."
The princess' sobs softened at the kind words and she turned her head slightly to the
side. Her warm, soft breath brushing up against the tender flesh of Maker's neck, causing the
senshi to shiver slightly. "H...hai....I'm just...." She sniffled softly, her damp cheek
pressed up against maker's shoulder, "Scared."
"Kakyuu princess...." Maker whispered softly, her voice cracking a little from all the
different emotions that were playing within her, "Don't be scared. I'll never let anything
happen to you."
"Demo...." Kakyuu slowly lifted her head up off of Maker's shoulder, her shimmering eyes
gazing up into Maker's. The senshi easily able to feel the gentle warmth from her princess'
body against hers, "I'm worried about....my people....and....you...."
"I'm not." Maker found herself saying before she could even stop to think, finding the
heavenly scent of her princess intoxicating to her senses. Causing her body to over react to
each simple touch, to want to cave in at each lonely tear that fell down her cheek and to
tell her exactly what her heart had wanted for so long now.
"Only you." She whispered passionately.
'I'm yours.' Her thoughts echoed dully in her mind.
"You're all that truly matters in the end to me."
'I breathe for you.'
"I care about the people of Kinmoku-sei, demo they pale in comparison."
'I want to kiss you'
"You're all I can see."
'You're all I will ever believe in'
"M....maker." Kakyuu's damp eyes widened slightly. Her temptingly soft lips quivering
slightly as she gazed at her, emotions playing within her eyes.
And before she could stop herself or think any better, Maker leaned forward. Her hand
reached up and lightly touched Kakyuu's neck, brushing over her warm skin and lightly holding
the back of her head, feeling the soft silky hair in-between her fingers. Leaning in more, her
hungry lips very lightly pressed up against Kakyuu's soft cheek, finding a damp tear and
lovingly kissing it away. Pulling back, she found another tear that was slowly making it's way
down Kakyuu's beautiful face and moved closer, kissing that tear away as well, her lips
trembling against her princess' skin.
Kakyuu gasped softly under the rain of kisses, her eyes shimmering with shock as she
let herself be kissed, trembling underneath the senshi's affection. Moving her head back, Maker
glanced down into kakyuu's eyes, the sorrow that had once been held so tightly there seeming to
be washing away and being replaced by a hazy warm glow. "K...kakyuu-hime...I...." She blushed
deeply as the thoughts of her previous actions became a sudden reality.
"Maker....." Kakyuu's soft voice cut through her senshi's mumbling and tender lavender
eyes were focused upon her once more.
Moving her other hand up to Kakyuu's face, Maker gently trailed her fingertips down
the princess' pink kissed cheeks and across her quivering, petal soft lips. And leaning in
once more, her breath coming in small silent gasps, Maker tenderly pressed her lips up against
kakyuu's, no longer able to resist such a sweet temptation. It seemed that at first Kakyuu
didn't respond, passively letting herself be swept away in the tender kiss. But then her petal
soft lips seemed to blossom against her own and the kiss was returned. Maker's fingers were
gently stroking her cheek, while her other hand continued to lightly support her princess' head.
A gentle warm blush creeping up to her cheeks as she experienced what could only be heaven.
A tender, sweetly divine heaven. It didn't matter. Nothing mattered....but her. Her.
Hesistantly, Maker pulled back still able to feel kakyuu's sweet lips against her
own as she gazed down at her princess. Kakyuu's eyelids slowly fluttered open and the beautiful
crimson orbs looked back up at her lovingly. "Please...." Maker whispered, her lips longing
to touch her once more. Her arms aching to just hold her princess close forever, "Don't be so
sad anymore."
Kakyuu's eyes sparkled as she reached up quite suddenly, taking Maker by surprise
and capturing another warm kiss. Their two totally different worlds colliding in a splendor
of gentle passion and awakening longings. Hidden emotions that only now were slightly being
given life to.....yet....painfully, Maker pulled away from her princess, an almost sad
smile upon her lips. She had forgotten again....it had been so simple to. "Princess...."
Kakyuu pulled away as well, the coolness of the night quickly wrapping around her again.
The warmness from a discovered love quickly fading away as she too knew what maker was
coming to and she slowly nodded, looking over at her, "G....gomen ne....Maker...I..."
"Iie..." Maker's smiled warmed a little as she gently reached out, not able to resist
being able to feel the softness of Kakyuu's skin underneath her fingers, "There needs to be no
regret or explanations. Our destinies were already chosen for us before we were born."
"Destinies we did not choose..." She whispered, glancing up into the starlit sky, trying
to hide the tears that were staring to gather up within her eyes once more.
"Hai," Maker nodded, her heart still pleasantly warm, yet also starting to feel empty
once more as she knew that this couldn't last, "I'm....your guardian...."
"I know." She choked on the words slightly, turning her pained eyes to Maker, the thought
of 'what if' haunting them.
They both knew that it would do no good to try and go against their chosen paths, yet
both also felt that maybe someday, maybe in another life time, their paths would meet and be
as one. And Until then.... "I'll always love you....princess..." Maker found herself saying,
reaching out and holding the frail girl in her arms tenderly, "Always be near you and always
watching over you."
"Maker...."
"You'll always be the breath that I breathe, Kakyuu princess. Don't forget...." Maker
glanced up at the night sky and felt Kakyuu stir slightly in her embrace and soon found herself
in an embrace as well. The young princess holding her tightly, almost as if never wanting to
let her go.
"I couldn't." Kakyuu breathed, resting her head against Maker's shoulder.
Smiling softly to herself, Maker closed her eyes, just wanting to enjoy the little
precious time that they had left like this. But it had all been worth it to her. Anything
would have been worth it just for her to have been able to hold her princess in her arms or
to simply kiss away her tears.
Her eyelids fluttered open in time to catch a glimpse of a shooting star as it
streaked across the heavens and then winked out of sight. Smiling and even though she had
always found it silly to wish upon such a thing, she closed her eyes tightly again and could
hear the soft breathing of her princess beside her and wished upon the star with all her heart.
A wish for her princess....
*~Epilogue
A week later Kakyuu's dreams became a morbid reality when chaos nestled upon
the planet, destroying everything it happen to come upon. Stripping the planet of it's hopes,
dreams and of it's life. Leaving behind only destruction, death and sorrow. And when the
starlight's very reason for living was wounded, the princess fled the planet in hopes of finding
the light of hope and someday sealing chaos away. Stricken, the starlights quickly fled after
her, leaving behind any hopes of saving what was left of their planet and secertly deep down,
not thinking twice about choosing their princess over their home. It was not only their duty,
but also their calling in life. To serve only her, to watch over her and to love her. Yet,
it was their destiny to only be her guardians. So it is said and found to be true, destiny is
a cruel keeper.
AN: There.....finally. I'm done!! *glees* I have no idea why, but for the longest time I was
having real trouble writing from the ending of this peice. *shrugs* I'm fairly pleased with
the outcome, but I'm more pleased that I actually wrote a Maker/Kakyuu fanfic!! I mean, not
only is this fanfic about Maker/taiki, but it's also a really odd pairing that I'm sure most
people didn't really think about before. However, I like this pairing so....blah. Oh look!
*points up at the sky* nagaroboshi! Make a wish ^.~
It was a thick night, blanketed heavily in an almost eerie silence. It almost seemed
as if everything had stopped living or had at least fallen into a deep dreamless sleep. The
summer breeze blew gently up against her skin, caressing her cheek softly and running it's
long invisible fingers through her long brown hair. The tall, dark trees outside bent
low to the wind, their leaves trembling in honor. The stars twinkled almost like diamonds...
or like the twinkling of joy in a young child's eyes. That hope tossed up into the dark night
sky, coming to a resting place and snuggling deep within the thick night. Maybe the night would
have been beautiful, with the moon glowing so warmly down upon their planet, almost as if trying
to comfort those who existed so far below it. Or maybe just keeping a comforting, watchful eye
upon those who slept so soundly and without a care. Maybe it would have been beautiful....if
she didn't have to feel so exhausted....so empty.
The palace garden was lit a soft, dull almost bluish color from the glow of the watchful
moon and smiling stars. Stepping out of the shadows of the palace's entrance way, Maker brushed
her long, slightly messed up hair over her shoulder. A small strand refused to budge and fell
beautifully across her face causing her to look slightly younger and misleadingly naive.
Resting a hand against her forehead, she sighed softly into the darkness of the night, watching
the shadows as they twisted and danced about. She had felt this strange deep pull within her.
Something she didn't quite understand, though she felt as if she should. Yet, she couldn't
place the feeling at the moment, her weariness clouding her otherwise sharp and tact mind. She
had thought that maybe a short walk within the gardens, at such a beautiful time of night, might
help her mind to grow at ease and she would be able to retire for the night.
Moving silently along the rows of bushes donned with beautiful exotic flowers, the soft,
long, cottony material of her dress brushed up against her legs. Touching her skin lightly,
almost like the soft touch of a feather. Looking up at the wondrous night sky she thought to
herself, 'Yet...I don't feel alone out...'
Pausing, she came to a slow stop, tilting her head to the side slightly, her long hair
spilling over her shoulder as she tried to listen. The soft call of crickets seemed to echo
around her, teasing her senses as she tried to listen beyond the normal sounds of the night....
and then she heard it. Very faintly....but it was there. The soft whisper carried on the wind
danced around her, confusing the direction in which it was coming from. Blindly though, Maker
started to walk down a small path way in the garden, her lavender eyes glancing about into the
shadows. Yet....this feeling...it felt...like...
Her. She was there.
Kneeling underneath a large willowy tree, the skirts of Kakyuu's dress spread out around her as
she knelt. Her soft silky looking hair seemed to almost shimmer in the moon's gentle glow, the
deep crimson tresses still pinned up into the familiar two loops on either side of her head, two
long ponytails trailing down her back. Her pale face was turned upwards, her eyes full of stars
as she whispered softly into the darkness. Praying? Making a wish? She was beautiful....
Maker hesistated a moment, not sure if she should interrupt her princess, yet also the
strong pull towards the young princess was begging her to go on. Biting her bottom lip, Maker
stepped closer to where her princess was and paused once more, her heart feeling warm just from
being this close to her princess. Kakyuu's long hair trembled slightly in the wind, a few
strands curling up around her face, accenting the natural beauty she held outside as well as
inside. And once more, Maker found herself envying Healer for being blessed enough to be able
to actually feel the warm glow of their princess' soul. Very lucky....
The moonlight played upon Kakyuu's lovely face. A single tear slowly falling over her
cheek glistened a moment before it was swept away by the brush of her hand. 'Oh....' Maker
held her breath a moment, her eyes widening at the simple, yet deep display of kakyuu's sorrow.
"P...princess..."
The young girl in question, turned her head slightly and gazed up at her friend and guardian
with pure eyes full of glistening tears and raw emotion. "Princess!" Maker cried out softly,
falling to her knees beside her princess and wanting more than anything to be able to reach out
and hold her, embrace her as Healer had....yet she wasn't Healer. She couldn't.
"Gomen ne...Maker..." Kakyuu's voice was so soft that it was almost lost within the darkness
of the night and the dull twinkling of her fading hope. "I...hope I didn't wake you..." She
trailed off slowly, looking away from Maker painfully.
Maker cringed at the sad pain held so tightly within her princess' eyes. Why would
someone so lovely and so warm be filled with such pain and sorrow? It wasn't right! "Princess...
Please..." She moved closer to Kakyuu, the soft fragrance of olive blossoms swirling around her
and causing her heart to grow slightly warmer. Filling her with strength to comfort this hurting
angel, "Do not be so sad. What is troubling you so? Please princess...don't feel these things
alone."
"Demo..." Kakyuu sighed softly, brushing her long hair back over her shoulders and
gazing up at Maker, her eyes trembling with tears, "Minna already has so much to worry about..
..I do not wish to be a burden anymore than I am...."
"A burden?" The thought to Maker was almost laughable and she shook her head, "Princess,
you are anything but a burden. You are a beautiful blessing upon every person who knows you
and just your smile is able to touch and bless a person's day. Please though..." She gazed
down into the misty eyes of her beloved princess, "Tell me what is bothering you princess.
Why have you been having such a horrible time sleeping these past few weeks...I'm worried."
Frowning a little sadly, Kakyuu shook her head, giving into the deep, comforting eyes
that were gazing at her with such emotion. It would feel wrong to her if she didn't let Maker
know... "I've been having these dreams recently....and it's the same few over and over again."
She paused, almost as if trying to gather up her thoughts, "Maybe it doesn't seem like anything
that should give me such worry...demo...demo...they have felt so real...almost like a vision
of sorts. And..." Her voice broke off as she let out a small, painful sob, her shoulders
trembling delicately, "In my dreams...Kinmoku-sei is destroyed. Completely destroyed! And I can
feel my people dying all around me! Calling out to me for help....yet....I'm unable to do
anything."
"Oh...princess..." Maker gasped softly, an acute pang dug itself deep into her heart.
With great passion she reached out and pulled her aching princess to herself, wrapping
her gently in a sheltering hug. Wishing more than anything that she had the power to wash
away all of Kakyuu's fears and worries.
Kakyuu buried her face against Maker's shoulder. Her damp tears brushing off against
Maker's bare skin causing goose bumps to rise upon her flesh as she held the princess close,
her hands gently caressing her back. "P...princess....I....I'm really not sure what to think
of these dreams." She swallowed, trying to straighten out her jumbled thoughts, "I do not think
you silly though to worry about what these dreams could mean. Although...I do not think that
you should have worried yourself as much as you did. And I do think that you should have come
to us sooner with this piece of information. Demo....please princess. Don't cry so....I promise
that whatever happens, I'll always be by your side, as will Healer and Fighter. And if anything
bad did happen to Kinmoku-sei, we will overcome it."
The princess' sobs softened at the kind words and she turned her head slightly to the
side. Her warm, soft breath brushing up against the tender flesh of Maker's neck, causing the
senshi to shiver slightly. "H...hai....I'm just...." She sniffled softly, her damp cheek
pressed up against maker's shoulder, "Scared."
"Kakyuu princess...." Maker whispered softly, her voice cracking a little from all the
different emotions that were playing within her, "Don't be scared. I'll never let anything
happen to you."
"Demo...." Kakyuu slowly lifted her head up off of Maker's shoulder, her shimmering eyes
gazing up into Maker's. The senshi easily able to feel the gentle warmth from her princess'
body against hers, "I'm worried about....my people....and....you...."
"I'm not." Maker found herself saying before she could even stop to think, finding the
heavenly scent of her princess intoxicating to her senses. Causing her body to over react to
each simple touch, to want to cave in at each lonely tear that fell down her cheek and to
tell her exactly what her heart had wanted for so long now.
"Only you." She whispered passionately.
'I'm yours.' Her thoughts echoed dully in her mind.
"You're all that truly matters in the end to me."
'I breathe for you.'
"I care about the people of Kinmoku-sei, demo they pale in comparison."
'I want to kiss you'
"You're all I can see."
'You're all I will ever believe in'
"M....maker." Kakyuu's damp eyes widened slightly. Her temptingly soft lips quivering
slightly as she gazed at her, emotions playing within her eyes.
And before she could stop herself or think any better, Maker leaned forward. Her hand
reached up and lightly touched Kakyuu's neck, brushing over her warm skin and lightly holding
the back of her head, feeling the soft silky hair in-between her fingers. Leaning in more, her
hungry lips very lightly pressed up against Kakyuu's soft cheek, finding a damp tear and
lovingly kissing it away. Pulling back, she found another tear that was slowly making it's way
down Kakyuu's beautiful face and moved closer, kissing that tear away as well, her lips
trembling against her princess' skin.
Kakyuu gasped softly under the rain of kisses, her eyes shimmering with shock as she
let herself be kissed, trembling underneath the senshi's affection. Moving her head back, Maker
glanced down into kakyuu's eyes, the sorrow that had once been held so tightly there seeming to
be washing away and being replaced by a hazy warm glow. "K...kakyuu-hime...I...." She blushed
deeply as the thoughts of her previous actions became a sudden reality.
"Maker....." Kakyuu's soft voice cut through her senshi's mumbling and tender lavender
eyes were focused upon her once more.
Moving her other hand up to Kakyuu's face, Maker gently trailed her fingertips down
the princess' pink kissed cheeks and across her quivering, petal soft lips. And leaning in
once more, her breath coming in small silent gasps, Maker tenderly pressed her lips up against
kakyuu's, no longer able to resist such a sweet temptation. It seemed that at first Kakyuu
didn't respond, passively letting herself be swept away in the tender kiss. But then her petal
soft lips seemed to blossom against her own and the kiss was returned. Maker's fingers were
gently stroking her cheek, while her other hand continued to lightly support her princess' head.
A gentle warm blush creeping up to her cheeks as she experienced what could only be heaven.
A tender, sweetly divine heaven. It didn't matter. Nothing mattered....but her. Her.
Hesistantly, Maker pulled back still able to feel kakyuu's sweet lips against her
own as she gazed down at her princess. Kakyuu's eyelids slowly fluttered open and the beautiful
crimson orbs looked back up at her lovingly. "Please...." Maker whispered, her lips longing
to touch her once more. Her arms aching to just hold her princess close forever, "Don't be so
sad anymore."
Kakyuu's eyes sparkled as she reached up quite suddenly, taking Maker by surprise
and capturing another warm kiss. Their two totally different worlds colliding in a splendor
of gentle passion and awakening longings. Hidden emotions that only now were slightly being
given life to.....yet....painfully, Maker pulled away from her princess, an almost sad
smile upon her lips. She had forgotten again....it had been so simple to. "Princess...."
Kakyuu pulled away as well, the coolness of the night quickly wrapping around her again.
The warmness from a discovered love quickly fading away as she too knew what maker was
coming to and she slowly nodded, looking over at her, "G....gomen ne....Maker...I..."
"Iie..." Maker's smiled warmed a little as she gently reached out, not able to resist
being able to feel the softness of Kakyuu's skin underneath her fingers, "There needs to be no
regret or explanations. Our destinies were already chosen for us before we were born."
"Destinies we did not choose..." She whispered, glancing up into the starlit sky, trying
to hide the tears that were staring to gather up within her eyes once more.
"Hai," Maker nodded, her heart still pleasantly warm, yet also starting to feel empty
once more as she knew that this couldn't last, "I'm....your guardian...."
"I know." She choked on the words slightly, turning her pained eyes to Maker, the thought
of 'what if' haunting them.
They both knew that it would do no good to try and go against their chosen paths, yet
both also felt that maybe someday, maybe in another life time, their paths would meet and be
as one. And Until then.... "I'll always love you....princess..." Maker found herself saying,
reaching out and holding the frail girl in her arms tenderly, "Always be near you and always
watching over you."
"Maker...."
"You'll always be the breath that I breathe, Kakyuu princess. Don't forget...." Maker
glanced up at the night sky and felt Kakyuu stir slightly in her embrace and soon found herself
in an embrace as well. The young princess holding her tightly, almost as if never wanting to
let her go.
"I couldn't." Kakyuu breathed, resting her head against Maker's shoulder.
Smiling softly to herself, Maker closed her eyes, just wanting to enjoy the little
precious time that they had left like this. But it had all been worth it to her. Anything
would have been worth it just for her to have been able to hold her princess in her arms or
to simply kiss away her tears.
Her eyelids fluttered open in time to catch a glimpse of a shooting star as it
streaked across the heavens and then winked out of sight. Smiling and even though she had
always found it silly to wish upon such a thing, she closed her eyes tightly again and could
hear the soft breathing of her princess beside her and wished upon the star with all her heart.
A wish for her princess....
*~Epilogue
A week later Kakyuu's dreams became a morbid reality when chaos nestled upon
the planet, destroying everything it happen to come upon. Stripping the planet of it's hopes,
dreams and of it's life. Leaving behind only destruction, death and sorrow. And when the
starlight's very reason for living was wounded, the princess fled the planet in hopes of finding
the light of hope and someday sealing chaos away. Stricken, the starlights quickly fled after
her, leaving behind any hopes of saving what was left of their planet and secertly deep down,
not thinking twice about choosing their princess over their home. It was not only their duty,
but also their calling in life. To serve only her, to watch over her and to love her. Yet,
it was their destiny to only be her guardians. So it is said and found to be true, destiny is
a cruel keeper.
AN: There.....finally. I'm done!! *glees* I have no idea why, but for the longest time I was
having real trouble writing from the ending of this peice. *shrugs* I'm fairly pleased with
the outcome, but I'm more pleased that I actually wrote a Maker/Kakyuu fanfic!! I mean, not
only is this fanfic about Maker/taiki, but it's also a really odd pairing that I'm sure most
people didn't really think about before. However, I like this pairing so....blah. Oh look!
*points up at the sky* nagaroboshi! Make a wish ^.~