To Die
By: Keiko Nakamoto
Disclaimer:
Notes: This idea just kinda hit me, and it fit with the last chapter of this story, so I added it, even though "To Die" was originally meant to be a one-shot fic. So here ya go.
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Do you know what pain is? I'd say that eight ninths of the universe's population don't know true, heart-searing pain.
Pain harsher than any physical ailment.
Rather, I mean the pain of losing the only person in the universe you love before you ever got the chance to show them the extent of you love. When your first "I love you" was also your last. When "till death do us part" means until the next minute. Seeing your love kill themselves because they thought no one loved them. Hearing "I love you, I'm sorry" as their final words to you, and never having heard that before. Loving someone with your entire being, but having them ripped away just as you learned that they loved you too.
Yaten.
Gods Yaten, why?
Why did you leave me like this? WHY!?! I can't do this, I can't live like this without you…I just can't. I cry endlessly, I can't protect the princess anymore. Only you. I can only remember you. Never once did I hold you in a sweet embrace. Never once did I feel your lips on mine. Never once was that smile filled with love for me alone.
Why?
Why didn't you tell me? Why didn't you tell me how you felt? God knows I would've been there for you. I would've listened! So, why? Why did you feel so alone that you felt the only way you could end the loneliness was to remove yourself from the world?
Life may be cruel, but we could've made it through together. We could've had a future. Could've been happy. I loved you so much.
I love you so much.
My Yaten, please why!!!
"Seiya?" a quiet voice calls from my door. I look up.
"Go away Taiki." I choke out through my tears. She ignores me and comes closer.
"Seiya." She says again, now I see tears making their way down her face. "Seiya, please."
"Yes." I say. "PLEASE leave."
More tears.
"Seiya, please, that's…you know that's not…not what I mean…" she whimpers. "Seiya…I just…"
She collapses. My eyes widen. Impossible. She wouldn't. She's far to smart to…to…do that…
I jump up
"T-Taiki?" I ask in fear. "Taiki, please SAY SOMETHING!!"
I know I'm frantic now. I race over to her. I can't lose her. I can't lose another…not so soon…no, not now, no!! Please no!!
I cradle her in my arms, searching for any cuts or wounds. I find none. However, I know that's not the only way she could've tried to leave. New tears flood my eyes as I look skyward.
"Yaten…" I whimper. "Please don't let her leave me too! Help me, Yaten!!!"
I feel Taiki's breathing go shallow, and her heart slow. Fear grips my heart harder. I shake my head in defiance.
This isn't happening.
Not again. NO. IT ISN'T HAPPENING!
"I…" Taiki gasps. "I'm s..sorry…I……I didn…didn't m-mean to…"
I shake my head, now in overwhelming grief as I feel her go limp in my arms.
"Taiki." I say. "You can't do this to me. You just can't"
I shake her.
"TAIKI! ANSWER ME!" I scream at her lifeless body. "TAAAIIIKIII!"
I feel numb.
They've left me. They've gone away. Faaar away. How dare they leave me behind!
I giggle suddenly with dark glee.
Yaten left because she thought no one loved her. Taiki left because Yaten left. Well, I'M gonna do better than BOTH of them. I'm gonna leave because no one loves me enough to stay with me AND because Yaten left. See how much better than them I am? I giggle again.
I'll be leaving now. I jump up, tears gone and a sick grin on my face. I skip to the kitchens where I smuggle a small knife. Giggling I return to my room and the still-warm body of Taiki. I run my hand along her face.
"Sweet, smart Taiki." I whisper. "Whyever didn't you wait for me? I'dve come with you!"
I giggle more as I look at my newly acquired knife. My ticket to see my love and my best friend. Now…
I slide it across my wrists quickly, imitating what I assume Yaten did. I smile as I feel my life leaving me. I blink as I hear a knock on my door. I grin.
"Even MORE like when Yaten went away." I giggle.
"Seiya? Is Taiki in there?" my princess's voice asks. I giggle more.
"Nope! He's gone away like Yaten!" I say childishly. "Bye-bye Princess! I have to leave now too!"
I hear a gasp and the door flies open. Kakyuu rushes to me and presses her hands around my leaking wrists, slowing the red flow. I pull away from her.
"Don't do that." I say. "I have to go now. Will you come too?"
Her crimson eyes widen as she looks at me and the vessel next to me. Tears flood her eyes as she sees it.
"Don't cry!" I say. "That's not Taiki anymore. Taiki's left to go see Yaten. And now, I have to go to. You can come with if you like."
I hold out the knife. She stares at it. My vision blurs.
"Princess." I rasp. "Take it and come or say your goodbyes, I'm leaving."
Determination appears in her eyes. She takes the knife from me, obviously making a decision. She won't copy me and Yaten, I know. She uses her power to turn the knife into a sword, and she thrusts it into her heart. She coughs up blood and is gone away even before I am.
"Wait princess, I'm coming too!" I cry out weakly. "I'm…"
…coming too…
~ Owari
By: Keiko Nakamoto
Disclaimer:
Notes: This idea just kinda hit me, and it fit with the last chapter of this story, so I added it, even though "To Die" was originally meant to be a one-shot fic. So here ya go.
~ * ~
Do you know what pain is? I'd say that eight ninths of the universe's population don't know true, heart-searing pain.
Pain harsher than any physical ailment.
Rather, I mean the pain of losing the only person in the universe you love before you ever got the chance to show them the extent of you love. When your first "I love you" was also your last. When "till death do us part" means until the next minute. Seeing your love kill themselves because they thought no one loved them. Hearing "I love you, I'm sorry" as their final words to you, and never having heard that before. Loving someone with your entire being, but having them ripped away just as you learned that they loved you too.
Yaten.
Gods Yaten, why?
Why did you leave me like this? WHY!?! I can't do this, I can't live like this without you…I just can't. I cry endlessly, I can't protect the princess anymore. Only you. I can only remember you. Never once did I hold you in a sweet embrace. Never once did I feel your lips on mine. Never once was that smile filled with love for me alone.
Why?
Why didn't you tell me? Why didn't you tell me how you felt? God knows I would've been there for you. I would've listened! So, why? Why did you feel so alone that you felt the only way you could end the loneliness was to remove yourself from the world?
Life may be cruel, but we could've made it through together. We could've had a future. Could've been happy. I loved you so much.
I love you so much.
My Yaten, please why!!!
"Seiya?" a quiet voice calls from my door. I look up.
"Go away Taiki." I choke out through my tears. She ignores me and comes closer.
"Seiya." She says again, now I see tears making their way down her face. "Seiya, please."
"Yes." I say. "PLEASE leave."
More tears.
"Seiya, please, that's…you know that's not…not what I mean…" she whimpers. "Seiya…I just…"
She collapses. My eyes widen. Impossible. She wouldn't. She's far to smart to…to…do that…
I jump up
"T-Taiki?" I ask in fear. "Taiki, please SAY SOMETHING!!"
I know I'm frantic now. I race over to her. I can't lose her. I can't lose another…not so soon…no, not now, no!! Please no!!
I cradle her in my arms, searching for any cuts or wounds. I find none. However, I know that's not the only way she could've tried to leave. New tears flood my eyes as I look skyward.
"Yaten…" I whimper. "Please don't let her leave me too! Help me, Yaten!!!"
I feel Taiki's breathing go shallow, and her heart slow. Fear grips my heart harder. I shake my head in defiance.
This isn't happening.
Not again. NO. IT ISN'T HAPPENING!
"I…" Taiki gasps. "I'm s..sorry…I……I didn…didn't m-mean to…"
I shake my head, now in overwhelming grief as I feel her go limp in my arms.
"Taiki." I say. "You can't do this to me. You just can't"
I shake her.
"TAIKI! ANSWER ME!" I scream at her lifeless body. "TAAAIIIKIII!"
I feel numb.
They've left me. They've gone away. Faaar away. How dare they leave me behind!
I giggle suddenly with dark glee.
Yaten left because she thought no one loved her. Taiki left because Yaten left. Well, I'M gonna do better than BOTH of them. I'm gonna leave because no one loves me enough to stay with me AND because Yaten left. See how much better than them I am? I giggle again.
I'll be leaving now. I jump up, tears gone and a sick grin on my face. I skip to the kitchens where I smuggle a small knife. Giggling I return to my room and the still-warm body of Taiki. I run my hand along her face.
"Sweet, smart Taiki." I whisper. "Whyever didn't you wait for me? I'dve come with you!"
I giggle more as I look at my newly acquired knife. My ticket to see my love and my best friend. Now…
I slide it across my wrists quickly, imitating what I assume Yaten did. I smile as I feel my life leaving me. I blink as I hear a knock on my door. I grin.
"Even MORE like when Yaten went away." I giggle.
"Seiya? Is Taiki in there?" my princess's voice asks. I giggle more.
"Nope! He's gone away like Yaten!" I say childishly. "Bye-bye Princess! I have to leave now too!"
I hear a gasp and the door flies open. Kakyuu rushes to me and presses her hands around my leaking wrists, slowing the red flow. I pull away from her.
"Don't do that." I say. "I have to go now. Will you come too?"
Her crimson eyes widen as she looks at me and the vessel next to me. Tears flood her eyes as she sees it.
"Don't cry!" I say. "That's not Taiki anymore. Taiki's left to go see Yaten. And now, I have to go to. You can come with if you like."
I hold out the knife. She stares at it. My vision blurs.
"Princess." I rasp. "Take it and come or say your goodbyes, I'm leaving."
Determination appears in her eyes. She takes the knife from me, obviously making a decision. She won't copy me and Yaten, I know. She uses her power to turn the knife into a sword, and she thrusts it into her heart. She coughs up blood and is gone away even before I am.
"Wait princess, I'm coming too!" I cry out weakly. "I'm…"
…coming too…
~ Owari