Part 2: Heart of Sword
Pietro ran as fast as he could around the town. Rogue, worried, had called him up, explaining that when she got home, she found her door unlocked... and Kitty gone.
Hitori de wa, tooi ashita wo
Yoake no mama de, koesou de
Butsukatteikya kokeru omoi yo
Konya mo mata, sure chigai
When I'm alone, tomorrow feels far away.
And I must go over still into the darkness of dawn.
If I try to play it straight, it will no doubt fail,
And tonight it won't go well between us again.
He found no trace of her anywhere. the clubs were full of people, the streets full of lovers, Heterosexual and homosexual alike, but no Kitty. Her friends didn't know where she was, and he wa about to think she had left the town when something drew him to the lake. Kitty herself had shown him and Lance it, her secret place. It had become their own secret place. Maybe...
Sanzan sugite doryoku no ato mo
Naku naru kekka, only no tsuna watari
Yaru dake son suru yona, mainichi wa
Sha ni kamaeteta hou koso, raku ni naru
Atsukute, tsurai jibun wo kakushite, mijikai toki wo ikiteru
You can't see all of my hard efforts, because it's only result
Is that it makes no sense. It really is a "tightrope".
More effort, more damage--this is my daily life.
Taking a cynical attitude may give me some comfort...
Hiding myself, heated and irritated; living only a short time.
He slowed down as he spotted her sandals there. Looking around, he found no hide nor hair of them. The sun began to rise and he realized that he had been up all night looking for her. Lance called up from behind him.
"Pietro!" Pietro turned and saw Lance there, a worried face that mirrored his own on his face.
"find her?"
"Only her shoes... Where do you think she could of gone?"
Lance, unsure of the answer held Pietro close, his head resting on the other boy's head.
Hitori de wa, tooi ashita wo
Yoake no mama de, koesou de
Hottokeba, hashiru omoi yo
Yume mo mata, sure chigai
When I'm alone, tomorrow feels far away.
And I must go over still into the darkness of dawn.
If I let my emotions free,
My dreams will once again not go well.
"Lance..." Pietro's eyes conveyed the worry he felt.
"I know, I know..." Lance said when there was a thump behind them. They jumped, turning to see Kitty lying there, her skin as pale as milk, her chest... not moving.
Kanpeki to chau, jinsei no shuushi
Puramai zero da nanteba honto ka na?
Shinu made ni tsukaikiru, un no kazu
Semete, jibun de dashiire wo sasete
I think the balance sheet of my life is imperfect.
If I add up the plusses and minuses, will it really equal zero?
I want to control all my luck
That may be used up before my life is ended.
They both moved to reach her, but Lance held up her head as Pietro checked for a pulse. He panicked as he found none. Desperately, he felt the pulse at her neck and found only a barely beating one. Pietro shot a glance at Lance, who nodded and let Pietro dash off with the fading Kitty.
Wakacchainai, kimi nara dou ni demo, rikutsu wo kaete ii noni
You don't know--you can change logic at your will.
No matter what they tried.. she was gone... Her heart stopped beating. It was as if she had lost the will to live... Pietro stared at the not pale Kitty and then did something he hadn't done in over 7 years. He fell to his knees and left the tears roll down his face... He just stared. He broke down, he sobbed....... He was vulnerable...
Nando kimi ni, ketsu mazuitemo
Modottekichau, aijou ni
Shinjikaneru, utaretsuyosa yo
Konya mo, soutou nemurenai
I hurt myself because of you, over and over;
But my love didn't go away--it kept coming back.
The toughness gained from my damage is unbelievable.
I won't be able to sleep at all tonight either.
Lance stared at his hands and then at Pietro, who just sat there, as if he was a statue. The death of the young woman, Katherine Pryde, had shocked everyone close to her. But they never felt the agony both he and Pietro were facing. She may of not meant it, but it seemed that they had been the cause of her death, they had killed her. Lance clutched his head when there was a soft, "no..."
Pietro and Lance looked up.
Nando nankai, kurikaeshitemo
Modottekichau, ai dakara
However many times it's repeated,.
It revives again and again--because it's love.
~It's not that...~ Kitty said, her eyes a milky nothingness as she sat in the cherry tree. She smiled. Pietro paled and Lance shook his head, and her ghostly visage disappeared. She then appeared on the trunk, smiling.
~I couldn't handle it... but then I find myself here... I.. Love you....~ She disappeared. Disbelieving their own eyes.
Pietro said something Lance couldn't fully hear. Pietro sighed as he began remembering the tale Kitty always told him when she was bored, about the dryad who went through a great journey to save her tree, aided by a sorcerer... And Like that Dryad, she died.... Lance stared at Pietro who then sunk to his knees.
Butsukatteiku, kesunu omoi wo
Semeru hou ga, suji chigai
Hitori de wa, tooi ashita wo
Yoake no mama de koeteyuku
You can't blame my emotion,
Because you should know it will never fade away.
When I'm alone, tomorrow feels far away.
And even though I'm in the darkness of dawn, I have to go.
Pietro watched as Kitty just leapt off the tree. He knew his eyes were tricking him, but he couldn't forget Kitty. How could anyone? To him, she was a little sister, or a lover if you truly thought about it. He felt like crying when lance wrapped his arms around his lover. Now they only had themselves... would that be enough?
Aishou yori mo, fukai futari wa
Sure chigatte kamawanai
I don't care about "bad affinity".
Even if our love is not doing well,
Nevertheless we have deep ties.
AN: Should I make a Sequel? Reviews needed! It's getting depressing because my last 3 fics only got 4 each...... *sigh*