Author's Note: What if Ryudo had granted Elena's wish and had ended her life at Mirumu Inn...? This angsty story will let you see what would've happened...
Also, the first few parts of this story are actually direct quotes from the game itself....
-Fall Of An Angel-
-By Brian Marcelo-
-brianmarcelo@hotmail.com-
Rated R for angst and death.
-Beginning-
After the group had eaten dinner, Elena, troubled over High Priestess Selene and the Cathedral Knights, walked towards a window and watched the moon, which was accompanied by the foreboding, blood colored moon known as Valmar's Moon.
"What's wrong, Elena?" asked Ryudo, as he entered the room, worried about Elena.
"It's Valmar's Moon. It's so eerie... I wonder if it always stares down on us like that..." she said, shivering a bit as the sight of the moon.
"No use getting worked up about something you can't do anything about. Besides, we're pretty damn far enough away from it." said Ryudo as he smirked, thinking he probably made her feel a bit better.
" ... I suppose... but what of the presence of Valmar... inside of me?" said Elena, as she broke the gaze she had on the two moons and looked towards Ryudo.
"... Oh, Millenia..." replied Ryudo, understanding what Elena meant quite well.
"......" mumbled Elena, her face looking quite pained.
"C'mon, lighten up. Millenia's not all that bad..." said Ryudo, trying to cheer up the moodiness of the conversation.
"Ryudo! How can you be so... cavalier about such thing? We speak of the power of Darkness itself! Who knows when... Millenia will do something like Gadan did - or worse? What if her purpose is to restore Valmar to life?" said Elena sharply, shocked at Ryudo's reply.
"Again, we can't do anything about it. Right now, at least. But isn't this why we're going to the Cathedral?" said Ryudo, shrugging a bit.
"Valmar prepares a dwelling place within the souls of the wicked...I am sure that Millenia is the evil inside of me; she is the blackness in my soul! cried Elena, not wanting to have anything to do with the darkness, especially since she was a Songstress of Granas.
"Hey, don't let it get you down. What happened to your happy face? C'mon, we'll knock on the doors of the Cathedral, Zera will get off his porcelain throne, and he'll make everything okay." said Ryudo, as he tried desperately to make her smile and be cheerful again.
"Stop it, Ryudo! This is serious! Must you always be so... flippant?!" she screamed at him, trying to scold him for his light attitude on the situation.
Hearing that made Ryudo snap.
"I- I was just trying to cheer you up... Blazes! Fine, fine. I GET IT...As expected of the Wings of Valmar, it is difficult to visit injury upon Millenia. You, on the other hand..." he said coldly, as he took out his Geoblade and pointed it at Elena.
"Ryu-Ryudo!?" cried Elena in surprise, at she slowly backed away.
"Look, you're not giving me a choice here. You can keep crying about Valmar this and Valmar that, or we can settle this now..." he said, with a rather big hint of coldness in his voice, "You calmed down yet? Hey, what's gotten into you? What happened to the almost-stereotypical determination and pluck that I know so well? What's
wrong, Elena?"
" ... All right, Ryudo. Kill me! If that will destroy Valmar..." whispered Elena softly, as she kneeled down in front of him.
"What!?" shouted a surprised Ryudo.
"What's wrong, Ryudo? Do it quickly! I'm a little... scared...so please, make it as painless as you are able..." she said, tears streaming out of her eyes as she knelt.
Ryudo looked at her for a long while, wondering if he should do it. He was paid to protect her, but still...he felt something deep in his cold heart that was telling him to kill her.
"Kill Elena...?" he thought to himself.
"Yes...kill her. She won't last much longer anyways, with Valmar inside of her. You'd be doing her a favor" said a voice in his head, which was actually Valmar who had taken residence in him when he had saved Elena after the sealing in her town had failed.
"Yes...kill...Elena..." he thought to himself, as he pointed his sword towards Elena.
"Please Ryu-Ryudo...make it as painless as you are able..." said a still kneeling Elena.
The cold Geohound, possessed by Valmar, walked close to Songstress and made her stand up.
"Elena..." he whispered quietly, his cold blade in hand.
"Ryudo...?" she whispered quietly back, wondering what he was going to tell her. Deep down, she hoped that Ryudo would tell her that she was being crazy and that this wasn't the way to go. She wished that he would hold her and tell her that everything would be fine. She hoped that he would even do something incredible, like give her a kiss, or even tell her that he loved her and that he couldn't possibly kill her.
"You...deserve this...." he said slowly, and, before Elena could fully register those words in her head, he swiftly impaled his sword into her abdomen.
"Ryudo...!!!" she shrieked in pain and surprise, as he left the blade in there for a few more seconds, twisting it a bit, before taking it out of her.
"Ryu-Ryudo..." she said quietly, the pain too much to bear as she slumped to the ground, blood trickling slowly down to the ground.
Ryudo kneeled down to her and met her at eye level, and gazed into her eyes.
"Ryudo...? What...happened to my protector....?" she said softly, tears flowing from her eyes as her vision slowly started to be blanketed by darkness. She was confused and hurt emotionally, not to mention physically. Someone who she had grown to love in secret was about to end her life, and she wanted to at least, know why.
"He just become your executioner." he replied coldly, as he struck her with his sword one last time, which quickly ended her innocent, pure life.
As he started to leave the scene of the crime, he looked back at Elena's lifeless body and let out a quiet laugh.
"Heh, being possessed by Valmar isn't so damn bad..." thought Ryudo darkly, as he stopped laughing and left the room quietly.
-The End-
Wow...that was angsty, huh...? I always wondered what would happen if Ryudo had gotten possessed by Valmar at that exact moment....
Also, fans of "Confused Love", don't worry, I'll have chapter three up sometime soon...I hope...
Also, the first few parts of this story are actually direct quotes from the game itself....
-Fall Of An Angel-
-By Brian Marcelo-
-brianmarcelo@hotmail.com-
Rated R for angst and death.
-Beginning-
After the group had eaten dinner, Elena, troubled over High Priestess Selene and the Cathedral Knights, walked towards a window and watched the moon, which was accompanied by the foreboding, blood colored moon known as Valmar's Moon.
"What's wrong, Elena?" asked Ryudo, as he entered the room, worried about Elena.
"It's Valmar's Moon. It's so eerie... I wonder if it always stares down on us like that..." she said, shivering a bit as the sight of the moon.
"No use getting worked up about something you can't do anything about. Besides, we're pretty damn far enough away from it." said Ryudo as he smirked, thinking he probably made her feel a bit better.
" ... I suppose... but what of the presence of Valmar... inside of me?" said Elena, as she broke the gaze she had on the two moons and looked towards Ryudo.
"... Oh, Millenia..." replied Ryudo, understanding what Elena meant quite well.
"......" mumbled Elena, her face looking quite pained.
"C'mon, lighten up. Millenia's not all that bad..." said Ryudo, trying to cheer up the moodiness of the conversation.
"Ryudo! How can you be so... cavalier about such thing? We speak of the power of Darkness itself! Who knows when... Millenia will do something like Gadan did - or worse? What if her purpose is to restore Valmar to life?" said Elena sharply, shocked at Ryudo's reply.
"Again, we can't do anything about it. Right now, at least. But isn't this why we're going to the Cathedral?" said Ryudo, shrugging a bit.
"Valmar prepares a dwelling place within the souls of the wicked...I am sure that Millenia is the evil inside of me; she is the blackness in my soul! cried Elena, not wanting to have anything to do with the darkness, especially since she was a Songstress of Granas.
"Hey, don't let it get you down. What happened to your happy face? C'mon, we'll knock on the doors of the Cathedral, Zera will get off his porcelain throne, and he'll make everything okay." said Ryudo, as he tried desperately to make her smile and be cheerful again.
"Stop it, Ryudo! This is serious! Must you always be so... flippant?!" she screamed at him, trying to scold him for his light attitude on the situation.
Hearing that made Ryudo snap.
"I- I was just trying to cheer you up... Blazes! Fine, fine. I GET IT...As expected of the Wings of Valmar, it is difficult to visit injury upon Millenia. You, on the other hand..." he said coldly, as he took out his Geoblade and pointed it at Elena.
"Ryu-Ryudo!?" cried Elena in surprise, at she slowly backed away.
"Look, you're not giving me a choice here. You can keep crying about Valmar this and Valmar that, or we can settle this now..." he said, with a rather big hint of coldness in his voice, "You calmed down yet? Hey, what's gotten into you? What happened to the almost-stereotypical determination and pluck that I know so well? What's
wrong, Elena?"
" ... All right, Ryudo. Kill me! If that will destroy Valmar..." whispered Elena softly, as she kneeled down in front of him.
"What!?" shouted a surprised Ryudo.
"What's wrong, Ryudo? Do it quickly! I'm a little... scared...so please, make it as painless as you are able..." she said, tears streaming out of her eyes as she knelt.
Ryudo looked at her for a long while, wondering if he should do it. He was paid to protect her, but still...he felt something deep in his cold heart that was telling him to kill her.
"Kill Elena...?" he thought to himself.
"Yes...kill her. She won't last much longer anyways, with Valmar inside of her. You'd be doing her a favor" said a voice in his head, which was actually Valmar who had taken residence in him when he had saved Elena after the sealing in her town had failed.
"Yes...kill...Elena..." he thought to himself, as he pointed his sword towards Elena.
"Please Ryu-Ryudo...make it as painless as you are able..." said a still kneeling Elena.
The cold Geohound, possessed by Valmar, walked close to Songstress and made her stand up.
"Elena..." he whispered quietly, his cold blade in hand.
"Ryudo...?" she whispered quietly back, wondering what he was going to tell her. Deep down, she hoped that Ryudo would tell her that she was being crazy and that this wasn't the way to go. She wished that he would hold her and tell her that everything would be fine. She hoped that he would even do something incredible, like give her a kiss, or even tell her that he loved her and that he couldn't possibly kill her.
"You...deserve this...." he said slowly, and, before Elena could fully register those words in her head, he swiftly impaled his sword into her abdomen.
"Ryudo...!!!" she shrieked in pain and surprise, as he left the blade in there for a few more seconds, twisting it a bit, before taking it out of her.
"Ryu-Ryudo..." she said quietly, the pain too much to bear as she slumped to the ground, blood trickling slowly down to the ground.
Ryudo kneeled down to her and met her at eye level, and gazed into her eyes.
"Ryudo...? What...happened to my protector....?" she said softly, tears flowing from her eyes as her vision slowly started to be blanketed by darkness. She was confused and hurt emotionally, not to mention physically. Someone who she had grown to love in secret was about to end her life, and she wanted to at least, know why.
"He just become your executioner." he replied coldly, as he struck her with his sword one last time, which quickly ended her innocent, pure life.
As he started to leave the scene of the crime, he looked back at Elena's lifeless body and let out a quiet laugh.
"Heh, being possessed by Valmar isn't so damn bad..." thought Ryudo darkly, as he stopped laughing and left the room quietly.
-The End-
Wow...that was angsty, huh...? I always wondered what would happen if Ryudo had gotten possessed by Valmar at that exact moment....
Also, fans of "Confused Love", don't worry, I'll have chapter three up sometime soon...I hope...