Death and the Dark Angel---Chapter 5---Dreams and Nightmares
An: Im bored so I'm continuing......even though I didn't get as many reviews as I had hoped to receive....oh well......i dont care.......
Disclaimer: *glowers* I dont own anything but the original characters and plot!!!!! the animes are yours! *beats away the lawyers* I promise!
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Hazel eyes full of crystalline tears as they gathered and dripped off of long ebony lashes and streamed down smooth cheeks leaving a trail of moisture. A flash of pain contorted the angelic features into a grimace. Duo stood ignoring the gnawing pain in his abdomen and caught her as she fell backwards. Snow fell gently. Pure white in stark contrast to the crimson of her blood as it flowed and her life slipped from her. He held her as he felt her life slipping away slowly. His mind and heart screamed against it and he watched unable to help as her life's blood slowly poured out staining the white snow crimson. Her eyes never left his. His violet eyes flashed in anguish as he blinked back tears. She smiled weakly. The color that had once been found on her suntasted skin was draining away along with her life. He felt her life energy diminishing drastically. She was almost gone. She weakly lifted a hand and touched his cheek as if making sure that he was real. She shuddered. She gasped as her breathing became more shallow. The tears stopped suddenly. With a large gasp she looked one last time into the violet depths of his eyes.
"Aishiteru..." Her hand went limp.
" naze.........." He held her close and the pain of his own injury began to take it's toll on him. The spear impaled within her gleamed. Setting her down he took out the lance and raised it aiming for his heart and......
Duo sat up and gasped looking around bewildered. His chesnut hair was disheveled and his braid loosened. He blinked once more and sighed his body slick with sweat. He hated nightmares. It was still fresh in his mind. He ran a hand through his hair attempting to tame it. He tooked a breath of air the room suddenly feeling stuffy. He kicked off the sheets and stood walking towards the balcony. He opened the door stepping out into the crisp night air.
"Nightmares....." He looked up at the moon it was full and seemed to bathe everything in a silvery glow. Duo smiled serenely. Something about seeing the unwavering light of a full moon always calmed him. He felt restless. He shifted his weight and decided he had cooled down enough and walked back inside his room. Heading towards his newly acquired laptop he started it up. ' Oh well since I'm awake I should start some research on that project. Karasu will be happy......less work...' He smirked. ' I wonder what she's doing right now..' He looked at the clock. It read 1:53 AM he shook his head. ' Sleeping like a normal person...' A dry chuckle escaped his throat at his own antics. ' Why am I thinkin' this sorta stuff?' Shrugging he logged on.
Karasu sat up panting tears running down her cheeks and glistening in the light of the moon that fell upon her bed from the halfway closed window curtains. Karasu carefully slipped out of bed not wanting to wake up Usagi who was sleeping peacefully.
"That dream...it's happening more often....." Karasu said quietly thinking aloud as soon as she had left the door to the room she and Usagi slept in closed. She ran a shaky hand through her hair pushing it away from her face. "It seems it's getting more and more detailed since school started. " Her thoughts went to Duo for an instant. ' I wonder what Duo's up to.....' SHe shook her head with a small smirk similar to one of the braided pilot's ' Sleeping like a normal person...' She looked at her laptop and shrugged. ' Research time. At least its Friday god knows how tired I'll be tomorrow...' She logged on. An instant message popped up.
Shinigami: Karasu!
Dark Angel: Duo? Hey....
Shinigami: I couldn't sleep.....how 'bout you?
Dark Angel: How weird......neither could i...
The Instant message flashed the same for both of them in the next moment.
Shinigami: Nightmares
Dark Angel: Nightmares.....
Shinigami: You too?
Dark Angel: Yep....it was really depressing.
Shinigami: Depressing? Mine too....weird...
Dark Angel: Yeah talk about coincidences ,ne?
Shinigami: .....
Dark Angel: Duo you ok?
Shinigami: Sorry just thinkin'...
Dark Angel: ...May I ask about what?
Shingami: Just what I remember from the dream.
Dark Angel: Ah...it stood with ya?
Shinigami: Vaguely...I know it was.......a death...crimson blood staining the purest of white.....
Dark Angel: A spear.....lanced through.....
Shingami: Ok......this is too much of a coincidence...your nightmare had that too?
Dark Angel: Yes...God...AH!
Shinigami: What happened......?
Dark Angel: o_O it was the icemaker......I scared myself....
Shinigami: And you call Usagi a ditz?
Dark Angel: Hey!
Shinigami: Heh. Anyway, you ok?
Dark Angel: To tell the truth.....no...
Shinigami:...hm......
Dark Angel: Usagi's asleep...and well.......I'm scaring myself....its like I'm all alone.....
Shinigami: Can I help ?
Dark Angel: AH! Good idea......um.....could you come over...asap??
Shinigami: You sure that's ok?
Dark Angel: Please..... I could use the company..besides it'd be a good time to work on the project....
Shinigami: Ok...Gimme a few minutes I'll be right there...
Dark Angel: k....
Duo logged off turning off the laptop. A smile formed on his lips before he realized it. ' Why am I so happy?' A voice answered his question. ' 'Cause she wants you to be there! ' He blinked and shrugged. It had been three weeks since he had met Karasu. Could he have developed a crush on her without realizing it? He shrugged dismissing the thoughts and began to get dressed rebraiding his chestnut hair.
Karasu pulled on a robe. Grabbing a toothbrush she quickly brushed her teeth, following that she washed her face. Looking around she found her brush and brushed her curly locks back twisting her hair into a bun and tying it with a hair tie quickly. She looked at herself in the mirror. ' Okay..not too bad...for being in pjs..but it's only Duo I shouldn't be worried so much..' Shrugging she grabbed her strawberry lip gloss and applied some to her already pink lips making them look slightly more ruby. She smiled satisfied as a knock interrupted her thoughts. ' That must be him...' She smiled and took a breath before walking towards the door.
"Who is it?" A voice replied.
" Your knight in shining armor." Karasu chuckled recognizing Duo's voice. She opened the door. She looked Duo over. he had on a black wife beater with dark purple button up shirt over it with black pants and matching shoes.
"Come in sir knight." Karasu chuckled and let him in missing the looking over he gave her. She was dressed in her pajamas. They were a dark indigo and her eyes stood out in stark contrast to her pjs and matching robe. Duo smiled and looked around his eyes darting around. ' She looks great even when she's just woken up...' He looked at her.
"er...Duo-kun......Daijobu desu ka?"
"H-hai.." He followed her to her laptop. It was strangely quiet in the apartment. "Its so quiet..."
"Yeah..Usa-chan is sleeping..." She smiled. "I don't know what I'd do if she wasn't here..." Her eyes grew distant for a brief moment. "But anyway, time to get some work done,ne?" Duo nodded he followed her to her laptop and sat in the chair she had pulled up beside hers.
" I was able to find a little background on the roles of The dark angel and saturn's prince 'shinigami' in the legend of the silver millenium. "
"Hm..." Duo read the text. "Ah..so they were lovers? " A slight smirk tugged at the corners of his mouth.
"Hai..." Karasu continued reading. "According to the legend it seems that.....they tried to keep it a secret...because of a jealous suitor...part of the nobility among the court in Mercury it seems..." Duo furrowed a brow.
"Jealous suitor ...?" Karasu shuddered. Duo blinked. "What's wrong..?"
" Just got a weird sense of deja vu...the story almost seems vaguely familiar..."
"Maybe you heard it when you were little and don't remember?"
"Yeah....probably." She shivered and scrolled down. She gasped. " And.....get this......both she and the prince died at the hands of the suitor....who claimed that she was his and his alone......" Karasu felt her heartrate quicken and the muscles in her chest tighten as she remembered Kurai's words. She gazed off as her memories flashed through her mind's eye.
*********FLASHBACK**********
Kurai wrapped his arm possesively around her waist from behind. Karasu stiffened. He leaned close to her ear.
"Watashi no Karasu. Did you think you could ever get away from me? You're mine..and mine alone. I love you and nobody...no matter the circumstances will ever take you away..." Karasu struggled in vain to get free from his strong grip.
"Iie...I'm no longer yours...I'll never be yours...you won't have me!" She whispered at her words she could feel his grip tighten. She gasped as he turned her to face him and gripped her shoulders and pushed her against the wall his amethyst eyes flashing dangerously.
"And just who would have you...that braided baka that sits beside you?!" He hissed. Karasu struggled his grip painfully tight and forceful.
"Let me go..." His grip tightened and she let out a soft cry of pain. " You're hurting me..." She looked at him tears filling her eyes. His eyes softened and his grip loosened.
"Kami-sama.......Karasu.....I'm sorry..." He pulled her close hugging her against him. "The thought of you....not with me makes me mad...it hurts...Aishiteru.." She looked up at him in disbelief.
"How can you lie like that? Usotsuki!" she hissed at him.
" I'm not lying...and I'll make you see that very soon..." She blinked as he disappeared leaving her standing alone. She exhaled and began to cry running to her apartment locking herself in and leaning against the floor as sobs racked her body and she fell to her knees.
**** *********End Flashback*************
Duo waved a hand in front of Karasu's eyes with an arched brow.
"Oi....Karasu you awake in there?" Karasu blinked. She looked at him and forced a smile. He frowned. "You just got really pale...maybe I should leave and let ya get some rest."
"Iie...its fine..stay.."
"On one condition."
"And what condition is this?"
"We stop working...its been a little over 45 minutes and you look like you could use a break."
"Hey...are you saying.....I look ...bad?" She frowned slightly. Duo blinked and stammered.
"N-no...just you look a little pale..and I think we should just relax for a little while...after all it is friday night..." Karasu smiled and nodded turning off her laptop and shutting it. She stretched.
"Let's go watch tv...ok?" Duo nodded as he followed her to the living room and sat next to her on the couch. After a few moments she was flipping through the channels with a bored expression which was mirrored by Duo.
"There's nothing on......." Duo stated staring at what had to be the 50th infommercial(AN: how the hell does one spell infommercial??????) they had come upon since turning on the tv.
"Well Duo-kun it is three somethin' in the morning so......that's all thats on..." She changed the channel and paused a movie was playing.
"Sugokunai...." Duo watched tilting his head to the side in interest. "A sci-fi flick.."
"Hai...I don't think I've seen this..." She watched putting down the remote. They both watched with interest when,in what seemed like minutes, three hours soon passed and the color of the azure night sky began to change into the first gray rays of light that came with the dawn of a new day. They both felt their eyelids grow heavy and yawned as they both were overcome with fatigue. Karasu and Duo fell asleep. She had her head leaning on his shoulder and somehow his arm found its way around her shoulders. For once in a long time they both slept peacefully their nightmares replaced by tranquil sleep.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------End of Chapter 5--------------------Dreams and Nightmares........tbc.....--------------------
AN: Konban wa minna san. Hey I'm such a ditz.......I just figured out why i mighta been gettin' such a small number of reviews.......somehow my settings got messed up and I didn't except anonymous reviews.....eheheh -.-;;;; eep.....um.....yeah......so anyway I got that fixed so please do review!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Its much appreciated..and If you'd like include ur email address and I'll write you as soon as i get the opportunity..! heheh...so i'm not askin' fer much in a review..its just to let me know that I have readers......i mean.....just let me know that you're readin' thats all i ask......not a critique of my writing capabilities or plot structure! Just tell me you've read and if you like it!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm dyin' over here! Arigatou!!!!!!! Matane!!!!! Till next chapter.....hehehehheh* ^.~*
****~Hoshi-chan~****
An: Im bored so I'm continuing......even though I didn't get as many reviews as I had hoped to receive....oh well......i dont care.......
Disclaimer: *glowers* I dont own anything but the original characters and plot!!!!! the animes are yours! *beats away the lawyers* I promise!
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Hazel eyes full of crystalline tears as they gathered and dripped off of long ebony lashes and streamed down smooth cheeks leaving a trail of moisture. A flash of pain contorted the angelic features into a grimace. Duo stood ignoring the gnawing pain in his abdomen and caught her as she fell backwards. Snow fell gently. Pure white in stark contrast to the crimson of her blood as it flowed and her life slipped from her. He held her as he felt her life slipping away slowly. His mind and heart screamed against it and he watched unable to help as her life's blood slowly poured out staining the white snow crimson. Her eyes never left his. His violet eyes flashed in anguish as he blinked back tears. She smiled weakly. The color that had once been found on her suntasted skin was draining away along with her life. He felt her life energy diminishing drastically. She was almost gone. She weakly lifted a hand and touched his cheek as if making sure that he was real. She shuddered. She gasped as her breathing became more shallow. The tears stopped suddenly. With a large gasp she looked one last time into the violet depths of his eyes.
"Aishiteru..." Her hand went limp.
" naze.........." He held her close and the pain of his own injury began to take it's toll on him. The spear impaled within her gleamed. Setting her down he took out the lance and raised it aiming for his heart and......
Duo sat up and gasped looking around bewildered. His chesnut hair was disheveled and his braid loosened. He blinked once more and sighed his body slick with sweat. He hated nightmares. It was still fresh in his mind. He ran a hand through his hair attempting to tame it. He tooked a breath of air the room suddenly feeling stuffy. He kicked off the sheets and stood walking towards the balcony. He opened the door stepping out into the crisp night air.
"Nightmares....." He looked up at the moon it was full and seemed to bathe everything in a silvery glow. Duo smiled serenely. Something about seeing the unwavering light of a full moon always calmed him. He felt restless. He shifted his weight and decided he had cooled down enough and walked back inside his room. Heading towards his newly acquired laptop he started it up. ' Oh well since I'm awake I should start some research on that project. Karasu will be happy......less work...' He smirked. ' I wonder what she's doing right now..' He looked at the clock. It read 1:53 AM he shook his head. ' Sleeping like a normal person...' A dry chuckle escaped his throat at his own antics. ' Why am I thinkin' this sorta stuff?' Shrugging he logged on.
Karasu sat up panting tears running down her cheeks and glistening in the light of the moon that fell upon her bed from the halfway closed window curtains. Karasu carefully slipped out of bed not wanting to wake up Usagi who was sleeping peacefully.
"That dream...it's happening more often....." Karasu said quietly thinking aloud as soon as she had left the door to the room she and Usagi slept in closed. She ran a shaky hand through her hair pushing it away from her face. "It seems it's getting more and more detailed since school started. " Her thoughts went to Duo for an instant. ' I wonder what Duo's up to.....' SHe shook her head with a small smirk similar to one of the braided pilot's ' Sleeping like a normal person...' She looked at her laptop and shrugged. ' Research time. At least its Friday god knows how tired I'll be tomorrow...' She logged on. An instant message popped up.
Shinigami: Karasu!
Dark Angel: Duo? Hey....
Shinigami: I couldn't sleep.....how 'bout you?
Dark Angel: How weird......neither could i...
The Instant message flashed the same for both of them in the next moment.
Shinigami: Nightmares
Dark Angel: Nightmares.....
Shinigami: You too?
Dark Angel: Yep....it was really depressing.
Shinigami: Depressing? Mine too....weird...
Dark Angel: Yeah talk about coincidences ,ne?
Shinigami: .....
Dark Angel: Duo you ok?
Shinigami: Sorry just thinkin'...
Dark Angel: ...May I ask about what?
Shingami: Just what I remember from the dream.
Dark Angel: Ah...it stood with ya?
Shinigami: Vaguely...I know it was.......a death...crimson blood staining the purest of white.....
Dark Angel: A spear.....lanced through.....
Shingami: Ok......this is too much of a coincidence...your nightmare had that too?
Dark Angel: Yes...God...AH!
Shinigami: What happened......?
Dark Angel: o_O it was the icemaker......I scared myself....
Shinigami: And you call Usagi a ditz?
Dark Angel: Hey!
Shinigami: Heh. Anyway, you ok?
Dark Angel: To tell the truth.....no...
Shinigami:...hm......
Dark Angel: Usagi's asleep...and well.......I'm scaring myself....its like I'm all alone.....
Shinigami: Can I help ?
Dark Angel: AH! Good idea......um.....could you come over...asap??
Shinigami: You sure that's ok?
Dark Angel: Please..... I could use the company..besides it'd be a good time to work on the project....
Shinigami: Ok...Gimme a few minutes I'll be right there...
Dark Angel: k....
Duo logged off turning off the laptop. A smile formed on his lips before he realized it. ' Why am I so happy?' A voice answered his question. ' 'Cause she wants you to be there! ' He blinked and shrugged. It had been three weeks since he had met Karasu. Could he have developed a crush on her without realizing it? He shrugged dismissing the thoughts and began to get dressed rebraiding his chestnut hair.
Karasu pulled on a robe. Grabbing a toothbrush she quickly brushed her teeth, following that she washed her face. Looking around she found her brush and brushed her curly locks back twisting her hair into a bun and tying it with a hair tie quickly. She looked at herself in the mirror. ' Okay..not too bad...for being in pjs..but it's only Duo I shouldn't be worried so much..' Shrugging she grabbed her strawberry lip gloss and applied some to her already pink lips making them look slightly more ruby. She smiled satisfied as a knock interrupted her thoughts. ' That must be him...' She smiled and took a breath before walking towards the door.
"Who is it?" A voice replied.
" Your knight in shining armor." Karasu chuckled recognizing Duo's voice. She opened the door. She looked Duo over. he had on a black wife beater with dark purple button up shirt over it with black pants and matching shoes.
"Come in sir knight." Karasu chuckled and let him in missing the looking over he gave her. She was dressed in her pajamas. They were a dark indigo and her eyes stood out in stark contrast to her pjs and matching robe. Duo smiled and looked around his eyes darting around. ' She looks great even when she's just woken up...' He looked at her.
"er...Duo-kun......Daijobu desu ka?"
"H-hai.." He followed her to her laptop. It was strangely quiet in the apartment. "Its so quiet..."
"Yeah..Usa-chan is sleeping..." She smiled. "I don't know what I'd do if she wasn't here..." Her eyes grew distant for a brief moment. "But anyway, time to get some work done,ne?" Duo nodded he followed her to her laptop and sat in the chair she had pulled up beside hers.
" I was able to find a little background on the roles of The dark angel and saturn's prince 'shinigami' in the legend of the silver millenium. "
"Hm..." Duo read the text. "Ah..so they were lovers? " A slight smirk tugged at the corners of his mouth.
"Hai..." Karasu continued reading. "According to the legend it seems that.....they tried to keep it a secret...because of a jealous suitor...part of the nobility among the court in Mercury it seems..." Duo furrowed a brow.
"Jealous suitor ...?" Karasu shuddered. Duo blinked. "What's wrong..?"
" Just got a weird sense of deja vu...the story almost seems vaguely familiar..."
"Maybe you heard it when you were little and don't remember?"
"Yeah....probably." She shivered and scrolled down. She gasped. " And.....get this......both she and the prince died at the hands of the suitor....who claimed that she was his and his alone......" Karasu felt her heartrate quicken and the muscles in her chest tighten as she remembered Kurai's words. She gazed off as her memories flashed through her mind's eye.
*********FLASHBACK**********
Kurai wrapped his arm possesively around her waist from behind. Karasu stiffened. He leaned close to her ear.
"Watashi no Karasu. Did you think you could ever get away from me? You're mine..and mine alone. I love you and nobody...no matter the circumstances will ever take you away..." Karasu struggled in vain to get free from his strong grip.
"Iie...I'm no longer yours...I'll never be yours...you won't have me!" She whispered at her words she could feel his grip tighten. She gasped as he turned her to face him and gripped her shoulders and pushed her against the wall his amethyst eyes flashing dangerously.
"And just who would have you...that braided baka that sits beside you?!" He hissed. Karasu struggled his grip painfully tight and forceful.
"Let me go..." His grip tightened and she let out a soft cry of pain. " You're hurting me..." She looked at him tears filling her eyes. His eyes softened and his grip loosened.
"Kami-sama.......Karasu.....I'm sorry..." He pulled her close hugging her against him. "The thought of you....not with me makes me mad...it hurts...Aishiteru.." She looked up at him in disbelief.
"How can you lie like that? Usotsuki!" she hissed at him.
" I'm not lying...and I'll make you see that very soon..." She blinked as he disappeared leaving her standing alone. She exhaled and began to cry running to her apartment locking herself in and leaning against the floor as sobs racked her body and she fell to her knees.
**** *********End Flashback*************
Duo waved a hand in front of Karasu's eyes with an arched brow.
"Oi....Karasu you awake in there?" Karasu blinked. She looked at him and forced a smile. He frowned. "You just got really pale...maybe I should leave and let ya get some rest."
"Iie...its fine..stay.."
"On one condition."
"And what condition is this?"
"We stop working...its been a little over 45 minutes and you look like you could use a break."
"Hey...are you saying.....I look ...bad?" She frowned slightly. Duo blinked and stammered.
"N-no...just you look a little pale..and I think we should just relax for a little while...after all it is friday night..." Karasu smiled and nodded turning off her laptop and shutting it. She stretched.
"Let's go watch tv...ok?" Duo nodded as he followed her to the living room and sat next to her on the couch. After a few moments she was flipping through the channels with a bored expression which was mirrored by Duo.
"There's nothing on......." Duo stated staring at what had to be the 50th infommercial(AN: how the hell does one spell infommercial??????) they had come upon since turning on the tv.
"Well Duo-kun it is three somethin' in the morning so......that's all thats on..." She changed the channel and paused a movie was playing.
"Sugokunai...." Duo watched tilting his head to the side in interest. "A sci-fi flick.."
"Hai...I don't think I've seen this..." She watched putting down the remote. They both watched with interest when,in what seemed like minutes, three hours soon passed and the color of the azure night sky began to change into the first gray rays of light that came with the dawn of a new day. They both felt their eyelids grow heavy and yawned as they both were overcome with fatigue. Karasu and Duo fell asleep. She had her head leaning on his shoulder and somehow his arm found its way around her shoulders. For once in a long time they both slept peacefully their nightmares replaced by tranquil sleep.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------End of Chapter 5--------------------Dreams and Nightmares........tbc.....--------------------
AN: Konban wa minna san. Hey I'm such a ditz.......I just figured out why i mighta been gettin' such a small number of reviews.......somehow my settings got messed up and I didn't except anonymous reviews.....eheheh -.-;;;; eep.....um.....yeah......so anyway I got that fixed so please do review!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Its much appreciated..and If you'd like include ur email address and I'll write you as soon as i get the opportunity..! heheh...so i'm not askin' fer much in a review..its just to let me know that I have readers......i mean.....just let me know that you're readin' thats all i ask......not a critique of my writing capabilities or plot structure! Just tell me you've read and if you like it!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm dyin' over here! Arigatou!!!!!!! Matane!!!!! Till next chapter.....hehehehheh* ^.~*
****~Hoshi-chan~****