Bring Me to Life
Just some notes: this is an alternate ending fic. Clef is the Pillar, and yes this is a Umi/Clef fic. Nothing against Ascot, I really like him, it's just that this worked better this way. Please, no flames from Ascot-lovers, it's just a fic. Nothing special. This will eventually be a song fic to "bring me to life". Not half-bad, but that's just my opinion. So on with the story. It starts right before the magic knights go home after the second three books in the manga series. I haven't seen the anime yet, but I plan to. ^---^
"But I love you," he wanted to answer, cry the words back at her, take her in his arms, reassure her. But it was not permitted. As Pillar, Clef could not, would not respond. Better to die today and let Cephiro continue. Emeraude's example still shone too brightly in his mind.
"I'm sorry Umi." He struggled to force the words from him. "I.I don't love you back. It would be best if you went home now." He felt her turn. Turn, and take a part of his soul with her. He died that day, on the inside.
Umi, however, did not die. She walked, drifted from the room. Hikaru and Fuu waited outside. They knew she had business with Clef before they left. When they saw her smile, they thought all went well. They did not notice that her smile did not reach her eyes. And when, on earth they separated, they seemed to sense a wrongness about Umi. And over the course of the next few months, though she still acted the same, many people commented that she seemed, lessened, somehow. Her eyes never shone. It was as if a part of her slept. And it did. All of her passion, her energy was somehow diminished. Instead of the loving, passionate hurricane she had been, she now seemed a reflection of the current, lasting weather. Or maybe that perpetual drizzle, and constant mist was a reflection of her.
Just some notes: this is an alternate ending fic. Clef is the Pillar, and yes this is a Umi/Clef fic. Nothing against Ascot, I really like him, it's just that this worked better this way. Please, no flames from Ascot-lovers, it's just a fic. Nothing special. This will eventually be a song fic to "bring me to life". Not half-bad, but that's just my opinion. So on with the story. It starts right before the magic knights go home after the second three books in the manga series. I haven't seen the anime yet, but I plan to. ^---^
"But I love you," he wanted to answer, cry the words back at her, take her in his arms, reassure her. But it was not permitted. As Pillar, Clef could not, would not respond. Better to die today and let Cephiro continue. Emeraude's example still shone too brightly in his mind.
"I'm sorry Umi." He struggled to force the words from him. "I.I don't love you back. It would be best if you went home now." He felt her turn. Turn, and take a part of his soul with her. He died that day, on the inside.
Umi, however, did not die. She walked, drifted from the room. Hikaru and Fuu waited outside. They knew she had business with Clef before they left. When they saw her smile, they thought all went well. They did not notice that her smile did not reach her eyes. And when, on earth they separated, they seemed to sense a wrongness about Umi. And over the course of the next few months, though she still acted the same, many people commented that she seemed, lessened, somehow. Her eyes never shone. It was as if a part of her slept. And it did. All of her passion, her energy was somehow diminished. Instead of the loving, passionate hurricane she had been, she now seemed a reflection of the current, lasting weather. Or maybe that perpetual drizzle, and constant mist was a reflection of her.