Warnings: just depressing

Disclaimer: the usual drill. SM's not mine, neither are the profits.

Sonnet

Sakura petals faded as his Love drifted beyond any reach, and all the vast powers and knowledge of the Ice King weren't enough to pull _him_ back, or to heal just a moment ago, or to screen from the royal ire yet earlier, or... He, the highest of the Shitennou, so utterly defeated.

The only time he felt so helpless was when Queen Selena drew the dreaded Ginzuishou aloft and chanted the spell of destruction that swept out the entire Dark Kingdom host with its leaders, even Metallia itself. Yet the blast was almost imperceptible - searing pain lasted just a second, followed by awakening in a new age, a new life, a new chance to win.

And now Queen Beryl reminded very much of Selena, when she held her crystal sphere! She took only one life, but the agony lasts eons, no matter that only a couple of days passed.

What is the difference then? the first Lord asked himself over and over. Who's the worst enemy? Whom he must fight, in vain though? Both Queens were invincible for him. He could not win over Silver Crystal back then. He still could not face Beryl with her sphere and Metallia's support and... her power over his soul, he realized. He was the highest, the most powerful of servants. Of slaves. Capable only of blindly following the Master's orders.

So nothing? At all? How come, he had striven so hard to achieve that rank and it turned out to be just another nothing!

or... is there a last resort that Selena hinted at? One more chance to show he is not a slave, he still can rule his life. At least, its tiny part... the end.