Disclaimer: Angel Sanctuary does not belong to me, nor do Sara and Setsuna L. But I have tried to bribe Kaori Yuki into letting me have them for this fic. Wait, that's a lie. But, when I become a millionaire, I will most definitely try to! Anyway, I'm still waiting for the results of the medical test to see if I'm Setsuna's blood sister. Oh yes, Sara is more mature and understanding in this fic, according to her age.
SARA AND SETSUNA FOREVER! Enjoy!
Chapter 2
Sara feels two eyes boring a hole through her. Turning around, she sees Setsuna. Time stops and they both freeze as their hearts race. Setsuna tries to hide his smile but does a poor job of it. Kira tries to break the ice.
He calls, "Sara, how would you like to buy me lunch and see my room afterwards?"
Trying not to tremble, Sara walks up to the men and sits down; two pairs of eyes never leaving each other. Sara is the first to break her gaze.
Calmly, she greets, "How are you, Kira? It seems we'll be brother and sister from now on."
Setsuna's eyes almost pop out of his head. Kira gives her a serious, cold look of disbelief. Stealing a quick glimpse of Setsuna, Sara gets lost in his golden brown eyes with a tinge of honey in them. Kira's voice brings her back to reality.
"Sara, what do you mean we're brother and sister? The only one here who is your brother is…"
Emotionally Sara cuts in, "No, Kira! My mother fell in love with and married your father. We are related by name, now."
Setsuna turns to look at his best friend, who just became his brother within mere seconds. Kira gets up and leaves, pulling out a cigarette from his shirt pocket. Setsuna is torn between staying with the one he loves and going after the man who loves him. Over time, Setsuna came to realize that Kira loved him more than anyone, or else he would never leave his father. His father was the most important person to Kira. That's why Kira couldn't hurt him. Setsuna could never understand why he would put himself through so much pain for his father. He did everything to distance himself from that man, but it only ended with him falling more deeper in love. This was why Kira thought of women as objects to be toyed with. Because he could never have his father, never love him properly. The way a son should love his father. Of course, Setsuna didn't know about that kind of father-son love. His own father left his family behind for another woman. Women were bad, according to Setsuna and Kira. But Sara was no woman. She was an angel, a goddess, a shining star that could not be caught to make a wish on. No she wasn't, because if she was, Setsuna and Sara would not be a brother and sister deeply, madly, and passionately in love with each other, who had to run to another country to save the other. They would be together without following the society-labeled "love laws," the one that says you can't truly love your sibling.
Wanting to keep one foot on the boat, and the other foot on the pier, he grabs Sara's hand and runs with her to find Kira. Running out the door, he sees Kira heading toward the Biology building, where their next class is. He runs over to the building and realizes that Kira is entering the building. Setsuna runs into the building, tired and out of breath. He watches Kira enter the boy's bathroom and follows him there, without realizing that it's a boy's bathroom and Sara is not a boy. Running into the empty bathroom, he forgets that he has to catch his breath. Kira is standing by the window, looking out, propping his body with one hand against the wall.
Setsuna spits out, breathless, "Kira, what's wrong?"
Sara finally speaks, "Kira, are you alright?"
Kira's body stiffens when he hears their voices.
A harsh whisper answers, "Don't you know this is a boy's bathroom?"
Balling his hands into a fist, Kira walks over to the door, with his back turned to them. Needing privacy with the other two, he locks the bathroom door, to protect Sara, who shouldn't have been there, in the first place. When the door is locked, he slams his fist against the wall, not knowing what to say. Setsuna takes Sara to sit on top of the radiator in the bathroom, since there was no chair, while he stands across from her.
Finally, Kira finds his voice or rather his whisper, "What right do you have to come here and tell me that we're brothers and sisters!"
Both Setsuna and Sara freeze in shock.
Kira continues, "Do you know, Sara, how much pain Setsuna has gone through all these years trying to make you happy? Do you know what he has went through all these years without you? Do you know what I went through all these years?"
He turns to look at them both. Breathing erratic, he put his hand to his chest.
"Setsuna and I, we had our whole lives planned out. Not one of our plans included you, Sara! We don't need you! How dare you follow him to another country? You have no right to an opinion in so strong a decision!"
Sara utters, "I…I understand."
Tears fill her eyes, as she continues her impassioned plea, "But I'm not sorry! You have no idea what it is like to love someone, Kira! You can never understand the pain and anguish I went through searching for three years to find the one I love!"
Kira turns his back to her, "I have no idea what it is like, you say? After I went through so many lies for Setsuna, telling him that I was having fun at parties, when I was really doing the same thing he was, loving you!"
Setsuna and Sara are stunned speechless.
Kira turns to face her with moisture streaming down his cheeks, "I love you, Sara. I love you so much…"
© Squall's Scar 2002
