Well it's been a while, but I'm finally back with a new chapter and I'm glad Demon Diary finally got its own category. Also thanks to everyone who reviewed. (Reviews make me happy ^_^)
In case you forgot:
Warnings: Yes this story will eventually contain yaoi. Also if you're getting sick of my long thought quotes, I must warn you we've only just begun. ^_^ I'm sorry if the character's thoughts are a little sporadic, but since I'm not a mind reader the only one I have to base their thought processes on is me and incase you haven't noticed I'm just a little crazy. ^_^
Disclaimer: (long sad sigh) As much as I'd like to swap, the two boys (Eclipse and Raenef) belong to the original author of Demon Diary and Tokyopop, and the two girls (Solstice and Embra) belong to me.
Quick note on magic: If you read book 4, in the back there was a section on magic and how works in the book, and I wanted to inform you that I won't be following that in this fic. Although I may use small things from the newer books, as I said before, this story is based on book one, because I can't predict what will happen in future editions of Demon Diary. (Except for, hopefully, some yummy yaoi goodness. ^_^)
Let's review: "speech", /thoughts/ You know the drill.
Now your featured presentation…
A Sister's Touch
By Yaoi Goddess Kome
Chapter 3: A Demon's Past
The same pair of groggy green eyes glanced at the clock for the tenth time tonight. Every time the young demon lord tried to go back to sleep more and more questions popped into his head.
5:00 am. /Why does Solstice want to court me? She doesn't even know me./
5:30 am. /Does Solstice like me?/
5:45 am. /Do I like her?/
5:55 am. /What is love anyway?/
6:00 am. "That's it" Raenef said, pushing back the covers of his bed. Giving up any hope of sleep, he grabbed a robe and walked outside to the balcony of his room, breathing in the refreshing morning air.
He walked over to the railing on the right side of the balcony and looked out at the magnificent landscape that surrounded the castle. The sky was still gray as the first rays of sunlight slowly started creeping out from behind the mountains. /Funny the mountains seem a little smaller then usual…(sweatdrop)…I guess the Black Flame really is a powerful attack heehee./
Raenef let out a long sigh. /Things have changed so much in just one day. Solstice, Eclipse's sister, showed up to court me. She is pretty but I'm not sure I am really attracted to her, although she seems to like me a lot. I wonder why? Hmm…I guess it has to be because I'm a demon lord. There would hardly be any other reason, considering we just met. But if that's the case she'll probably leave when she finds out what a ditz of a demon lord I am. (sighs) I hope she's not mad about last night. I just, well we just met and she seems nice and all, but I don't really like girls./ Raenef paused for a moment as that thought registered in his head.
/Where did that come from! …Of course I can't really deny it. The truth is I've never really been around girls. All my life I was either alone or with the guild. But I guess I have to be courted some day and boys are supposed to fall in love with girls, right? Not to mention an oracle picked her, and they're supposed to pick the person that is best for me. So I guess there's just something wrong with me./ Raenef thought as he kneeled down on the pavement, throwing his arms on the railing of the balcony and resting his chin between them. When he looked down over the railing, he could see half of the balcony to Eclipse room that was located a floor below him.
/Eclipse…/ Down on that balcony was where he heard Eclipse and Solstice talking the day before. /I had just walked in and I heard her name, Embra. Eclipse looked so hurt and then I found out she had died and Eclipse had had a hand in it somehow. When Eclipse noticed I was there, I turned and ran. I don't know why but it hurt to hear about her. There was this pain that I've never felt before, a sad yearning… envy./
/I've liked Eclipse for a while now although I didn't really realize it until I started daydreaming about him in the middle of my lessons. I've been trying to pretend it was because he was the only one around, but I know that's not true, especially now. To know that he loved someone so much made me so…jealous. To him, I'm just his student, his master and maybe his friend, but that doesn't seem like enough. When he told me to try to give Solstice a chance, it hurt a lot. But I guess I should face the fact that I'll never be the demon lord he wants me to be…I'll never be good enough for him./ he thought as several tears gently slid from his emerald eyes, down his cheeks toward the ground below.
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Eclipse had been tossing and turning all night, his mind stuck on thinking of all the things Solstice and Raenef could be doing right now... /I'm never going to get any sleep at this rate./ He pushed his covers back and got up. /I suppose I might as well do something productive rather than sitting here sulking./ He thought as he grabbed a text from one of the numerous bookshelves in his room. /Perhaps brushing up on my magic will help take my mind off things./
Eclipse walked outside to his balcony and sat on a bench while opening his book. /Advance Techniques of Dark Magic/ he read but suddenly his eyes popped up from the page when he felt a droplet of water hit his head. "Rain?" he questioned /But the castle is surrounded by a hydrological barrier. It can't rain./ Eclipse looked up towards the sky and saw something on the railing of the balcony above him. He got up from his seat and took couple of steps to the right until got a clear view. /Raenef!/ It was his demon lord who's head rested on the cement, as strands of tears overflowed from his innocent eyes. Suddenly the book slipped from Eclipse's hands and crashed on the floor.
/What was that!/ Raenef thought as his head popped up and then his eyes widened in shock. /Eclipse!/ He could see Eclipse staring at him, and in a panic Raenef got up and turned to run back in his room. /Damn, why does he always have to see me like this? Why am I always so weak?/ Suddenly he ran into something hard and recoiled back from it.
He would have fallen to the ground but fortunately arms were there catch him and pull him into a strong embrace. It was now pretty obvious to Raenef who he had bumped into, and seeing no escape from this situation Raenef wrapped his arms around Eclipse's waist and broke down, weeping out all his sorrows and frustrations on to his chest.
"Raenef, what's wrong?" he asked while holding the young demon lord close. "Did something happen between you and Solstice last night?" Eclipse winced /Opps that slipped./
Raenef broke the embrace and turned away. He desperately tried to wipe the tears from his eyes, but Eclipse could tell that Raenef was still crying as his thin form violently shook. "No. I… (sniffle) I just…"
Eclipse slowly approached him and hugged him from behind. Placing his right hand on Raenef's left shoulder and resting his chin atop Raenef's head.
Raenef thought back to the night before when Solstice had made the same gesture towards him. /This feels different from last night though, better./
"It's okay. Don't cry, Raenef. I know that being a demon lord is hard on you with so many rules to follow. But you don't have to deal with this courting stuff right now, so don't worry about it. Just follow your heart and eventually you'll make the decision that is best for you."
Raenef turned around "But what if…"
"Don't worry so much." He said while wiping the last few tears from Raenef's eyes and giving him a reassuring smile. "You can't help who you fall in love with."
/He's right I guess. I just wish I knew more about this stuff/ Raenef thought and shyly smiled back. "Eclipse can… can I ask you a question?"
"Anything."
He hesitated for a moment "What was Embra like?"
Eclipse was a little shocked at the shift in subject. "Why do you want to know all of the sudden?"
"I just…I want to know what the person you fell in love with, was like?" he said as any icy breeze passed by making him shiver.
/If only you knew/ Eclipse thought and smiled to himself. "Okay, all tell you all about her, but let's go inside before you catch a cold."
Raenef nodded and they made there way inside his room. Raenef plopped down on his bed and leaned back against one of the four posts. Eclipse sat on the edge of the bed facing the wall, catching only a glimpse of the demon lord in the far right corner of his eye.
Eclipse took a deep breath and began. "Embra was out going and adventurous, the exact opposite of me. You see about 500 years ago I started serving under the previous Demon Lord Raenef. I was still the same grumpmister I am now, always with my head in a book studying magic. That's when I met the overactive red head, Embra, who was another one of the master's servants and had been serving him since his reign began. She specialized in dark fire attacks and was always laughing and having fun in all the work she did. We had met briefly when I first arrived at the castle, but we didn't really talk until one sunny day when she saw me studying in the library and decided to harass me.
~~~~~Flashback~~~~~
"Hey!" a voice chimed causing Eclipse to look up from the book he was reading to meet with amber eyes. "What are you doing in this stuffy old library, on such a beautiful day?"
"I'm studying magic; maybe you should try it sometime." He said in a cold voice while returning his gaze to his book, Discovering Dark Magic.
"Hmm."
Eclipse blinked and his book was gone. He looked up to woman before him and glared at her, seeing his book levitating above her hand. "Give me my book back and leave me alone."
"Tsk tsk" She said, staring at him with a playful grin "You can't learn everything thing about magic from books. You must practice."
"I don't need a lecture from an infernal woman like you. If you are looking to spar with me, all you had to do was say so."
Embra smiled. "Good, let's go" she said tossing the book at him and grabbing the sleeve of his shirt. "Go"
They appeared at a clearing in the Espian forest which was located just outside the castle.
Eclipse looked rather annoyed and threw his book down by a tree. /If it's a fight she wants, it's a fight she's going to get./ he thought, determined to pay Embra back for disturbing his studies.
"Okay. Let's begin." Embra said calling upon the Blue Lighting attack causing several bolts of lightning to form behind her and quickly shoot forward towards Eclipse.
He calmly formed a triangle with his hands as the bolts approached him. "That attack doesn't stand a chance against my Raven's Wings." he said in a cold monotone as a dark shadow flew out from between his hands, forming the silhouette of a huge bird. The dark raven spread its giant wings blocking the lightning attack from reaching Eclipse.
"What?" Embra said in shock while trying to summon more power into her attack, but it was useless as the black bird absorbed everything she put out. "Dammit"
"Ice Blade!" Eclipse yelled as water surrounded Embra and formed a block of ice around her.
Eclipse smiled at Embra's frozen form "I'm done playing games with you." he said and then turned to pick up his book.
Suddenly he was knocked down by a powerful attack from behind. "Don't you ever, dare to turn your back on me!"
Eclipse got up from the ground and turned to see Embra standing in the distance with a red aura shining around her. Not only was she free of Eclipse attack, but also completely dry. She smiled, looking rather pleased with herself as a flame emitted from her palm ready for attack.
~~~~~End Flashback~~~~~
"I had never seen an attack like that before. Back then my quest for knowledge was so great that I immediately forgot about the fight and asked her about it." Eclipse said and turned to look at Raenef. "You see Embra was the creator of the Black Flame and was the one taught it to me. She had great abilities in both dark and fire magic thus my ice attack was useless against her. Soon after that fight we started training together everyday in the forest and became close friends."
Eclipse looked down for moment trying to think of the right words to say. He refocused his black gaze back on the wall and continued on. "With time my feelings for her grew. I can remember clearly this one day when we were training and I was about to attack her when she appeared out of no where and kissed me. With me frozen in shock, she knocked me to the ground and laughed at me. I immediately scowled at her, yelling that kissing was hardly a fair fighting tactic. But she just giggled some more, saying that perhaps the fight was just a tactic for the kiss. I couldn't believe that she really liked me too, but I knew couldn't pass up this perfect opportunity, so instead of replying I grabbed her arm and pulled her down into my kiss and so our relationship began."
Raenef was completely entranced as if this was a normal bed time story. "So then what happened?" He blurted out and then mentally kicked himself. "I'm sorry, I didn't…"
"It's okay." Eclipse cut in. "As time passed and I developed the Dark Arrow and Master Raenef IV wanted me to travel and teach it to the humans in order to cause chaos. Before I left I proposed to her wanting her to know that I would still love her even though I wouldn't be able to see her for a long time. Many years passed as war erupted. Embra and I had been communicating telepathically when we weren't busy, but finally she decided she was going see me whether a war was brewing or not. We said we would meet back in the Espian forest at the special place where we used to train at."
Eclipse's eyes seemed to darken as he continued his story. "When I reached our spot, she was laying there on the grass with a pool of blood forming around her head and black marks all over her body, the small triangle smudges that are consistent with being hit with the Dark Arrow. From what I concluded a mob of humans must have followed her into the forest and when she stopped at our area they must have ambushed her, using the attack I created."
"Eclipse…"
"Her death was my fault. Not only was I not able to protect her. I gave the humans the weapon to kill her." He said refusing to look at Raenef.
"It's not your fault" he said as he reached out to hug Eclipse
"But it is." Eclipse said, his body tensing as Raenef's arms wrapped around him. "It's sad I've grown so cold I can't even cry over her anymore.
"You're not cold. You've always been there for me and I don't know where I'd be without you. Embra sounds like a wonderful person and I don't think she would want you to be sad."
Eclipse didn't know what to say, but finally gave into Raenef, wrapping his arms around his demon lord and resting his head on Raenef's shoulder.
After a several minutes of silence Raenef looked down to find that the high-ranking demon had fallen sound asleep on top of him. He gently eased Eclipse's body fully onto the bed and pulled the covers over him. Raenef sat on the edge of the bed and looked down at the demon. /You carry so much pain, Eclipse. I just hope that someday you'll be able to forgive yourself./ he thought while brushing a few stay hairs out of Eclipse's face. /Also thank you… because now I know what it's like to be in love. And as one sided as it is, I know it is love that I feel for you./
Raenef let Eclipse sleep as he dressed himself. He walked to the door but then turned back taking one last look at the slumbering object of his affection, before he left the room.
TBC…
So what did you think? I know you're probably thinking: when the hell is the yaoi going to start happening, well all I can say is soon.
Right now I have "Total Eclipse of the Heart" by Bonnie Tyler stuck in my head. (Starts singing… "Once upon a time there was light in my life, now there's only love in the dark. Nothing I can do, a total eclipse of the heart.") Sorry I couldn't help myself besides don't you think that would make a great title for a Demon Diary fic. ^_^
Solstice taps me on the shoulder "Hmm…excuse me. Where was I in this chapter?"
/Supporting characters, they never learn./ "Ahh, you…you were asleep. Yah."
"Oh okay" she says with a smile and trots off.
Anyway about this story, I'm definitely in this one for the long haul the only problem is I'm not sure if the original ending I thought up for this fic will fit anymore, so all (non hentai) ideas about what should happen from here on out are welcomed. Actually I take that back, I'll take the hentai ideas, but just for my personal amusement only. ^_^ Eclipse is so hot. (drool…..)
So thanks for reading and if you go write a review, I'll be the happiest little Yaoi goddess ever. ^_^
Love,
Megami~sama
P.S. Just incase your wondering. All the attacks used in this chapter, I made up with the exception of "Ice Blade" which was used by Eclipse in the beginning of book 3. Yes, I'm just a little bit obsessed. ^_^!