12/24 :: Christmas Eve :: Dragons of Earth
-----Empty Distractions (200-word drabble)
Seishirou. The first to fall, and who would've thought such iron
armor could crack so easily?
Yuuto. Why had he provoked the firecaster so? He'd even had the
upper hand in the fight…
Satsuki. Well, Beast had always been quite frightening, at that. Not
too surprising that it had turned on her.
(Hinoto. Hinoto. Hin—)
—Kusanagi's defection. That had not been expected. Ridiculous, that
he would fall in love with that dog-girl! At least he was
incapacitated.
(Hinoto. H…)
Kishuu. Well, she'd been a Dragon of Heaven originally, only fighting
with them to save her lover, that loudmouthed Kouya boy.
Unsurprisingly, she'd switched back.
(…Hinoto. Oh god—!)
—Nataku! Nataku. His death. His death… was creepy. But what with
his fanatical devotion to the Kamui, his death made a certain sense.
It made sense.
Kakyou, still waiting, still dreaming…
Dreaming…
Kanoe shuddered, pressing shaking fingers to her lips. Her Angels
were gone, but she had faith in her Kamui, he would—kill them, damnit,
I care for no one anymore, kill them, kill them! Destroy every last
bit of Hinoto's dream, the dream that killed her, she died—
Kanoe's shriek of anguish echoed through the dark, empty underground halls.