Tears out of Heaven
by Chris Herrin
Starting yet another story, I have a bad habit of not finishing older ones, I'll get around to it. Here goes!
Disclaimer: Don't own Kingdom Hearts.
Chapter 1
Tears and Blood
"Squall…." she whimpered, as she held me in her arms, "Squall….Squall…SQUALL!!! You can't leave me!" she cried out, and I felt one of her warm tears hit my cheek and roll down it.
As I looked down at him my heart filled with despair, knowing I could have stopped this. I could have saved him. But it was too late now. I wouldn't…no…I couldn't accept this! I am the one who should be dying! Not Squall! I saw one of my tears drip off my face, hitting his cheek and rolling down it. Then I saw his eyes water up and he began to cry. In all my many years of knowing Squall, I had never seen him cry. The sight was almost too much to bear.
I felt my own tears well up and trickle down the sides of my face, pushing a stream through my own sweat, panting heavily.
"How could you?" I managed to whisper, through my pants and groans. As I said this I immediately wish I had not let them pass through my lips, for I saw in her face more sadness and regret than I've ever witnessed before. Her eyes widened with shock, he mouth hanging open slightly, her cheeks were losing their colors and she trembled. Then I continued, as if I couldn't stop myself from speaking.
His words echoed in the depths of my conscience. How could I? I began to ask myself the same question. How could I? His pain…his suffering…his shattered trust…his death…all of them were my fault. I felt my face change, my eyes widening…my mouth open…all the color and warmth quickly draining from my body as I finally realized what I had done…what was going to happen…
"How could you lie to me? You told me you loved me! That you would never hurt me! You said I could trust you!? But…but…." I stuttered off as my own blood began to fill my throat. I began to choke as I looked up at her, feeling my eyes burn as blood began to drip out of my closed mouth. The pills were already killing me, wrenching my precious life away from my hands, and I could not resist. The countless pills were already beginning to cause my insides to bleed, bleeding into my throat and lungs. I reached out towards her, feeling my tears pour down my face, trying to get out another three words…just three more words!!!
"Squall!" she cried out. "SQUALL!!!" she screamed. "No! No damn it all! Squall stay with me!!!" she cried to me. Her tears came full flow now, not stopping for anything. She pulled me to her, my blood staining her clothes, and she wept as I lay there dying in her arms. I choked out my final last three words.
"I….lo..o…loved…..y..you.." I gasped as my blood filled my lungs, and I felt my brain slowly slip away, and my body began to go limp. I felt the light in my eyes slowly slip away, and Yuffie seemed miles away, I heard her scream, yet it sounded muffled, almost distant.
"SQU…AAA…LLL!!!!" I screamed my lungs out into the cold winter air, feeling his life slowly slip from my fingertips, his warmth leaving him, the light in his blue eyes drained. I felt as if my life were over. His love had ultimately failed him. No. I had failed him. I had failed his trust, his companionship…his love! Oh what I wouldn't do to turn back time! To turn this back to before any of this happened! To when we were happy together! But I can't! He's…he's…HE'S…dead.
I guess I should tell you what happened before this. It really would be helpful to you. You might learn something. This is a story of gentle, heartfelt love, and of betrayal that wrecked all of our lives. It starts off with me and Yuffie, my little ninja partner, you know her, right? Good. Anyways, after the worlds were sealed off it seemed like the rest of our group had a couple. Cloud came back to Aerith, Shera came back to Cid; they were so happy. Yuffie and I felt…left out. The others were always with the other lover, leaving us to ourselves. We spent a lot of time with each other, which I guess led towards us falling for each other. We fell madly in love, needless to say. We spent our every waking hour together, in fact…we spent every hour together period. The age difference was frowned upon by Aerith, but she just is like the mother of our humble castle. She finally gave up and just accepted it. We were all very happy and content. One day, other people started to arrive at the castle, having finally made their way back to their home world, all of these people being people at least one of us had known in the past. We recognized old friends, family, and plenty of others. It was around this time when I asked Yuffie to marry me. She said yes and we got married in the main hall and lived a happy married life for about a year. What happened then? Well now, that's the story I'm about to tell you. Here goes…..
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