Chapter 2.
Disclaimer: I do not own VPM. La de da da da!!! The poem I made up in five minutes.
I love you so much, although I can't admit it
These feelings I feel for you are too much to bear
I keep them locked up inside where they are hidden away
Hoping that one-day I'll be able to release them into the light
And show you how much I love you
"I didn't mean to say that," Miyu said softly as she shifted from her left foot to her right.
Larva placed his hand on her shoulder. "Then what did you mean to say?" he asked.
Miyu shrugged his hand off her shoulder. "Nothing. Just forget about." 'Forget about?!' she thought. 'How is he going to forget about it? I said it right to his face!'
"You should get some rest," Larva said. "It has been a long day."
Miyu was silent. Would she be able to rest knowing that he knew her deepest secret? Her love for him had grown over the years that they had been together. When it slowly began to grow in to desire she hid it away from him, afraid that if she revealed it to him she would only find that he didn't feel the same way and it would create a dent in their iron clad bond.
"Miyu," Larva whispered shaking her gently.
She turned around but didn't look up in to his eyes. She was too embarrassed. Now her secret suddenly seemed like a painful burden on her heart. She ached now to tell him the reason for her secret. How it had come in to existence and why she kept it secret from him until now.
He pressed his lips against her forehead. "Let's go home," he whispered.
She grabbed his cloak to stop him. "No," she paused. "There's something you need to know."
Carlua stood on the cold desolate beach. In the distance she could see what remained of the gateway that guarded the Japanese territory.
"Would you like me to go on ahead?" Lemures asked her.
"Would that be best?" she asked.
He shrugged. "I guess it doesn't really matter."
"Then you go on ahead," Carlua said. "I'll follow."
Lemures spread his wings and flew up in to the air and quickly disappeared out of sight.
Carlua sighed. It was so depressing to be back in Japan. She was beginning to wonder if it would be worth it coming to this foreign country in the end. It would only be worth it if Larva came back to her.
She walked along the edge of the beach just out of the reach of on the in coming tide.
'Oh Pazusu,' she thought. 'I wish you were here to guide me.' She looked up at the sky. The full moon shone brightly in the sky, so bright that its light blocked out the light of the stars. It hurt so much to think of her foster father. To her, he was her real father. She never got to know her real father or her real mother. They had both died after she was born.
She turned towards the dark forest that lined the beach. The silhouettes of the trees were all she could see and they seemed to be threatening to reach out and grab her, dragging her in to their dark oblivion. She almost wanted to turn and run away from it, but she gathered her wits about her and walked in to its darkness.
This time she would not fail. She would kill the guardian and avenge Pazusu's death. And bring her dear Larva back.
"There is something you need know," Miyu whispered. "No, there is something you must know." He waited. She knew he was waiting for her to speak again.
She looked up at him, trying to avoid making eye contact with him. She failed. His crimson eyes looked in to hers, holding her in its gaze.
Miyu found herself paralyzed, but at the same time she felt a strange calmness coming over her, releasing her mind from all of its anxieties.
"I . . .I," she stuttered. She lifted her hand and caressed his face. "I love you."
Larva wrapped his arms around her and pulled her closer to him. "I was afraid that you wouldn't feel the same way that I do." Miyu whispered burying her face in to his cloak. "I was afraid that it would ruin . . . . ."
"Shhh," Larva whispered. "It's alright." She looked up at him. "I'm not offended."
She managed to smile but it didn't ease her worry. She didn't want to ask him, but she had to know. "How do you feel about me?"
He was silent. Miyu knew it wasn't the kind of question that had an easy answer to it. She was beginning to regret even asking him when he leaned forward and pressed his lips against hers.
He had never kissed her lips before and she had never been kissed on the lips before by anyone else. It felt strange but not unpleasant. It reminded her of a story her mother use to read her before she went to bed called Sleeping Beauty. She felt as if she had awoken from a long sleep, refreshed and rejuvenated.
He finally pulled away from her leaving her standing in front of him almost entranced. "Miyu," Larva whispered.
She looked up at him, her vision foggy or was there tears in her eyes. She couldn't tell. If there were tears they were tears of joy. She rubbed her eyes. "Larva," she said. "I want us to be together after all of the stray shinmas are returned to the darkness."
"Miyu, that isn't possible," Larva said. "We both know that some day I, too, will have to return to the dark."
"I'll make it possible!" Miyu declared. She grabbed his cloak. "I want us to be together forever."
Larva shook his head sadly. "Once all of the strays are return to the dark, you will go back in to the time barrier and begin to age again. Your days of hunting shinma will be just a memory," He caressed her cheek. "I know you'll find some one special to be with."
"But I already have you!" Miyu protested. "I want to be with you forever. Do you think that I could go out and marry a human when I've been drinking human blood for centuries as my sustenance?"
Larva was silent.
Miyu frowned. "You're not getting away from me that easily Larva." She tightened her grip on his cloak. "I've been infatuated with you for centuries. Hell! I've even dreamed about you!" Larva blushed. 'Ok, so that was something he could have gone on without knowing,' Miyu thought.
"Miyu," Larva whispered. "The other guardians will not allow it. So far they've been tolerant, but they will not let me stay in this realm with you when you have finished your task as the guardian."
"I'll find some way, some reason, that will make them decide to let you stay," Miyu whispered. "That is, if you want to stay with me."
"You're the only thing that keeps me here," Larva whispered. He kissed her again. She sighed against his lips letting a wave of passion wash over her. The kind of passion she had been wanting to feel for so long. "I love you," he whispered against her lips. "I just don't want you to end up with a broken heart."
"No one in this world can take you away from me," Miyu whispered. She wrapped her arms around his neck, holding him as close as she could with all her strength. "No one. Not even your western kin."
My love has been shown
I can rest in your arms knowing
That you love me too
And our love cannot be broken
By anyone, anything,
Not even the world
BlueDragonGirl#1: This is my first time writing poetry along with my stories so tell me what you think. R&R. (Note: The next chapter will probably be for those of you who hate Carlua.) And thanks to everyone who has reviewed, but I would like to make one small request to the reviewers. Please do not use abbreviations like AU or OOC because, as pitiful as it sounds, I don't know what they mean. So if you type them please use their longer form like lol would become laugh-out-loud. Thanks!!! (That would exclude lol because I at least know what that means.)
