Exodus
My Exodus
My Beloved.
How beautifully you shone that night.
I stood unto you in the midst of the darkness, feeling drowned in my own despair.
"I'm rather poetic tonight," Caelestis stared listlessly from amid the balcony, out into the chaotic scenery that was Tartarus. The blunt, gray sky unpainted by vibrant colors of the night, how she long coveted for a release from the prison--this solitarary hell. "My Koishii?" 'Dearest'. Thats what She--my other half(Caelestis spat bitterly) would call him. A colorless flash of what could only be percieved as thunder flickered across the sky to where the pale shy met the black sea.
"What makes him so special, I wonder?" She said in sooth, quietly to herself. She's wiling to give up everything for him without a second thought. She doesn't even realize the consequences.
"Love is but a bitter delusion. Only Mortals and fools play into that concept"
Ha! "You're one to talk. Afterall, you fell in love once." Fell so hard in love." With none other than my father's mother too." Caelestis caclked as she cocked her head to the side,"Lucrecia...wasn't that her name?"
Vincent lifted his head, the gauntlet worn on his left hand felt unbelievably heavy suddenly, "You have no room to talk." He murmured, his scarlet eyes seemed to gleam brighter and brighter.
Caelestis swallowed hard. The intensity of his frozen stare sent a delicious shiver through her body in rushes. Until now, she'd never taken the time to actually look at Vincent.
She stepped closer to him and, ever so cautiously she reached out and touched his cheek. Though pale and cold in appearance, his skin warmed at her touch.
Crimson lights the sky, the bird still asleep
Like a dream it shines, from heaven's safe keep
Childrens songs we sung, as soft as the breeze
Endless fields, our home, I long for those days
Delicate fingers danced flirtatiously across his skin, but he did not flinch. She sensed his heat though; his veins pulsed lively in his neck as her fingertips treaded softly along the line of his jaw, to the nape of his neck and trailed along a particularly thick vein in his neck.
I call out these prayers to the sky, heavy with thought, see your face
I carry these memories inside, thoughts of a soul colored by love
See me grow wings and fly high, passions will die down below
I burn in a basin of fire, watchers look on as they dance in their merciless sky
Watching me, watching you
"Try as you like, but you cannot will me to you. You're nowhere near strong enough." Vincent's lips pulled taut into a smile. Caelestis was a incarnation of Sephiroth; She was everything he was: Homicidal, Insane, and most importantly, Egotistical. The worse way to hurt her was through her pride.
Vincent's words had stung her deeply."I don't need to resort to mind control," She shrouded her anger in smile."Your lust is enough for the both of us."
Silent black, the dawn, and time tell its tale
Darkened blood, it flows, the forest receives
Look within the dark as deep as you dare
There inside you find destruction you seek
She'd seen the veiled lust in his eyes the first moment she'd reawakened from her slumber. All it took was sensual play of his skin before he gave into her--body and soul-- and depsite how much he may resent her, no matter how much he wanted to hold a rifle to her neck--
" I OWN you." She sang out," You belong to me."
I call out these prayers to the sky, heavy with thought, see your face
I carry these memories inside, thoughts of a soul colored by love
See me grow wings and fly high, passions will die down below
I burn in a basin of fire, watchers look on as they dance in their merciless sky
Watching me, watching you
He fought the urge to laugh out loud,"Really? I refuse," He grasped cold, metal fingers around her wrist," to let you go about THINKING that you have any power over me. You can't even satisfy me anymore and you know it."
It took but a moment for his words to settle themselves in her mind. "What...the hell did you say?" Anger ignited in her faster than flame to kerosine.
"You heard me bitch."
How dare he! "You insignificant worm! You are nothing compared to me!" She shouted, feeling utterly humiliated. Vincent had just allowed her to make a fool of herself.
She slipped from his grasp, " I could kill you right now!"
"Then do it."He halted her with his words. " Kill me." His life meant nothin to him. He'd sold his soul to a madman without hesitation for a promise he knew would'nt be kept. He had no purpose in his life no more. He deserved to die but this curse would not allow him. Only one of the Chosen--Like Kimiko, Bankotsu, Cloud-- could dispose of him. Only Kimiko and Bankotsu were strong enough to do away with his soul for all eternity.
Let me out...
He felt the rumbling in his blood. This beast inside him...this curse was growing worse by the day. I'm getting less human. My only real reason to live is redemption:Kill Sephiroth...killing the son of my beloved woman... Am I on the verge of committing another sin? Or am I atoning as best I can for only standing by?Whatever the reason, I must do what I can to help Kimiko.
I have no time to waste on this...demon.Vincent wrinkled his nose, bringing his brows together as he frowned in disgust,"Be gone from my sight." He pushed her carelessly to the side." You and Sephiroth grow weaker each day. You no longer hold power over anyone. Not for long."
Caelestis faltered backwards,"Then why are you still here?"
Vincent's only answer," Redemption."
Kimiko heard the rustle of the curtain billowing in the wind. She awoke silently, her hand fingered the hilt of a sia underneath her pillow. A dark, looming shadow breezed passed her. As her eyes adjusted to the darkness, she spoke,
"Let me guess: My father has sent you?"
The Shadow stood at her bedside, hovering only inches above her," No," Came a deep, sullen voice," I came of my own accord."
Kimiko smirked, her eyes fluttered open," I haven't been single that long Vincent." she said, keeping her anxiety underwraps. It wasn't like her to kill before asking questions but there was a first time for everything.
She'd grown arrogant since his last visit, no dout it's from her exposure to Bakajikara."No. It's sephiroth. He-"
Kimiko waited no longer. She bolted upright. Vincent felt something smooth graze his neck. Cold steel pressed his skin as her knuckles tightened around the hilt of her sia.
"Yeah, lets talk about my so-called damned father."She pressed his skin," What the hell is he planning? Its been over 3 months and not one word from him, not even a sign!" Her voice trembled as she tried her best to supress her anger,"I've broken up with Bankotsu, isn't that enough!"
"You know just breaking up with him will never be enough. Sephiroth wants Bakajikara dead."
Kimiko was silent for a moment."What the hell do you want from me?"
"To warn you." Vincent said, " With each waning moon, your father's powers wane as well.
"So, he's getting weaker?"
Vincent nodded and Kimiko lowered her weapon.
"You talk as if this were a bad thing."
"What he is planning, I cannot say, but I you'd do best to keep in mind that he's omniscient. He knows your every move before you can make it. I have no dout he knows of this conversation. For all we know he may have planed on this, but I'd advise you to keep your loved ones close and your enemies closer, but be warned. If you arent carful, your comrades will find out just WHAT you really are."
What I really am? I struggled so much to keep that hidden from them; to keep my boys safe. I'll be damned if they suffer as I do.
When they abandoned me,throughout my agony and turmoil, I found my father testing my limits. Dragging me to the brink of my sanity and I am here to tell you this NOW! Death holds no Dominion over me. But the fact, that even for a scarce moments in time, My will was like that of his--I was so tormented and deranged that I wanted to wring my lovers neck just for the pure fun of it. It sickens mebeyond rational thought, and I loathe myself for it.
"Why do you covet me? No matter what, your past cannot change and I will never replace lucrecia."
"You...look alot like her." Sephiroth's mother.
"I...look like lucrecia?"
"you have her resolve. It shines through in your eyes. You also have her pain. that is why many others are drawned to you; why I was drawn to you."
"Why am I not allowed to be with Bankotsu, out of all men, why Is it him I can't have?"
"As long as you stay with him, your destinies are intertwined. Do you understand ME!"
"What is my destiny?"She soothed, "What is everyone so afraid of?"
"You two will destroy humanity. Societies shall crumble, sanctions will fall and chaos shall reign supreme."
Kimiko laughed, a bone-chilling laugh. For a split second, fear reverberated through his entire being. She was no different then Caelestis. She was truly a different person whenever she wished to kill," You expect me to bend for a world already consumed by hell?'
"You don't seem to understand..." Vincent tried to reason with her, show her the importance of this situation.
"It's not that I don't understand..." She smiled a warm, malicious smile. Sephiroth's smile. "I just don't give a damn."
The lyrics are "Growing wings" from Drakengard. This is basically giving you all more information on Sephiroths past and intentions. I have a surprise, something will happen that you won't believe, and least expect. Til next chapter, bye