OS - Rest in Peace

Author's Section:

Thanks to Foretoldlegends for the idea of Narukami. Although I've tweaked the idea, it's still similar.

Time Setting: After the war against Void.

Setting: In the darkened battlefield.

Characters: Dragonic Kaiser Vermillion and Dragonic Overlord.

I just can't put a summary here, it just doesn't seem fitting.

Please enjoy reading it.

-AuraPen

To all those who fought bravely.

Dragonic Kaiser Vermillion stood in the remnants of the recent battle against Void. A lot of units had given up their lives and gave it their all to defend their grounds, their pride...

And their leader.

The dragon looked out across the once green field, now the grass was brown and crumpled to the ground and bodies of units from Narukami were scattered across the battle field, the Void units would always evaporate when they died. He slowly walked through the field, remembering all the units and their proud faces, faces who were now lifeless in front of him. He stopped at a particular unit and found a crumpled piece of paper in his hands. Vermillion picked up the paper and examined it.

It said:

'We all fought bravely for our nation,

Stood in our formations,

Watched our last sunset,

As we prepared for war,

We are proud,

Remember us.'

Vermillion looked at the units scattered across the field. This isn't right.

So Vermillion took it in himself to give them all a proper funeral and burial.

He dug out many graves that day, and laid the bodies there to rest. He wrote on a stone nearby the words that were written on the paper. And then he flew out again, to look for some flowers. While picking a few, he thought that a dragon wouldn't normally do this. But he realised that these units fought for him with all their hearts, and it wouldn't be fair to leave them like that.

When he had gotten back, he was surprised to find another dragon standing there at the rock he had written on.

It was Dragonic Overlord.

The Overlord turned when he felt a dragon land behind him. He spotted the flowers in Vermillion's hands.

"They fought bravely, didn't they?" Overlord asked as Vermillion planted one on a grave.

"Yes, they did. And I thought it wrong to leave them scattered across the field." Overlord moved to Vermillion.

"Pass me some." Vermillion passed half to Dragonic Overlord and they planted a single flower on each grave. After a few graves done, Overlord decided to talk again.

"You are a great leader. Not many dragon leaders ever do this." Vermillion patted down the soil next to a flower he had just planted and stood up.

"I always make sure to give my units a proper burial." Vermillion stated. They both moved to the front of all the graves. They had finished their flowers and all the graves were marked. The place looked more peaceful.

"So... what should we say?" Overlord asked.

"What do you mean?" Vermillion replied.

"You know, something to say over the graves." Vermillion nodded.

"Of course." He cleared his throat.

"People of the dragon empire, you have fought bravely..." Vermillion thought of how to finish it, until Overlord whispered.

"Rest in peace." Vermillion nodded, and turned to the graves once again.

"Rest in peace."

And that is what the units did.

Author's Ending Section:

It's so hard to comment here. It really is, after writing and reading a story like that.

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Until next time,

-AuraPen