Well, here's the second chapter. The third will probably be a bit in coming out since I don't have it already written it out. Enjoy!

Song #1: "I Miss You" by Blink 182

Song #2: "Ready To Fall" by Rise Against

Song #3: "Move Along" By The All-American Rejects

Hold on slow down again from the top now and tell me everything
I know I've been gone for what seems like forever
But I'm here now waiting
To convince you that I'm not a ghost or a stranger
But closer than you think

Kanone glanced down at the city beneath him. The people finishing up their holiday shopping, the businessmen and women retreating from a tiring day of work, everyone living their normal, happy, safe, naïve lives.

She said, "just go on to what you
Pretend is your life but
Please don't die on me"

They would all live a normal life and die a normal death. Not Kanone, though, he couldn't be that lucky. He, along with all the other Blade Children weren't given the gift of normality. Not on any level of thought, ability, or being.

Wings won't take me
Heights don't phase me
So take a step
But don't look down
Take a step

The brunette's foot edged closer to the twenty story drop. He had chosen a high enough building. No one, not even a Blade Child, could survive this fall. Though, he was far from daunted, not even close to afraid. He'd never been more calm as when he cast his gaze up to the evening sky.

Now I'm standing on the rooftop ready to fall
I think I'm at the edge now but I could be wrong
I'm standing on the rooftop ready to fall

Another inch closer to death. That's what most would see it as, maybe even a few of his fellow cursed children. To Kanone, though, another inch closer to the edge was another inch closer to salvation.

Perpetual motion the image won't focus
A blur is all that's seen
But here in this moment like the eye of the storm
It all came clear to me

One more step, even a tilt of his body and he'd fall; fly through the air until his body smacked into the cold cement. There was just one thing, one small regret holding him back.

I found a shoulder to lean on
An infallible reason to live all by itself
I took one last look from the heights that I once loved
And then I ran like hell

"Eyes." It came as only a whisper as his golden eyes shut- a feeble attempt to block out the longing in his heart. But he had done what he had, and there was no turning back. No hope for the cursed, after all, especially when it came to normal things like love and happiness. They weren't normal at all, they didn't get the luxury of having normal loves and normal lives.

Wings won't take me
Heights don't phase me
So take a step
But don't look down
Take a step

Now I'm standing on the rooftop ready to fall
I think I'm at the edge now but I could be wrong
I'm standing on the rooftop ready to fall

A slight leaning of his body brought him within centimeters of slipping off, mere fractions of an inch from letting go. The pull, not of gravity but of desperation for one normal moment in his life, was tugging strongly at his heart.

I count the times that I've been sorry
I know, I know
Now my compassion slowly drowns
I know, I know
If there's a time these walls could guard you
I know, I know
Then let that time be right now

It became too much to bear, the feeling that he could die normally, like so many had before and so many will again after. There was no comparison to such a rush. A small smile graced his lips as he dangled a foot over the edge, like a toxic poison that he just had to inhale. He was sure now, nothing could stop him.

Now I'm standing on the rooftop
Now I'm standing on the rooftop ready to fall
I'm standing on the rooftop ready to fall
I think I'm at the edge now but I could be wrong
I'm standing on the rooftop ready to fall

One more glance upwards to the stars that began to appear, twinkling innocently at him, as if to bid him to jump, to take that final step. With one last lingering thought of an old love, olive green eyes shut for the last time as his body leaned forward a bit more. The pull of gravity was too strong now and it drug him down, forcing him from the solid building to fly through the air, speeding toward the ground.

Now I'm standing on the rooftop (ready to fall)
Now I'm standing on the rooftop (ready to fall)
Now I'm standing on the rooftop (ready to fall)
Now I'm standing on the rooftop ready to fall

But as normal as it was to be suicidal, was it not just as normal to be saved? A hand shot out, grabbing his arm at the last possible second to pull him back onto the stable ground. As Kanone raised his sights to see who had saved him from his normal ending, he saw that it was perhaps not so normal for a Blade Child to kill their self. After all, when had Kiyotaka Narumi ever made an error in judgment? Glancing back to the streets below, Kanone turned and, without a word, followed Kiyotaka off the roof. He may not be a normal person by anyone's standards, but he saw now he was as normal as could be when it came to Blade Children.

Hm…meh. It's alright, ne? Nothing spectacular, but it'll do, I suppose. In any case, hope you enjoyed it!