.:: Last Lullaby ::.
Notes: Chapter 2! The conversation between the kings sounds all rushed, because I really just wanted to get past the slaughter part so the story could get interesting. This chapter also explains a bit about Asuka and Aki. It's vague though. There was a LOT more that went on with them, and it gets really weird. Oh well, still no Itachi this chapter, but he should come up soon. Please enjoy.
Listened To While Writing:
"Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger" - Daft Punk
"Stand in the Rain" - Superchic
"Not Gonna Get Us" - t.A.T.u
"Who I Am Hates Who I've Been" - Reliant K
"Lying is the most fun a girl can have without taking her clothes off" - Panic! At the Disco
"In The Shadows (Radio Edit)" - The Rasmus
"30 Minutes" - t.A.T.u
Disclaimer: I don't own Itachi Uchiha, even though he's not in this chapter. If I did, ItaSaku (Hate that crack) would be killed and ItaAsu would be canon. But I don't. Asuka is mine though.
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Dreams of his crash won't pass
Oh how they all adored him
Beauty will last when spiraled down
The stars that mystify
He left them all behind
And how his children cried
He left us all behind
Hey Miss Murder can I?
Hey Miss Murder can I?
Make beauty stay if I
Take my life
"Miss Murder" - AFI
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Ever since she was little, Aki had been better. She hid her unnecessary emotions, was highly intelligent, and good with people. To sum it all up, Aki had been perfect. Asuka was the little girl who no one suspected had a chance at the throne. She was often playing in the village, smiling and speaking out of turn, and went after whatever she wanted. No matter how impossible. The drift between her and her sister, however, had always been vast. They tried to meet halfway, but their efforts were in vain. Everything, but blood,about the two was a difference. Then, that's when it happened. Asuka couldn't save Aki,she tried. Oh how she tried. She didn't want Aki to disappear forever. She didn't want her sister to leave her. Asuka cried a million tears that week, as did the rest of the Feiya country. A black cloud came over them for that time period, a large and dark depression. The royal family kept it a secret, so no one else knew, that Asuka was the one who failed to save Feiya's promising heir. Ever since, Asuka had been haunted by that memory. That horrible, wretched memory.
"Aki!" cried a shrill voice, "Aki please! Just hold on! Don't leave, oh god, please don't leave!" she screamed, tone being wavered by her uncontrollable crying. Blood spilled everywhere, covering the ground in crimson. Asuka knew she couldn't do anything. It was too late. Much too late…
The click of her shoe soles could be heard against the stone floor as she walked, in asea of quiet, this small, insignificant noise could be heard. The princess kept her gaze straight in front of her, nodding to some of the castle workers that passed on by. Keeping a perfect posture, Asuka passed many doors, before approaching two enormous ones that were tightly shut. Taking a deep breath, the young Feiya heir gathered her courage and pulled on the cold brass door handles. This was it.
Everyone in the room turned to look at the young woman who had just entered. Her face turned bright scarlet at the attention, realizing that she must have been late.
"I'm sorry." She apologized, bowing to the high-ranked royalty in the room before shutting the doors behind her and taking her seat at the table. How could she have been so careless? Asuka had just deeply embarrassed her family, she knew they were disappointed in her.
Clearing his throat, the king of Feiya rose from his seat. "Now that our daughter, Asuka, has arrived, I believe we can begin." He announced to the group of people that shared the table.
"I have something I would like to bring up," the king of Veriban said in a majestic voice, "I remember that just a few weeks ago, you sent some of your troops to our country."
"It was an assassination mission, we had heard that he ran into Veriban, so I decided to send them out. It was dire and necessary, due to how many civilians the culprit slaughtered here." Asuka's father added, speaking in a logic tone, trying his best to keep all conversation civil.
"That may be the case, but there was no murder in our peaceful home, so clearly the criminal had no business to do there, or he may have just passed on through," The man said, his voice hinting at anger, indicating there was something bad to this tale, "Our heir, Vincent, was killed in this mission of yours. He was out with the commoners, trying to connect with them, and he was mistaken for the man you were after. They killed Vincent on the spot." the Veriban king told them, rage slowly entering his expression.
The young princess's eyes widened. She hadn't been told about it. Sure she had been informed that someone of great importance had been slaughtered in Veriban yes, but she didn't even imagine that it could have been Vincent.
Asuka's elder father cleared his throat once more before he spoke, "I am highly sorry for your loss and grief. It must have been a mistake of identity. For that we have sent all the men in the troop that had been sent out to be killed or thrown in the dungeon." he told his equal, a solemn and sympathetic face on his skin.
"That doesn't amount to destroying our only heir and son!" the Veriban king suddenly exclaimed, raising his voice angrily.
"I'm deeply apologetic, is there anyway us and the people of Feiya can make it up to you? We do not wish to start a war."
"Blood for blood." he said simply, now looking to Asuka, "My boy is gone, your girl is gone." a smirk crossed his lips, making him look much more like a psychopath then a
king. His wife, queen of Veriban, stayed silent, just like Asuka's own mother and herself.
"Certainly not! There must be something else you could suggest…?" The Feiya king objected in haste.
"Your life then. Your wife will remarry and rule, and little Asuka can still live. What do you say about that?"
"I will a-"
"No!"
All heads turned to look at the sudden outburst from Asuka, just as her father was about to agree with the Veriban king's suggestion.
"You can't die! No one else will lead Feiya as well as you do father! There has to be another way! We've already lost Aki, isn't that enough?!" She cried out, silence hanging in the air at the mention of Aki. Asuka knew she was speaking out of turn. She knew she was being disruptive and shameful. She wouldn't let this go though!
"Remember to hold your tongue young princess," the Veriban king sneered at her, "It is most unladylike."
Slam!
"Do not speak to my daughter that way!" her father roared, rising from his seat once more, his hand having banged upon the wooden table, "I think it would be much better if we had this meeting later, once everyone has settled." he said in a much calmer voice, however forced.
The Veriban king frowned, "I disagree dear king, but I guess I might as well take what I came for before me and my wife take our leave." he said in a much too serene voice.
He stood, and now facing the king, drew out a sharp knife from under his cloak. All in a swift motion, almost a blur, the Veriban king rose the knife, moved to the side, and stuck it right in Feiya's leader's heart. Asuka's father staggered there for a minute, face pale and eyes unbelieving. A gasp escaped from the queen of Feiya, as she broke into sobs, choking out her husband's name every few seconds. Asuka jumped out of her chair, running to her father's side, as she ran though, the queen of Veriban grabbed her arm.
"You're next you know…" she spoke in a smooth and sinister voice, grinning at Asuka's horror in triumph.
She pulled away from the queen's grasp, and casting one last look at her father and mother, Asuka ran. Her legs moved as quick as they could within the barriers of her dress. Asuka knew that they wouldn't harm her mother, no, her birthplace was in Veriban. She had married Asuka's father when he had taken a trip there, so they wouldn't dare harm one of their previous people.
That, however, didn't count for Asuka. She was full blood Feiya.
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Notes: Omigod, I had NO idea how kings were supposed to sound. It was horrible and rushed, so please excuse that and any grammar or sentence errors you find -.-;; That's all I actually have for the story so far, so I'm going to have to finish the whole freaking fairytale tomarrow. Ugh, it's gonna take forever, because this isn't even at the part where Itachi comes in. At least this chapter turned out longer than the last one, I'm happy about that. So, if I'm lucky, the story will be completed tomorrow, with a LOT of chapters -.-;; Now I realize I should have given the kings and queens names instead of having to keep calling them 'Feiya King' 'Veriban King', ect. -.-;; I'll probably give them names later on.
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