*Author's Note:

* Story type -A dark attraction romance.

* Place Setting –This story is set during the Street Fighter X Tekken.

* This is a continuation of 'Roses Do Bleed'.

* Yes, I do use wordless music from game soundtracks, it's totally your choice if you want to use the soundtracks used in the story. The website to find and download these soundtracks is in my profile.

* The OC in this chapter is Reiko Mishima an OC of ReikoEmmaLover.

* Yes, I know it's a crossover, but it will go into the crossover area once it's finished.

* If you don't like the story it's called the back button use it.

* Critique, comments are always welcome.

* Thanks and happy reading.

Lullaby Rose

Act IV: Crystal Tears

Song: Et Unam (Chant Of ICARO) –Shadow Hearts: From the New World Soundtrack

The cold night air breezed into the ruined truck that was once Fair's pride and joy. Two individuals huddled for warmth in the back of the once proud truck. Reiko did as much as she could to stop the bleeding Fair had caused Kazuya to endure. The proud satanic father held on by a threat as he began to struggle for air to reach his lungs. Reiko felt terrified of her father's wellbeing. Those who faced the Guardians never lived to tell the tale. Reiko knew if she didn't interfere with Fair's assault on her father who knew what would have happened. Kazuya took hold of Reiko's hand and squeezed it as he gnashed his teeth trying to resist the pain of the powerful blows he had endured. Reiko witnessed the Devil Gene carrier cough up blood. Reiko gasped and bit her lip in an anticipation of anxiety. Her own father dying in her arms and she knew why and who was the one responsible for his tormented suffering. The young Queen immediately tore a piece of the truck's seat material and wiped Kazuya's blood away. Kazuya growled and could faintly hear his daughter's panic weeping. Tears bombarded Reiko's eyes and fell down her cheeks like small rivers. The salty tears descended onto to Kazuya's cheeks. Reiko finally snapped and her eyes began to glow red with red. Her anger and grief now boiled to the point where she had enough to hear or even have anything to do with whatever thing that related itself to Guardian. Reiko felt her father's grip on her hand loosen. Kazuya had stopped breathing. The young Queen's eyes widened in fright upon seeing the lifeless body of her father lying in her arms. Reiko in a state of panic shook Kazuya violently in hopes of awaking the fallen G Corp Leader.

Song: Dust to Dust –Final Fantasy XIII Soundtrack

Kazuya's entire body immediately emitted a blue glow around him. Reiko saw small crystal fragments hover over her father's body and burst into tiny lights. A crackling like sound caught Reiko's attention. Reiko looked to the end of Kazuya's feet and saw a watery substance coming up. The crystal liquid made its way up to his waist and left Reiko in awe of its wonders. Reiko tried to wipe the liquid away from her father's body, but the mysterious substance only returned to finish the job. Reiko saw the liquid crystal begin to cover her body and she instantly dove out of the car shaking the clear slush off her. The liquid crystal returned from Reiko to Kazuya. Reiko ran back to the truck and pulled her father out. Already the gunk had made its way to his chest. Reiko screamed and called out Kazuya's name in hopes that her parent would awaken. Golden orbs witnessed the crystal liquid fully cover the male Satanis' entire body.

A bright pale purple light flashed from the devil male's body as he ascended into the air. Water came up from the ground and split into two streams. The water proceeded to cover parts of Kazuya's now nude body as it underwent crystallization. Kazuya soon was forced into a stance of his legs bending down a bit and with his arms covering his face. The streams of water hovered over him as they too hardened into beautiful crystal. Vines of a plant emerged from the ground, covered around Kazuya's entire crystal body, and flashed a bright green. A cocoon formed around him and the crystalline thin walls formed another layer of a hardened shell to protect the devil as he entered his stasis sleep. Great black thorny vines erupted from the earth and covered to protect the cocoon, which held Kazuya within its crystalline walls. Dark purple venomous roses bloomed from the black thorns. Finally, two boney-clawed hands opened up from hell itself and lifted the cocoon into the air completing the crystallization. Reiko looked in awe and witnessed the ritual that allows the rebirth of a being in her species. Reiko finally realized that the Satanis race has an automatic trait that allows them to enter a crystal sleep to allow them to regain their strength back from any near death experience.

The cocoon pulsed with a rich magenta light that varied from a deep dark color to a light one. The cocoon's light glowed only by the emotions of the individual inside its protective shell. If the cocoon emitted a bright red, it would show distress of the person inside, if it glows a pale blue, it would show comfort knowing that someone of its bloodline or mate is nearby protecting him or her. Reiko saw the cocoon glow a pale blue color somehow it made her feel that Kazuya was telling her he is all right. The young Queen placed jumped up on the clawed hands and made her way to her father's cocoon. Reiko put her hand through the black vines and gently placed her hand on the shell of the cocoon. A warm feeling overcame her body and she felt relieved that her father would be okay. Reiko took her hand away from the chrysalis leaving a glowing apparition of her handprint behind. All Reiko could do was wait until; her father emerged from his cocoon prison fully recovered or changed.

Soundtracks used:

Final Fantasy XIII

Shadow Hearts: From the New World