Rivaille's Much Needed Break

by Rekishi-Hatake

"Life isn't just about sacrifice," I whispered as I took his face into my hands, "it's also about beauty and love and happiness." The man pulled away and looked down, "Whoever taught you that is full of..." I cut him off as I recaptured his face in my hands, hurt gleaming in my eyes, "You taught me that and I'll teach it back."

2. Chapter 2

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Levi's speed brought him closer and closer as his longing heightened with each passing moment, but then just as he passed a decent sized stream the longing suddenly took a nose dive. With the sudden jerk downward Levi had to maneuver quickly and landed on a tree that hung over the water. Levi grabbed his wounded leg as pain shot up it and grabbed the tree to steady himself, but then suddenly the tree gave a violent jerk and he fell head long into the dark water. Levi became discombobulated as he tried to swim towards the surface, but found that both ways seemed to emit a strange light. Having gone in head first he decided that the one above him is the surface, but his gear weighed him down and dragged him towards the other one. Levi wrestled with the straps, but found that he was sinking fast. So in a desperate attempt to reach air Levi decided to go down, but just as he was about to swim down a large brown thing came up and pushed him up towards the surface.

Levi closed his eyes at the speed that the water was flying past him and when he suddenly broke said water he gasped for air. Levi found himself hanging upside down and tangled in a brown mass that felt strangely of hair; his face mere inches from the water as he swayed back and forth. He couldn't reach his swords as his hands and his gear were both tangled. Though slightly disoriented, Levi could hear the sounds of someone choking and spitting up water as he suddenly felt the entangled mass around him lift upwards. Levi moved to see where he was when suddenly a giant beast grabbed him in its slobber dripping mouth and yanked his body free of the entanglement. He heard the sound of someone shouting, but the fury creature was already trotting off with him. At some time the creature bumped Levi's head against something hard because when Levi finally reached his left sword he was suddenly knocked out cold and hanging limp from the beast's stinking mouth.