Name: Bloody angels
Author: Rain on your back
Pairing: MarcoXMeene
Theme: Beta, of 50 Sentences. By the way, if you want to give me themes (meaning fifty words) you can!
Disclaimer: The theme belongs to 50Sentences, Lifejournal. Shaman King is Takei's. I only own my view on that pair.
Note: … Me again! Enjoy!
1 – Walking
That day, they're walking together towards the basement, silent, as always; Marco, feeling uneasy, pushes his glasses higher on his nose - Meene never seem to realize how he feels in these moments (awkward, embarassed, guilty, all that because he's betraying her every second, by his lies, his secrets, his everything) but that day, that precious first day of the second part of the Shaman Fight, she takes his hand and this leaves him stunned.
2 – Waltz
That festival dance isn't something Marco was very keen about, and if he had the possibility, he would not even go there – he never feels really at ease in those popular events – and the fact that Hao, the worst murderer since a thousand years was nearly chasing Jeanne-sama, his kind and innocent saint raised to kill the very same Hao, around wasn't helping at all – but when Meene, clad in a lovely and simple white dress, asked him if he wanted to dance, his mind began to change.
3 – Wishes
The X-Laws only have one wish (but it's an important, wish, something huge and maybe a bit unrealizable), Hao's death; but sometimes, just sometimes, as the lieutenant of the organization gazes down on Meene's sleeping body curled against him, the blondie feels like he has another wish, maybe even more important than the other, and that wish is for her to live, even if he knows that it will never come true – she will die, he will die, and all of their wishes will break in the end…
4 – Wonder
"I wonder if Jeanne-sama is aware of that relationship" says quietly Lyserg to himself when closing his emerald eyes, "but, well, maybe that wouldn't change anything – after all our leader knows them both better than me, so even if they will surely not have their happy ending, they can enjoy that small time together – Marco-san and Meene-san are mature adults, I think they know what they're doing."
5 – Worry
"Stop worrying so much, Marco dear; Jeanne-sama will be just fine in the hands of her beloved, whoever it may be," and there Marco embraces Meene, because the Canadian brunette is the only one who could have said that, and because she's the only one whom he could have trusted (even if he doubted Jeanne's safety in Hao's arms seconds before, and will surely doubt it again when he'll let go).
6 – Whimsy
He loses control on a whim, without really wanting to question his motives, his rights or whatever else that could stop his move – and, later that night, as he watches over her shivering body, he feels like he should be whimsy more often.
7 – Waste / Wasteland
He's like a desert, hard and cold and harsh (headstrong, would add Rackist, but he's not here anymore so it's not important), but sometimes he begins to think she's the rain, his rain, because she's so sweet and tender and warm…
8 - Whiskey and rum
He was never one to drink much, but strong alcohol is the only thing keeping him sane after her death, so each night he takes a bottle, goes to her abandoned room and, sitting on her bed, he waits till what he drank gives him her memories back.
9 – War
They're soldiers in a war, and soldiers can decide where they heart remain – so he waits till Jeanne ask him to propose her before he does it (and she has to push him to her door and close it behind him to be sure he won't back up).
10 – Weddings
It's surely a year of weddings, because the one featuring Hao and Jeanne just followed Yoh and Anna's, now it's their turn, and the twins' smirks are maybe as big as their girl's smiles, but strangely for once he doesn't feel embarrassed or even infuriated by these faces – he smiles at Meene, in peace, and put the ring on her hand.
11 – Birthday
It's her birthday, and he feels like shit because he doesn't even know her favorite color (he even considers going ask Hao to read her thoughts, but backs up a second later – he's not that desesperate).
12 – Blessing
"I, uhm, it's sad I have to leave a message but I can't stay long: I'm sorry I couldn't be present at Antonio's birth, Marco-san, but I sincerely hope that Meene-san is alright, as well as you and your son (I soooo want to be her godmother); I give him all my blessings, please take care!"
13 – Bias
He will not wear lenses, whatever she says.
14 – Burning
She burns, and as she burns he wants to scream, scream at Hao for killing his beloved, at Jeanne for letting him, at himself for everything, but he does nothing (because he's a weakling, a nobody, a coward).
15 – Breathing
"Breathe, breathe Meene-san, don't die on me okay, don't die, I'm just here, Jeanne-sama is coming she'll heal you, don't die now she's almost there, just breathe, breathe, why do you care about Marco-san, he's coming too, Meene-san please concentrate on breathing okay, stop saying Marco-san's name I already said he's coming, why do you care, please, what, why do you want me to ask him to forgive you, Meene-san, breathe, breathe okay, MEENE-SAAAN!"
16 – Breaking
Rackist breaks his glasses, once, twice, then so much times he can't remember until he finally run out of fouryoku; he feels worthless, but right at that moment she runs at him with a towel and a bottle of water – she looks so dumbfounded he can't stop himself from strutting around – her praises are something he wouldn't be able to stand without (but that's also what makes his ego greater and greater).
17 – Belief
What is a belief to Jeanne is a pretext, an excuse to Marco (and he, Rackist and Hao are the only ones to know that) so he feels bad as the kid the Iron Maiden still is asks him if she is worthy of being a saint – in times like that, Meene's the only one that can comfort him (and Hao and Rackist don't know that).
18 – Balloon
"I repaired the balloon, now go play football with our son or I'll ask Hao to burn all these stupid race cars - and I don't want your so-called priest drank buddy anywhere near Antonio!"
19 – Balcony
"… That's why you never came to the deck on the ship, you're afraid of heights – but why did you made me come on a balcony to propose me, Marco?"
20 – Bane
It's a bane, a line he never crossed: he has always and will always remain alone, because he had a wife and she was killed and he doesn't want to live this pain ever again; but there, when looking at the pleading eyes of the Canadian angel, he sighs and steps forwards, crossing the line, blowing away the bane: Meene is worth it.
21 – Quiet
She's always been a quiet girl (her father said it was a virtue, so she was somehow proud of it); that's maybe why she matches him so well, he gets carried away way too much to bear someone as stubborn and noisy as he is.
22 – Quirks
The way he pushed his glasses up his nose was a quirk, and a tenacious one; she never pointed it out in front of him (but all the other X-Laws, apart from Jeanne, did it over and over) and for that he thanked her.
23 – Question
She never questioned him (he was grateful for that), but now she's dead, and as the X-II put up a fight after the revelations on Jeanne, he asks himself if she would have done the same; he hopes that, even dead, she would still forgive him for lying to her.
24 – Quarrel
It's their first quarrel as a married couple (and that is surprising, because he never thought they would have a normal life as normal people), and even if he's not her superior anymore, he is surprised when she put up quite a fight (but that doesn't bother him so much).
25 – Quitting
"I'm sorry Marco, I can't stay anymore – I know you're not responsible of Larky's stupidity but I have to quit the X-Laws; say to Jeanne-sama I'm sorry, I know I'm guilty and I know I will never be forgiven, I'm sorry– " he silenced her with a kiss, because he would never let her quit – he needed her so much…
26 – Jump
He screams silently, his eyes are telling her to jump out of the way, because Hao's ice spikes are directed at her – why her, why her and not him, he's more important, he's Jeanne-sama's lieutenant, why not him, why her when she's just a pawn – his muscles are tensed, he wants to jump, to save her, to take her place – but she looks at him, and it's all too late.
27 – Jester
Marco isn't one to joke (the jester is Kevin, he leaves to him the good words and spiritual sentences), but he would like to be less intimidating, more friendly with Lyserg, to be just like Meene, kind and amusing and – she looks at him from the training area, says something to Lyserg and walks to him – he panics (what does she want, she can't know what he just thought, how will he copes with having his honor destroyed and–), as she winks and says, "Marco, don't you think we could all go to a restaurant, we're very hungry!"
28 – Jousting
Before Rackist left (but that stopped after his departure, because it reminded them of the real aim, and the dangerous consequences that would follow, of their organization), there was always a tension in the air, as if some joust was slowly preparing – Meene and Jeanne were the only ones who never really seemed to sense it – but if he had to joust to get the Canadian woman, Marco would do it (probably because he doesn't know what the word means exactly).
29 – Jewel
She's like a jewel, a tainted stone hit into the shape of what she is now; that's why he can feel connected to her – they're both hurt, both have seen the bloody corpses of their families and beloved – and so when she looks at him, in the rainy night, with those bloodshot teary eyes, he embraces her, without caring, without trying to understand the why and the how, just being here for her.
30 – Just
He feels bad, because she believes their justice is right, she believes they can win, and he feels bad because even when she's on the floor, blood flowing from her open wounds, she still looks at him with trust, and he doesn't have the courage to tell her it's all a lie.
31 – Smirk
Her smirk is scary, more than Hao's, because usually Meene was a real angel (she was surely Jeanne-sama's first model), but, when she got cross, even the almighty fire Shaman would back up in fear (after testing that statement, Marco had his proof: Hao did run away from the evil Meene when he tried to stalk Jeanne-sama).
32 – Sorrow
Her intense sorrow, when he first met her, was frightening – her tears were mixed with the rain that was falling on her pale cheeks, her eyes were hollow, empty, blank, and the wind she was creating without really realizing it, with a ghost she didn't see, was colder than ice – and he felt lost, petrified, as if the world would never move again; now it's his that frighten him, not because he feels lost but because he fears it will hurt his precious angelic teens.
33 – Stupidity
A lot of people say he's stupid because once he has chosen to fight, he will never back up; a lot of people find all the X-Laws stupid to put their lives to kill Hao, knowing they don't have the power (but she knows better, Jeanne-sama is strong enough, and well, if Marco was stupid he wouldn't be in her room tonight, answering her worried call – even if there are people that say love isn't much more intelligent).
34 – Serenade
He wasn't exactly the type to sing, and more than that, to sing in public; the two X-Laws girls were better than all the others united, so she decided she would be the one to come under his window and declare her flame (without any bad joke intended).
35 – Sarcasm
All of Hao's disgusting sarcasm wouldn't spoil Marco's happiness that time, because Meene was beautiful enough at their wedding day to make him forget everything (well, maybe not Hao's hand on Jeanne's tight, but it would have to do).
36 – Sordid
"That was low of you Marco to use Jeanne-sama in such a way; she was just a kid, she didn't ask to bear all that pain, you just brainwashed her into it, you're worthless, Rackist at least changed and didn't drag eight innocent in his stupid obsession, and–" Marco wakes up, covered in sweat – Meene's hand reaches out to him, trying to regain the warmth of her lieutenant against her – he smiles and closes his eyes once again, drifting in yet another nightmare, but this time, not alone.
37 – Soliloquy
Marco doesn't like theater, he finds life already too hard to bear imaginary fates and destinies; however, his mind changes a little, little bit after Antigone's monologue to Hémon about their unborn child; now he still hates theater, but for another reason: it seems too much like what Meene said to him before going to her match against their Créon, against Hao…
38 – Sojourn
When Marco made his first sojourn in Canada, he found it awful (too cold, too empty, too big), and vowed to never return to that land; however, she managed to make him come and let him see her land with the eyes she had; immediately, he found it more beautiful (wild, white and somehow just) – and that day he thought Meene was all that (and even more).
39 – Share
"You know, I mean, you're not forced too, but if you wanted to, well, share, what you feel after the Gate, no, uhm, with Jeanne-sama's coma and the X-II's death, because I know you're not as heartless as some may think, and, Marc-umfhhhh! What are you doing what do you want whyyyyy are you kissing me?"
40 – Solitary
He's a loner (when one knows so much about his own organization and still acts as if he was a mere pawn, that one can only become so), but she's the girl that comes to him when he's alone, and says his glasses are dirty then clean them (without asking him so, of course) – if it was anyone else, it would bother him, but Meene is Meene and he just smiles and answers whatever question she has.
41 – Nowhere
They're dead, and as they walk together in the middle of nowhere (towards what, he doesn't know, by the way he's not sure to want to know because for all he knows it could be hell – no, she wouldn't be with him if it was the case, she's too nice and kind and –), Marco is surprised when, as she did way before the Gate events (when it was all words and not acts, without death haunting his days), Meene takes gently his hand and squeezes it tight, as if afraid he would go, without her – and, even dead and defeated, he can't help but smile, even so lightly.
42 – Neutral
She doesn't have any opinion (and that is a rare thing for her) on that special matter (not that neutrality would bother him in anything else), but he feels a little out of place (well okay, totally out of place) when trying to decide where they'll go for their honeymoon (plus, they already travelled all around the world without finding a place that please them both).
43 – Nuance
The way the X-Laws look at the world has no nuance, it's only black and white: that bother her at first, because she just knows he's not like that (but maybe that's a cover, something to protect his fragility, and if she believes strong enough in that she will save him).
44 – Near
Marco's all alone in his locked room in the huge ship of theX-Laws, a hand on his forehead, his glasses on the floor, tired and lost and broken, looking at the photos he has of their so short time together, trying to remember how she talked, failing at grasping her so delicious accent, but he doesn't know, too absorbed in his memories, that she's just here, hanging in the air, shedding a tear for each bottle he opens, for each word he mutters, for each sob he silently lets out.
45 – Natural
He does not look natural when taking their son to school, but it's okay for her, and she runs towards them, nodding joyfully to the spirit of the Shaman King, "Marco, you forgot 'Tonio's winter coat!"
46 – Horizon
She looks at the horizon, eyes blank, thoughts running in her head (the family she wished to avenge, the angel she promised to be, the friends she made, the children she wished to have, the warmth of Marco's arms encircling her) and then she enters the arena, eyes locked on Hao – ready to whatever would come.
47 – Valiant
He's not very courageous, hiding behind a little weird girl (even if he says she's more powerful than him, it's all a lie since what she did was because of him, so if he had done the same, he would be as powerful, he can't hide behind something so thin); but, when she was there, he felt ashamed because she looked at him like she would at someone valiant, brave; and strangely, she was one he couldn't stand lying to.
48 – Virtuous
She's always been a virtuous girl (well, that was her father said all the time); and yet, she finds it curiously exciting to play the naughty girl with Marco (what he understands – and that's not half she says, because his English is merely passable, and she uses Canadian expressions – is enough to grow incredibly red), and she begins to think she's not so virtuous after all (but that doesn't bother her so much).
49 – Victory
Spirit of Fire's finger is piercing Meene right below her chest, and with her last breath, she looks up at him; he remembers his promise, and, invisible tears in dark eyes hidden behind his thick glasses, he smiles, because if he smiles they have won, won the war of hope (and even it's a tinier war than the real one, it's still something he will be able to hold on after that day) and so he smiles and smiles, and she returns his smile, and all that sad happiness bothers Hao – meaning they have really won.
50 – Defeat
Spirit of Fire's finger is piercing Meene right below her chest, and with her last breath, she looks up at him; he remembers his promise, if he smiles they have won, but he tries and tries, and he can't manage that smile, because he's torn apart inside and crying, screaming silently, and she still looks at him, waiting, her eyes becoming hollow, her breath ragging then fading, and she cries too, because he didn't smile, that meaning they have lost – the only one to smile is Hao – even love bend before him.
Rain: ... These sentences are shorter...
Meene: *evil meene/on* ... Rain-saaaaan...?
Rain: ... Don't kill me! You can't kill me! I have photos of you and Marco, I'll give them to Hao if you try anything! *shows them*
Hao: *takes it of her hand* Seem interesting.
Rain: ... Oups?
Menne: ... You two are going to die... ... EVIL GABRIEL, SHOOT!
Hao&Rain: Kya! ... /Rain: Hao, you scream like a girl. %)