Time of Dying
A Hagi story based off the song "Time of Dying" by Three Days Grace
Lulu: Did you make this chapter longer?? It wasn't done last I checked…
Aldedron: *growl* Of course I did!!
Saya: *whine* Why'd you make me so pathetic in this chapter?? Hagi, make her fix it!!
Hagi: If that is your wish…
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Saya: You're not doing anything…
Aldedron: He loves me too much! He gets to be a hero in here!! *sings with joy*
I jerked upright. Where was I? I looked around with confusion. A pool of red blood surrounded me and my suit was torn and stained. The fire lily had absorbed the blood and now really looked like fire. And my pocket knife was in the pool of blood, looking as though it had been tossed aside. Thunder rumbled and the clouds obscured the sky. I could tell it was night. No clouds, no matter how thick, could make it this dark. But, I could still see everything perfectly. It was dark and yet it wasn't.
But… one thing struck me especially strong. I was alive. I hadn't died, although that pain had seemed agonizing enough to equal death. Saya… She was nowhere to be found. I looked around with confusion. Last I saw, she had been kneeling over me, a look of anxiety covering her face. But once I opened my eyes, that anxiety had faded into relief. Until the pain came. I'd been trashing about, my eye blind to anything solid. There was only color. A bloody, red color filling my vision. Then everything had been dark and silent. I'd thought that was death, but it seemed I was wrong. Unless I was a ghost, but I didn't believe in ghosts. I was genuinely alive and well. I felt better than ever, actually.
A piercing scream filled the air. I recognized it immediately to be Saya's. I jumped to my feet, but accidentally went over twenty feet into the air. I landed on the ground smoothly. Huh? Had I imagined that height?? Was I still dreaming? No. That hadn't been a dream. And I could never even imagine such a mortified scream coming from Saya's lips. No. This was real. I felt a pulling sensation from where I'd heard the scream come from. The sensation was faint, but it was definitely there. It was pulling me towards her. Was Saya in danger!? Never in my life, had I felt such a strong urge to protect her and keep her safe. I couldn't control myself even if I'd wanted to as I ran as fast as I could towards the mansion.
Sounds bombarded me nonstop. I could hear a fire raging. Stone falling, wood cracking. I could even hear the "plopping" of blood dripping on the ground. The smells, too. I could smell the smoke filling the air. The burning wood. But most of all, the thick smell of blood tainted the air. It was almost suffocating. And yet… I liked it. What was this? I was enticed by this smell of blood? The oppressive sense of death and danger? And now that I paid more attention, the scenery was rushing by much faster than it should. But still, everything was perfectly clear. I could see every grain of soil; every leaf on all the trees; every petal on the flowers. Even at this speed which was obviously faster than any mere human's. What was going on?
I finally arrived. The sky had turned orange from the glow of the fire. It was a very bloody sky and reflected the scene below to perfection. The mansion was aflame and collapsing rapidly. The lawn was in ruins, covered with bodies. I immediately recognized the pale face of my employer… Joel Goldschmidt. He looked like his very life was being sucked out of him. But what horrified me the most was the fact that it was Saya who had latched onto his neck and was drinking in his life. She looked up, opening her eyes. No… that wasn't Saya. This girl's eyes were blue and she projected an animalistic aura that radiated with killing intent. Her hair was longer than Saya's and was raggedy, as though it hadn't been washed in months. Plus, she wore a dress similar to a potato sack that barely covered her. It was soaked in blood.
I heard sobbing. I looked closer to myself. At the foot of the stairs, the real Saya was on the ground, wailing. Her dress was also stained with blood, but I could still recognize the pink beneath it. I'd never heard her cry like this… It was heart wrenchingly filled with agonized emotion. "Diva!!!!!!" she screamed.
The girl dropped Joel's lifeless body among the others carelessly. She took a step back before leaping over the burning mansion and disappearing into the night. I heard carriages pulling up only seconds after she left. Men rushed up the cobblestone pathway that led to the mansion. They ignored the burning building and ran around it. All were armed with guns aimed at Saya and I. They were French agents. I recognized their suits to be government workers which often visited Joel. But now they had the intent to kill us. There were close to two hundred and they formed a circle around us.
An instinct reared up. I had to protect her. No harm would come to Saya!! A power I had never felt before surged through me as my appearance transformed. My hands morphed into inhuman claws and bat-like wings burst from my back. My eyes glowed blood red as I charged. The first agents opened fire, but I blocked the bullets with my wings before killing the shooters. The agents were disoriented now. They were scared and confused. I was, too, but Saya was my top priority. I had to protect her. Soon, more bodies surrounded us.
What had once been a birthday party with two hundred guests attending was a bloody battleground where the corpses of four hundred humans lay. But Saya was safe… No one could harm her now because there was no one else alive but us. But I didn't feel guilt at killing all those agents. I felt no remorse at all, as strange as it seemed. I had fulfilled an unspoken duty whose orders ran through my veins possessively. I could sense that I was now locked in some sort of servitude that bound me forever more to Saya. But I didn't mind. Now we could always be together, despite the passage of time, and I could always be there to protect her from any danger or harm that might come.
Lulu: Okay, that was better, I'll admit
Aldedron: Yay!! You really think so, Lulu??
Lulu: It definitely showed Hagi's devotion to Saya
Saya: Yep! He's devoted, alright! And now he'll be MINE forever mwa-ha-ha-ha-ha *insane laughter*!!!!
Hagi: *hint of smile on lips* If that is your wish…
Saya: *cuts off laughter* Of course, it'd be nice if I could get him to STOP saying that…
Aldedron: *lol* I think it's part of his charm
Solomon: How come I can't protect Saya *whimper*??
Aldedron: Who said you were a part of this story!! Get out!! I'm gonna write it so you were never even in Blood+ if you don't leave this instant *hiss*…
Solomon: *backs out of chapter warily*
Hagi: *smiling victoriously* …