Chapter 11

Fighting for a Goddess's Heart

I'm floating in a space I never seen before. Is this what appears before me at death's door. It's so empty, just like my heart. It's so empty and lonely here. I just want to pass on already. I'm dead correct? Then I should be passing on. Something is stopping me from passing on. I can hear words from somewhere. I fly around to find the voice that is speaking.

I can't find anything, but I keep hearing that voice. I can't make out what it's saying at all. I look at my own body. It's a bloody mangled mess. Zack really did a number on me. I can't save her now. I have worn my body to its core. I have to accept it's dead and gone. I wish for a second chance. Someone please heed my plea. Give this pathetic man another chance. I can't die here. I know I can't.

'Why has fate been so cruel to me' I keep flying around to get what that voice is saying to me. I can finally hear somewhat what it's saying now

"Fight Anthony. . .Fight for me" The voice stated. That must be Noire's voice. Is she near my body? I notice a bright light far away from me.

'What is that shining light over there?' A mysterious orb appears in front of me.

"Hey listen." O god no, anyone but Navi. Fuck that bitch. She is so annoying.

"Who the heck is Navi?" It can hear my thoughts?

"Yes I can. You can't hide anything from me you dumb idiot" This thing is going to be a pain in my ass.

"Just who are you?"

"I'm just a record keeper of anything and everything. You're a very interesting person to say the least."

"Why thank you." I have to deal with this before my death.

"Nope. You get to deal with me every time you are knock out, so get used to me."

" You serious right now?" I'm in no mood for this bullshit.

"You better be if you want to come out of this alive."

"Alive? I can become alive again?!"

"Yes and all you have to do is go towards that stone over there." It tries to point towards a object I can barely.

"I don't see it. The damn light is too bright."

"Yea. The damn light means you're running out of time"

"The light?"

"Yea you dipshit! The light mean you are about to truly die and have no hope of living! Come on let's go dumb ass. I wanna see this story go on! I'm sure the readers want to as well, regardless how little that number may be."

"Readers?"

"I did say I'm a record keeper. Everything that happens is recorded by me." The author didn't give his main character the ability to break the forth wall? That is a staple in these stories. Oh whatever I better not break too many walls right now.

"So people can read what is happening?" I'm so damn confused right now. I wish I had Neptune's power to break the forth wall.

"Forget it. I don't want to confuse the dead."

"You just said I'm not dead?"

"If you keeping blabbing you will be. Now go to the stone way over there" I look and try to see something, but I can't see anything. I have no clue what the heck this fairy ball thing is talking.

"Can I at least-" It cuts me off.

"No time for questions about me. You need that stone if this story has any hope of going on." I float towards the object it keeps mentioning to me. I start to see a stone. The light is starting to dim now as I get closer to the stone. I touch the stone to only get shocked by it.

"Ouch! The hell?"

"O don't tell me. Which goddess is this?"

"Goddess? What you mean by that?"

"Who did you hear before I showed up is a better question for you to answer."

"I believe Noire."

"Of course. The tsundere bitch." This floating orb seems worried.

'What about it?"

"You usually can't touch these stone unless you are allowed in."

"Allowed in? The hell is that suppose to mean."

"Well this is a sharicate. Noire's sharicate to be exact. But the fact that it's here means she is attempting to save you herself right now."

"Noire's sharicate?" I look at the tiny stone before me.

"You have feeling for her or not?" I jumped at the question.

"The hell are you asking that question for?"

"I'm only asking to save your sorry ass from dying." I went silent for a few moments.

"You serious right now? You might want to answer soon if you wanna survive." This damn thing is pissing me off.

"Why the hell would my feelings for her matter in this fucking situation that I'm in!"

"It might save you because if your feeling are true and pure and all that cliche bull crap then you can save yourself. I can clearly tell that she is trying to bring you back."

"Noire is trying to bring me back?"

"I just said that idiot!"

"I could live without the damn name calling you know."

"Too bad that your such a dense idiot. Now I will make this easy for you. Give me a number between one to ten of how you feel about her. You don't even need to say it. You can tell yourself that because I will just hear your inner thoughts." This damn thing is creepy as hell.

"Hey I'm not creepy! I'm trying to guide you right now."

"You're trying to alter my fate?" I questioned the ball.

"Oh alter is a strong word. I like guide much better." It just chuckled.

"You're unbelievable" I just sigh.

"Now please just give me a number between one and ten." How I feel for Noire. . .It's a ten.

"You freaking serious?! You're in love with that bitch?!"

"She is not a bitch! She's just suffering right now."

"No she is just a bitch. You will learn soon enough."

"I know she can be really cold-hearted, but I know deep down she can really sweet and kind, even if she gives me one hell of a beating."

"What the hell are you? You a freaking masochist or something?"

"It does help with the whole beating thing." I chuckled a little.

"I didn't need to know that at all. TMI!" It stated in extreme disgust.

"I know I'm terrible" I chuckled some more.

"Alright now you need to just accept those feeling in your heart while holding that stone. Go on grab that stone and give what the people want!" I swear this thing is crazy. I grab the sharicate. It's extremely hot.

"It's. . .so damn hot!"

"Her feelings are in that stone. You're telling me it's burning your skin? Allow me to get close to it. HOLY SHIT! That stone could burn my wings off." Wings?

"Yes dipshit. If you must know I usually have a body with wings,but since you had to play hero and damage your body, I could only come to you in this form. Now say what your heart is feeling already before the light engulfs us both!" I stare at the stone as it keeps burning. I can't seem to get the words out.

"Come on you idiot! You just need to say three words. That is it! Make it quick! I can feel the light coming closer to us."

"Noire. . .I. . . ." It's really hard to say these words. I feel like it's stuck.

"Yes yes yes! Come on just spit it out. I want to hear those words"

"Noire. . . .I. . . Love. . .You" I look down towards the bottomless floor.

"Now shout it in the top of your lungs! Say it like you mean it boy!"

"I don't know if I can do that. . ." I feel the orb hitting me on the head.

"Hey the hell is that for?"

"For being a damn idiot! You love her right?"

"Y-yea" I'm so wasn't ready for this.

"So say it like you mean. Just imagine her far away from you and you needed to shout it to her."

"Ok. . .This stone is getting hotter and hotter."

"That stone is going to break soon! Say it now!"

"NOIRE, I LOVE YOU!" I shouted very loud.

"That's right one more time. You can do it Anthony!"

"I LOVE YOU NOIRE! I LOVE YOU SO FUCKING MUCH!" I shouted with all my might. I fell to my knees and started to crying a river of tears.

"Just hold the stone close to your chest and allow it in." I put the stone close to my chest. It slides right into my chest.

"Looks like my job is done here. Good luck loving that tsundere bitch you adore so much. I look forward to see what you can dish out." The orb fades away from me. The light comes towards me.

Noire's POV

I lay my head on his chest hearing his heart slowly fading away from me.

'No. . .don't leave me here. I don't want to lose you now.' I started to cry on him. I'm soaking his shirt.

'You can't leave me here all alone. You promised you wouldn't leave me. Are you going to be like everyone else and leave me to suffer.' His heart beat is fading away from my hearing. I look at the heart monitor. It keeps dropping. It's at fifty. Now down to forty. Thirty-five, Thirty., twenty-five. It keeps dropping even with the sharicate in.

'No this can't be it. I just can't accept it. Anthony please keep fighting. You can't be like everyone else. I know you're special. " I hold him close to me as the moon shines brightly through the window. What is hours seem like eternity to me as I kept begging him to not leave me. I don't want to lose him. . .he is special. I don't care what anyone says to me. So what if he is human. I can't help it that I'm. . .falling for him. I'm falling for him. I never thought I would even think of those words.

My face is so red from all the tears that I'm crying out. I can't believe I let myself go like this. I shouldn't be crying this much over someone I really don't know all that well. This could be a classic case of love at first sight and I just ignored it until now. Love. . .is that what I'm feeling. The heart monitor finally went flat. Once I heard that I feel like someone just ripped my heart out.

'No. . .no it can't be over. NO! I will not see this end! I will not accept this at all. This damn monitor can go fuck its self!" I look at his dead body as he lets go of my hand.

"So you just gave up. You fucking gave up! You fucking asshole! I can't fucking believe you left! You such a asshole." I fell to my knees and cried over his now dead body. The heart monitor shuts down. It's as if someone pulled the plug or the power went out. The room just went dark now as I thought of it. I feel so broken and lonely. I look at his face and put my hand to his left cheek.

'I'm sorry that you had to die like this' I hear something in the room.

'. . .love. . .Noire.' I looked around me and didn't see anything. I felt too weak to even get up.

'. . .love. . .you. . .so. . .fucking. . .much. . .Noire' I heard it again where is it coming from. I looked around. I felt something grab my hand.

'Anthony? Is that you?' It puts a really tight grip on my hand. I finally saw his dark brown eyes open.

'N-Noire. . .' That is what he says to me as he finally has awoken from his dead sleep. I hope this is real and not just a illusion made in my head to deny that he is truly dead. Please have this be true. . .Anthony please be alive.

Author's Note: I'm sorry but I had to write another chapter XD. I want to say thank you to everyone who has read or reading my stories. I know my stories are not the most interesting or original, but thank you. It means a lot to me. You guys are the reason that the stories are going on and especially this story. I honestly wasn't going to even go back to this story at all until someone asked me. I Thank that person that asked. I know I'm being a emotional here XD, but you guys are the best. Until the next chapter and a box a tissue is so needed right now XD.