I'm back! Thanks so much for the reviews, favorites, and follows! Moments will now be updated every Friday (my time zone which is Eastern Standard Time) at some point in the afternoon/evening. Since the chapters are relatively easy to type and edit, I can update quicker. So new chapter every Friday (but if it's not out on Friday because of some unforeseen reason, expect it Saturday).
The song for this chapter is Lust for Blood by Gackt. And this is my first chapter using a non-English song.
Enjoy!
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Lust for Blood
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A soul barely there will forget all
The first time she met him, Aqua couldn't help but wonder how a soul could be so in tuned with the dark. She wondered if she could bring him back to the light or if the light would just destroy him completely.
Melt away, confused by the scars revealed to me
I stick out my hand.
The second time, he told her coldly that he didn't have a need for her anymore. During their battle, she was confused as his attacks weren't as powerful as the last time they crossed Keyblades—was he holding back?
But she was brought out her confusion when a particularly powerful teleporting attack nearly put a gash on her right side.
The final moment
Is too much for that blank stare to handle
Those falling tears,
Are the promise of a day long gone.
Aqua managed to bring him down again but she briefly thought he let her beat him. Something seemed different, did he not want to kill her? Before she could move toward the dark apprentice, her legs gave out and she fell to the ground. It seemed, after all day, she wouldn't get her answers.
Again.
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Tears of farewell permitted only for us
No one could stop them if they tried
He saw her; the way she doted on Ventus as if he were a small child. He saw her cry tears over him when he fell from one of the high cliffs and knocked himself out. If it had been him he would shake her shoulders and demand that she never cry again. He hated to see her cry. And Ventus (nor he) were not worth the tears.
A promise from the past, to end
This endless cycle of error, here.
Vanitas was the silent intruder on their moment under the stars, where the three apprentices sparred against one another, where they made their promise that they would come back to each other. He sneered at their childish antics. None of them realized that Ventus would soon cease to exist.
This incessant lust won't be satisfied,
Even if just for a little while...
Ever since finally clashing against in her battle, she haunted him. He saw her when he closed his eyes, saw her when he looked at water, but the worst, the worst were the dreams. There, everything came out. He would have her in so many ways, her being would exist for only him. Vanitas would wake up sweating in his suit, the mask drawing back so he could gasp in air and then curse her name for doing this to him.
If it'll make this in my heart go away,
Just kill me already
Vanitas hated this feeling that he had for her, hated and loved it at the same time. It made him want to die and live. He wondered if Aqua would kill him if she had the chance. She wanted so desperately to save Ventus and Terra and Vanitas knew he was the one standing in the way of their salvation.
Don't make a sad face,
I'd like for at least you to smile
At least in the end
Parts of him hoped she would be sad to get rid of him. That he touched her heart in some way; that he wasn't just a villain. He wouldn't give up on her. One day, he'd like to see her smile in his direction.
If only in his dreams. If only in Ventus's body.
Breathing in and out, in and out
I can't find what I need.
I ruin all peace,
Making the same errors again and again
Every time, he'd try just a little to make an impression. But it was so hard with his Unversed destroying everything she stood for. All he'd get were a couple of sharp words and a glare. He'd sigh behind his mask and contemplate whether he would fight or flee.
He was trying, why couldn't she see? But all she saw was the blood lust—hopefully she didn't see the other lust he had for her.
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Tears of farewell permitted only for us
No one could stop them if they tried,
A promise from the past, to end
This endless cycle of error, here.
Aqua was sad to see him go. Even if it was just after fighting. She didn't know why, but her light was yearning for him. Deep down, she wondered if it was looking for an opposite, a temptation. Once she almost said, "don't go" to him before the dark portal enveloped the masked boy. She stood staring at the spot where he just was in total silence, pondering what was happening in her heart.
But she'd clutch her Wayfinder and remind herself of the promise she made with Ven and Terra and the promise she made with her heart that it would only ever be the three of them.