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fate
"Fate"
A Valkyrie Profile Fan Fic
by Temple Priestess
templepriestess@sailorvenus.nu
*note* // // means thoughts!
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Lawfer had not been there when it happened. 'Aluze went mad', his
father had said. 'Aluze is a murderer', the soldiers told him.
'Aluze killed the Princess and Lombert before taking his own life',
was the rumor that echoed throughout all of Altoria. 'Aluze's
brother has been arrested and will remain in jail', the guards
informed him. Lawfer looked at Roy sitting inside the dark cell.
This young man, too weak to have ever even left his own home, now
was forced to atone for things he knew nothing about. Roy kept
his head in his hands, weeping quietly for his brother. Lawfer
made a silent promise to Aluze, praying that he could hear him on
the grounds of Valhalla.
//Aluze...I know you are not a murderer...you told me once that
there is a difference, a "distinction", between being a soldier who
blindly follows orders and one who truly stands for justice. You
used to tell my father that this world will get better. I believe
you...Remember when we would sit on the mountainside, where it
seemed there was nothing but peace? You called me "kaze" as we
watched the autumn leaves fall in a spiral from the heavens. I will
not forget you...I will give you justice...I will free your
brother...I promise.//
The young blonde went to his friends for help, believing they too
would stand for justice. Selia shook her head sadly, her chesnut
hair hiding tear filled eyes. She claimed justice had deemed Roy
guilty, so it must be so--he should not go against the law. The
young boy turned to Kashell, his copper eyes meeting the taller
youth's sapphire gaze.
//Lawfer...damn it...why do you need to do this? Do you believe so
much in this "distinction" you are always talking about as to give
up your own life? Or is it because Aluze told you such? Aluze...
why did you admire him so much? I saw you sitting with him on the
mountainside so many times. I wanted to kill him--you hung on his
every word as if he were Odin himself. You would gaze at him with
those eyes filled with wonder and devotion. Why have you never
looked at me with those same eyes? Fine, be a fool and do this for
Aluze. It's your death, do with it as you please. You should want
to live...I...I want you to live...//
Lawfer ran from the two, tears falling down flushed cheeks. How
could they not believe in justice? The golden haired youth sought
refuge in the countryside for several days, praying for wisdom and
strength, asking that the gods might allow him this one deed. On the
third day, as the sun began to come up over the mountains in the
distance, Kashell found his friend laying in the dew covered grass
under a great oak tree. The two locked eyes and stared at one another,
the sound of the leaves rustling in the wind the only sound.
//Oh Kashell...why are you angry at me? Can't you understand why
I must do this? All my life I never felt I was good enough...not
a good enough soldier, not a good enough son...It was Aluze's words
that made me realize I am good enough, that I always was. I know
he didn't kill the Princess and there must have been a reason for
Lombert's death...I know it, even though no one else will believe
it. I have to honor his memory, I have to save his brother, or I
could never say that I am a worthy and just soldier, that I was
proud that Aluze was my comrade and my friend. Kashell, don't look
at me like that...your sapphire gaze is so intense...I can't bear
it...Please understand...//
//Lawfer, why must you do this? Can't you see that you are
throwing your life away? Even your father won't be able to save
you...that very thought wounds me so deep that I wake up at night
shaking from dreams that haunt me with visions of your death. But
I won't stop you. I know you always are true to your heart and
that's why I admire you so much. All I can do is pray that you'll
find some other way to do what you think is right. I don't want
you to die...I've never been afraid of death before, until I met
you...please don't die...how can I tell you...how I feel?//
Lawfer stood, the two now standing silent, yet their unspoken
feelings crossed the spance between them, urging them forward into
one another's arms wordlessly. How often had they shared a chaste
kiss or playful hug before this moment? This was different, the
intensity of their emotions manifested in this one embrace--each
trying to capture the other in remembrance for all time.
No words were needed. Each touch conveyed the desire and
desperation hanging in their hearts. They caught one another in
a savage kiss, falling down onto the still damp grass. Lawfer
reached up to pull the band from around Kashell's ponytail,
releasing the long azure hair that fell around them like a
waterfall. Hands worked frantically to undo cumbersome buckles
and straps, pulling away the layers of armor and cloth until
nothing was left but silken porcelain and tanned skin, light and
dark intertwined, blue mixing with gold.
They drank one another in through kisses and caresses, burning
every detail on each other's bodies into their souls. Tears fell
from Lawfer's clenched eyes as Kashell slowly pushed inside of
him, burning kisses across porcelain skin as he pushed deeper,
igniting at the sound of the golden haired youth's soft gasps.
A moment of pain and trembling gave way to consuming waves of
pleasure; he felt that surely this was what death was like.
The two moved in a slow rhythm together, their feelings surging
from one another and back again until everything seemed to stop,
each releasing silent screams in that moment, before falling into
each other's arms. The two laid there, still enfolded in tired
arms, as the leaves fell around them.
//I'm not afraid Kashell. I will always remember you, every detail
forever engraved upon my soul. Today I think I will die...but I
have no regrets, save one, that you have to remain here, and I
will be at a loss for the warmth of your embrace. Always think
of me Kashell, until you can join me again...then I will never
leave your arms...//
//My sweet one, just as I found you I will lose you, for I can
feel the Valkyrie hovering above us. What can I do when I know
I will lose the one who is so important to me? Gods, Lawfer, if
fate is kind, I will join you in Valhalla soon enough, and be free
of this world, only to be with you, forever.//
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