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The long path down into the pits of hell seemed to go on forever. The path was hot and the surround lava didnt make it any cooler within the dark chambers. She passed many who knew her and some who wished to kill her and yet they all backed away as if ordered too by Lucifer himself. Perhaps it was the fact that a ebon aura surrounded her or because everyone knew she was royality in Hell... but either way, no one dared to look at her twice for fear of their life. She entered the last layer of hell to be hit with a refreshing wind. Within the castle court yard, the cherry blossom trees were in bloom and some where slowly falling to create a summer snow effect. Memories flashed before her eyes of a time when herself and Shiroyami enjoy such surroundings together.
![User Image - Blocked by "Display Image" Settings. Click to show. User Image - Blocked by "Display Image" Settings. Click to show.](https://graphics.gaiaonline.com/images/s.gif) Along with many other times she spent with angel that once held a gentle heart in his hands over 300 years ago... a heart he crushed with a simple word.... "Goodbye..."
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![User Image - Blocked by "Display Image" Settings. Click to show. User Image - Blocked by "Display Image" Settings. Click to show.](https://graphics.gaiaonline.com/images/s.gif) But she shook them from her mind and placed them back within the broken memories she wanted to forget. She let memories of herself and Alucard fill her mind and a bright smile covered her lips with a twinkle in her eyes.
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![User Image - Blocked by "Display Image" Settings. Click to show. User Image - Blocked by "Display Image" Settings. Click to show.](https://graphics.gaiaonline.com/images/s.gif) She entered the garden with a light heart and bounce to her step. A smile upon her face. But those things quickly faded when she saw him standing by a cherry blossom tree with his back turned to her. His long ebon hair no longer up in a pony tail, no, now it reached down to his waist and flowed lightly in the wind. It danced across his face as he slowly turned around and looked at Tengoku with his enchanting golden eyes. The childish smile upon his face made her heart skip a beat and her head feel light. His smile did that to her so long ago. He wore a strange outfit, but she could never forget that outfit. It was the same outfit she saw him in when they first met 300 years ago. And that small amount of red hair he had in front for bangs hadnt changed at all. He lifted his hands and placed his hair into a pony tail, the smile on his face never changing, if not growing.
![User Image - Blocked by "Display Image" Settings. Click to show. User Image - Blocked by "Display Image" Settings. Click to show.](https://graphics.gaiaonline.com/images/s.gif) Tengoku's somewhat long hair twisted in the wind as cherry blossoms circled around her as if by some spell. Her cloths slowly changed into a white kimono with gold stitching. The kimono was just barely reaching her knees and her eyes now decorated with a sparkling eye shadows of white.
![User Image - Blocked by "Display Image" Settings. Click to show. User Image - Blocked by "Display Image" Settings. Click to show.](https://graphics.gaiaonline.com/images/s.gif) "Just like the day we meet." She whispered as she placed a hand over her mouth in awe. "Indeed it is... I thought it would be approperate for the last day we see one another... before I am casted into eternal damnation that is." He whispered as he sat down on a golden bench under the cherry tree. Tengoku was surprised. Was he just going to give in? But why? He was quickly on his way to become like a son to Lucifer and would no doubt take rule over hell when Lucifer decided to give up the place as ruler. And yet he would cast this all away.. and for what reason? Tengoku moved to sit beside him. Her head bowed slightly as she laced her fingers together as if thinking. "Why would you cast away the chance to rule hell for damnation?" She questioned as she looked up at his shadowed face. "Because I betrayed the one thing that ment everything to me.... that is why." He said with a soft voice that cracked with a sob. A tear fell from his eye as he rose. Summoning his Kodachi's he faced her again, but in battle armor now. Ebon armor covered his shoulders, chest and upper legs. Where there was no armor, a tight black fabric was wrapped tightly around his muscles.
![User Image - Blocked by "Display Image" Settings. Click to show. User Image - Blocked by "Display Image" Settings. Click to show.](https://graphics.gaiaonline.com/images/s.gif) Tengoku slowly rose, admiring the kimono once more before casting it back to her summoning storage. In a sparkling light ice blue armor decorated her body. Straps of leather held a chest plate over her chest and stomach. She wore a thin frabic over her legs that was like skirt except it had splits all the way up to her upper legs. Her seven blades of heaven upon her back and her golden cross staff clutched in her left hand.
They stood there, neither moving into a ready stance just yet. It was as if they both wished to talk about something. Ten spoke first. "Do you remember the day that Midoriko was born? We were both so happy and excited after the labor was over." She said as her head bowed slightly. A picture of Ten holding the new born flashed through both their minds.
![User Image - Blocked by "Display Image" Settings. Click to show. User Image - Blocked by "Display Image" Settings. Click to show.](https://graphics.gaiaonline.com/images/s.gif) "Yes. I remember that day. That was when you had the longest, wavy dark hair I had ever seen." Shiro said with a sad smile as he remembered the birth of his percious daughter and the happy expression on Ten's face when she held Mi for the first time. "That was also the day you left.... why?.. why did you leave your family..?" She said softly at first before her voice rose into a scream, her hands curling into fist as she looked at him. "I was framed... I was framed by Kuro.. so I killed him and just left. Do you honestly think I would betray the woman I loved and the child I helped make. The child we waited 9 months to see?" He questioned back as he moved closer to Ten. They were so close they could feel the hot breath of one another. It brought back memories that Ten had tried so hard to forget. "You still love me dont you Shiro?" She said not flinching. "Part of me does.. yes... but part of me has moved on to except that I can never have you and that I can never return to Heaven to be with my daughter... our daughter." He said in a soft voice. Ten smirked slightly. She closed her eyes for a moment and saw that Shiro was a mere inch from her. She placed a finger on his lips as she saw him come ever closer. "I can not grant your wish this time... I'm sorry. I am loyal to another dear. We had our time.. it is best if we keep it at that." She said in a heartwrenching sad voice. He nodded and understood. He stepped away from her and raised his kodachi's. "So then we fight.. to the death?" She said with a smirk as they both stepped into a ready stance. Once again finding themselves in a stallmate. "It seems so." He stated before charging at her. Their swords clashed and gridded against one another making sparks fly. Some of the sparks landed on the trees and before either one noticed the garden was turning into a fire arena. After 30 minutes of endless fighting the two fighters seperated and kneeled on one knee, gasping for the much needed air that their lungs begged for. The smoke in the air was thick and both the half angels coughed. But neither let their smirks upon their faces flinch for a moment. Tengoku grew tired of all the clashing stallmates that they kept getting into. True, they both had landed a few blows but nothing that would take a life at the moment. Crimson blood poured from the reopened and fresh wounds upon Ten's body. And the fresh wounds on Shiro's body leaked ebon liquid that was like acid to the ground, creating holes in the burning grass. Without a seconds notice Shiro charged at Tengoku, aiming his two swords at the side of her neck. Ten opened her eyes wide and the motions went slowly as it all happened in the blink of an eye. He was but an inch from her neck his swords grazing the top of her skin when she fell backwards and lifted her feet into his stomach. The blow to his stomach caused him to flip over his head and land on his back. Once he hand landed, Tengoku, ignoring the blood pouring from her neck, flip overed and landed with her legs pinning his arms to his side and sitting on his upper stomach. She pulled a dagger out of her white, knee high boots and placed it to his neck. "Do it Ten. I dare you... kill what you remember.. earsing me.. earses your memory of us." He whispered as he tried to breath without causing the dagger to cut his neck. Ten sat there, a look of pure anger upon her face and yet within her mind her thoughts were racing. Part of her wanted that.. yet another part didnt. She pulled the dagger away from his neck and landed a punch on his left jaw line as hard as she could. He spit out a small amount of blood and smiled slightly. In the blink of an eye the postions were reversed and Ten had her arms pinned over her head and breathing heavily from having the wind knocked out of her lungs. "You cant get over me can you?" Shiro whispered in her ear as he leaned forward. "Yes I have." She whispered back before bitting his neck with her vampire fangs. Shiro flinched slightly but didnt lose his rough hold on her wrist. "Then why let me live?" he question as he pulled back so he could look her in the eyes. "Because.. I want all my memories.. even if they're bad memories, they're my memories! I dont regreat loving you, I dont regret having Midoriko, but I regret that I couldnt see your betrayal before it happened. I regret that I couldnt keep you on Heaven's side.... but that wasnt my fault... and it was all within God's plan to let you go." Shiro looked pure shocked. He had thought she would say she wanted to make him suffer longer or something.. but instead she confessed she never regreted anything about their old relationship. "Shiroyami Yamato. We can't change the past.. and we can barely alter the future.. but we affect the present time. To kill you know would cause the balance between good and evil to alter to much for time to handle. The same could be said for my death as well. That too is why I can not take your life. True, your life is mine to take.. just as my life is yours to take.. but that doesnt change the fact that I have moved on to another man who I will marry... and the fact that you no doubt will move on as well. But do not forget.. we are always tied together.. if not by Midoriko.. then by our fate to destory one another so that the balance of heaven and hell will always sway at the same time." Tengoku whispered as a tear fell down her face. Shiro slowly moved off of her and helped her stand. He nodded and understood every word she spoke. "How right you are Ten... how right you are." He said as his cloths changed once more back to the strange outfit he wore before. He snapped his fingers and Ten's clothes changed back into the white kimono from earlier. Her wounds and his wounds had healed. "The name is Heavenly Angel. I am Ten on earth.. but in Heaven and Hell... I am Heavenly Angel." Ten whispered as she looked at Shiro who had begun to walk away. Part of her heart, a small part, broke at the sight of seeing him walk away for the second time.. but part of her heart was happy to know she would live to say "I Do" to Alucard when she was standing in Hellsing Castle, becoming Mrs. Alucard. She turned around and found her way back to the surface, back to the front of Hellsing castle. She smiled at her home, her joy, her life. She silently walked into the castle, closing the large front doors behind her. She didnt bother to change out of the kimono... she wasnt ready to let go just yet... perhaps in an hour or so the feeling of being betrayed would be pushed back into the back of her mind once again.. but for now.. she wanted to sit in her room and admire the wonderful Kimono that had brought them together and tore them apart all at once.
Mistress Integra · Sat Apr 30, 2005 @ 07:17pm · 8 Comments |
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