Angel Sanctuary Fan Fiction ❯ Darkness Falls ❯ Despair ( Chapter 2 )

All right than! With chapter 1 rewritten and completed I think I’ll head on to redo chapter 2 now. I have to redo all of them obviously, save for the thanksgiving parody…I’ll just check for grammar and spelling in that. I hope everyone enjoys these new chapters, I know they’re better than the old ones!

Disclaimer: Besides Iteru and Kyoji, I own nothing.

Notes: (X) Pov change, Shonen ai, eventually thoughts of suicide

Chapter, 2: Despair

Katan wasn’t sure just how long he’d been lying on the floor when he’d come to. He’d awoken to an empty house the next day dried blood on the steps and his hair. His wound had healed quickly enough over the night and so now, he was being forced to clean up the split blood on the stairs.

“I wish Lord Rosiel would of at least given me an idea of how long they’d be gone and what he wanted me to do,” Katan sighed finally finishing up the stairs. He put the washrag into the bucket of soapy water and went to the storage room in the basement area. He dumped the bucket into the tub in there and than put, it down walking out and than for his first time since they’d left, went up stairs.

It seemed very odd to Katan to be left alone here without anyone especially lord Rosiel giving him some sort of command. The vacation he reasoned would probably be over two days long, so if he wanted to he could probably go into Kirie’s room and set it on fire if he felt the need. He knew that he wouldn’t though. Rosiel seemed to be getting close with Kirie, something he’d noticed a while ago and didn’t want to interfere with. Katan was willing to give up Rosiel if that meant his lord’s happiness.

Taking a deep breath and trying to study himself Katan went on for most of the day doing all the chores him and Kirie normally did. It felt nice being alone without having Kirie come out of nowhere and ruin something or take the credit for something he’d done.

After the day had nearly passed, he began making himself dinner. After it was finished, he sat down to eat it. After finishing, he wondered what in the world he should do. He hadn’t had any free time since he began the resurrection of Rosiel and than obviously no free time since then.

He looked began walking around the house aimlessly and than stopped staring at the front door. He could just get out and go for a walk couldn’t he? There was no one stopping him and with the leaves, all different colors right now it would be breathe taking in the park.

Gaining up the courage he’d need, Katan walked out the door and into the partly set sunlit evening. He smiled as the slightly chilled air blew his hair back and began walking towards the park. Maybe them being on vacation wasn’t such a bad thing.

(X)

“It’s a nice day isn’t it,” A boy asked out of nowhere and Katan nearly fell over when he heard the voice. It was the first time anyone had spoken to him since Rosiel and Kirie had left.

“Y, yes it is.”

He managed a smile towards the boy and than noticed that their was a strange aura coming from him.

“Oh don’t bother,” the teen, said smiling. “I’m not here to attack you, rather inform you,” he went on as though choosing his words with the utmost care.

“Inform me of what,” Katan asked suspiciously, gaining a laugh from the other.

“Concerning your Lord Rosiel, Katan, you should be well aware by now that he’s not coming back for you.”

Katan stared hard at the teen shaking his head not believing a word of it.

“N, no. Lord Rosiel would never do that to me!”

“Oh wouldn’t he,” Iteru asked his eyes flashing. “Rosiel is a very unpredictable person. If you’re not careful to read between the lines, you won’t understand a word he’s saying.” Katan remained silent knowing that was true. “Good, we agree than.”

“Lord Rosiel would not do that…”

“We’ll see,” was all Iteru said and he walked off leaving Katan alone and thinking.

(X)

A week had passed by and no word from Rosiel had come. And as that week passed with no word, the seeds of doubt planted by Iteru began to grow. Katan began thinking that they hadn’t gone on vacation; rather they’d left entirely and were just waiting to see how stupid he was until he realized they were never coming back.

“No…lord Rosiel would never do,” Katan said aloud in a low whisper so as not to break the silence to much and yet also convince himself. What else though could explain the missing two? Neither of them had sent a letter or a messenger even concerning when they’d be back or if they were all right.

“I will not believe that liar. He had no idea what he was talking about,” Katan said firmly as he rolled over on his bed, his back to his phone. Sure enough as fate would have it, the minute he looked away from the phone it started ringing.

The cherubim was to depressed though to actually sit up and lift it so he decided he’d let the answering machine take it. He could always call whoever it was back later.

The beep sounded and than the recording.

“Hello? Katan?”

It was his Lord Rosiel’s voice that came out over the machine, but at this point, he wasn’t really sure if it was really even Rosiel or not. How many times this week had, he woken up in the middle of the night thinking Rosiel had come back only to sneak into his bed while he was asleep.

No, it was probably just some human or other angel that needed to get a hold of Rosiel.

“Kirie you said I could talk to Katan with this thing,” the Rosiel sound alike screamed and there was a loud shriek in the background followed after shortly.

“Y, you can Lord Rosiel! It’s not my fault. He must not be near the phone,” she said trying to calm him down.

“Well how else am I supposed to tell him to keep the mansion clean,” he demanded.

There was another scream the sound of the phone dropping and than silence. The answering machine had run out of time and the call had ended.

Katan still wasn’t sure if he was dreaming or if the call had even been from his lord or not. He decided to let it go though allowing himself to fall into a bit of a daze while the rest of the morning passed by without event.

He didn’t feel like eating anymore and the thought of actually getting out of bed sickened him. If that call had been from Rosiel, that meant they wouldn’t be back for an even longer amount of time.

Groaning and wanting to puke just at the thought of it all he closed his eyes and tried to force himself back asleep. He realized very quickly though sleep would not be coming to him now or anytime soon. It was than that a thought popped into his head.

Why not just leave? What was the point of staying in a mansion that held no lord that may never come back?

“No he will come back,” Katan, said aloud trying to defeat the voices of doubt in his mind.

‘Does he though,’ the thoughts immediately followed. ‘He survived without you before you were created, why would he ever need something as worthless as you now?”

“No! He’ll come back…he has to come back….”

‘You don’t even have the courage to go into his room to see if his stuff is still there. You know he’s gone for good and won’t be coming back. The phone call was just a trick to see if you were waiting like a little puppy to jump up and answer to master. You’ve been tricked Katan.’

Katan shook his head more forcibly, but he knew he couldn’t erase his own thoughts of doubt. Somewhere deep in the back of his mind, he bad been going over these thoughts continuously wondering if there was any truth at all to them.

‘Leave Katan. Go into the world and see what’s waiting for you. See if Lord Rosiel even notices you’re gone,’ his mind taunted him. ‘Besides, if he comes looking for you, than you know he cares right?’

“I guess so…”

Katan decided that he was thinking in the right direction and got up from his bed. Without packing a thing since all of his stuff in the mansion, but a few articles of clothing had been given to him by Rosiel.

Taking one last look at the house he walked away hoping he’d never have to face Rosiel again knowing all to well he’d probably murder him if he did. That is, if Rosiel ever did come back to this mansion.

Katan had made his way though eventually to the park he usually visited when he had free time. That wasn’t quite frequent, but now he’d be able to before…before what now? Was he to return to Heaven as Lord Rosiel had instructed him many months ago or was he to stay on the Earth and help his lord from the shadows? Well, that’s if he could at least find his lord in the first place.

At this point though Katan wasn’t completely sure if he should care or not. It was true, he wanted nothing more than Lord Rosiel’s complete happiness, and if that mean he was to be out of the picture than so be it. Yet no matter how much he kept telling himself that, he kept wanting to stay. Rosiel may later on need him for something right?

“Nothing but a fools wish,” he muttered to himself as he walked down a long winding path in the park. “Lord Rosiel has Kirie and has no need for me,” he sighed. Feeling slightly dizzy from trying to get all of this through his head, he leaned against a tree trunk closing his eyes. “Am I that weak?”

“No you might be that strong.”

Katan’s eyes shot open and he nearly fell backwards at the site in front of him. Standing there with no weapons draw, no with to kill in his eyes, long brown hair, pale skin and brown eyes was Setsuna Mudo’s right hand man, Kira.

“Wha--”

“I heard you talking to yourself,” Kira admitted a smile crossing his face. “So Rosiel finally a banded you huh?”

“No it’s not like that…well…I don’t know,” Katan replied honestly. There was a chance Rosiel was coming back, but that chance went both ways. He may actually never see his lord again.

“Hey tell you what. See the onigiri vendor over there? I’m going to go get one. Want one?” Katan blinked a bit, but nodded. It was the first time he’d felt hungry in days. “Okay, I’ll be right back, don’t go anywhere.”

With that said Kira got up and went to go get two onigiri. He returned shortly after holding two onigiri and held them up.

“Umekaka or shiozake?”

“Shiozake,” Katan replied.

Kira nodded and handed the second onigiri to him and than nodded to a bench not to far away. They walked over to it sitting down silently and taking small bites of their snack.

“So than, what exactly happened here,” Kira asked finally when it seemed Katan wasn’t going to speak up at all.

“I just….Lord Rosiel has been gone for awhile…and…I just…”

“I understand that part. You said you didn’t know if he was coming back or not though. Did he say he wasn’t coming back?”

“Kirie and Lord Rosiel have left…Lord Rosiel wanted me to watch over his home, but someone warned me he wouldn’t be coming back…” Katan’s voice trailed off as though he wasn’t completely sure if he believed that or not.

“Well, how long as he been gone,” Kira asked taking another bite of his food.

“A week or so,” Katan replied and knew it sounded stupid. Humans took week long trips all the time and angels having no real life span could take even longer ones.”

“Did he tell you how long they were going to be gone?”

“No…Kirie was going on about 2 months, but I don’t know for sure…”

Kira nodded going silent and seemed to start thinking about something. He nodded every now and than going over a few things in his mind before finally looking back at the angel a slight smirk on his face.

“Well how about this. If Rosiel doesn’t come back, you could join up with Alexiel. I doubt she’ll mind.”

Katan’s eyes widened in horror.

“You want me to betray Lord Rosiel,” he asked shaking.

“He may have betrayed you already,” Kira countered his smirk growing. Katan’s blood ran cold and he stood up backing away from Kira. “I was kidding Katan. Listen, Rosiel didn’t turn you over to us anyway, but…I don’t know if he did to anyone else. Just keep your mind open about joining Alexiel and don’t get yourself caught.” He waved to the angel and headed in the opposite direction.

“Poor kid, he doesn’t know whom to turn to anymore. I think I better go have a talk with Setsuna,” Kira muttered as he walked away.

(X)

The doubt, the realities, the fears, everything all came back at once hitting Katan hard. He started shaking as he walked past one of the many churches within the city just feeling like he wanted to die.

“Lord Rosiel will come back, he will,” he kept repeating to himself, but no matter how many times he did the thoughts of Rosiel laughing as he was harmed or thinking Katan dead played through his mind.

So lost in thought Katan didn’t notice the man in a black cloak following his every move as he staggered along. If Lord Rosiel didn’t care about Katan and most of the angel’s in heaven were under Lord Rosiel’s control that meant no one even cared about Katan. He was just a puppet with a conscious. One of the very few of them who could think for themselves and know that all that was going on was wrong.

-You’re right Katan. There are those who care,- a voice entered his mind, but Katan was too lost in all his jumbled up emotions. Without even noticing it he fell to his knees screaming and the cloaked man wrapped his arms around him.

  TBC    

Ah there we go. The next rewritten chapter of Darkness falls. And how good it is turning out to be if I do say so myself. Or at least it is compared to the original that’s for sure. I hope everyone enjoys this one a lot more than the older version. Ja ne until next time.