Blood+ Fan Fiction ❯ First Kiss, First Confusion ❯ Sinking Pt. 1 ( Chapter 8 )

Alex: OOOOOOOHHHH MY GOD! I'm so sorry that it's taken me this long to get this chappie up. You wouldn't believe the hell I've been through with it! Got it almost done… CRASH! There goes my computer…. Get it half way back done, after I get my evil laptop fixed and…… CRASH! Again! I'll tell you what I was pulling my hair out!

Sally: Trust me she was… she cried herself to sleep each time to. Funny stuff.

Alex: Shut up you! But anyway here it is after such a long awaited time!

 

Chapter Seven: Sinking

(Saya Vision! *j/k*)

The Red Shield base was sinking under her feet, the deck rolling and pitching, how she managed to stay upright was a mystery to the small woman standing on deck her sword in hand. At her side she could feel the presence of her Chevalier, in front of her stood her twin sister, her blue eyes blazing along with her smug grin, behind her Carl in his true form was just itching to jump at her.

 

“What's wrong Saya-neechan? You seem upset?” the innocent way Diva spoke her words grated on Saya's already ragged nerves and torn emotions. Her own sister had killed her little brother, Riku had been an innocent to her, so kind and gentle.

 

“Diva…” she said it softly yet somehow her anger came through the word easily causing it to sound husky and slightly sharp. Diva just giggled and placed a hand on Carl's shoulder.

 

“Uh oh… I think Saya-neechan really is mad a me!” somehow she sounded pouty and sad, it was all an act. Saya could read it so easily in her sisters still glowing eyes, she was tickled that she had finally gotten under Saya's skin, had made her bleed in a way that didn't include actually cutting her flesh, no she had cut something even more important, her heart, her soul. And the cut was deep, added to the ones that Diva had placed there over all the time they had spent fighting. She lunged forward sword held down by her side, Carl met her half way at Diva's gleeful laugh. They fought, each meeting of sword against his thick skin jarring her arms until her joints hurt, finally she knocked him away and focused her blood colored gaze on her double. She flashed forward, felt the wind moving her hair back from her face, her sister met her half way using a spike from Carl in place of a sword, “Aww, poor Saya-neechan, you're all upset.”

 

They clashed over and over again until Carl finally pulled himself up and tried to attack her from behind, his claws grazing her clothes before Haji knocked him away. Haji: her partner, her companion, and her friend. He was always there for her, protecting her from as many evils as he could. Diva shoved her back and she stumbled, she felt and heard the splash of water as her boot met it, the ship was going under quickly now. Carl scooped up Diva and took to the air as Saya caught her balance and moved forward again, her sister waved still grinning happily before throwing the spike at them full strength, Haji pulled her out of harms way.

 

“Saya!” she couldn't move, the anger and pain she had held back all surfaced at once and it was ripping her apart from the inside out, his warm arms surrounded her and she heard the leathery sound of wings unfolding before she was pulled into the air, the red water lapped at her boots for a moment as the flaming ship was pulled the rest of the way under and the sea went dark. Only the silvery moon lit their way now as they hovered a few feet above the water, the leather sound of his wings beating and the fact that the water fell farther and farther away from them told Saya that he was taking them higher.

 

Something scalding hot ran down her face and she reached up quickly to feel for blood, her hands came away wet yet not with blood, with clear salty tears. She blinked a few times the tears still falling; she watched them drop past their feet to join the salty ocean water below. They wouldn't stop and with each falling tear her heart throbbed painfully, she felt the warm bands that were Haji's arms tighten around her as they started to move away from the now invisible ship. She twisted in his arms and he shifted to accommodate her as she buried her face in his shirt front, her right hand was still firmly clenched around the hilt of her sword yet her dampened left hand clenched onto his jacket lapel.

 

It was then the sobs tore out of her throat, they came straight from her heart, one of his hands slid up to slide into her hair holding her to him gently as if she were the most precious thing in the world, it warmed her in a way and made the tears fall faster. She didn't deserve any of it, she had let Diva out, and Diva was destroying everything that was precious to her. Finally the tears slowed and her sobbing quieted, yet the still fell soaking the front of Haji's shirt. She pulled back a bit reaching up with the hand that had been clutching his jacket to scrub at her eyes, she knew her face was red and blotchy and her eyes swollen, “I'm sorry Haji…. I didn't mean…” he just hugged her closer glancing down at her with a haunted look, one that said it was alright for her to cry. She wiggled in his arms moving up to rest her cheek against his shoulder.

 

“Saya….” She clenched her eyes shut at the tenderness in his tone and snuggled into him. And he held her like that until she could hear the sounds of a town, cracking her now dry eyes open she could see the lights, not much later they landed and she heard the leathery rustle of his wings as he pulled them back into his body, he never let her feet touch the ground instead he swung her up into his arms sword and all.

 

“Where are we?” she tried to look around, she was confused and her heart still throbbed in her chest with each beat. He carried her yet for some reason she could tell that his attention was truly on her and not where they were going; instead of heading into the town he took a different path, into the woods and up a hill until a small shack came into view. It was run down and looked as if no one had been in it in years, yet he opened the door with a small nudge of his foot and strode in, he had to duck to keep his head from hitting the frame, once inside her eyes were slow to adjust, her sword dropped from numb fingers to clatter to the wooden floor. He paused for a moment looking down at her before he moved on over, in one corner of the one room shack was a twin sized bed, it was there he deposited her. She didn't want to let go of him, the thought of releasing her hold on him made her feel as if he would disappear forever. She clung to him, after a moment of trying to detangle himself he followed her into the bed stretching out beside her, she snuggled close to him, there were no more tears to cry, just a strange empty numb feeling that was slowly seeping through her body, “Never again Haji, I won't let her kill another person important to me.” The words were hollow as she felt something inside her sink and disappear into the darkness of the numb feeling that was seeping through her core to spread out through her body.

 

He stared down at her for a few moments and she saw the flicker of sadness, a deep sadness cross his hazy dark blue eyes he nodded only once, just the slightest bob of his head, “I understand Saya.” She nodded in return and burrowed her face into his shoulder. She felt herself sinking deeper, gone was the happy girl that had been only hours before, now there was only sadness and determination, she could feel his eyes on her as she started to drift embracing the darkness that was coming swiftly. Warm fingers brushed over her cheek and she opened her coppery eyes just a bit to stare at the dark blue ones that were filled with the sadness she had only glimpsed of moments before, “Saya…” her name on his lips caused a sharp tug in her heart, the pain and sadness in that one spoken word. Haji was the same as her, just as torn and sad, she snuggled closer and felt the warm bands of his arms tighten around her, and thus she slept, for how long she didn't know, she was just thankful for the oblivion that she embraced gladly.

 

 

A/N: This one seems a bit dark and there's not all that much dialogue but I really wanted to do this chapter and it kind of just flowed right out of my fingertips, to show what happened on the Red Shield ship, I know Haji didn't play much of a major role in this version but in the next I promise he will. And guys please keep sending the reviews, you guys are really and truly my inspiration, I go back and read them more often then you think! A