Fan Fiction ❯ A Tale's Last Requiem ❯ Atlr: Chapter 4 ( Chapter 4 )
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By: Tasty Ppoizon 
Anime/Manga: Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance / / Mystery | Type: Other | Uploaded On: 12.26.2001 | Updated On: 12.26.2001 | Pages: 5 | Words: 2.5K | Visits: 125 | Status: Completed
Anime/Manga: Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance / / Mystery | Type: Other | Uploaded On: 12.26.2001 | Updated On: 12.26.2001 | Pages: 5 | Words: 2.5K | Visits: 125 | Status: Completed
(Merry Christmas! Hehe, kinda of bored, I can't wait to tear open FF10 tomorrow!! Well chapter 4! VERY LONG! I can write some of the feeling expressed like when Saria's thinking for those ten minutes..I and um...ok you get it! It makes me sick that I think about it for too long like she does!!
"= Talking
'=Thinking
-Wu Mei)
Saria ran down the street her cloak following her as she ran past people. She slowed down panting.
"I must..-pant-..get out more..."
"You really should. Care for a lift?"
Saria turned around and rolled her eyes.
"So Diablos turns up once again. Where there hell do you come from? The air, could kill somebody like that you know!"
"Geez, I try to help her highness out and I get scolded. Now is that anyway to treat you escort?"
"Who said I---H-H-Hey!!!"
Diablos picked her up and over his shoulder like a sack of potatoes and sighed.
"Just calm down alright"
He jumped up on a shop roof looked up at the castle. Five towers spouting from the roof of it. The one in the middle was his destination. He stepped back away from the edge of the rooftop,which was the closest building to the castle.
"Hang on"
"Why?"
"Just do it"
She slid off his shoulder and wrapped her arms tightly around his neck and closed her eyes very tightly. It happend quickly. He jumped so high by the way it felt, she could have swore he could fly. He jumped thrice more until he reached her windowsill.
She still didn't open her eyes since being of the rooftop. She was shaking because she was afraid of heights, ironically enough to be in a highest floor of the highest tower. He sat on the windowsill waiting for her to realize she was at her room.
"God dammit we're here already leggo!"
Saria released enabling him to breathe correctly. Saria gave him an innocent look and by theunstable from this and his gave a nervous smile and leaned back falling out the window. Only this time not purposely. He grabbed the windowsill edge.
"Are you alright?!"
She grabbed his wrist and helped put him back in.
"What happend?"
"At...uh...nothing!"
"Mmmmm hmm...That's what they all say!"
"All?"
"Figurative Language, ever heard of it?"
She laid down on her bed and rested her hands on her stomache and closed her eyes.
"That ride made me sick..."
"Oh boy...here we go again!"
"Meanie..."
She curled up until the very uncomfortable sensation went away leaving him just sitting there for about 15 minutes. The sensation had gone away after 5 minutes. But she sat there thinking about him for the other 10 minutes. When she smiled, he got uncomfortable...her looked the same way when he pulled the mask away from her face at the masquerade..A shiver went up her spine as she continued thinking about it.She looked at him. The scars, the band, his hands...so many things were mysteries..she fell asleep like that for an hour or so.
"Saria...Saria!"
Saria woke up to see the dwarf woman and her father King Froto behind her.
"Yes....?"
"Ze zelebration will start soon! And Froto wishes to speak with ya!"
"Yes Father..?"
"Starting tomorrow the strongest men from around the country are assembling to be granted you hand in marriage!"
".........."
"Aren't you happy?!"
She knew if she said no he'd come up with more reasons why and she didn't feel like going through that.
"Yes father I am"
A faint crossed her lips as he left the room.
'I'm too tired for all this....'
She thought, though she got up anyways. Walking down once again to the ballroom and seated her self in her throne next to her father, King Froto. There were two empty throne to Froto's left side. Alita ascended the stairs in her long black dress. He brown hair would surley surpass her shoulders, the curls held her hair about to the bottom of her chin. Of course, her trademark jewel crown adorned her head holding her hair from crossing her face.
Then there came along someone she had forgotten was away, how she could, she didn't know. Her mother. Her mother was Queen Neori, she had long black hair that reach her knee pulled back behind her shoulder tied midway with a very elegant bow. Several loose strands crowding her face and shading her dark green eyes. She had a similar dress to Alita's.
Neori and Alita stepped up to theirs rightful seats in the front of the ballroom and seated themsekved. People clapped and bowed in silence though it. They had been gone for a week or so,but she didn't care, Nothing in her life had siginificant value. She ganced around for any signs of D. (Diablos)
Froto got up and started dancing with Neori. Saria really wasn't interested she didn't even glance at them as they left the alter. Alita repositioned herself on Froto's throne to talk to Saria.
"Someone's not happy, what's troubling you sister?"
Sarira went wide-eyed. Why was she being nice. Of those horrid rushed through her head as she brough her head up fom her palm she was ready to falll asleep upon and stared at Alita.Alita always claimed that should would not have such a sister to her maids but she just called me her sister
"Why....are you acting this way..?
Alita looked at her and then at her own hand and she was fumbling witht he fabric of her dress.
"I've been thinking Saria. I've been spending alot of time with mother and well... I sorry.."
"Why are you saying that?"
"Why?... The way I've been treating you your whole life, have you forgotten you whole life?"
Sarira could tell by the manner of which Alita spoke she was serious.
And Saria smiled.
"Why don't you and I go out to town tomorrow for as father would say 'bonding time'?"
"What would we do?"
"Oh you'd be suprised, in the mean time lets dance!"
Saria shook her head rapidly as Alita pulled her from her throne. Then she caught side of D in the back far corner staring at a untouched crystal wine glass.
"D!"
Alita looked at her a chuckled and smirked at her.
"Whose 'D'"?
"Uh....he uh..."
Alita notice where Saria was look and started dragging her over there.
"Wait stop!! C'mon Alita!!"
"What? Scared?!"
She hid her eyes.
"Ah ah ahh!! No fraidy girls today!"
They corned Diablos, obviously because he was already in a corner.
Alita scanned him. Saria though she would think Diablos was weird. Alita gave her a look as if she said 'I approve!' and blushed and looked away.
"You must be this 'D' she's talking about?"
Alita said pointed to Saria who was looking the other way.
"Might be."
"Well would you do me the honor of taking her off my hands 'D'?"
He quickly glaced at Sarira and back to Alita placed his glass down and crossing his arms.
"I suppose, but do you often dump you sisters on other people?"
Diablos asked a lopsided smirk stretched across his face when she laughed.
"Only when I need to, but thanks"
Alita stood Saria up and made her walk to Diablos. She went to turn and purposley slipped her foot infront of Saria. Saria tripped and fell right int Diablos with a thud. Alita looked back and smiled.
"Oops, I guess I take things I little too litterally!"
Saria stood up and sat down on one of the marble blocks carved to fit around the large marble pillars and stared at the stars.
"Sorry about that.."
"I heard...about tomorrow"
Saria looked down as he sat across from her.
"Froto... since Tillan is dead there are no current eligible royalty, I have to sit through tests to see who the strongest man is...it makes me utterly revolted.."
He arched his head against the pillar he was leaning on up at the stars like she was. She looked back up too. She never called King Froto father when talking to other people besides her family, nobody really every found a problem and erased the though from her mind.
"All royalty, none of them are eligible?"
"So Froto says. But I know there's someone, Im not looking forward to any outcome except that I will not get married. But I believe here must be someone..There was in the land of Kano..but he has runaway. I want to too...."
Diablos shuddered at the thought drifting in his mind.
"So....Princess Alita..she seems nice"
"She wasn't always nice, something must have happened. She wants to spend the day together tomorrow in town"
"That's good isn't it?"
Alita walked over to them.
"I hope I'm not disturbing anything, I hate synchronized dancing"
She said while staring out at the people dancing the same way at the same pace.
"So...D....I never introduced myself! Im-"
"Alita....I'm Diablos"
Diablos cut her off with a lopsided smile and looked back up at the sky. Alita chuckled softly and sat down behind Saria.
"Are you still up for tomorrow?"
Alita looked at Saria.
"I can't..."
"Why not?"
She looked down.
"Froto has arranged that all the strongest men from all around are to be gathered to get my hand in marriage....it makes me sick...as if I was some prize..."
"Well too fucking bad alright? You're coming with me tomorrow if you like it or not alright!? I want my little sister to know what it means to really live!"
Saria stared at Alita now. Shock spead everywhere on her face.
"But-"
Alita covered her mouth.
"You'll be 18 soon and you still don't understand english..tsk tsk.."
Alita laughed and released Saria's mouth. Saria smiled slightly and then looked back down.
"What about if Diablos comes with us,if you don't mind.And I have someone else in mind that'll go too."
She didn't move even though Diablos had what look like his eyes on her, or atleast tilted that way. He leaned over and pulled up her face with his thumb and forefinger. Saria still didn't look up at him.
"I told you that you should smile more, remember?"
".............yeah.."
"So put the lesson to good use"
She smiled weakly and he sighed.
"Thats no a smile. Thats the look when your truly unhappy and I your happy about something, or you wouldn't have smiled at all!"
She laughed silently and smiled, not weakly or slightly..she really smiled.
"See?!"
The night went on as Alita,Saria, and Diablos were talking and laughing. When it was about 10:30, all three were walking outside the music dim and the insects were chirping. Saria tripping over herself occasionally from being very tired, each time Alita or Diablos catching her.
"God dammit sister! Are you going to keep tripping all night?!"
"Im..sorry.....Im just..very tired.."
"At this rate we'd be lucky if you stayed away halfway up to your room. Now I have to haul her up there!"
"Not neccessarily..."
Diablos cut in as he stop walking and Alita and Saria stopped walking too.
"What do you mean?"
"I could get her there very quickly.."
"Alright I'll watch then."
"Noo....that made me sick last.....-yawn-...time.."
"You'll be too tired to feel it"
"..-sigh-...oh alright...."
Saria walked over to him and flung her arms helplessly around his neck and shoved her face into his shoulder. She clamped her eyes and mouth closed as Alita watched in confusion.
"Goodbye"
Diablos jumped up onto the ballroom roof which was pretty much in the middle close to what he called "Saria's Tower" because obviously, it was. He took another large jump several feet up unto Saria's windowsill.
Alita watched in awe, she knew he wasn' exactly normal...but how?!....It was very unhuman to be able to jump even a fifth of that but it seem as if him jumped it with ease. Then she wondered how high he could really jump if he really really tried. Without wasting time she ran to Saria's tower dodging people until she reached empty castle corridors. She opened Saria's door panting slightly glacing at Saria's bed in which she was already fast in a deep sleep on Diablos's lap which was kind of a mistake.
"It's not what you think...I put her down and she fell asleep and well you get the idea..."
"She used to do that to mother all the time after large even such as this because she would be so tired.."
"Your a fast runner..."
"Hoping I could make it up here before she fell asleep..hehe.."
He smirked looking back down at Saria who conveniently use his lap as her pillow making it almost imposssible for him to move without feeling about having to wake her up.
"Are you coming with us tomorrow?"
"Maybe"
"Alright then, goodnight"
Alita left the room as he stayed over night again, this time.
The next morning.......
Saria woke up and found herself laying on Diablos's lap. The whole previous night became a blur to her. She sat up drowzilly and looked at him. She scanned the stitches more carefully, she din;t want to know what kind of pain that cause when it was being done. She brought up her hand slowly to touch his face, but before she could his reflexes kicked and grabbed her wrists and her other fore arm pulling her ontop of him.
"Whaaa"
She shrieked as she was pulled. He was awake now noticing what he had done he released her.
"Sorry, reflex"
"I'll be more careful next time..."
He looked at her, she looked very depressed.
"What's wrong?"
"I feel sick.....that event today.."
She rested her chin on her her knees which made him more uncomfortable since she was already sitting on his lap.
"Well your not going"
"Yeah but it'll just be rescheduled....."
She tried not to cry but her face couldn't express how sad she was. Another reflex happened to him, not one he did often but it just hapen without real recollection...he pulled her to him hesitantly and...hugged her. She fought the tears back longer and looked at him.
"When it's time to cry,cry. It's the first step towards feeling better.."
With the advice she cried on his shoulder, he feelings felt nothing but sorrow and pity for her, even though he couldn't very well put his feeling right now into words..
(God dammit, that took me an hour to write considering I had to take out my dog for a walk in the middle. How heart breaking lol! not. Happy Holidays!
-Wu mei)
"= Talking
'=Thinking
-Wu Mei)
Saria ran down the street her cloak following her as she ran past people. She slowed down panting.
"I must..-pant-..get out more..."
"You really should. Care for a lift?"
Saria turned around and rolled her eyes.
"So Diablos turns up once again. Where there hell do you come from? The air, could kill somebody like that you know!"
"Geez, I try to help her highness out and I get scolded. Now is that anyway to treat you escort?"
"Who said I---H-H-Hey!!!"
Diablos picked her up and over his shoulder like a sack of potatoes and sighed.
"Just calm down alright"
He jumped up on a shop roof looked up at the castle. Five towers spouting from the roof of it. The one in the middle was his destination. He stepped back away from the edge of the rooftop,which was the closest building to the castle.
"Hang on"
"Why?"
"Just do it"
She slid off his shoulder and wrapped her arms tightly around his neck and closed her eyes very tightly. It happend quickly. He jumped so high by the way it felt, she could have swore he could fly. He jumped thrice more until he reached her windowsill.
She still didn't open her eyes since being of the rooftop. She was shaking because she was afraid of heights, ironically enough to be in a highest floor of the highest tower. He sat on the windowsill waiting for her to realize she was at her room.
"God dammit we're here already leggo!"
Saria released enabling him to breathe correctly. Saria gave him an innocent look and by theunstable from this and his gave a nervous smile and leaned back falling out the window. Only this time not purposely. He grabbed the windowsill edge.
"Are you alright?!"
She grabbed his wrist and helped put him back in.
"What happend?"
"At...uh...nothing!"
"Mmmmm hmm...That's what they all say!"
"All?"
"Figurative Language, ever heard of it?"
She laid down on her bed and rested her hands on her stomache and closed her eyes.
"That ride made me sick..."
"Oh boy...here we go again!"
"Meanie..."
She curled up until the very uncomfortable sensation went away leaving him just sitting there for about 15 minutes. The sensation had gone away after 5 minutes. But she sat there thinking about him for the other 10 minutes. When she smiled, he got uncomfortable...her looked the same way when he pulled the mask away from her face at the masquerade..A shiver went up her spine as she continued thinking about it.She looked at him. The scars, the band, his hands...so many things were mysteries..she fell asleep like that for an hour or so.
"Saria...Saria!"
Saria woke up to see the dwarf woman and her father King Froto behind her.
"Yes....?"
"Ze zelebration will start soon! And Froto wishes to speak with ya!"
"Yes Father..?"
"Starting tomorrow the strongest men from around the country are assembling to be granted you hand in marriage!"
".........."
"Aren't you happy?!"
She knew if she said no he'd come up with more reasons why and she didn't feel like going through that.
"Yes father I am"
A faint crossed her lips as he left the room.
'I'm too tired for all this....'
She thought, though she got up anyways. Walking down once again to the ballroom and seated her self in her throne next to her father, King Froto. There were two empty throne to Froto's left side. Alita ascended the stairs in her long black dress. He brown hair would surley surpass her shoulders, the curls held her hair about to the bottom of her chin. Of course, her trademark jewel crown adorned her head holding her hair from crossing her face.
Then there came along someone she had forgotten was away, how she could, she didn't know. Her mother. Her mother was Queen Neori, she had long black hair that reach her knee pulled back behind her shoulder tied midway with a very elegant bow. Several loose strands crowding her face and shading her dark green eyes. She had a similar dress to Alita's.
Neori and Alita stepped up to theirs rightful seats in the front of the ballroom and seated themsekved. People clapped and bowed in silence though it. They had been gone for a week or so,but she didn't care, Nothing in her life had siginificant value. She ganced around for any signs of D. (Diablos)
Froto got up and started dancing with Neori. Saria really wasn't interested she didn't even glance at them as they left the alter. Alita repositioned herself on Froto's throne to talk to Saria.
"Someone's not happy, what's troubling you sister?"
Sarira went wide-eyed. Why was she being nice. Of those horrid rushed through her head as she brough her head up fom her palm she was ready to falll asleep upon and stared at Alita.Alita always claimed that should would not have such a sister to her maids but she just called me her sister
"Why....are you acting this way..?
Alita looked at her and then at her own hand and she was fumbling witht he fabric of her dress.
"I've been thinking Saria. I've been spending alot of time with mother and well... I sorry.."
"Why are you saying that?"
"Why?... The way I've been treating you your whole life, have you forgotten you whole life?"
Sarira could tell by the manner of which Alita spoke she was serious.
And Saria smiled.
"Why don't you and I go out to town tomorrow for as father would say 'bonding time'?"
"What would we do?"
"Oh you'd be suprised, in the mean time lets dance!"
Saria shook her head rapidly as Alita pulled her from her throne. Then she caught side of D in the back far corner staring at a untouched crystal wine glass.
"D!"
Alita looked at her a chuckled and smirked at her.
"Whose 'D'"?
"Uh....he uh..."
Alita notice where Saria was look and started dragging her over there.
"Wait stop!! C'mon Alita!!"
"What? Scared?!"
She hid her eyes.
"Ah ah ahh!! No fraidy girls today!"
They corned Diablos, obviously because he was already in a corner.
Alita scanned him. Saria though she would think Diablos was weird. Alita gave her a look as if she said 'I approve!' and blushed and looked away.
"You must be this 'D' she's talking about?"
Alita said pointed to Saria who was looking the other way.
"Might be."
"Well would you do me the honor of taking her off my hands 'D'?"
He quickly glaced at Sarira and back to Alita placed his glass down and crossing his arms.
"I suppose, but do you often dump you sisters on other people?"
Diablos asked a lopsided smirk stretched across his face when she laughed.
"Only when I need to, but thanks"
Alita stood Saria up and made her walk to Diablos. She went to turn and purposley slipped her foot infront of Saria. Saria tripped and fell right int Diablos with a thud. Alita looked back and smiled.
"Oops, I guess I take things I little too litterally!"
Saria stood up and sat down on one of the marble blocks carved to fit around the large marble pillars and stared at the stars.
"Sorry about that.."
"I heard...about tomorrow"
Saria looked down as he sat across from her.
"Froto... since Tillan is dead there are no current eligible royalty, I have to sit through tests to see who the strongest man is...it makes me utterly revolted.."
He arched his head against the pillar he was leaning on up at the stars like she was. She looked back up too. She never called King Froto father when talking to other people besides her family, nobody really every found a problem and erased the though from her mind.
"All royalty, none of them are eligible?"
"So Froto says. But I know there's someone, Im not looking forward to any outcome except that I will not get married. But I believe here must be someone..There was in the land of Kano..but he has runaway. I want to too...."
Diablos shuddered at the thought drifting in his mind.
"So....Princess Alita..she seems nice"
"She wasn't always nice, something must have happened. She wants to spend the day together tomorrow in town"
"That's good isn't it?"
Alita walked over to them.
"I hope I'm not disturbing anything, I hate synchronized dancing"
She said while staring out at the people dancing the same way at the same pace.
"So...D....I never introduced myself! Im-"
"Alita....I'm Diablos"
Diablos cut her off with a lopsided smile and looked back up at the sky. Alita chuckled softly and sat down behind Saria.
"Are you still up for tomorrow?"
Alita looked at Saria.
"I can't..."
"Why not?"
She looked down.
"Froto has arranged that all the strongest men from all around are to be gathered to get my hand in marriage....it makes me sick...as if I was some prize..."
"Well too fucking bad alright? You're coming with me tomorrow if you like it or not alright!? I want my little sister to know what it means to really live!"
Saria stared at Alita now. Shock spead everywhere on her face.
"But-"
Alita covered her mouth.
"You'll be 18 soon and you still don't understand english..tsk tsk.."
Alita laughed and released Saria's mouth. Saria smiled slightly and then looked back down.
"What about if Diablos comes with us,if you don't mind.And I have someone else in mind that'll go too."
She didn't move even though Diablos had what look like his eyes on her, or atleast tilted that way. He leaned over and pulled up her face with his thumb and forefinger. Saria still didn't look up at him.
"I told you that you should smile more, remember?"
".............yeah.."
"So put the lesson to good use"
She smiled weakly and he sighed.
"Thats no a smile. Thats the look when your truly unhappy and I your happy about something, or you wouldn't have smiled at all!"
She laughed silently and smiled, not weakly or slightly..she really smiled.
"See?!"
The night went on as Alita,Saria, and Diablos were talking and laughing. When it was about 10:30, all three were walking outside the music dim and the insects were chirping. Saria tripping over herself occasionally from being very tired, each time Alita or Diablos catching her.
"God dammit sister! Are you going to keep tripping all night?!"
"Im..sorry.....Im just..very tired.."
"At this rate we'd be lucky if you stayed away halfway up to your room. Now I have to haul her up there!"
"Not neccessarily..."
Diablos cut in as he stop walking and Alita and Saria stopped walking too.
"What do you mean?"
"I could get her there very quickly.."
"Alright I'll watch then."
"Noo....that made me sick last.....-yawn-...time.."
"You'll be too tired to feel it"
"..-sigh-...oh alright...."
Saria walked over to him and flung her arms helplessly around his neck and shoved her face into his shoulder. She clamped her eyes and mouth closed as Alita watched in confusion.
"Goodbye"
Diablos jumped up onto the ballroom roof which was pretty much in the middle close to what he called "Saria's Tower" because obviously, it was. He took another large jump several feet up unto Saria's windowsill.
Alita watched in awe, she knew he wasn' exactly normal...but how?!....It was very unhuman to be able to jump even a fifth of that but it seem as if him jumped it with ease. Then she wondered how high he could really jump if he really really tried. Without wasting time she ran to Saria's tower dodging people until she reached empty castle corridors. She opened Saria's door panting slightly glacing at Saria's bed in which she was already fast in a deep sleep on Diablos's lap which was kind of a mistake.
"It's not what you think...I put her down and she fell asleep and well you get the idea..."
"She used to do that to mother all the time after large even such as this because she would be so tired.."
"Your a fast runner..."
"Hoping I could make it up here before she fell asleep..hehe.."
He smirked looking back down at Saria who conveniently use his lap as her pillow making it almost imposssible for him to move without feeling about having to wake her up.
"Are you coming with us tomorrow?"
"Maybe"
"Alright then, goodnight"
Alita left the room as he stayed over night again, this time.
The next morning.......
Saria woke up and found herself laying on Diablos's lap. The whole previous night became a blur to her. She sat up drowzilly and looked at him. She scanned the stitches more carefully, she din;t want to know what kind of pain that cause when it was being done. She brought up her hand slowly to touch his face, but before she could his reflexes kicked and grabbed her wrists and her other fore arm pulling her ontop of him.
"Whaaa"
She shrieked as she was pulled. He was awake now noticing what he had done he released her.
"Sorry, reflex"
"I'll be more careful next time..."
He looked at her, she looked very depressed.
"What's wrong?"
"I feel sick.....that event today.."
She rested her chin on her her knees which made him more uncomfortable since she was already sitting on his lap.
"Well your not going"
"Yeah but it'll just be rescheduled....."
She tried not to cry but her face couldn't express how sad she was. Another reflex happened to him, not one he did often but it just hapen without real recollection...he pulled her to him hesitantly and...hugged her. She fought the tears back longer and looked at him.
"When it's time to cry,cry. It's the first step towards feeling better.."
With the advice she cried on his shoulder, he feelings felt nothing but sorrow and pity for her, even though he couldn't very well put his feeling right now into words..
(God dammit, that took me an hour to write considering I had to take out my dog for a walk in the middle. How heart breaking lol! not. Happy Holidays!
-Wu mei)