Sorcerer Hunters Fan Fiction ❯ Fall into Darkness ❯ Second Fall ( Chapter 2 )

Fall into Darkness

"Sacher…" The man smiled coldly at the woman's wounded sigh.

"I found your little attempt to reawake Carrot's memories very amusing." The woman flinched, but didn't look away from the man's piercing, sardonic eyes.

"I won't let you use him for your foul cause, Sacher," Big Mama told him quietly.

"You can't really prevent me, can you? It is fate. Fate keeps bringing us together. Do you know why?" Sacher demanded. The woman shook her head, sorrow and painful memories swimming in her beautiful eyes. "Fate isn't satisfied with the outcome. The worlds we have inhabited were not perfect. Why else would we struggle so?"

"There would be no struggle if you-"

"There will always be a struggle, conflict. Whether it is between parsoners and sorcerers or the rich and the poor, conflict will never end, inequality will always exist." His voice thundered through the arching room.

"I will stop you." The man laughed.

"Stop me? How, woman?"

She looked away this time, tears glittering in her long lashes. "I'll send them…after Carrot." All amusement faded from the man's face. He stared at her with boreal coldness.

"And will they do that? Will they kill their former companion?"

"Yes…" He glared at her for a moment and then smiled.

"You haven't fully revived their memories have you?" The woman remained silent. Sacher threw back his head and laughed loudly. "You and I are not so different, are we? We both withhold critical information from our pets and we both sacrifice all for our ideals."

"We are not the same! We aren't…"

"You keep telling yourself that, Mama. Maybe someday you'll finally convince yourself of that. You cannot hope to save this corrupted world if you won't see the truth." He smiled cruelly and turned to leave.

"Sacher!" She straightened and pointed one imperious finger at him. "I will save this world, even if I have to kill Carrot!"

"Isn't he an innocent in your little book of morality?" the former Haz Knight sneered.

"I will sacrifice one for the better of all. I have learned something about the world from you, Sacher. You cannot possibly call me naïve."

The man chuckled bitterly. "You still are, my dear. You think a single sacrifice will change the course? The fate of this world was sealed long ago. We both know this."

"Perhaps, but that doesn't mean I shall simply acquiesce. We were reborn to change the future of this world. I know that."

"So you say."

"I do, Sacher. I believe that, know that, with all my heart and soul."

"Perhaps you shouldn't let your simplistic fantasies rule your judgement, Mama. As it stands you may send your little assassins after my Carrot, but they will fail. Oh, and don't send that insufferable Knight to try and awaken the boy's memories. Only my power can do that." He faded in a crackling of black lightning.

The woman sank to her knees and cradled her face in her elegant hands.

"Carrot…" she whispered brokenly. "I'm so sorry. Please forgive me…"

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"But I have to go," the young man complained from his position on the king sized bed. The older man ignored him as he continued to dress. "The government says so. Besides I have midterms in a few weeks. Missing even one day is gonna bring my grades down."

"And when have you ever really cared about grades?" Sacher Torte inquired dryly. Carrot Torte pouted and then sighed.

"At least tell me why?" The older man finished adjusting his tie and glanced back at the disgruntled teenager. The young man glared defiantly at the rumpled sheets around his waist.

"You know what you are and you can do." Carrot nodded briefly. "I have enemies who have a different view on how to bring about a better world. Suffice it to say they disagree with my methods and will do almost anything to stop me. They are even willing to kill you, young one."

"But I thought…"

"The only way to stop you is to kill you," Sacher told the young man evenly. Carrot paled and began to anxiously fiddle with the sheets.

"Why?" he asked softly. He heard the rustling of cloth and looked. His mentor stood beside the bed with a faintly amused look on his face.

"Do not worry, young one." The older man firmly grasped the youth's chin and leaned down. "You are mine and I will never let you go." Carrot sighed softly as his mentor firmly pressed his lips against his own. Hesitantly he reached out and grabbed onto the older man's shoulders, trying to deepen the kiss. A small whine escaped his throat when Sacher pulled away and shook his hands loose.

"Sir…?"

"No school and that's final. However, if you must leave then take Éclair with you." The young man grimaced at the mention of the surly blonde's name.

"Why her? She doesn't like me. She's always glaring at me." The former Haz Knight smiled with indulgent amusement.

"She will accompany you," he replied in a tone that allowed no further argument. Carrot glowered at a spot over the older man's right shoulder.

"Fine."

"Good, I'll have my secretary call you in sick." With a satisfied nod the older man left the room. Carrot stuck his tongue out at the closed door in a fit of childish pique. Great, there went his day. Not that he minded missing school despite his outcry over his grade point average. It's just that he didn't want to have to put up with that girl's glaring and cutting replies. And of course there was the little fact that his mentor's enemies were planning on killing Carrot. Then again no one ever said changing the world was going to be easy.

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Okay, so this one was shorter. I couldn't help it! Hey Teno Hikari, this one's for you. It's Carrot and Sacher (Zaha) just like you wanted. Mostly manga based, but also a healthy dose of the anime.

So to the rest of you, thanks for reading and reviewing the previous chapter. Feel free to review this one and no flames please.