[Final Day] Endgame

[arsgoetia]

And just as suddenly as everything had began, the demons are gone—all of them. Not a single crow feather remains. As if being sucked backwards out of a vacuum, sound and light flood into the room and the hallway, crashing down on you. You are back in the real world, with noise and physics and sunlight streaming in through the window.

You are also left with two bereft Bellcourt children, the older of which is suddenly doubling over in his wheelchair and shouting in anguish.

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[criticalbit.livejournal.com]

It--it's not that I'm not satisfied! It's just . . .

[arterialmotive.livejournal.com]

[tilts her chin]

[criticalbit.livejournal.com]

I don't understand what you're thinking. I don't--know where I stand.

[arterialmotive.livejournal.com]

You stand in a place I do not care to lose.

[criticalbit.livejournal.com]

[pulling back against the wall, flushing hard]

You won't lose me. I already decided I would stay by your side . . . as long as you wanted me there.

[arterialmotive.livejournal.com]

I do want you there. Here.

[rests his arm on the wall above her and leans over Yuuki, his breath against her hair. his voice, however, is hollow... dark.]

A beast in me longs to cage you and rend your wings to pieces.

[criticalbit.livejournal.com]

[breath catches]

Brother . . .

[arterialmotive.livejournal.com]

[She asked for everything, and at that moment he was inclined to give it to her.]

To keep you always. Because my fear... is that you will one day choose to do something that will take you from here.

[criticalbit.livejournal.com]

I told you, I'm not going anywhere . . . so why . . . why are you saying such sad things now?

[arterialmotive.livejournal.com]

[deep in thought]

. . . Yuuki. There is something else you should know.

[criticalbit.livejournal.com]

[tenses, giving him a searching look]

Yes?

[arterialmotive.livejournal.com]

Yuuki... In actuality...

I am not your brother.

[criticalbit.livejournal.com]

W-what . . . ?

[criticalbit.livejournal.com]

[Slowly reaches up to lightly touch his face with her fingertips. This scent, this voice, this heartbeat . . . there was no doubt he was her Kaname.]

I--I don't understand.

[arterialmotive.livejournal.com]

You wish to know everything.

...Come. [he takes her hand to start down the hall]

[criticalbit.livejournal.com]

[only nods and holds tightly onto his hand after giving the room they had come from one last glance]

[arterialmotive.livejournal.com]

[He leads her away from the others. If they encounter people, brief excuses and looks given as he continues on. He would prefer none from their group interrupt the two of them.
They find a vacant patient room and Kaname takes Yuuki to the bed.]

...I had hoped that we would have to return to our world, first.

I believe I began thinking of the camp as like the academy—a place I wouldn't mind watching you just be yourself and live away from our night stained world if only for a while. But as time has proved, no place is simple or unchanging and all things will always reach an end...

[criticalbit.livejournal.com]

[settles on the edge of the bed, listening quietly]

For a long time now I've felt that there were parts of you hidden away from me. I don't want to be protected like that . . . I don't want to be made to stay ignorant . . . I want to know all of you.

[arterialmotive.livejournal.com]

[he pulls her closer. the blood under his neck is pulsing and inviting]

Then... take my blood. My memories.

[criticalbit.livejournal.com]

[Memories in blood. The flashes and fragments . . . is that what those were?

For once there's little hesitation. She wraps her arms around him and sinks her fangs in.]

[arterialmotive.livejournal.com]

[You drink. It tastes hot, good, and strong. But this time there's something else there—

Inexplicably, you find yourself in a familiar room. The three doors you've visited have turned to black, but the final door is no longer chained shut. Kaname's scent is strong.]

[criticalbit.livejournal.com]

[ . . . not quite as expected!

Goes to the door and rests her hand on it. Slowly inhaling in and steeling herself for whatever answers will be beyond here she pushes through.]

[arterialmotive.livejournal.com]

[There's a weightless feeling, like the one before a long fall.

And then you learn.]