http://clampfix.fanworks.net/x-fix/hikari.txt </head><body><pre>Hello! My name is Mina, and this is an X songic regarding Kakyou Kuzuki. Its name is "Bare feet of light". It's my first X fic, so can someone tell kindly me how am I doing? Bye!! And thank you!! "Hikari No Suashi (Bare Feet of Light)". An X fanfic by Minako. In fact, it's her first X fic, so be kind to her! ^_- Lyrics are from the song "Hikari no suashi", "Lodoss to Senki Eiryuu Kishiden" TV Ending theme. Performed by Chie Ishibashi. [Tonight, Kakyou has tears in his eyes. He has woken up from one of his many dreams, his still-functioning heart in a hand -- literally. More than a a dream, it's a memory -- a memory of that 'special one' who would never be back] hitori kiri mori no ki no shita de ryoute no bashi odoru hora komorebi ni yureteru yume All alone under the trees of the forest I dance with extended hands look, the dream that sways in sunlight filtered through trees [He remembers still, how she taught him to dance in one of their "dates". He now mentalyzes... he projects an image and re-starts to dream. It's himself, doing the same dancing steps, in a green forest, trying to go with the rhythm she settled every time they went there.] shinwa no kaze fuite kami ni yubi ni fureteku the winds of myth blow touching my hair and my fingers [One step..., two steps..., three..., feet always in the light spot. She did it so wonderfully, he can barely keep up with her graceful demonstrations, as the blond tresses are kissed by a sweet-smelling breeze coming from the flowers spread in the grass. "Point loss if you step over the flowers!", she'd say happilly while cutting some, to later make headbands for them both. Her laughter poured in his ears. "Ah, Kakyou! You look so good with the flowers on your head!!" A sob marres the happy sounds.] kanashii kotomo itai kotomo hi no hikari ni kirameku no tooi kuni he yuku watashi taiyou mite te kureru no even in sadness, even in pain the light of the sun shines as I travel to far countries the sun watches me [Hokuto. North Star. Despite her name, she was the sun, she had always been. The light in his sad life that he'd always cherish. But since nine years, his sun was no more. He didn't really hate the Sakurazukamori for cutting off with her life. He couldn't hate anybody in his own lifespan, could he? It was what she chose to do, also, to die and save her brother from the one who claimed him in body and soul. Everything was hanging now in the shoulders of two boys, the two Kamuis. One wielding the Majesty of Gods, the other hunting it to death. Precisely, the second brought him to where he is now, under the Diet Building, where no real sunlight would reach him] mienai mo no konna ni hikareru no ha dou shite? shiranai basho watashi wo yonde iru yume unseen things, why are they so charming unknown place, the dream that is calling me. [The Dreamscape is his lair, his kingdom, since childhood. His rich family didn't want him to be involved in the Earth's battle and so, they locked him and guarded his prision. Fools! That only activated his curiosity and his chance to test his Dreamgazing skills. To escape, he started to dreamwalk. While at it, he founds and lost her. And it became the window taking him anywhere, everywhere, to see the Future and predict it.] suashi ni atatakai tane tachi mo mezameru no it is warm in bare feet the seeds also awaken [So did she. The other one. Twice they met, twice they bonded. She was losing her heart to madness and he saved her too. The little bird went in her own way after it, stumbing every minute, until the Hunter cut off her wings in the cross of still. Kotori. Little bird. A name associated to life, yet she's dead too. He knew of it every time but even then, they befriended, and it wasn't for anything. Kakyou recalls her last message:] yowai inochi tsuyoi kimochi tori sae mo shitte iru no a weak life, a strong feeling even the birds know it ["Tell Kamui-chan and my brother... I love them. I love them forever And the future... is not decided"] donna toki mo utau dake de sora made todo ki sou no mater what the feeling, just by singing it seems to reach to the sky [Kotori's whispers. Hokuto's laughters. Memories now, just memories. What's now in the future is fight, death, loss. He had seen it, so it will be. Future can't be changed, he says.] mizu kagami ni utsuru kumo ha senaka no hane hana no kaori mato uda kede the clouds reflected in a mirror of water are wings on my back wearing only the fragrance of flowers. [Suddenly, Kakyou feels like flying... It's strange..., shouldn't he be seeing darkenss, as it always have been? Feathers are coming from everywhere as his vision changes. He lifts his eyes to glare at the sky, and sees them. Hokuto, Kotori, there they are! Their spirits, winged angels inviting him to drift away in his place. Hokuto flies down to him... and says the words before settling her lips on his':] dekakeru no I depart ["Let's go. We'll leave this place and go outside"] kanashii kotomo itai kotomo hi no hikari ni kirameku no even in sadness, even in pain the light of the sun shines [Kakyou closes his eyes and lets his heart be free. It sweetly stops and nobody notices. "Finally... the day has come", are his last words. And he cuts the last bond tieing him to life.] tooi kuni he yuku watashi taiyou mite te kureru no as I travel to far countries the sun watches me ["Kakyou-san?!". Nataku finds the body of Kakyou lying in a bed, minutes later. The bioroid thinks that he's asleep and tries to wake him up, but Fuuma stops it. "You shouldn't disturb him", the Kamui of the Dragons of the Earth says with unusual sweetness. "He's in happiness, don't you see?". Nataku glances innocently at its "daddy" and goes away, missing the strange glance in Fuuma's eyes as he's already gone.] --- owari --- The Bittersweet Memories of Kotori and Hokuto. http://bittersweetmemories.tripod.com</pre><p><a href="./">Back</a></p><p><a href=http://www.dreamhost.com/donate.cgi?id=216><img border=0 alt="Donate towards our web hosting bill!" src=https://secure.newdream.net/donate1.gif></a></p></body></html>