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HS - Slayers of 99 Souls VIII

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HOT & SOUL
Soul Eater & Heart of Wildfire mix fanfiction
Logo & Story by G. Michel
Picture by Annria2002.deviantart.com

Disclaimer: SOUL EATER and their respective characters are the property of Atsushi Ohkubo and SQUARE ENIX. HEART OF WILDFIRE's characters are the property of Gregory Michel and Bessy Romero. This story is written for the sole and non-commercial purpose of fanbase entertaining.


STORY 2
THE SLAYERS OF 99 SOULS, part VIII: Heroes of sorrow

Narrator: Maelice

As the blade through my chest faded out, my body fell but was caught by my husband's trembling arms. Mariciel came quickly to our side.

"No… No… No… this can't be happening!" He kept on saying cradling me. "It's going to be all right Maelice. We'll get you all as good as new, okay?"

My right hand lifted difficultly and caressed the left side of his face wiping his continuous tears. The other held Mariciel's hands, speechless but breathing nervously. The tall mad kishin egg along with his gang were delighting themselves in sick smiles and laughing but it was the least of Sahn and Mariciel's concern.

I coughed a great amount of blood and tears conquered my eyes. I was dying, at a very fast rate. Yet I concentrated my fading sight on the two people that meant the world and beyond to me.

My little sister, Mariciel. My love and my everything, Sahn.

"Maelice! You stay with me, you hear me?" He said with a broken voice. He put a courageous smile, even though his tears couldn't stop. "You still have to show me your dream when it comes true: a world full of roses, remember? We got our whole lives together. We're… We're going to go everywhere together, live together and have many kids together, okay? We'll… we'll raise a big great family!" I nodded to him.

"And…" Mariciel finally spoke squeezing my hands for dear life and masking her distraught by a fake smile as well with tears falling down. "Remember what you said: you'd make me their godmother! Sisters forever, no matter what! We promised each other! So you hold on to that, okay? You will, right?"

"Yes…" I weakly said. "Sounds… Sounds good."

My eyes became heavy, in need of a long-wanted rest. And I didn't open them back. It was it. I was gone.

Sahn's eyes marked with every negative emotion in existence, he slowly lay my body on the cold floor as Mariciel who shared the same expression let go of my hand. Everything went blank around them.

They didn't see the band of 99 rushing towards them, neither did they see the giant madman looming his shadow over them about to go finish his bloody work. Sahn and Mariciel's hearts beat as fast as lightning, their breaths were beyond untamable and the tears they cried were unstoppable.

A broken and madden cry erupted in the most frightening way from their voices.

Sahn swiftly swung his arm towards Mariciel's. She grabbed his hand now holding Sahn's sword form, burning bright of a blue flame: the flame of distraught. The blade became a tall shape of vivid blue fire that she trusted in the ground.

A powerful and astonishing light clashed everywhere leaving no chance for a shadow to be born. Ripples and ripples of blazing bluish fire spikes raised and repeated across everywhere disintegrating the entire warehouse, killing everyone in sight and vacuuming every soul towards the sword held by the red-haired meister.

It was over. The enemies were all killed and a windy silence ruled.

The breeze of the desert wind claimed the atmosphere. The warehouse was entirely gone, not even ashes were left. Mariciel knelt down and let go Sahn reverting to his original form. Both of them were astonishingly drained from that last attack. It was the reflection of their anger and sadness gone through a massive surge of Soul Resonance, it was no surprise.

A small cough came from my lips, Sahn didn't lose time coming to my side taking his arms to my body.

"Maelice!!" He started crying and smiling again, Mariciel too. "You're going to be fine. We'll get you to a doctor quick!"

I coughed another great amount of blood. "T-too… late… You won't… make it…"

"Don't say that!"

I smiled. "It… will take too much time… and if they find out I'm… a witch…"

"I don't care!" He didn't say anything after seconds that looked like hours. His head nuzzled into my neck where he cried louder.

"Please, don't…" Mariciel held my hand. "I need you… We need you…" Tears renewed from her flow from her eyes and mine.

"You… take care of him… now. Remember our promise… okay?" Sahn didn't know about the promise between Mariciel and I, but I doubted he cared about this at the moment.

We were in the middle of the desert and the nearest town from which we got the mission's information from was a 30 minutes away by car. They knew my end was near.

My weaken hand held dearly his cheek. "9… 99 souls… gathered. One witch's soul to go…"
He had just slain 99 souls and I was dying. We all knew what that meant. It was his dream to become a Deathscythe after all, but he had put that aside for me. I wanted at least make his dream come true before I passed away.

He shook his head. "No… I won't devour your soul. I can't… I won't…"

"You…" I forced myself to say. "said it yourself…" My hand lay on his chest. "Together… forever… you and me…"

A pinkish light embedded my body. I started dissolving. I took a last look at my little sister squeezing my hand as she shouted my name in tears. My eyes then leaned on Sahn for one last time. At the last minute of my life, all of the beautiful memories swept my mind. The one I cherished the most was that time I first spoke to him while we ate pancakes; his innocent smile was the first and most beautiful gift of all.

"You would have been the best father…"

Sahn's eyes questioned these last words of mine.

My body completely gone, a pink orb of light remained floating in mid-air. Gazing at it with tears from his eyes, Sahn understood the meaning of my last words. Inside of the orb in front of him was another one but smaller and floating as well in it.

He was going to be a father.

My love opened his arms wide. "Together… forever… you and me…"

Unlike the other souls, he didn't "devour" mine. My soul entered his chest and wrapped him within a sadden light of white. A burst of power rocketed through him as he cried to the sky. A column of light rushed high from him. Red blades with white flaming designs sprouted across his body and two great wings of gold sprouted majestically from his back glowing like wildfire.

The light died down. Sahn was now a Deathscythe.

Mariciel walked towards him. The blades around him reintegrated his body along with the wings of gold. They couldn't help but hold and cried in each other's arms and it seems it was the only thing they could have done right now.

...

The two of them returned to their hometown. The news was devastating to the family and friends. Mama Anne cried for hours, so did my little brother-in-law Tairo. Ryo's face lost every ounce of energy and couldn't even go on missions with his meister Misaora, who shared the same state. Papa Rey who was happy to have a daughter lost all will to live. Still, they were able to celebrate my funeral, casting petals of red roses to the ocean.



Since the defeat of the band of 99, people considered Mariciel and Sahn heroes calling them "the slayers of 99 souls." And yet, very few ones of are aware of this story, carrier of a great sorrow. And now, Soul, Maka, Blair, Tsubaki, Patty, Liz, Black*Star and Kid, you are all witnesses of it.

I thank you all for coming and listening to our story. It was truly my pleasure.

And you, Mariciel, please look after him. This wild fire will always need a soothing wind at his side, and that is no one but you. Cherish him… just as I cherish him even after death.

Goodbye, everyone…

End of Part VIII - Heroes of sorrow - To be continued...
HOT N' SOUL is a series of fanfiction featuring my own characters of :iconheart-of-wildfire: in the universe of SOUL EATER.

This is the 2nd story, "Slayers of 99 Souls, part VIII: Heroes of sorrow"
Story & Logo: by me
Picture: by *annria2002


Disclaimer: SOUL EATER and their respective characters are the property of Atsushi Ohkubo and SQUARE ENIX. HEART OF WILDFIRE’s characters are the property of Gregory Michel and Bessy Romero. This story is written for the sole and non-commercial purpose of fanbase entertaining.

List of stories
HOME NEW HOME, part I: [link]
HOME NEW HOME, part II: [link]



THE SLAYERS OF 99 SOULS, part I: [link]
THE SLAYERS OF 99 SOULS, part II: Maelice: [link]
THE SLAYERS OF 99 SOULS, part III: Broken Childhood: [link]
THE SLAYERS OF 99 SOULS, part IV: Crazy love: [link]
THE SLAYERS OF 99 SOULS, part V: Not Alone: [link]
THE SLAYERS OF 99 SOULS, part VI: Honey under the grinning moon: [link]
THE SLAYERS OF 99 SOULS, part VII: The Band of 99: [link]
THE SLAYERS OF 99 SOULS, part VIII: Heroes of sorrow: [link]
THE SLAYERS OF 99 SOULS, part IX: Tears in the air tonight: [link]
THE SLAYERS OF 99 SOULS, EPILOGUE: Family: [link]
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Hvymtllvr16's avatar
that... sniff that was beutiful i i can't even describe that it's just to tragic when scenes like this are as well writen and vivid as this it always gets me excuse me but i need to go have a cry.