ok ya'll here we go, my first fic. Comments are welcome, private or open to the list. Hope ya'll like it!
Blackfire

                LOVERS PROMISE

The rain misted softly over the garden coming in gentle gusts. The night was still and fragrant, the only sound was the drumming of the rain and the rustling of the leaves in the wind. The calm was shattered when a girl ran into the garden and stopped before a rose bush covered in large white flowers, opened, strangely to the cool night air.

Her eyes were wild and her mind raced, darting back and forth back and forth. Unable to get over two pieces of information, the first that she had lost and the second, her lover had broken his promise to her. She looked down at her self, her right arm numb and covered in blood.  Her uniforms sleeve torn, and the skirt covered in rich brown blood. Her shoes were covered in mud, and she didn�t quite remember how it got there. In her left hand her katana dangled limply in her grasp. She knew that her hair had escaped its bun and most of it lay on her shoulders and hung down her back.

After a few minutes of mentally reviewing the facts her eyes focused on the rose bush before her and She absentmindedly reached up with her free hand to fix her hair. She got her hand up only so far before the pain hit her and she gasped. Her sword dropped from her hand to land in the rich brown earth. Shock coursed through her body and she crumpled to the earth to land as if she was praying, on her knees and her upper body bent forwards. A rustling noise came from the bushes she had run through and then she looked up, but nothing was there. The noise came again and she looked at the bushes, which rustled and then chuckled.

A deep voice came out of the darkness �Do the stars shine tonight my love?� The voice was gentle and full of concern. She recognized it and spat in its general direction. �You know the answer as well as I. Beloved� Her answer was short and sarcastic. The bush sighed and rustled. �Do you begrudge me an answer? It was not as if I meant to hurt you�.� The rain began to fall harder. �She sighed and shook her head. �There are no stars in the sky tonight, the cloud blocks the view of them all.�

The bush rustled again, and a tall lean figure emerged form its shadows. Her lover, her all, her Touga. His long red hair was plastered to his head, and his white shirt stuck closely to his torso.  He came and stood over her, then knelt looking into her eyes. He ran a hand down her right arm and gently put pressure on the wound. She gasped and shuddered. He ripped her sleeve in half, and tied it around the wound, to staunch the blood that slowly but thickly ran down her arm.

He gently ran his fingers through her hair releasing the last of it from the bun. He ran his fingers over the side of her face. She opened her mouth to speak and he placed a finger over her lips silencing her effectively. Touga read the questions in her eyes and shook his head. He kissed her gently, and lowered her to the ground.

Sometime later the rain was stopping and the pair lay entwined on the ground. Touga gently disengaged himself from her and sat up.  She rolled over on to her stomach and smiled softly.  He quickly dressed and placed a kiss on the top of her head. He stood to go, and she quickly rolled over, sat up and grabbed his wrist.

�Touga?� She asked softly, making a deep question out of his name. She pulled on her clothes as he stood looking down at her. �I have some questions for you. She stood and looked at him, the rain stopped completely and he looked down. �I guess I can listen, I don�t have anything else to do�� He looked around and reached out for a rose. He plucked a white rose and gave it to her. She looked down at it and smiled softly.

�Touga. Do you, well, do you feel for me? No wait. That�s not what I mean� damn this is hard.� She began stripping the petals from the rose and when all the petals were gone she looked down at it, then tossed it to the ground. �Well, Touga, do you� do you love me?� There she had asked it, now she just needed his answer she thought.

Touga blushed and looked down at the petals scattered at her feet. �Well babe, you know that I adore you, I mean look at what we do� I wouldn�t do that if I didn�t feel for you�� He plucked another rose and held it out to her. It was red, the color of lust, anger and hate.  She pushed his hand away and the rose fell to the earth. �Touga this is important. Please, I want answers not flowers.�

He began to fidget, much like a little boy, he stepped back, and she stepped forwards. He blushed his cheeks turning cherry red, he looked up not meeting her eyes. �well�� he began. �Are you sure, that you want the answer? I mean, its might not be.� He trailed off, and she bent down and retrieved the rose. She smiled at him, her words neither a benediction nor a promise.

�Lie to me?�



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