It's a crossover, but I ain't tellin' ya what two series it comes from.
Just consider it a means to grab your attention and make you read it.
It's a shortfic, you can handle that...



Anime Fanfic Crossover
Meant To Be?




        "You're leaving."

         It wasn't a question or an accusation, but a simple statement
of fact. He did detect a note of regret? in her voice, but did not let
it deter him.

        "You knew this would happen eventually," he responded, trying to
keep all emotion from his voice, which was mostly successful.

         She nodded, but knew he didn't see it, as his back was to her.
"In my heart... I guess I did, but did not want to believe it. I thought
we could work against it somehow, defy fate."

         He gazed at the setting sun in the horizon and reflected that
it wasn't too long ago when the sun had risen on that bright day, long
past. She was beautiful then, and together they had held much hope and
joy, thinking nothing could go wrong.

        "Do you... regret... our choice?" she asked him, her voice
trembling almost imperceptibly. "I mean... I know the others were
surprised." The ghost of a smirk flitted across her face. "I was
surprised. After all that searching of finding the perfect one for me,
who would of thought I'd end up with you?"

         He chuckled. "Well, I am such a handsome devil, how could you
refuse?" A couch pillow bounced off his head.

        "Be serious, you!" she reprimanded her husband of five years as
she came up behind and just to the side of him, to watch the sunset.
Five wonderful years. But they had known there was a possibility of it
not working out.

        `Too different' the others said.

        `Never will work out' they taunted.

         Well, they were shocked at first, but she knew that they would
be laughing now, especially once he was gone. How could they have been
right? What went wrong?

        "I wonder why..." she said softly.

        "Hmmm?"

         She shook her head. "I just don't get it, even after all this
time, why did we get together?"

         He shrugged, not really knowing himself. "Maybe some diety
above commanded it..."

        "Don't say that!" she nearly yelled at him, showing some of the
fire that she used to possess. "I won't believe it. I can't believe it.
That the only reason we're standing here, married, was because some
entity above controlled us and put us together, just because you're a
man and I'm a woman! That just doesn't make any sense!"

         He turned to look at her then, seeing her for the first time
that morning. He had wanted to leave without seeing her, knowing that if
he did, he might not leave. He favored her with one of his dashing
smiles, which seemed to calm her some. "You're right, of course. I don't
believe it, either. Because if that was the case, it would mean that
`entity' was pretty stupid. It would mean they didn't take the time to
understand us." He shrugged again. "But at least we know now. We tried,
and were happy for a time, but now it has to end. You feel the same."

         Her expression softened, as she turned to watch the fiery ball
descend into the horizon, now over halfway gone. "Yes. Before you leave,
will you go to see A-" A hand over her mouth stopped her, and she
realized her mistake. "Sorry, I did promise not to mention her while we
were married."

         He nodded. "As I promised not to mention him. The ones who
owned our hearts in the beginning." It was painful to say, and painful
to hear, but it needed to be said. For an instant, the image of a young
boy flashed through his mind. An excellent fighter, with a confident
smile, his hair tied into a short pony tail. <How could I have
assumed... that his place could be taken...>

        "Then stay with me, at least until the sun goes down," she
whispered softly, her own mind recalling a short girl with dark blue
hair. <I hope she can forgive me.> "Then...  you can slip away in the
dark, and use the device to return to your world." She stepped up beside
him and took his hand. <Her place should have been here...>

         He turned with her, to watch the last of the set over her
world, her palace outlined in a red-gold hue. "It is a beautiful world.
I remember when you first arrived with your group on my world via your
near-lookalike's dimensional portal technology." He grinned. "It was
quite a shock."

         She smiled with him. "And then I met you. Needless to say,
because of who I was then, I just couldn't believe that boys like you
existed."

        "And I couldn't believe you, either," he replied. "You called me
a `pervert', being totally disgusted with me. You were quite angry for
quite awhile."

        "Then we had that adventure, ended back on my world, and
somewhere along the line, that anger turned to love." She recalled that
moment, when he was about to leave with his friends, and she'd likely
never see him again. For some reason, she couldn't bear the thought of
losing him, and so had asked him to stay.

         The heavenly ball of light finished it's descent, and darkness
began to fall on the ancient land.

        "It's time," he intoned.

         They turned to face each other then, giving each other a last
hug. There was still a part in each that wanted him to stay. But because
of who and what they were, both knew that their relationship would soon
return more and more hard feelings if it lasted much longer. Better to
part on more amicable terms.

        "Goodbye," she whispered in his ear.

        "Farewell, Fatora-chan," he whispered back. He parted with her
then, and left their little cottage on the palace grounds, heading
across the courtyard to where Makoto would use the dimensional key to
return him to his world.

         Princess Fatora's hand went to her chest as the man she had
loved dissappeared into the darkness. "Goodbye, Hanagata Mitsuruigi, my
love..."




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