[awwlie]

The Ruins of Viritas
On the eve of autumn, 2210AC

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The scent of iron is heavy, the pained stare was exchanged.

I prayed for days, hours prior for the ritual. I asked Her my purpose, like usual; I only heard silence. She is gone from my world of belief, these chains that rest around soul are naught but traps meant discourage my own truth. I see the form of an angel appear in my dreams, I see it clear as day. It is not Her, it is not any that I have seen before. I wondered if I had gone insane, midst our fight, I realized the answer.

"I offered you mercy,
I asked for in return your compliance.

You call me a coward, yet - 
I dare not say what you have became in years... "

How far have we came in life, I wondered as I rode off and away. I felt the blood rushing out. I felt alive again. 

How empty I was, as I rode off and away.

No longer were we echoes, mirrors - necessary opposites. A part of me misses your sweet voice, the advice you'd offer me as I found distress. How I felt your ire for my existence in your eyes, the gaze of a murderer. You did not doubt a single slash of your claws, you meant to kill me. It made me feel special. To know that you would never have done so before. Now before me rests an endless pool of blood, the tiles underneath my feet absorb it.

It whispers a tale of our split.

"To be an Akatsuki is to struggle.."  I whisper quietly as I begin to mend my wounds, I see the stark difference in our characters now; I had never been a true mirror to you. I had been an imitation of your perfection, your imperfection.  You corrected me as you saw fit, only - I managed to hide the taint away from your eyes, I became what you hated most.

The version of Yaeka Akatsuki that would've done anything for Her, no matter if it hindered Her the time by which she would come to us. The version of Yaeka Akatsuki that would've cleaved open half the world to bring forth Her as she was in chains. The one who would help us paint the world anew in her holy ink.

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I loved you,

Did you love me,

Did I forget our pact,

Did you forget my promise?

.. did I betray you?

I haven't betrayed Her..

I am sorry..