Raison D'etre ~Reason to Live~ (15/17)
Antonio collapsed to the ground in pain. Lovino instantly ran to his side. “Spain! What’s wrong?”
Antonio faintly smiled. “It’s nothing, Romano; I just concentrated on someone’s magical ability too hard.” Lovino began to chant his spell to make his curl grow when Antonio stopped him. “Not yet, Romano!”
“What do you mean, you bastard?! You could seriously be hurt!”
Antonio smiled. “Heh…didn’t know you cared…that…” He then screamed in pain. Lovino finished his chant and let the curl go through Antonio’s ear. He closed his eyes for a minute and then opened them with rage. “It’s him,” he yelled, “That guy England! He’s near here!” Antonio tried to intervene but Lovino went on. “I can’t believe I didn’t sense him! This is bad; I have to get over there before something goes wrong.”
And with that, the Italian was gone. Antonio chuckled. “Looks like the secret’s out…which is too bad. I really wanted Arthur…to be happy at least once in his life,” he said as he followed his partner.
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“ARTHUR,” Alfred screamed as he watched Arthur fly out the window. He rushed to the window, ignoring the now shut down Feliks and Toris. Sticking his head out the window, he watched Arthur fly up and onto the roof. He was mouthing something, but Alfred could barely make it out. It sounded to him like he was singing. That’s when, out the corner of eye his eye, he saw two figures suddenly appear. One had a smile on his face, with short brown hair. The other…was…”Feliciano,” Alfred whispered in wonder looking at the man, “No…he looks like him, but the curl is on the other side. Who are these guys?”
Antonio and Lovino watched the glowing Arthur. Arthur had now reached the roof of the building and was glowing brighter, singing the lyrics of Raison D’être. Antonio laughed. “Well, looks like he’s powered up…just like his brother.”
Lovino grunted. “Well, I’ll just stop him before he gets stronger,” he said while chanting new words. He stayed silent, until tomato red beams shot from his eyes. They went straight to Arthur, who in an instant deflected them. He turned to the strangers. “No one will interrupt me,” he shouted with a glare and shot a stronger beam at the two agents. Antonio and Lovino jumped out the way. “Wow,” Antonio claimed, “That’s the first time I’ve seen anyone deflect you attacks.”
Lovino growled. “You bastard,” he shouted at Arthur, “I was going to do it slowly, but now I’ll kill you fast and directly!”
He then jumped toward Arthur. Alfred, seeing this and hearing Lovino’s words, rushed out his room and ran up the stairs to the roof. Lovino began throwing punches at Arthur. He quickly dodged them. Lovino then smirked and caught Arthur off guard. Using his extended hair which had grown secretly, he made it encircle the British man. “Morte da Forza,” Lovino said, as the hair tightened squeezing and hurting Arthur.
Alfred ran onto the roof. “Arthur,” Alfred yelled. He ran towards Lovino. “You bastard! Get your hands off of him!”
That was when someone grabbed him from behind and pulled back. As hard as Alfred tried to break free, even with his strength, he couldn’t. He turned his head to see Antonio holding him. “Sorry,” he said, “but I have to hold you here.”
Alfred still struggled. “Who are you guys? What are trying to do to Arthur?”
“We’re spies who work under the group of Busby,” Antonio replied.
Alfred’s breath almost stopped. “Bus…Busby,” he whispered.
Antonio nodded. “Our mission is to stop this guy when his powers get too great. He becomes dangerous.”
“Spain bastard! Don’t tell this guy everything, he has nothing to do with this,” Lovino yelled to his partner.
Antonio smirked and went on, “You see, this man, whom you call Arthur, is supposed to release an amazing amount of power once he finds his someone just for me.”
Alfred almost stopped breathing again. “Someone…just for me? Does that mean…” “What happens when he releases the power?”
“We don’t know,” Lovino said, “But we’re supposed to stop it from happening. This is why today will be his demise!” He tightened the hair around Arthur more, causing Arthur to yelp in pain Alfred still screamed for him to stop. “Stop this, you’re hurting him! Let go of me! Arthur!”
“Would you shut up,” Lovino yelled, “Why do you care? This is our job; this has nothing to do you!”
“It fucking does have to do with me,” Alfred yelled, “It matters to me what his powers are, it matters to me whether he lives or dies because…because…” “Not after all we’ve through…it can’t end like this…not to Arthur…because...” Alfred shook in Antonio’s arms and then yelled, “Because I love him, okay?!”
Lovino’s jaw dropped while Antonio smiled. Letting go of the man, he whispered, “I knew you were the one,” before jumping to Lovino and breaking the spell. “Spain, what are you,” Lovino tried to say but Antonio pulled him away. “I want to see it,” Antonio whispered in Lovino’s ear, “What…this power actually is.”
Alfred looked at the pair before running towards Arthur. “Arthur,” Alfred yelled trying to reach him. Arthur looked at him, tears in his eyes, and before Alfred could reach him, blinded everyone with light.
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Matt watched the lights of the computer lab blink on, then off. He sighed and sat down, hoping Alfred and Arthur where okay. That was when something new came on the screen of the big computer, a new name. Matt gasped. “No way…it couldn’t be…”
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Alfred covered his eyes from the light. When the light had disappeared, he looked to where Arthur was. Arthur was further away from him and was on the ground unconscious. “Arthur,” he cried in agony running to his love.
“Stop,” said a voice from nowhere. Alfred stopped in his tracks, suddenly afraid. Suddenly, the ghost of a man appeared before him. Alfred backed up again, scared, until he recognized the man. “Wait…you look…no way, you can’t be…you’re…”
“Norway,” Matt yelled running to on the roof. Alfred turned to see his brother running towards him. Norway smiled softly. “Master Matthew.”
Antonio and Lovino watched the scene. “What in the world is going on?” Lovino asked.
Antonio shook his head. “I don’t know, but it seems there was another being inside of England.”
Matt walked up to the ghost of Norway. “Why,” he stuttered, tears in his eyes, “why are you here?”
“And what happened to Arthur,” Alfred also said.
Norway’s face grew solemn. “Back when my power was too great over my lost love,” he said, “I thought I would die…when…”
“Come to me, Norway,” England said, putting his head on Norway’s chest. “If you transfer your spirit inside of me…you won’t die. I don’t want you to die, so please, come inside of me.”
Tears rolled down Matt’s cheeks. “Norway…you’ve been inside of Arthur all this time?”
Norway nodded and looked Alfred. “Alfred,” he said, “I’m sorry, but Arthur is gone”
Alfred froze in his tracks. “What do you mean he’s gone,” he yelled.
Norway looked away. “Arthur…finally found the one he truly loved…his raison d’être…and he was about to do what was needed when he found him, but he stopped.”
“Why…did he stop,” Matt asked. Norway looked up. “Because…he was afraid. When Alfred said that he loved Arthur, he first was glad that his love was requited…but when those words were spoken, all of his memories returned.” Alfred started to shake as well. “He remembered what happened to me…and other experiences, and didn’t believe Alfred. He thought…that even if his reason to live said he loved him…it could mean nothing…even though he told me he loved me…it’s nothing.”
“That’s bullshit,” Alfred half yelled stepping forward. “Why would he believe that? Oh, now I wish he didn’t remember! Its lies, when I say I love someone, I really do! And I’m really in love with Arthur!”
“Well, Arthur didn’t believe that, so he went to the spirit world, and he’s never coming back,” Norway said bitterly. “That is where I’m going as well. I tried to protect him…but failed. Goodbye, Father.”
Norway turned to leave. Matt stuttered as Alfred walked to Arthur’s body, holding it in his arms. “Arthur, come back, please,” he whispered to the lifeless body.
Lovino sighed. “Well, looks like our job is done. Let’s go back home,” and he left.
Antonio smiled sadly. “I was really hoping for a happy ending,” he said, leaving as well.
Matt watched Norway walk away. “Oh…Norway.”
“Norway, wait, I need a favor.”
Norway stopped and looked at the bent over Alfred. “What is it,” he said sadly.”
Alfred looked up with Arthur in his arms. Tears were rolling down his cheeks. “If you see Arthur there, can you tell him something? A while ago, after we had first met, he asked me what falling in love meant. I told him I didn’t know but that maybe he would find out on his own. I also promised that I would tell him once I found out. It’s like feeling happiness and pain all at once. You never want to see that person hurt, and you always want to make them laugh. You can’t imagine you’re life without them, and if something happened to them, you’d have a hard time getting over it. You don’t spend time with them just for their looks, but for who they are. You want their life to be filled with happiness and you want to share it with them. The only reason I know this…is because I fell in love with Arthur. For his looks…his personality…everything about him. I love him, so much…and I would die just to see his smile once more.”
Norway let a single tear fall his eye when the locket around Arthur’s neck began to glow.
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