The Grave, Over Dimitri's tombstone

[mbrad56nh]

A cold wind whipped as a strange light whirled over Dimitri's tomb. Whispers resonated as a form was taken. After the light churned for a few more moments, a figure appeared, Dimitri Kelos floated just over his grave

[not jordan]

As Cixi walked she felt a cool breeze run through her long hair. It was almost chilling. She turned around and noticed a small light in the distance, she knew what rested there and wanted no business with it. The wind grew stronger and the hair on the back of her neck began to stand up. Her ever burning couriosity got the better of her and she followed the wind to the tomb. Upon reaching the site a strong light hit her sensitive eyes and she couldn't quite make out what she saw. She knew her eyes must be playing games with her again, it had happened so many times before, what was so different now?

"Go away Dimitri, get out of my head..." she whispered as she turned away, not wanting her eyes to lie to her anymore.

[mbrad56nh]

"Cixi..." Dimitri's voice had a strange quality to it. "I have heard about what you have been through. I know it must be hard for you to believe, but it's me, Dimitri. I was allowed to visit this place only once. Please Cixi, don't leave, I really wanted to see you again. I want to tryand make you happy, one last time."

[not jordan]

She turned around and stared at the apparition, trying to make it go away, but it wouldn't. With each blink of her eyes it only grew stronger, more concrete. She glared at it. "Why didn't you tell me you were going to die... Why didn't you let me help you?" she said, her voice was wavering, but not shouting. She was shaking slightly. Shame and remorse surged through her.

[mbrad56nh]

Dimitri looked down at his grave. "I'm sorry, I thought it would be easier for you. I... I just wanted to protect you. It's just that, I really care about you Cixi. I know it might be hard to hear, and I know you might not believe me, but it's true. There's something about you Cixi, I'm not sure what it is, but it makes me want to be able to protect you, and that's all I could think to do is try and keep you away from the idea of me dying for as long as possible. I'm sorry if I hurt you, I never wanted to."

[not jordan]

"How are you supposed to protect me... if you're dead? It looks like you failed, Dimitri." she said softly. "Besides, you know I never needed protecting. Maybe it was you that needed protecting."

[mbrad56nh]

Dimitri's form became weaker. "I'm sorry Cixi, I guess... I guess I wasn't strong enough. I really did try and stop what happened, but I couldn't do it on my own. I guess I did fail, I'm sorry. And I knew you didn't need protecting, I just wanted to, I thought it would help you, but I was wrong."

[not jordan]

Cixi noticed Dimitri growing weaker. She could feel the warmth of tears begin to well up in her eyes and she tried to hold them back. "No... no Dimitri I'm sorry. Please-- Please come back!" she cried. A tear rolled down her burning red cheek and she dropped to her knees. "I betrayed you, Dimitri, I could have saved you but I didn't know. I didn't know and I was scared. But now I know what I want, I know more than anything!" She shouted up at him, a deep pain searing in her chest.

[mbrad56nh]

Dimitri smiled at Cixi, "please, don't blame yourself, you did what you needed to. All I wanted was to make sure nothing happened to you, and look, you're okay, you made it through everything just fine. The only bad thing, is that I can't come back, I can't come back and be with you forever." Dimitri's form flickered and he doubled over. "I guess my time here is up." Dimitri reached out a hand and tried to stroke Cixi's face, but his hand simply passed through her. "I'm sorry Cixi, I'm sorry I can't stay here... with you." Dimitri's form flickered once more. "I just want to say... I-" Dimitri disappeared as he fnished his final words, and through the air, the words "love you," echoed in the darkness.

[not jordan]

((OOG: okay, seriously, do you want Cixi to impale herself on her sword? Becuase it's gonna happen.)

"n-nooo," Cixi choked through the tears. "Dimitri... no, please!" she shouted. She stared longingly at the spot where he'd dissipated and finally fell to the ground, screaming as she cried. A deep pain cut through her like shards of glass, ripping all that was left of her heart to shreds. She stayed there, crying for what seemed like forever.

She reached for her dagger which rested at her hip and shakingly slid it out of its case. She stared at it, watching her distorted reflection in the blade as the ice cold tears rolled down her face. She took the serrated edge and forced it along the width of her left wrist, cutting as deep as she could manage, her screams grew uncontrollably and echoed off the trees. Warm blood trickled out and tears spilled down over it. She stopped. She stared at the wound with longing. She then took her hand and whispered waveringly "I call upon chaos..." she took one last look at the grave where Dimitri was left and her sobs died down. She wasn't scared anymore, but there was no other choice for her now. She knew she'd never be able to forget and therefore, would never fully be able to live again. She held the dark aura in her hand and felt its destructive power surge through her. One last tear streamed down her face, "... to grant you the gift of death." Her body fell limp as the warm sunset faded away into darkness.