Over the Fantasy

Author: KazeXKumo.Yes it is an FFU yaoi/shounen-ai fic, specifically pairing a couple I support, Black Wind and White Cloud. The story is told in Kumo's point of view, a tale of what happens between him and Kaze after the destruction of the earl. I truly value my ability of being in character when writing a fic and hope you appreciate my efforts. Enjoy! Read and review!

Chapter 1

Death unto me, death unto the Black Wind, I had thought.

Our words were like soft whispers now, the sound of dying revenge. We were dead. We were dying. He said his last words and I had said mine--each other's names. Was it the last of the essence of hatred we had for each other or something more? It didn't matter, because now both of us were fading into the never-ending mist of eternity. Was this the end? Had I been cut down to ribbons forever? Was the last of me nothing more than a mere memory to a couple of children and one woman? In my last moments, I wanted to touch him, to see if I was still real, but it was too late... but then I began to think what it truly meant to be unlimited. I smiled before complete obliteration had taken over me.

Like all the powerful warriors that had went before me now dwelled in a section, a sub division of Wonderland called "Fainaru no Kuni" or "The Final World." I always supposed that nothing ever truly disappeared, but this idea of mine now had living, breathing proof--or at least what I had thought to be breathing. I was standing on an open area, filled with green grass, with endless hills and blue skies. Unlimited. And I saw these unlimited creatures. There was the earl and his foolish henchmen, and the countless beasts the Black Wind and I had summoned. There was Kuria (Clear), a moogle (strangely resembling the Black Wind), that wolf girl (that had always annoyed me since), and countless others with faces I did not recognize. The odd thing about this all, was that they were all happy, or free, or living in peace--or a peaceful state of mind, that is. It was nothing like I had saw before. I was a warrior. My life had always been a fight. Perhaps the Black Wind knew of a world like this one once before, but I had not. This world I now see before my eyes is foreign to me, strange to me. Just then I had saw someone that I could never forget--my own brother, Madoushi.

Madoushi had been laying on a hill with soft, green grass watching the clouds go by. He had a complacent look on his face, accompanied by something I had never seen--a serene smile. The others I had saw also looked at peace. I stood there for a moment in awe, watching Madoushi when he then turned his head to me, a gentle look in his eyes. And then he spoke.

"Hello, brother."

My eyes widened. Never had I seen him like this. He died in anger. I had killed him myself. I thought even beyond death he would still be angry with me, but had I been wrong to think that? Here he was greeting me with pure kindness--maybe even some kind of love. He twiddled a little white flower between his fingers. I felt danger. I then reached for the hilt of my sword--it was there, along with the many mists I kept but then I stopped to focus my attention back on him. He just seemed to lay there, smiling at me. Oh how it made me nervous.

"Sit with me, brother." he had said. For a few moments I had said nothing, but slowly approached him. I kept my hand on the hilt of my sword, watching him ever so carefully but he did not move. He watched me, with his placid eyes, and I watched him. I sat down on the soft ground and then faced him. "Welcome to the last stop on the romancing train, brother."

"What do you mean?" I asked, a bit frustrated.

"Don't you see, Makenshi?" he paused. "It's over now. Truly over. This is the life after death."

"Over.." I had thought to myself. Was this all really happening? "Why does it have to be like this?"

"Ashes to ashes, dust to dust, dear brother--but I must tell you our unlimited souls are more than just soil." he began to explain. "It's a pretty little metaphor, isn't it? But it is true." he looked back up to the sky. I looked at him, trying to decipher just what he had meant. It seemed pretty simple, but then he continued. "Both of us--and the many unlimited ones you see here, had died a death of the flesh. We all died in Wonderland, our bodies turning into that amazing stuff we call soil. Yes, our bodies had died--but what happened to the soul, dear brother? What did it mean to be unlimited? Well, look at this place! It is practically an endless Never-Never land. This is what it means to be unlimited--never to vanish into nothing, never able to completely die." He had finished, and that is when I began to understand what he meant and realize the true horror of this little reality.

"So I am stuck here forever!" I cried.

"I'm not sure. I've been stuck here since." He replied. Then things began to become a little strange and I just had to question it.

"Why are you acting so different!" I said. "Are you not angry with me!" He turned to me.

"There's no point. It's not like we can kill each other here." It was simple, but true. I looked around again. I watched the earl greedily eat some sweets he had always enjoyed and Herba lay down in a patch of flowers peacefully. Then I looked at my sword and the countless bottles around my waist--they were all useless. Then Madoushi began to speak once more. "Unlimited ones limited by the rules of another world beyond death. Ironic, isn't it? I'm not really sure if this is a gift or punishment--paradise or jail, heaven or hell. All I have to say to you, brother, is to try to enjoy this place--after all, we all may be here for a very, very long time." he had finished and looked at the endless hills ahead of him. I was struck with horror. My eyes had widened. I got up and decided to leave him. With a smile he waved to me silently as I began to disappear out of his sight. This of course was when I had spotted the most important person that had ever entered my life--the Black Wind. At first he looked a bit lost but then he set his eyes on me and I had set mine on him. We both stood still as if the world had stood still and looked at each other for the first time in a while.

End of chapter 1. I hope you enjoyed it. Please review! Chapter 2 will be coming soon!