Making Sense of it All

By Apple-chan

Disclaimer: IT WOULD NOT HAVE ENDED LIKE IT DID IF I OWNED IT.T_T

Warnings: G/K

Spoilers: Chapter 300

Pairings: RenxJeanne. xLyserg

Exhibit A: Ren

Evidence 1: The Will to Power

Tao Ren was eighteen years old, and this was something he had been asked—no, ordered—to do.

Go out there and find yourself a bride. It's tradition.

This was a task he needed to accomplish, whether he liked it or not. He knew that; but more than anything he was aware that this was for the good of the family, and for his own. For the future of the Tao family.

The future lies in your hands.

He knew that as well; he was proud of that fact and for that reason alone, he knew he could not fail.

And he wouldn't. Finding a bride? For the sake of his family and his future, he knew it can't just be any young woman who happened to pass by and glance at him. No—it has to be someone special.

Of all the women he had known in his life, there were only a few who fell under the "special" category. The first one was his mother; the second was his sister. The third was Asakura Anna, who happened to be his friend Yoh's wife.

None of those three can become his bride, for very obvious reasons.

Which left only two remaining women: Tamamura Tamao and Iron Maiden Jeanne.

Remember who you are, Tao Ren. Remember that it can't just be anyone.

After serious thought and consideration, his selection boiled down to one, and only one.

Power. We are all about power, and between them, the only one who can match my power is…

Iron Maiden Jeanne.

And so it was that he decided: Iron Maiden Jeanne was to become his bride, and no other.

TBC

Notes:

Chapter 300 shattered all my hopes, dreams and fantasies of LysergxJeanne. Chapter 300 made me go all WTF. Chapter 300 got the wheels on my brain turning and I spent a whole sleepless night trying and trying to make sense of the ending that is RenxJeanne and the undeniable evidence of their union that is baby Tao Men. Hence the title of this series.

Not sure how long this will be. Not sure when the continuation to the continuation will follow as I am still trying to make sense of this myself. But updates will come, rest assured, because I am desperate to find answers. I am desperate to make sense of it all. And, I am desperate to give Lyserg some justice, so EXPECT HIM TO APPEAR. SOON.

(…And Hao, too, probably. Maybe.)

Regarding Promenade: As stated in my profile page I have no intention of going against the canon of Takei Hiroyuki. And as I am finding it difficult to get my groove back on that series, and due to the recent turn of events, then you may consider it discontinued. Until further notice.

Reviews are appreciated, but not necessary. But then again since you're here now you might as well.