:: THE WINGS OF A DARKANGEL :: Author :: Sukunami Taka Flaming hair swirled with the raging fires around, smoke trailing to the forbidding skies. Sea-jade eyes, framed by long lashes, slowly fluttered open, gazing upon the desolation of still bodies, mangled and thrust aside, before him. He reached up, with a well-muscled arm, and deftly caught a massive onyx boomerang. As he walks off, a ray of light passed over his shoulder, catching a dark sign….the mark of a Cevar…. Eyes snapped open. A young woman with bright red hair, dressed in armor, jolted awake, gasping for air. Beads of sweat trickled down her neck, as she laid, seeing the stars of a night sky. A boy stirred next to her, yawning and scratching his sepia hair, "Elle..?" For a moment, her confused mind kept her silent, then she glanced over to the expectant, "Neh, Gau…" "Hai…." "You know…that day, with oni-chan…….what happened?" "Uh.." Gau Ban turned to the 59th Cevar, who had gone back to staring into space, "Ano….after Black Wing’s collapse, Darkness still managed to get up……………………………………….. Flashback~ The badly hurt Gau Ban staggered to his feet, gritting his teeth in fury, holding against the numbing pain of the cut artery in his neck. Darkness, the ethereal spirit, smiled, his beautiful ebony hair flaring around him, "Well, Black Howling, will you fight?" Clenching his fists, Gau Ban’s mahogany eyes narrowed, into the determine eyes of a fighter, while his chest rose and fell, urging for air. He picked up the weapon of his fallen friend and waited, slender body arched. His adversary laughed, then raced towards him. Poised, the weapon flew off, seemingly to absorb everything into its inky tint. The next moment, the angelic face of the immortal was a hair’s breadth away from Gau’s, the weapon careening off to the wide blue skies. Darkness sighed, a sweet laugh, "You missed, Black Howling….." "Did I?" responded the warrior, his soft hair masking his eyes. The whispering wind blew across, Darkness cocked his head, just to see the black boomerang, tips wide like wings, split into in the sun’s light, twirling back…… His eyes dilated, as pain tore through the immortal’s body, erasing his existence…………~ Gau paused, remembering. Breathing in cold air, he whispered, "It was the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen, Elle……he…he was beautiful. Dias found his wings….except….his was white, sweeping wings that were held high, just like his black ones. He guided his boomerangs for me, as he stood in the air in his full glory…….then he flew to the heavens, showering pure ivory feathers that floated gently to earth……………….he smiled, Elle…………Elle? Ano….." Gau peeked at Elle, who had fallen asleep. Chuckling, he covered her slowly with her blankets, before shuffling off to sleep himself. Verdant eyes opened, " You were always the fighter till the end, oni-chan…….Black Wings," murmured Elle Lag, a touch of smile on her lips………. This is a tribute to Dias Lag alias Black Wings, the Cevar who gave it his all…….may he fly forever…..