✓RavenWood : Academy || BxB || Draft

Chapter 40 [TW ⚠️]

After this is all over? Yeah right.

The unusual black bullet flew, slowly through the atmosphere, the bang echoing in their ears. The reshaped mineral glinted in the light, blinding them. Akashi fell into the mud with his hand reaching out in a failed attempt to stop the Bullet Solas had let fly free.

"No!" Akashi screamed, begging the bullet to stop, he was delusional in the moment. As if a rare black metal bullet could talk. He stretched his arm, then his hand and his fingers, compelling himself to push further, reach further, grab the bullet and stop the attack. Only he had the power to do so, but he failed.

The bullet hit.

The impact hit his chest directly and  forced Shoutas body to shake, his legs and arms trembled as he fell to his side. Another specially made bullet was shot. That time it spun into his flesh hitting his lungs and lodging itself into his spine which was tampered with and changed into some sort of silver metal, newly manufactured, supporting his back to handle his new metal joints.

He crashed to the floor, his body bouncing a little before finally resting in the watered-down soil. He never moved, he was paralysed. Akashis pained scream was heard by every supernatural on the destroyed field. It was ear piercing and tormenting, they wished they never heard it. The Prince scrambled to his feet slipping many times before he managed to pull himself together and lunged towards his father who was bleeding out at an alarming rate.

"Dad! Oh gosh-" his tears pooled in his eyes as his lips trembled, his body shook in terrible tremors. He grabbed his father's shoulders and lifted him into his lap, cradling him as the blood seeping into his clothes and stained his fine skin. "Dad! Fuck, not like this!"

Shouta choked on thick crimson which spat from the corners of his mouth, he attempted to speak But Akashi urged him not to, to save his strength for the moment he could recover. Akashi held Shoutas hand tightly, Kissing the back of his hand and pressing his forehead against the skin.

"Ḱᾄṩђἷ"

"I know, Dad, I do," He whimpered, holding his jacket which he ripped off himself, attempting to ease the bleeding if only just a little bit. He was praying, hoping his father would survive. He didn't want Shouta to leave him. "Solas! Why the fuck did you do that?!"

"I had my orders,"

"Fuck you!"

"Akashi, Sousuke," Takeshi reminded briefly, looking down at the sorry state of Shouta. Their mighty king had fallen and it was pitiable.

Akashi looked at Sousuke and knew he didn't have much time left. The vampire was struggling to stand, his legs were like jelly, they weren't strong enough to hold his body weight. Shouta picked up his fingers, steadily reaching his hand out. Akashi wasn't having it, he held the hand in his free one.

"į'ӀӀ ժօ ์|է" He growled, shaking Akashi's hand away, beckoning Sousuke to his side. The vampire complied, he collapsed To Shoutas side with his breathing shallow. He choked and coughed out the all too familiar Ruby red and suddenly, within an instant, Shoutas hand was in Sousuke chest.

The vampire fell and not another sound was made from his body. No breaths, no heaving from his chest, no fluttering of the feminine eyelashes, no beating from his hand and no thumping from his pulse. Akashi held his breath when Shouta freed his hand.

"Dad..." he cried out, hugging Shouta chest to his own. Takeshi leaned over, pulling Sousukes body to the side, on his back. He gulped and some unknown tears began to fall for the first time in his young adult life. Solas and Landon stood idly by, not bothering to cry or show emotion, they were coving their weeping friends.