The Fox and the Raven

Heart of Gold

Nicolas woke up in the middle of the night. Kaede wasn't in bed.

He whipped the covers off of him and threw on some black pajama pants, running through the hotel room. He was completely gone.

"KAEDE!!!" Nicolas screamed his name. No reponse.

He felt his heart beating rapidly as he ran to the elevator and and outside to the parking lot. Still nothing.

He ran out towards the beach lit up by a bright moon. Kaede was standing in the ocean, water reaching just below his knees. He was faced away from Nicolas and staring at the water. He wore an oversized white T-shirt that looked like his. His hair blew in the wind a bit and his tattoos showed beautifully.

"KAEDE! What are you doing?" Nicolas asked, walking towards him. He didn't respond. The boy only turned around slowly.

When Kaede finally faced him, Nicolas thought his heart was going to stop. It shattered in his chest and it felt like his lungs were collapsing. His eyes widened and he screamed out in pain, running full speed towards the young Kaneshiro who was holding a huge knife inside his stomach. He had stabbed himself and was bleeding profusely.

Kaede started to collapse and Nicolas ran through the water after him, catching him in his arms and crying hysterically. The little one felt so weak and frail in his arms. He hated it. He wanted to kill someone. He wanted to die watching this.

Kaede smiled at him kindly and placing his trembling bloody hand on Nicolas' cheek.

"WHY WOULD YOU DO THIS!? WHY WOULD YOU LEAVE ME!?" Nicolas screamed. He held Kaede close go him, pressing their foreheads together.

"Because I hate you, Nicolas Korsakov. Because I want to see you suffer." Kaede said weakly before dying in his arms.

His entire body became cold and limp. His head fell back and his beaming red eyes stay open and lifeless. Nicolas screamed out loud and cried even harder. He wanted to see Kaede full of life and passion like he always did. He wanted to feel him warmth again. He wanted to hear him play piano. He didn't want to live without him. He felt a hand on his shoulder.

"Ты убил его, Никки. Вы сделали то, что я просил. (You killed him, Nikki. You did what I asked.)" Vanya said to him with a satisfied, proud, face. His mother smiled down at him.

He looked forwards to see a tall feminine man wearing a red and white kimono with waist length white hair and being red eyes staring at Kaede's body with tears streaming silently down his porcelain skin. His hair blew in the wind and he looks like a god. Same as his son.

"あなたは私の赤ちゃんを殺しました。あなたは私の赤ちゃん楓を殺しました。(You killed my baby. You killed my baby Kaede.)" Akimi Kaneshiro said in a heartbroken voice.

He took a black blade from his garter and threw in at him, screaming and crying. Milae stepped in from of him, the blade sinking between their eyes.

Nicolas screamed again, crying and catching his father's body as it fell onto his shoulder. The pain he felt was excruciating. He went to turned to his mother behind him only to see a tall man with jet black hair and piercing blue eyes, straggling her to death.

"Milae-" Vanya whispered out, a single tear falling from her eyes as she stared at her soulmate's lifeless body. She stopped struggling and let her greatest student murder her.

"Как ты могла так поступить со мной, Никки? Как ты мог предать своего самого старого друга? (How could you do this to me, Nikki? How could you betray your oldest friend?)" Toshio said softly, dropping Vanya to the ground.