In Any Lifetime I'll Find You

Chapter 3

While Bible were cutting the roses in a room, his nose picked up an uninvited scent near his house. He put down the pruner and slowly stand up. A loud sound of door busted open alerted him that something had enter the house.

He warms up his hand then extend his nails to his favour length and sharpness. Bible walk forward slowly, his eyes scanning for any sign of intruder in his house. He sensed slow to pick up a dark figure move fast behind him. He swing his hand and the intruder grab his wrist stopping him.

Bible tried to release himself from the tight grips. ‘He’s not human’ Bible thought and he look up. His face looks familiar but it looks awfully ugly like a monster. Bible silently frowning racking his brain to recall who this man is.

Rain..

Knife stabbing him..

“You..?!”his eyes widen. What could he possibly want from him? He doesn't have business with him so why is he here? The man smirked “Ohh, I'm flatter you remembered me" he leaned his face towards Bible’s face. “He turned you into one of his kind. Sweetly disgusting".    Bible looks away with disgust, tugging his wrist free he punched the man's face sending him straight to the wall.

“What's your purpose coming here?” Bible walked towards him, getting down to business. The man let out a laugh as distraction. He launched himself and Bible grab onto his arm locking it with his. “He took everything from me. My family.. I'm here to avenge them".

The man yanked his arms free, kicking Bible on his stomach. Bible's body flew across the room, mid air he turn himself to land on the wooden floor. “...Tcchh..So, you want to kill me again" Bible arch his eyebrows   “Yes, I want to make him suffer”.

They exchanges attacks for a while. When one attacks, one would protect himself and vice versa. Bible's healing skills did it's job everytime and it consumed all his energy. He panted out, he had used all his power to beat this man. But he still stand strong in front of him. He need to go for the head then.

While recovering, the man speed towards him his hand spread out the nails emit smoky green liquids.

“Jeff..”

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Jeff checked the finished for any flaws and it was perfect. He paid the rest and waited for the owner to packed the rings. His body shakes when an unpleasant feelings came from his blood bond.

‘Jeff..’ a faint pained voice echoes in his mind “Bible..?”. Jeff's bond alerted him that something wrong with Bible. Danger. He quickly finishes his business there safekeeping the rings in his pocket. Rushing back he speed through the trees away from human eyes ‘Hang in there Bible, I'm coming'.

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Bible breath caught in his throat when long sharp fingers pierced his stomach. His flesh burned as the acid eating his flesh. Bible gripped on the man's arm, twisting it off. His other hand scratched through the man's eye blinding his right eyes. The latter howled in pain.

Bible leaned back onto the wall, his vision doubled. ‘Shit..Am I going to die like this’. He bit his lips and pull out the hand from his body. His eyes looking at the wound, wincing at sizzling sound. Poison. He could feel his healing ability tried to close the wound but failed.

Bible’s mind planning out strategy on how to end this. He doesn't know when Jeff will come back. He's sure the bond already send alert to him. He need to stall the time, but he doesn't know if he could hang on. If he ran will this man catch him.

He's tired and he could really use some blood to regain his strength back. Bible hold onto the wall for support and make his ways to the exit. His blood bond senses that Jeff is nearby, he tearfully smile with relief “I need you, Jeff..”.

*Pierce sound*

Bible stood still when a iron sharp rod pierced his heart, electric sparks waves on his face. “Haa..ekk” he reached up to touch the rod, hissing out at the burns it made to his hand. He gritted his teeth pulling it out swiftly, drooping it to his side with a clank. “Damn you!!". Bible raise his hand up using his blood to create snakes of sharp torn and pierced the man's whole body.

Jeff stopped a few feets from his house, he could smell Bible’s blood. “..No..no..” his feets feels heavy as he took step forward. He hope nothing happened but knowing his lover's blood had been spilled scares him. He stumbles as he walks towards the front step. He was greeted with a still body laying on the ground blood pooling around him "Bible..?".

His eyes glows with anger searching the culprit and he meet with a badly wounded man heaving on the ground. He scanned through knowing that Bible did a lot damaged to him. One limbs gone, extensive claw marks and punctured holes everywhere on his body.

Jeff dart towards the man giving deadly chokehold as he snarl to his face. His body filled with raging fury. The man struggle in his grip “Haa..hahaha you deserve this, I killed your lover again”. Jeff glowered “You should have come after me and leave him out of your revenge". The man chuckled and clicked his tongue when Jeff's nail digged into his skin “What for?..I made deal with demon to kill him. I want you to suffer!!” he yelled. Jeff knit his eyebrows “He did nothing to you..”.

The man grinned “True, your kind don't deserve love or happiness. I'm cursing you to never be happ-". Jeff tore the head off from the body. Listening more to him only angers him more. He tossed the head aside, letting go of the body. Blood splattered on the floor, Jeff emotionlessly wipes his bloody hands on his coat. Jeff knock down the fire lamp on the wall, breaking it. Crackles of flame could be heard as the fire burns everything its way. He swipe a fire ball and throw at the corpse.

Jeff turns his body around and stagger towards his love. His legs gave out and he drop to his knees with a choke cries. “B-bible..?” he crawls slowly towards him his eyes always on Bible's. The lively eyes looks empty now, no light and dry tears track on his cheek. He cried during his last breath and Jeff wasn't there. He extend his hand out, gently cover his eyes, sliding down to closed it softly.

Their house burning down, fire slowly crawl towards them. He doesn't want Bible to die here. Jeff gather Bible in his arms then dashed out to the edge of cliff. Their favourite isolated place to spend time on. Moonlight lighten up their surrounding. Jeff crossed legs on the grass with Bible on his laps. His love looks so peaceful sleeping like that. He always love to spent his free time admiring Bible's sleeping face and now it’s not the same. Knowing it won't open again.

“I’ve bought rings for us” he tries to sound happy, tricking his mind that he's talking to Bible who is still alive and just took a short nap here. “You would love it.. when you see it" his voice break at the end. He laid his face on top of Bible's hair, tears wetting his cheek. The kingdom he build from their love collapsed inside his heart. Nothing can be done. Nothing he can do to bring his love back.

500 years has passed....

He had witness several reincarnation of his lover but they all appear different not as someone he loved dearly. Only the soul is the same. When he stand nearby each one of them, they never show interest in him.

Like stranger. He swallows down his yearning heart everytime. Not just that, having to witnessed they all died due to accidents skinning his heart always. He could only watched fate not letting him intervene, he tried to make sure they all safe but it's useless.

Lonely, so lonely he doesn't know how he is still sane. Most would probably go berserk but his will to believe that his Bible will come back always there and strong in his heart.

He now lives his life as night performer in a bar with a guitar until his eyes caught a man who's sitting at the bar holding a glass. The figure he very much familiar with.

His lover is here again, reincarnated as the man he adore, cherish and love.

Bible.

His love.

Should he go for it? Is it his time now?