Drakengard & NieR One-shots

Drakengard | Caim x Reader | Followed Him Like a Disciple

Followed Him Like a Disciple

A-Khalil: Reader X Caim One-Shot. Reader follows Caim and realizes how messed up he is, so she tries to silently get away but Caim, after losing Furiae, won't let her go. Angelus doesn't like that, so she burns reader. Caim, furious, attacks Angelus but loses. The dragon scoffs and leaves with defeated Caim, smirks at the dying reader.

You can change it up, but that's how much I thought up in one go.

I didn't include any other party members (Leonard, Arioche, Seere) but Verdelet does get a little mention in the beginning. I wrote this as a break from essay-writing btw so I'm not really sure about how great this is. Also I have no idea how Caim would actually be like in a situation like this, but I tried to make it work (-: Thanks for being really specific btw, it is a huge help when I'm writing this stuff!

Not very confident in this as well, so I might rewrite this later when I'm actually in the zone. (-":

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You had long forgotten the reason you were travelling with Caim. Maybe, at first, you were infatuated with him, but those feelings began to disintegrate the more you followed him around. The more you watched him kill, the more you watched him smile as he bathed in the blood of hundreds, the more you watched his merciless slaughter, the more your feelings began to change. You found that you no longer harboured the same love you felt before, but rather fear. And although you were scared you would be his next victim, you were also scared of becoming a burden.

Once upon a time, you could wield a blade; that was until you were nearly cut down in battle. Luckily Caim was there to kill your attacker, but ever since then Caim had forbidden you from ever taking to the battlefield again. You doubted the reason was for any sort of care or mercy in his heart; after all, the only things he cared for were Furiae and vengeance. There was no way the one-man army that was Caim would even shed a tear for someone like you, so you thought. Yet here he was, keeping you alive, keeping you close to his side as both you, him and the red dragon searched for Furiae. You would have talked to him, asked him why he kept you around, but you knew he couldn't talk back. Maybe he liked that about you; the fact that you didn't try to be friendly, the fact that you didn't try to talk or complain. Caim must have thought your company was good because it was peaceful. You were unlike the soldiers who screamed for help on the battlefield, unlike the ever talkative Verdelet, and unlike the prideful pact-partner he constantly had by his side.

To him, you were peace, and he desperately wanted to have that peace. If it weren't for you, his mind would have been lost a long time ago. He couldn't afford to let you go.

Yet Caim's mind was deteriorating fast, and with every battle he sacrificed a piece of himself to fuel the raging fire within. You thought he couldn't get any more damaged after killing an army of children, but yet he still pushed forward in his quest for revenge and for his sister. By the time you decided it was too risky to be around the landless prince and his pact beast, he had already killed people in the thousands, his already broken mind nearly shattered beyond repair.

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It was late in the night, the sky threatening to change to the next day in but a thirty minutes or so. Caim lay next to the fire pit that was the source of the small party's warmth, eyes open and staring blankly into the sky. You didn't let his blue eyes unnerve you, though, as you knew he was perfectly capable of sleeping with both eyes open. The one you had to worry about was the red dragon, whose heightened senses would be able to detect your attempt at fleeing in less than a moment. You gathered what little possessions you had into your small, worn leather satchel and cast a wary eye down Caim's way, taking in his sleeping form. Without his armour and sword, he looked almost vulnerable. If it weren't for his clearly defined muscles and piercing blue eyes, one could mistake him for a normal prince in casual attire.