[Action]Keeping a promise at any cost.

[adoptedalien]

 Who: Mamoru and anyone at the field hospital
What: Mamoru manages to limp to the field hospital after being really messed up by one of Gilgamesh's swords
Where: The Field Hospital set up by Anastasia and the others.

Mamoru was still faintly glowing green, with his torn wings present with his ripped toga and the bleeding present on it and his right arm where his bangle was, His body was sore, but... he still looked determined, no matter how much pain he was in. He made a promise he'd come back. Even if he might die, he wanted to see the others, he needed to know if he bought enough time. While he blamed himself for not being able to save Sakura, he could only hope the others could with the time he bought them, and he could at least keep this promise.

He limped into the field hospital, still glowing but with the glowing flickering and fading, the green gem necklace of his glowing also witht he flickering and fading going on. He looked around for her...

"Anastasia-chan..." Mamoru said as he nearly collapsed onto the floor but slowly stood himself up, the glowing had ceased, and his wings went away, but he was still standing. "I....I told you I'd come back..." Mamoru let out softly trying to smile before he collapsed and passed out for real this time.

Comments

[innocent_royal]

"Of course. After Fayren, I will visit you every day, and talk to you over the communicator every evening.
I would not be a good friend if I did not do that much for you."

[adoptedalien]

"Okay."

[Something appeared to be bothering him.]

"Before you go...I know you were upset with me for choosing to go out and fight. I know you thought I was being foolish or reckless... But please understand I did it so you and Sakura-san and everyone could live peacefully... But I do still feel bad that we fought over it. I'm sorry for being reckless. I was wrong.

[innocent_royal]

[Anastasia shook her head in disagreement.]

"No... Ultimately, I was in the wrong. You see, Mamoru... Back home, I'm the princess. My job is to raise morale and just simply not get in the way of men who want to fight for me voluntarily. In fact, at some point, my job will include ordering such men to die for me so that others could live.

It's a morbid future and I didn't want to be alone or feel responsible for whatever happens to you. Even though I hold no authority over you and can't order you around."

[Not that she is any good at commanding anyway. She had her reasons for keeping her status a secret, though her dress and mannerisms tend to give her away. She peered at him, smiling slightly.]

"I don't hate being the princess, though. Because it's well within my right to use all my power, however limited it may be now, to try to raise the living conditions of my people. And that's what I really look forward to."

[adoptedalien]

I see. Anastasia-chan, please understand...I didn't mean to make you feel that way or remind you of that. I would never want you to be all alone here. But at the same time, I didn't want Gilgamesh to take control and make the lives of everyone here worse.

I acted just on what my courage and what my heart told me, and what the G-Stone guided me to do. I know you worry about me, but to me it's better to fight to the very end than to ever let bad things happen, to let a bully like Gilgamesh go unopposed! If I died, I want you to know that well, it's not your fault, If I died, I died fighting for what I believe in, for the sake of The Oath Sworn Through Courage, I'd be doing my lost friends a disservice if I did anything less.

I know what I was taught to do, what I was created to do, is reckless and I have so little reguard for my own safety, and I don't think how my fate impacts others around me. That's why I had to keep my promise and live. That's why I held on and came back no matter what...

[Mamoru started to cry again, before closing his teary eyes and shouting]

I absolutely can't let you ever be sad or in danger, Anastasia-chan! That's why I went! I was worried Sakura-san's predicament was making you sad, she's your friend! And as long as he had the army, you weren't safe! And I said I'd definitely protect you!"

"But...I was still selfish...I didn't think about how me being hurt would affect you...Just because I'm brave and not afraid of someone like him doesn't mean I'm not scared of how me dying would affect you..."

[Mamoru was now crying softly, sniffling into the pillow.]

[innocent_royal]

[When he started to cry, Anastasia reached her hand out to try to comfort him. She didn't even know boys could cry. But she was startled by his sudden shouting and she flinched away.]

"M-Mamoru... Take deep breaths and calm down or else your tear open your wounds...
I'm grateful for your dedication, but please try to get some rest. And don't cry either... You are too strong for that."

[adoptedalien]

[Mamoru tried to calm himself down but a few tears still made it through]

"I'm sorry, Anastasia-chan...I'm just in a lot of pain, and my feelings like I've failed are just making it worse, Even though I'm brave, I still need to cry from time to time."

"Thank you, though...Just try to stay safe while I'm recovering, alright?"

[Mamoru then closed his eyes and softly cried himself to sleep, holding his hurt arm.]

[innocent_royal]

[Anastasia stayed with Mamoru for a little while longer to make sure he was resting. Once she was comfortable, she reached out once more to gently lay her hand, still cold to the touch, on his forehead in a blessing manner.]

"Rest well, Mamoru. I will see you again soon."

[She then took a step back, turned and made her exit from Attleton, deciding she had enough time in the day and resources, water and a parasol, to make her way to Fayren to find Levy.]