Title: bring back
Rating: G
Fandom: Kiseki, specifically Hajimari no Kiseki
Relationship: Rixia Mao/Ilya Platiere
Wordcount: 250
Short summary: Rixia prepares to face Ilya in battle and declares her intentions.
“Ilya!”
Rixia shouts out her opponent’s name. Her partner’s name. Even with the mask on, even with Ilya not recognizing Rixia as more than someone with overlapping skills… Rixia considers Ilya to be both of these things. Because the Ilya she knows is still underneath that mask, which makes Ilya as an opponent so dangerous.
“I will give you all I got!”
Rixia will dance opposite Ilya in battle. She will show Ilya the steps that Ilya taught her, the expressions, the emotions. Rixia will show Ilya everything that Ilya has taught her, everything that she has become as a person and as a performer because of Ilya. Every uplifting, empowering, empathetic, gentle but strong, soft but solid…
Please remember me…
Inside Rixia is still the young woman who doesn’t quite have the confidence to be her own person instead of what she has been asked to be. She’s still not confident about conveying her feelings, in being vulnerable and opening her heart. But she must project otherwise.
Because inside of Rixia is not only her deep love for Ilya, but Ilya’s deep love for her in return. Love cannot and will not lose to some brainwashing…
“You will remember me!”
Rixia thinks of the many hours they have spent together. She knows how important the stage is to Ilya. She knows how important the team is to Ilya. She knows how important Crossbell is to Ilya.
And that’s why Rixia will bring Ilya back, back to where she belongs.