"All I Need Is You"
A/N: If you don't mind, try listening to the audio.
It's "Release My Soul" from Guilty Crown. I really
think the lyrics suits Ai and Lily :)
Ai Mikaze, the Cyan Star and Emily Venus, the Crystal Star...
are now truly reunited with each other. The joy is overflowing.
It's truly a suprise for no one actually thought he would regain
his memories of the past, of who he was. It also added to the
shock the fact that he's actually a robot. Although that really don't
matter at alll now because in their eyes, Ai is their senpai, their
friend, a person with feelings. He's human in their eyes, in their heart.
And thus, in order to truly prove the come back of the Cyan Star,
they surprised the crowd by suddenly calling on stage...
In the current, on going concert of Quartet Night.
Reiji takes off his hat for a while and takes a princely bow,
he sure can take away your breath, an amazing man he is.
"Ladies and gentlemen..." Reiji speaks calmly and that
stopped the roaring happy crowd for a while. "We have
a little present for you..." His serious, calm voice is
enough to make a girl squeal in awe.
"I hope it's not for April Fools, Rei-chan!" Ringo stood
up and yelled at him with a smile.
"It better not.." Ryuya mutters. "And why am I watching
them with you?!" He suddenly complained.
Reiji giggles, "Don't worry, there's no time to be fooling
around when something as blissful as this occured...
I'm sure it will bring joy!"
"Just hurry up and tell them already!" Ranmaru is once
again feeling grumpy, no matter when, no matter where.
Camus couldn't prevent but sigh and bury his face on his palm.
"Okay!" Reiji smiles. "Come out now, my friend!"
The lights went out for a minute. The crowd couldn't help
but wonder what's going on. Finally, the lights went back
on.. but it's only focused on just one person... that wow'ed
the crowd.
"MIKAZE... AI.... RETURNS~!" Quartet Night's Reiji Kotobuki,
Camus and Kurosaki Ranmaru all announced in unison.
Right after hearing that, the crowd cheered in joy.
One of them... sitting quietly while watching them
with a smile... is Emily.
"You go, Ai-kun." She smiles as she watches
him.. just like back then.
She remembered how he told her,
"Tonight. I want to dedicate tonight's concert to you"
and he said the same thing to her again... today.
Before going on stage.
"I want to dedicate tonight's concert to you."
Ai smiles as he tells her. "Because all I need
is you... I want to do something for you."
He moved closer and held her hand as he
whispered in her ear.
"Hello, everyone." Ai silenced the cheering
crowd with his usual, beautiful voice.
Everyone is silent.. and stares at him for a while...
They felt something different about him..
But they do know he is the same Ai.
"I'm back."
Ai smiled.
The fan girls squealed and cheered even more,
as if their 'kokoro' (heart) was struck by an arrow
for more than a hundred times. Simply put, love struck.
That smile was branded as one of those killer smiles.
For he was known as the cold, lonely A.I. For him
to smile... to SEE him smile... it gives you an unexplainable
feeling, but one thing is certain, there is joy in it.
"Ai-Ai..!" Reiji happily calls out to him.
"Mikaze.." Camus and Ranmaru stares at him silently.
Ai looks at them and thanks them.
He then reverts his eyes on the crowd,
awaiting for him to take his next action.
"I will perform with Quartet Night once again.
But before that.. I would like to use this chance
as an opportunity to tell you something important..
and let you hear my song.. for one certain person."
Ai is still wearing that cheerful smile of his while speaking.
"F-For one certain person?!" The fangirls gasped
and also blushed at the same time.
"Will you allow me to?" Ai asks them.
"Y-Y-YES!!!" The crowd immediately answers.
"Sure thing, Ai-Ai!" Reiji winks.
"Go for it, Mikaze." Camus smirks and
Ranmaru gives Ai a thumbs up.
"Very well then..." Ai takes a deep breath.
Ai sings.
"If there was no future,
If everything ended today,
What would you do?
In the time we have left
Before we lose everything,
I would hold you close."
As he begun singing, he, like before,
locks his eyes on her, on his beloved one. Lily.
She does the same. She felt her heart flutter
with joy as she listen to his angelic voice.
"It seems like my fingers have already been torn off
In the cold wind
What was I doing?
Who do I love?
I’ll etch it softly into my mind
The way I met you,
How we laughed and cried together,
One by one, I want to make each of them precious
So that I’ll have no regrets"
This time, it's him whose tears could no longer stop.
The professor made sure to give him the ability to cry.
(Even though that's not much really necessary info now is it? *chuckles*)
"If there was no future,
If everything ended now,
What would you do?
In our limited time,
Before we lose everything,
I would shout out your name---"
He took a pause and called her name.
"Yes I would, Emily.. my dearest Lily, Venus."
And continued to sing once again.
"In order to live fast and furious,
Some people overtake my shoulders
What did I want to do
And for who’s sake?
Am I thinking about this properly?
How I spent time with you,
How we frolicked in the piling snow,
One by one, I want to burn them all into my memory
Even this moment now."
As he sung that line, he recalled all the times
they spent together and smiled.
"When nothing works out as it should,
When I thought I wanted to give up,
You were by my side"
Ai slowly walks down the stage and
that also surprised Lily.
"So whatever happens now,
Even if the world freezes over,
I’ll protect you until the end."
That line reminded them of the film they
worked for together, "Eternal".
"Dancing and fluttering,
Oh snow, pile up
Deeper and deeper…"
Finally, Ai made his way to her...
His only one.
"If there was no future,"
Ai offers her his hand.
"If everything ended today,"
Lily smiles and holds his hand.
"What would you do?"
Ai moved his face a bit closer to hers,
as if asking her through the song.
"In the time we have left
Before we lose everything,"
Ai leads her to the stage, like a prince
escorting his princess.
"I would hold you close."
And as he sung that last line, he grabbed
her closer and held her tight.
The music and spotlight finally faded away.
Everyone was silent for a moment.. but then
they gave him a standing ovation.
"The time we have left.. is our time forever
together.. until our very last breath." Ai tells her.
"This woman right here.. is the only one I'll ever
love... the only one I've ever loved. I treasure
her more than anything... I want the world to
know that... because all this time, we've been
hiding. Keeping it as a secret. I don't want that
anymore. I won't let anything hold us back anymore.
That's why... I wish to have everyone's blessing."
Ai bowed his head.
"Ai-kun.." She mutters as she gazes at him passionately.
"It's CRYSTAL! In the flesh...!!!" The crowd finally realized.
They thought of her as a different person for they don't know
her real name.
"Well, what do you say, everyone?" Ringo stands up and
asks for Ai.
"Sensei.." Reiji smiles.
"Arigato, Ringo-sensei!" Lily whispers.
"Of course! The answer's obvious! We've always wanted you
guys together! This is such a wonderful present!!! OFCOURSE!
You guys don't need our approval anyway! And after all, from
the very start, YOU TWO ALWAYS HAD OUR BLESSINGS!!!"
The fans yelled together.
"Do you hear that, Ai-kun?" Lily holds his hands and gently
raises his head a bit. "Nothing can hold us back anymore."
She smiles at him.
"Yes..." Ai nods.
"Thank you, everyone."
Though some of the fan girls are heartbroken, they are
also happy. Oh the joy and hardship of being a fan girl
sure is painful. Still, the concert went on.
"Thank you so much, everyone!" Lily suddenly grabbed
the mic and spoke.
"CRYSTAAAAAL!" The crowd cheered.
She giggles. "My real name is Emily Venus. But my dear
Ai is more fond of calling me 'Lily'. So.. here I am... It's
my turn to sing you a song." Lily cheerfully announces.
"You too?!" Camus once again buries his face on his palm.
"Oh! She's fired up?!" Ranmaru felt the urge to join
to 'rock' on with everyone else.
"L-Lily?!" There it is, Ai's aloof side! You just can't change
it now, can you? He's in panic mode as Lily drags him to
the seats for the audience. "W-What are you doing!?" He asks.
"Teehee." She giggles. "Now it's your turn to be serenaded.
So sit down here and behave well, my dear Ai-kun." She kisses
his forehead as she sat him down on her last seat.
"Kyaaa! To be sitting next to Mikaze-sama!!
I don't wanna die yet, but I love it!!!!" The fangirls near him
did their specialty and fan girled.
"YOU GO, LILY-CHAAAAN!" Reiji cheers her on.
"Arigato, Reiji-kun!" She smiles.
"I've been holding on to this song for a long time.
Since the day I first lost him.. and now he came back to me.
Please listen to my song."
A/N: This is the audio, "Release My Soul"
"Oh take a look in the mirror you look so sad.
It's so cold like that winter market we used to go
I don't cry anymore but I feel so hurt
So I don't need you too close to me
You don't hear me so you said
I don't know why things have changed since yesterday"
"This could be love again
All I need is you
Come back, I'm waiting anytime
The heavy rains come"
Lily's tears of joy once again began to fall.
"Still I miss days with you
I can't look into your face"
As she sung that line, she looked into his face.
She saw him watching her, listening to her quietly..
Lily saw love in his eyes.. and that made her smile.
"Oh feeling blue and looking back again
Please come back to me..
Oh take a look in the mirror you look so sad
It's so cold like that winter market we used to go
I don't cry anymore but I feel so hurt
So I don't need you to close to me
You don't hear me so you said
I don't know why thing have changed since yesterday
This could be love again
All I need is you
Come back, I'm waiting anytime
The heavy rains come
Still I miss days with you
I can't look into your face
Oh feeling blue and looking back again
Please come back to me.."
Lily does the same as him and slowly gets down
the stage... she walks up to Ai who just stood up
and sings right in front of him, holding each other's hand.
"To stay with you.. always."
Lily caresses his cheek.
"You are the world to me"
She stares deep into his eyes.
"and dreaming on
So you can take my sword for you
How do you feel.. so fine~?
You are the world to me and dream on"
"You stole my heart so long ago."
Lily intentionally emphasized that line,
letting him know... reminding him of how
long they are in love with each other up until now.
"Oh I release my soul
So you feel my song."
And thus, the song ended.
After that, Ai still continued the concert with Quartet Night.
It was indeed a beautiful concert..
It filled everyone with love and joy.
It made everyone happy that night.
Together they let the world know...
of how strong love can be.
The next morning...
The two lovers went to a certain place together.
It was the professor who told them to go there..
It was specially meant for Lily.
He said it was her parents' resting place.
"Here it is.." Lily said as she stopped walking.
"Your parents lies here.." Ai mutters.
"Seems like it." She nods with a smile and
gently puts down the flowers she bought for
her parents' grave. "Come, Ai-kun!" She gently
dragged him down to sit.
"H-Hey, what for?!" He goes around acting aloof
normally but he's still the same cute Ai.
"Be silent and pray." Lily closes her eyes and
begun to pray.
"Pray..?" He asks.
She opens just one eye, "Why, you don't know
how to pray too?" asking him for she wondered.
"No.. it's just that I've never done it before.."
Ai pouts and looks away, blushing for he is a
bit shy or embarassed.
Lily giggles quietly. "There's nothing to be shy
about. The professor probably didn't teach you
because mostly, people like him who believe in
science aren't really religious. But it's alright,
here," Lily grabs hold of his hands. "You put
your hands together like this.." then she lets
go of his hands "Then you close your eyes..
and quietly say your wishes inside your mind..
your message to the people in the other side..
say your prayers.." Lily demonstrates for him.
Ai just silently watches and imitates her.
"Kamisama, I pray that Ai-kun and I will always
be healthy and happy forever!" Lily says while
sneaking a peek at Ai-kun who's finally silently
praying. She smiles now that he knows how to.
"Mom.. Dad.. Even though I never really met you
or spent a long time with you... I'm happy because
I know for sure that you loved me. Thank you for
bringing me into this world.. with that, I met this
man.. who gave me a purpose in life. I love him mom, dad.
I want you to meet him.. Ai Mikaze.. the firework of my life..
my world.. the one I adore, the only one who's special to me.
He's my everything. That's all I wanted to say." Lily closed her
eyes and continued speaking.. not in her head, but directly using her
voice. She wanted him to hear them too, her message to her parents.
"To the parents of my beloved.. Lily's mom and dad..
I wish we've met so I could properly ask for your daughter's
hand. But I swear to you.. that I would protect her in your stead
no matter what happens.. we will always be together.
Because I love her more than anything...
Thank you.. because you gave her a life..
and now, she's my life." Ai does the same as she did.
When the two are finally done praying, Lily stood up
first and cheerfully asked him to go. "Let's go, Ai!"
"Okay, let's go." He smiles and they both leave
the place together.
A/N: The song Ai sung in the concert for Lily is entitled
"Trans Winter" his C.V is Aoi Shouta, just saying.
Credits to the translator:
http://silvermoon249.livejournal.com/32017.html#cutid3
The song Lily sung is "Release My Soul", it's from
Guilty Crown, another epicly great anime. I do not
own any of these songs. ©To the rightful artists.
This story is truly a bit rushed, aye. Sorry about that...
But I hope I can give it a satisfying ending.. I'm still
thinking about a sequel. This story's too cheesy..
but I like it personally. If you do too, I'm glad then.
Thank you for reading up until now. Look out for
the last few chapters. Yours truly, SIAHA
Chapter 37
"All I Need Is You"