#heiscara terrorist!kabukimono fic

[carrotcouple]

They said he was beautiful.

Heizou hadn't had the pleasure of seeing the criminal's face until now. But he'd heard the rumors.

The office had been filled with whispers. One doushin had tried to free the criminal, so enamoured by his beauty.

Kujou Sara had banned anyone from going near his cell.

They said he'd killed seven doushins when he'd been caught - ripped his teeth through one of their throats when his hands and feet had been secured. He'd permanently injured dozens of others.

Heizou knows this is true because funerals had been held and he'd attended all of them.

Inazuma was an outrage, furious and demanding blood.

They said he was not human.

Those who had seen him said it had to be true. Yae Guji herself had arrived at their station the morning of and had quietly gone into the cell and then had come out.

She'd been expressionless the whole time.

They said he had the voice of a siren.

Heizou heard it once, before they gagged him. He'd been going through paperwork when he heard the sound of a haunting and old Inazuman lullaby echoing through the office. He'd been transfixed, stunned.

They said he was the son of the Electro Archon.

Heizou sees the resemblance now as he kneels at the Archon's feet. Unevenly cut black and purple hair and sharp indigo eyes.

There are tear tracks on his face as he looks up at the Electro Archon. Cracks like that on porcelain are scored across his body.

He says nothing.

Moments ago - before he'd been brought out and forced to his knees - the crowd had been screaming for his blood. Now they are all silent, hypnotized by the pale arch of his neck, the silky shine of his hair, his elegant doll like eyes.

Son of the Electro Archon he might be, but Heizou knows that she created a demon. He is not human. He is too beautiful to be real, too cruel to be allowed to live, and too pitiful to be considered strong.

Yae Guji is in attendance. She never attends events like these. She is wearing a black kimono and a mourning veil.

The criminal's eyes slide to the side for a moment and unintentionally meet Heizou's.

A mistake.

On Heizou's part. Heizou knows now that if he'd ever met him before all of this he would have fallen irrevocably in love with the puppet.

"Any last words?" The Electro Archon asks, drawing her sword.

His eyes fix on her again and a smile that doesn't reach his eyes spreads across his perfect face.

"It's nice to see you again, mother," he says.

The sword falls.

Silence.

Someone sobs and Heizou slaps his hands over his own mouth, terrified that he too will mourn a man so beautiful it mattered not who or what he was.

Yae Guji lowers her head.