Rouge Bellerose/Another Story

## Rouge Bellerose

* Sapphire
* Elysium

**Rouge Bellerose** alternatively known as **Sapphire Lilidew** is a main character in *Cerberus High: Another Story*.

## Background

### Early Life

The early years of Rouge's life in this universe play out just like the original except Darcy isn't so forgiving of her father's so-called crimes against Hades. Darcy storms out of the Bellerose estate after threatening to get the older archdemon kicked out. Casimir doesn't follow after Darcy, instead consoling four-year-old Rouge who begun to cry, believing that she did something wrong. After pinky-swearing that everything would be alright, Casimir sends Rouge outside to play. Blair Bellerose overheard all the commotion from upstairs and went down to confront her husband who tried to quell her worries but the lady of the mansion knew better. Blair was adamant in her belief that the archdemons would have him killed and went to the backyard where Rouge played with the maids. She snatched up her daughter who became frightened at her suddenness. Blair turned to Casimir who had followed her and told him that her and Rouge would be staying in a tavern for now on. Rouge's eyes became wide at this and she began to struggle in her mother's grasp as Casimir pleaded with her. However, Blair wouldn't be deterred and went to the front of the mansion all the while Rouge screamed for her father. Despite his emotional pain, Casimir managed to smile at her and reminded her of the pinky-swear which promised that small that everything would be alright. Blair and Rouge sped away in the carriage, leaving Casimir all alone to be killed years later by the Viscera Purgers.

## Appearance

### Sapphire Lilidew

As Sapphire Lilidew, Rouge has curly blonde hair with a bang covering her right eye and sidelocks that were fashioned into ringlets. The only thing that had passed over from her past was her porcelain skin, gray eyes, and silver demon horns.

### Elysium

The version of her that resides in Elysium has a similar appearance to her blossomed self. Instead of her long black hair having a red sheen to it as well as a red light on her right side lock, Rouge’s hair now has a silver sheen and her right side lock is white. Her silver demon horns looks like it was dipped in white.

She is dressed in what Eden described to be an Elysian nymph's ensemble which is completed with a pink rose below her bust.

## Relationships

### Casimir Bellerose

Rouge’s relationship with her father in this universe is the same as in the Kazu-verse.

### Blair Bellerose

Rouge and Blair relationship was the same as in Kazu-verse until the death of Casimir which causes Rouge to warm up to her mother.

### Eden Blumenthal

Rouge and Eden’s relationship started off on the wrong foot after the demon disrespects her father and the rest of the archdemons. There relationship isn’t rectified much before Rouge’s suicide.

However, when it comes to Eden and the version of herself residing in the Kazu-verse’s Elysium, the two have a much better relationship. Eden reminds Rouge so much of her son Kazuki to the point that she is unable to kiss him on the lips after Eden made the request.

### Colombe Dreamcatcher

Colombe is friendly towards Rouge even though the latter’s cold attitude sometimes scare the former.

## Personality

As Sapphire, Rouge's personality was hardened by the deaths of her fathers and the rest of the archdemons while the Kazu-verse's version of Rouge in Elysium has her trademark maternal warmness to her.

## Plot

### 11 Years Later

In the years her parents separated, Rouge and her mother go under new identities to further severed their connections with Casimir. Rouge becomes a blond by the name of Sapphire Lilidew and at the age of fifteen, begins to attend a modest high school. Like the original series, the deaths of her father along with the rest of the archdemons send a wave of panic throughout The Underworld to the point that all the schools were closed. However, after awhile the students were allowed back in and the feeling of dread persisted as the students chatted amongst themselves about who could've wanted the archdemons killed. Eden Blumenthal was the outlier of the group as he openly expressed his approval of whoever killed them all, causing Sapphire seated in front of him to snap and pull out a box cutter on the demon. Eden wasn't at all fazed by this and seemed to challenge her but Sapphire quickly snapped out of her rage.

Withdrawing the cutter from Eden’s neck, Sapphire runs out of the classroom into the bathroom where she cursed herself for losing her cool. Colombe Dreamcatcher enters the bathroom to check up on her and tells her to not let Eden's words get to her. The loud speakers interrupt the pair with the speaker ordering Sapphire and Eden to report to the headmaster's office. In the office, Sapphire and Eden learn that they are suspended for two weeks for the confrontation in the classroom. Sapphire is respectful about it while Eden vocalizes his outrage and after being dismissed, punches a wall. The demon questions Sapphire about her outburst, seeing how she's so calm now which she answers by saying how upsetting it was hearing Eden talk down on someone's life. Eden half-jokingly asks her if she had ties to the archdemons but before she was given a chance to respond, the demon leans in to sniff her. Flustered, Sapphire asks him what he was doing which Eden reveals his ability to sniff out all of Hades's archdemons and anyone tied to them by blood due to their rotten hearts. Colombe appears and is made aware of their suspension which she is quick to blame Eden for being insensitive. Eden abruptly leaves and Colombe tries to stop him but Sapphire tells her not to.

### Departure

More deaths are reported with the victims being family members of the archdemons. Blair panics when she sees the news in a newspaper and tries to hide it from Sapphire but finally tells her after being questioned. Despite being terrified herself, Sapphire points out that her mother should be fine since she's not an archdemon nor does she have any of their blood. Blair cries out that she's more worried about her than herself, using Sapphire's real name. This catches Sapphire off guard since she hasn't heard her mother use her real name in years. Blair falls to the floor and cries even harder, causing Rouge make the tough choice in leaving her mother as she believed that it would spare her from being killed as well. Blair desperately tries to stop her from doing so but Sapphire knew that she was making the right choice. Her mother begs her to write to her like Casimir did which Sapphire agrees to do before finally leaving. Sapphire stops walking as she finally breaks down and cries but immediately rises to for feet to resume her journey.

Two weeks later Sapphire was spotted by Eden and Colombe at the grocery store. The two childhood friends approach her to see if she was alright since she stopped going to school. Sapphire dismissively tells her that she's fine and bids the two farewell but is stopped by Eden who passive-aggressively checks her on her attitude. Losing more and more her temper, Sapphire excuses herself once more but the demon has the last word by accusing the blonde of having of the blood of the archdemons. Colombe slaps Eden before furiously storming off as well.

Sapphire is met by a distressed Nadia when she was getting ready to leave the tavern she was staying at and much later comes across the older demoness's dead body.

### Death

After being questioned about Nadia's death and let go by the police Sapphire encounters Eden who had been stalking her. The demon points out how her heart has become rotten which angers. She then sulks as she questions what was so rotten about the heart's of archdemons. Eden tells her that it all started with the Grand Archdemon Uriel but before he dwelled deeper, Eden brings Sapphire to a secluded passageway. The demon continues on his story, revealing how the archdemons Eternal Onyx Blades were first wielded by the very first tribe of imps to ever grace the Underworld and Uriel killed them all, stealing the heart of the tribe leader Prodryas Persephone's heart to gain her power. Shocked by the truth, Sapphire becomes convinced that bad things will continue to happen with her around and she kills herself with a pocket knife. Before dying, Sapphire reveals to Eden that her real name is Rouge Bellerose.

### Kazu-verse

Eden Blumenthal meets the Kazu-verse version of Rouge after Cerberus forces him to relive some of Kazuki Akai's memories. Rouge appears to him in her wraith body before transforming into her blossomed form.

Rouge is able to save Eden from experiencing the brunt of Requiem's universe reset and transports him to Elysium where he rests in a glass coffin before regaining consciousness. Despite being an amputee Eden wants to go back to the Underworld to fight Requiem but Rouge warns him not to as he will be wiped out, revealing that the demon isn't supposed to exist. Eden doesn't take the news well and started to cry from his despair. Rouge attempts to console him by putting a hand on his shoulder but Eden snaps at her, and tries push her away. However, Rouge is able to hold him down. Rouge orders him to stop struggling which Eden does and starts to sulk about everyone he knows being dead. Rouge tells him that Neia is still alive and takes out a tiny scrap she salvaged from Adam's journal which Eden can use to defeat Requiem.

Rouge brings Eden outside of the mausoleum where he sees most of the fallen archdemons gathered around. Rouge orders the archdemons to participate in a ritual to summon Adam's heart. After successfully summoning the imp's heart, Rouge has Eden eat it which he is hesitate in doing before smelling it. Eden gains **Adam's White Onyx Blade** and is sent back to the Underworld.

### The End

After defeating requiem, Eden is summoned back to Elysium where his head is resting on Rouge's lap. In Eden final moments, they communicate with each other telepathically. Before completely fading away, Eden requests for kiss, explaining to Rouge that it would be his first. Rouge fulfills his request but is only able to kiss him on the forehead as she sees him as only a son. After awhile Eden closes his eyes but opens them after feeling Rouge's tears hit is face. Eden tells her not to cry and jokingly winks at her which makes her wink back and the two share a laugh. Eden disappears, leaving Rouge with the flower crown he wore. Unraveling it, Rouge watches the petals get carried off in the wind and spots a dove that reminds her of Colombe.

She is then met by her brother Rey who suddenly doubles over in pain, alarming her. Chucking, Rey slowly rises as he directs her attention to an image projected in the sky, showing Requiem in his new life with Sapphire who had been reborn as a new person. Rouge comforts Rey who cries happy tears at the realization that Eden hadn't erased Requiem's existence. The Bellerose siblings then look to the sky to see a new image projected of Kazuki.

## Abilities and Powers

Elysium Rouge is the only version of Rouge that exhibits these abilities.

* **Telepathy:** Rouge uses telepathy to communicate with Eden after he became deaf in his final fight with Requiem.
* **Divine Intervention:** Rouge was able to save Eden from being wiped out by Requiem's universe reset. She was also able to salvage a scrap of Adam's journal when Cerberus destroyed it.

## Trivia

* The last name of Rouge's alias Lilidew is an anagram of "will die" making it "Sapphire Will Die" unscrambled.

## Quotes

* (to Blair Bellerose) *“I can’t stay here any longer if it means that my own mother will have a target on her back. If these ‘people’ are coming to kill me I rather if they kill me alone.”*
* (to Eden Blumenthal before killing herself) *“I swore to never get close to another demon ever again. That hanged woman, Nadia Edwards, had nothing to with all this. I might’ve had a purer heart than all the other archdemons, but I still have their blood. All this tragedy will never cease with me around.”*
* (to Eden Blumenthal) *“If you’re concerned about what I think about Neo and Neia being one in the same soul, don't be. They’re completely different. That Neia hadn’t gone off the deep end yet.”*