Does not owning of Duh Ouran. Does owning of duh fic (I'm running out of these. Darn.)
It was strange how things got this way. One day things were normal, and the next you were struggling just to stay safe from the government that's supposed to be protecting you. When did things get so bad? Was it when the previous leader passed? Yes, it when they came and decided they were fit to succeed the previous ruler. From then on things spiraled downward into chaos.
People stole and murdered, yet no one did anything. The 'police' stood by and watched with smiles on their faces as if it were a pay-per-view show. Which commoner could kill the other first? Which would they shoot for 'training' purposes?
The new dictator didn't care, he was just a figurehead.
Hikaru sat, tapping his fingers against a cardboard 'table' in a building long ago abandoned, waiting in its basement. Never could they live in the actual house itself, it posed too much of a risk. At least down here there was only one door to watch people come down the stairs and an escape tunnel hidden from sight. It was so boring down there alone though. He only had the clock and walls to entertain him.
They'd told him they would meet him. He muttered under his breath, "2 o'clock, no sooner, no later." It was after two and he was still sitting by himself, watching the paint peel off the walls. At least it was better than watching it dry, with that you never knew if it were done or not. With peeling though he could track the progress.
He shook his head with a sigh. Now he was making wall peeling into a game, pathetic. His fingers tapped faster until they reached a frenzied rhythm.
"We're back," Kaoru sang. The door slammed shut behind him and quick footsteps bound toward the bored twin until a body collided with his. The younger brother crushed Hikaru with a hug when he stood.
"I was starting to get worried you weren't going to make it," Hikaru mumbled into the cloth now suffocating him.
Kaoru shook his head, a smile on his identical face. "I would never leave you here, Hikaru. I made sure to pull this slow ass faster when I noticed the time." He pointed behind him to Kyouya. "He kept stopping to loot through every dead commoner's pockets. Typical right?"
"I was merely gather more supplies for our team." Kyouya pushed his cracked glasses higher onto his face. With a flick of his wrist a pack of bullets and a gun were tossed to land in Hikaru's clumsy hands.
The twin moved with lightning speed. He filled the gun, old cartridge out, new one in, cock the gun and...everything screeched to a stop.
"I think it jammed…" Hikaru sheepishly announced. Kaoru rolled his eyes and placed a soothing hand on his brother's before he snatched the gun away. It took a humiliating few seconds for him to do what his older brother couldn't. "Oh…is that how I was supposed to do it?"
Stern hazel eyes turned on him. "Hikaru, if we're going to do this you have to be faster. You can't keep jamming your gun when—"
"I know, I know. I'll do better next time, promise." He threw Kaoru a prize-winning smile. Kaoru opened his mouth but was cut off by the other forgotten member in the room.
"We don't have time for this," He spook up, his finger nudged his glasses higher on his nose once more, this time fixing it's crooked state as well. We both nodded and followed him out the door, into a world of chaos.
"I wish I didn't exist. Fuck that woman, couldn't she have died before she gave birth to me," A man grumbled to the side of the trio. His back was to them, looking through a garbage can.
The three teenagers stumbled through the streets, climbing over scattered bikes, scrap metal, and people that had been killed in the street or injured in the latest riot.
"Things are only getting worse. It's like we're not even doing anything." Hikaru's eyes drift over every abandoned building that now took up squatters who hadn't had time or money to flee the country. Children ran about in torn, dirt stained clothes. They looked no worse than them.
Kyouya's coat barely fit him anymore, they would have to steal one from a fallen commoner, and his glasses were skewed on his face from their last run in with the police. Kaoru's shoes flopped on his feet, its sole torn so badly it was unrepairable until they could come across duct tape, and pants had to be made into shorts after a bad tear. As for Hikaru, his hair was matted down with sweat and dirt from their inability to find water to clean themselves. He didn't even have a shirt of his own, he was borrowing Kaoru's until they found another.
Kaoru read his twin's thoughts. "Don't worry, we'll restore the balance. I can't stand to watch everyone suffer like this."
Kyouya nodded. "Of course, but it won't be easy. The Haninozuka Empire is heavily guarded and—"
"We'll be fine," Hikaru cut in, waving off the older boy's warning. He always had to be the one to put a damper on things. Of course they knew how dangerous overthrowing Haninozuka would be, but talking about it like that made the reality sink in a little too much. That was probably the point, but he made it all too well.
"Right." Kaoru smiled, and squeezed his other half's hand gently in his own. It was a comforting habit from when they were younger come to the surface. "Once we meet up with Haruhi and Tamaki we'll have our full group. Then, we should be prepared to take on anything." Hikaru smiled back, and squeezed Kaoru's hand before letting go.
"If you continue to think that we're invincible we may run into troubles in the future," Kyouya said, once more trying to talk sense into their thick heads. He did a full circle, looking out onto the empty streets before ducking down into a narrow alley. The two brothers quickly followed. Dark, glasses-clad eyes turned back to glare at Hikaru. "We're late. I wouldn't be surprised if the next attempt has already begun."
He put up his hands in defense. "It wasn't my fault! Kaoru must have done something to anger the police. They were chasing me for no reason at all. I had to hide."
Kaoru laughed guilty beside them, rubbing the back of his neck. "Ah…yeah I may have accidentally thrown a full vodka bottle at a Haninozuka's officers head."
"That doesn't matter now," Kyouya spat. "We need to concentrate on our destination."
They turned down yet another alley. The think smoke could be smelled before it could be seen. Their hearts began to pound with adrenaline induced excitement. The shouts of indignation push our legs faster. A man ran past, torch in hand, followed by kids close to their age and another who looked too young to be joining in.
The attack began.
A bullet zipped past Kyouya's head, once the three emerged from the alleyway and into a much healthier, less broken street. Luckily no one seemed to notice them. Rage had made them blind to anyone but the Haninozuka army.
Hikaru chuckled at a crazed man trying to set fire to one of Haninozuka's large tanks, rolling like a metal slug in the street. The fire didn't seem to be catching, and the man soon gave up to climb and jump on it instead.
"There," Kyouya pointed. Standing with a torch in hand was Tamaki and beside him a short brunette. Her back was to them but the blonde's eyes soon lit up, and his excited shouts were enough to alert the whole town of the rebels presence.
"Kyouya, Hikaru, Kaoru! Over here!" He waved enthusiastically, bouncing. The small female beside him ducked for cover as the torch in his hand waved dangerously near her head.
Kyouya sneered and bound up to the idiot, snatching his torch away. He scolded, "Tamaki, what have I told you about doing that." The blonde recoiled slightly. "We need to keep a low profile. Your idiotic antics will get us captured or killed."
"We have been," The brunette spoke up, dark brown eyes turning up at them. "We wore masks until now. The crowd we rallied today only knows our voices."
"It's getting harder to get them pumped like this, Kyouya," Tamaki cut in. "Haruhi and I had a hard time trying to persuade them not to give in to the Empire."
"That's fine. As long as we've made our point, we can take over from here." The dark haired leader threw the torch in hand at the nearest pristine building.
What started as a trickle of flames soon turned into a full-blown fire hazard. More gunfire rang out, this time screams of fear were heard. All heads snapped toward the source. The officers had been called in. People scrambled for shelter, not all making it. Several were shot dead where they stood.
Hikaru grabbed Kaoru's arm to flee but he broke free, and in an instant he was in the street, pulling a small boy to his feet. The officers closed in around them, firing close enough to cause them to flinch but not enough to hit. It was a game they often played with their victims before finally finishing them off.
"Hey!" The men turned onto Hikaru's pale, trembling form. Angered scowls formed on their faces and they took up chase after the twin. He had to duck from several bullets before finally taking cover behind an overturned car. Never before had he been so terrified. They were shooting at him. Shooting to kill, not injure. He could die. The trembling in his body escalated to a level that looked as if he were having a mild seizure.
They knew where he was, no running. Hikaru poked his head out slowly, and nearly got a bullet embedded into his skull, but I had seen what he needed. Kaoru had successfully pushed the boy safely inside an alleyway to run. Taking a deep breath, the auburn haired boy prepared himself to flee.
One. Two. And he was gone, dodging a torrent of bullets as he made his way towards Kaoru. He was already running, but it wasn't hard to catch up to his slower half and pull him along. An open sewer drain became the closest thing to shelter they could find. Jumping in they gasped in an attempt to catch their breaths.
Kaoru's timid voice broke all thoughts of trying to escape from yet another failed mission. "H-Hikaru, I wasn't fast enough..."
Hikaru's eyes widened and Kaoru gingerly was pulled into a small lighted area to be scanned. Kaoru was holding his right arm in a pained grip, and his hands were covered in a crimson liquid. "You'll be fine," but his voice betrayed him with a squeaky crack.
"I know. It's just my arm." But he was still losing a lot of blood.
"You'll be fine, Kaoru." Hikaru repeated. His hands shook as he find something to try to stop the flow. A tear in Kaoru's shirt proves to be the only nudge of encouragement he needed and, with great force, part of his shirt was torn further. Quickly he tied the strand around Kaoru's arm, pulling tight to gain a strangled cry. "That should do for now, but still…" Hikaru's voice trailed off.
They were stuck there until nightfall, only then would it be safe to move around. After all, they had seen their faces this time. The officials knew who was in charge of riling up the citizens into a frenzy.
"I'm sorry for making you worry, Hikaru. I'll be fine, really."
"You're not fine. It's an open wound and we're in a sewer." Kaoru's face twist into one of a shamed puppy and was dropped to face the murky water they stood in. "If the virus gets you..." The eldest twin paced while pinching the bridge of his nose in frustration. "And you were touching that kid. We don't know if he has it, you know how little kids are. Germs attract to those dirty little imps. Jesus, Kaoru! You're such a-"
"I said I was sorry." The younger brother sounded almost as if he were going to break down into tears.
"And what if they were carrying smoke bombs with the virus in it. You were so close to them and that fucking tank." A little too loudly Hikaru screamed, "They're trying to infect us, Kaoru! Do you really think they would hesitate to take you and that kid out? Kids are their main target, they cough without covering their mouths, they touch everything. It's an easy way for them to get it to spread."
"You're a coward."
"What?"
"Hikaru, you're a coward." Kaoru's sharp gaze tore into his twin. "Once you're able to save someone you'll understand how good it feels. I wasn't going to let him die just because I value my life more, if I deserve the chance to live than so does he. I'm not going to sit by and hide like you always do."
Hikaru stood, stunned in his spot and unable to follow his wounded twin down the length of the sewer.
WOOOO! Another AU fic! I'm really excited about this one! Not about it being another damn chapter fic...but it's plot. It gets really good later on trust me, I've already written my favorite bits. ;D But, this chapter IS pretty boring. It's mostly a setup chappie for the environment and personalities of the hosts. Anyway, this is only a snippet of the full plot. I want to know if I should continue it or not. If I don't get enough feedback I won't bother with it.
Just a note: It sucks to get favs and not reviews...I'm not one of those writers that says 'this many reviews for fic' but I do want some kind of idea to if it's being enjoyed/encouragement to continue. It's a bit disheartening. The people who reviewed my other's thanks~ It means a lot. Always.
Anyway, this thing has been in the archive for a LOOOONG time. It was from like high school and written poorly. Twas revamped for postings.
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