Hiya everyone! This is my new story based on Codename Kids Next Door! I love that show! It rules! Anyway it's based on a Kuki/Wally romance, but it's also very angsty, so be warned!

Some of the characters are very AU and I don't own KND!

Enjoy!

By the way it's called Operation HOLD-ON

Helping

Operative

Love

During

One

Nightmare


~ CHAPTER ONE ~

DEATH AND HEARTBREAK

The sixteen year old Kuki Sanbon was incredibly happy. She had just spent the entire day with her best friend in the whole world, Wally Beatles, who was also sixteen. It had been so much fun. They had gone to the cinema and watched a new comedy film together. Kuki and Wally had laughed so much. Then they had got some ice cream and took it down to the beach and sat and talked for the entire afternoon, it was a wonderful day.

Kuki had always had a crush on Wally, but she had never worked up enough courage to tell him how she felt because she believed that he didn't feel the same. Kuki loved Wally's eyes most of all. She loved how they showed all of the emotions that he was feeling. For example, by looking into Wally's eyes Kuki could always tell when he was upset, or when he was happy. Because of this, Wally was no longer a mystery to Kuki, and she realised that she was in love with him, and that she couldn't bear to spend the rest of her life without him.

Kuki was convinced that Wally didn't feel the same way about her, but she was wrong. Wally had fallen in love with Kuki from the very first moment he had seen her in the Kids Next Door Artic Training Base. They had only been six years old at the time, but Wally knew that it was love he was feeling, even at such a young age. Wally loved Kuki most for her smile. She had many different smiles and Wally knew what each one of them meant. Wally knew when Kuki was upset, when she was happy, when she was excited and when she was angry, and that was what thrilled him most about the only girl he had ever loved in his life.

It was three o'clock in the afternoon, and Wally and Kuki had just left the beach after an afternoon of reminiscing and fun all at the same time.

"I'd better get home!" said Kuki, looking at her watch "my parents will be really worried!"

"OK then," said Wally, smiling "I'll walk you home!"

"Aww thanks Wally!" said Kuki, her face glowing with happiness "Mum and Dad will be so pleased to see you!"

"Yeah I haven't seen your parents for ages!" said Wally.

"Come on then, let's go!" said Kuki, excitedly, grasping Wally's hand.

With that, Kuki and Wally ran up the road towards Kuki's house, hand in hand, laughing all the way. Anyone who saw Kuki and Wally would think they were boyfriend and girlfriend, but of course they weren't, they were just best friends who happened to hold hands. Kuki and Wally held hands everywhere, all the time. It had become such a regular occurrence that the rest of the operatives in the Kids Next Door no longer questioned it. Kuki and Wally held hands everywhere. They held hands when they were upset, when they were happy, when they were angry, or just when they were walking along together, or talking. It didn't matter to them what everyone else thought, because they were happy with what they were doing as it made them feel like they had someone who cared for them, and it made them feel like they were protected in this crazy world too.

After about fifteen minutes of running along the road, Kuki and Wally stopped outside Kuki's house. They walked up the path together, still hand in hand, happy to be with each other and simply happy to be alive. Kuki reached into the pocket of her jeans and retrieved the key to her house. She smiled as she unlocked the many locks on the door and opened it. She found it strange that there were so many locks on the front door of her house, she was sure there had not been that many when she had left the house that morning. She brushed the strange thought to the back of her mind and shouted at the top of her voice,

"Mum! Dad! I'm home! And I brought Wally to see you!"

There was no answer. Kuki looked at Wally, confused, but Wally looked back at her, just as confused.

"That's strange, I wander where they are!" she said, slightly nervously "their car is in the driveway!"

"Don't worry Kuki, I bet they just walked up to the shop, they'll be back in a minute!" said Wally, trying to reassure his best friend.

"Hey look, there's a note there!" said Kuki, rushing to pick it up "maybe it's from them!"

"What does it say?" asked Wally looking over Kuki's shoulder.

Kuki opened the folded note to reveal the neat, small writing of Kuki's mother. The only thing that it said on the paper was,

This is all your fault, Kuki

"What's that supposed to mean?" asked Kuki, genuinely confused.

"I don't know!" said Wally, who was frowning "let's go and wait for your parents, all right?"

"Yeah all right," said Kuki, folding the note in half and putting it in her pocket "I'll ask them what it means later on!"

"That's the spirit!" said Wally brightly.

"Oh my parents will be so pleased to see you!" said Kuki, smiling, as she skipped happily towards the living room, with Wally walking alongside her.

"I'll be really happy to see them too, your parents are awesome!" said Wally, smiling at Kuki's enthusiasm.

Kuki and Wally stopped in front of the door to the living room. It was closed, much to Kuki's confusion.

"That's strange," she said "I definitely didn't close this door when I left this morning!"

"Oh well," said Wally "doesn't matter!"

"Yeah you're right!" said Kuki, with her hand on the doorknob.

With that, Kuki opened the door to the living room, and both she and Wally froze when they saw what was inside. Kuki had a very high ceiling in her living room and there were two lights fixed to it. But this was not the problem, it was the fact that from each of the lights hung, a noose, and in those nooses were Kuki's mother and father. Dead. They had committed suicide, and suddenly the words on the note that Kuki had read earlier, made sense.

Kuki was stood, rooted to the spot, frozen in shock and fear. She kept blinking, willing, praying with all her might that the horrific image in front of her would go away. But no matter how many times Kuki blinked, or no matter how long she left her eyes closed, the scene in front of her would not go away. Wally meanwhile, stood rooted to the spot, just like Kuki, except instead of staring straight ahead at the two corpses in front of him, he was staring at Kuki, watching her every move, ready to catch her if she needed him to.

Wally walked slowly, in a determined fashion over to Kuki's parent's bodies and grasped each of their wrists in turn, desperately searching for a pulse, a sign of life, anything that showed life, anything that could allow them to be saved. After a couple of minutes searching, Wally was forced to admit defeat and admit that Kuki's parents were dead. He turned back to face Kuki, who was looking at him with pleading, violet eyes.

"A-are they d-d-dead?" she breathed, in a shaking voice that was so quiet, Wally had trouble hearing it.

Wally couldn't speak; he couldn't be the one to say to Kuki that her parents were dead. He couldn't break her heart with his spoken words that were going to cut through her like knives, so he simply nodded.

Wally instantly saw it, the sparkle disappeared from Kuki's eyes, and Wally knew that he had just witnessed the heart of his best friend and true love, shatter into a million tiny pieces. Suddenly Kuki took a deep shuddering breath and before Wally knew what was happening she was falling to her knees. Wally sprung into action and launched himself over to Kuki, managing to catch her just before she hit the floor. Kuki wrapped her arms around Wally, desperately searching for comfort and reassurance. Kuki was shaking violently with shock and grief, and Wally knew in his heart that she wouldn't be able to walk, so he simply put one arm around her back and the other arm under her knees and picked her up, cradling his best friend in his strong and protective arms.

"Shh, it's ok, I'm here!" he whispered soothingly, kissing the top of her head.

Kuki felt Wally pick her up and she looked back at her parents' bodies. She started shaking violently again as she took in the image of her parents, realising that this image was real and it was not going to go away.

"Kuki, don't look sweetheart, you'll make it hurt more!" said Wally gently "concentrate on me!"

Wally had never called anyone "sweetheart" before. It had shocked him when he had called Kuki "sweetheart" and initially he had not meant to. However, when he had, he knew that, in his mind and his heart he had done the right thing, because it just felt so natural and right. Even though this was the most inappropriate time, Wally now realised that he wanted to be with Kuki forever and ever, and that he loved her more than life itself.

Kuki couldn't tear her eyes away from the horrific sight of her parents' bodies. No matter how hard she tried, her eyes would not move. Suddenly, Kuki felt a gentle hand on her cheek, moving her face to face the other direction.

"Please don't look!" said Wally, softly "concentrate on me sweetheart!"

Wally stroked Kuki's hair gently, as she buried her head into his chest, shaking once more.

"Shh," Wally said again, as he walked towards the dining room "it's ok. I'm here. I'll look after you, I promise!"

When Wally got into the dining room, he sat down on the leather sofa, still with Kuki in his arms. Instead of placing Kuki next to him on the sofa, Wally placed Kuki in his lap, because he was scared for her safety so he wanted to keep her as near to him as possible, besides Kuki didn't seem to mind.

"It's ok, sweetheart, I'm here!" Wally said, in a soothing voice "you'll be fine! I promise!"

Wally continued to stroke Kuki's hair gently, as she shook with sadness, sobbing into his chest, seeking protection, seeking anything that would make the pain go away. Wally kept his arms wrapped securely around Kuki's quivering form, in a hope that this would eventually calm her down. Wally knew that Kuki had to let out all of her tears now, otherwise she would keep them bottled up until she couldn't cope with them anymore, so he just sat with her, holding her while her heart broke and she released all her emotions into Wally's chest.

Wally sat with Kuki, patiently for about an hour, just letting her release all her emotions into his protective embrace. Wally felt his heart crack in several places when he saw Kuki like this. It upset him so much to see his best friend, someone who was usually so full of happiness, in this broken state, but Wally knew that he had to be strong for Kuki's sake, because he knew no one else would be there for her like he was.

After about an hour, Wally gently took Kuki's face in his slightly rough hands and slowly brought it up so that Kuki was looking him in the eyes. Wally touched Kuki's wet cheeks softly with his thumbs and wiped away some of the tears.

"Don't cry Kuki, darling," he said quietly "I hate to see you cry!"

"B-but W-Wally," said Kuki, in a quivering voice "I w-w-want m-my p-parents b-back!"

"I know sweetheart, I know!" said Wally, his voice faltering slightly "but we both know nothing in the world can bring them back!"

"Y-yeah y-you're r-r-right," stammered Kuki, between tears "I j-just w-w-wish th-there w-was s-s-something th-that c-could b-bring th-them b-back, o-or s-something I c-could h-h-have d-done, m-m-maybe I c-c-could h-have s-saved th-them!"

"Kuki, listen to me," said Wally, in a gentle voice "there's nothing you could have done. People that do what your parents did make up their minds months before, and they hide it well, so there was nothing you could have done!"

"I j-just w-want t-t-to b-bring th-them b-b-back!" whispered Kuki, dissolving into tears again.

"I'm sorry honey, but there's nothing that can do that!" said Wally, as he watched his best friend's heart break all over again "if there was I would go and get it for you, even if it meant walking to the end of the Earth, even if it meant sacrificing myself, I would get it for you, just to see you smile again, but there's nothing!"

"I k-know," said Kuki, tears cascading down her cheeks "I w-w-was j-just h-hoping th-that's a-all!"

"I know!" said Wally, stroking Kuki's hair "it's ok, I'm here, I'll help you through all of this, I promise!"

"Th-thanks W-Wally!" said Kuki, between sobs.

"No problem!" said Wally "you need me right now, I'm not going to leave you when you need me most of all!"

"Th-this is a-all m-m-my f-f-fault!" said Kuki, as a fresh wave of sadness hit her "I'm th-the r-r-reason th-they're d-d-d-dead!"

"No Kuki, sweetheart, don't ever think that!" said Wally "this is not your fault!"

"Oh y-y-yeah?" said Kuki, in a broken voice "th-then w-why d-d-did th-the n-note s-say it w-was?"

"I don't know!" said Wally honestly "maybe when your mother wrote it she was in such an emotional state that she wrote something she didn't mean!"

"Y-yeah m-maybe!" said Kuki, still sobbing.

"Hey Kuki?" said Wally

"Y-yeah?" said Kuki, looking at Wally with her violet orbs.

"It will get easier, I promise!" said Wally gently "it might not seem like it, but it will, I swear, and I'm going to be here for you through it all. I mean it I really will, I promise!"

"D-d-don't l-leave m-m-me W-Wally, p-please!" sobbed Kuki, in a heartbreaking voice "I d-don't w-want t-to b-b-be o-on m-m-my o-own!"

"It's ok, honey!" said Wally, in what he hoped was a soothing voice "I'm not going anywhere. I'll stay with you for as long as you need me to, ok?"

Kuki nodded slowly, letting the tears pour down her cheeks, as Wally wiped them away before saying,

"Kuki, I'm going to be here for you no matter what. I promise you! Every time you need anything, you can come to me, because I'm always going to be here when you need me. I'll be here every time you want to cry, every time you want to smile, every time you want to laugh, every time you want someone to scream at, every time you want a hug, every time you want to talk and every time you need someone to just be with you because you don't want to be alone. I promise you that because you're my best friend, and I just want to make it better!"

"Th-thanks, th-that m-means s-s-so m-much!" said Kuki, whose tears were slowly subsiding.

"And if you ever feel like letting go, I'm never going to let you fall, I'll help you to hold on even in the darkest times," said Wally, truthfully "because I can't imagine my life without you, so I just can't let you fall!"

"I'm sure with you b-by my s-side I'll be f-fine!" said Kuki "thanks so much Wally, you truly are my best friend!"

"I know you probably don't want to do this, but do you think we should ring the police and get them to come and collect your parents?" said Wally, as gently as he could.

"D-do I h-have to s-speak to them?" Kuki said, her voice shaking, dangerously close to tears.

"Of course not!" said Wally "I'll ring them for you! So do you want me to?"

Kuki nodded slowly, tears filling her eyes again.

"It'll be all right honey, I promise!" said Wally.

"It's not that, it's the fact that when you go to the phone, I'll b-be on my o-own!" said Kuki looking down.

"Hey!" said Wally, gently touching Kuki's cheek with his finger "it's ok, you can just come to the phone with me!"

"Y-you wouldn't think I'm stupid for doing that?" said Kuki.

"No of course not!" said Wally "so do you want me to phone them?"

"Yeah, ok." said Kuki quietly after a short pause.

Wally nodded, and lifted Kuki off his lap, placing her on the sofa next to him, still keeping a grip on her hand. He stood up, and then gently helped Kuki up. She swayed slightly, and when she tried to take a step, she lost her balance, and fell.

"Whoa!" said Wally, in alarm as he caught Kuki in his arms.

"Thanks," said Kuki, slightly ashamed "and I'm so sorry!"

"What for?" asked Wally.

"F-for everything!" said Kuki her voice faltering.

"Don't worry about it!" said Wally "it's ok! Now let's get this out of the way, I know this going to be pretty painful for you!"

Kuki nodded as Wally took the phone off the hook and dialled 999, before putting his arm back around Kuki's shoulders and pulling her close to him so she could wrap her arm around his waist, which she did.

"Hello?" said the operator on the phone.

"Hi," said Wally, grimly "we need some police to come over, my friend's parents have just committed suicide and we need someone to collect the bodies."

"OK, we'll send someone over straight away, we'll track your address from this call." said the operator.

"Thank you." said Wally, before hanging up.

Wally looked at Kuki, who was resting her head on his shoulder, and smiled slightly.

"Do you want to go and sit down Kuki?" asked Wally.

"Ok," said Kuki "hey Wally, can I sit in your lap again?"

"If you want," said Wally "but why?"

"I just feel safe," said Kuki "I just feel protected, like nothing can hurt me, and that's what I think I need right now!"

"Ok," said Wally "let's go and sit down!"

Wally and Kuki walked together, holding onto each other back into the dining room. Wally sat down on the sofa, pulling Kuki into his lap, and securely wrapping his arms around her. Both seemed quite contented, and that was how they stayed until the police turned up.


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