Okay so I just finished both watching and reading Shiki, and I have to say I love it! So I went to look and see what they had on fanfiction and was quiet disappointed to see not a lot of TohruxNatsuno stories out there! So I decided to add to what was there! So then here is my Shiki story!
The Village was on fire, bodies of the Shiki littered the ground and open graves, and what wasn't on fire was covered in soot and blood, it was a terribly gruesome sight to behold. The town's people of Sotoba had gone absolutely mad, killing every Shiki they could get their hands on, pulling them out into the burning sun, and staking them. But they underestimated their numbers and eventually ran out of the wooden weapons, so they had taken to tying the sleeping Shiki up in well-lit areas and watching as they slowly burned, their skin blister open, burning as the rays of the sun touched them, watching them feebly attempt to get away from the deadly light, it was a slow and tortuous way to die. And what was worse, many of the humans enjoyed it, they had even taken to staking anyone who was under the hypnotized influence of the demon corpses, not caring that they had no control over their actions or that they were still human. It was a blood bath. When night fall came, what was left of the Shiki tried to escape, trying to get away from the blood thirsty humans who they had underestimated, but it was all in vain for most of them, the humans had taken to patrolling the village in search of them. Megumi experienced that first hand quite brutally. There were only a few in number that had managed to escape, one being Mutou Tohru. The blonde had managed to get away as Ritsuko had distracted them for him. Knowing she herself couldn't escape she gave him a chance to, sacrificing herself and distracting the hunting villagers. Tohru, with a heavy heart kept running deep into the mountains to where a cottage he used to hang out as a child stood, not turning back even as he heard the screams of the fallen Shiki. It was deep in the forest, and half way to the city, and far enough away so that the fire wouldn't reach it, well shaded and most importantly a way out of the sun when it would rise in a few hours.
Tohru ran as fast as he could tears running down his face as he turned to look behind him, the village where he grew up was nothing but ash and cinder by now. Choking back a sob he was about to turn and continue running when an explosion went off, turning he saw a plethora of bodies fly up into the air, being blowing into several different directions, some dismembered body parts scattered amongst them. Watching fearfully one body in particular came hurling towards him, his once brown but now red eyes widened in shock as the body got closer, recognizing the figure.
"Natsuno?!" Tohru cried out in disbelief before he ran desperately towards where his friend was now falling. 'What? How? I thought they had taken his body away to cremate him?!' the blonde thought as he desperately ran to catch his now falling friend almost tripping as he did so. Reaching out his arms he jumped the rest of the distance he caught him, thankfully being able to break the younger teen's fall with his own body. Sitting up and looking down he saw his friend's burned face heal quickly leaving soot covered flesh were the burns once were. Crying a whole new stream of tears Tohru held his friend close to his chest, weeping for what he had done to the teen now lying in his arms. 'Natsuno, you rose? What have I done to you?! I'm so sorry!' looking up at the sky the blonde realized he didn't have much more time, if he wanted to get to that cottage he'd have to leave, now. Gulping down his fear Tohru hefted Natsuno in his arms, carrying the teen bridal style before he took off once again, running faster than before. 'It's not just me, Natsuno too! We have to get away from here before the sun rises!' The Shiki thought, not realizing in his rush and panic that his friend still had a heartbeat, that he wasn't a Shiki like him but a rare Jinrou. In his hurry Tohru had made it quickly to the little house, quickly entering and closing the door before heading into the basement, locking the door behind him. Sighing in relief he slowly walked down the stairs, careful not to jar the precious being in his arms.
"We made it, thank goodness." the blonde said softly as he looked around, the room had no windows to the outside world, a couch set against one wall along with a coffee table and two lounge chairs with a TV in front. To the right was a door that led to the bathroom and shower, and the left housed two other rooms, one that held a washer and drying machine and the other was a bedroom. Heading over to the bedroom he softly and carefully opened the door before gently placing his friend in the center of the California queen sized bed before going back to the door closing and locking it behind him. The room itself was rather large, the bed being in the center of the wall, the sheets and comforter were black. The end tables next to it held two lamps and the coffee table in front held a game consol. Walking back over to the bed, Tohru felt his eyes start to droop, the sun was rising, so he dragged himself to the bed and carefully laid himself down next to Natsuno, turning to look at him. Smiling faintly he reached out to grab his hand before finally succumbing to the dead, unwakeable sleep all Shiki went through during the day.
Blinking slowly Natsuno began to wake up, his vision clearing from the sleep induced haze before he finally opened his almost glowing blue-violet eyes. 'I'm alive? How?' he thought distantly as he looked over at his hand. 'Huh?' he thought confused as he saw a larger, paler hand over top his own, following the hand he saw the person connected to it. 'Tohru?!' Natsuno shot up in shock as his eyes widened dramatically. Blinking down at his friend owlishly he began to look around. 'No windows? Where are we?' he though as he slowly got up, Tohru gripping his hand tighter in response to his moving around. Glancing down at their entwined hands Natsuno's mind wondered. 'I didn't think they could move when they slept during the day.' The midnight blue haired teen thought briefly before he carefully and gently removed his hand from his friend's grasp. 'Sleeping like this, he looks the same as he did before.' Natsuno thought sadly before quietly getting off the bed and exiting the room, making sure to close the door behind him before heading upstairs.
Once upstairs Natsuno decided to have a look around, he found three bedrooms, and two bathrooms in his search along with the kitchen and living room. His stomach began to rumble as he looked around the kitchen, heading towards the cabinets and finding some canned food. When his stomach growled once again he began looking through drawers in search of a can opener so he could eat some of the canned stew he found and a spoon to eat it with. Finding the utensils he eyed the full cabinet of food, he was starving, and he knew one can wouldn't be enough so he grabbed another then sat down to eat. He ate quietly and slowly, thinking about what had happened in Sotoba, wondering what had happened to the rest of them, did the humans make it out on time? Were Kaori, and Akira okay? What about his father? And better yet, why the hell was he still there? The teen had planned to die in that pit, taking Tatsumi with him, but for some reason he had survived and Tohru found him. Sighing the teen leaned back into the chair he was sitting on, finished with the food before him as he stared at the plain white ceiling. 'If I made it out, Tatsumi must've also.' Sitting back up Natsuno looked over to the window, there were shutters closed shut but small rays of light still peaked through. Getting up he walked over to the door and opened it and began to look around. They were almost completely surrounded by trees, that shaded most of the house, to the right of the small house was a small pond connected to a riverbed. Blinking Natsuno looked up at the sky, the sun shining brightly overhead about midway overhead. 'It must be after noon then.' The blue haired teen thought briefly before grey clouds of smoke caught his attention. Following the trail with his eyes he focused his eyes, realizing that was where Sotoba was, or rather used to be. Looking back up at the sky the teen sighed sadly, watching the clouds pass over head for a few minutes before looking back into the house and sniffing his surprisingly minimally damaged clothes. Crinkling his nose in disgust at the smell of rotting corpses, blood and ash he walked back into the house.
"I should probably take a shower if they have running water. If not I'll have to use the river or pond." He muttered to himself before he began looking through the rooms for some extra clothes and towels, he didn't want to have to change back into his dirt and soot caked ones if his could help it. After looking into the first two rooms Natsuno had clothes that would fit Tohru, being slightly smaller than the older teen Natsuno would have to make do with the larger clothes. When he entered the bathroom he found towels and washcloths, putting a pair of jeans and a black shirt with a symbol from some game or another onto the sink for later. Sighing the blue haired teen turned on the water, relieved when water flowed out of the shower head. Quickly stripping Natsuno headed into the lukewarm water, turning the dial to heat up the water somewhat he relaxed in the spray of water. Closing his eyes and sighing contently, Natsuno let the water wash over him as he let his mind wonder once more. 'What happens next? I can't just leave Tohru here alone. But we can't stay here for too much longer either. The fire is sure to be on the news, they'll have people come out to check for survivors. We can't be here for that. But if we move into the city there's a chance someone from Sotoba will be there and could recognize us. Not to mention Tohru's need for blood, I can't let him attack humans needlessly." Sighing Natsuno opened his eyes slightly before reaching for the shampoo that was already inside the shower and lathering it in his hair. 'If someone from Sotoba recognizes us they'll most likely attack. I wonder if the fire took out all the evidence of the Shiki?' After rinsing of the shampoo he reached over to the soap, washing his face first then the rest of his body. 'There's no use in thinking about what ifs right now. I have to figure out how and where to move us too then worry about getting a job. Tohru can't eat, but I have too, I'm not going to go and hunt humans that's for sure.' Sighing exasperatedly the teen turned off the shower and stepped out, wrapping a towel around his waist and using the other to dry his hair. When the Jinrou walked over to the mirror and looked into it he look at his reflection, he was no longer slightly tanned as he was before he rose, but other than slightly paler skin not much had changed, his eyes remained the same dark sea blue hue, but there was an otherworldly glow to them, easily missed if you didn't look hard enough. Frowning Natsuno turned away from the reflection and got dressed, picking up his dirty clothes and taking out the cell phone he had stored earlier in the pockets and a wad of money. 'I took this just in case, in case things didn't go as planned. It was a good idea to in the end. This should help us out a lot.' He thought before putting both in his pockets. The jeans he wore were long on him and a little loose around his hips, and the shirt hung off him loosely, the shirt almost hanging off his shoulders making him look smaller and thinner than he was. Sighing he left the bathroom, making sure to throw away his old clothes before going to lounge on the couch in the center of the living room, laying back with his arms tucked under his head as he looked up at the ceiling, before turning to his side and closing his eyes to take a nap.
When Natsuno next opened his eyes, the sky had started to get darker, an hour away from sunset. Yawning the teen sat up and stretched his arms over his head then rubbed and eye sleepily before looking over at the window. Seeing as it was during November the sun would be setting around 6, possibly sooner giving the teen an idea of the time. 'Sun will set soon huh.' Getting up off the couch he headed towards the basement door. 'It'd be better if I was there when he woke up' Grabbing the clothes he left near the door for the blond Natsuno headed down the stairs. Once in the basement he headed into the room he had woken up in, Tohru in the same position he was in when Natsuno had left. Sighing he went to sit on the bed next to his friend, looking down at him as placed the clothes down on the bedside table. The teen sat there, watching his blonde friend for a while, before laying done on the bed next to him, watching, waiting for the Shiki to wake. Thankfully he didn't have to wait too long because soon Tohru began to stir, his eyes soon began to open slowly. When he fully awoke he looked straight at Natsuno, then began crying, tears rolling down his face as he pulled the smaller teen into his chest sobbing.
"I'm sorry Natsuno! I'm sorry, so sorry!" he cried out as he pulled his friend into him. Sighing Natsuno let the blonde let it out, and when Tohru finally began to stop the Jinrou looked up into his red eyes. "N-Natsuno?" Tohru stuttered as he looked into his friend's beautiful blue eyes. Never breaking eye contact, Natsuno brought a hand up cup the blonde's cheek gently making his friend's eyes widen in surprise. Natsuno wasn't cold like he was, the blue haired teen was warm, and now that he actually looked at him he wasn't as pale as the other Shiki were, and he had a heartbeat. Natsuno, he was a Jinrou, just like Tatsumi. As realization dawned on him Tohru began to feel the pain of his hunger creeping up on him, and Natsuno just smelt so good, just like he did before he rose, and the sound of the gentle yet somewhat slow thumping of his heart defiantly didn't help any. 'His blood, it was always the best, always. Would it still taste the same?' Gulping thickly as the guilt from before came crashing into him all at once. How could I even think about that?! Its my fault he's like this! The blonde watched as the younger teen pulled away then moved to sit up and grab something at the side of the bed. Shifting to sit up himself Tohru was handed a bundle, looking down he saw it was a fresh pair of clothes before looking back up at his friend questioningly. "Natsuno?"
"The water works here, take a shower and meet me upstairs, then we'll talk. The sun already set so you don't have to worry about coming out." The Jinrou said softly before walking out of the room and up the stairs. Frowning sadly Tohru sighed before he got up and went into the bathroom in the basement. Stripping down he placed his clothes on the counter and turned on the water before stepping under the shower head. As the blonde quickly washed off he reigned in his hunger, Ritsuko went a full five days without eating before the humans came to kill all the Shiki off, if she could do that, Tohru could hold off on feeding too. 'I already hurt him once, how can I even think about doing it again?! Just how much of a monster have I become?' Once out of the shower and dried off the blonde put on the pair of jeans and the white and blue striped long-sleeved shirt that was left out for him then headed upstairs. Looking around the Shiki found Natsuno sitting on the couch looking over at him. Shifting his gaze away from the Jinrou Tohru walked over to sit next to him, fidgeting slightly once he sat down.
"Natsuno?" Tohru said softly, glancing over at the teen, his eyes full of guilt and sorrow. "I'm sorry, so sorry for what I did to you." Closing his eyes his hands balled up into fists as he lowered his head in shame, his shoulders trembling slightly. "I know that no matter there's no way you'd ever forgive me, but I'm sorry. Every day after I thought you had died I came to your window and prayed." One of his previously balled up fists came up to his eye, pressing the palm of his hand into it as tears started to spill from his eyes and run down his cheeks. "I thought you were gone forever and I hated myself, I still hate myself for what I did. But now, even though I know its wrong I'm happy that you did rise up." Wiping the tears from his eyes he turned to look over at Natsuno, smiling sadly. "Its selfish but I'm so glad you came back. I'm sorry. " Sighing the Jinrou caught the attention of his Shiki counterpart, the younger teen smiled sadly up at Tohru and placed a comforting hand over the Shiki's larger cold hand.
"I know. I saw you Tohru." Glancing briefly down at their hands as Tohru turned them, entwining their fingers together, holding his hand like a lover would, before looking back up into the Shiki's eyes. "I forgive you, I already had when you first bit me, and every time after that." Natsuno whispered gently watching as Tohru's eyes widened in shock before he started crying again and hugged the smaller teen abruptly. Shocked at first, the Jinrou looked up as Tohru sniffled, silent tears falling, before smiling softly and closing his eyes, his arms wrapping around the Shiki returning the embrace.
"Natsuno, Natsuno" the Shiki cried, and it wasn't long before he calmed himself down and pulled away slightly to look at the teen in his arms. "W-what do we do now?" the blue haired teen sighed and looked over at the door then back to Tohru.
"We can't stay here for too long. It's not safe. We'll have to move somewhere I can get a job too. We also have to figure out a way for you to eat safely without killing people. It would be good if you could still feed off of me because I can't die, not from something like that, but" Natsuno had a thoughtful expression on his face as he talked. "But I don't know if you could now that I'm a Jinrou, and no longer human anymore. I honestly don't know if my blood would be any good to you compared to a human's." Tohru bit his lip nervously before glancing away timidly in shame, Natsuno looked over at him confused. "Tohru?" Licking his lips nervously the blonde looked down at the younger nervously.
"I-I think I might be able to." Tohru gulped thickly before glancing back at Natsuno, his eyes wide in wonder.
"How do you know if you can?" Tohru blinked at the question before he answered.
"I-I can smell it. And I-I want it. I-I mean, it-it smells the same if not better than when you were human. I-I mean, I want it so I-I think it could work, not like with animal blood were it just is repulsive to even think about." Tohru scratched his cheek nervously as he adverted his gaze from the younger teen. Closing his eyes tightly to prevent himself from crying once again. When he felt the other teen gently place a hand over his own looked back over at him, slightly confused.
"I see." Natsuno whispered, before leaning his head to the side slightly, his blue eyes gazing trustingly into Tohru's own red orbs. "Then do it Tohru, bite me." The blue haired teen said gently, encouragingly. Tohru looked back at him startled and slightly fearful.
"B-but Natsuno-!" Natsuno shook his head and brought a hand up to the back to the Shiki's head and gently guided him towards his neck.
"It's okay, I told you, you can't kill me again, not from this. Take it Tohru, I know you need it and I don't mind, not if it's you." Tohru looked troubled before he leaned into Natsuno, his arms wrapping around the teen gently as he held him close, his eyes bleeding black as his irises began to glow red and his fangs unsheathing themselves in hunger.
"Natsuno" Tohru whispered gently as the teen relaxed in his embrace, baring his neck for the Shiki. Kissing where his pulse was Tohru prodded the skin with his tongue, looking for the pulsing jugular vein before gently sinking in his fangs once he found it. Natsuno gasped softly at the stinging pleasure as the Shiki's fangs pierced his skin, shuddering as Tohru began to drink from him. 'It tastes just as it did before, even better. His blood always tasted better than anyone else's.' Tohru thought briefly as he sucked in another mouthful, Natsuno making small mewls of pleasure beneath his mouth as he brought a hand up to comb through the blonde's hair in a soothing and encouraging gesture. Once he had his fill Tohru pulled away from his neck, licking the wound, watching as the puncture holes quickly closed up leaving no trace of being bitten. Looking back up at the Jinrou Tohru smiled gently. "Thank you Natsuno" the younger teen smiled slightly up at him in return.
"Well now we know you don't have to attack anyone anymore. That cuts down on our list of things to do." Tohru nodded in agreement. Natsuno then rested his head on the Shiki's shoulder. "We can do this together Tohru." The blonde nodded and held the teen closer to him, resting his head on top of the Jinrou's.
"Natsuno?" Tohru asked, the teen humming in a way asking him to continue. "Why are you doing this?" the blonde asked quietly, Natsuno shifted slightly so he could look up at the older teen sighing.
"Because even before all this, I-I came to-to like you Tohru." Natsuno blushed slightly as he continued. "You had somehow gotten close to me when I did nothing but push everyone away and before I knew it I started to care, started looking at you as my best friend and then-" Natsuno paused before blushing brightly 'Then I knew I could never leave that village without you', glancing downwards, making Tohru look down at the younger teen and smile happily.
"Natsuno." He called out gently, his voice filled with affection. Blinking the blue eyed teen looked up only for his lips to be caught in a kiss with his blonde friend. Blushing Natsuno slowly closed his eyes, leaning into the kiss, their lips moving together languidly in a gentle kiss full of affection and love. When they pulled away Tohru smiled brightly at his best friend. "I love you Natsuno, I have for a long, long time." If it was possible Natsuno's blush deepened as he leaned into the larger teen's arms, hiding his face in Tohru's chest.
"I love you too." Natsuno mumbled embarrassingly into Tohru's shirt, the blonde's smile widening as he held the teen tighter in his arms happily. After all this time, finally Tohru had Natsuno in his arms, even if their circumstances weren't the best, he was happy. And as he listened to the steady yet slow beat of his lover's heart Tohru knew, as long as the two of them were together they could make it.