Behind Those Closed Curtains
Summary: side fiction for 'What if; and still-written 'What if Redux'. About Konatsu's past and how Hyuuga meet him. HyuuKona, HaruKuro. Suggestive theme, violence, Gore, Bloods, angst, etc.
Author: Kiyohara Shi (K.S)
Fandom: 07-Ghost
Genre: Romance / Humor / Angst / Parody
Warning: Slight AU! AI! OOCness! A confusing structure and (maybe) a lot of grammatical errors, Typo here and there And I do WARN you before hand OC ALERT!! unBETAed GORE and Bloods…lots and lots bloods
Character(s)/Pairing(s): Konatsu, Hyuuga, Katsuragi, Ayanami, Haruse, Kuroyuri, OC / HyuuKona
Rating: T (most of them) - M for violence and suggestive theme
AN: A side story of 'What if' and the still-written story 'What if Redux' (will be posted when I finish write it at least three chapters ahead) eeto, I just love bloods…hahaha….the other explanation will be posted in the chapter 2.
Note: please read and review, this will help me know where I messed up. And please…no flames bows
PS: if somehow this story didn't follow the manga/anime (about the characters in it), that because I hardly read the manga, just watch the anime. So yeah, you can guess the rest. This story purely based on AUTHOR IMAGINATION. Add some sugar and salt here and there, and voila~! You got this story published.
PSS: in desperate attempt to find BETA reader for all of my 07-Ghost stories, if you interested, just pm me…and FYII, what I need is someone who have great Grammar. I sux at it. Thank you! Bows.
Part 01 of 03
First time he saw you, I said: "…Just asks Katsuragi-san about your target, Hyuuga."
Butterfly
A beauty that I'll never touch
A gracefulness that I'll never reach
A perfection that I'll never taste
A seduction that I'll never dare to enjoy
A sin that I'll never dare to commit
An innocence that I'll never have
(Butterfly, from private collection of Yogiswara Minati Atmaja)
KONATSU P.o.V
My eyes drifted from my best friend to my teacher. I tried to hide my yawn before back to write whatever theories that he talked about on my book. Sure Monday wasn't a great day for us, junior students of Barsburg Academy. And the uniforms were stiff and uncomfortable; I wonder how the other students and upper ups managed to stay in these uniforms for more than four years.
However who am I to complain? I'm nothing but a junior from commoner family who happen ditched by my own family. Not to mention that my mother wasn't the best one too. Honestly, how on earth she ended up with a half-Meredian I didn't really want to know. Because of that, my grandparents won't take us in their family tree, in other words? We got disowned. And that half-oak bastard of a father ditched us. Now Mother just walked away and put me in a damn orphanage, so I have no much choice in my hopefully-long life. Actually, the only option that I have besides living in a street and became street performer for the rest of my live was joining the Barsburg Academy. A Military based academy. So here I am, sitting like an idiot, waiting for the break-bell to ruin this, utterly, boring class.
"Konatsu-san?"
I could hear the teacher calling my name, ruined my thoughts about how my pitiful life. "Yes, sensei?" I answered him innocently.
My teacher raised his eyebrows elegantly; he smirked at me slightly before glanced at the high-tech board in front of the class. "Answer the question," said Miyami-sensei, a man around his thirtieth with fair skin and short brown-hair, and he had green-eyes.
I cursed under my breath; he knew that I didn't pay attention. I sighed deeply before glared at the board. "The success rate will be 88%, but if the Military decide to move the angle around 50 to the right, the success rate will be arising up to 10 percent, in short…it will be 98% of succession rate." With that answer, I saw him nodded grimly, definitely not happy with my right answer. I glanced at my best friend who smirked at me before back to his cold demeanor again. Damn Haruse, he laughed at my misfortune for today.
I scowled at him before grinned happily once the bell rang. 'Finally!' I had to restrain my self to do a victory dance. I could see Miyami-sensei scowled slightly, he just wanted to torture me longer, hah! Serve him right! I guess the fortune goddess still loves me, eh?
Once I saw my sensei gone from the class room, I walked toward my best friend before sat beside him. "Dude, that was boring, wasn't it?"
Haruse just shrugged before he packed his belongings. "Sorry Konatsu, I have…something to do in five minutes, and I won't be back for the rest of the class…"
I raised my eyebrow, "Eh? Something happened?"
Haruse just smiled at me for a while, and then he said, "Nah, it's nothing. I just have a meeting with someone, that's all."
"Oh? Is it Kuroyuri-senpai?"
Kuroyuri was our senior. He's cute, and short. Just don't say it out loud whenever he's near your vicinity, or he'll maim you for eternity. Kuroyuri's feature was, dare he say, girly.
I saw my only friend blushed at that. I rolled my eyes, he was so obvious. "Go then, don't make me hold your date," I grinned at him, Haruse scowled at me before return my grin with his small smile and then he disappear, ran like hell to the senior building. I shook my head before went to my own destination.
End KONATSU P.o.V
Konatsu yawned again for the sixth times today. His fingers tried to erase the sleepiness out of his eyes. He stared at the tactical book in front of him, tried to put enough concentration on it, but failing miserably. He put his chin on his right palm. His head titled to glance at the outside world from the library. His eyes caught someone that he knew based on his teacher, Mayumi-sensei, speeches, the infamous duo...Colonel Ayanami and his self-proclaimed best friend, Major Hyuuga. Konatsu raised his eyebrows when a newcomer waved at them, he knew that man...he was the leutinent colonel of Black Hawks...Katsuragi-sama.
Actually, Konatsu ever met Katsuragi several times during his first month in the academy. His teacher had him interviewed some of them, and he got Katsuragi as his. During that time, both of them become good acquaintance. Sometimes Katsuragi would meet him outside the academy to discuss some good strategies that issued by Konatsu's future division. And Konatsu enjoy his company.
This caught our major character attention here. He hardly saw Katsuragi with the duo. Konatsu frowned slightly when he saw Katsuragi glanced at him and then smiled slightly. He waved at him. Being a good junior, Konatsu waved back at him with a small smile hang on his face.
The duo caught their silent greeting. The silver haired Colonel glanced coldly at Konatsu, while his Major stared at him dumbly. Konatsu just shrugged it off when Katsuragi's attention back to Ayanami. He left the library then. Unknown to him, certain dark haired man still staring at the window where he saw him waved and smiled at Katsuragi back there.
Major Hyuuga, a well known soldier because of his brave and stupidity tendencies. He dares to sell his soul to the devil himself, literary. He's the one and only one in this Barsburg Empire that dare to make a contact with the infamous Ice King of Barsburg Empire, Colonel Ayanami, the new appointed Colonel of Black Hawks, and the prodigy of second division (better known as the Special division/Special Unit).
Hyuuga was your no-ordinary man; of course many knew that already. He had extraordinary power to control his Zhyphon over black-wind elemental, a skillful swordsman, a loyal friend and subordinate, unbelievable strong, and of course he's second in insanity (insanity, a side-effect trait that happens always lurking inside every soldiers of Barsburg Empire who had power extraordinaire). Every (in)sane girls/women/teenagers would love him as their lover and/or partner in life.
Sadly, his eyes landed on someone that never fawns over him. Moreover, it's a HE.
Hyuuga wasn't complaining thought.
The said man still stared at the window where his crush was sitting before he left. Hyuuga sighed in defeat when he realized that the blonde cherub won't come back. "What?" asked Hyuuga when he felt the two stared at him in question manner.
Ayanami just raised his eyebrows elegantly, as if asking for reason why he ignored such information from Katsuragi. While Katsuragi smiled knowingly at him. "See something that you like, Hyuuga-kun?" asked the older man, smiles still intact on his fairly handsome face.
Hyuuga grinned while nodding slightly.
Ayanami scoffed, he voiced his thought in cold manner at his self-proclaimed best friend, "Just asks Katsuragi-san about your target, Hyuuga."
The dark haired man pushed his sunglasses before open his mouth to ask Katsuragi about him, "Ne, do you know-"
"His name is Konatsu Warren, Hyuuga-kun, a junior from third division. He's the best of his class; the second best is Haruse, who happen to be Konatsu-kun's best friend. Konatsu-kun loves white chocolate, oranges, and good swords, preferably Katanas or Samurai sword. He didn't mind Ninjato, but it's too short, he said. He has been living alone for seven years, due to family problems and all. Unfortunately, he have no friends at all except Haruse, every single cadets there loathed him because of…he's the son of Louis Meredian Oak, a half-breed Meredian and Oak, and you do know how Oak family treats a half breeds…don't you?" said Katsuragi steadily.
"Is that why that brat family name is mother's?" asked Ayanami, he's slightly interested with this said teen.
"Yeah, he live by himself since he's six…pretty young eh?"
"Not in orphanage?" asked Hyuuga, still shocked at the information.
Katsuragi shook his head firmly, "No, his mother just gave him enough money to spend for five years, then he start to find a job."
"A minor? I don't think our citizens are brave enough to employ a minor," said Ayanami softly.
The Lt Colonel nodded. "But he got it, he worked for a merchant. I don't know what he had to do that time, but when I went to hospital around one and half years ago, I saw him there, he was injured during training. He got bruise on his back, by the way. I saw whip scars on his back, I guess he got it when he's still work for that merchant…" Katsuragi growled a little before he talk again, "After he went back to his class, I asked the doctor about his health documents, She gave me the letter, and after some reading, I found out that he ever…ah…you will not happy with this, Hyuuga-kun."
"What…was they say?" asked Hyuuga, he could felt the dread in Katsuragi's voice.
"Multiple raped when he's still a kid."
Both of them held his breath. Ayanami became silent, even if his childhood as human not that good, he knew that he's way luckier than Konatsu. "Who did it?"
"I guess it's the merchant," Katsurgai shrugged, "At ease, sir, I asked for the DNA who attacked him, it takes a long time, but I'll got the result next week. Wanna come to get it with me?"
Hyuuga and Ayanami nodded. Ayanami with cold demeanor while Hyuuga with rage.
"Great!" Katsuragi beamed.
One week later…Konatsu-Haruse dorm…
Haruse yawned slightly after re-read the strategic material that he had to finish for the final exam of their junior year. The stoic man glanced at his best friend, Konatsu, with weary look. "Konatsu," called him.
"Hnm?" said the blonde without moving his gaze from his book.
"Kuroyuri-sama will join the military with a Lt. Rank next week, and he said that I'll become his Begleiter right after I'm out from the academy."
"Hnm…I'm happy for both of you, Haruse…" said Konatsu still without moving his eyes.
Haruse blinked, "That's mean I won't be around you after we graduate."
Now Konatsu moved his eyes, he sighed, "I know Haruse. I can't have you stay with me for the rest of your life, can I? You have your dream, you want to stay by your beloved side, that's fine with me, you know? I'm happy if you're happy, Haruse. That's what best friend for!" the blond teen beamed happily at Haruse.
Haruse smiled warmly at him, "Thank you Konatsu, you're the best…you support me all the way up…I hope we can work together in the future. That would be great, ne?"
Konatsu nodded happily. "So? wanna go to celebrate this? You can call Kuroyuri-sama and tell him about our party."
"Sounds great."
And both of them grinned at each other.
Barsburg Hospital, Dr. Amewarashi Kiriko office…
Dr. Kiriko could feel the tension in the air. She moved slightly uncomfortably with the suffocating aura. She may not in the Military nor trained to kill, but she knew when danger came. And right now, she could feel it. The Killing Intents were so thick in the air. She just hope for the safety of those who'll receive the end of it, but since she knew who're they, she changed her mind. They not worth her pity, at least after she knew what those men ever done to her cute patient, Konatsu.
In her thirty eight years old of living, she never that attached to her patient except him. The teen was warm, easy going, and drop dead cute, beside she already treated him since he's a small child. So her motherly instinct would arise up if something happening to her little Konatsu. Kiriko was happy to know that there are some people who cares with her self-proclaimed little baby. Her eyes gazed the three un-uniformed Military men in front of her.
Major Hyuuga, who's the one who held the report, gritted his teeth in anger. He hand the report to Ayanami. The said man frowned deeply before his eyes glinted with evilness played in it. The Colonel of Black Hawks hand the report to Katsuragi. The happy-go-lucky man's face turned into the devil himself.
"Thank you for the report, Dr Amewarashi. We'll take our leave," said Ayanami plainly yet full of sincerity. Ayanami was grateful that the doctor on their side. "We'll make sure to…pay them a visit."
Kiriko smirked at that, "Please send me my greetings to them, Colonel."
"With pleasure." Ayanami bowed politely at the woman before he left the room. "Come, Major Hyuuga, Lt. Colonel Katsuragi."
"Yes, sir!" answered both of them, coldness in their voices.
9th Heaventh Coffee Shop…Seventh Avenue Street, first district of Barsburg Empire…
Kuroyuri laughed out loud when Konatsu says something funny for the tenth time that day. "Oh, Konatsu-kun! You're so funny! Ne, Haruse?" the chibi senpai titled his head cutely at Haruse.
The said man nodded slightly, warm smile on his face. "Konatsu, Kuroyuri-sama, do you want more pies? Or pancakes?"
"VlaMint cake with extra White chocolate, please??" asked Konatsu.
"SkyBlue pies!!!" Kuroyuri responses were more expressive than Konatsu.
"Wait here, okay?" Haruse smiled at them.
Konatsu and Kuroyuri nodded in unison. Once Haruse gone, Konatsu glanced at the older teen beside him.
"Ne, Konatsu…" said Kuroyuri suddenly.
Caught off guard, Konatsu answered nervously, "Ha-hai? A-ano, if it's about Haruse's and me-"
The pink haired chibi smiled at him, "Relax, I know that you're his friend and you wont, under any circulate, snatch him from me, I know that you're not that kind of man, Konatsu."
"…Ah…sou ka…so…what is it, Kuroyuri-sama?"
Kuroyuri smiled at him, "I just wanted to thank you, because you want to be his friend and being unselfish and let him join me after both of you graduate."
Konatsu frozen up. This was new. Never in his wildest dream was he expecting this one. On the record, Kuroyuri was known as someone who simply selfish and won't say thank you to other people who help him. "Huh?" was Konatsu most intelligent reply.
Kuroyuri rolled his eyes. "I know, I know…I realize that I never thank those people, and you're my second. So…uh, be proud!"
"O…kay…but I still don't understand, Kuroyuri-sama…"
"well," Kuroyuri's cheek flushed with pink blush, "Haruse told me that you're the one who teach him how to appreciate others' helps, and Haruse teach it to me…so, in short words, I just wanted to show you that what you teach him, and me, isn't worthless. So…thank you for everything…."
At that, Konatsu laughed, hard.
"Whaaa!! Konatsu!! Don't laugh!!"
"Ahh…gomen-gomen…I'm just…for the love-" Konatsu chuckled slightly again, "Naw, it's okay, Kuroyuri-sama, we'll be family anyway, ne?"
The pink haired senpai grinned alongside with him, "Hai!"
When Haruse came with their sweets, the dark haired teen raised his eyebrows in question manner. His beloved one grinned ear to ear with his best friend. "Am I missing something?"
Both of them just laughed at that.
"…Okay, I don't think I wanted to know anymore."
(AN: WARNING! GORE AND BLOOD AHEAD. But it's pretty inspiring…hmmm *scratches chin*)
Devi Lounge Bar, Tenth Lane Street, First District of Barsburg Empire…
"Is this the place, Katsuragi-san?" asked Hyuuga with much anger laced from his tongue.
"One Hundred percent sure, Hyuuga-kun," said the older man without doubt.
Hyuuga smirked evilly, "Shall we?"
"Hn."/"Yes," was their replies.
Hyuuga kicked the door open, startled the visitors. "Alright, anyone of you named Mizuki, Hasenko, Marumo, Kairu, and Genji?" asked Hyuuga loudly.
"And what business you have with those painful in the ass merchants?!" asked the barman.
Hyuuga scowled at him, before he opened his mouth to yelled at the poor ma, Ayanami beat him into it with his infamous cold, heartless, voice, "None of your business." Ayanami walked into the Bar. "We have some…business to settle with them, and that's not your concern. Answer the question, human, and I might spare your soul."
The barman, who didn't know about him, snarled. "Who do you think you are?! You came and disturb my business! Out!"
"Answer the question, filth." Ayanami's eyes glinted dangerously.
The Barman was angry; he wants those men out from his place. "Guys! Drive them out! And I'll give you free for tonight!"
The greedy visitors who wanted more drinks started to stand up. They took out various weapons from their pockets; some of them use the empty bottles and knives from the kitchen. Ayanami glared at them slightly before one of them run to him with ill intention to harm Ayanami. Ayanami's right hand covered his lips, hid his small amused smile. Right before the man fifteen centimeters away from him, all of them saw the man's hand gone from its rightful place. Blood sprayed everywhere.
"AAAARRRGGGHH!!!" the man screamed in pain.
"Need help, Aya-tan?" asked Hyuuga with amused smile full of glee on his face.
"Hmph."
"If you said so~!" Hyuuga beamed at that. "I'll take your turn later then? Ne?"
"Heh, he's your…future wife, those five? You may do as you wish to them." Ayanami smirked evilly after murmured those statement to his faithful subordinate. His violet eyes landed on Katsuragi who smiled pleasingly at him. Ayanami nodded in understanding before back to gaze the barman. "…Your answer?"
The bald barman with thick break growled at them, "Don't be afraid! They're only three men!" he roared dangerously. "I'll give you Ten thousands gold to anyone who kill them!"
And that was the latest straw for them to attack the Colonel, not as if they knew him. battle cries could be heard by the said Colonel. He just smirked evilly. His left hand stretched, lips smirked evilly, and the eyes of the barman widened once he saw dark Zhyphon incarnations appeared so suddenly on various places of the humans' body parts; such as hands, legs, necks, hips, chests, heads, eyes, and other various vitals body parts. In the next second, the barman eyes widened in horror; Blood sprayed everywhere, heck, various body parts fallen from its rightful place in a flash and scattered on the floor. The black tiles turned red, the smell of blood tickled the living's nose. High pitched screamed halted abruptly when the Zhyphon slice their throats in cold manner. The barman found its too hard to breath so suddenly. His eyes eyed the silver haired man in fear.
"Wh-wha-"
"Answer?" cut Ayanami coldly, still smirking like crazy psychopath he was. They could saw the dark aura/power surrounding the Colonel in wicked kind glee.
"T-they're…usually in Fallen Ground-t-two blocks from Seventh Avenue! P-please! Spare me!"
"Hmph," Ayanami scoffed slightly. He put his hand to his side in elegant manner before he turned his back. He took a fast glance before smiled evilly. "I'll clean this…artistic mess of mine for you, be grateful."
Haruse and Katsuragi watched in amazement when the dark mist-like aura became thicker and evolutes into Wars. Both of them were whistling in glee. The Wars crept and engulfed the body parts before doing something that similar to much and gulped something. They knew that Ayanami's Wars were in feast.
"Good pet, clean them off, spotless." Ayanami's voice never wavers. Violent glinted inside the man's eyes dangerously visible. In instant, both of his subordinates knew that their higher up was annoyed. Thanks to those fools he got his amusement to bath his fetish with bloods in feast. Once the bar clean, Ayanami walked out from the bar, passing the two for ten centimeters. "Katsuragi."
"Yes, sir?" asked the man softly, but still loud enough for the barman and the rest of living humans in the vicinity to hear.
"Military code number XX."
Hyuuga's smile turned boarder than before, "Eliminate every witness in EVERY special Missions."
Katsuragi's eyes opened, they could see the evilness in there, "Why, of course. It's my pleasure to do it, Ayanami-sama," he said it with full of malice and amusement at the same time. Somehow this sent shivers to those men. The said man took out his sword, he walked inside in graceful manner, and the Wars slid back to Ayanami side, waiting for the next feast right after Katsuragi finished them off.
First, Katsuragi activate his Zhyphon; its appeared on every witnesses' neck. He was doing clutched manner and the Zhyphon cut their vocal chords; made their blood splattered on the wall, floor, and/or their clothes. Second, sword was ready to mutilate them into pieces, just like what Ayanami has done. Black with red light blade came forth after he made slashing moves, the attack cut them instantly, leave the body parts melted, and the blood dripped to the floor. "Ahh…Such a fascinating picture…I like it, I think I should hang with them more, maybe I can see more blood?" thought Katsuragi in glee. And lastly, he pointed his sword right in front of the barman's left eye before stuck it inside. The man screamed a silent wail. Katsuragi just smiled in satisfaction before he stuck his sword inside the man's head; the sword stabbed his brain up to his heart in the process.
Once he's sure that the man death (AN: haha, sarcasm, sarcasm), Katsuragi took out his sword. They could hear splat sound of the blood. The man took out a white clothe to clean his sword from the slick stuff. "Ah…done!" claimed the man happily.
Hyuuga lips twitched, "Messy kill, but artistic skill. I like it."
"Why, thank you, Major Hyuuga…," Katsuragi bowed mockingly at him.
"Hm," Ayanami nodded curtly before he let his Wars have the last feast before they gone to the said place. "Let's go. I still have paperwork to do."
"Yes, sir!" said both of them in unison.
(AN: end gore and bloody scenes. Enjoy the…normal story again…)
9th Heaventh Coffee Shop…Seventh Avenue Street, first district of Barsburg Empire…
"How long it has been?" asked Haruse.
Kuroyuri glanced at the clock that resides on the wall not too far from them, "Four hours? Wow, sure time passed quickly, ne?"
"Eh? Right, it's four P.M already…I have to finish that book…I think I'll go back to the dorm, what about you Haruse?" asked Konatsu.
Haruse glanced at Kuroyuri. "I'll take Kuroyuri-sama back to his apartment, Konatsu."
The blonde shrugged, "Suit yourself, I'll both of you to your own device then, see you later, Haruse. Nice to meet you again, Kuroyuri-sama, if Haruse doing something inappropriate, just call me," he winked at the blushing Kuroyuri, "And Haruse?"
"Y-yeah?" Haruse also blushed.
"Don't do what I wouldn't do." He grinned and then fled from their sight when his best friend threw him his infamous evil glare.
"That brat…" mumbled Haruse in a huff.
Kuroyuri blinked slightly at the fleeting figure. "Are you sure that it save to let him wanders around this area? The Fallen Ground is only two blocks away, you know?"
Haruse shrugged, "His self-defense is equal to mine, don't worry to much, Kuroyuri-sama…"
His eyes still eyed the empty spot where Konatsu was standing with wary eyes. "If you said so…."
With Konatsu…
Konatsu walked in content. He enjoyed his day off to its full extent. This day is officially one of his best days; he met his best friend…boyfriend (?), ate all of his favorite sweets for free, and his best friend's boy friend accepted him just the way he is. If he's happy, then that's an understatement. Right now, Konatsu is on his way toward the academy's dorms complex.
To get to Barsbug Academy Ground, he had to walk four blocks from the Seventh Avenue; passing Lily Valley, the infamous Fallen Ground, Maple Avenue, and Otowarashi Street in the process. The sucked part was, there were no public accommodations from this side of Seventh Avenue. Want it or not, Konatsu had to pass the dreadful Fallen Ground all by himself. When they get here, Haruse and Konatsu drive a car (that one was Haruse's, Haruse was older than Konatsu by two and half years, that means, Haruse's 17 years old) so both of them were relatively save. Right now? Konatsu don't think so.
It took one hour to get to Fallen Ground…
Konatsu gulped hard when he saw the shabby building of this block. He hated this place with passion. Konatsu was living in here for more than six and half years, and all of his past experiences weren't a happy one. He scowled in disgust when he remembered what happened when he's ten and half years old, he shuddered involuntary when he remembered that.
Tried to calm himself, the young teen took a deep breath before took his first step into the wilderness.
Three men came out from black shiny car; all of them were good looking man. One of them had silver hair, the rest of them were dark haired men with slightly tanned but still fair skin. Swords hung loosely on their hips, proudly for the world to see. The one who wore sunglasses seized the buildings in the vicinity with critical eyes.
"So? Is this the place?" asked Hyuuga to Katsuragi.
The man nodded in approval. "I believe so."
Ayanami grunted in rude manner when he saw how dirty this place was. "Hurry up, I don't want to waste more time here."
"Of course, Ayanami-sama," said Katsuragi happily. "Shall we, Hyuuga-san?"
TBC
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NOTE: I made this one just to distract you from What If, I know...btw, the rating may goes up, depends on how you and I see this story goes. This is a short one, just three chapters. Hope you like it.