Heavens Divide

To those who wonder- I never did read Wish, I was merely

inspired by the advertisement I saw in the back of the sixth

Chobits manga. I thought it sounded cute and I really would

like to read it one day. Anyway, on with the fanfic!

A soft breeze blew through the stadium as the crowd held their breath. The ball moved faster and fast for the net and in a second, it had reached it. As the tone signaling the end of the game rang, the people watching slowly opened their eyes, one by one.

Hidaka Ken stood with a small grin on his face as he held the soccer ball under one arm. The applause started, as always, while the opposing team stared in disbelief. As his team crowded around the goal to congratulate him and pat him on the back, Ken dropped the ball to the ground. He was used to this. Far too used to this.

After his shower, he quickly headed home. He had absolutely no care for the festivities that his team would engage in now that they had one the tournament. The youth stared at the sky absently, deep in thought as he walked home.

Most would have loved his life, he had money, fame, a job he loved, girls knocking at his door, everything he had ever wanted as a child, but even with all this he was becoming bored. Everything always went his way, he knew they would never lose a game, his team was a close-knit bunch of boys, he knew he had enough money to support himself and at least three others to the end of his life without ever having to actually work, he just knew. And he was tired of just knowing.

Approaching his home, he sighed turning his gaze to the pepper-like pavement beneath his feet. Soon, the pepper began to spot with red, as small glittering gems seemed to fall from the sky. Kneeling to examine one, he soon paused, hearing a small cry from above him.

Looking up for the creator of the cry, he was astounded to find himself facing the most beautiful creature he had ever seen- a creature which was currently caught in a tree and bleeding heavily, it's drops of blood clicking to the ground in the form of rubies.

"Hold on," the brunette mumbled as he looked around, noting absently that the creature probably couldn't hear him. Catching sight of a small stone wall alongside the road, he quickly hopped up onto it and swung himself into the tree.

As the pale skinned creature writhed helplessly, Ken picked his way up towards the top of the tree, hands and feet carefully placed on each of the branches. Looking up for a moment, the brunette cried out as his foot slipped, though he quickly caught himself. Blinking for a moment, he realized that the whimpers from before had ceased and he looked up to see that the creature had stilled.

His mind racing quickly, he made his way faster up the tree. Reaching a branch near the being, he frowned as it remained still. "How are you caught?" Ken murmured to himself as he sought out where the creature had managed to entangle itself in the tree.

Suddenly, as if by magic, they seemed to appear; long feathered white wings caught in the branches of the tree, vines had caught in the wings and tied them together, as branches scratched at them.

For a moment, he stared in utter shock as he gazed from the wings to the pale boy attached to them. With a soft frown, he made his way further up the tree to disentangle the angel's wings. After all, what else could a creature of that kind of beauty be?

The people who walked by on the road didn't even look their way as they past the tree, much more interested by the small spheres that littered the ground, and Ken couldn't have cared less what they did or did not see, so focused was he on his task.

Soon enough he had freed the being and was attempting to move him down the tree. Laying the injured creature on the grass beneath the tree, he sighed. There was no way he could carry the creature home- not because he was heavy, merely because the wings made the creature awkward to carry.

Reaching into his pocket, he pulled out his cell phone and speed-dialed his long time best friend.

"...Hey... I need you to come pick me up..."

Brown eyes scanned the earth below him with a sigh.

"If we can't find him… they'll get him… and if they get him, we're all screwed…"

"I realized that," the brown-eyed boy glanced at his partner, a fire-haired man. "I can't lose him, not now."

"He's strong, he'll make it..." his partner frowned, green eyes shadowed with worry.

"...If he doesn't... what if he dies, even before they find him?" the brown haired boy suddenly asked, looking worriedly to his older companion.

"Nagi, calm down... I mean," his voice took on a sarcastic note suddenly, "if he dies, so do you, what's to worry about?"

"...Don't make me hurt you, this is in no way a joking matter. If he dies, you suffer a long torturous death, too."

"Damn, I knew there was a catch."