Author's notes: This is a fic I rewarded myself for updating Tears of The Sky…… well that's all I can say right now…… Ja minna! Well I'm off to continue Onegai Tenshi And Moonlight Sonata…… Ja! Bye Bye! Please review ^_^
P.S.: 1. Please suggest the pairing.
2. Please tell me if this fic is worth continuing
3. Please review
Warning:Slight OOCs, bad words, maybe wrong grammars and spellings coz' English is not my first language, weirdness of the author and many more ^_^;
Legend: (a/n :) = author's notes inserted in the fic (to explain I guess)
~~*~~= change of location or passing of time
"/……/" = Thoughts
Prologue: Another Chance
It was another stormy night, yet my hard head still kept me going. She pleaded me not to go, but I didn't listen. And now I'm dead, I know I will not see her again…… I will never see her bright blue eyes, her beautiful face and her silly but beautiful smile.
I cursed myself for not listening to her…… I blamed everything to myself…… if only I listened to her pleads and cries, I would still have a chance to say I love her.
And now, while I walked through this cold and dark path they call cross roads…… I wept and cried as I did, thinking about this stupid mistake of mine…… Even though it hurts to walk all alone, I still kept on…… knowing this thoughts of mine will soon fade away.
But like I expected, it never did, for I know she's hurting down there because me.
For a long time now, I knew she loved me yet I chose not to notice; I feared that I might just hurt her in the end, make her cry none the less. I chose to hide in my cowardly self again and hid my feelings for her. I knew she wanted to hear from me those words, those three simple words yet to the very end…… I didn't.
I knew that there is no use regretting now. I'm dead now. I couldn't do anything anymore but take my chances on that stupid nezumi…… that idiot who also hid his feelings for her cause he doesn't want to let her choose between the two of us; he knew it will just break her apart completely.
Yuki…… my fiercest rival…… we both hated each other but for her happiness we chose to stop fighting.
I knew he liked her but he still made way for Tohru and me. A puzzle for me before but now it's not…… now that I knew why he did that.
To the end he wanted her to be happy…… even though not with him, as long as she's happy…… he's happy.
Like her, he also pleaded me not to go that night…… Tohru was crying then and I knew it hurt him more than it hurt me…… yet I closed my ears once again.
(Flashback)
It was raining so hard and the whole city was starting to flood. The whole place was starting to become cold and everyone was in their houses near their warm furnaces. In the other hand, I was outside the house preparing to battle out the storm. My shishou invited me to come over his place that day and I just can't help but go their without letting the rain stop. As you can see, I have not seen my 'father' for a long time now and I just can't wait to see him again.
"Ano…… Kyo-kun…… where are you going?" A sweet familiar voice startled me.
I immediately lifted my head and let my shoes fall down my grasp.
"I'm going to my shishou!" I exclaimed.
"But there's a storm coming, and……" I cut of her words when I suddenly placed my shoes on and grabbed my coat on the coat hanger.
"I'm going" I said to her coldly.
"But Kyo-kun…… it's raining pretty hard and the winds are very strong…… something might happen to you out there.
I smiled at her and placed my hand on her shoulder "Daijoubu!" I said.
I didn't know why, but tears started to well up from her eyes…… as if it was the last time we will see each other again.
She wiped her fallen tears in surprise "Are? Why am I crying?" She said while laughing a bit.
Again I smiled at her then opened the fusama (a/n: Japanese sliding door) gently. Before I could get out she grabbed my hand and handed me an umbrella "Be safe!" She said as more tears streamed down her eyes.
I coldly shrugged her hand and went out of the fusuma.
As I headed towards the gates, a very angry nezumi approached me.
"Baka neko! I thought we had a deal!" Yuki said angrily. "Didn't we have an agreement that you will not make her cry?"
I looked at him and smirked. "Get out of the way! I need to go!"
Without another word he hit me in the face.
I immediately wiped the blood on my mouth and went on…… "Take care of her will you?"
I immediately walked away, leaving both a crying Tohru and a puzzled Yuki.
~*~*~*~*~
I ran away as fast as I could and finally reached the last pedestrian crossing. Before I crossed, a familiar face approached me. It was Hanajima…… now I'm sure in for more counseling.
She slowly walked towards me; froze my body completely.
As she walked, something unsuspected happened…… a truck was driving so fast towards her direction…… A few seconds more passed before the driver saw her, he tried to step on the breaks and stop the truck but it was too late. The truck skidded on the road uncontrollably and went right towards her…… without another second to spare; I immediately rushed towards her and pushed her away from the truck. "Abunai!" I shouted.
Everything happened so fast that I couldn't remember what exactly had happened all I now was that I was hit hard by the truck; the weird thing is that I didn't transform.
My surroundings started to swirl then everything become dark and I couldn't breathe. I remember hearing sirens and people screaming all around me…… then …… silence.
(End Flashback)
I'm getting fed up wandering here without a destination. I'm sick and tired of being here all alone thinking about this mishap of mine…… I don't want to go on any further.
I kneeled down and let my tears flow.
I was at the verge of giving up when suddenly a bright light shone upon me.
I covered my eyes from the blinding light then looked towards the source of it.
"Come Kyo!" A voice from the light startled me. "It's time!"
I immediately reached my hand towards the light. As I suspected, another hand reached down on me. I immediately grabbed it and pulled it down.
To my surprise, an angel fell down the light.
"Temme! What did you that for?" She said as she clenched her fist, ready to hit me in the face. "Answer me!"
As her fist flew towards me in her fury; it suddenly stopped before it hit me.
As if she just came out of her daze; she took one deep breath then immediately composed herself in front of me, then introduced herself.
"Hi! I'm Kagura!" She said happily. "I'm the one who is supposed to usher you towards the gates!" She said happily.
My eyes widened. First she was ready to explode and now she's so kind to me as if she was a different person all of the sudden…… she kinda reminds me of the Kagura I knew who passed away when we were still kids…… But this one is different; unlike Kagura I knew…… this Kagura is more explosive.
She again offered her hand "Let's go! Kami-sama might scold me again!"
I slapped her hand…… "No I'm not going anywhere!"
Kagura's eyes widened then suddenly smirked…… Wait! She just smirked at me! Now I doubt if she is a real angel or not…… maybe she's just a devil disguised as an angel……
"I see!" She said; pulling me out of my scary thoughts. "You're one of those people! The one that doesn't want to pass on because he or she still has an unfinished business down there on Earth.
I nodded.
"I see……" She paused for a second. "So I can't take you yet, you have to come back down again"
My eyes widened because I didn't quite understand what she just have said. "What?"
"I said you have to come back down there." She said as she pulled a big thick book out of nowhere. "Well as you can see, according to the rules, I can't take someone with me who has a heavy heart."
"A heavy heart?" I asked her.
She nodded then continued as she turned the pages of the old book. "It says here that I can't take someone without their free will…… so I'll send you back down there again."
"You mean like a ghost or something."
She nodded.
"Then if that's the case I will just turn down your offer."
The angel's eye's widened. "What?"
"I said I'll turn your offer down!" I shouted; my voice's echo started to sound.
"But you still have an unfinished business down there! I can't take you to the gates without your free will!"
"I know!" I said; tilting my head a bit, letting my orange hair to slightly cover my face. "But I can't talk to her being a ghost!"
The angel's eyes started to sparkle. "I see! It's like a tragic love story!"
She paused then threw the big book away creating a loud thump on the floor.
"Don't worry I'll help you!"
I looked at her in disbelief.
"So we need a medium I mean a body for you to resurrect you!"
"Resurrect? Isn't that against your rules?" I asked her.
She looked at me in confusion then gracefully stroked her hand at the air. Before I knew it, the book started to fly towards her. When the book reached her, she immediately scanned through it's pages "Yes! It is against the rules……" She paused then suddenly, she again threw her book away. "But who cares about the rules?! …… you want to finish your business don't you? And besides I want to see this stories ending! /and if I pull this stunt off, my rank will finally go up…… I'll finally be a guardian angel!/"
She suddenly laughed evilly…… I looked at her in confusion.
She finally stopped laughing when she suddenly noticed me looking at her. "Ahem /blush/, I guess we better get going."
Without another word, she suddenly grabbed my hand and then blighting light started to surround us.
~*~*~*~*~
(Earth)
I slowly opened my eyes that were still recovering from the bright light.
When I finally opened my eyes, I was shocked at what I saw…… I was back on Earth.
"Oi! What are you still standing there for? The clock is ticking." Kagura snorted who was a feet away from me.
I immediately ran towards her.
~*~*~*~*~
"Oi! Kagura! Where are we going anyway?" I said in an irritated tone. "We've been walking for an hour now!"
"I'm trying my best to find the place moron!" She said; a large vein pooping on her head. "It's been a while since I came here on Earth!"
"Where are we really going?" I asked again.
Kagura stopped then looked at me……" We're here to find you a body!" She said irritated.
I looked at her in surprise as if I just realized what she had said…… I almost forgot what we were here for.
~*~*~*~*~
Another hour has passed and we were still walking around the place.
I started to get irritated with our situation.
I was about to hit her when suddenly she jumped in joy. "At last I found it!" She said.
"Found what?" I asked.
"The place!" She exclaimed.
Without another word, she grabbed my hand again and pulled me towards the building.
~*~*~*~*~
"Hurry!" She snorted. "Find a body and let's get out of this place!"
"You mean here!" I shouted.
She nodded.
"Here in the morgue!"
She nodded again.
"But these are corpses!"
She nodded again.
"I mean these are dead people's bodies!"
She nodded once again. "Your point?"
"My point is…… oh never mind!"
Without another second to spare, she immediately pushed me towards one of the bodies. Before I knew it, I was inside the stinking corpse.
"Now get up and let's go!" She said impatiently.
"I refuse to go with this body!" I said in a monotone voice.
"Why?" She asked me.
"You're still asking why! Can't you see it yet?"
She shook her head.
"I'm a stinking corpse and I'm falling apart!" I said angrily, my cat ears and tail appeared. "If I go to her with this body, it's either she'll faint or just scream in terror!"
"You have a point there!" She said.
Without another word she reached towards me and before I knew it I was out of the corpse.
"What now?" I asked her.
"…… So you want a body which is alive and not falling apart?!" She inquired.
I nodded.
"I see……" She said while she folded up her right arm sleeve or whatever you call it of her dress.
As she folded it; what looks like a watch appeared. She pushed a button then a screen made of light appeared. Before I knew it, a map appeared on the screen.
"You have a map!" I said angrily. "Why didn't you use that before so that we didn't get lost earlier?!"
A devious smile crept on her face…… "I was lazy! Okay?!"
~*~*~*~*~
She started to scan the map.
"What are you looking for anyway?" I asked impatiently.
"A body for you to use!"
"A body? Why don't you just let me use my old body?"
"That's possible if you want a shredded body!" She said.
(Silence)
It was getting dark and she was still scanning.
I was about to get fed up on her when suddenly she said…… "Bingo! Kyo-kun! I found it!"
"At last!" I murmured.
"So who is the unlucky bastard?"
She pushed another button of her 'watch', then the monitor suddenly vanished.
"Before I tell you who it is let me first clear things out……" She said in a serious tone. "You may use the body any time you like but not a full day……"
"Why not?" I interrupted.
"Will you let me finish!" She said angrily.
"Fine!" I said impatiently.
"Because the person who owns the body is still alive, he or she will eventually 'wake up'. You will now that you are not in control anymore when you are literally kicked out of the body."
"That's fine with me!" I said.
"There's another thing, you must not tell anyone that you are Kyo, you may 'help' them remember but not tell straight forward…… you must let that person now that you are Kyo without telling them…… and you have to do this within a week."
"A week!" I exclaimed "What can I do in a week? Don't you realize that it will take a month for anyone to recognize me and don't you realize that I'll be using another's body! Not mine!"
"That's your problem now!' She snorted. "Well, it's up to you if you still want to continue this or not…… I could just……"
I cut off her words. "Fine! A week's fine!"
She smiled; no more vein pooping or steam coming out of her ears.
"So who's the idiot? I want to see him now so I can finish this thing!" I said in a grumpy tone.
She smiled once again. "Okay!" She said as she turned on the monitor once again…… "Prepare yourself!" She exclaimed.
My eyes widened at what I saw.
"His name is Yuki Souma!" She said in a merry tone.
Yuki? That baka-nezumi? You can't be serious.
