Are Dreams Made of These?
by ^death^ a.k.a You-Know-Who
Disclaimer: Flame of Recca and the characters do not belong to me. Though I downright wish they did. Haha. Anyway, yeah. They belong to Npbuyuki Anzai. End!
Seventeen-year old Kaoru Koganei looked up, watching the stars twinkle in the velvety black sky above. A fanged grin escaped his lips, etched clearly on his adolescent face. Elbows perched on the banister, his glittering gold madougu propped beside him.
In a matter of days, he would be moving to America with the Hanabishi family. Recca had found a job as a marketing executive (horror, the horror!!!) in a renowned firm. He was already engaged to Yanagi and the pair had planned to get married the instant they return from Recca's two-year internship at the firm. Kagerou and Shigeo would be coming along, the latter claiming he deserved a well-earned vacation.
He too would be following them. After all, the three Hanabishis had legally adopted him.
"Should be called myself Kaoru Hanabishi." He musingly muttered to himself.
Sigh...
Somewhere
Out there
Beneath the pale moon light
Someone's thinking of me
And loving me tonight
He didn't mind moving to America. Opportunities were in abundance there. Though he silently wondered what kind and type of opportunities they were.
"Doubt they'll have a dojo or something like the Ura Butou Satsujin there." He said again. to the wind rather to himself.
"Just hope I won't get bored." He added as an after-thought.
He doubted he would. He would be enrolling in the College for two years. Probably boring himself with engineering, meta-physics and the like.
Sigh...
Somewhere
Out there
Someone's saying a prayer
That will find one another
In that big somewhere out there
"Kaoru-kun... what are you still doing up?" came a willowy voice from behind. Yanagi crept out onto the balcony and stood beside the spiky-haired male. She wore a light creme-coloured yukata which brought out her eyes. A warm smile was on her lips, her eyes appeared slightly tired.
"Nothing Yanagi-neechan. Just wondering." came the distant reply. Yanagi nodded her head out of reflex and then noted his madougu was beside him.
"You were training?" Kaoru laughed, his voice high and mellow. It hadn't broken yet
"Iie. You know me, I'm so used to the Kougan Anki around me that it's everywhere I go. To not have it by my side would be... I don't know. Weird. Out of place even." He explained. It was true. He had never parted the madougu. Not ever since he was recruited into the Uruha.
The Uruha...
"I see." Yanagi smiled and nodded her head again. She was slightly shorter than Kaoru, the boy had grown taller and more muscular as time went by. Almost as tall as Recca, as loud-mouthed as the flame master and as cocky too. True, if one didn't know any better, they were brothers.
And even though
I know how very far apart we are
It helps to think we might be wishing on the same broad star
"Done with the packing neechan?"
"Yes, I'm helping Kagerou with hers tomorrow. You?"
"Done. I wonder if customs will let me bring my madougu up the plane."
"Can't you disassemble it?"
"Then they'd think the parts formed to make something far more dangerous."
"Ano... isn't it already dangerous?" Yanagi teased. Kaoru laughed again and nodded his head, scratching the back as he did.
"Haha... guess so."
"Don't worry. Recca-kun has gotten the forms for your madougu. Everything will be fine."
"Yeah... guess so." the healer yawned and then stepped back into the house.
"I'm going to sleep Kaoru. I hope you would too. There'll be a lot of things to do tomorrow and once we touchdown in America, even more." Kaoru nodded his head, his eyes still glued to the stars. Yanagi sighed and slipped inside, leaving the young Anki wielder on his own.
And when the night wind starts to sing
Of tunes of lullaby
It helps to think
We're sleeping underneath the same big sky
He looked away, his gaze now resting on the pond. The dream he had a few nights back soared up into his mind. Clear, vivid and almost realistic.
Somewhere
Out there
If love can see us through
Then we'll be together
Somewhere out there
Out where dreams
Come true...
"Kaoru-kun..." a girl was calling out his name. A girl with short black hair and an impish smile. Slim, slender ala petite. She held her hands out, beckoning to him, the smile fixed onto her face. Her expression... joyful, exuberant... carefree.
He moved towards her, his arms too outstretched.
They met and then the surroundings turned sinisterly dark.
"No... no... no..."
"Kaoru...kun...?" his eyes seacrhed frantically for the girl, his nerves tensing and his heart pulsating wildly. He found her, arms still outstretched. He almost missed the sigh of relief from his lips.
He moved nearer and then his surroundings shattered into a million pieces. Kaoru found himself alone in the dark. He turned around wildly and stopped in shock... and horror.
She was there, hung from a cross. Limbs nailed to the wooden fixture. Blood dripping noiselessly to the ground.
"No... no... no..." And then she looked up, her sparkling azure eyes burning deep into his soul.
"Help me Kaoru... help me... I love you..."
Author's Notes: *ahem* Apart from Joker, I realised Kaoru too was albeit under-rated. Thus, I hereby present the beginnings of a fic revolving around him. Nya nya nya. It's gonna be suspense-filled and dark. NYAHAHAHAHAH. *insane*