Anime: Get Backers
Story Title: Transporting the Threads of Love
Chapter Title: Explosion: Strings of events are set of by his return
Pairings: KazukixAkabane, GinjixBan,
Word Count: +/-2700
Warning: out of character-ness and sort of bad dialogue…
Disclaimer: Don't own. Don't like, don't read.
Author's note: I just realized as I was rereading the previous chapter that I gave a LOT of explanations for one simple statement… and I'm eliminating any possibility mystery in the story so after a LOT of tinkering -11 pm: edit, edit, 1 am edit, edit.- I made it at least passable. Sorry again for the mistakes. I'm in a bit of a hurry. Got a lot to do during Christmas ne? and I'm blabbing nonsense so on to the story…
Chapter Two: Explosion
Strings of Events are Set of by His Return
"Kazu-chan! You're back!" Ginji shouted as he ran to Kazuki and jumped on him comically.
"G-Ginji?" Kazuki asked, confused. "Why are you here? Aren't you supposed to be…?"
"This idiot wanted to see you." Ban explained. "Aren't you happy thread spool?"
Sakura suddenly gasps. Ginji was busily fighting Ban for calling him and idiot that he didn't notice Kazuki's face scream bloody excruciating murder before a sickeningly sweet smile covered it.
"Just because you can't hang out with Himiko doesn't mean you get to stay with the thunder emperor, snake bastard" Shido said slowly making sure Ban got the point.
Ban got the point. "You're dead, monkey boy" Ban said as he tackled Shido.
Ginji tries to stop them and gets involved in the fight. Of course, calm, collected Sakura and MakubeX inched away from them. Emishi and Uryuu got involved in the fight when Ban called them third-rate clown and tight wearing bastard respectively. Saizou and Masaki watched in amusement as they turn into a ball of comic chibi dust.
"That reminds me" Kazuki said amused at everyone's antics "Where's Juubei?" he asked as he comfortably sat on a chair.
Everything stopped. Ban and Shido stopped fighting. Ginji and the rest untangled themselves from the ultra cute chibi knots they formed.
"What? I didn't mention any taboo subject, right" Kazuki said attempting humor. Sakura looks at him with tears in her eyes.
"Juubei went with Himiko somewhere and we don't really know where they are" Masaki said in a single breath as if hoping Kazuki wouldn't catch it. Kazuki caught it.
Kazuki looks at them in his usual amused look. 'So that's why they were so energetic' Kazuki thought. 'They were hoping I'd forget'
"Kazuki, I'm sorry. I know my brother…" Sakura said, almost crying again. Thank god for MakubeX. He hugged her and said some things.
"It's okay. I don't mind." Kazuki smiled his usual smile as if reassuring them everything's fine. "though this would be troublesome. I was supposed to go to Yohan's house…"
"If you want someone to accompany you" Uryuu said "Saizou and I can move"
"No that's not it." Kazuki said as he shook his head "He already sent me a line saying he has something to do so I can't see him yet. The problem is, I'm planning work somewhere if possible. I can't work alone can I?" Kazuki sighs.
Everyone thinks about it. Saizou was already with Masaki. Uryuu was working with Clayman. Everyone else is occupied. After a few minutes MakubeX spoke
"I have an idea but I don't think you'll like it" he said. After receiving a lot of 'please continue' he decided to tell them. "Akabane-san is looking for a partner in transporting since Himiko left"
Everyone's jaw dropped. 'Well, that left them speechless' MakubeX thought.
"Are you crazy MakubeX?" Shido exploded.
"That's right, even if Kazuki is one of the four gods" Sakura said slowly "I do not think it is good for him to be with Akabane-san"
"I don't like it myself but there's nothing I can think of" MakubeX said. "It can't be helped."
Kazuki nodded. He personally doesn't like Akabane much. He was too cruel for his well being… but if Himiko can stand him, so can he.
"That settles it. I'm going out but that doesn't mean I'll be working with him." Kazuki said after seeing their horrified faces. 'I still have some funds. It should be okay' Kazuki thought.
"Is the rest of you okay with this?" Kazuki asked.
Everyone else nod.
"Kazuki and MakubeX were both joking right?" Giniji asks. Ban nods in reply.
"Good Luck Kazuki" Sakura said despite her hurt feelings. 'Knowing hurts' she thought bitterly. It was unfair. There was no one she could share this with. She can't even tell MakubeX of her random thought reading.
Only Sakura knew why Kazuki wanted to leave. Staying in mugenjou would inevitably wake up his other side. It has been unsealed in Beltline and seeing other brutal scenes might completely awaken him. It would be bad. Staying at the outside world would be safer for all of them… but Akabane…
Everyone had, with the sole exception of MakubeX and Ginji, seen Kazuki get very angry. That was only once but it's a memory you tend to not forget, ever. Emishi and Masaki had forgotten the reason but the memory of Kazuki's threads remained fresh in their minds. It was the only time when none of the FUUGA, not even Shido and Emishi could stop Kazuki. The only time they heard Teshimine, the leader of VOLTS then, tell everyone not to mess with FUUGA… and he was young, about fifteen, then.
'It was not a trivial thing that started the fight' Sakura thought. 'It was pride, not Kazuki's, Mine or even Juubei's. It was the pride of FUUGA… and it didn't help that they kept the only girl in the group hostage' she thought amused. Kazuki had brought hell upon the other gang. The only reason Kazuki stopped was because she was released.
"Sakura, something's wrong?" MakubeX asked worriedly.
"No, nothing. Be careful Kazuki" Sakura said.
Kazuki waves at them and leaves the Mugenjou with Ban, Ginji and Shido.
"Well, I'd better go ahead." Shido said with a light blush on his cheeks. "Madoka's waiting for me."
Ban and Ginji waves him off.
"Ne, Kazu-chan, where are you gonna stay?" Ginji asked trying to talk, walk and hit Ban at the same time. After tripping and being caught nicely by Ban he stopped hitting him and continued "Would you like to stay with us?"
Ban stares at him, aghast. Was Kazuki the one Ginji liked? That would explain why he wanted to go to the infinite castle.
"Stay huh?" Kazuki said slowly thinking things over. "Ah, it's okay. I have an apartment of my own somewhere around here"
"Well then, we'd better go." Ban said cheerfully "see ya later Itomaki" he said as he sped off leaving Ginji to apologize.
"It's okay. I'm used to it by now" Kazuki said as he walked to the opposite direction.
'Used to it he says' Ginji thought as he walked. 'I sensed something different when Ban said that. His Aura changed'
Meanwhile…
"Yohan!" Kazuki exclaimed in surprise at seeing Yohan and his step sister Maiya at his room. "What are you doing here?"
"Eh? Can't I come here without any reason?" Yohan asked but seeing Kazuki's scowling face he continued. "Okay, okay, honestly I'm… I just came to give you this" he handed Kazuki a silver and blue box with the omote Fuuchouin crest.
"What is this for?" Kazuki asked as he traced the crest with his hands.
"We found that in your mother's room. It was the only thing not burned and it seems to be addressed to you so…" Maiya trailed off as she looked at Yohan uncertainly.
"We didn't open it…" Yohan said indignantly as Kazuki surveyed the box. "…though you could say it's more like we couldn't open it. Father was very curious and nearly raised hell when he realized only an Omote Fuuchouin could open it…"
"I didn't say I was suspicious." Kazuki reasoned out. "I was merely thinking I never saw this box before"
"Probably because it was hidden in a huge tunnel under your mom's room." Maiya said thoughtfully "It was such a waste too. A very long winding tunnel with a enough goddamn traps to protect the universe and at the end, it was just that tiny box."
"No wonder your father was curious" Kazuki said.
"Well, do what you want with it. We just came to give you that" Yohan said as he added "and hide from that giant of a brother with no brains of mine" quietly.
"Yohan!" Maiya scolded. "You shouldn't say that to your brother, though you are expected to since he did wreck your room and…"
"What happened?" Kazuki interrupted very curious. It was rare of Yohan to describe someone like that. He usually kept those kjind of thoughts to himself.
"Well, that idiotic brother of mine wrecked my and Yohan's room" she continued despite Yohan's interruption of 'see? You said it too!' "Mother asked us to go cool our heads before we behead him in blind rage"
Kazuki nods understandingly. "So, I guess it means you're leaving."
Maiya and Yohan nods. "Goodbye Kazuki." They said as Kazuki waves at them.
After their fight Yohan and Kazuki were quite close now. Maiya is Hevn's best friend as Yohan is Kazuki's. No lies ever stood between them. Both of them had the purest friendship… more than Kazuki did with Juubei.
After a few moments Kazuki saw that the box was locked. He took a key from the anklet he always wore and hid. Not surprisingly the box opened. It was lined with velvet and silk. He carefully pulled open the velvet covering and gasped. Inside the box was a secret.
Night came and Kazuki woke up feeling sadder than ever. He throws one some clothes and walks out the house mentally thanking himself to pick a house far from anyone he knows.
Kazuki walks for a few minutes until he spots a bar. Entering he is surprised by the cleanliness and the crowd in it. He never thought it was humanly possible for a place with so many people to be clean.
'I guess there are many things I take for granted' Kazuki thought as he sat at a stool near the counter. He asked for a bit of whiskey (1). He was just starting to get a buzz when he felt someone tap his shoulder.
"Need some company babe?" The man asked.
Kazuki, still emotionally unstable was about to personally kick the man to his bucket. Before he could stand, however, someone had beaten him to it.
"Excuse me" a sultry sophisticated voice said "you're hitting on my friend"
The man stood up. "You should have told me you had company honey." He said as he moved away. Kazuki's hand almost reached up to his bells before he could control himself.
"Kazuki-san?" the voice said and Kazuki hoped against all hope that it was not from who he thought it was.
Kazuki turns around and felt his hope break. Sitting beside him was none other than the Jackal, Akabane Kuroudo himself. Kazuki, at that very moment in time no matter how ridiculous it may seem, felt like the world betrayed him. He had chosen this place because he knew not many people stay here. Now, why in every deity's name is Akabane Kuroudo doing here?!
Akabane ordered a drink as he looked at Kazuki's slightly red face. "I never knew you drink" he said offering to start the conversation. It was not something he often does but…
"There are a lot of things you do not know about me" Kazuki snapped. Alcohol was beginning to make him dizzy. He smiled to himself thinking it was finally working.
"You're getting red Kazuki-san" Akabane amusedly observed. "Why don't you go home? You're too delicate for this place"
"Delicate?" Kazuki scoffed "Do I look like some god damned girl?"
'Touché' Akabane thought. "That man certainly thought so"
"Why don't you leave me alone Akabane-san?"
Akabane smiles at him. He never really thought someone like Kazuki would drink. "Drinking will not solve your problems Kazuki-san" he said almost sagely. Why he was giving advices and being nice to Kazuki nobody knows.
"So assume you drink to start one" Kazuki replied. Heaving a great sigh he looked at Akabane. "I apologize for my earlier actions." And with that he left, or tried to leave would to be exact.
Just as Kazuki stood the room swam around him and he fell directly to jackal who had been, thank god above, anticipating this and caught Kazuki.
"I told you, you're drunk" he said as he saw Kazuki's face redden.
"Please spare me the lecture." Kazuki said, moving his hands in careless emphasis as he struggled to get up but Akabane only tightened his hold.
"Where's your house?" Akabane asked. "Your friends would probably mutilate me if they found out that I left you" 'thought that wouldn't be too bad.' He thought to himself.
"You'd love that wouldn't you?" Kazuki slurred correctly reading his mind "Ginji and the others trying to mutilate you… you'll love it wouldn't you?"
Jackal dragged him outside the bar onto the streets. 'Sorry Kazuki but I'm getting more curious about where you live' Jackal thought 'might be interesting'
"Anyway, don't think I'm stupid enough to show you my room." Kazuki said as he almost closed his eyes. "You'll destroy my room before my eyes."
"You're opinion of me is rather low Kazuki-san" Jackal said in an 'I'm faking hurt feelings but not really' tone.
Kazuki, feeling bad, gave him the directions. 'He did help me once' was his last thought before he welcomed the darkness totally forgetting that they were paid to help each other then.
Akabane saw Kazuki collapse. Having no choice and being unusually gentlemanly that night he decided to carry Kazuki to his apartment. Fishing for the key is a very troublesome job, he realized. Finally, after a few minutes Kazuki muttered something about his anklet. Akabane sighs but nevertheless bends down, pulls a key and opens the door.
Entering it was a big shock to Jackal, if anything could shock the Jackal. But really, Kazuki's room was not what he expected it to be. He was not even sure what he expected but certainly not something like this. He didn't expect his room to be filled with book from top to bottom. He couldn't even tell what the colors of the walls were for god's sakes. He thought it would have a big closet full to bursting and a lot of vanity items like mirrors. Okay, so he did imagine what KAzuki's house was like but he wasn't going to admit that to anyone.
Kazuki awakened and changed his clothes. Even if he was sopping drunk he cannot forget his habits. Returning to the room he slipped inside the covers and looked at Jackal. "Below your expectations Akabane-san?" he asked slightly annoyed at the expression in Jackal's face. His head was burning but he has been submerged in alcohol since he was young so he can still hold a conversation.
Jackal looks at Kazuki. He had changed from his usual green-white shirt to pajamas with teddy bears on them. He smiles coolly. "Funny. Not what I expected but not below my expectations"
Kazuki pulls the covers up his head but manages to whisper "So now, besides being delicate, now I'm illiterate?" Jackal looks at the covers and just knows that Kazuki is smirking at him. "Your opinion of me doesn't seem very high to Akabane-san. Oh and you're free to stay if you want"
"Pushy"
"Whatever you say" and with the last word Kazuki slept.
Author's notes:
Whiskey- is it really okay? I mean, I don't know anything about alcoholic drinks and I never entered a bar before (Not that they would allow me to) so I don't know what they would serve.
Just out of curiosity does anyone know the real name of Kazuki's parents?
Thanks to my first two reviewers. You know who you are…
I might update sooner than you think… but definitely chapter three will be out before Christmas break hits me with a whack. Ja-ne!!!
Akabane is way OOC in this chapter. Kazuki too but I think it was Akabane who took my dead brain cells worst.
