Hello again people. I am really excited to have gotten my first story alert for this. So I think without further a due. I give you chapter 2.
(Italics mean song lyrics and personal thought, you'll be able to tell the difference)
Disclaimer: I do not own any series characters mentioned in this story, if I did there would be a lot, well lets just say 'Love' sigh, it all belongs to the goddesses Clamp.
Chapter 2
After quietly leaving the apartment, he walked to his car and got in. Catching himself automatically reaching for the radio knob , he stopped, remembering the strange emotions he had felt earlier during that song. Deciding to play it on the safe side, not because he was chicken or anything like that, but because as he said to himself the roads are slippery and visibility is low, so I need not have any distractions . After 20 minutes of careful driving on the slick roads, with rain pelting his windshield so hard he could barely see 50 feet in front of his vehicle, he finally made it to the dojo. Kurogane reached behind him into the back seat of the car, grabbing his katana. Making a mad dash from his car to the sliding bamboo door, he still somehow ended up soaked. Upon reaching the door, he slid it open, and stepped inside naturally slipping into his first routine, of hanging up his coat, sliding off his shoes and stepping out onto the dojo floor. Silently he warmed up. Stretching out every muscle, and making sure he was warn before starting. Once warmed up Kurogane called to one of the other practicing young men, so they could have a mock battle, a way for Kurogane to release some stress. As he began to lose himself in the constant push-pull force of the battle, he slowly began thinking back to the song he had heard earlier. He knew he recognized the voice from somewhere but still could not place it. Slowly he came out of what could only have been described as a trance, and realized he had his opponent on the floor, his blade neatly poised over his throat, like the drop of dew hangs from the leaf. Forcibly relaxing his grip on the blade, he turned around, letting his dark mode from before, sweep over him like a tidal wave. Grabbing his stuff, Kurogane made his way to the door. Checking out side, and realizing it was not raining anymore, he slowly walked to his car, nearly avoiding all the ankle deep puddles. "Shit!" he cursed, as he stepped into one of the puddles, the water immediately seeping through his shoe and beginning a steady and fast pace climb up his leg. Yanking his leg back as fast as he could, he jumped back and cursed unintelligible under his breathe as he got back into his car. Without thinking he tossed his things into the back of the car, and clamored in hitting the radio button, as per his usual routine. As he drove home , he came out of yet another concentrated trance, and heard the announcer say "... and we have yet another fast-becoming popular song from Yuuki, here it is 'I will not Bow'.
Fall! the world,
I just want to leave it colder
Light the fuse and burn it up
Take the path that leads to nowhere will not bow, I will not break
I will shut the world away
I will not fall, I will not fade
I will take your breath away
Now the dark begins to rise
Save your breath, it's far from over
Leave the lost and dead behind
Now's your chance to run for cover
I don't want to change
All is lost again, but I'm not giving in...
I
Fall!
Kurogane, now more than ever really wanted to meet this young person, who showed such emotion through his music. He also had this daunting feeling, that everything this young man said, was falling on deaf ears of another, who he truly cared about.
You're right! will not fade
I will take your breath away
I will not bow, I will not break
I will shut the world away
I will not fall, I
And I'll survive, paranoid
I have lost the will to change
And I'm not proud, cold blooded, fake
I will shut the world away
Fall!
As those last notes faded away, Kurogane slowly got out of his car grabbed his stuff and trudged into his apartment. Being careful to be quite, incase his room-mate Fai was asleep, as he had been when he left earlier. As he entered he noticed a note on the end of a semi-made bed and the glass emptied on the floor. He quickly dashed to the note, snatching it off the bed and, reading
'Dear Kurgy-kun,
I realize that this situation is causing you to suffer. Thus I will be gone by the time you get back, and out of your way, so as you may get back to work. Do not worry, I will find a place to stay, thank you for your kindness.
Fai'
I am so very sorry for taking so long to update this. Also for leaving it a cliff hanger. It is now 2:30am on a school day, and I have been dealing with alot of things lately. ( by the way, this is yet another un-beta-ed story/chapter, so please don't waste your breathe picking at my mistakes.) If you all have suggestions about how I could improve this story, please comment.
