AN: I know I keep updating this a lot but that's because it's really fun for me. I will be writing a new chapter of The Little Prince after I finish my classes tonight and I'm going to be working on other fics soon as well. Well, I hope you enjoy 😊
Chapter Three – The Pegasus
As Kuon walked into the room of the house his parents had bought about an hour outside of Tokyo, he caught his father watching him. He saw the heartbreak as his father took in his completely changed appearance. "Morning," he said before feeling a sharp pain throughout his body. He placed a hand to his chest as he showed the pain on his face.
"Kuon," Kuu said as he got up and went over to his son, "Look at me," he told him, he was getting used to looking at this stranger as his son the more time they spent together. "Are you okay? Is this something that she did to you?"
Kuon groaned as he felt the pain increase and he shook his head, "Dad," he said before falling onto the ground, the darkness attacking him. "I'm fine. Mogami-san didn't mean to do this to me. This wasn't her intent at all," he managed to kneel before his head hurt and Kuu came over to him.
"As much as I loved Kyoko, it takes a lot of work to pull someone back from the dead," he said as he knelt in front of his child and pulled his head into his chest to try to take away some of the pain. He found Kuon to fall again and placed his head gently on his lap. "You should stay away from her."
"I still love her," Kuon said as he allowed his father to hold him as if he were a child and not an adult man.
"Kuon, if you need to transform then do so," he told the darker blond. "I'll stay right here."
"I told you that I didn't want to transform in front of you, last time I did so Mom was really upset because I couldn't speak to you two. I lose control of myself when I transform," he said and Kuu sighed.
"It's okay," the older actor told his son, "I'll stay here and make sure that you're alright," he promised. "Kuon, you're right. I did love Kyoko and I care about her, I don't think she intended to do this but you can't keep your human form for too long, you know that," Kuu said before seeing his son's body start to change.
Kuu gently allowed his hand to run down Kuon's body as he saw it grow larger. He saw his arms and legs bend as they grew as well and his fingers tucked into his hands as keratin wrapped around them turning them into hooves. His body grew whiter and his skin changed until it had a firmer elasticity to it. Out of his higher backside there was a tail growing and large wings appeared at his side. His neck grew longer and his face changed so that he had a long nose and two ears on the top of his head.
He whinnied as he looked up at his father, remembering him but unable to communicate with him. Long white hair settled on his neck and Kuu turned his rubs more comforting as he looked down on the face of his son's new form, a Pegasus.
"Does that feel better?" Kuu asked as he sat with the horse like head on his lap, looking into those emerald eyes. He saw Kuon nod a little and smiled before hearing the other occupant of the house. In alarm, Kuon attempted to speak only to have the sounds of a horse come out of his mouth. He tried to hide himself from his mother, a feat impossible for an animal his size.
"Hi, baby," Julie said as she came over to him and placed a hand between his nostrils. She placed one hand on either side of his face and kissed his nose. She knew that if her son hadn't agreed to take on this form then he would have stayed dead. "Darling, it's okay," she said as she saw the fear in his eyes. "It's okay." Julie gently placed her arms around his head and held him to her chest. "Sssh, my sweet little boy," she told him.
She watched as he stared at her to make sure that she was okay and then managed to lie down on the ground with his head on his front legs and his nose on his hooves. Julie pet him lovingly before going back to Kuu. "If I see one mark on his wings," she whispered to Kuu, "I'm going to find her and threaten her to leave him alone. He's not going through all of that again."
Kuu wrapped an arm around her, glad when Kuon seemed to be settling down to sleep. He nodded knowing the danger that his son would go through if he did come into contact with her. Maybe this time he came back as a Pegasus but next time he wouldn't be that lucky.
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Kyoko looked at Icarus as he made her dinner in the kitchen, she disliked how he was just sitting there and turning his hand to make her the food. So, magic or powers or whatever she was now dealing with could do this too. She felt bad that there were people suffering and yet Icarus only seemed to be concerned with the book in his hands. She looked at it and raised an eyebrow
"You're reading a book on horse care?" she asked as Icarus looked at it and nodded. "So you can read under that cloth?"
"The cloth is to protect me. I can see out of it, however you can not see me. Seems fair enough and so what if I'm reading about horse care. It is much more interesting than your kind thinks. I might want to own a horse one day," he said coldly and Kyoko blinked and looked around.
"Is that why you have so many oats," she said noticing a large bag of oats as well as some carrots on the counter. "Do you want a pet pony, Icarus?" she asked as the man looked at her, not changing his position and Kyoko could only imagine the expression behind that face.
"I have information that your precious Ren Tsuruga has died," he told her and Kyoko took a step back as she felt that she was stabbed. She bit her top lip. Was he just saying this because she had made fun of his secret obsession with horses. Icarus looked at her as he stopped the cooking and the smell of hamburgers hit Kyoko's nose but this time it made her feel sick. "I still feel his presence however," Icarus said as he looked at her. "He must have had white magic in him to allow him to do such," he said as he felt the direction of the wind despite his glove. "Interesting."
Kyoko blinked, her face looked betrayed and beneath her there seemed to be ice forming.
Icarus watched her and then looked down at the ice, "Try your best not to make a mess," he said before looking at the ceiling. "I believe that he has returned so he's not dead and yet he has been, that's why it's so interesting."
Kyoko continued to look confused "I don't…"
"When a mortal is loved with enough energy that the gates of the afterlife aren't closed, or if they have been selected to return bearing the weight of one of the eight elements, they often return to this world as a creature. Whether they are loved after they return however seals their fate. For example, one young lady once died and was returned to the earth as a fox who had the power of fire. Her fiancé found that it was hard to care for the fox as he did his fiancée, in this the fox died because the love was not offered freely." Icarus smiled before raising an eyebrow, "However, in your friend Kuon's case, the love is being carried by someone who may continue to love him regardless of form."
Kyoko paused as she looked at the man in front of her. "Are you saying that the person who Kuon loves?" she asked. She looked down, maybe she had been stupid to think that had been her. Was there someone else who cared about him and he loved in return.
"I'm saying that in his case, the love is one of family. It is his father who has been able to help him return and it is his father's rejection that would cause his world to shatter. I wonder if we can test Kuu Hizuri on this love," Icarus smiled as he turned his hand.
Kyoko smiled happily at that, "It will never happen. I don't think you will ever see a day when Kuu Hizuri is incapable of loving Kuon."
"Well isn't that sweet," Icarus mocked her before looking in her direction. "I doubt that you'd love an animal. Of course, if he and you learn to harness your energy, you can be together as humans. Maybe you'll even learn what kind of an animal you can be," he said as Kyoko turned to him.
"Why do you have your face covered?" Kyoko challenged him, raising an eyebrow. Icarus turned away.
"You should never face your past" he said, "or at least you should be prepared before you do. The future that I had in the past was taken away from me when the girl I loved killed me," he said with a stern voice. "Then I was told that I had to protect you. If I showed you love and compassion, you wouldn't change and I want you to change Miss Mogami," he said with a harsh tone at the end which made Kyoko flinch.
"Eat what you want," Icarus said, seemingly upset, "We'll be training tomorrow and don't make me regret the time I've dedicated to you."
Kyoko stood silently as she watched him leave.
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Kyoko couldn't sleep. Once again, she was living with someone who was little more than an asshole and with this particular person, she couldn't see their face. Maybe the pain was felt even worse because she hadn't seen their face. She only had the color white when she thought about Icarus. She hummed as she thought about what he had said about Kuon. So, he had died and been brought back to life as a creature using the love that Kuu had as an anchor?
At least there weren't a lot of people who loved their son as much as Kuu Hizuri did.
Kyoko looked out of the window as she tried to hold back her pain. Already she had torn off the wallpaper of the room and created holes in it from her anger and sadness. She just hoped that the outside world would afford her something more calming. As she looked out, she saw a shimmering as if something was covered in glitter and focused her attention. There was a large animal outside, moving around as if trying to find something to eat.
Kyoko felt herself tense slightly before she remembered what Icarus had said. Kuon could be an animal but would he even want to find her?
Kyoko walked slowly to the door of her room and then slipped outside of the house in the shrine. She didn't know what kind of animal this was, but if Kuon had deliberately attempted to find her then she had to apologize to him. She was mad that he never told her who he was but his final acts had more than made up for that. He had died protecting her.
"Ku—Tsuruga-san?" Kyoko asked as she looked around, "Is that you, Tsuruga-san?" she saw the animal back away into the bushes. It was quite large.
Mogami-san, are you alright? He seemed to communicate to her with his thoughts. Kyoko paused nervously and created a fist before nodding.
"I'm doing alright. It's really really good to hear your voice," she said with tears in her eyes. She looked around for him, "Tsuruga-san, where are you? Can I see you?"
I'm not human anymore, Mogami-san. I'm not a fairy either. I'm not sure you -
"I want to see you, I know that you're Corn and that makes me miss you even more," Kyoko admitted as she looked down. "You weren't afraid of coming close to me. You were the only person who wasn't afraid of touching me. I want to be with you,"
Kuon, Kuon said as he moved away from the trees, My name is Kuon, not Corn, not Ren. I'd like to be your friend too. This form that I'm in, it's…it might be frightening to you.
Kyoko looked down and shook her head. She froze as she saw the Pegasus approach her and stand in front of her, spreading his wings out as he looked at her. He dropped down onto one knee as his eyes maintained contact with hers.
Hello, Kyoko he said as he looked at her and Kyoko placed a hand out with a weak laugh.
"So, you get to be gorgeous no matter what sort of life form you are, not fair to the rest of us," she winked and Kuon smiled as he allowed her to touch his nose. However, as she did he felt a little pain and moved back.
Maybe we could start off not touching, he said to her as Kyoko nodded.
She looked at the black marks on his front leg, they were faint and disappearing quickly but she knew that she had hurt him. Icarus had said something about him being human again one day if he could get anchored down enough. She saw Kuon's hoof get caught in the dirt and he seemed to be moving it side to side.
"Kuon, is your leg hurt?" she asked him cautiously.
"Hey! I can see you out there!" Kyoko heard Icarus say but Kyoko ignored him. She didn't want to touch Kuon but she was worried about him. He seemed to move his hoof more violently and Icarus's voice sounded louder. "So," Icarus laughed as Kuon closed his eyes and let air blow out of his nose. "You really do enjoy hurting people, don't you?" he asked and Kyoko turned around.
A moment later, Icarus was approaching her and Kyoko stood her ground looking at him.
"He's my friend," she said as Icarus paused and looked around her. Kyoko looked back at where Kuon had been only to find that he had gone. How could a creature that size move without her realizing it, she had known it when he had arrived.
"What are you looking for?" Icarus asked as he grabbed Kyoko's arm but then pulled back as if he were stung. He looked at the white coat where there were grey marks and moved his hand making them disappear. "I hope you haven't done too much harm to your supposed friend," he told her as Kyoko looked up at the sky.
"Please be safe, Kuon."
End of Chapter Three
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