Uzumaki
Chapter 3
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The next day, Ryou was wary of his surroundings, not knowing what may come at him next. He jumped as he heard a knock at the door and sighed, running a hand through his hair as he made his way to the door. He opened it to see Hitoru on the other side, out of breath indicating he ran all the way there. "Ryou, what's going on? I lost contact with you and couldn't call you back since the storm knocked out my power for the rest of the night." Ryou looked outside quickly before bringing Hitoru inside and closed the door. "Hitoru, it's going to sound crazy but I have a curse on me."
"What?!"
Ryou sighed and nodded. "You might not believe it but it's true. When I left your house that night, I came across an odd fortune teller hiding in the mouth of an alleyway. He tried to tell me that you were going to die by Halloween lest I do something about it. I...I didn't want anything to happen to you so I did as he asked but only got a curse placed on me instead. Apparently, this Kajou no Ankoku wants me and will kill you unless I go with him." Ryou explained. Hitoru listened to the story and nodded. "I believe you and honestly, I bet this guy coming for you is jealous. What other reason would he want you and threaten my life if that wasn't the case." he said and Ryou smiled a little.
"Thanks for believing me but what are we going to do? I'm haunted by the spiral and your life is still at risk. I don't want to go with that man but if I keep resisting, you're going to die." Hitoru placed his hands on Ryou's shoulders, looking down to him. "Leave that to me. I won't die and you won't have to go with that guy. He might be some powerful man of mystery but that doesn't mean some fancy curse and powers are going to break us up." Ryou nodded and he was ushered by the other to get dressed and ready for school.
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Bakura watched from the crystal ball, growling darkly. "That ass." he mumbled before clearing away the image with a wave of his hand and started to pace. Bakura had to think of something to break them apart but he didn't want to make his presence known to his competition so easily. He stopped and smirked as a thought came to mind. "I have the perfect people. Guess Marik isn't the only one on this job." he murmured as he pulled out a golden whistle and blew into it, the sound silent. It was a few moments, before two figures dropped down from the dark ceiling and looked to him. "What is it you need, boy?"
"Oh stop that, Crimson. I need you and Toben to make someone's life a living hell until I decide to come in by the end of this month." Sharp teeth gleamed in the darkness as crimson eyes looked to him. "Really now? Found yourself another person to target with Uzumaki?" Crimson questioned. "Yes but this isn't any ordinary target." Bakura whispered as he walked off a little. "This one...has capture my broken heart. But I can't mend it with someone in the way like before! So I need you two to go out there and broadcast my curse on the boy that resembles me and his little playmate. If you two can break them up, it'll make my job easier." he said and they both nodded before the crimson-eyed one looked to his companion. "Let's go, Toben." he said before the flapping of wings signaled their leave.
Bakura smirked as he watched them go before returning back to the crystal ball, bringing up Ryou and Hitoru's image once more. "Time for the game to begin and see who breaks first." he whispered.
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The two walked on to school, nothing out of the ordinary happening at least for now. From above on the roof of a high building did Crimson and Toben sat, a small cauldron before them. "So what are we gonna do to them, huh?" Toben questioned eagerly. Crimson was skimming through a book of previous conquests and smirked. "The banshee has already been used to give a name and the spiral storm to bring fright. Now it's time to burden the family of the enemy." Toben grinned darkly.
"So the spiral addiction?" he said as he started grabbing ingredients.
"Right."
They both laughed as they got to work while from below, Ryou shivered, feeling that something was wrong.
After school, Ryou headed over with Hitoru to his house, more as a protective guideline than anything. When they entered though, Hitoru's mother came at them, saying that there was something wrong with his father. They looked to one another, Ryou giving him a worried glance before he asked what was wrong. "He wasn't like this before. He just started mumbling to himself and left. When he came back, he had seashells, snail shells and other things with a swirly design on them. He hoards them away like some collection." she explained and Ryou frowned. "That's…odd. I just hope it doesn't get any worse." Sadly Ryou didn't know the extent of how bad Hitoru's father's addiction was about to run.
The two headed upstairs and into Hitoru's room. Ryou sighed as he dropped his bag and sat down on the floor, Hitoru immediately following. "This is all my fault. Something bad might happen to your father and it's all my fault." he whimpered. "Ryou, don't say that. Even though a curse was placed onto you, you still had a good heart since the reason you even got into this was to save me. Couldn't wish for a better partner than that." he said, smiling softly as he hugged him. "We'll get through this, you'll see. I'm not going to let this guy get the best of us. I will fight or die trying." Ryou looked to him and smiled as he brought Hitoru in for a sweet kiss.
From his hideout, Bakura's magic spiked up from his anger as he watched them kissed. "He sullies those perfect angelic lips!" he growled and Marik tsked as he came in and rested a hand on his shoulder. "Don't worry yourself so much, Bakura. He'll get what's coming to him. With the spiral addiction curse going, eventually his family will crumble and he'll go along with it. He will accept the fact that as long as he's around Ryou, bad things will happen and he'll leave him. And when that happens..." Bakura smirked. "I'll get him to come back with me on the rebound." he whispered and chuckled darkly.
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The days continued on and the condition only grew worse. Nothing that Hitoru and his mother did was able to snap him out of it. Eventually, getting too freaked out to ignore it any longer, Hitoru's mother tossed out her husband's spiral collection. When he returned that night, he freaked of his collection being gone and would've went mental if the two didn't lock him away in the guest room to let him cool off. "This is crazy...Ryou...I have to save you from this before you become the next victim." Hitoru murmured to himself before heading to bed that night. The next day, Hitoru headed off to go meet up with Ryou and his mother let out her husband. He acted completely normal and fine but she never noticed the dark secret he was hiding.
As the day went on, a large package came for the man and he signed for it before taking it in and brought it up to the spare room. When his wife came looking for him, she was in for quite the scare, the rumbling of thunder across the sky overshadowing her scream of terror.
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"Another storm..." Ryou murmured as he stood inside the school building, not wanting to walk out in the rain. Hitoru came up behind him, umbrella in hand and smiled down to him. Ryou smiled back up to him before walking beside him and they headed for his house. Ryou looked out into the empty streets, the lack of people making the area eerie. With what's he was dealing with, he didn't like it one bit. He looked up to the rooftops and saw something peculiar there. Crimson eyes gazed down at him as the figure sat there. Sharp teeth pulled back in a grin and Ryou gasped as the figure disappeared in a dust devil. "Hitoru..." he whispered as he scooted closer to the other male. "Ryou, what's wrong?" he asked. Ryou gazed back up to the roof before shaking his head.
"Nothing...it's nothing..." he murmured.
They reached the house but as they entered, they were greeted with his mother's crying. "Mom, what's wrong?" Hitoru asked. "Your father..." she whispered but couldn't say anymore. Ryou gulped before moving from Hitoru's side and ran upstairs. Only one of the doors were open and he made his way closer before looking inside. What he saw made him want to vomit. "Oh Ra..." he whispered as he stepped back before looking as Hitoru came up. "Ryou!"
"Don't look inside, Hitoru!" he cried but the other didn't listen as he looked into the room. "Holy shit..." Hitoru murmured as he saw what was inside. Inside the room laid a circular tub and within that very small tub was Hitoru's father, completely rolled up inside of it. "It has to be the curse...the curse and my association with it killed your father. I'm so sorry, Hitoru..." Ryou whimpered before running out from the house despite Hitoru calling for him to come back. He ran blindly through the rain, tears coursing down his face so of course, he wouldn't be watching where he was going. The boy ran head-first into a person and yelped as he hit the cold ground before looking up to the person that stood before him.
Toben smirked, one eye having a spiral pupil. "Nice to meet ya, Ryou~ Glad you enjoyed our little gift and more are to come~" he whispered and Ryou scurried back. "You have two weeks. Toben came here to pass the message on to you. If you want him to live, come to the old shrine." he murmured before raising a hand and a spiral strike of lightning crashed down onto him. Ryou gasped as he covered his eyes. Upon opening them, the rain had stopped and the person that stood before him was gone.
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Zypher: There, after three days of staring at it, I got it done. The curse is now getting into the destructive phase and taking its first victim. This mode of death solely belong to the manga and not me but of course, I think it's scary enough to think of a full-grown man deciding to become a spiral by curling himself up in a tub smaller than him is good enough or this story. Any who, hoped you enjoyed and I shall be back with another chapter soon. But until then, I need some votes! My poll is in my profile so head there and place them in. Your votes will determine the ending path of this story. Don't forget and I shall see you later.