BAAAAAHHHHH! IM SO LATE WITH THIS ONE! =c
Anywho, this is yet another one-shot that started out normally enough, but I ended up with something completely different than what I had planned. I actually don't like this one all that much but I was too lazy to re-write it once I finished the prompt. =P
In this ficlet , 'date' is used in a different context than what I think the prompt-deciders had in mind but hey, it's a 'date' either way. Oh, and for copyright reasons this ficlet was based off of the manga 'NG Life' by Kusanagi Mizuho. I don't own the original idea or Yuu or Allen or any of the DGM characters.
--flails--
~ Love from, CK
Theme #3:Date.
Summary: Don't you remember? Don't you feel it in your bones? This is the date when it all ended. But maybe… it can also be the date we meet for the first time again and start anew.
Rating: T (for language, some angst, and some passionate kissing. Oh, and Allen has boobs for a few pages and Yuu-kun is OOC.)
May 11th, 1452. Higo Provence, Kyushu. Japan.
In a small, abandoned stone structure, brown tarps were stitched as a make-shift roof and a large square of black cloth fluttered between two pillars – the structures only door. This small space, solitary and hidden among once green hills, was now the safe-haven of two Japanese teens.
"There you are, Kanda-dono," the female announced, "All your major wounds have been bandaged, but are you sure you won't allow me to treat your other wounds as well?" Her fingers gently soothed the long gashes up his arms with an herbal cream. The sun shone through the gaps in the tarps, casting an auburn glow across everything inside.
Kanda Yuu, a samurai renowned throughout Kyushu for his nobility and skill with his sword Mugen, nodded firmly at the priestess who was treating him.
His lover.
She, who had taken him in and bandaged his wounds since he had first held a sword and learned the way of the samurai, was the only one he trusted in times of war to see him without his armor on.
"Hai, Amatsuya. You know that I heal quickly. But how many times must I tell you to call me Yuu? We're alone now. I am Kanda-dono to everyone but you and Keiji."
His lover blushed modestly, her pale cheeks highlighted by the rosy colour. Kanda touched her cheek, his deep blue eyes meeting her silver ones for a long bittersweet moment. He plucked a loose piece of her silver hair from her face, kissing the strand between his fingers before placing it behind her ear.
He had always adored her hair. It was so pale and beautiful that it reminded him of starlight. It was also her hair that had first made the other priestesses recognize her as a miko of great power.
"Well, Yuu," his lover said, "Since you've been treated, I suppose you'll be going back to battle now. It was pleasant to have back here with me for one day at least."
"Amatsuya –" Kanda began, but his lover shook her head gently and moved to her feet. He stood before her, ready to speak his mind, and the expression in her silver eyes silenced him.
"It's okay. We'll spend another night together once this war is over. And you don't need to worry about me, Yuu," she said, "I'll be waiting here when you get back. I promise."
She smiled at him, and Kanda couldn't understand how – how she could smile so genuinely when this war was going on around them, filling their lands with blood and the corpses of dead men, women, and children.
But, nonetheless, her smile was genuine, and Kanda's heart bloomed with the love he felt for her and he gave her his most genuine smile in return.
He only smiled for her.
"I'll be only gone a few more days," he swore.
She nodded at him in understanding and kissed her samurai lover on the lips, firm and sure. Kanda paused from putting on his amour to savor her.
She tasted like a winter's day and smelt like the rain. He would kiss her lips and smell her hair again once he finished this battle. It was a promise he had made to himself.
Then, without a backward glance, he walked out the door and mounted his horse. He took off to the bloody battlefield where his enemies were waiting to be slain and his comrades waiting to be avenged.
And then, the sky over the Higo Provence turned black as night, blotting out the sun. Red flames shot from the sky like arrows dipped in blood.
In all his fury, Death descended upon the island of Kyushu.
May 11th, 2009. London, England. United Kingdom
"Yuu-kun?....Yuu-kun–" A gentle voice called.
18-year-old Kanda Yuu's eyes shot open from his spot in his dark bed. He cast a quick glance at his alarm clock, only to see the red numbers "9:13 AM" winking in his face. He scowled and reluctantly dragged himself out of bed.
Fuck. He'd had that vision of his past life again. It wasn't the first vision he'd had, but that last memory – right before he died – was enough to make even him shiver. It wasn't like anyone believed him about his past though…
"Yuu-kun!" the voice called again. Kanda narrowed his eyes and threw open his door.
"Shut up, old man! I'm busy!" Kanda shouted down the stairs, refusing to go see what his adopted father wanted.
"But Yuu-kun –"
"Stop calling me Yuu-kun!"
" – I want you to come meet our new neighbours! They moved in this morning, remember? Didn't you see the moving truck? Oh, and they have two boys who are about your age, Yuu-kun! Ooh, you'll just love them!"
"Hn. I don't fucking give a shit."
"But Yuuuuu!"
"No!"
"Yuuuuuuu!"
'No way in hell!"
"But YUUUUU! Marie and Daisya are coming too, and we can't greet the neighbours as a family if we don't have the whole family there!"
Kanda felt his left eye twitch and he had to grip the door handle firmly to stop himself from dashing down the stairs and beating Froi Tiedoll into a bloody pulp. The man may have been his adopted father but fuck, he was annoying.
"Argh! FINE! I'll go with you to see the new fucking neighbours and then will you shut the fuck up and leave me the fuck alone?!"
"Oh, thank you so much my dear Yuu-kun! Come down here as soon as you're ready!" There was a momentary pause. "But you know, you really shouldn't be so vulgar Yuu. You might give the neighbours the wrong impression of you—"
Kanda slammed the door shut and grumbled under his breath as he walked over to his closet. He dug out a tight black t-shirt and a pair of dark jeans and threw them on, tying his long dark hair up into its customary ponytail.
"Che, I'll get a shower once I'm done with the fucktards," he mumbled to himself as he headed down the stairs.
"I heard that!" a masculine voice jingled.
"Shut up, Daisya," Kanda said. His adoptive brother just laughed and shoved a piece of toast in his mouth before offering one to Kanda. Kanda just wrinkled his nose at the black… thing that Daisya called food.
"Hey, come on guys," his eldest brother, Marie, called from his spot against the doorframe. "Dad's already gone over and is talking about his petunia garden to the new owner. If we don't get there fast, you know Dad will invite them over for breakfast."
Fuck. That was yet another thing Yuu was hoping to avoid.
He and Daisya met Marie at the door and all three men quickly made their way across the green suburban lawn to the white and blue house nestled beside their own. As they approached, it was easy to see their father standing on the front lawn with a man with a trail of blood-red hair.
"Oh! Boys come and meet Mr. Cross! Oh, Cross, get your boys out here! I know my sons would love to meet them!" Their father motioned them over with an enthusiastic wave. All three men trudged over to their adoptive dad and the tall, smoking redhead who was standing beside him.
"Boys, this is Mr. Marian Cross. This is Marie and this is Daisya and this my youngest boy, Yuu. Say hello to your new neighbour!"
"Hello."
"Sup!"
"…hmph."
"Hn. Nice to meet you, brats," Cross muttered, turning over his shoulder to blow out a lungful of smoke. "Oi! Idiot, get your ass out here and say hi before I have to beat it out of you."
There was an inaudible cry from the white and blue house, before a young boy ran over to join the group. He was dressed in a pair of black slacks and a white button up shirt. He looked to be no older than 16. Cross just took another drag of his cigarette as the boy finally reached them.
"This brat is my youngest, Allen. My other one –Lavi— is probably doing something fucking retarded inside, like reading."
"Hi, I'm Allen Cross. It's a pleasure to meet you," Allen said politely with a smile, offering his hand to Tiedoll.
Kanda's heat stopped for a full minute.
Silver hair the colour of starlight… silver eyes that were deep as a well and beautiful as the moon on the water… a smile that made his heart staccato…
"Amatsuya," Kanda breathed out in awe. Everyone's eyes turned to him.
"Yuu-kun?' Tiedoll said in surprise, but Kanda saw nothing but Amatsuya's eyes looking at him. It had been over 500 hundred years since he'd seen his lover, and she was as beautiful as ever.
"Umm, Yuu – was it? Are you alright?" Allen asked.
His lover had just said his name. Yuu's heart filed with an emotion he hadn't felt in centuries –pure joy—and it's body moved of its own accord.
Yuu grabbed her wrist and pulled her flush against his chest, claiming her rosy lips in a passionate kiss. Something inside of him seemed to cry in relief at the contact.
Her lips were pliant and her body against his was so sweet – tasting like the first snowfall and smelling like the rain. His Amatsuya was alive and with him again! He drove his tongue into her mouth, fighting back a moan as her taste came rushing back to him and memories of the other times they'd done this filling his mind.
Then, there was a fist in his face and he was sent tumbling backwards.
He flipped into a roll and was immediately on his feet. He was stunned to see Keiji, his best friend from forever ago, starring at him with his red hair bright as a flame and his single green eye darkened with anger. His best friend's fist was decorated with a thin film of Yuu's blood.
"What the fuck are you doing?" Keiji demanded.
Yuu could only stare back in disbelief. What the hell was Keiji playing at? This wasn't funny at all.
"Keiji, its Amatsuya," Yuu defended, pointing to his lover. "My Amatsuya. You should know that -- we've been best friends since we could walk. We protected Amatsuya from bullies and fought side by side for Japan–"
"Are you on drugs or something? I just met you today!" Keiji shouted. Behind the redhead, his dear Amatsuya seemed to have frozen in shock, her cheeks still painted a pretty rose colour.
"Amatsuya?" Yuu said, trying not to let his concern show in his voice "are you alright? Keiji and I won't hurt each other. You know that –"
The blood on Kanda's lip said otherwise. The redheaded boy seemed to explode at the last comment.
"Who the hell is Keiji? My name is Lavi, you asshole! And just what the fuck do you think you're doing by kissing by brother like that and calling him by a different name too?! You're a jackass and a fucking pedo, you know that!"
Yuu was about to retort, feeling fury swimming in his veins as Keiji's obnoxious attitude, when two things struck him suddenly.
Keiji, who always preached about being polite in a lady's presence, had just sworn vulgarly in front of Amatsuya multiple times and had violently attacked him.
…and wait, BROTHER!?
Yuu did a double take, and felt ice water begin to pour into his veins.
There was no denying this was his Amatsuya. She smelt the same and tasted the same.
But…
Amatsuya was wearing boy's clothes.
Her hair was short.
She had no chest.
And most frightening of all, she was glaring angrily at him, obviously having recovered from the shock of being kissed.
"You... you … you JERK!" Amatsuya shouted, and made to attack him but was held back by the eye patch-wearing Keiji look-alike. "My name is Allen! AL-LEN! I'm a guy!"
The ice water in Kanda's veins froze, making his body feel heavy as lead and a cold dread over took his mind.
He had just kissed a BOY.
His true love had been reincarnated as a BOY.
And worst of all, his true love had NO MEMORY OF WHO HE WAS.
To add to the horror and embarrassment he was feeling, even Keiji – his best friend in the entire world – appeared to be the same. Keiji did not remember him or their past life together.
"You don't remember me." It was both a question and a statement that made Yuu's chest tighten to the point where he thought he would die. He didn't need to see the two before him nod to confirm the statement, but when they did, it just made his chest hurt even more. He felt like he couldn't breathe. He was being crushed by –
a thousand pounds of earth and bodies
ash filled his nostrils and his mouth as he tried to call out…
his world went black
he was deaf, mute, and blind
he was struggling,
falling,
sinking,
screaming,
suffocating,
burning,
boiling,
dying
dying
dying
Yuu couldn't catch his breath.
"Excuse me," he said softly. He was going to pass out and be sick all at once. He ran before anyone could say anything. He flew back to his own house, trying to wipe the stunned looks on Marie and Daisya's faces out of his mind.
Fuck, what had he done? What had he been thinking!?
"Amatsu—" he began, but then forced the word back down his throat. He ran behind his house, to the welcoming greenery of the backyard where he usually meditated.
"Allen." Kanda made himself say it. "I just…Allen… Allen?! ...I mean, out of everything ---" He suddenly stopped breathing. Ten seconds later, he still couldn't breathe and his eyes went wide in momentary panic as he realized this was not happening of his own free will.
He forced himself to suck in air, but it was nothing more than a mere wheeze before his throat constricted again and he stopped breathing. His vision was going dark and blurry, his chest felt like it was burning, but fuck… he couldn't keep his eyes open…
Warmth touched his right side as he fell to the grass.
"Yuu, breathe with me."
Those four words seemed to give him life again.
He inhaled, forcing himself to ignore the way his throat constricted inhaled for the sake of filling his lungs with oxygen. A small hand was upon his on the cool grass.
There was a squeeze on his hand that was followed by the words, "Breathe in."
A second later, the hand released its tight grip but stayed intertwined in Kanda's. "Breathe out."
"Breathe in…. breathe out… in… out…"
After a minute, the constriction in his throat fell away, leaving him gulping in welcome air and his heartbeat began to even out. Once he felt calm again, Kanda turned over his shoulder and prepared to yell at whoever was touching him. He stopped the moment he saw silver eyes staring down at him.
"Yuu! If you have such serious panic attacks, don't you carry any medication with you? You could've really hurt yourself," Allen said.
Yuu had to stop himself from drawing up painful memories at the sight of his lover's eyes –no, Allen's eyes looking so frightened as they stared down at him.
"Hn." He replied. Then, a curious thought struck him as he realized Allen still had his arms around him. "How did you know I was having a panic attack? I haven't had one since I was little…"
Allen gave him a soft, knowing smile. "Well, it's my job to know. I have to recognize these things if I'm going to go into med school when I graduate. I want to be a doctor."
Yuu just gazed up into those silver eyes and that smile. That face of one who wanted to save people and help others.
"Hn. Figures," Yuu muttered, his voice gentle with centuries of suppressed emotions. "You wanted to be a saviour back in Fuedal
And then Yuu realized he was silently crying.
Hot tears spilt over his cheeks and Allen's eyes went wide in fear at the sight of this strong man silently crying before him. Kanda just scoffed, turning his head away as he tried to fight back the weakness he was showing.
"You and Amatsuya, what were you? Or, what were....we?"
The question that had suddenly spilt from Allen's lips was an attempt to try and soothe Yuu. An attempt to show he trsuted and believed him, no matter how ridicuolous the idea seemed.
"Lovers," Yuu stated, wiping off the tears. Allen blushed a cherry red but said nothing, and Yuu took that as his cue to carry on. "You were a female. A priestess in Feudal Japan. I was a samurai and we were lovers. Your brother was my best friend. All three of us grew up together."
"My name was Amatsuya?"
"Yes. And your brother was Keiji back then."
"Oh. What was your name?"
"My own – Yuu. I'm told that before Tiedoll adopted me, my original parents named me Yuu after that samurai. He was brave and revered in my family. A hero."
"…so what happened to us all?"
The dreaded question.
Yuu had to fight back the vomit that was gurgling up his throat. He swallowed it down and steadied his voice for Allen's sake.
"Japan was at war with the Mongolians, who had been claiming parts of Asia for years at that point. Lavi and I went off to fight them and you set up a medical center hidden in the valley to heal the wounded. I went to you one night for treatment and the next morning, I left you. To go get Lavi and finish the war."
The sickness grew and tore at his heart.
"I promised to come back for you. And you said you'd wait for me. I left for battle, and then…"
"And then, what?"
Kanda had to screw his eyes shut to block out the mental images, but it only made them clearer and more pronounced in his mind's eye.
"There was an eruption of Mt. Aso. It killed everyone. There was no one left alive on the battlefield by the time word of the volcano's eruption reached Central Japan. "
"Oh God, I'm sorry, Yuu. Did… did…?"
"No. You died alone and afraid… Without me there to protect you." Yuu clenched his fists tightly into his palms. "I abandoned you, yet you stayed there to wait for me. I never arrived and you died in the eruption because you were waiting for me."
It hurt everything in him to say it aloud. Because know that he'd said it aloud, he knew it was true.
"You would never forgive yourself for abandoning me, the same way I can never forgive myself for leaving you. Even now, I can see that in you, moyashi – even if you aren't my Amatsuya. You aren't the type of person to ever leave those you care for or abandon someone you felt needed you."
A stunned silence stretched between the two teens. Kanda allowed himself a smirk at the moyashi's stunned and slightly disbelieving expression. The white-haired boy probably didn't even believe Yuu anyway. No-one ever did.
"I believe you."
There was stunned silence as Yuu stared at the silver-haired boy.
"I mean, "Allen braved, "it sounds crazy and all, but... I believe you. YOu dont seem like the type of person to lie, so... yeah..." Allen timidly offered his hand. "Let's start over. Hi, i'm Allen."
"Hn. I'm Yuu," the Japanese teen said, offering his hand in retuirn and resist the urge to grin at how... light, he suddenly felt. Allen was something special, that was for sure.
Maybe even more special than Amatsuya.
He'd been clinging to her memory for so long, he'd forgitten what it as like to care for someone when they were right before you.
"So," Allen continued, "want to be friends?"
"I've got a better idea..." Yuu said, and pulled the young teen towards him on the grass.
--------------------------------------5 minutes later -----------------------------------------------
"Oi, Allen?" Lavi called as he scoured the area of his neighbours house. His brother had disapprared somewhere over here. He hopoed the creepy Japanese dude hasdn't kidnapped him.
"Allen! " Lavi called again, "Are you ---Oh shit! Get off of him you creepy pedo! Oi! Get your lips off of my brother already!... hey, wait! No, don't you dare fucking lay him down on the grass! – No, Allen! Don't wrap your legs around him! No, don't! I said -- ALLEN!"
Yuu just grinned into the kiss as he wrapped his arms around his white-haired angel again. It was strange, but Allen did have his own unique taste to him. It was similar to Amatsuya, but at the same time… it wasn't entirely her.
Yuu just deepened the kiss at the revelation, delighting in the dazed groan he got in response from the boy beneath him.
After all, Yuu was determined to get to know everything he could about his new neighbor and his new lover.
EPIC FAIL ( plus, A DEDUCTION FOR LATE MARKS)
…I leave the verdict up to you. Was it 'Ix-Yay' or 'Oh-God-Kanda-Is-A-Woosie-In-This-So-Ixnay' ?
--sigh—
Oh well, on to NUMBER FOUR !!!
Theme #4: Games.
Summary: Allen Walker, one of the best hockey players for the Magdalene Order Exorcists, is gay. But is there a chance that his crush, the team's lead scorer – Yuu Kanda - is too?
Rating: T