I'm writing this story is bits and pieces like puzzles especially in the few chapters I'm currently working on. After reading up on the news to the sequel and finding out some discrepancies from the fact of some characters especially on how Shiro get his name of Isana Yashiro. I wanted to have him know the name of the body he is using by instinct to be fair to the poor youth who had his body taken over and drop off from map. I noticed I have been influenced to amend my plot but I changed my mind. It would not be my fanfiction if it isn't my idea.
I can't wait to write some of my OTP, MikoTara in this story but I haven't been able to fit those in until the chapter I just finished writing but Sarumi on the other hand is easier. Please be patient :P.
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Chapter 4: Secrets
Yashiro and Suoh had left a village after visiting someone Shiro wanted Suoh to meet in order to find some clues for his reason of living. To Suoh, it was unbelievable to be able to meet that man in person. He wanted to ask Shiro something but voice would not come out. It was so unlike him to become curious of various things. He usually would not have cared.
"Yes, you're not the only one. He wasn't judged by the Sword of Damocles and given another chance to live as a normal human." Shiro put his hands into his pocket as he told him. He chose to stay in seclusion in order to move on from there. He was ashamed as a King and requested his Clansman to kill him.
"As for you, are you able to lift with your head high?" Shiro asked with a gentle smile. Suoh was tongue-tied turning his head back to the direction of the house the first Blue King was staying. He could not believe there were such a story behind the former Blue King.
"What? Tatara really sucks." Neko teased the man who was panting. He was really tired from using his powers. If it was not for his powers as Colourless King, he would have been knocked out. They were training in the forest behind the High School.
"Why?" Kuroh finally asked the questions he always had in his mind. Why a man who could not fight like him was with HOMRA?
"I wonder… " Totsuka sat down and stared at the ground in silence for a few moment before speaking up. "I just thought I want to be a King's vassal when I finally found him. Something I'm obsessed with." Totsuka explained.
"That's it for today." Kuroh decided much to Neko's dismay. "Neko, let's head back to the dorm." He did not like that reason somehow.
"Kuroh-kun… " Totsuka spoke up. "Could you tell me about your bond with the previous Colourless King, Miwa Ichigen?" That really got Kuroh excited. Kuroh paused for a moment trying to digest what Totsuka said.
"Really? Are you going to hear me out about Ichigen-sama?" Kuroh grabbed Totsuka's hand beaming in happiness all the sudden almost startling Totsuka who nodded in puzzlement. He was blushing.
"I'll do the cooking. It'll be faster." Kuroh decided. "No objection will be accepted."
Neko frowned. It would be another long night based on her own experience when Kuroh got excited with the topic on his late teacher with the "famous lines" from his recorder included.
"Yata-chan, what's going on with you?" Kusanagi walked over to the sofa Yata was lying on. He could see that Yata was annoyed by something.
"That damn traitor." Yata muttered turning his back against Kusanagi who just could not get him off the sofa.
"A question for you. What if someone become Anna's Clansman and his power will be able to overpower me after receiving the ability from Anna? Will you still see me as No. 3 of Homra?" This was not what Yata intended to ask but he was curious anyway.
Kusanagi found this question a little hard to answer. This would be a question only a certain friend could answer since he was being overpowered by the members who joined Homra later. Initially, it was just three of them when Mikoto was chosen as the Third King.
"Remember, you're still part of our family. You're just as important." Anna replied for Kusanagi. That startled Yata who finally sat up from the sofa. She really scared him.
"Accompany me to see a client please?" Anna requested Yata who blinked in surprise. Usually Kusanagi would accompany her.
"The Tsundere woman is coming here to see him. He will be busy. You don't want to interrupt them right?" Anna whispered to a confused Yata. It took him a while to finally realise that Anna was not just like a doll, she knew that the Blue woman was nicknamed "Tsundere woman".
Not only that she was aware about the Ice Woman's intimate relationship with the No. 2 of Homra. They were more than just friends was what Anna hoped. She had somewhat "read" Kusanagi since her power of sensing was getting stronger.
"Hey, you two." Kusanagi just could not do anything when they were up for something.
"See you later. Enjoy." Yata said seemingly getting back to his usual self. They indeed bumped into Awashima Seri who was having her day off on her way to her favourite bar.
"Chief managed to get in touch with him. We can arrange the meet-up. He was only told that you wanted to meet him." Seri informed Anna who passed by as she was heading to the bar for some red bean cocktail.
"Thank you." Anna replied. That was what she needed to know.
"Where are we going?" Yata finally asked.
"We're meeting the mother of the First King, Isana Shoko. She is looking for her son, Isana Yashiro." Anna merely replied causing Yata to jaw drop.
"I just met her son yesterday with the twin brother of Mikoto-san!" He blurted out.
"Mikoto?" Anna eyed the boy who cupped his mouth suspiciously. Yata had no choice but to explain whatever he heard from Yashiro about Makoto his colleague to her and he might come to Anna to join HOMRA. Yata was worried that he would be overpowered since Makoto was Mikoto-san's twin brother, he ought to be just as powerful as his brother.
"There is nothing to worry about." Anna smiled. That was what she understood from the slate when she communicated with it being locked in the gigantic bird cage when she became the Red King. Not even Kusanagi knew about this.
"Mikoto, you're really alive, isn't it?" Anna asked in her mind. She understood him better than anyone else when he decided not to show himself to them.
"Let's go." She tugged on Yata's hand and felt cold sweat on his hands. He was nervous as Anna was still a girl.
Isana Shoko was elated to hear from Anna for the news of her son. Anna and Yata were in the hospital Shoko was admitted due to her illness. She did not have much time left.
Yata was distracted and left Anna to chat with the middle-aged woman. He dodged into an alley when he noticed a long purple hair male passed by to avoid being noticed.
"Why is he here?" He wondered. Yata ended up trailing him into ICU where he was visiting a patient suffering from serious burns and his eyes widened when he overheard what he called him.
"Hisui-sama."
"So, you haven't met your King at all?" Yata began interrogating Douhan that night stammering. He had trouble talking to girls. The girl in spectacle shook her head.
"Nope. I usually receive my order from the parrot, his medium. " She was surprised that Yata asked her about her King after all these time they were cohabiting together.
"He didn't trust me enough. That was why he didn't bother to warn me about that attack beforehand. He doesn't care if I die as long as he fulfills his objective." Douhan confided with Yata who was blushing. She smiled and crept in closer to his face, close enough to kiss him if she wanted to for she was aware of another person hiding out at the door.
The person who stood out at the door left soon after. He should have been honest to his feelings towards Misaki. If only Misaki could understand him. Fushimi could only be left feeling resentment alone. Meanwhile, he was contemplating if he should report what he heard from Yata and Douhan to his Boss.
That night, Douhan was on line chatting with someone.
"How is it?" Douhan nodded glancing at the sleeping red haired boy.
"Yes, they are meeting, Yukari."
The trio had dozed off from "The Legend of Ichigen" narrated by Kuroh who dozed off himself. Totuska found himself awake in the early morning. Sitting up and glancing at the two Silver Clansmans, he was amazed that he was able to get to know them especially he had never interacted with them before back in his own time.
He left the room quietly with a pink camera Kuroh bought for him on hand. It was not the old movie camera he used to have but it was better than nothing. Totsuka wanted to do something he had been hiding all along. He headed to the forest where he had been training with Kuroh the day before. Standing in front of a tree, he placed his hand on the trunk and focused on his powers. He was able to leap up to the top of the tree with his Colourless aura.
Totsuka raised his hand and created an invisible floor he could stand on. It would seem to others that he was standing on the air. To be honest, Totsuka was a little afraid that the floor would give way considering he had low confidence with his own powers. It was a breathtaking view where he could see the whole of the school island which was wiped off the map at his time. It was amazing how different the world were at different times due to the different choices they made. He managed to take some photos of the beautiful view of the sunrise could not be obtained by direct method.
This was the first time he was using his Colourless aura but he did not feel tired at all. Totsuka found himself creating fire butterflies. Tears welled up his eyes. If only he was as good with fighting with red auras as he was good in creating an invisible sky ceiling here. He would be knocked out whenever he used too much of his red aura usually. He would be referred by friends and enemies alike directly and indirectly for being the weakest member of HOMRA and he was aware that no matter what he did, he would always become their burden just like Yata of his time. Yata did not care for what happened to him as long as Totsuka was safe.
He did not know that Kuroh had been watching him from afar in his creation of small birds and butterflies discharging them in an impact he never seen before causing the accumulated snow to crash to the ground. His powers were indeed different from other members of HOMRA. If he was to describe, maybe he could turn it into weapon like Kusanagi Izumo who fought using neither his fist nor a baseball bat but just mainly cigarette and lighter.
"Take care of him when I'm away, Neko." Kuroh instructed after carrying an unconscious King back to their base.
"Kuroh…"
Kuroh decided to check out the situation out there since Totsuka would not be able to train for overexerting himself with the usage of the red aura. He got a feeling that something was up.
Shiro was at the Nanakamodo building three days later, the base of Gold Clan where he met up with Anna and Munataka. He guessed that would be the best place to meet them to avoid unwanted attention by the inquisitive 3rd seat of the Blue Clan especially. Yashiro was somewhat worried for him and Yata after hearing about them of the other timeline.
He was not listening when Anna spoke to him about waking his other self up. His mother was looking for him.
"Yeah." Yashiro said.
"I kind of expected this from him." Munataka wanted to say that even though he was a King, he did not really act like one.
"I'm sorry. I'm never out here giving out command until a year ago. It was never my intention to interact with human again until the previous Colourless King woke me up. Of course, I'm still giving out orders to my Clansman and even to other Kings such as Munataka and Anna and even the weakest one." Yashiro said apologetically.
"It's an opportunity for you to return to your original body. I'm curious how it works." Munataka said touching his chin in curiosity.
"It's worth trying if the real Isana Yashiro is really residing in this body." To be honest, Yashiro could not bear to give up this body considering how interesting it was when he lost his memories finding himself in it. The memories with Kuroh and Neko and the mistaken identity until he remembered himself as the Silver King.
"As much as I'm running away, seems like he is doing the same. Alright, I shall try to find him within myself by activating the slate." Yashiro agreed to Anna's request.
"For the sake of his mother and himself too."
"And his brother." Anna added. Munakata pushed his spectacle up feeling piqued by her words. Yashiro was puzzled but he would find out.
"But before that, let me call home. As a King, I have not been responsible for my Clansmans, I thought I should inform them in case I will see them as a different person next time. Can you lend me your phone, Munakata-san?" Shiro requested with a puppy eyes.
"Alright." The Blue King handed him his phone. He wondered why wouldn't he got his own so that he could contact him easily instead of sending out wanted notices to contact him.
Yashiro waited, hoping that Kuroh would be the one picking up the call. Neko would be fine too.
"Moshimoshi, Kuroh and Neko's base." Shiro heaved a sigh of relief. It was Neko. But still, he was nervous since he had not been speaking to them for more than a year other than passing them a letter through the new Colourless King.
"Neko?" The voice in the other end became hoarse as he heard a gasp and choking in saliva. Neko must be crying.
"Baka Shiro! Where have you been? I've been waiting. Kuroh have been waiting." Neko finally pull herself together.
"I'm sorry, Neko, I have something to do which is why I can't come home yet. I hope you understand." Yashiro tried to explain over the line.
"The next time I see you, I may look different though." Yashiro forced out a laugh.
"Shiro is Shiro, no matter what Shiro is Neko's Shiro and Neko is Shiro's Neko!" Yashiro could hear Neko cried over the phone. "Please come home soon. We'll continue to wait."
"Yes, I'll. I'm sorry. Take care. Send my regards to Kuroh and that King I entrusted to you. Bye."
Munataka was amused by the King he entrusted to his Clansman. Seemed that he had won someone over without informing them. Anna shook her head signaling she did not know either as Shiro was really hard to read. It seemed like he was still a man with secrets.
"I'm sorry, it isn't the time to tell you everything yet." Shiro knew what Munakata was thinking. At the moment, they could not fully trust one another.
"The time I'll let you know everything is close. Anyway, let's get started." Shiro decided sitting on a meditation position. The Slate glowed as Shiro headed inside himself.
That was a trap. The result was five Kings appearing in one place with one king down and another rises.
