A/N: Woot! New chapter guys! Let's celebrate =D Okay so let me take the time to thank all of you wonderful people who take the time to comment and review! THANK YOUUUU! It makes me so happy to hear from you guys. So keep em coming ^_^ BTW I started school, so update's might not come daily TT_TT it depends on my workload, but you can expect 2-3 chapter updates a week =D
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"Make a contract with me."
Kagami was dumbfounded? Priest didn't make contracts. Well at least not usually, generally speaking contracts were made with witches or sages. Just what was this kid thinking?
"Why the hell would I even consider something like that with you."
"Then I'll kill you. " he formed another hand sign.
"W..wait!" he reached a hand out but was burned by the ring of light once again.
"Is that a yes then?"
Kagami looked to his feet, clenching his fist. He couldn't die. Not yet. He had promises to keep. For that reason alone, he had to agree. The only drawback was that if he made the contract: Kuroko Tetsuya would have full control over him. Killing him would be practically impossible. He would be giving up the revenge….letting down those who died. But to keep that promise…he would do much more. And for that, he needed to live. NO other thought was necessary.
"Fine, I agree, but you can bet your ass I'll make you regret this priest!"
Kuroko smiled as he lowered the ring.
Kagami stepped closer to him, so close that their chests touched,
Kuroko watched him carefully, prepared for any sign of deceit.
"I need your blood, a lot of it."
Kuroko nodded. The amount of blood a familiar needed for a contract depended on his strength and power. The fact that he could be human meant he had a lot of it, and for that he would need a lot of blood. He pushed his hair behind his ear and stretched his neck.
"I'm not a vampire…" Kagami spat, hands on hips.
"This is the best place though is it not?"
This kid made him sick .He was a cocky know-it-all. He leaned down, cupping the bluenette's face with one hand to get a better angle. Was he mocking him? Did this priest have so much confidence that he'd drop his guard intentionally like this? Why would he for a second trust the man who had come to hurt him?
"Be gentle."
The red head hesitated a moment, his face taking a hint of red at the sudden soft voice.
This kid…
He opened his mouth baring his cat like fangs clamping down on the boy's throat. Blood trickled from the wound as Kagami sucked on its entrance. The blue headed priest struggled a bit, tensing up at the sensation. His legs wobbled and Kagami had to wrap his arms around his waist to keep him up.
Kuroko shook at the feeling. His face flushed at the sudden rush of blood through his body. But he was not scared. Kagami, no matter what his earlier intentions were, would not kill him. He was far too proud of a creature to go back on his word. And besides…there was something in his eyes. Something that was different than other creatures he faced. No matter how much blood lust he radiated, just for a moment his eyes told a different story.
The room spun as Kuroko and Kagami dropped to the floor on their knees. Kuroko breathed heavily as Kagami released his hold, trailing blood and saliva from his lips.
Kagami stood wiping his lips with his arm. Kuroko stared at the ground, holding his neck.
"There. It's done. Now what do you wa-"
"My room,…take me there."
"What kind of order is that!?" Kagami yelled. Only a few seconds and he already regretted it. He watched as the priest began to pant harder. "Hey, what's wrong with you?"
"Too much blood loss..my side. " he cringed. "Need. Healing charm."
Kagami scoffed. He could leave now and let the priest die, but what if he had enough strength to kill him before he walked out the door. Deciding it was best to comply, Kagami lifted the boy up, carrying him to his room.
Kuroko was up and rested two mornings later. It took longer than usual to heal up his wounds, and even then it would be a while before they healed completely. He sighed as he heated up a tea kettle in the kitchen. He was dressed in a two layered kimono. The first layer was solid white. It was a one piece with long flared sleeves and pants. The second layer was a light blue sleeveless one. This one acted like more of a long vest than an actual kimono, the bottom of it stopped at his knees and was decorated with a floral pattern. It was another one of Riko's outfit's that she made him. Until his more simple one was fixed, he would wear this.
Kuroko peeked out the back door to see Kagami pulling off his shirt, ready to get into the hot spring. The familiar, Kagami had yet to make any move against him; he took that as a good sign.
"HEY KUROKO!" Kagami's voice echoed through the house. "This bath of yours is way too hot for me!" Kagami stomped into the house void of clothing. "Don't you have some cold water I could pour-"
Kuroko tossed the hot kettle at him, barely missing the familiar's head.
"Hey! What the hell?"
"Put on clothes when you're in the house." Kuroko walked past him into his room.
Mom. I know what you're thinking. But I have to do this. I don't know why, and I don't even know what exactly I'm supposed to do…but I do know whatever it is, it involves him.
Kuroko grabbed his blue lunch bundle from atop his bed. "Kagami, I have to leave for a bit. Watch the house." He checked his hair in the mirror before walking back into the kitchen.
As much as he didn't fully trust Kagami alone in his home, he had to go to school. It was bad enough that he had already missed so many days from jobs, he couldn't risk flunking out.
"I ain't no guard dog!" Kagami watched Kuroko from the open back door as he soaked in the spring. "Hey! Where are you going?"
"School."
Kagami rolled his eyes. He was glad he never had to go through something like 'school'. He heard most humans complain about it being like a prison.
"I won't be back till later, so please don't destroy the house or try to leave, okay." Kuroko left him to soak and headed to school.
Kuroko's school was about a 20 minute walk from his house. It was a fairly small school, a small wooden two floored building with a balcony around the perimeter of the top floor. It was built in a very traditional style with sliding doors that led to square rooms where rows of cushioned mats sat uniformly in front of a large chalk board.
The rooms had a warm temperature despite the fact that the windows were constantly open to prevent dust and the musky smell that often gathered.
The floors were, of course, wooden.
Kuroko stared blankly ahead as he made his way through the crowded hallway.
"Kuroko!" a male voice yelled out.
"Hyuga-san." Kuroko stopped to wait for his black-haired friend.
Hyuga adjusted his glasses and folded his arms. His gray kimono brought out the light silver in his eyes. "And just where have you been for the past two days? I'm not gonna keep taking notes for you if you don't even try!" He pulled out a folded piece of paper from his sleeve.
Kuroko took it gratefully. "Sorry, but I was recovering from an injury. "
"Wah! Injury? Are you okay? What was it.?" Kuroko could see the worry in his friend.
"Don't worry, it was nothing I couldn't handle."
Hyuga scoffed "Glad I don't have to worry about none of that spirit crap. I don't see how you handle it."
"yes, it's quite tiresome actually."
The two walked together to their classroom. Kuroko listened as his friend complained about some fight he and another friend got into. It was then that a chill ran through his spine. It started at the base of his spine and crawled its way up to the top of his head. He felt eye on him.
Kuroko stopped in his footsteps, a wave of fear suddenly overtaking him. He got dizzy and had to steady himself on the nearest wall.
Hyuga turned and put a hand on his shoulder. "Oi, what's wrong with you?"
Kuroko glanced down the hall, a half open door catching his attention. He could make out an outline of something small staring back at him. Its eyes were unblinking, wide and large.
"Over there!" Kuroko yelled pushing past his friend.
"Kuroko, what are you doing?" Hyuga ran after him.
Oh great! Just when I thought I'd get a break from all th-
Kuroko's thoughts were cut short when a student came stumbling out of a classroom in front of him.
"Just what did you say to me?" another student came strutting out, hands clenched into fists.
The students jumped each other fighting recklessly in front of Kuroko.
"Out of the way!" Kuroko raised his voice but was unable to get around as the two fought.
A girl piped up from the classroom "You guys are best friends, stop fighting like a bunch of idiots!"
A snarly laugh echoed in his ears. Fun fun fun, let's have fun!
A barrage of cries and yells made him spin around. Another fight had broken out at the other end of the hall, this time it was two girls pulling at each other's hair and swiping at one another with their fingernails.
Hyuga watched with a shocked expression. "Hey, Kuroko, what the hell is their deal?"
"A demon."
Hyuga's eyes widened. "HERE!?"
Kuroko didn't bother answering as his tried to get a sense of where the demon was hiding.
A loud cry grabbed the attention of all followed by a thud. Students went quiet, and the fighting ceased.
"HE PUSHED HIM!" a girl cried out
"The second floor, huh." Kuroko took off in the direction of the stairs, careful to avoid any unnecessary contact with the people he passed.
"Kuroko!" Hyuga called after him, chasing him up the steps. Kuroko may not have considered him a friend, but to Hyuga, it was different. He knew Kuroko could handle himself in most situations against that supernatural crap he worked with, but when it came to humans he wasn't sure if Kuroko was safe. Especially since everyone was throwing punches and tossing people off balconies.
Kuroko stopped mid run when he reached the top of the steps. A fairly large student was holding another by the collar over the edge of the balcony.
"Apologize!" the rough looking guy asked bouncing his victim up and down over the edge. "Apologize or I drop you!"
The flailing boy had tears in his eyes. " I didn't do anything. Please don't drop me. Please!" he cried.
The tormentor narrowed his eyes. "Wrong move."
Kuroko and Hyuga watched in horror as the man tossed the boy over the edge, turning like he hadn't done anything. The rest of the student in the hall cowered back terrified to make eyecontact.
"Hey Kuroko?" Hyuga whispered, careful not to draw attention to them. "Just what kind of demon is this?"
"It's an Amanojaku, a demon that pulls out a person's darkest desire and causes them to do truly awful things."
"An Amanojaku? So, does it possess people or something?"
Kuroko shook his head. "No, it's only his presence that provokes it. The actual demon is probably hiding somewhere close. If I can just find it..." He took slow steps to advance down the hall, careful not to look the large boy in the face.
"Kuroko Tetsuya?!" The boy spat. "Just the boy I was hoping to see. Tell me, have you seen any ghost lately you big fake."
Kuroko ignored him, walking swifter in case he had to run. He stayed close to the classroom doors away from the other.
"Hey, where do you think you're going."
"To destroy the demon that's doing this to you."
The boy belted out laughing, student trembled. "Demon, huh? There's no such thing."
Kuroko opened a classroom door. Nothing.
Where is it hiding?
"Hey everyone, if there is a ghost or demon, it's him!" The boy pointed to Kuroko. "He spends his time all alone in that piece of shit shrine, talking to that dead mother of his!"
Kuroko stared blankly as the student belted out into uncontrollable laughter. He bit his bottom lip, eyes closed trying to drown out the noise.
"HAHAHAHA no wonder he doesn't have any friends! "
"No wonder he doesn't have a girlfriend yet, who could compete with his dear sweet mother!"
"You think he has any other family members living in that house?"
"…stop…" Kuroko whispered. But they kept coming. The talking got louder and louder. Beating on his eardrums, weaving itself inside him. It hurt…
"Kuroko!" Hyuga ran over to where he stood. "Don't listen, it's that demon thing remember? You told me yourself."
"Yeah, I know. I'm fine. " he gave him a reassuring smile.
"Hey! KUROKO!" a familiar voice called out. "You gonna stand there or are you gonna do your job?" Kagami stood at the top of the steps arms folded across his chest.
"Didn't I tell you to stay home?"
"Home got boring." He smirked
"Idiot." Kuroko sighed. A hand suddenly grabbed him by the throat.
"Don't ignore me you little shit!" The boy from earlier lifted him off the ground.
Damn. I let my guard down only a second. That thing must be watching me!
Before Kuroko could react he was tossed aside, just enough so that he went over the balcony.
"Kuroko!" Hyuga yelled running to the railing.
"Useless brat!" Kagami muttered racing behind him. He jumped onto the railing, quickly grabbing Kuroko's hand. "Don't let your guard down like that! Only I can kill you!"
"And whose fault is that." They glared at each other.
"Umm.." Hyuga stood puzzled by the strangely dressed man who seemed to know Kuroko.
A chill put Kuroko back on edge. "I sense it now!"
"Same here." Kagami replied
"The roof."
A smile formed on his face, "You wanna go to the roof huh?"
Kuroko narrowed his eyes at him. "Kagami I know what you're thin-"
"Then up you go!" He held tighter to kuroko's hand, lowering him a bit then using all his strength to throw him upward.
Kuroko gasped at the sudden butterflies in his stomach for being tossed. He ignored the terrifying sensation of falling downward and landed on the roof gracefully. "I'll kill him."
There the small demon stood eyes wide and unchanging. "Tetsuya, don't you want to play some more?"
Kuroko raised a paper charm. Creatures like this were easy to defeat. Their only power was using others. They themselves could do nothing but stare.
"Demon, be gone!" He tossed it on the creature as it flashed red before turning to flames, catching the demon on fire.
Kuroko watched the flames dance. Images of his mother seemed to overlap with them and settled a heavy feeling in his heart.
"OI, why did you lie to your friend?" Kagami came up behind him. A gentle breeze rustled his hair and pushed the dancing flames. "That demon wasn't speaking for those kids down there."
Kuroko stood silent mulling over the fact that he had lied to Hyuga. After all, an Amanojaku didn't put bad thoughts in people's heads. They only brought it out and intensified it.
Kagami put his hands behind his head. "Those words, were exactly what those kids think of you. Why protect them? They weren't worth anything."
The flames had died and the creature was ash again.
Kuroko turned to look at Kagami. "Because that's my job. It's the job that was passed down from my grandmother to my mother to me. Because so many of our generations have fought to protect this town. It's in my blood and namesake, this fate. And as long as there are people who are worth protecting in this town, I will continue this job! Until I die, I will not stop fighting! Because I want to be able to look into my mother's eyes one day with pride knowing that I tried my absolute best. I am Tetsuya Kuroko and I am the chosen protector!"
Kagami stood in silence. This priest was different than the others. He may usually have some emotionless-ass expression, but just now…he saw something different. And that something, whatever it was, stirred something in his own heart.
A/N: YAY HYUGA! xD I just love him hahahaha. Well hope you guys liked this chapter. I know I did. Thank you everyone for all the nice words. It means so much to me !.Please continue to read and review! And if you didn't like, well sorry TT_TT
About the Demons: An Amanojaku is a Japanese demon that originated from the story "The melon Girl". This creature like Kuroko said brings out the desires in people's hearts and makes them do wicked things.
Preview:
It's been more than a week and Kuroko and Kagami just aren't getting along, and things only get worse when Riko keeps finding them in awkward situations. But what does she care? After all there's a new boy in town. He's perfect in every way shape and form. All the ladies love him, even Riko's under his spell! But something's not right, this gorgeous blonde heart throb is more dangerous than he seems!
Chapter 4 : Boy Next Door