Chapter 4: Killing the barrier

"Not good enough."

Senji's voice rang through the gym. The sound of cutting flesh followed. Two days and nothing to show for it. Morgan struck his hand into the ground three times in a fit rage. His opponent was Minatsuki. He knew that he had to learn how to use his branch better. He needed to look out for the man in the hoodie who had nearly choked the life out of Minatsuki. He needed to protect her and Shiro. He needed to. Shiro and Ganta had joined the spectacle of training to cheer Morgan on. Ever since Morgan had kissed Shiro in her sleep, she had been all cutesy around him. He knew that she wasn't awake when he did it, so why did it seem like she knew about it?

Senji knew Morgan didn't have long before his Candy wore off. Just before he jumped to attack, Morgan heard an unfamiliar voice call out,

"Hello everyone. Whatcha doing?"

A yellow haired man swung down by his feet from the ceiling. He landed without stumbling and took a bow. His child-like voice sung out,

"Yay. It's a perfect landing."

The group blinked at him and gave him a light round of applause. He soon flipped onto his hands and started to walk around with his arms. He said,

"Thank you, thank you. My name's Canary. Are you guys having fun in here?"

Morgan spoke up to say,

"No. Not really. Canary is a Deadman name. What is your real name?"

"Real name? My Name is Canary. Just Canary."

"Ok. Canary. We are actually training. I'm trying to get stronger."

"Oh. Well I'll leave you to it."

The strange man walked away still on his hands and leapt through the doorway. Ganta and Shiro went to go get everyone's dinner while Senji and Morgan stayed back. As soon as they were out of sight Senji slammed Morgan onto the ground and spat venomous words,

"Goddamn kid. You need to break this limit. No you need to fucking murder this barrier. Now you only have five hours until your match. With the poison running through your veins you won't make it another thirty minutes. Now, pull yourself beyond your fear. Focus yourself. What do you want?"

He punched Morgan in the face before repeating,

"What do you want?"

"I want…..I want…I WANT REVENGE!"

Morgan cut his wrists open. His screams were the only thing heard before the doors on the gym were blown off the hinges. Morgan emerged from the doorway. He swallowed a piece of Candy and said,

"I'm sorry Senji."

He ran off after a few seconds. He needed to find her. It wasn't right that this had to happen. He knew it wasn't right to fight Minatsuke. He franticly tapped on her door waiting for her. She opened the door rubbing her eyes. He instantly pushed inside the room while lightly moving her aside. She was dressed in sleepwear that consisted of a grey tank top plus panties that matched the color of her top. Confusion plagued her voice as she said,

"Morgan. What are you doing here?"

He looked at her with watery eyes and slammed his fists into the wall. His voice was shaky as he responded,

"I don't want to. I don't want to fight you. What about you?"

"I-I actually don't want to fight you. After you saved me I realized that you are someone I can trust. I want to-. Never mind."

She leaned against the wall and closed her eyes. She opened them when Morgan braced his body over her. His eyes were piercing her very being as she reached up to touch his face. He voice was a mere whisper,

"What do you want to do?"

"This."

She pulled his face down to hers. She lightly kissed him as tears poured out of her eyes. She pulled away from it and rested her head on his chest. His voice broke the silence,

"You can trust me. I don't want to hurt you or anyone I care about."

"Morgan. I'm going to use the Omega Elixir to stop my Branch of Sin. I don't want to hurt anyone anymore."

He held her close and kissed her on the cheek. She looked up at his face. She smiled at the pure kindness of it. Her smile turned to tears as she sobbed sorrowful words,

"It has been so long. It has been so long since someone has cared to what happens to me. A man no less; that makes me feel good about myself. Yoh hasn't even come close to helping me this way."

He patted the back of her head and then pushed off the wall. She pulled Morgan back so his body pressed against her own. She said,

"Don't go. Please don't go."

Ganta ran up to the doorway of the gym. The doors were broken in pieces across the hall. He stepped into a disheveled gym. He heard deep breathing in the corner. He ran to find the heavy breathing. His eyes were wide when he found Senji lying in the corner of the room. Four gigantic gashes were behind him. Senji started to laugh while coughing up blood. He said,

"He finally did it. It is so very amazing."

As he tried to move, the eight cuts that riddled his chest sputtered out blood. He fell back down just as medics ran into the room. Ganta stood in silence as Crow's laughter filled the hallways. Ganta whispered,

"Morgan. What the hell did you do?"

He gave Minatsuki a hug before he closed the door behind him. Every fiber of Morgan's being knew that she didn't want to see him in pain. That kiss was real. It wasn't like the first one that plagued his mouth with deception. This one was sweet and tender. He was feeling so conflicted. He was torn between his emotions for Shiro and Minatsuke. Matter of fact, what about Blue Jay? He hadn't seen her since the battle. He didn't even care about her. He opened his door and instantly a laughing girl tackled him with a hug. He laughed his words out,

"Shiro. What's going on?"

"I wanted to see you. I wanted to be with you tonight."

"Really? Well what do you want to do?"

"I dunno. What do you want to do?"

He knew exactly what he wanted. He wanted another savory kiss from Shiro's pale lips. When he turned to face her, she said,

"I forgot to give you this today."

She pressed her lips to Morgan's forehead. She kept it there for a while. When she pulled away she had an inquisitive look upon her face. She followed it up with,

"You know I've always wondered why I only kiss your forehead. Maybe I should….."

"Shiro. It is okay. You don't have to hold back anything with me. You can tell me anything, or do anything you want."

She got close again. Morgan's face went pale. She locked her lips onto his.