Strawberry Gashes
Well I actually have to say that I am truly enjoying typing this story. I haven't had this much fun since I started Young, but unfortunately Young has gone downhill and I have no motivation to keep that one going at the moment for I have no ideas. This one thankfully my friend Sharva is helping me keep motivated with all the ideas she throws my way. I only hope I can put all them in. LOL!
Chapter Seven- Sold Him
It had been a couple days since Asarina arrived to The Black Order and I had been noticing Kanda was acting strange. I couldn't place my finger onto it and I began to worry again and I felt my mind lowering into that ever familiar darkness it was always going to. Lately whenever Kanda goes to train, I make up that I'm going to go see Komui to do our normal thirty minute talk but instead I escape to my old room and sit in the semi dark bathroom pulling up the loose tile I had made picking up the tiny razor I hide under it. First I clean and sanitize it, the last this I needed was for one of my cuts to get infected. I would sit by the window behind the tub my head leaned onto the glass after making the incision feeling the release I always loved when I did this. I watch the birds fly outside just sitting there knowing I didn't have much longer to keep this up. Eventually Kanda would go to Komui and find out that I was lying and then it would end once again and I would be heavily watched. My life was defiantly complicated.
Kanda's POV-
Lately I've been noticing Allen has been lying to me and I knew why he was but I wanted to keep myself believing that my Moyashi just wanted time to himself. It was any day now that General Cross would be here and the truth I had to keep from him would finally be over. I was lying on the floor of the dojo room heavy breaths coming in and out of me as I stared up at the ceiling wandering when was the last time that Allen and I had actually trained with one another. It had to have been since right before General Cross took him away. After that I remember Komui send us to certain coordinates and when we reached a half dying Allen I knew from that moment on nothing was ever going to be the same.
"Um…Kanda?" I'm brought from my thoughts and I look over to the little red dragon who belonged to Asarina.
"Yes Narul what is it?" I ask sitting up looking to the little guy noticing he was slightly nervous and I wandered why. I remember Asarina explaining to us that he is 20 in human years but in dragon years he is still only 10. So his mind was still quite young and naïve.
"I was wandering what it usually means when someone goes to part in their life to self-harm themselves?" He asks and I feel my heart skip a beat.
"Where did you see something like this?" I ask knowing just what his question meant my worries coming to life.
"Allen's room in his bathroom…I'm sorry if I did something wrong Kanda." He said looking down sadly to the floor and I only pat him on the head.
"Don't worry you didn't, just go find your mother. I'll take care of everything." I hear myself say before jumping to my feet abandoning Mugen there running past Lenalee who I guess was trying tell me something. Someone was with her but I paid no attention.
"Kanda?!" She asks loudly.
"I have to get to Allen!" I hear myself shout and I knew that was enough for her to hear and I knew her and whoever else was with her was following. I get easily get to Allens bathroom and manage to pin him to his back knocking the razor across the room before he has the chance to cut again. His eyes are wide in fear from being caught and every time I catch him I can't be completely angry with him. There was something wrong with him in his head and it is a slow process to revert him back.
"K-Kanda." He stutters out not even trying to move.
"You need to fucking stop this damn it! Everything is alright now, you have to stop!" I snap collapsing onto him finally my forehead pressed onto his chest.
"I'm curious…when did this start?" I feel Allen stiffen under me at the voice. Things had just gotten worst.
Allens POV-
I couldn't believe my ears, that voice wasn't here, couldn't be here! I just keep my eyes focused on the ceiling above. I was going to tell Kanda I needed to get to the infirmary because my last cut was unfortunately deep enough to cause me to bleed to death. I slowly feel myself start to shack when I catch the glimpse of long red hair and large hands pressing something over the bleeding cut. My lips begin to tremble next and I close my eyes briefly before opening them turning my head to lock eyes with my master. The master who I watched first handedly get murdered by Tyki. All I could do was stiffen even more and watch as my world faded to black dropping myself into that pool of water.
"I told you it would be a surprise." I spin around to see Asarina there in my dream world.
"But I watched him die! This can't be possible!" I yell digging my hands into my hair and I only hear her sigh.
"I know, but he is alive you only saw Tyki's final attack. It should have been fatal but in reality it wasn't by just a few inches. Your master is quite alive and well." She says walking over to me and wrapped her arms around me.
"I have had Narul watching over you Allen because I knew your mind was anything but stable. You should use this time with your master to heal. Become strong again so when the time comes you can face your enemies and your fears." She says, I could only nod my head closing my eyes hearing her say something but I couldn't make it out because I am once more opening my eyes staring at the infirmary ceiling once more. I sigh turning my head to the window seeing that it was thankfully still light out. I knew I hadn't been out for very long.
"So are you going to answer my question this time Allen?" I hear myself take in a strangled gasp as I fight back the tears that threatened to spill over.
"I…I…" I try to speak but nothing would come out, I knew he already knew the answer to the question but I was unable to get myself to answer him.
"ALLEN!" He yells sternly causing me to jump to a sitting position and stare at him. His eyes were blazing with anger and I couldn't tell if they were directed at me or not.
"For four months! I started the moment of realization that you were dead hit me!" I rush out drawing my knees to my chest and covered my ears with the palm of my hand. I didn't want to hear anymore if I was going to be yelled at. I am thrown into another state of shock when his arms wrap around me his forehead resting on the top of mine.
"My idiot apprentice, look at what you've become from my stupidity. Kanda has told me about what has been going on in your dreams and I know that feeds into it as well. Everyone is afraid of forcing you into things thinking you'll cast them out once they do. I do not fear this." He begins to say and I find myself afraid of what he has done.
"M-master?" I ask my breathing becoming labored and heavy and I knew he had to be smirking in some way.
"I have ordered the science division to ransack your entire room to look for anything that you could use to harm yourself. I told even if they have to peel all the tiles out of that bathroom. I am giving that room of yours a makeover so there will not be any way for you to hide anything that will harm you. And I will be making sure that once a week you will be going to your thirty minute therapy sessions with Komui. Or you could choose to have them with me now that I am back for a while." He says to me and I find myself wrapping my arms around him before he could chance stepping away from me. My eyes are half lidded with tears dripping from them but I feel the smile on my face. I've been waiting for this day cause I knew I couldn't take the first step on my own.
"Komui is great and all but I haven't seen you in forever and I would rather it be talking to you please!" I beg clutching onto his Exorcist jacket. I feel the chuckle run through him as his arms wrap themselves around me again.
"What am I going to do with you my idiot apprentice." He says, and I knew from then on everything would change, but I wasn't expecting for them to change in the way that they would.
Yes this chapter is very, very, very short but I don't want to go past this point until later tonight and I can collaborate a little more with Sharva also I have work and I am happy with this chapter. Well see next chapter!
