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Ummm, next few chapters might be noticeably shorter but not completely positive. Probably not but you never know.
Still looking for suggestions from anyone and everyone for what should go on next in the story. Remember, more ideas mean more chapters which means might not end so soon. Keep that in mind.
Just a heads up, this chapter will have some sexual humor. Nothing yaoi like and no kissing but sexual humor nonetheless.
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"I'm sure I already know what it is." Echizen said putting his arms behind his head.
"Ochibi! Don't spoil it for everyone!"
"You already know what it is Echizen?" Oishi asked.
"My Prince. I've found you after all this time." They all heard a voice behind them. Echizen's eyes popped open. He recognized this voice. He slowly turned to see a figure standing in front of everyone.
"It's been so long." The figure said with a slight hint of affection in his voice. "I thought I'd never see you again." The regulars were looked at the person standing in front of them and formed a barrier around Echizen and Ryoga.
"Who are you?" The stoic captain asked.
"Nani?" The person said. "You mean he hasn't told you about me? Bocchan I'm hurt."
'Bocchan?' All the regulars thought.
"Oi Echizen do you know this guy?" Momo asked turning to Echizen.
Echizen and Ryoga were staring at the person in front of them, eyes wide open, arms extended, pointing at the figure.
"Y-You." They both said.
"Ara? So then you do know him?" Taka asked as he and everyone else turned to face them.
"A-Ah."
"He's… Leon."
Leon was a guy who looked about Ryoga's age with strawberry blonde hair and teal eyes. "You remember me?" He asked with glassy eyes. "Gaah! I'm so happy!" He yelled running towards them.
"Is he an old friend Echizen?" Oishi asked as he turned back to them. "Huh? Where'd he go?"
They all heard Echizen yelling in fear as he ran from the group. "Run your fastest Chibisuke! Try not to let him catch you! I'll come find you later!" Ryoga shouted.
"Why him Kami-sama? What did I do to deserve this?" Echizen screamed as he ran into the trees.
"Bocchan! Wait for meee!" Leon shouted as he ran after Echizen into the trees.
"Oi Ryoga shouldn't we help him?" Momo asked with slight confusion in his voice.
"I would if it were possible." He said with a sigh as he placed his hand on his head.
"Nya, what do you mean?"
Ryoga sighed again. "Leon was a knight's apprentice when we still lived in the castle. To let him have more practice the King assigned him to watching Chibisuke and I. He's a year older than me so the King thought that he should be able to handle it. He stayed with us all the time. I guess you could say that he was, umm, like the obsessive and over protective big brother."
"Saa, is that such a bad thing?"
"It was fine for the most part but after some time it got annoying. We didn't have a minute to ourselves. It even got to the point where he wouldn't let even Chibisuke play with Karupin in the garden. I asked the King to change our guard but he said that it was only temporary. We constantly tried to get away but he would always find us. After a while he got reassigned and we never saw him again."
"Why is he here now?" Oishi asked.
"Turns out he was sent here by the King. He said that earth needed to be protected. He was right. Demons started appearing everywhere. Leon got sent here along with a few others to stop the attacks. We found out about this three years ago."
"That's when Echizen fought that Archer guy." Inui pointed out.
"Ah. We were in the park when he attacked. We managed to fend him off for a little while but when he realized Chibisuke was the prince he went all out. We would have been dead if Leon didn't show up. He made Archer run away with his tail in between his legs. When he realized that Chibisuke was the prince he didn't dare leave our side. We were stuck with him for three months. It was like we were in the castle again. Couldn't get a moment to ourselves."
"How did you end up getting rid of him?" Tezuka asked.
"I had college and Chibisuke came here."
"You left without a words notice?"
Ryoga grunted. "Well we left him a note saying that I had moved to be closer to school and Chibisuke has moved to Japan to further his tennis career. Unfortunately I forgot to delete my number from his phone and he called me in a panic wondering where we went. I told him that we were fine and didn't need his protection anymore but he said that it wasn't protection anymore. He missed us. He said that he wouldn't stop looking until he found us and we were all together again and, well… here we are."
"Nya, that doesn't sound so bad. Maybe he was lonely."
"Oh, he was lonely but not for the reason you think." They looked at him with muddled faces.
"What do you mean?" Inui asked taking out his notebook.
"Ano, he… has a slight… obsession with guys."
They all, minus Tezuka and Fuji, looked at him with even more confused faces.
"What do you mean?" Taka asked.
Ryoga scratched his head. "I don't really know how to say this… more of an over protective brother with an obsession for his little brothers."
"Nya, but what if he tries something… funny?" Eiji asked slipping behind Oishi.
"Don't worry he won't. At least not with any of you."
"Fsshhh… what do you mean?"
"When I say he has an obsession with guys I mean with Chibisuke." Their eyes widened showing surprise and concern.
"W-What will he do if he catches Echizen?" Oishi asked going into mother hen mode.
Ryoga sighed. "We should try and find them fast. Even I don't know what will happen."
"Nya, Why didn't you say so?!" Kikumaru shouted as he and the other regulars ran off into the trees in search of their endangered kouhai.
They had wondered through the trees for a good half an hour and made their way to the center of the park. There still no sign of Echizen and it was starting to get cold.
"Where could Ochibi be?" Eiji asked to no one in particular.
There was a rustle of leaves above them. Momo looked up. "Ga! E-Echizen!" They all turned and looked where Momo was facing. There was Echizen, perched on a branch of a tree trying to hide himself. He heard his name being called and looked down.
"Ochibi! So that's where you were!"
"Baka sempais! Be quiet or he'll fin-" He heard a voice on the branch behind him.
"Bocchan!"
Echizen sweat dropped then dropped from the branch he was on. Twenty feet. But luckily Momo was there to break his fall.
"Itai!" They both yelled.
"Are you two okay?!" Oishi asked now fully in mother hen mode.
"Bocchan!" Before either of them had time to answer Echizen leapt off of Momo and started running but he wasn't fast enough. Leon had caught up and hugged him from behind. "Bocchan! I finally caught you!" Leon said with a squeeze. "I hope that you didn't get injured in that fall." With this said he ran his arm up Echizen's side until he was at his chest. "You're not hurt are you?" He asked in a seductive tone.
"GET THE HELL OFF ME!" He screamed as he tried to squirm his way free.
"Not until I give you a full examination to make sure that you're not hurt." He said as he tried to slip his hand under Echizen's shirt. They regulars all stared. They were confused. Confusion turned into anger. Anger turned into intent to kill.
"RYOGA! GET THIS PERVERT OFF OF ME OR I SWEAR TO GOD I'LL NEVER MAKE YOU FOOD AGAIN!"
Before Ryoga could react, Momo, Kaidou, Fuji, and Eiji took a step forward.
"Oi. What the hell do you think you're doing to my best friend?"
"I'll kill you, you pervert."
"Nya, let go of Ochibi!"
"We cannot allow you to do that to our teammate."
"What? I'm just making sure he's not hurt" He said in his cheery voice again.
"You bastard! I'll sue you for sexual harassment! Let me go!"
"Leon this isn't funny anymore. Let Chibisuke go." Ryoga said in a very serious voice going in front of Momo and the others.
Leon gave him a pout. "Yaaadda! Bocchan is mine!"
Ryoga glared at him. "He's not an object. He doesn't belong to anyone."
Leon glared back. He tightened his grasp on Echizen making him grunt. "You should talk. You call him yours all the time."
"He's my brother."
"How could he be? He was raised in a castle. You were raised on a farm."
Ryoga clenched his fists. "Shut up."
"He's the prince of a nation. You should worship the ground he walks on and be glad if he looks at you."
"Shut up!"
"I however was raised in the castle. I think that gives me greater rights to call him mine than for you to call him your brother."
Ryoga snapped. "SHUT UP!"
"Oh. Did I hit a nerve?"
Ryoga was trembling with anger.
"Let. Me. Go." Echizen mumbled.
"Hah? What did you say Bocchan?"
"I said, Let. Me. Go."
There was a flash and Leon let go. Echizen stood in front of him with his wings fully extended.
"What the hell do you know?" He asked glaring at him. "You have no right to say any of that." He walked over to Ryoga. "He has taught me more than you ever have. He has always been there for me. I don't care that he's not my real brother and I don't care about his social status and I'm glad. I wouldn't want him to be some stupid stuck up asshole like you who thinks that everyone below him is scum. He has more rights to call me his brother than you do calling yourself a servant of the King."
"B-But…"
"You should be happy if I glance at you. Hell you should be happy if I acknowledge you anymore. I will not have anyone who sneers at my family or friends. You can consider yourself relieved of your duties and any ties you have to the royal family."
"Bocchan… I-"
"You have no right to call me that anymore." He turned from Leon and started head back towards the front of the park. The regulars took on last look at him then hurried to follow Echizen. Ryoga stayed behind.
"I know. I don't deserve the life I have but that's just how it is. One of the reasons we go together so well is we've both had hard pasts. I'm sorry that you feel the way you do but I can't change the past. I can only look forward to a better future." Leon looked at him tears forming in his eyes. "Apologize to Chibisuke. I know he doesn't look it but he cares deeply for the people around him. If you tell him you're sorry he'll higher his opinion of you and might just forgive you." With that Ryoga turned away and ran to catch up with the others.
Leon stayed for a few minutes thinking, about what Ryoga had told him. He didn't really mean all the things he said but sometimes he just can't control himself when it comes to the people he cares for. He jumped up wiping the tears from his eyes and started to run after everyone.
Everyone else was almost at the park entrance. The journey had almost been completely silent except for Tezuka and Fuji talking quietly in the back and Inui mumbling 'Ii data' as he wrote in his notebook.
"I feel violated." Echizen finally broke the almost complete silence. "I'm going to have to sit in the bath for hours to feel clean."
"You shouldn't do that Echizen! Being in the bath for so long is bad for your skin!" Oishi quickly said still in mother hen mode.
"Yeah Ochibi! Your toes and fingers will look like prunes if you stay in that long!"
"I don't even think all the bath salts I have will make it better." He said ignoring what Oishi and Kikumaru were telling him and giving himself a disgusted look. The sun was going down and it was getting dark. A light mist started to form.
"What's with this mist?" Taka asked.
Echizen and Ryoga both felt it. They were being watched from somewhere. "Be careful. We're being watched." Echizen said in a low hush. There was a rustle in the trees.
"Everyone, form a circle." Ryoga ordered. They all did as they were told. They started to hear footsteps.
"Bocchan! HABUNI!" They all saw Leon running towards them.
"What's he doing back her-" Echizen was cut off as he felt a burning sensation at his shoulder. He looked and discovered that there was a long arrow sticking out.
"Bocchan!"
Echizen fell to the ground, grasping his shoulder in pain as Leon ran to his side.
"Bocchan are you alright?!" He asked as he knelt down beside him.
"Where did that arrow come from?" Momo shouted.
"Seems like the prince and his guards have gotten sloppy." There was a voice in the trees.
"Kisama! Who is that?" Ryoga shouted.
A figure dropped from the trees in front of everyone. He looked at Leon. "Long time so see little dog." The figure said.
Leon's eyes popped open. There was only one being that would ever call him that. He slowly stood up, unfurled his wings and dashed towards the figure. Everyone saw the glory of Leon's wings. They were a wonderful sliver with a blue tint.
"ALEX!" He shouted as he tried to punch the figure in front.
"I knew you wouldn't forget about me." He said dodging Leon's fist. Alex was about Fuji's height with long dark gray hair tied in a ponytail. His eyes were dark purple and he was holding a bow and a quiver on his back. Everyone watched the battle that had started. Echizen had managed to stand and yank the arrow from his shoulder. A long stream of blood started flowing out.
"Echizen! Don't try to move! We should tend to your shoulder!" Oishi said in a panic.
"I'm fine Oishi-sempai." He said with a slight wince.
"D-Demo…"
There was a loud bang and Leon flew back into a tree next to them with a lite stream of blood flowing from his mouth.
"You think that you of all people can beat me?" Alex mocked.
Leon wiped his mouth and tried to stand. He wavered ready to fall back but Momo and Eiji caught him by the shoulders.
"I think it's time that we entered the field." Momo said.
"I was thinking the same thing." Eiji replied.
"O-Oi! What are you two doing?" Taka asked.
Alex looked at them with a questionable stare. "What can two little humans like you do to me?"
"I think that you're mistaken." Eiji said.
"We're not humans." Momo added.
"You see," They both said opening their wings. "We're angels."
"Sempais always liked to show off." Echizen said with a smirk.
"Saa, When did this happen?" Fuji asked opening his eyes.
"This is why we called everyone here. We wanted to show you." Momo said with a smile as he glanced back at them.
"Heh. This isn't very fare." Alex said.
"When are demons ever fare?" Leon said with a glare.
Alex smirked. "Fine then. Let's play by demon rules." He snapped his fingers and tons of creatures appeared. "May I present to you my daredevils." Daredevils were creatures looked like mix between a raccoon and hedgehog. They were fully black with spikes lining their backs. They had three tails all with pointed tips like arrowheads. They had razor like teeth and were growling and drooling at everyone. "Tare them to pieces."
The daredevils rushed at everyone. Ryoga and Echizen had readied themselves for battle and everyone extracted their weapons. Momo and Echizen had long swords; Eiji had his short swords and Ryoga his quarter staff. Leon pulled two feathers and laid them on his hands and kissed them. They shined like his wings for a few seconds and then died down to reveal a set of pure silver brass knuckles.
He kissed them again. "Let's do this."
Momo, Leon, Ryoga, and Eiji rushed forward while Echizen stayed back to guard the rest of the regulars. He took two feathers. He chanted a shield spell on one of them and threw it over the regulars and a stamina increaser on the other and threw it over his winged companions.
Eiji, Momo, and Ryoga were slicing and bashing away the daredevils where Leon broke through and headed straight for Alex.
"You think that just because you have little helpers that you can beat me?" Alex said with a sarcastic laugh as he blocked one of Leon's punches.
"You bastard! We will defeat you." Leon shouted. "We'll defeat you! And then we will venture to the castle and defeat the fallen angel!"
"Like pitiful little angels like you can defeat him. Right now it doesn't even look like you can defend your prince."
"Nani?" Leon whipped his head around to see Echizen clutch his shoulder once more and fall into a kneel.
"Echizen/Ochibi/Chibisuke!"
"Bocchan! Watch out!"
Echizen looked up to see a daredevil about to land on him. He quickly stood and slashed it making it disappear. He was breathing quite hard. He stuck his sword into the ground and leaned on it again clutching onto his shoulder.
"Echizen!" Oishi tried to run from the barrier to help his fallen comrade.
"Don't!" Echizen shouted getting back to his feet. His breathing had become even harder. "Karupin!" Karupin had jumped from the trees and started leaping on the daredevils.
"Teme!" Leon shouted punching Alex in the face. He flew back, bounced off a tree and then fell to the ground.
"Why you…!" He looked up to see the four warriors standing over him.
"We are more than enough to defeat you." Leon said.
"Heh. I'm not as stupid like my brothers before me." Alex said with a small laugh. "You defeated me but I am not yet beat." He snapped his fingers. Everyone heard a cry of pain from behind them. Echizen dropped to his knees coughing up little mouthfuls of blood.
"BOCCHAN! You bastard! What did you do?!" Leon shouted.
"Nothing. The poison just started taking affect." Alex laughed then looked behind them.
"P-Poison?!" Momo stuttered.
'That bastard. He probably laced the arrow." Ryoga said clenching his fists.
"Echizen!" They all heard shouts behind them. A daredevil had come out of nowhere and clamped its teeth into Echizen's side making him scream in pain.
"Ochibi!" Eiji bolted to his side and slashed the daredevil causing it to disband. Echizen fell to the ground with a thud. The barrier he had set dissolved and everyone ran to his side. Leon stood watching in horror as the color from Echizen's face slowly faded.
"Your dear prince will die and all of you with him." Alex coughed out.
Leon glared at him. "Give me the antidote."
"There is none."
His eyes jolted open. "I guess there is no reason to keep you here any longer." He chanted a quick spell on his hands and punched Alex in the back causing him to fade into the darkness. Leon stood there. No antidote? How would Echizen survive? He snapped back to reality when he heard the calls of Echizen's name telling him to 'hold on' and 'stay awake'. He ran to where everyone was huddled around the boy. Blood was gushing out of him like a river. He wasn't going to last much longer if they didn't do something.
"My healing isn't enough to close a wound this big." Ryoga said placing his hands back on his brother's side attempting to stop the bleeding.
Leon looked from Echizen to Ryoga, then at all the regulars surrounding them. "You." He pointed to Oishi. "You are the healer. You can heal him."
Oishi looked at him. "What? I-I can't do anything like they can." He said gesturing at Momo and Eiji.
"You want to help him, don't you?"
"Of course!"
"Then try."
Oishi gulped and moved to Ryoga's spot. He placed his hands on Echizen closed his eyes and prayed. 'Kami-sama, please help me save him. Please, give me the power to save him!' A small light radiated from his neck, then his hands. It felt warm. A larger light radiated from his back to reveal bright teal wings emerging from his back. Everyone gazed at him then at Echizen watching the wound slowly close and his breathing return to normal. He opened his eyes to see everyone staring down at him.
"Nani?" He asked in a weak voice. "It's rude to stare sempais."
Oishi removed his hands from Echizen's side and looked at him. "Echizen! You're alright! Thank… God." He had collapsed on Echizen's lap.
"Naa! Oishi!" Eiji panicked.
"He's fine Kikumaru-kun. Just tired." Ryoga placed his hand on his shoulder to reassure him. "Come on. Let's go back to the house. There are some things I'd like to discuss." They gently placed Oishi on Taka's back and started heading back to Echizen's house.
Echizen was at the back of the group and noticed that Leon wasn't following them. He turned to face him. "What do you think you're doing?" He asked.
"Ah! Umm… Ano…" He couldn't think of anything to say.
"Hurry up or we'll leave you behind." He said turning from Leon and walking to catch up with the others.
"Ah, Hai!" Leon looked shocked to hear Echizen say that but followed him nonetheless.
When they had reached the house they set Oishi on the couch and everyone gathered and started talking about what had happened. Echizen told Leon to follow him into his room. Everyone looked surprised when they heard that.
"Karupin if anyone tries to come upstairs sit on them." Echizen said with an annoyed face knowing that someone would try to see what they were doing. "If anyone gets hungry feel free to make yourself something."
"Oi Chibisuke, am I included-" Echizen glared at him, not letting him finish his sentence.
"If Ryoga tries to make anything kick him out of the house."
Everyone sweat dropped when he said that. Echizen locked himself and Leon in his room and were up there for what seemed like hours. Oishi had woken up and was being filled in on what happened when he was asleep.
"I wonder what they're doing up there." Fuji said with a chuckle.
"He better not be doing anything weird." Ryoga said with a hint of frustration in his voice.
"What did you want to discuss?" Tezuka asked.
"Ah, I wanted to-" He was interrupted.
There were some thuds and bangs coming from Echizen's room. When Ryoga tried to check on them Karupin grew and attempted to sit on him. They were in his room for about an hour until Echizen came running down the stairs and hid behind the couch.
"What happened Echizen?" Inui asked.
"I'm never doing that again." He said narrowing his eyes.
"What did you guys talk about?" Fuji asked.
"I'm gonna have to soak for twice as long." He replied completely ignoring Fuji's question.
"Bocchan! Where'd you go?" They all heard Leon shout from upstairs. "We still need to kiss and make up!" He caught sight of Echizen hiding behind the couch and lunged for him. "Bocchan!" Echizen bolted behind Ryoga who got caught instead. Leon, having his eyes closed, thought that he had caught Echizen. He kissed Ryoga right on the lips. "See Bocchan? That wasn't that bad." He opened his eyes to discover Ryoga limp in his arms, his soul slowly leaving his body. "EH?!"
Echizen took this opportunity to run to the bathroom. "I'm going to take a bath." He yelled. "Sempais, feel to stay the night again."
"Mou! Wait Bocchan! I'll wash your back for you." Leon dropped Ryoga and ran towards Echizen.
"Karupin do NOT let him in under any circumstances! If he somehow manages to get in you get no dinner for the next two days!" The regulars all laughed hearing Echizen say that but then realized how serious he was. He would never mistreat Karupin.
"Bocchan! Wait!" Echizen ran into the bathroom and shut the door causing Leon to run into it.
NOTE THIS: This is chapters twelve and thirteen from the previous story
I feel good about myself. I got this done before midnight! Well? How was it? Go Oishi! You rock! Little drama, little comedy. Will Ryoga recover? Will Echizen ever come out of the bathroom? Will Karupin have dinner? Again, all the questions I am asking myself.
This time, I'm not gonna ask you to do all the fun things. You can if you want but I will not force you. Although, it does motivate me and… give me new ideas… Everyone, PLEASE REVIEW!
I wanna say thanks to everyone that has stuck with me this far. You guys really do motivate me.
One more time, sorry for the mistakes I know I missed.
Well, I'm gonna go to bed now. I'm tired and sick. Those two do not mix together very well… See you tomorrow!
