Hello everyone,
thanks for the reviews. I am happy you like Taiyou.
To Ryuakilover, that's a great idea. You're right, even though I wasn't thinking about Red when I wrote Taiyou.
Anyway, here's the next chapter and we are getting closer to the main subject of the Story.
Disclaimer: I don't own any of these characters. They belong to Katsura Hoshino.
I am relieved when I arrive at the HQ, the familiar walls welcoming me. I give my report to Komui, who looks at me worried again, asking if I'm okay. I scoff. Of course I am. Luckily the rabbit is not here at the moment and Linali left earlier. That makes the moyashi the only one who is still here with me. I train the rest of the day in the forest, venting all the anger and disgust I accumulated on the last mission. After a long bath and a meditation I go to bed.
The night is restless for me and again I wake up early. I go over to the training room, not caring about how much noise I am making. I try to meditate again, but it doesn't really work as pictures from this village keep flashing through my mind, for some reason mixing Taiyou and the moyashi into it.
"Fuck!" I finally shout and throw a nearby wooden sword across the room.
I stay there seething for a moment until I hear a small knock on the door. Then it carefully opens and I hear the light voice of the moyashi.
"Kanda? Sorry to bother you… But are you okay?"
I don't lift my gaze, neither answer him, just stay like before. I hear him walking over to me carefully, his apparently bare feet making nearly no noise on the wooden floor. He sits down next to me and after a moment of hesitation starts to rub my back.
"Kanda, what is wrong? You can tell me, you know."
"I'm fine, moyashi," I growl but don't look up as he could spot the lie in my eyes if I did.
"You're not, BaKanda," he softly says, "Come on. You took care of me so many times. Let me return that favour at least once."
I sigh, "I'm okay. It's just that I saw some really disturbing things on my last mission."
He hums and then suddenly draws me into an embrace, "It's okay. I know what you mean. But we are your friends and you can talk to us. Never forget that. Whatever you see you will always be able to return to us."
He smiles at me, a real smile, and for some reason I relax immediately. We stay like that for some moments, then I move out of his arms. He is still smiling and I nod a thanks to him. He laughs slightly.
"No problem, BaKanda. You know that…"
But suddenly he tenses and I hear a repressed curse.
"Moyashi?" I ask alarmed.
He though ignores me and shoots up. I look at him surprised, he only turns and dashes out of the training room. Instinctively I follow him. He runs into one of the public bathrooms, storming over to one of the toilets. As soon as he reaches it he falls down and throws up heavily into it.
"Moyashi!" I shout, kneeling next to him.
I hold his hair back and rub his back the whole time while he is losing his food to the toilet. For me it takes ages until he finally leans back, collapsing against me. I catch him.
"Moyashi! What the fuck is wrong with you?" I nearly yell at him.
"I'm okay…" he answers me, but his voice is not much more than a whisper.
"Don't lie, idiot! You look like you will fucking pass out every second. Tell me what the fuck is wrong with you!" For some reason it angers me greatly that he doesn't tell me and tries to hide his illness.
When he doesn't respond I straighten him up, "Were you even in the fucking infirmary?"
"No, but really, Kanda…" he starts, but then grips his head, groaning deeply.
"No 'but', baka moyashi! I'm taking you to Komui! Now!"
"No… Please… I-I…" he tries to refuse but suddenly he breaks off and goes limp in my arms.
"Oi moyashi!" I shout and when I turn his head to me I see that he has passed out. Shit! Immediately I lift him up on my back and carry him over to Komui's office as it is much nearer than the infirmary. I arrive in front of the door and throw it open.
"Oi Komui! I need your help!" I shout at the scientist, startling him awake.
"Kanda," he says surprised, "Are you okay? Did the mission affect you after all?"
"I'm fine!" I growl at him, "No, it's the moyashi. He collapsed."
I carefully let the white head slide from my back and lay him down on one of the sofas in front of Komui's desk. His eyes widen and he hurries over.
"He's still sick? What happened?"
"I don't know. He came to me in the training room. We talked a bit. Then he suddenly ran away and threw up in the toilet and fucking passed out afterwards."
He nods a bit and then gets down to examine the beansprout. As I don't really know what to do, I stay standing there awkwardly. Some minutes later Allen groans and his eyes slowly open.
"W-Where am I? What happened?"
Komui smiles slightly, "You apparently passed out after throwing up. Kanda brought you to my office," he explains in a soothing tone.
Hardly focused silver orbs wander up to me, searching for confirmation. I snort and nod, "You fainted like a little girl, baka moyashi."
He chuckles and attempts to sit up, but the supervisor pushes him back down.
"Please stay there, Allen. I am not finished with my examination yet."
"But I am fine now."
"That doesn't matter. This can't go on like that. You've been sick for far too long, we have to find out what's wrong with you."
"But I'm fine!" the white head inquires.
"Like shit you're fine! I have seen you throwing up two fucking times and I haven't bloody seen you a lot in the past time. And today you fucking fainted! There is something really wrong with you, baka moyashi!" I yell at him, exasperated and angry.
His eyes widen but he stops to get away after that. I scoff and turn to the door but Komui's voice keeps me from walking away.
"Kanda. Would you please stay here? You need to bring Allen back to his room when I'm finished."
"What? Why me?" I growl.
"You brought him here. So you will bring him back as well. And you were the reason he even left his room to begin with, if I'm correct."
"Che!" I grumble and curse under my breath, but the look the moyashi is sending me keeps me here.
After Komui took a blood sample from the beansprout, he motions the boy to sit up.
"Okay, from what I gathered, I can't tell you what is wrong with you just yet. I will test your blood. So please come tomorrow morning to me, so I can tell you the results, Allen. But for now you can go," the scientist explains.
The white head nods and stands up a bit unsure. He puts on one of his fake smiles and walks over to me. When he arrives I scoff at him, causing him to wince.
"You can walk on your own, can't you, moyashi?"
"Don't worry BaKanda. I don't need your help. And my name is Allen!" he retorts.
"Che!"
And I leave the office, the white head following me after a goodbye to Komui. But some steps away I suddenly hear a very loud growl. I groan and turn to my companion who has blushed.
"Sorry. Could we maybe go to the cafeteria first?"
I turn away and grumble violent curses under my breath, but I change directions to the dining hall. The amount he orders is ridiculous, again twice his normal one. I am really wondering whether the kitchen can feed anyone else apart from him these days. When I ask him when he ate the last time he answers, yesterday morning. I can only shake my head and push my own soba over to him again, because this time he is actually drooling. After that I escort him back to his room and make sure he gets into bed.
When I'm finished with the moyashi I return to the training room. I use the rest of the day to come down and in the evening I spot the beansprout eating dinner with Linali who returned shortly before. I go to bed with an uneasy feeling though. I am actually wondering what the results of Komui's tests will be. What is wrong with the moyashi?
That's it for today. Hope you liked it.
I wanted to ask something, if anyone knows. I have another story with mentions of rape, cutting and sucicide. It's not happening anymore but in the past. Do I have to rate that M already? I would on my own, but sometimes I think it's too high.
See you next chapter and keep on reviewing, please ;)
