Anom Appears
Disclaimer: I only own Misora, Kyoto, Yusa, Hana, Koppu, Sonson (the little monkey), Kitsune, Umi and Midori. I also own the plot of the story…I mean the Genome part. Kurumi is from Steel Angel Kurumi. Ritsuka is from Loveless.
Summary: Team Ueki rests up after the battle with Robert. Sano doesn't have to stay in the hospital long due to the fact that his injuries are already healed. While everyone is awaiting the news for the second round of the tournament, Anom appears in the human world in search of the Genome that fled Hell when he was five. Can Kosuke protect Sano from the Hellion, and what is the feeling that Sano feels after he is rescued by the Celestial Being?
Me: I can start the relationship now!
Yohko: Two more chapters until Kitsune makes himself known to Sano.
Kitsune: YES! NA NO DA!
Me: Someone turn on A Miracle Starts With a Kiss.
Kitsune: -glares- No.
Me:…Forget it. The song wouldn't match the chapter anyway.
Yohko: Enjoy the chapter! That bastard Anom is coming!
Kitsune: DIE YOU HELLION!
Me:…Yeah…We need Leo now…TO FIX THAT DAMN WALL!
Chapter 8: Anom Appears
It was the day after Team Ueki rescued Robert. Nothing bad had happened from yesterday to today. It was all normal. Ai decided to go visit Sano and Rinko at the hospital (since they were hospitalized as soon as they got back.) When she got there, Sano was sitting in the chair next to Rinko who was in the hospital bed. Tenko (who was dressed in a cute outfit which wasn't cool toward the Celestial Beast) was on the table to the left of Rinko. Sonson was on top of Sano. Kosuke and Ritsuka were nowhere to be found.
"Sano! Rinko-chan! How are you guys doing?" the bluenette asked.
Rinko greeted Ai with the usual grin that girls always give off.
"They just said that Rinko needed a month in the hospital," Sano told her.
"Weren't you injured just as badly as Rinko-chan?" Ai asked changing the subject.
Sano refused to say anything about how fast he healed, so he decided to talk about Ritsuka, "Ritsuka-kun bailed before the doctor's could get a good look at him. I guess he was scared at what they might think about his cat ears."
Ai frowned. That's why he won't say anything.
Yesterday, when Sano and Rinko were fighting Robert, she caught a glimpse of Sano's monkey tail. Ritsuka mentioned in Robert's past that the Genome's long lost older sister had a snake tail. She came to the conclusion that they were related to some sort, but not much. After all, wouldn't you have the same animal gene at least?
"I see! What about Ueki?" she asked.
Tenko lost all doll cuteness as he spoke, "He must've recovered already, thanks to the Healing Beast…"
Rinko slapped her hand on the Celestial Being's mouth and shushed him, "We don't want the nurses to hear you!"
Ai couldn't help but giggle at the clothes Tenko was wearing, "What's Tenko doing here?"
"When Ueki-kun came to see us, he left Tenko-chan here for us?" Rinko explained as she held Tenko close.
"I knew this was going to happen…" Tenko mumbled.
Kosuke came into the hospital room wearing a goofy getup on his head. The thing on his head scared Sonson as she went into hiding in her owner's kimono.
"What the hell Ueki?!" Sano yelled as he felt Sonson shivering nonstop in his kimono.
"I got more talents for defeating the Robert 10," Kosuke began ignoring Sano, "So I tried one of my new talents…the talent to apply special effects makeup! I thought it'd cheer everybody up a bit."
Ai forced him to take it off since it looked gross only to realize that Kosuke caught a cold. Kosuke made an excuse that because there weren't any battles, he let his guard down by catching it.
"Ueki," Rinko began, "Sano and I were talking and…"
"We want to save Kobayashi and Wanko too!" Sano finished as Sonson climbed out of the kimono.
Kosuke smiled at his friends as he thanked Rinko. Truth be told though, he was talking to the wrong person. Rinko had to correct him that that wasn't her. Sano just sighed.
Tenko stared in Sano's direction. He was still trying to figure out how could Sano heal just as fast as Kosuke without the Healing Beast. It became apparent that Sano was a Genome ever since Kami-sama stated it. The monkey tail and the ability to communicate with monkeys is proof. If he really is a Genome, then he is in danger of getting attacked by the Celestial Beings in Heaven. Tenko thought to himself, I should tell Kosuke this when he's actually listening to me.
Sano left the hospital shortly after Kosuke and Ai left. He was going to search for Ritsuka and thank him for helping them out in Dogra Mansion. He was distracted by many things while searching for him. One was a fox with two tails that walked right past him. He was certain that he saw that fox somewhere before but he couldn't remember where. The next thing that distracted him was his stomach. He hadn't eaten anything yesterday or today. Sano sighed. Even though Dogra Mansion was a scary place for him, at least it provided him food and shelter. Now he was back on the streets as a street rat until the 2nd round of the tournament started. He prayed that he wouldn't die from starvation by then.
He passed by a bakery, but didn't even bother stealing. Sonson knew that it had something to do with Kosuke. The monkey kept telling her owner that his health was important but he ignored her.
The last thing that distracted him was the bookstore. No he wasn't looking at the math books that were in the window. He noticed that the 4th volume of Chobits came out. He went into the bookstore and went in the manga section to read the 4th volume of Chobits. He already finished volume 3 of the series and he just had to know what was going to happen next.
Sano was able to blaze though half the book when someone tapped on his shoulder. Sano didn't bother turning around because he already knew who the person was.
"Coming here to steal again?" the person asked.
Sano sighed, "Is it a crime just to read a manga?"
The person the Genome was talking to was the assistant manager of the store. He was there most of the time. Whenever the manager was here, he would allow Sano to stay in the bookstore for as long as he wanted and would give anything that could help Sano out in school for free. That wasn't going to happen today because this guy was grumpy and hated thieves.
"You may be able to fool the manager with that innocent question, but you're not going to fool me!" the man declared as he snatched the book from him, "Aren't you too young to read this book?"
Sano flinched. He was able to get away with it most of the time by saying he was 16, but he wasn't and the assistant manager knew this, "Y-Yes…"
"Kids these days can't even look at the rating of the book," the assistant manager said with a groan.
"…"
"I'll tell you what. I'll let your presence in here slide if you pay me 1000 yen."
Sano was shocked at the offer, "1000?"
"That's right. Fork over the money you have."
Sano took a step back. The assistant manager knew that the Genome had no money whatsoever. This deal was out of the question. Sano cursed himself for not asking Rinko for money, but that would seem wrong to borrow money from a girl.
"Well?"
"I don't have the money, and I don't intend to steal anything here," Sano told him.
Sonson glared at the man who glared back.
"Well that's a shame because I see you were planning to steal this one!" the man declared as he yanked the 3rd volume of Chobits out of his kimono.
Sano glared at him, "Give it back! My friend gave it to me!"
The assistant manager's eyebrow cocked up, "Oh? You have a friend? Who would be so generous to give you a manga like this?"
Sano didn't dare say Ritsuka's name.
"I guess I'll double the price to 2000 yen since from the look of this manga, that your friend didn't buy it yet."
"You-"
"What's it going to be?"
Kosuke was pissed off and it was all this guy named Anom's fault! This guy comes out of nowhere and causes trouble to the people around him and claiming to be the new Robert Hayden. If it weren't for Ai, then he would have beaten him to a pulp. He was forced to let him escape. Because of him, Robert wouldn't be able to go back to the old self until he was saved by the guy with the pink hair.
Kosuke didn't bother walking Ai home since she was nearby her house anyway. He decided to tour the streets. He noticed a lot of people staring at a store in particular. Kosuke decided to see what was going on. He was shocked as he watched the scene unfold.
"GET OUT YOU FUCKING STREET RAT!" a man yelled as he threw someone out.
Kosuke noticed that the person was Sano and his monkey. The person who threw them out was the assistant manager of the bookstore. People who were nearby were taking a few steps backward which the green haired teen noticed.
"Don't come back if you can't even pay 2000 yen for two books you were planning to steal!" the assistant manager shouted as he threw a magazine at the Genome. Kosuke was enraged at his action. He was hoping that Sano would take action, but soon realized that he wouldn't. Sonson did though.
"KI! UKI!" (YOU SON OF A BITCH! GIVE BACK SEICHIRO'S MANGA!)"
The assistant manager was not amused at the monkey jumping up and down, "SHUT YOU ANNOYING ANIMAL!" He threw a magazine at Sonson…hard! The monkey could feel the pain unlike Sano. Sonson stopped jumping. People were whispering to each other in the crowd that they attracted, "Shit…I don't need this much attention."
Sano picked up Sonson and held her close. He glared at the man, "Give back the manga that you took from me. One of them belonged to me from the beginning!"
The man smirked evilly as he held out the volume he took from the Genome, "Oh this? You won't be getting this back anytime soon."
What he did next was what made Kosuke snap. The assistant manager took the manga and tore it shocking everyone especially Sano.
"No money means you lose this," he told Sano sinisterly, "Better find a way to pay me back."
The pages flew off in the wind. Whatever was left was stepped on by him. People were whispering in the crowd how cruel he was being to them. Kosuke thought that he saw Sano crying of ALL people. He couldn't let this guy get away with what he just did. Even if he lost a talent Kosuke did what he did. He attacked the assistant manager with his powers. He didn't see it coming as he was hit by the tree directly and was sent flying into the store. Even though it was obvious that Kosuke attacked the man, the people around him thought it was an alien of some sort.
Kosuke ran up to Sano and asked if he was okay. Sano didn't want to look at him. He just stood up and ran away in the direction away from people with Sonson in his hands. Kosuke was shocked at his reaction but decided to follow him.
Sano was shocked that Kosuke was there when he was getting beaten up by the assistant manager. Not only was it was humiliating to him, but for him to help him out and lose one of his Zai was too much.
"Ki! (Seichiro, slow down!)"
Sano stopped running to realize that he made his monkey dizzy, "S-Sorry Sonson…I just…"
"Oooooo. (Don't say anymore.)"
Sano sighed as he placed Sonson near a tree since he ran out of the streets. He noticed that it was really dark. He would have to find a place to stay soon.
"I didn't know you could run that fast, Sano."
Sano fell over when he heard the sudden voice. He panicked slightly before he realized that it was only Kosuke. He quickly stood up and glared at the teen, "What do you want Ueki?"
"To give you back this."
Kosuke handed Sano Volume 3 of Chobits to him. Sano was stunned, "I thought…"
"That guy used a book from the store. Not your own book," Kosuke explained.
"That's a relief."
There was silence between the two.
"Sano," Kosuke began, "Why was he treating you like that?"
"That guy never liked me from the beginning, and he just happened to snap today," Sano answered quickly.
"Tell the truth Sano."
Sano was confused, "What do you mean? That was the truth."
"He called you a street rat! What did he mean by that?"
Sano avoided eye contact with the Celestial Being, "It's none of your business!"
Sano was about to turn around to pick up Sonson and leave the area, but the green haired teen was too stubborn to give up. He grabbed the teen's arm preventing him from walking away from him.
"Sano!"
"Leave me alone, Ueki!" Sano snapped.
Kosuke noticed that his tone was rather dangerous than usual, "Not until you tell me what's wrong."
"I won't."
"…Then at least tell me where your parents live so I can at least walk you-"
"Forget it Ueki! There's no one home anyway!"
Kosuke was shocked at his sudden outburst, "You live by yourself?"
Sano cursed at himself for letting Kosuke get to him. He tried to pry himself away from the Celestial Being in response. Kosuke wasn't going to let him go.
"Stop being stubborn!" Kosuke told him getting rather angry at the Genome.
"Stop being so nosy!"
"I'm worried about you Sano!"
"You worry about everyone! Why would it matter if you worry about me!"
"SANO!"
Kosuke couldn't take it anymore as he pulled the Genome closer to him. Sano was rather shocked at his action. He soon panicked realizing the situation he was in. He started to shiver.
"L-Let…me…go…Ueki…"
Kosuke notice the panic in his tone. Something really bad must have had happened to him. He soon realized that Sano's forehead was hotter than usual. It became apparent that Sano had a fever.
"Why didn't you tell me you had a fever, dope?" Kosuke asked him.
Sano didn't get a chance to respond as he fainted in the Celestial Being's arms. Sonson noticed and ran up to her owner despite her injury and hid inside his kimono.
Kosuke's cheeks started to turn bright pink. This was the first time holding someone like this, and it felt…kind of nice. Kosuke shook those thoughts out of his head as he threw Sano on his back and walked back to his place.
It didn't take that long to bring Sano to his place since he was much lighter than expected. His sister was home and when she saw the condition of her brother's friend, she instantly got the bed ready upstairs. Kosuke thanked his sister as he laid Sano on his bed. In order to place a cold towel on Sano's head, he had to remove the headband that Sano was always wearing. He was surprised at how cute Sano was without it.
Don't think that way! Kosuke told himself, This is Sano I'm talking about!
Sonson crawled out of Sano's kimono and found a place to sleep. When Kosuke's sister saw the monkey she commented how cute the monkey was before going into the kitchen and coming back with a banana for Sonson to eat which she gladly accepted.
"Where does your friend get such a cute monkey?" she asked Kosuke hoping he knew the answer.
Kosuke shrugged his shoulders. Knowing that her brother wasn't really paying attention to her, she left the room. Sonson decided to follow her for more bananas.
With the two gone, Kosuke watched Sano sleep. He smiled as he realized how adorable he was when asleep.
Damnit! I'm having these thoughts again! Kosuke thought to himself,Got to stop myself from thinking like this! Come to think of it, I never had these thoughts before. Even when I was with Mori.
Kosuke snapped out of his thoughts as he saw the Genome slowly open his eyes. He smiled, "You're finally awake."
"Where am I?"
"You're at my place. You were burning up and I didn't know where you lived so…"
Sano eyes instantly snapped open as he sat up, "What! I can't stay here!"
Kosuke noticed the worried look in the Genome's eyes. Something was up, "You have to stay in bed. You're sick."
"Thanks Ueki, but I can't stay here for long because-"
Kosuke cut him off as he forced him to lay back down, "Why are you so scared? No one's going to get you while I'm around if that's what you were thinking."
Sano's eyes widen at what Kosuke said because what he said was correct. He smiled faintly, "Thank you Ueki…"
"Your welcome."
Sano fell back to sleep in an instant. He must have had not slept well for a while.
"I'll get you to tell me about yourself…" Kosuke thought to himself. His eyes were feeling heavy. Eventually he fell asleep on top of Sano.
Kosuke's sister walked in on them. She smiled, "It's great that he has someone he cares about more than just a friend."
When Kosuke woke up the next morning, he realized that Sano and Sonson were gone. That instantly woke him up as he went downstairs into the kitchen to ask where Sano was.
"Your friend left an hour ago," she told him, "He said he had something very urgent to do, and he wanted me to tell you that he was grateful for taking care of him."
Kosuke frowned. Before he could even ask him about himself, he was already up and out of the house. The Celestial Being decided that he would go look for him…after he finished eating of course.
Sano went back to the bookstore. The last place Kosuke would expect to see him again. He was very grateful for his friend taking care of him for the night, but he can't expect to get too close to him. Not when the Hellions were on his tail. He was able to hide at Dogra Mansion for a while, but that was in the past and now he had to go back to his original life. If he asked his friends to help him, they would lose their Zai trying to protect him. It was already bad enough that Kosuke was the most willing one of all his friends to help him.
"He only has 8 Zai (1) left," Sano told himself, "If he helps me when those Hellions attack…he'll disappear."
"Ki…(Seichiro…)"
Sano glanced at his monkey. He sighed. It was obvious that the monkey took a huge liking to Kosuke's sister.
"Sonson, I told you we can't be close to anybody…or they'll die because of us…" Sano told his pet monkey.
"Uki… (I know but…)"
The two made it back to the bookstore. The store wasn't close down because of the tree though. It was still open even though there were people trying to move the tree out of the way. Sano knew that the assistant manager had to be hospitalized so the manager of the store would be in charge today. The Genome walked into the store and went back to the manga section and continued to read volume 4 of Chobits.
"Ki…(Seichiro, that volume of Chobits is going to bring bad luck…)" Sonson told her master with worry.
"Don't worry! Even if Chi is kidnapped, it's not like I'm going to be kidnapped reading this book," Sano insured her.
Sonson made some monkey noises and left her master alone. She knew she was being paranoid by the book, but she couldn't help it. The Persicoms in the story are similar to the Genomes. The only major difference is that the Persicoms are welcomed with open arms while Genomes are shunned for being different.
Sonson looked in the direction of her master and was shocked that he was gone. She panicked realizing that she was right about the book. She zoomed throughout the whole store, but Sano was nowhere to be found. She sweat dropped, "Ki…(Oh shit…)"
Kosuke continued his search for Sano and his pet. The first place he checked was the hospital. He asked Rinko and Tenko if they've seen Sano. They shook their head in response. Kosuke left the hospital and checked other places where Sano could be, but he couldn't find him.
"Damnit Sano!" Kosuke cursed.
Kosuke finally decided to back track to the bookstore. He saw people moving the tree he attacked with, but no Sano. He decided to go into the store. The Celestial Being was surprised that everything else beside the windows were in one piece. He saw a different guy at the counter. The guy was shorter than the assistant manager, but seemed much more nicer and calmer. He looked rather worried.
"Excuse me," Kosuke began catching the guys attention, "Have you seen my friend? He wears a towel as a headband and brings his little monkey everywhere he goes."
The man frowned, "He's not in the back of the store?"
Kosuke glanced in the direction. Sano wasn't there. Only old people were in the back. No one was in the manga section. Kosuke shook his head.
"That's funny. I saw him there for a second and when I was at the counter helping someone, he was gone. His monkey left when it realized that he was no longer in the store. But it's rare for that boy to leave his monkey."
Kosuke frowned.
"I did check there and found this though."
The manager held up the third volume of Chobits which was what Kosuke gave Sano yesterday.
"That's Sano's!" Kosuke announced.
"He has to learn to stop dropping stuff in my store," the manager said with a sigh.
He couldn't say anymore because Kosuke took the book from his hands and ran out of the store in search for the Genome.
Sano was reading in one spot in the bookstore. After he read the part where Chi was kidnapped by some strange man, the same thing happened to Sano. He noticed the presence of the person who kidnapped him, but his reaction was too slow because he was knocked out.
The Genome woke up outside of the bookstore and away from society. The place was very dark (possibly because a storm was going to happen soon).
"How long are you going to ignore me?" the kidnapper asked.
Sano's eyes snapped open when he heard the voice. His body started shaking uncontrollably. No. Not him!
Sano refused to look at the person who kidnapped him. That person who killed his parents and ordered all of those Hellions to go after him. The one who caused the near extinction of the Genome race. The person he belonged to from birth-------Anom.
"W-Why are you here?" Sano questioned him trying to hide his fear in his tone, but he was failing miserably.
"You should already know the answer Sano-kun. I've come to take you back with me after all of those Hellions that I sent failed me after ten years," Anom responded, "It's amazing that just by changing your hair color that you could hide for so long."
Sano gulped. He wasn't liking the situation. He was too far from civilization. Calling for help was out of the question. He knew Anom very well and knew how fast he could run. Fleeing was out of the question. He could always fight the Hellion, but Anom was one of the most powerful Hellions in Hell. The probability of him winning was incredibility low even though he was a Genome. That left one choice. Stall him until Sonson could come with help.
"Do you think I'll actually come with you after all you did?" Sano questioned bitterly.
Anom frowned, "Is that what you have to say to me after all those years? Sano-kun, don't you remember the time we spent together?"
Sano flinched. He didn't want to think about anything that happened to him in Hell. It was too painful…
"Its not like I hurt you when we were together when you were born," Anom told him.
"The reason I didn't get hurt," Sano began, "Was because my parents were the ones that were taking the blows!"
"So you do remember after all!"
"…"
"Why think about all the bad times? Can't you remember the good times we had?" Anom questioned.
Sano refused to answer. He couldn't call those times good even if he was treated nicely. What he was thinking about that moment was reinforcements to prevent this Hellion from taking him back to Hell.
Kosuke asked people around the street if they've seen Sano or his monkey. Most of them just shook their head. Some however were being a bitch about it and were asking why he would care for a street rat. Kosuke was rather confused on why Sano was called a street rat. Didn't he have a family or at least a place to stay?
As the Celestial Being continued down the street, he saw Sonson running toward him. Something must be up.
"KI KI! (Ueki! Seichiro is in trouble!)"
"You want a banana?" Kosuke asked. He did not understand the monkey one bit.
Sonson stops jumping and glares at the Celestial Being.
"KI! (It's that bastard Hellion!)"
"You must be really hungry. Does Sano feed you anything?" Kosuke questioned still not getting what she was trying to tell him.
"-red vein- Ki! (Idiot!)"
Sonson drags Kosuke by the collar (she is hell of a strong when she wants to be) to where the Hellion took Sano.
"Guess it wasn't a banana…" Kosuke mumbled.
As Sonson dragged Kosuke, he realized that she had a worried expression on her face. He then knew that Sano was in some sort of trouble.
"Sano-kun, can you remember the time when we-"
"Shut up Anom!"
Anom frowned. Persuading Sano to come back to him without causing a scene was driving him crazy. He would soon use force.
"Sano-kun…do you hate me that much?" he asked in a hurtful tone.
The Genome was unfazed by the change of tone, "Of course I hate you! Thanks to you, everyone close to me is dead!"
"I wasn't the one who killed them. It was the guys that I hired that killed your family and friends," Anom corrected.
"Cut the crap and leave me alone!" Sano shouted. He was still praying that Sonson would come to save him.
Anom sighed. The nice talk wasn't working at all.
"I guess I have no choice…" Anom mumbled.
He walked over to the Genome. Sano unconsciously took a step backward. He started to panic when he realized that Anom was being serious now.
"I'm only going to say this once Sano-kun: Come with me now and I won't kill that monkey of yours," the Hellion threatened.
Sano glared at the Hellion. How dare he threaten his pet monkey!
"Screw you! I rather die than have you kill my only family!"
Anom glared at Sano. It sent shivers down his spine technically because he can see the dark aura behind the Hellion and it was very murderous. He backed up too far that he was backed up to a tree. The Hellion still walked closer to him. Eventually, the Hellion was right in front of the Genome preventing him from escaping.
"I wish I didn't have to do this Sano-kun…" he murmured as he seized Sano's arms.
That was all it took for the Genome to tap into his Genome powers. Anom noticed and let go temporarily. Sano's tail lit up and almost hit him in the face. Anom sweat dropped. If that tail hit him, he would have been poisoned and there was no way to heal the poison from a Genome.
Anom seized Sano's arms again, and made sure that his tail didn't light up again, "How long are you going to resist?" he questioned in a low dangerous tone.
Sano wanted to scream for help. Nothing came out. He was too scared to say anything.
"I see you now know who's master and who's slave," Anom said with an evil grin, "I'll tell you what. If you swear to me that you'll never run away from me again, I'll spare not only that monkey but your other friends as well."
"I don't…"
"What was that boy's name again? Ah yes! Ueki-kun!"
The fear in Sano's eyes switched from fear to anger hearing the name of Kosuke, "You will not hurt Kosuke if I can help it!"
Anom was shocked that Sano referred Kosuke by his first name. He eyed Sano, "Since when have you ever called anyone by their first name?"
Sano realized what he said and said nothing. Why did he blurt out Kosuke's first name? Sure they were friends, but…
"I guess I'm going to have to force you to announce to me that you are my slave," Anom said in a low tone. The Hellion used his free hand to lift Sano's chin up forcing him to look directly into his eyes. Anom's eyes glowed dark purple for a second. Sano flinched for a second before his eyes turned a shade of gold, "Tell me who your master is now, Sano-kun."
The Genome still resisted the Hellion's control over him. It took all the strength within to not speak. Anom was losing his patients.
"I'm waiting!"
Sano couldn't fight it forever. He felt his mouth open up to speak the words. As he was about to speak, he heard someone call out his name.
Anom clenched his teeth in anger as he jumped away from a Kurogane attack. Losing his grip resulted in Sano falling to the ground. The Celestial Being was able to catch him in his arms before that.
Sonson came running to her owner and the Celestial Being squeaking in joy that her master was saved from the Hellion. When Kosuke turned to the Hellion, he was furious.
"You bastard! What the hell did you do to him?" Kosuke questioned forgetting to keep his anger in check.
"Oh Ueki! It's great to see you again!" Anom said with a grin.
Kosuke attacks him with his tree which Anom dodges successfully.
"That wasn't nice. I just wanted to get acquainted with Sano-kun again," Anom said with a groan.
"What you did wasn't even close to getting acquainted!" Kosuke shouted.
Anom frowned, "It's not nice to spy on people."
"You bastard!"
Kosuke was going to attack him again when he felt a hand on his arm. Kosuke looked at the person who grabbed him to see that the Genome stopped him. Anom grinned evilly, "That's pretty good my slave. Stopping your friend from attacking me and getting caught by Heaven."
The Celestial Being noticed that Sano's eyes were lifeless. He glared at the Hellion who was controlling him somehow.
"That's it for today," Anom announced, "I'll come and take Sano back when the second round undergoes."
Before Kosuke could stop him, Anom disappeared in that portal to Hell again. When he was gone, Kosuke felt Sano's grip loosen. He noticed that the teen fell into the unconscious state when he caught him again.
"KI! (THANK YOU UEKI!)"
Kosuke ignored the monkey's thanks. He glanced at Sano's sleeping face. He frowned, "What does that Anom want with you?"
Dark…so dark…this darkness feels so familiar.
"Sano-kun, come here."
A four year old Sano followed his master's orders and walked over to him. He looked at the Hellion that he belonged to and showed no emotion.
"I wanted to show you something…"
The Hellion walked away as the Genome followed him. He got out something that was made of wood.
"The humans call it a puppet," the Hellion told him.
Sano was amazed by how weird the puppet looked, "Amazing! What does it do, Anom?"
"You'll see."
I don't know why I was amazed by a puppet because as I grew older I realized Anom was referring me to the puppet. He pulled all the strings and I wouldn't be able to do a thing. I guess that's why my parents sent me to the Human World.
Sano felt himself being shaken to wake up. He opened his eyes to see Kosuke in his face again.
"Sano, I'm glad you're awake!" Kosuke said with a relieved look.
"…Where…am I?"
"You fainted and I carried you to my house since I have no idea where you live," Kosuke explained almost repeating what he said the other day.
"Oooo. (It was so romantic.)"
Sano turned his head away from the Celestial Being. Kosuke saved him again.
"Sano," Kosuke began in a serious tone catching his attention, "Why was Anom going after you?"
Sano refused to answer his friend. It wasn't worth it to explain to him about his tragic past.
"Sano, you have to tell me, or I won't be able to protect you next time."
"I didn't ask for your protection!" Sano spat.
Kosuke was shocked by his sudden outburst. He said it with so much anger in his tone but his face didn't match his words.
"Sano…"
The Genome glanced at the Celestial Being and smiled sadly, "I don't need you getting into my life…"
Kosuke frowned. He wasn't going to budge anytime soon.
"Ki… (Seichiro…)"
"At least tell me where you live so I can drop you off," Kosuke told the Genome.
Sano's face darkened as he hid his eyes underneath his headband. Kosuke noticed that the atmosphere in the room changed.
"I…don't have a home to return to…or parents to greet me…" Sano finally confessed.
"So it's true that you are a street rat?" Kosuke asked.
"I'm sorry…"
"For what? Being homeless?"
"Dragging you into this. Anom was the one who killed my parents, and I couldn't stay home knowing that he would hire others to capture me, so I burned my home down…so they'd lose track of me…"
Kosuke was stunned that Anom caused Sano to suffer so much. He clenched his fist in anger. He hated the Hellion even more.
"I've been on the streets for eight years so I forgot what it was like to live in a warm house with a loving family…"
"Why…"
Sano looked at Kosuke. He was shocked that he was crying for him.
"Why didn't you tell me that you had no one or nowhere to turn to?!"
Sano avoided eye contact with the green haired teen when he spoke, "Because…anyone I get close to…will…die…because of me…"
"WHAT KIND OF BULLSHIT IS THAT?!"
Sano flinched at the yelling. He was used to people yelling and cursing at him, but coming from Kosuke was shocking.
"You're an idiot Sano! You don't have to do everything by yourself! Mori, Rinko, and me are here for you!"
"Ueki…"
"We're protect you from him no matter what!"
Sano smiled at Kosuke's declaration. While he looked happy on the outside, he was still upset on the inside. Even if you say that Ueki, it doesn't change the fact that I'm still his slave.
"Since you don't have a home to go to," Kosuke continued, "you can stay at my place. I'm sure my dad and nee-chan will like it if you stayed."
Sano shook his head, "If I do then-"
He was cut off by one of Kosuke's stupid comments, "If you're worried about the bed then don't worry. I'll let you sleep on it. I'll probably sleep on the floor."
"Ueki! What I'm about to say has nothing to do with who gets the bed!" Sano shouted.
Sonson was glad that Sano was losing his temper.
"Then is it about the food? Or is it about where Sonson sleeps?" Kosuke asked innocently.
Sano sighed as he gave up arguing with the green haired teen. He wasn't going to hear him out.
"Still, I don't really want to sleep on the floor," Kosuke continued, "I might sleep in the bed with you, but-"
Sano's face lit up slightly.
"Then again there's only room for one of us on the bed since a certain somebody takes up a lot of the room."
Sano's blush fell as a red vein popped up behind his head, "I'm sorry if you're bed is rather small."
Kosuke quickly changed the subject, "So, are you going to change that kimono anytime soon? It looks like you haven't washed it in months."
"I'm sorry if I live on the street."
"Didn't mean it like that!"
"Just tell me where the shower is!"
"In the bathroom…"
Sano instantly stood up and speed walked toward the bathroom. Sonson made monkey noises. She was really happy that her master was getting along with Kosuke.
15 minutes later
Kosuke finally realized that he forgot to give Sano his towel. He quickly got a towel from the closet and rushed to the bathroom not considering the fact that Sano was still in there.
"Hey Sano! You forgot your towel so I was just going to-" he stopped in mid sentence as he glanced at the Genome. His eyes widened as a faint blush appeared on his face.
Sonson hopped over to the bathroom to see why Kosuke was all nervous. She finally understood and grinned evilly. He was looking at her master's naked body. Normally she would attack a person looking at her master like that but not today. She wanted to see the expression on her owner's face.
Sano was lost in thought for a minute before realizing that the door was opened and that Kosuke was peaking at him! He felt his face lit up in embarrassment.
"Sorry Sano, I'll just leave the towel here and-"
"GET OUT!" Sano yelled.
Sonson laughed as the scene unfolded. Since Kosuke was still looking at her master, he flew all sorts of shit from the bathroom at him. Kosuke closed the door and left the towel at the front of it. He walked away, humiliated. He was glad that his sister didn't see what happened.
When Sano was certain that Kosuke was far away from the bathroom, he opened the door and took the towel. As he dried himself, he felt his heart beat faster than usual. He put his hand on his heart and frowned. He felt his face lit up again.
What is this feeling? he asked himself.
Me: Chapter 8 done with 6527 words!
Yohko: Short chapter.
Me: I would have had finished this story faster if a lot of shit didn't happen.
Leo: And they include?
Me: Getting dumped by my boyfriend and moving to another place.
Leo: That sucks!
Me: He wouldn't of had broken it off if I wasn't moving! I hate this! And I won't be able to be online for at least 2 weeks!
Leo: At least when you move, you'll have cable internet all the time.
Me: I'll lose it if my grades go down…
Yohko: It won't.
Me: Notes…
1. Kosuke has 10 Zai for defeating the Robert 10, but in my story he defeated another person behind the scenes having him have 19 Zai. He then loses 10 defending Ai from these thugs (manga only) and then another one for helping Sano leaving him at 8 Zai where he suppose to be.
Yohko: Momo…I really think you are-
Me: Keep saying that and I'll kill you in the story that is yet to come!
Yohko: -gulp-
Me:…I want everyone to know that I write these stories to encourage people to love anime…but the love in these stories are never going to happen in real life. I should know. Preview!
"A team battle…I didn't see that coming We'll need to find two more people to form a group of six, but…"
"I have someone you should recommend…"
"Who is it?"
"Souya Hideyoshi. They say that everyone who fights him says that they don't want to fight him again."
"We've found you Hideyoshi!"
"Uh-oh."
"We had a hell of a time finding you!"
"Calm down Mori…"
Hideyoshi defends the kids.
"Honestly! Do you want another Soy Sauce Bomber in the eye again?"
"No. We told you we didn't come here to fight."
"Michiru! WHERE ARE YOU?!"
"Calm down Kaname-chan."
"WHERE ARE YOU?!"
"Right here…nee san…"
"MICHIRU!"
"Someone kill me now…"
"Hideyoshi, what's there story?"
"…There mother Kurumi Kagura was a Genome of some sort. She lived here with them here for 7 years until her God Candidate took her away to Heaven…"
"That's cruel…"
"She left Kaname in charge of Michiru, but she'll be heartbroken when she realizes that Michiru will be dead the next season."
"How…"
"He has HIV…"
Me: I'm introducing the last two Genomes of the story Kaname Kagura and Michiru Kagura. The children of Kurumi Kagura and the father is TBA for now.
Yohko: Readers, please review. Reviews will cheer Momo up from a little heartbreak.
Me: Ja ne! And Leo, you are still fixing that wall!
Leo: DOH!
