Mirika-rin: and this is when it becomes brutal. o3o hear me now, I am not merciful. sorry it took forever to upload and that it's short, this was the best break point I could find. My online courses are killing me, but I'll try to have the next one up soon!
Ashine-chan: This is another angsty chapter, this time centered mostly around Fai. 8D Hopefully I did an okay job on his past and that some of the minor characters I did weren't too OOC. To make up for it there's a small bit of fanservice, though that's angsty too. lol Things will get better in a few more chapters though, at least I think it'll be in a few more chapters. XD
Mirika-rin: XD if only you knew...
Fay's eyes widened and stood quickly.
"Is it...?" He turned to Zima worriedly, fearful of what would happen. Zima stood in a defense stance, his finger flicking to the handcuffs. They clipped themselves back on Fay as soon as the door opened. Dita came in holding her arm. Zima took off his shades, looking at the girl with wide eyes.
"Dita! What happened?!" Fay tried to pull the handcuffs off his wrists as he started to panic. He could feel his heart racing at the prospect of Kurogane having escaped. The dark haired man went to Fay and placed a hand on his shoulder.
"Sit down, I'll make sure nothing bad happens." He smiled warmly before going to the girl, who had just fallen in his arms. She looked up at Zima.
"Make sure... he doesn't... get out..." She said weakly. Zima held Dita in his arms, making sure she was alright before helping her to his own chair. Fay grabbed the back of Zima's shirt before the man left.
"Please, if he's like before I can help. I don't want him or anyone else to be hurt...." Fay pleaded with the Ginryan, his nerves on end as he thought of what could be happening. Zima grimaced and grabbed Fay's hand.
"I'm sorry, but you can't leave here." He said sepulchral, before making the Valerian let go. Releasing his hold, Fay's expression turned grim before he turned away from Zima.
"He won't stop until he knows I'm either safe or he finds me." Fay wanted to run and find Kurogane and try to calm him down and reassure him. Zima smiled, before looking at Dita in a secretive manner. He bent down, pretending to check the lock on Fay's handcuffs.
"I'll leave the door unlocked... go after a minute..." He whispered, glancing over to the unconscious Dita before standing.
"I'll be back in a few." Blue eyes stared in momentary shock before he smiled thankfully at the man. He watched as Zima nodded and left him alone with the sleeping Dita. His body shook from his nerves as he waited for the seconds to pass by quicker. It was only after the door closed did Fay hear Zima calling at the guards around the room, saying that he'd need help subduing the prisoner into cooperating. He heard heavy footsteps leave from around the door, and a distant rumble of something exploding.
Fay eased the door open and looked outside; it was deserted, so the alien stepped outside shutting the door behind him. He could hear distant footsteps as they ran down a hall. Carefully he eased himself along the corridor and towards the explosion he had heard earlier. His eyes scanned for any guards as he made his way further. Another rumble came across the hallway, shaking the floor and almost making Fay lose his balance. Red lights were flashing above his head, telling him that the prisoner was still at large. As he got closer, he could hear desperate yelling and harsh commands, gunfire, more yelling, and finally a booming voice that ricocheted off the walls.
"WHERE IS HE?!" Fay stumbled and caught himself against the wall, his ears rang from the fight going on ahead. He was afraid for his lover's safety at the sound of weapons being fired, though he was reassured by the familiar voice shouting over the sound. Rounding a corner he peeked around, careful not to get in the way of any weapon's path.
When he saw what he saw, he felt his heart drop to his shoe. Kurogane was standing angrily over a pile of wounded or dead soldiers, still holding one up by the throat. Among the men he could see Koryu, Kokuyo, and against the wall rested Zima, knocked out or dead, Fay couldn't tell. Kurogane's handcuffs were still on, only ripped in half, the chain dangling from his left wrist. His wounded hand was bandaged, but it was clamped tightly shut, bleeding passed the white cloth. His clothes were shredded, dangling in threads off his body. The hybrid had blood coming from his seething mouth, eyes set ablaze in anger. He twitched his hand and a crunch of the neck bones could be heard. He looked to his left to see the men shouting as they raised weapons.
"Fire!" Yelled one, and red bullets shot at him. He lifted his hand, the bullets suddenly pelted a red wall that stood between the dark haired man and the soldiers. His eyes fell back on the man he held, and he dropped him. He looked back to the men.
"WHERE THE FUCK IS HE?!"
"Kuro-sama, stop!" Fay came out from the corner as he yelled; the soldiers that had previously tried to stop Kurogane had backed away, dragging their comrades away from the room. The dark haired man snapped his vision to Fay, his eyebrows rose as he heard his lover call him. Faster than the Valerian could remember, Kurogane darted to
him, picking him up with his good hand and blocking the rain of bullets that followed. As Kurogane picked him up, Fay couldn't make sense of things, he felt tears slip past and down his cheeks before falling to the ground below. Even if he was grateful Kurogane was safe, he didn't know what would happen to them now. The half breed looked to Fay suddenly, seeing the tears from the corner of his eye.
"...Fay..." He said sadly. The hand that had held the shield moved to brush the blonde's face dry. Doing so gave the guards the perfect opportunity.
"NOW!" Kurogane's body shook as a million energy pellets crashed into his back, his face contorting with pain as he shielded Fay from any hit. Fay's eyes focused on Kurogane's face before his fingertips illuminated and created a barrier around them.
"Please....please don't die..." He croaked out as his voice began to break. He brought his other hand up to his lover's chest, a soft purple light radiating from the limb as he tried to stop the bleeding. Flashes of light bounced off his shield as soldiers fired at them relentlessly. Kurogane shivered, his eyes cracking open a bit.
"D-die? Heh.... from this?" His hand returned to Fay's cheek as he hovered over the smaller.
"Not... on your...life..." He said weakly with a stubborn smirk.
"I... I need...needed to see.. you..."
"I-Idiot, you were supposed to be good, I was trying to talk our way out of all of this...seems I can't leave Kuro-min for a minute without him trying to beat something up." Fay hiccupped as he tried to smile for Kurogane. He could slowly feel the other's blood clotting with the help of his own energy. At another time he would have wondered at the color, but it was the least of his concerns at the moment as he tried to protect them. The red eyes closed as he continued to smirk.
"You… trying to sweet... sweet talk someone into... believing us not guilty? ....h...heh.... don......don't make me....laugh...." He said his body wavering slightly. His elbows gave way and the dark haired man slumped to the side, his breath coming out hard. He looked to Fay and reached out his unwounded hand slowly.
"....F...Fay..."
"Please..." His breath hitched as his arms moved to wrap around Kurogane's shoulders, hands burying themselves in his lover's hair as tried to heal his wounds faster while trying to keep the shield around them up.
"You have to stay alive, what will Toshihiko do if he doesn't have Daddy to teach him things? What will I do? You're always saying I'm an idiot, I need someone to look after me." Kurogane didn't reply, but only breathed hard against the pale ear. His good hand slinked around Fay in a semi-tight hug. He coughed lightly, as if trying to laugh again.
"S..stupid....I... w..on...won't... di..die..." He whispered faintly. The guards by now had stopped shooting, trotting over to the victims to separate the dead from the living, and some walking over to Fay and Kurogane with guns rose.
"Please don't… he can't hurt anyone, he's too injured to move." Fay kept the barrier up, not wanting to take any chances as he buried his face against Kurogane's shoulder, tears running freely as he shook from fear.
"Sir Fay... we must put you and Youou in containment..." One of the soldiers said. He took off his helmet, showing another set of red eyes and black spiky hair. He smiled sadly.
"At least let us heal his wounds...." Kurogane closed his eyes, his hand becoming limp on the pale man's side. Fay looked up at the stranger.
"I have to be with him, unless your officers want a repeat of this." The alien wiped away his tears as he felt Kurogane leaning against him unconscious. He was relieved when he felt a pulse as his fingers wiped blood from Kurogane's mouth. The other man sighed, looking at the soldiers. He flagged them and they lowered their weapons. The soldier then turned back to Fay.
"We'll let you stay with him during his healing, but then you have to go back. By law you two have to be separated; he'll be put under special supervision." The barrier dissolved around them as the guards lowered their weapons. Fay continued to hold Kurogane as they came towards them. They automatically gripped Fay's arms and pulled him up to stand as two pulled Kurogane up. They allowed Fay to walk by near the half-human, but didn't allow contact.
It didn't take long for Fay to see in big green letters something that looked like 'Infirmary'. Fay was told to wait outside a room with a glass window so he could see Kurogane being taken care of. The blonde clutched his hands in worry as he stood outside; watching as machines were turned on and people came in to work on Kurogane. Once his lover was hooked to a blood-giving machine, they blocked Fay's view with their bodies of everything except Kurogane's face. He was still asleep. It was then Koryu came in with a bandaged arm. He smirked.
"He's gone and done it now."
"You shouldn't have separated us; you saw how he reacted back on Earth." Fay kept his gaze locked on Kurogane's face as Koryu moved to stand beside him.
"Yes, well, that was before. We hadn't expected him to break out of handcuffs and being strapped to a chair isn't really that manageable either..." His smile widened when a man wearing black suddenly came into the room with the healers, making them turn to him. He held up a paper and read inaudibly from it. The healers all flinched and looked to Kurogane. Koryu cackled.
"What is he doing?" Fay looked wide eyed as the man started reading off the contents of the letter.
"It's the charges of what just happened. Word reached the captain." He looked at Fay, a wicked smile on his face.
"Another crime's punishment is about to take place." He said that as two of the doctors went to the corner of the room and pressed three buttons.
"You can't!" Fay shoved Koryu out of the way to try and force the door open, he breathed heavily, his body tired from the stress and use of his powers. The glass window on the door allowed Fay to see a saw come down from the ceiling as they began to strap Kurogane down. Koryu held his stomach as he continued to belt out a very pleased laughter.
"The best part is; they've already used all his pain medication!" Fay's eyes glowed brightly, as he turned and pushed Koryu back, slamming the officer into the wall, before refocusing his energy on the door and window, hoping one of them would break. The window and the door vibrated with his power, but he had used too much energy earlier when forcing away the guards in front of Kurogane's home and then the shield. They remained in tact. Koryu retaliated, holding Fay's hands behind him as he pressed his arm against the Valerian's back. He rammed Fay's chest into the window and smirked.
"You can't stop it. Just watch it." He hissed vehemently and pleasurably. Fay closed his eyes as he was pressed against the glass, as he tried to struggle, his nails digging into the other man's hands as he tried to escape the hold. He heard a mechanical humming from the room and tried to refocus his energy. If he could just get his arms free he could probably try to do some written spells or at least get rid of his attacker.
It was then that he heard a choked scream. It turned muffled as something covered the mouth of the person who had yelled. Fay dared to look at what was happening. He felt his stomach churn as the saw sliced through Kurogane's shoulder, severing his arm.
"Don't touch me!" Fay snapped at Koryu, jerking his arms wildly. The officer was caught off guard by the sudden movements and his grip slipped for a brief moment. Fay took the opportunity to twist the man's wrist around in his hand before kicking him backwards.
His fingers glowed blue, spark flying from them as he began creating symbols against the door, frantically he finished the last mark and pushed his hand forward, relieved as the door caved in as if under a massive weight and flew from its hinges to the floor. Fay turned to the man dressed in black and with a flick of his wrist sent him sparing through to the room he entered in. Two of the healers turned to Fay in surprise, blocking Kurogane from his view.
"S-sir Fay! You have to wait outside!!" The screaming stopped only a few seconds after the buzzing had. Fay moved his hand once more, the machine sparking and smoke starting to pour out of it. He had wanted to crush the thing, but needed his reserve powers left intact.
He moved over slowly to Kurogane, ignoring the healer's protests. He was taken aback by seeing his lover's severed arm and the blood seeping out and onto the bed his lover lay on. The soft purple glow returned to both hands as he ran them over the shoulder, only able to ease the blood flow instead of stopping it fully. One of the two healers placed a hand on Fay's back gently. She gave the man a sad look.
"I'm sorry, Sir Fay, we had no choice. The arm will be replaced...." She explained softly, delicately removing Fay's hand from his companion's shoulder. Fay lowered his hands, now stained in the other man's blood and slid down to the floor underneath the window. Bringing his knees up, the blonde wrapped his arms around his legs, his face buried as he silently hoped for Kurogane's survival. He heard the doctors shuffle about, and a metal clinking as the healers fixed the open wound. It was a few minutes before the woman knelt next to Fay again.
"It's alright now, Sir Fay." Fay looked up and thanked the woman before he gaze feel to Kurogane, from where he sat he could only make out the other man's dark spikes. Lifting himself up, Fay moved to hover over the bed, he frowned as he saw Kurogane's bandaged shoulder, he was about to run a hand through the other man's hair to comfort him when he realized blood was still caked on them. He tried to smile, glad at least Kurogane was asleep. The woman stood by Fay.
"Would you like to clean up? Kurogane will receive his artificial limb shortly..." She asked, looking down to the severed arm that still lay out in the open. It was the one with the stab wound, his left arm.
"Yes..." Fay followed her quietly where he was led to a sink. Silently he washed his hands, making sure to scrub the blood from them. A wet hand went to his stomach feeling for the baby's aura. He smiled faintly; it was still the same as before. The male healer removed his gloves and threw them in the trash.
"We should have someone fix the door before we replace the arm." He told the other one, who nodded. She looked to Fay.
"If you could wait outside again, we'd very much appreciate it, Sir Fay." Fay nodded, not wanting to disagree with the only people who had actually helped Kurogane. Quietly he moved outside, stepping over the door to wait back outside the window, watching intently as the healers moved about. True to their word, Fay watched as they rolled in a large metal box. The two healers made sure that the door Fay had broke down was up before they continued. They opened the box, revealing a metal arm with no skin.
One of the healers looked at the other and asked him a question, and the man shook his head, lifting the arm out. He then moved in front of Fay's vision, and thankfully Kurogane wasn't awoken from this surgery like the one before. Fay waited patiently for what seemed to be far too long, in his opinion, as the healers attached the new limb. He continued to stand outside, growing anxious to go to Kurogane's side. When the healers were finished, the woman went to the door and opened it, peaking out with a small smile.
"Alright, Sir Fay, he's ready now." Fay moved quickly to Kurogane, his eyes trained on the other's chest rising and falling.
"Is he awake?"
"Yes, he awoke shortly after we finished..." She said, moving aside to allow Fay to pass her. The other doctor removed the straps holding Kurogane down, moving the bloody tools that had accumulated at the side of the bed.
"Kuro-rin?" He spoke softly and unsure of himself as he looked down at Kurogane. Red eyes opened slowly as the dark haired man turned his head slowly. He blinked languidly and lips parted.
"...Oi..." It felt as if a weight had been lifted from his shoulders as Kurogane spoke. He smiled brightly before reaching down to softly kiss his lover's forehead. Kurogane sighed heavily, wincing slightly as he looked down to his new arm.
"...Wh....What happened...?"
"What's the last thing you remember?" Lips met tan skin once more, comforting the other man. Fay was relieved for this brief moment of time with Kurogane.
"....They told...me... that you were going to get rid of...Toshihiko..." His real hand twitched before rising slowly to be placed on Fay's cheek. Kurogane looked at the blonde.
"It...it went black from there... until you called me in the hallway.... then pain...."
"Kuro-kun, we talked about this already, I could never be as cruel as that, I'll love him regardless." Fay wiped bangs from his lover's sweaty brow.
"They told you about my past?" He waited for Kurogane to answer, not wanting to tell him everything at once.
"No...." Kurogane closed his eyes, his hand falling back to lie on his chest.
"That guard guy... came in and told me a bunch.... of lies about you... that drove me up a wall...." The woman came up to Fay.
"I... I'm sorry, but we have to separate you two again...."
"Just a little longer." He spoke to her without tearing his gaze away from Kurogane.
"Zima needs to see Yuui." He was still hoping they had a chance with what the man had spoken of earlier.
"Yuui...." Kurogane's eyes opened wide, then closed in frustration.
"I... I left her at home....Dammit...." The woman tilted her head.
"You forgot something? Is it important?" The man smiled.
"Yumi and I can get it transported for you if you'd like, but you'd both have to leave now in order for anything like that to happen."
"It's an android that looks similar to me but female." Fai stopped thinking back to what the girl had said.
"Both of us leave? He's not able to move is he?" Yumi nodded.
"We'll take him to his room on this stretcher... wait, what's an android?" She asked, blinking in confusion. Kurogane looked over to them with a raised eyebrow.
"Is Earth the only planet that has stuff like that?"
"I've only ever seen one on Earth so I'm fairly certain it is." Fay smiled as he ran his fingers through Kurogane's hair. The half breed sighed and closed his eyes.
"An android is a computer.... that is shaped like a human. She's... at the same spot where we were when you guys came..." Yumi nodded and smiled.
"I'll get the coordinates as soon as I take Sir Fay to his cell." She said before going to Fay's side.
"I'm really sorry about this, Sir Fay; I know that if I was separated from my love I would not take it nearly as well as you have."
"Yes, hopefully Kuro-rin can behave long enough for me to work out a plan." He turned to his lover.
"Once Yuui's here we can start negotiating. Be good and don't start anymore fights or arguments... I'm still here and neither of us will have anything else done to us until were tried." He smiled softly at Kurogane giving the man a kiss before standing up to leave. Kurogane's real hand came up and caught Fay's arm gently, holding him for a second.
"I didn't start it." He said softly, pulling Fay down to kiss him again.
"And I'll wait... though I don't know for how long... I'll wait..." Fay smiled softly down to Kurogane, giving the man another kiss before he rose.
"We'll see each other again...so don't let anyone try to say otherwise." His finger glided over dark hair once more before he turned on his heel. Kurogane's hand slipped from Fay's as the blonde began to walk back out, ushered by the male healer. As soon as the tan hand had settled once again on the bandaged chest, the one named Yumi took hold of the head of Kurogane's stretcher and began to wheel him out, back to his chamber. Fay kept his smile as he was lead back to his room, glass crunched under his feet as he was ushered forward.
He lost sight of Kurogane as he rounded the corner, who was clutching his new arm subconsciously. The dark haired man grimaced at it, remembering only how much it had hurt to have it taken off and sewn on anew. He closed his eyes, swallowing dryly as the leftover pain rippled now and then through his shoulder.
The door opened and Fay was left on his own. The blonde moved to the seat he had been in earlier, it seemed Dita had left during all the commotion. As he sat he realized just how tired his body felt and rested his face in his hands as he thought of everything that had happened, his mind trying to process the information. Kurogane attacking, killing, bloodthirsty, and with a new arm, it was all depressing and horrifying at the same time. The only reason Kurogane was so enraged was from Fay not being there.
They had said he was strapped to a chair and handcuffed, and he had successfully gotten out of that and broken through a wall with plenty of energy left to murder over two dozen soldiers. Was there really anything keeping him from doing it again except his own free will?
Fay took deep breaths trying to calm himself, still feeling his energy slowly returning to him. He could only hope the two healers would come through and secure Yuui. It was then that the door lock was heard opening and the door slid apart from the wall slowly. The man with the shades had returned, but bandages and wraps littered his body as he smiled weakly to Fay.
"I rest my case; he's a ruthless one." Fay turned his head to the side to look at Zima out of the corner of his eye.
"It wasn't a good idea to separate us, but he knows I'm okay now." Fay was still upset about the punishment rendered by that unknown man, but knew he shouldn't take it out on the only person who seemed willing to help them. Zima smiled wider and closed the door, limping over to sit in his chair.
"Yes well, smart or not, it is the law..." He slumped down in the chair heavily, sighing.
"But... you being there was not overlooked..." He said sadly, turning his head to the side to show Fay a mechanical ear.
"They've done the same thing to me but with my ears."
"What will happen then? It's not as if I had hostile intentions." Fay was surprised at just how serious they took offenses, but said nothing. The other man just smiled plainly.
"Well... Dita wasn't successful in containment, but I took her punishment as well. We were both going to lose one ear, but I settled with both so I would match." He leaned forward in his chair, elbows resting on knees.
"Nothing will happen to you though, since I told them I was ushering you to the clinic to get your baby checked out when Kurogane got loose."
"Thank you." Fay smiled, not wanting to think of how Kurogane would react if he knew they had done something to him.
"No need to thank me, Sir Fay." The other said, folding his arms.
"I'm sure if we were in opposite positions I'd have the same chance as you..." He sighed, taking off his shades.
"Now then... what was the baby's chosen name?" He asked, a curious smile playing at his lips in friendly jargon.
"Toshihiko..." Subconsciously Fay moved a hand to his stomach as he smiled fondly at the name. The officer mimicked the smile, placing a hand under his chin.
"Was it you who made that up?"
"No, Kurogane did." The blonde was lost in thought with earlier talks he and Kurogane had had about the baby.
"I see..." He heard Zima say pensively, coming slowly into silence as he too became trapped in his own mind. His smile grew as he thought of Kurogane wanting a daughter as well. He could only hope that the man of his current thoughts would live long enough to consider a second child. Said man was locked away in a separate cell behind glass. Koryu snorted in front of it.
"Geez... he looks like a true animal sitting there like that..."
"Sir, would you like me to start with the prisoner now?" Dita said as she came to stand beside Koryu. Her eyes expressionless as she saw Kurogane. Koryu paused for a moment, taking his eyes off the wounded man to look at the other officer.
"....Do so, and don't Fay again. Otherwise I'll make sure you actually serve a punishment." He warned before turning his heel. The glass became tinted and the door to the side opened, waiting for inspection from the woman. Walking inside, she took her chair that had been thrown to the ground previously and placed it near the restrained man.
"Now that you're tied up we can begin." Kurogane finally began to lift his head, the heavy chain around his neck grating against the ground slowly at their prisoner's movements. His half lidded eyes stared at the woman, not wanting to deal with more bullshit.
"...Begin what?" He asked to humor her.
"The other one has already been told your past and now it's your turn to know his, this will be another punishment." Turning to the projector beside her, the hologram came to life. A petite girl with pale blonde hair and a taller man with shaggy brown hair appeared.
"Shall we start now?" The man on his knees snorted.
"Ain't got much of a choice..." He muttered, glancing up to see the image of the couple before looking back down to the ground.
"Hide Fluorite, who later changed his name to Hideki Motosuwa, was from a noble line that lost its rank generations ago....by the time he was born his clan only held their name and nothing more."The image zoomed in on the man, before it faded away to show the girl.
"Chise Mihara, an inventor's daughter of the lower classes of Valeria. Both met under normal circumstances and produced a son. Fay Fluorite, even at a young age he showed the potential of his patriarchal house." The image dissolved to show a toddler Fay, smiling as several pots levitated off the ground. Kurogane's eyes once again traveled up to the image, staring at the small boy with slight interest. He found himself wondering if that was what Toshihiko would look like, or look similar to, when he came about.
"When he was... thirteen in earth years he had relations with a girl, no child came from the union." The image turned into a slightly older Fay, holding hands with a timid looking girl. Dita's face remained the same at the hologram.
"The girl would die less than a year later from an unrelated illness." Kurogane's eyes landed on the girl, studying her for a moment before he looked at the young Fay. He held back a smirk to see that he was happy even back then; whether or not he was with somebody else, it still was relieving to know not all his past had been bad.
"It was an unexpected event and both families were in an uproar over it." The same blonde boy was shown highly embarrassed in what could only be his bedroom shifting around awkwardly.
"They had separated the friends." The image shifted and moved to an older Fay in long robes walking hurriedly a book clutched to his chest, a worried look on his face.
"He was enrolled in the academy on his grandfather's behalf, who still held some standing in Valeria's political affairs." The half human blinked, seeing that Fay was still only a teenager.
"How old?" He asked nonchalantly, not really noticing he had said it out loud.
"...Fifteen." Dita said as she calculated the age difference. Kurogane shifted slightly, his metal arm heavier than his other. He remained silent, waiting for the girl to continue so he could zone her out sooner.
"After the incident with the girl, Fay made no attempt at friends once he entered the school and living in the dorms he was left to his own devices." A young Fay sat alone in a new room, papers spread over a simple desk as he studied.
"Instead of seeking out others he chose to go the Luval's library in his spare time." A slightly taller Fay had his nose buried in a book, looking up only a moment as laughing couple walked past him, before returning to the pages in front of man on the ground sighed softly, wondering why Fay tried to pull off this social butterfly look when in truth he really wasn't.
"He would later get to know other individuals, but no relationships came from them." The same Fay pointed to something in a book as a red headed girl nodded.
"During his first year he would also be informed of his parents' deaths along with his grandfather's, effectively making him the last of his family." Dita looked over Kurogane, she noticed the blood had stopped spreading on his bandages. Said man looked at Fay, before he looked at Dita, feeling her eyes examining him. He scowled, glowering up at her threateningly before returning his eyes to Fay. Losing his parents, and grandfather? He could see how that was depression-causing, but enough to make him leave the planet? There was more to that than this.
Fay was shown back inside the library, far away from other students as he read, losing himself in the pages, his knuckles white from gripping the book too hard.
"It would later be found out his grandfather had gone mad from a number of things, including the stain left on his family by his grandson years ago...he was a traditionalist, one who never grew accustomed to the falling of his house." The girl sighed before the hologram showed a blood splattered wall inside a small home. Two bodies laid facedown.
"His parents murder went unsolved, though rumor has it that they were killed by the grandfather in a fit of rage." The man in the room felt his eyes grow wider when he saw the blood, and found himself looking down. He felt a churn in his stomach when he remembered his own craze of anger not even two hours beforehand, and wondered fleetingly if he would ever dare do something similar. A tall brunette with long hair smiled fondly at Fay, a pale finger moved to brush a strand of the blonde's hair from his face.
"Ashura, of the Shara family... one of Fay's upperclassman. He began to try and start a courtship four years after he entered Luval Academy." The image turned to Fay blushing at Ashura as the older said something. A group of girls laughed as they passed the two. Kurogane's handcuffs clinked slightly as his hands inside them clenched. So this was Ashura.... He growled under his breath, willing to calm himself down before getting too worked up. Fay was his now, this was his past, no reason to get pissed off from his ex-partner's smug smile.
"At first it was ineffective, the boy refused to make anymore connections with others due to past experiences, but during his sixth year, after much persuasion on Ashura's part, Fay began to reciprocate and allowed the courting to become official." A blushing Fay came up, allowing himself a small smile as he was given a bouquet of flowers then shifting to Fay being led into a group of well dressed people by Ashura, his cheeks tinted pink from the attention he was receiving, but smiling and laughing all the same.
The chained man averted his gaze from the hologram, unable to bring himself to see Fay happy with someone else. Instead, he stared intently at Dita as she informed him. She stared back at Kurogane, keeping herself from saying anything in case the man decided to try and break free again.
"Though what he had thought to be...love.... turned out to be a lie. It seemed Ashura had ulterior motives for his courting...he already had a lover, but courted Fay as a sort of....trophy." She paused to gauge the other's reaction. The scowl deepened, Kurogane's brow furrowing more so as he listened. He bent his head down somewhat the chain hissing briefly as he made even the slightest movement. He made no remark, but only allowed his hatred for Ashura grow in a bottle inside him. If he ever came face to face with this guy, his face would be hanging up on Kurogane's wall as target practice.
"His motives were to make Fay his own in order to tie himself into the Fluorite clan...despite it being a fallen line they had still held important position in all aspects of Valeria's daily life and were considered influential. As an upstart Ashura wished to... gain from this." Dita's eyes skimmed the new image the hologram had created before looking away, she could feel the other's eyes on the image, but made no comment. She kept her own opinion to herself, not wanting to make any mistakes with the prisoner. Kurogane glared at the courtier, seething softly between clamped teeth before closing his eyes. Chill it, you idiot, he thought vehemently before looking at Dita, his breathing becoming harsh as anger boiled behind his strained calm façade.
The image came up of Fay lying back against a bed, his eyes wide as Ashura smiled gently at him. The taller man leaned forward whispering into the blonde's ear as a hand was placed against his thigh, causing Fay to shift away, a fearful look in his eyes as he tried to close himself away from the other's touch, clearly not ready to do such a thing. He couldn't stand it anymore. The chained man growled loudly, his body lurching forward swiftly as he sat up on his knees. The chain pulled taunt, stopping the man from going any further forward as he glared at Dita. He struggled with his hands, trying to pull loose from the handcuffs.
"If you knew this would piss me off, why the hell would you show it to me?!" He spat, one foot moving to hold him in a runner's stance.
"Turn the fucking thing off before I black out again." He demanded coldly, eyes glinting angrily.
"If you decide to cause an episode as before there will be no choice but to eliminate you and Sir Fay." She glared at him, trying to force him to calm down.
"And this is only one of your punishments, to see for yourself the other's life, to know what they have done."
"I don't want to know; the past is the past!" He snapped the chain still tight around his throat and straight until the bolt against the wall.
"I don't choose to 'cause an episode', I do it unwillingly..." He warned, hands still trying to break free.
"Unless you wish for you, your lover, and your unborn child to be executed by the Court then you will sit still and let me deal out the rest of your punishment." She spoke forcefully, her face showing her intense anger at the human. Kurogane didn't budge or waver for a moment, having a glaring contest with the Ginryan before sighing, turning his head away.
"Fine. Have it your way." He said disgruntled, falling back to his knees. Doing so released the tension in the chain, showing that one of the bolts holding it to the wall was now loose.
"It may be that Ashura wished to produce a child from their two families to further his chances at success...but it is unconfirmed." The girl paused for a moment seeing the rage building up inside Kurogane as it had before, though she was glad that the man was now trying to calm himself. The image now playing beside them showed Fay's hands against Ashura's chest as the older man kept smiling and speaking to him, as his hands glided down exposed skin.
Kurogane glowered at the hologram, wishing it would melt under his gaze. Oh yeah, that guy would suffer through excruciatingly painful torture if he ever met Kurogane. The half breed felt a wicked smile curve at his cheeks. Death would certainly take its time....
"Upon Ashura trying to coax Fay into taking their relationship further he refused and Ashura revealed that he wanted to simply use the boy." The same image as before played, showing Fay pushing the brunette away, his shirt slipping off his shoulders as he rose up from the bed. The image contorted to show Fay running from the room adjusting his clothes and securing them as he went. Making his way towards his own room to tears falling as his threw books and papers to the ground. Kurogane felt the anger being subdued somewhat by relief, glad that Fay was stronger than he sometimes looked. He relaxed a little more, his hands stopping from trying to break free as he watched his lover run.
"After a time destroying his room, Fay kept to his room for hours before moving." Her eyes flashed to the picture of papers floating to the ground as jagged marks marred the walls while Fay sat on the bed, dressed in a new set of clothes, his hands hiding his face from view. The other's death glare did not go unnoticed as Dita continued, her own eyes narrowing as she readied herself in case of another escape.
She watched as the image moved to show Fay running past students and teachers alike, out of the school and into the surrounding city.
"Ashamed and hurt, he left school grounds and ran into the city... his whereabouts were unknown, only that he came back with an earring. After securing this he ventured to a space port and with nothing on his person. There with what inheritance he had left from his family, he rented a small ship without legal papers...it is believed he bribed the port master into giving him a ship." She looked over Kurogane, ready in case the man tried to break free. Kurogane gritted his teeth visibly, but merely let his fury out in a soft hiss, knowing what she meant by bribing.
"After he left Valeria, he did not set a course for a destination....it took awhile after his absence to figure out what he had done and as such, the ship's systems were remotely shut off, causing it to crash land. Unfortunately his location was lost from doing that." The image showed uniformed people pushing buttons on a machine before it turned to Fay watching in horror as the ship's computers turned off one by one and lights flashing as it plummeted into the planet's atmosphere. The half-human let out a rugged breath.
"That's where I met him..." He said simply, looking at the hologram as his chain clinked.
"Yes." Dita didn't pay attention as the hologram shut itself off.
"You'll be under heavy watch until we arrive to take you and Sir Fay to face the Court." Kurogane slouched slightly, looking up to the woman with scorn.
"You said this before..."
"Just a reminder." She stood from her chair before turning to leave.
"Zima says that the two of you had a chance to leave fairly unharmed, but now with the incident earlier and Sir Fay's involvement, it's doubtful it will help at all." She looked over at the chained man before leaving through the door. She faced Koryu with blank eyes.
"The prisoner's punishment has been dealt with." Kurogane's grimace darkened considerably before he bowed his head and closed his eyes, looking like he had before she had entered. Koryu, who had been watching, smiled widely.
"Thank you, you actually managed to keep him bound." He said a hint of surprise in his voice.
"Yes sir." His tone didn't escape her as she nodded. She glanced back at Kurogane, feeling sympathy for the forlorn look on his face. Koryu stretched before placing his hands behind his head.
"Man, I'm hungry." He said, walking in the direction to the meal hall and leaving Dita alone. It was only briefly, for she was soon joined by Zima, who looked at Kurogane sadly.
"Sir Fay is asleep; having spent too much energy today... how's Youou?" She watched as her commanding officer left and Zima came to stand beside her.
"He is not doing nearly as well." She said as she faced the window. Zima sighed, watching as Kurogane looked up again, to the chair that the woman was sitting in before to the wall where he knew others stood. The dark haired man standing with Dita frowned more so, subconsciously placing an arm around her.
"I never realized how lucky we were to be born on the same planet, Dita..."
"Yes...you said earlier about Sir Fay mentioning something important?" She had been told briefly by Zima of his conversation with Fay before he had been punished. Her hand rose to graze the metal that now replaced his ears. Zima flinched slightly, being startled by her sudden movement. He smiled sadly and placed a hand over hers.
"It's nothing... I'd rather have this done a thousand times over than to watch them lay one hand on you..." He said, bringing her hand to his lips.
"And about Sir Fay.... He's mentioned something about a computer in the shape of a person..."
"I've never heard of a technology like that." Her eyes were trained on Zima as he kissed her hand, a small blush on her cheeks.
"Neither have I..." He looked back to the window, his hand still holding hers by his face.
"Sir Fay said... this man had made it...or rather, her ... The two healers said they were going to try and transport it, and I gave them authority to..."
"You think it can help them?" She looked back at Kurogane through the window, her brow furrowed in thought.
"Who knows?... I'm sure it can at least prevent the death sentence..." He said slowly, watching as Kurogane moved his legs so he could sit on the ground, leaning against the wall with his head pressed against its cool surface. Zima sighed again.
"It must be horrible... knowing you're getting punished just for loving someone..."
"Hopefully it will change things." She could sympathize with the two men, unable to imagine what they must be going through.
"Yes..." Zima agreed softly, his arm tightening around his own lover as he watched Kurogane lull into a painful slumber. Said man sighed gently as sleep was finally achieved, his head rolling to the side somewhat as he began rest his tired body. Though he was a light sleeper on the average, he found himself unable to stir as easily, being caught in a dream, or rather, a vision of the close past. The night before they were taken prisoner...
Fay lay on his back, his lungs burning for air as he raked nails lightly down Kurogane's back. They had already finished the rest of the house and were now in the bedroom. Faint light from outside shone through the window as Fay stared up at his lover. Kurogane panted slightly, cracking his eyes to see the one who lay below him. He couldn't help but smirk when he saw blue staring back and leaned down to kiss the wet lips once again.
The room and the two men smelt of sweat and sex as they continued what earlier was started. Blushing as he thought back to what they had been doing all day, the blonde still couldn't believe he had done some of them, as he wrapped his leg tighter around Kurogane while the other draped over a shoulder. The taller man grunted as they came to a speed very familiar to the both of them, his hand fisting the pillow next to the blonde's head. He closed his eyes again, pulling away from his lover's mouth to balance himself once more.
Blue eyes closed as Fay lost himself not only in the sensations coursing through his veins, but to everything that had happened and what tomorrow would bring for them. The blonde was overwhelmed by Kurogane, at a loss for words how the man above him could possibly do so much for him when they had known each other for such a small amount of time.
His back arched a few inches off the bed as Kurogane brushed against his prostate. He shivered and moaned loudly, thinking of the baby that might come from this and, despite his previous insecurities about the ordeal, he was calmed in knowing Kurogane would be there. Opening his eyes he saw Kurogane breathing heavily above him as he continued to move inside him. The pleasure racking through his body on top of his previous thoughts of how much this human had cared for him caused Fay to choke back a sob before it could escape, moving a hand to cover his eyes the blonde felt tears prickling the corners as the two of them moved in synch with each other.
Kurogane noticed the blonde's arm move and opened an eye, his heart almost coming to a complete stop when he saw that the other was fighting tears. The tan man stopped moving altogether, staring wide eyed down at Fay for a moment before grimacing.
"Idiot... if I was hurting you why didn't you say something!?" Raising his hand away from his eyes, Fay wrapped his arms around Kurogane pulling him closer.
"You're not hurting me." He kissed the man in reassurance. The taller man continued to frown, parting from the kiss.
"Then why... why are you crying?" He asked, raising a hand to wipe away a falling tear and caressing the sweaty cheek at the same time. The shorter averted his gaze for a second before turning back to Kurogane, a blush lighting the already heated skin of his cheeks.
"I'm happy." He offered Kurogane a real smile as another tear escaped to slide down his cheek. The other man once again gave Fay a surprised look. It softened into understanding, leaning down to deliver a soft and meaningful kiss before he pulled away slightly to talk against Fay's lips.
"I don't want any of this to end either..." Fay smiled after Kurogane broke their kiss. A hand moved to a tan cheek as Fay fought back another tear.
"...We can only wish that it doesn't and hope for the best." Fay shuddered at the feeling of Kurogane still inside him and unmoving.
"Hnn..." The human agreed, feeling the shiver of the wanting pale body. He smirked at this and decided it best to start again, returning to the slow pace of the beginning, holding his lover close all the while.
Kurogane was stirred by a hand on his shoulder shaking him lightly.
"Hey... Hey, Sir Youou... are you alright?" Red eyes looked up to see a softly worried Zima, who had knelt in front of him. The groggy mind couldn't comprehend why he was asking.
"Why the fuck would I be?" He said, only to realize Zima's hand brushing away a stream of tears that had fallen down the tan cheek. The officer grimaced, sitting down in front of Kurogane, who blushed slightly from the revelation that he had been crying in his sleep and averted his gaze. Zima stared at the chain connection to the wall.
"I don't think I could ever understand your pain... or what you've gone through or what ever else lies ahead for you and Sir Fay..." He twirled the pair of glasses in his fingers subconsciously as Kurogane returned his vision to the man.
"...You've put up with so much... you are truly a strong man... much stronger than most from either Valeria or Ginryuu..." He smiled painfully, looking at Kurogane.
"Humans certainly are astounding...."
"Sir Fay has told Zima of an 'android' that could help the two of you... it should be arriving sometime soon." Dita's eyes scanned the man down on the floor, taken a back by the fact he had been crying. Kurogane placed his scowl on, ignoring the other's surprised expression. He looked back at Zima.
"Can she really help?" The other man sighed, looking down to his folded hands.
"The 'android' you speak of is something neither Dita nor I have ever heard about... and we're both drilled in the Galaxy's technology advancements. If the 'android' is as Fay describes, then it just might..."
"There's a chance this creation of yours could cause the Court to forget about wanting to execute you and Sir Fay." Dita finished her own lover's words as she continued to watch Kurogane. Said man's expression relaxed slightly, but only momentarily.
"So they were planning on doing so anyway?" Zima smiled sadly, bowing his head.
"...Unfortunately so.... after word got to the Captain, he transmitted it to the Court, and they have placed you under Most Dangerous in the Prisoner Charts... You are either to be executed or left for dead on a remote planet..." He closed his eyes.
"We dare not say this to Sir Fay... at least not yet..."
"But if they were to see this machine of yours they would have to rethink their previous judgment and at best you would just have your memory wiped and left back on Earth as if nothing ever happened." Dita looked away from the human, not wanting to think of what would happen to him or Fay if both of them were told the news. Kurogane sighed, closing his eyes. He could feel the tear stains dried now.
"Something tells me that the idiot's going to find out one way or another..." He opened them again slowly.
"I told him it would happen anyway..." Zima frowned and looked to Dita in silence.
"When he wakes, he'll have to be informed before our arrival and with the energy he spent earlier, his baby will have to be checked as well." Dita returned Zima's gaze as she thought back to how exhausted the blonde must be and with a child draining his energy as well, she would almost say he had come out worse than Kurogane. The half breed suddenly looked alarmed, his eyes darting up to meet Dita. He didn't say anything, though behind pupils she could see a raving panic. Zima stood then, placing his shades on.
"I'm not allowed to handle his case alone anymore, so I'll need Dita to come with me." He gave Kurogane a small smile.
"I don't know who's going to take over watch with you, but I'll make sure it's someone who won't taunt you into going ballistic again."
"We'll be leaving now, to wake him...our replacements should be in shortly after." She looked up to Zima after she spoke and the officer looked back at her before sighing. He didn't turn to Kurogane until he was walking down the hall, staring through glass. Kurogane grimaced when he thought of how Fay would react and bowed his head, wiping away what was left of his physical misery against his good shoulder.
The couple walked in silence for several minutes as they thought over the two men's situation.
"Do you know how long it will take for the shipment to arrive?" She asked as they drew closer to Fay's cell. Zima ran a hand through fuzzy hair, closing his eyes with a sigh.
"I don't know... it took our transmissions a long time to reach them, I can only guess transporting a computer would take much longer..." He looked up, noticing they were standing in front of Fay's door.
"....Should we really tell him?"
"He would either be told now or at the trial." She stood slightly behind him as he hesitated at the door. Frowning Dita knew what the man was thinking, but the idea of the blonde finding out later might be more painful for him. Zima came to the same conclusion, for he bowed his head and fixed the already perfected shades, agitated with how things were before pressing his hand against the scanner to unlock the door.
