Spiritual Bonds
Here is chapter 9.
I do not own Skip Beat or Demon Sacred.
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9: Demonic guitar.
"So let me get this straight. you just happen to find this?" Mika pointed towards the deceptively harmless guitar in the corner. "at a music store where anyone could have picked it up?"
Tatsuo nodded while K2 snorted and said. "That was idiotic of the owner even I would have know this guitar shouldn't be anywhere near humans! This thing should be destroyed immediately! It's far too dangerous and the amount of demonic power it's admitting is no joke!" and both of them looked at him like he'd grown two heads because he could sense such a thing while K2 rolled his eyes at them.
He wasn't hopeless.
" The store owner called the guitar 'Shi o genkido' (blazing death)" Tatsuo said.
"hm. Shi O Genkido, huh" Mika rubbed his chin, he know he heard that name before and went to his study room to hunt down the book.
K2 and Tatsuo didn't need to follow him because twenty minutes later Mika came back with a look of triumph holding a super old book and placed it on the table for them to see which page it's open on.
"I know I heard that name before. Shin O Genkido was the guitar made by Ueda Tango" Tatsuo eyes widened while K2 looked forever clueless since he was in the demon world when Ueda Tango was alive so he had no knowledge about the 'Edo Period'.
As if reacting to that name, the demonic output that the guitar was emitting suddenly increased.
"Mika, why don't you fill in for K2 over here who doesn't know who Ueda Tango is" Tatsuo asked while K2 refused to shot a look of thanks.
"I DO KNOW!" but his shouts were ignored.
"Of course" Mika said and then explained. "Ueda Tango was a musician that didn't get the praise he deserved for his talent and craftsman ship. He had a talent that people in those times would say he would be the Edo version of Elvis. He had a son and a wife and was working on a one of a kind guitar that nobody has crafted before, considering what guitars looked like in those days" Tatsuo nodded in understanding while K2 looked confused as hell, nobody bothered to show him what Guitars used to look like much to his annoyance. "He know that when he was finished, it would change the world of music but unfortunately he did something stupid" and the room grow silent for dramatic effect.
"He showed his childhood friend. Hirota Tanjiro" there was a flash of recognition in both of their eyes.
"Yes,, nobody in the world of music in Japan doesn't know who this man is and is regarded as the father of modern guitars. This is false" shocking both of them of them. "In reality back in those time, Hirota was a struggling musician that didn't have an ounce of rhythm in his body and because he refused to admit it, his life suffered for that. Than imagine his joy when his friend, Ueda Tango showed him a guitar that would make him go down in history and had told no one about it. Hiroto began to plot because he saw this as a chance to make sure he was the one to go down in history not the true maker. He spread lies that Ueda was plotting a coup and the next thing clueless Ueda know, he was dragged from his house and ordered to admit to plotting to over throw a feudal lord. He out right denied this and to his shock, his own childhood friend gave a fake testament in front of hundreds of people gathered there that he witness him plotting."
There was silence as both digested this.
Mika continued. " With his 'friend' testament combined with the rumours. Ueda didn't stand a chance and was ordered to be burned at the stake since their usual spot for chopping off heads was currently been cleaned because of all the blood. Feeling betrayed, he only wished that his family be protected and even that was taken away from him because before he went up in flame. He not only saw Hirota kissing his own wife and comfort her but at the same time, Hirota was claiming the guitar he made was his and was currently taking all the praise for it. It was at the moment that Ueda heart was consumed by hate and vengeance and he became a demon"
"But human can't become one unless you do what we did right?" K2 said, not understanding that such a thing was possible.
"K2 there are different ways for humans to become demons and of course if it were too happen, they would be fiscally weaker than us" Tatsuo said, having seen several cases in his life time like someone having a demon heart but becoming a demon was like one in a billion.
" Ueda in his last moments, put a curse on the guitar that whoever become the owner of it would have an untimely death and you can pretty much guess what happened to Hirota" Mika said and both didn't feel at all sorry for such a man.
"Hang on, how do you know all this?" K2 asked, a very smart question for once in his life.
"Because he was there, idiot" Tatsuo said and K2 hid his embarrassment under a glare.
"Do you think that, that guitar in the story. Is the same" K2 said, pointing at the guitar that seemed to have reduced the demonic power it was emitting now knowing. It had no effect on the three.
Tatsuo picked the guitar up and felt it try to lash out and he let some of his aura leak and the Guitar seemed to sniff in fear, he wasn't the only one because a bit of sweat rolled down Mika face and K2 wasn't much better off.
When he felt like the guitar was subdued or more like too terrorized to do anything, he put the strap across his chest and cut through the barrier that had erected itself to burn his fingers off if he come to close. Tatsuo snorted at the guitar attempt.
Idiot. How do you think I am and with that he torn right through it as if it was paper itself and plunked the top string. A deep tone came out while the string vibrated before he looked up with a smile on his face and said " I think It just accepted me as its new owner"
More like forced. Mika and K2 both thought as the guitar seemed to be trying to lick its own wounds after Tatsuo delivered such a crushing blow.
" Can you even play?" K2 questioned.
"nope" Tatsuo said in an all too cheerful for K2 liking. "But I'm going to learn."
"Just great, that means I have to add a sound proof room" Mika said while they both looked at him puzzled. "What? Do you expect me to listen to Tatsuo racket as he tries to master that Guitar day in and day out even I would go insane if that happened so to spare us all from wearing ear plugs. We need a sound proof room for Tatsuo to practise in" and nobody could deny the logic in that.
Suddenly they heard tiny footsteps coming their way and a sleepy Saito appeared clenching his favourite red dragon plush toy in his arms, came into view. Saito rubbed his left eye to get rid of the effects of sleep.
"tou-san?"
Saito looked so absolutely adorable! Tatsuo couldn't fight the strong urges that suddenly took over.
"Did we wake you up, son?" Tatsuo asked, having finished taking pictures to his heart content. Getting down in front of his still sleepy son.
Saito shook his head. "Nightmare"
Realisation dawned on everyone and Mika dragged K2 out the room to give the two some space.
Now alone, Tatsuo picked up his little boy and sat him down on a chair deeming him not awake enough to get there on his own.
Saito squeezed the plush toy while he watched his daddy make what he assumed was a warm glass of milk.
"Can you tell me what it was about?" Tatsuo asked, putting the glass in front of his son and taking a seat right opposite him. He thanked god that at least he bothered to learn about human interaction unlike most demons or else he would have been completely lost in this situation.
There was silence as Saito took the milk and gulped it down, he finished and put it down with milk beard sporting on his chin. Tatsuo smirked and decided not the comment on the milk beard.
"So now that your full. Do you want to talk about it?" Tatsuo asked and Saito shifted uncomfortable in his seat. He had never done anything even remotely like this before. He usually woke up and waited before falling asleep and kept silent about the dream.
Having a person to listen too was a completely new concept to him and he didn't know what his daddy reaction will be if he told him but Tatsuo seemed to be able to sense that and didn't push it and waited for Saito to speak in his own time.
Finally after twenty minutes had passed Saito opened his mouth and said. "I had a dream" Tatsuo ears grow large ready to catch every single word that came out of his son mouth. " I had a dream where you said, we were going out for ice cream and for some reason you said, I should pack all my clothes and stuff and then instead of going for ice cream like you said. We were in front of an orphanage and when I turned around, you were gone. You left me" by the end, tears rolled down his face and Saito tried to wipe away to tears, thinking his daddy would mock him for being a cry baby and be regarded as weak but this was far from the truth as Tatsuo watched Saito try to stop the tears, Tatsuo realised Saito was a very insecure little boy who always feared that he wouldn't want him anymore and dump him any chance he could. How this adorable little boy in front of him could be treated so inhumanly to turn out like this was beyond him.
It was time for damage control.
Saito let out a yelp of surprise when he suddenly pulled into a warm chest that he recognised all too well and found big familiar hands wrapped around his waist, rocking him gently and humming a soft little tone and he found himself calming down instantly.
When Tatsuo was sure, Saito had calmed down, he knelt down to his little boy level and locked at him with the eyes of a father and said.
"Idiot!" leaving Saito stunned speechless. "I will never get rid of you! Sure there will be times in the future were you would becoming so irritating that I wish I could ship you off somewhere far away like in your teenager years. Honestly I'm dreading them already" sounding horrified and Saito couldn't help but crack a smile. "But I won't! and do you know why?"
Saito shook his head and Tatsuo shook his head before looking deeply in his eyes son's and said.
"Because your my son and I'll always love you no matter what!" with all the seriousness in the world.
"...Really. You won't get rid of me?" Saito asked, did he dare to hope.
Tatsuo ruffled his son hair lovingly and said. "Of course, like it or not were bonded. I choose to have your blood in me and you show to have me essence in you so were connected making us father and son and I would never regret that" with so much conviction in his eyes that told Saito that every word was the truth.
Saito dissolved into a fresh wave of tears but this time they were tears of joy from the conviction in his daddy eyes. Tatsuo pulled him closed as Saito cried into his daddy shirt, Tatsuo didn't mind that his shirt was currently getting snot and tears all over it.
He let Saito finish crying and there was a silence between them.
"Tou-san" Saito said, through his muffled shirt.
"Yes, son" Tatsuo answered back.
"...can I sleep with you tonight" Saito said with a bit of hesitance and Tatsuo looked down to find, big adorable eyes trying to look anywhere but him and he chuckled.
"Why of course, my room is always open if you have a nightmare or if you want to make sure I'm real or something like that" He said, chuckling as Saito flushed, knowing he hit the nail on the head. He then scoped his flushing little boy up and began to walk to his room.
The next morning, Mika and K2 found Saito pressed against his daddy warm chest while Tatsuo had his arms wrapped around his little boy.
K2 took a photo and Mika sent him a questioning look.
K2 grinned.
"Blackmail, material"
And scene!
I hope you like this. This chapter took a lot of emotion out of me and now I'm exhausted! I hope you like this chapter, with Saito and Tatsuo fluff, of course K2 just had to be K2 in this kind of situation. Next chapter Saito turns five years old! and they've finally moved into their own house!
#Please note, there is no such historical figure in the real world and if you're looking to use this to cheat on your history homework.
Please look somewhere else.
Thank you XD
