Warning: This is a yaoi fanfic featuring a Lavi/Kanda pairing. There will be violence, gore, sexual situations, language and graphic details throughout the story. Please be aware that you do not have to read this if you do not want to. You have been warned.
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Blood Ties
Outside of Space and Time
Lavi screamed in pain as the cold knife scraped over his chest. He had lost count at how many times Tyki had used the blade to slice his skin. Though the wounds healed instantly, the numbing pain still remained and he felt every piercing touch the blade carved. He cringed as he felt Tyki's tongue once again on his fresh wounds.
The Noah lapped the blood as if it were a delicacy and smirked when his eyes met Lavi's. "Ah, there it is," the Noah said as both of Lavi's eyes looked down at him. "I've waited years to see that beautiful gaze once more," his amber eyes locked on to Lavi's green eyes, making sure to take in the radiance of the one that was kept hidden.
Lavi couldn't help but stare at the Noah, pleading with his eyes for him to stop. In the few hours he was left alone, his right eye had adjusted to the dim light and he was now able to open it fully. He had never wanted to use it again in his life if he could help it because his grandfather had made him vow to keep it hidden under any cost. But now, with the situation he was in, he couldn't keep that promise and it made his chest hurt.
Turning his head, he averted Tyki's stare. However, the Noah pulled his face back and made him look at him. "Don't hide from me, Red. It's more enticing when you look at me with that defiant fear. And that eye of yours is breathtaking, even more so than when you were a child." He gazed down into Lavi's eyes, taking in the sight of the vibrant emerald eyes staring insolently at him. The one he had kept hidden had the most intricate, almost cat-like iris as well as a pure, white glow around it. It was what defined him as the Guardian and was the wellspring of his power. However, keeping it hidden all these years, he never knew about it and, thus, had never learned about who he was.
"As lovely as you are, it seems you haven't regained all of your powers yet," Tyki frowned.
"What do you want with me?" Lavi asked, panting to breath from the drug he had been given.
"Several things, actually," Tyki said lowering himself closer to Lavi. "But I would much rather you give me one thing willingly," he smirked, pressing himself upon the red head. Lavi couldn't help but feel the hardness bearing down on him and it disgusted him.
"Like hell I would!" he retorted, knowing exactly what it was the Noah wanted.
"Such a pity. Seems that you've already gotten in too deep with that accursed vampire to let yourself be taken by anyone else."
Lavi glared at him at how he talked about Kanda. "Kanda's a way better person than you'll ever be, demon."
Tyki laughed. "Person? That thing…a person? You are funny, you know that? Tell me, would a person slaughter an entire family with no remorse? Would a person go and kill his own kind just because they were told to? Normally, people use their own judgments and morals to make those kinds of decisions but your Kanda, as it were, went off and did exactly that at the bidding of his creators. You say he's a person, but he's more of a demon than I'll ever be and you'd do good to remember that."
Lavi remained quiet. He didn't want to get into a petty argument over who was a better demon than the other. He knew Kanda and that Tyki held a grudge because Kanda had killed his Master. That was all it was. There was no way that his lover could be that cold and unfeeling.
A knock at the door interrupted them and the same woman came inside.
"What is it Lu?" Tyki asked, putting the knife back into its sheath and then tucking it back into his black jacket.
"You have a guest and I think it's about time you stopped playing."
"But it's so fun."
"Be that as it may, we can't have him die on us from your demented games," she said sternly.
"Fine; I'll stop playing for now," he said as he stood from the bed. He turned to Lavi before leaving and bent down over him, placing a kiss on his forehead. "I'll be back soon so don't worry."
"You can be back never for all I care," Lavi spat back. His reactions had little effect on the Noah and, instead of putting him off, it seemed that his defiance turned the Noah on even more.
"Such a feisty Guardian. You weren't like this back then; I think I like this side of you much more." With that, he left the room.
Lulubell stayed behind and walked over to the bed. Lavi was nervous to have yet another Noah so close to him and unable to do anything about it.
"Joido has done a number on you," she said, looking down at the bare chest of the red head and seeing all the knife wounds. Even though Lavi's wounds could heal on their own, the scars could not. She sighed as she sat down next to him. "Don't move," she said as she pulled a needle and vile from a bag. Lavi hoped and prayed that whatever she was about to do, she would do quickly. That and he hoped that the needle had at least been sterilized.
"Don't worry; I'm a nurse and it's sterile."
Lavi was a bit surprised at her statement and how expertly she moved with the instruments. She worked with the needle and prepared his arm. Using all the ease a nurse does, she pricked his vein and drew the blood she needed. After a minute, she pulled the needle out and placed a bandage over the wound, though with Lavi's healing ability, he didn't really need it.
When she finished, she put the used needle back in the bag and carefully handled the vile of blood. Without another word, she left the red head alone in the room.
Thankful to have some time to think, Lavi heaved a sigh of relief and began to think back over things. He tried to figure out a way to free himself but, with so many Noah around, the likelihood of him escaping was slim to none. The only thing he could do was wait things out and hope that the others would find him.
Who's not a princess that needs saving? He questioned himself as he recalled the last words he yelled out to Kanda. He sighed again. Thinking about the vampire made him relax a little bit and he soon found himself nodding off to sleep.
SCENE CHANGE
Tyki opened the door to the sitting room. His guest stood next to the large window that overlooked the mansion's flower garden. Without having to ask, Tyki already knew who he was meeting with even though the figure remained hidden by a long black cloak.
"May I ask why you've decided to come today? We weren't scheduled to meet for at least a few days."
"My plans changed. With you causing a scene like that earlier today, I had to do damage control and I don't really enjoy having to clean up messes like that," the figure said as he turned to face Tyki.
"My apologies," the Noah said as he bowed slightly to the figure. "Then might I be able to know what it is that you've called me out for?"
"You have him in your room?"
Tyki nodded. "He's quite well; I've only been playing with him and Lu just took the blood we need."
"How are you going to get the other's? Getting his won't be that easy. And believe me, he's beyond pissed right now."
"I know what I'm doing. Red owes me a favor because of the Old Law, remember? I'll use that to lure out the vampire and get what I need from him."
"Do it soon. I'm working on getting everyone away from the manor so that Wisely can break the seals. I've already put a few cracks in them so it'll be easier."
"No one's noticed? Not even Cross?"
"That old man is too absorbed in himself and finding the Guardian. Besides, I didn't learn what I did to be caught so easily."
"That might be true, but if we run into any problems, we'll be set back."
"Don't worry; there won't be any problems as long as you keep yourself in check from now on, got it?" the warning came without any room to defy.
Tyki nodded. "Anything for you, master."
LINE BREAK
"I don't think that's such a good idea," Komui stated at Kanda's plan.
"Why not?"
"Well, for you to willingly go out like that is just too reckless. And we don't even know if Lavi's alive."
"He is," Kanda stated.
"Oh yeah, that's right. You two started the Offering but never finished it," Komui remembered. "So you can at least feel if he's alive?"
Kanda nodded.
"You didn't finish the ceremony?" Cross asked while exhaling the smoke from his lungs.
Kanda glared at him. "There were a few details that were left out and he hadn't woken up yet."
Cross rolled his eyes. "Whatever."
"I have an idea; why don't we wait and see what the enemy does first?" Reever said out of no where. The three other men in the room turned and stared at him. "What?" he asked.
"Just go back to finishing that filing," Komui said. "Let the grown ups handle grown up things."
"The day you're a grown up, Komui, will be the day that I willingly come to you without those damn experiments of yours," he said as he stormed out of the room.
Komui sighed and returned to the conversation. "So, what should we do?"
"I can find the place they're hiding but it'll take time and I'll need to scour the city from the tower," Cross said. "Once I know where it is, I can break the seals and we can go in for an offensive assault. But everyone will need to be ready. And we'll need the vampires on the front line."
"We don't have many to spare at the moment," Komui said, thinking that there were only five vampires around at the moment.
"We'll need to leave one here to make sure things are taken care of; that idiot apprentice of mine can do it since he's the second strongest next to Kanda. The other three will go with me and Kanda will wait patiently in the Offering hall," Cross ordered.
"Like hell I'm waiting. I'm going with you to get him back."
"No; you're going to stay where it's safe so that they don't get what they need to bring that laughing bastard back to life."
Before the two men could start a full on fight, a knock at the door interrupted them.
Raeliarn walked inside, followed by Allen.
"Um, papa," she said quaintly. Cross looked at her and waited for her to finish speaking. "What can I do to help?"
"You're going to wait with Kanda like a good girl. They can't get you either," he said, patting her head.
"But why am I special? I can't do anything so why are they after me?" she asked in all earnest.
Cross looked at her and then at Allen.
"I didn't say a word," he said.
"Come here," he said as he pulled Raeliarn up to his lap. "You are a water dragon; water dragons are the protectors of the life spring. You have the ability to call it out when it's needed and since you're the only water dragon left in this world, they need you and the blood of two idiots."
She contemplated what she was told. "But, I don't know how."
"Yes you do. You did it the day we met but you can't remember it because I put a block on your memory. You were trying so hard to bring your family back to life that you almost died yourself. If I hadn't stopped you when I did, you would have given everything you had to finish the ritual. The Noah saw your ability that day too and have tried to find you since then so they can use you to bring back the Earl."
She nodded and looked sternly into Cross's face. "I won't let you down. I'll make sure Kanda-sama stays put!" She jumped off of Cross's lap and latched onto Kanda's arm.
The vampire lord froze and looked down at her. "Excuse me?" he said.
"No! You can't get hurt! I won't let them take you away like they did momma and papa!" She squeezed his arm tightly.
Kanda glared at Cross. "You play dirty, old man."
The red head smirked and took another draw off his cigarette.
"By the way," Komui said, "where have you been Allen?"
"I was patrolling and looking around to see if I could find the barrier the Noah are using."
"Like you could find it, idiot. Your level isn't near good enough to find something that strong," Cross interjected.
Allen glared at his master. "I was just trying to help."
"If you want to help, go to the kitchen and make yourself a god damn sandwich since all you seem to be able to do is eat," Kanda seethed.
Allen smiled at the other vampire. "Kanda, it seems you think I'm good for nothing but I'll have you know I've been taking care of things here for five hundred years while someone was sleeping peacefully. Lazy people really can't do much of anything and I had to do a lot to make sure that this manor could thrive after the devastation that someone left behind before falling asleep."
"Care to take this outside, fucking Moyashi?" Kanda flared up as he stood toe to toe with the other vampire.
"Would you two stop it? We can't afford to have the two most powerful vampires fighting at a time like this. We need to-" Komui was cut off by Kanda holding his hand up.
"What?" he asked.
"Shut the fuck up," he said as he listened intently.
"What is it?" Komui asked once more.
"I hear him."
BREAK
Lavi felt like he had been running for hours, lost in a hazy fog in the middle of the forest. However, this forest felt familiar. He felt this pull toward the center of the labyrinth and kept heading in that direction. He stopped momentarily to catch his breath.
Putting his head between his knees, he inhaled deeply, hoping his lungs would stop hurting long enough for him to get free of wherever he was. When he raised his head, he made out the faint silhouette of a stone gate. Pushing forward, he made for it.
The iron clad bars of the entrance had long since eroded away so it was easy for him to fit through the gaps in the bars. He wandered inside and found that he was in some sort of temple area. To him, though, it was as if had come home. He looked around and found himself in the center of the area. There, before him stood a large temple, dilapidated because of time. He looked at his feet and noticed a circular pattern that stretched out into eight rings, each having a set of glyphs of some unknown writing etched into them. He couldn't read them because they were weather worn. Looking to his left, he saw a small light shining from another temple. He made for it.
The light came from inside a much smaller temple than the grand one he had just looked at. Casually, he walked inside and began to search for the source of the light. He pushed back tattered black curtains and came to see an empty throne behind the veil. Walking up to it, he noticed the faint light came from that lone throne. Kneeling, he let his head rest on the seat.
A familiar warmth settled over him and he began to breath normally. He finally felt safe, as if he were home. His lips moved and his tiny whisper echoed in the room.
"Yuu…"
BREAK
"Yuu…" he heard his name and Kanda all but froze. "No one is to leave this room until I get back, got it?" he said before disappearing.
He rematerialized in the Offering Hall, standing in the middle of the room. Instead of his usual ceremony, he walked to the back of the hall, pushing a black curtain aside before climbing the small stairs to his dark, lordly throne. His thrown had been placed in this sanctuary because it was the gateway between realms. It let him travel between the demon world, the earth, and the heavens easily. Only the demon lord had access to this and right now, he was being called to that place once more.
It had been many years since he had used it; the last time being right before the battle with the Earl. He had gone against his creators and wandered into the heavens to see the Guardian. He wanted once more to try and talk him out of what he was about to do. But the Guardian wouldn't listen to him; he said that it was his fate and that it had to be done. Kanda recalled the argument they had, his chest hurting slightly as he remembered the harsh words he spoke before leaving the White Lion. If he had known that it would have been the last time, he would have never said what he did.
He shook his head and pushed the memories back into his mind. He had no idea why so many things from the past kept popping up in his memory, but he was finding it a little irritating especially when he was trying to keep chaos from reinvading the world. Glaring at the throne, he sucked it up and quickly sat down, letting the magic within the chair transport him to where he needed to be.
BREAK
Lavi wasn't sure how long he had been asleep, but he woke up when he felt a warm hand on his head and inhaled a very familiar scent. His two green eyes blinked awake as he stared around the room. He couldn't see anything different than when he had fallen asleep on the throne, that is, at least not until his gaze was drawn back to the seat. It was then that he noticed the vampire lord sitting in the chair, his hand nestled gently in Lavi's red locks and a smile of complete content on his face.
"Have a nice nap?" Kanda asked.
"Yuu? But how? Why? Huh?" the confused red head asked as he bolted up from where he sat.
Kanda grabbed Lavi's arm and pulled him down onto his lap. He held onto him with ungodly strength. "Why did you come here?"
"I don't even know where here is, Yuu. Last thing I remember is falling asleep in that Noah's room and then waking up here."
Kanda sighed, pushing Lavi away just enough to look into his eyes. It was then that he noticed the missing eye patch and the two green eyes. His face went blank and he stared abnormally at the red head.
"What is it, Yuu?" Lavi asked.
"When did you open your eye?"
Lavi hesitated. He didn't want to say anything because he knew it would set Kanda off, but if he didn't say anything, it would make things that much worse when he did find out. He took a deep breath and began to tell him what had happened.
When he finished, the look and aura Kanda emitted could have destroyed an entire continent if he had been allowed to. "I'm going to fucking kill that god damned fucking son-of-a-bitch; I'm going to slice his fucking dick off, shove it up his own ass, and fucking cut his head off," he fumed.
"Calm down, Yuu. Getting so upset isn't going to help things right now. I need you to stay calm for me, okay? Just have Cross find the barrier and you can see me soon, alright?"
Kanda grunted a positive response, but his anger still remained. Lavi strummed his fingers through Kanda's long hair.
"Ne, Yuu-chan," he muttered.
"What?"
"Do you know this place? It seems really familiar, but I don't have any recollection of it in my memory."
"Of course you wouldn't," he replied.
"Huh?"
"Your memory of the time you spent here hasn't fully come back to you yet; same as your powers."
"So, I am this Guardian thing that everyone keeps talking about?"
Kanda nodded.
Lavi sighed, leaning his head on Kanda's shoulder. "Will you tell me? About this place?"
"I don't know if I have enough time for that," Kanda replied. "Right now, your consciousness and the spiritual connection you have here is keeping you from experiencing what your body is."
"Huh?" Lavi asked, dumbfounded and awed that Kanda would come up with such a complicated explanation.
"Baka," he said as he hit Lavi's head. "You subconsciously came here to escape where you were and you called for me. The only time I can come here is when I'm summoned by the Guardian, get it?"
Lavi took a moment tor process things. "Sort of," he replied finally. "So, do I own this place?"
Kanda sighed. He didn't want to spend this time explaining things, but if that's what it would take to help Lavi, he would do it.
"No, you don't; this isn't a place that one can 'own'. This place is the Guardian's home. The world is divided into three realms: earth, heaven and hell. The Guardian oversees all three of these realms and its dwelling place is on a plane outside of the normal realities of the other three. It is a place outside of time and space."
"Then how come it looks so run down if it's outside of time and space?" the knowledgeable red head inquired.
"Fuck if I know. You're the only one that can answer that," Kanda huffed. "Anyway, only those called by the Guardian can enter in. The main temple in the center is the Guardian's dwelling place and the surrounding three temples house thrones like this one," Kanda said, pointing to the chair he was in. "One for earth, one for heaven, and one for hell."
"So, which one is this?" Lavi asked.
Kanda glared at the red head. "Which one do you think?" the demon's eyes flashed red.
"Ah; yes. Okay, so this is where I'm supposed to live and you heard my call?"
Kanda nodded.
"Then, can you hear me outside of this place? If I were to call to you from earth, would you be able to hear?"
"Not with that damned barrier keeping you locked in."
"I see. Then, we can't do anything about anything until Cross finds that barrier."
"That's the plan. He's going to lead an assault on the Noah with the vampires."
"Will you be there?"
"I've been 'ordered' to stay in the manor but it'll be a cold day in hell before anyone tells me what to do."
Lavi looked dejected, his eyes sad from what his lover said.
"What?" Kanda bit out.
"But the manor is the safest place for you. If they capture you, they'll take your blood and kill you. I can't stand the idea of them doing that."
Kanda smirked. "They can try; but only one thing can kill me and that thing isn't alive anymore."
"Still, they can torture you, kill you, wait for you to heal and then keep doing it over and over again. I can't stand the thought of that! Why can't you just stay put and stay safe?"
"Because you're life's on the fucking line! I'm not going to stand by and wait for you! I'll be there to save you and to kill that fucking Noah for what he's done to you."
"Yuu," Lavi said as he pressed his forehead to Kanda's. "I'm begging you, please stay at the manor. I would rather you wait for me then see you hurt over this. Please, for me, will you please just listen to them and stay?"
Kanda bared his teeth and pulled Lavi in for a heated kiss. "If it wasn't you asking, I wouldn't hesitate about leaving. But since it is you, I'll wait. However, if you don't come back to me within a decent amount of time, I will rip this city apart to come and get you, understand?"
Lavi smiled and kissed his lover. "Thank you," he said. As soon as the words left his mouth, his figure disappeared, leaving Kanda alone in the once grand hall. His eyes widened as he scoured for the red head but he couldn't find a single trace of him anywhere. He realized Lavi had probably woken up wherever he was and that his subconscious self had to return. Gritting his teeth, he looked over the hall once more before using the gateway to return to the manor.
AN: Short chapter, I know, but it's all I could do right now. Hope you liked it More to come when I get the time.
