AUTHOR'S NOTE: Here is the new chapter! Betaed by wonderful gwendal's wife. I hope you will enjoy it.
Chapter 11
Hisoka entered the judgment building, feeling uneasy and nervous. The building was full of souls filled with anxiety, remorse, and regret. He had to put his shield higher than usual.
"I'm here to see Kurosaki Rui." he told the receptionist once he reached her desk.
The woman looked at her computer. When she finally found the name she said stoically, "She is on the third floor, room 381."
"Thank you."
Hisoka didn't know if he was doing the right thing. His heart was beating faster and faster as he neared the door. He hesitated before he eventually knocked at the door, almost feeling sick because of the nervousness wrapping around him. He heard his mother's voice a short while after he knocked.
"Come in." Came his mother's weak voice.
He felt weak in the knees as he entered. They both looked at each other in surprise.
"Mother…" Hisoka whispered.
The young boy was shocked to see his beautiful mother being so tired. She was so thin and pale. Her eyes were droopy and her hair was in a mess. She seemed so weak and fragile. Hisoka was in pain to see her like that.
"Hisoka…" Rui whispered unbelievingly, still not trusting her eyes.
Awkward silence passed between them. The young shinigami stayed near the door, afraid of approaching his mother without her inviting him to. He still feared his mother. He was still afraid she could beat him or abuse his mind, even if they're both dead.
Hisoka finally broke the silence. "I know what happened with yatonokami. But what happened to you…?"
Rui was so shocked in seeing the son she so hated that she didn't move an inch from her bed.
"Ah…" was the only sound she made.
"If you need anything, you can ask me…" Hisoka offered kindly.
"Death was good for you, wasn't it…" His mother finally said quietly.
"I'm used to it now…" Hisoka replied calmly.
"They told me you were a shinigami now…" she continued coldly.
Hisoka lowered his empathy shield a bit to try to know what she was feeling exactly.
"Stopped trying to invade me with your empathy." she briskly ordered. Hisoka was shocked.
"Mother… How did you know?"
Rui looked away. " I know when you use it. Your facial expression slightly changes… I know you well. After all, I was the one who gave birth to you."
The young boy flinched at the harsh address, but nevertheless he obeyed.
"Humph." Was all she said to show that she acknowledged Hisoka's obedience.
Hisoka spoke up again. "Did they tell you all about Yatonokami, about me? Did you know that my empathy has nothing to do with the curse…?" Hisoka was a little anxious as he was about to hear what his mother would say.
"They told me." She answered.
Hisoka was relieved, but his face turned serious again as he faced his mother.
"I'm not a monster, mother." The words slowly came out from his mouth as he clenched his fist.
"I know…" she whispered. Tears fell down from her eyes. She was crying. Hisoka's heart melted as he felt his mother in a deep despair. He rushed toward her. She was, after all, his mother and even if she had been horrible with him when they were alive, he never stopped loving her. He had tried so much to convince himself that he hated her, but seeing her crying face all the hate melted away. He was shocked at the realization: he still loved his mother. He hugged her. "Mother…" he whispered, trying to console her.
The embrace lasted a few seconds, but when his mother realized the position they were in she pushed him off violently. Hisoka almost fell down but didn't. She jumped out of the bed.
"Don't you dare touch me again." she ordered with hatred in her eyes.
Hisoka felt her hatred throughout his heart that he thought he was gonna pass out again. Instead, all he could say was, "Mother?" he asked in shock "Why?"
"Why?" she asked furiously, her voice getting louder. "Why ?" she repeated furiously.
Hisoka felt like he was punched by such violence.
"So you are not from that monster…but so what if it has nothing to do with him?! God had punished me to marry my twin's husband…" she was crying again now. "He punished me for my sin and I gave birth to a demon! To a devil!" she was yelling now.
Hisoka was paralyzed by the fear and the hatred. He felt so rooted to the spot that all he could do was go down on his knees and cover his head from his mother beating him, much like when he was a child. Rui was insane, continuing to beat him. She continued to yell.
"You are not my son! You are my punishment! You are the devil! I hate you! I hate the way you invade my privacy! I hate your empathy! I hate you simply because you exist! So you became a shinigami, huh? Shinigami are doomed to eternal unrest. Suits you right!"
She continued to hit him madly. Hisoka was now crying like the little child he had been but tried to protest. "It's not my fault, mother! I'm nothing of what you are saying!"
"How dare you to answer your mother that way? The fact you are not from yatonokami is even worst! You are the son of the devil!"
"Stop it, mother!" Hisoka shouted while grabbing his mother's wrist to stop her. Rui looked at him with fear in her eyes.
"What will you do to me now?!" she asked in panic.
But soon Hisoka realized that his mother's memories were seeping into his mind.
Rui was staring in shock at his son, who was 3 years old. He was asleep with a black and white cat in his lap. The little cat was playing with Hisoka 's yukata. The little boy opened his eyes and yawned.
"Oh! It seems Ploum is feeling better. He woke up." He then saw his mother staring at him, her face almost white with paleness.
"What's wrong mother? You look so scared." He said innocently, but felt a little fear as well.
"What did you do to the cat?" She asked, her voice trembling.
"I don't know…I fell asleep. I remember I wanted to hold him a last time.. Then I fell asleep I think." He said genuinely.
Rui was taking took a few shaky steps back, almost stumbling in fear.
"See? Ploum just needed to be hug to feel better." Hisoka smiled innocently while holding out the cat.
"This is impossible. The cat was dead! DEAD! What … what did you do?" she was trembling madly.
"Nothing… Ploum wasn't dead after all. I'm so happy now." Hisoka replied, still confused by his mother's reaction.
"You did that to him… you are a monster." Rui ran to Nagare in panic while grabbing his shirt.
"Nagare! Hisoka did it again…this time with our cat! Ploum is alive again! This is not a coincidence ! It's his doing! This kid isn't my son! He can even feel what I feel, and now…"
"Calm down Rui." Was all Nagare said.
"He's a monster! A monster! Do you hear me? Disaster is all that he'd bring! We need to kill him! Kill!" She was crying in fear.
Nagare didn't answer. Instead what he said was, "Calm down Rui. Don't make me repeat myself."
Rui paid no attention and just continued on in fear. "We have to kill the cat too… that cat was dead, and I'm not keeping it!"
The memories he was seeing became blurry as another one seeped into his mind.
Rui was crying on her bed. Nagare entered the bedroom, his face serious and grave.
"So is it done? Is Hisoka dead?" Rui asked in anticipation.
Nagare sat down near his wife.
"I brought him to the cemetery like we agreed to do. Then I asked Yatonokami to take him. He was happy to kill the next kurosaki descendant and did whatever was necessary to him. I brought back his body. We'll say it was an accident."
"Thank god." Rui let out a huge sigh. "We got rid of that monster at last."
Nagare nodded.
"Master! Master!" a young servant ran into the room. He was out of breath and looked like he ran a marathon.
"What's happening Mitsuko?" he asked, sensing something bad.
The boy sucked a huge amount of air before finally speaking in an excited tone. "It was such a miracle, Master! We were washing Hisoka's body when he moved. He was breathing. He is still in bad shape but we called a doctor immediately. It's a miracle!" The servant was in tears.
"You did good" Nagare calmly said with a fake smile. "Call me when the doctor arrives." The minute he closed the door, Nagare looked at his wife in horror.
"It's impossible…" he whispered." I'm sure he was dead…"
Rui was terrified.
"He is a monster Nagare! It's impossible to get rid of him! He is not my son! He's a curse!" The words that came out of her mouth seem to be a deadly chant for the young Kurosaki descendant.
The memories again became blurry, but the emotions in it were so high that Hisoka fainted. His mother looked at him in horror.
"Somebody help me! Help me! Take this monster out of my room!!" She shouted as she cowered into a corner and a certain amethyst eyed shinigami took out Hisoka's unconscious body.
TBC
AUTHOR'S NOTE : oh my ! Hisoka fainted again …
