Bleeding Hearts: chapter TEN!!!!!

Moko-chan: Yay! Chapter 10! Woot! Okay, um...enjoy the tor--I mean, nevermind.

Tsubasa: chapter ten:

A black boot stepped onto Rainbow Bridge. Subaru stood there, his white trench coat flapping madly around him.

Subaru flicked open his lighter and brought it up to the cigarette in his mouth, the flame crackling in the chilling silence.

Hinoto's words rang through Subaru's mind: The next kekkai to be destroyed is...Rainbow Bridge

Subaru raised the cigarette to his lips when he felt someone grab his hand. Subaru turned around in shock to see someone in a black trench coat and dark sunglasses.

Seishrou Sakurazuka.

"The ashes will fall on your hands," Subaru simply stated. The ashes falling from the cigarette were just missing Seishrou's hand.

"Are you worrying about me? You are as kind as usual," Seishrou said gently, smiling his usual kind yet manipulative smile.

"I have changed. I have been... changed. By you I suppose," Subaru said, Seishrou letting his hand loose a little.

Seishrou grabbed the cigar from Subaru's hand and put it in his own mouth. Subaru looked at Seishrou's blood spattered hand, his eyes shaking with tears. Almost, yet not quite.

"You have killed someone here," Subaru said. It was a clear fact. Seishrou smiled and took the cigar out of his mouth.

"Because I am the Sakurazukamori," Seishrou said. Subaru's eyes flickered with sadness softly and he looked down.

Bright lightening flashed across the sky. Subaru reached inside his coat and pulled a bunch of ofudas.

Subaru sent the ofudas at Seishrou, which he blocked with his own black ofudas. Explosions went off all down the bridge.

Sounds went off like fire crackers as the matched power combined in battle. Seishrou leaped from his spot and landed on the pole, smiling and surrounded by flames.

Subaru, now surrounded by wind, raised his hands. He brought them together, first two fingers raised, then brought his hands out, a star kekkai in his hands.

The kekkai raised itself and surrounded the entity of Rainbow Bridge.

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Sorata sat on the steps with his chin resting on the palm of his hand. Arashi was on the lookout, and Yuzuriha was clutching Inuki. Kamui stood there, his mind filled with the look on Hinoto's face.

"The sun set down already, but nothings happening…" Sorata said, gazing at his watch with slight concern.
"Yeah." Yuzuriha replied.

"That time the princess said has already passed," Sorata said. A ringing came to his ears and he put his hand up to it.

"What's happening?" Sorata asked.
Kamui too heard the ringing. His eyes went misty, and he collapsed to the ground, one hand on his forehead.

"The kekkai…!" He exclaimed. The other three also felt the raising of the kekkai.

"The kekkai is set up!?" Sorata asked, beside Kamui, whom was still clutching his head with one hand.

In his mind Kamui saw the star-shaped kekkai around Rainbow Bridge, and the effects of the battle that raged there.

Then Kamui saw them; the raiser of the kekkai. His right eye was covered by a bandage and his white trench coat flapped around him as the star raised itself from his hand.

Kamui's eyes snapped open. "SUBARU!" Kamui exclaimed, the image he had just seen vivid in his mind.

"This is Subaru's kekkai!" Kamui continued.

"What's happening?" Sorata asked.

Kamui closed his eyes again. Subaru was fighting. Kamui opened his eyes slowly, the amethyst hues cloudy.

He saw a man upon the pole and then a close up of his face.

"That's the…Sakurazukamori," Kamui said. Cherry blossoms flew around as Kamui looked at the man. Sorata gripped Kamui's shoulders and the two females looked at him in surprise.

"The place is... Rainbow Bridge...." Kamui said.
"But Hinoto said the place was that's going to be destroyed was here!—" Yuzuriha began, but she was interrupted by the frantic barking of Inuki.

"What's the matter, Inuki?" Yuzuriha asked.
Kamui quickly ran from the group but stopped when Sorata called out his name.
Kamui turned, determination in his eyes.
"I'm going to go to Subaru!" He announced. The seal looked at Sorata and the monk nodded in response.

"We have to separate into two groups," Sorata said.

Hinoto watched from the dreamscape.
"It's useless," She whispered, smiling as she watched Kamui and Arashi frantically run to get to Subaru's side.

"Dragons of Heaven. Let them die one by one."

The real Hinoto watched, tears falling from her eyes. Hinoto felt a presence behind her and she opened her eyes.

"Why here?" She asked, her voice trembling.

"All dreams are connected. The place where you are locked away... is also in the dreams," Kakyo replied.
"You also know....you cannot change the future," Kakyo said, remembering Subaru, the ofudas clasped between his fingers, surrounded by cherry blossoms.

Seishrou grabbed his ofudas, a bunch in each hand, and sent them flying in every direction. They whipped past Subaru and attached themselves to parts of the bridge.

The ground around Subaru began to crack as Seishrou raised his hand. It began to crumble slightly and it then fell into the waters below, raising the water high.

The cables in the area unwrapped themselves from the beam at the top of Rainbow Bridge. Subaru leaped from his spot and landed on the rubble, his bandage coming loose.

He looked at Seishrou, his determination growing. Seishrou just smiled, light gleaming from his black sunglasses.

Subaru circled the ofudas around him, chanting: "Shuku! You! Dou! Hikuu!" The ofudas turned into white shikigamis which flew over to attack Seishrou.

Seishrou avoided the blast and leaped away from the pole he had been standing on. Subaru grabbed some more ofudas.

"Hikuu!" He cried once again, and the ofudas sent blasts at Seishrou. Ofudas circled around both of them, five making the shape of a pentagram keeping them protected.

Seishrou removed his coat and in a sharp blast destroyed the shikigamis and ofudas sent at him. The ofudas, now ripped and burnt, fell to the ground.

Subaru looked at Seishrou, his bandage even more unraveled. Seishirou raised his first two fingers to face the sky and cheery blossoms began to surround the two.

Cherry blossoms began to fly towards Subaru. They seemed to form something, and slowly began to turn into cherry branches. Once they were complete, they cherry branches centered themselves on Subaru.

The cherry branches wrapped themselves around Subaru's ankles and wrists. Subaru clenched his teeth and fists.

The cherry branches raised Subaru into the air. Subaru bent his wrist to reach inside his sleeve. He closed his eyes, concentrated and with a swish he brought out an ofuda.

He raised his thumb to the edge of the paper and crimson blood began to escape from his thumb and trickled down his hand. Suddenly the branches turned into cherry blossoms and blew away from him.

"You don't have to use an illusion," Subaru said, landing on a rock rising as it went forward.
"I'm already trapped in cherry blossoms," he said.

"Since that day," Subaru said, glaring at Seishrou, whom was still smiling.

"The Dragon of earth Kamui told me…" Seishrou began, removing his black sunglasses.

Subaru looked down slightly and then raised his hand to the bandage wrapped around his eye.

"... That only I can fulfill your wish," Seishrou said, "But..."The end of Subaru's bandage reached Seishrou and he reached out to it.

"... That it is different to what I was thinking," Seishrou said, catching the bandage in his fist. He pulled it ever so slightly, and it came off completely, falling to the ground at Subaru's feet.

"Isn't your wish to kill me?" Seishrou asked, continuing to smile. The milky white of his right eye did not understate the gleam in his left.

Subaru looked up, his milky white eye gleaming as bright as the emerald hue of his left.

"No, you're wrong," Subaru replied. The bandage was flying away.

Subaru brought his hands together, ofudas placed around him. Seishrou did the same thing, and the two powers collided together, creating an explosion.

Slowly, the star shaped kekkai began to evaporate. Kamui's eyes widened in shock and terror. The two tapped the roof slightly, and then leaped off again.

Arashi turned to see what Kamui was staring at.

"The kekkai is disappearing!" Arashi exclaimed.

"Subaru!" Kamui cried.

The two leaped towards Rainbow Bridge, racing against time to get there. The kekkai faded more and more, until it finally vanished.

"Subaru!" Kamui cried, landing on the bridge. "SUBARU!" Kamui cried again.

"Subaru-san!!" Arashi called out.

"Kamui," the vampire Subaru whispered, tears filling his emerald eyes. Kamui clenched his fist and turned his face to the ground.

"It's already happened... We can't change anything. We were too late," the vampire Kamui whispered. Subaru collapsed to the ground, crying.

The two turned to the dust floating of the rubble. Two black figures were kneeling among the dust.

"SUBARU!" Kamui exclaimed, running over to Subaru. Blood spattered the ground.

Subaru was there, blood on his face. Seishrou was clutching Subaru's arm, for Subaru's hand had pushed itself through Seishrou's chest.

Subaru removed his hand from Seishrou's chest, blood sloshing from the wound. Seishrou fell slightly, Subaru still staring at the air in shock. Then, quickly, Subaru grabbed Seishrou before he hit the ground.

"W...hy...." Subaru asked

"Your.... sister..." he replied. Subaru's eyes widened. In his mind he clearly saw his sister falling to9 the ground.

".....Her life's... last... spell....." Seishrou whispered. In Subaru's milky white eye, the image was clear.

"When I...tried to kill you... the same way as I killed your sister..."-Images of Hokuto's last hours flashed through Subaru's mind-"That..." Seishrou continued, clutching his chest, blood gushing through the gaps in his hand.

"It would come back to me..." Seishrou finished. Subaru kept him up, shocked by the news ringing through his ears.

"We right now.... are like a reflection of the past... that day…Hokuto's heart was stabbed....." Seishrou said.

Blood ripped to the ground softly.

"You killed Hokuto-chan... and disappeared in front of me… I tried to kill you... from the bottom of my heart. I tried living, erasing your existence from my mind....But I couldn't. Even if you thought I was just a stone... even if it wasn't like stepping on a withered branch..."- Subaru clutched Seishrou's coat tightly, tears dripping from his eyes- "... And still that's why..... I wanted to be killed by you....Even if you forget that you killed me. Even if I'm one of the many sakuras, at least I wanted you..." Subaru whispered.

Seishrou raised his blood soaked hand and rested it on Subaru's tear stained-face.
"When I think about it...because… you're too... kind... you weren't ready to kill someone...."

Seishrou smiled then brushed Subaru's ear.
"I..... Subaru-kun..... ________" Seishrou whispered in Subaru's ear. He fell to the ground, Subaru staring in front of him in shock.

Subaru closed his eyes and embraced Seishrou. "You always. Don't give me the words. That I predict you would tell me..."

Kamui and Arashi stared in shock at the two in front of them. All they really wanted was to go over and comfort Subaru, but that didn't seem possible at that moment.

Kamui saw the tears rolling down Subaru's cheeks and reached out to try and comfort him, but then he saw Subaru's hands clenching the sakurazukamori's jacket, and Kamui clenched his fist.

Kamui looked in sorrow at Subaru. Arashi then saw the snapping of the metal bridge. The bridge tore away, the cracks traveling to the two.

"The bridge is going to fall!" Arashi exclaimed.

"Subaru!!" Kamui cried, reaching out to Subaru. The bridge thoroughly snapped into pieces, and the pieces fell into the water, creating a gigantic splash of water.

Lightening flashed as the kekkai was destroyed.

"Hokuto....." Kakyo whispered.

"You broke the promise," the young girl said. Cherry blossoms flew around, and the girl was dressed in the formal attire of her brother.

"What promise?" Seishrou asked, smiling.

"I told you: 'Don't take Subaru far away,'" Hokuto replied.

"Subaru-kun is in his room right now," Seishrou stated simply.

"But you took his mind. It might not come back. So I'm going to put a spell on you. You are the Sakurazukamori, and when you choose a victim you always...but, you can never kill Subaru. He cannot be killed by you, ever," Hokuto said.

"You can't kill me with your powers," Seishrou said.

"I know, but, there is a spell that only I can use," Hokuto said. Seishrou seemed a little interested, if only a little.

"I found out what the Sakurazukamori really is. So, kill me," Hokuto ordered. Seishrou smiled and he pulled back his hand.

Blood flew into the air as the hand slipped through her ribcage and pierced her heart. Hokuto fell to the ground, clutching Seishrou.

"If you die, Subaru will be very sad," Seishrou said.

"I... guess..." Hokuto whispered. "But I want Subaru to live. I know it's selfish. There's deathly suffering and events...and telling him to live... it's arrogant... but... still... I want you and Subaru to... live..."

"Why me as well? I hurt Subaru-kun... and killing you," Seishrou said.

"Yeah... I guess… I just don't want...you to die... Now matter how bad a person is... I still... like you.... Only you can kill Subaru... and only Subaru can kill you... so I'm going to use the last of my powers to put a spell on you...If you try to kill Subaru the same way you killed me. The attack will come back to you..." Hokuto whispered.

"What are you going to do, explaining to me the spell that you just used all your powers on?" Seishrou asked.

"It doesn't matter, if I don't tell you. In the end.... I need to let you trust me... the spell won't work at all..." Hokuto whispered.

"I'm not the kind of person that leans on your trust," Seishrou said.

"I know…but.... Subaru thinks that you're... special…"- Hokuto took Seishrou's hand-
"That's why... I want to trust you... don't forget... There is a definite crime that can't be made up"- Hokuto put her hand on Seishrou's face- "There's no one who can't love someone..... Sei-chan..." Hokuto whispered.

Seishrou's eyes widened. Then he smiled. Hokuto fell back, blood spilling into the air.
"Su...ba...ru..." Hokuto whispered. Wind swirled around her, turning her lifeless body into cherry blossom petals.

"Hokuto... the future you believed in... it didn't come true...the wish you bet you're life on... wasn't fulfilled. I knew this...but I couldn't change anything." Kakyo whispered.

"The future won't change. But at least those two are happy."-Fuuma grabbed a cherry blossom- "The person you wanted to be killed by kills you. They're not concentrating on the fic that they're living, so it's a happy ending." Fuuma said, looking at the scene of Subaru clutching Seishrou's lifeless form.

"That's the wish of the Dragon of Earth?!" Kakyo asked, tears streaming from his eyes. Fuuma looked at Seishrou's face and smiled.

"Then, what happens to the wish of the Dragon of Heaven?" Kakyo asked. Fuuma opened his hand.

"If it was me, I wouldn't forgive the fact that because they think that they're special, it let's them kill people," Fuuma said, clenching his fist, "If they're going to die, I would definitely kill them."

"But Hokuto is—"

"Dead," Fuuma finished. "But that doesn't mean that you have to keep thinking about the person that died, or forget them," Fuuma said. Crying, Kakyo put his head on Fuuma's chest.

"Then, Hokuto's brother..." Kakyo began.

"You already know what will happen. A kekkai is made to protect something that should be protected. If it doesn't have to be protected, it's useless. And then…one of the seven seals will disappear. And the Dragon of Earth's open seat will be filled."

Kamui stood in front of the door. He reached for the handle, but he then clenched his fist. He ten reached for the handle again and turned it and pushed open the door when it opened with a click.

"Subaru." Kamui said, standing beside the door. The room was dark, no light could penetrate it. Kamui walked in. He looked at Subaru, and Subaru looked at him.

"Don't worry. I am not broken," Subaru said. Kamui kneeled in front of him and brushed Subaru's coat.

"You didn't change," Kamui said.

"I didn't want to change," Subaru answered.

"Because it's his blood," Kamui stated. Subaru just looked down blankly, touching a bloodstained spot on his jacket.

"Sorry," Kamui apologized; putting his hands on the armrests of the chair Subaru was sitting on.

"If you're saying you're sorry for taking me out of there, that's not important," Subaru said.

"But...!" Kamui exclaimed, slamming his clenched hands on the armrests. "But...Subaru didn't want that!" Kamui exclaimed. Subaru just looked downwards.

"When he was helping me with work"-Kamui put his head on the armrest- "He talked about... cigarettes. When Subaru smokes, his powers increase, and he needs that to beat the Sakurazukamori. But, why he wanted to be killed..." Kamui began.

"You don't know," Subaru finished. "A long time ago, I was nearly killed by that person, but that person didn't kill me." Subaru remembered all to well the time when he was held up by branches, embraced by the cherry blossom tree.

"After that, that person probably knew where I was, because I have this sign," Subaru said. He raised his hand, showing for the first time the pentagram engraved in the skin on his hand.

Kamui looked at the sign, unsure of what it was. "This sign is a proof that I'm one of the victims of the Sakurazukamori. A sign for people that will get killed," Subaru said.

Kamui looked at the sign. That vampire probably has it too. Kamui thought, remembering how the vampire Subaru always wore gloves.

"Too me, I didn't know. Why didn't he come to kill me, even though he knew where I was? I though a lot, and then I remembered. That eye," Subaru said.

"Eye?" Kamui asked.

"When he didn't succeed killing me, his eye.... that was an ignoring eye. To kill me is useless, and eye that is just looking at a thing. That's why. I wanted to be stronger. So that I could be an offense to him, so that he would think 'I can kill him'," Subaru said.
Kamui looked down sadly.

"But... that was my misunderstanding," Subaru said. If the things that people say before they die is the truth.... or a lie. I don't know anymore. I can't even ask,"

"Subaru," Kamui whispered, putting his hand on Subaru's.
"You… you can just think about how you can fulfill your wish." Subaru said. He put his hand on Kamui's cheek.

"Even if my wish hurts someone else," Kamui recited.

"There is no way everyone can be happy," Subaru said. Kamui's eyes widened.

"... Your eyes are red, you should sleep for a little bit," Subaru said.

"Yeah," Kamui replied. He stood up and their linked hands broke apart. Kamui walked over to the door, and then turned to look at Subaru, whom was engulfed in shadows once again.

Kamui closed he doors behind him. Once Kamui had left, Subaru looked at his hands. He raised one to his face and kissed it softly.

Subaru got to his feet and opened the window. Wind blew through the wind, raising the ends of the curtains, making them flap wildly, as it did for Subaru's coat.

Then, he was gone.

It was dark. No, dark wasn't the way to describe it. It was completely and utterly the darkest shade of black all around him.

The vampire Subaru walked through the dark room, his footsteps the quietest tap on the ground, as if he was walking on thin air.

Subaru reached out his hand, and his palm touched a cool surface. Behind the surface was a candle, a small flame on the top of the wick, burning softly.

The light from the candle suddenly burst out in a dazzling white light, blinding Subaru for a moment. He winced, and with his spare arm blocked his half-closed emerald eyes.

The light then dimmed and re-centered itself on the candle, turning to normal capacity. The flame was now as white as winter snow, burning from the wick.

It was now that Subaru got to take a look at his surroundings, seeing as the candle, even though it wasn't as bright as before, still had enough brightness for Subaru to see clearly.

He was in a room, mirrors surrounding him left and right. He was reflected in every single one of them, even touching one.

The white flame slowly faded into red, the same red as the supposed wax falling from the candle. But Subaru knew what that was. He sure had drunk it enough. Blood.

"Subaru-kun!" Subaru spun around at the familiar voice called his name. His hand was still planted on the mirror in front of him.

The call echoed and bounced off the mirrors until finally, it faded from Subaru's ears. Subaru shook his head, his black hair swirling around his face.

"Subaru-kun!" Subaru turned again. His heart was aching at the gentle tone of the man he cared for so much.

Once again the words echoed, bouncing around in Subaru's mind which was already filled with the heartbreaking images from his past with the owner of the voice.

"Subaru-kun!!" Subaru moaned in pain and clutched his head, and he clenched his fist, crumpling up his bangs.

Subaru stepped back from the mirror, removing his hand from the glass. He looked around, and he heard the voice once more.

"Subaru-kun!"

Subaru's eyes widened. Reflected in all of the mirrors was a man. His black hair was neat, his smile ear-to-ear, his reddish-brown eyes hidden behind glasses. He was wearing a long white cloak over familiar black clothing, a golden medallion hanging from his neck.

"Seishrou-san..." Subaru whispered. His voice cracked and his eyes were filled with tears. Subaru reached out to touch Seishrou, but as soon as his hand touched the cold panel, he nearly screamed.

Blood was suddenly spilling from the man's chest, right in front of the place where Subaru had touched.

The blood flowed softly, and the man seemed to pale, even though his smile didn't fade even the slightest. With a deafening crash which ended in a soft tinkling of glass, the mirror cracked, the lines forming a tree-like shape, then the glass shattered into microscopically pieces.

The man fell into Subaru's arms, and now covered in the man's and his own blood; Subaru softly fell to the floor, clutching the man he was holding.

Tears spilled from his eyes as he looked down at the man's lifeless face. He held the man close to him, crying for Seishrou to open his eyes.

Subaru opened his eyes abruptly, seeing Kamui's gentle face covered in fear and worry.
"Subaru…" Kamui whispered, putting his cold hand on Subaru's cheek and rubbing his tears from his complexion.

Subaru shook slightly, shivering from a cold and bitterness that etched itself into his soul. He tossed and turned as he remembered the dream.

Kamui put on of his hands on each of Subaru's pale cheeks and tried to keep Subaru's face still. But Subaru fought hard against Kamui's hold.

Subaru! Subaru, look at me! Subaru!" Kamui exclaimed.

Subaru stopped tossing and looked with tear filled emerald eyes into the soft amethyst eyes of his brother.

"Subaru...!" Kamui gently whispered in Subaru's ear. "What's wrong?"

"S-Seishrou-san....." Subaru muttered. Kamui looked at him, at first confused and then terrified.

Kamui let go of Subaru's face and Subaru sat up, putting his hands on his right and using them for leverage. He took his feet off the bed and pulled down the covers.

He got to his feet, swayed a little, and then he fell to his knees, clutching his head, shaking once more. He kept shaking his head, refusal to believe.

"Seishrou-san…Seishrou-san…Seishrou-san…Seishrou-san….Seishrou-san…Seishrou-san," Subaru muttered over and over. Kamui put his arms on Subaru's shoulders and looked at his little brother in terror.

"Seishrou-san…Seishrou-san…Seishrou-san…Seishrou-san…Seishrou-san…Seishrou-san, Seishrou-san…." Subaru continued.

Kamui stared in terror at the horror in his brother's eyes. Even though he was crying, and obviously trying to block something out, his eyes were wide open, his body trembling.

"Subaru," Kamui whispered, reaching out and embracing the trembling form of his brother. Subaru's black hair swayed back and forth, and desperately, Kamui tried to keep him still.

"Seishrou-san…." Subaru dropped down to his knees, his hands covering his face as he continued to whisper the man's name that Kamui never wanted him to say again. But he was, over and over again.
Kamui knelt down and wrapped his arms around his shaking brother who was staring out with widened, tear filled eyes.

"Seishrou-san…"

Moko-chan: Ohohoho! This was probably a good chapter for SeixSub fans! Sorry, not much SubxKam moments....also, raise your hand if you want to give both Subarus a gigantic hug? I know we all want too, right?

Tsubasa: I hope that you all enjoyed this chapter. Seeing as we have reached the tenth chapter, you get all the chocolate that belongs to me