Chapter 10

Hi! I hope you liked the precedent chapters, and that you'll like this one too. There is a sort of fight scene, it's certainly crappy but it is my first one.

For those who told me that I should make more games between Tsuzuki and Hisoka or more sexual harassment, well they are getting closer, so I can put it a lot, they are now fighting together. They are hunted and hunting together, so…But don't be sad, because if the two characters get closer it means another sort of sex!

IMPORTANT: Now the story is complete, most of people didn't liked chapter 12 but READ THE EPILOGUE if you want to know how it really end.

Just after Tsuzuki had led Hisoka away to show him his powers, Tatsumi left to investigate, certain that Maria and Hisoka were in security with Tsuzuki. He was following three men: Daisuke, Koichi and Genma. They were inside the opera, obviously trying to find something before the reopening of the opera. Muraki was already here.

Things were going well, but when he wanted to enter Tsuzuki's lair, the three had follow him. On the way, he saw them so he tried to fight. But they were three, and he was alone. The only option that was good to him was to go back to the lair without being followed. Tsuzuki had finally let him see the entry. So he ran the faster he could and entered the lair alone. Maria had found him first, and she was helping him to recover. Tsuzuki was going to take care of them with Hisoka, so he wasn't too worried.

Tsuzuki had given back Hisoka's gun, and they were running to find the three men. It was done in some minutes. They were here, trying to go away, thinking that they wouldn't success to enter, but when they saw Tsuzuki and Hisoka, they tried to shot them, ready to kill.

Tsuzuki dodged the bullets easily, and Hisoka rolled on the floor and shot in Genma's leg. The darkness wasn't helping but he didn't miss his goal. The man was soon yelping because of pain, and Tsuzuki killed him with one hard punch on the neck which broke his bones. The man was excited, not only by the fight, but he saw that Hisoka was here with him fighting. It was like the young man was accepting him. Beside, to saw him in action, avoiding bullets and shot was quite exciting too.

Hisoka tried to avoid another bullet and fell against the wall. He could have been touched and hurt, but the bullet just cut his side a little. The shock of his head against the wall was hard but he was still awake and he opened his eyes in seconds.

He saw Daisuke trying to get Tsuzuki on the head while the phantom was taking care of Koichi. Daisuke believed that Hisoka was out, and that he could take care of him after the phantom.

Hisoka was on his feet immediately and he shot him on the rib and the man winced, letting his gun fell. The inspector found himself quite surprised by the fear and anger he felt when he saw that Tsuzuki could have been killed. Before Hisoka could get him, he was running away quickly. The young policeman followed him but he was soon stopped by Tsuzuki.

"Let him go. I have a plan, and he might be useful to us."

Hisoka looked at Tsuzuki stunned. The man smiled, looking at the panting inspector who just protected him.

"Thank you Hisoka!"

"Oh it's normal. But what's your plan?"

"I'll explain, now you have to go to see Tatsumi and Maria, and I have something to do."

Hisoka nodded and entered the lair. He saw Tatsumi inside on the couch, his stomach was bleeding. Maria was holding a bloody piece of glasses in her hand.

"What's happening?"

"Tatsumi fell during his fight, he hadn't receive any bullets but fell on a piece of broken glass. He is telling me how to heal him."

"That's right…You just have to…bandage my wound now, like I'll told you." Whispered Tatsumi

She nodded and Hisoka helped her to take care of him. The young inspector was worried sick, he was sure that he needed to go to hospital, but they couldn't. Beside it seems that Tsuzuki was having a lot of medicals supplies.

Soon the said man was back. Maria looked relieved, and Hisoka, even if there was still some traces of fear and anger that he felt before toward Tsuzuki, was relieved too.

"Tatsumi, you are okay?"

Tatsumi nodded and closed his eyes. He was better but sleepy. Now it was his turn to be the injured one on the couch! Tsuzuki sat near him on a chair, and Hisoka did the same while Maria was sitting at the end of the couch.

"Well, this is my plan. Maria, you are going to go back in the opera. I will write a letter to Muraki, and order him to let you sing to the next representation. I will write that I will be there, so I don't think he will disobey. I will write to the police too. I will tell them that if Maria didn't sing I will kill you Hisoka. So you have the role of the hostage."

"Okay but what is your goal?"

"I am explaining. Both the police and Oriya will know that Maria will sing, and that I'll be there. So they will come to get me and Tatsumi. I will make a little mess to show my presence. I had planned this some times ago. In fact before your aggression, Hisoka, I was preparing something, a little surprise. I think I might use it now."

"Then, I will be attacked by my "Boss", so we will get ride of Oriya, and I will fake our two deaths. Maria and you, Hisoka, you will be only the victims of the phantom, and the police chief will believe that I was the only responsible and that I am dead."

"How will you false your death?"

"I'll put the fire in a part of the opera."

"What! No, you will hurt people!"

"Don't worry. It won't be in the part were the public will be. It will be in another part. I'll put the fire, kill Oriya and some of his men, and then, I'll fake my death. I know you don't like killing, but here it's a mafia boss, and if we don't get rid of him, he will kill us all. Beside he is not an angel."

Hisoka clenched his teeth and rose from his seat. He needed to be alone. He was now in the room where he had eaten with Tsuzuki. He sat on a chair and tried to think. He winced a little. His wound weren't totally recovered, and the precedent fight hadn't done any good.

He took his head in his hands, and remembered what happened to Watari. He hadn't thought about him a lot, with all that happening. He hoped that he would be fine. Now Hisoka was having the impression that he would inevitably betray somebody in the end. If he remained faithful to Tsuzuki, he would betray Watari and the other policemen. But if he did the contrary, he was betraying, Maria, Tatsumi and most of all Tsuzuki.

He knew that originally, he had to arrest him, but now things were different. He was beginning to feel closer toward Tsuzuki. After what they had live…But if he helped Tsuzuki to escape, how could he ever look at Watari again? Or to the chief Konoe and Terazuma who trusted him?

He sighed. Yes but here, he would die if he didn't accepted. Beside, Tsuzuki could still force him to do what he said. He heard footsteps behind him. They were soft. He turned his head: Maria.

"Are you okay Hisoka?"

"Not really…"

"What's up?"

"Well, I have two crappy choices. Either I betray my workmates by helping Tsuzuki to do illegal things, or I betray you guys if I…I mean, I am a policeman! Tsuzuki tortured my partner and…I don't want to arrest him anymore, I can't, he…But I can't simply live with this secret, I won't be able to look at Watari when I would have free the one who did that to him…"

"Then…It's sad Hisoka, but like me you know the answer. I had the same problems…I have friends here. And I can't do that without having this feeling that I betray them. I own Tsuzuki a lot. He scares me sometimes but…Still I can't blame him, I know what sort of life he had. So I know that if I am getting away from this alive, I won't sing anymore here. Or maybe anywhere"

"What…You mean that you are letting your dream away like this?"

"It's my punishment for what I am going to do. I trust Tsuzuki when he said that he isn't going to kill anyone else than Oriya. But still what I am going to do is wrong. So I deserve to be punished. And it will be my punishment, so I don't regret anything."

Hisoka was silent. To quit his job? It wasn't his dream to become a policeman, it was more an ambition, but he didn't want to quit. He was having, it was giving him a stable life. But what about he just told to Tsuzuki? He just told that they would stay together. It was too dangerous for Tsuzuki if Hisoka stayed in the police. He could still break his words. But this was making him feel sick.

He thought about it. More and more he imagined his future with Tsuzuki, more and more it was attractive. Quite frightening because he couldn't know what was going to happen, but still attractive. It could be beautiful like Tsuzuki. What! Hisoka's eyes widened. What did he just thought?

He looked at Maria.

"I think I see well what you mean. Thank you. Can I ask you something?"

"What?"

"How do you feel about Tsuzuki?"

"Well he is like a protector to me. When he is kind, it's even like some kind of big brother. But some times, like when he captured you and Tatsumi, I am afraid of what he can do."

Hisoka nodded. Maria left him to see Tatsumi. Hisoka continued to think. He was thankful to Maria, she was clearing his ideas. He wasn't too naïve, he knew that he wouldn't get out of this without loosing something. Now that he was thinking about him, he couldn't leave the man who saved his life and needed him so much. Beside, Hisoka was feeling some kind of affection toward him.

He rose from his seat, and joined the others. Tsuzuki was here, writing something.

"The letters for Muraki and the police?"

"Yes. So, you still have something against my plan?"

"I don't want anyone innocent to die. If you promise to be careful, I am okay."

"I promise."

Tsuzuki smiled at him and Hisoka smiled back a little. He let Tsuzuki wrote his letters and turned away to see how Tatsumi was. Maria was still here, with him, and he was better. They were murmuring things to each other, and Hisoka thought that it was wiser not to disturb them.

Some times later, Muraki was in front of the stage, while the rehearsals were taking place, a letter in his hand.

"It was a long time since the last one…" sighed the man

He knew he had to call the police, but first, he would call Oriya. It could be interesting; the police was obviously unable to do the job. He read the letter once more.

Dear director,

Miss Wong will come back to you. I hope you'll let her sing for the next representation. I'll be there to see her in her moment of glory. So don't disobey, and perhaps to convince you more, I should tell you that I have my dear inspector Kurosaki in hostage. So if you don't want a corpse and an accident during the representation, Miss Wong will be on the stage. You will have the occasion to see him, because I'll let the little inspector assist to her performance.

Phantom of the opera

He called Oriya and told him about the letter he received. His friend was obviously enthusiastic.

"I will have this bastard! Finally!"

"Yes Oriya but remember not to mess in the opera, don't forget!"

"Of course, Muraki, I am not a new one in crime."

Once the conversation was over, Muraki was going to call the police, when someone entered the room: Terazuma and the chief Konoe.

"Sirs! I was going to call you. The phantom have…"

"We know. He wants Miss Wong to sing or he is going to kill Kurosaki. Did Miss Wong return yet?"

"I still don't know."

Terazuma frowned. The director was hiding something. He was really worried about Hisoka now. Before they received the letter, it wasn't totally sure that the Phantom was responsible of Hisoka's disappearance but now it was certain. So they began to set their own plan to trap the phantom. They couldn't let him take Hisoka away again, it was their only chance.

Some minutes later, Maria was found somewhere, unconscious, and Terazuma explained her that she had to sing to help them. Maria played her role very well. Tsuzuki had told her that she had to seem ignorant of what was happening. She had faked her faint state too. She was now having the mask of the worried and scared victim.

Some hours later, the rehearsals were set up, and Maria was singing. Tsubaki was angry but for once, she didn't say anything. She was just having a second role, they were playing Faust and everything was going well. Muraki was looking at the players while the music was invading all the opera. A lot of policemen were here, trying to set a trap for the phantom. The director was looking at them, smoking, not really enthusiastic. If they could success it was great, if they failed, well, it would be back to normal.

Maria was doing very well by playing Marguerite; at least, all this mess had allowed everyone to discover her voice. The young woman would give every bit of her talent the night she would sing. It would be her last time after all.

At the same time, Daisuke was back before the boss, explaining everything that happened, the death of his two partners and Tatsumi's presence.

"Okay, then I'll be there myself. They won't last long."

"What about the singer and the inspector?"

"Kill them too. They could be on the way."

Daisuke nodded and made his way out of the room. Oriya smirked. Nothing could dare to be on his way, especially a monster.

Hisoka was sitting, a little bored, while Tsuzuki was finishing taking care of Tatsumi. Once he was done, Hisoka asked him:

"Don't you get bored some times?"

"Why do you think I make this game with you? I have some books, I am spying, but it's right that sometimes, I miss company. But now I can't say that I am bored!"

He was having now a joyful look. He continued.

"I admit that I was happy the first time you were here. It wasn't like with Maria. She is too shy…I was quite aggressive this time. I am sorry of what happened."

"You mean about Watari?"

"Yes…It's the first time I really apologize to someone! I mean my parents and everyone else, they were cruel to me, so I didn't cared about hurting them or abuse them…But you, it's different. The more time passes, and the more I wish you to…"

He stopped and sighed. Hisoka frowned. He wanted him to continue! Tsuzuki just smiled again and asked to Hisoka:

"Are you hungry?"

Hisoka just nodded and they ate together.

Okay end of the chapter. I hope you liked, the two last chapters will certainly be the last one, but I will write an epilogue. Review please!