Here is chapter 10 everyone. What happens when someone you love is hurt? Will you take revenge? Will you do better to protect them? But what if it weren't them? What if it was someone you didn't know? All of these questions in case you didn't know are the point of this chapter. Enjoy.

Warning: Yaoi (As always) lime

Chapter 9: Healing

Barely hanging on with his life, Hiro lied in the hospital bed, unaware of what was being said, done or planned. When it was found out that he was poisoned, both K and Shuichi were devastated and furious with whoever may have tried to hurt their friend. How far either of them would go depended on whether or not the sorcerer survived the night. Meanwhile, Taki was being scolded by his master for failing to complete his mission yet again. But being scolded by the king was mild compared to what K or Shuichi would do if they found out what he had done.

As the rest of the gang waited anxiously for the answers to their unknown questions, Ryuichi was trying his hardest to talk K out of doing something that he may regret. But not before stop Shuichi from blaming himself for something he never meant to happen.

"This is all my fault!" Shucihi wept. "I never should have given him that drink!"

"Shuichi, its okay, you didn't know." Ryuichi said trying to calm him down. He knew that his friend would never intentionally harm anyone, especially his friend. But because the teen gave Hiro that poison, he felt that he was to blame; even if he wasn't truly at fault.

"Shuichi, Hiro's going to be okay, don't worry. And even if god forbid he doesn't, it's not your fault at all, we all know that you would never do anything to hurt him." The general reassured again. But it didn't seem like his words were getting through to Shuichi and if they were, then he wasn't letting them. He continued to blame himself for the poison incident.

"Ryu, you don't understand, what happened to Hiro is because of me. It's all because I didn't look out for him. Why does everyone I care about always have to suffer?! First Sakano, then K and now Hiro! Why does everyone have to get hurt because of me?!"

Slap! Ryuichi couldn't stand to see the warrior slash warlock beat himself up for something that he didn't even cause. He never hit anyone like that before but it had to be done if he was going to get through to his junior.

"Shuichi, I know that you would never hurt anyone on purpose and I know that whoever tried to hurt Hiro is going to get what they deserve. *holds him in an embrace* believe me, I know that you're the last person who would ever hurt anyone you loved." Ryuichi held the teen in his arms to console him. Though, Shuichi had begun to think about more than just Hiro being poisoned.

"R-Ryu-sama, what if it wasn't Hiro? What if had been Eiri? Someone might have been after him." Shuichi asked. He knew that there would be people in the castle that would do harm to the prince, especially during special occasions but since Eiri wasn't there, one of them would be a target.

Shuichi, everything is going to be okay, I know it. The general thought. But what if it was you who got poisoned? I couldn't live with that I just couldn't.

"Ryu-sama, Thank you." Shuichi said.

~One hour later~

"Look out below!" Ryuichi shouted as he pounced on his ex husband. Even though he and K were romantically detached they still had love for each other as friends and as parents of their beloved son. They always knew what the other might be feeling even when they're apart, and being reunited was no different. Other than K being injured when he returned to the castle. But even then Ryuichi had sensed that perhaps his ex was interested in Hiro, even when no one else noticed. He also knew that K had a tendency to be reckless especially if he were to swear vengeance.

"Hey, Ryuichi." K greeted. He was still reeling from all the wounds he had. Sure he wasn't hurt physically but the damage done to his heart was worse than anything.

"K, I just visited Hiro, He's doing fine now. The doctor said he should be up in a few minutes." The general announced. Then he began to try to comfort K. but not before getting to the bottom of how they got together.

"Anyway, about you two, How long have you been creeping around? Hmmmm?" He asked teasingly.

"Ryuichi, cut that out!" The blond man demanded.

"Come on, I know you've had your eye on him since you've met! *Nudges his arm*"

K was now completely red in the face from his ex's teasing. But he knew it was true, he was infatuated with Hiro but when he was, the sorcerer was already attached to someone else. But when he finally got what he wanted, it all seemed a bit too convenient to him. But he felt himself falling for the red haired teen. But Hiro's loss wasn't the only thing that made him question whether or not they were right for each other. There was also their age gap.

"Okay, maybe I was a bit infatuated with him when we met. But he can't help that he so Irresistable." K confessed.

"I knew it! K's in love!" Ryuichi teased again.

"Stop it!" he said. After being teased for quite some time, K and Ryuichi ended up getting serious about what was going on. About whether or not Hiro would be okay and whether or not K was going to do anything rash.

"K, I understand how you feel, I really do, I mean if that were Michael I-" But before Ryuichi could finish, K revealed his intentions.

"I'm not gonna stand by and just let whoever did this get away with it! They'll pay." The blond man hissed. His ex knew that anytime someone swore revenge that nothing good would come out of it. He believed that revenge didn't solve anything and never would.

"I bet it was Taki!" K continued. "He had to have done it. That bastard is always ruining my life!"

"I don't know who it was K, but if it was Taki then that makes taking revenge more dangerous! You know how powerful he is and how many loyal soldiers he's got. Trying to take him on would be suicide! Besides, you know that revenge doesn't solve anything!" the general lectured. But K was so full of anger that he didn't want to hear anything that Ryuichi or anyone said.

"You just don't get it do you?" The former soldier continued. "Taki has to be taken down and he has to pay for what he did, you're the one who said that the person who did this would get what they deserve and that's what I'm going to give him!" soon after that, K tried to storm away only to be stopped by his ex again. There was no way Ryuichi was about to let anyone else be reckless again even if he sometimes was.

"K, please think about what you're doing! I don't want you to do this and neither would Hiro! Please K!" he begged. The former soldier looked in his eyes and saw worry, the same worry he saw when he was forced to flee the castle. Instead of storming off as he was about to do, he just went to see how is lover was doing. As angry as he was at Taki, he just wanted to see the man he loved.

"How are you feeling?" the blond asked. Hiro barely raised his head to see that it was none other than his new love sitting beside him.

"K, I'm sorry." He said. Sorry? What could he be sorry for?

"Don't apologize; I'm just glad you're alright." K replied, and then kissed the younger man on his forehead. "They're searching for the person that did this to you."

"I'm sure they are." Hiro said sarcastically. He began to suspect that something wasn't right; whoever poisoned him had to obviously be in the castle but it also had to be someone that everyone trusted. But he wasn't sure who or if he was the target.

"You know something," he continued. "I think that whoever tried to kill me wasn't after me, they might have been after prince Eiri."

It did make sense. Who else could be the target other than a symbol of royalty? But now they had an even bigger problem on their hands. Shuichi; if he knew that someone was after Eiri he would try to take vengeance just like K was planning to.

"If that is true then we can't tell Shuichi about this." The older man concluded he knew how Shuichi could get; after all he remembered how things went down four months ago. He wasn't about to let it happen again. It wasn't long before K noticed how Hiro was looking at the door. It didn't seem like anyone else was coming in at the time. He got even more suspicious when the teen pulled him onto the hospital bed with him.

LIME STARTS HERE!!!

"Wait a minute Hiro!" K shouted. Only to be pinned down by the younger man. His lips now one with that of the sorcerers. He struggled within himself to stop what was coming, no matter how much he wanted it.

"Hiro stop! As much as I want to have you right now, we can't! You just woke up and—oh god, Hiro!" before K could pull away from him, hiro began stroking his member. His movements started out slow but gradually sped up, earning him more moans from the older man.

"H-Hiro, please stop…" K panted.

"Just because we can't have intercourse doesn't mean we can't pleasure each other in other ways." The red head said seductively. Then he began to lower his head to the older man's now hard cock. Taking literally all of him into his mouth.

"H-Hiro…" was all the former solider could breathe out besides the pants and moans that escaped with it. It got even more difficult to get him to stop when he sucked harder. And even more so as he bobbed his head up and down. Felling his release, K reluctantly pulled Hiro away.

LIME ENDS HERE!!!

"Hiro, we shouldn't be doing this now! I'd rather you rest first, I'll see you at home!" He said. Frustrated that he didn't get to finish, Hiro slammed his head on the pillow and tried to get back to sleep.

that jerk! The red head thought.

Alright that's a weird place to end the chapter but It needed to be done. Chapter 11 should be up soon. See you.