Deathly Sin

Chapter 10: losses.

Warnings: CHARACTER DEATHS.

Disclaimer: I do NOT own ^^

A.N.: ^^" I'm sorry? *ducks flying garbage* I could put a lot of excuses here for my long absence but since I doubt that any of you'll be interested in that, I suggest to just move on to the chapter :)

"Love never claims, it ever gives; love never suffers, never resents, never revenges itself. Where there is love there is life; hatred leads to destruction."

~ Mahatma Ganhdi ~

There had been many words used to describe Eliade Emmerson: beautiful, lovely, stubborn, haughty, gifted, shallow,... But the one word nearly everyone used was: bitch. And maybe they were right.

Eliade was born in a rich family were appearances were the most important thing. Growing up she got everything she desired and by the time she was 16, she was nothing more than a spoiled brat. Because of that she had indeed become a quite bitchy person.

That all changed on the day that a new student joined her class: Nina Pavarchenko. Nina was everything that Eliade was not: poor, hard-working, sweet, innocent, naïve, smart and truly happy. One often says that opposites attract and in this case it was so too. Before long the two had become the best of friends.

Slowly the blonde American changed under the influence of her new friend. The Russian girl taught her the values of modesty and patience, of working and fighting for what you want. Eliade offered the other emotional – and sometimes even financial – support. They were happy together right up until the week before they were supposed to graduate high school.

Nina had finished tutoring Eliade and decided to go home on her own. The American girl had tried to persuade her to stay the night but the immigrant had simply shrugged and said that she would be alright. She could take care of herself... That night Nina Pavarchenko was gang-raped and left to die in an abandoned alley. By the time she was found, she had already succumbed to her injuries.

The officers on the case did absolutely nothing and eventually the trail went cold. Nina would forever just be a part of the statistics. Eliade was furious and upon graduation she entered the police academy. She may have been powerless to save Nina but by God she would save other girls from meeting the same destiny.

And so she became a cop. When she first entered the academy her parents had been so angry with her choice that they disowned her. But Eliade didn't care, she worked hard and within 5 years she had the four murderers of her best friend behind bars.

After that she didn't know what to do with her life... She had taken her revenge for Nina so she could leave the force if she wanted to. But then she would have to look for another job because after all those years her parents still pretended that she didn't exist.

The solution came to her in the form of a proposal from her boss. His colleague in Japan needed a female agent to go undercover in one the the most notorious gangs ever: the Dragons. Eliade didn't hesitate in accepting the offer.

She had been undercover for nearly a year when she met the love of her life: Aryrstar Krory III. He was a whimp and the old Eliade would have labelled him as a loser and not give him a second thought. Yet time and time again the man had managed to surprise her. And the more she got to know him, the more she began to love him.

Inevitable the day came their mission ended. They saved the pathologist named Allen Walker and after that they locked themselves in their shared apartment for round after round of sweet love making. A few months later Eliade would find out that she was pregnant. Something that would make Arystar ecstatic when he found out.

And now she was standing next to Daisya and Chaoji ready to charge a warehouse that supposedly belonged to the Noah's. She had the feeling that something bad was about to happen... Eliade had told as much to the other two detectives and while Daisya believed her, Chaoji was – like always – quite sceptic.

When it was time for the 'break-in' Chaoji stormed forward and made sure that he would be one of the first one's in just so he could kick some Akuma's butt. Being the more sensible of the two, Daisya stayed behind with Eliade.

About to enter the warehouse, the Turkish man pulled her to the ground when a large ball of fire came towards them. The last thing the American woman remembered before losing consciousness was her mumbling the name of the man she loved: "Arystar..."

XOXOX

The smell of something burning reminded him of the fire in the orphanage Kanda and Timcanpy grew up. The sight that greeted him would be something burned forever in his mind. No pun intended...

Next to him Kanda stood silently gazing forward. Even though the Japanese detective looked unaffected Allen could see the panic in his eyes. The fear of not losing one but two brothers made him stand down and not do anything yet.

Waiting to comfort his lover, the pathologist slipped his hand into the larger one and gave it a squeeze. His boyfriend 'che-ed' but a small smile grazed his lips for a second. Letting go of the albino's hand he stepped forward and started to do his job. What good would it do Chaoji and Daisya if he just stood there in a daze?

The two parted and the medical examiner went to find Bak. He needed to receive specific orders before he could start doing his job. Besides he was sure that he would need Timcanpy by his side, he needed the blonde's help – and emotional support – right now.

"Allen!" The blonde head of the CSI gestured him over to where he and Shifu were standing. "I want you to take these with you. When you find a body just press any of their fingers against it and a name will show up. Fill in a form and pin it to the victim's clothes before letting him ship off to the morgue. We'll deal with the cause of death later, right now we are more interested in identifying everyone here so that we may inform the next of kin as quickly as possible."

"Yes Sir!" The albino saluted as he took the device and started to do his work. After only a quarter of an hour he came across the first officer he knew on a more personal level: Eliade Emmerson. Like he had done before he checked her pulse and was thoroughly surprised when he felt a small thud against his fingers. Although much weakened , the woman still had a pulse!

Quickly snapping out of his stupor he called for the paramedics on scene. The faster they could take her to the hospital the more chance she and her unborn child had to make it. But as he took a look at the pool of blood around her legs and pelvic area, the pathologist knew that there was a very big chance she already had a miscarriage the moment the explosion went off.

Having found renewed energy within himself by this fortunate event Allen began his search anew when he quickly stumbled upon the still alive Daisy.

"KANDA!" Immediately alerted by his lover's yell, the Japanese detective was by his side within seconds. When he saw his – adopted – brother lying there he fell to his knees and hugged the Turkish man. The deed was so un-Kanda-like that it showed the deep brotherly bond between them. Even if the younger of the two would later deny it all...

"Stupid..." The man on the ground groaned out. "Did you really think that something like that would kill me? Give me some credit." A nasty coughing fit interrupted them and then Kanda managed a small smile.

"Baka, stop talking. Just save your energy okay?"

"Hey bro...? I'm trying to move my legs but I can't feel them..." The man trailed off just as Allen and Kanda took a look at the left that were bent in an awkward angle. The albino did not want to say anything but the possibility that Daisya would be paralysed for the rest of his life was pretty high...

"You can tell me doctor. I'm not going to be able to walk ever again will I?"

"Maybe, if ..."

"I'm a big boy, I can handle the truth. Besides I'm just glad that I'm still alive unlike Chaoji..."

"He's dead?" Kanda asked with surprise in his voice.

"I guess so, he was one of the first ones to enter the warehouse so he was right in front of the blast. I doubt that anyone could survive that."

Kanda didn't wait for any more explanation as he got up and started running like crazy towards the centre of the warehouse. He prayed that the other was fine, even if it just meant that he wouldn't have to phone Tiedoll over to organize a funeral.

"Hey doc go after him. He needs you now more than I do. Besides these paramedics will take care of me."

After making sure that the paramedics would properly take care of Daisya, Allen ran deeper inside, manoeuvring himself in between piles of rumbles from the exploding warehouse. He tried to spot his lover and luckily for him, he found the man fairly quickly. Kanda was standing next to Timcanpy while looking at something on the floor. A feeling of dread stirred inside the medical examiner's stomach as he came closer to the two.

On the ground in front of them were the charred remains of an officer. The person was to badly burned to make a positive identification just by sight alone but Allen had a feeling that he knew who it was. His suspicion was proven correct when his blonde assistant held up the device that displayed the officer's personal information.

Chaoji Han

23 years old

Section: vice

Position: detective

Afraid to break the silence that had befallen them, the pathologist quietly muttered his boyfriend's name in the hope of getting the man out of his stupor.

"I'll have to call Tiedoll. He needs to know this. Oh Kami-sama! How will I ever explain this to him?" Not saying anything because he had no answer for his lover's question he just made sure that the other knew that he was by his side by once again gripping Kanda's hand.

In the mean time Timcanpy had risen from his crouching position on the floor. "I'm going to continue my work. Allen why don't you go find Bak and ask him for an early leave. I don't think that he'll mind given the circumstances. Besides Link can take over for you." With a pat on the Japanese detective's shoulder, the blonde left to find his own lover.

Opening his cellphone Kanda punched in one of the only numbers he knew by heart. He didn't have to wait long before someone picked up. "I'm sorry to have woken you up so early but..."

Allen could not hear what Tiedoll was saying but he could see that the other man would talk off Kanda's ear if they didn't interrupt him. "Father I have some bad news. Daisya is in the hospital and Chaoji died while on a mission." The Japanese's voice broke as he forced the words out of his mouth.

As soon as he had spoken them a wail sounded on the other side of the phone line. "I am so, so very sorry." And for the first time ever Allen saw his boyfriend cry in public.

TBC

Normally I would have made the chapter longer but I felt that this was the best place to end this it. And there are only 2 chapters after this one so I've put my other stories on a temporally hiatus so that I can focus on this story since it is nearly finished.

I'm wondering is anybody still reading this story? Anyway if you are, please give a REVIEW and let me know what you thought ^^

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Chibi Mathilda