Chapter ten:
Host club Kaoru's P.O.V.
We walk into a cave and are surrounded by darkness.
The darkness and the slightly musky smell of the cave seem to wrap themselves all around me along with the noises of the cave like an every now and then echo of a drop of water falling to hit the ground as well as the crunching sound from us walking.
The cave floor is uneven and the darkness is so thick I would have sworn I was blindfolded had I not watched as we entered the extremely dark cave.
I can hear some hushed whispers behind me but I can't make them out especially with that echo of the drop of water ringing in my ears every time I hear it.
A drop of water lands on my head, the ice cold chilliness of it makes me shiver softly but I do my best to ignore it as we keep walking.
I can't say for sure how long we've been walking or in what direction exactly but I can say that they may be trying to make sure I don't know where to go if I try to escape.
This cave almost feels like it has some sort of secret but I am not sure what.
It's something powerful and I can feel it inside of me but I can't quite place what it is like an outside force is letting it's power be known to me.
I stay silent and I can't see a thing so I let the two flanking me steer me in the directions we need to go in. I think about Hikaru and the others but mostly Hikaru. I wish I was still with them but I made the choice of taking this world's Kaoru's place. I hold my head high and suddenly we stop so I stop too and wait.
Someone grabs my hands and move them behind my back holding them there.
I don't struggle and I wonder if Hikaru will be able to find me like he did during Halloween back at Ouran. I blink at the silence with not even a sound of someone moving. I open my mouth to ask if everything is alright then I feel something hit the back of my head. I feel myself fall forward as I fall unconscious. 'Hikaru…. Save me.' Is my last conscious thought.
No one's P.O.V.
The host club start to panic a little when they can't find the youngest twin anywhere.
Hikaru more so than the others.
This worlds Kaoru notices something wrong and heads over to them with Mitsukuni trailing behind him. "Is something wrong?" He asks looking at them as Mitsukuni stands beside him.
The host club turns to the two and Hikaru clenches his fists.
"Our Kaoru has gone missing." Host club Kyouya responds.
This worlds Kaoru and Mitsukuni glance to each other upon hearing this.
"Do you think?" Mitsukuni doesn't finish that sentence.
"More than likely." This world's Kaoru responds with a nod.
Hikaru growls with a death glare. "What are you talking about! Where is my brother!?" He demands.
"Hikaru calm down." Host club Haruhi tells the flaming ginger.
This worlds Kaoru and Mitsukuni turn back to the host club.
"The chaos beasts must have taken him." Mitsukuni explains. "That's why they retreated without taking this world's Kaoru even though they were winning."
"There is more than one possibility of why this happened." This world's Kaoru says. "They could have either wanted a hostage to lure us into a trap so they could destroy us. However it is possible they know you guys are from another world and want to lure you to them so they can travel to your world using a special magic that you get that allows you travel back to your world when activated. Without it you'd never be able to return back. They may be planning to take over your world by traveling to it or wanting to go there to get more chaos beasts for the army in which would make them practically unstoppable from having so many chaos beasts. Or…." He blinks as if a light bulb went off in his head.
"Or what?" Hikaru says in a demanding tone.
"Or maybe they mistook him for me." This world's Kaoru says. "That is the most likely option above all else." He turns to move away. "Mitsukuni inform all fighters that haven't been badly injured. I'm going to Lula moon."
Mitsukuni nods and darts away.
"I'm going to find him." Hikaru says but this world's Kaoru shakes his head.
"He will be found. But right now you need to stay with the others. Don't worry as long as they think he's me then they will not harm him. He will be safe as long as it is thought that he is me. Just stay with the others until further notice right now." He then leaves dashing off to somewhere.
Hikaru is pissed and is ready to ignore what was said in favor of going to find his brother.
Host club Kyouya puts a hand on the ginger haired boys shoulder. "We can trust them to find Kaoru. If we go out in search on our own we have too high of a chance of getting lost and that will not help Kaoru at all. It may make it worse if they find out about us. They may kill him then. Just do as said and wait for now." He tells the other.
Hikaru looks to host club Kyouya, pissed but he seems to understand the point that if they just go off in search of host club Kaoru then his beloved younger brother could be killed. He looks down and the host club give him a group hug trying to comfort him. He clenches his fists and swears that he'll do whatever it takes to get his brother back into his arms.
Meanwhile….
"This is troubling." Lula moon paces upon hearing what this world's Kaoru has to say. "Troubling indeed."
"As long as they think he is me then they won't hurt him." This world's Kaoru says. "That is if that is the case."
Lula moon pauses in her pacing and looks up to the sky keeping her identity concealed since they are outside talking in an area where at least one other person is closest to them. "Yes that is true." She turns to this world's Kaoru. "You will be restricted from joining any fights for now." She says. "If either of our enemies find out that you are still here then that could mean bad news for him. You cannot be seen by either group." She says.
This worlds Kaoru nods. "I understand." He says.
Lula moon nods. "Good. Now we need to discuss how we are going to save him."
This world's Kaoru nods. "Yeah." He looks thoughtful.
"If we had a way to contact him then we may be able to plan better and possibly find a way to take out one of the enemies probably for good." Lula moon says thoughtfully.
This world's Kaoru has a light bulb go off in his head. "Maybe we can." He says making Lula moon look to him in curiosity. "When we were both sleeping he showed up in the fragments inner world that I am the only one that could go there. I can use the fragment to contact him and we can start a plan to take out one evil group for good."
Lula moon nods. "It's worth a shot. We must do so as soon as possible." She says.
"How far are from the place that may be a good spot to set up camp?" This worlds Kaoru asks.
"Not too far." Lula moon responds.
"Alright. We need to worry about the darkness magic right away or the darkness beasts will be coming." This world's Kaoru says. "I can take care of that."
Lula moon nods and the two move to go to the woman.
This world's Kaoru can feel Hikaru's eyes on him as if expecting some sort of plan to be told that way they can get the host club Kaoru back to his brother. He follows Lula moon and they disappear from the host club's view as they go into a medical carriage carrying those that cannot walk or need time to rest as they are hurt.
Though the carriage looks the same as any other to the host club.
Hikaru growls softly and narrows his eyes. He wants to know if they are going to get his brother back right away. He starts pacing a little while staring at the carriage. "When the hell are they going to bring him back!" He growls.
"Calm down Hikaru." Host club Haruhi says. "I'm sure they are already working on a plan to get him back." She tries to assure the anxious, worried and slightly angered ginger male.
"If anyone knows how to save Kao-chan it would be them." Hunny says.
"They know this world as well as the evil groups better than any of us." Host club Kyouya adds.
The host club are all worried for their friend even if Hikaru takes the cake when it comes to the amount of worrying, as expected.
Hikaru sighs glancing down for a moment before looking to the carriage.
Inside the carriage….
Lula moon and this world's Kaoru move to the woman who is laying on a bed looking emotionally, physically and mentally drained.
This worlds Kaoru notices that the darkness magic is spreading some more and he knows they need to do something fast.
"She has the books she was sent to retrieve with the group." Lula moon says. "Should we get all of that out of her or shall we heal her if there's a way to keep the information from being damaged." She looks worriedly at the woman just wishing they could just heal the poor woman already.
This worlds Kaoru moves the bottom of her shirt up a little and it shows the darkness magic has spread up to cover half of her stomach already. He lets go of her shirt. "The darkness magic has mostly taken over her body. It is enough that we cannot fully destroy it." He sighs. "If we did try to fully destroy then she will more than likely die in the process since the darkness magic is strongly flowing in her blood by now."
Lula moon looks away. "I'm sorry I let it get this far." She says.
This world's Kaoru turns to her. "It's not your fault. No one is to blame for this." He assures her even placing a comforting hand on her shoulder.
"What can you do to help her?" Lula moon asks looking to this worlds Kaoru.
This worlds Kaoru turns back to the woman and lets go of Lula moon's shoulder. "There is very few options left."
The woman eyes weakly look to them. "Voices." She croaks out surprising the two she has enough strength to speak since she can't rest as she tries to fight the darkness magic from spreading since it seems to be winning. Her voice makes the other two look to her.
"Voices?" Lula moon blinks.
The woman nods softly. "Voices in my head." She says weakly and shakily. "Darkness voices."
This world's Kaoru looks scared for the woman for a moment then he quickly turns to really serious. "There are only two options left." He says.
Lula moon turns to this world's Kaoru. "What are the options?" She asks.
This world's Kaoru looks up to the wall of the carriage. "We can either take all the books out of her then let her stay behind to let the darkness magic take over her then she can join the darkness beasts. Or we can use a spell that will make the darkness magic fully consume her however with this spell it will help with keeping her from going to the darkness beasts. She will have to also contribute in order to not fall to the darkness magic since the spell will not be strong enough on its own. All she would have to do is push the darkness voices away and ignore them."
Lula moon nods. "Let's try the second one." She says. "I don't want to lose anymore survivors if I can help it."
This world's Kaoru nods in agreement. "We need to get the others out in order to do this. Without a strong enough defense against the spell like one that you and me can put up around ourselves the spell will also affect them.
Lula moon nods and pokes her head out telling the closet people to get the others out of the carriage for now.
There is a lot of hurrying to get everyone else out of the carriage for a few minutes then it is only the three of them left.
This worlds Kaoru glances around to make sure before turning back to the woman. "Keep your magic defense up and on keep a tight rein on it." He says.
Lula moon nods. "I will. Whenever you're ready go ahead."
This worlds Kaoru closes his eyes for a moment and takes a deep breath through his nose. He opens his eyes after a moment and points his hands towards the woman with his palms facing the woman. He closes his eyes in concentration and a magical glow of light blue surrounds his hands.
Lula moon watches as this goes on.
A glowing orb starts to appear floating just in front of this world's Kaoru's hands then it goes towards the woman and it makes a bubble of light blue, mostly see through, glow around the woman.
The glow starts to get brighter but the light doesn't bug any of them in the carriage since the two have their magical shields up to keep the spell from affecting them while the woman is the one getting the spell so it just looks like she is in a tube that is keeping the light from attacking her but she can still see fine so it's not pitch black.
Outside of the carriage the people only see a flash of light that is like light beams coming out of the carriage but it doesn't go very far from the carriage then it fades away.
The host club wonder what that was and what is going on.
The other survivors seem to not be bugged by it as they had seen a ton of magic in their life so they now just push aside the moments in which they see magic like that, unless it is an important time like they are being attacked.
"What was that?" Hunny says as nothing seems to happen after that.
"Whatever it was it must have been Lula moon or this worlds Kaoru that did that." Host club Haruhi states.
Hikaru wonders if they should or could go to see what is going on. "I wonder if that was to help bring my Kaoru back." He says to himself.
AN:
Sorry for the late update but yay I updated!
This chapter I tried to not cram a lot into it. Hopefully I didn't.
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Kaoru.