Sorry for the ten thousand year wait! I have been having a really hard time lately. Also worst birthday I have ever had in my life shut me down for about 2 weeks straight. Apparently it's fun to mention all of the horrible crap that happened on it over and over again. It's surprising if I come close to crying even once a year and I was fighting myself not to cry for most of that day!
Also I am super surprised a 4500ish word chapter has now turned into a 9314 word chapter! That doesn't include the Author's notes. This makes this the longest fanfiction chapter I have ever wrote by far just with the stories actual word count alone, not including the author's notes! Whooot!
Start Chapter 11
Harry had been more than a little happy when he got out of the palace. He felt a bit bad that he hadn't waited for Yusuke but he and Kurama were supposedly going to be meeting him for lunch. At least that is what the messenger Yusuke had sent had said to him. Harry was really in the mood for something to eat though. He decided that he could probably spend some time resting as well. His side was becoming very painful. "So what are we going to do?" Harry said, sounding a bit winded.
"Oh, I was thinkin' we could meet up with my friend's, I did! They're a' great big bi' o' fun, they are! Not like Touya! The spoil sport he is!" Jin laughed.
Touya sniffed, "Someone has to keep you bunch out of trouble!" He grumbled good naturedly at his friend. He eyed Harry who seemed to quickly tiring trying to keep up with the two. Huffing and puffing like he had just ran the distance from Raizen's tower to Yomi's capital city. "Are you alright my lady?" He eventually asked when Harry stopped in the middle of the path leading to the private house that had been given to the group of elite guards Kurama had promised to Yomi. Harry began coughing.
Slowly tapering off Harry held his side with a grimace. "Y-yeah, sorry about that! It hadn't been bothering me too much until I got here. Too much physical stuff going on I guess." Harry said, starting to get a little wheezy by the end.
"You shoul' o' told me you wern' felling right as rain!" Jin said, no longer smiling, instead eying Harry with worry."
"I will be fine, just give me a few moments I think the different elevations may be effecting me." Harry insisted.
"Why were you holding your side like you were in pain then?" Touya asked, giving his side a look of interest.
"No reason. I'm fine." Harry said, forcing himself to start walking again, ignoring the pain he felt stabbing him in the side.
"Harry lovely, stop, I'll carry ya'. Your lips are turnin' colors you shouldn' be able ta' turn!" Jin pleaded. Easily blocking the bearer's way.
"I'm fine, I'm not going to be a burden!" Harry insisted.
"Stop! You aren' being a burden! Now let me carry you an' then you can rest for a bit an' Touya will check over your side cuz' I can' do that since um, I don't know any healer stuff... Yeah, healer stuff! Not that I'm madly in love with ya or anything!" Jin said, tapering off into embarrassed laughter.
Touya raised an eyebrow at his friend.
Harry slowly nodded. Agreeing more for the fact that he was getting worried about his sudden difficulty to breath than actually wanting to do as he was being told. That and he felt bad about upsetting them both so much. He knew that they weren't trying to be mean and were just worried about him. "Alright." Harry grumbled. He hoped that Yomi didn't find out about it. He knew the demon may get some twisted idea in his head to try and force him to get the tests that he wanted to get done before. No way did Harry want that. He had already had enough of that sort of thing when he was a child.
"Good!" Jin said, his smile still not back. He immediately scooped Harry up, throwing himself into a sprint to the house. He wanted to find out what was wrong as soon as possible.
Touya lingered, pulling out a pulsing round mass of flesh and cables, whispering into it. "First update. Touya. It seems that you were correct sir. Lady Harrison does seem to have health problems. He is not in the best condition, having trouble breathing right now for unknown reasons though he seems to be in pain... I believe that he is in need of a medical professional. I will try and convince him to allow such things to happen without having to force him. We are at the moment taking him to our home, hopefully I will be able to get him to allow someone to look at him. Jin is carrying him and is becoming very protective of him... That is all I have for now my lord." Touya said, pushing a dimly glowing zit like protrusion on top of the odd electronic seeming device and tossed it into the air. It stayed, hovering for several long seconds before making a strange beeping noise and zipping away over the dark red leaved trees back to in the direction of the palace.
Touya discretely looked around himself to make sure no one had seen what he had done and made a swirl of fast moving ice crystals engulf him. He arrived on the home's doorstep in seconds instead of minutes, because of the quick moving cloud. Touya groaned at the excited sounding voices he heard the moment he arrived. The loudest sounding very much like an excited Chu. What a pain. The drunkard was not who he wanted Lady Harrison to meet first. He no doubt would be completely overwhelming for the sickly Bearer. Jin as bubbly and hyper and oblivious as he was probably wouldn't be helping the situation and would probably just make it worse. He could not allow Lady Harrison to become even more stressed, not even knowing exactly how serious his condition truly was. Being a submissive such things could be fatal.
Touya steeled up his nerves before bursting through the door, ready to pull his idiotic friends away from what he imagined Harry to be, a terrified overwhelmed damsel in distress. He stood almost slack-jawed watching the group of demons.
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Harrison was a little intimidated but quickly got over it. As long as he had the assurance of Jin, who he was starting to think of as someone who represented safety and an individual that invoked feelings of endearment and trust, he felt far less fearful with the new individuals.. Even if they were all dominants excluding one that was almost sunshine blond with strange tall straight hair, Harry was sure he wasn't a proper submissive either but wasn't sure what he was as he didn't smell even lightly of submissiveness but he didn't smell dominant either. That made him curious. He was sure he was a demon but smelled in the way most human males did when it came to being a dominant or submissive which was normally a strong smell in a demon.
The group of demons eagerly surrounded Jin and Harry when they entered, one with a green strip across his nose, an electric blue Mohawk with two long rolls of hair in throngs of red ribbon and some scruff immediately wolf whistled, a completely surprised but knowing look on his face.
"Well hello hot little Sheila, names Chu, Din' think I'd get tha' chance ta meet anotha' Mazokie' bearer in me lifetime! Where did ya pick up this fine little sip o' water from mate?" Chu said giving Harry an appreciative look over before giving his friend his full attention.
Jin puffed up giving his friend a distrusting look and possessively pulling Harry closer to himself. "He's got a name name ye' know! I don' like you talken about him like he's some sort o' piece a' meat or something, I don'! His name is Harrison an' he's got brains and is as sweet and an' lovely as the prettiest o' angels, he is! Isn' that right Harry? He shoul' ask you, right?" Jin insisted. Giving Harry an adoring look. His cheeks where so dark red from blushing they looked almost bruised.
Harry couldn't keep the blush from his cheeks either, though it was instead out of shyness and nerves. "Um, yeah, um I'm Harrison but like Jin said, people also often call me Harry... I'm a friend of Yusuke's... and have been living with Lord Raizen for a while." Harry said in a nervous squeaky voice. Shyly, looking away.
"Wha? Live'n with Raizen? How did ya' get out o' that?" Chu said, completely curious looking now along with a little tipsy. He stumbled a bit deciding to sit down on a big overstuffed couch.
Jin led Harry to a couch across from the demon, sitting down and carefully lifting Harry to sit, blushing beat red, on his lap. He was feeling extremely protective. Harry was hurt and he was his angel, he was! No way was he going to let anyone, not even his own friends use wiley charms on the lovely dame! Jin was sure with some time he could win the little bearer over and they would be so happy, they would and Harry would be all smiles! He had such a lovely smile. Jin had a feeling he didn't do that much though. At least not of late. Such a lovely sweet creature shouldn't be frowning all the time. Not in Jin's opinion. No way would it be an option for that poor sweet darling to ever frown again if Jin were to have an opinion about it! He would make that lovely face light up everyday, he would, and all the time! He was too pure and sweet of a creature for him not to try his best to always keep that frown upside down.
"So are we getting back to the game or what? I've got 10 gold ones bet on this, I want to be able to use my winnings before I'm an old man, you know!" A young looking boy whined, he wore a paperboy styled cap with red and yellow stripes on it. The boy sat, pouting with crossed arms next to his somewhat intoxicated best friend who had snatched up a bottle from the coffee table.
"Yeah, yeah. Ruinin' all me fun with tha' Sheilas!" Chu grumbled. Picking several cards up and taking another swig from the dark red colored bottle. "Yah know, I can't wait 'til you're matured and start having a thing for someone so I can bother ya when you're tryin' to charm 'em!" Chu said, pouting.
The boy rolled his eyes, "is that all you think about? Booze and girls?" The boy grimaced.
"Harrison isn' any woman. Callin' him one is an insult, it is! Most females of tha Higher blooded Mazoku sort are right foul things they are, would gut their own newborn babes in their sleep they would, just to get out o' raising it! Harrison's a bearer he is, they are nothin' like those nasty beasts! Especially my Harry!" Jin insisted, eyes narrowed in disgust from the idea of Harry even unintentionally compared to most female Mazoku. Harry wasn't anything like the few higher species females he had met. They had been total monsters and most had been extremely slutty acting as well. Not something Jin had been at all comfortable with. No Harry was nothing at all like them. He was sweet and gentle and innocent and most defiantly not whorish or cruel in anyway at all!
"Okay-okay sorry I didn't know! I don't get why you are so upset though, I mean sorry that I didn't realize He's like a boy, he looks like a girl, my mistake! Gesh, it isn't my fault he cross-dresses and smells girly! How was I supposed to know that some weird guy wants to look like some bearer and smell like one! Kind of weird don't you think?" The boy grumbled.
"Wha'? Wait, what do ya' mean think he's tryin' to look like a Sheila? He is one... sorta'... din' I tell ya' tha' a lot o' kinds of Higher Mazokie can have bearers to? Cuz' they can. It's just real rare. When they are born they normally die right o' way to cuz' they are normally sicklier than most other Bearers to. Poor things don' normally make it past tha' first day. Ones tha' do are normally murdered by tha' females. Harr here is tha' first one I heard about in tha' last... what couple thousand years or so? Anyway, yeah Harr's an oddity." Chu explained to the boy, taking several gulps from the quickly emptying bottle.
"Wait, wait, I thought that mostly just like reptile demons and stuff had that sort of thing? And hey, did you just say you haven't heard of one being born in-in a couple thousand years? How old ARE YOU? I thought you were only like a couple hundred years old or something!" The young boy said, looking pale.
"Wha', where did ya' get tha' idea in ya' noggin? I'm at least 4000 years old... Probably older... I din' really have a reason ta' keep track o' how old I was afta' a while ya' know... tha' an' I was inta' drinkin' a little too much when I was a youngster... I drunk like a fish blowing a Billy back then, yeah. I don' really remember much from back then a' all. Couldn' even tell ya' where tha' hell I'm from I was so out o' it most of tha' time!" Chu said, breaking out into a fit of laughter punctuated with loud pig-like snorts. "Good times!" He said between snorts.
The boy face palmed, "Ugh, you are totally useless... and really? You drank like a fish doing um stuff… back then, how much more do you have to drink to consider yourself drinking like a fish because I hardly even see you without a bottle in your hand?!" The boy growled.
"Hey! Don' get all snippy with me jus' because ya didn' know that tha' Sheila was a Sheldon!" Chu huffed, crossing his arms.
The boy's mouth fell open. "I-I Urr, you are such an idiot! I'm not mad because of anything like that! You are so stupid sometimes!... Let's just get to the game. You are obviously too boozed up to get anything that I am trying to say right now! Don't think we won't be talking later though... first thing in the morning to make sure you aren't drunk off your ass." The boy said running his hands over his face.
Chu huffed, "I ain' drun'! I only drank... Drank... Um how many did I drink today?" Chu asked looking a bit dazed.
"Uh, that's at least bottle five for the, 'knock you on your ugly troll ass whiskey', and that isn't even counting the bottles of demon grade tequila or Gin you had! Your drinking is way worse today than what it normally is, like 20 times worse!" The boy grumbled.
"Well sorry for tryin' ta build up me alcohol levels again after not drink'en like I had been. I need ta be in top shape next week. There will be a lot o' stiff competition, I mean have ya seen how many Upper S class blokes have shown up ta' town?! I'm liable ta get me ass cooked nice an' crispy on tha' barbie if I don' step me game up! You to, Rinku!" Chu insisted.
"Hey, I'm strong!" The boy, Rinku, squawked indignantly.
"Nah, we are all pretty strong but we ain' nothin' compared ta' a few of tha' demon's that I been seein'. I doubt ya' have met some of these blokes, mean fierce things tha' won' show no mercy ta' no one not even ta' their own granmums! You ain' ever been up against a full blood adult higherbred mazokie before, you won' survive more than a few minutes fightin' one. Hell I doubt I'd survive long either. They are deadly mean sons o' bitches in battle!" Chu said, grime expression on his face. "I mean look a' Yomi, he ain' even a full blooded higherbred and he's deadly strong an' scary as hell, can' even see and he's a king! I bet he isn' even half higherbred either." Chu pointed out, feeling a slight chill from even talking about the demon king. He could hardly even think straight and his mind immediately went to wondering if the house was bugged and if Yomi heard that Chu knew his secret. Not many demons could tell that Yomi wasn't a full blooded Higherbred Mazoku. He could though, he knew quite a bit more than other demons about such things though as he grew up in an area with an unusually high concentration of them as a young boy. He himself was also part, his Grandad being a rather odd species of higherbred Mazoku, which is where he got his sea green stripe over his nose from. He thankfully did not inherit the need to eat humans from the demon but had developed the same strange need to consume alcohol often.
One would think that Chu was plain and simple a drunk but that was not the case. He of course was one as he consumed more than he needed but there was more to it than that. Besides the fact that he consumed alcohol to properly preform his particular fighting style, taught to him as a young lad by his grandfather, as no one else in the family had developed the strange constant need for alcohol, he literally required it to live. Without alcohol his health and strength would greatly deteriorate. It was something to do with his metabolic system, at least that was what his grandad had told him. The more he drank the stronger he would become as well, though he would be able to become drunk still it just didn't permanently damage him after a while like it would most others. His father's mother's side had severe addiction issues which is where his need for alcohol probably went sour. The moment he was old enough to need the stuff, the need normally developed around ones demon equivalent of preteens, he was hooked. Doomed by his own genes and shitty home environment. Who wanted to hear their parents scream and beat each other to a pulp all the time? It didn't help that his father encouraged him to become a drunk to, the only time the bastard was nice to him and not beating him black and blue was when they were both drinking.
"What... Were you guys playing..? I don't think that I have ever seen cards like those ones before." Harry nervously spoke up. He could already see a brawl ready to start between the young boy and the demon called Chu. He really didn't want to see anything like that. What had been dubbed as his mothering side was attempting to rear its obnoxious head at the aggression shown between the child and the powerful looking adult demon. He took a calming breath, trying to ignore the sharp pain in his side. He cuddled closer to Jin when a familiar noise began to rattle the vent in the corner. He could already feel the room begin to cool further. Harry didn't like it one bit!
"Huh, what? Oh the game, you don't know what this is?" The boy said looking baffled. "I've been playing this since I was old enough to walk practically!"
"I guess you could say that I am not from around here..." Harry said, giving the boy an uneasy smile.
"Uh, are you pulling my chain or are you from a completely different universe or something because that's the only way I could think of anyone not knowing what Blood king is?! Every demon knows that!" Rinku yelled, sounding completely outraged.
Harry's blush drained from his face instantly turning it gray. He forced a laugh out, sounding more uncomfortable than amused. "Yeah, I uh, had to of been raised in some other universe or something!" He managed to squeak. Wanting to bang his head on something at how poorly he had been able to act. He felt completely unnerved by how the boy had hit the nail on the head.
Jin raised an eyebrow at the strange defensive sounding laugh. It was nothing like the lovely sound that he was expecting to hear in the least. Something was up but he didn't think it was his place to go snooping. He would be a happy ready ear when and if his lovely Angel decided he needed to talk.
"Don' feed inta' tha' brat's crap! Now are we ganna play or wha'?" Chu snorted, snatching up the deck of black, red splattered cards.
"I'm in, I am! What about you, Harry? I'll teach you how to play if you like, no problem!" Jin said, smiling.
"Um, yeah. Okay! How does it work?" Harry said, running a nervous hand through his hair.
Jin and the others began to play and explained what was going on as they went. Chu deciding to up the stakes. The person with the worst hand would have to remove an article of clothing. If they were stripped to their boxers they had to buy everyone else lunch.
Of course Touya entered right as Chu was removing his top. Acting more like he was in a manly strip tease, he swung the article of clothing around his head and ran a massive hand over his side as he winked at Harry, who looked ready to have a heart attack. Jin laughed so hard he was hardly able to sit up straight shaking his head at his friend's pathetic attempt at flirting as Chu could hardly keep himself on his feet. Nearly falling over when he whipped his shirt across the room.
"Like wha' ya' seein'?" Chu said.
"What is going on here?" Touya barked, looking completely horrified. Ice crystals began to form on the walls around him.
"Wha's wrong? Why are ya' all blue?" Chu asked, looking at the other demon in a bit of concern.
Touya made a choking noise. "What-what is wrong? How could you even ask? You are the one preforming some twisted looking peep show! How could I not react in such a way! Sexually harassing a sick bearer! What the hell is wrong with you, the lot of you? It is obvious that you cannot be trusted alone with him! And why is he on your lap? That is completely inappropriate! I mean look at Lady Harrison, look how red his face is! He is obviously uncomfortable!" Touya snarled waving his hands around like he had no idea what to do with them.
Harry sat with his hand over his mouth blushing a bright red for a few moments. "No, it-it's okay! I was just not expecting that at all! I-I actually thought it was hilarious!" Harry finally said, breaking out in almost hysterical giggles then into full out laughter, flopping back against the amused wind sprite like demon. Groaning in pain as his lungs once again flared up causing him to feel like his insides were being burned. His face scrunched up at the sudden squeezing feeling. He paled barely able to prevent himself from gripping his side. Taking painful little pants.
"Hey Sheila you ain' lookin' so good. Are ya' alrigh'?" Chu asked, immediately serious as the color seemed to completely drain from Harry's suddenly tense form.
"Harry? Are ya okay, yeah?" Jin asked, gently laying a hand on the small demoness' shoulder. Swallowing hard when he felt tremors run over the delicate body. His hand slowly migrated down. Feeling rather uncertain, Jin began to rub Harry's back not sure what else he could really do for the demoness. His Angel's heath was a lot worse than he had once thought. Once could be a fluke twice not a chance in hell.
"Ye-yeah, just give me a minute to catch-catch my breath." Harry managed to hiss between his teeth.
"Ya' sure? Cuz' you ain' lookin' so hot." Chu asked, critically eying Harry. He was ready to take him to the palace infirmary if that's what the bearer needed. Bearer's, particularly Higherblooded Mazoku ones being as delicate as they were made him very nervous just to leave the poor thing in such a state. He was afraid that this one had some sort of major health issue and had really wished someone had told him about it. He would have tried controlling himself better and made himself stay calmer if he had known.
"No-no, I'm fine!" Harry insisted, trying to force himself to take deep slow breaths.
"You most certainly are not! This is not normal! You obviously must have injured yourself again on the journey here. I would even go so far to say that you should allow the medical tests that were offered before. I will escort you back to the palace or carry you if need be." Touya insisted, looking both worried and furious. His tone of voice leaving no room to mistake as anything other than it was, a domineering command.
Harry managed to finally even out his breathing. The pain returning to a dull ache. "I'm not doing that. I am fine. I have just been exerting myself too much after being so severely injured not too long ago. I promised that I would be meeting Kurama and Yusuke for lunch at your own king's insistance and I am going to be doing just that. It is the only time in the next week that Kurama will be available to speak with. If I can help it I never go back on my word. Besides I am really hungry right now and I doubt that I can eat while they do all of those tests on me if I went. After seeing Kurama, if it makes you feel better I think I will go to sleep for a bit. I promised you both a full day of spending time with your group so I was hoping that it would be alright if I was allowed to rest a bit and do so tomorrow instead of today." Harry said. He was startled by the sudden ravenous hunger that filled him after weeks of not being really hungry at all but decided to ignore it. This was the most he had actually been up and walking in sometime it would make sense that he was finally becoming hungry.
Touya growled.
Jin sighed, giving Harry a gentle pat to his hand. He hated it. Harry was not fine. He wanted to wrap his lovely one up in the softest of blankets and things and hide him in some safe sort of place that not even the birds could reach. Smother him in love and protection. The stubborn beauty refusing help rubbed all sorts of wrong, it did, but he didn't want to alienate Harry. It seemed Harry was going to have to learn those sorts of things the hard way. He had at least said he would rest and eat and Harry's statement that he didn't want to break a promise to his friends really socked the air elemental in his warm and fuzzies, hard. He swore he fell a little bit more in love with him at the statement. Also, who was he to say what someone's limits were or not? Harry's body wasn't his and if he said he should be okay than Jin felt he had to at least try and trust the other's judgment. He wasn't his keeper hell he wasn't even near being the lovelie's mate yet and sure the hell not Harry's territory/pack dominant, Raizen. He was certain that if he tried convincing him now that Harry would just get upset with him. Jin rubbed the back of his neck, "Well, since he's sayin' he plans ta' just get somethin' to eat an' such an' then plans ta' fall inta' dreamland tha' there shouldn' be any problems and he's feelin' better he is. So he should be able ta go, right Harry?" Jin said, desperate for Harry's approval.
"Yes, see? Jin trusts me. I'm fine. What time is it by the way?" Harry asked, suddenly feeling a bit panicked. He wasn't sure how long they had been arguing but it had been a while. He remembered the messenger insisting that a private dining room would be set up for the three of them and that Yomi had told him to tell Harry that he would have scent neutralizers placed in the room for Harry.
"12oClock on the dot, it is." Jin said twisting to look at a small tabletop clock sitting on a knickknack shelf in the corner. He yelped when Harry practically sprang from his lap, straightening his clothing.
"I need to be there by 12:15, at least that was what the messenger said, remember? Lunch is either going to be in some private greenhouse room or something or in some private dining room D, I think…. He said, Yomi said, it just depended on how well I recovered from the strong scents…" Harry mumbled more to himself than the others. He turned to Jin, "Do you think that you could help.. Help me find it?" He asked suddenly feeling shy.
"I-Uh yeah. I think I can be helping ya' navigate this wirly gig of o' place. It helps I've been ta' both places if tha' helps plenty?" Jin offered. Getting up he nervously rubbed the back of his neck, unable to stop the pleased grin and blush that took over his face.
"Wha? Ya' get ta' go an' see Yusuke! I wan' ta come!" Chu whined. He missed the bloke. Though that wasn't why he wanted to come. A nagging worry refused to leave him over Harry's strange episode that he had seen only minutes earlier.
"Yeah! I want to see Yusuke!" Rinku whined.
Touya gritted his teeth together. "No one is going… but Harry. It seems we will be seeing him tomorrow. I will be telling both Mr. Kurama and Yusuke what is going on though." Touya stated. His arms were crossed in an obvious childish angry pout.
Harry whipped around so fast it made Jin jump back and nearly fall back onto the couch. "You will not. I am fine I just need some time to recover!" He growled.
Touya snorted, pinning the submissive with a cold glare. "You may not care about your health but I do. If you are going to be an idiot and not take care of yourself than I will just have to do it for you. I will be telling them, that or you WILL be going to the medical wing this very moment for testing!" He said, Touya's tone of voice as icy as his stare.
He and the other's jumped a little as something similar looking to lightning, though green, suddenly sparked over Harrison's skin. He himself looked almost murderous. "Who gave you the authority to tell me what to do? I'm not some 2 year old! Give me respect and I will give it in return. Isn't this how it is supposed to work?" Harry snarled.
"Woah-woah, calm down you'll bring the house down around us if you don't get a hold of yourself!" The blond haired demon cautioned. Harry believed he had said his name was Suzuki.
Harry forced himself to breathe deeply. He had a feeling that the demon was right, he could feel tiny tremors running through the floor and Chu's scattered alcohol bottles were beginning to rattle. He couldn't understand why the other demon telling him what to do rubbed him the wrong way so strongly.
Touya was hardly able to hold his tongue. He was given an important mission and he didn't want to blow it with King Yomi, especially since it wasn't just about the mission to him. He was genuinely worried about the stubborn bearer. Why couldn't he see that he was just trying to help? Why did he have to act so argumentative? The submissive was acting completely out of character! "I am trying to make sure you are alright! I will be telling them, at least Yusuke, if you are worried about this getting to King Yomi through Mr. Kurama. I want him to be able to watch you just in case there is more to it than what you think. I want you to be safe. Please I am doing this because I am worried not to be an ass. We can laugh about this all we want if I am wrong." Touya said, sounding nearly like he was ready to beg the smaller demon to listen. Also omitting the fact that no matter what the information would be getting to Yomi. In reality, the demon already knew about the first episode. He would be learning about the newest one as soon as he had warned Yusuke about Harry's condition and had lost Jin for a while. If Harry couldn't see sense than he hoped his king could help him see some. Touya was completely convinced now that Harry had reinjured himself on the way to Yomi's capital city and that he needed treatment as soon as possible.
Harry glare slowly slide from his face, being replaced with an upset frown. "O-Okay. Only Yusuke though and not because I want you to." Harry mumbled suddenly fidgety and looking at the floor. He didn't want to admit it but he was getting a little nervous about the strange pain to. He couldn't believe that he had actually behaved in such a way. He knew what it must have looked like. He couldn't blame the others for being worried. He was certain that if it had been someone else, he himself, would have demanded the same thing and would have been full out panicking. "I-I am sorry. I don't know why I yelled at you. It was completely uncalled for." Harry managed to squeak, fighting the urge to show his neck in apology. Touya wasn't Raizen, he had no authority over him his mind had insisted. Nor was he any of his first friends in this dimension. Not pack, at least not yet.
Touya gave Harry a small genuine smile. "It is fine. I am sorry for speaking to you like one would a child Lady Harrison. I guess I let my arrogance and temper get in the way… Please forgive me." He said bowing his head, slightly tilted to the side in apology. Hoping that it would calm the erratic acting submissive.
The last bit of anger and tension that Harry had felt had totally melted away at the sight more than with the apology. Harry nodded, completely calm and content again. "Thank you for apologizing, you are forgiven." He finally said.
"Okay, tha' is good an' all but I'd be a'hustling if I were us. We got o' good five ticks ta' get there before yo' are late, we do! No more a dilly an' a dattling, I don' think we can, I mean unless we wan' ta' be stirring up all sorts of o' mess!" Jin cut in pointing at the little wind up clock.
Harry made an actual squeak of surprise at the time announcement. Sounding rather adorable. Unlike the others Jin actually 'awed' at the cute sound and almost overwhelmingly adorable deer in the headlights look the bearer was sporting. He was a 'man' yes, a tough one at that but he had no problem gushing over cuteness and that most certainly was one of the cutest things he had heard or seen in a long time! If he wasn't so worried about injuring him Jin was certain that he would have picked the little submissive up and would have squeezed him in a bear hug.
Jin forced himself to calm down. He needed to get Harry there as soon as possible. He was sure that Yusuke would be panicking with Harry gone so long and if Yomi found out the submissive hadn't gotten there on time that he would be rather annoyed and boy was the bastard a busy body when he was in one of those sorts of moods.
Jin wasn't much of a fan of his employer, really the only reason he stuck around was because his friends did. That, and finally having a nice place to live and a big fat check he didn't have to share with anyone. He wasn't as fooled with the nice soft spoken leader act the demon put on as some of the others. Others thought him a fool because of his bubbly friendly personality but one doesn't just become the apprentice of a powerful wind master because they were the same species no matter how rare they were, let alone one of the ninja sort. No he had smarts in that head of his. He was perceptive and Jin was certain a big old ugly beast lived under his king's skin. A right nasty one willing to do anything to keep things going how he wanted them to. No way a demon like Yomi became king with a few flowery words and a handshake. No, that wasn't how a demon like him got into power it was through blood and death and manipulation. It was like everyone forgot that when they were offered a place to live and a fancy title and enough money to make a pack horse knock its knees together trying to carry it. Yomi was someone to keep your wits about yourself with. He was grateful for the demon's offer but he would never trust him. Jin shook himself from such negative thoughts, lovely was around after all.
All three were quick to get to the door.
"It was nice to meet all of you! I had fun. I can't wait until tomorrow!" Harry said, waving at the group of still unnerved looking demons.
Chu smiled waving back. "See ya' later ya' beauty!" He called back. Trying not to dwell on the worry that refused to leave him. A bearer's health could go downhill fast, after all, something he had firsthand knowledge of.
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Harry had decided that he did not like Jin's way of travel, not one bit! He didn't like broom travel much either but floating in the air at high speed doing spins and loopty loops was something he was not at all a fan of. Especially since he had absolutely no control, Jin being the one that was holding him zipping through the air at Merlin knew what speed! It wasn't something that he would want to experience again anytime soon. He did like seeing that delighted look on the other demons face though. Jin had such a nice smile. Raizen did to when he lightened up a bit.
Being closer to the greenhouse they decided to check there first. Thankfully it seemed that they had picked right as a large table was sitting with chairs, in the center of the building, looking like a tiny children's table in the massive glass and metal dwelling. It was probably the largest greenhouse Harry had ever seen.
"We got ya' here right on tim, we did! Now go on, too thin ya' are, go an' eat ya'r feeling too poky in all o' tha' wrong places, I'm sure an' I don' have ta be a doctor to know such a thing!" Jin joked. Blushing when Harry give him a radiant smile and looked up at him with those pretty pretty almost glowing green eyes. He understood why all of those human's wrote poems about the loveliest of fair ladies they had ever seen. Jin was sure that Harry out matched all of them in heart and looks but even then those men must have saw what they thought were the prettiest of beauties and had to express their feelings somehow or they would have burst. At least that was how he felt. Like if he didn't express his absolute adoration of the other soon that he would just burst like a balloon from containing it all! He couldn't help but let out a little longing sigh when the other turned to head inside of the building after a little wave and goodbye. He sure envied Yusuke, getting to be around his lovely angel all of the time. Thank goodness his friend was only interested in that human female chit. He would have had a heart attack there and then leaving Harry with Yusuke if he hadn't been so in love with the mouthy girl. Her domineering attitude and need to tell everyone what to do while chewing Yusuke out over things he couldn't help had rubbed Jin the wrong way. He wasn't about to tell his friend that though. Jin hoped she would mature some and learn to be quite a bit more grateful. He sighed pushing away from the doorway, deciding to go finish up some paperwork early so he wouldn't have to worry about anything for the next few days.
"Yusuke, Kurama, I'm here! Sorry I didn't get here sooner, I was over spending some time with Jin and Touya's friends at their home. We kind of lost track of time!" Harry said twisting a lock of hair and nibbling his lip.
"L-Lady Harrison? You-you are really here? Is that truly you? No, it can't be, you are a full blooded demon…. I must be going insane, your scent. It-It is Harrison's but not, it is overwhelmingly demon yet.. Who are you how do you know about him? This- do you think this is some sort of joke, that it would be funny to somehow try and smell and look like him? If you did then you are not doing a very good job. Harrison did not have long more curled hair like yours, nor pointed ears, or pupils slitted like you do." Kurama growled, unable to keep the tremble from his voice. He knocked his chair over in his haste to get to his feet. His eyes were larger than Harry thought possible and his skin was pasty from his shock.
"I am Harrison… Didn't you tell him that I was with you Yusuke?" Harry asked, he himself surprised. He had thought that Kurama knew that he was coming.
"Of course not! I thought that it would be a good surprise. He had been sounding so stressed and down in his letters so I thought seeing that you were okay would be a good pick me up for our buddy here. Good idea right?" Yusuke said, sounding proud of himself.
Harry groaned and ran a hand down his face. "What? No! I can't believe you let him continue on thinking I was dead or something! I don't think even I could comprehend something like this without freaking out a little and I went through it all!" Harry barked at Yusuke. Having trouble wrapping his mind around the other's move of pure idiocy. A look of horror slowly formed over his face. "Wait… If you didn't tell him… Did you tell anyone that I was alive? Does everyone still think I am dead or something?" Harry whimpered. Looking ready to burst into tears.
"Um…"
"Yusuke answer the question." Harry hissed. Getting that 'deadly chick nearby' vibe from him Yusuke fearfully did a 'no harm' gesture and began to sweat.
"Well uh… Yeah. I thought it would be a good surprise for Hiei an all cuz' he was like having some weird like hundredth of a life crisis thing or whatever it is since I don't know how long shrimpy is supposed to live for. I don't even think he would have believed me if I had tried to tell him about you anyway and I actually have a pretty good reason not telling anyone. Pretty sure the old man had started going through my mail from all of my friends and kept threatening to lock me up for like thousands of years and bet the shit out of me if I told anyone about you. Something about not needing what you are to get out because of danger to you and stuff. Not even Genkai knows! Bet the hags going to kick my ass to the moon when she does find out though. I'll never hear the end of it." Yusuke grumbled.
"So-so is anyone going to… explain? I had thought that Lady Harrison would have either been captured by dangerous individuals for his rarity or that he had died. How did this happen?" Kurama said, still a little shaky. He a waved a hand over at Harry.
"Yeah, uh, the story doesn't start out shitting rainbows. So um from what I was told that creepy guy, the one that had the hots for Shinobu with the creepy extra arms? Yeah, he apparently was a total jealous phyco bitch boy and decided to have some payback on our Harri here because apparently Harri was trying to 'seduce' the creep from Mr. Whinyass Bluelocks. He then used some portal thingy and tossed him from it into demon world. Harri got pretty knocked around. Then the ass was like wait if we can sense his friends so well maybe they could do the same and find him so the genius decides this ain't far enough lets go like a couple hundred more miles away and dump him off a hundred or more feet in the air. Legit plan, won't nearly kill him or anything just make him scared and a bit black and blue before some demon comes along and gobbles him up…. The thing is that the demon was a complete moron and seemed to forget most average fictional heroes don't survive falls like that and Harry wasn't some super hulked out badass or anything so of course it smashed him up like a pretzel being hit with a hammer! Instead he had, what, his collarbone broken really bad, several ribs broken, um a punctured lung because a rib splintered off and I know he had a broken arm. It was in a bad spot to. He had that thing tied to his side for a while. I mean rule number one the average person can't be scrunched up like a slinky and be expected to be right as rain, people don't bend that way.
Anyway, my old man's stiff ass monks came across him purely on accident, thank I guess Koenma's asshole father for that… I mean he's god right? Anyway Hokushin saved Harri's life, relieved the pressure in his chest long enough to get him back to the mega spiral shack of shitty decorating to get treatment. They apparently thought he was like some wild beast thing tormented by evil humans before he woke up because he had lashed out like some crazy thing. Now they are all convinced that he was kidnapped and raised by some crazy evil humans that tortured him or something and nothing either of us say convince them otherwise. They are really possessive of him and the old man and I had a bit of a one-sided show down about how much of a controlling prick he could be with him. It is pretty funny to watch the old bastard and the monks fawning over him though. Practically falling all over themselves to please him and he doesn't even want them to!
So according to Harri here, once he healed past the 'I'm seeing things and am probably clawing at death's frign' door mat' stage he started feeling some really horrible pain and the prick told him that his demon blood was finally winning out and that his human blood would burn away. He felt some god-awful pain and apparently had to be held down. Was able to move and stuff sometime later and kind of had a freak out. His hair was different and long, got some cool canines going on and like elf ears and could hear better and see better in the dark. Apparently Raizen was a smug bastard about it for days.
Anyway, so when I found out about the tournament and that all my old buds would be here I knew that I had to bring him. Besides Harri defiantly needed a break from the babying coo'chi'coo do you need me to whip your ass brigade! So yeah that's about it..." Yusuke explained. Not seeming to even notice how pale and horrified Kurama was.
"It's okay. I'm alright now!" Harry insisted, trying to reassure the fox.
"That is not… exactly truthful is it?" Someone suddenly called out. Walking in with Touya trailing behind was a displeased looking Yomi.
"Raizen's heir may have explained for me what may be wrong though…. Rather… Crucial information to leave a host in the dark about is it not? A little rude of Raizen on his part not to inform Mukuro and I about such important things as well. What is the world coming to, when their powers are so out of alignment that they do not even tell each other the most important of information anymore? It is a real shame. Though I am glad that his brainless heir has told us your recent history in such detail it will be helpful when looking for the reason why you are suddenly having trouble breathing and pain anytime you seem to show any type of exertion. Sounds almost like you either did not heal correctly, infection has begun to form, or you have reinjured yourself. It does not matter though as I will have you tended to in the most advanced medical ward that likely exists." Yomi said in an unnervingly calm and quiet almost gentle tone.
"Wait what? What are you talking about Harry feels fine right?" Yusuke insisted instantly turning to look at Harry.
Harry timidly ran a hand over his arm, looking away from his friend. "I have been… having a little bit of trouble I guess but I promise it is because I have been exerting myself too much. I just need to lay down for a bit and take it easy." Harry said. Feeling like he was trapped between a dog that wanted a meat bone and the world's largest bone. He was really not liking this.
"Wait, you haven't been feeling great and you didn't frign' tell me?" Yusuke pouted.
"It's fine I promise! I am not going to crook on you or something. I'm just still recovering! Yomi is over reacting." Harry insisted. He was sure that Yusuke would be taking him back to Raizen's territory in a heartbeat if he thought something was seriously wrong with him and Harry didn't want to be the one that made him do that. He wouldn't have been able to forgive himself for making the other miss something he was so looking forward to doing.
"Well… Alright.. if you're sure…" Yusuke said, looking like he himself wasn't 100 percent sure himself.
Harry was startled by how easily he got the other to agree with him. He was expecting a fight he knew that most others would have forced him to get those tests done.
Yomi's eyes opened, gleaming like smolder coals. "He obviously does not wish for others to realize he is injured. I do not understand how you can just let this go? He needs treatment." Yomi growled. Becoming completely ridged.
"I'm not of your jurisdiction. I have a passport to prove it. I am of Raizen's. If I say I don't need help you can't make me accept it. I haven't committed any crimes in your territory so I would appreciate if you would leave me alone. About the only thing special about me is that I know some important people and that is all simply from some odd coincidences." Harry said. Defensively crossing his arms and sneering at the much larger demon.
Yomi stood frozen looking almost flabbergasted. He couldn't believe that anyone let alone a submissive actually had the balls to speak to him in such a way! A strange warmth swelled up in his chest a few moments later, startling him. He was unfamiliar with the strange smothering emotion. "Very well then. Do not say that I did not warn you though. I will be waiting for your surrender." Yomi said, unable to control the smile that wanted to make its way over his lips. He spun around and marched away, gesturing for Touya to follow him. Leaving behind a still somewhat dazed looking Kurama and annoyed looking Yusuke.
"So are we going to eat or what? I'm starving!" Yusuke groaned. Trying to ignore how unnerved he was feeling over the kings words. He would need to keep a better on him… and Harrison.
"I think I have lost my appetite." Kurama stated. Fury licked through ever little bit of his being. How dare Yusuke not even try to get something like that to him? Especially when the demoness had been so near death! He had been nothing but guilty and depressed feeling ever since the incident with Shinobu! He had thought that he was being raped or tortured or something! Then just shrugs off the fact that the future mate and mother of Yoko Kurama's kits maybe in poor condition. It was totally unacceptable. He should have been the one tending to Harrison's every need not some rough handed starving king! He hadn't even had the chance to atone for his rudeness nor neglect in the human realm. And now-now Harrison was somehow even more stunning with that lovely long thick pelt and those stunning slitted eyes, somehow even brighter than before. No longer looking nearly as childish with the last of his baby fat gone and more of a curviness added to his hips. If it weren't for the ears he could have pretended that the demoness was a fox demon like himself. He was positively magnificent. Telling off Yomi in the way he did made his stomach flutter and Yoko purr in absolute delighted affection. How he wanted him so very badly.
"I can have him. Take him away from all those that would challenge me. In the dead of night. Who would think that someone would go missing from the very place Yomi puts his guests up at if they are not to staying at the palace? There would not be any guard at that time of night. In and out, it would be child's play. And who would expect the right hand of the king, the 'reformed' thief king Yoko Kurama to be spiriting the bearer away? They can't give him what he needs I can! No one can take care of him and love him, like I can." Yoko, his true self, cooed from the back of Kurama's mind. The tone like honey, seeping through his brain until the idea made sense. Seemed logical and right even. "Y-yes they do not deserve him." Kurama responded. They hadn't felt the pain and loneliness and longing that he had. The type that ate away at you until all that was left was a rawness and hunger and regrets and the pain of multiple millennia of not being able to share your greatest desires with anything but a slowly twisting soul and a darkening world. He had had enough of all of that. He didn't want to be alone anymore. Not even for a second. He forced himself to not seem upset on the outside. He had some planning to do and he wouldn't be having anyone interfere with it. Not even his friend. It was better this way. Over time Harry would see it was better for him to.
Harry sat down in a chair across from Kurama's as the fox demon picked his up and positioned it back into its proper spot. Smiling he went to speak to the demon. The smile immediately melted from his face at the feeling of a powerful force approaching, a furious powerful force. Harry went pale, gripping his robes like a lifeline. This would not turn out well, not at all.
"What's wrong, are you alright?" Yusuke asked.
"He's really mad." Harry whimpered. Feeling the familiar energy before even Kurama could.
End Chapter 11
So here is the next chapter. Sorry it took so long I have been pretty busy lately trying to get life back on track… Not doing too well with that yet but trying. Birthday was absolutely the worst I ever had in my life so I kind of shut down for several days as well.
Anyone have an idea who the powerful demon is? It may surprise you!
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