Hm, I really wanted someone to read over this and give me some pointers... but I seriously cannot find a beta to save my life...

Warning: Character deaths. Violence?

Anywhoo. Chapter twelve... let's see what it holds.


Chapter Twelve
On The Wings Of A Butterfly

Somewhere

"This is bad." Hanajima muttered, staring blankly at Momiji who gave full attention to the shimmering pool in front of him.

"This is really bad." Megumi agreed turning from the blonds worried face.

The usually bright Muse sighed heavily. "This is horrible... And there's no way I can stop it." He whispered sadly. Thoughts of the two ill fated lovers filled his mind completely. The Gods had became annoyed at the role the Muses were already playing in the lives of these humans. They could do no more without their divine fury falling down on them. He looked over at his emotionless companions. He knew they, like him, were worried and defeated. They just had an easier time hiding it. His eyes refocused on the small pond of silver. There truly was nothing he could do this time.

Nothing.

Kyo

My eyes stray to the lights of the city as we lift off. He doesn't look at me, but I can see his eyes trained on me in the window. My mind can't stop turning his question over and over. I know my answer... but I don't know how to say it, phrase it so he doesn't take it the wrong way. And I don't understand what he meant by asking it. No matter how hard I try I can't push away the fear, the doubt, his words placed in me. So I can't say anything...

xXx

I don't think anything can ruin this happiness. I smile at his hand interlaced with mine as we follow the others and turn into the airport parking lot. "Kyo?" His voice probes. I don't miss sound. The empty, hollow sound interlaced in that one word. I don't say anything but look at him quickly, showing him I heard. "If... if you knew I'd be safer with Hatori... If you knew I'd be... happier with him... Would you let me go? Would you let me return to him no questions asked?"

His question hit me hard. I don't think it would have hurt as much as it did if he hadn't pulled his hand away. I swallowed and pulled the car into the empty space next to Rin. I don't say anything as I get out or as the seven of us go through airport security or while we wait to board the plane. We don't touch, we don't talk, and we don't even look at each other. Ayame's eyes question our behavior, but thankfully, for once, he says nothing.

xXx

"I-" I finally find my voice. "I would." I whisper bowing my head. "I would... if I knew that's what you wanted. If I knew you would be happier and safer, I would... but I want you to have what you want, what you need." I cringe at the silence that meets me. I gave the wrong answer. I knew it. I should have asked him if he wanted to call Hatori at the airport. If he wanted to stay.

I'm so tense I almost jump as his hand grabs mine, fingers intertwining with my own. Finally I turn to face him. A soft smile warms the eyes staring back at me. "How do you always know the right thing to say?" He whispers leaning in to kiss me. I meet him halfway. I hear Ayame whistle under his breath from the seat beside me and I flip him off as we break apart.

"Eh. I just wing it." I smile.

His head leans on my shoulder as I look forward. The stewardess' face shows she's disgusted before she goes back to helping the man in front of her lay his seat back. I grimace slightly before sudden metallic ripping sound makes me almost jump out of my seat.

Moments later Ayame, Tohru, and Hiro's computers began pitching a high wail.

Shit.

The stewardess begins to head our way, before screaming fills the cabin from behind us. Ayame turns to me, eyes frantic and he held his hand out to stop the stewardess from moving to the sound which has become even louder. I can hear some of the screaming gurgle off sickeningly as the smell of blood explodes throughout the enclosed space. I spring from my seat as Rin, Hiro and Uotani do the same and look at my Lover. "There was another Hunter back there. He sent out the alert." He rushed out.

"Weapons?" I ask.

"Beneath us."

Shit.

"What is it?"

"Altair."

Fuck.

Haru

Kyo looks back at me as the name of my Lord slips from Ayame's mouth. His eyes are furious. "Stay here. Please. No matter what. Stay here." He kisses me again and turns back to Ayame. "Keep him safe." Before he and the standing others run to the to the back.

"Be careful..." I call quietly at his back. I move to reach a hand out to him before Ayame grabs it and pulls me from my seat.

"Take us to the cockpit." He demands of the stunned stewardess. She shakes her head, face horrified. He grabs her shirt with his free hand. "Everyone on this plane will die if you don't take us to the pilots."

"I-I can't!" She wailed. He curses under his breath and drags the both of us toward the front of the plane. Tohru stays behind, trying to keep the remaining passengers calm. His words did not go unnoticed by the other people in the tiny space.

"How can we contact them? Is there anyway we can contact them?" He asks her roughly. The screaming dies down, but panic still fills the air. She holds up a small phone and pushes a button. He takes it wordlessly, forcing her to sit down. "Hello." His words are calm, a sharp contrast to his face. I turn back to the new sounds of furious shouting as he begins talking to some one, while typing away furiously at his computer. "Tohru!" He shouts suddenly, grabbing my wrist as I begin moving away.

The brunette appears almost instantly, face the mirror of what I'm feeling, her computer clutched tightly to her chest. "Inform the Europian branch. We're going to need help."

My eyes close and I sink to my knees and begin to pray to whatever entity has us in its hands. Please... please watch over Kyo.

Kyo

My form begins to shake, but a hand grabs my wrist. "You can't do that here. Too many people, too much blood. You may know better, but you're still young. There is no telling what you will do." Rin's voice is flat. Crap. I have to do this carefully.

"Relax Kyo. We'll be helping. There's no way he can win." Uotani puts in.

"No." I whip around to face her. "This is my fight." She opens her mouth to protest, but Rin holds a hand up to silence her.

"Fine."

I nod angrily and burst through the curtain separating us from the screams. "Hatori!" I shout at the figure haunched over a twitching body, others laying around him bloodied and broken. I can barely tear my eyes away from their horrified faces as the vampire turns to me. He drops the still twitching body as he meets my gaze. He looks unfazed, clean, as if the bodies laying around him were not ended by his hand. He smiles, teeth dripping with blood, before springing at the still screaming crowd gathered at the back. A young boy is the unfortunate target. He wails and puts his hands out as if to stop the angry vampire. I spring into action before his hand makes it to the boy, smashing into his body, slamming him to the roof with a roundhouse kick.

"Run. Be safe." I whisper gently, his brown eyes making my heart soft. Eyes similar to Haru's. "Guys! Get them out of here!" I yell just before something slams into my stomach. My body takes out a few of the seats before slamming into the wall. "Now!" I roar, my cuts already healing.

"Did you just think you could take him? And I would let you go?" Hatori barks out, his voice ripping through the cabin loudly. I see the people cringe around us as Uotani and the others begin leading them to the cabin we just left. Hatori takes a step towards the line and Rin is there instantly.

"Stop!" I shout as his hand raises towards the werewolf whose body is shimmering where she stands. He looks back at me amused.

"Mak-" I fly into action as the words begin to form on his lips, tackling him to the floor, distorting the words. His legs instantly kick me up, slamming me into the roof. I feel the metal bend around my body painfully and I take the millisecond it takes me to drop to the floor to silently thank the werewolf that infected me. I jump to my feet as soon as I hit the ground and we charge each other as the screams of the remaining passangers fill the room. Our bodies slam together powerfully, the force knocking us back a step as his nails scrape my shoulder, and my half phased arm slices across his chest. I land on the balls of my feet and stare across the destroyed plane cabin that is our battleground. "We end this war tonight." He spits.

"This time with a different ending." I snarl as we charge again.

He ducks last second and grabs my leg, hand closing to shatter it, but my other leg comes up to defend me instantly, slamming into his jaw. I feel it shatter under my knee and roll over his body, landing on my feet, turning instantly. He curses and I see the bones of his jaw fuse together wrong, creating a large point along his jaw. "Damn mongrel." He spits, arm shooting out and he rips another seat from its place, throwing it at me. I dodge in time to see another one fly at my legs. I jump over it easily then realize my mistake as the next one slams into my chest, sending me flying into the back wall.

"Fucker." I spit as blood pools in my mouth. He's already flying at me, teeth bared. I swing my arm out and feel it hit. His hand shoots at me before he goes flying, fingers hooking around the inside of my mouth. I scream as I feel my flesh being torn. My hand flies to the pain and I feel the hole from the side of my mouth to my ear. Fuck. My blood cascades to the floor as I hold the flap of skin in place, praying it will heal back together.

Hatori laughs darkly and licks my blood from his fingers. "I do believe the ending will be the same. And once again Haru will be mine. He will forget you ever existed." He laughed. "And I'll find you next time and kill you while you are still defenseless. No matter how many times we do this, I'll always win!" His laugh was now that of a madman, shaking the plane with it's force. "I am a God and I cannot be stopped by something like you!"

I finally felt my flesh begin fusing together and the pain becoming duller. "How pathetic." I spit. "You have to force him to love you while he loves me the instant we meet. Does it hurt to know he still loves me when I'm not there?" His eyes became furious. "Or do you delude yourself into thinking he loves only you?" At this I smile, flinching inwardly at the pain radiating from my still healing wound.

His roar is his answer as he flies at me again. I swing my body around in a kick, protecting my still wounded face, and slam him against the luggage rack. "Kyo!" Hiro's voice reaches me from below, before I see Rin catch something by the curtain and throw it at my feet.

I grin as I tear the bag open. My weapons fall around my feet.

I reach for one but Hatori slams into my side. I feel my ribs snap under the force and his arms crush around my body. I let out an angry scream and bring down my head with all my force against his. They both crack and we both let out screams that brings us to our knees, his arms letting me go. I seem to recover first and kick with all my might against his face. The wall, bent from my body already, gives and he slams through it. I stand, clutching my throbbing head. My body tells me to go after him, but part of my training comes back to me. If I rush after him, he has the chance to surprise me.

He leaps through the hole seconds later. Fuck. There's no way I can live through this.

Hatori

My head is aching and the bone seems to be having trouble healing itself. I lay on the floor clutching my head, waiting for the Hunter before deciding he's not going to rush through after me. I get up and shake the pain off, jumping through the hole. He's still on the floor. I smile as I taste the pain rolling off his body. Then something around him changes and he smiles viciously, charging once again.

Kyo

I throw myself at his body as the the decision to fight without self preservation over comes my mind. We land hard against the floor and the pain from my still fusing ribs rockets through me, but my brain shuts it off quickly. He moves to shove me off of him as my fist connects with his face abruptly and I smile as one of his fangs fly from his mouth. I swing again but the sudden tilting of the plane makes the blow barely brush his nose. We tumble over the twisted metal beneath us, and I feel something pierce my side, painfully taking a chunk of my flesh with it as we continue rolling. I block it off and slam his head on the ground before another roll puts me beneath him, his hands closing around my throat.

"Damn it." I hear my whisper as I shove my arm against his elbow. The vampire roars again as I feel the bone break. We land roughly against the wall and I take the opportunity to lift myself, throwing him from me. He lands on his back, arm still dangling oddly. As I take a step towards him the room begins to spin dangerously. I don't have to look at the wound on my side to know that's the cause. I spit more blood from my mouth and ignore the black creeping it's way into my vision. "Is that all you've got?"

He hisses still clutching the arm that will heal in seconds. The plane thumps around roughly and I'm thrown against the wall. What the fuck is going on? But I notice the tree tops coming into view in the windows. I brace myself and push off from the wall, slamming into Hatori with enough force to send us flying through the wall, morphing in the process.

We land hard in a field, and I feel his spine snap under my front paw that breaks in the process. I howl at the pain and jump off of him, landing roughly on my back in my human form. I jump up and turn to the withering vampire, right side tilting in his direction and protect my broken left arm. I run at him as he begins to sit up, using my body to pin him down and begin to punch him savagely with my good hand, feeling my other arm beginning to heal itself.

I can feel my body starting to wear down but I push myself onwards, determined to finish the job. He hand powerfully pushes me away and, with no walls around to block my fall, I land fifty yards from him. I feel something snap, but I can't feel where. I push myself back to my feet just as I hear the plane land roughly somewhere far away. I smile at the finally standing vampire, his glare murderous and his body poised to fight. "Let's end this."

Haru

I'm not surprised when I rush into the cabin they had been fighting in to find them both missing. Kyo's blood is everywhere and a large chunk of flesh stuck on a knife captures my attention. I sink to my knees next to it. Of course it's his. That idiot. The blade is silver. That wound will not heal easily. I hear a painful howl and take the blade with me as I join the rest of our group helping frightened passengers from the makeshift landing.

Several of them are crying, but a young boy looks around desperately. His eyes settle on Rin and he walks over to her quickly. 'Where the hell is that kids mother?' I think, but the thought halts as I think back on the bodies laying on the floor. "Where's the man?" He asks softly, tugging gently on Rin's arm. She looks down at him with confusion. Obviously kids are not her forte. I mean, Hiro pretty much acts like an adult.

"Who are you looking for?" My voice sounds dead with a touch of kindness.

He looks up at me shyly. "The man. The one that saved me." He replies looking down as a blush stains his face. "His eyes were so soft when he told me to be safe. I just wanted to make sure the madman didn't hurt him." I tremble inside and grip the knife tighter.

"No. The madman will not hurt him. He's tough." I almost whisper. I motion Tohru over. "Stay with him. I'm going to go see Kyo." She nods and leans in front of the boy, smiling gently. I turn and head back to the hole they made in the other compartment, when Ayame stops me. "Let me go."

He shakes his head. "I'm supposed to keep you safe." I growl. "You're taking me with you." Rin and Hiro stand at my side. Uotani joins us smiling, telling Tohru to wait here for us. I feel a smile form on my face as Rin pulls Uo onto her back. I pull Ayame's hands around my shoulders and we walk together to the back cabin and dash quickly from the hole, off to find the love of my eternal life.

Hopefully still standing.

Kyo

I feel my body weakening with every blow I landed on his. I can't phase for more than a few seconds at a time and I can't hold my gasps in any longer when his slam into me. I can't take much more of this. He keeps re-breaking bones faster than they can pull themselves together. Damn. If only I had grabbed some sort of weapon before diving off the plane blindly. His last blow barely tosses my body aside. He's weakening too. But not as quickly as I'm falling. And I know...

I won't last.

I will die again.

I hear my collarbone snap and I cry out in pain. "Fucker!" I swing my arm out and he's swept off me. I get up. The black edging around my vision is getting harder and harder to ignore as it begins to tighten. I phase quickly and sink my jaws into his leg, jerking my head up, feeling it tear cleanly at the knee. His scream erupted into the night, but my form could no longer hold and I fall to my hands and knees beside him, leg still in my mouth.

His fury seemed to fuel him as he lunged at my throat. "Kyo!" Haru's voice hit me like sweet breath and I slammed the vampire with a right hook sending him flying. I turn and saw something silver fly towards my face. I snatched from the air and brought it up as the crazed vampire made another leap at my neck. Black blood spilled around my feet as I felt something pierce my neck and the knife sink into his heart. I thrust it up quickly, pull it out, sever his neck cleanly and toss his immobile body aside.

Shit.

I won.

I laugh bitterly.

There was no healing from the wound he left.

I lifted my fingers and brush them at the searing hole in my neck. It wasn't healing. I could feel the acid-like poison travel down my body... to my heart. As I fell backwards I heard a scream. "H-Haru." The name felt like acid on my tongue and I shuddered. I wanted to tell him to stay back. I wanted to tell him to turn around and run away. But I let the selfish part of me win and the words slurred on my tongue as his face found it's way into my slowly disappearing vision. I tried vainly to push the black haze away. I wanted to see his face one last time. My hand is on his face, I don't remember lifting it. He leans into it but he's eyes never leave me. "I'm sorry." I whisper.

His eyes widen slowly. "For what?" My eyes begin to shut but he shakes me until they open again. "Kyo. For what!" His voice barely shoots up an octive. I pull him down to me, lips finding his instantly.

"For l-, ah, leaving you again." I gasp as the pain shoots through me with every beat of my slowing heart.

"Leaving? But you won! Where are you going?" His hands flutter to my face frantically.

My eyes try to close again but I fight against them. "I'm sorry... for dying again." I feel my body begin to twitch as my heart begins losing the fighting battle. His lips press against mine desperately, begging me to stay with him. I answer with a heavy heart, my tongue slipping into his mouth one last time. He breaks it first and pulls my head into his lap. Pain spasms through me but I fight to hide it. I lift his hand to my face again and kiss his palm. I stare at the crowd of familiar faces forming around me and I'm not shocked as I find Kisa standing sadly among them, a red butterfly perched on her shoulder. And a sudden phrase forms itself in my mind. I open my mouth and hear myself sharing it with them before deciding to do so.

"We are all fragile. Mortal and immortal alike. Fragile like the butterfly."

Haru's body shakes beneath me and I see Uo begin to cry, Ayame's unshed tears make his eyes glisten, Rin frowns, almost sadly, I let myself think, and Hiro fights something behind his eyes and I let myself think it is sadness as well.

"I love you." He whispers, tears falling onto my lips, slipping into my mouth.

I force the pain from my voice to utter back, "I love you more."

"Impossible." I hear him whisper. My heart shudders finally giving out, but instead of embracing the sweet numbing kiss of death, I fight it everyway until my eyes lose to the darkness and my last breath eases from my mouth.

"I'm sorry..."

Haru

He doesn't hear my scream when I feel his last breath leave his body. He doesn't hear my cries as I shout to the entity in the sky that betrayed me. He doesn't hear the screams I curse at the hands pulling me away from his body. He doesn't hear the shocked gasp of the silver haired man clasping his hand. He doesn't hear the tears falling from his blond companion as she kneels, crying loudly beside him. He doesn't hear the pain filled tears dropping to the ground that escape my eyes. He doesn't hear me pounce on the body of the vampire who took him from me again. He doesn't hear me ripping the body apart. He doesn't hear the others letting me push my rage onto the corpse. He doesn't hear me light the body on fire. He doesn't hear me sob, spreading myself across his chest.

He no longer hears anything.

And I almost don't hear the sound of a heart restarting itself beneath me.


Oh shit.

Sorry kiddo's.

It looks like there's more.

If you read this and thought it was the end... I'm going to have to shoot myself for not being able to explain anything properly...

Ha ha. Icky. I wanted to write a really good fight scene!! But... any fight I've ever been in, I couldn't explain what the hell I was doing afterwards. :p That and I think my imagination is more Zombies With Chainsaws than Vampire/Werewolf Fist-fight. [if that made any sense to you, marry me, you're obviously my soul mate.] That's why I really wanted a beta or someone to go over this chapter and tell me what the fuck I could improve on.

Uh, This chapter was brought to you by the songs: The No Seatbelt Song by Brand New, Human Being Lawnmower by MC5, Act of Depression by Underoath and Seven Swans by Sufjan Stevens. I didn't even listen to 'my playlist' this time. It was just those four songs over and over and over. I thought my friends were going to throttle me! O.0 But yeah, those songs are the shiz.

Anywhoo. Hatori's deeeeeed. You can either celebrate or throw things at me. I'll take either.