Chapter 12! Enjoy!

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If there is no one to love me

I will love myself

-DIAS-

A sudden pain in his heart almost sent him falling down. He managed to regain composure and flew back up while clutching his aching chest. He began to breathe rapidly. His instinct suddenly told him that something was wrong. "Hisoka…" he whispered and increased his speed to his one destination.

Meanwhile, back in the Kurosaki mansion, Tatsumi and Okita was discussing about the properties of Reve's power. "Since he's Tsuzuki's apprentice to begin with, I think we need more protection against him. Tsuzuki is after all the angel of destruction," Tatsumi said, rubbing his chin with his slender fingers. Reve nodded his head in agreement. "And his talent is to manipulate spells which only brings harm to everyone. That's why he becomes an angel of dreams, because of his manipulative power. What do you think?"

Tatsumi closed his eyes and thought for a moment. "There's only one thing we can do. If something is destructed, we only need to reconstruct it back," he said and went to the door. Okita made a puzzled look. "H-hey! Wha? Tatsumi!" he called and tailed him.

"Watari!" Tatsumi barged into Hijiri's room and noticed the healing angel was making some weird potion. "No, Watari. Not now. We don't have time for this," the spectacled man pulled him from experiment table. Watari whined as Tatsumi pulled him away. "What is it?" he asked.

"You're an angel of healing right?" Tatsumi asked when they were back in the library. Watari shot him a confused look. "Um…I think it has been declared that way since 300 years ago, Tatsumi," he replied.

"I know that. Okay, I want to ask you something. Can an angel of healing fight the angel of destruction?" he asked. Okita arrived seconds later. "You mean, like…me fighting Tsuzuki?" Watari's brows wrinkled.

Tatsumi nodded. "Not quite but almost."

To his disappointment, Watari shook his head. "No, I can't. It would get the fight no where near finished. If he destroys, I heal and so on. To fight an angel of destruction, you need an angel of life or nature," he answered. "Then, can we get anyone to come down?" Okita asked. The blond shook his head. "Unfortunately, the angel of life just ascended to the heaven and supposedly the replacement will come in a few months…"

"What about an angel of nature?" Okita asked anxiously. Watari looked at him and glanced at Tatsumi. "That…that angel had passed away 200 years ago…that would be Fleurir, Okita."

Okita's fell when he heard that. He knew that Fleurir was an angel of flowers but never thought he was connected to being an angel of nature too. "Well…what about his replacement?" he asked, trying hard to sound calm. "No good. Nobody is qualified to be one," answered Watari.

"Then, it comes down to one way only," Tatsumi sounded. Okita and Watari looked at him. "What is it?"

"Only fire can fight with fire."

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Tsuzuki had reached where the line ended. However, there wasn't any building around the area. "Reve must've hidden it," he said and bent down. He touched the ground and smirked. "You can run but you can't hide, Reve," he whispered.

"Discovery Rule, open," he said and suddenly parts of a building was visible in front of him. He narrowed his eyes and entered it, preparing for anything that may come next. As soon as he entered it, fires were burning around him almost immediately. He cursed under his breath as he ran. However, the fire was chasing him as if it had the mind of its own.

Reve looked up. "He came," he said. He then glared down to the struggling figure beneath him. "GET OFF YOU BASTARD!" Hisoka hissed at him. Anger was clearly shown in his eyes. He couldn't do anything since both his hands and legs were shackled to the wall and floor. Plus, Reve was pinning him on the wall in attempt to 'destroy' him. His button collar was already torn off by the fallen angel. Reve smirked at him as he pulled away, much to Hisoka's obligation.

"You're lucky 'cause I don't have time. Well, you can wait here while I go meet with my Tsuzuki," he said, reorganizing his outfit.

"He's not yours!" the blond replied back as embarrassment started to built up inside of him. The thought about what Reve was trying to do terrify him. The fallen angel smirked and disappeared. Simultaneously, his shackles had disappeared, making him fall to the floor. He wasted no time and immediately began searching for an exit which he couldn't find anywhere. He returned to where the place where he woke up and leaned against the wall.

He clutched his open shirt which was revealing his pale chest, tears threatening to come. But he shook his head. "I mustn't cry. Tsuzuki will come for me. I must believe in him," he said, a reassurance for himself. Fear sipped into his veins once again when he remembered what Reve had done.

"I'm going to destroy you."

He froze when the black-eyed angel advanced towards him, one hand on his cheek. "Don't touch me!" he snarled at him but no use. The fallen angel just chuckled at his warning. He then pushed Hisoka back to the wall slowly. His hand crept upward and tangled with Hisoka's shaking hands. "What are you doing, you jerk!?"

No verbal reply from Reve but he did received a soft chuckle near his left ear. "I said don't touch me! Get away from me!" Hisoka screamed, realizing what was about to happen. "I can't. I told you I'm going to destroy you."

Reve gently nibbled at his ear. However, Hisoka wasn't going to give in. He turned away in disgust. "What the hell are you doing!?" he screamed. Reve chuckled softly at his ear. "I told you. I'm going to destroy you," he said. "Why should you!? You could've just killed me!"

"That, my dear I won't do. I wonder how Tsuzuki will react when he found out that you…in a while…are tainted and the fact you're doing it with me? I'm sure he'd freaked out," he said as his hands went lower and gripped at his shirt.

"This has to go," he said and pulled his shirt apart, sending buttons flying all over the place. "DON'T TOUCH ME! GET AWAY!" Hisoka was screaming at the top of his lungs now. His lips were drying and frustration built because he couldn't fight to protect himself. "Make me," Reve answered as his hands wrapped around the boy's pale neck.

Then, the angel heard the boy was muttering something. "What?"

"You're a low-life. You're doing this because you couldn't get him. Come on, grow up!" Hisoka glared at him. Reve's eyes widened in surprise. "You're just feeling sorry for yourself because Tsuzuki doesn't love you the way you do for him. Oh, don't worry. Nothing you do could make him changes his mind."

Reve glared furiously at the teen. "Smart-mouth, eh? What makes you think I couldn't make him do what I want? He couldn't say no since your life depends on it," he said. Hisoka shook his head. "You just don't get it, do you? Do the math, asshole. You said yourself that he's the most powerful angel. He could turn you into dust if he really wants to. Besides…"

The white-haired angel focused on him. Hisoka looked up and stared at him. "He only loves me."

That was of course, earned him a punch in the ribs but it was nothing he couldn't handle. He had been training kendo and aikido for years so a hit like that was like a baby-pinch. He looked up and noticed he could see quite clearly due to a faint ray. He searched for the source of the dim light and found in exactly on top of his head.

"Shit," he cursed. The ceiling was too high and the light could only offer so much. He sighed as he sat down. He looked at his school uniform and grinned. "Hiji-chan must be furious with me when he sees what I've done to my uniform," he whispered silently.

He glanced back to the ceiling where the window was and sighed. "If only I have wings…"

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Tsuzuki looked around, wiping dust from his shoulders and wings. "Why is he preparing these cheap traps?" he mumbled to himself. He had gone through various kinds of booby traps like hollow floors, sharp pointy metals on the walls and poisonous flying daggers.

"Tsuzuki!" he heard someone shouted his name. He turned around and his eyes widened in relief.

"HISOKA!" he leaped forward and wrapped his arms around the small fragile body. "Oh…Hisoka…are you okay?" he said and looked down to the object of his admiration. Hisoka shook his head weakly. "I'm okay…just tired…" he said as he comfortably slumped against the strong figure.

Tsuzuki smiled and felt grateful that Hisoka was safe. That was all he wanted. "Where's Reve?" he asked, looking around uneasily. "I don't know. When I woke up, he's nowhere to be seen. Let's just go home, Tsuzuki," Hisoka replied as he tugged at the angel's sleeve.

However, Tsuzuki felt something was amiss. "This shouldn't be right," he whispered. Hisoka turned around. "What's wrong?" he asked as he squeezed the man's arms.

"Reve took a risk when he came to the school just to kidnap you. He wouldn't go that far if kidnapping you was an unimportant thing," Tsuzuki replied. "I don't care. I just want to go home with you," Hisoka shook his head and pulled him harder now. "But, Hisoka. Something is totally wrong here…"

Hisoka shook his head. "I don't want to know. Let's just go," he looked up, eyes pleading. "I thought you said you love me."

Tsuzuki looked at him in shock. "Hisoka…"

"Tsuzuki…please…"

Tsuzuki shook his head. "I will only go home with Hisoka," he said. Hisoka stared at him, puzzled. "What are you saying? What do you mean you'll only go home with me?"

"Like I said, I will only go home with Hisoka. It's no use trying to fool me, Reve," Tsuzuki said as he pushed the figure away from him, keeping a safe distance between the two of them.

The figure smirked and almost instantly, he changed back into his own self. Reve pushed back his long white strands away from his face. "How long have you noticed?" he snarled at him. Tsuzuki just shrugged. "Well, I didn't notice it at first but when you said I said I love you, I know you're a fake."

"How? The boy told me you love him!?"

"Yes, I really do. But the rule is angel mustn't say the 'I love you' word to the mortal he loves or else he would be taken back. I never said that to him. He knows that I love him."

Reve gritted his teeth at the sentence. "Why? Why do you love him so much?" he exclaimed. "Don't you realize that I love you!?"

Tsuzuki's eyes softened. "Then, why do you love me, Reve? The reason for love should only be one," he replied. Reve shook his head in despair. "No! The reason why I love you is not supposed to be the same with your love for the boy. You picked him yourself, Tsuzuki. Why?"

Tsuzuki's hands were forming signs, making a spell to locate where Hisoka really was while they were talking. "Reve, you don't understand yet. When you've granted to be a guardian angel, you'll get what I mean."

"I don't want to! I want to know it now!"

The dark angel sighed. "Guardian angels must love the humans they protect. But in my case, I chose the human whom I can give my love to freely. And I chose Hisoka," he replied, finished forming the spells. Reve narrowed his eyes. "So you chose him. Why would you even want to become a guardian angel, Tsuzuki? You could've stayed with us, teaching us and we'd be having a lot of fun."

Tsuzuki smiled gently. "I want to become a guardian angel because of Hisoka, Reve. Of course, he was a bit stubborn when I met him first but I saw the affection in him. He will return the love to whoever gave it to him. He won't ask for more if someone is there with him," he said. "Now, Reve, please. Stop whatever you're doing."

Reve snarled at him and stepped back. "No…you don't understand! I'm doing this for you! You're the reason I do this! Please, Tsuzuki. Come back with me," he said as he reached out his hands, inviting Tsuzuki. But the amethyst-eyed man shook his head slowly. "My place is here with Hisoka and I won't leave until I fulfilled my mission."

A slight vibration touched Tsuzuki's fingers. He understood that Hisoka's location had been located. "Then I'll bring him along."

Tsuzuki's eyes widened in shock when Reve suddenly disappeared. "Reve! Stop!"

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Mwahahahaha…I love it when it comes to another cliffhanger. For the next few chapters, I hope you guys are prepared to face the ending I've prepared. Full of drama of course, hey, that's my expertise! Please oh please, I plead for your reviews! Domo domo!