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Warning: Long chappy. (Don't you just love me?)
It was destroyed. Completely and utterly ruined. Everything was in shambles.
The once proud training room looked like a war field. The walls and veiling were still crumbling sending chunks of sharp rocks falling to the cracked and un-even ground.
Kaname's eyes widened.
"What-- happened here." He asked
Mizu shrugged.
I'm not sure." He spoke "I believe... Master Shuihci is behind it though..."
Kaname nodded.
"I agree. His aura... it's lingering around here... almost drowned out by... Chaos Magic..."
He turned hastily to Mizu.
"Mizu. Has anyone else seen this?"
Mizu shook his head.
"I don't believe so. I locked the room and sealed it immediatly after I saw it. But before i got here... I can't say."
"Mmm." Kanme said, thinking, then turning to Mizu "Huh..."
"About clean-up..." Mizu continued
"Mizu." Kaname interrupted
"Yes? Lord Kaname?"
Kaname cocked his head.
"Just what exactly 'were' you doing here?"
"Pardon?"
"In the training room. Why were you headed here anyways/" Kaname asked, corssing his arms and nearing Mizu.
"I--."
"The servents quarters are on the other side of the castle. You don't need to come past this way to get there."
"Well..."
"And I gave you plenty to do today... including taking care of Eiri.. so why weren't you there with my son who's in tremendous pain, and instead you were over here... looking for Shuichi."
"Lord--."
"Do I not give you enough to do in the day time? Do you have so much free time that you can just wander about?"
"No. No Lord Kaname."
"Then what. Were. You. Doing. Here?"
Mizu shifted uncomfortably.
"I--." He swallowed "I was just passing by."
Kaname sighed, placing his hands on either side of Mizu's face.
But... why were you passing by?"
Mizu took a shaky breath.
"No... no rea--."
He was cut short as Kaname's lips came down upon his, for a short unfeeling kiss.
"Mizu." Kaname said softly "The more you keep lying to me. The more you're going to make me angry."
He placed a kiss on Mizu's forehead.
"I'm sorry..." Mizu said
Not listening, Kaname placed ihs head on Mizu's shoulders, nesteling in for a hug. Mizu obliged obediently and as he had many many times before, held his master."
"Mizu?" Kaname asked in a voice that made Mizu question whether he was crying or not
"Yes, Lord Kaname?" He asked, stroaking back Kaname's hair
"Why does everyone hate me?"
Mizu sighed
"They don't hate you. No one hates you."
Kaname nodded.
"Yes they do. And they always insist upon defying me."
Mizu sighed again, bringing Kaname and him into a sitting position, figuring they would be here for a while.
"No one ever seems to want to listen to my orders. And everyone wants to disobey. I'm not Feared and Loved By All'." Kaname spat "I'm just feared."
"I don't fear you." Mizu said softly
"You don't?"
Mizu shook his head.
"Should I?"
After a beat, Kaname shook his.
"No." He said softly
There was a moment of silence.
"I don't want to be.. this vengeful demon." Kaname said after a while "I just want to rule over my poeple... lead them to greatness and happiness." He exhailed "But.. the vengence slips out, and like a child... I destroy all that is beautiful around me."
Mizu sighed.
"No you don't." He said gently "You don't. I promise."
"You know... it wasn't always like this. Bakc when the 2 worlds would communicate. Back when she was here... and there was light in this dismal place."
He sighed
"You used to bring light to this palace... during the wars... ages and ages ago. You were quite the trouble maker as I recall." Mizu said
Kaname chuckled.
"Back when father ruled He murmered softly
"When this world was in Chaos and turmoil... I believe it was your spirit on the battlefield that kept the troops going."
Kaname laughed again and stood.
"I belive it was more of my strenght that kept the troops going."
"Still cocky as always."
Kaname tilted his head back, staring up at the ruined ceiling.
"Good times..." He exhailed "It all stopped when father died though." He said, shrugging casually
"I remember that." Mizu said, kicking at a rock "The whole castle was in an uproar. No one could figure out what exactly happened."
A low chuckle came from Kaname.
"Now Mizu." He said darkly "We don't need to talk about that, now do we?"
Shuichi stared up at his ceiling, drumming his fingers lazily on his bare knee.
'The Darkening?' He thought 'What's that? Is that what Kaname wants me for? To bring about a Darkening?'
He allowed his eyes to close, tilting hs head back.
'What is this 'Chaos' in me really capable of?'
Shuichi's eyes opened slowly, only to be met with a pair of amber ones.
Shuichi gasped and scooted backwards on his bed.
Yuki chuckled.
"You should pay more attention to who you let into your bed." He said, laying his body on top of Shuichi's."
"How... how'd you get in here?"
Yuki chuckled again.
"I flew." He replied, geustering towards his wing "
"Oh."
"I'm joking. We both know that I can't fly anymore." Yuki continued, a bit more calm than Shuichi would have expected
Yuki brought his face down near Shuichi's. Shuichi blushed and then let out a soft moan when Yuki "accidently" ground their hips together.
"You know Shu..." Yuki murmered huskily, brushing Shuichi's hair out of his face "You're kind of... cute..." He placed a kiss on Shuichi's shoulder "Almost... sexy, even."
"Yu--." Shuichi began "Yuki-sempai?"
Yuki loked at Shuichi, cocking his head.
"Are you nervous, Shu?"
Shuichi nodded.
"You're blushing."
Shuichi clamped his eyes closed with embarrassment. He could still feel Yuki though, as he inched downward towards Shuichi's face.
'Is he... going to?'
Suddenly, Yuki burst out laughing. Shuichi opened his eyes.
"Shu... you're so fun to mess with. I love doing this all the time." He said climbing off of him
"Yu--."
"Like that time in Kina's office a while back." Yuki continued "Oh you should've seen your face."
Shuichi sat up.
"I--." He began, stopping when he realized he couldn't find the right words.
"Oh come on, Shu... you didn't think I was... actually serious... did you?"
The door opened. Mizu poked his head in.
"Mizu. Forgot to knock again?" Yuki asked
Mizu nodded.
"My appologies, Master Eiri. I've been looking everywhere for you."
Mizu nodded in Shuichi's direction.
"Master Shuichi." He said as a way of greeting.
Shuichi nodded.
"Mizu." He replied "What are you doing here?"
Mizu glanced around, before closing the door.
"Master Eiri..."
"Yuki."
"Yuki." Mizu corrected "I've spoken to Mistress Kina."
Shuichi immediatly bolted up in bed.
"Kina?" He asked
Mizu nodded.
"Yes."
"What'd she say?" Yuki asked, almost nonchantly
"She said that she's going to try and stall up there... she laughed and said that she had a "plan"." He chuckled
"Oh God." Yuki muttered
"What?" Shuichi asked
"Kina... and her plans. I remember one... it involved 2 cans of blue spray paint... 3 turtles, and a rooster... I can't go into details, but let's just say... I couldn't see color for a while."
Shuichi cocked his head. Mizu raised an eyebrow.
"Yeah..." Mizu said
"Uh..." Shuichi began "I--."
Silence.
"Well..." Mizu began
"Um... can you see color now?" Shuichi asked
Yuki slapped his forehead.
"You're an idiot."
"What now?" Hiro asked, as he scooted closer to his friend, being squished out in the open air of the stadium.
"I don't know." Fuji replied, sighing and adjusting himself, attempting to put some space between his neighbors and himself
Hiro tilted his head up towards the sky, his red hair shifting and fell off of his shoulders and his brown eyes narroed in envy of the students on platforms in the sky above them.
"I can't believe we're bothstill stuck on the ground." Fuji muttered
"I know." Hiro replied, tilting his head up further, then suddenly regretting it as he was nearly decapitated by a platform flying too close to the ground purposely.
"Bastards." He muttered "They think they're so great just because they have their flying license."
"Then again..." Fuji began "This is coming from the man who failed the test nine times."
"8... I got kicked out last time."
Fuji sighed.
"I remember... what's his name... used to fly too close too." Hiro continued
"Who?"
"Pretty boy... real popular... royal asshole."
"Eiri Yuki?"
Hiro nodded.
"What happened to him?" Fuji asked
Hiro shrugged.
"Just up and disappeared." Hiro said "Like Shu."
Fuji sighed.
"I wish... Mistress Kina would hurry up." He said
"Attention EVERYBODY!" A booming voice said
Fuji's eyes snapped up. Kina floated on thin air above the stadium, using magic to project her voice.
"Before I release you all on the grounds to enjoy the festivities, I wanted to briefly address a few things."
"Excuse me..." A voice amoung the students said "Ow. Excuse me."
Both Hiro and Fuji sighed in annoyance.
"Tohma." They both muttered
"Excuse ow!" The voice shouted before a light body spilled across their laps "Sorry."
"What do you want Tohma?" Hiro asked
Tohma chuckled and then roughly pushed his way through them, squeezing uncomfortably tight between the two older boys.
Fuji sighed.
'Just when I'd gotten comfortable.'
"Shs." Hiro said to Tohma, who looked like he was going to speak
"--who've gone missing..." Kina was saying
Hiro's ears perked up.
"I just wanted to assure everyone that Shindo-san and Eiri-san are quite-."
Kina paused as the usual scream from Yuki's entire section of fangirls proceeded.
"Fine." She said "They're doing some extracurricular studies elsewhere and are quite busy."
Hiro narrowed his eyes.
"There you have it." Fuji said "Shu's fine."
"She's lying." Hiro replied
"What makes you say that?" Tohma asked
"Shu is an idiot." Hiro replied simply
"True." Fuji muttered
"So... why would he go off to study somewher where the 'brillant' Eiri Yuki is studying?"
Silence.
"She's lying." The other two agreed.
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A.N. As long as this chapter is, I expect some long ass reviews!!! Anyways, I finally got to bring Fuji, Hiro and Tohma in, if only for a few moments. I've been meaning to do that for quite sometime, and I decided since I was kind of playing catch up with the characters anyways. Anyways, onto the real topic behind the A.N. Lately, I've been thinking of creating a writing contest. A friend of mine kind of inspired me since she does a ton, so I decided to see if I could create a good one. However, I was wondering if I did make a Gravi one, would anyone participate?