Taisaya: Okay, since NO ONE knows what a oji-san is, It's in this chapter! IN ENGLISH because none of you understand japanese. lol, I'm not mad, don't worry. I'm just surprised.
Haru: You're mad about something else though
Taisaya: I hate people, they ruined my small family vacation to Cape May NJ this year! Two fucking hours wasted driving across New Jeresy for nothing! NOT EVEN THE ZOO!! I NEED TO KILL SOMETHING! -glares at Haru: You brought this up! DIE!
Haru: W-wait! not me! I'm still usefull! USE KOBE! -holds out Tai's past OC)
Kobe: Haru you bastard.
Haru: Sorry buddy!
Taisaya: I wouldn't hurt Kobe, he can be kind sometimes.
Haru: Damn!
Kobe: heheh...
Disclaimer: I own nothing other then Kira, Haru, (Kobe), their ärms, Akari, and Kyoshiro. (You'll find out who he is in this chapter.) I also don't own Samurai Deeper Kyo.
Chapter 25: Trade
Kira's POV
Where… Where Am I…? My eyes are open… I think… I can't see anything… Everything is dark. Dark and cold… and I can't forget lonely. What happened? Why do I feel so much pain? I can't move… nothing, nothing is responding… It's all numb. I feel alone, where's Alviss? He's always there… did he leave me? No… he wouldn't… would he?
Wait… I hear voices… But what are they saying, and who are they? It's clearer now…
"I'm sorry Oji-san, it slipped out, and I don't think he guessed it!"
…Ha… Haru…?
"He'd find out eventually."
"I know that, but I would like to be the one to tell him, just to see his face."
Phantom… am I at… Chess no Koma…?
"What about her?"
"She's the bait"
Bait… For who?
"…erm…"
"What's wrong Haru-kun? Thinking of Akari?"
Akari… didn't Haru call me that in our match…?
"I always am, when I find her, she better be safe and unhurt," he growled, "If I find one scratch on her, you're dead."
"Is that anyway to talk you you're uncle?"
Uncle?! Phantom!? If he's Haru's uncle… that means he's also…
"Like I care, you're just doing the same thing to Alviss that you did to me, it won't work"
"How so?"
"He won't do a thing you say, the why you've tortured him"
"Don't you think I know that," he paused, "That's why I have Kira"
Me…? "…meh…" I feel them looking at me… I know I'm awake now.
"She's awake" Haru stated, a pause… "I'll leave"
I hear his foots steps leave the room, then the clang of the slamming shut. Wait… More foot steps, Phantom is close to me… I feel his breath on me…
"Morning,"
I open my eyes to meet his deep purple one looking straight down at me, "…you're… his uncle?"
He flinched, "So you were awake? Sneaky little…" he sighed, "Yes, I am."
"Al…Alviss' too…?"
"Yes."
"You're the reason… the reason Alviss' father…was abusive…toward him and…Haru."
"Kyoshiro was always like that… whether it was a person, an animal, or something else, he was always offensive. I guess I made that worse when our mother and father died because of me." He smirked, "Come to think about it, Haru looks a lot like his father. If his bangs weren't blue, he would be a mirror image of Kyoshiro. They act alike as well."
"Haru isn't like that… he's kind."
"Oh? So you think, but at the right moment, he's a demon. The apple doesn't fall to far from the tree. I'm sure Alviss inherited more then his eyes as well. If we torture you, I'm sure he'll be a bit demonic. Haru was that way when Akari was taken from him."
"Akari… who is she?" I asked. She has to be someone important to Haru for him to act like that.
He smiled evilly, "A close friend of Haru, maybe a lover, I didn't look into it that much, but all I needed to know is that they were close. You know, I'm sort of happy that you left Chess no Koma for Mär, if you didn't leave and didn't fall in love with Alviss and the other way around, I would never be able to get to Alviss. You made everything easier for me, Thank you Kira."
I glared at him, he was using me… using me to get to Alviss… "Bastard…"
"That isn't very nice," he said, "You should act more like Rolan, the way he respects me. He amazes me, I could torture his sister and He's still on my side. It makes me wonder if he really loves you at all. It looks like only Alviss truly loves you, and right now he's so far away. What will you do, all alone in this cold room, knowing that he could be shredded to pieces in the next war game match? Too bad you'll never know." He smiled, "Just by the look in your eyes, you want me dead, don't you? Don't deny it. But you know that will never happen, you're stuck with me, I'll come back and haunt you for the rest of your life. Forever and ever, I won't leave this world, and the best part is that it isn't just you, but my nephew as well, who will stay here as well. Everything for the both of you will fall apart.
"Rolan won't always be there, I'll make sure of that." He paused to look at me, I was trembling in fear. He smirked, "You're afraid. Afraid that you'll have to deal with this pain forever and that it'll never stop. You're thinking about suicide, are you not? I'll make sure you stay alive until that tattoo covers you completely, Alviss too. I know he was on the brink of killing himself when he was younger. Alan stopped him and gave him false hope that one day he would be free of that curse. Since it's so close to covering his body, he might be thinking it again. That's why I need him here, to make sure he lives through that and keeps on living after that. We could be one family."
"Never…"
"Really?" he stood up and looked down at me, "Well, we'll see," he turned around and headed towards the door.
"What's… What's your real name…?" I asked before he got to the door, "Phantom… can't be your real name…" I wanted to know.
He stopped, "I've never told anyone this, mainly because I hated my name, so I told people my name was Shinu." I looked at his back, to die "My name is Shinzo, something I don't have" (If you didn't get it, Shinu means to die and Shinzo means heart)
To think his name is Shinzo… A heart, something he doesn't have, but his parents named him, of all people… Two brothers named Heart and Hate, ironic… they both hate so much… Poor Alviss… he doesn't even know… Phantom is his uncle… if he knew… then he would definitely commit suicide… I don't want him to die… I love him… more then anything… after that, I fell asleep
Rolan's POV
I have to get Kira before anyone sees me… Phantom's been torturing her, so she's hopefully asleep. Alviss asked me not to bring her awake, he doesn't want her to worry, he doesn't know Kira as well as I do, Kira will get him back, it'll solve nothing. Their both going to end up here… I still can't believe he loves her enough to say that…
----Flashback----
Alviss called me over to talk to him, I know it's about Kira; it's a gut feeling, "What?"
"Can I trade my freedom for Kira's?" is all he said.
"What?"
He sighed, "Can you bring Kira out of there and bring me back in? That's all I ask."
"Why would you ask that?"
"I love her. I want her to be free, she's been in Chess no Koma before, and she's a traitor, Phantom will hurt her. I don't want that."
"You're talking as if I'm not a Chess Piece."
"I'm talking to you as you are her brother. I know you care about Kira the same way I do, maybe more."
"No."
"What?"
"You may have not accepted Kira at first, but you love her more then me. It's hard for me to say… Heheh, but you're right, I want her safe as well, it's just strange that you're asking me to take you there. I just hope you know what you're getting you're self into…"
"I do…"
"Fine…"
"Can you bring her before the war games, tomorrow night?"
"Yes, we'll meet in the forest."
He nodded, "That's fine, but make sure she's asleep, I don't want her to worry about me."
I nodded my head; he did the same and walked to his team. "But she will either way…"
----End of flashback----
I looked around to make sure no one was there; I checked my pocket to make sure I had my Andata so that no one could hear us leave either. No one was there and I had it. I slowly opened the door and say Kira sleeping on the ground. Thank God, she's asleep. I walked over and picked her up, then grabbed my Andata and used it.
Normal POV
Alviss was sitting down on a tree stump when Rolan arrived with Kira. He quickly ran up to him and received her, smiling, until it turned into a frown. "What's wrong?" Rolan asked.
"Nothing, I'm going to bring her to my room. Everyone else is asleep so they won't see me. I'll be back." Rolan nodded and waited.
Alviss ran swiftly to his room, fast enough that he won't keep Rolan waiting, but slow enough that Kira wouldn't wake up. He had spent the day in the training gate with the other members of Team Mär; he could barely remember what happened. The first thing he saw from in the training gate was Ginta standing in front of him with is hammer ärm against his ear. Ginta explained everything to him, but he still didn't get it, they were in Tokyo, Japan, where he was from. Alviss thought he was a nurse to a young girl who was part of Ginta's past. He was still confused, but everyone else was the same way in that training gate, so it made him feel less foolish. He wished that Kira was there with him, she would have loved it.
When they reached his room, Alviss opened the room and walked up to his bed. He had already moved the covers before so he could set her down gently, which he did. He covered her up with the blanket and tucked her in. He leaned down and kissed her forehead, "I love you. I know you can't hear me now, but still… Stay safe… please… this will explain it all…" he put a folded note in her hand and walked toward the door. When he reached it, he turned around to look at her, then walked out the door and closed it behind him.
He ran sullenly back to the meeting place. Rolan looked up at him; he was staring at the ground before, "You ready?"
Alviss looked at him and then behind him at the castle. He closed his eyes and faced Rolan again, "Yes… I'm ready…" Kira… please understand. Heheh, I know you're going to hate me for this, but, I'd rather you safe then me be here while you are hurt…
Rolan nodded, "Andata…" with a flash of light they were gone, as if nothing had ever happened.
Taisaya: Okay Momo, Alviss DID get taken away! You can stop hating me now! And thank you for editing my story, everyone thank Momo and read her story Falling for the First Time, please! Okay, this is how I got Alviss' father's name. At first I was going to name him Kyo, then Nikumu, which means Hate, then I watched Samurai Deeper Kyo and decided on Kyoshiro, who is the main character of that show. I liked the name and just added 'shiro' to 'Kyo'.
Kobe: You like that show?
Taisaya: What ever is on! I thought Saiyuki RELOAD was on, but it was SDK instead, so I watched that. I've been on and off about that show. I started watching in the first place because of Jesse.
Kobe: I just needed a yes or no... -sigh- R&R please. Bye.
Taisaya: BBBYYYYEEE KOBE! I MISS YOU!!!
Kobe: Freak...
Taisaya: THANK YOU!
Kobe: ...