Wishing Kokoros

Mirai Kurosaki

A/N: ^_^

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Tsuzuki was cheerfully roaming around the shop searching for some extra sweets to take back home when a chill crawled through his body. He froze and his mind felt as if it shifted onto another place filled with danger. He must have been there for a while because the clerk had tapped him on the shoulder that his mind reared back into reality.

"Excuse me, sir. Are you all right? You've been just standing there staring at the pies for over ten minutes straight."

A few blinks and Tsuzuki was able to notice the clerk. He was a rather plump man who seemed to be in his early thirties. He had bright blue eyes that showed much kindness and sympathy. He seems nice, Tsuzuki pondered. He went back to the question.

Tsuzuki stuttered but found his voice. "Uh, yes. Sorry…I just was so amazed on uh…how…. how…how beautiful the decorations on the food was!"

"Oh…well, what can I get you?"

Again, Tsuzuki fixed his eyes on the pies and studied each one with great interest. There was pumpkin pie already neatly divided into eight equal pieces. He also took notice of the carrot pies, banana cream, apple, chocolate, ice cream, every kind Tsuzuki could imagine!

"Well…what about an apple pie, a pumpkin pie, and some Pocky?" Tsuzuki watched the man smile and grab a pumpkin and apple pie from the back cooler, that was keeping all pie fresh and tasty. He then grabbed a box of Pocky and returned to the register.

"Okay, now…that's a total of thirty-thousand yen," announced the man, with a cheerful grin on his face.

Tsuzuki slouched his shoulders and whined. "So expensive for me! All I'll have left is two thousand-yen!"

"Sorry. You missed our big sale two days ago."

Tsuzuki smiled. "It's okay…It's not your fault." He took out his wallet and handed over his money to the clerk and grabbed the bag that held all the food he had purchased. He took the receipt, thanked the man, and headed home.

Finally walking out, Tsuzuki thought of the sight of Hisoka all snuggled up like a baby, sipping hot tea. The thought made Tsuzuki's heart melt.

Not too long after, he reached his rented apartment he was currently occupying. He headed to his room and fumbled for his keys. He drew them out from his coat and jiggled them in into the keyhole until he heard the click. He opened the door.

"Hi everyone, sorry I'm…late…"

The entire area was deserted. Not a sign of anyone currently in the room was apparent.

"Hello? Hisoka? Yeiko?"

Tsuzuki placed the bag down onto the counter of the kitchen and took notice of the slight damage that was in the back area of the apartment that he hadn't notice immediately. There was a katana split into two lying on the ground. A struggle?

Walking closer to the weapon Tsuzuki noticed how different it felt. He kneeled down and began examining the katana. It was then when he noticed something dark on the wall. He lifted his head and his eyes widened. He saw in thick, red letters:

WK

Tsuzuki's blood ran cold as he stared at the two letters. One thing struck his mind then. Miyuki's got Hisoka and Yeiko!

Just then, something burst through the closet door with great force. A large dragon-like monster stood before Tsuzuki, daring a duel between them.

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A soft and gentle stroke caused Hisoka to flinch. The thing continued to caress his skin repeatedly, much to his irritation. His eyelids fluttered open, revealing a dark shadow above him. Struggling to regain consciousness, he noticed that the form was a being.

"Ugh…Wh…where am I?"

The form chuckled and looked as if though it brought itself closer to Hisoka. "How are you feeling, Hisoka?"

Hisoka's eyes immediately widened. He knew that voice! Miyuki! He focused his vision and indeed saw Miyuki, sitting by his side.

"What…"

"What am I doing here, you ask?" said Miyuki. He smirked and caressed Hisoka's skin again; however, Hisoka yanked away, making Miyuki frown mockingly. "I think the question is, 'why are you here'."

Miyuki stood up and motioned for Hisoka to follow. A death glare was his response. He sighed deeply and entwined his fingers with Hisoka's delicate ones. He then gently yanked Hisoka onto his feet.

Hisoka then looked down at himself and gasped. His clothing was completely changed! It appeared to fit rather comfortably. It was a dusky outfit that was tied around his waist with a thick black ribbon and the continuation of the outfit went down to his feet, which were covered with white socks. The skirt-like part of the outfit had too long slits that went up to where the ribbon was, revealing darker silver loose-colored pants. The sleeves slightly slipped passed his shoulders and was held together by red string. Basically, the outfit just freaked him out.

"I thought that the outfit suited you well." Miyuki gave a sly grin and began heading out.

Having no choice, Hisoka followed the man, keeping a close eye on him. His attention was caught when he noticed slithering creatures appear out of nowhere. "Miyuki…"

Miyuki continued walking; yet, he spoke to Hisoka with amusement in his melodic voice. "Don't you find these reptiles fascinating, 'Soka-san?"

Hisoka stiffened at the name he was just called. Only Tsuzuki was ever allowed to call him that name, despite his attempts of hitting his partner. He ignored the comment and replied honestly, "I don't like snakes much."

"Why?" asked Miyuki as both he and Hisoka resumed passing some sort of guards that stood deathly still. Hisoka noted that they all wore dark coated outfits, making them appear frightening.

"Why did you abduct me?"

Miyuki noticed the tension change in the boy and smirked. He went up the few steps that lead to the center of the large platform and sat down on the larger of the two thrones. He said, "Don't ask questions that will not help you."

Hisoka raised an eyebrow and crossed his arms. "I think I have the right to know."

"Come. Sit by me, my prince," Miyuki said indicating the smaller throne beside him.

The boy looked away in anger. "What if I refuse?"

"I don't think you have much of a choice. Let me show you." Hisoka turned to face Miyuki once more as the man snapped his fingers. Almost immediately, the guards that were occupying the same room (about one hundred of them) all ran into a specific area, blocking out exit opportunities.

Soon afterwards, thousands of different species of snakes slithered from all their respective hiding areas and headed towards Hisoka.

"Wh-what…?"

Miyuki smiled and motioned at Hisoka to sit again. This time, Hisoka knew he had no choice and sat beside Miyuki. "The…The snakes."

"They know not to harm you. If anything, they are your humble servants to protect you. Under no circumstances, are they to harm you in any way. Unless…Ordered so." Miyuki winked at Hisoka and watched the reptiles make their way to the platform, some heading in other directions.

Hisoka watched as a specific black and scarlet (not to mention huge) cobra crawl up his leg. He panicked but made no sudden movement, fearing that, despite the assurance from Miyuki, the snake may attack him at any movement. He trembled as the creature slithered around his shoulders and made himself comfortable. It was then that Hisoka realized something odd about the cobra. It had bat wings?

"M-Miyuki…what's wrong with this one? It…uh…has wings."

Miyuki shifted his head and grinned at the creature contently resting on Hisoka's shoulders. "Ah, yes," he began. "That is Yume. He is the rarest of all. He was actually an experiment done by those bastard scientists that went wrong. I found him one day and took him in as my pet. He's the loyalist of them all. Don't you remember Hisoka? I told you about a mysterious creature I found one day while I visited you in your basement."

The thought brought chills to Hisoka. Indeed he did remembered about Miyuki explaining his adventurous day looking for this creature. He replied, "No, I don't remember. I remember Miyuki telling me this."

"I am Miyuki."

Hisoka met Miyuki's eyes. "No you're not. Not the Miyuki I thought I knew."

"Too bad, eh? In either case, think of this reptile as your…Shikigami."

Staring into the creature dark eyes, Hisoka couldn't help but feel a sort of attachment to this thing. The only reply he could think of was, "I still hate snakes…"

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"Waaaaaaah! This damn thing hit me!" Tsuzuki clutched his head painfully and watched the dragon wither in hatred. It's wings flapped viscously and it took Tsuzuki all his strength not to lose his balance.

The dragon growled and spat fire at Tsuzuki. "I have orders to destroy the one named Asato Tsuzuki."

Tsuzuki took out a fuda and created a barrier to protect himself form the flames. "Yeah, I know. You told me that."

Again, the dragon roared and flew through the ceiling, destroying it in the process. It flew higher into the sky floating around, as if though inviting Tsuzuki to join him. Tsuzuki shrugged and flew up.

"All right now…Let's see…Suzaku won't have that much of an effect on you I presume." Tsuzuki eyed his opponent while thinking aloud about whom should he summon.

"Fool!" A burst of light caused Tsuzuki to reel back, and slam into an electric poll. He grimaced as he tried to stand but made it in time to dodge another attack. "Do you really believe that Shikigami can penetrate my powerful body? I do not even exist! Because of this, no harm can be done to me."

"What?!"

Tsuzuki cursed when the dragon went on a full attack, tossing beams everywhere, trying to harm Tsuzuki in any way. Unfortunately, Tsuzuki's speed was no match for it's slow reactions. To be honest, the rather old (over 100 years! @.@ sheesh) Shinigami was petrified of this thing. Its face was the worst; as if it had been burned and peeled off piece by piece, some parts still undone from the horribly done punishments it went through.

"There must be a way to stop this thing," thought Tsuzuki, continuing to swerve in areas where no harm would be caused upon the public down below. "If only this was a dream! I always think of good ideas in a dream!" (a/n: ^.^;;;;; inside joke for me) "That's it!"

Tsuzuki came to a halt and breathed in deeply. Must be brave! Must be brave! Must be brave! He slowly opened his eyes and pointed to the dragon. With his other arm, he waved it around in the air.

"Yoo-hoo! Come and get me! I'm so juicy and tasty! Yummy, yummy!" he sang. He watched the dragon swerve around closer to him, and open its large and wide mouth, saliva dripping from its barbed teeth.

It withered once and gathered energy into its mouth, its wings flapping more fiercely. The beam was shot straight at Tsuzuki. He stared straight into the beam, making no movement whatsoever.

The beam drew closer and Tsuzuki became nervous. He really hoped that his plan worked…but if it didn't…

At last the beam reached Tsuzuki. He shut his eyes tightly and braced himself carefully. He waited and stood still. He heard no noise from the dragon. Not even a growl was heard. He fluttered an eye open to look out into the world. When he noticed the beam hadn't caused any damage to him, Tsuzuki placed both arms down and looked around.

"Damn…" He blinked and saw the dragon growling evilly at him, promising death. It was becoming transparent! Tsuzuki thought, noticing the odd light the dragon was conducting. He gave a small laugh of relief and crossed his arms.

"Don't think you've won, Asato. Don't even bother to rescue your precious one. Despite the fact that I may have been produced by your mind I won't allow you to take Hisoka away from me. He belongs to me. This is you last chance." With that, the dragon shrieked and exploded into nothing but dust.

Tsuzuki sighed deeply and spoke quietly to Miyuki. "Those who give up once, give up all that is precious to them. And Hisoka will come back to me and me only. If anyone dares to get in my way, I'll make sure they'll regret it. "

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A/N: ^_^ Hehehe! Okay, about what Hisoka is wearing if you want to see what it looks like, go to http://cursedmoons.com/wallpaper/wall-hi_sakura.jpg. The art was done by Akane-chan! ^_^ All credit for Hisoka's outfit is hers!

First off, I'm really sorry if this chapter is confusing! It was for me, anyway! @.@ I kind of just wanted to get it over with to go onto the next one (shonen-ai warning in the next one!) Possibly lime? Depends…I may depending on what you guys want. But I won't do lemon, sorry. ^.^

Also, about the dragon disappearing and crap. Miyuki has this ability to control imagination etc. This dragon was a form of him he created to attack Tsuzuki! It could only hurt Tsuzuki if Tsuzuki's mind thought that it could. Tsuzuki realized that in dreams, you can't get hurt (well…usually ^^;) so he focused his mind and allowed the beam to go right through him…or something. Still confused? Me too…^^