Title: Conquer the Sky

Author: Issei

Genre: Yaoi, Alternate Universe, Death

Paring: Sendoh x Hanamichi + Rukawa

Warning: It contains death…

Disclaimer: The characters in the story do not belong to me and any similarities in storyline are purely coincidental.

Writer's Note: Hello! Sorry for taking so long to post this… was busy hee hee…so here it is the last part.. hmp if you all have forgotten what happened just leave a msg, I shall repost the previous chapters… enjoy the story and do leave your C&Cs behind.

Adapted from Korean "MTV" Si Niang.

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2 Chapter 4: Together Again

Rukawa returned to the hut. It was morning and the sun was rising. The sky was a healthy pink, the sun looked happy to rise. It was a wrong setting among the gloom. Rukawa knocked on the door there was no reply. He turned the doorknob. It was unlocked. He pushed the door opened and a soft creaking sound escaped form the rusty hinges. The floor was still littered with the remains of the photo and Rukawa caught sight of a single piece of the remains. "Sendoh…" the name rang though his mind

Unknowingly, he bent down, picked the bits of photo up and then tucked it into his pocket. Rukawa looked up and his gaze fell upon a fallen figure. Hanamichi sat still, in the curled up position as the day before, he had not move. He was asleep. Rukawa took the blanket from the bed and placed it gently over the sleeping man. He looked exhausted but the innocence in this man still showed in his sleep. Attracted, Rukawa reached out his hand and touch the angelic face. Then as if realising what he was doing he jerked back his hand. The sleeping man stirred and slowly he opened his eyes.

Hanamichi opened his eyes and before him, he saw a figure.

"Sendoh? He is back?" Hanamichi thought to himself.

Then the pain returned to him. He remembered now that Sendoh was gone; he was never going to come back. He had vanished from his life. At the thought of that, his heart seemed to begin bleeding again. He was slowly dying inside. He looked up once more and the illusion cleared, it was Rukawa before him. Rukawa's face softened, full of concern as he continued gazing at Hanamichi. Hanamichi never thought that was possible. Rukawa had an expression.

" You are awake… I came to pick you up to school," Rukawa spoke, his voice breaking the cold silence.

"School?" Hanamichi replied, puzzled.

" The holidays ended yesterday and we have another term to go before we can get our license to fly." Rukawa replied in a matter of fact tone.

Then he did not wait another minutes for Hanamichi to think. He dragged him off the floor and started undressing him. He pulled some clean fresh clothes out from the wardrobe and threw them at Hanamichi.

"Put them off, we are getting late," Rukawa gave a impatient glare.

Hanamichi who was being bossed around by the raven hair man was not feeling too happy. He hated being controlled and he was not going to be. Moreover, his mind had been fully occupied by images of his beloved he had no space left in his mind to think, to wonder.

"I am not going… You can go for all I care." Hanamichi yelled and at the same time wearing his clothes.

" It is time you quit mourning, Sendoh will not want to see you like this. He liked the Hanamichi who laughed and fooled around. He is not gone, he is always here with us, in our hearts, in our memory for as long as we live." Rukawa looked deep into those hazel brown eyes as he spoke to Hanamichi.

Hanamichi stood quiet. His world had crash at the moment when the plane exploded. Sendoh had taken his life with him. And now, this man before him is telling him to live on when his soul had already gone…

Hanamichi straighten himself, "Maybe you are right…"

Hanamichi picked up his duffle bag and dusted it. He had left it there ever since the incident. It was getting flirty. He dumped his books into the bag and headed for Rukawa's car outside. Rukawa stood at the doorway unmoving, as if he is in his own world.

" He is fine again, he is going to school?" the change was unbelievable and Rukawa was in shocked.

"Oi, Rukawa, didn't you say we will be late? Quick, hurry," Hanamichi called out to Rukawa as on a normal day as if nothing had happened.

Rukawa came out from his trance and brushed the thought aside. As long as Hanamichi was going to move on, everything else does not matter. Rukawa walked briskly to the car and as if reassuring himself he stole a look at Hanamichi as he got into the car. Hanamichi did not have any sign of sadness; in fact, he was back to his normal smiling self. Rukawa felt his worried soul settled. Everything was fine again. The rainbow was out after the torrential rain that almost cost him two friends…

The days went by. The term was ending and though out the last two months, not once had Hanamichi brought up anything to do with Sendoh. He acted as if Sendoh had not existed. Rukawa was worried at first, paranoid. But seeing that Hanamichi seemed the normal happy self, if not happier, he decided to let the matter rest.

"Maybe he is trying to forget…" Rukawa found an excuse.

The examinations were over in a flash and the two man did extremely well, acing the exams and were presented their license to fly. They had conquered their dreams. In another day, they could fly freely in the sky, anytime anywhere. The joy and excitement was almost unbearable, they could not wait till the next day. Among the joy, Hanamichi slipped away from the crowd of people, he had something to do…

Rukawa noticed that Hanamichi was gone only a while later, he searched high and low, but still he could not find any sign of him. He had wanted to get him out to celebrate. Feeling a little disappointed, Rukawa returned to his own hostel and spent the rest of the night wondering where the hell did Hanamichi go to. Finally, sick of waiting for him to return, Rukawa took his car out for a ride, hoping that maybe he could spot him on the streets.

Hanamichi slipped away from the rowdy crowd. He did not want to join in the celebrations though he felt joyful inside. All the months of hard work had paid off. All term long, he had been suppressing his feeling of pain and hurt, all for this very moment. He finally could be with Sendoh, even in death. He had waited for this moment. He wanted to fly to fulfil their dream. Hanamichi would be able to follow him. Though he could not fly together with him anymore, but he knew Sendoh had always been with him all this while, beckoning to him to join him. And many a times he resisted, he wanted to complete his dream, their dream.

Hanamichi entered a garage. Inside stood a plane painted in yellow. It looked cheerful evenly in the gloomy room. This was the plane that they said they would fly in. this was the plane that they shared many promises. This was the plane Hanamichi was going to flying in. He would be flying towards their dreams, flying towards doom. It was a beautiful plane, but tomorrow at the same time, it will no longer exist. Hanamichi walked over to the engine of the plane and with a pair of scissors in his hand, a wire snapped. Then Hanamichi smiled. He climbed into he cockpit and settled himself onto the pilot seat. He closed his eyes and he was in a sleep that was not bestowed onto him ever since Sendoh left.

Morning arrived quickly, the morning sun leaped up from the horizon; its brilliant rays glittered across the land and seas. Rukawa woke up from his sleep; he had fallen asleep in the car. He felt a certain unease, something was going to happen but he did not know what it was.

"Hanamichi," the name rang through his mind and times and again he had tried to find him, but still he could not find him.

Then it occurred to him there was one place he had yet to search, the garage where his two friends used to go every weekend! Then Rukawa turned the key and stepped hard on the accelerator and the car sped away.

Hanamichi opened his eyes, those hazel brown eyes stared blankly ahead, then a smile formed on his lips. He jumped out from the cockpit and opened the garage shutter. He started the engine of the plane and carefully directed it out of the garage. He took his license to a nearby station and registered his name in order to fly the plane. He returned to his plane and once again settled himself comfortably into the cockpit. He turned a knob and stepped onto the accelerator and the plane was off into the same brilliant sky the day Sendoh died. Then the plane jerked, the whole cockpit was filled with thick smoke, suffocating smoke. But Hanamichi was not struggling he was smiling. He had attained his goal, to fly, to conquer the sky and to join his lover.

From afar, a red Ferrari sped by. A raven-haired man was in control and his gaze was fixed on the plane on the runway. He watched as his best friend climbed into the cockpit. He watched as his friend stared the engine, he watched as the plane took off. Rukawa knew at that moment that was the last of Hanamichi he was going to see. As the plane took off into he sky, it spluttered, billowing white smoke consumed the whole plane then came the familiar sound and the plane burst into a flame of red, crashing onto the ground. Rukawa watched in horror and his heart froze at that moment. He watched from a far the police and the fire fighters at the scene but he did not moved. A single tear escaped from his eye. Another gone, another of his friend, the person he loved who will never know…

~~~~ Owari ~~~~

Writer's Note: This is the end to the story, hope it had been a fine reading and do leave your C&Cs behind, they would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for reading!