To live the death of the undead.

Chapter 2: In death there is life.

Warning(s) for this chapter: DEATH! Shounen ai moments!

Taichi and Hikari arrived in time to see Takaru burst troughs the emergency room doors with Daisuke yelling after him. The chocolate haired boy easily caught the blond and held him, as the younger boy twisted and turned, sobbing. After a few minuets the blond gave up as Daisuke slowly walked up, not saying anything. Takaru broke down and leaned into the Taichi's embrace, crying. "Let me go…" he whimpered. "I want to jump in front of a car so that I can die and be with Onii-chan."

Taichi's eyes snapped all the way open, and his mouth opened and closed, forming no words. He looked at Daisuke, who looked away and nodded sadly, tears threatening to spill from his, all ready red, eyes. Taichi fell to his knees, still holding the sobbing Takaru, and said nothing.

Somehow the four of them managed to pull themselves back inside, where the others where sitting. Ken was curled into one of the seats, his face buried into his knees and shaking every once in a while with silent sobs. Mr. Ishida was talking to a woman who was holding the hand of a little boy, who looked shocked more then anything. Miyako was sitting with Iori, who where both silent and staring at the same spot on a nearby wall. Daisuke walked over to Takaru's mother, who seemed relatively calm considering the fact that her son just died. Sora was on the phone the Mimi in America, and by the looks of it, telling Mimi that she would call when she knew the date of the funeral.

Mr. Ishida walked slowly over to Taichi and pulled him over to the woman. "Mrs. Ninn." He said to her, "this is… was… Yamato's best friend, Taichi. There wasn't a day they spent away from one another."

The woman, Mrs. Ninn, bowed to Taichi sadly. "Konnichi wa" she told him sadly. "Yamato-kun saved my son here, Takaru." She put a hand on the little boy's hair, and he looked up at Taichi sadly, as if to say 'I'm sorry.' "It was a very brave thing that he did, throwing himself in front of the car like he did. He… was a very brave boy." She bowed her head sadly and picked up her son, before sitting down beside Ken, who seemed to curl away from her.

The little boy, Takaru-Chibi, blinked at Ken and reached out to touch his shoulder, as if to say that it wasn't his fault. However Ken didn't react quite the way everyone would think. The violet haired boy screamed and jumped back, eyes wide, and fell to the floor. He backed into a corner, and curled into a ball again, eyes poking out over the top of his knees. "Don't touch me." He told everyone. "Don't talk to me. I killed him… I killed them both… They both died because of me… because of me…" his eyes went blank and he hit the floor.

Everyone was jolted from the shocked stage as Daisuke rushed foreword and picked up the child of kindness, following a nurse to a room.

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He was in pain. It felt like every part of his body was on fire, even thought he was cold. It hurt to open his eyes, although the only think surrounding him was darkness. He couldn't breath, then again, that may have been because he was in a small box with no air holes.

And then… it all stopped. The pain stopped, the heat and the cold stopped, and the need for air stopped. He blinked, and the darkness around him went away. He was in a box of some sort… and naked, although he didn't seem to notice that.

Osamu watched as the box Yamato's seeming to be dead body popped open and the blond poked his head out.

"Welcome." The dark haired boy told him. "To the walk of the dead."

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Who's that little boy?

He's so cute!

Look at his hair! And those eyes! Wai kawaii!!

Is that his older brother?

What a nice looking boy.

Is that Osamu Ichijoji!?

Nani!?

He's a genius!

His little brother must be so proud!

I hope he takes after him!!

What the!?

Holy shit!

Ichijoji-sama just got hit by a car!

Hello? Hello!? Can you hear me!? Wake up!

ONII-CHAAAAAAAAAAAAN!!!!

'nani… what was that scream? Was that… me? Osamu-kun? That must have been when he died… ugh… why do I have such a head-ake… what happened? Where am I?'

"Ken! Wake up! Come on, you can't stay passed out! It's scaring me! Wake up!!"

'Eh? Daisuke-chan? What's he doing here… where is here…? I can't remember anything that happened…'

"Ken-chan… wa… u… do… die… o… me…!"

'ara! Daisuke-chan! You're cutting out! I can't hear you! DAISUKE-CHAN!'

He's nothing going to hear you. He can only hear me.

'na…nani? That voice… I know that voice… you…  no! You're gone! Yamato-san helped me fight you off!'

Yes, and now that he's gone I'm back and you can't do anything about it, Ken Ichijoji. You're just like your brother, Evil, and I'm going to make sure you stay that way.

'no! no!! NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!'

Ken's eyes snapped open, and Daisuke's eyes lit up. He tackled the Kindness child in a hug and sobbed on him, letting everything out: Yamato's death, him passing out, and everything he could think of.

Ken hugged him tightly and whispered words of comport to the goggle-wearing leader. Daisuke continued to sob, and eventually fell asleep in Ken's arms. The kindness boy smiled to himself, and if one looked closely, they could see that his eyes where the same before the Kaizer was defeated.

Suddenly his eyes inverted and he clenched his hair, speaking out loud to himself. "No… I won't… let you take… over… its my body… not yours!"

'Hn. I'll give in to you're little game now Ichijoji, but I can assure you that I'll come back again, and when I do you won't be able to hold me off!'

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"What the fuck do you mean that his body is GONE!?" Mr. Ishida was very upset. Not only did his oldest son just die, now his body was missing, and the details where all leading up to something crazy.

The nurse shook her head, quite scared by his outburst(s). "The detectives say that the box was destroyed from the inside." She said, fiddling with the clipboard in her tanned hands.

"What, so he just walked away?!" The man yelled, thinking the idea was crazy.

"Its not the first time, sir." The nurse blushed. "The last time it was with a boy named Osamu Ichijoji, and before that, Sato Hikomi. I have no idea who before that, but it has happened before. Although the bodies where never found, sir." With that she turned and shirred away, eager to get away from the crazy man.

Takaru fell into his seat, listening to the conversation and watching the nurse run. What did that mean? That his brother was alive? That someone had taken his brother's body? She said the bodies where never found. So was Yamato-Onii-chan alive or dead!? The blond sighed as his mother and father disused what to do without the funeral if they didn't have a body. After a while they chose that they would still have one without the body, and once it was found, they would have to have another…

If it was found, that was.

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"So what are you saying, I'm dead?" Yamato asked, looking at the man beside him. The blond was wrapped in a dark green cloak that Osamu had brought for him to wear, even thought he wasn't able to feel cold. They where currently in a car with a driver that had introduced herself as "Hoshi," and then kept rather quiet. Yamato could have sworn she was eyeing him like a piece of meat.

"Undead." Osamu corrected, staring out the opposite window.

The blond rolled his eyes. "Whatever." He said, then turned to look out the window next to him.

Osamu, as he had introduced himself, told him that he was now a vampire. Yamato, although he had never believed in such things, knew it was the truth right away, although it might have been the inside his mouth.  Then Osamu has exclaimed that to the living word: he was dead. He was never aloud to speak to his friends or family again. Yamato had been fairly upset, but agreed with him after a while: if he was seen after they had clearly put him as dead: heartbeat and all, then he would probably be put in a test tube or something crazy like that. That and he didn't want to put his friends at risk.

The car stopped outside a large castle after about four hours, and the three of them stepped out. Hoshi opened the front door and bowed, then closed it behind them. They where greeted by maids and butlers. They all bowed to Osamu, who blew it off like it was nothing and walked to the stairs.

There stood a man with a long black ponytail and blood red eyes. He was dressed in dark red clothing, and was obviously the head honcho around here, by the way Osamu bowed low before him. Yamato quickly decided he should to, and did. When he stood, the man was smiling.

"I've heard that you excepted you're fate rather quickly." He said, and the blond wondered how he knew. He laughed. "I am Sato, Osamu's master. Therefore I have a telepathic link with him. He is you're master, so you will form one with him. Welcome to our little vampire clan, Yamato. I hope you're comfortable, you will be staying here for the rest of eternity." He smiled, bearing his fangs, and 4 people walked down the stairs to stand beside him, two on each side.

The first one on the right had purple hair that fell to his shoulders and dark gray eyes. He was dressed in dark violet and had his arms crossed, looking un-amused.

The second one on the right was a girl, with light brown hair. She was dressed in a dark turquoise color, and her light blue eyes where warm with welcome, as she smiled at him.

The one on the left outside had blond hair like Yamato's, only with red streaks. He wore the same dark blue that Osamu wore, and his eyes where dark brown.

The boy on the inside left was young. His hair was dark blue and shoulder length, which reminded Yamato of Ken-kun. His eyes where the same violet/blue, and he dressed in light gray.

"These are the rest of my old apprentices. Eeihon" the Purple haired boy bowed "Lila" the girl curtsied in her dress "Akira" the ken-looking boy bowed "and Rai" the other blond bowed. "Akira, would you be so kind as to show Yamato his room?"

The Ken-look-a-like… Akira… nodded and began to walk up the stairs. Yamato calmly followed him, taking in the beauty of the place around him.