Suteki Da Ne: Isn't it wonderful

Chapter Ten

By BlueRaven

A/n: ARRGGH!! That's all. I must say that he characters are out of character... Well at least now, but I'll change that for the last chapter, that's not the next chapter but the one after that ^_^.... well enjoy...

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There was not a trace, not a single trace of Tsuzuki. Where he had stood was now only a huge blackened crater.

Tatsumi who stared at the crater in horror could feel the victorious joy from Omega's mind. The shiki was laughing madly from up in the air. The shadow tamer felt such hatred rise in him like no other before, along with such intense sorrow. Shifting his gaze upward he noticed Touda... and that the shiki was back in his human form, staring as intently at the crater as he himself had a moment ago.

Behind him he heard Hisoka's hysterical crying for the loss of his partner and beloved, whose name he called over and over with such anger and grief. Watari only embraced Hisoka in silence... he was too quiet.

Omega turned to his former lover and gave Touda a triumphant smile. When he noticed Touda's wide covered red eyes and the intense feeling of disbelief and hate emitting from the Hell Serpent, the smile disappeared.

Could Touda have really cared about his master? Omega wondered and continued watching the very still shikigami.

Suddenly Touda rose his gaze to Omega, his eyes ablaze with hate. And suddenly Omega could feel Tatsumi raise from the ground into the air, stopping behind him.

"I will never forgive you for that, Omega. Tsuzuki was my master, but most importantly he was my friend... And you... You KILLED HIM!!" Touda shouted and waved his fist in front of his face. "I told you that I would kill you if anything happened to my Master! And I tend to keep my promises!"

"As do I, koibito, as do I..." Omega whispered and let his mind search Tatsumi's, but he was met by a barrier. A barrier made of hate which he could not penetrate.

"Try all you like Omega. You will not get through my barrier." Tatsumi said, his voice deadly calm. Omega turned to Tatsumi wide eyed. How was it possible? How could this shinnigami set up a barrier against his mind, that was not possible!

"H-how?"

"You told me that it was my own pain, did you not? Well, I've lived with it for so long and therefore I can ignore it and use it against you. Therefore you will not get through this." Tatsumi answered calmly, his whole being emitted authority. 'This man is not who I thought he was!' Omega thought and realised that he would have to fight the shadow master as well as Touda. This could not be happening! He wanted Touda and no other to kill him.

"WRRAAAGHH!! How dare you stand in my way!? You with your shadows!? How da- GHU!!" Omega was cut off by a shadow, sharp as a raiser-blade, pierce through his chest. Tatsumi was truly fed up with courtesies and honourable fighting, Omega did not deserve any of that anyway.

The redhead shiki plummeted to the ground far below, crashing into it with a nasty sound. Touda looked at Tatsumi wide eyed. The shinnigami was fuming.

"What are you waiting for? Kill him!!" Tatsumi called to Touda and glared at him with tears of pure anger streaming down his pale cheeps. Without hesitating, Touda turned back to his serpent form and the huge creature dove for its pray.

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Omega tried to rise, but was met by intense pain. Damn that shinnigami!! He thought and coughed up blood. His poisonous blood that could kill anyone that wasn't poisoned by the gas in his cave. It hadn't always been that way... Before he decided to get himself locked away he was not like that. He was a maniac killer, yes, but not full of poison...

Omega was brought out of his musing by the voice of the shadow master telling Touda to kill him, to kill Omega... And soon his whole vision was filled with Touda's serpent form. Such deadly beauty.

::Omega...:: was all he heard before his body was engulfed in deadly flames.

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"Tsuzuki..." Hisoka said for the millionth time and sobbed into Watari's embrace. The scientist was lazily stroking the empath's back, his eyes fixed on Tatsumi who stood a small distance away speaking with Touda, Souryuu and Suzaku.

"I... I don't want to believe it... That he's gone." Tatsumi said with a strained voice. This was hard on him, Tsuzuki had told him, finally, that he loved him and really meant it the way that he wanted him to, and now... he was gone.

"We can only hope that he's happy where ever he is now..." Souryuu's voice sounded calm, but inside he felt angry and sad. He had lost his Master and the one he had sworn to protect. No matter what anyone else might think he considered Tsuzuki as one of his children. All turned to him, staring. Suzaku glared fiery daggers at him.

"How can you say such a thing? It's our master you're speaking about!!" She said and crossed her arms angrily. She didn't know that inside, Souryuu felt the same.

"Stop it, both of you! Tsuzuki wanted to die once, yes... But I don't think he wanted to now. Tatsumi san here, and he realised something... Tsuzuki did NOT want to die!" Touda yelled the last and he too crossed his arms looking at Tatsumi with pity.

The shinnigami watched Hisoka in his pitiful state and sighed, Watari tried as good as he could to comfort the boy while he tried to keep his tears from his own eyes. So strong-willed and kind... If he had never met Tsuzuki he would've loved that man but...

Tatsumi felt tired, spent, his mind was at an ire calm, a calm that frightened him. What if he lost this calm? Suddenly his vision blurred and his mind felt heavy as when Omega had been searching it. He rose his hand to his face, covering it.

All of the four gathered shikigamis watched him as he stumbled backwards stammering an excuse and left, running away from them. From everything as the nauseating feeling dug deeper into his being.

He ran through streets and streets of the ancient city. He needed to get away! He felt sick, dizzy, all at once. Then by a wall surrounding a beautiful traditional house he stopped and vomited. He puked his guts out, he felt such stress and... emptiness.

For some reason he thought he could hear laughter in the back of his mind. What was that? Standing back up, drying away some of the vomit from his cheep with a disgusted face, he understood. There was someone in his head!

"Hello, Sweet one." At the sound of the voice Tatsumi whirred around but before he could confirm what he did not want to believe he was knocked unconscious.

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"Where did he go?" Watari asked with the now calm and quiet Hisoka by his side. He was angry, Suzaku had made a pest of herself towards Touda and Souryuu had done nothing to stop her.

"We do not know!" She snapped finally. Her fiery temper shining through her, and making the scientist's imaginary mind quite capable of picturing her in her true form.

"Fine!" Watari shot back and turned to Hisoka in anger. The boy was staring towards where Tatsumi had disappeared a while ago.

"Can you feel it?" his young voice whispered softly, making all fall silent and start watching him. Hisoka ignored them and continued, addressing Watari;

"I can feel him, Watari-san... I can still feel Omega..."

To Be Continued...

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Oki short chapter!

Hehee ^_^ I just can't finish this story ^__^ Hahahahahaha *maniac laughter* Okay so I've been watching Hanibal O.o woo Hanibal Lecter... Is soooo deliciously psycho ^__o!! I love maniac killers, (Muraki!!) Yeah! *smiles a silly smile* Maybe that explains Omega... ^_^V. I like my creation, so please people, tell me what you think of him ^_^ Onegaishimasu! ^__^

Oh and please review! I need feedback too... feed me, would you ^_^!?

Until next chapter, stay well ^_^!!

~/BlueRaven\~

P.S. this is my 178th hand written page on this story, CELEBRATION!!! YAY!!! *Jumps around the room to the go-happy music in her head*

(....) Evil Inner Voice...