Hiyee, minna-san! Reia-chan here!? This is my first fanfic in Yami no Matsuei so please forgive me IF there are a lot of mistakes that happen in the story. This is the THIRTEENTH chapter already. Please enjoy it!!! :)
Disclaimer: I don't own Yami no Matsuei. But Kageyami Saino, Yumeki Sakura, etc. (Upcoming characters not related to YnM) belongs to me.
*To Klyukazier and Lune Bleue: Thank you very VERY much for reading and reviewing my fic! Also, I'm very glad that you liked it. Please give me your feed back about this chapie because I have a feeling that there's something wrong about it. PLEAZZZZ!?!
*To avoid confusion, Sakura means when Saino was 1-8 years old and Saino means when she's 8-present age.
Between Two Hearts
Chapter 13: The Cross Pendant
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Soaking wet from the rain before, He went back to the Shokan Division. As he opened the door to the office, he saw that purple-eyed brunette, leaning at the table.
"He must have been waiting for me for so long," he thought.
Tsuzuki went towards him, looking furious, and said, "Where have you been?! I thought you're only going to the library with the Gushoshin?!"
He can't answer him. His body was turning heavy and weak. Also, his mind was somewhere else.
"Oi, Hisoka!?!" he shook his shoulders. "You better change before you get sick!!!"
Out of himself, his body turned weaker and his eyes started to shut. Then, he fell.
"Hisoka!?! Daijoubu?! Hisoka!?!" he called him as he caught him in his arms.
----- At the apartment -----
It was morning the next day. Hisoka was lying tranquilly on Tsuzuki's bed. He finally started to open his lime eyes.
"W-where?… am I??" he thought. "It looks like I'm in our room?"
He let his body stood, making him sit on it.
"Are???" he thought again. "Why am I wearing this???"
He was wearing a white blouse and black pants. His head gave out a slight ache again. The door opened, revealing the brunette, who was holding a tray full of food. His face was still sour but not as sour as the time they were at the office.
"So, are you feeling a bit fine now?" he asked him. "Merry Christmas."
Feeling that his body was still weak, he nodded a little and tried to smile, "Merry Christmas also…"
He put the tray down in front of him, "Try eating the soup Saino had prepared. It'll make you gain back your energy and would make you feel better." He sat beside him, "You have a fever, maybe caught from the rain last night. I was supposed to be at the Christmas party at EnmaCho. But instead, I'm going to stay here and take care of you…"
"Don't worry about me. I'm feeling fine now. I can go do things by myself. You go and enjoy yourself," I told him. "If I feel totally fine, I'll catch up with you."
"Are you sure?" Tsuzuki's face turned worried. "You wouldn't be enjoying your Christmas without someone…"
He made a sour face.
He finally said, "Ok, ok." Before leaving the room, he told him, "I'll go lock the main door. Take care of yourself or I'll get really worried."
He nodded. Tsuzuki finally went out and he was all alone. He stared at the soup that was prepared for him. He gently took the spoon and dug into it. He blew it just to make it warm and took it in.
"Oishii," he softly said. "Kageyami…"
Remembering Saino, he remembered the gift that was given to him. He tried to pick it from his pocket but realized that it wasn't there.
"Where could it be??? Where could have Tsuzuki put it?"
He turned to the sideboard and found it there. He took it and stared at it.
He thought, "What could this be???"
He removed the wrapper, revealing a small box. He opened it and saw a golden cross pendant in it.
"This looks like Kageyami's pendant," he said.
He pulled out the pendant and under it laid a small note.
"???" he took the note. He read what it said.
"Kurosaki-kun, hope you like my cute gift because I really don't know what to buy for you. That has been a good luck charm to me and I want you to have it. If you don't want it, you could return it back to me and tell me what gift you like so I could buy it. If not, you wear that forever. I would be very glad…"
He stared at the necklace and after a few second, he wore it.
"Kageyami, don't worry. I'll wear it… just for you…" he thought.
He put the note back and closed the box. He put it aside, turned to his food and ate.
"I should say sorry to her at her birthday," he thought while eating. "… A gift could be the key. But what???"
Unexpectedly, his thought synchronized with the pendant.
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The street was very busy. Saino, about eight to nine years old, was walking with her wolf Shikigami, Cerberus, which no one noticed.
"Saino, where are we suppose to be going?" the young Cerberus asked. "Are we not going to celebrate your birthday at the house?"
"Why do we have to celebrate my birthday anyway if no one would come?…" Saino sadly said.
Cerberus turned worried about Saino.
"Even though I couldn't remember anything about some of my past, especially Mama and Papa, I still remember fully that I didn't celebrated any of my birthdays, neither Christmas…"
"… Also didn't receive any gifts," she softly said. "I was just the one who bought myself gifts…"
She smiled, trying to cheer herself up, "But anyway, I'm sure they love me very much! They let me go to school and filled some of my needs!!!"
Suddenly, a gang of boys, a bit taller than Saino, blocked their way.
"My, my. If it wasn't our demon batchmate…" one of the boys said.
"Aki," she said.
Another boy yelled at her, "Don't call his first name so casual!?!"
Aki, the boy with brown hair, went to her and asked her, "Who are you talking to? Your imaginary pet?!"
The whole gang laughed. Saino noticed Cerberus clenching his teeth.
"Cerberus, don't!" she said.
"So, Cerberus was the name of your pet. The watchdog from hell. This really makes you a demon!?" he exclaimed.
Cerberus can't stand letting his master being humiliated so he attacked the gang but they can't see Cerberus and felt only that their flesh was being torn. Saino, with wide eyes in shock, can't do anything but just watch it. A trickle of blood went on her face. Everyone there stared at the scene and her. Feeling scared and guilty, she ran away and Cerberus followed. As she ran, she was crying a lot, mixed with both fear and hatred.
"Saino!" the wolf called her.
Saino stopped at a narrow alley and turned to him.
"Why did you do that?… Especially that today's my birthday…" she yelled.
"Gomen, Saino. I was just trying to protect you…" his ears bent halfway.
She just gave a strong sigh, "Well, there's nothing we can do. It's already been done…"
"Gomen ne, Saino…"
"Let's go now! Sakura would scold me if I get late," she said, walking out of the other side.
"But you're Sakura, are you not?" he asked.
She stopped and turned to him, "I can't say that I'm Sakura anymore. That name doesn't fit on who I am to anyone…"
"Is it why you thought of changing your name to Saino?" it asked. Then it thought and asked her again, "Why did you pick such name?"
She sighed and told him, "Well, Saino means 'mental ability'. You know that I have such abilities. And Kageyami means 'Shadow of Darkness'…" She leaned his finger on her cheek and thought, "… I don't remember how I got it but I think someone gave me that name…"
"Maybe that's why you're my master," he said.
He suddenly turned into his true form. He looked like a young boy, about Saino's age. He has short ebony hair and purple eyes (Think of Kamui Shirou, if you know him.) Also, he was wearing clothes like normal kids.
He made a smile and pointed to himself, "I'm a watchdog of hell! But it looks like I'm a watchdog of…"
He pointed at Saino, who looked totally innocent, and said, "… Heaven!"
"Huh??? What made you say that???" Saino, totally confused.
He said, "To me, you don't look like a demon. You're more of an angel!?!…"
"… Even if you are hated by almost everyone, you still care for them and love them."
"Well, not really," she said, smiling and scratching her cheeks a little.
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The young boy's thoughts were back to the present.
He sighed, "I've got another one of Kageyami's memories…"
"Cerberus was right. She's not a demon. If only the others would realize it…"
He thought deeply, "I'm really wandering how will Sakura scold her if she's Sakura??? Also…"
"… Where is that place that she has to give real importance? And why?"
He tried to synchronize again with the pendant but nothing came up in his mind.
He was bewildered, "How come???"
He sighed and let his body fell on the bed. He smiled, staring at the ceiling.
"Kageyami, don't worry. This time, we're going to celebrate your birthday just as how you want it to be…" he thought.
He thought again about the things that happened back in the pendant's memory.
"Her past was almost like mine and Tsuzuki's. But I think she was the one who gained a lot of awful memories," he sadly said.
"We really have to prepare it. Also with my gift for her…"
He thought, "What could it possibly be?…"
"I'll try to think about it later. I have to make myself feel better first…" he told himself. "… Or Tsuzuki might yell at me again…"
"… I don't want to ruin his Christmas, do I?" he smiled.
*****
*sighs* I wish someone would also give me a gift like that on my birthday or on Christmas… Anyway, back to the story, another one of Saino's past was revealed and was so awful… I'm so glad that Hisoka liked the gift she gave… But Hisoka hasn't got those 'in love' thingies yet (But I really wish I was already at that chapie). There's a time and place for everything…^_^
Next chapter hints: (Sapphire Studs)
Hisoka finally found a gift for her!?! (YES!?!)…
*I'm really REALLY sorry for the next chapter because I think it would be shorter. I'll do the best I can and try to make it longer.
*Also, I'm sorry IF Hisoka's going OOC in all of the chapters. -_-;;;
How was it? Want me to still continue it? R&R. -Reia