Hiyee!!! Anyway, this is the TWENTY-EIGHTH chapter of 'Between Two Hearts'. Yes!!! It's about to finish!!! Two chapters more then…. NO MORE!!! Unless I receive reviews that want second stories.
Disclaimer: I don't own Yami no Matsuei so don't sue me. But Kageyami Saino, Yumeki Sakura, Akizuki Kyla, Cerberus, Strength, etc. (Previous and Upcoming characters not related to YnM) belongs to me.
Kaldea: Gomen but I believe that it's too late for you to say that…
Belial: It's been a long time, ne? Daijoubu!
Apapazukamori: Then, Gomen. Yes, I know it's a yaoi and I also like Hisoka and Tsuzuki pairings but I'm just writing this as to how I feel like it. Also, forgive me about Tsuzuki. I'm a person who does OOCs without noticing them. Also, sorry for the summary writings. I just want to cut them short so I could put all what I need to put in there. Anyway, thanks for reviewing! :)
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Between Two Hearts
Chapter 28: Asuka
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"Card 16… The Tower… The Sudden Change…"
The young flax haired boy was already inside Tokyo tower. He finally arrived at the floor with glass windows.
"Card 17… The Star… The Hope…"
"Hisoka… tasukete…" a voice echoed in his thoughts.
"Saino…" Hisoka anxiously thought. "Muraki?! Where are you?!"
As Hisoka approached the glass window, his eyes widened. The blue moon was painted crimson red.
"Card 18… The Moon… The Fear…"
It revealed back memories from the past but he quickly shook it away.
"No! Now is not the right time!"
He heard footsteps from behind so he turned.
"Muraki!!! Where's Saino?!?" he demanded.
The platinum haired man was standing with his hands inserted in his pocket.
"Oh, how are you my 'broken' puppet?" he smiled.
"I said, where's Saino?!?"
"Tsk, tsk, tsk. Daijoubu. You'll see her immediately," he smiled. "But first…"
A cloaked figure appeared from darkness and went in front of Muraki, who is a few meters away from Hisoka.
Muraki shifted his glasses, "Of course, I want to have fun…"
"… as well as my 'ultimate' puppet," he then smirked.
"Ultimate puppet???" Hisoka awed.
"Yes," he smiled. "She's Asuka and she's willing to side with me in creating a world."
"Creating a new world?…" he snorted in ridicule. "That's so absurd! That only happens in fairytales…"
"And a person saving it also happens in fairytales, ne?" he smiled. "Anyway, she is the sum of Tsuzuki-san's and your power. That's why she's my ultimate puppet!"
"Sum of Tsuzuki and my power???"
Muraki nodded, "Yes, she could use an ofuda and call a Shinigami like Tsuzuki and you. Also…"
"… she's an empath like you. I chose her because she was gifted with such great powers that no one could do except for her, which would make her stronger than you. Plus, I gave her extraordinary abilities."
"Matte! I can't understand what you meant by sum of Tsuzuki and my power. I mean, how did it became as such???"
"I used her as an experiment and injected his and your blood in her body. Then, to make her invincible, I wrote a character somewhere on her body for her to forget nearly everything about me, just like you, until her destined age for perfection…"
"I would understand on how you got some blood samples from me. But from Tsuzuki?! He's a hundred years older than you!! So, how did you get it???"
He smirked, "Simple! It was my grandfather who got and kept the sample. And I managed to have them from heritage." He turned to her, "But she's happy about it. Right, Asuka?"
She nodded.
He then smiled. "I don't want to keep my puppet from waiting. So, let it begin."
Muraki walked to a corner to watch them and sat on the handrails.
He smiled once again, "Please don't let her down. She's looking forward to fight you and defeat you."
He exclaimed, "I won't be defeated!!! I'm going to save Saino!!!"
He smirked, "Really?… Let's see if you could really save her…"
With the snap of his finger, the figure dashed towards Hisoka and threw ebony needlelike threads. The young boy ran to his side and rolled on the ground to avoid it, making the sharp threads hit the ground. As soon as he had knelt, he pulled out an ofuda from his coat and chanted.
"Demon, banish!"
A beam of light was approaching her and was about to hit her. But long shiny ebony threads appeared from her cloak, creating a huge globe to protect it. As soon as the light subsided, she rushed towards the inattentive boy and attacked him with her long threads, which the tips of it turned pointed. Hisoka dodged every move it made.
As they were fighting, Muraki suddenly spoke, "Oh, and be careful neither to get scratched nor injured by the tip of that thing. Or else…"
"Or else what?" he asked, still dodging and stepping backwards.
He smirked again, "… you'll also lose your existence."
"Nani?!"
Hisoka jumped back, leaving a huge gap between them. She just stood there and waited for him to attack.
Muraki spoke again, "I see… Asuka's giving you a chance to attack…"
Hisoka thought, "But I know that it's a trick… But if I don't do anything, what could I accomplish?… Must think of a strategy…"
He suddenly remembered the ofuda that Saino gave him before she left.
"I'm sure this one would be of use to you someday… Wearing this would give you power when attacked by dark magic and using this would lend you the power you would need…"
Hisoka took the black ofuda from his coat and held it uprightly between his two fingers.
He chanted, "Instead of protection, this I ask of you. Grant me the strength to save her!"
The ofuda suddenly glowed purple and flew above him on its own. It released a blinding light and he crossed his arms protectively.
"What the?!?"
Once the light diminished, he suddenly saw a shining sword descending before him. He put his two hands before him for the black sword to land on it. Finally, he got it unto his own hands.
He positioned himself, holding it before him, "Alright."
"YAAAAHHH!!!"
He dashed towards the figure and jumped at a point. He felt that she just smirked and waited for the right time. Then, she suddenly vanished before him.
"Where did she…???"
And when he noticed that she was behind him, it was too late for him to dodge it. She threw three shiny cards at him. It made a slash on his cheek, a cut on his coat and on his leg. Blood flowed off.
"Wonderful, Asuka! Wonderful!" Muraki clapped.
Hisoka was thrown to the glass window, breaking it, and flew out of the tower. Asuka followed him. At that time, he got the advantage to attack.
"This is for Saino!!!" he exclaimed.
He flew towards the dashing Asuka and slashed her. Their backs facing each other, they both landed on the ground at the same time.
"I won," he whispered to himself.
She suddenly said, "Ha! I guess I can't use this cloak longer!"
Recognizing the voice, he turned to his back. The cloak figure revealed herself as an ebony haired girl with amethyst eyes. Her deadly stare were locked upon him.
"Shall we continue?" she smirked.
"SAINO?!?" his eyes widened in shock.
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Reia: YAH!!! Asuka is Saino?!? Then, Saino's been fighting Hisoka?!?
Next chapter hints: (Sayonara, Hisoka)
Kamui: There's a sweet scene… a tragic scene and… a cliffhanger again…
Reia: Two more to go!!! Anyway, please review! Arigato! ^^