Chapter 1
Kento moaned loudly as he laid in his bed. For the past week strange
injuries had befallen him, and now he was laid up in bed, no action for a
good long while. While the room service was nice, even if the guys did bust
on him a lot, no action was killing him. He lifted his head above his pillow
for a few seconds before his head throbbed with pain. It dropped like a
heavy stone onto the masses of pillows behind him. He growled with
frustration and hollered for Mia. Thunder rolled up the stairs and down the
hall, stopping at his doorway to calmly enter the room and sit gingerly on
the nightstand next to the bed.
"What's happening to me, Mia?" Kento asked pitifully. "I'm doing nothing yet
I'm bruised from head to toe. I'm stiff like an old man; I sprained my ankle
from just sitting on the couch watching TV!"
Her heart wept for him, but she had no answers. Doctors upon doctors had no
answer, and even Sage with his gift of healing could do nothing to ease his
pain. "I'm sorry, Kento, I just don't know. We'll find an answer yet." She
soothed before kissing his forehead.
Kento smiled, "Maybe it's not so bad after all."
Mia couldn't help but smile back. "Don't tell Anubis."
"Aw, is little baby Kento stealing kisses from Mama?" Taunted a voice from
the hall.
"SAGE, WHEN I GET OUT OF THIS BED I'LL MAKE YOU A WOMAN FOR THAT!!"
"Just try it, Mama's boy, just try it." Sage was undaunted by Kento's
threat. "Don't want to hurt yourself."
Mia sighed in frustration. "Leave him alone, Sage!"
He walked down the hall still laughing.
Kento clenched his hands into fists, grunting at the pain. "I'll get him for
that."
"We both will, but after you get over this. I don't want you hurting
yourself more."
He sighed hopelessly. "You're right."
"Try to get some sleep, huh? That'll help you feel better." Mia said,
tucking him in.
"Yeah," He muttered and rolled over on his side. "Mia, could you shut the
door for a minute?"
She obeyed his request, but Kento still was worried the others might hear
him. He motioned for her to come close.
"Go into my closet and pull out a wrapped bundle please." He whispered.
Understanding his need for secrecy, she locked the door before creeping over
to the closet. Swinging the door open and ducking behind it, an avalanche of
stuff tumbled out and spread out over the floor.
"Sorry about that," Kento winced.
"Is this it?" She held in her arms a light blue baby's blanket with
something wrapped inside.
Kento blushed, knowing the contents inside. "Yeah, that's it."
She lifted up a flap to reveal the smiling face of a white teddy bear with a
floppy neck. She smiled to herself, figuring that Kento was man enough to
admit he still kept and loved his comfort object from his childhood.
"That's his bed when I can't have him with me," Kento explained. "If the
guys found out about him, I'd be even more screwed then I am now."
"I'll keep your secret safe," She whispered, handing him over to Kento like
he was a baby. "What's his name?"
"Teddy. I had him since I was a baby. My grandmother made him for me for my
birth, and we've been friends ever since."
Kento embraced the bear like an old friend, tucking his head under his chin.
"Thanks, Mama Mia."
She smiled at the old joke. "My pleasure, Ken-kun."
She unlocked the door and shut it quietly behind her. "Kento, I want to end
to your pain so bad. I just don't know how."
A mother's work is never done, as now she had to talk to Sage for his
inappropriate comments. She walked downstairs to find Anubis taking care of
Sage for her.
"No more busts on Kento, I swear!" Sage whined. Anubis's hands was deep his
hair, messing up the perfect hairdo he strived to keep perfect.
"Good. Leave him alone, before you too are laid up with injuries, only this
time you'll know where they came." He growled before shoving him away. The
whiner ran upstairs to where his hair products would save his precious
hairstyle.
"Boys," Anubis sighed in frustration.
"That's why I wanted you." Mia said, quickly kissing him. "Who needs boys
when I have you?"
"Ditto," He whispered, holding her close. "What's up with Kento?"
"He's still suffering, but he found some comfort in an old friend."
"You?"
"And a teddy bear."
He chuckled as he sat her down on the couch and leaned her up against him,
stroking her hair. "That's Kento alright."
Mia pushed aside thoughts of her ailing friend as she took comfort in
Anubis's arms. Even now, months after she brought him back from Dream
Street, she marveled at the fact that he was here with her. She treasured
their moments together and wouldn't trade them in for anything. It wasn't
long before they both fell into a content sleep.
~A cool breeze floated past them, waking the lovers from their slumber.
"Welcome back, Mia and Anubis." An old friend greeted them.
"Lure?" As Mia took in her surroundings, she realized she was back in Dream
Street.
Lure smiled and nodded. "Yes. I know you are worried for your friend Kento,
and only you two can save him."
"How?" Mia asked without hesitation.
"Arago has come back from Nightmare Court to conquer us, and this time he's
left no stone unturned. Kaos's powers are no match for him, and it is said a
false Kaos roams the land, ready to destroy any who oppose his master." She
stopped for a moment before going on. "He has Shuu in his clutches."
Mia gasped with horror. Her gentle friend, her savior who had guided the way
to Anubis, was now in the hands of a monster.
"That is why Kento is tormented by his injuries. Twins between your world
and mine are connected; both can sense snatches of the other's feelings.
Arago is torturing Shuu with his supernatural powers, so Kento feels
physical pain. I've brought you two here to save him and all of Dream
Street. If Arago has his way, both of our worlds are history."
"We'll do it." Anubis nodded. "Anything for our friends."
"You gave me the chance to be with Anubis again, I can deny you nothing."
Mia said.
Lure smiled for the first time since Arago came back. "Thank you, friends. I
must warn you, Arago is aware of your feats in your world, and acknowledges
you as a threat. He is combing the countryside for your twins, Nasuti and
Shuten. Once in his grasp, he has control of the both of you. You will
suffer worse then Kento, for he is just toying with Shuu as bait, and he
could even kill you thru your twin's own deaths. They are as elusive to me
as they are to Arago, I pray you have better luck. Godspeed, and may your
deeds save us all." With a swish of her cloak she was gone, leaving Mia and
Anubis alone, shaken, and frightened with the fates of their friends, the
mortal world, Dream Street, and their very lives in their trembling hands.