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Author Notes: First of all, English is not my mother language, sorry for the mistakes. 

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Meetings IV

            Nokoru was looking through the window of his room, it was a peaceful night and the stars were shining beautifully.

The stars… Nokoru thought that those violet eyes shone with the light of the stars.

"I can't be thinking on him. I just can't." his fair face hadn't the usual smile and he eyes hold an infinitive sadness. "Everyone who is near me gets in troubles, and the last thing I want is someone hurt because of me… specially him. I can feel that he suffers for something, he is troubled…"

"Rijichou? Is everything alright?" Suoh asked concerned entering his best friend's elegant room. Nokoru jumped in surprise adopting his usual cheerfulness before turning around

"Suoh! Of course, why do you ask?"

"You seemed to be thinking…" Suoh said while he sat in a chair next to his friend, he knew him well, at least the better one who could knew that eccentric being, so he knew that something was bothering him deeply

"So you considered it odd, since I'm not working?" Nokoru said raising an elegant blond eyebrow, his eyes sparkling mischievously

 "Rijichou!" Suoh said blushing a little "I didn't said that, and don't change the subject! You know that you can't deceive me, I know when you are upset"

"I'm not upset Suoh" the blond man said sighing, he was able to cover his emotions most of the time, but now he was too weary and his focus secretary didn't miss anything   "I'm just…"

"Upset" Suoh said when Nokoru remained quiet "You are upset with yourself"

Nokoru looked at him, his eyes wide open with surprise, he didn't know that Suoh knew him so well

"Maybe…" he said looking away

"Nokoru" Suoh used his first name only when they where alone or with Akira, for they had been friends for a long time and formalities where only in public "you know you can trust me. I will always be here for you, if you need to talk… As I have already told you a thousand times, you are not only my "one", but my friend, my best friend" Suoh said squeezing Nokoru's shoulders and then he turned to leave. When he was reaching the door, Nokoru called him and turning around, Suoh saw one of the few things who warmed his heart. Nokoru was smiling, truly smiling

"Thanks"

"It's nothing" and he leave. Nokoru stood up and went to close the window sighing, tomorrow he would think of that, it was a beautiful night to worry.

            A sound made him turn his attention to the window and suppress a cry of surprise when he saw a young man with blue eyes and short brown hair entering his room from the window, the stranger took out a knife and pointed to his heart

"Good night, Imonoyama Rijichou. I recommend you to stay still, unless you want to die"

"Then, Can I shout as long as I don't move?" Nokoru replied smiling, Soujiro laughed

"Then it's true what they said about you"

"Don't believe everything you hear. I'm not so lazy" again Soujiro laughed "what do you want?"

"Well dear Rijichou, this is a kidnapping, we planned this to take place tomorrow, but my master was rather anxious so… will you be so nice and come with me? My friends are waiting and they aren't very patience although they are very dangerous"

"And if I refuse? You don't expect me to follow you like that, do you?"

"I know about your ninja guardian, he has an exceptional talent in fighting, but will he be able to defeat six more warriors like him? Will he survive?" Nokoru frowned

"Yes… what the rumors said was true" Sojirou said glancing Nokoru with intensity, this time he didn't laughed

"Suoh don't need to be here. If the Imonoyama Mansion guards catch you, you will be in serious problems, no matter if you are seven skillful warriors. You will have to kill me if you want to stop me getting out of this room, and if your master wanted me dead you already had attacked me"

"Well, that can be helped" and in a fast move, Soujiro hit him on the back of his skull and Nokoru felt unconscious. His last thoughts before loosing conscience was that it worked, because if Soujiro leave the mansion with him awake, Suoh will feel that something was amiss, he was after all 'his chosen one'  and he didn't want anything to happen to him.

TBC…

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