It Was Hell And Back

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Ryoko

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A/N: This chapter was actually inspired by my friend, Pearly, and her undying will that one just can't help but fall in love with. So Pearly, this chapter is dedicated to you, since I haven't been able to think of anything else to do to thank you for letting me come over the last day of school . . . Anyway, hope ALL of you enjoy it . . . THANX PEARLY AND ALL REVIEWERS! I LOVE YA!!!!! *HUG*

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He leaned his weak body against the closest tree, wheezing in breath as the throbbing increased in his hip. It hurt bad, but not as much as his heart hurt.

As weak as he was, Hatsuharu could no longer support himself and collapsed onto the muddy ground, staring up at the blue sky as tears streamed down his face.

He couldn't take it anymore.

It hurt too badly for him to keep it in any longer.

He had to let it out.

"WHY THE HELL DO YOU INSIST ON HURTING ME SO DAMN MUCH?! GET OUT OF ME! I DON'T NEED YOU! I NEVER WANT TO SEE YOU AGAIN! I DON'T WANT YOU ANYMORE YUKI!!!!!" He screamed, feeling the pressure of his feelings literally falling with his tears and disappearing with his wails.

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Yuki froze, staring with mixed emotions at him.

Confusion, rage, sorrow, fear and grief consumed him. He felt unsure whether he should do something about it or not.

"H . . . Hats . . . su . . . har . . . haru . . . " Kyou groaned, awakening from his sleep feeling as though a train had hit him. He reached out like he could touch the boy, but only caught air, falling back into Kazuma's warm embrace. The elder man stared down at him with a sympathetic smile across his face.

Such strength . . . I can't believe it . . .

"Haru . . . " it felt as though he was made of ice, when he took a single step closer to the younger Juunishi, both cold and unmovable.

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He panted lightly, grasping his hip as hard as he could to fight the pain coursing through him. Glancing up, he stared speechless at Yuki.

The boy, seeming as if he were ready to fall to the earth out of anguish, trembled at the sight of those eyes.

Those eyes, full of hatred, toward him.

"You always took everyone else's side. I don't want you anymore...Sohma . . . Yuki . . . " Hatsuharu whispered, not as much as blinking.

"Don't . . . want . . . me . . . ? What do you -" he paused, realizing everything the word 'want' meant. "You-"

"I told you so many damn times . . . I LOVED YOU MORE THAN LIFE WITH ALL OF MY FREAKIN' HEART AND YOU STILL JUST THREW ME IN THE GUTTER!!! I always came SECOND to you! And I won't take it anymore." He interrupted, hitting the tree behind him with all of his might.

"Haru . . . " warm tears welled up in Yuki's eyes, falling freely when he moved the rest of the way to Hatsuharu, falling in front of him. "I'm . . . I'm sorry . . . so . . . so sorry Hatsuharu. Forgive me. Please . . . I . . . I didn't know . . . " his head was bowed down so far that his hair shielded his eyes from everyone's sight.

"It won't work. I've made up my mind, Yuki. I don't want you anymore, and I'm not changing that decision." Haru growled softly so only the two of them could hear it.

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