K: And chapter 4……. ^_^
Disclaimer: (No wonder Kuro hates these…. You get tired of writing them every f-ing chapter… --;)
Thou dost not owneth thine series. In the name of King Arthur, fack you, lawyers. *salutes and rides away on Unicoleon*
Up Where I BelongTakao stared at the spot where the raven-haired angel had previously been. It had all happened so fast that he didn't have enough time to quite comprehend it all. But he did know one thing. The only thing that could have helped him escape was gone, and he doubted that he would ever come back.
Soft footsteps sounded behind him, but Takao was unaware of his surroundings at the moment. He was too caught up in his misfortune to notice the black-winged boy. That is, until he felt the soft presence of a head on his shoulders, and the strong, muscled arms that wrapped around his body. He immediately froze.
"Lesson One. Obey the commands I have given," whispered a voice huskily into his ear.
The boy paled at the sound of his voice. He was back.
"My name is Kai Hiwatari. Tell me your name," Kai lowly said. He squeezed him roughly to emphasize his command.
"My name is Takao Kinomiya." He stuttered. //Did he see?// He wanted to turn around and look into Kai's ruby orbs to find the answer to his unspoken question, but he feared what he might see.
As if reading his mind, Kai flipped Takao so that they were face to face. The young Kinomiya saw anger and jealousy in Kai's eyes, as well as another emotion… However, it disappeared before he could identify the it.
Arms had left body, but two bodies were still close.
Kai swiped his finger under Takao's chin in a slow motion. Seconds passed by, but to the bluenette, they felt like hours- hours that seemed to go on forever until he couldn't take it anymore. He stepped back, forcing Kai's finger to leave his chin. Twisting in the opposite direction, he ran like a novice matador who'd just walked past a corral of angry bulls whilst wearing red.
Kai smirked in amusement at the boy's antics. So he wanted to play a game of tag, did he? That was fine with him. It didn't matter. He would get what he wanted in the end. He always did.
Takao was barely out of sight. So, after repeating a familiar poem in his mind, he raced off at a steady speed. Let the game begin.
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"He's coming this way!" Kevin said excitedly.
"He's running this way! He'll sprint by before he even sees the bait," Lee growled angrily. This wasn't the plan! The plan was for Takao to see the bait, pick it up, and wham! They'd never be able to get him now!
"Hide!" Mao whispered fiercely, finding shelter herself. Success or no success, they could always come up with a new plan. But if Takao found out their identities before they were able to capture him, he would surely make effort in staying away from them.
Just as Lee had predicted, the bluenette ran by, not even taking a glance at their bait. Gary studied his movements closely. By the speed he was running at, it looked as if he was running away from something. Or someone.
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Takao felt the aches in his legs, and his lungs that were practically screaming from his punishment. But he kept going, one thought stuck in his mind to prevent him from halting. //He's coming after you.//
The scared boy glanced behind. Legs forcefully moved faster as there was a sight of Kai Hiwatari. He wondered how Kai was able to run so swiftly.
Takao returned his attention forward, unsuccessfully stopping from running into a large rock.
SMACK
He groaned in pain upon impact and stepped back, his head in a daze.
//Ooh...nice birdies…// he thought.
He fell onto his back, doves and stars above his head known only to his eyes. As his mind cleared, he steadily picked himself up. He walked around the large sediment, stopping in fear as he heard the all too familiar voice.
"Going somewhere?" the voice questioned amusedly. It had come from the rock.
He turned around slowly, before coming face to face with Kai Hiwatari.
"Game over. I win," Kai declared, before jumping off the rock and landing behind him.
He attempted to get away, but Kai grasped his arm in a firm grip. Turning around, Kai locked Takao into place with his eyes.
"Lesson Two..." Kai started, leaning down so that their lips were centimeters away from each other. This action immediately caused Takao's breath to hitch up a good couple of notches. He knew now that there was no use running away. He would be caught forever in the palms of Kai's hands.
"Never go away."
Kai's arms wrapped themselves around his body, pushing him closer to Kai. His thoughts were pounding into his mind so quickly that he was sure his head was going to explode in a millisecond.
Takao made sure to avoid Kai's eyes, not wanting to see his emotions at the moment. Kai began to fly upward, securely holding the bluenette in his arms, and then flew into the never-ending darkness that was Daheriki.
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"Kai," Lee growled in frustration. So he had been the cause of their failure! He would pay dearly, perhaps with the confiscation of his toy. But a plan! This could not be done without a plan, for Kai was too strong an angel to attack directly.
"Michael," Lee barked sharply. Out of the shadows appeared a handsome boy with brown hair.
"Make it quick; I was in the middle of something," Michael hissed, annoyed. By the way he looked, he had been swimming in the swamp.
"I want you to steal away a blue-haired angel from Kai," Lee ordered. At the mention of Kai, Michael's eyes widened a whole inch.
"From Kai?! Are you crazy?" Michael half-yelled. The very idea of taking something from Kai was preposterous.
Lee only glared icily at him, his eyes saying his words.
"Yeah, yeah… Alright…" Michael muttered, disappearing with the shadows.
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Kai tightened his hold on Takao as he began to slip through his arms. He was failingly thrashing about in an attempt to fall fifty feet from the ground. He didn't care.
As they came to a halt, a sharp cry pierced the silence around them.
"Stay still," Kai smirked, feeling a small amount of pleasure from his action. Takao immediately obeyed, staying so still that you could have sworn he was a life-like doll. Kai's life-like doll….
Kai landed onto the ground, releasing Takao from his arms. He was quite confident that he wouldn't try to escape again. For Eternity... Remain by his side.
"Come," ordered Kai, before dragging him into a land with dead trees surrounding a crystal clear lake and the greenest grass that he'd ever seen.
His eyes surveyed the land before him, taking in every detail before his eyes.
//How can something so alive be in a place so dead?// he wondered.
"Home," was the only word that came from Kai's lips. Now, he really wished that he could fly.
"Welcome home."
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A shadow loomed about Daheriki, searching. To the untrained eye, it almost seemed as if it were part of the already numerous number of black reflections.
As it found nothing, it moved on. Continuing its hunt.
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Home. A place where people felt safe and relaxed. A place where people were able to do anything they pleased; no one to ridicule or praise. That was home. Yet, this was home as well. He knew from the first moment he saw it. Bittersweet home.
Kai eyed Takao hungrily. He looked true to his existence as he stood. A golden angel. Helpless. He loved to take advantage. But Kai knew that he would have to hold back, or the consequences would be great. For now. Soon, however, he would have his way. No matter what.
Takao reverted his attention back to Kai. One could not forget his captor, no matter how much they wanted to. No matter how much he wanted to.
His ever-quiet courage decided to show itself then.
"Why?" Partially.
But Kai gave no answer, not wanting.
"-Why-?" he tried again. Stronger, more demanding.
Kai made his fist come in contact with Takao's cheek, more powerful than the last. Tears desperately tried to release themselves, but the bluenette forcefully held them back. He wanted to keep whatever strength he had showing, no matter how small. No matter how puny.
Silence was many things. It could be beautiful, sweet, bliss, agony, hatred, burning, loving. And right now, silence portrayed all of its characteristics. This was its moment of glory, its spotlight.
But spotlights always tended to end, no matter how much it was wanted. Kai grabbed The young Kinomiya by his hair, hurling him into the lake.
SPLASHTrickles of water splattered onto Kai's face as Takao's body plunged into the small body of water. In a few seconds, Takao's head was above the surface. He attempted to doggy paddle his way to the edge of the lake, succeeding.
But at the edge, his eyes met Kai's. And before he could blink, his head was shoved forcefully back under the cold surface.
One would think of this as a playful action, but Takao knew better. Seconds passed by, and his head remained underwater, Kai's hand still on his head.
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Michael sighed in frustration. Where the hell was Kai? He had been searching for a long time, and he had made no progress. Up, down, all around, there was no sight of him -or- the blue-haired one. Thus, Michael felt his annoyance level raise an inch.
He continued searching. A search that Michael hoped would end soon.
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It wasn't until he'd stopped moving about did Kai release his hand from Takao's head. The white angel's head bobbed up above the surface, looking quite shaken.
"Next time, I won't be so kind if you disobey me again," Kai warned.
//Kind?! You call that kind? I can think of a million things more kinder than you and your petty actions…// Takao thought angrily. Kind, Ha! Kai didn't even know what the meaning of the word was if he thought -that- was kind.
But after anger always came fear, and he started to wonder what -would- happen to him the next time. Because there always was a next time. Always.
Little did he know, the next time was slowly approaching, whether he liked it or not.
Kai hungrily stared at the bluenette, the urge coming back with more force than ever before.
A battle of the wills began, and Kai was slowly losing as he saw the young Kinomiya lift his shirt up a bit, squeezing it to get rid of as much water as he could. But it wasn't the water that began to set Kai's emotions alight, no. It was the exposed skin that made Kai's hormones run wild. The urge to touch it was so great that it was terribly painful. It took all of Kai's will to hold back what he knew would be regretful actions. Or maybe they wouldn't be so regretful when he carried them out...
This was the land of the dead. Time was no longer precious, but timing was another thing. When to start, when to stop, when to pause. Those things still needed to be known. And Kai knew that now was -not- the time to start. No matter how much he wanted to.
Perhaps he was lucky that Kai knew how to control himself, perhaps not. Though even Kai could sometimes lose control, but no one knew the results, for they had never seen him lose anything. Not once.
However, it seemed as if he would lose this battle. And probably plenty of times more in the future.
Takao didn't know it, but he had great power. Not physically, not mentally. It was this unexplainable power that made him so tempting. Or maybe it was because of his untainted innocence. Whatever it was, it attracted many.
Including a brown-haired boy.
Michael grinned in joy. He had found his prey at last. He couldn't wait to capture it. Of course, he -would- have some fun with it before he gave the boy back to Lee. Oh what fun he would have indeed.
