My Only Correct Decision

[Chapter 8: The End of a Nightmare ]

"Hisoka…" Watari faintly called amidst the rubble of stones and ashes—the remnants of the fortress. He reached the place in ruins…he was too late when he arrived at the (now ruined) fortress. "How on earth was this possible?"

A slight movement of the rubble told Watari that there was still someone to be found in the place. The sounds came from his left so he immediately staggered his way through the debris. There he found Tsuzuki together with Hisoka, buried by heavy concrete.

Watari, not wasting any moment immediately forced the rocks away to free Tsuzuki and Hisoka and see what he could do for them.

"What happened? Are there still others around?" Yutaka asked.

Tsuzuki gave a small nod and pointed towards his left. There, Watari, found two other persons, Tatsumi and Shindou. They all seemed safe from mortal peril except that they had bad wounds and bruises.

Watari heaved a big sigh, thank God, nothing else happened…

Tsuzuki looked upon his partner's face. It was now serene after the incident. He thoughts began to questions on things like, how did he manage to destroy the entire fortress? How did they survive after that?

That was not the end of his worries yet. He wanted to confirm what had happened to Muraki…

He looked again.

"Did you see any sign of Muraki?" He turned around him and saw everybody shaking his or her heads. He cast a worried look upon Tatsumi, Shindou, Watari and then, back to Hisoka.

"I guess we do not have a choice but leave this place," Tatsumi offered, now standing to help Tsuzuki carry Hisoka. "This our only chance to get away. Muraki will surely be trailing for our heads if we do not leave."

All of them had to agree to Tatsumi's suggestion. Now, they left the rubble, the memory of the events still running vividly inside their brains.

"You shall not hurt Hisoka anymore…" Did Tsuzuki really mean that he was ready to protect Hisoka at all costs?

However, he did, he did save Hisoka…

…He even used the power that he had…

Even it meant instant death to anyone.

Three months have passed since that dreadful event occurred. Hisoka, Tsuzuki, Tatsumi together with Watari and Shindou were now having new lives. On the other hand, maybe we could say that they were trying to start a new life without Muraki.

They chose a beautiful manor far away, in another country. They believed that the new place they have would be their new resting place. Everyone was happy without worries except for one…

Hisoka was never comfortable with the fact that Tsuzuki saved him without knowing every detail of his dire past. He pondered silently at the bridge located just south of their manor. He did not expect someone to meet him right now.

"Ne, Hisoka…"

"Hn?" Hisoka answered, not looking at Tsuzuki, "I thought you were with Watari trying to experiment your 'food'?"

"I let him…but I thought it was nice. So, how do you feel?"

"I…do not know."

At that very moment, he looked angrily at Tsuzuki, "Why did you have to save me? Why?"


The older man gave a small sigh, "I also don't know. I knew I needed to." After he replied that, he did not expect Hisoka to grab the collar of his shirt, and meet the younger man's eyes…"I should have died there…I…I am not supposed to be…with you…"

Tsuzuki did not wince at the pain building at his neck but it hurt his heart to hear those words. Right now, all he wanted to do was to pull Hisoka into a tight embrace.

"What if Muraki finds us?"

"I do not care…what is important to me is that you're safe. Worthiness does not reveal whether or not you should be loved and protected, Hisoka."

Those words…what do you want to tell me? Hisoka stopped strangling Tsuzuki by the collar of his shirt. He just collapsed down to the ground. Asato knelt beside him and did embrace Hisoka. For the first time, neither of them felt pain…just a wonderful sense of quiet.

"Becoming so attached to you led me to accept who you are." Tsuzuki silently said. He looked at Hisoka's eyes, now filled with tears. He tried to brush them away with a finger. He did not need any words to tell how strong his emotions were for Hisoka.

For a fleeting second, the brown haired man shut his eyes. Later, came a kiss from Tsuzuki's lips, locking them both in a promise of love and protection.

I have never regretted meeting you. For the first time, I've decided correctly…and that is, loving you.

[Fin.]

Aki7 (in triumphant mode): yes everybody! I love writing angst stuff…maybe this was my outlet for those…and at last!!!!! This is the ending of the MOCD fic (or should I say…ending of the first part? Wink, wink…) ! I do hope everybody enjoyed it even if it was quite lengthy and confusing…

No body died okay…or maybe somewhere else…I do believe Tsuzuki, Hisoka and Muraki were out of character…my apologies.

I also would like to thank many people for continued bugging for me to finish this…sissy + gang I did like their reviews, marron for my beta, kae for asking me to continue and whole bunch of others…Thanks!

Lastly, please review this last part…after this, there are no more additions to this story (it's goin' to be a sequel dear…) and please do read and review my latest fic entitled "Starless Nights"

~ja! Love you guys!