Part 10
Gone in the Night
Ken realized that whatever trust Omi held in him was gone, he walked into Omi's room and saw it empty. He stood there and turned to see Aya in the hall, he was on the phone talking quietly.
"Where is Omi?" Ken finally asked Yohji who only shook his head.
"Gone," Yohji shook his head.
"Where can he go?"
**
Aya hung up and looked at what was left of his team, he did not have the heart to tell them. Omi sat in his room and looked at the ceiling feeling upset. "You're sick, aren't you, Aya-kun?"
Nodding his head, the leader sat down next to the boy. "It's a brain tumor, Kritiker had me go to a doctor after our last mission because I was complaining of blurred vision."
There was silence as the door came open and Ken walked in. He looked at Omi who was just glaring at him. "Omi, we need to talk."
"Leave him alone, Ken," Aya whispered having no will really to fight.
Omi got up and walked out of the room. "Ken we do need to talk. I do know why too."
**
The night sky felt wonderful on Omi's face, he looked at the sky and smiled then turned his head to see Ken. "Omi, I didn't mean to do it, Locke was controlling me," Ken explained.
"I know, Schuldich told me. But you are going to see Yuriko-san," the little vampire looked at the sky.
"Yes, Omi, I can't love you. You know why too, I have always loved Yuriko."
The boy nodded and sighed. "I release you from whatever bond the holds us together."
**
Ken realized that it was the last time he would see Omi, he walked into his room and sat down on his bed. "Omi, where will you go? Who will protect you? The Weiss will not be here forever."
Omi, he already knew he was gone, somehow the boy had left, but not without doing Aya one last favor. Ken walked into Aya's room and noticed stillness in there; he turned and saw Omi standing there looking down at Aya. "He's going to take care of me," Omi whispered as Aya opened his eyes, the once beautiful violet eyes were now a deep indigo.
"What have you done?" Ken nearly screamed, when Aya shook his head.
"I asked for it. Ken, I would have died anyway," Aya looked in a mirror. "Now you can go to Yuriko and not have to worry about Omi."
It doesn't work like that, the brown haired man thought. "I was going to ask Omi to come with me to see Yuriko."
"Omi can't stand her," the red head whispered.
**
Nagi woke from what seemed to be a bad dream, he laid back on his bed and smiled. "I'm home?" he whispered and looked around his room. He saw that everything was as it had been the night he ran away.
Crawford was seated next to his bed. "I am relieved you are awake. Schuldich has been here for two nights waiting for you, I just now sent him to bed."
"It was a dream, wasn't it?" the boy whispered and looked at the ceiling.
"No, vampires are real."
**
When Ken returned the next night, Yohji was standing in the hall waiting for him. "Where is Aya and Omi?"
"Gone," Yohji shook his head handing a note to Ken.
"Ken and Yohji, we can't stay here and though Omi and I agree that may be this is for the best. Omi really was not happy about leaving, but we have to. Goodbye."
"So they just left!" Ken looked around, his paternatural senses were keen, but he couldn't pick up anything as he ran out into the alley. He looked around it and found nothing, he just could only smell the dead flowers in a trash can.
~A Year Latter~
Ken looked around the flower shop, he saw Aya-chan putting the flowers up for sale. Her eyes were so pretty and yet even after a year he had not given up the search for her brother and Omi. That night when closing he looked up and saw two figures standing across the street from the shop. He grabbed his keys and walked outside.
Standing there in front of the old café was Ran and Omi, they looked as they had not changed at all since that night they had left. Omi turned and looked at Ken who was running up to them. "Omi! Aya!" he smiled at them, but they only turned and walked away. "Wait! Come back!"
Omi turned and looked at him with dark eyes. "Why?"
"Because we need you, both of you," Ken looked at Ran who turned and blinked at him as if it was hard to remember who he was.
"Aya-kun only wanted to see his sister," Omi whispered and then looked up at Ran. "I'm hungry, Aya-kun, can we go hunting, now?"
"No," Ran's reply was small and rather angry.
"Please, just come in and say hello, I'm sure Aya-chan and her husband would love to meet you," the other vampire tried to convince them. "I've been taking care of Ran's nephew, Ran, please, just come in."
Ran nodded and walked into the flower shop, he looked around it and then at Ken. "Where is Yohji?"
"Oh, he must have already put Ran to bed already. Aya-chan was really upset with him that he didn't do it at nine like he said he would," Ken shook his head. "Do you two want something to drink?" He ran into the back room and brought out two packets of blood."
"This isn't fresh," Omi looked up at Ran like a spoiled little child.
"Drink it!" Ran growled.
The door near the backroom's door opened and Aya-chan ran out, she wrapped her arms around her brother and smiled. "Oni-chan!" she smiled at him. "It has been so long since I last saw you. How are you?"
Her older brother only blinked and looked up to see a crimson haired little boy looking passed Yohji's legs. "I told you to put him to bed!" she yelled at Yohji who was looking up. "He won't do it, he's as stubborn as his uncle is."
The little boy was no older than two and stumbled a little as he walked up to Ran, he looked so much like his uncle. "Ran-san, this is your Uncle Ran, he came to see you," Ken whispered to the little who hugged his uncle.
Yohji walked in and sighed sitting down. "So where is that Tsuki?"
"You know he's working nights," Aya-chan shook her head. "Yohji-san, you are such an idiot. Ran, I'm sorry my husband isn't here to see you, he's heard some many great things about you." She looked over at Omi who was looking at the child and looked down at the ground.
"Oh.Aya-chan this is Omi," Ken whispered. "Omi is staying with Ran."
**
Ran had enough of seeing his family, he looked at Omi who was standing on the roof. "Aya-kun, you're mad at me, aren't you?"
"Omi, we have to stay here. These people are our family even if we drink blood, this is where we belong. Ken missed you."
Thinking silently Omi only shrugged. "I hate Ken-kun!"
"Omi, be quiet," the look in Ran's eyes faded. "I know that being forced to move from one place to another isn't fun, but you don't hate anyone."
"But I do. I created Ken out of anger because of what I am. Ken was controlled by Locke because of me. This is all my fault!"
"Maybe it is, but then again, we live with the choices we made. Your uncle was using you when he made you, he forced his sister to believe that you were under a curse. Sometimes Omi, I believed you forced me to be a vampire too, but I don't care. I have taken care of you, I have made sure that you remain safe."
There was a silence and then they saw Yohji walk onto the roof. "Come on you two. Omi, listen, I know that I have not always been the best person to come to with a problem, but Ran is right, he needed you and you needed him. This has always been your home and yes, it has changed after a few years. But, Aya-chan has been through a lot and what she needs is her older brother and his best friend helping. She knows Ken is a vampire and she knows both of you are too."
"How does she know?"
"Ken-kun told her?" Omi blinked.
"No, she figured it out on her own. Ken only comes out at night, but in all he acts pretty human. Ran, your sister is pretty smart, she figures things out."
Walking into the apartment, the two finally realized they were home.
Gone in the Night
Ken realized that whatever trust Omi held in him was gone, he walked into Omi's room and saw it empty. He stood there and turned to see Aya in the hall, he was on the phone talking quietly.
"Where is Omi?" Ken finally asked Yohji who only shook his head.
"Gone," Yohji shook his head.
"Where can he go?"
**
Aya hung up and looked at what was left of his team, he did not have the heart to tell them. Omi sat in his room and looked at the ceiling feeling upset. "You're sick, aren't you, Aya-kun?"
Nodding his head, the leader sat down next to the boy. "It's a brain tumor, Kritiker had me go to a doctor after our last mission because I was complaining of blurred vision."
There was silence as the door came open and Ken walked in. He looked at Omi who was just glaring at him. "Omi, we need to talk."
"Leave him alone, Ken," Aya whispered having no will really to fight.
Omi got up and walked out of the room. "Ken we do need to talk. I do know why too."
**
The night sky felt wonderful on Omi's face, he looked at the sky and smiled then turned his head to see Ken. "Omi, I didn't mean to do it, Locke was controlling me," Ken explained.
"I know, Schuldich told me. But you are going to see Yuriko-san," the little vampire looked at the sky.
"Yes, Omi, I can't love you. You know why too, I have always loved Yuriko."
The boy nodded and sighed. "I release you from whatever bond the holds us together."
**
Ken realized that it was the last time he would see Omi, he walked into his room and sat down on his bed. "Omi, where will you go? Who will protect you? The Weiss will not be here forever."
Omi, he already knew he was gone, somehow the boy had left, but not without doing Aya one last favor. Ken walked into Aya's room and noticed stillness in there; he turned and saw Omi standing there looking down at Aya. "He's going to take care of me," Omi whispered as Aya opened his eyes, the once beautiful violet eyes were now a deep indigo.
"What have you done?" Ken nearly screamed, when Aya shook his head.
"I asked for it. Ken, I would have died anyway," Aya looked in a mirror. "Now you can go to Yuriko and not have to worry about Omi."
It doesn't work like that, the brown haired man thought. "I was going to ask Omi to come with me to see Yuriko."
"Omi can't stand her," the red head whispered.
**
Nagi woke from what seemed to be a bad dream, he laid back on his bed and smiled. "I'm home?" he whispered and looked around his room. He saw that everything was as it had been the night he ran away.
Crawford was seated next to his bed. "I am relieved you are awake. Schuldich has been here for two nights waiting for you, I just now sent him to bed."
"It was a dream, wasn't it?" the boy whispered and looked at the ceiling.
"No, vampires are real."
**
When Ken returned the next night, Yohji was standing in the hall waiting for him. "Where is Aya and Omi?"
"Gone," Yohji shook his head handing a note to Ken.
"Ken and Yohji, we can't stay here and though Omi and I agree that may be this is for the best. Omi really was not happy about leaving, but we have to. Goodbye."
"So they just left!" Ken looked around, his paternatural senses were keen, but he couldn't pick up anything as he ran out into the alley. He looked around it and found nothing, he just could only smell the dead flowers in a trash can.
~A Year Latter~
Ken looked around the flower shop, he saw Aya-chan putting the flowers up for sale. Her eyes were so pretty and yet even after a year he had not given up the search for her brother and Omi. That night when closing he looked up and saw two figures standing across the street from the shop. He grabbed his keys and walked outside.
Standing there in front of the old café was Ran and Omi, they looked as they had not changed at all since that night they had left. Omi turned and looked at Ken who was running up to them. "Omi! Aya!" he smiled at them, but they only turned and walked away. "Wait! Come back!"
Omi turned and looked at him with dark eyes. "Why?"
"Because we need you, both of you," Ken looked at Ran who turned and blinked at him as if it was hard to remember who he was.
"Aya-kun only wanted to see his sister," Omi whispered and then looked up at Ran. "I'm hungry, Aya-kun, can we go hunting, now?"
"No," Ran's reply was small and rather angry.
"Please, just come in and say hello, I'm sure Aya-chan and her husband would love to meet you," the other vampire tried to convince them. "I've been taking care of Ran's nephew, Ran, please, just come in."
Ran nodded and walked into the flower shop, he looked around it and then at Ken. "Where is Yohji?"
"Oh, he must have already put Ran to bed already. Aya-chan was really upset with him that he didn't do it at nine like he said he would," Ken shook his head. "Do you two want something to drink?" He ran into the back room and brought out two packets of blood."
"This isn't fresh," Omi looked up at Ran like a spoiled little child.
"Drink it!" Ran growled.
The door near the backroom's door opened and Aya-chan ran out, she wrapped her arms around her brother and smiled. "Oni-chan!" she smiled at him. "It has been so long since I last saw you. How are you?"
Her older brother only blinked and looked up to see a crimson haired little boy looking passed Yohji's legs. "I told you to put him to bed!" she yelled at Yohji who was looking up. "He won't do it, he's as stubborn as his uncle is."
The little boy was no older than two and stumbled a little as he walked up to Ran, he looked so much like his uncle. "Ran-san, this is your Uncle Ran, he came to see you," Ken whispered to the little who hugged his uncle.
Yohji walked in and sighed sitting down. "So where is that Tsuki?"
"You know he's working nights," Aya-chan shook her head. "Yohji-san, you are such an idiot. Ran, I'm sorry my husband isn't here to see you, he's heard some many great things about you." She looked over at Omi who was looking at the child and looked down at the ground.
"Oh.Aya-chan this is Omi," Ken whispered. "Omi is staying with Ran."
**
Ran had enough of seeing his family, he looked at Omi who was standing on the roof. "Aya-kun, you're mad at me, aren't you?"
"Omi, we have to stay here. These people are our family even if we drink blood, this is where we belong. Ken missed you."
Thinking silently Omi only shrugged. "I hate Ken-kun!"
"Omi, be quiet," the look in Ran's eyes faded. "I know that being forced to move from one place to another isn't fun, but you don't hate anyone."
"But I do. I created Ken out of anger because of what I am. Ken was controlled by Locke because of me. This is all my fault!"
"Maybe it is, but then again, we live with the choices we made. Your uncle was using you when he made you, he forced his sister to believe that you were under a curse. Sometimes Omi, I believed you forced me to be a vampire too, but I don't care. I have taken care of you, I have made sure that you remain safe."
There was a silence and then they saw Yohji walk onto the roof. "Come on you two. Omi, listen, I know that I have not always been the best person to come to with a problem, but Ran is right, he needed you and you needed him. This has always been your home and yes, it has changed after a few years. But, Aya-chan has been through a lot and what she needs is her older brother and his best friend helping. She knows Ken is a vampire and she knows both of you are too."
"How does she know?"
"Ken-kun told her?" Omi blinked.
"No, she figured it out on her own. Ken only comes out at night, but in all he acts pretty human. Ran, your sister is pretty smart, she figures things out."
Walking into the apartment, the two finally realized they were home.