Chapter 11

The beast lay heavy on top of Tsuzuki; as the violet eyed man tried to roll its heavy weight off of him. He pushed and shoved the beast on top of him but to no success, it only got heavier as he struggled. It was almost at the point were it felt as if it was sinking into his body, into his lungs; making it hard for him to breathe.

"Tsuzuki!" Hisoka called as he ran towards the beast, but as if hitting a brick wall an unseen force pushed him away and he flew across the ground banging his head on a stone.

The beast turned its sights back to the struggling Tsuzuki, and began to press its hands against his neck. Tsuzuki's struggling became weaker and weaker against the monster. The beast started of by softly touching the flesh of his neck but the soft touches soon were forgotten by the sudden slashing sensations ripping at his esophagus.

Tsuzuki's screams jerked Hisoka back to his senses and he got back to his feet. Tsuzuki's neck was being cut over and over by the blood thirsty entity and it suddenly conjured an anger in Hisoka that flared across his skin and made his blood boil. As he watched his partner's delicate body be torn to shreds the rage scratched at his chest screaming to burst out.

"Tsuzuki..." Hisoka thought as he stared helplessly at his partner's pail skin slowly become stained redder and redder "what can I do…I don't know...wait…" An idea flew into the blonde's mind.

"Tsuzuki, you got to hang on just a bit longer. I'm going to use Reibaku! If you can hang on a bit longer I can separate it from you!"

Hisoka stood across from the beast and calmed the aura around him and brought his hands together, the index fingers up and touching. He had used Reibaku on Tsuzuki once before to separate him from a demon that had possessed him way back when; he hadn't hurt him too much then and he was almost certain that he could live through it once more. Hisoka closed his eyes and led the energy around him flow about like wind.

"Reitsu, zai, sen, hei, sha, kai, jin…" he began but the monster began to push him back again. It pushed on him with bone breaking force but Hisoka stood as still as stone forcing the rest of the incantation out. "Hei, sha, kai, jin, retsu…" The beast was becoming angry and forced harder on the boy; pushing him to the ground causing his knees to buckle and his bones to creak. "ZAI, SEN!" He screamed and as expected the monster flew from Tsuzuki's body and slammed against the brick wall of the building.

The beast regained its composure and raged forward at Hisoka pinning him against the wall. But he slid down underneath it and ran across to the angel. He recalled Asai calling the shadow from the Angel so he assumed that the angel was the source of some sort. He began to bang and smack the statue hoping something would move and hopefully destroy the statue but nothing budged. He found a small hinged metal door at the bottom of the statue and tried to open it but it wouldn't shift either. The monster tackled him from the back and smacked him against the statue. The stone dug into his gut knocking the wind out of him and causing him to go dizzy for a moment. He saw the knives that were in his neck lying on the ground and picked one up, he then swirled around and stabbed the beast in the neck. It shrieked and started to curl up and writhe on the ground just giving Hisoka enough time to pry the little door open with the knife, he stuck his hand in the small compartment and pulled a bag out. He dumped out the bag and ashes spilled out onto the ground along with a small blob.

"This must be the organ and the ashes that Asai was talking about!"

The beast began to rise again but Hisoka mashed at the charms with his hand and the knife before the beast could continue its rampage. It beast screamed and writhed once more and then burst into flames which soon died down with in seconds to ashes. Hisoka stood for a moment to catch his breath when it occurred to him that his partner was still laying on the ground just a few feet behind him.He ran to Tsuzuki, and took his pulse on his wrist since his neck was far too mangled to find one; he prayed that he was still alive.

He sat silently for a moment his hand still placed on the pulse in his wrist."Beat…come on…Tsuzuki you stubborn bastard, beat…" He said quietly as he waited but the beat would not come. He placed his ear on his chest hoping that maybe the heartbeat was so weak that he couldn't feel it in his wrist but again there was only silence in his friend's body.

"Tsuzuki…come on… get up! Tsuzuki!" Hisoka screamed as he placed his hands on the shingami's cold face. "Oh god…" Hisoka said as he sobbed; the tears slid down his face and mixed with the rain which began to fall harder from the sky. He dropped his head back on Tsuzuki's chest and muffled his crying in Tsuzuki's shirt. He suddenly felt chilly and started to shake a bit whispering, "I'm sorry" helplessly, over and over again.

His crying went on for a while until he came to terms with his friend's death. He took Tsuzuki's coat off and draped it over his head; he then leaned back and stared up at the rain gently falling and caressing his face.

"What am I going to tell everyone? Tsuzuki was the oldest employee there…how is everyone going to cope?...How am I going to cope…" He thought.

He also wondered what would happen with Asai. He didn't think that anyone could fight her and win. He knew for a fact she was too strong, most of all Tsuzuki knew…he knew more than anyone now. He then began to wonder what would happen to Tsuzuki, he wasn't sure if there was a life after a second death. Would Tsuzuki just stop existing or would he just float endlessly in blackness for eternity? He began to cry again, he couldn't bear to imagine Tsuzuki in that type of world, he never liked to be alone and now the loneliness would eat at him and drive him mad.

Hisoka slumped over Tsuzuki once again and sobbed into him again. He wanted him alive. He wanted to talk to him, touch him, hold him, kiss him, everything he didn't do when he had the chance.

"Tsuzuki…come back…please. I don't think I'm strong enough for this…" He sobbed. Suddenly as if an angel had breathed warm life into his lungs, Tsuzuki's chest rose. Hisoka bolted up and threw back the jacket; the neck wound had healed up, Tsuzuki's eyes fluttered open and he sat up blearily. Hisoka stared in disbelief for a moment and then pushed the violet eyed man back to the ground and kissed his soft lips franticly. Tsuzuki made startled noises at first but then realized what was going on and a fuzzy heat roamed around in his stomach allowing him to relax as the boy on top of him pressed his mouth to his. He brought his hands up behind the blonde's head and weaved his hand through his hair. A small gasp exited Hisoka's throat as tongue and teeth brushed against him. It felt different to him; he had kissed the violet eyed man before but he was asleep and he wasn't…moving, he wasn't sure how to continue.

Hisoka sat up slowly; blushing and catching his breath yet secretly he reminisced over the satin lips, aching to touch them again. Tsuzuki lay still on the ground looking up at the exquisite body on top of him; the rain around him had slowed a bit and fell like stars as the drops caught the city lights. The yellows and the greens seemed to make his features glow as if he was only composed of ethereal materials.

"Lovely." Tsuzuki said simply. Hisoka just sat and confusedly blinked at him.

Tsuzuki reached up and pulled the boy back down to him and kissed him again only this time the kisses were less rushed and more passionate, his tongue traveled in and out of his mouth and danced in the boy's warmth. The blonde made small noises as teeth made small nips at his lips. Tears that were remnant in his eyes slid down his cheeks and on to Tsuzuki's causing him to pull away.

"Hisoka, why are you crying?" He asked; his eyes questioning.

"I thought you weren't going to come back to me…you were lifeless for about an hour, I was almost sure that you had…" His eyes began to water again.

"Well, I'm here now…and I'm sorry…"

"For what?"

"I left you alone…I shouldn't have left when you were so sick…" It then occurred to him that Hisoka wasn't as hot as he was before, "by the way…how are you feeling?"

Hisoka had to think about it he wasn't sure how he felt; he didn't feel sick anymore for some reason. "Surprisingly, amazing…", It then came to him that his sudden sickness was connected to that run in with Asai at the hospital. But why would she take the sickness off him now? His thoughts were interrupted when the man under him arched his neck a bit to plant a chaste kiss on Hisoka's lips.

"I'm glad to hear it." He said with a relieved smile.

Hisoka pulled Tsuzuki up to bring him closer, "Let's go back."

TBC…

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