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Authors' Notes: Although both of them were gods, we referred Rukawa as 'kami' and Sakuragi as 'gensui'.
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Across Time
by: Asashouryuu
- Chapter 8 -
Sakuragi stirred in his sleep and opened his eyes slowly. Sleepy brown eyes meeting the fully awake blue eyes.
"How long have you been awake?" he immediately asked
"Ohayou too"
Sakuragi blushed, "ohayou" he said and then sat up to seat beside Rukawa. But Rukawa half-dragged half-lifted him to sit between his legs. Sakuragi sighed and leaned against Rukawa.
"Long enough to realize how lucky I am to have found you again" Rukawa replied.
"What happened to the demons?"
"I heard that 500 years ago, Tekken made another world for them"
He heard Sakuragi chuckled. "Jinjin was right. It would take a long time for a vain god like Tekken to come up with such idea"
Rukawa sighed, "still mocking the noble gods, eh?"
Sakuragi turned sober "Ne, Kaede we won't be together for eternity" he said in a sad voice and Rukawa's arms tightened around him "I know. But there's a way to make you a god again but it would be painful for both of us"
"Really?" Sakuragi said in a very ecstatic voice, then he frowned "why?"
"It's because I have to stabbed your heart with a god's knife that's why it hurts me" Rukawa said painfully.
"stab!? But why?"
"After stabbing you, I would slit my wrist and let my blood drop on your bleeding heart. When it mixes your mortal blood you'd become a god again" Rukawa sighed again "It's just a rumor I heard from my great, great grandfather. I don't know if it's true"
"Let's try it" Sakuragi said.
"I told you I don't know if it's true. What if you'd end up dead?"
Sakuragi turned around and cupped Rukawa's face "It is worth trying. I want to spend eternity with you. When I die, I'll be reincarnated again and I'm sure you'll find me and we'll meet again"
Sakuragi's pleading eyes and his wish to spend eternity with Sakuragi was so great that he sighed in agreement.
"But first let's have breakfast in bed" Rukawa said. Sakuragi nodded and was about to get out from the bed to prepare breakfast when Rukawa pulled him back to bed.
"You are my breakfast do'ahou" Rukawa told him.
In Tenkai, Tekken and Rukawa's parents were talking.
"Kaede is not yet back", his mother said
"He's probably looking for Sakuragi-gensui or meeting with him" his father added.
Tekken laughed "Even if he'll meet Sakuragi, he'll not recognize my nephew. He'll be back"
Suddenly a servant rushed in to the room and then bowed before the three noble gods.
"Sakuragi-gensui's memory ball is gone missing. Even the guards were surprise. It disappeared from their sight"
Rukawa's mother paled and the glass she was holding slipped from her hand and shattered on the floor.
Hours later, Sakuragi was lying in bed dressed in jeans only. While Rukawa was straddling him dressed in jeans and zip up shirt but the zipper was open.
Rukawa cupped his hands and a small round light started glistening through the spaces between his fingers. When he opened them a necklace with an amethyst stone floated over his hands. Rukawa took the necklace and placed it around Sakuragi's neck.
"That would be your anchor. When I stabbed your heart of course you'll die. And you'll be floating but as long as you have this around you, you'll be tied to your body and will go back to it"
"I'm sorry. I know stabbing me would be painful for you but I still forced you to do it"
Rukawa smiled at him. Then pulled out a small knife from his palm.
"Ready Hana?" he asked in a shaking voice. Sakuragi stared at the knife then at Rukawa's distorted face and then nodded.
"Don't worry. I'll be back", Sakuragi assured him, "things will work out fine"
Rukawa bent down to kiss him then straightened. "I love you" he said and stabbed Sakuragi quickly.
Sakuragi gasped in surprise and felt a fleeting pain as the knife went into his heart. His view started getting blurry so fast and he felt so cold and then darkness engulfed him.
Rukawa looked at the half-closed eyes of Sakuragi then brought the knife across his wrist. But before he could slashed himself, an unseen force threw him across the room. And the room was distorted. They were in another dimension. He brought his head up and his eyes widened in surprise. he found Tekken, his parents and some heaven soldiers. The soldiers were moving towards Sakuragi. Rukawa stood up then fall flat face on the floor as a force held him down.
"no~" he screamed as the soldiers snatched the necklace.
Sakuragi was floating slowly towards the beam of light. Souls were whipping past him. Suddenly his whole body shook and then he was regaining speed as fast as those souls. And it hit him that his anchor was gone. And then he forgot everything. His face looked serene as he floated towards the light. However, something was glistening on his side and the brightness attracted his eyes and he looked at the thing that glistened with absolute glory under such light. It was a platinum ring. "Kaede" he murmured and he remembered again. He was trying to fight the strong force that was absorbing him. His arms and legs thrashing around.
Anger and desperation awakened the in-born power locked within Rukawa. He exceeded the force holding him down. He lashed out his anger on the soldiers who burst into ashes. Tekken and his parents looked at him with eyes full of fear.
Rukawa slashed his wrist and poured blood over Sakuragi's wound hoping and praying that he can still make it.
Sakuragi's wound closed but his body still remained cold and pale. Hot tears started falling from his eyes. He had lost Sakuragi once more. Sakuragi was taken from him again.
"Hana~" he screamed as he held Sakuragi in his arms.
He looked at his 3 relatives' eyes full of hatred and anger.
"I hate you..." he announced as if his glare wasn't enough. "You took away the only person that mattered to me. You are not gods but demons. gods weren't supposed to do that... gods are only supposed to witness. You killed him and in honor for Sakuragi's death I'll kill you as well".
His blue eyes were glazed... cold and emotionless, tears still streaming down his face. Somehow looking at Rukawa's face made the three realized the mistake that will cost their lives. Rukawa had come to care something and they destroyed it.
Suddenly, warm hand shot out and grabbed Rukawa's wrist. Rukawa looked at the direction the hand was coming from. Hurting blue eyes met brown eyes.
"Hana" Rukawa exclaimed
"My ear drums are ruined after you screamed seconds ago. I felt like I am a god"
"But how? The anchor was gone?"
"True it was. But I had another anchor. And it was with me all the time" he raised his hand showing the ring.
Rukawa pulled him to an embrace.
"I thought I lost you again" Rukawa said and Sakuragi embraced him back. "I love you"
"I love you too" Sakuragi replied and Rukawa rained kisses all over his face.
Tekken cleared his throat loudly. "Gensui might be already a god but that doesn't mean he'll be welcomed in Tenkai."
"Kaede", his father said, "as long as you're loving and seeing that gensui we will disown you"
The two looked at them as they disappeared from sight.
"Are you sure you're okay with this Kaede?", Sakuragi asked, "You're no longer a noble god. Both of us are no longer welcomed in Tenkai"
Rukawa smiled at Sakuragi and embraced him tightly "It doesn't matter, I'm happy as long as you are with me. Everywhere will be heaven as long as we are together. Let us live together."
Sakuragi nodded, unshed tears made his eyes glistened. He closed his eyes as Rukawa kissed each of them causing his tears to fall.
Sakuragi wrapped his arms around Kaede's neck. "I love you Kaede more than l love myself" he whispered.
Kaede wiped his tears with his thumb "Shhh" he said in comforting voice "I love you more than anything else too. Hanarenai yadda." and he sealed his promise with a gentle kiss that gave everything. Sakuragi kissed him back with all the love and sincerity he felt.Translation: I don't want to leave you
~Tsuzuki
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