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Authors' Notes: Okay guys... here's another update. And once again thank you for your reviews and your support. We're forever grateful. Can somebody please tell us the exact date of ruhana day? is it Nov. 10? Please enjoy...
Across Time
by: Asashouryuu
- Chapter 10 -
"How about this gold ring?" the saleslady asked Sakuragi. He looked at the ring that has 3 diamond studs. Sakuragi shook his head "I just want a simple platinum ring" he explained.
"I see" she said then she went to another display table. "I think you'll like this then" she said as she held a ring between her fingers. The ring was similar to the one Rukawa gave to him. He smiled as he made up his mind. The ring cost 86,000 yen but he didn't mind. He had save 295,000 yen from his pocket allowance and from the money given to him by his older relatives every New Year since he was grade 1.
"I'll take this" he told the saleslady.
"Your girl is sooo lucky. I'm sure she'll like the ring" the saleslady gushed.
Sakuragi just smiled at her.
Sakuragi whistled as he walked his way to Rukawa's apartment. He still has 1 hour left before he will meet the blue-eyed fox. He'll just place the ring somewhere safe in the house.
As soon as he closed the door, a smiling voice greeted him. "We waited for you here for quite some time now gensui".
Sakuragi froze for few seconds before he whirled around.
Rukawa looked at the flowershop's clock for the 6th time. The clock read 2:30 PM. Where is that do'ahou? he wondered impatiently before finally deciding to look for him. And when he didn't see him in any of the places he went to, he decided to go somewhere else.
Sendou sighed and went to answer the door. "What? Another game challenge?" he asked Rukawa.
"Is Sakuragi with you?" the Shohoku player countered
Sendou frowned at Rukawa "Did you lost him somewhere else or did he run away?"
Rukawa could see the concern look on Sendou's eyes. "I see he's not here". He turned around to leave when Sendou's hand shot out and gripped his wrist. Their eyes clashed.
"I know you and Sakuragi are going out. I can deduce it from Sakuragi's words" Sendou said and Rukawa merely raised his left eyebrow in reply. "And I can see it in his brown eyes that he's happy but I want to hear it from you. Is he?"
"Aa. Itta deshou, ano do'ahou o shiawase ni suru hito wa ore da" Translation: Yes he is. I told you didn't I? The only person who'll make him happy is me
"Then why did he run away from you?"
"Moron. He didn't. He didn't show up in our meeting" Rukawa told him "Since he's not here, he's probably in my apartment dozing off" then he left before Sendou can react.
Sendou stood frozen on the doorway for few seconds after his mind registered what Rukawa said before he left. He slowly closed the door and let himself slide through it before he sat on the floor. I am happy for you Sakuragi but somehow my heart is aching. In the first place I guess I was too late to make you love me. But even if I'm not, I'd never be able to make you love me , he thought.
And tears started falling slowly from his eyes. He cried for the person he loved who belonged to another man in the first place; cried for the love he can't have. I don't understand everything but I got this intuition from the beginning that you and Rukawa have met each other a long long time ago; that you and Rukawa belonged to each other . He sighed.
His mother stepped out from the kitchen and found her son crying and sitting on the floor. " Ara! What happened to you?".
Her son immediately wiped his tears and smiled "Nandemonai" he replied. Translation: Nothing
Let us be friends then Hana. I can settle for that , he thought as he stood up.
Rukawa opened his apartment door and then froze. His apartment was a mess. Heck 'mess' is an understatement. But what scared him the most was that there was blood staining some part of the room. Was it Sakuragi's blood or the intruders whoever they are? And then anger crossed his face as he smell youkai's scent. The demons had entered the ningenkai. What did those gatekeepers do anyway? Shouldn't they be guarding the gates of makai, ningenkai, reikai and Tengoku? He'll give them a piece of his mind and he'll demand that they help him rescue Sakuragi wherever the demons took him.
A/N: Makai is the demon world; Reikai is the spirit world, Tengoku is heaven and Ningenkai is human world. Tengoku is the correct term for the heaven we're using in this fic but we're too lazy to make corrections. Let's leave it that way. Sumimasen
Rukawa strode towards the military building angrily, suddenly he was pulled to his right side. But before he could beat the hell of whoever pulled him, he heard a 'sshhh'. He looked up to see the face of the goddess of mercy and Jinjin.
"Tekken asked the most elite group of soldiers to capture your gensui", the goddess of mercy told him.
"But there's youkai scent", Rukawa argued, "And blood".
"That's just to fool you." Jinjin said. "I don't know where the hell they took Sakuragi. And as for the blood, I saw the elite guard minutes ago and man they are bruised and bleeding. But this does not guarantee that gensui wasn't hurt also".
"And I don't know their plans either... nobody knows except your parents and Tekken" the goddess of mercy admitted.
"I see" was all Rukawa said before he changed his direction and walked towards the building of the noble gods.
A big mischievous smile appeared on the goddess of mercy's face. She looked at her lover, "Let's do something to help those two, shall we gensui Jinjin?"
Jinjin nodded "This has to end".
Tekken and Rukawa's parents almost jumped in surprise when the door burst open.
"Kaede!" his mother exclaimed and stood up to meet his son who was walking to their way.
A cold deadly look from his son made her froze.
"You're finally back nephew" Tekken greeted with a smile then he tumbled to the floor together with his chair when Rukawa punched him in the face.
"Where.did.you.take.him?" Rukawa asked coldly and with emphasis on every word.
"Kaede stop that!" his father ordered but it fell on deaf ears. "Where are you going?" he shouted at his son who was storming out from the room. "I'm going to ask help!".
"Don't be ridiculous. I ordered everybody in heaven not to help" Tekken said.
"I'm aware of that! That's why I will ask help from Makai!"
His mother paled.
"You can't do that!" his father shouted.
"Watch me!" Rukawa replied arrogantly and closed the door with a bang.
"Call me Jiashin!" Tekken angrily commanded to one of the guards stationed.
"Don't worry", Rukawa's father assured his wife, "No one can pass through the gates without the permission of Tekken".
The three gatekeepers of the Makai gates stood up the second they saw Rukawa.
"No need to threaten us" one of them said when Rukawa was about to open his mouth. "We will let you pass even without his permission". And Rukawa looked surprise.
"But you'll be punished" Rukawa warned them.
"Not as long as we'll tell them our skills are no match against yours" the other guy reasoned out. Rukawa nodded and went passed through the gate and into the purplish black vortex.
Rukawa coughed a bit as the youkai scent flooded his nostrils. Hundreds of streaks of lightning flashes through the sky. The Makai, he observed, was a very mountainous area. He started walking towards the castle that looms ominously.
A demon sniffed the wind and then much to the confusion of his two companions, he started climbing to the very top of the tree where he sniffed the air again. Then he climbed down.
"Are you smelling what I'm smelling?" he asked his two companions who then nodded.
"What brings a god here?"
"Probably he came here to destroy us."
"Then he's either stupid or too confident."
"C'mon... let's go and meet that god."
And when the three arrived they found out that there were already a lot of demons surrounding the god. From above they all looked like a colony of ants at the same time Rukawa looked like the planet Saturn and the demons are his rings.
"Step aside!" Rukawa commanded in an infuriating voice.
"What a cheeky fellow" one demon commented. And as if that was the cue, all demons moved to attack him. Rukawa sighed while arrogantly brushing his bangs from his forehead. Then a red aureole was visible from Rukawa for a split second before it exploded like a bomb causing a massive destruction. Boulders splintered apart; trees were cut; the grounds cracked and the demons were destroyed to ashes. Debris crashed to the ground and the dusts, which were all over the place, started settling down. A calm Rukawa was standing in the very center of the big crater with 5 meters in diameter. Those demons that were at the most outer layer of the circle and who managed to escape were blown away and were either killed or badly injured by the debris.
The demon king just snorted after one of his men reported the presence of a god. "There's no reason for us to get so worried after all what can one god do against millions of demons?"
"We should get worried" a demon said as he entered the room. "The god just destroyed countless of demons from different classes in just one go and he's walking towards this castle".
"Nani?" the demon king demanded as he almost fell from his chair. "Tell the castle guards to stop him at all cost".
"Don't you understand it yet?" one of his adviser asked "That guy is unstoppable. Whatever his reason of coming here, he means business."
The demon king sighed, "Very well."
Minutes later, Rukawa sauntered to the demon king.
The demon king looked at Rukawa. "You're no fighting god so why did you kill them?"
"Its none of your business" he replied coldly. He's no longer bound to any rules in heaven. He'll do anything just to find Sakuragi.
"What does a god wants from us demons?"
"I want you to summon the most powerful three-eyed demon" was all he said.
"What do you want from me father?" the three-eyed demon asked to the demon king.
"It's not me... its him" pointing to the god.
"I take no orders from a god" he announced with a stubborn look then he froze when he felt a strong spiritual power passed him by. He looked at the god and saw Rukawa's red aureole. "O- Okay... just once I'll take orders from you".
Rukawa relaxed a bit and took Sakuragi's picture from his pocket. "I want you to find him. He's a god too"
"Che~ What a very simple task" the young demon uttered and then he did what he was told. His 3rd eye opened and glowed yellow-green light as he started looking for the redhead.
The young demon saw waterfall gushing strongly from a mountain and could feel the god's presence behind the waterfall. His view started zooming out until he learned that it was a small island.
"Your friend is in the cave behind the biggest waterfall of an island. A haven of all the spirited-away victims"
Rukawa nodded, "Thank you" he said as he grabbed the picture from the boy's hand and run towards the door.
The boy looked at his father silently asking him. His father shrugged, "I don't know but I got this feeling that trouble is brewing in heaven and is connected to that god and his red-haired friend."
~Tsuzuku
A/N: Hehehe I know its quite hanging. Hurry up Kaede because your uncle is planning something very bad against your dear Hanamichi.
Rukawa: You're the one who made him plot like that
Sakuragi: *pouts*
It's not your business.
Sakuragi: What?! Not our business? We're your main characters
Leave me alone! Just mind your business.
Chris-san: You see, gods didn't 'planted' Sendou there. If he was, he wouldn't have let Rukawa have Sakuragi. The gods were so confident that their plan will work that they didn't use Sendou. Sendou's love for the redhead is pure...really pure.