Disclaimer: I do not own Weiss.
A/N: Okay! Omi and Youji are going to be a pair now, just 'cause I like them. But don't worry, for those who don't like the couple or aren't into yaoi I'll keep it at a lighter level. Trying to please everyone here so for mega yaoi fans, sorry, maybe after this I'll write one, 'kay? Okay, well, here goes!
Chapter 3: He's back.
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Omi sighed, looking at the boy on the floor, playing with the four stuffed cats. He sat on the small bed, watching him, waiting for hours for the nurse to leave the hall. She was rather persistent in her watch. He had plans to simply go in, wait a few minutes then whisk the boy away right out the front door. Now he had been there for three hours and now had to go out the back. Luckily, he had put gum on the door so that it wouldn't close all the way, so when he left he wouldn't alert anyone. It would be awhile before anyone noticed that JT was gone.
Finally a voice came over the PA system and called the nurse, Julie, away from her post. Springing up instantly Omi grabbed the boy's hand, though he started to struggle immediately.
"No, JT! Come on, we have to go!"
The boy wiggled his hand from his father's grip then scooped the toys up in his arms. Omi growled at the sheer stupidity of it all, but the child wasn't right in the head right now so he would let it slip.
Taking two of the animals himself he took the boy's hand again, then pushed the door open with his shoulder. Looking around quickly he pulled the boy along, dodging people and hiding in the smallest of places. Finally they reached the back and, thankfully, they made it out without an alarm or being spotted.
"Thank god no one was in the staff room." Omi thought numbly, running towards the small car.
He quickly put JT in the back, buckling him up, then jumped into the front and started the car. Speeding away he thought momentarily that he had done something wrong. But, taking one look back at the boy playing with his cats, he saw that he had done the right thing. No matter if he tried to harm him again, no child deserved what he had been put through.
Smiling, he cruised the highway, thinking of how perfect their lives would be again, ignoring any sense of better judgment or foreboding.
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Ken put the receiver down, his face paling. The other six looked at him with slight alarm.
"What is it?" Aya questioned.
"I-its JT." He stated simply. "He's missing. The last thing the ward remembered was that Omi was there with him, then they were both gone."
A groan escaped them all, knowing all too well what had most likely happened. As if on cue Omi then walked through the door and, so they saw, so did JT. The small blonde was trailing behind his father, grasping his hand like it was the holy grail.
Youji took one look at the kid then groaned loudly. "Omi, I can't believe you actually did it..."
"Well, believe it. And I don't want any of you to say anything. He isn't leaving and I'm not going to give up, so back the hell off."
An understandment was reached upon seeing the look on the father's face. It wasn't twisted with hate or anger, but utter fright and sympathy. Omi wasn't doing this for his own sake, it was all for his child he wanted to protect.
"Fine." Aya said. "But you had better hope somehow we get him out of the trance he's in. And if he even raises a single finger in harm we're putting him some place where you'll never find him again."
The threat cut deep but the blonde nodded. If JT were incurable than another attack would prove it.
"Okay, he's probably hungry, make something to eat, Ken. I'll give him a bath later. For now can someone watch him while I take a shower?"
The others glanced around then nodded. Nagi knelt by the boy and looked at the cats. JT was looking at them intently like he thought they would do something if he watched them long enough. Smiling, he used his powers to make the cats float and play. JT smiled broadly, looking amazed up at the cats.
Omi smiled lightly, then trotted up the stairs towards the bathroom. Throwing the lights on he started running the water and stripped. Halfway off with his shorts he noticed someone in there with him.
"Ah! Youji! What are you doing?!"
The playboy smiled lopsided. "Just checking to see if you have brain damage, is all."
The smaller blonde glared. "I'm fine, you just make sure JT doesn't get hurt."
"He's fine, Nagi and the others are playing with him and Ken's making stew for dinner."
Shaking his head Omi continued to undress, not caring whether or not the other saw. Grabbing a towel he put it on the floor beside the shower stall and looked back to his friend.
"If you have your best intentions in mind, I thank you, but if you're just trying to get rid of an obstacle you're going to lose."
Youji was taken aback. Fuming he slammed the door shut and took a harsh hold of the younger.
"You don't think this bothers me too?! He's like a son to me too, you know! I just don't want you to be blinded so much that you end up hurting yourself! Did you even think when you grabbed him?!"
Sighing, Omi gave Youji a look of coy intentions. "I thought. I just want him around again. I know we can get him better, we just need to be positive. Now, let me go so I can take my shower, go watch him, will you?"
The older blonde let go and grumbled. "Great, now you act like I'm his father."
As he opened the door Omi pushed him out, roughly. Before he shut the door he grinned and said,
"You are, nearly, we all are. So do your part and make sure he doesn't kill himself."
And with that the door shut and locked and the running water was all that was heard.
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"JT, eat."
The boy looked up at the command. Ken was sitting next to him with a sandwich and a bowl of soup set on a nearby table. The child took one look at the offered food, turned his nose up at it then proceeded to go back to playing.
The brown hair assassin growled. Right before he could grab the boy by the hair his hand was intercepted by Youji's. He looked at him oddly and relaxed.
"Calm down, Ken. He'll eat when he's hungry. When Omi comes back he'll make him eat. Just let it go."
"Fine, but if the kid goes on a rampage later because he wasn't fed and whatnot its your fault."
"Whatever."
Though they thought the boy was totally oblivious to the world, they were wrong. Turning his large aqua eyes towards them he grinned evilly. He shut his eyes and held them for a moment, then let them drift back open, a dangerous glint flashing before them.
"Mamoru...I'll find him."
The room turned cold. Even Farfarello looked at the child like he was insane. The grin then disappeared and the once bright aqua color returned to the child's eyes. He looked at his uncles and protectors oddly, then chirped happily and went back to playing with the toy cats.
"Something very wrong is going on." Ken muttered.
"You can say that again, we had better fix what ever is wrong with him, quick, before any of these visions come true."
Everyone turned to gaze at Brad frightened.
"What do you mean?" Aya asked harshly.
"Well," The precog began. "Who ever is inside him is planning on killing us all. What better way to do it than take the body of a seemingly harmless boy and make him do their bidding?"
Nagi frowned. "Masafumi doesn't give up, does he? He want's something, and he won't stop until he gets it. Is there anyway that we could possibly drive him out?"
"Can't we exercise him?" Youji asked.
The question seemed dumb, but before anyone could scold him it sparked an interest. It could work...they had nothing to lose, didn't they? There were no other plans.
"Don't we need a priest for that?" Schuldig asked, making Farfarello cringe.
"Yeah, we do, but who cares, he needs help! Let's do it!"
Ken received odd looks, but that didn't put asunder his spirits. They decided to discuss it thoroughly through, ignoring the child, which wasn't too great since he wandered off, up the stairs, after his father.
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Omi stepped out of the shower, refreshed. Grabbing a towel he dried himself off and redressed. When he unlocked and opened the bathroom door he was slightly surprised to see JT sitting before him, waiting for him it seemed.
"JT, what are you doing up here? You should be downstairs, eating or playing. Come on."
Taking the boy's hand gently he pulled him to his feet and walked him down the stairs. When they arrived he saw that all seven were huddled, deep in conversation. He grumbled to himself then stormed over to him. Leaning down into the group he shouted near Youji's ear.
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING?! WHY WAS JT WAITING OUTSIDE THE DOOR FOR ME?! IF YOU'RE SO WORRIED ABOUT ME THAN WATCH HIM!!!"
The whole bunch sprung up instantly. They looked oddly at one another than at the angry father holding his child's hand.
"What do you mean he was waiting outside the door for you?"
Omi glared blue daggers at his brown hair companion. "I mean, when I opened the bathroom door he was sitting on the ground, waiting for me to come out. Geez, if you think he's going to kill me shouldn't you keep a better watch on him?"
Everyone shifted guiltily. Finally Brad spoke up.
"Never mind that, we're going to have an exorcism. You're brother needs to get out of your son before he kills us all, like he plans to do."
Omi jumped slightly.
"O-okay, and how do you intend on doing this?"
"Well..."
No one answered. They had no idea what was going to happen. Priests didn't do exorcisms anymore, and would the power of god work on someone who didn't believe anyway? No, what they needed was one hell of a powerful jolt to push the spirit out, which was just what Nagi had though of.
"We don't need a priest, what we need is power. You remember what happened to get us into this mess. Our combined powers opened a door between the spirit world and this world. If we can do that, don't you think we have enough power to shut that door, or push the spirit out? We just need to plan it out."
Farfarello looked relieved. "No priests thank-" He stopped. Thanking God just didn't seem appropriate, so he stopped.
"So, what do we do?" The father asked.
"I guess...we tie the kid down, form a circle and try to concentrate all of out energy."
Schuldig looked at the youngest Schwarz member. "That sounds like some stupid sailor moon shit."
The youth looked at him angry. "Who cares, you got a better plan?!"
The obvious answer was no, so the conversation ended at that. Omi looked at them all, unsure of exactly what to think. Nodding his head slowly he pat JT's hand and asked what had to be done.
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JT whimpered loudly, he didn't like being tied to his bed while everyone stood around him. Omi stood close, holding his hand, speaking gently and soothingly to him. When everyone was set Youji shook his shoulder and took his hand. Still holding on tightly to his son he closed his eyes and listened to Brad's instructions.
"Now, hold on tightly to him, so when the power between us passes to him it will drive the spirit out. Just concentrate, remember how powerful you alone are, and then know how powerful we all are, together. We are stronger than any force when put together."
Omi opened his eyes slightly when he felt JT struggling. No, correction, it wasn't JT struggling, it was Masafumi, he didn't like the idea of being driven out of his 'home'. Taking a harsher hold he dug his nails into the boy's skin, making him bleed a bit.
"The power we have is unbreakable, when it passes into him he will be cleansed, he will be free. Concentrate on freeing him, drive out the evil spirit!"
A sudden cold wind blew from out of nowhere, extinguishing the few candles that were lit. Now it was only them, the darkness, and JT's strange cries that sounded more like a strangled bear. The temperature fell even more, the 'wind' blowing even harsher. Soon a loud howl joined the wind, startling even the bravest of them all. Then, in a split instant, all of their accumulated power was released, going through each one of them until it met JT, where it was intended to go.
The boy shrieked loudly, arching his back against the restraints. The power was inside him, surging through his veins. He could feel it go through every crevice of his body, purging it of evil, cleaning him in a sense. Then, his eyes widened, turning brighter than before, changing almost to light green. The power jolt worked; coming from his mouth, just like a breath of air, a misty blue orb left his body, the same orb that had entered him so long ago.
Just as suddenly as it had came the wind disappeared and the orb made a shrieking sound, escaping through the opened window. Ken immediately shut it, wiping sweat from his brow.
Omi instantly threw himself onto his son, asking him questions he knew would not be answered. The child looked so out of it, he doubted he was even conscious. He undid the restraints, positive any danger was gone.
"JT! JT, can you hear me?! Are you all right?! JT, speak to me!"
Turning his head slightly the teen squinted, as if he had a headache. He tried to flip over, only to convulse. Burying his head into the pillow he mumbled to his father.
"Thanks, dad."
And he fell asleep.
~TBC
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Yay! A longer chapter. Okay, first off, if anyone likes sailor moon, I didn't mean to bash it, I used to watch it, but I'm sure it would be something Schuldig would make fun of. And, heh, I went back and read all of the reviews to 'Running...' and the chapters. Man, I didn't know I wrote that good. It isn't great but I think its pretty good. Any ways, next chapter, what does JT think of everything that happened while he was 'asleep' and how's he going to react to hearing what he had been doing? Till next time!
A/N: Okay! Omi and Youji are going to be a pair now, just 'cause I like them. But don't worry, for those who don't like the couple or aren't into yaoi I'll keep it at a lighter level. Trying to please everyone here so for mega yaoi fans, sorry, maybe after this I'll write one, 'kay? Okay, well, here goes!
Chapter 3: He's back.
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Omi sighed, looking at the boy on the floor, playing with the four stuffed cats. He sat on the small bed, watching him, waiting for hours for the nurse to leave the hall. She was rather persistent in her watch. He had plans to simply go in, wait a few minutes then whisk the boy away right out the front door. Now he had been there for three hours and now had to go out the back. Luckily, he had put gum on the door so that it wouldn't close all the way, so when he left he wouldn't alert anyone. It would be awhile before anyone noticed that JT was gone.
Finally a voice came over the PA system and called the nurse, Julie, away from her post. Springing up instantly Omi grabbed the boy's hand, though he started to struggle immediately.
"No, JT! Come on, we have to go!"
The boy wiggled his hand from his father's grip then scooped the toys up in his arms. Omi growled at the sheer stupidity of it all, but the child wasn't right in the head right now so he would let it slip.
Taking two of the animals himself he took the boy's hand again, then pushed the door open with his shoulder. Looking around quickly he pulled the boy along, dodging people and hiding in the smallest of places. Finally they reached the back and, thankfully, they made it out without an alarm or being spotted.
"Thank god no one was in the staff room." Omi thought numbly, running towards the small car.
He quickly put JT in the back, buckling him up, then jumped into the front and started the car. Speeding away he thought momentarily that he had done something wrong. But, taking one look back at the boy playing with his cats, he saw that he had done the right thing. No matter if he tried to harm him again, no child deserved what he had been put through.
Smiling, he cruised the highway, thinking of how perfect their lives would be again, ignoring any sense of better judgment or foreboding.
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Ken put the receiver down, his face paling. The other six looked at him with slight alarm.
"What is it?" Aya questioned.
"I-its JT." He stated simply. "He's missing. The last thing the ward remembered was that Omi was there with him, then they were both gone."
A groan escaped them all, knowing all too well what had most likely happened. As if on cue Omi then walked through the door and, so they saw, so did JT. The small blonde was trailing behind his father, grasping his hand like it was the holy grail.
Youji took one look at the kid then groaned loudly. "Omi, I can't believe you actually did it..."
"Well, believe it. And I don't want any of you to say anything. He isn't leaving and I'm not going to give up, so back the hell off."
An understandment was reached upon seeing the look on the father's face. It wasn't twisted with hate or anger, but utter fright and sympathy. Omi wasn't doing this for his own sake, it was all for his child he wanted to protect.
"Fine." Aya said. "But you had better hope somehow we get him out of the trance he's in. And if he even raises a single finger in harm we're putting him some place where you'll never find him again."
The threat cut deep but the blonde nodded. If JT were incurable than another attack would prove it.
"Okay, he's probably hungry, make something to eat, Ken. I'll give him a bath later. For now can someone watch him while I take a shower?"
The others glanced around then nodded. Nagi knelt by the boy and looked at the cats. JT was looking at them intently like he thought they would do something if he watched them long enough. Smiling, he used his powers to make the cats float and play. JT smiled broadly, looking amazed up at the cats.
Omi smiled lightly, then trotted up the stairs towards the bathroom. Throwing the lights on he started running the water and stripped. Halfway off with his shorts he noticed someone in there with him.
"Ah! Youji! What are you doing?!"
The playboy smiled lopsided. "Just checking to see if you have brain damage, is all."
The smaller blonde glared. "I'm fine, you just make sure JT doesn't get hurt."
"He's fine, Nagi and the others are playing with him and Ken's making stew for dinner."
Shaking his head Omi continued to undress, not caring whether or not the other saw. Grabbing a towel he put it on the floor beside the shower stall and looked back to his friend.
"If you have your best intentions in mind, I thank you, but if you're just trying to get rid of an obstacle you're going to lose."
Youji was taken aback. Fuming he slammed the door shut and took a harsh hold of the younger.
"You don't think this bothers me too?! He's like a son to me too, you know! I just don't want you to be blinded so much that you end up hurting yourself! Did you even think when you grabbed him?!"
Sighing, Omi gave Youji a look of coy intentions. "I thought. I just want him around again. I know we can get him better, we just need to be positive. Now, let me go so I can take my shower, go watch him, will you?"
The older blonde let go and grumbled. "Great, now you act like I'm his father."
As he opened the door Omi pushed him out, roughly. Before he shut the door he grinned and said,
"You are, nearly, we all are. So do your part and make sure he doesn't kill himself."
And with that the door shut and locked and the running water was all that was heard.
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"JT, eat."
The boy looked up at the command. Ken was sitting next to him with a sandwich and a bowl of soup set on a nearby table. The child took one look at the offered food, turned his nose up at it then proceeded to go back to playing.
The brown hair assassin growled. Right before he could grab the boy by the hair his hand was intercepted by Youji's. He looked at him oddly and relaxed.
"Calm down, Ken. He'll eat when he's hungry. When Omi comes back he'll make him eat. Just let it go."
"Fine, but if the kid goes on a rampage later because he wasn't fed and whatnot its your fault."
"Whatever."
Though they thought the boy was totally oblivious to the world, they were wrong. Turning his large aqua eyes towards them he grinned evilly. He shut his eyes and held them for a moment, then let them drift back open, a dangerous glint flashing before them.
"Mamoru...I'll find him."
The room turned cold. Even Farfarello looked at the child like he was insane. The grin then disappeared and the once bright aqua color returned to the child's eyes. He looked at his uncles and protectors oddly, then chirped happily and went back to playing with the toy cats.
"Something very wrong is going on." Ken muttered.
"You can say that again, we had better fix what ever is wrong with him, quick, before any of these visions come true."
Everyone turned to gaze at Brad frightened.
"What do you mean?" Aya asked harshly.
"Well," The precog began. "Who ever is inside him is planning on killing us all. What better way to do it than take the body of a seemingly harmless boy and make him do their bidding?"
Nagi frowned. "Masafumi doesn't give up, does he? He want's something, and he won't stop until he gets it. Is there anyway that we could possibly drive him out?"
"Can't we exercise him?" Youji asked.
The question seemed dumb, but before anyone could scold him it sparked an interest. It could work...they had nothing to lose, didn't they? There were no other plans.
"Don't we need a priest for that?" Schuldig asked, making Farfarello cringe.
"Yeah, we do, but who cares, he needs help! Let's do it!"
Ken received odd looks, but that didn't put asunder his spirits. They decided to discuss it thoroughly through, ignoring the child, which wasn't too great since he wandered off, up the stairs, after his father.
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Omi stepped out of the shower, refreshed. Grabbing a towel he dried himself off and redressed. When he unlocked and opened the bathroom door he was slightly surprised to see JT sitting before him, waiting for him it seemed.
"JT, what are you doing up here? You should be downstairs, eating or playing. Come on."
Taking the boy's hand gently he pulled him to his feet and walked him down the stairs. When they arrived he saw that all seven were huddled, deep in conversation. He grumbled to himself then stormed over to him. Leaning down into the group he shouted near Youji's ear.
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING?! WHY WAS JT WAITING OUTSIDE THE DOOR FOR ME?! IF YOU'RE SO WORRIED ABOUT ME THAN WATCH HIM!!!"
The whole bunch sprung up instantly. They looked oddly at one another than at the angry father holding his child's hand.
"What do you mean he was waiting outside the door for you?"
Omi glared blue daggers at his brown hair companion. "I mean, when I opened the bathroom door he was sitting on the ground, waiting for me to come out. Geez, if you think he's going to kill me shouldn't you keep a better watch on him?"
Everyone shifted guiltily. Finally Brad spoke up.
"Never mind that, we're going to have an exorcism. You're brother needs to get out of your son before he kills us all, like he plans to do."
Omi jumped slightly.
"O-okay, and how do you intend on doing this?"
"Well..."
No one answered. They had no idea what was going to happen. Priests didn't do exorcisms anymore, and would the power of god work on someone who didn't believe anyway? No, what they needed was one hell of a powerful jolt to push the spirit out, which was just what Nagi had though of.
"We don't need a priest, what we need is power. You remember what happened to get us into this mess. Our combined powers opened a door between the spirit world and this world. If we can do that, don't you think we have enough power to shut that door, or push the spirit out? We just need to plan it out."
Farfarello looked relieved. "No priests thank-" He stopped. Thanking God just didn't seem appropriate, so he stopped.
"So, what do we do?" The father asked.
"I guess...we tie the kid down, form a circle and try to concentrate all of out energy."
Schuldig looked at the youngest Schwarz member. "That sounds like some stupid sailor moon shit."
The youth looked at him angry. "Who cares, you got a better plan?!"
The obvious answer was no, so the conversation ended at that. Omi looked at them all, unsure of exactly what to think. Nodding his head slowly he pat JT's hand and asked what had to be done.
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JT whimpered loudly, he didn't like being tied to his bed while everyone stood around him. Omi stood close, holding his hand, speaking gently and soothingly to him. When everyone was set Youji shook his shoulder and took his hand. Still holding on tightly to his son he closed his eyes and listened to Brad's instructions.
"Now, hold on tightly to him, so when the power between us passes to him it will drive the spirit out. Just concentrate, remember how powerful you alone are, and then know how powerful we all are, together. We are stronger than any force when put together."
Omi opened his eyes slightly when he felt JT struggling. No, correction, it wasn't JT struggling, it was Masafumi, he didn't like the idea of being driven out of his 'home'. Taking a harsher hold he dug his nails into the boy's skin, making him bleed a bit.
"The power we have is unbreakable, when it passes into him he will be cleansed, he will be free. Concentrate on freeing him, drive out the evil spirit!"
A sudden cold wind blew from out of nowhere, extinguishing the few candles that were lit. Now it was only them, the darkness, and JT's strange cries that sounded more like a strangled bear. The temperature fell even more, the 'wind' blowing even harsher. Soon a loud howl joined the wind, startling even the bravest of them all. Then, in a split instant, all of their accumulated power was released, going through each one of them until it met JT, where it was intended to go.
The boy shrieked loudly, arching his back against the restraints. The power was inside him, surging through his veins. He could feel it go through every crevice of his body, purging it of evil, cleaning him in a sense. Then, his eyes widened, turning brighter than before, changing almost to light green. The power jolt worked; coming from his mouth, just like a breath of air, a misty blue orb left his body, the same orb that had entered him so long ago.
Just as suddenly as it had came the wind disappeared and the orb made a shrieking sound, escaping through the opened window. Ken immediately shut it, wiping sweat from his brow.
Omi instantly threw himself onto his son, asking him questions he knew would not be answered. The child looked so out of it, he doubted he was even conscious. He undid the restraints, positive any danger was gone.
"JT! JT, can you hear me?! Are you all right?! JT, speak to me!"
Turning his head slightly the teen squinted, as if he had a headache. He tried to flip over, only to convulse. Burying his head into the pillow he mumbled to his father.
"Thanks, dad."
And he fell asleep.
~TBC
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Yay! A longer chapter. Okay, first off, if anyone likes sailor moon, I didn't mean to bash it, I used to watch it, but I'm sure it would be something Schuldig would make fun of. And, heh, I went back and read all of the reviews to 'Running...' and the chapters. Man, I didn't know I wrote that good. It isn't great but I think its pretty good. Any ways, next chapter, what does JT think of everything that happened while he was 'asleep' and how's he going to react to hearing what he had been doing? Till next time!