The Dog And The Cat
By: Sissy
Chapter 17: Keep the kitty sound and safe
Muraki had managed to get rid of Tatsumi's shadows with one of his tricks. But not without a cost.
Tatsumi had managed, without Muraki noticing, to leave Muraki's body shattered and bruised.
"Damn you!" Muraki cursed and ran off.
"Tatsumi he's getting away!" Tsuzuki yelled and tried to run after him but found that he couldn't move his body, "Tatsumi?"
"I'm sorry Tsuzuki-san. I'll look for Muraki while you contemplate on the future." Tatsumi turned his back to Tsuzuki.
"What? Do you mean?" Tsuzuki asked, confused.
"Kurosaki-san's memories will be erased. I suggest you start getting use to the fact you two can never see each other again." Tatsumi excused himself and left quickly.
"E…ra…sed…? Hisoka's memories?" Tsuzuki was shocked and didn't know what he had to say.
Tsuzuki looked at Hisoka, who just stood on the floor, still motionless.
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"Watari-san!!!" Watari stopped to see two of his colleagues running towards him.
"Wakaba-chan! Terazuma!" Watari yelled and ran towards them, careful of the patient in his hands, "What are you two doing here?"
"Konoe-san told us everything." Wakaba answered when they were close to each other, "Are these two the hostages?" Wakaba asked, looking at Hijiri and Tsubaki.
"Yeah. Did Konoe send in you two to help?" Watari asked and Wakaba nodded.
"We brought a van with medical supplies. You should tend to their wounds." Terazuma told Watari, pointing to a black van behind them.
"Alright. Let's go." Watari left with them to the van.
When they opened the back of the van they saw two floating birds.
"Goushoshin! You two as well?" Watari asked and the twins nodded, "Good. Then help me out here." Watari laid Tsubaki on a bed inside the van and they started treating her wounds.
Hijiri was helped inside by Wakaba, who tended to his wounds very calmly. Terazuma stayed outside watching the building for any actions. He silently noted a figure entering the window of the top floor, but said nothing.
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Oriya contemplated on his life as he waited for Muraki to show up.
After all their years of friendship, he was the one who knew Muraki the best. So he knew that if Muraki were to fail, he would quickly come to Oriya to cook up another stupid plan.
"You might as well hurry up Muraki. 'Cause this time… I'm not waiting forever…" Oriya muttered to himself.
And as if he had actually heard him, Muraki appeared from the broken window. He looked around and saw Oriya, who was smiling at him as if nothing was wrong with his body.
"Oriya, you…" Muraki was speechless when he saw the wounds on Oriya.
"Oh, this?" Oriya smiled, pointing at himself, "I lost to the vampire. Nothing more." He gave Muraki such an empty smile, that to a normal person, it would have hurt as hell.
"Oriya, we must get out of here. I'll get reinforcements. We'll kill the shinigami and the vampire." Muraki kneeled next to Oriya, looking as if he would break down and cry.
"Kazutaka." Oriya said, putting one hand on Muraki's cheek, "Maybe its time you give up." What Oriya said shocked Muraki, "I decided for myself that after this I would just go back to my normal business. Won't you please come with me and forget about all of this?"
"No." Muraki said it so sharply that it hurt Oriya, making him let go of Muraki, "I can't believe you! You're deserting me after all these years?!" he yelled, standing up.
"You're wrong Muraki. I haven't desert you before, but I will if you don't stop this madness!" Oriya yelled loudly, standing up as well but failed miserably and fell back down.
"Looks like you won't be deserting anyone anytime soon, eh?" Muraki eyed him, smirking as he did so.
"Kazutaka, what are you planning on doing?" Oriya asked, nervous for his friend's and his own safety.
"Don't worry Oriya. As soon as I kill the shinigami, you will never have to worry about a thing again." He smirked and was about to leave but heard someone enter the room from the window as well.
"I suggest you stop running away. Because I'm here to make sure you don't escape again." Tatsumi eyed him, and giving the doctor a cold stare.
"You are now?" Muraki laughed, "Because I don't plan to go along with you like a nice boy."
"If you haven't noticed, you are in a horrible state. How do you plan on fighting me?" Tatsumi calmly asked.
Muraki didn't answer. He just began to fight.
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"Hisoka! Hisoka! Hisoka!!!" Tsuzuki kept calling the shonen's name over and over again, hoping he would answer him.
"…" Hisoka still didn't answer and was still motionless.
"HISOKA!!!!" Tsuzuki continued to scream but there was no response.
Tsuzuki felt hopeless and started to cry.
"…" Hisoka slowly opened his eyes and cautiously looked at Tsuzuki, "Tsu…zu…ki…?" he called and Tsuzuki quickly looked at Hisoka.
"Hisoka?!" Tsuzuki was surprised and glad.
"Sh… Shut…up…baka… My head hurts…from all your…screaming…" Hisoka said slowly, as if he were in great pain.
"Hisoka? What's wrong?" Tsuzuki asked, worried about the boy.
"'What's wrong?'? Hell, that's what I want to know…" Hisoka fell on his back to the floor and began to think, 'I feel… like I'm starting to forget things… I feel... like, as if… as soon as I forget… I won't have anything anymore…' and he began to cry.
"Hisoka? Are you alright?" Tsuzuki asked, worried the boy might be asleep.
"Tsuzuki?" Hisoka called softly.
"What is it?" Tsuzuki asked, glad the boy was still awake.
"What's this feeling?" Hisoka asked.
"Feeling?" Tsuzuki said confused.
"It's like I'm forgetting everything that's happened since I met you…" Hisoka said calmly, staring at the sky, "Why is that?"
Tsuzuki gasped remembering what Tatsumi had said.
"Kurosaki-san's memories will be erased. I suggest you start getting use to the fact you two can never see each other again."
"Damn it!" Tsuzuki cursed out loud, 'If that goes on, Hisoka will end up forgetting everything!'
"Every…thing…?" Hisoka asked and Tsuzuki cursed himself for letting Hisoka know that.
"…" Tsuzuki tried to say something but couldn't.
Hisoka gave a weak laugh. He found it funny. He'd been trying to somewhat forget all that happened with Muraki, but didn't want to forget Tsuzuki.
He didn't know why he didn't want to forget the idiot. He just didn't.
And it was funny. He was scared to death to forget about Tsuzuki. He felt like hugging the idiot. But, he didn't have the strength for it.
"I'm sorry Hisoka. It's all my fault." Tsuzuki apologized, even though he shouldn't.
"Don't apologize, baka. It's no one's fault except my own." Hisoka gave a small smirk.
"But!" Tsuzuki tried to say something again, but couldn't.
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Tatsumi didn't expect for Muraki to have so much energy.
The man kept fighting like a madman loose. And it was obvious that Muraki had no intention, or will for that matter, to lose.
"It seems I may have underestimated you." Tatsumi said, giving of a small smile.
"I believe you have. And I'm taking it as an insult." Muraki smirk, managing to hit Tatsumi and crashing him to a wall.
"You'll pay dearly for that." Tatsumi told him, while glaring at the noticeable exhausted doctor.
"Oh, really? I have yet to see you make me pay up." Muraki said the one thing you don't say to a nearly pissed off accountant.
Muraki didn't see it coming.
Actually, he never saw it at all.
He only remembered the blackness afterwards and a few voices.
"What did you do to him?" he knew that was Oriya.
"He pissed me off. He got what he deserved." he heard the shadow master talk.
"Shit! Tatsumi, I think you went a little too far." he didn't recognize this new voice.
"A little?! Seii, what were you thinking?!" he didn't recognize this other new voice as well.
"Shut up and tend to Oriya-dono's wounds Watari." the shadow master told the new comer.
Sissy: oh shut up. I use the computer every other day (changing with my sis) and last time I used it, my sis got me hooked up to Deviant art and I'm in the process of putting some drawings up.
Aoi: if you guys want, you can see them.
Amy: there are some KH fanart.
Sissy: Come see my horrible art! The user name is Kiki-shinigami. Try and find me =3
Kody: don't encourage them.
Sissy: On with the replies!
neko-ayame-san; I think out of everyone's, I like your review the best. So simple. (coughcough) Unlike mine. (hides away in a box)
Kody: Sissy get back here!
Aoi: I thought she hid in a box…
Amy: don't worry; you're not going crazy. (pets Aoi)
Aoi: Please review! We love to here from the fans!
Ryu: Power to the people!
Amy: don't encourage them.