The Fluffy List by Shinzona and Purple Cloud
Disclaimer: (slam!) We STILL do not own X1999!
Chapter 2: at the bus stop
After what occurred at the gate, Subaru and Kamui left the unsafe premises Clamp Campus is famous for, and are currently heading for the bus stop.
Our two bisshies have stared a long time at Sorata's writings, a well-enumerated list with a methodical description of future events typed down on a high-quality white sheet of paper.
Looks like the monk truly cares about Kamui's well-being especially when he isn't around to keep an eye on his protégé.
"So, Subaru-san, a-are you alright with what Sorata's asking you to do?"
"I suppose so. He has put a lot of time and effort to come up with this kind of elaborated list."
"Yes, I think Sorata-san, of all people, knows a bit how I would like to spend my time."
"I guess so."
"He's very good at this. Since I've met him, he's been very protective over me...in fact, a bit like you, Subaru-san."
"Really?"
"Yes, you two just have different sorts of approaches about this kind of stuff. Like, you know... you're more reserved and he's like, you know, more expressive when it comes down to social matters. Sorata tries to make me open up to the outside world and interact with its people."
"I see, thanks, but I'm not very good at social happenings. To tell you the truth, I don't go out quite often, actually I mostly don't. And when I do, which is very rare, I tend to go by myself."
"But, Subaru-san, does that mean...that I am...an inconvenience for you right now?"
"Kamui! No, that's not what I meant! Please, don't take it personally."
"Then how should I take it? You're obviously putting up with a chore Sorata has set you up with, namely to baby-sit me during the entire afternoon, taking almost all of your time. I must be a huge burden..."
"Kamui?! Where did that came from? You know you're not a burden to me. Far from it."
Kamui responded shyly to Subaru's soothing smile.
"Do you? I mean, don't you get lonely?"
A/N: at this rate, I don't think they'll ever get on the bus, they're still stuck at the gate!
But have faith in them! They're gonna make it!
"Do...you, Subaru-san?"
"...sometimes...but it doesn't bother me. It's better for me that way, I wouldn't imagine my life other than the one I'm living in."
"That's nice."
"What is?"
"The way you're coping after the trauma you had to face when you were about my age, the one you showed me while you were trying to save me because I too fell into a heartbroken betrayal."
"It's the only way, you know. You need to have the will to live further on. Mostly, to honour the past loved ones."
Those words make Subaru and Kamui fall into the bittersweet memories they both harbour of their long lost loved ones, Hokuto Sumeragi and Kotori Monou.
Hearing Subaru however, gives Kamui hope for the future.
Hope to live further on for his sweet Kotori, and for her dear brother, Fuuma.
"That's so lovely Subaru, and yes, everyday I try to find the strength to move further on and..."
Kamui's enthusiasm vanished in the blink of an eye when he left the corner of the street and saw at his left a glittery red dot appear at full speed.
The vehicle, a red two-deck bus, the one you find circulating in London City, England, U.K., was coming at full speed!
Subaru rapidly understood his fellow seal's change of demeanour and instinctively directed his eyes with a 180 degrees spin on his right to catch a glimpse of the next bus stop.
He narrowed his eyes to have a better estimation of the distance gap between Kamui and him and the bus stop.
The revelations struck like brutal lightning in a silent night.
"Masaka!"
"Subaru-san? W-what shall we do!"
Without dropping his gaze from the iron insignia of the bus stop, Subaru grasped the younger's shoulder.
Kamui only stared mouth wide open and didn't know what to think any more...
"Kamui...I think I'll have to ask you to trust me on this one."
Kamui's mind wandered back and forth like a madman's, between the top speeding London Bus, the motionless mocking they-won't-make-it-in-time insignia, Subaru's iron gaze and...
"Subaru-san, I..."
Subaru-san's persisting hand on his shoulder...
"Quickly, Kamui! No time to think! Let's go!"
A/N: indeed, no time to think, Kamui!
And on the omnyouji's mark, the pair starts to run as if they had 'something' on their heels, and with that 'something', let's imagine, merely hypothetical:
The 2 most powerful, deadly sexy, life-threatening, sadistic bastards with some sharp and nasty tools growing out of their pockets, named the Sakurazukamori and Dark Kamui, a.k.a. Seishiro Sakurazuka and Fuuma Monou, who are indeed important characters as they are the reason of the torment in our two bisshies's lives who are currently trying to catch a bright red London Bus leaving a big storm of dust behind them.
A/N: try to say that with one breath!
As Subaru and Kamui are running at top speed confident to reach their target, Murphy's law has to strike... again!
Kamui trips over a wicked stone and double flips landing on the ground.
"Oouuuch!"
Subaru's sprint abruptly breaks down in velocity at the sight of a defeated Kamui aching in pain with his knees up to his chest.
"Kamui!"
... is the only word Subaru shouts as he adjusts his route and runs in the opposite direction of the bus stop to get near Kamui.
"Kamui, are you alright? Can you get up?"
"I'll...try..."
After an attempt to get back into the competition by standing on his both injured legs...
"I... I can't... Subaru-san! It... hurts too much! Aaargh!"
"Hold on Kamui! Let me help you! Where does it hurt?"
"Argh! I don't know!... I... my bandages!"
Without hesitation, Subaru torns a piece of his shirt, ready to bandage Kamui's bleeding scratch on his left knee.
"No, wait Subaru-san! Don't sacrifice your shirt... for me! I know it's you favourite! We'll both regret this later ..."
"But Kamui, if I don't this, there won't be a later! If I don't act soon, we'll..."
"Don't worry about me. Just go! Go, Subaru! Go without me!"
"Never! We will do this together. Where you go, I'll go..."
"Oh Subaru..."
Kamui looks at Subaru who is growing in confidence second by second leaving a warm feeling in Kamui's heart.
"... b-but if you want to do it right, use my bandage, not yours!"
Kamui snatches the bandage wrapped around his forearm.
Subaru only watches with sorrow eyes as the young Seal tends him the bandage.
"It's all right. My forearm has already healed since... then."
"Kamui... "
While wrapping the bandage around Kamui's injured knee, Subaru never leaves Kamui's gaze trying firmly not to cause any additional damage and to pick up any change in his fellow seal's behaviour.
"Subaru..."
"There...that should do it. Ready?"
"I'm ready!"
"Are you sure? ..."
Kamui nods fiercely. Subaru lifts himself on one knee, tending his hand, palm down, to Kamui.
"Then... let's do this!"
As soon as Subaru feels Kamui's hand in his, he delicately pulls him near.
Standing inches apart, they simultaneously watch the London Bus, then each other, guessing each others thoughts.
With this said, they both regain confidence and pick up where they left their race against all odds.
And they run like they've never run before...
A/N: and we're both crying like babies now! Uaaaah!
... but never quite enough as the vivid scarlet Bus dashes before their teary eyes. Teary from dust and despair.
The malevolent insignia just mwahahaha-ed looking at the two disappointed bisshies standing just under him.
"Mwahahaha!"
... says the malevolent insignia (a.k.a the bus stop-sign).
They watch the back of the triumphant London Bus getting smaller and smaller by the second, before it completely vanishes from their sight, leaving a blurry after vision behind a cloud of dust...
"Subaru-san...I..."
"...don't Kamui...don't."
"But I..."
"Kamui..."
"But really... it's..."
"... don't... don't cry me a river, girl"
"Girl?... Subaru-san?"
"Neh, Kamui? Oh, that. I was just humming. And yes, we missed the Bus... "
"I'm so sorry Subaru-san! If it wasn't for my..."
"No, Kamui. No point digging up the past. We must face the future by taking further action! "
"Y-yes Subaru-san! What are you proposing?"
"I have a brilliant plan only a clan head onmyouji can come up with!"
Subaru turns around and bows in front of the pole supporting the malevolent insignia, just enough for his gaze to be at the same level of the time-table of Bus.
With slightly narrowed eyes he begins to scrutinize the time the next Bus is meaning to drive by...
"But I thought the clan head's prime devotion was to chase after the Sakurazukamori a.k.a. Seishiro Sakurazuka a.k.a. the one you lived with for a year who betrayed you in the end making you look like a complete fool attached to that damn sakura tree and who killed your sister causing the poor yumemi called Kakyo Kuzuki to comatose for eternity who couldn't even stand on his feet prior to that but now has to ask Fuuma Monou a.k.a. Dark Kamui, my twin star, to kill him and who..."
"Kamui! Stop right there!"
With an unseen fury in his eyes, the magician locks his gaze at a anxious Kamui.
The latter reflexively backs away from Subaru, with the certainty he has crossed the limits of his friendship with him.
"... I... I apologize if I put my foot into..."
"One hour and twenty-three minutes!!! ...that's how long we'll have to wait! Nooooaaa! We're never going to finish that list on time! Sorata-san, I failed you! Never trust me! Never... you understand, Kamui? Don't ever trust a guy like me!"
"But Subaru-s..."
Not knowing what to do anymore, Subaru falls to his knees in utter despair waving away every attempt Kamui is making to get through to him.
"Aargh no! Save it for someone who is worthy of you. The one who is special to you! Your wish... make it true, as I couldn't make mine true at the time... Kamui! For the sake of Huma—"
"But Subaru-san, look over there!"
Kamui points at the direction of the spot where they caught the London Bus' last glimpse some seconds ago.
Contrasting with the falling dust and the mud escaping from the static yet dynamic wheels, a man.
Just a man.
A man who stole all the X-male-character-cast's muscles.
A man whose muscles outstands Schwarzie's and Stallone's muscle-volumes united.
A man coming from the darkness of the deepest abysses of the underworld and Hellsing, having vanquished all demons and angels and wires attacking frail Kotori-likes.
You don't have to know his name (because you won't remember after all), just know that his name is ... Something... Kusanagi Something.
Placing his inhuman hands on the front of the oversized red Bus, stopping it dead spot on, the action hero applies full pressure making the tyres squeak like crazy and making them spin wildly around their axes on the same mark.
The rotation causes the sticky mud to splash all over the red varnish of the London Bus.
As Subaru and Kamui watch the surreal scene being played in front of their eyes, a discrete smoke appears from the London Bus' motor.
But the smoke grows and grows until a black fatty fume spreads across the air.
It's the engine fuming like hell!
How long can action army guy hold?!
"GEEAT IIIIN THE BUUUUS! IT'S YOOOAAA LOOOOAST CHAAAANSSS!"
A/N: translation: 'get in the Bus, it's your last chance'.
"What did he say?"
"Dunno.... Hey look! The shiny pole is reappearing again!"
"Shiny...? Right Kamui, take my hand and let's grasp that second chance fate has given us!!"
As they sprinted towards the Bus, Subaru got a firm hold with his one hand of the shiny pole putting one foot on the bus platform, dragging Kamui along with his other hand matching a perfect extension of his arm.
Nonetheless, the re-starting vivid red Bus causes them to lose balance and create a momentum that makes them spin three times around the pole defying gravitational laws.
Subaru falls harshly on his back dragging along a surprised Kamui and they both collapse entangled onto each other between two leather seats in the back row.
Between caught breaths, Subaru manages to speak out some reassuring words.
"Whoa!...are you alright...Kamui? Your knee?"
"I'm okay...I'm just shaken that's all...luckily, you broke my fall."
"Then I'm relieved, I truly thought we wouldn't make it."
"Tell me about it. Oh god...what a bumpy ride!"
"Indeed, Kamui! That was a close one... but we made it... together."
"And...on time as well! I wonder...if that was also on Sorata's list."
"I very much doubt it. Sorata didn't mention anything about spontaneous actions."
"No he didn't, did he...but...oh, I'm sorry! I must be heavy laying like that on you."
"Ah, don't worry about that detail, I'm too worn out to move or to feel a thing."
"...can I rest my head on your shoulder, Subaru-san?"
"I'd like that, Kamui."
Subaru gently pulls Kamui's head on his shoulder and plays with a lock of his raven hair as their agitated hearts slowly calm down after the tumult their bodies went through.
Back at the bus stop, a satisfied Kusanagi watches our two intrepid bisshies continue their journey with Yuzuriha by his side.
"You really are a nice guy, neeeeh Kusanagi-saaan!"
"I couldn't have done it without you, Yuzu-chan."
"Waaaaaa Kusanagi-san! That deserves an ice-cream!"
"It's my shout, Yuzu-chan! Let's go, I know a place I haven't took you yet."
"Waaaa! That's sooo kawaii!!! Hurry up, Inuki!"
As the fuming malevolent insignia found two new targets in Kusanagi and his damsel, it starts laughing like a boogie-man...again...and again...
"Mwahahahaha!!! MWAHAHAHA!!! "
...and again... until it choked from coughs.
To be continued... (the story of SxK, not KxY)
A/N: Okaaaay... the original title was "ON the Bus", but we never quite got to that part because of Kamui's damsel-in-distress-Syndrome (point finger at X12-13-14 14!!!).
Anyway, Kamui and Subaru are waiting for your reviews! They can't wait any longer!
They were very pleased with the ones they already received!!!
Next chapter: Subaru and Kamui are finally beginning to work on "the list".
Next stop: at the mall, shopping for clothes! Evil smile...
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!! Mwahahaha !!!
Beware of malevolent insignia's ...