Disclaimer: Any Yami no Matsuei character and the anime or manga itself doesn't belong to me.
Warnings or notes: Shonen-ai (Tsuzuki x Hisoka), death (very minor, and it is NOT Tsuzuki XP), OOC-ness, grammar or other errors, het pairing (very minor Tatsumi x OC).
To all the reviewers, don't worry! Tsuzuki won't die! XD I won't let him die…He is too sweet to die! ::laughs:: And of course I can't let Tatsumi being a cruel killer…Hahaha.
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Part 5-For you, my love
From the house, Hisoka could not hear what those two were talking about. He could only hear that the vampire hunter's name was Tatsumi and Tsuzuki was asking him a favor. The rest, he couldn't hear any. Hisoka had a bad feeling for this. Very bad feeling.
"Something is not right…I have to stop them before it is too late," he murmured as he jumped through the window to get near them. Tatsumi was about to send his shadows to kill Tsuzuki, who was standing there with eyes closed, when Hisoka ran towards them.
"NO!!" he stood in front of the half-vampire with his arms wide. Fortunately, the shadows stopped in time, just enough distance not to hurt the youth.
"He must be eliminated for everyone's sake. So please move aside, sir," Tatsumi said, eyes pitying for a second. No one could ever be fast enough to catch his look for that moment. His sapphire eyes quickly showed no emotion after that second, except determination.
Tsuzuki's hands began to tremble again. In panic, he asked Hisoka to leave there immediately. "Hisoka, leave here…before 'he' comes!"
Tatsumi was on cautious mode at once. He would have to push Hisoka aside if Tsuzuki really lose control. Before the history could happen again. Before the very same thing could happen again in front of his eyes. To both of their surprises, Hisoka cut his left wrist with a sharp stone and gently pressed Tsuzuki's mouth on it.
"The vampire in his blood won't be able to subside any longer! He would lose control and will suck out all your blood!" Tatsumi said in an alarming voice as Tsuzuki tried to push away Hisoka's wrist and at the same trying to get his way on it.
"…I don't mind dying…I know…if a half-vampire drinks all the blood of his beloved, he would be a human again…If Tsuzuki can be a human again…I don't mind doing anything," Hisoka replied, looking calmly at Tsuzuki and smiled. "He is the one who saved me…the one who ever cares…"
"No…urgh…Hisoka…run…urgh…stop it…," Tsuzuki shut his eyes tightly as he tried hard not to jump on the boy. 'I won't want to hurt Hisoka…No way!'
Tatsumi was taken aback by those words. Those words were similar. He once heard it. Once, but it was enough. Painfully more than enough.
::::Flashbacks::::
"Seiichiro…if you have a chance to live on a normal life like a human, I don't mind sacrificing myself for you…Because I love you…," a woman said, pressing Tatsumi's mouth near her neck. The already-lost control man bit her neck and sucked the blood hungrily.
"I'm happy to know I'm the one you love, Seiichiro…"
After a while, her body became limp and cold as blood was taken out from her. At last, she gave a small smile and closed her eyes. She was dead. Next, Tatsumi's screams were echoing through the forest. It was him, it was the other 'him' that she was dead.
It was him who killed her. It was because he was weak. It was because he was not strong enough. She, the only one he cared, had left him. He swore, none of these would ever happened again to anyone. That was then he chose to become a vampire hunter.
"I promise you…no one is going to have to experience the same pain as this…No one is going to have to go through this path…," tears fell off profusely from his usually calm face as he vowed to keep the promise as long as he would live.
::::End of flashback::::
"Do you know he won't want to live any longer if you die for him?!" Tatsumi asked, unable to control his calmness any longer. "He won't want to be a human if you are no longer by his side!"
Hisoka smiled a little then. "Then…it's the same. I won't want to live if he going to die too…"
Tsuzuki still tried to stop himself. Yet, up to one point, he was unable to control himself any longer and he grabbed Hisoka's bleeding wrist to suck his blood. Hisoka smiled at him gently.
Tatsumi was stunned for a while. He couldn't let anyone to face the same fate he did. Yet, if he killed Tsuzuki, Hisoka would surely want to die too. In the end, it was the same. No matter which choice, one of them had to go through the pain of losing someone important to them.
Tatsumi could only stared at them. Now Tsuzuki was looking at Hisoka's neck hungrily. A sign he would bite on Hisoka's neck. Before Tatsumi could stop him, Hisoka was bitten by the hungry looking Tsuzuki. The young boy was trying to endure the pain of being bitten and was trying to stand although he was getting weaker.
"Mr. Tatsumi…I understand your…pain…but I'm sure…she wanted you to live happily…as a human…," Hisoka said in a weak voice, almost a whisper.
Tatsumi didn't have the time to feel surprised by the fact Hisoka knew his past. He was feeling angry for being weak again, and feeling useless for being unable to make a decision. In the end, he let it happened, in front of his eyes.
Hisoka's hands wrapped around Tsuzuki's waist for support. He was getting weaker and colder from the blood lost. Meanwhile Tsuzuki was enjoying his 'food'.
"Live…for…her…happi…ly…Mr…Tatsu…mi……," the boy said as he fell down on the floor. His skin was so pale that he looked almost like the dead. This time, Tatsumi completely lost his sanity and attacked Tsuzuki using his fists.
"Return to yourself!! Do you want to have regrets?! If no, then come to your senses!!"
Amazingly Tsuzuki let himself to be punched by the man. After a few punches, Tsuzuki was sitting on the floor while Tatsumi was still standing on the ground and panting.
"Hi…so…ka? Hisoka!?" By that moment, Tatsumi knew, Tsuzuki was back to himself again, his human self.
Tsuzuki ran towards the place where Hisoka's body lied. He quickly lifted up Hisoka. "Hisoka!!!" He was so light and his body was so cold, as cold as ice.
"Tsuzuki…," Hisoka smiled weakly when he was lifted by Tsuzuki. Tatsumi could only kneeling on the ground with his head down, trying very hard not to cry over his own past and cursed himself for being so useless.
"What did I do…? I…I…," tears fell down from Tsuzuki's eyes and dripped on Hisoka's pretty face. His left hand was on the beautiful boy's waist, supporting his weight and the other was on his left cheek.
Hisoka's right hand reached Tsuzuki's face. "You didn't…do anything…I'm willing…to do this…Tsuzuki…," Hisoka replied hardly, as he tried to smile weakly.
"How could you…How…," the amethyst-eyed man was not capable to say anything further. He just hugged the dying boy tightly. Tears were falling down profusely from his inhuman amethyst eyes.
"Tsuzuki…tell me…what am…I to…you?" the dying boy asked, ignoring Tsuzuki's question earlier and asked.
"You…you are the most important person to me and I hurt you! I hurt you Hisoka!!" Tsuzuki moaned. He was still hugging the boy tightly, as if the youth would vanish in front of him right now.
When he heard the answer, Hisoka gave Tsuzuki the sweetest smile he could ever see. "Then…I was right…" It was then his emerald eyes closed slowly. Hisoka's hand, which it was gently cupping Tsuzuki's face dropped lifelessly to the ground…
"Hisoka!!!"
::::Cliff hanger again XP ::::
Author's note: Okay, I admit I am evil after all…Hahahahaha. To those who want to know Hisoka will live or die, I can only give you a hint for now. If you read my author notes in the other chapters, you will know his fate. :P
Oh man, I'm happy to receive such reviews from the readers in the past chapters. I never thought people would actually like this story…::sweatdrops:: Low on self-confidence eh. Nevertheless, I owe you all for those nice encouraging reviews! Thanks again! I still want to know though. What do you think of this story?
And about Tatsumi's beloved, it is none other than someone I created. Her role is just that, without a name and all. ::sweatdrops:: Well, I just can't think of a Yami no Matsuei character to be his beloved. Plus, it is too cruel that this role is destined to die… :P A very minor role, so I guess someone without a name will do just fine. :D