Disclaimer: Nothing is mine expect the idea of this fanfiction and a very minor original character.
Warnings or notes: No pairing in this part, focus on Hisoka and Hijiri, death, tragedy, mild violence, OOC-ness, grammar and other errors, a bit confusion maybe.
This part alone is more than 2000 words! The longest chapter in this story! It is dedicated to all the readers for the support and reviews! I thank you with all my heart. I hope you all will like this chapter.
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::::: On to the fic :::::
Part 7-A promise
Dark…It seemed like only darkness was allowed there. He looked around and saw nothing but yes, darkness. The darkness surrounded him as if he was one of them. He realized then, he was floating. Floating?
"What…"
All of a sudden he was feeling so cold. Extremely cold, until he couldn't feel anything around him anymore, even himself. It was so hard to breathe after a few minutes. Then he was gasping for air. Later it became worse as his vision became blurry and wary.
"Huh…huh…huh…"
He was closing his emerald eyes slowly despite the fact his brain was telling him not to. He knew he was giving up. But he couldn't stop it. He couldn't stop this darkness, this coldness, this feeling…
"Hisoka…Hisoka…," by the time his eyes were fully closed, he heard a very familiar voice calling his own name softly. The suffering, the coldness, the weird feeling…were all gone except for the darkness. And he felt warmth. His emerald gem-like eyes opened to see whom the familiar voice belonged to. As expected, it belonged to a boy, aged around five and was looking at him like he was the smaller boy there. A light came from the boy, as if he was a guardian.
Without Hisoka's knowledge, he was actually laying on a solid ground that appeared from nowhere, formed by the darkness. When he noticed, the boy kindly gave him a smile while he took Hisoka's hands into his smaller ones. "Hisoka…it's nice to see you again…"
Hisoka's eyes widened, obviously he was surprised. "Hi…Hijiri?!"
The boy closed his eyes and his body began to grow taller and broader. Hisoka simply couldn't believe his eyes. When the boy turned into a youth similar to Hisoka's body size, he opened his eyes, revealing the identical emerald eyes. "Yes, I am, dear brother."
Hisoka looked at Hijiri's hands, whose hands were still holding his. Then he turned to stare at Hijiri's eyes. The fact that he would meet Hijiri here out in the darkness did not seem to bother him anymore. In fact, he found himself sent a flying tackle at the older youth in a loving way. "Hijiri!!! You…You are here! I…I…," tears began to swell up and they fell from his beautiful eyes.
Hijiri simply chuckled at his younger brother's action. Hisoka was still as naïve and as innocent as he was younger. It was the same Hisoka he knew. It was nice to see him again. Yet at the same time, it was not. "Hisoka, I know you have gone through a lot…I know everything about you…all those years…I am sorry…for not being with you. Sorry for leaving you alone."
"Hijiri…don't be…Now that I am here…and you are also here. We are together again," the crying boy said among his sobs.
When Hijiri heard this, he slowly put both of his hands on Hisoka's shoulders and pulled the younger away from him gently to look at his eyes. "No, Hisoka…You do not belong to here. This is not where you should be now. You should leave immediately."
Hisoka's tears began to dry slowly and he looked at his brother, a little shocked. "But…"
"There is someone who awaits your return. He is the one you should return to." Hijiri smiled gently as he pulled Hisoka closer into a hug.
"But how about you? I can't leave you just like this! You already did so much for me…," Hisoka exclaimed, his emerald eyes clearly showed his hesitation and love for his brother. "I don't want to be alone anymore…," and also sadness.
His older brother stroked his back in a slow pace. "You are not alone, Hisoka. My mind...my soul…my memories will always be within you. I am always be with you in your heart. No matter what happens. And he is there for you. He will take good care of you. You will never be alone, my dear brother. Never. Promise."
The softness and gentleness of Hijiri's voice made the younger shed tears again. They stayed like that for quite a while until Hisoka finally calmed down. This time he was determined. He should return to the one he loved and cared most. To where Tsuzuki was…
"How am I going to find my way out of this place?" he asked in a small voice while he broke free from his brother's hug. Hijiri slowly wiped away his wet-with-tears face.
"Focus on how much your love for him…Then you shall find the way out of this place…," was the reply from Hijiri, who was smiling warmly at his younger twin.
Suddenly a light came out from above. The light was so strong, and yet so soft. Hijiri's head turned to look up and he gave his best smile. "There…as long as your will is strong enough, there is always a way." He turned to look at Hisoka after that. "Flap your wings and fly, Hisoka…"
As if he was blessed by some kind of magic, a pair of silvery wings appeared behind Hisoka's back. The wings were very different from what Hijiri thought it would be. They were more shining, more soft, and more pretty than anything he could imagine. If he was given a word to describe them, Hijiri swore, he seriously didn't know what word it would be suitable for what he saw. Hisoka just looked…so angelic. Even Hijiri was stunned by his look. If Tsuzuki was there, surely he would drool over the pretty youth.
It was the Hisoka's silvery wings flapped and he flew off from the ground towards the light. His older twin remained standing on the ground, seeing him flew off towards the light of hope and life. Silently, he prayed for his brother's happiness. When he had done the prayers, he heard Hisoka's soft call. It was so soft that he almost missed it.
"Hijiri…," Hisoka stopped in mid air and turned back to look at his brother for the last time before he completely vanished with the light. Now only he noticed, the place which it was filled with darkness had changed into a familiar yet an unknown place. The ground Hijiri was standing on was grassy and pure green. There were even different of flowers around Hijiri's legs, as if he was their source of life. The scene was so beautiful and Hisoka nearly gasped at the moment. There was no darkness here anymore…unlike the first place he had been.
It was then he saw a woman was standing behind Hijiri and smiled at him. The woman was familiar to Hisoka. Then only the empath realized, the woman was Tatsumi's dead beloved! She nodded at him and bid him farewell. Before she was completely vanished, he saw the woman moved her mouth.
" 'Thank you for telling Seiichiro my wish'," was what Hisoka could catch. And she just vanished like that, leaving Hisoka nothing but short memories of her.
Suddenly Hisoka's body began to be translucent as the light began to vanish. Hijiri, who was standing unmoving just now began to run towards where Hisoka stopped. His sweet and brotherly smile didn't fade a bit as he ran in a fast pace, trying to reach his lovely brother. "Hisoka!" Finally he reached Hisoka's hand, which it was stretched for him and they held each other's body tightly for the last time.
Slowly, tears fell off from Hijiri's closed eyes. Yet, he remained smiling. Because he knew, even though he might not see his beloved brother again in the future, Hisoka would be happy. And he would be happy for his brother, Hisoka and also the man named Tsuzuki Asato. Both of them would surely live a happy life. "Hisoka…live for me too…," was his last request when they broke off.
As Hijiri expected, Hisoka was crying too. He could feel a lot of emotions from Hijiri. Brotherly love, warmth, happiness, sadness, and others were all mixed together. They were so much, but they didn't hurt Hisoka. Hijiri's emotions were alike to Tsuzuki's. They never hurt Hisoka. They surrounded him as if they guarded him. Emerald eyes met with emerald. Then Hisoka's body began to vanish along with the light slowly.
"I will…Hijiri. Thank you for everything…," Hisoka replied and gave his best smile to Hijiri. And…he was completely gone from Hijiri's world. Although both of the twins didn't see for eleven years, they were still attached to each other. Their bond was stronger than anyone could imagine.
::::: Flashback :::::
"Ah!" the two years old Hisoka exclaimed when his ice cream fell on the floor due to his carelessness. Tears swelled up his shiny emerald eyes as he began to sob.
His older brother was walking beside him and stopped when he saw this. He didn't like Hisoka to cry. If he could, he didn't want Hisoka to be sad at all. So he handed his own ice cream to his sobbing brother. "Here, you can have mine. So don't cry, Hisoka," then he gently took Hisoka's hand and pushed the ice cream cone into his small hand.
Hisoka started to quiet down when he took the ice cream. With full hesitation he asked Hijiri, "…but how about you? This is your ice cream…"
Hijiri smiled, his emerald eyes twinkled with happiness when he saw Hisoka didn't continue to sob. "It's okay. I don't mind it."
"I know! We can share it together so that you can have it too," was the younger boy's idea. Hijiri nodded in agreement and so both the children went on their ways, happy with the share of ice cream.
(The scene changed…)
"You are not our child!" a woman yelled at the three years old Hisoka. He was so frightened that his whole body was shaking badly.
"Mother!" Hijiri went to shield his younger twin protectively from their furious mother.
The woman shot a glare at the shivering boy and then tried to grab Hijiri's hand. "Stay away from him, Hijiri! He is not your brother. He is the son of a monster!"
Hijiri, who was still too young to understand why, continued to protect his brother as he yanked their mother's hand away. "Mother, of course he is my brother!"
This earned him a slap in the face. Hisoka gasped when he saw Hijiri was slapped by their mother. "Don't you understand?! I asked you to stay away from this thing!"
Despite the slap and scolding, Hijiri remained by Hisoka's side. "I will not! And Hisoka is not a thing!"
Hisoka was happy because his brother defended him. Yet he didn't want Hijiri to be hurt because of him. So he asked Hijiri to stay away from this in a pleading voice. "Please…Hijiri…don't go against mother…"
"But…," before Hijiri could reply, their mother grabbed Hijiri and their father grabbed Hisoka. Hisoka was thrown into a hidden cell since that day. Hijiri couldn't do anything but watched in horror as he was separated from his innocent twin.
(The scene changed…)
An older boy was sitting near the door to a cell. Obviously he was paying a visit to the person in the cell, Hisoka.
"Hijiri, after this….will we still be together?" asked Hisoka, who was only a four years old boy by that time. He used to cry when the first week he was brought here. But since Hijiri was starting to pay secret visits to him every night, he didn't cry as much as he used to. He was getting used to it eventually.
"Why did you say that?"
Hisoka's eyes turned to look at the ground, apparently he did not want to tell why did he ask such a question. "I…am just asking…"
"Silly, of course we will still be together no matter what happens. We will always stay together, will we not?" was the reply he got from Hijiri. The older was giving an innocent smile to him, trying his best to show he meant what he said.
By seeing Hijiri's smile made Hisoka happy too. "We will always be together," he repeated after his brother. "Always. It is a promise, okay?" he held out his small finger to Hijiri through the gap in the door.
Hijiri gave a childish laugh while he circled Hisoka's finger with his own and answered, "Promise."
'And I will get you out of this cell one day, Hisoka. This is another promise I made to you…,' Hijiri mentally said.
(The scene changed…)
A blade was withdrew and was swung high in the air, ready to strike anyone in its way. Hisoka took a few steps backwards. "No…," he pleaded with fear. However, the blade didn't stop. Contrary, it was swung down to strike the five years old boy mercilessly.
Before the blade struck Hisoka, another person jumped in front of him and acted as a human shield to protect Hisoka. Yes, it was none other than Hijiri. As soon as the blade struck Hijiri, he fell down into Hisoka's laps, bleeding profusely.
"Hijiri!!!" Hisoka exclaimed, both surprised and terrorized. Their father dropped his blade in shock.
"Hisoka…run away from this cell…quickly!" Hijiri pleaded with difficulty and coughed blood. He could see their father regretted for what he had done and the ultimate sadness plus guilt in Hisoka's emerald eyes. "Live, Hisoka!"
At first the younger, of course couldn't bring himself to run away while his brother was in such state. But when their father pushed him away from Hijiri and showed he would carry Hijiri to a hospital, the boy finally commanded his legs to run as fast as he could. "Please…don't die, brother!" he yelled while his tears continued to fall.
However, when he heard his father's scream from faraway, he already knew what happened. He felt a sudden pang in his heart. Hijiri had died…
:::: End of flashback ::::
Hijiri was the one who always comforted him, took care of him, lived with him…was always a good brother to him. Hisoka would always be grateful to Hijiri…and always remember him.
'It's a promise…I will live for you…'
::: To be continued :::
Author's note: ::takes a breathe:: Oh my…this is so long (to me). Even though there is no Shonen-ai here, I like this chapter very much…::smiles:: I'm so sorry for 'killing' Hijiri in this chapter. Oh my, why did I write such cruel thing? All right, even I don't know the answer. ::sweatdrops:: The original plot is not like this…
The original plot only involved around Tsuzuki, Hisoka, minor Tatsumi and minor Watari. But it seemed like my hands went typing on their own…and the story plot has became like this. ::sweatdrops:: Also, it is supposed to be only four or five chapters at most! The other funny thing is…I seemed to introduce one new character per chapter. ::laughs:: Mere coincidence…
I guess you all know now whether Hisoka will live or die…Anyway, kindly tell me what do you think of this? Thanks for reading!