Disclaimer: I don't own Yami no Matsuei.
Warnings or notes: Shonen-ai (Tsuzuki x Hisoka and also very minor Tatsumi x Watari if you look closely), angst, minor humor, a bit confusion maybe, OOC-ness, grammar and other errors.
This is the final part of the story, so let's hope you enjoy it! Since it is the final, it is around 2600 words, more than the last part! I am truly grateful to the reviewers and hopefully you can give me final reviews on this story about the ending and overall story. ::bows::
Neko-nya: Hehe, yeah. I kinda like Hisoka to grow wings…::drools at the imaginary image:: XD Thanks for the review and hope you like the ending!Yaoi-hunter: ::blushes:: Thank you. This is the last part, let's hope you like it! X3
Kanilla and Nicholas: Aww…you flatter me too much, dear. ::blushes:: I'm still learning to write a better story. X3 But thanks a lot for the compliment and support. Hehe, Nicholas-chan, you are such a cute boy. XD Hahaha.
DarkSapphireDragon: Thanks again for the review! Yeah, your question will be answered in this final chapter. :) I hope this satisfies you with my lame explanation…::sweatdrops:: The fanart links…I did send to you to your mail, right? Or did I send it to wrong person? If I did send to wrong person, then gosh! I am so sorry for my mistake if like that. :S I will re-send it. ::bows::
Miyu-chan: Haha, I wish I have time to draw Hisoka with wings…Yeah, I did a picture about Hisoka with wings…but it is not related to this story. If you would like to see, I can send you the link. :) Kindly include your email address when you review if you can. :3 And thanks a lot for the review!
Sakura Blossom-Cilla-85: ::sweatdrops:: Aww...please don't cry for Hijiri. I know I'm so mean to write such cruel thing to Hijiri, but I can't help it. ::lol:: Anyway, I hope you like the ending!
Neko-Kaoru: Thanks, dear for such a nice review! :3 As long as there are people who like my stories, I will continue writing. ::bows::
Thank you again for reading until the end of this story! X3
:::: On to the fic ::::
Part 8-Ending: Let's be a human together
"I will lit the fire…," the vampire hunter, Tatsumi said to no one but himself when he entered the little house with the needed fire woods. He couldn't bear to look at the crying face of Tsuzuki and the dying look of Hisoka. It brought back too much memories to him. Yes, indeed too much sad memories of his and the one he loved long time ago…
"Yosh! It's done!" Watari exclaimed. His potion was finished at last! The potion he had never thought of using…The only potion that could have saved Hisoka, as well as Tsuzuki's sanity.
Tsuzuki's teary eyes looked at the amber eyed man with hopes. He was still holding the dying youth tightly. Hearing Watari's exclaim, even Tatsumi's head went to look at him. Finally…everything would be going to end…It was either a happy ending or a sad ending. (Rei-chan: This part is…like out of story…::sweatdrops:: I mean…it's more like an author's note or something else…::mega sweatdrop:: )
Watari went close towards Tsuzuki and Hisoka. Hisoka's body was still cold to Tsuzuki. It was way too cold…For every moment that Tsuzuki has spent on with just holding Hisoka to keep the youth warm was a torture to him. It was a pain to him just to watch Hisoka dying and unable to do anything. "Lay him down…," was the brief command Watari gave and it was obeyed by Tsuzuki without a word.
For this moment, Watari was going to test his skill…his research for so long. It would probably ended up nothing…but it was worth a try. Even if it would take away all hopes that both Tsuzuki and Tatsumi held. Even if the success rate would only be one among one million. As long as it could save Hisoka. Yes, as simple as that. To save someone…
Watari's hands moved to attach all the equipments needed on Hisoka like they were moving on their own. Tsuzuki could only stand near the busy man and watched. Unknown to anyone in the house, even Tatsumi seemed to watch how the miracle occurred. To see Hisoka's emerald eyes open again would be as nice as to see a newborn was brought to this world. Yes, it certainly would be, to the amethyst-eyed man.
Watari pushed a red button with label 'on'. The chemicals he mixed just now were pumped into Hisoka's small body. Now that all the preparations were done and ready, what was left is only Hisoka himself. After a long time, they began to lost their only hope. If you enter the house now, you would probably think they are upset for their young brother's dead than for someone else that they had known only for a brief time.
'Is it wrong? The formula is wrong? The machine is not working? Or…you simply can't make it?' Watari mentally asked, eyebrows twisted in a negative way. 'You must not give up hope to live…Do come back from world you are now…,' Watari silently said, as if pleaded with hopes. Why would he feel so strongly for Hisoka's life? Just who…
Then his thoughts were disturbed when someone coughed. It was very soft, almost gone unnoticed by them. Almost, but not. They looked at each other for a mere second. Eyes asking each other 'did you cough?'. When they replied nothing, all three of them already knew the answer. They nearly leaped with happiness and the house was filled with them in a second.
Tatsumi went immediately towards the bed, which it was occupied by the dying youth. Tsuzuki's amethyst eyes showed nothing but love, concern, and hopes. Watari smiled a little to show his joy. The dying youth, who was in such critical state, had finally gave a reaction. It was something positive to all of them. Even if it was just a weak cough. It should be enough. More than enough.
Now his hope rose because he could feel some warmth was beginning to come back to Hisoka's cold body. "Hisoka!" Tsuzuki's call was what broke the silence between them. "Please…stay alive! Come back to us…to me…"
This time his speech was interrupted by another weak cough by the boy. He went immediately to take the boy in his arms, carefully enough not to accidentally remove the attachments on his small frame. Each call of his was filled with hopes and love. Tatsumi's sapphire eyes saddened. Watari closed his eyes, the scene reminded him of his memories too…
"Hi…ji…ri…," Hisoka's eyes were still closed, but he mumbled his brother's name. Tears fell from his closed eyes and dripped on Tsuzuki's clothes. Next, Tsuzuki could finally see the boy's emerald eyes again. "Tsu…zu…ki……," was what he managed to say in a tiring and very weak voice.
'Miracles do occur at times…don't they…?' Tatsumi mentally asked himself when he witnessed the whole incident. Somehow, he rose and went out of the house. At outside, he leaned on the wall and slide down until his bottom hit the floor. "If they do…why didn't they happen to her…to us?" he asked himself in a miserable tone, apparently he was thinking about his late beloved's fate. 'Why am I living in this empty world…?'
Tsuzuki was overjoyed when Hisoka was conscious and back to life again. It was all too good to be true. 'Oh God, please don't tell me this is a dream…If this is a dream, I would rather not to wake up,' he silently prayed that what happened right now was not just a cruel illusion.
"No, it is…not a dream…," Hisoka's weak voice snapped off his thought and prayer. He could read what did Tsuzuki think of for that moment. "I…come…back…for you…," he added in a soft voice. If he was in his usual condition, he would definitely be blushing right now for saying those words.
Tsuzuki's amethyst eyes filled with new tears, but this time it was not because he was upset or heart broken. It was the tears of happiness. Of hope and of love. He hugged the youth tightly for who-knew-how-many-times-already, ignoring Watari. The amber eyed man could only smile when he saw the sweet scene between the two of them. "Maybe…I am not needed in this case," he said while smiling happily.
Just after he said those words, Hisoka's emerald eyes turned to look at him. "No…without…your…help…I couldn't survive…Thank you…," he gave Watari a little smile as a token of appreciation that he managed at the moment. When he spoke, Tsuzuki turned to look at Watari too and smiled broadly.
"Yes, you saved Hisoka! How grateful I am to you…We owe you one…a big one!" he exclaimed, arms still circling around Hisoka in a protectively and loving way.
Watari looked at both of them and felt the happiness for them too. It made him happy that he could help the couple. However, due to Hisoka's current condition, he must rest for a long time. Tsuzuki got the signal and was going to lay Hisoka back on the bed, but the boy would rather sleep in his arms. How sweet…And so the boy was fast asleep in his strong arms. The scene was priceless to Tsuzuki. To have the one he loved so much in his arms again, Tsuzuki could do anything just for him.
After assuring Tsuzuki that Hisoka would just need more rest for weeks before his blood cells could reproduce again, Watari decided to leave them alone. He took one last glance at them before he walked out of the room and the house. There, he saw Tatsumi with his head buried in his palms. His spectacles were lying next to the vampire hunter. Although Watari sensed shadows were moving around in an unstable way around Tatsumi, he didn't just leave the man alone. Instead, he sat beside him on the ground.
"This world is full of hopes you know," he said after he settled down beside Tatsumi. He was not looking at Tatsumi though. He was staring at the cloudless blue sky. It was so peaceful to see such beautiful colour. The colour of nature. The colour of calmness and full of life.
Tatsumi turned to look at Watari when he heard what he said to him. He was going to say 'you don't know how I feel' to the other when he spotted sadness in those amber eyes. And so he stopped his intention to snap at Watari. It was only a glimpse of sadness in his eyes and it soon faded after a second. Then they became normal again, filled with determination and the need to live on.
"You can't ever give up living. We live to bear the burdens on our backs. The hopes of those deceased are on our backs. We live to fulfil their wishes. So we must live our lives to the fullest and have a happy life instead of mopping about the past," he added. After he finished his words, he turned to look at Tatsumi and smiled. "Everyone has sad memories too…," he said at last and rose from his seat. Slowly, he walked away from Tatsumi and found himself a place to spend a night as the night fell.
.::Tomorrow morning::.
"Good. He is doing very well," Watari gave a reassuring smile and patted on Tsuzuki's back. "Don't worry too much about your lover here," he added, half teasing.
Tsuzuki had a faint blush on his cheeks. Hisoka, who was sleeping didn't give any reaction of course. Tatsumi just kept silent. He was looking at Watari most of the time. 'Yesterday he was looking serious, but today he is so…'
"There's no need to repay me…but maybe you can do me a favor?" Watari's voice snapped him out of his thought. Watari was holding something in his right hand and handed it to Tsuzuki. "Here, be my guinea pig until your little lover is well again!" he added with his eyes twinkled in an evil way. Tsuzuki sweatdropped.
"I would say let him run a test," Tatsumi finally voiced out his thought. He was curious about one thing. 'Is he still a half vampire?'
Watari of course, understood the meaning well and he asked Tsuzuki to sit down while he prepared for the test. The man obeyed without a word. Whatever the result would be, he would not run away from it. Although he had a feeling that…
"Okay, it will hurt a bit, so try not to whine," Watari said before he started the test. After an hour of the entire test, the result was out. Everyone was curious about it, except the sleeping boy of course. Then Watari announced in a clear voice. "It's a negative!"
"Negative?" both of the men asked. "Negative for what?" Negative for he was still a vampire or…?
"Negative for he is a human now, you silly!" Watari exclaimed in a happy tone. The result made Tsuzuki grinned like a nut. It proved that his feels were true. But…didn't they say only when the half breed drank all his or her beloved's blood he or she would become human again. He was certain he didn't drink all of Hisoka's blood. Then?
"Some things are mysteries you know. Even science couldn't prove anything about it," was what Watari said when he voiced out his thought. Tatsumi was in deep thought again after he heard the replies.
"Lame reason you know," Tatsumi said after a while, mocking Watari. Watari's face went red for a moment before he could snap at Tatsumi.
"Hey! It is true!"
Tsuzuki chuckled at a red faced Watari. It was funny to see him all red. And the next thing he saw was Tatsumi's smile. It was a smirk, actually. So the man could finally find the long lost light of his life…Even though he might still hurt from his past, but it was certain now that he would definitely healed from the wounds and once again joined the world with hopes.
"Tsuzuki?" a small voice caught all their attentions. They turned to look at the owner of the voice, Hisoka. Tsuzuki went immediately near to him. Ignoring the other two, Tsuzuki took this advantage and Hisoka's vulnerability to give a peck on his cheek. The result? Hisoka was all red from blushing. How cute.
"Finally you wake up, sleeping beauty," Tsuzuki said, grinning from ear to ear when he saw Hisoka blushing. It was always adorable. Since Hisoka's body was still attached to those machines, he had to be real careful when he pulled the boy into an embrace.
"Gee…don't show such affections in front of us. It makes us nausea," this time was Watari's turn to make fun of them. He laughed right after he spoke those words because the effect took place. Tatsumi could only give a small smile, which he tried to hide by pushing up his specs.
All of them enjoyed for the rest of the day, talking like old friends, despite the fact they only knew each other for a day. Watari said he would stay there and endure the affections of both Tsuzuki and Hisoka until the boy was fully recovered. Tatsumi said he would have to go on a journey to gather new hopes again. He even promised to visit them if he could. Tsuzuki said he would protect Hisoka and work hard for the boy. Hisoka didn't say anything much, but in his heart, he said his thanks to Hijiri again.
When night approached, both Tatsumi and Watari went to their own places to rest, leaving Tsuzuki and Hisoka alone. When Watari arrived at his place, he saw something was sleeping on his bed. He stepped closer and saw it was a cute little owl. Since he liked animals, he happily took the little owl into his hands. "An owl! So adorable! I will name you 003, is it okay??" Of course, the owl was awaken by his excited voice and she hoo-ed as a reply to her new master. It seemed like she liked her new master as much as he liked her.
"Why would you name him 003?" asked Tatsumi suddenly. Watari nearly jumped out of his skin because he didn't expect Tatsumi to be in his place.
After he regained himself, he grinned slyly. "Well, some things are mysteries, aren't they?" What he got for a reply was a smile from the other man.
In the main room, Tsuzuki was holding Hisoka's hands with his own. The moonlight revealed the youth's pretty face and his soft lips that made Tsuzuki's heart beat in a fast pace.
"Hisoka…," the man began his speech slowly. When he received a response from the youth, he continued. "To think that…I'm finally a human again…You did so much for me…Thank you…," he said, giving Hisoka a warm wide smile.
Hisoka shook his head slightly then he too, smiled. "You too…," was what he replied. To Hisoka, Tsuzuki did so much to him too. 'Love' was more than enough. "Tsuzuki, let's be a human together," he said, giving the man a little squeeze on those hands which they were holding his own.
The other's smile went wider and Hisoka gave the same reaction. No words were spoken after that. But, words were not needed now to both of them as Tsuzuki leaned in and gave a peck on those soft lips of Hisoka's.
"Yes…let's be a human together, Hisoka." Tsuzuki replied after he pulled back from the brief kiss. From the sky above, a familiar figure was watching them before he vanished along with his wings.
'I will bless you two from above…Hisoka, and Tsuzuki…'
::: The End :::
Author's note: Thanks for reading, everyone!! ::bows:: I'm happy that I finished this story at last. The longest story that I have ever wrote. I have another AU in progress…Hehehe. Actually, I am planning to write a sequel for this story since I didn't include much about Watari's past here and so on. But it will be quite urm…challenging because I didn't try to write any Watari-centric story before. ::sweatdrops:: Let's see how I would cope with that. XD
Note: This is a fiction and so please don't try to copy any action from this fic or things like that (who knows maybe a kid is reading this? ::sweatdrops:: ) I would like to state here that I'm not a very religious type so I do NOT against shonen-ai (boy x boy) NOR I support it. If you tell me 'you are supporting it by writing such thing', then my reply would be; this is a fiction and by writing anything about it doesn't mean I support it. If I offence anyone here, I would like to apologize and beg for your forgiveness.
Thank you from;
:Emerald-rei a.k.a Rei-chan: