Ooooookay. I think I finally have the formatting problem fixed. I seriously spent two hours today trying to get it right, but it just wouldn't work! Let's hope this one works on the first try. I bolded the first word or phrase of each split.
Anyways, welcome to chapter four! All of your reviews are really helpful and I'm glad you are all so honest with them. For those Muraki fans out there, he's going to show up in the next chapter or two. I already have his entrance written out in all its freaky glory. I hope I can pull of Muraki well. I was a bit worried when I started having Yami no Matusei themed dreams and Muraki always ended up dancing.
Thank you for telling me not to apologize! I'll try to stand my ground better, but I did go to Otakon 2003 as Ritsu from Fruits Basket for a reason… Gomen nasai. ;-;
I like the word twit. I just had to use it. It's such a silly word…
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Chapter Four: A Legal Love
"Tsuzuki!" Hisoka pushed Tsuzuki repeatedly.
"Ngggg…. Not yet Hisoka…" He yawned and rolled over.
"Tsuzuki… if we both show up late, people will be suspicious." Hisoka blushed, reliving the night in his mind.
"Hisoka…" Tsuzuki looked up at him and smiled. He wrapped his arms around Hisoka's slender body and pulled him down. "If we relax right now, we can rush later…"
Hisoka smiled. "I guess if you drive fast, we should get there on time." He laid his head against Tsuzuki's chest. Tsuzuki pulled the blanket over them and kissed Hisoka's head.
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"I told you to drive fast, not recklessly!" Hisoka huffed as he and Tsuzuki ran to the school gate.
"That cop has some nerve to think I was the kidnapping pervert…" Tsuzuki whined.
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"Sensei isn't here yet… he's usually here at least twenty minutes before class and now there's only two minutes." One of the girls frowned.
"Kurosaki-kun isn't here either…" Mitsuki had kept her eyes on his desk since she got there.
"Wait! Look! There's sensei and Kurosaki-kun!" The curly haired girl pointed out the window.
"Hmmm… so they are showing up together. How scandalous…" The blond smirked.
Onmoji and his gang stood in the corner scowling at the girls.
"What's with them?" Onmoji mumbled. "What's so great about them? I can't believe they like that freak. He's got the eyes of a demon."
"KYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" Tsuzuki fell into the room. Hisoka tripped and fell on top of him.
"Wow! Great timing, sensei! One minute before!" One of the girls ran over to them.
"Any later and the principal would have shown up!" Another girl went over. She helped Hisoka up and the other girl helped Tsuzuki.
"Perhaps you would have gotten away with it had I not seen you two racing over the closed gate. Who know you could jump like that, Tsuzuki-sensei." Tsuzuki and the students grew quiet. Principal Konoe was standing over them. "Sensei. Kurosaki. I'd like to see you two in my office. Onmoji-kun, you are in charge." Konoe turned and walked from the room.
Hisoka and Tsuzuki looked at each other, then at the class. I'm sure we'll be back soon after a quick scolding for being late." Tsuzuki announced to the class. He followed the principal out and Hisoka followed him.
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"Tsuzuki-san. This is very unacceptable. Not only were your students in your room alone, but there have been… rumors about your relationship with this particular student." Konoe looked over at Hisoka.
"I can assure you, sir, that Hisoka-kun and I are simply neighbors. I was worried for his safety, so I've been walking him to and from school. His parents went out of town yesterday and left him to my care. Unfortunetly, my alarm didn't go off and I slept in. I wasn't able to wake him up until I woke.
"Kurosaki. Is this true?"
"Yes… Sensei has taken care of me as any neighbor would." Hisoka locked eyes with Konoe. He could see the principal squirm.
"Oh… okay, fine. I don't want to see you two arriving late again, though. Got it?" Konoe frowned. "Get out of my sight…"
"We almost got busted." Tsuzuki stretched.
"Tsuzuki… Do you think it's worth it to risk it…?" Hisoka had been keeping a distance from him.
Tsuzuki stopped. "Hisoka. Love conquers all, got it? Besides, I have an idea I've been sitting on since that first night." Tsuzuki continued back to the room, leaving Hisoka in the hallway, confused.
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"Sensei… we hope you didn't get in trouble…" One of the girls said as the class left the room.
"It's okay. And I won't be late again, so don't worry." Tsuzuki smiled. The girls smiled back and waved goodbye. "I have to drop some stuff off to one of the other teachers. After that we can go, okay Hisoka?" Tsuzuki turned
"No…" Hisoka placed his books in his back and walked towards the door. "I feel like walking home myself today. I'm staying at my house tonight. Thank you for your help." Tsuzuki couldn't respond, he just stood stunned.
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"I'm home…" Hisoka called to the empty house. He took off his shows and threw down his bag. He flopped down on the den pillows and sighed. "I'm pathetic…" He buried his head in the pillow and felt tears burn his eyes. Then he fell asleep.
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Hisoka awoke to a pounding in his head. He lifted his head and rubbed his eyes. When his eyes adjusted to the completely dark room, he realized that the pounding wasn't in his head, but rather at the door. He stood and stretched and walked to the door. He opened it a crack and peered out. Tsuzuki was standing soaking wet in the rain.
"Tsuzuki!" Hisoka threw open the door.
"Finally…" Tsuzuki smiled.
"I'm sorry… I was asleep… How long were you out there?" Hisoka frowned.
"About two hours…" Tsuzuki cracked his neck. "But it's only been raining for about fifteen minutes."
Hisoka pulled Tsuzuki inside and closed the door. He led him to the den and pulled off his wet coat. "I'm so sorry…"
"You know what would be a nice way to make it up to me?" Tsuzuki leaned forward and kissed Hisoka. Hisoka could feel the coldness of Tsuzuki's lips on his own. They slowly sat down on the floor. Tsuzuki's ice cold fingers began to unbutton Hisoka's shirt from the bottom up. Just as he got the top button undone, they heard the door open. Hisoka pushed Tsuzuki back and struggled to button his shirt.
"M… mother… Welcome home." Hisoka turned on a light and turned the corner to the main entrance way.
"What are you doing here?" His mother jumped.
"I… I didn't want to bother my friend any longer so I…"
"What, did he break whatever spell you put on him and got you exorcised from his home?" His mother hissed. She looked over Hisoka as Tsuzuki walked up behind him. "Who… are you?" She looked back and forth between Hisoka and Tsuzuki. "Oh my, are you Hisoka's friend? It is so great to meet you, I am his mother. His father will be here any minute. It is so great that Hisoka finally has made a friend." She stepped forward.
"Actually, I am Hisoka's teacher." Tsuzuki was surprised at the sudden change in her attitude.
"Oh, great, what did the little brat do this time?" She growled.
"Actually, ma'am, he is the best student I've ever had. You should be very proud of him. He is a very exceptional young man."
"Oh, really?" She pushed Hisoka away and moved closer to Tsuzuki. "Hisoka, go make some tea for your teacher." Hisoka slowly left the room. "Now that he's gone, what do you really think about him? He's a monster isn't he?"
"What?" Tsuzuki frowned. "Well, ma'am, there is something else I'd like to talk to you about."
"Dear, I'm home." A man walked into the house. He stopped and stared at Tsuzuki and Hisoka's mother. "What the hell is this?"
"Oh, honey, this is Hisoka's teacher. He wants to talk to us about our son."
"Um…" Tsuzuki looked in the direction Hisoka went.
"Oh, don't worry about him." Hisoka's mother started walking towards the dining room. "When we tell him to make tea, he knows we mean to go to his room and not come out."
"I see…" Tsuzuki sat across from Hisoka's parents. "Well, what I wished to talk to you about is this… In college I took minors in psychology and child psychology, so when I see a child like Hisoka, I know what is happening in his home life. He has suffered major emotional abuse at the hand of his parents. I am here to tell you that I will not hesitate to go to the authorities and tell them that he is the subject of abuse and neglect. I will make sure you are both put away for a very, very long time."
"How… dare you come into our home and tell us we are raising our child wrong." Hisoka's father snarled.
"Tell me, where has your son been this past week?" Tsuzuki said flatly.
His parents looked at each other. "With a friend."
"Heh." Tsuzuki smirked. "Your son has been staying in my apartment for this entire week. My apartment that is right next to your house. My apartment that has us walking by your house every morning to go to school and every evening to come back."
"You… sick bastard." Hisoka's father stood up. "You have kept our son stashed away in your flat? What have you been doing to him?"
"I can tell that you only care about him now because he told me all about what you two do to him." Tsuzuki growled.
"How should we act when the heir to our family is a monster?" His mother was about in tears. "If he takes over the family, we will all have our souls devoured by demons!"
"Heir?" Tsuzuki blinked.
"Yes. Our family is a high family in Japan. Whenever a child is born, their psychic reading is done for that child. If the reading reveals that child to be an heir, then the child is raised as a royalty in the family." Hisoka's father placed a hand on his wife's shoulder. "We were thrilled that our child was the chosen heir. When the current heir dies, he shall posses all the wealth of the family. However, when Hisoka got older we realized his… unique abilities. Since then, we've been trying to get rid of him indirectly."
"You aren't afraid of being arrested for murder," Tsuzuki has suddenly realized, "you are unable due to the family laws to off the heir. You want it to look like an accident."
"That's right. But the demon always escapes. We heard about the kidnappings in this town and moved here hoping to get rid of Hisoka that way, but even that failed." Hisoka's mother narrowed her eyes.
Tsuzuki stood and pulled papers from his inner coat pocket. "I have the answers to your prayers. You have tried to abandon your son, make him run away, and you even tried to poison him. It was all to no avail. I can make him disappear from your lives." Tsuzuki threw the papers onto the table.
Hisoka's mother picked up the papers. "Adoption papers?"
"Why would you want a demon like that? If you've spent these nights together, you must know he is the devil." Hisoka's father glared at Tsuzuki.
"He was sent to us by Satan to punish us for being so faithful to our god." Hisoka's mother grinned.
"What makes you think he wasn't sent by your god to punish you?" Tsuzuki crossed his arms. "I believe he is an angel, not a devil. If you'll just sign these papers, you can go back to your family and tell them that Hisoka never came home one day."
"You want that monster as your own? Fine." Hisoka's father grabbed the papers. He took a pen from his pocket and signed all the pages.
"We… are finally going to be rid of him?" Hisoka's mother took the pen from his father.
"Yes. I will take him off your hands. You can wash yourself of him. You no longer have to feel the burden of having an unwanted child." Tsuzuki took the signed papers from Hisoka's mother. He folded them and placed them back in his pocket. "Now… I want you to leave this city and never come back. Hisoka will not suffer the pain of seeing your faces or hearing your voices."
"For the one to remove the devil from our lives, it is the least we can do!" Hisoka's mother jumped up and took Tsuzuki's hand. Tsuzuki shook her off.
"Where is Hisoka's room?" Tsuzuki began to walk from the room before they answered.
"It's the last door in the far corner." His father replied.
Tsuzuki walked from the room, twisting his face in anger as Hisoka's parents talked in joy about how they would live their free lives. He came to a door painted black with spiritual wards from various different religions plastered all over it. He knocked on it and opened the door a crack.
"Hisoka?" Tsuzuki poked his head in. The room was completely dark. "Hisoka, I'm coming in." He fumbled around but couldn't find a light switch.
"They don't put lights in my room." Hisoka's voice came from the corner. Tsuzuki noticed a huddled mass shifting in the corner.
"It's okay now. It's all over. Pack your things, you're coming home." Tsuzuki smiled and crouched down next to Hisoka, wrapping his arms around him.
"Home?' Hisoka looked up.
"We are now legally joined together. Those people called your parents are leaving. Let's go back to our home." Tsuzuki caressed Hisoka's hair.
