Waiting for you

Disclaimer: Sadly I announce…Tactics is not mine…:sobs:

Rating: PG or K+ (rating will go up in the future)

Genres: Slightly AU, action/adventure, tragedy

Pairing: Just a minor part of Sugino and Moo lol

Warnings or notes: Slightly AU, spoilers for manga and anime, OOC-ness, grammar and other errors, around 1500 words.

Japanese terms:

Will only be posted up when a new word appears. Kindly refer to the chapter 1 for reference on this chapter. Thanks.

I know the story is boring, but please review to tell me the mistakes I made here, as well as some ideas. I would not say that 'I won't continue unless I have (insert number) reviews', but I do hope to hear more responses from the readers. Thank you for reading. :)

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Chapter 2-It started with a fight

Meanwhile, the black-winged tengu, who had just left his home, was thinking in silence at somewhere. He needed the silence badly after the incident. "Why must I be his slave?" Haruka murmured to himself. His mind flew back to their fight earlier soon after.

: Flashback :

Kantaro asked the black tengu to accompany him to somewhere. Yet, because there was not an exorcising job, the tengu refused to obey the order. Needless to say, it upset and even pissed his master off. After begging and begging for some time, Haruka still refused. Thus, it triggered Kantaro to have a yet another childish fight with the tengu. "You have to obey me and my orders, Haruka!"

Seeing that Kantaro was the one to start the fight, Haruka decided to counter attack. "I'm unlike any other slaves! I refuse to follow you everywhere!"

Kantaro did not want to give up that easily on the other hand. "It's my hometown! I just want Haruka to visit it with me! There is nothing wrong with it!"

"Who wants to visit the boring, and good-for-nothing hometown of yours?"

Haruka should not say that. Even though Kantaro might not seem like it, but he did not like people to criticize his hometown. Even though it brought back too much bitter memories. "So you want to disobey my orders, you useless tengu?" Therefore, he threw back the insult at Haruka, causing the other to piss off too.

"I would be glad to get rid of you, human." The fight became serious as the black winged-tengu raised his wings and was in the fighting stance.

Surprisingly, Kantaro did not intend to start a real fight. Instead, he smirked evilly. "You must have forgotten this," he said while taking out a dirty and old bowl from his long sleeve. By doing this, Haruka's expression changed completely to a more dangerous one.

"You would better NOT to do anything to MY bowl," he growled angrily. The bowl was something he treasured the most and if anything happened to it, he would not hesitate to hurt anyone who caused it. And that might include his master.

Nevertheless, Kantaro knew he was on the upper hand. Thus, he continued to threaten his slave. "So what will you do if I DO this?" he asked while his right hand, which was holding the bowl, moved to throw it at somewhere else. Before the threatened Haruka could 'save' his precious bowl, it was broken into pieces when it hit the ground. Upon seeing this, the tengu was terribly furious.

"KANTARO!" he screamed on top of his lungs, sending chills to Yoko, who was actually at the outside of the house doing house chores. She did not know their fight in the first place, not until she heard Haruka's screams. "I DESPISE YOU!" he yelled again. He was going to really attack his master if there was no Yoko to stop him.

"What did you do, Kan-chan!" she asked, also feeling annoyed and somewhat confused. She could see from her view that Kantaro was looking nonchalant. It could only mean something was amiss with him as well. However, before their master could reply, Haruka decided to fly off. His wings flapped and he went off without saying anything else.

: End of flash back :

"I would not forgive you," he repeated to himself. His clenched his fists tightly. "If anything happens to you, you deserve it." Clearly, there was a great anger for his master.

Time passed away in a fast pace. It was a week after the accident of Kantaro's fall. In those days, a certain demon fox was almost worried to death. She was searching for both her master and companion everywhere. And yet, all her attempts were in vain. Now that Kantaro and Haruka were both not at home, she did not know what to do. Luckily the white winged-tengu would come to Kantaro's house for a visit and that day was one of those days.

"What! That Kantaro broke Onikui's bowl!" a long black haired man asked in surprised. In his arms was a very adorable little green demon, namely Moo.

"Yes…," was the weak reply from the demon fox. Her eyes were wet with tears.

"I, Sugino, will not forgive that guy! How dare of him to break a tengu's bowl!" Sugino stood up angrily, his arms would never let go of the cute little demon.

Yoko immediately stood up as well. "I'm sure Kantaro won't do that…Please, don't fight against each other. We must find both of them quickly," she pleaded with her soft voice. Seeing this, even the white winged- tengu softened his voice and decided to be wise.

"Okay…Let's leave it to Moo-chan! Moo-chan will be able to find either of them very soon," he smiled when speaking of his beloved demon, which it was labeled as his 'wife'. Moo understood what was happening and 'moo-ed' as agreement to search for both of the wanted men. Thus, the journey to hunt for Kantaro, as well as Haruka began.

On the other hand, the crimson eyed youth began to open his eyes and saw that this time; he was in an unfamiliar place. His surroundings were new to him. He tried to recall what had happened to him. 'I see…I fell from the cliff…' Just when he was trying to find out where was this place, someone came in. His red eyes immediately went to look at the direction of the door.

"Oh you have awakened at last!" the person, who happened to be a quite young woman, exclaimed. She was familiar looking to the youth. As she went nearer the crimson eyed youth, he kept staring at her all the time. "You are Ichinomiya Kantaro, am I right? Long time no sees, Kantaro," she said, smiling gently at him.

Kantaro, who doubted his guess before, could only stare at her in mild bewilderment. Apparently he recognized the woman, and the place he was at. "I'm…back in the village? I'm sorry to bother you, I should be going now…," he said immediately and was going to get into a sitting position by himself before he was stopped by the woman.

Her sapphire eyes looked into his crimson ones with concern and understanding. She gently placed her hands on Kantaro's shoulders. "Remember, Kantaro, you are severely wounded. If you force yourself to move without any help, it will become worse. So, for now, call me if you need help okay?" she gave him a reassuring smile before she went out for a moment and came back with a tray of food and a glass of water. "It's okay for you to stay here, Kantaro. Don't worry about that," she added while placing the tray on a small desk nearby. "Come, I will help you to get into a sitting position."

He hesitated for a while before he let himself to be pulled gently by the woman into a sitting position. It was true that without any help, the crimson eyed youth knew he would not be able to sit with ease. "I…Thank you. I will try to heal as soon as possible and won't trouble you for long, Sakuya-san," he said softly. The woman, named Sakuya could only smile warmly and nodded slightly.

Kantaro was born in this small village. Ever since he was born, he had the unique ability to see and even talk to any demons, monsters, and as well as ghosts, whereas the others could not. Thanks to his special ability, he was often bullied and rejected by the other villagers. Another reason for this was, he used to side with the demons and believed that he could be good friends with them since they were not as horrible as others thought they might be. Thus, it made the villagers annoyed and some even frightened of him. Even his own parents did not seem to be fond of this and left him alone by leaving the village.

That was why Kantaro did not want to go back to the village alone. He also did not want to be seen staying in Sakuya's house since he knew he could bring problems to her. It seemed like ironic of him to want to visit his hometown again, but in fact it was not. Although his born place was filled with bitter memories, it was also filled with joyful memories, no matter how little it seemed to be. He still remembered, there were where he learned about a certain tengu…and how the news filled him up with hopes, the strength to move on, and also determination.

He would never forget the place where he had found his greatest hope. No matter what happened.

"Have you seen a bowl?" a sudden realization hit his head hard before he could even start to dig in his food. Sakuya quickly rose and pulled a drawer. Then, she took out a dirty bowl and handed it to Kantaro, who used his left hand to receive it with great relief. "So it is not lost or broken," he murmured happily to himself while checking the bowl. "Thank you."

"It seems like it is an important thing to you, Kantaro," she said. "Although I might not know of its value, but I can see how you feel."

He only smiled, despite the fact he was still in pain. "Yes…it is…," he admitted in a light voice, almost unheard. "It is very important…," he murmured to himself while tightening the grip on the bowl, as if it was the source of his life…

: To be continued… :

Edited: Finally…finished editing this chapter as well. It seemed like I was making a lot of mistakes here…:sweatdrops: Well, I will continue to edit them chapter per chapter. There are a few changes in small details as well (if you ever noticed lol).

Reply to reviewer:

Rubydream: Thank you for such long review. I am happy to receive such kind review from you. I will take your words and change my style of writing for the one-sentence-thing. About Kantaro…I would not let him die, do not worry. XD Since he is also my favorite character! X3

Khealchan: Aww…thank you for the review.

White sherry: Aww…thanks! Actually I won't let Kantaro dies in this fiction (but planning to do so in another fiction that is on my mind… XP ). Haruka is really cold-hearted in this fiction… :sweat drops: Well, at least he has his own reasons. XD Thanks again and hope you enjoy this part!