Waiting for you
Disclaimer: Usual disclaimer attached.
Rating: PG or K+
Genre: Tragedy, action/adventure, angst
Pairing: Sugino and Moo
Warnings or notes: AU for Yoko's minor part of her past, OOC-ness, grammar or other errors, conflicts of emotions, mainly angst, around 1500+ words.
SORRY for the late update! I was having a bit problem with my laptop…and sorry for the boredom in this chapter…
Before I forget, there is no Sugino x Kantaro, or Haruka x Kantaro. Some of you might see it that way, but in this chapter (and perhaps in this entire story), there will be no shonen-ai. Sorry for shonen-ai fans, but well, romance is not even in this story.
Edited: I noticed some mistakes so I made an edit for them. I am truly sorry for my poor writing skill…:sighs:
Japanese terms:
Kindly refer to the past chapters, thanks!
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Chapter 12-A foe or a friend?
Yoko's weak call did not reach the black tengu's ears as expected. His eyes were settled on Kantaro's small body in his friend's arms. Now only he realized what Yoko informed him earlier was true. His ex-master was really in such a weak and seriously wounded condition, even before they fought, or rather, before the demon took Kantaro's advantage to hurt him without knowing the truth. The more he observed, the more he felt the weight on his heart. He was torn between getting his revenge and the guilt for hurting his ex-master. Unconsciously, he clenched his fists and released them several times.
Ichinomiya Kantaro was the one who released him, and re-sealed him with his new name; Haruka. At least, even with the new seal, he was able to roam around this world again after a long sleep. The youth was always concerned of him, and did not request for his help if he knew it would endanger his slave. Even if Kantaro was being manipulative at times, it was because he planned something for his slaves and did not want them to worry over him. When his slaves were in danger, Kantaro would ignore his own safety and put the both of them in his top priority list.
He…He was always like a maze to Haruka. Maybe it was the cause why Haruka was feeling hesitant now. The silver-haired youth was his supposed enemy, yet he could not deny the fact the youth was far from being one. Kantaro was indeed manipulative, yet he was also sincere at most of the times. He put an act just to drive the charming tengu away in order to perform the forbidden ritual to restore his old memories with the exchange of his spiritual power, despite the serious injuries and risks he had to take.
Just what kind of human he was? Was he a stupid and brainless human that had no sense of rational? He might be childish, but no, he was far being stupid and brainless, by judging how he planned things that well. Was he a bad master? He might be, at times, for pushing Yoko to do his part of novelist job. But he took good care of both of his slaves. At least, he would not ever consider putting them into danger. Then, was he a selfish and filthy human? Yes, he was selfish for putting up a big lie to cover his true motive. Yet he was being undeniably selfless since he had done that for Haruka's sake, although he was seeking death by doing so.
The look on the human's face was so unforgettable and so purely sincere, came to think of it, Haruka thought. Kantaro's weak smile was meant for him, full of forgiveness and pure happiness, even though he was dying. He even thanked him! Oh, why could he not see all those details earlier? Had he been distracted by his own anger that his visions were blinded? Why he had not sense Kantaro's weak spiritual power? Why he had not seen that Kantaro was willing to die just like that? Most of all, why should he cry over spilt milk?
Fine, he had done enough thinking, the Soul Eater tengu mussed. Finally, he decided that his ex-master was like a big puzzle that looked familiar, yet you never know the right piece without looking carefully and trying to put the pieces together. In other words, Kantaro was just being himself, a mysterious human being that liked to corrupt someone's mind, especially his mind.
It was then the strong aura disappeared. The urge to kill the human died. His red orbs were returning to normal state. The look on his face softened as he stretched his hand and reached for Sugino's shoulder. And the look on Sugino's face was very, very serious. Obviously, his friend mistook his intentions at the moment. But, who else would not after such terrible thing he had committed?
"Even if you are my friend, I won't back off," there was a warning tone when Sugino spoke that it sent chills through Yoko's body with such simple sentence. It was his threatening tone that held such effect. For the female demon fox, she had yet to see such strong emotion radiated by the so-called God before since she had known him only for a short period to know his true face behind his mask. Being so close to him at that moment, she was taken aback by such invisible yet overwhelming force.
As expected, the demon he warned at spoke nothing and remained silent. His emotions were unreadable as his long bangs hid half of his face. Haruka knew, Sugino despised being reminded for being more humane than he thought. Yet now he was showing him how humane he was capable being of, after being a tengu for quite a time. This was only one of the few times the once human would do that, and that was always when he was really serious and determined to do something, or when the guiltiness got into his nerves. The atmosphere was very tensing to all of them, even Moo could only stay silent, which it was so unlike her.
Deciding that actions might be better than words for now, Haruka's left hand, which it was on Sugino's shoulder, moved to sneak under Kantaro's neck. After making his weapon vanished into the air with a simple command by his left hand, it went to sneak under the human's legs, just like what Sugino did earlier. Three pairs of eyes, no…make it four since Sugino said we could not exclude his 'wife'; Moo, stared at him in mild bewilderment. Sugino spoke of nothing, although his mouth was slightly parted in surprise while his 'wife' remained the same; stared and blinked several times in surprise.
"Haruka-chan!" Yoko almost squealed in delight if not they were in a serious situation. She was somewhat joyful and relieved since the soft gentle Haruka was back again. Yet, she was more worried of her master's condition for now.
Kantaro, on the other hand, could not seem to comprehend the whole situation or his surroundings fully. He was losing his conscious little by little as time went by. Nevertheless, he could feel Haruka's strong arms lifting him up, and Sugino gracefully passed him to the other tengu. The God did not even bother to ask what changed the black tengu's mind. As long as the charming black-haired tengu tried to atone what he had done, it was enough.
The childish-looking human had not expected things to turn out this way. He never thought Sugino, who strongly disliked him in any ways and wanted to restore Haruka's old memories as much as he had shown to Kantaro, would actually stand on his side and actually saved him from the black tengu. Moreover he had never expected 'Haruka' to be back and regretted over something he did. The proud tengu never liked to feel regret over something, let alone showing it openly like he did currently.
Nevertheless, Kantaro felt some joy washed over his body, even though the pain quickly took over the place after a few seconds. Now, he was in Haruka's arms and the tengu set off the ground without a word, right after Sugino passed over the human to him. Cold winds passed through them as the tengu flapped his black shiny wings to accurate a faster fly.
Close behind them, were Sugino with his green little 'wife' in his arms and Yoko on his back. No words were needed among them now. They just knew what to do and where should they go. The closest and most convenient place to tend Kantaro's injuries was Sakuya's house. She should be able to find a doctor by now, both Yoko and Sugino thought.
Suddenly a thought struck them, Haruka might not know of Sakuya's existence, let alone her place. Thus, Sugino quickly took the lead and Haruka picked up the hint brilliantly. He followed Sugino without a word and without a doubt. Kantaro was dying, Haruka mussed worriedly. And it was his fault. 'Damn it…,' he took a glance at the human in his arms. Kantaro was looking very pale and very pained. Time was running short.
Thunder strike randomly at some trees below them. Yoko looked above; the sky was dark and it looked like rain would come soon. So, the sky decided to shed its tears for Kantaro too? Thinking of that made Yoko scared, afraid of losing her master. Kantaro was the only place she could cling on. When she was abused by some humans and injured in her fox form, Kantaro was the one who saved her. Ever since, she vowed to stay by his side. And she wished to remain that way, even if Kantaro freed her from the servitude.
At that moment, everyone was worried of the young human's safety. Just how long could the human stand? 'Please…hang on…You don't deserve to die just yet…'
Three demons that were abused by humans, yet they were saved by a single human being. Haruka, was released from what seemed like an eternal sleep, Yoko, was saved from cruelty, and Sugino, was able to trust humans again. It was all thanked to one human by the name of Ichinomiya Kantaro. Just how far his merciless fate decided to haunt the poor human with such a kind heart?
: To be continued :
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