Author's notes and warnings: Hello!!! Holy cow! After a total of 21 chapters (both fandoms), we are finally on that deserted island I had originally wanted to put the boys on. Talk about a story running away from you… ::sighs:: This is not even the original bunny that started it all…
Special note for those of you who did not read the WK version: The boys are finally on the island and Tryffin and Ceilen fell over board, and then disappeared. The WK boys along with Shinji and Kouji are now roaming the island looking around. The chapter actually had a lot of Ceilen and Tryffin…you might like it.
Lots of hugs and bright blessings go to all my reviewers who were kind enough to let me know what they think of the story. Thank you, everyone!
Vapid Breath - ::blushes:: Arigatou! I love you too! Thank you very much for following my work! I'm very happy you like the story.
Kiawna - ::grins:: Tryffin will now be a one man…man…er…well, you know what I mean, ne? Thank you!!
LuceScuro - ::LOL:: I love your little story! I hope to live up to it, no da! Thank you. ::big hug::
Nauta Iupiter - ::hugs you:: Thank you! Anou…are you alright? Busy? I haven't heard from you in a while… Anyway, as for the Shinzahou and the boys, I'm afraid it's more complicated that just a reincarnation. I hope this plot works. ::cringes:: Thank you!
Baka-chan – Thank you, sweetie! ::still dizzy from being twirled around but has a cheesy grin on her face:: I'm so glad you like it. I hope you enjoy this one too though it's mostly a scenic tour…
Sakata – Mou! I guess I'll have to keep writing Chi/Tas stories so we can lure back your muses, ne? And thank you for inspiring me to begin with. ::hugs::
Whisper Reilman – Hmmm…Koneko War…what's happening there? Are you updating soon? Oh…I probably shouldn't talk, huh? ::sheepish grin:: Thank you for being here…there would be no Shirtless Edition without you. ::hugs::
Ambika-san - ::glomps you until you turn blue:: Thank you so much for the drawing! I really think it's fabulous. You are seriously talented! Oh, sorry…::releases Ambika-san:: Thank you again!
Polynesia - ::LOL:: I tend to beat the exclamation point to death too! Especially when I'm excited, ne? Thank you! Your Tas/Chi stuff is really cute… I'm not familiar with half of your favorite pairings…but if you have more Tas/Chi, let me know!!!
Mrs. Passionate – I'm continuing, no da! Arigatou!
Nephilimtear – ::huggles:: The boat is fairly big…and they won't be on it for long. ::laughs:: But in this case…maybe the tighter the fit, the better? ::ROFL:: Thank you! Um…you a keeping well?
Tearlesereph – hee hee hee. Tasuki sure melts a lot, ne? Thank you!
Krysana – Don't worry about being late, moto-chan. And this year will even be worse, ne? I hope you'll be able to get out a few mails at least? Thank you for taking the time to review, sweetie! ::hugs::
DragonloverRyushi - ::dances off with cookies:: Thank you! I'm so glad you like the chapter!
Hcbenitez – Um…no, the other seishi won't show up. The plot is quite a handful; I really can't imagine that I can squeeze more people in. I'll get lost in my own story, no da! Thank you very much for the comments. I hope this finds you well? ::hugs::
Shinigami – Peregrine…the ferocious falcon…a lone predator who's a very effective hunter. They also mate for life…damn romantic for a bird, ne? I thought it was fitting for what I want Chichiri to be in this incarnation. As for Tryffin and Ceilen, I got the name from the Green Lion Trilogy by Teresa Edgerton. Not only are the names cool, the characters in the book are a bit like Chichiri and Tasuki in this particular life… Weird, huh? I'm sorry you find this story too angsty. If you're looking for something lighter, I just wrote 'Fall', a Chi/Tas story dedicated to all fans of that pair. Also 'The Favor' written for a ML. You can find them on this site. Thank you for reading and commenting!
Vapid Breath – Anou…::looks up the page:: Heh heh heh, I guess I am slow…gomen nasai! Updating, no da!
Akennea – Writing, writing, na no da!!!!
Shadowed Eyes – Anou…you are quite scary, no da. After reading your review, I kept looking out the window…::shudders:: And Kouji is quite nice, please don't hurt him. ::faints::
Another special note: Ambika-san drew a fantastic picture of Ceilen and Ran doing Rock-Paper-Scissor. You MUST see it! ::hugs her:: Since I can't give you the link here, please visit my bio page, the link is there. If you have a LJ account, her user name is Ambika-san. She's a wonderful artist, no da!!! ::whispers:: I'm trying to get her to do the Shirtless Edition as well…if we all beg, maybe she will?
Betaed by the wonderful Hitari-chan! Thank you!
A Fine Line – FY: Chapter 11 – Shirtless Edition: part Two
By Moonraven
(Day 7 – late morning…early afternoon)
Tryffin thought he had died.
And ended up in heaven, which was totally unexpected given the things he'd done in his life. But then again, all the shit he'd been through should have earned him some big-assed brownie points. But whatever the reason, he was still sure he was in heaven…because a very wet and nearly naked Ceilen was hovering right above him, his face anxious and his eye patch gone. It was the first time that Ceilen had gone without it and hadn't freaked or anything.
"Are you alright?" His bodyguard asked. Well, that wasn't right. People in heaven were supposed to be pretty good, let alone 'alright'.
Tryffin blinked at Ceilen and then his eyes drifted past his bodyguard to the darkness behind the man. He looked to the side and found more darkness but it wasn't completely pitched black. He could see faint outline along the wall that looked suspiciously like…rocks. They were underground?
Shit, he wasn't in heaven…he was in hell! He pushed himself up abruptly and noticed that he had been lying on a dirt floor…and he scooted a bit away from his bodyguard – who hadn't done a very good job, mine you, since they'd both ended up here.
"What…?" He looked around frantically. He remembered falling overboard and he panicked…then he remembered red lights…and that was it. Where the hell was this?
"Tryffin, you're safe." Ceilen's calm voice brought his search back to the man's equally calm face. His bodyguard no longer looked worried and Tryffin supposed he should feel good about that…but he didn't.
"Where are we?" His back was now pressed against a solid rocky wall and he noted that the entire area was like a room carved out of a mountain or something. A cave? Hadn't he heard Ceilen mentioned something about a cave?
"In my hideout."
That brought Tryffin's attention back to the man in front of him. Ceilen was still crouched next to the spot where Tryffin had lain; he hadn't moved. He was clad only a pair of dark, close fitting shorts…not spandex exactly but snug enough to be giving Tryffin a hard time…especially in that position where the material just clung to his ass.
Tryffin groaned and dragged his eyes back up to Ceilen's face. The man shook his head slightly, an amused smile playing across his lips. "You have a one track mind, you know that?"
Tryffin glared but didn't say anything. What the hell COULD he say anyway? His bodyguard stood up, giving Tryffin a better view of the man's to-die-for physique. Yeah…one-track mind and that track was taking him straight to Ceilen's groin.
"Ahem." Ceilen cleared his throat and Tryffin had to drag his attention up to Ceilen's face…by the ball and chain, because it really didn't want to move.
Ceilen looked like he didn't know what to do with Tryffin. The redhead smirked. "Yeah?"
His bodyguard rolled his eye. It was weird seeing Ceilen's scar across his left eye, which seemed to be sealed shut. It didn't look bad really but it did look identical the Chichiri's. Tryffin shuddered and stared hard.
Ceilen frowned at Tryffin and then as if he'd suddenly realized why Tryffin was staring, he turned away abruptly. "I trust you're feeling alright?"
"Um…yeah." Tryffin looked around again. Not heaven, not hell but definitely a cave. "So you stay here when you're not in the bat cave?" What was up with Ceilen and caves?
"Yes. Come on." Then he started walking away and Tryffin had to scrambled up to hurry after him.
When Tryffin rose, he noticed a pool of water a few feet away the size of a large Jacuzzi. Strange dim light was coming from it and that had been the source of light that lit the cave.
"Hey," he called to Ceilen. "What's that light in the water?"
"Sunlight." His bodyguard didn't bother slowing down or even turned around. The man just kept on walking.
"How's the sun underwater?"
"It's not but we're not too far from the source. The lagoon is well lit and that's the light you see."
So that was the entrance to the cave. Damn.
"I think I like the bat cave better," Tryffin mumbled as he followed Ceilen. At lease the other cave had electricity. The farther away they were from the pool, the darker it got and now they were almost in complete darkness. Tryffin stumbled and cursed loudly as he slammed into Ceilen. Well, he hoped it was Ceilen…
"Ceilen?" Tryffin squeaked.
Arms came up to wrap around his waist and he was pulled flushed against a mostly naked body. He couldn't see but he knew instinctively that it was Ceilen. He clung back desperately even when he should be angry because the man was laughing.
"Don't tell me you're afraid of the dark too."
"Fuck you." Tryffin pushed away but not too hard. He really didn't want to leave the warm embrace.
"Hm…I think I'd heard that before." Ceilen's voice was still full of amusement yet Tryffin couldn't bring himself to lash back. He was just so happy that the cold, cold man was gone. He liked this Ceilen a whole lot more. "Stay still," his bodyguard told him softly and Tryffin could feel the man's hot breath brushing against his ear. He shivered and it had nothing to do with them being wet.
Ceilen muttered something under his breath and the wall in front of them slid to the side slowly. The groaning of rocks grinding against each other was loud but not as much as he might expect. It was as if the wall itself knew to be quiet.
Tryffin stared at the revealed room in awe.
He was still staring and blinking stupidly when Ceilen pushed him in and muttered something else to close the 'door' behind them.
"Welcome to my humble home," Ceilen said softly next to him and then the man was walking away, farther into the room.
Humble my ass, thought Tryffin. It was…wow…
The room was another cave but this time he could see everything; the place was fully lit with streams of light coming from various points in the high ceiling – that was made of rocks and dirt and tree roots… He could feel light breezes but he saw no windows. The wall was solid rocks and earth, no opening. He looked up at the ceiling again and thought he saw shadows of something fluttering. He could faintly hear birds. Were they underground and the lights…? Sunlight?
"Yes, this time it is direct sunlight," Ceilen said and Tryffin looked back at his bodyguard in surprise. Had he said that out loud?
"What do you do when it rains?" Hey, it was a legitimate question.
Ceilen, who was pulling things out of a large cabinet by one wall stopped and turned to face him. Then his face broke into a brilliant smile. "The room is protected. No rain."
"Protected…how?"
Ceilen was still smiling when he turned back to his work. "Now that's a secret."
And you can keep it too, thought Tryffin. Maybe it was this alien thing Ken had been harping about. Tryffin wondered briefly if he should worry.
"Um…" Tryffin looked around curiously. "Where are the others?" No one else was there with them though the place was large enough to hold all of them and then some. It was at least the size of a soccer field. Large cabinets with doors lined the walls, a large table was in the middle of the room and that was littered with papers, cardboard boxes and various gadgets. A desk was by one of the cabinet and even thought Tryffin couldn't see any source of electricity; a laptop was sitting on top of it. On one side of the wall, Tryffin saw a small indentation and there, snug against the rocky surface was a small bed.
Well, maybe in this aspect Ceilen could call this his 'humble' home, it was almost as bare as the bat cave.
"They're out on the beach or looking around the island, I suppose. I wouldn't worry about them. This place is pretty harmless." Ceilen was still dragging stuff out of the cabinet and by this time, had a pile of scary looking things next to him.
"What are you doing?" Tryffin walked over to him and stared down at the things in the pile.
"Getting supplies."
"What kind of supplies?" Tryffin eyed the stuff suspiciously. He didn't think James Bond had this many supplies.
Instead of answering him, Ceilen said, "This place should be comfortable for you and Kouji to stay until we get back. Somehow I don't think the others will stay behind. I'll show you where the food and water are stored. There's enough here to last you quite a long time."
Tryffin wanted to shove the man in the cabinet then. "I'm not staying."
Ceilen didn't answer him but closed the cabinet with a loud bang. Then he turned a faced the redhead. "So you think you can strap on a scuba gear and come along?"
Tryffin narrowed his eyes and clenched his fists. "Yes." No…
Ceilen laughed and then shook his head, his expression softened considerably. "Stay here. You'll be safe."
"I don't want to be safe," Tryffin stepped up to Ceilen and ran a hand down his bare chest. Ceilen closed his eye briefly and when he opened it, it was like looking at molten rocks. "I want to be with you."
Ceilen captured his hand and held it fast. "You can't. There are thingsinvolved that..." He paused and sighed. "Stay. Here."
Tryffin snatched his hand away and glared at his stupid bodyguard. "Make me." This made Ceilen blink at him in surprise. Then he leaned forward, making Tryffin move back automatically. Normally it would have made him squeal with delight but the look in Ceilen's eye actually made him cringe. The man could be one scary son of a bitch.
Tryffin hunched his shoulders and scowled at Ceilen. "You are NOT using that Mr. Spock shit on me again."
Ceilen smiled and almost looked innocent. Almost. Tryffin wasn't lowering his guard. He continued to scowl unpleasantly at his bodyguard while utilizing all of his martial arts training to keep watchful and prepared.
Ceilen seemed to have sensed this and backed off. He looked impressed but Tryffin couldn't be sure, he was still on alert and he wasn't going to give an inch. "Don't underestimate me. I'm going and don't feed me that crap about it not being my business. If what you guys have been talking about is true, they killed my parents too!"
Ceilen looked taken aback for a second as he blinked at Tryffin.
"Yeah, have YOU forgotten that little fact? You're not the only one who wants payback, you know and see if I'll let a little water stop me from beating them to a pulp."
Ceilen stared at him for a long time. Then his lips quirked and his eye glinted mildly with amusement. "A little water?"
Tryffin felt his face heating up but he refused to back down. Ceilen was tricky. He had to be on his toes if he was to get what he wanted. "Yeah, well…focus, right?"
Then Ceilen's eye narrowed calculatedly. "What do you plan to do with your boyfriend? Should he risk his life as well? He won't stay behind if you won't. Will you drag him into this?"
Tryffin sighed. He supposed they would have to come to the subject of Kouji sometime. "No, he shouldn't risk his neck for me; he's done enough. You can use that Vulcan neck tweaking thingie on him, okay?"
"And after that?" Ceilen asked quietly and quite unexpectedly. Tryffin knew what Ceilen was asking; would he go back home with Kouji and pretend that nothing happened between them? Would Tryffin forget that he'd told Ceilen he would still want him?
Would he?
Tryffin stared into the watchful eye and shook his head silently. He didn't know what to say; he didn't have any clear idea of what he would do…he knew what he wanted…the man in front of him. But Ceilen was so different from everything he'd ever known. Ceilen had turned his entire universe upside down and Tryffin hadn't a clue of what was expected of him.
A shadow passed over Ceilen's face and the man turned back to the pile of gear he'd taken out of the cabinet. "Forget it. Not my business."
"NO!" Tryffin moved closer yet he didn't touch the older man. "You're wrong," Tryffin said softly. "I want you in my life, so yeah…it's your business." He took a deep breath and continued uncertainly, "I just don't know what comes next. Kouji and I…it's not what you think."
Ceilen looked up and quirked one fine eyebrow at him. "I think you're living with him."
Smart-ass.
"Yes but we're not…a couple or anything. We're just having fun, no strings attached or anything and…we see other people…all the time…so it's not like I'm going to hurt him and stuff, you know 'cuz we're not…like a cou…ple or anything. This isn't helping, is it? I'm just babbling now." Tryffin hung his head. This sucked. Did people really put this much effort into a relationship?
Shit…did he say relationship? Was that where this was going? Shit!
Before Tryffin could freak out even more, gentle fingers tilted his chin up and then he was staring into the warm brown eye of the man who'd changed everything in Tryffin's world.
"I can't give you what you want," Ceilen began softly, his thumb brushing Tryffin's lower lip tenderly and Tryffin could feel panic rising up from the pit of his stomach.
Seeing his fear, Ceilen continued quickly, "Not now. When all this is over…and you still want…this…" He paused as he stared hard into Tryffin's eyes. "I won't say no."
Tryffin threw his arms around his bodyguard, the momentum pushed Ceilen back against the closed cabinet door with a loud clang. "That's all I ask…that's all I want," he murmured into the older man's neck. "Just a chance to be with you."
Tryffin didn't know why that was so important. He'd never thought he would want this kind of relationship; hadn't it been what he scoffed at for so long? Useless emotions that would just get him hurt.
But meeting Ceilen had changed all that. Meeting Ceilen had made him realized that the part of him that was missing…the part that would make him whole…was love. Love for this man.
Gods, he sounded like a pathetic sap.
"No you don't." Ceilen said softly as he nuzzled Tryffin's neck and then slowly but tantalizingly trailed his lips up to meet those of the startled redhead's. "You sound just right," Ceilen murmured against Tryffin's lips before he proceeded to kiss him thoroughly. And just when things started to heat up, Ceilen pulled away. Damn!
"When all this is over," Ceilen said again. If they were still alive was left unsaid but Tryffin knew what his bodyguard was thinking.
Tryffin nodded, his eyes strayed to the flushed lips of Ceilen. He just had to make sure they both stay alive…no biggie…
Suddenly Ceilen frowned and looked up at the ceiling in irritation. Tryffin looked up too and thought he saw shadows passing by the 'holes' that allowed sunlight in.
"I think we better get to the others before they tear this island apart looking for us." Ceilen sighed and started to turn away.
"I thought you said they'll be okay, that this place is harmless."
Ceilen began hoisting the stuff he pulled out of the cabinet onto his shoulders and Tryffin moved in to help automatically.
"I'm not worried about them. I'm more worried about the local wildlife." Ceilen turned to give Tryffin a smile. "I don't think they'd ever seen this many people before."
"Kinda like you?"
Ceilen blinked at him for a second and then a brilliant smile broke across his beautiful face. "Yes, kind of like me."
"How old ARE you, anyway?" Kouji asked the young man walking a few paces in front of him.
Shinji's bare wiry back was just begging for him to touch it but the younger man's attitude since they had joined Tryffin was…formal to say the least. And now that Kouji didn't have Youji to argue with, the interactions with the little minx became even less.
Shinji shrugged without turning around. "Old enough."
"I wonder…" Kouji didn't think the young man was old enough for the type of work he was doing at all. He should still be in school chasing girls…well or guys, in this case.
Shinji stopped and turned to give him a frown. "What's that supposed to mean?"
Kouji walked up to stand in front of Shinji. He looked down at the upturned face and reached up to brush away the bangs that threatened to cover those expressive eyes. Despite the fact that Shinji had proven to be quite good at taking care of himself, Kouji couldn't help feeling protective. Finding the young man unconscious the other night hadn't help either, though Shinji hadn't been seriously hurt.
Shinji took a small step back and looked quickly away. "I wonder if the others found anything." He went for his wrist communicator but Kouji took a hold of the hand firmly.
"Would it help to say I'm sorry?"
Shinji looked up at him in confusion. "For what?"
Kouji shrugged. "Many things. Not finding you a long time ago would definitely be high on the list."
Shinji frowned at him, confusion given way to irritation. "Look, if this has anything to do with my apparent attraction to you, it's alright. I can deal with it."
"It has more to do with MY apparent attraction to YOU."
Shinji gave him a humorless smile. "I can deal with that, too."
Kouji sighed and ran a hand through his hair. "I don't doubt that you can but it's me who's having trouble dealing, okay?"
Shinji's eyes flashed briefly. "Why? Because I won't join your little groupie?"
"What groupie? Tryffin's moving on. There is no groupie."
"I see. Since there's no more Tryffin, why not Shinji?"
Now it was Kouji's turn to get irritated. "That's not it at all! You know? I don't understand your holier-than-thou attitude. A few days ago you didn't even bat an eye when we made out, you knew about Tryf then. What's changed? Your assignment? I thought you said I wasn't just a job."
"But I'm still just a substitute," Shinji retorted.
"That's not true…" Kouji reached out again but Shinji shook his head and moved away.
"Don't worry about it." Shinji started down the hill, waving his hand airily. "I'm quite used to being a sub."
Kouji thought about that for a few second then ran after the younger man. "Wait!"
Shinji stopped and looked at him expectantly. Once Kouji caught up, he was lost for words. Shinji's flushed upturned face made him forget what he wanted to say…but then again, he wasn't really clear about the entire context either. He just wanted to let the younger man know that he cared. Perhaps more than he should be.
"Look, I can't change the fact that I was with Tryffin when you and I first met. And I can't change the fact that we were more that just roommates. But neither can I change the fact that I've always found you captivating…ever since the first time I'd set eyes on you." When Shinji didn't laugh in his face, Kouji continued with more confidence, "I won't feed you stupid lines or tell you that I love you or that I can't live without you. I don't know that I ever can…but I'd like the chance to find out. What I CAN tell you is that you were never a substitute. You were always you – someone…very special."
Shinji studied him silently for long moments. Then he closed his eyes and shook his head. "I don't want you to tell me that you can't live without me either," he grumbled under his breath, looking away suddenly. "That is so…lame."
Kouji let out a huge breath he didn't know he was holding. Shinji's reaction was more important than he'd thought.
"So…can we start over?" Kouji held out his hand between them.
Shinji stared at the hand. Then he looked up at Kouji's face…then back at the hand again. "What are you doing?"
"My name is Kouji. It's a pleasure to meet you."
Shinji rolled his eyes. "Gods, you are SO weird." But even as he was speaking, he put his hand in Kouji's. "Shinji," he mumbled, looking slightly embarrassed.
"Do you come here often? I haven't seen you here before." Kouji caressed Shinji's hand softly as he recalled their first meeting and those ancient pick-up lines he'd used.
Shinji made a face and shook his head. "Eeee! You said no stupid lines."
"Hey, I'll have you know that those lines got me hooked up with the most fascinating creature I've ever met." He pulled Shinji closer until their faces were a hairbreadth away from each other. The heat from Shinji's mostly bare body, pressing achingly sweet to his own was giving Kouji tantalizing ideas…
"Hey! I thought I was the most fascinating creature you've ever met." Tryffin's voice broke the magic and Kouji cursed softly while struggling hard to keep Shinji within his arms.
"YOU were the most outrageous creature with the worst possible timing!" Kouji turned towards his former lover's voice and grinned. "I see you're still alive."
Tryffin was standing next to an expressionless Ceilen who was studying Shinji…who was squirming most energetically against him. Kouji tightened his arms around the younger man, not wanting him to escape. Both men in front of him were dressed similarly to Shinji and himself; they were all reduced to a pair of swimming trunks and Kouji couldn't help feeling like they were on a picnic instead of a rescue mission.
"Yeah, well…bodyguard and all that." Tryffin grinned back and waggled his eyebrows suggestively as he glanced at Shinji. "How's it going?"
"Could be better."
Tryffin laughed as Shinji let out a choked sound.
"We should find the others," Ceilen said quietly. "There are things we must discuss."
Shinji pressed a series of buttons on his watch and looked up at Ceilen. "Where?"
"The beach."
Shinji nodded and pulled slightly away from Kouji as he contacted his teammates. Kouji left him alone as he talked and walked over to Tryffin and Ceilen.
"So…are you guys okay?" It was strange knowing that there was something between these two. Kouji could still remember their first meeting and Tryffin's hostility and reluctance to go with Ceilen. Now it was as if Tryffin couldn't live without this man. Kouji stole a glance at the stoic bodyguard and wonder what Tryffin saw in the man. Sure he was good looking but he was hardly Tryffin's type…
And how did Kouji feel about that? Tryffin had spent the past four years with him. How did he feel about being replaced?
Kouji thought about that for a moment and tried to feel hurt or resentment…but they weren't coming. There was certainly a keen sense of loss and sadness. He wouldn't see much of Tryffin anymore…he would sorely miss the redhead; they've had some good times together. But he was glad for Tryffin too. He was happy that Tryffin seemed to have found what he was looking for.
Ceilen watched him approach then moved away towards Shinji. Kouji frowned and allowed his gaze to follow the silent man as he stopped next to the Shinji and started a quiet conversation.
"Hey." Tryffin nudged him playfully. "Jealous, already?"
Kouji looked at the redhead and shook his head. "You sure about this? He's…" not normal went unsaid and they both knew it. Another dimension aside…the man was still the strangest person he'd ever met.
Tryffin's eyes drifted to the object of their discussion and Kouji could see the changes in his expression. The redhead's eyes softened and a gentle smiled played across his lips. "Yeah…I'm sure."
"And if he's…you know…from the other side?"
Tryffin continued to watch Ceilen but his expression turned thoughtful. Then he turned and gave Kouji a weak smile.
"Then let's hope he's not going back. You know I've never been big on traveling."
"You've never been big on relationships either. That's not stopping you now."
Tryffin blinked and then turned to look at Ceilen again. "No…no, it's not."
Kouji allowed himself a satisfied little smile. No…Tryffin had never allowed anything to come between him and what he wanted…and right now, what he wanted was Ceilen.
He just hoped that Ceilen felt the same way…for as long at Tryffin wanted.
Because if he did anything to hurt Tryffin, dimensional gates or not, Kouji wasn't going to let him get away with it.
Not in any lifetime.
TBC…
Wai! It took too long, I know. I'm sorry. Consolation…WK 12 is about half done already so it won't be that long before it's posted.
Thanks again for reading and sticking around. It's going to get real complicated soon…I hope I don't lose anyone in the plot. ::huge sweatdrop::
Oh, I want to thank those that read 'The Favor' and 'Fall' and left messages for me. ::grins:: 'The Favor'was written so fast, I was a bit worried. But I'm glad you liked it. ::bows::