Bleeding Heart
Written By: Thread Sage
Juubei: It is my destiny to do this review.
Everyone: Rolls eyes
Juubei: This story belongs to ThreadSage, and so do the new characters, but now the Get Backers made characters.
Threadsage: Nice job, Juubei
Juubei: Now how bout a joke?
Everyone: AHHHHH!
Chapter Ten
The Future is the Past?
The group walked into a room with six doors each with a red number ranging one through six on the door.
"Well this is awkward." Ban said as him and the group were standing in the center of the room.
"Six doors, six of us means one person per door." Touzoku said, counting on his fingers.
"How should we choose?" Shido asked.
"I have a dice!" Ginji said, pulling out a white dice with red numbers.
"Each of us will take a turn and the number be roll will go with the door." Himiko said, nodding her head in approval.
"I don't feel good having Touzoku by himself." Shido said, placing his hand on Touzoku's shoulder.
"I will be fine." Touzoku said with care and annoyance. He could fight by himself.
"But you can't. You can only take powers." Shido said.
"I can do it. I don't need your help always Shido." Touzoku said as kindly as he could. Shido could sense that Touzoku was mad. He didn't want, if this was their last time together, for it to be the last emotion they felt for one another.
"I'll roll first." Ginji said, flipping the die in the air. It spun, bounced twice, and landed on the number "4".
"I'll go next." Kazuki said using his strings to lift up the die and roll it once more. It hit the number "1".
"And my turn." Ban said lifting it up and rolling it. The number landed on "3".
Shido and Himiko rolled. The numbers were "5" and "2".
"that means I have number "6"." Touzoku said as they all walked to their doors.
"I'll stay back." Kyo said. Everyone had forgotten about him.
"If in any way you need to come back, or someone new comes, then I can help you or fight them." Kyo said.
Everyone nodded approving.
No one moved at first. But then, Kazuki opened the doors and walked into darkness. The door slowly closed by itself.
Himiko was the next, and with a small smile she walked in.
'I'm coming Kogou.' Ban thought as he slowly opened the door and walked in.
Ginji opened the door and with a smile and a laugh, he walked in.
Shido and Touzoku were the last ones. They were next to one another and looked at one another. Shido had an air of strength and worry in his eyes, while Touzoku had a air of fear. Total fear.
Shido placed his hand on Touzoku's blonde hair.
"If you need anything, all you have to do is say my name. no matter where you are, I will come. I promise." Shido said, staring straight into Touzoku's eyes.
"Thanks Shido." Touzoku said with a smile.
Shido gave a nod, Touzoku gave a smile and then they both walked in. Both doors closed and all was silent.
Kazuki's Battle.
Kazuki walked down a slow step carried him. He looked around. A thin black mist filled the air making it hard for him to tell if he was walking in the right direction.
"Ginji will have some trouble navigating through this." Kazuki said with a chuckle.
He walked for many minutes before the air cleared. He was now standing in a plain black disc. All around him was pure….oblivion.
"When did this happen?' He said.
The disc was twice the size of what he needed. It was enough space for two people to standing five feet away from one another.
There was a wisp of wind that churned and formed. A man with white hair and a pure red suit.
"Welcome to my….room, Mr. Fuchoin." The man said, sipping a glass of red wine he had.
"And you are?" Kazuki said.
"Why? You don't know? I am the leader of the MPC. My people work for the ever infamous AEC and for me. Don't you know, Mr. Fuchoin? Don't you have a connection to the AEC?" He said with a sneer.
Kazuki winced. The girl from before knew about this past also.
"Have you told any of the others? Does Kogou even know?" The man said.
"Where is he!" Kazuki yelled.
The man laughed.
"That is for me to know and for you to maybe find out; if you can get past your own demons." The man said with a small wave.
He turned back in a wisp of smoke and then there was a burst of light.
Kazuki opened his eyes to see that he was standing…..
"…in the Grand Canyon?" He said, blinking.
"How did I end up here?" He asked, taking a step. A presence behind him made his nervous and he flipped in the air, dodging…..
'needles?' He thought as he landed.
'But only….' He looked up, hoping what had happened was wrong.
There standing there was a Juubei Kakei, a pair of needles in hand.
"Juubei?" Kazuki said, astonished.
The man just gave a devils smile. He then started throwing the needles left and right. But, the great Kazuki Fuchoin dodged the attacks with grace.
"You aren't the real Juubei." He said as he landed and slid.
"The real Juubei could easily make me work for my life. This is barely a challenge!" He said.
Juubei's smile turned into a small frown. From his back pocket he pulled out a small orb that was in the symbol of Yin-Yang.
Kazuki blinked with fear.
"Not that." He said, taking a step back.
Juubei pulled out three black needles. He let the float in his hand and, they shot.
Kazuki, being a fluent person in battle (He wasn't known as the Prince of Battle Terror for nothing), flipped left and right, dodging the attacks; until, a needle pierced his leg. He slid on the ground and landed on his back.
The pain shot through his leg as he quickly reached for his bells that had skidded to the side. But, a black needle was thrown and struck arm, pinning it to the ground.
Kazuki yelped in pain and blood began to trickle down the Canyon. Slowly, he opened his eyes to see Juubei standing above him, his white needles in hand.
"Juubei…" Was all Kazuki was able to say before a fury of needles were thrown at him. He let out one more cry, one more breath of air before he passed away.
The image of the man named Juubei stared for a moment, then cracked a smile. With the sound of a howl the figure changed back into the man in the red coat.
"You are no longer need." The man said with a wave of his hand. There was wisp of black smoke that wrapped around Kazuki, and then, he was gone.
The man smiled and with the same gesture, he also disappeared.
Himiko's Battle.
Himiko had always wondered about Ban. About what type of person he would like, and other things like that. For the longest time, she was sure Ban had a crush on her, for she had a crush on him.
But the Kogou came along.
She wasn't jealous of him, she actually was really fond of the boy. But…Kogou had stolen away any chance of her getting Ban's heart.
"Its for the best." She said, shaking away the voice in her head that said run away ad never come back.
Ban had never been happy like this before, or even this determined to something. He was a great student in school, and he was a very good athlete, but he didn't want to become a teacher, nor a athlete. So, he just kept his cold demeanor and hid the true Ban Midou.
But now, now that Kogou was in his life, it seemed that he was even more happy to live. He want to actually help someone, to go the farthest to save someone. Why?
"Is it love?" she sad as he stopped. She noticed that she hadn't been moving and was standing on a silver plate.
"What?" She said as a wisp of smoke came forth. The smoke took the form of a man that had WAY to much red on
"Ah Mrs. Kudo." The man said.
"A pleasure to see you again. How are you dealing with the curse of yours?" The man asked.
Himiko winced. How did this man know?
"Where is Kogou?" Himiko asked, changing the subject.
"He is somewhere where I cannot allow you to go. Only one person will ever, even have the chance to reach that place, and that is the great Ban Midou." The man spoke.
Himiko's eyes grew wide in shock.
"What….what do you want with Ban?" She asked, cautiously.
"That is none of your business, my sweet lady." He said with a slight wave. With a puff of smoke and a burst of white light, the man was gone.
And so was where Himiko was standing.
She now stood on top of a Mayan temple, high above the clouds. Below her were many people who seemed to be praising her.
"Where….how…." She spoke, but a small thud sound distracted her.
Himiko turned around to see A girl…. The woman from before!
"You…"She said.
"Hey, bitch." The woman said with a nasty smile.
"What….where is Kogou!" she yelled.
The woman smiled, but did not answer. With a wave of her hand, a burst of cold white ice was shot.
Himiko flipped left and dodged the ice. She landed on the balls of her feet, and pulled out a capsule of flamer perfume.
"How about some of this?" She said as a small breeze came from behind her. She popped off the cap and raised her hand, letting the perfume drift out of the container and towards the girl.
"What?" She said as he collapsed to the ground clutching her neck. A burning sensation filled her throat. As she opened it to gag, burst of flames escaped.
Himiko smiled, seeing the girl down. For some reason….it was to easy…..
Then, she knew why….a burst of blue light and Himiko's whole lower body was covered in ice.
"What?" She yelled as she tried to move, but her arms had also been frozen. She looked at the body that was infected with the flame perfume and saw that it was no more then a puddle of water.
"An….a clone?" She gasped as the ice began to creep up around her. It was now up to her chest.
"You foolish girl. Did you really believe you could beat me? Did you really think I would let your perfume consume me? You really are dumber then I thought." A voice said from behind with a snicker.
Himiko had enough strength to turn and saw the same girl as before.
"Ba…Ban…"was all she was able to say before she was completely consumed by the ice.
Now, the great Lady Poison, was no more then large sickle of ice.
The woman made a grunt and transformed into the red coated man again.
"Pathetic.." He said with a wave of his hand, and him and Himiko were gone.
Ban's Battle
Ban ran quickly down the path, faster then he had ever humanly run before. The only thing that filled his mind was help Kogou at thi exact moment.
Why did he care so much? Why did he care what happened to the Flame Head?
Because he used to be like that.
Way before he met anyone at school, and way before he had meat Kogou, he was troubled young teen. It was the trait of whoever was touched by the AEC…..
Ban stopped and took a short breath. How was everyone else doing? Had they reached the doorway yet?
"Please be alright…." He said as he closed his eyes and put his hand on his knees.
He stopped for a moment ( more like three minutes) and looked up. In front of him, was a man in pure read and a ghastly silver hair ( or was it white? Ban REALY didn't care).
"Where is Kogou?" Ban barked before the man could say a word.
"MY my, why…I would have expected something better from the great Ban Midou. Don't you want to say hi?" The man said with a chuckle.
"Shut the crap, Okawa." Ban said standing up sternly.
"I know your tricks, your illusions, and I know just how to break them, so don't try that on me. Remember, you used to be my guardian." Ban said. He never thought he would see this man again. But…all he had now for this man, knowing that he was responsible for this, was pain and anger.
"Very good, Ban. And I would expect nothing less from the great you, but what about your friends?" Okawa said with a wave of his hand.
An image of all of his comrades appeared in front of him in a wisp.
Kazuki was laying on the floor, blood dripping down his body, Himiko was frozen in a block of ice, Shido had all different colored bruises over him, Ginji…Ginji had brusied and was yelling hystericly, Touzou had cuts and scratches, and Kyo was chained to the wall, nails all over his body.
"You….you pitted them against one another!" Ban yelled and growled at the same time.
"You created an illusion of Juubei to fight Kazuki, the ice girl from before to fight Himiko, Touzoku to fight Shido, Me to fight Ginji, thought I don't know why(though little did he know….about about the get backers…), Shido to fight Touzoku, and…..and a thing to fight Kyo!" He yelled.
"Percisly." Okawa said.
"You knew that they wound fight against people they cared about! You played with there emotions!" He yelled.
"And what are you doing to Kogou, Ban? You never cared about anyone but yourself in your life." Okawa said, turning serious.
"You are toying with his emotions and in the end, he will come groveling back to us. And besides…its for his best interest…your best interest….the worlds interest." Okawa said.
Ban didn't know how the MFC and the AEC were connected, but it couldn't be good.
"…He is not just a toy for you to use! He is a person, and what is in his best interest is for him to decide, what is in my best interest is for o decide, and the whole world….don't get me started on them!" Ban barked.
"Fine, but you will see, you are only hurting him more." Okawa said as his image began to flicker.
"What! Where is Kogou?" Ban yelled.
"Follow the door." The mans voice said as he turned into pure smoke. Then, the smoke churned and turned into a door.
Ban, still breathing hard, slowly walked up to the door. He placed his hand on the cool knob and took a breath. He promosied he would protect the boy…. And he wouldn't go back on his word, no matter what.
He turned the knob.
Chapter Ten: Done!
Ok…. I am so sorry for you…Kazuki, Himiko, Ginji, Shido and you maybe Touzoku and Kyo fans! I had to….damaged them a bit…just for show and to single out Ban so that NO ONE could interfere. Lol….
Ok, just one note that I have 2 say…. A way to picture Okawa is to imagine Ayame from Fruits Basket (I model a lot of my ppl off of Fruits Basket, don't I….haha), but with a more angry way of life.
Ok, so…..the next chapter is the conflict between Kogou, Yuki, and Ban! This should be lots of fun! See ya then!