Title: Silent Screams
Author: NT aka Aku-chan
Pairings: Tala/Kai, Tyson/Max, Kenny/ Yasashiku(OC), Seiichi(OC)/Kai, Future BryanRei
Aku: Nyaaaaa, I was close to discontinuing this fic, but thanks to my wifey Ja, she convinced me not to because of the death threats I would most likely receive if I announced this discontinuity.
Tala: So if you want to thank someone for this although EXTREMELY LATE UPDATE, thank Ja.
Aku: hehe, I'd also like to thank everyone for the name suggestions, but I decided to use one of the names someone suggested. It's a secret until the fic :P
Max: ON WITH THE FIC! HIYAH!
Aku: SORRY AGAIN FOR THE DELAY!
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Chapter Twenty: Naming
He vaguely was aware of movement with the air around his rushing. It was cold and damp, he noticed, as his skin was chilled. It was then that he realized his entire body felt cold, as if wearing nothing. The coarse fabric of something was touching the upper half of his body, relaxing him slightly, but his nerves were alert. Awareness slowly edged in further, marking claim in one corner of his mind. His ears picked up the rapid beating of a heart, while the heavy breathing around him made him feel surrounded and smaller. He almost whimpered, if not for the dry ache in his throat.
"Hurry up!" Someone hissed above him, as he futilely tried to identify the voice. Coming up with nothing, he focused his efforts into opening his eyes.
A metal door slammed painfully against its hinges, while the breathing around him immediately attempted to slow down and hinder any unnecessary sounds. Focused once more on the task at hands, it felt like elephants had decided to graciously perch on his eyelids at that moment. Not a pleasant feeling at all.
Something small grasped his hand, soothing his entire body instantly. His body no longer felt cold, though still bare of any clothing, until more fabrics were soon wrapped around him. A soft whisper touched his ear gently, but the words didn't register. It seemed... familiar in a way. He wondered back on past happenings, which lead him to be in this rather odd situation. Recalling certain events, he immediately wished to be back in the arms of his love rather than wrapped tightly in a disarray of fabrics and having the inability to see. But as the hand continued to be cradled in his own, he felt himself lighten. He panicked quickly, wondering if this is death that was crawling through his veins, until a soft reassuring voice entered his senses.
'Open your eyes...' His mind registered, as he once again focused all his renewed energy to his eyes. The elephants seem to have disappeared, leaving behind small rocks instead. Not seeming as hard as before, he felt a soft twitching, until the weight was completely thrown aside, leaving his irises noticeable. The first thing his eyes encountered was large silver eyes that held a scarlet edge to them. It was strange, and somehow fitting to an entirely odd situation.
"Tala, you're awake. That's a relief." He heard a happy sigh to his right, immediately identifying the person as a certain neko-jin. He looked down at himself, noticing the jackets of the others covering what used to be his naked body. His mind question the reason for him being naked in the first place, but decided against knowing. Ignorance was definitely bliss at this moment.
"Hey... Rei..." His mind was slightly fogged and his throat remained somewhat sore, but all in all, he was fine. "Tyson. Max." He acknowledged the other two who sat in each other's arms in the corner to keep warm.
Staring back at the one who caught his attention, he stared curiously at the blue-haired boy sitting happily on his lap, smiling innocently. "And... you are...?"
The boy blinked, and looked away from the redhead. "Ano... I... I don't really have a name..."
Tala blinked, trying to piece together everything. Firstly, he was in a building – Biovolt, his memory supported – and... he saw Yasashiku get killed by the sadistic bastard, Seiichi, who was supposed to be dead. He remembered seeing two Kai's... but his memory ends there until this point. And now... this child was in his lap saying he doesn't have a name, while Rei and the others look completely familiar with the boy.
As if answering his confusion, Rei supplied an answer. "He's your son."
"W-what?" It's not everyday when, as a teenager, you learn about a son you never knew about nor have any idea how you even was involved in the conceiving process.
"This, Tala, is your son." Max smiled in amusement from the pure shock from the otherwise indifference wolf. Tyson merely chuckled, smothering his face back again into the crook of the blonde's neck.
"W-who's the mother?" It didn't even occur Tala to deny that he had a son, as his curiosity got the better of him.
"Hehe... well... uhhh... that would be... you see..."
"Kai is my mommy!" The boy answered happily, as he cuddled into his father's chest.
His world seemed to literally stop at that moment. In the span of about half a minute, he not only found out that he had a son (which he didn't know if he should deny it because anything was possibly after seeing two Kai's) and that the said son he had, he shared with Kai – another male.
Promptly, Tala wanted to wake up from this dream.
"It's not a dream, Daddy." The boy pouted, as he tugged on Tala's two bangs. "You are my daddy and Kai is my mommy!"
"Some Biovolt cloning with both of your DNA." Rei tried to give the wolf an explanation, as it seemed reasonable in Tala's head, though reasonable wasn't something he ever thought he'd label this situation as.
"Okay... I'll... accept that I guess... don't have much of a choice anyways..." Tala murmured, as he desired aspirin greatly at the moment. He was almost expecting to see Rei admit he was really a hermaphrodite or Max confessing that he was from a sugar-infested planet. It would be perfectly acceptable, Tala thought, wondering if he accidentally misplaced his sanity as well as his judgment.
"Daddy?" The boy tugged once more on the two dangling strands, with a curious expression on his face.
"Yeah?"
"I need a name."
That certainly never occurred to the wolf. "A name, huh?"
"How about something Russian?" The blonde suggested, as everyone looked thoughtful for a moment, until of course, Russian names didn't easily come to the Japanese ones.
"I don't know..."
"What about combining yours and Kai's name? I mean, he is a clone of you two after all." Rei pondered out loud, as Tala contemplating the idea.
"Taka? Kala?"
"No, I don't like those." The redhead scrunched his face in dissatisfaction. After another ten minutes of random suggestions, they all had finally given up, as Tala didn't like any of the names given.
"Man, you're picky." The dragon whined, as the other two Bladebreakers sighed. "We should name him Nameless. Yeesh!"
"Kayu." Tala said out of the blue, causing four pairs of eyes to focus on him.
"I like it." The little boy – now named Kayu – smiled at his father, as his chibi arms wrapped around the wolf's neck. "I like it a lot."
Smiling, he returned his son's hug. "Kayu it is."
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The tightening of the fisted hands on his neck was the only indication of the sensation of touch. He couldn't pinpoint any part of his body, as if he was entirely numbed to the point where he feared that maybe... nothing more of him existed. All that he knew was his thoughts and the pain around what he immediately assumed his neck, as the further the grip tightened, the harder it was to breathe. The question that appeared predominately in his mind wasn't why there was something or someone trying to strangle him to an unquestionable death, but was it really necessary to breathe? He didn't feel like breathing was required, and it would have scared him if he knew how to feel scared.
'Who... who am I...?' His mind echoed softly in the hollow confines of wherever he resided. The tightening deepened, like a knife plunging an inch deeper within him. Each tightening was just another moment of his skin to accept more of the endless blade.
With each second passing, his resistance was slowly fading. 'Who' was merely a fleeting though, while a 'when' remained present in what he could only perceive as semi-consciousness.
'When... will this be over?' He wondered, as his skin devoured another inch of the blade, that slicing at his clenched organs, the rush of internal blood causing bloating and waves of the substance to leave his only openings. And although he joined the sensation he felt to a blade piercing into his body, he was unsure if he even had one. He released every last restraint he held so tightly in place, gripping in uncertainty on the last fragment of consciousness.
'I guess... this means it's over.' He felt almost content, if not for the constant tightening. He wondered if that means he was unsatisfied, but easily erased that thought. Even if he wasn't satisfied, it didn't matter. It was going to be over.
"Are you sure?" He was startled, grasping once more to the tiny fragment. "Is this how it ends?"
'What do you mean...?' He was sure he didn't care if it ended now, and with such hopeless indifference, it was time, wasn't it?
"So that's the best you can do? How pathetic."
'I am not pathetic!' He cried out indignantly, wondering who dared to question his resolve. About what? Was he questioning his... life? But that would also mean he had one... did he actually live beyond this...?
"You say you're not pathetic, yet you're questioning if there is anymore beyond this! I call that pathetic. I pity you."
That struck him, but not painfully, resulting in contemplation rather than indifference as he had planned to react. There was more beyond here... did that mean...?
'Was... Did I... Have I existed beyond...?'
"Is that all you have to ask?"
What did the question mean? He had so many more questions, but the strand he held on so tightly to ask the questions was breaking. The blade was relentless in its task to destroy him, but why was it so determined to take away what was left of him?
"If that is all, why don't you try and find it out? If this is all you have, you're a disgrace to me."
'Disgrace?'
"You were so strong. But now... I can barely look."
'Strong?'
"Is this all you got?"
Is this all he's got? It was so easy to answer, he knew.
'No.' Even if this blade wished him gone, he knew, he knew that he had more. He was stubborn and stronger than this, why he knew was something he couldn't explain because it was finding what you never even looked for. 'No, this isn't all I got.'
"I'm glad you figured it out without needing my answers."
'This isn't how my story ends.' Because if his story ends now, no one will read it. Because when his story ends, he wants it to be beautiful even if it means to end red or black. His story was his own to write and crush, no one else held that privilege. 'Who are you?'
"Don't know yet? One answer is okay." The blade wasn't so noticeable now, and breathing held importance once more.
"I'm you."
'Thanks... myself.'
He had the decency to smile.
The fragment never broke.
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He mentally sighed, knowing the failure that met the director once more, noting to himself to dispose of such a useless being. He could overlook one failure in his better moods, but two was unacceptable. He immediately sent out the order, not wishing to delay the ordeal any further. After a swift 'yes, sir' responded, he easily forgot the entire situation. A silky hand intertwined with his own, as his eyes rode over the porcelain, untouched skin.
"Do you feel neglected?" He purred out, his lips touching briefly with the warm flesh. A soft whimper answered his question, as he reached his hand down to touch the other. Pulling at the chin, his lips easily reached the others, as his probing tongue found a delightful haven in the other's mouth, who succumbed to his ministrations obediently.
"That's a good boy." He idly allowed the other to rest once more, as he glanced at the only door of the room expectantly.
The metal hinges strained under the pressure from the door slamming open, as the eyes of the intruders briefly scanned over all the occupants. It was silence, as malice began to erupt with the eyes, taking in the hideously beautiful sight.
"Isn't this a pleasant visit?" His hollow eyes dropped to the single child in the group, lowering slightly. "I see you have found your father, little one. Have you betrayed me, my little one?"
The boy in question whimpered at the eyes that burned his entire body, trying to escape the gaze by the protection he found from his father. Tala stood firmly in front of the child, his hateful eyes conveying his vengeance.
"Seiichi..." He hissed out the name bitterly with a spat honeyed in repulsion, anger, and absolute loathing.
Rei and the others gasped at the sight, reacting with shock rather than fear or anger. It was the fact that their once proud captain sat naked, a black leather collar around his neck, rubbing his cheek against the man's thighs. They felt broken and almost hopeless, if not for the need to gain back what was lost to them.
The blonde whimpered, as the hollow eyes then focused on him, as he suppressed the memories that tried to break free. "I am saddened, Max... you had come to me looking for sanctuary, and here you have left me..."
"Leave him alone, you fucking bastard!" The dragon yelled, pushing the blonde behind him, using his body as a wall between the sadist and his love.
"Such vile words, so much like that of a barbarian." Seiichi 'tsk'ed, as he continued to touch the flesh of their beloved friend.
"Stop touching him." Tala growled out between his clenched teeth, as his fists tightening, posed to attack the other.
"Oh? But I believe he is enjoying it." True to his word, he stroked the bluenette, which elicited a pleasurable moan, followed by a deep purring. "You see? He enjoys it."
"...bastard..."
"What was that?"
"You sick bastard!" Tala growled out loudly, all self-control breaking, as he easily sprinted the distance between the two, his fist ready to lash out, only to have a pale hand stop his own. His eyes widened as they met with the scarlet ones he found to love, until he was thrown carelessly to the side. Kai stood in the spot Tala had been, staring disdainfully at the redhead.
"Don't touch Master." The phoenix growled out in pure malevolence, as he wrapped his arms possessively over Seiichi's shoulders. "I will not let you hurt Master."
"Kai..." Tala stared in disbelief, as everything about him felt like it was shattering. His every thought and every judgment were crumbling.
"It's true that the boy you see before you is Kai, but I assure you, he is not the Kai you hold dear." Seiichi smirked, as he ran his hands over the submissive phoenix, who allowed the touches and even indulged in them.
"Does... does that mean... Kai is dead?" Tyson asked, stating out loud the fear that ran through everyone's mind. If that was true, then... the Kai they all once knew was forever lost; nothing more than a distant memory.
"No... no! I won't accept that!" Tala screamed out, as the beginnings of tears threatened the wolf of a shattering sanity. "I won't accept... that... that Kai! This isn't happening..."
"Denial won't get you anywhere far." Seiichi smiled, as he reveled in the wolf's break down. "You will only hurt more in the end, but if you wish for that, then by all means, please."
"It's... it's really over..." Max slumped down in defeat, as tears caressed down his cheeks, giving his eyes an even more hopeless glint.
Tyson wanted so badly to support the blonde, but he himself felt the grief and self-loathe. If they had just been here sooner, maybe... "We failed him... we failed Kai..."
"No... we... we couldn't save him..." Rei bent his head in shame, his own tears surfacing but never breaking lose.
Each of them was slowly losing themselves in a game of the minds, each falling deeper into the hypnotic voice of an angel with the words of a devil. He was beautiful in a way blood in on a blade, but only if you took the time to look deeper. His face and body may have been carved by the heavens, but it was his time spent in Hell that he truly cherished, and this cherishment he bestowed on others.
"How beautiful you all are." Seiichi's smile grew, as he relished in all the pain and sorrow. "So very beautiful. Your pain is so magnificent. If I had known how broken you would all become, I would've done this ages ago." He chuckled softly, staring at the curious phoenix, he tilted his head to his master in question.
"Kai, too bad you don't remember. You would have been so content knowing that all these people care for you so much. But in the end, you broke them all. Do you feel the guilt, Kai?" He gestured to the boys lying merely a few feet from them, as he lifted the phoenix's chin.
"They are crying for you, Kai, and all you can do... all you can do is love me. Isn't that right?" Seiichi chuckled once more in harmony to the mood, as he smiled lovingly at the broken sight. It was beautiful in every way, he wanted to save this moment, keep it all for himself. He wanted to bottle it up and have it last for eternity.
He watched as they continued to fall deeper, his mind easily toying with theirs, manipulating in ways he yearned for. The eyes glazed out, as each body slumped lifelessly, similar to a puppet, leaving him as the owner to their strings.
The child remained stunned in silence, fearing that his betrayal would erupt to pain like it had in the past. He stared passed all the bodies laid motionless before him and to the painfully familiar scarlet eyes that held no recognition whatsoever. It was... like a whole other soul was locked away in that body. It was just like last time. Just like last time, he couldn't save the one he loved most.
'You weren't supposed to return, mommy. You promised to never return. You don't break promises, mommy...' Kayu cried, as he curled deeper into the arms of his father. 'Daddy... please don't leave me and mommy. Please, don't let him take us again...'
Somewhere deep within the consciousness of the wolf, he could feel tears touching his chest, wondering about their source. 'Who's... crying...?' A name vaguely became aware in his mind, scrawled carelessly, but it was blurred out by his own tears.
"You are beautiful, little one. So much like your mother." Seiichi turned his gaze from child to mother, as he caressed the phoenix once more, looking into the rubies he called his own.
"Do you love me, Kai?"
"Hai... I love you... oniichan..."
To Be Continued...
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Tala: That was... a really creepy ending!
Aku: I know, hehe. Thanks to Syaoran-Lover for the name of Tala and Kai's son!
Rei: Does that mean there's incest too?
Aku: HAI!
Tyson: You don't have to be that excited over it...
Aku: Ya huh! Because I absolutely love Seiichi!
Seiichi: (smirks in all his sadistic glory)
Everyone 'cept Aku: ... (backs away from Seiichi)
Max: Review so Aku won't take as long as last time...
Aku: Hopefully... (sweatdrops)