Sorry it took me a while to update this (and most of my other fics). I'll try to be more diligent, especially since I now officially have an enemy! Polairs18 and I are having an updating war, and anything you can do to help speed up my updates or slow her's down (though I don't know exactly how you'd go about slowing her down) will be greatly appreciated! She thinks she's better than me, and we all know she's delusional, right? Good. So, offer your support in any way you can, even if it's just to say you're on my side. Thanks, and enjoy!
Red Kitsune Flames: Heh, well what would you think if someone said not to worry about Kanone. Hell, I worry about him, and he's not even real! Oh...he didn't hear me did he? I have a lot of takes on the blade children vs. hunter situation after the end of the anime. I think this time I'm going to lay off it a little. I know there's still that one Hunter watching Ayumu's apartment, and I'm not going to exclude them completely, but I don't think that the Hunters are going to go after the blachis as much in this fic. I think I might have them focus more on Ayumu, and his surrender to Kanone will play a big part in that (you'll see what I'm talking about...eventually). Thanks for reviewing!
CeTe: I can't wait to see her reaction when he tells her that he's with Kanone. It could get ugly...she'll definitely have to pull out the sock puppets for that one. Yeah, Rio seems like she'd still be loyal even after he admitted defeat. She's just like that...Thanks for reviewing!
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After school, Ayumu went straight to Kanone's. Well, he tried to anyway, and he would have been quite sucessful if Hiyono hadn't wanted him to cook her dinner, "I'm hungry, and you're such a wonderful cook." she pleaded.
Ayumu sighed, he didn't want to go home yet, not without Kanone. If he did have a confrontation with the Hunters, he wasn't sure he could handle it by himself. Besides, he didn't want to put Hiyono in any danger, "Can't I cook at your place?" he asked.
This, of course, made Hiyono suspicious, "There's no good food at my place." she argued, "Why don't you want to go home? Did you and Madoka have a fight?" she asked.
Ayumu simply shook his head, "No, it's nothing, just forget it. Let's go." he said, and headed off towards his apartment with Hiyono in tow. If the Hunter was still there, then he would simply have to explain everything to Hiyono on their way to Kanone's. Ayumu felt useless, like he needed Kanone to protect him, but in reality, he did. Besides, no one would mess with Kanone, it was unbelievable how scarily strong he was. Hiyono didn't question him any further, and instead began singing. Ayumu listened to the first few lines, and shook his head, "Weird song." he commented.
Hiyono stopped singing, and frowned, "It's not that weird." she objected, "It's not any weirder than any other song."
He nodded, "Yes it is, it makes no sense." he pointed out, which was true, it really had no point.
"It makes perfect sense!" she argued.
Ayumu simply shook his head, "Maybe to weird people." he offered, which earned him a sock puppet to the head. Wincing, he rubbed the spot where he'd been hit, and realized that they were almost to his apartment.
Slowing his pace, Hiyono followed suit, "Why did you slow down?" she asked.
"Be quiet." Ayumu said, peering around the corner to search for any Hunters. Seeing none, he kept on walking, "I was just checking for something." he explained, not wanting to worry her if it wasn't necessary.
Amazingly, Hiyono didn't push the subject, and simply followed Ayumu. Over the time they had spent together, especially these past few months, Hiyono had learned that if she didn't push Ayumu to do things and pry for information, then he would usually come out and say or do what she asked him to. It had taken a while to get used to it, but she now understood him better since she realized that.
They entered the darkened apartment, and Ayumu flipped a light on, "Madoka?" he called out. He hadn't really expected her to be home, but it also worried him that perhaps the Hunters had gotten her when she was leaving for work. All of a sudden, he wished that he had seen that Hunter outside, at least that would almost guarantee that Madoka was safe. Of course, there was no way to tell if she had been taken or was simply at work. If they had taken her, Ayumu knew they wouldn't do anything to her; that would defeat the entire purpose of capturing her.
Hiyono, however, knew nothing of the Hunter and thought for a second, "Wouldn't she be at work right now?" she asked, wondering why Ayumu seemed so concerned.
The latter had moved into the kitchen, and was looking through the fridge, "Yeah, probably." he replied, not really paying attention to what she was saying, "What do you want to eat?" he asked.
After an hour of cooking, Ayumu finally sat down to eat, "Note to self, never ask HIyono what she wants again." Her answer had included basically everything in the kitchen, plus some things that Ayumu didn't even know he owned (no, not those things, you pervs!). Just as he was about to take a bite of food, his cell phone went off. Sighing, he checked the caller id, and saw it was Kanone, "Crap, I was supposed to be there an hour ago." he thought, and quickly flipped the phone open, "Hey." he answered, standing from the table, and moving away so Hiyono couldn't hear the conversation.
"Where are you?" the slightly worried voice on the other end asked.
"I'm at my place." Ayumu told him, "I'll explain when I come over." he assured his boyfriend.
"And when might that be?" Kanone asked, "I've been waiting for almost an hour for you to show up."
"I know, I'm sorry, I'll explain later." Ayumu repeated, both touched and annoyed that Kanone was this worried.
Kanone sighed on the other end, "Alright, will you be here soon?" he asked once again.
Ayumu peeked out from the hallway to see that Hiyono's pace ahd slowed considerably from inhaling the food to simply eating it, "Yeah, it shouldn't be too much longer."
"So, the Hunter was gone I take it?"
"Yeah." Ayumu replied, "Madoka isn't here either, but I'm not sure if she's just at work or what."
"Call her." Kanone suggested.
"I don't want to worry her." Ayumu told him, "They wouldn't do anything to her even if they did take her. It would only be to lure me into some trap like you did, right?"
Kanone didn't necessarily like being grouped in with the Hunters, but he couldn't deny that he did do that, "No, they wouldn't hurt her." he assured Ayumu, "She's probably just at work, like you said."
Feeling a little better that Kanone agreed with him, Ayumu let out a breath he hadn't known he had been holding, "Alright, I'll be there in a little bit." They said their goodbyes, and hung up.
On Kanone's end, he closed his phone and stared at it for a few moments. Then, flipped it open and dialed a number, "It's me." he greeted the other person, "Don't hurt her." he waited a second, then glared, "I said not to touch her until I got back to you." another moment and the glare intensified, "I see. Well, I'll take care of that problem later. He's going to be arriving here soon, so I can't do anything at the moment." he sighed as the person on the other end continued to give him even more bad news, "He what?" he growled, "When?" This wasn't good, "Kill him." he ordered in a deadly low voice, "You heard me, he's disobeyed me too many times, and he's a problem that needs to be taken care of. I don't care how, just do it. Yes. When do you think? Now would be nice, and don't lay another hand on her until I get there, understand? I don't know, just keep an eye on things until I arrive." With that, he flipped his phone shut, and threw it on the nearby table. Sighing, he sat down and leaned his head back, "Ayumu, if it's the last thing I do, you will see the truth."
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Hmm, what's going on with Kanone? What kind of truth might he want Ayumu to see? He's already surrendered to him, isn't that enough? And who was Kanone talking to? Okay, I'm pretty sure you can figure that out, but who do they have captive? Alright, you can probably get that one, too, how about what they did to her, though? Hmm, I'm not sure...review!