DISCLAIMER I don't own any of the characters in this fan fiction but I have the honour to use them… please forgive me if you don't like it.
I do own Hotaren, Kia, Hakuso and Peya.
Chapter Nine - Peace
His eyes opened slowly but as soon as he took in his surroundings he jerked up and looked wildly around. The mist started to fall heavily around Yue and he shook his face in horrified disbelief. "Oh o'negai ie… o'negai." He stood up surprised that his feet could hold him up, but the though soon left him as the mist became blinding. "It's just like in the dream." He shut his eyes and reopened them but the mist was still there. "Touya… oh please be alright." His heart beat wildly, he bit his lower lip hard flavouring the coppery taste of blood but although he wanted to move, to go and search for his beloved, he remained still. "Wait, stop it already." His brain snapped and Yue stopped gnawing the tender lip; breathing in deeply he tried to stop his heart from ripping out of his ribcage. "What is it?" Yue asked out loud not really thinking about the fact that his current situated looked strange. "Don't you feel it, don't you sense it." His brain answered a little bewildered that his commands where not reaching Yue physically, the young man seemed to have isolated himself from his heart and brain making himself into three different parts. "This is ridiculous, Yue get yourself together you should really stop treating us as a third person… we're part of you… we make you." His heart said exasperated. "Breathe in and out… its not that hard… just like Sensei taught you… there you go." Yue breathed in and out until he connected with his self once again and became whole. Then he sensed it, what his brain had tried to tell him. It was different, it looked the same but this wasn't like in his dream anymore. A small smile lifted at the corner of his lip. Touya was fine and he was going to find him safe.
Touya opened his eyes slowly; unsure of where he was yet, realising that Yue wasn't beside him anymore. He wasn't even at the park any longer, there was no sign of life or even death, it was simply… nothingness. The young man felt his arm lift up and his hand connect with his head as it scratched the scalp with uncertainty. Hesitant of what to make out of the situation, Touya stood up and decided to move around the misty atmosphere. "One thing is for sure though… Yue is here and I need to find him." He began to walk south or at least what he thought to be south, but as the mist thinned out and he was no closer to finding Yue, Touya knew he was walking down the wrong path. Changing course proved to be rather tricky as Touya made a full turn and found himself clueless of which direction to take.
"Wait, watch…" Touya looked upwards in an attempt to look at his forehead as though he was about to come face to face with a miniature form of himself, sitting on his head. But naturally he couldn't see anything, especially since it was his subconscious speaking.
A wisp of mist that played with his hair caught his attention as Touya turned to look around him. The mist was getting heavy… fast. "What is it?" "Something must be coming." Touya turned on his heels to try to catch a glimpse of the approaching being, but the mist was too blinding by then and Touya returned to motionless waiting.
The walk seem to progress slowly, he took step after tired step yet he seemed to get nowhere in particular, the fatigue was beginning to pull him down but Yue knew he was in the right direction and he was not going to let a little pain stop him from reaching his goal. The fog was blinding him, he was only glad it didn't come with any wind though he did fear that he could miss his destination, Touya being his target or at least he hoped it was. Yeah, Touya was his destination; everything inside of him told him so.
Touya kneeled down sitting back on his heels and bowed his head, his hands rested upon his thigh, his elbows sticking outward. He closed his eyes as a smile spread across his face. "I must look like a monk," he giggled as he pictured himself at that point in time; surrounded by nothing but whiteness, kneeling with his head low as though in prayer.
The fog began to thin out making the boy halt abruptly; his breath caught in his throat and then rushed out in ragged speed. His alarms went of across his entire body, a feeling of deja-vu swept through his heart. A strangled cried escaped his lips as the fog lightened enough to let him see what lay ahead. Yue felt his feet rush across the air as it carried him to the target he was so afraid of reaching. Touya was on his knees, he looked unconscious but not physically hurt. His hand stretched out slowly as he reached out to touch the darker boy.
Shudders made Touya look up; the length of his back broadening to its full size, touching something, Touya snapped his eyes open and whirled around to come face to face a shaken Yue.
Yue was frozen for the space of two seconds before he launched himself into the arms he so needed.
"Hey, hey, what's wrong, Yue why are you shaking?" Touya held the white haired angel tighter, frowning in confusion at the uncontrollable shivering that radiated the body.
"Touya you're alright, you're alright. I was so scared that you were hurt, but you are all right. Oh thank God." Yue cried as he buried his face into the fabric of Touya's shirt. Touya rubbed his hand up and down the length of his back as he rocked back and forth, soothing words whispered into gentle ears and soon the sobs turned into tiny whimpers. "I saw you in that dream, you where hurt and we were here, and I couldn't do anything and… and I lost you… I don't want to lose you Touya, I love you too much."
Touya stopped, he pulled back slightly as he looked down at his lover.
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He buried his nose into the soft short hair of his best friend. The younger boy giggled at the darker boy's antics as he scrunched up his nose and lips together. "Tou, wotcha doing?" the childish voice came out even more childish and the taller child laughed.
"I love the way your hair smells, that all Yu." Touya wrapped his arms around the small body as it turned and soon Yue had managed to face his friend, albeit their height differences, he smiles before resting his head on the small chest.
"Tou-kun… I don't ever want to lose you, I love you too much." The small voice whispered snuggling closer into the embrace.
"You will never lose me, Yu, never ever."
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"You will never lose me Yu, never lose me again." Touya re-wrapped his arms around Yue, bringing him close.
"Never ever." Yue whispered back before pulling away and looking up to his lover. "You remember?" He asked, tilting his head to the side in question. Hope rising in within the glow of his silvery eyes.
"Yes love I remember, I remembered just now with the words you whispered. Just like when you whispered them all those years ago." Touya smiled into Yue's hair as they pulled each other close again, inhaling the scent of the long locks of white hair. Yue giggled at the antic as he snuggled closer into the embrace.
"I love you Tou."
"I love you too Yu, with all my heart."
