Disclaimer: I do not own Seymour (Final Fantasy X); Akabane (GetBackers); Rosiel (Angel Sanctuary; Dilandau (Escaflowne); Kefka (Final Fantasy VI); nor any of the Digimon characters. I do own my own characters that appear in here.
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The crowd roared in a demonically eager tone, making the two suns that shone brightly overhead seem like no more than stage lights following today's contestants movement with a precision and intentional manner to catch every last scream, scratch, and infliction of pain between two fighters. Izumi cringed at their obvious joy from them entering out of the shadows of the doorway, and placing her hand on her forehead over her eyes to provide some shade to see clearly. Squinting, she sighed when she did not see their opponents entering from the other side, and turned around to look at the others. Tomoki was blinking his eyes rapidly, trying to get his pupils adjusted to the unusually large quantity of sun. Junpei stood next to the blonde, and Ruki was behind Yamaki. Takuya shielded his eyes as well, and glanced back at Kouji who although in the cloak, still didn't seem thrilled about today.
Another coarse of roars and cries rang through in a nearly deafening manner, as their opponents entered inside. In the lead was a man, who put simply reminded the seven of a clown. A face covered in white paint, and red paint circled around his eyes and it slowly went down to his cheeks. He had on a green robe, with the collar all poofy and had yellow and red rings on it. The robe was buttoned up all the way, and the man's hair was blonde and placed in a ponytail. He had on an impish grin, and his strides were long and almost practiced with how it worked without interfering with his raised head. Behind followed yet another man, who wore a long black trench coat with a black tie and white shirt beneath, and a black hat that he pulled over his face to hide it. He wore white gloves, and black hair reached to his shoulders.
After the second man followed a woman with black hair, and blank green eyes. Her hair had two braids criss-crossing each other, and two pigtails coming out in between. She wore a green corset-type shirt, and forest green skirt that covered her feet. Her pale skin could almost compare with Kouji's (or Kouichi's), and gave her somewhat of a porcelain doll appearance. Following behind her was, in simple human terms, an angel with three wings. Lavender coloured hair swayed with his movements, and he wore dark robes, and he didn't seem to hold much more to be of interest. Following after the 'angel', came a man wearing a white shirt, with a black jacket. His black hair was slicked back, and he pushed his glasses up his nose some to readjust in. His tie hung loose, not tied properly and his slacks slightly mismatched with his gray and black shoes.
Behind that man followed another male, except this one had silver hair and blood red eyes that seemed to burn into your if you looked long enough. He wore armor, but not too much to weigh him down and make his movements slow and clumsy. After him followed the final person, a tall woman with her head bowed down in a sagging sort of way. Her hair was shoulder-length, and was an oily unwashed mess with its natural black colour seeming to fade and the red tips fading into a copper red as well. She wore a gray shirt with a light purple colour, and blue-gray jeans. Her arms were covered in several cuts, most likely from past battles but her face could not be seen.
"I see a running pattern with them," Takuya whispered to the others, and they nodded. Yes, oftentimes black represented death but they could have been at least a bit more creative. Really, a person could only stand so much of stereotypes these days. The now-familiar fox woman, Cursed, got up in the center of the arena. Her job as both the referee and announcer was the only reason she was in that spot, and through the face of disgust looking at the remains from the previous battle (Sponsors Seraphi versus Venni) she didn't want to be speaking where she currently stood.
"All right! Welcome to another battle, and another day here at the Letum Tournament! Yes, this tournament does have a name, stop looking at me like I'm some idiot," Cursed ordered, and shook her head. "If you don't know the few rules and regulations we have by now, well then touch luck! Watch and if you don't catch on, your loss, I'm not repeating myself! Today's battle is between the Sponsor Yamaki and the Sponsor Kefka! As we all know, there is a three-on-three battle, this way if on of them loses three members they have an extra three to let them remain in the tournament! Sponsor Kefka, please send in contestant number one!" she yelled, pointing directly at the clown-man. He grinned, and motioned for the other man behind him to walk on the battle arena. The male in the black hat walked up, and Cursed took a few steps back already knowing the moment she said 'go', pain would follow.
"Can you please send in contestant number two, Sponsor Yamaki?" Cursed asked, but there was an order underlying her voice.
"All right…anyone recognize that guy?" Ruki asked, looking at her fellow teammates.
"Japan's Most Wanted?" Takuya joked, and laughed nervously from Ruki's not amused expression.
"No, we don't," Izumi huffed, and the tension raised some.
"Kurodo Akabane, more famously known as Dr. Jackal," Ruki said seriously, and her eyes narrowed when Izumi snorted.
"Dr. Jackal? Reminds me of Dr. Jekyll, let me guess he has an alter ego known as Mr. Hyde?" Izumi asked her sarcastically.
"No, Dr. Jackal as in the African jackal!" Ruki growled. "He's not some guy you can toss off as some ordinary human. He's fast, and to this very day people still can't figure out where he draws his scalpels from," she whispered.
"Very frightening," Izumi grumbled, rolling her eyes.
"Sponsor Yamaki, either send someone in or face de-qualification!" Cursed threatened.
"All right Izumi, out of us all you are the fastest. Go say hello to this Jackal," Yamaki suggested, smiling. Izumi grinned, and hopped up onto the battle arena like a schoolgirl with no cares.
"Okay… Akabane versus Izumi! Let's see how this battle works out!" Cursed announced, and then ran quickly off the stage. "Okay, duke it out you two!" she squeaked, now officially out of harm's way.
"My, my, I'm fighting a little girl?" Akabane asked in a strangely happy tone of voice. He lifted up his hat some to reveal a smiling face that seemed just so happy; his eyes were closed.
"If you bothered to look, you'd see I'm no 'little' girl!" Izumi snapped. Her eyes began to slit, as the cursed cat began to size their opponent up. At the current moment he appeared to be nothing the blonde teenager couldn't handle on her own, so the only thing that separated her from a normal human was the slit eyes. Slowly her opponent opened his eyes, revealing they were violet. His mildly amused grin never left his face, and he tipped his hat yet again covering his eyes.
"Everyone's little in this world, my dear," Akabane 'assured' her. Feeling her annoyance rise, she growled deep in her throat, the warning sound of some wild animal. "I would like to hope I can get some amount of enjoyment from this battle. Don't die too quick on me," he requested, his grin going from mildly entertained to that of an insane one. You could almost call it a jackal's grin, but that would be a terrible, terrible pun, now wouldn't it?
"I could ask the same of you," Izumi growled, and began charging forwards, before her eyes quickly widened in alarm. She dashed out of the way upsetting some resting body parts that had been left to remain on the arena platform. Rolling on the hard ground, she quickly scrambled up before dodging away from nothing again. Twirling around, she narrowed her eyes at her opponent, who was now standing calmly behind her. She had barely sensed him moving towards her on both occasions, and while most everyone else had not noticed there were several deeps cuts along her stomach and arms. She barely had time to dodge it and not have any vital points damaged!
"I was anticipating a bit more after your last remark," Akabane commented in that tone of his, the kind of a gentleman having a pleasant conversation with someone. Making no response to his words, she encouraged the transformation. 'Not yet', said the animal co-existing within her soul, her very being. She growled in annoyance. For several more minutes it was no more than a game of tag between the two. Akabane was it, and to Izumi that seemed like a very unfair setting. Getting tagged by him didn't feel too good; especially when to him it did not matter where he cut, so long as blood was spilled.
Junpei paced on the sidelines, as Tomoki watched with horrified eyes. That man was slowly cutting up Izumi, and here he was unable to do anything! Ruki shook her head, mumbling how Izumi should have heeded her warnings. Yamaki watched calmly, his arms crossed over his chest as if he wasn't worried. Kouichi was watching from the stands, because he was not a participant so he had to watch with the crowd. He bit his ghostly nails, which constantly re-grew the moment they were trimmed. Kouji couldn't see what was going on, so Takuya merely whispered to him what was happening, which to the brunette just made things tenser to him. He felt a cold hand place on top of his, and he breathed a little. Kouji…
The blonde teenager was beginning to notice more and more how her movements and reactions were slowing down faster and faster. It must've been the loss of blood; right about now it would make sense. Watching Akabane's hand twitch slightly when a new scalpel came out, and was flung her direction her eyes widened. 'Now,' said the cat, and with inhuman speed Izumi was far away from the spot she had been not a second ago. Looking up, she snarled angrily at Akabane, who merely raised an interested brow at her. Taking out a hair tie, she quickly tied her hair up in a messy bun and felt the change come. Her bones shifted and ground against each other, hardening like the ivory from an elephants tusks. Whiskers slowly slid through her cheeks, taking advantage of the scratches across her skin to escape more smoothly. Her human ears stretched into that of a cats ears and fur slowly started to cover all of her skin. Each individual hair could feel the slightest change in the wind, and as well as all her other transformations the whiskers caused an itching sensation on her cheeks. Her legs were longer, and more adapted now to move with the swiftness of the wind, and claws replaced her finger- and toenails to give her a natural weapon of her own.
A newly formed tail whipping around behind her for the needed balance, Izumi glared at her opponent. He grinned that jackal's grin of his, showing he wasn't the least displeased with this change nor scared. The two went at each other in no more than blurs that most of the eyes in the audience could not begin to make out. Blood splotches were streak out, appearing far or very near to each other. The battle went on for several more intense minutes before the blurs ceased and both Akabane and Izumi tumbled away from each other. Both were breathing hard and gasping for breath, looking at each other with wary eyes. However Izumi's were serious and feral whilst Akabane still had that amused grin. A few seconds later, Akabane coughed out a large quantity of blood, and laughed before falling and hitting the arena's ground. Gasping, Izumi turned her wild eyes on Cursed whom 'eep'ed, and ran over to check the life-check system used to determine whether one of the fighters was alive or dead. Returning, she sighed.
"And this round's winner is Orimoto Izumi!" Cursed announced, earning a loud cry of the audience. Kouichi was perhaps the only one who sighed in relief that was apart of the crowd. Junpei picked up a rather mortified Tomoki and twirled him in the air as a celebration, and Takuya cheered while Kouji and Ruki were the only ones who weren't celebrating just yet. The blonde teenager tumbled off the arena, and changed back to normal. The training had given her better control over returning to her natural form, but not absolute. The only reason she could now was because she was so worn out. Then, a cramp came. Not the cramp that comes from too much exercise, oh no. The blonde girls face instantly filled with alarm, and she shot up ignoring her body's aches.
"Congratulations—Izumi?" Junpei yelped, moving out of the way as she ran by in a hurry.
"Why does my period start NOW?" she shrieked, cluing in several people who now had a dose of too much information. The others watched her take off, blinking in mild shock (except Ruki who would understand Izumi's panic).
"Err…okay…" Cursed said slowly, sweat dropping. Getting back to the center of the arena, she accidentally slipped on some of the wet blood. "Gah!" she yelped, and quickly got up. "Ugh…again…" She sighed, and coughed. "Okay, Sponsor Yamaki, now you send in contestant number three!" She hollered. "AND DON'T TAKE FOREVER!"
"Calm down Ms. Pegasi." Yamaki chuckled, and the fox woman only snorted in response. Turning to the others, he spoke in softer words. "All right Takuya, let's see how you do," he said, and the brunette gave him a thumbs up and ran over to the arena. Yamaki glanced over at the hooded Kouji, and even though he couldn't see those blue eyes he knew they were plotting the blonde man's downfall.
"Okay, next up is Takuya!" Cursed announced, and several creatures in the stands turned to each other asking who he was. Kouichi looked around shiftily, and then began cheering. The creatures exchanged confused glances, shrugged, and joined in. Leave it to Kouichi to get people riled up. "Sponsor Kefka, do us the pleasure of sending in contestant number four!" she ordered. The woman in green stepped up onto the arena, and pulled on emerald green gloves, her blank eyes concentrating on it. "And his opponent chosen is Angst!" she said, and hopped down. "Angst…? What kind of stupid name is that?" she mumbled to herself, and turned around a safe distance away. "BEGIN!"
"This isn't a very good place to start a fight, is it?" Angst asked, tilting her head to the side her bangs flowing over. She looked so much like porcelain, as if she could break when dropped. "It's so filthy…we humans don't like filth, do we?" she asked, confusing the brunette. With a wave of her hand, he jumped when everything went black. Up, down, left, right, everywhere! The only visible things were he and she, nothing else. Yet he was standing on ground…odd. Her blank eyes looked up, and he stepped back when looking into them. There was something in there… Breaking the staring contest, he blinked in surprise when she was nowhere to be seen. Slowly the blackness melted, and formed the night streets of his home. Confused, he looked around and noticed that this was the night he had first met Kouji.
"What the…?" Takuya asked himself, and still confused searched everywhere for a possible explanation. "Oww!" he yelped, feeling something prick his neck. Reaching over, he put his hand to it and then pulled away. Blood. Peculiar…and rather alarming.
"Have you ever wondered, 'what if'?" Angst's voice asked, and she walked out of an alleyway casually. Her skirt moved in a wavy motion, controlled by something greater than it, yet still it flowed.
"Depends on the what if," Takuya answered, looking around. "Hey, aren't we supposed to fight?" he asked, a bit unnerved by all this. She smirked at him, her eyes still blank as ever.
"Of course, but before we do I want to get to know you. I like meeting new people, that way I know if I'm doing them a favor by killing them," Angst answered, giving him a sweet smile. That was creepy.
"You know, unless someone's suicidal you aren't doing them a favor if you kill them." The brunette pointed out. Angst giggled, and pulled out a metal fold-up chair and sat down in it. Folding her fingers together, she rested her chin on it and looked at him with blank eyes, but a smile on her lips.
"Silly, silly… tsk tsk. You are a human, and you don't even realize that within your heart there's a thousand reasons to die and be happy that you did." She explained. "For example…" She began, waving over at the darkness beneath the lamp. Younger Takuya walked by, and stopped before inspecting the darkness. His fear of the supernatural didn't stop him because he had rather interesting friends, nor did the loud banging in a nearby alleyway frighten him away. The only difference between what actually happened, and this illusion became dreadfully apparent a mere moment later. Rather than the young Takuya convince the vampire Kouji to come home with him, the vampire attacked. Takuya (the one in this time, now), felt bile rise up his throat, and he quickly swallowed it back down. That was unexpected. "Ever thought, 'what if he had drank my blood that night'?" She asked coyly.
"Once or twice." Takuya confessed, stepping back. "But not anymore, I know for a fact he only attacks murderers." He explained.
"So, if you kill me… another human, you'd be a murderer." Angst said, her empty eyes a complete opposite of her Cheshire grinning. He was taken back by that comment. A bit horrified as well. So if he ended up killing this girl… who was a human, just like him… then would that mean…?
"Takuya!" A voice yelled, and the brunette immediately snapped out of his daze. Feeling a strong arm grab him, his immediate reaction was elbowing it in the gut. A squeak, followed by the arms retreat and the world resumed its normal ways. The arena was back, and the brunette found himself dangerously close to its edge. Noticing this, he quickly moved away and gasped as a knife flew down narrowly missing him. Looking at the culprit, Angst stood there right next to him. She used an illusion on him, to take the chance to get close to him in order to kill him! That little bitch…
"I meant what I said." Angst informed swiping at him again and he dodged. "When I said I make sure when I kill someone I'm doing them a favor. You kill me," Another swipe. "You're a murderer," Swipe. "And you're free food for your crush over there." Yet another swipe. Growling, Takuya did a spinning kick and knocked the knife out of her hand. She yelped, and grasped it by the wrist, and looked at him.
"Guess you didn't know he finds me repulsing." Takuya ground out, and kicked her straight in the head knocking the girl backwards. Groaning, she slowly pushed herself up and something flashed in her eyes.
"That's depressing." Angst growled, a rather demonic tone in her voice.
"Not really, he's still willing to give me a chance." Takuya grinned, and from her confused expression he took advantage and ran forwards, grabbing her hair. 'Burn!' His mind screamed, and instantly the black hair burst into flames. Panicking she ripped her head free from his grasp and attempted to put it out. It was a futile attempt, as the fire burned her hands. Her breathing began turning to gasps, and slowly screaming followed through it somehow. The fire went out like a small candle in the wind, and a disgusting ripping sound came, along with blood flowing freely out of her back. The blank green eyes turned to show nothing more than pain, and tears began to roll down her cheeks. Takuya backed away, his expression concerned out of natural habit. What was wrong with her? Something large, and black ripped out from inside and shown itself coming out of her back, and the girls body fell limply to the ground. Standing above her was a large monster, with six blood red eyes staring down at her. Fangs prodded past its lips, and melted goop fell heavily from its body and splashed down on the ground below. It's skeleton shown through in certain areas, and it was as if the black stuff on the outside and falling was decaying skin. The stench that came with this creature's appearance was overwhelming as well, and it released a loud screech that caused the brunette to cover his ears.
"Shit." Cursed swore to herself, and ran over to the life-system. "Angst is still alive, but she was a possessed case." She sighed, and turned to a cat demon nearby. The cat demon had ice blue eyes, dark skin, black ears, and silver hair. He ran over and checked it, and growled.
"That's a Gensui Demon." He hissed.
"Just great, those things are a pain to kill." Cursed growled, and ran over to the side of the arena. "Hey, Takuya! Yeah, you mister human!" The hollered. He glanced at her, and then the thing and yelped after he nearly got stepped on. "Which do you prefer, getting the easy kill of the other human Angst, or fighting that Gensui Demon?"
"You know, that demon doesn't look so tough." Takuya said grinning, an outwardly cocky attitude.
"You're a fool. Well here's some tips for you, that way you don't screw up. Angst can't leave the arena until you or that guy is dead, got it? And I recommend you stay away from that black stuff, it doesn't bode too well with any type of skin." Cursed informed him, and then jumped away when some black goo fell where she stood.
"What does Takuya think he's doing?" Kouji hissed, getting up but Yamaki quickly stopped him. "Let me fix that, what do you think your doing!" He snapped.
"Cam down Kouji, he knows what he's doing." Yamaki said, trying to calm the vampire down.
"You don't know him! He never knows what he's doing! That's what makes him, him!" Kouji explained frantically, and again tried to get past Yamaki. The blonde man yet again stopped him, somehow overpowering the vampire.
"It's his decision Kouji, deal with it. Either believe he can do it, or stand over here panicking that he can't do anything on his own." Yamaki sighed. Kouji quieted immediately, and sat down. He watched, knowing that Takuya wasn't any easy to defeat-type of person. But the brunette had no experience fighting demons, and most certainly not a Gensui Demon. Oh, and speaking of those types of demons the word 'Gensui' is Japanese for 'decay'. One can easily guess what that black goo does now.
"Either I'm going crazy, or you're getting bigger!" Takuya mumbled to himself, and squeaked when another large, clawed paw came hurtling down where he had been. Large puddles of black goo were left behind where the creature stepped, and its paws had no pads beneath them. Instead it had millions of tiny needles with tiny maggots wiggling between them. The goo was slowly moving towards the unconscious and bleeding Angst, and the brunette immediately ran over to her. He wasn't sure if the Angst he was talking to was the creature, or the girl, but either way she couldn't defend herself. Like he would let a defenseless person get hurt! Picking her up, he quickly moved to the least infected area of the arena.
The creature released another ear-splitting shriek, and Takuya cringed. Running over near the black goo, he concentrated. He only had a single ability really, and it was best to see how it worked on this guy. Flame shot from his fingertips, and attacked the gooey stuff. The goo shrank away, as some burned and let out it's own scream. Did everything about this creature try and make your ears bleed? Shaking the question from his head, Takuya looked up at the creature. If he tried to go after it's hind legs, its tail would surely smack him and he'd land into the black goop. The front paws were out of the question because while one paw was being attacked, the other could strike. Looking up, the brunette gave a dismayed look at the creature. That left the mouth. But how…?
Meanwhile, Kouji was tapping his foot impatiently, trying to calm himself to no avail. Junpei gave him an understanding look, but the Thunder Demon went ignored. Ruki had her eyes closed, and she was shaking her head. Tomoki was pacing, watching his older brother figure fight with worried eyes. He knew Takuya could do it, but he didn't want the older teen to get hurt in the process. Izumi walked back, most her scratches, cuts, and such covered in band-aids with confusion at the uneasy atmosphere. Looking up, her eyes widened when she understand why everyone was so absurdly quiet.
"You're a silly little mortal." The creature rumbled, but Takuya ignored and began looking for that knife. If he could distract it by heating up the metal knife and throwing it at one of the creature's hind legs, and then run fast enough to release a large enough blast of flames inside it's mouth… that could work!
"What makes you say that?" Takuya asked, dodging more than fighting.
"Because you all are. You live to please your own selves. You take advantage of situations, that's in fact how that girl ended up here. Her father was greedy, and made a deal by selling his own child to me. Heh, and now here I am about to kill you and others, eventually winning this tournament. How simple things become." The creature grinned, showing it teeth bleeding inside in clumps. The sight was sickening, and Takuya felt himself ready to hurl again.
"You know, you're rather stereotypical, try being more original?" Takuya growled, and spotted the knife. The black goo was alarmingly close to reaching it, now he just had to run…
"All right." The creature answered, and it's head snapped and moved faster than Takuya could react. A large fang sliced right through Takuya's left shoulder, and he released a loud, shrill scream. The brunette's eyes rolled in the back of his head from the pain, and then returned. Everywhere that the creature touched his skin it burned, oh how it burned worse than fire ever could! Takuya felt his insides twisting and almost as if he could feel it melting. Forcing himself to think, he realized his arm was mostly inside the creature's mouth. Trying to not concentrate on the squishy feeling against his arm and the pain, the fire burned through his head. Again the creature released a shriek, and the brunette felt his ears now burn with the same pain as his body. Letting go of him, the brunette fell and crashed harshly onto the goo beneath him, as the creature had fire spurting out the cracks between it's revealed skeleton, and erasing the world of the decay it created. The fire twirled in a firestorm, enveloping the creature until it was gone and no more than merely the gunk that had come off in remained.
"Kanbara Takuya is the winner, so long as he gets up off the arena!" A woman's voice called, but the brunette blearily looked up to try and make sure it was Cursed. It seemed to be, because she was pacing up and down the sides motioning for him to move. Getting up slowly, he began to crawl. Crying out, he fell back on the goo and the burning returned, making him whimper slightly. It hurt, it hurt too much. Arms wrapped around his waist, and hoisted him up. Groaning, he attempted to open one eye and look over. Angst was dragging him over to the edge, and then dumped him down before she fell next to him.
"…thanks…" She whispered, her breathing strangely uneven and short. Nodding, the brunette pulled himself over the edge and fell, only to find arms catching him. Kouji.
"You're an idiot." The vampire said, and hugged the brunette tightly. Several others arms came, and picked up Takuya and quickly rushed him away. Cursed walked over, looked at the arena and shook her head.
"Well, that Gensui Demon has made the third round not happen. You guys don't worry, the Angelics are taking your human to remove the Decay Curse." She explained to them, and Yamaki nodded.
"Was the curse on him long enough to cause any permanent damage?" Yamaki asked, his tone serious.
"No, he'll be fine. Not so sure about her though." Cursed sighed, motioning over at Angst who seemed to be slowly dying there on the arena.
"She'll live." A rusty voice said, and they all turned. The tall woman with the black hair and red tips was standing behind them, towering over everyone. Now that she was closer, there was dried blood on her cheeks, and her eyes were pitch black with a mild red tint. The woman walked over and picked up Angst, before bowing and walking away with her. The clown man ran over, his face furious.
"Why didn't you inform me that our girl was possessed!" He fumed.
"I believe I should be asking you that. Thanks to you, the arena is seriously screwed up. Look at that! We won't be able to remove that stuff for days! Congratulations, you're out of the tournament!" Cursed shot at him, her face red with anger.
"What? But I didn't know!" The man said, appalled she was kicking him out.
"Yes, you did." The woman carrying Angst to the Angelics said softly. The man looked at her in shock, and then released a furious yell.
"Go. Go now! Before I put the Decay Curse on you myself!" Cursed snarled, and pointed. The clown man eeped, and scuttled off grumbling out not liking the tournament anyway.
"Where's Kouji?" Izumi asked, looking around in her confusion.
"He went with the Angelics." Junpei explained, and then blinked. "When'd you get back? Oh Izumi, I was so worried without you here!" He said, and picked up the blonde girl and hugged her tightly. "You fought so well!"
"That she did." Akabane's voice said, and everyone immediately turned around slowly.
"…You're… you're…" Cursed said, giving him a blank yet scared look.
"I've mastered the art of coming back from the dead." Akabane explained. "Seems we're out of the tournament. Farewell, hope to fight you again sometime, Izumi-chan." He said, and walked away with that happy smile of his.
"…We meet really interesting people, don't we?" Izumi asked blankly.
"That we do." Junpei said, nodding his head.
"What are you guys still doing here? Go go, you'll be informed when your next match is!" Cursed scowled, and ushered them away.
Meanwhile, Kouji sat in a chair next to the bed Takuya slept in. The curse had been removed, and now the brunette was resting. Smiling softly to himself, Kouji shook his head. "I shouldn't be so scared when it comes to you. I keep forgetting… you're you." He chuckled softly, and entwined his fingers with Takuya. Besides… Kouji knew that if anything, the brunette would never leave him. Because that's what love is all about, being there through eternity.
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A/N: Fanfiction . net is really irking me right now. Anyway, BIG HUGE GIGANTIC thanks to TORA-SAN and BECCA-CHAN! They both edited this chapter, and thanks to GG-san who suggested the use of half of the both edited stuffs! Another big thanks to Becca-chan for the chaptertitle idea!Gomen nasai to you guys for my screw up! I'm so so so so so so so sorry! -Grovels- Oh, anyone interested in being a beta-reader...? Hoped you guys liked this chapter.-Feels very pressured to be of more entertainment... turns red and hides-
GemmaniGirl: Thanks again for you help! -Glomps- Sorry that it's racking your nerves! -Apologies- Muahah... they will all fight... err... eventually...
Kyo Madden: Ahhh... I see, I see. Oh, and is there something wrong with your ChatRoom story? I tried reviewing but it said the story wasn't in its archives.
happy yaoi lover2: Seriously? w00t! -Glomps- You rock, dude!
GaliGirl: o.o I did? -Turns redder- But my writing isn't all that good... Oh! Sure, I'll try and read your story ASAP! But... it might be awhile... but I'll try! -Determined-
Sailor Epyon: I'm so sorry the update was late! -Grovel-Kouichi rocks dude. He rocks... the hints are the whole point of the story lol... Ruki's still IC? Phew, she's hard! POCKY! -Spazz-
Dragi: Oh, she can have them. I have multiple clones, muahah... Ah, it's chapter was just two pages longer. But I'm glad you liked it! -Squeal- Hope you liked this one.
MilliKilo: I know, I'm sorry about that! Trying to make up for it with longer chapters. Ah, who knows who ends up fighting who? -Dodgy look- Ah, the hints are in every chapter. XD
takuya: Y-you really think so? Yay! -Uber glomp-
ItaiandChihiro4Ever: You like it that much? -Turns flame red from embarrassment- T-thank you!
Icy Pyro: Uh... maybe. -Dodgy look- Actually, it depends on my mood when I write that chappy lol... Itai! You confused my brain with the yes and no's on teh Ken. Ah, thanks again for the help on editing! Yes. Me wants to reads morreeee.
KouichiGirl: I'm sorry! -Updates with this chapter- Hope you like it! G-glad you like this story so far!
KendoSakuyamon: Who told you that? No, I'm not an impersonator! -Runs off screaming- -Comes back- Wait, Final Fantasy VI? Squall and Seifer in there...? Wait...-Confused-I tainted her mind? w00t! Another life goal accomplished! XD -Stares at the pocky- ...I love you dude. -Worships you- The updating of the story having to do with eggs? Well you see, eggs are something males lack in the reproduction area and... -Goes on about this for several hours- and thus China has to pay for it. Another T for Teen...? Uhm, I will try!
