Generations

Chapter five:

Toya was walking down the hall when he heard it—angry shouts bellowing from the room to his left, its door slightly ajar.

"…SO SHUT THE FUCK UP!"

'That's the transfer's voice, who is he screaming to…

"KESSUKE! NO!"

'That's the Uesugi kid. Why is he in the newbie's room?' Toya leaned close to the door, to hear more, finding it harder since they had stopped yelling. Growing bold, he knelt by the door and inched it open a little bit more, holding his breath until he heard them speak again.

"Please." Kessuke's voice sounded like he was crying. "Please I don't want to go back."

"Kessuke, I…."

Unable to bear being quiet a second longer, Toya stood and pushed open the door the rest of the way, grinning when he saw how close together the two teens were.

"Well, looks like I caught the two fags in action."

"Seguchi-kun!" Shinichi exclaimed, not masking his dislike as he glared at the brunette. "What are you doing here?"

"I want to know the same thing 'bout you; getting ready to do some experimentation, are we?"

"Wha…you've got it all wrong." Shinichi stepped toward Toya, whose smirk grew wider.

"Oh really? Why are you in the whore's room then?"

That moment Kessuke lunged at Toya, fists ready, face contorted with rage.

"I warned you! I warned you MOTHERFUCKER!" Kessuke growled like a raging beast, punching, hitting—striking every inch of Toya he could get to. "Don't fuckin mess with ME! You FUCKIN pussy ASS motherFUCKER!"

"Kessuke! Settle down! Settle down!" Shinichi grabbed the raging teen's arms, pulling him away from the now cowering Toya. "Stop. Kessuke!"

He finally managed to get Kessuke off of Toya, getting hit himself a few times.

"Shit, are you crazy or something?" Toya wiped the blood now dripping from his nose and lip.

"Fuckin bitch! I'll make sure you don't see the goddamn daylight again! Fuckin pussy!" Kessuke hollered 'til his throat was sore, fighting against Shinichi's hold, trying all he could to get back to Toya.

Then suddenly he stopped struggling, going limp in Shinichi's arms though his eyes remained open.

"Kessuke? Are you okay? Kessuke? Kess…." Shinichi shook the black-haired teen, trying to get him to respond, but it only succeeded in making the teen flinch and cower in his arms.

Kessuke started shaking, mildly at first then progressing up in degree, his breathing becoming rapid and shallow.

"Oh god, what's wrong, Kessuke?" Shinichi held on tightly to the teen, panic rising through him. "Get the nurse!" He turned to Toya, who now stood horrified in the middle of the room.

"What's going…?"

"GET THE NURSE NOW!"

"But…."

"NOW!"

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Twenty minutes later, Kessuke laid in the nurse's office, asleep after his episode, Shinichi sitting in the chair next to his bed. All the cuts on his arms were re-bandaged by the nurse who called the emergency number the school always asked each student to give in case a problem arose.

'What the hell happened? Why did Kess…?' He paused when he saw the room's door open and in stepped a man with pale blond hair wearing a suit.

"Oh, I'm sorry; I didn't know anyone else was visiting…." The man gave Shinichi a polite smile. "Hm…wait, you're Shinichi, Eiri's son. It's been so long I almost didn't recognize you."

"Segu…."

"Please, call me Uncle Tohma. After all, I am your dad's brother-in-law." Tohma Seguchi flashed him his trademark smile, though there really wasn't any heart in it.

"S…Uncle….why isn't Kessuke's father here…? Why did you come instead of Saku…?"

Kessuke stopped when he saw the N-G president's smile waver for a moment, returning the next second.

"Ryuuichi is outside the country right now, so I'm in charge of taking care of Kessuke for now." Tohma looked at the teen sleeping in the bed, expression wavering, eyes softening. Then his gaze fell on the bandages around the black-haired teen's wrists—immediately his eyes narrowed, his lips becoming pursed.

"Uncle…? Uncle?" Shinichi stared at the man, a burning curiosity running through him.

"Wha? Oh, yes Shinichi?" The pale-blond man turned his attention the blond teen, hiding his thoughts behind his smile-mask again.

"Kessuke…I saw bruises on his arms and I…."

"Bruises?" Tohma stiffened, his smile gone. "I heard from the nurse that you got into a fight with him, are you sure you didn't…?"

"No, those bruises were there before we fought, I saw them on the roof when he was cutting…." Shinichi looked away, unable to stare at the now fully expressionless Tohma. An uncomfortable silence pervaded the room for a few seconds before Tohma cursed.

"Damn, he's back with him again." Tohma let his composure fall for a rare moment. "Ryuu just doesn't get it….damn."

"Doesn't get what?" Shinichi saw Tohma flinch at his voice, looking back at Shinichi like he forgot his nephew was there. "Uncle…did you know about…Kessuke being…?"

"That…that's not anything you need to worry about. I want to be alone with Kessuke, so could you leave?" Tohma said this with his trademark smile again, asking politely, but his tone denied any form of dissent. "You'll be late for your next class."

"But…." One look at Tohma's face and Shinichi fell silent, hurrying to, but hesitating at, the door. "Uncle? You…you're gonna make sure no one hurts him again, right? You'll make it all right, right?"

"Yes, Shinichi, I will. Now go on to your next class." Tohma smiled more convincingly, not letting his façade drop until Shinichi left. Then he turned to look back at the sleeping teen. "Kessuke…."

A/N: End of chapter. Whatcha think? Please read and review. Oh officially it's not gonna be Ryuu who hurts Kessuke. Oh, for those who want to know how/why I originally planned on Kessuke's abuser to be Ryuu—I originally had it planned for Ryuu to have become an alcoholic drug addict whose personality changed completely when high and drunk—plus I had planned for Ryuu to resent Kessuke 'cause he really liked his mother and couldn't get over being abandoned by her.

But I decided not to. Things are gonna be different than I originally planned, but that's okay—the story will still be good.