Title: Fast Forward to the Stars
Author: modern warfare king
Fandom: Nurarihyon no Mago
Pairing: Yoru (Night!Rikuo) and Rikuo Nura (Day!Rikuo)
Rating: T
Disclaimer: I own nothing from Nurarihyon no Mago. I only own the plot! I hope you guys enjoy the ride anyway!
NOTE (PLEASE READ): This fanfic is AU. No incest or anything. They totally live on separate worlds. And yes, this is SHOUNEN-AI.No flames or anything of the sort. I've already warned you.
CHAPTER 7: THE SURPRISES NEVER END
The sun slowly started to rise in the horizon as the birds chirped cheerful melodies. It marked as beginning of another day for Rikuo Nura. It was supposed to be one of his usual mornings… if it weren't for a particular someone sleeping right beside him.
"Gyaaaahhh!"
Nurarihyon, was in his own quarters, sighed as he sipped his morning tea. The scream was heard from all over the mansion. "Youngsters these days… so full of energy and vigor first thing in the morning. I envy them."
Rikuo thought his heart was going to stop as he jolted and stood up from the very futon both of them slept in, nervously staring down at Yoru who was still peacefully asleep. The yokai must be a very heavy sleeper, being able to withstand Rikuo's powerful shriek like that. "Insensitive jerk," the chocolate hair muttered as he sat back down and crossed his arms against his chest, sighing. He looked over at Yoru who looked like an angel in disguise… deceivingly innocent… Rikuo immediately shook the thought out of his head. He was getting sucked into one of his Yoru fantasies again. But wasn't that a normal thing? After all, he was in love with the crimson eyed yokai.
Yes. He was very much in love with him.
He knew he wasn't going to be able to resist Yoru's charm. Nurarihyon helped him further realize it. He gazed thoughtfully at the yokai and caressed his hair. Yoru was lucky Rikuo didn't have school that day. But he did have plans that day and was worried about something else.
"Mmm," Yoru groggily blinked and felt Rikuo's tender touch. He smiled warmly as he held the other's hand. "Good morning, Rikuo." Rikuo suddenly yanked his hand away, to Yoru's surprise.
"You're such an idiot," Rikuo said out of the blue, not bothering to greet back. Yoru raised an eyebrow and sat up, confused. What made Rikuo so fumed so early in the morning?
"Rikuo?"
"Why the heck did you let me sleep here? I bet Mom's worried sick of me already," Rikuo said, standing up. "I… I need to go back before she finds out…" Rikuo slowly walked to the sliding door, hesitant. He didn't know where his house was from here and he couldn't possibly ask anyone in this mansion, especially for Nurarihyon, for directions.
Oh, so that was what he was worried about? Yoru chuckled as he folded his arms. "Well, you fell asleep so I didn't want to disturb you. And rest assured, I've got everything covered, Rikuo."
"Huh?" Rikuo blinked. "You mean you told my mom—"
"I asked someone for a favor to inform your mother about it," Yoru clarified. "It went rather well, actually."
Ding-dong!
"Who could it be at this time of night?" Wakana asked to herself as he walked to the door. As she opened it, a teenage girl of Rikuo's age who had long wavy black and white hair with large cerulean eyes stood before her. Was she one of his classmates?
"Oh, hello there," Wakana greeted, smiling.
"Good evening, Wakana-sama," the girl greeted back, bowing before Wakana respectfully. "I'm Tsurara Oikawa, a friend of waka… I mean, Yoru-sama… er… Yoru." Inside, she was dead nervous. It was her first time interacting with a human after such a long time. "Um… he asked me to give this note to you." She dug into one of her pockets and handed Wakana a piece of folded paper.
Wakana blinked as she accepted and read the note. She then smiled widely at Tsurara. "Of course, he could sleep over. It's Yoru, after all," she giggled. She found Yoru's note traditional, old-fashioned yet cute. He didn't need to be so formal. "I never knew they were that close. Anyway, I'd better go tell Rikuo so you should make yourself at home."
"Ah, there's no need. He's already outside," Tsurara said, smiling nervously. Wakana tilted her head. She didn't notice Rikuo sneaking off the house at all. Strange. She walked outside with Tsurara and saw a silhouette from a distance. Wakana smiled and knew whose silhouette that was on any given day. Tsurara bowed again. "We'll be taking our leave now. Thank you so much for everything."
Even Yoru's friend was formal. It was too cute. "You're always welcome. I hope you guys have fun." Tsurara nodded and walked away, waving her arm at Wakana.
Tsurara sighed of relief as she patted Rikuo's shoulder. His ice sculpture to be exact.
"Clever thinking," Rikuo commented, impressed. "But…"
"But what?" Yoru blinked.
Rikuo slumped and cried manly tears. " Why did she agree to let her own son stay over at a yokai's mansion so easily? It breaks my heart."
He blinked as Yoru wrapped his arms around his neck and pulled him in an embrace. "Maybe because she knows I can take care of you."
Rikuo felt embarrassed but at the same time, relieved. At least Yoru was sensible enough to know what Rikuo's small world problems were. As much as he wanted to spend the rest of the day with him, duty called for Rikuo, school duties in particular. The day of the school festival was nearing so students have already started preparing for booths and everything.
"Well, thanks for everything again, Yoru. But I really need to get back. I have school activities to attend to," Rikuo said as he smiled sadly at Yoru. "I'm real sorry."
"Okay, I understand," Yoru sighed, nodding.
Both of them were apparently feeling disappointed. It could have been such a great and fun day…
NURA RESIDENCE
"Ah, Rikuo, Yoru-kun," Wakana greeted, smiling widely. "How was the sleepover last night?"
"It was… uh… fun," Rikuo said bashfully, rubbing the back of his neck.
"We had a blast," Yoru added, smiling. The yokai wore his human look to blend in again.
"That's good to hear," Wakana chuckled then blinked. "Oh, Rikuo. You better change into uniform. You're going to school today, right?"
Rikuo nodded and smiled. "Yup, I was about to actually." Then he smiled at Yoru, his cheeks with a hint of red. "Thanks again, Yoru." And he could never get tired of saying it again.
"No problem," said Yoru, smiling back. And he could never get tired of hearing it again. That very smile of his always skidded Rikuo's heart to a stop. The yokai dressed as a human then turned around and waved his hand as he walked back to his place. Rikuo watched Yoru fade in his line of sight before walking inside the house with his mother.
MEANWHILE
A short black haired high school student was on his way to the department store to buy some supplies for the festival when he suddenly felt a tremendously powerful force unlike any other as he passed by the Nura residence. The more he walked farther, the more powerful the aura left behind. This only meant one thing.
He couldn't help but smirk in utter delight.
"I finally found you, Yoru-kun…"
AT UKIYOE HIGH SCHOOL
"Sorry, I'm late!" Rikuo shouted as he slid open the door to their classroom. His eyes widened and jaw dropped, surprised by his class' involvement this year. The decorations, props, director, scriptwriter, most especially the extras and main characters…
"Tardiness will not be tolerated," Kiyotsugu said. He smirked as he accusingly pointed his finger at the latecomer. "And as punishment for your act, the class voted without you."
Rikuo gulped nervously. This day wasn't getting any better for him at all.
"Nura-kun, it seems the class voted unanimously. You, my friend, will play as Nurarihyon-sama in our class play!" Kiyotsugu announced, chuckling proudly. He was the one who brought the idea up in the first place, after all. Surprisingly, he also was the director of the whole play. Cheering from other classmates followed.
Rikuo's eyes widened. He immediately remembered the real Nurarihyon. He had to act like him?!
"And guess who YoHime-sama is?" Saori chuckled teasingly.
Rikuo's heart raced as he looked over to the one person he knew everyone was going to vote for as the marvelous Kyoto beauty. He and Kana met eyes and the brunette quickly looked away, embarrassed. His guess was right. They were always matched and paired up ever since middle school days so Rikuo was already used to it. However, it was very different case for Kana.
"There will be no objections, Nura. You're late, after all," Shima teased, nudging Rikuo with his elbow with a snicker.
Rikuo sighed in defeat. "As if I could even object…"
"Stop the chatting and start memorizing!" Kiyotsugu scolded as he handed Rikuo his own script.
Rikuo started reading the whole play and was an accurate rendition of the book he read back in his own room a few days so. It was like history repeating itself all over again. He met the actual Nurarihyon so he knew at least a fair amount of the sodaisho's traits so he would give the yokai justice in his future acting.
Someone then knocked and slid open the door. She was from a different class who had long braided brown hair. It didn't look like she needed anything but anyone could tell she was terrified.
"U-Um, I'm sorry for the intrusion but… is the Kiyojuji Paranormal Investigation Squad here?" she asked, her voice trembling.
Rikuo turned his head to the girl and felt her nervousness. It was the first time he'd seen someone as nervous as that. What did she need them for?
"Ah, yes we are. What do you need?" Kiyotsugu answered for the squad, approaching his fellow student in need of their services.
She bit her lip and eventually started explaining her story from the top.
From outside, the same black haired student that passed by Rikuo's house earlier heard everything. He chuckled to himself as he walked past the classroom, amused.
"Um… you see… last night… my classmates and I were still putting up decorations for our class' horror booth… and then we heard something crash in the first floor… but we knew we were the only ones left in school… and the gates were locked… we thought one of us was just playing a prank or something but turns out, we were all inside the room. And when one of us decided to check out what happened… she screamed and we all ran after her. And we saw… we saw something we've never seen before. I-I can't exactly describe what it looked like because it was too dark. All I can remember was that it was tall, taller than any average person. And… and… I think it was holding something… I don't really know. But it really sent chills… I hope you guys would check it out…"
"You know, her story is a bit far-fetched if you ask me," Natsumi commented. "I mean, ghost occurrences, sure. I can go with that. But actual yokai? Around our school?"
"But who'd waste time making up such an accurate story like that?" Kiyotsugu defended, folding his arms. "Anyway, it's better if we actually check it out later. How about it?"
Rikuo became worried. Scratch that, he became more worried than ever before. And he thought he could actually leave his friends out of yokai matters, but turned out, the matter came to them instead. Worse, he felt his yokai senses tingling again. Of all times…
Rikuo then sighed and nodded in agreement. "Let's go for it."
He didn't have much of a choice now, did he?
They waited for all students and teachers in Ukiyoe High School leave before they began their investigation. Natsumi and Saori were nervous and hesitant about all this but they were convinced this was just a stupid prank, after all, the girl was from the class with the horror booth. Maybe the squad was going to be guinea pigs for their test-run or something. They didn't want to admit that the girl's expression while she told the whole story was so real it sent chills. Kana stayed close with Rikuo and the chocolate hair brought with him one of his bamboo swords, just in case. No one bothered with it though. Shima curiously and vigilantly looked around while Kiyotsugu was pretty much excited with the eerie and creepy atmosphere and all.
"Uh… maybe it was just a one-time apparition and it would never happen again?" Saori suggested nervously. Kiyotsugu turned his head to her and shook his head, grinning widely.
"Things are like that are bound to happen again!" Kiyotsugu exclaimed as his voice echoed the corridors. "After all, yokai are attracted to fear."
And speaking of fear and yokai, everyone except Kiyotsugu and Rikuo screamed by the very same sight the girl saw that night. And it was running towards them.
A/N: Finally, chapter 7 up! I got too caught up with my K fanfiction I had writer's block orz. At least I'm back now. Oh gosh, I can't wait to write the next chapter. My mind's already full of ideas. The next chapter's gonna be so full of drama and all jazz lol. I'm hooked again with this lovely story of mine. So I advise you people to stay tuned again!
Many thanks again to HikariNoTenshi-San, akira45, MegumiHana and Soul Vrazy for the encouraging and lovely reviews. You guys are awesome!
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