The pain in Ren's bleeding back seemed to dull slightly when he felt Horohoro's protective arms around him again, holding him close and cursing at Hao.
Horohoro winced when he felt the blood that seemed to be all over Ren's back. He glared at Hao. "What the hell is your problem, Hao?" he demanded, anger at the endge of his tongue. "What makes you think that you can just go randomly cutting other people up in the middle of the night?"
Hao smirked. He ignored Horohoro's question and instead, said smoothly, "Well, I see you're awake, Usui. In any case, why don't you just hand the boy over and let me finish the job? Or would you like to do it yourself?"
"What the hell are you talking about?" the Ainu spat. "Get out of the way, Hao. I'm taking him to get medical attention." With that said, he lifted Ren, taking care to be gentle, and stood up, ready to walk, or run, to the campsite's medical facilities.
"That's not neccessary," Hao said, his grin growing as he stepped forward to block Horohoro. "I'll take care of it."
"Yeah, right you will, Hao. Now get out of my way."
Before Horohoro could do anything else, Hao had suddenly made a move, shuoving him to the floor. His grip on Ren loosened, and he felt the Chinese boy's form being torn from his hold by Hao.
Eyes widening, Horohoro watched as Hao shoved Ren back onto his bunk, flipping him over so that he was lying on his stomach. Ren struggled, trying to fight off his attacker, but Hao was much stronger and managed to pin him down.
"Stop it!" Horohoro yelled. "You're hurting him!"
Hao grinned, running his hands over the array of injuries. "Rest assured, Horohoro, my dear. I'm merely going to make him feel better."
Ren cried out as Hao leaned downwards and let his tongue drag forcefully across a row of cuts. aggravating the wounds. Swallowing the blood he had gathered with his tongue, Hao grinned and, in a rather sadistic manner, licked Ren's back again, swirling his tongue across the delicate pale flesh.
"HAO!" Horohoro screamed, bursting with fury. "You freaking pervert! What the hell are you doing!?"
"I'm making him feel better."
"Don't give me that crap! You're hurting him even more, you sadistic psycho!"
With those words, Horohoro launched himself at Hao, knocking him against the wall. "Don't you dare touch him with your filthy tongue again!" he screamed, colliding his fists with Hao's face, stomach, shoulders, and chest. Hao fought fiercely back, and Yoh, Chocolove, and Lyzerg were woken in the scuffle.
"What's going on?" Lyzerg mumbled groggily, climbing out of his bunk and flicking on the light switch. The British boy's eyebrow arched signifigantly when he saw the droplets of blood staining the ground and Ren's bed in various places, and then his gaze travelled towards Hao and Horohoro's fight.
Yoh jerked the two apart. "What are you guys doing at this hour!? Stop trying to kill each other!"
"It's not me he wants to kill," Horohoro spat, nursing a now bruised shoulder. "You want to know what he did, Yoh? You want to know what your messed up brother did!?"
Yoh glanced confusedly at Hao, who was suffering from a bloody nose and a black eye.
"I'll tell you," Horohoro hissed. "He attacked Ren in the middle of the night and sliced him up, then he claims he's 'making him feel better' by drooling and licking his back a bunch of times over!"
Chocolove shook his head at Hao. "You're disgusting," the comedian muttered.
"Hao..." Yoh sighed in exasperation. "Dude...you're sick. You're just sick. I don't care if you're my brother, but I seriously think you need to see a doctor or something."
"There's nothing wrong with me," Hao said calmly. "What I just did...was a normal male instinct. I mean...wouldn't you want to do the same? Look, Yoh. Look at that beautifully smooth skin. Look at those lovely hips, and that fragile back."
"Shut up," Yoh said in disgust. "I don't want to hear any more of it."
"And in any case," Horohoro snapped, "I'm taking him to the medical office right now." He lifted Ren once again, who was silently crying. He hugged the boy tightly in a warm hold and headed for the door.
Hao smiled. "I know you see the same things as I do, Usui. You love him, don't you? You're in love with the little geek."
Horohoro glared ice at him. "Shut up, Hao. You know nothing about me."
He stomped furiously out the cabin towards the medical facilities, wiping Ren's tearful and blood-stained face with the corner of his shirt.