Yay, no school for two days! I absolutely love my wallpaper. It has all the Blade Children (minus Sayoko) and Ayumu and Hiyono on it, but they're all really cool looking (yes, even Hiyono...and you know it's got to be good for me to compliment her). I love Eyes and Kanone, though (well, that's a given, but I'm talking about the picture). Anyway...back on topic...enjoy!
Polaris18: Of course he is! Eyes is, too. Heh, gotta watch that squealing! No judge in this fic, then Brad would get put away. You know me, I have to put them all through hell and high water before they get out of it. I won't make poor Travis suffer too much, though. He's too cute! I can't exactly remember what quote I...oh, nevermind. Yep, you got it! Thanks for reviewing!
CeTe: I think uber cute may be appropriate for their relationship. Yeah, Katrina sucks. Her reasons may become a little more understandable (I guess) after we find out Travis' secret. Lol, I thought ranting was what we did here...oh well, you got it! Thanks for reviewing!
Answer: The quote is from Kanone to Eyes. The episode is The Sound of A Breaking Heart.
Points: Polaris18:5 (4 bonus points)
CeTe:3 (3 bonus points)
A/N: For some reason, I didn't count some of the points or something (I have no idea what I've been doing), but they're all right now, I went back through the reviews and counted them. I also didn't respond to a couple of CeTe's reviews for some reason... sorry about that!
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"Moving?" came the small voice, "But...why?
"I've already told you, Travis, if Eyes finds out your secret, he'll demand that he take you immediately." Katrina informed her son, "As it is, he's already filing for custody of you, and we cannot have that."
"Why not?" Travis repeated, not understanding, "Why can't I live with Eyes?"
"The Blade Children's way of life is too dangerous for you."
"Eyes wouldn't let anyone get me, though." Travis objected, "And I'm only 4..."
"You're almost 5, and you know what happens then."
Travis nodded, sniffing back a few tears, "We just found Eyes, though..."
"It would have been better had you never known he was your brother." Katrina sighed. She was honestly only doing the best thing for Travis. Being around all the other Blade Children, he was bound to get hurt sooner or later. She didn't want that; she'd already lost one son by allowing him to embrace his fate.
"No!" Travis objected, "It wouldn't have been better. I want to stay with Eyes."
"I already told you no." Katrina said, firmly, "I won't be argued with on this matter, Travis. You're too young to know what you really want or what's best for you, so just trust me."
Travis shook his head wildly, "I don't!" he said, "I might be too young, but Eyes isn't. I know he wants to keep me here for some reason. He's smart, and he knows what's best for me."
"No, your mother knows what's best." Honestly, she didn't think a 4 year old would put up this much of a fight.
"No, you don't." Travis assured her, "You know what you think is best, but I don't trust you anymore. I trust Eyes."
Katrina stared horrified as Travis turned and ran out the door, "Get back here!" she shouted, but it was to no avail as her youngest was long gone. She sat down and sighed, "Why? Why doesn't he trust me when I tell him that being with those people will only make his life harder?" she wondered, trying to think if she had ever steered Travis wrong before, "He's only 4. How can he be so defiant and insightful already?" She smirked, remembering how Eyes was at this age, and that he was almost identical to Travis. Though, not nearly as resistant. Perhaps, though, that was only because Katrina had let him follow the path of his destiny. That had been a mistake, as she was well aware of now, and she refused to let Travis fall into that same pit of despair. She stood, and walked outside, wondering which direction Travis went. Deciding that he would most likely head for Eyes' place, she went in the direction she saw the older son walk off in the other day, determined to get her younger one back. How could she have known she was doing more harm than good?
Travis was running through the streets, looking around for anything familiar. He had lived here is whole life, of course, but 4 years (almost 5) wasn't a lot of time for one to get acquainted with an area this large. Especially when the first 3 were spent toddling around the house, exploring it. He went to town occasionally with his mother, but other than that, Travis had no idea where anything was or how to find Eyes. He had realized his flaw quite early of not knowing where Eyes lived, but he wouldn't go back to his own house unless he was forced. He was currently running down an alley (A/N: Always with the alleys...) and tripped over some invisible object that sent him flying to the ground.
He hit the stone with a thunk and groaned as he rolled over onto his back. When he sat up, pain shot through his shoulder, which he had fallen on, and he winced as he grabbed it. Tears started flowing down his face, and he wished for nothing more than for Eyes to come right now and scoop him up and tell him everything would be okay. Sighing, he realized that wouldn't happen because Eyes was probably currently on his way to Travis' house while he was sitting there in the alley, "He did say he would be by first thing in the morning." Travis thought, wiping away a few tears. Running had been a foolish thing to do, but he couldn't go back now. He wasn't even sure he knew how to get back if he wanted to go home.
The small, silver-haired boy was about to stand up and try to retrace his steps when he saw a form emerge from the shadows. He looked the boy over, and scooted back, wondering if the boy was a Hunter. The older one smirked at the poor child, "You must be Travis." he said, advancing towards the frightened kid.
Travis slid back until he hit the alley wall, wincing once again as he hit his sore shoulder, "Who are you?" he demanded, his voice shaking.
The older boy quickly made his way over to where Travis was all but cowering. He smiled as the frightened green eyes looked him over, "No one of any importance, I assure you."
"What do you want?" the younger one asked, wishing more than anything that Eyes would come and save him, "Where are you, Eyes?" he wondered, but knew his brother wouldn't answer him, "Please, help me."
Eyes, of course, had no idea that his little brother was anywhere other than inside his house. So, that was where he was headed with Kanone and Kalelle both in tow, just in case anything went wrong. Reaching his childhood home, Eyes knocked a few times on the door and waited for an answer. When he got none, he glared at the door and knocked again. Still getting no answer, he turned to the twins, slightly worried, "He should be here. He knew I was coming." he informed them.
Kanone frowned, "Perhaps they went into town." he suggested.
Eyes looked down at the ground, feeling utterly useless, "What if he needs me?" he wondered, "I can't just stand here while something might be happening to him."
Kanone smiled softly and walked over to Eyes, lifting his chin with a couple fingers, "He'll be fine." the older one assured him, "I'm sure it's nothing." Eyes opened his mouth to object that he couldn't take that chance, but Kanone cut him off by covering the younger mouth with his own, slipping his tounge inside the sweet taste of his boyfriend. Eyes melted into Kanone's arms, and momentarily forgot all his worries. A flase sense of security, though, as he was abruptly brought back to reality by a phone ringing. Seeing that it was neither his nor Kanone's, Eyes glanced to Kalelle, who grinned sheepishly and flipped his phone open.
Eyes sighed and turned back to Kanone, "I can't just leave him here." he told Kanone.
The latter shook his head, "I wouldn't expect you to." he replied, kissing Eyes once more, quickly, "We've got no idea where he is, though, so there's not a whole lot we can do."
Eyes nodded, sighing once again in defeat, "I just can't get the thought out of my head that I'm standing here, uselessly, while he's being hurt." Kanone hugged Eyes tightly, giving no response. What kind of answer could he give to a confession like that when he was fearing the same?
"Hey, we need to get home." Kalelle informed the couple, slipping his phone back in his pocket.
"Why?" Kanone asked, not allowing Eyes to object before he heard an explanation.
The older twin shrugged, "Ayumu said it was some kind of emergency. He didn't say much else."
Now worried, Kanone looked to Eyes, "We could go, if you want to stay here."
Eyes glanced once more to the house and shook his head, "I'll go." he told the brothers. If there was something wrong, he wanted to be there for it. Of course, he wasn't sure if this emergency was more dire than his own, but Ayumu wouldn't have called unless it was serious.
Kalelle nodded, "Let's go, then."
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One of these days, I will make a decent-lengthed chapter, I promise. I'm just extremely tired, though, and I figured if it went on for much longer, it would start to suck horribly, which I don't want this fic doing. So, with that said...Who was it that found Travis? And what emergency could Ayumu be talking about? I'll tell you this much, the two incidents are related somehow. And here's the next quote:
"Howdy bla-chis, ya'll havin' a strategy meetin'?"
a)Day of the Defeated
b)Cursed Children
c)The Sound of A Breaking Heart
d)The Lamenting Angel
God, who doesn't love this quote? It's the best one ever! I laughed so hard the first time I heard it...that boy is on something...anywho, good luck!