New Hope
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Part 5
Duo glanced around his temporary stay. Hisoka offered, more like Duo begged, to let him stay over. Hisoka let him so he could stop bugging him. Duo noticed that the place seemed way too utilitarian. Surely someone Hisoka's age would have some more decorative things. Maybe he should add some spice to it.
He sighed. That information he was privy to was making him think too much. Hisoka was murdered, murdered by that man. Hisoka had told him that he spent three years with a high fever. That sick bastard… Duo did the math and found out Hisoka was just thirteen when it happened. If he ever saw Muraki Kazutaka again he'd empty a whole load of bullets in the man to make sure he stays dead. But he knew that it wasn't all. Tatsumi didn't give him all the information. It looked like he had to get it himself.
Duo's mind then drifted over the little brat that adopted herself to Hisoka. He felt sorry for his partner having to put up with her. Duo wanted to whack her. The snot nosed brat… But even though, Duo couldn't help but smile at the hilarity of it all. It's as if he had to fight for Hisoka's attention. He guessed he could humor the little girl. Prepping up his pillows and checking for the gun under it, he lied down and fell to sleep. He'd be able to tell if anything was wrong.
-X-
He was stuck here again. The blooming sakura, the red moon, the glinting white… He wanted out. He hated this dream. He hated reliving his death every night. No! He had to get out!
Wake up… wake up… wake up… He couldn't get out. Again…
He let out a blood-curling scream.
-X-
Duo abruptly woke up. He got his gun and ran to Hisoka's room where the source of the scream was coming from. It tugged at him, as it seemed to be painful. He barged in and pointed his gun for an intruder. There was none. He was relieved. He ran to Hisoka and shook him to awaken. His eyes caught red as he saw some design decoration with Hisoka's pulled up sleeve. He could be curious later.
"Hisoka! Wake up!"
Hisoka snapped awake and he gasped. He took fast breaths. His hands clenched around a fabric. He didn't notice his surroundings yet, for he needed some space to get himself back. When he got back to his senses, he was surprised as he saw Duo looking worriedly at him. Then he saw Duo's shocked gaze to his exposed arm. He pulled away and covered his arm with the sleeve. Duo reached for him but Hisoka knocked his hands away.
"Hisoka, wha-"
"It's nothing! I'm fine!" Hisoka said interrupting Duo. "Please…just leave it. I'll be fine… I'll be fine…" Hisoka finished seeming to convince himself more than Duo. His mind was far from convinced. He's back… He's back…
Duo looked worriedly then sighed. It was obvious that his partner wasn't fine. He pulled Hisoka over and gave him a comforting hug. Hisoka was surprised about to voice his protests but Duo told him to let it be. Hisoka felt those warm feelings seep into him. It felt relaxing. He hadn't felt that since…
He let it continue. A few minutes later he drifted off to sleep. Duo relaxed as he heard the soft even breathing, signaling that Hisoka was asleep. He then placed him to lie down. Duo tried to dislodge the grip Hisoka had had on him but to no avail. He just lied there next to Hisoka. He hoped Hisoka didn't freak out in the morning. After watching his sleeping partner, he soon fell to sleep.
-X-
The next morning, Hisoka groggily woke up. It took him a while to realize his surroundings. He was rather surprised to find black in front of him. Looking up, he was surprised that Duo was sleeping next to him. Last night's event came back to him. That meant Duo knew. He just hoped Duo wouldn't ask anything more. Hisoka carefully stood up as to not disturb the other sleeping occupant and went to dress.
Afterwards, he went to make a big breakfast. Basically enough for three days. He was sure either Karin or Duo would probably finish it all. Sure enough, a few minutes later he heard Karin's voice. She was shouting at Duo for something Hisoka was sure that Karin was taking the wrong way. He better go stop it before it escalated into something more.
-X-
Tatsumi calmly walked to his office. He'd been rather informed of a new case that needed solving a.s.a.p. It only needed one pair of shinigami but after reviewing it he thought he knew which one Enma himself needed. He was reluctant to hand over the case to the suggested pair. He couldn't give it to someone else. He'd just have to watch them and help out if need be. With that he called for a meeting.
-X-
Hisoka had a headache. Karin and Duo were on each side of him and were bickering back and forth.
He wouldn't yell… He wouldn't yell… He wouldn't yell…"Be quiet!" Too late…
With that, Duo and Karin shut their mouths. Of course Duo stayed silent, surprisingly not asking – begging – for an apology. Karin was pouting. She didn't like being yelled at but she was smart enough to know when she pushed it. So she let it be and opted to be glaring at Duo whenever she can. Duo returned the favor. Hisoka knew about it but didn't bother to dispel it. As long as they weren't shouting at each other it was okay.
They ended up in Watari's lab/office. They were there to drop Karin off so they could participate in the small request of Tatsumi to see them. Hisoka was grateful that he couldn't bring Karin on a case. It would cause him a lot of trouble, especially when her and Duo start bickering. Hisoka wondered what Karin hated about Duo when it was obvious Duo was a lot more friendlier than he was. He decided not to dwell on it. Tatsumi didn't like to be kept waiting.
"Bye mommy!" Karin called out. Hisoka gave a small wave while Duo gave a grin. Karin just glared at him. Hisoka rolled his eyes and pushed his partner out the door, him following. They both began walking to Tatsumi's office.
"Duo, you need to stop provoking Karin," Hisoka told him. Duo pouted.
"Don't tell me you're just taking her side, Soka-chan." Duo said.
"I'm not, you both are giving me a headache!"
"Soka-chan!" Duo glomped him from behind. "I can't help it. I have to fight for your attentions now. You don't like me anymore?"
"Please, I don't want to deal with this now."
"At least I got one last night with you. After all the times we shared… I'll die again of heartbreak…" Hisoka blushed as he realized they were being stared at.
"Duo!" Hisoka hissed quietly. A plead for him to stop.
"Oh my dying heart." Duo placed a hand over his heart and acted with a pained face.
"Fine, fine, I… like you… Now stop it." Hisoka whispered the last part. Duo beamed again before glomping him again.
"Don't I get a kiss?"
"You're pushing it."
-X-
Duo sat patiently in front of Tatsumi's desk. Him and Hisoka had been given a mission that required them to go to L4. He was rather surprised. Didn't they only do missions restricted to the Earth? He thought they did. He was rather curious that Tatsumi wanted to speak with him alone about the mission. Though he did wonder what information Tatsumi didn't want to relay to Hisoka.
"Maxwell-kun," Tatsumi spoke catching Duo's attention.
"Yes, Tatsumi-san?" Duo answered.
"I realize this mission has connections to you. I hope you'll make yourself scarce or invisible. We cannot have the risk of your – comrades – seeing you roaming around. I suggest you ask Kurosaki-kun to do most of the investigating."
"But what if something happens?"
"I'm sure you'll improvise the invisibility is a plus no? And one more thing…" Duo looked at him expectantly. "Be careful. And…"
"Don't worry, I'll make sure Hisoka comes back safe and sound chief!" Duo said flashing Tatsumi a grin before bouncing out the room. Tatsumi stared dumbfounded but then smiled.
-X-
Hisoka didn't really like traveling to the colonies. The colonies were for shinigami that were free since cases were rare in the colonies. There were no jurisdictions but he couldn't help but hesitate to go. He didn't know. He tried to scramble his mind for some reasons but he couldn't remember. There was only a small buzz at it. He had been to the colonies before during 200 AC. He couldn't really remember much of what had happened. He figured it was best he didn't know.
"I never knew shinigami were assigned to colonies," Duo said as he helped place their suitcases in the hotel room, which was extravagant as their last stay in a hotel.
"They are. It's just whoever's available to take a case, since anything hardly happens that warrants a shinigami's investigation," Hisoka answered.
"This your first time in the colonies?"
"No, I was here about a hundred years ago, except I was in L3 last time."
"What case were you assigned?"
"Simple retrieval, a soul that refuses to let go. Tsu – my partner at the time didn't tell me what it was about. I don't remember the details of it."
"So what was your first case since you started as a shinigami?"
"It's a long time ago."
"You don't remember it?"
"Of course I do."
"So what's it like? Was it anything extreme as we had to do for my first day as your partner?" Duo asked eagerly. Hisoka grimaced then sighed.
"No," Hisoka seemed satisfied at Duo's disappointed look before he went back to grinning, "It was just a retrieval. The blood was being drained off the victims like that a vampire would. Apparently a mother refused her daughter's death because she was in a lot of debt. So she had her daughter resurrected before the body could decay. Her daughter was a singer that was famous and the mother was in love with the money. She said that's why she killed herself." Hisoka finished. He didn't want to explain the encounter with Muraki.
"Harsh. So what'd you guys do?"
"We found out the mother hired someone to do the resurrection. My partner broke the spell that made the daughter control of herself again. Her body was going to decay with time so she continued singing until she did. Unfortunately a day later, her mother was murdered. We figured it was the person who'd done the resurrecting. We haven't been able to catch him since. We left it alone until the culprit starts something again."
"They must be long dead by now."
"Yeah." No he's not! He's still alive…still alive…
TBC------------
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