Title: Heart of the Sword
Rating: PG-13
Fandom: Legal Drug
Pairing: Kazahaya x Rikuo
Warning: Err, if you do not like boy/boy love, please don't read.
Chapter 10: Return Engagement
Summary: When Kakei-san sends the boys out to find an old sword, the boys find that it is a cursed sword and that all cursed are supposed to do highly unexpected tasks, like love one another! Trouble ensues around two receptionists and Samurai Champloo quotes are said! A ride up an elevator is all it takes...
Disclaimer: LD belongs to the geniuses of CLAMP. Have fun reading your second-to-last chapter!
A/N: Oh geez, I'm just pretending I'm making the fourth book for CLAMP since they said they don't like making LD because it doesn't have any girls in it. And I'm like, GEEZ! So why the hell did you have us hanging onto it by the page. I really want it baaaaack! Hmm, I guess I better come up with a story idea for book 5 … I mean I guess xxxHOLiC will do for now, but it's like they're continuing LD in that form without us EVER finding out who those girls are and how we can brainwash R&K into believing that they're in love with each other … but I dunno if Rikuo needs any … Anyway, sorry I've been delaying this (and the rest of my stories). I know I've looked dead, but I'll try not to in future.
Author: Teh Jilly-est.

Death to all men!

This wasn't good. This was not good. Kazahaya was about to be killed by some vengeful spirit and all he was doing was sitting on the ground and staring at it in horror. Why couldn't he move his limbs?

Suddenly, the sword's spirit spoke again.

Men! It is you who imprisoned me! It is you who claimed an honorable and loyal soldier was disgraceful just because that soldier happened to be a woman! DAMN YOU ALL! Come out of the closet! You're all just scared to think that a woman could handle what a man could also do! DAMN YOU ALL!

A strong gust of wind moved inside the supply closet, much like a whirlwind. Towels, mops, brooms, and every kind of cleaner imaginable came falling down towards Kazahaya. Rikuo glared at the spirit woman. He wanted to break those bottles, but all the dangerous chemicals inside of them…

The best he could do was fling his present to Kazahaya aside and cover Kazahaya, Rikuo's back to the whirlwind of products. Kazahaya clung to him until the whirlwind subsided.

WHY AREN'T YOU DEAD YET! The woman roared in anger.

This caused Kazahaya to glare at the woman and he pushed Rikuo out of his way as he stood up and faced her. He said, "You're an idiot to think that some stupid cleaning product bottles could kill!"

The spirit-woman's fire-red eyes flashed even brighter. She screamed shrilly, causing the wind pressure in the room to raise so high that it caused the metal shelves where the cleaning products used to be to bend, while some areas snapped completely.

Kazahaya stared wide-eyed at the tall shelves as they converged, making their way down to the spot where Kazahaya was standing.

"Move idiot!" Rikuo said grabbing him and pulling him down. He held Kazahaya beneath him, protecting him.

"R-Rikuo! Don't--" Kazahaya stammered, but it was too late, the shelves were already upon them. Kazahaya closed his eyes, but his ears still heard the series of crashing sounds. The banging and the clanging made him wince, but the heavy protective weight was still upon him.

When it finally stopped, Kazahaya opened his eyes. The shelves had all fallen down and they were buried underneath.

"Rikuo?" He called out.

Rikuo's head was slumped over his shoulder. Was he-? No, no he couldn't be! Kazahaya surveyed the damage. Shifting his weight, he saw that the metal had bent upwards and …

"It's not on top of you, so you can stop pretending to be dead!" Kazahaya said angrily. The metal had bent upwards and not even touched the other boy's back. Sighing, Kazahaya tried to push Rikuo off of him, but as soon as Kazahaya spoke, Rikuo looked up at him glaring.

"Idiot, she's probably--" Rikuo started, but was cut off by the spirit hovering over them, her eyes flashing.

You're still alive! DAMN YOU!

"Damn!" Rikuo cried out. He thrust himself over Kazahaya and broke down the wooden door using his power. He crawled out and Kazahaya followed.

When they made it out of the closet, they broke into a run, the spirit floating along with her sword close behind them.

Running through the corridor as fast as they could, Kazahaya turned back to see the woman hot on their trail. Kazahaya shouted, "Crazy bitch!" which only made the woman float faster. The closer she got, she willed her sword down upon Kazahaya.

Rikuo grabbed his hand in just the nick of time before the sword landed with a thud in the carpeted floor. "Idiot!" Rikuo yelled as they kept running.

The woman continued to will her sword in the two boy's direction. When they finally reached the end of the hall, they made for the stone stairwell and climbed higher and higher. The sword could even cut through stone in the woman's pursuit of Kazahaya and Rikuo. Finally, after running, they reached the roof, having Rikuo break the door on their way through.

They ran and came upon the edge of the building. Kazahaya, startled at having to stop so suddenly, teetered over the edge, but Rikuo grabbed the back of his hoodie to keep him from falling.

Turning around, they saw that the woman was making slow progress to where the boys stood. Smirking, she willed her sword into the air about to strike when …

"Why are you doing this, you crazy bitch!" Kazahaya shouted.

That made the woman stop. She lowered her sword considering Kazahaya's angry facial expression.

"Why do you curse people? Why do you want to kill us?" Kazahaya persisted.

It is only men I am after, that receptionist almost killed you, you almost killed yourself.

Rikuo asked, "But why us?"

You're trying to stop me. The spirit said simply.

"Is that it?" Kazahaya asked indignantly.

You are men! Men that imprisoned me and looked down on me with embarrassment in their eyes!

"Not us! Some other guys did it! Kill them!" Kazahaya said without really thinking.

Rikuo glared at him, "Idiot, it was hundreds of years ago, they're already--"

I already did kill them. It felt wonderful.

It was Rikuo's turn to stare wide-eyed at the spirit woman. So she had killed them already, so, why was she out against all men?

"If you already killed those men, why are you after all men?" Rikuo asked crossing his arms and looking annoyed.

Kazahaya stared at him. He hadn't realized it before, but Rikuo's tone hadn't been as girlish as it was maybe a few hours before. He was all serious and calm. Was he acting, normal?

Men have oppressed women for centuries, I want to kill them all!

"You're not doing a good job staying here--" Kazahaya ventured, but Rikuo cut him off before he could finish his sentence.

"You should learn to look at people as individuals! We didn't do anything to you."

Then again, maybe Rikuo wasn't back to normal. As far as Kazahaya knew, Rikuo would never say anything like that. Kazahaya lowered his eyelids in annoyance in Rikuo's direction.

What the hell? Kazahaya thought to himself.

"You should learn …" Rikuo said stepping towards the spirit woman. She got surprised and tried to float back, taking the sword with her. Rikuo kept advancing.

What are you doing? She asked sounding scared.

Kazahaya himself was following Rikuo's progress with wide eyes, wondering what the hell he could be doing.

" … to stop treating us the same!" All too soon, Rikuo was upon the spirit and he grasped the sword as she screamed, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

Rikuo concentrated as hard as he could. There was a flash of light and sword shards scattered all over the rooftop. Kazahaya gasped as a heavy thud his the ground.

Kazahaya ran over to the other boy. "Rikuo! What the hell do you think you're doing?"

Rikuo lay motionless on his side. Kazahaya began to shake one of his shoulders. "What the hell? Get up!"

Rikuo was lying very still, even after Kazahaya's shaking. Kazahaya could feel little pricks against the corners of his eyes. He said, "Damn you! Why did you touch it? Now you'll never be back to normal …"

Kazahaya turned Rikuo on his back gazed down on him. He didn't even care that the sword hilt was the only thing remaining of the cursed sword and that the spirit was gone.

Maybe if I … Kazahaya cradled Rikuo's face in his hands and kissed him. He could feel the heat creeping up on his cheeks, but he paid no attention to it. All he could think about was getting Rikuo to wake up.

Rikuo's lips were so warm, that was a good sign, it meant that he was still alive. Good, but this warmth … Kazahaya could have just stayed there forever, but …

Oh my god. This is just like that time … Kazahaya had a fleeting memory of his lips being warm once while he was here and was pleasant after he had felt so cold, but he couldn't remember what he was …

"The pool!" Kazahaya shouted leaping off of Rikuo, "Did you give me mouth to mouth? Asshole!" He sat there huffing until he remembered that Rikuo was still unconscious. So much for his theories …

He started to blush at his stupidity when Rikuo's eyebrows narrowed and he started to frown saying, "Yeah? And what do you think you're doing right now?" Rikuo started to sit up holding his head in one hand like he had a headache. But then as he sat up a little straighter, he let go of his face and put on a vicious smile and said, "But then again, let's continue where we left off."

Kazahaya backed away on his hands and knees, glaring at Rikuo and blushing at the same time. He said, "Asshole! You were awake the whole time, weren't you?"

"Yeah, but you seemed so distressed that I didn't want to interrupt." Rikuo replied.

"BASTARD!" Kazahaya shouted, but despite his bad mood at being caught doing something really embarrassing, he felt relieved. Was Rikuo really back to normal? He sounded like he was …

"All I want it for you to like me." Kazahaya remembered Rikuo saying one time. Was a kiss to return affection all it took to lift the spell? Well, Rikuo had given him mouth to mouth, which was almost like a kiss, because he didn't want Kazahaya to die from drowning in that pool, and Kazahaya hadn't wanted Rikuo to die from the impact of the sword shattering. Maybe …

Kazahaya stared at Rikuo wondering. Rikuo returned this with a glare. "Why are you staring at me like an idiot?" Rikuo asked.

Kazahaya felt his face brighten as he got up and ran over to Rikuo saying, "You're back to normal!" He wrapped his arms around Rikuo, bent down on his knees where Rikuo was sitting, and gave Rikuo a proper kiss of the lips.

Startled, Rikuo fell over to land on his back, but he soon returned Kazahaya's sudden affections by turning them both over and deepening the kiss before …

"OUCH! You asshole!" Kazahaya shouted breaking the kiss and speaking to Rikuo as if he hadn't done anything strange.

He lifted himself up and pulled out what was under him. It was the sword hilt; the only part of the sword left whole. Kazahaya examined it, then dropped it as a floating wisp of smoke came floating out of the part where the sword and hilt met.

The smoke rose up and shaped itself into the form of a smiling black-haired woman. The smoke cloud broke off from the sword hilt and rose up into the sky smiling, crying transparent tears as it looked upon the two boys saying a soft Thank you. And that was the last they saw of the spirit within the sword.

Rikuo picked up the sword hilt and examined it in his hands. To do this, he had to lean over Kazahaya, which made the light-haired boy blush.

Rikuo said, "It's time to go home."

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TBC … IMPORTANT STUFF BELOW!

Yes, I'm adding an afterward of what happens once they get back and give Kakei the sword hilt. Hmm, since CLAMP's not working on LD, let's call this book 4, since Yuki-san is awesome enough to make a doujinshi out of this. Hmm, should I start thinking of a book 5 in continuation? (Smiles, I'll definitely try to become better at working on all of these stories of mine.)

BTW, speaking of CLAMP stuff, I'd appreciate anyone who read &reviewed my story As the World Turns, which is on my site. It's my super crossover between many fandoms. Thanks!

I'd also like to thank all of you for reviewing this story and being patient with me while it was being completed. THANK YOU!

I'd also really appreciate it if you guys would read my site, as I have updated it with a lot of important stuff. Like, I want to purge some of the stories I don't like by August 2nd and I put up a petition/vote system for what stories you guys actually want me to continue. Thanks!