A deal of death chapter 4

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Oz sat there next to a fire. Seishiro sat a crossed from him, seeming lost in thought. Oz figured over his now dead brother. Poor guy, he'd suffer such a horrible loss. It was quite sad. Oz couldn't help feeling bad for the poor, innocent guy. Even so Oz still felt that something was off. Oz felt something was wrong with the man. He seemed like someone you could trust but at the same time he seemed like he was up to no good. Oz wasn't quite sure if he could trust this man or not. Seishiro turned his attention to Oz and smiled. He had a knife blade smile.

"Something seems to be troubling you." Seishiro said. Oz arched a brow. He had been trying to keep his look of concern off his face, failing to do so. He wondered what he could say to the man. He couldn't come out and say 'you look like a demon in disguise of an angel.' that would be quite rude of him. This man was helping Oz get Gilbert back after all. He at least owned the man some thanks and not doubt. So oz just shrugged and smiled.

"Nothing just lost in though worrying over Gil." Oz said, trying not to show his true thoughts. Seishiro's face unchanging, almost as if he had no concern for Gilbert, then again Gilbert wasn't his friend. As far as Oz knew Seishiro had never even met Gilbert so why would this man be concerned over him? Oz snuggled closer to the fire to keep warm. It was very cold on this particular night. He looked to see Seishiro laying back, looking up at the sky with a look of longing. Oz looked up to see stars, millions of tiny stars above them. This sight made Oz smile. He used to watch the stars with Gilbert when they were children though, he didn't have a chance to do it as often as he liked when they were together. Now, it seemed Gilbert was too far out of his reach. Gilbert was so much bigger, older now. Gilbert was more mature, making deals to save his life. Speaking of deals he wondered if Seishiro wanted payment, killing the vampires would hopefully be enough.

"You know they say, if you love someone you'll give everything you have up to be with them." Seishiro said. Oz looked at him, seeing a look of sadness cross his face. Oz almost asked if Seishiro had ever been in love but he bit back the words. If Seishiro had been in love it obviously was over now. Oz hadn't ever been in love, at least he didn't think he'd ever been. He cared dearly for Alice and Gilbert but he wouldn't say he was in love with ether of them. Oz felt tears prickle at his eyes, poor Alice, she was still in the abyss. Alice was trapped there while he got to run free, he felt pity for her. Seishiro looked at Oz.

"If people don't die we would lose sight of what is most importunate to us." Seishiro said, smiling sadly. Oz's eyes widened at hearing that. Was that really how Seishiro seen it? That we would forget what was special to us if we didn't lose someone? Seishiro seemed like he truly believed that. Oz didn't, maybe because Gilbert's life may be in trouble right now, maybe because he missed Alice? Oz didn't know why but those words brought him great heartache. Maybe he just didn't want hope to slip away, but from him or Seishiro. Seishiro seemed to have lost his faith long ago. Oz wondered would he end up like Seishiro? Would he wonder aimlessly in search of something he'd never get back? No one truly knew, it was up to fate, right?

"Life would be nothing without the cost of sacrifice, you know why Oz?" Seishiro asked. Oz shook his head, not knowing what to do or say. Seishiro looked up at the sky. "Because for you to get something you must give something of equal value. That is the way life works." Oz felt that maybe Seishiro had been hurt more then just losing his brother. Maybe he'd lost a lover, or maybe Seishiro had always been like this. Oz didn't know, truly it wasn't his place to worry over Seishiro's ways. After all he needed to focus on getting Alice out of the abyss, and saving Gilbert as well.

"Who told you all that stuff?" Oz asked, out of pure curiosity. He kinda wanted to meet the person if they weren't dead or something like this. They seemed to know a lot. Seishiro looked at Oz.

"My younger brother. He was a very smart kid. It was quite hard on me finding his body like that in the woods." Seishiro said. Oz arched a brow, thinking over Seishiro's words but quickly shrugged it off as nothing to worry over. Soon after Seishiro put the fire out, preparing for bed. They were both quite tired from the long travels. Seishiro pitched a tent, which he was surprisingly good at. He smiled at Oz, allowing him to walk in first, then followed soon after. They would rest in the day and travel at night. Oz was getting used to it, the sun was going to be up in a few hours so it was time for some sleep. Oz didn't mind he kinda liked it at night, it was quite and the stars were quite beautiful. Seishiro said that's why he loved to travel at night, so he could see the stars. The stars always made him think of someone he cared for deeply, Oz could tell he loved the person by the look on his face when he saw them. Oz lied down, closing his eyes. He soon fell into a deep sleep.

~ Oz could see a boy he didn't know, running around giggling. He was running after Seishiro, Oz assumed that he was dreaming of the past and the boy was the love of Seishiro's life. They were both laughing and running through the snow. The boy threw Seishiro to the ground, sitting on top of him. The both of them seemed, generally happy, like any young love. The boy lied next to Seishiro, holding his hand, they're fingers interlocked. Seishiro looked over at the boy and smiled. "I'm glad I have you." Seishiro said. The boy blushed lightly, kissing Seishiro's lips. They both seemed happy then suddenly the scene changed. There was a lot of blood and Seishiro was coughing. That boy, his lover, was crying and begging Seishiro to stay with him. Something was wrong. Oz could almost feel the sadness in this dream, nightmare, whatever it was. ~

Oz woke up to Seishiro shaking him. He looked at Seishiro as if he had seen a ghost. "You okay kid?" Seishiro asked. Oz nodded his head, realizing it had all been a dream. It was just a dream or was it a nightmare? Oz thought it was slightly scary but at the same time it wasn't. The dream seemed so real.

"I'm fine. Is it time to start walking again?" Oz asked. Seishiro nodded his head. They got ready to leave, the dream still on Oz's mind. Oz couldn't help but think about it. For once during this whole time he wasn't thinking about Gilbert or Alice. Oz and Seishiro started walking, the castle they needed to get to just a few feet ahead of them. Oz was ready to end this and face the twins. He was ready to have Gilbert back at his side.

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I hope you guys liked it. In the next one they will finally face the twins but not all is what it seems.