Soo, I will not waste your time with excues for the delay, but hey, here is the next chapter, nice and long for all you lovable people. I was asked to add some more Hisoka - Tsuzuki relationship and here you go, and since Im feeling like a fairy godmother today, I added some Muraki - Tatsumi jealousy, just a stardust bit, but there should be more to come.
Onece upone a time yours,
Morality
Hisoka winced and opened his eyes, looking over the sterile hospital room. In the nearest chair to his bed dozed a cute girl? He blinked. I don't remember Meifus hospital having nurses, unless. He groaned at the sudden pain in his stomach, but that was enough sound to wake up his dozing companion, and it took the girl 2 seconds to get across the room and pull him in a bone crushing hug.
-"Soka!!!! You're ok, oh God, I thought you were. . Oh God, Watari said it was really serious. How are you?" Hisokas vision was filled by purple as the girl looked him in the eye closely.
-"Soka , can you hear me?" But it was too late; the teen had blushed bright like a tomato and couldn't utter another word.
-"Oh, I'm, I'm sorry, Soka, I hurt you, I'll call Watari, just don't go anywhere!" Tsuzuki sprinted out of the room.
-" Yeah, like if I could go anywhere far." The teen huffed, however he was charmed by his partner's overzealous attention. He shook his head. What am I thinking, he's my partner! The youth shook his head and soon Tsuzuki appeared with Watari following him closely. The scientist came closer to examine him; however Hisoka continued looking at Tsuzuki. He does look so cute when he's happy. And now he's babbling something meaningless, but I can't help but gaze at those rosy lips of his.
-"Soka, Hisoka, Are you listening?" That seamed to catch the teenager's attention.
-"Watari said you should stay a couple of days, but don't you worry, Tatsumi will accompany me while you're on vacation." Tsuzuki winked at him. Hisokas eyes shot open.
-"W-what? No I'm perfectly fine, see?" The boy tried standing up, but managed only to fall back on the pillows. Tsuzuki shot him a worried look.
-"Hisoka, I want you to stay here and take good care of yourself." He emphasized the words by covering the teen with blankets and tucking him in.
-"What kind of partner am I if I can't even look after you and see that nothing bad happens?" Tsuzuki added sadly. "Sorry, Soka, it's my fault." Hisoka couldn't get angry, that fool! But he couldn't utter the words.
-"Don't blame yourself, Tsuzuki; none of us thought that might happen." The spark in Tsuzukis eyes was worth so much. Hisoka couldn't help but smile. His partner beamed at him and kissed him on the cheek.
-"You get better now, or I'll drive poor Tatsumi crazy." Smiling his partner left, however Hisoka traced the path Tsuzukid kissed. He, he kissed me, so chastely as a friend, but still. The boy's heart squeezed from knowledge that Tatsumi would spend time with His partner. That's right, Tsuzuki is My partner, and not his. But Hisoka wasn't in the state to argue. He closed his eyes and willed himself to sleep and get better as fast as he could.
Tsuzuki was sitting outside the accountant's office and waiting for Tatsumi to give the last orders for his absence. Supporting his elbows on his knees and holding his head in his hands, he idly observed a fly buzzing through the room. I wonder if flies here also have committed awful crimes and are to buzz here for the rest of eternity.
-"Tsuzuki san." Startled Asato fell out of the chair.
-"Gosh, don't scare me like that, Seii." Tsuzuki rose rubbing his behind before Tatsumi could extend his hand to help. All this chivalry was wearing him down. I'm not a girl dammit. The secretary blinked coming to his senses.
-"Oh, excuse me, Tsuzuki, shall we go?"
-"Oh, yeah, sure." That evening he decided to wear only pants and shorts and preferably button up shirts.
-"Asato, could I get a brief recap on things you've found out?" At this point Tsuzuki blushed and looked down, and Tatsumi raised an eyebrow. "No progress I presume." He stated coolly. Tsuzuki was relieved; thank goodness at least something about him hadn't changed.
-"Well, the householder was giving us hard time, and the staff wasn't too helpful either. It's a bit hard to investigate when you have your dignity to guard and work any time that pervert chooses you to." Tsuzuki snapped raging, however the sight of endearment he got in return made him rage even more. "Dammit, I'm serious, you try walking around in tight micro shorts through a mob of longing women and see how it is!" He fumed. Finally that got the needed reaction.
-"I see we'll need to discus several issues with the housekeeper then."
-"Yeah, right, discuss." Tsuzuki remarked sarcastically. They returned to a room where two rather cheerful companions sat, one of them was Muraki and the other was Ukyou. She was the first to notice them arrive.
-"Oh, see, Muri, I said my senses were tingling, look who has arrived!" Tsuzuki snorted but tried suppressing an oncoming laugh – Muri – gosh that was worth something. However Muraki wasn't all too happy about the nickname. He rolled his eye and glared at her. Tatsumi shot the jolly woman a look and then turned to the man in question.
-"Who's this, Mr. Muraki?"
-"Good evening, shadow master." Muraki replied evenly and continued staring at the man, Ukyou joined his side and did the same.
-"Please answer my question, doctor." Tatsumi remained cold. Muraki only smirked.
-"I see you don't let manners get in your way, do you?" The doctor smirked and Tatsumi looked appalled. He ordered his glasses and inhaled deeply.
-"Very well, Good evening Mr. Muraki, and Miss. . ." He looked pointedly at Ukyou. She sprang up from nuzzling Murakis shoulder and went to the man extending a hand for a handshake.
-"Mrs. Muraki." She smiled at Tatsumi, who looked a bit lost.
-"Mr. Muraki, I thought you were well acquainted with our rules."
-"Don't worry Mister. We wed before he died." Ukyou smiled at him sweetly.
-"Oh." Tatsumi shot me a helpless stare, the doctor was a handful, but his fiancée matched him in annoyingness although in a different way. Tsuzuki took a breath. Ok, I suppose Muraki and Ukyou will not help Tatsumi. Tsuzuki to the rescue.
-"Emm, if you allow me." Tsuzuki interfered. "Miss Ukyou is Murakis fiancée, the housekeeper is her brother and she came for a visit, and, well, yes, that s all I know. And Muraki helped us out of that sticky situation." Tatsumi glanced at him in disbelief.
-"The gang rape." Ukyou added nonchalantly. Seii visibly shuddered, poor chap.
-"Umm." The silence lingered. Suddenly Ukyou sprang to life and grabbed Tsuzukis hand.
-"We'll be going now, girl talk." She added, dragging the protesting Tsuzuki out of the room. Tatsumi was about to follow, but Muraki stopped him.
-"We have some things to discuss." The doctor added.
-"I trust neither you nor your girlfriend." Tatsumi snapped.
-"I don't care about your opinion, however there are things to be discussed out of the range of hearing of our lovely coworker." Tatsumi was prepared for a fight; however he was startled when Muraki went for a laptop and switched it on. "Coming, shadow master?" Unwillingly Tatsumi followed and saw a face of a 17 year old boy spring on the screen, very alike Hisoka, but his hair was darker and there was malice in his expression.
-"What's this?"
-"Saki Shidou, 45 years old, my half brother." Tatsumi raised an eyebrow.
-"I'm charmed by your sudden desire to get me acquainted with your relatives, but still it has nothing to do with the case." Muraki growled, obviously this man knew nothing and the doctor had no desire to share that bit of unpleasant information, however certain things had to be told.
-"Very well. Mr. Tatsumi, let's say he's the one responsible for my current situation, and he wasn't supposed to be alive for a very long time, however his candle is still burning, and he wants Mr., or should I say Miss Tsuzuki."
-"What? Is your family obsessed by him or something?" In a blink of an eye Tatsumi registered a hand squeezing his throat.
-"Do not speak ill of my family." Came a low growl. Although the shadows started dancing around them, Muraki had little intentions of letting go. Luckily the door sprang open revealing Ukyou.
-"Hey fellas, came in for some . . . What in the heavens name have you two been up to?!" Muraki and Tatsumi paid little attention to her.
-"Well then I'll just call Asato up to clear things between you." It was like a magic word spoken, they released each other and ordered their clothing and sat back to the laptop. Ukyou smirked.
-"Gosh, you're fighting like dogs over a bone." She giggled and earned glares of both men. "Why dont you just ask him or her who she likes most?"
Both Muraki and Tatsumi gave her a glare saying 'What are you still doing here, woman?'
-"Oh, I just came up for some toffees; we decided we needed something sweet to munch on after this evening's shock." She rummaged through the drawers until she found what she wanted. "Later if you don't kill each other, you may join us, hopefully there will be some brownies left." When Ukyou left they resumed their discussions.
-"So, this Saki person wants Tsuzuki, why?"
-"Sadly that, I don't know. However he's safe in his female form."
-"I see, and why should this man be dead?"
-"He was killed 28 years ago and his head was preserved in my lab until Kyoto fire, and after that he shouldn't have existed, however I've found out he's alive and kicking, and with the rest of the body." Tatsumi was very worried now.
-"So you think this might have caused the excess of spiritual activity in this area."
-"That would be right."
Meantime in the kitchen.
-"Asato, dear, pass me the cloves." The kitchen was filled with clanking noises of cutlery and spoons.
-"So what are we baking?"
-"Gingerbreads."
-"I thought those would be brownies." Tsuzuki pouted.
-"Nay, gingerbreads are better, pass me the whipped eggs please."
-"Here you go, so haven't they strangled each other yet?"
-"When I arrived there, they were in progress, I don't know about now."
-"What? Oh my, I hope they don't." Tsuzuki fumbled with his apron. "Perhaps I should go there and, well, I don't know, tell them to stop."
-"Nay, uttering your name is enough. They both are jealous types."
-"But, but I thought that you and him. . Well."
-"Not anymore." Tsuzuki blushed and looked down.
-"Sorry, I didn't mean to, well, sorry, I cause disorder wherever I go." Ukyou looked at him perplexed.
-"What? Excuse me, but the kitchen is NOT messy."
-"No, I thought that your marriage fell apart because of me, I'm sorry." Tsuzuki suddenly burst into tears.
-"Calm down will you? I wanted a kid from him and he gave me what I wanted, our relationship couldn't have made it past friends." However Tsuzuki wasn't about to stop crying any time soon, Ukyou figured he was confused and upset and terrified from this evening and these two yahoos upstairs weren't making it any easier for him.
-"Now, now, don't worry anymore; I'm certain they wouldn't want to upset you by their childish antics." She embraced the sobbing girl, patting her gently.
-"Ok Wailing wall, they say cooking relaxes, don't they?" Within forty minutes they were through and were sitting and sipping tea in the kitchen.
-"Arties a sweetheart, when he was younger he use to walk around, saying "cluck, cluck, cluck." I was overjoyed when he first pronounced a 'caterpillar'."
-"So he's in a summer camp?"
-"Yeah, I must admit he's more responsible than me, no matter how impossible that sounds."
-"How come?"
-"He never forgets to feed the fishes and always waters the chamber plants, ok, they are under his jurisdiction, I only cook food."
-"But he's quite young."
-"I know, isn't that great?"
-"Are you sure you'll need to leave so soon?"
-"Sorry, dear, but that's that.'
-"I'll miss you, you were the only support for me here, and Hisoka too, but he's in hospital and you're leaving."
-"Don't forget your two bodyguards."
-"They're causing more havoc than I, so I suppose I'll need to deal with headaches." Tsuzuki laughed airily.
-"In any case, there is some aspirin in the lower drawer of my dresser, so any time you have a need for one, feel free to take."
-"Um, Ukyou, I don't mean to be impolite, but what are you?"
-"Now that's an interesting question. Let's say, I'm a rather successful combination."
-"But you could teleport . . . and. . . . You possess a charisma. I think I could go to the side of world with you."
- "Oh, yes, let's say your love sustains me."
-"What? Mine?"
-"Well, not only yours, emotions as such - love, passion, desire, so on. Why are you so curious?" Ukyou enquired as if it was an everyday topic people were tired of discussing.
-"Well, that's not a common ability." Tsuzuki remarked cautiously.
-"And Muraki isn't a common doctor."
-"So you mean he did this to, I meant for you?" Ukyou only smiled.
-"You see, dear, it helps me survive. I have poor health, and additional sources help me. I have a son to rise, so this is little price to pay for his happiness."
-"Price? I thought that . . ."
-"Sometimes I require physical contact if that's what you're asking."
-"Oh, this means that."
-"Not all the time just once a while."
-"Oh."
-"Oh look, it seems our friends have worked out their differences." Tsuzuki turned, and indeed, Muraki and Tatsumi stood in the same doorway, both alive and in rather good health. Tsuzuki beamed at them.
-"Gingerbread anyone?"
Ok, like, gingerbread anyone? Silly ending but I couldnt add anyhing else.
(Muraki) - "Me and that pathtic excuse for the secretary?"
(Tatsumi) - "Watch who youre calling pathetic!"
(Ukyou/Tsuzuki) - "Gingerbreads!!!!"
(Morality) -"Ok, maybe theyre not fighting, for Tsuzukis sake, sake, but they will still be rivals."