Chapter 9
"Inu-chan!" Nagisa cried out, bursting through the doors of Nanase's Mackerel World. "It's Haru-chan! Something terrible has happened!"
"What!?" Inuyasha bellowed, brandishing his Tetsusaiga. "You have to take me to him!" After Inuyasha closed up shop, Nagisa hopped in his limo and rode off, Inuyasha following close behind on the tops of the buildings. Nagisa arrived at the airport.
Haru was already there in a snazzy new outfit, along with Makoto. He looked quite perturbed. The rrest of the swim team was also there. Haru opened his mouth to speak but then Inuyasha swooped in, screaming Haru's name.
"Jeez Inuyasha calm down," Haru said, looking the other way. Inuyasha sheathed his massive sword securely in its scabbard.
"I heard there was an emergency. You look fine to me," Inuyasha grumbled glancing sideways at Nagisa who seemed suddenly preoccupied with a loose thread on his shirt.
"There is an emergency," Haru bemoaned. "I've been kidnapped by these guys, obviously."
"WHAT!?" Inuyasha roared, pulling out his tetsusaiga once more. He bared his fangs at the swim club. "You bastards! See how you like this!" He raised his sword high in the air. "Wind Sca-!"
"Okay, time to take off you guys!" The pilot said showing up suddenly.
"Tch, dammit," Inuyasha muttered. He put his sword away. Everyone entered the plane. The plane took off. They flew for many hours. It was night by the time they reached their destination. They were on an island but not japan.
"This is Tachibana Island." Makoto said with great pride. They went to a fabolus hotel resort. "And this is Tachibana Hotel."
"How long are we going to be here?" Haru asked apprehensively.
"5 days." Makoto replied.
"I can't be here that long! I have to work!" Haru yelled at him.
"Don't fuss over it," Makoto smirked. "Your parents will be covering your shifts for the next five days, so rest easy while you're here, Nanase."
"What about school?" Haru asked.
"What about school?" Rin muttered as he passed by. Nitori agreed. Rei shook his head.
"Isn't this awesome, Sou-chan?" Nagisa said pulled Sousuke by the arm. "The weay this hotel is set up, it's like we're actually on the water!"
"Yeah, I know," Sousuke said. "I've been here before. For that matter, so have you."
"HEy, Inu-chan, do wanna get a room together?" Nagais aksed ignoring mean old sousuke.
"Hell nah!" Inuyasha said stompin goof to his own room. Haru too went to his own room and went to sleep.
-The next day-
Inuyasha and Haru went shopping together. Haru had wanted to swim in the ocean, but Inuyasha had insisted on a shopping trip. They bought all sorts of cool souverniers. They stopped at a cafe. The whole swim club was there already. Makoto grabbed Haru's arm.
"You're coming with me." He said, dragging Haru away. They went to the beach far away from everybody else. They came to a table which had plates of food on it.
"What's with all this?" Haru asked, covering his chest. "What are you planning?!"
"Can't two men share a romantic lunch on the beach together?" Makoto declared. "There's a macherel burger there for you."
So, they ate lunch and it was scrumptious. Afterwards, they gazed at the ocean. Makoto stood up and started to unbutton his shirt.
"Are you ready for this?" He leered. Haru eyes widened!
-elsewhere-
Inuyasha and Nagisa were walking up the mountain path.
"Let's take a picture together, Inu-chan!" Nagisa proposed. Inuyasha turned away.
"Feh, take a picture by yourself!" He crossed his arms.
"Aw, c'mon! Don't you want to preserve this memeroy?" Nagisa bleated.
"Nah. I'm heading further up," and so Inuyasha abandoned Nagisa there. Nagisa pouted.
"There's not even anything interesting up there!" He shouted after him. Huffing, he turned his back on him and folded his arms across his chest. "Jeez," he sulked. He waited there for a moment for Inuyasha to come back when suddenly he heard a scream from further ahead. He recognized that voice… "Inu-chan!" Nagisa yelled, running up the mountain.
When he finally made it up, he saw that Inuyasha was falling off the mountain! Inuyasha grabbed onto the railing in the nick of time, but he couldn't pull himself up.
"Hold on, Inu-chan!" Nagisa yelled, rushing over and extending his hand to him. He pulled Inuyasha up effortlessly. "That was close!"
"Whatever. I had it under control." Inuyasha replied walking away. Nagisa stared at him sadly.
-elsewhere-
"You pervert!" Haru yelled covering his eyes. "What are you doing?! Stop taking your clothes off!"
Makoto took off his pants to reveal… a cheap swimsuit! "I bet you didn't expect this!" He cackled. Haru uncovered his eyes and looked at him.
"Expect what?" Haru asked raising an eybrow.
Makoto seemed affronted by the question. "This swimsuit was only $10!"
"Is that why it looks so bad on you?" Haru said.
"How dare you?! Whether it's cheap or expensive I always wear it well!" Makoto screeched. Haru eyed him.
"It looks really uncomfortable," he said finally. Makoto waved a dismissive hand at this.
"I admit it's not as luxurious as what I'm used to, but it isn't as bad as I expected either," Makoto mused.
"Tachibana," Haru interrupted.
"What is it?" He smirked. "My ability to adapt is really quite something, isn't it?" He flipped his hair.
"There's a snake by your foot, actually."
"Excuse me?" Makoto said.
"A snake. By your foot." Haru pointed. Makoto squawked in terror and ran away. Haru was quite amused by that.
"I hate snakes!" Makoto cried. They went back to the cafe. Everybody decided to go swimming. Haru was defintely up for that so he swam in the ocean. Makoto was sleepin in a beach chair and Sousuke was playing a tropical melody on the cello. Rin was lounging with an foreign girl on each arm.
"Hey Inu-chan, let's rub suntan lotion on each others' backs!" Nagisa said kneeling behind Inuyasha and pulling out a bottle of lotion.
"Rub yer own damn back!" Inuyasha snorted. Nevertheless he allowed Nagisa to apply the lotion to his back. After that was done, Inuyasha realized something unsettling. He jumped up suddenly and ran to the water. It couldn't be…
"Haru!" Inuyasha yelled. "Where are you, Haru!? Where did you go!?" Haru was nowhere in sight though. "That's long enough Haru! Stop messin around!"
Makoto jumped up. Haru was missing!? He ran over to the water where he could see Haruka was drowning! He took a few tentative steps in. What should he do? He could only swim on his back, and he couldn't do that in the ocean. How could he save Haru?
While he was frozen in fear, Sousuke ran into the water and saved Haru who was now unconscious. Makoto had never felt so useless in his life. Inuyasha punched Haru in the stomach and Haru coughed up water and awakened. Makoto felt terrible. He slowly walked away with his head hanging.
-Later-
Haru was sitting in his hotel room when Makoto barged in. Haru glared at him.
"Don't you know how to knock?" Haru groused.
"I own this hotel! I don't have to knock nowhere!" Makoto whaled. Makoto went over to him. "I have a gift for you." He pulled a bracelet out of his pocket. It was a swell brraclet with little fish charms. He put it on Haru's wrist. "Cheap stuff really does look best on you. Don't lose this or I'll be very mad."
Makoto left. Haru looked at the bracelet with fondness. A couple hours later, it was dinner time. Haru went to the deck. Makoto and company had made a whole munch of food.
"Wow Mako-chan, did you do all this yourself!" Nagisa said with great exciment.
"You KNOW I'm a gourmet chef also Nagisa," Makoto boasted puffing out his chest. "I prepared this special for you guys!"
Rin came in suddenly with his Australian girlfriends. "Quite the spectacular feast you have prepared for us, my chum."
"That's not all I did! Do it now!" He yelled suddenely and there was a fantastic fireworks display. Everyone clapped and cheered. It was a great time. Everyone sat down and ate and the food was delectable. Makoto had even made a special macherel dinner for Haru. When they were done with dinner, everyone got up and danced to the great music playing over the speakers.
They danced. They danced to a bunch of songs. They jumped around and danced for a really long time until…
-a few hours later-
Haru decided to go for a walk on the beach to cool off after that intense dance party. He saw an abandoned ship close by, but it was the sound of a melancholy song being played on a cello that drew him over to the vessel. Sitting on the boat, his long hair flowing free in the wind while he played his cello, was Sousuke. Haru went over to him.
"What's up?" Haru inquired. The song faded out as Haru sat next to Sousuke.
"I'm pathetic…" Sousuke lamented.
"What happened between you and Kise?" Haru asked.
"I'm just a sorry sad deplorable being."
"Okay, well if you're not going to tell me then I'll just leave," Haru said, moving to stand up.
"Why did I listen to you back then and follow after him!?" Sousuke questioned himself. "Living in that empty apartment was awful."
"That's not really very specific…"
"It was just more waiting…" Sousuke whispered. "Just waiting for him day after day, just as I always have been. I'm so pathetic!" He punched the boat.
"I'm sure Kise was just busy; you really shouldn't take it so hard-"
"Here, Nanase!" Sousuke said suddenly. "Take this flower!" He held up a white flower. Haru gasped.
"What's that for? I don't have any place to keep i-"
"This flower," Sousuke explained. "Brings you eternal happiness. That's why… you're only supposed to give to to your true love, but-"
"Give it to Kise, then," Haru shrugged and turned to leave. Sousuke grabbed him from behind suddenly, hugging him tight! Haru struggled but could not escape.
"It's cold!" Sousuke whispered in anguish. "Its so cold I can't stand it anymore…" He suddenly let go of Haru who took the opportunity to run away while he played another song on the cello. Looking down Sousuke realized Haru's bracelet was laying there.
"Is that Haru;s?" Sousuke put it on. "What a nice bracelet. I think I will wear it."
Haru went back towards his room where Makoto was waiting.
"Where were you?!" He screamed. "I was looking all over for you!"
"What's your problem? I just went for a walk." Haru said. "Don't treat me like a kid."
"I was so worried! Don't do anything by yourself! Don't swim, don't take walks, don't do anything without me!" Makoto yelled before storming off.
"Why's everyone so needy tonight?" Haru muttered, entering his room.
-The next day-
At breakfast, Sousuke and Makoto were getting food together when Makoto noticed something on Sousuke's wrist. It was a familiar bracelete with fish charms! He grabbed his wrist.
"What are you doing?" Sousuke asked.
"You'll burn youself!" Makoto lied. He stared at Sousuke as he walked away…
Later, they decdided to ride horses. Makoto noticed Haru wasn't wearing his bracelt. "Why aren't you wearing that bracelt I gave you?"
"I didn't want to lose it, of course. You would be offended if I did, so it's in my room." Haru proclaimed.
Meanwhile, inuyasha was hving trouble getting on the horse. So, Nagisa picked him up and put him on the horse.
"I could hae gotten on myself!" Inuyasha grumbled, blushing and riding off.
"You're supposed to thank me, Inu-chan." Nagisa pouted.
They all rode down the beach. It was much fun. They then decided to play volleyball. For many hours they played. Haru and InuYasha just watched. Then they took a break. Makoto went over to sousuke.
"Where did you get that braclet?" He demanded to know.
"It's Haru's. Here you go." Sousuke said, handing it over to him. Makoto was numb with shock as Sousuke walked away. So, Haruka had lied about it being in his room this morning? What's more, he'd been with Sousuke last night and had given this, Makoto's heartfelt gift, to him? How could this happen…? No, it all must be a misunderstanding. Haru may be a commoner, but even he had his morals. And Sousuke would never betray him like this.
The game resumed, but Makoto was too unfocused to play. He was off his game and fumbling all over. Suddenly while he was spacing out, the volleyball came flying at him.
"Mako-chan, look out!"
But the warning came too late. The ball smashed into Makoto's face and he plummeted to the ground. Everyone halted. Makoto sat up and his nose was all bloody, to which everyone gasped.
"Are you faring well, good friend?" Rin asked holding his hand out to Makoto.
"I'm fine," Makoto mumbled, staggering to his feet. He swayed and stumbled all over everyone and crashed into things while his nose bled everywhere. People tried to help him but he just shoved them away. He fell into the volleyball net and knocked it over and got all tangled up in it while everyone just watched. Then he got untangled and tottered off into the hotel, still reeling from the betrayal...
TBC
