Watching the Sky

Chapter 9

Thunder (Part 3)

Disclaimer – I do not own these very largely known, ideas.

Summary - With time, Watanuki became use to his new job. But soon, a spell of monotony falls over his life, the only thing changing is the time around him. That is, in the spring of his life, there is a new occurrence to look into.

Pairing – Yuuwaku (Yuuko/Watanuki)

Author's Ramblings – Well, here we go again. Round and round, in this cycle I shall go. Write, type, update. Then repeat. When will it ever end? Probably when I finish this fic…..

Shout Outs –

Yuuko's Angel – Why ARE you putting up anonymous reviews anyway. I am very curious. And thank you for your compliments. I can feel my spirit rise, as I type to you.

GreenFairyHime – "Seeing" Yuuko in action? I take that as a compliment. Thanks.

KaeRysse – Awwww, thanks for the support (of the pairing and my fic). And yah, I write Fai/Yuuko fics, as well. Do other people write that pairing too? If so, I must read it.

Jinnai – As usual, to the point. Thanks!

Kiki Momitichi – Well, I have to admit, the only time that Mokono (the black one at least) has appeared in this fic, is in the first chapter. After that, not really. (I don't think). But Mokono will appear, a intsy, tinsy, bit more.

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CHECKPOINT.

"What is this?" Watanuki was staring at the huge red letters that blinked on top of the hallway. Domeki and him and fought through several defense systems to go to this point. But he didn't see how this one point was very special.

"Look." Watanuki followed where Domeki's eyes were looking. Past the word checkpoint, the walls were different. They were smooth, and a lighter gray, unlike the dark, tiled walls from before.

"Huh." Watanuki looked back up at the glowing letters. He tilted his head in confusion.

Why aren't they moving forward?" One guy slammed his hand on the counter in frustration. "They're finally at the checkpoint and they aren't moving!"

"Mabye they are being cautious." A person suggested.

"It's very possible." Another agreed.

"But I want them to move! Then we can finally join in!"

The researchers all looked at the screen, expectantly. The two boys had been staring at the large sign for a long amount of time. Most everyone in the room were getting irritated. They were just standing there! Nothing was happening….

"Let's rest." Came from the screen.

"….WHAT!"

"They're sitting in one of the rare neutral spots in the building!"

"We can't get them if they don't move!"

"Who's stupid idea was it to put a sign there!"

"Wait!" They all stopped. "That guy with the glasses, he looks like he's going to…." They all held their breath, as the person in question looked to be in thought.

"Sure." His voice rang through the silent room.

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Hmmmm…. Watanuki was sitting against the wall across from Domeki, who appeared to be sleeping. He sighed, staring at the pale, tiled, ceiling. For the first time in what seemed to be days, he relaxed. I'm bored. He couldn't help but think with a sigh.

Staring at the ceiling a little bit longer, he declared out loud, "I'm really, bored."

"And you're insane for talking to yourself, but we've already established that." Watanuki jumped at the sound of Domeki's voice, who was suppose to be sleeping.

"You seem to be quite experienced in spotting this insanity. Do you have hands-on experience?" Watanuki threw back at him, relaxing again. His muscles had tensed when he had been surprised.

Domeki cocked an eyebrow at him. "You've changed," Watanuki couldn't help but smile slightly, "barely." He immediately frowned.

Feeling insulted Watanui turned his head away from Domeki's look.

"Does that mean you've finally dropped that childish crush on Himawari?"

"IT WASN'T A CHILDISH CRUSH!"

"So you haven't matured in that part of life yet." Domeki said, watching Watanuki flail his arm around.

Calming down, he ran a hand through his hair. "I really thought it was love…."

"So?"

"So? SO? SO!"

"It wasn't love, isn't that a good thing?"

"Yeah, but it's still…."

"Still what?"

"Well…" Watanuki trailed off, but Domeki looked at him expectantly. "Well, it's like this." He sighed, looking tired. "Seeing Kawashima confess was like a wake-up call. At first when I was spyi- watching, I felt like I had the right to do so. I had stayed dedicated to Himawari," Domeki noticed the lack of –chan on her name, "for so long."

"Yeah, you're an obssessive stalker, so?"

"I AM NOT!" But Watanuki calmed down immediately when he began to speak about his troubles again.

What is he, bi-polar or something? Domeki thought amusedly to himself.

"Well, I originally though that Himawari was sweet, kind, considerate, and caring. Just like how Kawashima put it. But he was rejected, and if I said something similar, then I would have been rejected with the same words, as well. She said she wasn't like that at all, and that she didn't like anyone. So it's clear that she doesn't like me." He finished, but Domeki didn't find the story complete, just yet.

"How do you know that she doesn't like you? She could've been lying to save Kawashima's feelings." Domeki suggested, trying to reveal the whole reason.

"At the end, when Himawari said that Kawashima didn't quite understand her… It got me thinking." He looked at Domeki seriously, "I don't know her either. I just didn't see it before, even with the huge amount of evidence shoved in my face. I didn't see it…." Watanuki's mind flashed to broken glass, the blue sky above him, red blood, and the blurred face of a beloved. "I don't know her."

"Oh." Watanuki looked up. There he saw Domeki relaxing his neck, looking as if he was sleeping.

"HEY!" Watanuki pointed at Domeki yelling, "I POUR MY HEART OUT FOR YOU TO HEAR, AND YOU'RE SLEEPING!"

"You're over reacting, it was a simple story. Now we're done." Domeki glanced back up at Watanuki, before starting to sleep.

"I'M NOT DONE WITH YOU, WAKE THE FUCK UP!"

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Somehow, I have the urge to laugh out loud. Yuuko couldn't help but giggle slightly. She stepped through the large amounts of mechanic carnage through the hallway.

"Ah, ah, I wonder who did this?" She said, while walking past another wrecked machine with twitching arms. "They over did it."

Chink.

A mental spark flew through Yuuko's mind. The mental image in her mind, could see and feel the slight movement of a still-alive machine. Walking around normally, she did not allow it to know that she was aware of its survival.

Clink.

The sound was faint, but it was definitely there. This time, the slight clink of metal was closer than the last one.

Clink, clink.

The sound was not getting any louder, but it certainly become easier on the ears. IT was obvious that the machine was repairing itself from its beating. This proved troublesome for Yuuko. When she had traveled through the graveyard of parts, there were many different kind of mangled machinery. Despite the fact that she knew that whatever it was, it wouldn't be able to hurt her, it was still a mystery on what was going to attack her. No matter how dastardly, and vile, the attacker was, she would take it on-

Pat. Glomp.

….BOOM!

"If that mechanical arm could feel, I would feel sorry for it." The research team in the dark room were at it again. This time, their mouths opened in awe at the scene they just witnessed.

"Yeah, it already had to suffer from those other two guys."

"I've never seen someone do that with there bare hands."

"It had it coming. Maybe we shouldn't have programed 'grab' into the system. Now that I think about it, it's not the greatest thing to put."

"Yup."

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"I'm hungry." Domeki said out of nowhere. Wait, this is Domeki we're talking about. Watanuki's mind trailed off, before answering, curtly:

"Well I don' have any food." He was still angry at him.

"Then there's no reason to stay here." Domeki promptly got up, and brushed whatever dust was on him. He was walking right pas the checkpoint.

"Hey…hey! Wait up!" Watanuki scrambled to get up.

Domeki was already past the checkpoint when Watanuki was standing. Rushing, Watanuki tried to catch up with Domeki. But he slipped, one the now smooth floor.

Bang.

"Gah!" As if in slow motion, Domeki turned his head, eyes widening as he saw Watanuki falling to the ground, blood splattering the grey floor.

Holy shit… What… What was that? That was the only thought that could cross Watanuki's mind as there was a sharp pain in the side of his leg. Already off balance, he could see the ground coming closer to his face. Instinctively, he reached downwards for the floor, wanting to relieve the pain.

But he was abruptly pulled back up. Startled, he overcame his shock looking up to see who pulled him up. "Domeki!"

"Hurry up and move!" Growling, Domeki jerked Watanuki to his feet.

"What the-" Watanuki was moved to a different direction again, beams flew at where he had been originally.

"Damnit! Move!" Domeki pulled on Watanuki's hand again, moving him forward. A rain of beams fell on them.

Bam!

Smoke spread through out the room and the shooting stopped.

"What happened?" The people in the dark room were once again looking at the screen in bewilderment.

"They probably had some items hidden away for escaping."

"You're not getting away!" One guy, completely losing control, fired shot after random shot into the cloud cover.

"Stop it!" Another cried. "These are laser beams, made of light remember! The beams are just going to reflect off of the smoke. It's no use."

"Fine." They all watched the screen intently.

The smoke began to clear at the spot they were originally. But nothing was in sight.

"Where are they?"

"They're gone!"

"Look! On the ground right there!" They all concentrated on a small amount of crimson blood on the ground. "That wasn't there before." There was a new streak of red ahead of the first one.

"They probably used the smoke to escape farther into the building!"

"Then let's check ahead, they couldn't have gone far.

"Skip past the ones that can't be traveled by an injured person."

"Okay."

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Watanuki had his eyes wide open, just waiting to be killed off as soon as the smoke cleared. He had heard the sound of the shooting stop a moment ago, but they were probably just biding there time.

The smoke's going to clear any time now… He thought, waiting for the clouds to lift. He could just imagine the sight he could create when his life would slip between his fingers.

Oh god…. The smoke softly lifted, and he shut his eyes as if it could help lessen the pain.

A second passed, his nerves were on fire.

Five seconds passed, and he started to pray.

Ten….

A minute…

Five… What was going on?

"I think it's gone, or it's stopped." It was Domeki.

"…Hmm?" Now that he thought about it, the reason he couldn't scream was because Domeki had a hand covering his mouth. On even closer inspection, his other arm was around his waist to keep him from flailing about. "MmpPH!" Watanuki struggled in the Domeki's hold.

Domeki swiftly let go,as if nothing happened.

"What was that for?" Watanuki rubbed his arms, trying to get that strange, tingling, feeling out of his body.

"I just pulled us out of danger." He said.

"No! You did not! They still could get us!" Watanuki jumped to his feet in alarm.

"They won't." Domeki pointed above them. There was the large CHECKPOINT sign above their heads.

Realizing that they were not in danger yet, Watanuki grumbled, "Well I was the one with the smoke bo… hey! What are you doing!" Domeki was walking past the checkpoint again.

"Nothing's happening." It was true, Domeki had walked at least a couple of meters past the point, but nothing was happening.

"Fine." Watanuki walked forward, as well.

"I think I know why they put that CHECKPOINT there." Domeki started. "It's obviously a sign that tells intruders that the trials are going to harder."

"I guess, but who's stupid enough to do that?" Watanuki said, while scowling at the fact that Domeki was staring at the ground.

"Maybe those beams were controlled by humans." Domeki had ignored him, but Watanuki didn't notice. He was a bit startled by this possible revelation. "That's why the beams were slower, and more inaccurate than the one's before. Look here," He gestured to the spot on the ground.

"Blood…." Watanuki trailed off, remembering that it was when Domeki had abruptly puled him off balance that this happened. He had been lifted off the ground, backwards into the smoke. The blood must have flicked into that streak, then.

"They must have thought we went forward, not back." Domeki concluded.

"I see, humans…." Watanuki frowned at the thought.

Domeki glanced at Watanuki with an almost worried gaze. "Does that disgust you?"

A room filled sins enough to suffocate… A woman chocked to death by her own succes… Jealous thoughts that could kill… Lies that soon became one's undoing… A twisted addiction… People giving their most prized possession, just to have a wish granted… A hand pushing him… Pain flooding through his body….

"Not at all."

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I really wish I can finish up this fic soon…. I have some other fics in mind, plus I feel guilty that I haven't been updating To Capture Emotion. I need to finish that too, and I don't even know where to start! Cause, this fic, is in fact, at least…… I'd say half-way done already. Maybe a little less, but still, To Capture Emotion is a bit longer. And I mean a BIT longer.

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