Friday, January 25, 2008

(Chapter 16: Lost and Found Lovers)

A/N It's been a long time! Sorry for the delay. My muse ran away and is just now coming home so I hope it sticks around for a while. Kisses! Review!

One bullet goes flying through the air. The sentry crumbles at the knees without a single sound and falls dead to the wooden floor. Vision narrowed, mind preoccupied, Eiri acted on first instinct and killed anyone in his path to Shuichi. Rushing past Ken, he lunged whole body against the door and met solid wood without affect on it.

"Shuichi!" Palms flat out on the cold wood Eiri prayed his lover's voice would meet his ears clean and clear.

"Eiri!" It's him! It's really him! Rushing to the door Shuichi pressed his body to the barrier and shouted with all his might. "Eiri, oh my god! You're here!"

An enormous weight lifted off Eiri's metaphorical shoulders at the sound of his lover's loud voice. Tears were about to leak from his eyes before he remembered the most important thing. "Shuichi love, are you hurt? Are you in pain?" Fear once again raced through the tall blond.

A bright smile exploded onto Shuichi's bruised face causing his dried blood to crack. "Eiri, never mind me! We have to get out of here! Ma-kun is hurt badly." Shuichi slammed his palm into the grainy wood with frustration. They had no key and the door was obviously locked.

Ken felt his heart bounce to his throat. Ma was hurt and in pain. He had to get to his lover, had to assure his self of Ma's safety.

Pulling out his pistol Eiri yelled through the door over the sounds of battle and death. "Shuichi, stand away from the door. I'm going to shoot through the lock."

Without hesitation Shuichi grabbed Ma and help the weak man to stand and limp to the side of the room. Soon after Shu heard the click of a hammer being pulled back the door exploded and blasted into the wall next to it. Instinctively his arm flew up to cover his and Ma's battered faces.

As the door began to swing back closed Eiri kicked the door wide open and both he and Ken rushed into the dirty torture chamber of a cabin. Ken made a bee line for Ma who fell into his arms with a relieved cry.

The brunet held his blond lover close as tears leaked down both men's cheeks. "I thought I was never going to see you again."

Ma gave Ken a bright smile and savagely mauled his Ken's lips with his own. "Oh, my love; we are together. That's all that matters."

Completely oblivious to the other men's reunion, Eiri stood several paces inside the cabin just staring at Shuichi.

It had been months since he had seen his lover, months since they had said goodbye, months since they had shared their first and supposedly last kiss, months since they had confessed their love for each other. And now Shuichi stood before him. Bruises and dried blood marred his perfect, tanned skin, fresh blood seeping through his borrowed shirt and dribbles of crimson dripping down his left arm to fall to the faded wood from his fingers. He leaned heavily on the wall and he had an almost pained glint in his eyes despite the beautifully brilliant smile. Never had Shuichi looked delicate and breakable till now.

Eiri slowly walked toward his lover. He didn't notice tears streaming down his own cheeks all he saw were those bright violet pools of light shining at him.

He stood in front of his Shuichi and gently lifted his hands to tenderly cup both of Shuichi's sullied cheeks. He felt warm tears glide over his skin as Shuichi's salty rain drops of relief drifted down the back of his hands. Leaning down he gently pulled Shuichi's head up to meet him half way, stopping when their lips were a hare's breath apart. For the first time in months Eiri let a true smile grace his flawless features.

"Shuichi... I love you." Shuichi's hands found Eiri's cheeks and pulled him down, filling the gape between them.

Eiri could feel Shuichi's split bottom lip, but didn't care. Shuichi felt pain shoot through his face at the sudden assault on his nerves, but paid it no mind. A velvety warm tongue stroked his battered lips and he eagerly opened for it to intrude. Eiri's intruding tongue was met with Shu's own eager muscle and they danced.

They danced between their lover's mouths in a joyous reunion of tastes and touch. Shuichi tasted sweet and slightly sour and Eiri loved it. His lover was safe and alive and finally back in his arms.

Moving his left arm he began to wrap it around his lover's back and pull him in closer when Shuichi gave a yelp of pain and jolted away from their kiss. Eiri threw his arms away from Shuichi and worriedly studied his love to observe that Shuichi was arching away from his shirt and contact with his back.

Shu cursed his self for showing weakness. He had Eiri's spicy taste finally on his tongue and his stupid injuries had to ruin it. Fucking Taki...

Eiri stepped closer to his pained lover and laid a comforting hand on his cheek. "Shuichi what happened to you?"

Not wanted to alarm his lover Shu gave a slight smile. "Aizawa that bastard, thought it would funny to use a three tails on me as punishment or something sadistic like that." He shrugged his shoulders to add extra nonchalance to his statement, but prevailed in causing pain to shoot through his shoulders.

The wince and hiss of pain escaping his lover didn't go unnoticed by Eiri. "I'm going to kill that motherfucker."

Eiri had expected Shuichi to act like his injuries were no big deal, but he wasn't expected Shuichi react as he did Eiri's statement. "No! Eiri, you can't kill him!"

Rage was pouring through his veins. That sadistic prick was going down. "Why the hell can't I kill him?! Look what he did to you! No one hurts my Shuichi and gets away with it!"

Shuichi clutched at Eiri's lapels and looked up at him with pleading purple eyes. "Eiri you can't." He almost whispered. "Eiri... he's my brother."

Eiri's eyes widened to the size of dinner plates, his mouth fell open, he was about to say something when a wall exploded and a canon ball came within two feet from killing both of them.

When the dust cleared Shuichi found his lover on top of him, strong arms on either side of his head supporting his lover's weight. Eiri felt several shards of wood shoot through his back, but paid them no mind. "Shuichi, are you alright?"

Shuichi hissed in pain as his own weight was made impact with his inflamed whip slashes. "Mmph... yeah. Help me up... my back..."

Eiri quickly scrambled off his pirate lover and gently lifted his man to his feet. "Come on. Let's get above deck. The battle's not over yet and we're going to get you to safety."

Judy howled in pain as a Uesugi soldier slashed his sword across her shoulder to her hip. She swung around and round house kicked him over the railing into the sea of red. "Fucking men... Always picking on people smaller than them."

In a fit of desperation a scrawny little pirate from ASK grabbed at the first thing he saw, which happened to be K's long, blond pony tail. The small, dirty man pulled with all his might causing K to jerk backwards and stumble off balance. Quick as lightning he reached behind him grabbed the thin wrist clutching at his hair and did a sharp flip twist resulting in the pirate being sprawled out on the deck with his face slammed into the wood.

K placed his left boot on the man's upper arm and leaned real close so the "sissy man" could hear him. "Do you think it's funny to pull on a man's hair? Hmm?" He held the man's wrist tightly and thrust his right boot into his forearm causing a sickening crack to echo over the screams of battle. "Do you think it's so funny now? Huh? HUH?! Do ya'?!"

Ryuichi launched his self off the helm deck of the Uesugi flagship. Tatsuha was in trouble and need his help. He was cornered by two gargantuan men wielding two X fours run through with rusty nails. No body is going to give his man tetanus.

As his lithe body went flying through the air he pulled an angry Kumagoro out of his shirt and launched a massive attack. "Kumagoro Missile of Death!" Kuma let out a ferocious scream of fury and let loose with his angry claws and sharp fangs on the gigantic men. "Prepare to feel pain, Enemies of Tatsuha!"

Landing like a cat Ryu snarled at anyone nearby. The Pirates and soldiers alike backed away as if being stared down by a wild animal.

Hiro had been run through and lied bleeding on the deck of ASK. Suguru was hysterically trying to stop the flow of crimson. "Hiro, stay with me! You can't leave me now!"

The bleeding first mate chuckled at his face continued to pale. He raised his hand and tenderly caressed his lover's cheek. "Suguru, calm down. I love you, I won't leave you."

He stroked his thumb across the accountant's cheek wiping away a tear while spreading blood in its place. Suguru cried even harder. "Hiro, God! I have to stop it. I have to stop it. So much blood... a lot of blood."

Through Hiro's anemic haze and Suguru's panic neither man noticed the silent killer stalking up behind them. The tall dangerous man pulled his pistol from his holster and aimed at the back of Suguru's head.

He didn't hear the hammer being pulled back on the pistol, he didn't hear the rage of battle; all he heard was the slow shallow breathing of his lover.

The killer squeezed the trigger letting an evil smile spread across his face. A shot rang out and Suguru stilled his movements. Slowly Suguru turned his head and was met with a frightening sight.

The killer's smile was hideously etched onto his face, but now blood was quickly flowing from between his teeth. His left eye was a dark bloody whole showing a glimpse into his contorted brain. As blood continued to flow down his body, the killer's knees shattered and his whole body slumped forward to bleed into the damp deck.

Suguru let out a strangled sob and Hiro weakly reached out to pull the frightened man into his good side. "You're alright, baby. Every thing is going to be alright. Please stop crying."

Maiko lowered her smoking gun and stepped nonchalantly over the bleeding mass of filth. She turned and looked down at the heap of bile behind her. "Don't fuck with my brothers."

Walking over to the two crying men she bent down and pulled the make shift bandage off of Hiro's shoulder. The wound didn't look too severe, but he had lost a lot of blood. She stood back up and pulled Suguru out of his lover's arms. "Come on Su-kun we need to get Hiro some where safe. He'll be ok."

Tohma held his wife's hand in a death grip as they fought their way through the mass of bodies and men. Suddenly his wife jerked his arm back he swung around to meet any one who dared to challenge his beloved.

A tall blond caught his eye and Mika shrieked in relief, her hand flying to cover he mouth. "Eiri! And he has Shuichi! Thank God." Tohma smiled, everything was going to be alright, and everyone was going to be alright. He turned back around; pulling Mika with him he continued to fight.

A dark smile spread across a hidden face as Aizawa laid in wait in the shadows of the night sky. His prey was practically begging to be slaughtered. And he couldn't wait.

A/N Too much suspense it's horrible. I hope you liked the battle scenes. I tried to make them a little gruesome and a lot funny. Please Review! Reviews help my muse. *wink*

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