Gifts

Flora_Winters

Disclaimer: I do not own Gakuen Heaven or any of its amazing characters and I'm not making any money off writing this either.

Summary: Bell Liberty Academy is home to the most gifted boys in Japan. All of the students possess a very special ability, making them outcasts from the rest of society. This school is their haven, their heaven. This story will contain male/male parings, and some strong language here and there. This story may even remind you of X-Men. I'm not really sure if this will be a crossover or not, since there will be no characters from X-Men in it. It might even remind many of Heroes, too. Hmm, such a dilemma this is. Oh, well, enjoy the story, ya'll.

Chapter Seventeen

Peering through the cracking glass, lavender eyes widened. The vision behind was startling and terrifying to behold. It was Keita in all his mad glory.

His eyes were the color of gathering storms, filled and flashing with sun-hot serpents, striking the enchanted glass between them. His crimson locks were wild and billowing about his bone white face as if clouds in flame.

He was no longer screaming, but laughing insanely.

"You have to bring him back now, Kazuki," the Elder behind him spoke, catching his frazzled attention once more. "If that glass shatters, this island is gonna make Atlantis look like a small splash in a little pond."

Well, that would be bad. He knew some students who got deathly afraid of water when it barely gets over their ankles.

The redhead looked just like he had all those years ago. Lost, alone, terrified and pissed as thirteen burning hot hells.

Rising to his feet, he wrapped a cocoon of kinetic energy around himself. A shield between him and the wrath of a frightened godling, able to withstand several nuclear impacts head on. One of the many reasons why he was one of the most powerful students on the entire island. And if he willed that shield to expand at the speed of a missile, it could flatten anything for miles and miles in all directions. A perfect circle of destruction.

Looking over his shoulder, the Elder waved his long sleeve, allowing Kazuki access to the room beyond the glass, letting him walk through as if it had been made of smokeless fire. Harsh winds immediately howled all around him, pushing him back against the glass, causing it to crack all the more.

"I'll kill you all!" Keita roared, floating several inches off the ground, naked and glowing like some winter cold star.

It was hard to walk forwards and a crackle filled his ears. Lighting filled his eyes and the boom was deafening. The shockwave from the thunder nearly took him to his trembling knees.

"Keita!" He shouted, struggling to clear his mind, so he could walk forwards as if all this wind meant nothing.

Keita opened his mouth wide and out came the scream of a hurricane. The force sent Kazuki stumbling sideways and backwards several steps. It nearly caused him to fall over.

Shaking his head and focusing his eyes, he mentally smacked Keita across the face. He didn't do it hard, just enough to give a shock.

Keita's mouth closed and his dark eyes seemed to flicker.

Kazuki took this opportunity to suddenly rush forward as if not having to step at all, pulling the redhead close, peering into those twin abysses.

He could see himself within those pools of perfect darkness. He saw himself alone and afraid once again.

Silence fell like snow, soft and merciless. It was as if he could hear music playing from some faraway memory.

Keita blinked.

A trembling hand slowly caressed Kazuki's cheek and tears spilled from Keita's eyes. He could see his scary face in those lavender mirrors. His eyes were wide and filled with a red madness.

"Kazuki?" He asked.

Glass shattered.

"Mommydamn it all!" A shrill voice yipped from behind. "I got a cut!"

"Are you all right?" Kazuki asked, holding the naked redhead closer.

"What happened?" Keita asked, tightening his hold on him.

Kazuki gently squeezed him. "You don't remember?"

"No," Keita answered, sniffling and Kazuki could feel his embarrassment.

"I need a bandage," the Elder groaned.

"Kazuki?" Keita suddenly asked, pushing off his chest a little bit with both hands, looking up into his eyes. "Um…do you know…uh…why I'm naked?"

His cheeks were redder than Snow White's poison apple.

Kazuki was about to answer him, but Keita suddenly wilted in his arms like a flower.

"Keita?" He asked, gently shaking him. "Keita!"

"He'll be fine," the Elder hissed, stumbling about on a sea of broken glass. "He's not gonna remember a thing about this." He held up his bleeding finger. "Now, fix me."

For the first time in a long time, Kazuki actually wanted to strike him.

Carrying Keita in his arms and with the Elder riding on his shoulders, he wrapped a wave of energy around himself, becoming invisible to human sight. The last thing he wanted was for Naruse to see Keita naked and unconscious.

Seeing Keita like that again…had nearly broken him for a second time.

Silently, he kept his tears from falling. Willing them to stay where they belonged. Trapped behind unbreakable bonds.

If he allowed them to fall, he would never be able to make them stop. He didn't see himself coming back from the crazies a second time.

Gently, the Elder patted him on top of his head.

"His powers have grown tremendously, Kaz," he whispered, gently tugging on his earlobes. "Like you, he truly is his mother's son."

Kazuki nodded, answering him with silence, walking through a crowd of laughing and yelling students as if he were morning fog, or a shadow of a bird from overhead. People only saw what they wanted to see.

"I know this was painful for you," the Elder continued, wrapping his arms around his neck, resting his cheek on top of his head. "Painful for him…but this had to be done. His powers had to be tested. If…if she awakens…"

A chill of terror ran down Kazuki's spine.

"If she finds a mean to get at Keita…"

Kazuki stopped dead in his tracks.

"I will not allow that to happen. EVER!"

The Elder gently squeezed him. "You make me so happy, Kaz."

Kazuki sighed. He could never stay mad at him. How could someone stay mad at an eternal child?

"You make Mommy proud."

Looking up at the blue sky, he hoped so. He really hoped so.

"Will you kiss my finger?" The Elder asked him. "It will make it all better. Mother's everywhere say so."

Of course, Kazuki gave in. But, a small part of him, the most dangerous part of him, was pissed.

But, like a good son, he stayed loyal.

Keita was his and he was going to see to it that Keita was never hurt or saddened ever again.

TBC...

Please review and tell me what you think.

~Flora