And yet another update LOL. I've had a horrible day so I'm going to vent for a little bit and then start on the next chapter so it should be up sometime before the end of the weekend. Thank you all for staying with me so far and I hope you stick with me until the very end.

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Chapter Six

Yue's trip over to the location was quick and uneventful. He landed in the wooded area just behind their old high school. Toya always said that the spiritual energy was strongest in that part of town. He should have figure that's where Flower would have been hiding. He landed swiftly in the center of the area. All the trees seemed normal. Their leaves and branches swayed in the wind. The aura was dense and difficult to interrupt which one is which. He had trouble keeping Toya's aura fixated with all the supernatural beings clashing together.

Standing still and closing his eyes, Yue pushed away the disturbances and focused clearly on Yukito's lover. He found it easier to focus with his eyes closed even though he could follow the scent either way. The wind danced around his feet pushing him farther into the forest. Step by step he moved closer to Toya. He opened his eyes and started at the edge of the cliff. Toya's aura was coming from midair, but that didn't seem possible. Toya couldn't fly, plus he didn't see him there.

Deciding to confirm Toya wasn't there, Yue spread his white angel like wings and flew towards Toya. Suddenly the world shifted into a wall of mixed colors. It looked like someone was swirling multicolor paints together. By the time everything stopped, Yue landed hard on his knees. He held his hand over his mouth feeling nauseous. He took a few deep breaths and followed Yukito comforting words helpful since this was the first time he felt anything like that. He couldn't even figure out why he was feeling sick. Figuring it was more the fact that it's foreign magic more than the swirling motion.

Once his body cooperated, he glanced around, greeted by a grim place. Fog crept along the ground, swirling around various gray tombstones. The black grass surrounded the area. It felt wet and cold under Yue's feet. Taking a few cautious steps, he noticed that everything was quiet. No birds or people were around. There wasn't any wind or other weather elements besides the cold dead air and the wet moisture at his feet. Everything seemed dead. Yue focused on Toya's aura noticing that it was coming from the entranceway to the graveyard. Large black bars surrounded the yard with a similar color gate half opened and hanging off its hinges.

He continued to move closer to the gate, but stopped. Crackling noises reached his ears like someone was shuffling their feet. Looking around for the origin, Yue couldn't find anything that could make that noise. There were no trees and the area was still deserted. Plus, nothing below his feet could make any noise. It was just grass and dirt. No branches or twigs. Waiting for the noise to stop, Yue continued through the graveyard, but a scrapping, scratching noise started.

Suddenly, the ground gave away from under him, and two hands grabbed his feet. Jerking to the cold touch, Yue flapped his wings, but nothing he did would free him. The grip was tighter than he expected. "Try kicking or pulling on it," Yukito shouted, fearing that something would happen to Yue.

"There's nothing to grab!" Yue reached down and pulled on his legs finally seeing what had him. Two mutilated green colored hands wrapped firmly around his ankles. The more he pulled the more of the arm he saw being revealed through the dirt. He tugged strong enough and a zombie came out of the ground. The zombie was missing his body from the waist down. His arms tried to yanked Yue's legs down in order to pull them into his mouth, but Yue manage to break one free, and he kicked the undead off him.

"Zombies? What is this place?" Yukito questioned.

"I don't know, but please be quiet so I can hear." The shuffling stopped, but Yue heard something coming from the sky.

Yue barely ducked as another zombie jumped out of nowhere trying to attack him. The man fell into a heap on the ground, but got up to jump as high as he could. Yue floated just out of reach. Numerous other undead creatures appeared. A bird swooped over him and nailed his beak right into Yue's back. He screamed in pain before removing the troublesome bird and throwing it on the ground with enough force to smash it to pieces.

Yue rose higher only to come in contact with an invisible electric barrier. Electricity zapped through his body, causing his limbs to numb, and he fell. His body collided with the ground, making a sickening cracking sound. Yukito screamed his name and pushed against the barrier, blocking him from taking over. The zombies crept closer and closer, but Yue still didn't move. Finally, feeling a weakness in the barrier, Yukito switched with his alter ego. At first, he couldn't get his body to cooperate, but the after affects of the shock lessened. He barely moved out of the way of a falling zombie.

Getting up quickly, Yukito backed away and fell over one of the corpse's missing limbs. The arm came to life and snatched onto his neck. Pulling on the arm, Yukito felt his life draining from him with each missed breath. Gasping, he collapsed on the ground. The zombies swarmed him and started to bite at every piece of his bare flesh they could find. "Yukito!" a familiar voice screamed, waking Yue out of his trance as he finally took back over. He placed a small barrier around his body and slowly expanded it, pushing the zombies away from him. He could feel the wounds on Yukito and worried that he was dying.

The zombies banged on the barrier, but he knew that he could hold it up for a few minutes. Diving into his subconscious mind, Yue sought out Yukito. Finding the silver haired man collapsed in the darkness of their minds, Yue reached down. Sighing in relief that Yukito was breathing, Yue checked all the wounds. Nothing seemed too severe or life threatening. He pulled pieces of fabric off his white outfit and wrapped them around the still bleeding bite marks. "You stupid fool. What came over you? You should have known that you couldn't handle them."

Yukito grunted and opened his eyes. "I had to or else we wouldn't have survived."

Frowning, Yue stood up feeling his barrier beginning to weaken. "Never do that again. I don't want to explain to Toya what happened. Can you imagine what he would say or do to me."

"Toya! I heard his voice."

Coming from his mind, Yue glanced around for the burnet. "He isn't here, but I think I can make it to the gate if I flew fast enough." He felt sadness wash over his borrowed form and wanted to do something to rid it, but he knew the only way to do that would be to save Toya. It must have been Yukito's imagination that made him hear Toya's voice. Spreading his wings, Yue took off just as the last remnants of his barrier shattered. Dodging flying undead crows and avoiding the ground zombies, Yue fought and struggled until he reached the black gates to the cemetery. Not bothering to fear what was on the other side of the gate, Yue flew through the black bars. The world around him swirled into the multicolor mess that he went through the first time. Concerned about what was on the other side, Yue placed another barrier around himself and prepared for anything.

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Nope. None of the chapters want to be their usual three pages so I'm going to stop trying because I seem to lose some of my writing style when I do. I'm sorry for the short chapters, but I'll get the rest of the story uploaded as fast as possible to avoid long delayed cliffhangers. Thank you for reading please review.

Angel Dove