A/N: So since I still feel like typing, I decided to type out this chapter and cut my relaxation time in half. And by that I mean stop watching KHR and actually get some work done. In truth I should probably be studying for my geometry test tomorrow, but hell, I'll get a good grade either way, so it's all good.

This chapter brings us back to the main plot of our story, which was pushed back in favor of Hao's background story. I've also decided this is going to take place before they found out they would be taking part in the nationals.

Unseal chapter 6: Decisions

Class was boring. That was Hiyoshi's first thought for the day when he walked into English and fell asleep halfway through. He didn't have to worry, he knew Atobe would tutor him on anything he missed if he asked, anyway.

Hao stood next to him, the small barrier keeping any lingering spirits that resided in the school away from them. They had far too many close calls with the one's that managed to find them, and Hao was right, him being outside was attracting unwanted attention. And the demon refused to let him wear any charms or wards, simply because they made him sick.

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Practice, on the other hand, was anything but dull. Atobe had decided it was time for them to start training harder, so that a repeat of the Kanto tournament would never happen again.

Currently he was playing doubles with Gakuto while Oshitari practiced singles with Jirou. They were against Choutarou and Shishido, who were practicing their new formation. They were doing good so far. That is, until he felt a sharp pain in his chest.

Gakuto dropped his racket and rushed to his side, where he had crumpled to the ground in pain. He felt a hand on his back and heard more footsteps coming their way, but his vision was too blurred to make out who it was.

"Oi, Hiyoshi, are you okay?" Oh, that was Gakuto...

"Wakashi! What's wrong?" Choutarou...

I don't know... He wanted to say it so badly, but the pain just kept increasing. He heard a grunt beside him and just barely made out the blurry figure of Hao, face twisted in pain, yet standing. What's going on?

"I told you it was becoming dangerous." He heard the enigmatic figure say. "The strain is too much for your body... Hey, stay awake."

That was the last thing he heard before everything went black.

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Upon opening his eyes, he was greeted with the bright lights of the school infirmary. He liad there for a while to let his eyes adjust to the light, before sitting up. At least, he would have, if someone - rather heavy - wasn't asleep on his stomach. He lifted himself up on his elbows and looked down to see a familiar head of silver hair. Atobe had fallen asleep on him. He stared for a while before rolling his eyes. He poked his captain in the head multiple times before simply pushing him off.

"Wake up." he said blandly. He heard a groan and a curse before he was met with tired blue eyes.

"Is that how you treat someone that watched over you in your sleep?" Atobe asked, climbing back onto his chair.

"There were so many things wrong with that sentence that I don't even know where to start." He answered, receiving a laugh from the older boy.

"Anyway, what happened? " He asked. "You suddenly collapsed on the court and I had to carry you here after I lost at drawing strings." He was answered with a snort and a rather amused expression.

"I see you still have no luck in those types of things. Now is there a reason you decided I'd make a good pillow?"

"I was tired, you were here, mystery solved."

"Or not."

Atobe chuckled. He missed having these conversations with the younger boy. Recently he seemed to have distanced himself from the whole team. "So what happened out there?"

Hiyoshi hummed, lying back on the bed. Hyotei had rather soft infirmary beds. "I don't know, my chest just started hurting a lot." and the demon inside me said it's your fault.

"I... see." There was a long silence as Hiyoshi sat there playing with the blankets, and Atobe stared out the window. He hadn't even noticed they were at the bed farthest from the door. A sudden thought came to mind.

"Hiyoshi, there's something I've been wanting to try." He said, and the younger boy looked at him. "Mind helping me out?"

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The silence was, in his opinion, unbearable. After that talk, Atobe had simply offered to take him home, since practice was over. Truthfully, he hadn't felt this scared since the time he sewd a kitty hood onto Akaya's jersey. The other boy wasn't too happy afterwards, but that was another story(literally). They walked in silence to the school gates, where Atobe's car was waiting. He wasn't sure what the feeling was, just the feeling of whenever...

"Heeeey, Hiyoshi-kun!" Said boy visibly flinched, and Atobe raised an eyebrow.

"It's that cop." He said, eyes following the black-uniformed man. "You know him?"

He could hear the annoyance in the older boy's voice, and he shook his head. They stopped as the man approached them.

"Oh? Atobe-kun, right?" He asked with a smile. "I just had a few questions for... Are you okay?"

Atobe looked at Hiyoshi, whose face was extremely pale, his breathing rough. Atobe quickly grabbed his arm, pulling him towards the car.

"I'm sorry, but he's not feeling well. Excuse us." He said before he reached the car, yanking the door open and pushed the younger boy in. He followed, after one last look at the man behind them, who waved good-bye.

Once he had told the driver the address, he turned to look at his younger teammate, who was gripping his chest as if he was trying to breathe. Which he probably is...

"Are you okay?" He asked, pressing the back of his hand to his forehead. Hiyoshi pushed it away and nodded.

"Just... take me home."

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"It's getting worse."

Hiyoshi groaned from under the blankets he piled on top of himself. Hao took that as a 'as if I didn't already know' and sighed. He closed his eyes, deep in thought.

"That cop..." Hiyoshi muttered, peeking out from the blankets and looked at the demon. Hao nodded, opening his eyes.

"He has to go."

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"There have been an unusual amount of deaths in the Kanto region, more specifically, Tokyo. In Japan." Húlí said, reading off the long report one of the underlings handed to her. She looked up, watching her master. He sighed.

"Yán luó's doing?" Shīzi asked, and she looked down.

"I don't know. But in his current state, it's possible." Húlí said, "He was rather unstable when he left, it's possible his condition has worsened upon being sealed. The human didn't seem very powerful either, as if it was all new to him."

"I see..." He thought for a while. "No point in forcing him back, it'll just make things worse. Maybe we can bait him...?" He shook his head. "No, there's nothing he likes enough for us to use."

"Sir, if I may? I think I might have an idea..."

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I decided last minute to do that piece at the end, since I still wanted to write and I would have forgotten it. I actually editted this 4 times before I thought "You know what? I don't care anymore." It was actually a lot more dramatic in the middle, and there was a flashback, but I decided to save that for one of the later chapters and deleted most of the drama(read: copy and pasted it on a separate document for later use) This would have been a lot longer, but yeah. I'm really gonna try to go through with starting that KHR fic after I finish this.

Okay, well, that's all I have to say.