Captured Hearts

Chapter Fifteen: The Broken

~This chapter will focus mainly on the story of Hayato the werewolf, but the main plot will be weaved in throughout~

A/N: To Anonymous reviewer MukuroxHibari, please bear with me. The summary did say 18Basil, and so there IS18Basil. Your life isn't ruined because of the tiny bit of that pairing, and if you're going to be hating on those chapters because of it, I will request that you move on to a story that's more your taste. Also, I would greatly appreciate it if you didn't make rude comments about other reviews. Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but not so much that they need to put down people who don't share it. Thank you.

Hayato groaned quietly, brushing a hand over his hip as he glared at the sleeping prince beside him. 'All right, so I made a mistake by running to him for comfort. No big deal!' he thought. 'It'll pass. I know he's not intrested in me. There's no doubt that he's going to eventually stop... so why can't I stop worrying about it?'

"Hey, Hayato," Dino said quietly, walking into the enclosure. "I know you're a bit nocturnal, and the centaurs aren't grazing right now. Do you want to go out and hunt?"

"Sure," the silverette answered. He watched as the door opened, then followed the tunnel into the hunting area. But when he got into the small enclosure, he saw that Dino hadn't been entirely right; there was an ebony-pelted centaur asleep in the hunting area. Nevertheless, Hayato didn't mind him, and went to start fishing.

A little later, however, a third door opened, and Hibari came out, yawning. He stared at the two as he entered, and Hayato snorted, looking back at the pond. "Hayato... Takeshi, too," the vampire greeted. "What're you doing out?"

"Oh- I fell asleep during grazing... sorry," Takeshi apologized, standing. "Oh- when did the werewolf get here? You're pretty quiet, Hayato!" he laughed. Hayato sighed, then broke into a yawn, before flashing out a hand and grabbing a fish, using his slightly-sharpened nails to help hold it.

"I didn't want to wake you," he muttered. "Hibarin... come here for a sec."

Hibari walked over to the werewolf, and sat down beside him, looking concerned. "What's up, Hayato?" he asked, his gray eyes almost glowing in the dark.

"Bel's up," the silverette said darkly. "He's acting as though we're already mates, and I don't appreciate it."

The vampire seemed to think for a moment, before suggesting, "What if you got a mate before Bel gets too crazy about this?"

"Impossible!" Hayato nearly shouted. He calmed himself, then said, "I can't. Boss- er, Tsuna, isn't intrested in me..." The silverette frowned, then, for once more, Tsuna's words echoed in the back of his head.

'I'm sorry, Hayato, but... uh... I'm not a werewolf... nor am I intrested... so... please... just, please... mate with Bel instead!'

What a horrible thing to request. Hayato wrinkled his nose in disguest when he recalled the words, then, his ears flattened, asked, "How do you forget about something like that?"

"... Well... I'm not quite sure," Hibari answered. "You could try to take a mate other than him, Hayato."

"Like who?" Hayato barked, frustrated at himself for not having an alternative route. "I hardly even know anyone else."

Hibari sighed, and patted the werewolf's shoulder. "Don't worry," he said, "I'm sure that you'll find someone."

"Don't you get it?" Hayato snarled. "It's impossible to meet anyone new here!"

"Well, for starters, you could meet me," Takeshi suddenly cut in, walking over to the two. Hayato twitched, thinking that centaurs weren't exactly the brightest, then decided against being picky.

"Takeshi," Hibari greeted. "Hayato's having trouble getting himself out of a relationship with Bel, and into a relationship that he can enjoy."

"Yeesh, complicated," Takeshi answered, turning to Hayato. "Have you tried to just tell him you're not intrested?"

"Hell yeah, I've tried that!" Hayato protested. "He won't listen!"

"Bel's focused on erasing the memory of being nearly half-drowned and merman-kissed," Hibari explained. "Fran has a huge crush on him."

"Aw, poor kid," Takeshi sighed. "I know how that goes. Anyway, Hayato, it sounds like he's just using you as an excuse not to mate with Fran."

"That's it, exactly," the silverette muttered, folding his legs close as he began to eat his catch. Suddenly, from the pond, a merman surfaced.

"Fran!" Hibari exclaimed.

"Hibarin!" Fran returned in a sort of mocking deadpan voice. "I just got the sense that someone was talkin' 'bout me. Plus, I was wondering how you all got into the same enclosure and wanted to join the party."

"Maybe you can help me," Hayato said, his emerald eyes a little bright as he looked at the merman. "Any idea of someone who'll take me as their mate?"

"Hmm," Fran hummed. "Well, Hibarin and Basil are together, Byakuran and Kikyo- I think- are together, so are Squalo and Xanxus in a weird sort of way, Mukuro's crushing on Hibarim, the scientists are sorta off-limits... maybe... Dino?"

"Nah, I heard he's got a girlfriend," Takeshi said.

"What?" Fran said. "No way; he's not straight."

"What's 'straight' mean?" Takeshi asked awkwardly. Fran sighed.

"Stupid centaur..."

"Hey, I don't know either," Hibari muttered. The merman looked at him apologetically, then at Hayato, who was making a face as though he didn't know either.

"Okay, listen," he began. "For humans, 'straight' means a male is attracted to females, and females are attracted to males."

"So basically, 'straight' is a fancy way of saying that two different species are attracted to one another?" Hibari asked.

"No, no, males and females aren't different species, Hibarin!" Fran said, folding his arms on the edge of the land. "Then 'gay' is two males attracted to each other, and 'lesbian' is two females that are attracted to each other."

The three still looked confused, so Fran facepalmed, and muttered, "Okay, forget it, all right? You don't care about that, I get it. What I'm saying is, I didn't think Dino liked girls."

"Well, that's okay, I didn't really like him, anyways," Hayato sighed. "Anyone else?"

Suddenly, Takeshi gave a bashful smile, and sat down beside the werewolf. "Well... there's me," he offered. Hayato glanced at him, then stared, stunned at the centaur for making a suggestion like that so easily.

"Yeah, I guess, there's you," Hayato mumbled, looking away. Takeshi grinned, then suddenly took Hayato in his arms, and the silverette yelped with suprise, starting to squirm.

"Let me go! I'm not a hugger!" he snapped, thrashing about in the loose, centaur hug. "S-seriously, centaur, let me go!"

"Haha, my name's Takeshi," the other said. "C'mon, call me Takeshi. Please?"

"Che! I knew centaurs weren't right in the head, this sucks!" Hayato shouted. "Oi, Hibari Natsu Kyoya II! Help me!" As if he was unprepared for the command, the effect was instantaneous. Hibari swept Hayato from Takeshi's arms and pushed him back a few feet, leaving the werewolf in the dust, and rather frustrated. Hayato stood, and brushed himself off, then glanced at the tunnel back to his enclosure. "I've had enough for tonight," he said. "I'm leaving."

"Hayato!" Takeshi called as the werewolf started to leave. "Sorry, okay? I didn't know you were so resistant to that!" The werewolf glared at the ebony-coated centaur over his shoulder, then stalked back into his enclosure, leaving the centaur a bit hurt. "Well, jeez," he mumbled, looking a little embarassed. "I'm sorry..."

"Hey, it's not your fault, Takeshi," Hibari said, moving back to the other two. "Don't worry about him."

"Yeah, it's not your fault Hayato's a little bit of a jerk," Fran echoed, pushing himself partly out of the water to place a hand on the centaur's shoulder. Takeshi shrugged him off, and stood up, then stretched.

"I'm gonna head back to my enclosure," he sighed. "Later, guys."

"Bye, Takeshi," Hibari sighed, looking a bit down. "Man, poor guy."

"Yeah," Fran agreed. "He was just trying to help."

"Hibarin!" called someone from the observer's area. Hibari glanced in that direction, and blushed lightly when he saw Mukuro, staring at him with that creepy, mismatched gaze. "C'mere a sec."

"Later, Fran," Hibari said, standing and leaving. He could hear the merman submerge after he'd left, and he walked up to the waiting hunter, more curious than wary. "Need something?" he asked.

"Yes. I do," Mukuro sighed. "I'm going to let you out. I need to take you somewhere."

Hibari nodded, then watched the gate go up, before allowing Mukuro to clip a leash to him. He stepped out, the gate was lowered, and Mukuro was soon leading him to a place where he believed he'd gone before. They entered a room together, and Hibari looked around it, before realizing that this was where Mukuro had taken his first time. "Mukuro, uh," he began, stepping back. "I don't really want to mate with you tonight, or... or any night, for that matter. I'm... Basil's mate now, remember...?"

"I'm fully aware of that," Mukuro replied. "And I respect that with minimal hesitance. I truly just wish to show- and possibly give- you something."

Hibari reluctantly followed the hunter up to a cabinet, then waited as Mukuro searched a few doors. Soon after, the illusionist pulled out a string- a necklace- with two fangs hanging from it. "Do you know what this is?" he asked, holding it in front of the vampire. Hibari only stared, angered, so Mukuro tapped him on the nose with a finger, bringing the attention back on him. "Do you know what it is, Hibari Kyoya?"

As the hunter had only used part of his name, Hibari didn't have to answer, but he soon swallowed his emotion and said, "It's jewelry crafted of vampire fangs." Mukuro nodded.

"Can you identify whose fangs these are?"

Hibari took the necklace, and observed it closely, before sniffing it. As expected, there was no scent left on it. "I don't know," he said.

"They belonged to your father," Mukuro said, "Hibari Aki Kurou the third."

Hibari stared at the hunter, stunned, then back at the fangs. Indeed, they were oddly elongated, and particularly sharp. It didn't take much proof to see that Mukuro was telling him the truth. "These are... my father's...," he repeated, emotion flowing back into his veins from the bottom of his heart. When the feelings returned, Hibari looked down, then rasped, "Where did you get this?"

"Where? I made it," Mukuro replied. "Right after I killed them, I harvested their fangs. Don't you get it, Kyoya? People will pay anything for stuff like this. But his are still here. More than likely, they were just too weapon-like for people to want to purchase. Besides, the smaller the fangs, the cheaper. Do you want it? You can keep it."

Hibari clutched the fangs close to his chest, and came forward, resting his head on the hunter's shoulder. "How long did it take you to find this?" he asked.

"Well, counting the amount of time it took to rummage through all my drawers, about three hours," Mukuro answered.

"Thank you," Hibari breathed, before carefully and gently biting into the hunter's neck. He could almost taste the hunter's smile as he drank, and he closed his eyes when he felt the hand on his back.

"So vampires have a 'thank you' bite, too, hm?" Mukuro chuckled. "I love you, Hibarin. I love you."

Hibari parted from the other, and placed the necklace around his neck, before coming in and kissing the hunter. When he parted, however, his eyes were sad. "I can't love you," he murmured. Mukuro nodded.

"I know."

"It hurts...," Hibari whispered. The hunter gave him another nod.

"I know."

"I feel so bad for you," the vampire sighed, stepping back. "How does it feel? Not being able to have me in your arms?"

The hunter gave a dry chuckle. "I have no room to walk about in my own heart. That's what it feels like."

"How odd," Hibari murmured, before getting suddenly quite drowsy. He slumped into the hunter, and Mukuro sighed, picking him up and starting to take him back to the vampire enclosure.

He knew that Hibari would drink his blood.

What else would he have taken all those sleeping pills for?

-End Chapter

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