Dear readers, I thank you all for bearing with me. I am still a beginner and I know I have many mistakes here and there and wrong grammars and words and all. So really I thank you for bearing with me and still read this story. Also I thank everyone that had reviewed and the people that are reading this story. I promise to do my best on making the story I little bit more exciting since the day that Shou-chan will be moving is getting closer.
Hahaha.. I feel like I just gave a political speech! Oh well. So minna this is Chapter 7 of Countdown. Please READ AND REVIEW.
I do not own KHR if I did the genre would be Shounen-ai/Yaoi in the anime and in the manga. XD
Countdown
~ Feelings of Destruction ~
06 days before Shoichi transfers to Melone Base.
"As long as you are here, I won't do the same mistake like what I did on the other world where I lost you. I can't live in a world without you that's why I had to take that Byakuran in this world."
Those words kept repeating in Shoichi's dreams, he felt tears on his eyes Shoichi felt there was something in those words that soothing and scary at the same time he could never guess what are emotions of Byakuran. He wakes up suddenly and the sun's rays blinded him momentarily. He thought about the dream and for some reason he seemed scared more than happy that Byakuran would say something like that. He wanted to sleep more so he closed his eyes again then he smelled a familiar flavor of marshmallow. He then felt hands caressing his hair, a familiar voice then said. "Good morning Shou-chan~" He heard Byakuran's voice behind him and stiffened. Byakuran closed his eyes and buried his face in Shoichi's hair he notices everything especially when it has something to do with his precious Shoichi. "Was your dream scary Shou-chan, you cried a little." He pulled Shoichi by the waist. "Yeah it was scary… a bit." Shoichi's voice was shaking a little. He then notice that the sun was already high. "Byakuran-san what time is it?"
"Hmm.. I guess it's already 10"
"10?" Shoichi questioned and then suddenly he burst standing almost knocking Byakuran out of the bed and shouted. "Byakuran-san you have a meeting with the other commanders at 9! Why didn't you wake me up! And why didn't you go!"
"Calm down Shou-chan.." He said as calmly as ever. "First I didn't wake you up since you were sleeping so peacefully it really is best to watch you sleep personally rather than through the cameras and second the meeting hall was destroyed yesterday."
"Huh? The meeting hall was destroy- ugh!" Memories of yesterday came flooding back into Shoichi's mind. "That's right that arcobalenos attack and I didn't want to hear it that's why I force myself to sleep." Shoichi's stomach became uneasy so he runs to the toilet just in time to vomit. "The arcobalenos attack and Byakuran-san did he.. but he acted like nothing happened at all." Byakuran followed Shoichi but did not enter the bathroom he hears his Shou-chan vomit twice and then came into the bathroom he grab a towel. Shoichi turned to see Byakuran and said. "I'm sorry Byakuran-san I didn't mean to dirty yo-"
"It's all right Shou-chan. I'll just call one of the cervello to clean it up." Byakuran wipes Shoichi's mouth. "Byakuran-san?
"What is it Shou-chan?"
"The arcobalenos did you.." Byakuran smiled that made Shoichi scared. Byakuran threw the towel and caressed Shoichi's red hair he then buried his face on Shoichi's shoulder saying. "Don't worry Shou-chan. I gave them a merciful death. For now let's go outside the base and get lunch." He grabs Shoichi from the bathroom led him to the dressing room, where there are new clothes waiting for Shoichi. "Byakuran-san if we're going to get lunch we should just go to the cafeteria. I know you don't like it there bu-"
"It was also destroyed yesterday. Now get dress Shou-chan. I'll be back shortly and oh.. you are forbidden to go out of my room until I comeback." Byakuran then left his room. "The cafeteria was destroyed I hope the assistant chef is okay we were just getting to know each other." Shoichi thought then he just sigh and just did what he was told. Byakuran who was smiling pass through destroyed passages and entered a humungous room that looks like a storm had pulverized it leaving no one alive. There he called the two cervello girls who were in charge in cleaning the aftermath of the battle. "Make sure everything is cleaned before me and Shou-chan return. Also don't forget to dispose all of the corpses they are starting to smell and I don't want my Shou-chan to see or smell them and make sure to erase every drop of blood in the headquarters I will give you 5 hours to do it. If I see my sweet Shou-chan crying because you have failed to do your job it will be the last thing you will ever do." With that being said Byakuran left, leaving the two cervello girls and everyone there fearing for their very lives.
Byakuran got back to his room seeing a sitting Shoichi. He was wearing plain jeans and a brown jacket and underneath was a gray shirt he was also wearing sneakers. Byakuran was satisfied on what his Shou-chan was wearing. "You look so cute Shou-chan! Wait just a minute Shou-chan." Byakuran went to the dressing room and just after a minute he went out of the dressing room wearing a gray jacket and white shirt underneath and plain jeans that was tattered a bit he was also wearing a sneakers. "Now with this we would just look like ordinary citizens. Come on Shou-chan." Byakuran grabbed Shoichi and drag him through many passages clearly avoiding the destructive scene yesterday. Shoichi knew that Byakuran did not want to let him see it but he really wanted too. After many turns Byakuran and Shoichi got out of the Millefiore headquarters.
Outside Byakuran led Shoichi to where he keeps his motorcycles and seeing them Shoichi ask. "Byakuran-san, when did you learn to drive?"
"Mou.. Shou-chan of course I know how to ride a motorcycle." Byakuran pick the one colored white it was an off road motorcycle."
Byakuran and Shoichi travelled more than 30 minutes since the Millefiore Headquarters was very far away from the city. They entered the city and stop at a restaurant. Byakuran got off the motorcycle first and entered the restaurant after a moment Byakuran signaled Shoichi to come which Shoichi did. The waiter bowed slightly and opened a door that was mark reserve.
"The food will be ready in 10 minutes sir." The waiter said with that he closed the door and Byakuran led Shoichi they took a stairway and Byakuran stop. "Here we are Shou-chan."
Shoichi was shock at what he had there was a table and it was surrounded by white lilies that was from the garden they saw near the Gesso Mansion. Byakuran went to the table and raised his hand and said. "Come Shou-chan this will be like our second date." Shoichi cried a little that Byakuran actually prepared this under his busy schedule. Sgoichi walk to Byakuran and held Byakuran's hand. "Thank you Byakuran-san. I can't believe it you actually did this."
"Eh!" Byakuran said sounding annoyed. "I will do anything what Shou-chan says."
~Buzz.. buzz..~
Byakuran's cellphone vibrated and look who was the caller then his happy face became serious suddenly. "Uhm.. Shou-chan do you mind?"
"Ah.. not at all Byakuran-san please answer it." Byakuran smiled and gave Shoichi a small sweet kiss on the lips. He then said. "I'll be back, I will call the waiter if you want something else to order." Shoichi smiled and said. "Alright Byakuran-san."
Byakuran head downstairs and after a few minutes the waiter that had greeted us came and ask. "Sir, do you need something?"
"I do, Do you have by any chance a laptop that I can borrow I notice that your restaurant is a Wi-Fi zone."
"Yes we have sir. I will bring it to you in a moment" He then left for downstairs and when he came back he was holdind a laptop and gave it to Shoichi. "Thank you so much" Shoichi says. "The waiter bowed slightly and went for downstairs again to entertain the other customers. Shoichi type something on the computer that a hacker can only understand and there was a small cracking sound in the computer and suddenly it revealed the inside of the Millefiore Headquarters. Shoichi type more words and there was another cracking sound and there it revealed the humungous room that the battle had taken place. There Shoichi was on time to hack the camera he saw the cervello and other people cleaning the bloodstained wall and carrying the bodies of the arcobalenos already covered with blankets but it did not stop the blood to be seen. If Shoichi saw how the real bodies were separated he would have vomited right then and there but it did not stop Shoichi's stomach to feel the uneasiness. Shoichi saw enough and turned the laptop off. He was telling himself that Byakuran did what he told him that he gave the arcobalenos a merciful death which is a total lie. He put the laptop aside and just waited for Byakuran to return.
Meanwhile outside the restaurant Byakuran talk to Kikyo. "Byakuran-sama I have found another person that would be perfect to be your guardian. Her name is Bluebell."
"Very good Kikyo! I will visit her when I have time and make sure that no one knows. Alright."
"Yes, Byakuran-sama." Byakuran turned off the phone and head back to the restaurant.
"All right, kill them all no one must know that we visited this village. Burn this village." Kikyo said and a small laughter could be heard behind. "Bluebell let us go. Byakuran-sama says he will see you in due time." Bluebell smiled. "I cannot wait to meet him Kikyo-kun and thank you for killing all those people who had humiliated me."
"Well" Kikyo said smiling. "You are now part of the six funeral wreaths and no one laughs at us since we are the guardians of Byakuran-san and he is the most powerful person of the world and this world would soon be his."
Byakuran got back to Shoichi with a table full of unique kinds of food of Italy and he noticed the laptop beside him. "Shou-chan" He says merrily.
"Ah.. Byakuran-san, who was the call from?"
"Ah.. it was from nothing Shou-chan." Byakuran went to Shoichi and sat down on the other side of the table. "Let's just enjoy our second date." Byakuran and Shoichi enjoyed the food and talk about the past when they were still in school the fun times and about certain events that made their bond for each other go deeper. After lunch Byakuran toured Shoichi in the famous sightings of Italy and 5 hours had past so easily they went back to the Millefiore Headquarters. The cervello did their job in disposing the corpses and cleaning every speck of blood but repairing the destroyed places would take months to repair. It was again Byakuran who led Shoichi turning into corners avoiding the destructive scene. Byakuran and Shoichi stop at Shoichi's office there Shoichi said. "See you later Byakuran-san"
"Ah! Shou-chan" Byakuran says merrily. "I will come back to get you don't leave the room ok?"
"Alright Byakuran-san" Shoichi says calmly. Byakuran then left. Shoichi's mind then began to wonder. "Why won't Byakuran-san let me see the fatrenath of the battle. I really want to go but he instructed me not too and he seemed really serious when he said me not leaving this room. I'll just ask one of the cervello." With that Shoichi sighs his stomach begins to become uneasy. At exactly 6 o'clock in the evening the two cervello girls that was incharge in the cleaning entered Shoichi's room carrying the documents that is necessary in repairing the destroyed places in the Millefiore Headquarters and it just so happens it needed Shoichi's signature. Shoichi took this as a chance to ask the cervello what really happened. "Tell me the aftermath of the battle." Shoichi commanded the two cervello girls.
"We cannot tell you, Shoichi-sama. Byakuran-sama commanded us not to tell you anything." Shoichi became annoyed.
"If you won't tell me I will not sign these papers." The two cervello girls look at each other and bowed. "We are very sorry Shoichi-sama but if we tell you Byakuran-sama will kill us."The first cervello girl said. "I hope you will understand we will then just leave these papers here. We will come for them tomorrow" The second cervello girl said and with that they left the office of Shoici. Shoichi was a bit annoyed he had no choice so he turned on his laptop and tried to retrieve the recorded videos of the surveillance cameras around the battlefield before they were destroyed. He retrieved it and watch it from the very start.
Byakuran talking to the arcobalenos and then the fight started and that was when Shoichi saw how Byakuran killed the arcobalenos mercilessly and how many people at that time died to being drag in the chaotic battle between Byakuran and the arcobalenos, he watch how the assistant chef died a huge piece of wall came flying to him crushing him and killing him on the spot. Many of the surveillance camera were now broken and one remain to play. There he saw how Mammon was pierce by the 12 dragons of Byakuran and fell to the ground lifelessly. The recorded video stop playing for it had been destroyed a wall that fell on it.
Shoichi took a moment for his mind to register what had happened and when it finally did he ran to the bathroom to vomit Byakuran's words reapeating in his head. I gave them a merciful death. Shoichi cried and run out of the room to see the scene himself and it terrified him the blood and the corpses were all gone but the scene was still terrifying with all the destruction. His mind imagining where are the bloodstained walls and the corpses lay. He cried hard and went to Byakuran's room with no hesitation forgetting how Byakuran would react. He slammed the door opened on Byakuran's room and there he was talking to his phone. "Byakuran-san!" Shoichi yelled. Byakuran lowered his phone and place it on his drawer near the bed. "What's wrong Shou-chan? Why are you crying?"
"You said you gave them a merciful death!" Shoichi said his voice trembling.
"I did." Byakuran says while walking toward Shoichi.
"You lied! I watch the recorded video of the surveillance camera"
"Ah.. really Shou-chan you never cease to amaze me." He said smiling and hugs Shoichi by the waist. Shoichi still angry push Byakuran away which he did not expect. "Shou-chan?" Byakuran says sadly. "I'm sorry I made you sad but they said they were going to kill you I could not let them do that."
"But you could have killed them with mercy." Shoichi shouted.
"I did" Byakuran said he went to Shoichi and hug him again by the waist to comfort him.
Shoichi's tears fell heavier. "Byakuran-san piercing someone in every part of his body is not mercy killing. I know that you kill behind my back and I accepted this because this is a mafia but I wish everyday that you at least kill those people with mercy. I…."
Byakuran caressed Shoichi' red hair. "Shhh.. Shou-chan don't cry."
"No.." Shoichi said between tears. "I was the one who made you like this. If hadn't wanted to change my future you would have not become a monster that destroys. This is all my fault."
Byakuran tightened his hug on Shoichi. "Don't say that Shou-chan because if you didn't do it our paths would never cross. I would have become a monster anyway because this world was becoming too bored for me then we met at school and this world became fun again." Byakuran kissed Shoichi passionately and laid him on the bed gently. Shoichi was still weeping when Byakuran removed Shoichi's glasses and shirt and started to suck and kiss Shoichi skin from his neck to his stomach.
"Byakuran-san" Shoichi said tenderly. He had fallen asleep sometime ago. "I love you so much so please stop this destruction." He says in his sleep.
Byakuran kiss Shoichi on the lips and whispered. "I love you too Shou-chan. I love you so much that I had to destroy everything around you that would take you away from me."
Byakuran put his right hand on Shoichi's head and a faint white glow started to appear. "You will not remember what happened in this night from the point you came into my room to here." Then the small white glow disappeared. Byakuran went to the other side of the bed and laid he pulled Shoichi closer to him and whispered. "Shou-chan will always be mine."
Woah! I finally finish it. Really college life is so stressful and writing this fic was so much a stress reliever for me. Yeah.. I know you got a feeling there should be lemon. I am so sorry I really have to practice in writing lemon so I decided to write them at the last 2 chapters of Countdown. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEARING WITH ME I KNOW I STILL HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO. To those who have reviewed arigatou gozaimasu and to those who have not still thank you so much for reading this story now for a simple spoiler for the next chappie here is the title: Uncertainty