.hack//SIGN Fan Fiction ❯ Yasashii Ryoute (Gentle Hands) ❯ Chapter 1

Yasashii Ryoute (Gentle Hands)  by Sakura (aka L-sama no Miko)             &n bsp; Disclaimer: Don’t own – just the plot – don’t sue. Extremely AU so expect a lot of changes from the games. Parings are Ovan/Haseo Haseo/Endrance     Yet to return, the shadowed one. Who quests for the Twilight Dragon Rumbles the Dark Hearth, And Helba, Queen of the Dark, has raised finally her army. Apeiron, King of Light beckons. At the base of the rainbow they meet Against the abominable Wave, together they fight.           &nbs p;      -- Epitaph of the Twilight              ;  No one understood what the epic poem ‘Epitaph of the Twilight’ had been about anymore. It had been composed in ancient times, times long since forgotten by the races of angels, demons, beastmen and humans alike. Those who have read the fragments that had been recovered during several archeological expeditions, had claimed it to be the reason for the hostility between the angels, beastmen, humans and demons. So far no further evidence or copies of the poem have ever been found.             For millennia the demons of the Helba Empire had been constantly trying to conquer the Kingdom of Lios, home of the angel race and the various city states known as the Twilight Kingdoms of the humans and beastmen, the power balance of these opposing forces shifting every few centuries or so between the righteous peace keeping Twilight Knights of Lios and the supposedly evil Knights of Morganna of the Helba Empire.             The last major conflict was about fifty or so years ago and was now called ‘The Twilight War’ due to the Twilight Knights’ victory over the demon goddess Morganna Mode Gone. There were now very few skirmishes and peace reigned the lands. However, for one of the Twilight Knights, his life was anything but peaceful at the moment.   **********************   Haseo huffed. He hated being cooped up in the Twilight Knights’ guild hall in Dol Dona, but he knew if he left, his so called friend would find him. He clenched his hands into white knuckle tight fists at the memory of the betrayal.             ; “Hello Haseo,” the cornflower haired man said not turning from the altar of the Hulle Ganz Cathedral.          &nb sp;  “So what was so important that you had to drag me from a meeting with Lady Aura?”          & nbsp;  “Impatient as ever I see,” he said, chuckling before turning to face him. “There’s something you have to see, Haseo,” he said the evil glint in his eyes hidden by the ever present sunglasses he always wore.           &n bsp; “W-What is it?” the silver haired angel asked, suddenly feeling uneasy at his human friend’s smirking face.           &n bsp; “Nothing really,” Ovan replied, continuing to smirk, “Just this.”          & nbsp;  He let out a grunt as the barrel like covering on his left arm began to glow. “O-Ovan?” Haseo asked, backing away, the uneasy feeling growing in strength. The cornflower haired man grunted again and the strange padlock on the covering shattered and dissipated into thousands of tiny glowing particles.          &nb sp;  The silver haired angel stared as the covering began to fall off the man’s arm and slowly dissipate as well, unable to move a single muscle. He gasped when he saw a red streaked black appendage begin to uncurl itself from around the man’s now freed arm. Ovan continued to smirk at him as the newly revealed third arm playfully waved at Haseo before hovering behind the man’s back.           &n bsp; “Ah, that feels much better,” Ovan said, obviously enjoying the boy’s shock and dismay.              “Y-You’re a …a…” Haseo for once couldn’t make his mouth say the word.           &n bsp; “A demon?” the man finished for him, “Yes I know,” he purred.              Haseo backed away even more, his mouth opening and closing, unable to form the words he wanted to say.           &nb sp; “Oh come now, Haseo,” the demon chided, as he strode towards him. “Surely you must have guessed by now. I would think the seal on my arm was obvious.”         &nbs p;   “T-This has got to be a dream. Yeah, that’s it,” the silver haired angel muttered to himself.            ;  Chuckling lowly, Ovan directed his third arm toward the boy’s head.           &n bsp; “Haseo!!!!!!!!!” Both stared as a silver hair and winged angel in black and white healer’s robes rushed in between them, arms and wings spread out at her sides is if to hide him from the demon’s view.           &n bsp; “Shino?!! What are you doing here?” Haseo asked, bewildered and somewhat gladdened by his cousin’s presence.          &nbs p;  “You can’t have him!” she yelled, her determined face never once wavering as Ovan smirked triumphantly at them. “I won’t let you!”          &n bsp;  “You shouldn’t have come here, Shino,” scolded Ovan, “Leave now before I’m forced to do something we’ll all regret.” Shino continued to glare at her cousin’s former friend, refusing to budge one bit. “So be it,” sighed Ovan.           &n bsp; The third arm, which had been drawn back at the girl’s sudden arrival quivered in rage and morphed into a sharp spear like appendage. Quicker than any snake, it lashed at Shino, piercing her body and rested on Haseo’s cheek – having morphed back to its original hand like shape – in an almost loving caress.              Just as quick as before, the red streaked black arm retreated back through her body, the angel’s blood glistening on the skin, making more elaborate streaks appear. Shino started to fall only to be caught by her now frantic cousin. “H-Hold on Shino!!” he cried as he desperately tried to staunch the blood flow with his hands as he gently helped her lie down. Tiny sobs fought their way past his trembling lips. “Don’t cry,” she said, smiling and weakly cupped his cheek. “Boys don’t cry.” Haseo bit his lip, trying his best to please his cousin. However, the tears just wouldn’t listen and continued to fall from his ruby eyes. Shino’s body started to glow and dissipate into many multicolored sparkles, very much like the barrel thingy covering Ovan’s arm had done. “No Shino, don’t go!!!!” the silver haired angel pleaded. “S-SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!” screamed Haseo as the last of his cousin’s body floated into the sunset lit air and vanished. “Such a pity,” Ovan said, “But I did warn her.” “Y-You bastard!” the silver haired angel yelled, drawing out his twin Lit Honeysuckles. He began to slash blindly at the still grinning man. Ovan masterfully sidestepped attack after attack. “Hold still, dammit!!” When Haseo had him backed up against the rope cutting off the altar, Ovan narrowed his eyes slightly, the ever present smirk slipping just a teensy bit. “Play time’s over,” he purred into the now panting angel’s ear. He suddenly pushed against his chest and soon Haseo found himself on his back several feet away. “It’s time to leave, Haseo. Now be a good boy,” Ovan said as he strode over to him. All three arms were about to reach for him, but suddenly the cathedral doors burst open and the rest of the Twilight Knights appeared, weapons drawn. “D-Did we make it in time?” asked a blonde version of Haseo’s cousin in green and white robes. “W-What is that?!” she asked noticing the demon’s third arm. Ovan silently swore, now that he had to rethink his strategy. And just when he was about to bring Haseo ‘over to the dark side’ so to speak. “I’m sorry but I really must be going,” he said, grinning. “I’ll see you again Haseo,” he said as he walked past the still winded boy. The knights found they couldn’t move, all of them too stunned by their friend’s newly revealed demon arm to even stop him. A blue hair and winged angel rushed over to Haseo as the silver haired boy began to shudder, tears of rage falling still from his now puffy ruby eyes. “You ok, kid?” asked the angel. “S-Shino,” he whimpered, not caring who saw him like that.   Haseo cursed again, blaming himself for his cousin’s murder, for not being able to prevent that demon from leaving the cathedral. “I can’t take this anymore!” he shouted to no one, glad for once that none of the others were around. The rest of the Twilight Knights were out patrolling the various regions for any sign of the demon that had murdered one of their own and was now after him. The reason that the guild hall had no guard posted wasn’t because they were sure that it wouldn’t be attacked, but because they were somewhat short staffed. Shortly after Shino’s murder and Haseo’s forced incarceration, Silabus, one of Haseo’s friends and fellow Twilight Knight went mysteriously missing, which was also why they were searching for Ovan. The silver haired angel stormed into the hall’s main lobby, pulling his twin blades off the wall. “And just where do you think you’re going, *oink*?!” said a chibi piggish version of himself. “Out. I’m going to help,” he said only to be blocked by the grunty. “Forget it brat *oink*! You’re supposed to stay here, *oink*!” A vein popped in the silver haired angel’s forehead. “The hell I will!” he shouted and shoved the piggish creature out of the way. “I’m not going to sit on my @$$ while that bastard takes another of my friends! I’m gonna find Ovan, then I’m gonna kill him!!” He then shoved the huge double doors open with such force that they made an enormous clang against the stone walls of the hill like structure, startling several of the angels and humans going about their daily business. They stopped to look at the red and black clad angel, but quickly turned away at the furious look on his tattooed face. No one said a word as he climbed onto the motorbike parked to the side and sped off towards the town’s Chaos Gate.   *****************         & nbsp;     “I know you’re here! Come out and face me!!” he shouted at the waterfalls of Arche Koeln. “I’m right here! OVVVVVVVVVVAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNN!!!!!!”              “There’s no need to shout Haseo,” came Ovan’s purring voice, “I can hear you just fine. You’ve been a bad boy, hiding from me.” The silver haired angel whirled around, drawing his weapons. “Must we go through this again?” he asked in mock boredom, “You know you can’t defeat me.”           &nbs p; Gods how he hated that smirk, now especially since he was wearing it as he murdered Shino right before his eyes. “Shut the *beep* up!!” Haseo lunged at the taller man only to force himself to stay on his feet and not stumble on the loose cobblestones of the viewing platform when Ovan dodged the fierce attack.             “Such language Haseo,” he chided mockingly, “As long as rage and hate blinds you, Haseo, I will always win.” He dodged again, still smirking, “And I don’t think you really want to win do you?” He dodged yet another blind attack, then startled the boy by caressing a barely covered hip.             This time the silver haired angel did stumble and the cornflower haired demon leapt to catch him before he hit the stones. “I win, Haseo,” he purred bringing the butt of his gun on the angel’s head. The boy struggled to stay awake, but soon passed out, Ovan’s triumphant smirk being the last thing he saw. “Mine at last, little angel,” he said placing a surprisingly gentle kiss on the blood soaked forehead as he scooped him up.             When they reached the area’s Chaos Gate, he murmured the words that were the key to their location and rings of golden light surrounded them, causing both demon and angel to fade from sight.             “Damn!” Kuhn, the blue haired angel from before swore as he materialized as the last bit of the golden rings vanished.             ; “W-We missed them didn’t we?” the blonde healer angel, Atoli, asked having materialized a few seconds later.             “He’s got Haseo,” Kuhn said, hanging his head.             Atoli gasped, but said nothing, for there was nothing either could say. Nothing was going to change the fact that their leader and friend had been taken by one of the demon lords of Helba.   **************************       &nb sp;       The silver haired angel screamed in agony as the cornflower haired demon ripped off his other wing. “Can’t have you running away now can we?” Ovan purred against his ear, smiling. “Not after all that trouble you gave me to catch you.”           &nb sp; “D-Da…amn y-you…” Haseo gasped. If it weren’t for the chains holding him upright, he was certain he’d collapse there and then and never be able to get up again.             “Already am,” said his tormentor, smirking before licking the blood seeping from the twin wounds on the angel’s back, making Haseo shudder and nauseous. The demon chuckled at his captive’s reaction and wrapped two arms around him, pulling him close, causing him to cry out as the chains pulled in the opposite direction. Ovan’s third arm snaked around Haseo’s head and cupped one wet cheek then forced it to look at him. “And it looks like you are too,” he said placing his lips on the smaller angel’s bleeding and cracked ones.             Haseo glared at the demon and attempted to bite the tongue invading his mouth, but the torture had taken its toll on the boy and he blacked out before he could clamp his teeth on the dominating muscle. Ovan clucked his tongue, disappointed at his captive’s lack of reaction. “I guess I’ll have to play with you again later,” he said, letting go of the unconscious boy, his naked body hanging limply from the chains.             Adjusting his sunglasses, the cornflower haired demon went over to the dungeon’s door. “Skeith,” he called and a horned humanoid demon appeared from the shadows. He looked expectantly at his master, silent as always. “Take him to a room and see to it that he is cared for.” With that, he strode from the dungeon and disappeared into the shadowy corridor.             ; The yellow and black streaked demon gingerly undid the chains, a look of pity on his normally passive face at the angel’s mangled back. ‘He had such lovely wings,’ he thought to himself, wincing slightly as he remembered the screams emanating from the closed door. He quickly caught Haseo before he hit the hard stone ground of the castle dungeon. He then cradled the angel almost lovingly to his chest as he carried him bridal style from the now blood stained chamber. He turned and gave a remorseful look at the silver wings discarded at the far end. ‘Such a waste,’ he spat, ‘Master Ovan can not understand what true beauty is. How could he mar such a lovely being like this?’           &n bsp; Sighing, he continued on his way making sure not to jostle his precious cargo as he traveled through the castle.   ******************        &nbs p;      Haseo groaned as he struggled to sit up. Blinking and looking around he found he had been lying on a bed covered in red and black silk sheets. ‘What the?!’ he wondered as he continued to look around. He was in a lavishly furnished bedroom complete with a fireplace and two plush chairs placed in just the right spots for a comfortable evening before the fire. There was a fire burning happily inside, making eerie shadows dance on the stone walls. He started to get up, but gasped as a dull throbbing pain shot through his back. Looking down, he saw that his chest had been bandaged. He blushed when he realized that those bandages were the only pieces of cloth he was wearing at the moment.             “Finally awake I see,” came a purring voice from the shadows. “After three days, I was beginning to think you’d left me after all.”           &nb sp; “Ovan!!! You bastard! I trusted you!” the silver haired angel shouted, grasping the velvet coverlet close in an attempt to make himself decent.             “No need to shout Haseo,” he chided, chuckling, “My hearing isn’t that bad.”           &nb sp; “I’ll kill you!” he yelled again. “You murdered Shino!”           & nbsp; “Only because she wouldn’t get out of my way,” came the demon’s reply. “If she had listened, your dear cousin would still be alive. I was only after you.”           &nb sp; “I hate you,” he spat venomously. Ovan merely smiled, the firelight glinting eerily off his ever present golden-lensed sunglasses. “Why?” the angel asked quietly after several minutes of silence.             “Because I want you,” the demon replied, “You’re quite lovely with or without your wings.”           & nbsp; Before he could shoot back a retort, the cornflower haired demon pounced on top of the silver haired angel, careful not to reopen any of Haseo’s wounds. The boy desperately tried to squirm free, but Ovan’s three arms had him thoroughly pinned to the mattress and were beginning to touch him in places that made him shiver and gasp.             “Quite lovely indeed,” the demon said before adding his lips to the feather light touches. “And all mine.”           &n bsp; Haseo lost all reason when the icy cold third arm snaked down to one particularly sensitive spot. He let out a shuddery moan as his captor’s lips descended upon his making him give in to his baser instincts. Ovan smirked inwardly as he went about claiming his prize.   ****************   ~TBC!~   Sakura: Hooboy! I can’t believe I actually went and wrote a .hack fic! And a totally AU one at that! The things L-sama sends me in my sleep. -_-‘   Endrance: I thought you said it was going to be me and Haseo.   Sakura: Oh it WILL be En-sama. I had to set things up first. I’m not the kind of author who likes to do frivolous PWP’s.   Endrance: Oh I see. Then I’ll just wait for my part.   Sakura: You do that darling. Oh, and I’m not sure, I think ‘she’ might be in here too.   Endrance: Mia?!! My Mia?!!   Sakura: Actually I kinda meant Macha, but I guess it the same thing.   Endrance: Oh thank you Sakura-san!!! (glomps the miko)   Sakura: ^_^   Saku: LET GO OF MY MASTER EN YOU OLD HAG!!!!!!!!!!!   Sakura: (dodges a Rue Kruz blast) Hey! Who let the brat in?!!   Endrance: Saku that wasn’t very nice.   Saku: B-But… T_T   Haseo: Don’t you have summer homework to do or something? (throws the garb, um, brat out)   Sakura: Thanx, Ha-chan. Anyhoo, lemme know what you think. It’s my first try at .hack so please be kind ‘k? Jya ne!!