Fan Fiction ❯ Night Rain ❯ Part 5: Black Glass Heart ( Chapter 10 )

Part 5: Black Glass Heart (Yori Kami)

by Kentai Megami (Luisa)

I felt safe in his arms relishing in the aftermath of our passion. He held me tight as if he were afraid that I'd run away. How could he know this about me even though we hadn't known each other for so long? I had to get out of here yet I couldn't pull myself away from him. He loved Kin not me. I hid my face by his side willing myself not to cry I had done enough of that.

I sat up careful not to disturb Akira and looked around the room. This was Kin's hideout given to her by an old woman I vaguely recognized. All she had to do in return for it is not tell Ichiro about it. That woman must've known something we didn't.

"Is something wrong?" I smiled at him not letting him see the worry I felt. He returned the smile and opened his arms out to me. I should've gotten off the bed and ran but instead I melted into his embrace. He kissed the top of my head and caressed my bare side. Sleep came to him quickly but I stayed awake listening to the beating of his heart. I closed my eyes trying once again to fall asleep.

~`~

"Do you think he loves you?" Turning rapidly I came to the source of the voice, myself. The burgundy hair was exactly the same but his eyes were so dull, Kin had told me mine were bright.

"I don't know, maybe." My own voice sounded weak to me and it brought a laugh from my copy.

"Come here poor deluded fool." I didn't move and he sighed exasperatedly as he rose from his golden throne. He put a hand on my cheek and I smacked his arm away. He let out a deep evil laugh as I backed away from him. Arms wrapped around me from behind holding me tight so I couldn't run.

"You miss me don't you?" My eyes went wide and I fought to break out of the binding arms.

"Please don't do this!" I stopped realizing that had been my voice but I hadn't spoken. Ichiro laughed seating himself with me on his lap to watch my nightmarish memories.

"But Yori you're so beautiful it shouldn't be wasted. Let me enjoy your beauty." I turned my head away unable to look at something that haunted me every day of my forsaken life.

"Stop this. Get out of my mind."

"But I came here to tell you something important. Look Yori this is what will occur one will die but which one?" He held my chin forcing my head straight ahead so I could see the figures of Akira, Kazuki, Kin and myself.

"They won't." I tried to get away from him but the arm around my waist only became tighter while his fingers dug into my chin.

"Will it be the Amaya?" A sword came through Kazuki's stomach and he gripped it with his hands trying to keep it from going down to the thicker end. His hands were being cut to the bone as blood poured from the increasing wound in his stomach. Kin screamed and ran to him but he tried to push her back. They kissed as the sword drove through her as well coming out her back striking her spine.

"Or the Cambidor?" Kin twitched her arms tightening around Kazuki's waist as he held the back of her head to keep their mouths locked together. They both fell to the floor pushing the sword up slightly. Kin was dead before they even hit the floor but Kazuki remained propped over her looking at her face sadly, then smiling as he slumped down taking his last breath against her cheek. Ichiro laughed as I tried to turn my head again forcing me to keep looking.

"Or maybe your beloved Musha Tenshi?" I wanted to close my eyes as I felt Akira's spirit energy begin to gather around him. Through every pore of his body all the different energies came out shaded like their corresponding element. I tried to ignore his screams and I tried not to look at my phantom image as it futilely tried to save Akira. I couldn't hold back my screams as the energy exploded Akira's blood splashing all over the place as if it were merely a broken dam. When I opened my eyes I emptied out all the contents of my stomach with Ichiro's laughter drowning out my gagging. I wiped my mouth on the white sleeve now stained red with blood. Ichiro grabbed my head roughly making me look at him as I held back my gag reflex sniffling like a pathetic waste of flesh.

"So beautiful almost too beautiful. You're beauty increases when your upset, you know? Will it be you my lovely Kaze elf?" My screams caused the room to vibrate as his fingers dug deeper into my head breaking through my skull forcing up all the visions I've ever had and was going to have. I felt myself falling to my knees my hands on his wrists trying desperately to hold on to my existence. I was thrown back but I never felt my body hit anything as the darkness engulfed me.

~`~

"Stop pacing like that Akira! You're making me nervous!"

"Why won't he wake up? Kin you said you could wake him up? And why is he human again?"

"His elf side was killed."

"What?"

"Yori wasn't full blown elf so now that his elf form has been killed he's human." I put up my arm and someone grabbed it quickly. Even with my blurred vision I knew it was Kin, blue had always been my favorite color.

"What happened?" Kin was pushed off the bed landing on the floor with a few curses as Akira took her place on the bed. I heard Kazuki laugh as he helped her up, I had never heard him laugh like that before as if he actually meant it.

"You passed out it's been a few days. I was so worried about you." I was pulled into his arms groaning in pain as it pressured my wounds. With an apologetic look he laid me back but kept his hand in mine.

"A few days? That's all?"

"All? Don't be stupid you could've died. Gods I woke up to you screaming blood dripping from your ears. I thought for sure you were going to die." He was worried about me, I hadn't expected him to get so shaken up about me Kin yes but not me.

"Can you all just leave me alone for a while I'm tired?" Akira looked offended while Kin only came forward to kiss my forehead then left with Kazuki.

"Leave you alone my ass I'm staying right here beside you." I turned away from him but he still did not leave instead he stayed there holding my hand.

"Please just leave me alone." I snatched my hand away moving as far from him as I could. I heard him sigh then felt the springs go up signaling he had gotten off the bed.

"I don't know why you're acting like this but I'll be right outside if you decide to stop being such a prick."

"Fuck you! You don't know anything about me this is the way I am! If you don't like it fuck off!" He moved quickly pushing back the hair that was covering my eye and stopping there as if he had been about to kiss me. I closed my eyes and turned my head away but still his hand didn't move from my cheek.

"You're not human."

"I'm not elf either. This is the way I really am." I opened my eyes staring at him with one completely burgundy eye as it would be in my elf form and one human eye. I pushed his hand away letting the long bangs fall in front of that inhuman eye again I didn't like what it was seeing. Akira backed away from me seeming to be a bit shaken up as he left the room. I let my head fall back on the bed pulling the blanket over my head to cover the slightly pointed ears. No one had seen me like this in decades and as I recall the results were never too happy especially for me. [AN: Just to help everyone out it's his left eye that is completely burgundy the other is burgundy but has white and a pupil like normal eyes. ^_^]

"Yori."

"Go away."

"Shut up. I'm tired of you acting like such a drama queen. Get out of the bed right now." Kin pulled off the covers and I only balled myself up earning a growl from her.

"Why do I have to get up?"

"Ichiro was able to locate you here so we have to leave. Get up right now. Yori you're putting all our lives in danger by just lying there. Your visions are erratic and Ichiro is picking up on them. Get up." She pulled on my arm and I yanked it away causing her to fall flat on her ass. Kazuki came running rolling his eyes like he was tired of all of this. I noticed the dark circles under his eyes like he hadn't slept for days.

"Put me down you son of a bitch!" Kazuki ignored me as he carried me over his shoulder out to the next room. How embarrassing to be carried out still in my boxers by a guy shorter than me. Akira was standing there looking ready to do battle with armor and all.

"You all go hide out while I take care of some business." Kin growled and grabbed his ear yanking hard enough to make him squeal.

"Are both of you fucking idiots? You can't go face Ichiro alone and you need to stop being such a baby. You'd think they'd be a little more relaxed after having had earth shaking sex." I blushed and just let my head fall letting Kazuki carry me while all my hair shielded my face. I had noticed Akira's blush before hiding my face and was trying not to laugh.

"Shut up!" His yell was followed by the sound of people jumping over furniture. I looked up to see what the Hell was going on in time to see Akira fall over a table and Kin land on him to hit him with her shoe. I laughed while Kazuki was whistling and acting like nothing was going on still heading outside.

"I'm guessing you're immune to this."

"Pretty much. We should get you dressed I don't want to be swarmed by yaoi boys trying to get a piece of the femme boy on my shoulder."

"Still an asshole I see."

"Yep." In the middle of dressing I was tackled down to the floor only knowing who had done it by the mass of blue locks that fell over my face. Kin had way too much hair maybe that's why Nibori use to call her Hairball.

"Sorry. It's that I almost forgot to tell you to put this on." I looked at the little choker she held in her hands then back up at her face.

"Why?"

"It's a teardrop. Nibori's tear to be exact," I could see the sadness creeping back up trying to break her happy façade," it should protect you. Since he was the Light Seer it'll counter your Dark visions. Like a barrier so no one but you can pick up on your visions or enter your mind." I leaned forward allowing her to place the choker on me and clasp it on. She smiled as she stood up and left the room leaving me to finish getting dressed.

~`~

We hadn't been to school in a very long time yet no one was questioning it. Ichiro must've done something about that. Right now I'm just sitting here silently watching the argument around me while Kazuki eats sushi oblivious to the goings on.

"Are fucking insane go back to school? Who gives a shit if you have to make an appearance! Ichiro will find all of you!" Kin getting angry that he was trying to use his height to intimidate her got up on a chair leaving him level with her breasts. I'm sure Akira can keep up a good argument when breasts with a school shirt stretching over them are in his face. Every man can ignore that right?

"He doesn't expect us to go! You know as well as I do that he knows where we are! He won't attack at daylight that's not his style." Akira was silent as the bouncing of her breasts was very distracting. Yep that proves it I'm wasting my time.

"Kazuki let's go." He looks at me for once in the hour breaking away from his plate of food to look over at Kin and Akira. Shrugging his shoulders he gets up and follows me outside.

"Where we going?"

"Want to watch a movie?"

"If you're paying sure." I nodded my head while putting my hands in the pocket of my school uniform feeling around for my wallet. It was there and from how thick it felt still had all the cash in it.

"Don't they just get on your nerves sometimes? Bet they didn't even notice we left."

"Yeah it seems like there's something between those two that neither of us is aware of. I don't think I want to know anyway. I keep feeling like the two of them are just going to leave us during the night." It was the first time he'd spoken of anything without going off into something sexual. I didn't think he could do it.

"I get that feeling too. Maybe we should leave them before they leave us." He locked his violet eyes on me and I understood now why so many people were afraid of him. There was a storm in those eyes, a torrent of too much understanding. Kazuki's life had been one heartbreak to another leaving him to fend for himself. I think running out here with us had been really the best thing to ever happen to him. Sad to say it's the best thing to ever happen to me to finally get away from Ichiro. I hadn't even noticed Kazuki pushed me up against a wall in an alleyway.

"I'm sorry pretty little thing but what the Master wants the Master gets."

"Keiko?"

"The one and only." I tried to push him away but with Keiko controlling him Kazuki was much stronger. He slammed me onto the wall and I could feel the warmth collecting on the back of my head signaling he'd opened an old wound.

"Please don't send me back to him. Please you don't know what he'll do to me."

"Oh no I'm very well aware of what he'll do to you and what he'll do to me. I thought I wanted to kill him but all I really want is to thank him. He saved me a lot of trouble. You know he has a liking for this body and with me in it he likes it even more. You're just a cheap thrill," he looked me up and down, "very cheap. How many have you used you? Akira has hasn't he? You know he loves Kin yet you slept with him. Sad little thing." He caressed my cheek and I turned my head away.

"He won't love you. He's incapable of loving. I was like you once willing to do anything for him because I thought he could love me but we're tools to him. When we're not useful anymore he takes us apart piece by piece breaking us till he can rebuild us to be slaves. That's all he wants slaves not love. Stop listening to his lies." His forearm connected with my throat leaving me gasping for air. When he pulled it away I started to scream at the top of my lungs hoping anyone would hear me as long as I didn't have to go back to Ichiro I didn't care who heard.

"No one will hear you! Scream all you want! No one will come! They don't care! All they care about is themselves! It's the way of the world my dear!"

"Yori! Akira hurry up! Keiko I banished you!" He laughed a deep laugh that made his entire body shake as he kept me pinned to the wall with his forearm.

"You actually believed a pest such as yourself could banish me? I'm tired of playing your little games the real fun begins now." Kin jumped onto his back getting him to finally release me.

"Break through Kazuki! I know you don't want to hurt me! Break through!" He slammed back onto the wall trying to shake her off but she only tightened the hold of her legs and arms. Akira pulled me behind him as a blue energy began to gather around Kazuki. I pushed Akira towards Kazuki making him lose his balance and grab onto Kazuki.

~`~

"Where are we?" I propped myself up to look at the desolation around us. Kin was passed out underneath Kazuki who seemed to finally be regaining his senses.

"Gods no. Get up all of you." Akira pulled me up by my jacket giving Kazuki the same treatment then depositing Kin in his arms.

"What's wrong?" Akira pulled out his sword in one long sweep the song of the blade followed by an inhuman growl. Realization dawned and I began to steer Kazuki away from the area.

"Is something wrong?" He kept looking back at Akira battling an invisible foe.

"This is Ichiro's playground or widely known as the Vortex of Souls. You are aware that Ichiro is a soul sucker?"

"What?"

"Ichiro use to be the Guider of Souls bringing them to where they needed to be to find peace. He became a little crazed when he found out his own soul would never be at peace, forever a servant to souls. This is where he began to bring the souls torturing them till they became his servants respecting him out of fear."

"Yori I think we have a problem." I turned my gaze away from Akira's battle to come face to face with a barrier, Ichiro on the other side of it. Ichiro smiled as he stepped back letting me see Katana chained to an inverted cross with Kenshin standing next to her head.

"She's already dead, Katsu killed her. Vengeance," Kin put her hand on the barrier as she spoke, "Kenshin let him even though she cried out for him. He said she deserved it for killing one as harmless as Sachiko. Just like she killed one lesser than her Katsu was giving her the same treatment."

"Her soul is still in the body. Ichiro's keeping it connected." Kin nodded her head sadly as she got back on her own feet but still leaned on Kazuki.

"Kenshin!" He looked up from the ancient book he held to smile at her. She banged on the barrier trying to get his attention again as he began to recite an incantation.

"Are you guys okay?" Akira stood with his back to us sword still raised in case we were attacked.

"No! No! Stop it Kenshin! Don't do this!" The barrier was beginning to vibrate under the pounding of her fists. Ichiro stepped in front of her inspecting the barrier as Kin's fist continued to fly at it. He put his hands on the barrier just as Kin was about to strike it again and she shuddered her breath seeming to catch in her throat. Ichiro smiled wicked as Kin pressed her hands flat on the barrier pressing against his flat on the other side.

"Why were you screaming my Princess?"

"You can't do this."

"Why not? I'm creating a whole new world that unites us all with the main purpose of finding our own peace. Don't you want peace?"

"Ichiro this will only lead to destruction." Screaming in pain Kin was thrown back by the electric currents coming from Ichiro's hands. He laughed as Kazuki ran back to catch Kin falling on his behind from the force of her body crashing into him.

"Stop please. You can't do this." His gold eyes locked on me and I couldn't help but tremble in fear.

"Oh now you defy me. I've been meaning to get rid of you, you've become quite the nuisance." It felt like liquid fire was coursing through my veins as I was lifted up. I could hear Ichiro laughing as if some glorious event were taking place while Akira and Kin were screaming out my name. I could only cry in agony as my body hit the floor. The blood I could feel it pouring out of me but I was still unsure of what he had done.

"Master Ichiro I have done it. The doors have been opened."

"Good boy Kenshin. Well I hope you all enjoy your stay in this second Hell. Bye now."

"Yori can you hear me?" Someone lifted my head onto their lap running their fingers through my damp hair.

"Kin?"

"Yes."

"Where's Akira?"

"Battling lurkers."

"I'm dying?"

"I'm sorry," she started to cry she had been trying hard not to.

"I have to tell him something." I tried to sit up but my body wouldn't co operate.

"I'll get him just. hold on." I could hear Kin's battle cry as footsteps drew near me.

"I couldn't protect you." He pulled me into his arms my body too numb to even feel pain. I felt so cold and I knew my time was coming to an end.

"Even though," I had to pause as just breathing became difficult, "you don't feel the same I love you. I was afraid to love you because I knew you could never love me. Thank you for pretending."

"No I didn't pretend. I love you Yori, elf, human whatever you may be I love you." He pulled me closer kissing me with a ferocious gentleness.

"I understand. It's okay."

"Understand what?"

"I understand. I love you. I'll wait for you it's okay. There's no reason to be afraid. I."

End Part 5