Ronin Warriors Fan Fiction ❯ Happiness and Lonelyness ❯ una cena mal riuscita ( Chapter 5 )

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SOLITUDINE E FELICITA'

By: Acuamaine

Chapter 5

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Touma awoke after what he considered a good afternoon nap. Stretching out the kinks in his body he sat up and smiled. Deciding that he was tired of just lying around he went to join the others downstairs. As he descended the stairs he started to realize that the house seemed unusually quiet. This shocked him since the house was usually alive with noise at this time of day... It was much too quiet for his own liking.

"Guys?" Touma called out tentatively while descending the last few steps. He noticed that the whole house was dark with the exception of a pale light coming from the kitchen. "Seiji? Shin? Shu? Anyone? Where are you all?" Touma could feel a sense of panic well up in him and had to take a few calming breaths before continuing. He was worried that he was alone and with his father knowing where he lived... Not the greatest situation to be in at the moment!

Today even Jun had the day off, he should be home too but no one is here, they've left me... Alone? He thought for sure that Seiji would have had someone, preferably himself, stay here with him. Surely Seiji wouldn't have left him alone? Seiji promised vehemently that he would never leave him alone and Touma believed him with his whole heart. How could he not? He loved Seiji dearly. He remembered the promised that the swordsman had made, very well...

/// His father's words rang in his head while he cried and trembled in fear, tensing up at first when he felt two strong arms wrap around him protectively and only when he felt the calming aura of Korin, was he able to relax. Turning quickly he buried his face into Seiji's shoulder, needing the comfort the blond seemed to bring.

"Touma? Who...? What's happened?" Seiji asked though judging by Touma's reaction, he was certain that the caller had to have been Genichiro, Touma's father. He had come in to see if Touma was off of the phone yet and what he found was Touma sitting on the bed looking like a scared rabbit.

Now Seiji could feel the anger rising in his heart and soul as he tried at the same time to be comforting to Touma. That bastard, if I ever get my hands on him I'll rearrange his face and then some! Seiji carefully pulled the trembling archer onto his lap trying desperately to calm him down. He was so light from the weight he had lost and seemed so frail at the moment. Look what that bastard has done to him! Well I'll bring the old Touma back... I swear to the Gods that I will.

"Touma, listen to me and listen well... Whatever is it that scared you, though I have an idea who it was... We face it together, got that? I won't ever allow you to be alone again. Do you hear me? I swear to you that you are not alone anymore. I'll be with you... Always." Seiji put two fingers under Touma's chin and lifted his head causing the archer to lock eyes with him.

Smiling warmly at Touma, Seiji gently stroked a soft cheek. "Now calm down and let your body heal." He brushed his lips against Touma's tenderly and smiled when he heard the soft sigh that escaped is Koi's throat. It was a sound that always seemed to melt his heart, one he would forever cherish. "I love you, don't you ever forget that Koi."

Touma couldn't help but relax under Seiji's careful touch and so he smiled weakly at him. "I... I trust you Seiji and I love you too. Thanks, I need to know those things right now. I'll be okay, just give me time. You make me feel like I can handle anything, especially when I'm in your arms." He laid his head against Seiji's shoulder and sighed softly.

"Seiji? I'm hungry. Can we go downstairs and get something to eat?" He asked just as his stomach rumbled, emphasizing his point and Seiji couldn't help but chuckle softly at that. "Don't laugh at me!" He swatted at the blond playfully.

"Oh Tou, you're just so sweet at times. I'm not laughing at you, I'm laughing cause that rumbling in your tummy was extremely loud and it just sounded funny." Seiji tickled Touma's belly, which had the archer giggling. "Yes love we can get something to eat but you may not go downstairs. You're supposed to be resting yet." Seiji chuckled again at the pout Touma gave him as he laid him back down and tucked the blankets in around him.

Standing up he ruffled blue locks and laughed softly. "Now if I find you out of this bed again, I'll have Ryo take over your care and I'm sure that you don't want that to happen. Seiji watched as Touma shook his head quickly. "Good then stay put...!" Seiji said, laying a soft kiss to sweet lips before heading out to fix him something to eat.///

Touma smiled at the memory and the fact that Seiji had slept with him that night, just the cuddly type of sleeping but it was a start. That was all that he was ready for anyway... Anything more would have to wait. When he got to the kitchen he hesitated before opening the door and when he did, all he could do was stare in shock at the scene before him.

The table had been set beautifully with pale candles and what could only be taken as place settings for two. The good china was out and so were the table linens, the whole thing looked like something out of a Martha Stewart book and Touma gasped in surprise.

It was that sound that alerted Seiji to Touma's presence as he had had been sitting there reading for while waiting for dinner to finish. Now Seiji looked up and smiled warmly before rising and closing the gap between the two.

"Glad to see that you're awake Little Star. Did you have a good nap?" Seiji encircled Touma's waist with one arm while the other went out to tap the archer on the nose. He laughed when Touma's eyes followed his fingers and then crossed, giving him the cutest expression and so he removed the fingers and replaced them with a kiss.

"S-Seiji... uhm... What's all this for?" Touma pointed to the table and all its trimmings. This was definitely not the everyday table setting... that was for sure. "W-Where are the others? Most of all, what is that great smell? I mean besides the cologne you have on that I just love... Something smells... delicious!" Touma sniffed into the air trying to locate the source of the odors only to have Seiji quickly escort him to a chair and then silence him with his lips.

Touma moaned as soft lips gently kissed him and he wanted nothing more then to have the kiss go on forever and a day. That was something he would always enjoy, Seiji's lips on his... after all it was something he had dreamt about for a long time. Seiji had lips to die for, he was certain of that, and breath that always smelled like sunshine... Fresh and clean.

When the kiss broke Touma was about to protest but Seiji looked at him and smiled. "Now you hush and behave yourself. The guys decided that you should have a night of your own, well actually they decided that WE should have a night of our own... Free from their prying eyes and ears." He winked and took the plates over to the stove where he lifted out a rather large casserole dish and the smells hit and ignited Touma's senses.

"They know that we need time alone to enjoy the new direction our relationship has taken... At least that is how Shin explained it. You know him, the hopeless romantic!" Seiji laughed. "Speaking of which... I hope that you are hungry because Shin made enough to feed a whole football team including the reserves and the cheerleaders."

Seiji placed a plate full of lasagna in front of Touma that had his mouth watering. There was also a large salad and Italian bread with garlic butter baked into it... and even wine, which had Touma smiling and picturing an intoxicated Seiji. How funny would that be? I wonder how he'd act if he were drunk? Like my f-father? Gods I hope not! He thought and looked at his plate.

"Thanks Seiji, it all looks so good!" Touma smiled as Seiji poured some wine for each of them and then handed Touma a glass. Looking at Touma for a moment Seiji seemed lost in thought before violet eyes began to sparkle and a smile crossed his pale features.

"Here's to you and I and the happiness we both seemed to have found. May it always be special for you and I." Seiji raised his wineglass then clinked it against Touma's before taking a drink. Giving Touma a quick kiss, Seiji then sat in front of his own dish and smiled over at him, watching as the archer licked at his lips.

"Seiji? Do you think that after we finish eating that we could go out and do a little stargazing? I've always dreamt of doing that with you... so can we? Can we go out? Please?" He asked, tasting the wine kissed lips that now felt lonely without Seiji's lips upon them. "Please? I promise to go right to bed afterwards and rest all day tomorrow!"

Touma was like a child with a new toy at Christmas time as his eyes lit up over the prospect. He then started to eat fast so he could finish quickly and have the chance to go out with his Koi and lay beneath the stars. All Seiji could do was laugh as he ate slowly, refusing to race the archer.

"Sure, why not? Then it's to bed and rest!" When he looked back up at the archer he saw the blank expression Touma's face now held and he became concerned. "Touma? Is something wrong? Tou...?" He got a little worried when no answer came and so he quickly got up to check on him more closer fearing that he could be choking or something.

Seiji kneaded a shoulder with one hand while the other combed through soft blue locks of hair. "Touma? Please answer me, you're worrying me now."

Startled, Touma jumped and blushed as he released his mind from the thoughts he was having. "I'm sorry... Did you say something Seiji?" Touma asked feeling a little confused and scratched at his head as Seiji arched an eyebrow and looked at him sternly.

"Hey Blondie, what's up now? You look upset, did I do something wrong?" Touma tried to joke a little in order to ease the tension that was now hanging in the air around them. "Seiji...?" Now it was Touma's turn to look a little worried.

Seiji sighed softly and walked back to his chair. "Touma? You still don't fully trust me do you? Why?" Seiji words startled Touma who was unprepared for the line of questioning that came from the blond. "I know we haven't talked about it yet but these calls you have been getting are from your father, aren't they?"

Seiji's stare told Touma that the blond would accept nothing but the truth from him. "Touma, you know you can tell me anything, I care about you... Please don't keep me at such a distance. Would you tell me what your father has been telling you?"

Seiji looked down at his plate feeling all of his emotions welling to the surface and had to regain some of his composure before continuing. "I thought that since my father is a police officer that we could call him and talk to him about it. Maybe he'll have some good advice for you on what you can do about your dad. I mean it's worth a try, right?" Seiji looked at him almost sadly and then waited for Touma to answer.

Touma pushed away his plate as he let out a long sigh. "Seiji, I really don't want to talk about it okay? If this... Oh I can't tell you... Okay? I just can't!" Touma looked over at Seiji and regretted his words immediately. The look in the swordsman's eyes just tugged at his heart so badly that he would confess to anything just to make him smile again.

Touma swallowed hard, trembling as he sought out the right words to say. "S-Seiji... I..." Just then the lights flickered and went out. All they had was the dim light of the candles. "Seiji is this is some sort of joke... I'm not finding it very funny!" Touma stood and began pacing. "Please Seiji, make the lights go back on... This is scaring me big time!"

Seiji immediately went to Touma and wrapped his arms protectively around Touma, trying to calm the archer down. "Touma, please calm down. I'm not sure what happened with the lights but I'll go check, okay?"

Seiji led Touma back to a chair and then turned to head for the basement door only to have Touma stopping him as the archer clung to him tightly. "Touma you've got to let go if you want the lights back on... Come with me if you must but allow me to move. I won't let anything happen, I promise." He tried his best to reassure him.

A knock at the back door had both men practically jumping out of their skin. "W-Who could t-that b-be and at the back door no less?" Touma asked and clung even tighter to Seiji.

"Touma let me go so I can check. You stay put and I'll be right back. I'm only going over here to the back door." Seiji point then realized that Touma was hiding his face in his shoulder. He had seen him spooked before but never like this. He hated the dark more then any of them yet he wasn't anywhere near the panic that Touma was in. That bastard of a father really did a number on him and one day I will make him pay... I swear to the Gods that I will! Seiji thought as he managed to free himself from Touma's grip and go to the door.

When Seiji opened the door he didn't count on a heavy wind coming in and hitting the two candles, but as luck would have that's exactly what had happened and they went out plunging them into total darkness. He couldn't see the person standing at the door very well since his eyes still had not adjusted to the dark and with no moonlight to

speak of, he couldn't rely on it for a light source.

"May I help you?" Seiji asked politely, bowing to the person like he was always told to do.

"Yeah as a matter of fact you can." The man was fast, much faster then Seiji had anticipated and it caught the swordsman off guard as two arms grabbed him and then a cloth was placed over his mouth and nose. "Time to go to sleep!" Just as Seiji hit the pools of blackness he heard two voices... One tenor whose laugh was evil and then Touma's voice as it gave a shout of panic and terror.

When Touma saw Seiji fall to the floor he went to him immediately. "Seiji? Come on Seiji wake up! SEIJI! Please... Oh God please answer me!" The kitchen was clouded in total darkness now and it was causing him to panic, as Seiji lay on the floor unconscious.

Looking up he saw that the back door was standing wide open and he trembled. He hadn't seen what had happened for he had been looking in the opposite direction trying to find the matches in order to relight the candles. Then he sensed a presence behind him and he tensed up as the hairs on the back of his neck stood on edge. Turning quickly, he found himself face to face with his worst nightmare... His father!

"Hello Touma! So did you miss your dear old man? I know that I missed you!" He took Touma by the arm and forced him to stand. "I thought that maybe we could have some fun tonight... Just you and me, like old times. Who knows maybe we'll even have some fun with this gracious blond...? What's his name? Seiji? Yes I think that's what it is!" Touma's father shoved him down onto a chair while he picked Seiji up from the floor and placed him in the other chair.

"Let's just tie him up for now so he won't bother us. Then I can play with you okay?" He laughed at the control he had once again over his little toy knowing that Touma would never disobey him.

Touma could only stare in horror as his father tied Seiji's hands behind the chair back and then his legs to the legs of the chair. He went into shock as memories kicked in shutting his whole body down and now all he could do was watch as his father removed his clothes and then forced him out of his own before grabbing him and shoving him onto his knees.

Oh God! Oh God! Oh God! Not in front of Seiji! Please not here! Not here! Oh God! A groan from Seiji caused Touma to look up at him and he sensed the blond trying to fight his way back from the black abyss he was in. He wanted to cry out but before he could do anything he felt his father enter him forcibly. The violence of it caused Touma to fall face first onto the floor, bloodying his nose and splitting his lip.

The pain was horrific but Touma refused to cry out now! He couldn't for he didn't want to risk Seiji waking up to witness what was happening to him. He was much too ashamed by the whole thing. Maybe if I stay quiet he won't know and what he does hear he may think was nothing more then a bad dream? I have to stay strong for him... I have to!

It was the last coherent thought he had as his father slammed into him so hard that it made the pain too unbearable and he cried out as the pain tore through his body. The moans of pleasure coming from his father coupled with the stench of his father's breath on his flesh was all it took to make his stomach lunge and he wound up throwing up on the floor in front of him. He whimpered as tears of disgust and shame poured from his eyes and all he could do was pray that it would end soon.

Seiji regained consciousness after hearing Touma's cries, unsure of what had happened. He listened to the sounds of moans and whimpers and then saw the scene in front of him. It took a few seconds for him to realize what was going on but when he did, his anger boiled over as he saw what was happening to his Koi. Seiji tried in vain to break free of his restraints as he shouted angrily at the man now hurting his Little Star.

"You BASTARD! STOP IT! You Son of a bitch! Let him go! I'll kill you! I'LL FUCKING KILL YOU!" His mind was still fuzzy and his body was slow to react as he started to remember what had occurred and the cloth that had been pressed against his mouth.

His anger seethed from every pore as he tried desperately to free himself... Touma's whimpers were tugging at the very core of his soul and he had to help him! Oh Gods let me help him! Don't make him go through this again! Please? Tears filled violet orbs as the sense of helplessness overcame him.

He was angry with Touma's father and with himself for not being able to keep his promise to protect Touma. He could now see the lost look in midnight blue eyes and the tears that he was fighting so hard to keep back but most of all he could sense a deep sorrow along with a tremendous amount of pain. Seiji could even sense Touma's shame as it crossed over their link so clearly now.

*I'm so sorry Seiji... Please forgive me. Please don't watch... Please?*

The clouds had uncovered the moonlight now and as it streamed into the window he could see the bruises starting to form under the bastard's hands and the blood that fell from Touma's nose and lip as well as the blood that was coating Touma's backside. "STOP IT! YOU'RE HURTING HIM! OH GODS!"

Seiji watched as Touma whimpered and tried to crawl away only to have his father grab his arms and wrench them behind his back. One of Genichiro's knees came down hard on Touma's wrist and the archer could feel it snap like a twig from the weight. The pain finally became too much for him and he succumbed to the darkness that called to him.

Seeing this Seiji screamed out Touma's name before another cloth covered his nose and mouth and he too fell into a world of darkness.

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When Touma awoke he found himself tied up in the backseat of his father's car. He could hear voices and knew one was that of his father and then he sensed the green aura of Korin and knew the other was Seiji.

No! Oh God please help me! Someone please help! Tenku, Ryo... Guys? Please help us! If he takes us back to the house... Seiji... Oh Gods not him! If it's my destiny to go back to the hell I lived in then I'll accept it, if Seiji is kept safe and allowed to leave... Don't put Seiji through this horror! He has far too much pride and dignity; it'll kill him! HELP ME! HELP SEIJI! Don't make him suffer like I have...

Touma saw a bloody red aura paint over his vision as his breathing became erratic and the little strength he had slipped away right before he fell back into the hole of blackness that he had just come from.

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Ryo was seated across the table from Nasutei at the restaurant when his kanji came to life and started to glow on his forehead. He began to sense so many mixed emotions that it overwhelmed him and caused him to gasp in surprise and shock. There was pain, fear... sorrow and shame.

The fear was so intense that he had to cover his face with his hands in order to compose himself and that's when he stood and headed for the nearest exit. His heart was pounding and he knew he had to get home and quickly.

"Ryo? Wait what is going on? Why are you...?" She was cut off as Ryo threw some bills down onto the table and then grabbed her arm as he drug her out with him.

"We have to go now!" Ryo responded almost mechanically and then said nothing further.

"Okay Sanada Ryo either you tell me why you just dragged me out of there or else you'll find yourself sleeping on the sofa tonight!" Nasutei said angrily once they had stepped out into the night air but when she saw the look on Ryo's face she knew to relax on the anger and try and try a softer approach.

"Ryo? Please what's wrong? Tell me what's happening?" She asked much more gently, concerned over the way the bearer of Rekka was acting.

Ryo just led her to the car without saying a word and it wasn't until they started for home did he finally speak up. "Something bad has happened to Touma... and Seiji. Nasty, what images Seiji sent me you would never want to know or see... Let's just say that hell has a name and it's Hashiba Genichiro!

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In another part of town Shin was dragging an angry Shu and a very disappointed Jun out of the Movie Theater as he led them to Shu's van.

"Shin you'd better have a good explanation for this! It was nearly over and now I'll never know what happens!" Shu began to run through the movie as Shin drug him to the van while Jun walked with them, furious at the auburn haired man for what he had done. The boy screamed and whined at being yanked out of the theater and was now letting Shin have quite an earful!

"SHU! JUN! Would you kindly just shut up!" Shin finally shouted back at them. "Something has happened! Seiji and Touma are in trouble... Didn't you feel Seiji through the link? I know it wasn't very strong but damn!" Shin could sense Seiji again and looked at Shu with a great deal of worry.

"I can sense their fear Shu and images... Oh GOD!" Shin quickly put his hands to the sides of his head as it began to pound... He sensed everything now... all that had happened and was happening flooded his mind. "Shu... W-We have to get home now... Touma... Seiji... Pain... fear... Shame... OH GOD NO!" Shin's eyes went wide and then closed as he lost consciousness.

"SHIN!!" Shu and Jun called out together. Shu had managed to catch Shin just as he started to collapse and now cradled the smaller trooper in his arms, unsure about what had just happened. Carefully he laid him down in the back of the van as he helped Jun up and into the vehicle. His heart was pounding as he hurried through the city streets and then onto the freeway, trying to reach the mansion as quickly as possible.

When they pulled up into the driveway, Ryo and Nasutei were all ready there and about to enter the house. "Ryo wait! Shin passed out! He felt something bad coming from Seiji!"

"Yeah I did too." Ryo replied and then waited as Jun jumped out of the van and Shu gently carried Shin as they entered the home.

Shu laid Shin on the couch and threw a blanket over his still form then turned to Jun. "You stay with him until Ryo and I check things out okay buddy?"

"O-Okay. Is Shin going to be all right?" Jun's voice was so small that Nasutei quickly went to him and tried to comfort him. Watching as the two men began to look around.

"Of course he will, he just needs to rest, that's all." She looked up to see Shu and Ryo heading for the kitchen and shivered. Something wasn't right that was for sure...

When the two men walked into the kitchen they were totally unprepared for the scene that greeted them. It was definite that there had been some sort of fight in there for broken china and glasses littered the floor, wine was dripping from an over turned bottle, a chair lay broken in two and blood dotted the black and white tiles. The worse part was that Touma and Seiji were nowhere to be found and that scared them.

"OH MY GOD!" They heard Nasutei say as she walked in behind them... Seiji? Touma?

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Well? Do you want to know what happens next?

Will Touma and Seiji be saved or will they suffer at the hands of a drunken Genichiro?

What will Seiji do once he is free and gets his hands on the man that hurt his Koi?

Can Touma find the strength to overcome this?

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