Ronin Warriors Fan Fiction ❯ Snowstorm ❯ Chapter 7 ( Chapter 7 )

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Warning : This is a Yaoi if you don't like it don't read it !!! This is a ToumaxSeiji story.

Snowstorm

By Luna

Chapter 7

Five months went by since Seiji first went into a coma.

The doctors were increasingly pessimistic of the thought of any kind of recovery.

At manor, an atmosphere even more tense than usual reigned, because Seiji's birthday was in a few days.

Ryo and Nasutei were sitting in the living room talking about just that.

"You know that in 5 days it will be Seiji's birthday and I am a little afraid of what Touma's reaction will be," Ryo pointed out.
"Me too, I'm dreading that moment. That makes 5 months already that he's been like this. I can't take seeing Touma in this constant state of depression anymore. I can't take the atmospere that has taken over the house anymore either. I, I..." Nasutei's words dissolved into tears.

Ryo took her in his arms to comfort her.
"Shhh, calm down, I am sure that everything will turn out just fine," he said by drying her tears on his shirt.
"I hope that you are right."

***

In his room, Touma was laid on his bed and stared at the ceiling. He was lost in his thoughts, when he heard to knock at his door. He got up and half-opened it.

"Shin ? What do you want ?" He asked.
"Can I enter ? I would like for us to talk for a minute."

Touma only answered by opening his door wide and returning to sit on his bed.

"You have to get a grip on yourself Touma ! You are letting yourself slowly waste away," Shin stated while sitting down beside the archer.

At those words, Touma merely shrugged his shoulders. "What does that have to do with you ? Anyway, without Seiji nothing seems to have any importance to me anymore.."
"Do you believe that Seiji would be glad to hear you to talking like that ?"

Touma sat up to look at Shin. "You heard what the doctors said. He will probably never wake up ! Leave me alone, now !"
"But Tou -"
"Are you deaf ? Leave me alone, do you understand ?" He growled in a threatening tone.
"Okay, I will leave you alone, for the moment. But know that you have friends who will not let you mess your life up." Shin left the room.

***

Like every other night in the past 5 months, Touma rested in a fitful sleep. And every few days, he had a very strange dream and closer Seiji's birthday approached, clearer the dream became.

Touma was almost sure that this dream held significance to it, but for what ?

There was Kaos and Seiji stood beside him. The latter something that shined in his hand, but he had not yet succeeded in seeing what said thing was.

The archer hoped that the following night would allow him to see this object. He thought that could be the key to helping the blond.

***

In morning, 2 days before the fateful date, and for the first time since the accident, Touma went down to have the breakfast with his friends.

Shin noticed a slight change in the behavior of the archer. He found him not as sad as he was usually. He did not know what it was due to and hoped that it lasted.

***

Like every other day, Touma went to the hospital to visit the blond.

And as usual, he sat down on the bed, took Seiji's hand and kissed him on the forehead.

"Hello honey... You know, I had that dream again last night where you, where beside Kaos and you hold an object in your hand. The more I think of it, more I'm convinced that it is the spirit of Kaos that it trying to tell me something." He explained to him his dream more in details. While he spoke, Touma stretched out against Seiji.

A few hours later, the archer fell asleep. He dreamed again of Kaos and Seiji. This time the blond was just about to open his hand, unfortunately it was then that a nurse woke him.

"Mr Hashiba, one of your friends came to get you."
"Thank you. Say to him that I coming."
"Okay." The nurse left the room.
"I am definitely not lucky today, she had to wake me right when I was about to find out what you were holding. Well, I will leave you. Until tomorrow," He said as he caressed his lover's cheek.

***

Not managing to sleep, Touma got up and went down to the living room. He sat down on the settee and looked at the fire burn brightly in the fireplace.

"You can't manage to sleep either ?" Asked Shin while settling beside the archer.
"No... I would like to apologize for the way I acted the other day. I-"
"Don't worry for that. I can understand how you feel and I know that it is hard on you."
"It's true that it is hard, but I know of that it is also for you." Touma lowered his eyes. "Shin, I would like to speak you about something."
"I'm listening."
"Perhaps you will find this odd, but every few days I have a dream where there is Kaos and Seiji." It took him several minutes to explain to Shin his dream.
"You really believe that by discovering what he holds in his hand, you will be able to help him ?" Wondered Shin.
"I don't know. Perhaps I am only deluding myself, but that helps me to keep going."

They continued to discuss until they fell asleep.

***

The next morning, Touma woke up abruptly, surprising Shin at the same time.

"What did you find out ?" Asked Shin, still half way asleep.

The archer did not answer and left the room, almost knocking down Shu in his path.

"Hey look out... But what he's gotten into him ?" Wondered Shu as he walked towards Shin.

Shin shruged his shoulders, not knowing how to answer. "I will see. He's probably in his room." The warrior of water got up and hurried up to the bedroom of the archer.

When he reached the doorway of the room, Shin pushed the door that was already half of the way open. He saw Touma searching about the entire room while saying,

"What an idiot, why I didn't think about it before ?"
"Touma ? But what are you looking for ?"
"I saw what Seiji held in his hand. But where did he put it ?"

The archer had the enitre room practically upside-down.

"Then... What was he holding ?"

Touma stopped and stared at Shin, "It's his yoroi."
"His yoroi ? But how could that help him ?"
"Don't you remember ? Each one of our yorois gives out energy. And it is because of our yorois that we were able to discover our armours and to develop our powers."
"What are you getting at ?"
"It is simple. In Seiji's yoroi, there is the power of healing and I think by putting it in his hand, like in my dream, I might be able to activate its power so it can heal him."
"But normally we can't use the others' yorois."
"I know, but I said myself by activating mine, Seiji's could also be activated... But I don't know if it's true, I can't find mine either !"
"I will help you," proposed Shin.

In one hour, they had searched the entire room.

Suddenly, the archer stopped. Shin came near and saw in his friend's trembling hands, a box. He had been able to read an inscription carved in the wood : Touma & Seiji, 1st July.

"Are you alright Touma ?"
"I have never seen it before. He probably made it for our next anniversary," he answered with tears in his eyes. He opened the box and found the 2 yorois inside.

***

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