XXXHolic Fan Fiction ❯ Bento Box Boys ❯ Broken Promise ( Chapter 14 )
[ X - Adult: No readers under 18. Contains Graphic Adult Themes/Extreme violence. ]
By: narinari 
The almost end.
Anime/Manga: XXXHolic Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Hentai / Comedy / Supernatural | Type: Continuation | Uploaded On: 08.09.2007 | Pages: 6 | Words: 6.8K | Visits: 257 | Status: Work In Progress
The almost end.
Anime/Manga: XXXHolic Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Hentai / Comedy / Supernatural | Type: Continuation | Uploaded On: 08.09.2007 | Pages: 6 | Words: 6.8K | Visits: 257 | Status: Work In Progress
A/N: I don't own xxxHOLiC.
MATA!!!: Here we are on another chapter of Bento Box Boys. This is kind of the last chapter, the next chapter will just be like an epilogue kind of thing. Just to clear up stuff. And then I will post the alternate ending!
Dômeki set his phone down on top of the T.V. and pulled the bento box containing the vampire Kei out of his bag. He set it on the bed and stood back, he had to open the thing using that stupid incantation thing written on the out side.
"Subete no yasuragi o kowasu." He said watching the kanji light up, "Onaji ayamachi o kurikaesu." Those kanji lit up as well, "Hito no sugata ni modoritai." The whole box aside from the last kanji was aglow, now for the last words, "Honno sukoshi no aida de ii!!" Suddenly the room was drowned and a bright gold light and Dômeki stumbled backwards and fell when he shielded his eyes from the burst of light.
There was a pained noise and a groan as the light faded and Dômeki ventured to look up, finding himself face to face with a pair of blood red eyes.
"Hello, Dômeki-kun."
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Dômeki eyes widened at the vividness of colour in the eyes he was looking into, it was amazing really. So many times Dômeki had seen his blood and others for that matter, but never had he noticed the beauty until this very moment.
He was mesmerized.
Which was why he couldn't sense the pure blood lust behind them, and made him forget why.
"Dômeki-kun, you're staring." Kei purred, stroking his cheek, "Do you find me attractive?"
Dômeki blinked several times before answering coldly, "Kei-san, you have no doubt that you are good looking." And it was true, but that wasn't going to sway Dômeki.
"Heh, I'm a little hurt," Kei answered, standing up fully, "But no matter, soon it will be you that's hurt." He grinned maliciously.
"And why is that?" Dômeki asked, standing as well.
"Don't play stupid. You know what I'm going to do to your beloved Kimihiro-kun." Kei somehow managed to spit that name out and make it sound sensual at the same time, "I'm going to turn him into a vampire, but first, I'm going to make him suffer. Make him suffer for what his ancestors did to my Kaiya! I will make him pay!" There was a fire that burned into those red eyes, now sparkling like rubies in a flame. Dômeki stood there, surveying the vampire coldly, not letting him see the fear that was racking his very core.
"Do you honestly think I'm going to tell you where he is? Or for that matter, let you leave this room?" Dômeki asked.
"Of course not, but after a little torture I'm sure your tongue will loosen up a bit." Kei answered sitting down on the bed and crossing his legs, "You are expendable to me, I do not need you for anything other than taunting Watanuki. As such, I see you made the unfortunate mistake of bringing me out in the night time," He mentioned to the open curtains, "Which means I can search for him right away. If you had brought me back during the day time I more than likely would have ran out into the sun, or the light from the window would have killed me." Dômeki made no move, realizing the vampire was probably right, he mentally kicked himself for being so stupid.
"Then again," Kei's voice brought out of his thoughts, "Maybe you did this on purpose. If I hadn't been killed instantly, then I would have found some dark place to think over my moves, now I have no time for such things." Kei stood and was instantly at Dômeki's side, "Tell me where he is."
"No." A blow was delivered to the side of his face. "No." He repeated and Kei hit him once more.
"You will tell me!" He hissed.
Dômeki looked at him straight in the eye, about three inches away from his face, "No."
"Foolish mortal!" Kei swiped across Dômeki's face with his long, sharp nails. Blood formed at the top of each cut immediately and Kei turned instantly pale. Grabbing Dômeki's head, Kei tentatively reached out and touched his tongue to the blood. The sound he made upon contact was not something Dômeki could describe, something like orgasmic relief with a bit of pain. Kei continued to slide his tongue across Dômeki's cheek, lapping up all that formed. Dômeki had long since ceasing all struggles as they were met with a new cut on his face.
Soon Kei grew tired of licking the face of his new found victim and he moved his tongue down the cheek, trailing blood, gripping Dômeki's hair tighter, he pulled back to expose the next.
"I had no intention of doing this." Kei said, teeth hovering millimeters over the smooth white flesh.
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"Somethings not right." Haz stated.
"Eh?" Watanuki looked up at the boy that was standing the doorway of the room he was currently housing.
"Somethings not right, Gramps can feel it. He said there's a disturbance in the spirit force or something like that. I figured I'd tell you, seeing as what Shizuka said he was doing was dangerous, you can't get more dangerous than angry spirits." Haz said.
It was true Watanuki could feel it as well, like something was a little off with his senses, like everything was a bit darker, colder, flowers not as fragrant as they should be.
"Not spirits," Watanuki sighed, "At least not anymore."
"What?" Haz asked.
"It's kind of a long story." Watanuki answered standing up and pacing the room, trying to figure out how he was going to get out of this one.
"I've got time." Haz answered walking over and sitting down on the bed.
"Well, a long time ago there was a vampire named Kei," Watanuki began.
"Wait," Haz interrupted, "Why are you telling me the vampire Kei story? I already know that one." Watanuki stopped in his tracks and turned to Haz, shock evident in his face.
"And how do you know about that?"
"Doesn't every kid? It's the story every parent tells their kid to scare the wits out of him and make him behave. The legend of the vampire Kei, if you didn't behave he'd come kill your parents, and if your parent died who would take care of you, and buy you pocky? That's what you were told. Didn't you ever here that story?"
"No, my parents died when I was two." Watanuki answered. His head was swimming, the curse of his family had been told as a bed time story to kids to make them behave? Someone had taken his pain and turned it into a way to benefit them? Did Dômeki know? And better yet, if he did, why hadn't he told him?
"Yea, well the way the parents tell it isn't the real way. Gramps told me what really happened." Haz continued on, "The Miwasureru family some I don't know, 500 hundred years ago? Yeah, well the head of the clan had a daughter that wanted to marry the vampire Kei, well the head didn't like that very much and so in a rage he killed his daughter and set the vampire on fire. Kei's last words were that he would kill all the family until there was one left, and that one he would turn into a vampire. After that people from the Miwasureru were killed left and right, then all the branch members of the family and so on and so forth. After awhile there were no Miwasurerus left." He paused and leaned in, "But, Kaiya's brother got away! He changed his name and started a family, and the line continued on, his family is probably still out there somewhere. Though, I wish I could remember what Gramps said the family changed their name to. It was something odd."
Watanuki wondered weather or not he should tell Haz what was happening at this very moment in the skyscraper district, and why.
"I would definitely hate to face off with Kei though, his heartlessness is legendary. Not only that, he could make even the toughest of warriors sing like a bird. Oh! I remember what they changed their name to now it was Wata.."His eyes widened in realization of what he was about to say, fear coated his features as he thought about the boy standing before him, worry seeped into his eyes at the thought of his friend facing off the most legendary vampire of Japan, "Nuki...." He finished lamely.
"Yea, that it was." Watanuki answer bitterly.
"Wait, you're a Watanuki? The last of the Miwasureru family?"
"Yes." Haz really was quite good at filling in the blanks.
"And right now, Shizuka...He's with....K-Kei?"
"Yes." Watanuki answered hanging his head low.
"AND YOU LEFT HIM THERE?! What kind of person are you?! Leaving an innocent man with a monster like Kei?!" Haz had hold of the from of Watanuki's shirt, shaking him.
"It wasn't my decision! I wanted to stay believe me! I would never have wanted to drag him in this! You think I want him to die?!" Watanuki screamed back, ripping himself away he began mumbling, "He can't die, he can't die. It's not allowed, he won't die."
"You love him." Haz said, half way shocked. Watanuki blushed, but nodded that he did. "Well, don't you want to do something about this?"
"Of course I do, but what can I do?" Watanuki sighed sitting down on the bed.
"Come on," Haz made for the door, "Gramps has some books on vampires and such, you can tell me the details on the way." Watanuki looked at him incredulously, fight a vampire with him? Was he nuts? Shaking his head and figuring it didn't matter now anyway, he got up and followed Haz down the hallway.
This was getting more complicated than he thought.
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Watanuki, where is Watanuki? Show me his trail, bring me his scent. I will have revenge! But first you must lead me to the source of my distress, I cannot do it all on my own. I require the assistance of you, Yami no Hatsugo!(1) Hear my plea, to carry on your lineage, my motives may be selfish, but they suits your cause none the less! Let me have but a whiff of that wretched blood that pulses through his veins, let me have but an inkling of his tainted spiritual energy, let.....Me...Have....Him....THERE!
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Watanuki and Haz were sitting in a dusty old storeroom at the back of the temple. The place was filled with books, scrolls, loose piece of paper, and old charms. Watanuki had told Haz the short version of what was going on, on the way to what Haz called, 'The Library.'
More like the spare room filled with junk. He and Haz were currently seated at a small table in the middle of the room, Haz reading from a book in front of him, called 'The Supernatural, Supernatural', What publisher thought that was an okay name? Watanuki thought as he stared at the book.
"Watanuki?" Haz said.
"Huuuh?" Watanuki was startled out of his thought by Haz's voice.
"Did you hear me?" He stared coldly across the table, had he not just been telling Watanuki how to kill a vampire for the last five minutes?
"When?" Watanuki rubbed the back of his head sheepishly, he'd been spacing out this whole time. It was like, something was buzzing around his ears, constantly getting louder and softer, then louder. He didn't know what it was, only that it made it really hard to concentrate. Not to mention the chill the would run down his spine every few minutes, that had only just started, and the pause between the chills was getting shorter and shorter.
Haz sighed and said, "I was telling you how to kill a vampire." At the blank look he received he continued, "There are many ways, but I see Gramps has marked fire as the best."
"What? You want me to set Kei on fire?" Watanuki questioned.
Haz shrugged, "Yea, why not? I doubt either of us could get close enough to stab him."
"Wait, what do you mean 'Either of us'? Who said you were coming?"
"I said I was coming." Haz answered standing up, "Now, come on we've got a vampire to kill. You got here around sunset so that was about eight, and now it's...Holy crap it's 11:30! We've been down here longer than I thought.."
"I don't think so! You're not coming with me! I won't allow it, thank-you for the help and everything, but this is too much. I can handle Kei by myself." Watanuki answered.
"Dude, you're something else. Don't you realize that you're going up against a legend? You can't do that by yourself, and I'm willing to help."
"I won't have you getting killed for my sake." Watanuki answered.
"While it's true, I may be killed, I'm not doing this for your sake. I'm doing it for Zuka's, I'm coming weather you like ti or not." He adopted an expression and tone that was very familiar to Watanuki...Too familiar.
"AGGHHH! YOU'RE JUST LIKE THAT BASTARD! WASN'T ONE OF HIM ENOUGH?!" Haz smiled as he watched Watanuki ascend the stairs, it seemed he's perfected his Dômeki impression, "Well what the hell are you waiting for?! An invitation?"
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I can smell him near, I'm getting closer. Soon, my love, soon I will have my revenge. Soon, we will be together again. Forgive me Kaiya, my love.
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There was something in Watanukis head. Besides all the things like blood and his brain. It was a feeling, and it was not good. Watanuki and Haz were now on a train to the skyscraper district, not to see Dômeki, no, to see Yûko. Haz had met the Space-Time Witch once, when he was ten. She had come to the temple to talk with his grandfather about something or other, bringing Shizuka's grandfather as well, just not Shizuka.
"Haz-kun..." Watanuki said suddenly, "Somethings not right!" His eyes were wide with panic, he now knew what the feeling in the back of his head, the pit of his stomach, and his heart were. "We have to get off, now!" Watanuki felt the train begin to stop and prayed silently to what ever god that was listening his thanks for stopping them right where they needed to be.
Watanuki made a break for the exit, Haz right behind him questions firing off left and right, "Is it Shizuka?"
"Yes." Watanuki breathed, finally bursting from the underground into the cool night air. Spinning around wildly he noted that he could see the hotel Dômeki was in. He made a break for it, Haz screaming at him from behind, but he didn't care, something was irrevocably wrong. Watanuki didn't have time for the elevator, instead he took the steps two at a time to the third floor. Who knew he had all that energy?
Watanuki stopped suddenly infront of the door, Haz behind him, bent over trying to catch his breath. Watanuki was frozen, the waves of spiritual energy coming off the room was so great his senses were beginning to malfunction, through the haze, however, he could tell that Kei wasn't in the room. Not anymore.
He slid the key card into it's allotted slot, here the faint clicking of the door unlocking his slowly opened the door, afraid of what he'd find there. Moving inward, Haz followed and said nothing, maybe he could feel the energy coming off the room as well?
They were at the end of the hall when they saw him, there on the floor laying face down, in a pool of his own blood.
"Shizuka!" Haz screamed, falling backwards from the shock of seeing his old friend. Watanuki could not tear his eyes away, his feet moved on their own taking him to Dômeki's side.
"Dômeki," He whispered, kneeling next to the boy, "You have to get up now." When no response came he said it a little louder, "Dômeki....Dômeki..." He began to gently shake the boy, "Dômeki!" His tone was snappish, Haz regained his composure and was now by Dômeki's side as well."
"Watanuki-kun....He's gone..."Haz said softly, Watanuki didn't seem to hear him.
"Dômeki! Get up! Get up this instance! You're not allowed to die!" He screamed at the prone figure in anger, "You're not allowed to die! You promised! You promised!" A sob escaped hist throat and he threw himself on top of the boy, "Get up! Get up you good for nothing! You promised me!" His body shook with sobs as held on to Dômeki, Haz trying to get him off, "Shizuka! Shizuka, please wake up! Please! I'll make you any bento you ever want! Shizuka! You're not supposed to die dammit, you weren't supposed to die! You promised! You promised! Why did you lie to me?! You promised..." He repeated the line over and over like a mantra, gently rocking back and forth Haz rubbing his back.
"I'll take him to the hospital..."Haz said, gently prying his body from the unmoving one. And suddenly Watanuki was cold, so very, very cold.
"Ahhh, I should have known you'd come back for your precious Dômeki-kun, I'd had been better off to wait here." The voice was like silk, wrapping over Watanuki's ears. Instead of feeling compelled to learn more about this intriguing voice, he felt only one thing, rage.
"YOU!" He screamed jumping back from Dômeki's unmoving figure. "You did this! You did this! I'll kill you!"
"My dear boy, I'm already dead." Kei said with a little laugh. "Ah the tragedy of all this, so much like my own story, only there's one thing missing."
"And that is?" Watanuki asked, while not really caring.
"You're still alive!" The voice was hissed and chilling, making you think of only the bad in the world, it sucked the joy out of you and filled you with fear. Kei lunged at Watanuki who moved just in time. "Don't run from me, boy! I don't enjoy playing with my food that much!"
"Shut up!" Watanuki yelled picking up the nearest thing to him and throwing it at the vampire, the vase was dodged and smashed into the wall behind him.
"Missed me, missed me, now you have to kiss me!" Kei chanted, laughing, "Although, I'll be the one doing the kissing here." He lunged again, fangs down, nails long and sharp. Watanuki moved away just in time for Kei to slice open his jacket, leaving four gashes across his chest. "Poo, you moved."
Watanuki run into the kitchen and flung open the silverware drawer, he grabbed all the sharp knives and flung them one by one at Kei who dodged the all, but caught the last one, and large butcher knife.
"Such a naughty, naughty boy you are Watanuki-kun! Playing with such sharp objects. Let me show you what they're really for!" The knife aimed for Watanuki's heart but he was able to move enough and whack down on Kei's and enough that it stabbed him in the leg.
"GAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!" Watanuki cried in pain, pulling the knife out of his leg, at that instant Kei went to sink his fangs into Watanuki's neck but Watanuki had jerked and he ended up biting the boys shoulder just as he was stabbed in the stomach. Kei let go of the shoulder to call out in shock, blood oozing from the wound. That second gave Watanuki enough time to push the vampire backwards and they stumbled out of the tiny kitchenette, Watanuki rolled into the pull of Dômeki's blood, only no Dômeki.
Looking around he was Haz almost to the door with Dômeki slung over his shoulders. "THAT'S IT!" Kei roared jumping up, "I have had enough of this!" He pulled the knife out of his stomach, blood pouring along with it, hitting the floor with splashes and clanks. The wound healed almost immediately, and Kei smiled predatorily, about to make his way over to Watanuki, but noticing the knife in his out stretched arm.
Watanuki's face was painted with blood, his expression determined rage, and grief. Tears fell from his eyes from pain both mental and physical. His clothes were covered in blood and tattered, hair matted to his head. All in all Watanuki was disheveled, tired, and in pain, yet he exuded a certain cold power that made Kei stop to reconsider the boy.
They stood facing each other in silence, Haz dared not to move, Kei was close to him and if the vampire decided to pay attention to him... But Haz was not granted his wish of going unnoticed, a sound came from him or rather above him, "Ki-mi-ro...."The name was uttered out into the silence of the like a shout, all eyes turned to Haz's shoulder. "Ki-mi-ro..." Dômeki said again with much difficulty, "D-Don't die....Want ekiben tomorrow...."
"Big jerk, I told you I don't take orders." Watanuki said, but he was smiling, tears of relief streaming down his face.
"Promised..."Dômeki reminded him and Watanuki sighed, "I guess I did didn't I?"
"Well this is all very touching," Kei said instantly next to Dômeki, "But I'm afraid I'm going to have to cut your little reunion short." Turning and facing Haz, who was trying to leave the room as quickly as possible, Kei grabbed him in one hand and flung him down on the ground holding Dômeki in the other. Dômeki's eyes were open, but they were not looking at the vampire holding him, they were looking over at Watanuki, a small smile playing on his lips. "I thought I'd killed you," Kei said, "Oh well, once more won't hurt." And Kei brought his hand to Dômeki's neck, ready to squeeze the rest of his life out of him when Watanuki made a split decision.
The room was cast into complete darkness, temporarily blinding everyone in the room, there was a loud crash of breaking glass, and a yelp. A body hit the floor, feet were pounding across the room and then their was the sound of a match being struck, there was light, small and then it grew larger, and larger, there was scream of pain and the smell of burning clothes and flesh filled the air. They watched on in horror as the body burned, they stayed like that for a long time, watching the body turn to ashes, it really didn't take long at all.
A soft voice spoke well used words, and a bright light filled the room. An ambulance was called and three were brought of the room, one on a stretcher another hanging on to it for dear life, and one walking along beside it. Questions were asked and the answers given were lies, believable lies. People on the streets watched as the three were loaded into the emergency response vehicles one in one and two in the other. In an ambulance a boy sat clutching a bento box, his free hand laced with the fingers of the boy on the stretcher.
1-First child of darkness, I meant the first vampire ever made or something like that.
A/N: Well, there you have it! Now all we have is the epilogue and the alternate ending! Yay! Were almost done! I must say, I like this chapter, don't ask me why! Ok, review!!