Hi, guys! It's been... one year. *grins sheepishly
I still alive and nope, I'm not abandoning SHIKI.
I'm REALLY sorry it took me so long to updated this story.
A lot of things had happened in real life and I've to find a new beta, because Jess has been busy lately and couldn't help me with this fic anymore. I just wanna say thank you soooo much for all this time, Jess! You're rock and I love you!
Hope I can work together with her again next time.
So, this chapter beta-ed by Deddo
Thank you Deddo ;)
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Warning : Shounen ai (mild boyxboy), bad language
Disclaimer : Tadatoshi Fujimaki-sensei
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Chapter 13
Kagami P.O.V
It's been three days since my call with my old man. I still don't have any idea what I'm gonna do.
I don't know where Touya is.
If I don't know how to reach him, then how could I warn him that he is in danger? A scene flashed through my mind: Touya bruised and covered in wounds, lying and dying somewhere.
No no no...
I shouldn't think of the worst at a time like this. I felt awful for even thinking about it. I have to find a way to reach him and tell him about his father and about what had actually happened to my mother.
I don't know why, but it's really hard to escape from the Kiseki no Sedai watch lately. They're always sticking with me. Heck, I feel like they're more protective than usual. It's like they know that I'm planning something. I caught Kise staring at me a few times, as if to remind me about my promise to him about telling the rainbow heads about Touya.
But I just can't.
I doubt it they would give me a hand to find Touya, even if I tell them the truth.
Yes, Shirogane-san and my Old man have told the same story about the Mikazuki clan had worked together with the Kirisaki clan to kill my mom, but I know that they still wouldn't believe it fully, especially Akashi. And don't forget about Hyuuga-san's and Izuki-san's story about the silver-haired hunter who helped the traitors to lock them and Shirogane-san up.
No. I can't tell them about Touya and about my mother's death.
Well, at least not yet.
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'KRIIIINNNNGGGGGGGG'
Who the hell is calling me this early on sunday?!
"Fuck!"
I blinked open my eyes and rolled on my stomach. My cell phone was still ringing and I groaned. My hand hovered on the table beside my bed, searching for my cell phone. I let out a triumph 'aha!' when I finally found it, swiped the screen and looked at the unfamiliar number.
An unknown number.
I have almost all the phone numbers of Shiki's clan members and also my friends' in my cell phone. So, it's giving me an uncomfortable feeling to get this call.
'Hello?'
'Kagami Taiga.'
I was awake with a violent jerk and immediately went on high alert. All sleepiness was gone when I heard the unfamiliar voice. I don't have any idea who it is and it makes me a little cautious, either because the call is from an unknown number or because of the guy's voice. Yeah.. the caller is definitely a guy.
'Who is it?'
The guy chuckled slightly. 'Oh! That's right. How rude of me… I haven't introduced myself. We've never met before, at least not yet. I'm Kirisaki's Leader. Does that ring a bell for you?', he said in a fake cheerful tone.
A dreadful feeling crept into my chest, 'Haizaki Shougo.'
The guy bark out a short laugh, 'Yeah, That's me! I'm feeling honored that you've already know about me. Well, I guess you also know about my little alliance with Shujo. He's not very happy about it, you know?'
I gulped.
I know they would have found out about me knowing the truth, but I didn't expect it to be this soon. Something was up but I couldn't pinpoint it out.
I'm in a deep shit situation, aren't I?
'How did you get my phone number?'
'Come on…it's not really hard to find someone's phone number nowadays. I'll go straight to the business. I just wanna tell you that your hunter friend says hello. He's not in a good condition right now, so he couldn't say it directly to you.'
It felt like my heartbeat stopped for a second. Don't tell me… they already got Touya?
'… What do you want from me?'
'Why don't you give a visit to your friend? He's lonely here. He need someone to talk to… You also have a lot of things to tell him, right? A little reunion is good for the both of you. Just the two of you.'
'Do you think I'm stupid?! Do you think I'll just come to you defenseless without someone to back me up?' My voice seethed in anger.
'No, you're not stupid, but you're a loyal friend. Aren't you? And I don't have to tell you what we would do if you tell someone about this reunion.'
This guy is really getting on my nerves. He already knew my answer. He just likes playing with me. Making me angry, panicked and helpless.
Yeah, I'm feeling helpless right now. I feared for myself, but I couldn't let them hurt Touya any longer. Touya must have known the consequence of working with the betrayals and he was the one who came to them first. He was caught mostly because of his own fault, but it doesn't mean he deserves this. He was just a broken child, seeking justice for the death of his beloved.
This is a trap.
It's so obvious and Haizaki didn't even deny it, he was so clear with his intention too... I want to laugh hysterically because of this bizzare situation. I clutched my phone tightly, took a deep breath and closed my eyes.
'Tell me the address.'
I can tell he's grinning widely on the other line, 'Good answer.'
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My first thought when I saw the place was… Really? Can they get more cliché than this?
I stood in front of an abandoned building in a middle of nowhere. There was no one in sight, just trees and junk scattered around.
I walked around, looking for a way to get into the building. When I went to the back, I noticed a metal door and when I tried to open it, the door opened with a loud screech. It was very dark inside, but I could see my surrounding quite clearly. Yup, the ability to see in the dark. Sometimes the vampire blood in my veins come in handy at a time like this.
It's so quiet except of my own breathing, every step sounded loud in my ears. The inside of the building looked like an unused office. I checked almost every door in the current area, but all of them were locked. A loud thump broke the silence. The sound came from the corner of the room. There was a big door with a small window on it, covered by dust.
I walked forward to the door, took a look behind me and still no sign of someone other than me in this room. I grasped the handle, and a clicking sound indicates the door is unlocked.
Get in or not? I got a bad feeling about this, but I couldn't back out until I save Touya.
Argh! Screw it! I already fell into their trap. What I can do right now is try my best to find Touya, take him with me and get the hell out of here as soon as possible. Although, despite how I tried to be optimist about this situation, I'm not sure that we can easily escape from this place.
I let out a long breath and opened the door slowly. I peeked inside and gasped. Touya is tied to the chair and is unconcious. Like I feared before, his body covered by wounds and bruises.
Shit! I'm not too late, right?
I walked closer to him and called his name softly, 'Touya-'
I came to a halt when I suddenly felt a dangerous presence behind me. I went very still and my heartbeat hammered against my chest loudly.
'Tch. You got me."
I turned around quickly and the stranger launched at me. I barely dodged his blow, then he kicked me hard in my stomach.
Fuck! It's hurt!
I stumbled backwards but stopped before I fell and then I attacked him back. Unsurprisingly, he duck away easily but didn't see my next blow. I managed to thrown him down, but he suddenly bursted out laughing.
What the hell is going on with this person?!
"Sorry sorry…", He stifled his laughed and said , "I didn't see that one coming. I've underestimated you."
He stood up and spat blood onto the floor. I finally get a good look at my attacker. He is quite tall with an athletic build. He has a dark gray hair and has two piercings on each ear.
"Haizaki?"
He grinned, "Nice to meet you, Kagami! Although I don't think this is the right time for us to introduces ourselves."
His face slowly changed, red eyes and rows of sharp teeths. He wolfed out. I was still not ready when he suddenly lurched forward again and slammed me to the ground, knocked the wind out of me. I tried to break away from his hold but to no avail.
He grinned broadly.
That face tho' (looked so much like a dog, but is more creepy). Scary motherfucker!
I don't know why but he changed back to his normal form. I couldn't help feel relief, even it didn't last long because he pulled out a gun and put it on my head. The metal feel so cold against my hot skin.
"That's cheating.", I glared at him.
He shook his head and smirked, "You're a member of Yakuza clan, I thought it's not uncommon to use a gun in a fight, so you can't say this is cheating, right?"
I clenched my jaw. I really want to give him a snarky reply but I still have a lot of things that I haven't done and want to do in my life. Thank you.
He grabbed my arms and hauled me up harshly. Told me to sit on the chair beside Touya, tied my hands and arms with rope. He patted my cheek, smiled, then slammed the butt of the gun against my head.
'Sleep tight, Kagami' was the last words I heard before everything went to black.
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"Idiot."
I groggily opened my eyes, and the room spun a little. My head hurt, my back hurt, everything is hurt. I glanced at Touya and he was still tied to his seat, brooding and is glaring dagger at the wall. I finally registered his word to my brain.
"Hello to you too and you're welcome."
"I don't need your help.", he hissed angrily.
I raised my eyebrow, dropped my gaze to take in his bruises frame, before returning my gaze to his face.
"Yeah, sure."
He rolled his eyes and I resisted the urge to sticking my tongue out at him.
"You know this is a trap and you STILL came here. Are you crazy?"
"What? So you want me to just leave you to rotting here, waiting for your death?"
"Yes."
I sighed. I've known this was a bad idea but he doesn't has to be so angry about this, right? I know this sucked, at least we're stuck together here. Two brains is better than one, but it seems he doesn't think the same with me.
After a while, he opened his mouth again, "I'm still thinking that was stupid and reckless… but you DID come here with a backup, right?"
"They said they would have done something to you if I told someone about this."
"Did you?"
I fell silent and looked anywhere but him.
"Taiga!"
"Of course I told Tatsuya about this! I couldn't reach the rainbow heads, so I sent one of them a message. What do you think of me?!"
"Stupid."
"Gee… Have you been always this charming before?"
He shook his head like he had put up enough with me. Ha! I knew he just couldn't think a comeback word to me!
What? Don't give me that look. I'm not usually this childish, but he started it first!
"I'm sure you would have done the same for me.", I murmured softly and that one shut him up.
We both fell silent and I took a time to looked at my surrounding. There are no windows, no furniture, not a thing. Nothing. Just a small ventilation and a rusty metal door.
Shit! This is a different room. No, this could have been a different building. It seemed they had moved us when we were still out.
"Yeah, they moved us to another location. Those bastards not stupid.", Touya grumbled under his breath. I waited for another explanation but he ignored me again.
I wasn't lying when I said that I called Tatsuya and the Kiseki no Sedai though. I had indeed tried to called them, but no one picked up my calls. I couldn't risk myself if Haizaki hacked my phone, so I used the other cell phone from my old man, for an emergency only, and then talked to Tatsuya briefly and sent him the address. He promised me to getting help from Shiki's ex-member who's residing in Japan, because he couldn't come to get me in time even if he tried.
Next, I called Kiyoshi-san and no, I'm not losing my mind.
I know Haizaki has already suspected that I would have tried to seek help from others, which is why he moved me and Touya to this place, but I've anticipated this one. It was the reason why I called Kiyoshi-san.
Vampires are good trackers, but werewolves are better.
It was not easy to convince him that Touya (the one who have helped Haizaki to captured his clan members) was not entirely guilty in this matter. In the end, he decided to trust me, although I'm not so sure he could convince his pack members to do the same. And the last one, I sent a short message to Kuroko to get in touch with the werewolves as soon as possible.
Now, I can only hope my plan goes without a hitch and is also looking for a way out of here so we don't just sit still without doing anything.
"You know, I usually can't stand it when you're brooding like this, but at the same time, I'm also feeling happy right now."
He frowned, didn't know how to respond it.
"You are finally showing up your emotion. I mean ... the last time we met, you looked so distant and different ... and now, somehow… I can see a little part of you used to be. An annoying, mother-hen, overprotective older brother.
Touya seems taken aback by my confession, then he turned his face from me. He tried to look indifferent, but couldn't keep a pleased little smile from breaking free.
Yeah. We'll be alright.
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