Me & You
Hey guys, guess it's time for a new story.
Just to let you know, this is my first Inazuma Eleven story, so forgive me with any mistakes made.
It features many pairings, but focuses primarily on Tsurugi x Tenma.
It's rated M for various reasons. Expect lemon a little later on.
The primary idea of this story is based on a manga called Shinkuu Yuusetsu.
Enjoy! x
Japan is a particularly special place in the world.
It is among one of the very few countries in which its inhabitants are partnered together from a very young age by a doctor for a certain reason, and this reason alone.
These partnerships are absolute and remain until the end of time.
Certain reason... in these particular countries, exist two species of humans.
Suppliers are one set of humans who endlessly create and store a type of energy within their bodies. They themselves have no idea that their doing this and have no control over it.
Then there are the receivers, who are essentially given this energy in order to continue living and unlike suppliers, this energy is not stored, it is used, in some cases, very quickly.
So, the suppliers must transfer this energy in the only way possible, wherever possible and as often as they can, through the meeting of their lips, otherwise known as a kiss.
Early on in life, children are sorted into a distinctive class, a scale of sorts which depicts different types of power, ranging from common to near extinct. Most people believe it is a little like types of blood.
Once they are sorted into a class, it makes it far easier for doctors to find a match for each individual, though each child undergoes numerous tests to make sure they are a suitable match.
Matched partners are referred to as destined partners.
It becomes increasingly harder to find a partner as humans become older, as around ninety-seven percent of the adult population are already paired with someone by the time they reach the age of sixteen.
Unfortunately, a receiver can not continue to live without a supplier.
Between destined partners, the supplier creates a type of power, exactly suitable for the receiver to live and function properly.
However, it is not impossible for a receiver to accept power from other suppliers, providing they are within the same class. This is sometimes the case if partners are away from each other for more than a day, or in tragic cases of death and injury.
For receivers, it is particularly dangerous to accept power from anyone in a much higher or lower class, essentially, it is considered poisonous.
This does not affect suppliers, as they are not taking anything from the receiver, they are usually unharmed when transferring power to lower or higher classes.
Suppliers also face life-threatening consequences too. From a young age, they are warned that storing more than seventy percent of their power will inevitably begin to poison their body.
Even with partnerships, humans are still able to form relationships, get married and even have children with people other than their partners.
However, is it never too easy... so, most partners either remain single or form a relationship with each other, live together and even have children, simply for ease.
On the other hand, some partners do inevitably fall in love with each other, and they say that it is a love like no other. "A whole new level of a love which is only achieved when partners fall for each other."
Most importantly, this power is only made within the body of suppliers, so for receivers, suppliers are indispensable.
Or at least, this is how it used to be...
Eight years ago, an organization known as PACT made an appearance at a partner's mixer, causing total chaos and despair amongst families whose children were meeting their destined partner for the first time.
At the time, nobody knew who PACT were, what they did or what they wanted- but in recent years have made it abundantly clear.
PACT are a special group of people who believe suppliers and receivers are obsolete and do not need each other to live. In actuality, every member of PACT are the minority of people who were unable to find partners, due to the flawed system that they believe exists.
In order to combat the partnerships, the leader of PACT created a way to put a stop to traditional methods of transferring power. According to them, this new type of power is even better, healthier and addictive.
This power exists within a special type of chewing gum which provides receivers with the power that they so desperately need almost every hour of every day when they reach older ages, and which also burns off energy that builds up within suppliers.
With each passing day, PACT gains countless followers and today has become a world-wide known organization, with millions of supporters, not just in Japan, but the world.
Over four years ago, the government were forced to pass a new law, which PACT put forward.
After hundreds of protests, bribes and even threats, the Prime Minister of Japan, Zaizen Sousuke, faced little choice.
Under the new law, partners are now forbidden to be together knowingly. It is illegal for them to exchange power or go against any of PACT's wishes and demands in the future.
Anybody caught breaking this law, will face punishment.
Some say, recievers are starved until near death.
Others say suppliers are forced to withhold every last drop of energy they create until they are moments away from being poisoned.
Nobody really knows what happens to those who are taken by PACT and punished, but what most people do know, is that when it happens, there is no going back.
Only a year into the new law, PACT realized that not everybody was following the it. Agents across Japan were beginning to notice teenagers and even children in particular exchanging power, particularly in schools, work places and so on.
With so many defying the law, PACT had no choice but to enlist teenagers.
They chose between people who had never found a matched partner, or those who supported PACT.
These teenagers were sent to workplaces, schools, colleges, clubs, everywhere, to enforce the law.
Every last person knew about PACT's presence, and the law was unhappily followed by teenagers and kids from then on.
Our story begins seven years ago, when our favorite couple were first about to meet.
And when PACT made themselves known to the country of Japan.
A night unlike any other was drawing to a close, the stars glistened above the beautiful dark blue sky as constant chatter, laughing and singing resonated from an ongoing party below.
Crowds of people were gathered outside in a luxurious garden, with tables of exquisite food, exotic drinks and fancy lanterns illuminating the mixer.
The mixer took place outside a stately manor, in which each person who attended was forced to come in fancy attire, including the smaller guests who accompanied them, namely their children who were brought for a particular reason.
As the party drew to a close, the owner of the mansion stood on the porch in front of the garden, tapping the microphone she had in her left hand a few times to get the attention of her guests.
"Good evening everyone, thank you for coming tonight. I hope you've all enjoyed yourself as much as I have. Just to be safe, I'm Doctor Kudou Fuyuka so you all know and I'm the person who manages the partners throughout this region of Japan." She paused to allow for any applause or questions the audience may have had during that point.
"Now, as the mixer is nearing a close, I would like to remind any parents whose children have not yet met their partners that they need to follow me so that we can begin the process immediately. The rest of you are free to do as you like." She smiled and waved for some of the guests to follow her inside the mansion.
Only a small group of guests followed her inside to a large living area where she sat them all down and pulled away two couples at a time, accompanied by their children.
She sat the couples down in the next room, which was much smaller and somewhat cosier than the last. "Good evening again," she smiled, sitting across from the couples on a smaller chair, she watched as the two children continuously looked over at each other with a lot of curiosity.
"Let's start off by firstly introducing ourselves." She added.
"Um, we are the Tsurugi's, my name is Hana, this is my husband Kyouto and this is our son, Kyousuke. It's very nice to meet you." She smiled.
"It's lovely to meet you too, we are the Tenma's, my name is Ryuu, this is my wife Aya and this is our son, Matsukaze."
"Okay, now that we're all acquainted, we can continue. First off, I would just like to apologise for how long the process has taken. We searched endlessly through our records to find your sons a match, and we feared that if we had never come across them, then unfortunately your sons may have been waiting a lot longer." Fuyuka said.
"We have so much to thank you for though," Hana added, she looked over at the Tenma's and explained, "See, we've had to move here from a few towns over, we lived in the country and we didn't have many options for Kyousuke as it was. We feared the worst when our doctor told us that a match would never be found for our son. We weren't about to give up though." She explained.
"That's right," Kyouto interjected, "we visited many other towns and cities in Japan and submitted Kyousuke's details, we were just so desperate to find him someone before it was too late." He said.
"No matter where we went though, we were told that it would be incredibly difficult to find him someone." Hana added. "They always said that had never had someone from his class before, and if they had, they had never found them a partner. It only made us feel worse and fear that we would loose our son." She said.
"But luckily, when we came here, to Inazuma Town, Fuyuka didn't turn us away, instead she gave us hope and promised to find us someone for our son before the year was out." Kyouto said.
Fuyuka blushed slightly, and smiled at the couple who had put so much faith into her. "Before we get onto final part of the meeting, I just want to tell you how it all works. I know you will have been through all this when you were children, but the system has changed and as humans have evolved, so has the energy in their bodies." She paused, "see, when parents submit their children's details to us, we ask the parents to bring the children back in when they are able to. We run a few tests and discover what class they are. Their details are put into piles and when we believe a match is found, we run a cross-test on the samples already collected and see if they react positively or negatively." She explained.
Both sets of parents nodded, it had certainly become more confusing since their partnerships were formed.
"This is the most effective way of forming ideal matches in this day and age. We arrange all children's forms into piles, depending on their class. Within these piles, all children have been tested and are undergoing the match making process. However, there is a separate pile of children who were never brought back for the initial testing."
"Um.. I think we should probably apologize about that." Aya interrupted. "We're a bit old-fashioned, so we believed that once we submitted Matsukaze's form, we thought they would just find a partner for him, we didn't know he needed to be tested." She said.
"Kyousuke's form has been the only one in the top class pile for a good few years. So we hoped one would come in eventually. Just to be safe, we decided to check the children from the class below, but the tests turned out negative and we weren't willing to take any chances. So, our last hope was the 'lost' pile, we called all the parents in with their children, had them tested and we found only match, and that was Matsukaze." Fuyuka added, cheerfully looking over both couples.
"It's like it was meant to be..." Hana said.
"Well, we should initiate the final test. We're going to see if Matsukaze is able to transfer any power over to Kyousuke. Obviously, it might not work out just yet, but that's absolutely fine. He should get the hang of it in time." Fuyuka explained.
"Honey, why don't you try giving some of your power to Kyousuke, and see what happens?" Aya encouraged delicately. She took hold of her son's hand and led him over to Kyousuke, who was hiding behind the chair.
Hana stood up from the chair and led her son round the chair. With both children now directly opposite each other, the parents did their best to encourage the exchange. Both couples were overly excited, and eager for something to happen
"Go on Matsukaze, you'll feel a lot better I guarantee it." Aya persisted.
Kyousuke and Matsukaze stared at each other, like children at the young age of four years old did, there was nothing but bewilderment and confusion in their expressions. Somehow, they both knew that what they were about to do was going to feel wonderful.
Their lips only touched for a mere five, six seconds, but it was more than enough time for Matsukaze to transfer a small amount of power. He had forcibly pulled himself away as he was able to feel the power leave his body when he and Kyousuke kissed.
"That was excellent! Well done you two," Fuyuka added. "Usually it takes more than a few tries before the supplier has the courage to transfer power. These two were definitely made for each other." She smiled.
Both couples looked at each other with gleaming smiles on their faces, neither able to contain the excitement welling up in their bodies.
"Right, look's like we're all done here. I wish you the both the best of luck in the future, feel free to come back and visit me at any time if you have any worries, I'll be happy to help." She smiled as she led them towards the exit, "Now, I do encourage you to meet a few times a week if possible, with them being quite young, they won't need to perform the transfer as often as adults." She added.
The couples nodded understandingly, and were led out of the room into the hallway. "Goodbye, see you soon!" Fuyuka bowed and waved goodbye and they began the walk down the corridor.
Suddenly, screams began echoing throughout the house from the garden, immediately stopped the two families in their tracks. As there were obviously more than a few people screaming, Fuyuka rushed passed the couples and outside into the garden.
She made her way out onto the patio and watched as couples and even children were separated, tied together and some even shot to the ground. Fuyuka was beyond speechless, she hadn't a clue what was happening and a huge wave of anger flowed through her veins, she approached a nearby man, moments away from shooting a nearby couple, but instead, the bullet found its way through her body, and she collapsed to the floor.
Well built men, wearing black suits and white masks covering their entire face, slowly approached the patio when everyone outside had been dealt with accordingly.
The Tenma's and Tsurugi's panicked and quickly closed the patio door, barricading it as best as they could with nearby objects. They made their way back to the waiting room, but the door had already been barricaded by the remaining families on the other side.
They tried to escape through the front entrance, but with the door being locked, they decided to hide in the room just next to them. Again, they threw heavy objects in front of the door to buy time, and hoped somehow they would be spared.
Whilst in the room, the fathers tried to figure a way out, and even looked for suitable weapons to use against the men, but what kind of chance did they have when there was easily about twenty of them? And only two of them..
Unfortunately, their chances of escape looked bleak, but the kids may have a chance.
Ryuu and Kyouto looked at each other worriedly, and then at their wives and children, who were huddled together in the middle of the room, hoping a way out would present itself soon.
"There's only one way out." Kyouto said, and continued to point at the small window just next to him, even smashing the glass would not have helped the adults to escape.
"The kids..." Hana said, "they can escape." She added.
Kyouto nodded, "I don't think we've got much of a chance unless we fight our way out." He added.
Hana and Aya looked at each other and then down at their sons, they too knew that they would not escape this place alive, but their sons had a good chance. They didn't want the past year to all be for nothing, if their sons could stay together, just for a little longer, then they would happily die in their place.
"Okay, honey, listen to me" Aya said, crouching down to Matsukaze's level. In this difficult time, she needed to remain calm and direct, otherwise her son would most likely panic too. "When you get outside, I want you to run, as fast as you can to Aki's place, okay? Make sure Kyousuke stays with you, don't ever let him leave your side, not even for a second, got it?" She persisted.
Matsukaze nodded frantically and followed his mother towards the window, even being quite young, the two were very intelligent, they were both even able to talk, almost properly.
Hana hugged her son tightly and gently ran her fingers through his beautiful, midnight-colored hair. "We're gonna be away for a little while, so remember to brush your teeth before bed and don't be horrible to any of the neighbor kids. I want you to take care of Matsukaze, you've been waiting for him for a long time and you need him, okay?" She said.
Kyousuke nodded and hugged his mother even tighter, though Matsukaze might not have realized what was going on, Kyousuke was way ahead and knew what was going to happen next, and this night would probably be the last time he would ever see his parents.
Hana led him over to the window, but they soon realized that they had very little time left, as numerous screams, gunshots and children crying ripped through the house, obviously coming from the waiting room just down the hall.
The parents hurried to get their children out of the window, with one final goodbye, they pushed the kids outside. Thankfully, the drop wasn't too high up, and once outside, Kyousuke took a tight hold of Matsukaze's hand and the two fled across the grass towards the edge of the estate as quickly as they could.
Matsukaze eventually stopped running, forcing Kyousuke to do the same when he heard the sound of more gunshots ring throughout their ears, originating from the room their parents had remained in.
Kyousuke attempted to pull Matsukaze away from the house, but he was so determined to go back and look for his parents, he was actually becoming stronger than Kyousuke. "Matsu, come on! We need to leave, now!" He persisted, pulling him back the other way.
"No! We can't leave mommy and daddy behind, we need to help them!"
"It's too late! Didn't you just hear? They've already been killed, there's nothing we can do!" Kyousuke said.
"How can you say that? We can help them! I know they're still alive, we can save them!"
"They're helping us to escape! They stayed behind to protect us, and if you go back you're only going to end up like them, I can't let that happen!" Kyousuke said, almost screaming.
Matsukaze turned back to face Kyousuke, who's face was bright red with anger and incredibly, fear. "Look, if you're that worried, I'll sneak back and see if they made it out. I want you to run home, get that Aki person you're mum was talking about and come back here to get me."
"I want to come with you..." He replied.
"No. If we both go then there's more of a chance of us being spotted, and I can't have you running off or causing trouble when there's seven foot men parading around with guns and no hesitation to kill children like us." Kyousuke replied. "Will you please just promise me that you'll go straight home when I leave? Please?" He added.
Matsukaze suddenly became silent, after a couple of minutes of just staring at his feet, he decided to go along with what Kyousuke said, and before departing, gave him one last kiss on the lips, but not for too long, as the feeling was still scarily intense for him to handle.
Kyousuke smiled and quickly made his way towards the mansion.
That was the last time Matsukaze saw Kyousuke, just over seven years ago.
In case you're wondering, PACT doesn't mean anything, I just used the first random word that came into my head.
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