Time's Chain

by Kurara

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Part 5

Die flopped down on his bed provided by the Kudo family for his
visit. Sighing, he rolled to his side and smelled the pillow that he
had switched with his pillow before he left. He smiled as he
remembered sneaking into Shinya's room and exchanging thier pillows
before he departed. Now, all Die had to do to help ease his longing
was smell the pillow, still vibrant with Shinya's scent.
Today's work had been hard. Usually his job just involved going
into "haunted" places and getting the spirits out or helping to "cure
the demons" in someone's animal, but today he had to go in the woods
with the eldest Kudo to encounter a glowing mass of something Die had
never seen or read about, or so it seemed at first. Die had walked
up and poked at it, startling himself as the mass disipated itself
around the room into a million fireflies. He had laughed at the
spectacle until he heard a growl from a animal. Backing away, he
could hear Kudo-san running already.
He started to run as well, but was tackled by the growling beast who
clawed at his skin and tore at his hair. Die had shot it in the leg,
causing him to achieve the surprise factor necessary in the beast to
allow his getaway. Die had ran into the forest, trying to remember
the way out as Kudo-san was no where to be found, and he ended up
running blindly into the flora.
Panting and looking around helplessly, he tried to figure out what it
was. Remembering the rumors about town it was supposed to be a
werewolf, but weren't werewolfs human in daytime?
Die shook it off. //I need to sleep.// And drifted off, Shinya
coming into his thoughts once again.
***
J watched as Sugizo left the kitchen, hope flooding his heart. //If
he's here...// The unruly boy of 15 (hehe, so young? ^^) ran past
Kaoru and Toshiya, ignoring the fact that Toshiya's legs were almost
not covered at all and Kaoru was holding him. He ran up the stairs,
to the room Sugizo always used on his visits, hoping that, as usual,
he'd see the face he longed for so much. //Gackt will understand if
I'm a little late.// Being the stable boy, J lived in the strange
mansion, but never really left, and intended to stay on Gackt's good
side, but he had to see. Reaching the door, he slowly opened it,
wishing with all his heart that he'd see what he needed. At first,
he saw nothing, and his heart dropped. //He didn't come? Or did
Sugizo fire him? Oh god, please let him be here!// A humming from
within the room lighted his hopes once again as a slim figure walked
into view and turned to see him, smiling tearfully. "Ino..." J
breathed and walked up to Ino, embracing the 14 year old (haha... kid
love ;p But back then it was marrying age for some still @_@).
"J! I'm so happy!" Ino hugged J tighter and J stroked his hair. "I
missed you so much!"
"I missed you too! I waited everyday to see Sugizo's carriage here
again so that you'd be here. It's been so long and I was beginning
to worry." J said, kissing Ino's cheek.
"J... I've been saving my money, like you said. I almost have
enough...." Ino looked at him with happy eyes. "We can live
together soon."
J smiled. "I've been saving too, and I almost have enough. We don't
have to be rich, we just need each other." Ino nodded. "Ino... be
strong..."
***
Shinya fell to the floor as he saw Toshiya sitting in Kaoru's lap
kissing him softly. Both turned to him and blushed. "Good morning
Shinya." Toshiya smiled.
Shinya nervously smiled. //I wonder just what type of things Toshiya
did in his time? He seems really forward...// "Uh... hi Toshiya,
Kaoru." He nodded to his brother.
Kaoru nervously laughed and gently pushed Toshiya out of his
lap. "Shinya, you should know that Sugizo is here."
Shinya bit his lip. "Why does he want to be here?"
"Because he found out that Die was away. I think that you and
Toshiya should sleep with me tonight for protection." Kaoru stated
firmly.
Shinya nodded. "That sounds good. Can I stay around you two until
he leaves? I don't want to be alone with him."
Kaoru nodded. "I think I'd perfer that. We can't trust him further
than we can throw him. He'd try to get any of us in bed within a
second of being alone." He grimmly reflected.
***
Sugizo stood in the barn, enjoying the smell of the hay and wondering
since when Japan seemed so much like America (LOL. Just cuz the
story is in America.... uh... heh... oh well ;p). He looked over to
see a naked Ryu, exhausted from their activites that had just
occured. He smiled and licked his lips, wanting more, but it was so
much funner when Ryu was actually awake. Sighing, he put his hands
in his pockets and laughed. //Everytime I visit, Kaoru and I look
more alike... that's so funny... and I haven't seen Shinya yet...
maybe he went with Die?// He scratched his head. //No, everyone
said that Shinya was left behind...//
Sugi looked out the doors and saw Ino, _his_ Ino, with that stable
boy J again. He gritted his teeth. //Ino is _my_ servant! No one
is to take him away...// But seeing, even from a distance, the smile
that played along Ino's lips as he walked with J was enough to let
them be. Ino was lost, and Sugi knew it, but it didn't mean he had
to like it.
Ryu had woken up and called out for Sugi, causing the sexier man to
smile and turn to face the servant. //At least I have him... even if
he wasn't my servant by trade, he'd still be one in anyway I'd
want.// Sugi grinned to himself. "I'm bored, entertain me." Ryu
smiled and crawled over to Sugi, going to "work" immediately.
***
Pounding noises woke Die up and he stood up, walking to his door and
opening it. No one was there...
He narrowed his eyebrows in confusion, but just shrugged and sat back
in bed, immediately becoming startled as the pounding came again and
he looked behind himself to the window. He gasped. //It's the
creature!//
***
That's all for now minna! I'm sorry it's so short and didin't really
say much, but I want to try to get some up each day and I'm about to
fall asleep....
~Kurara

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