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Title: Familiar
Rating: 18
Band: Malice Mizer
Pairing: Gackt X Kami
Summary: Familiar, a shape-shifter in service to a witch. It was never something he had planned, or had even wanted, but it was his life all the same.
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
~New Chapter~
Chapter Eight
He couldn't get caught, Yu~ki realised after days hiding in Kami's woodland home. The visions had stopped now, but he felt ill every time he thought about them. The future was grim, but these visions had come suddenly. Someone, or something, had changed the path of history which meant it could be changed back. His visions were tricky like that, true only to the extent that if he did nothing that was what would come to pass. Sometimes he could stop them just by speaking to the right people, others by physically interfering himself. They were warnings, and whatever cosmic force guided him was determined that he shouldn't ignore this one.
He needed help though, something this big couldn't be done alone. Most of his friends were gone now, dead or taken, but there was one that he was sure would have survived the purge. If only because he wasn't human.
“Show me where he is then,” Yu~ki muttered to himself, shocked when his vision did just that. He'd never been able to call on his powers before, and perhaps he hadn't this time either. Coincidences did happen.
The vision was crystal clear, Kami was close to the vampire city fighting another shape-shifter. Gackt? Gackt was winning as well, on the verge of killing his friend but Kami had something Gackt didn't know about. A trick up his sleeve perhaps?
Returning to reality he realised that he had to leave now. The bright sunlight would keep the vampire's off the road during the day but he would need somewhere to stay to pass the night.
Kami wasn't happy about meeting another witch and found himself pacing angrily back and forth along the edge of the forest. His long tail swished behind him, though what he was really feeling strongest was hope. If the witch could help, if Gackt could be free, perhaps then they could be together?
“You know he made that charm,” Közi informed the leopard as he watched from the branches of an old oak tree. “It might protect you from Mana, but not from him.”
“You think this witch is after a familiar of his own?” Kami asked, his thoughts directed only to Közi yet it wasn't the sprite who answered.
“Well that would be nice, but I'd prefer a familiar who worked for me out of love, or at least some form of compassion.” Jasmine said as he watched the leopard turn to face him. There was no fear in his body language, just confidence touched with curiosity. “Love makes the most loyal allies, and the worst of enemies I've found.”
“You heard me?” Kami asked surprised, realising as he asked that this witch had powers different from Mana, different from what he knew. On the surface they almost appeared the same, with dark hair and pale skin and the blackest of robes but that was where the similarities ended. Even as he watched Jasmine sat on a fallen tree trunk, the robe parting slightly to reveal a dress of purple. The royal colour, though Jasmine was no king.
“I heard because I listen,” Jasmine explained. “And I listen because I want to understand. You could say curiosity is my obsession.”
“Well we all know what curiosity did to the cat,” Közi said in a tone that suggested he was being helpful, though he was being anything but.
“Ah yes, but satisfaction brought it back.” Jasmine finished, though nobody his age seemed aware of the full saying anymore. “So Kami, in answer to your concerns about that charm, it will protect you from all magic except my own and for now I wish you no harm.”
“Will that change?” Kami asked, remaining in his most powerful of forms.
“That depends on you,” Jasmine replied, “And what your intentions are.”
“To rescue Gackt,” Kami answered without hesitation.
“Yes, and then?” Jasmine asked. “A war is on the horizon, there's already unrest among us. The vampire's are attacking humans and the supernatural forces in this world are choosing sides. I've chosen mine and will fight to my last breath, have you chosen yours?”
“I didn't think that far,” Kami admitted. Jasmine simply sat and waited for his answer. Frustrated he began to pace wondering what side he might choose. It was true he didn't like humans, but he'd never wished them harm either. They were just insignificant in his eyes and he had never bothered to interfere in their affairs before. What reason was there to help them now?
“I have a friend,” Kami eventually answered, “A psychic who I care for, this new world order would treat him badly and I don't want that. Yet, a new world order could end with my kind on top, I would no longer have to hide who I am but that's just a dream isn't it? We're just as likely to end up as oppressed as the humans I refused to save. There's only one choice before me if that's the case, to defend what we have now. To protect the human I call my friend. I don't want to fight a war to do this. I haven't chosen a side, but that's the way my heart sways.”
“I will die to protect those humans you call inferior,” Jasmine informed Kami, “But we're not enemies so I will help you. It'll weaken the enemy to lose Gackt and that alone is enough reason for me.”
The potion Jasmine had given him was warm to the touch and he had ended up having to become human as the vial was too uncomfortable to hold in his mouth. It made progress slow and dangerous, but he trusted no one else with the vial. It had to be him who freed Gackt from the spell, it was his destiny. The word kept running through his mind, though where it came from he didn't know. An invisible web tied him and Gackt together, a pure magic from the earth goddess herself, or the sky lord. He could feel it racing through him, burning alongside the temporary spells Jasmine had cast on him to raise his strength, speed and stamina.
In the end though it was Gackt who found him, the black cat lunging from the shadows and pushing him to the ground. He screamed, a human cry of pain, and transformed instantly. The vial had fallen out of his hand, lost in the long grass but for now he had to fight to protect his life. Perhaps Közi would find it for him? The sprite had been following but now he was nowhere to be seen.
“I don't know which witch helped you, but Mana's spells are too strong.” Gackt warned though to anyone else it might have sounded like a threat. Kami refused to believe the good had been lost to him, though the blue was almost gone from his aura.
“No, I won't believe that.” Kami snarled as he tried to turn the tide. Perhaps the witches were as balanced as the shape-shifter's? He wasn't getting an upper hand, but neither was Gackt. He had no choice to fight on, unable to find the one vial that could stop this battle once and for all.
Suddenly he saw it and desperately dived for it, picking it up with a human hand as the large panther landed on top of his weak form. He was defeated officially by shape-shifter law. He remembered his shame and hesitated, he deserved to die he thought as he stared at the sharp fangs approaching his neck.
Suddenly Gackt howled, falling off him to face a new enemy. Who would disturb them, and on his side no less? Shocked he recognised Yu~ki facing the panther with nothing but a stick for a weapon. Yu~ki was going to die for him, he realised. Knowing in his heart he wouldn't have sacrificed his immortal life for any human until this moment.
Grabbing the vial firmly he slammed the glass down hard on the panther's back, ignoring the pain as sharp teeth dug into his upper leg. He needed to protect his friend, the only one brave enough to interrupt this fight. Wasn't that Közi watching from the air? Why had the sprite not helped him?
Suddenly Gackt let go, pulling back and blinking in surprise. The brown was almost all gone from his aura now, evaporating into the air as if the curse was never there. Nothing but perfect sapphire blue remained.
“It looks like I got Yu~ki here just in time,” Közi remarked as he landed. “Let me guess, you want us to leave?”
“I guess,” Kami replied, desperate for a moment of privacy with his newly freed friend. Behind him he heard wings carrying Yu~ki away, a conversation for another time. He could barely focus on his friends as he watched the panther return to human and slowly lie on the grass before him. Gackt was admitting defeat, yet he had a look in his eyes of one who had just achieved the greatest victory.
Sure they were alone, and not caring if they weren't, Kami straddled Gackt and pinned his arms down above his head. Asserting his dominance, but knowing from the look in Gackt's eyes that this was no longer about the fight. Their faces weren't far apart now, thanks to the position Kami had taken over him. Without a word he bent further down, claiming Gackt's lips with his own, relieved when the other returned his kiss with equal passion and desire. They belonged together, just like he had always known.
Gackt could feel the dampness of the grass against his back, distracting him from the warmth above. He wanted to be distracted though, as perfect as this kiss was he knew it couldn't last. He lingered in the moment for as long as he dared, but when Kami rose for breath this time he gently pushed the other off his body. Guilt answered Kami's confusion, but it had to be done.
“Are you going to kill me?” Gackt asked as he rose to his feet, “I won't stop you if you are.”
“Why would I free you to kill you?” Kami demanded.
“I see,” Gackt replied, “I should go.”
“Go where?” Kami asked, the other's hurt like a bullet to his heart. How could he explain to this pure creature what it felt to do the things he had done? He couldn't stand to be around Kami while feeling like this. What would Kami think, if he knew half the things he had done? How was he going to explain? Worse, what if Kami forgave his past but learnt he didn't actually like him in the first place? There was no curse to blame his bad behaviour on now, and he had never been a saint.
“I just have to go,” Gackt replied, trying to walk away but stopping when he heard Kami's next words.
“Don't you want to atone?” Kami asked, the words going straight to his heart. Did Kami know how much this meant to him? Slowly he turned and saw the love and understanding in the others eyes. “That's why you're going isn't it? You don't think you're good enough for me, when the truth is I might not be good enough for you.”
“How,” Gackt stammered, “How do you know what I'm feeling?”
“I don't, but if I was in your position that's how I would feel,” Kami explained. “I don't blame you for anything you've done, but I think we need to stay around just a little longer. We need to stop him, before he hurts another of our kind. A war is looming on the horizon, you've seen it from the other side. I was scared and wasn't going to fight, but I understand now, the value of a human life.”
“You're babbling, I can barely follow you,” Gackt confessed. “but know this one thing, I won't allow you to go anywhere near that witch.”
“I have a charm to protect me from his magic, I know a witch who can make another.” Kami began.
“No.” Gackt snapped as fear gripped his heart. He wouldn't trust a witch, not ever. Angrily he glared at Kami, his heart sinking as he realised that the leopard would go after Mana if he helped or not. There was no winning this, no matter what he choose would be wrong. “Please, think again.”
“I've made up my mind,” Kami replied firmly, “I will stop this vampire apocalypse, what choice do I have?”
“You could run with me, to the ends of the world.” Gackt offered, knowing already the answer would be no.
“Gackt, Yu~ki saved me, saved us both. I won't let his world be destroyed, not without a fight.” Kami explained.
“Then I will run with you, into the darkness.” Gackt promised as he wrapped his arms around the other man. “I understand,”
“You do?” Kami asked, his warm eyes meeting Gackt's gaze.
“We're soulmates,” Gackt answered, gently meeting Kami's lips with his own. “And from now on we'll hardly be parted. That I can promise you.”
Rating: 18
Band: Malice Mizer
Pairing: Gackt X Kami
Summary: Familiar, a shape-shifter in service to a witch. It was never something he had planned, or had even wanted, but it was his life all the same.
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
~New Chapter~
Chapter Eight
He couldn't get caught, Yu~ki realised after days hiding in Kami's woodland home. The visions had stopped now, but he felt ill every time he thought about them. The future was grim, but these visions had come suddenly. Someone, or something, had changed the path of history which meant it could be changed back. His visions were tricky like that, true only to the extent that if he did nothing that was what would come to pass. Sometimes he could stop them just by speaking to the right people, others by physically interfering himself. They were warnings, and whatever cosmic force guided him was determined that he shouldn't ignore this one.
He needed help though, something this big couldn't be done alone. Most of his friends were gone now, dead or taken, but there was one that he was sure would have survived the purge. If only because he wasn't human.
“Show me where he is then,” Yu~ki muttered to himself, shocked when his vision did just that. He'd never been able to call on his powers before, and perhaps he hadn't this time either. Coincidences did happen.
The vision was crystal clear, Kami was close to the vampire city fighting another shape-shifter. Gackt? Gackt was winning as well, on the verge of killing his friend but Kami had something Gackt didn't know about. A trick up his sleeve perhaps?
Returning to reality he realised that he had to leave now. The bright sunlight would keep the vampire's off the road during the day but he would need somewhere to stay to pass the night.
Kami wasn't happy about meeting another witch and found himself pacing angrily back and forth along the edge of the forest. His long tail swished behind him, though what he was really feeling strongest was hope. If the witch could help, if Gackt could be free, perhaps then they could be together?
“You know he made that charm,” Közi informed the leopard as he watched from the branches of an old oak tree. “It might protect you from Mana, but not from him.”
“You think this witch is after a familiar of his own?” Kami asked, his thoughts directed only to Közi yet it wasn't the sprite who answered.
“Well that would be nice, but I'd prefer a familiar who worked for me out of love, or at least some form of compassion.” Jasmine said as he watched the leopard turn to face him. There was no fear in his body language, just confidence touched with curiosity. “Love makes the most loyal allies, and the worst of enemies I've found.”
“You heard me?” Kami asked surprised, realising as he asked that this witch had powers different from Mana, different from what he knew. On the surface they almost appeared the same, with dark hair and pale skin and the blackest of robes but that was where the similarities ended. Even as he watched Jasmine sat on a fallen tree trunk, the robe parting slightly to reveal a dress of purple. The royal colour, though Jasmine was no king.
“I heard because I listen,” Jasmine explained. “And I listen because I want to understand. You could say curiosity is my obsession.”
“Well we all know what curiosity did to the cat,” Közi said in a tone that suggested he was being helpful, though he was being anything but.
“Ah yes, but satisfaction brought it back.” Jasmine finished, though nobody his age seemed aware of the full saying anymore. “So Kami, in answer to your concerns about that charm, it will protect you from all magic except my own and for now I wish you no harm.”
“Will that change?” Kami asked, remaining in his most powerful of forms.
“That depends on you,” Jasmine replied, “And what your intentions are.”
“To rescue Gackt,” Kami answered without hesitation.
“Yes, and then?” Jasmine asked. “A war is on the horizon, there's already unrest among us. The vampire's are attacking humans and the supernatural forces in this world are choosing sides. I've chosen mine and will fight to my last breath, have you chosen yours?”
“I didn't think that far,” Kami admitted. Jasmine simply sat and waited for his answer. Frustrated he began to pace wondering what side he might choose. It was true he didn't like humans, but he'd never wished them harm either. They were just insignificant in his eyes and he had never bothered to interfere in their affairs before. What reason was there to help them now?
“I have a friend,” Kami eventually answered, “A psychic who I care for, this new world order would treat him badly and I don't want that. Yet, a new world order could end with my kind on top, I would no longer have to hide who I am but that's just a dream isn't it? We're just as likely to end up as oppressed as the humans I refused to save. There's only one choice before me if that's the case, to defend what we have now. To protect the human I call my friend. I don't want to fight a war to do this. I haven't chosen a side, but that's the way my heart sways.”
“I will die to protect those humans you call inferior,” Jasmine informed Kami, “But we're not enemies so I will help you. It'll weaken the enemy to lose Gackt and that alone is enough reason for me.”
The potion Jasmine had given him was warm to the touch and he had ended up having to become human as the vial was too uncomfortable to hold in his mouth. It made progress slow and dangerous, but he trusted no one else with the vial. It had to be him who freed Gackt from the spell, it was his destiny. The word kept running through his mind, though where it came from he didn't know. An invisible web tied him and Gackt together, a pure magic from the earth goddess herself, or the sky lord. He could feel it racing through him, burning alongside the temporary spells Jasmine had cast on him to raise his strength, speed and stamina.
In the end though it was Gackt who found him, the black cat lunging from the shadows and pushing him to the ground. He screamed, a human cry of pain, and transformed instantly. The vial had fallen out of his hand, lost in the long grass but for now he had to fight to protect his life. Perhaps Közi would find it for him? The sprite had been following but now he was nowhere to be seen.
“I don't know which witch helped you, but Mana's spells are too strong.” Gackt warned though to anyone else it might have sounded like a threat. Kami refused to believe the good had been lost to him, though the blue was almost gone from his aura.
“No, I won't believe that.” Kami snarled as he tried to turn the tide. Perhaps the witches were as balanced as the shape-shifter's? He wasn't getting an upper hand, but neither was Gackt. He had no choice to fight on, unable to find the one vial that could stop this battle once and for all.
Suddenly he saw it and desperately dived for it, picking it up with a human hand as the large panther landed on top of his weak form. He was defeated officially by shape-shifter law. He remembered his shame and hesitated, he deserved to die he thought as he stared at the sharp fangs approaching his neck.
Suddenly Gackt howled, falling off him to face a new enemy. Who would disturb them, and on his side no less? Shocked he recognised Yu~ki facing the panther with nothing but a stick for a weapon. Yu~ki was going to die for him, he realised. Knowing in his heart he wouldn't have sacrificed his immortal life for any human until this moment.
Grabbing the vial firmly he slammed the glass down hard on the panther's back, ignoring the pain as sharp teeth dug into his upper leg. He needed to protect his friend, the only one brave enough to interrupt this fight. Wasn't that Közi watching from the air? Why had the sprite not helped him?
Suddenly Gackt let go, pulling back and blinking in surprise. The brown was almost all gone from his aura now, evaporating into the air as if the curse was never there. Nothing but perfect sapphire blue remained.
“It looks like I got Yu~ki here just in time,” Közi remarked as he landed. “Let me guess, you want us to leave?”
“I guess,” Kami replied, desperate for a moment of privacy with his newly freed friend. Behind him he heard wings carrying Yu~ki away, a conversation for another time. He could barely focus on his friends as he watched the panther return to human and slowly lie on the grass before him. Gackt was admitting defeat, yet he had a look in his eyes of one who had just achieved the greatest victory.
Sure they were alone, and not caring if they weren't, Kami straddled Gackt and pinned his arms down above his head. Asserting his dominance, but knowing from the look in Gackt's eyes that this was no longer about the fight. Their faces weren't far apart now, thanks to the position Kami had taken over him. Without a word he bent further down, claiming Gackt's lips with his own, relieved when the other returned his kiss with equal passion and desire. They belonged together, just like he had always known.
Gackt could feel the dampness of the grass against his back, distracting him from the warmth above. He wanted to be distracted though, as perfect as this kiss was he knew it couldn't last. He lingered in the moment for as long as he dared, but when Kami rose for breath this time he gently pushed the other off his body. Guilt answered Kami's confusion, but it had to be done.
“Are you going to kill me?” Gackt asked as he rose to his feet, “I won't stop you if you are.”
“Why would I free you to kill you?” Kami demanded.
“I see,” Gackt replied, “I should go.”
“Go where?” Kami asked, the other's hurt like a bullet to his heart. How could he explain to this pure creature what it felt to do the things he had done? He couldn't stand to be around Kami while feeling like this. What would Kami think, if he knew half the things he had done? How was he going to explain? Worse, what if Kami forgave his past but learnt he didn't actually like him in the first place? There was no curse to blame his bad behaviour on now, and he had never been a saint.
“I just have to go,” Gackt replied, trying to walk away but stopping when he heard Kami's next words.
“Don't you want to atone?” Kami asked, the words going straight to his heart. Did Kami know how much this meant to him? Slowly he turned and saw the love and understanding in the others eyes. “That's why you're going isn't it? You don't think you're good enough for me, when the truth is I might not be good enough for you.”
“How,” Gackt stammered, “How do you know what I'm feeling?”
“I don't, but if I was in your position that's how I would feel,” Kami explained. “I don't blame you for anything you've done, but I think we need to stay around just a little longer. We need to stop him, before he hurts another of our kind. A war is looming on the horizon, you've seen it from the other side. I was scared and wasn't going to fight, but I understand now, the value of a human life.”
“You're babbling, I can barely follow you,” Gackt confessed. “but know this one thing, I won't allow you to go anywhere near that witch.”
“I have a charm to protect me from his magic, I know a witch who can make another.” Kami began.
“No.” Gackt snapped as fear gripped his heart. He wouldn't trust a witch, not ever. Angrily he glared at Kami, his heart sinking as he realised that the leopard would go after Mana if he helped or not. There was no winning this, no matter what he choose would be wrong. “Please, think again.”
“I've made up my mind,” Kami replied firmly, “I will stop this vampire apocalypse, what choice do I have?”
“You could run with me, to the ends of the world.” Gackt offered, knowing already the answer would be no.
“Gackt, Yu~ki saved me, saved us both. I won't let his world be destroyed, not without a fight.” Kami explained.
“Then I will run with you, into the darkness.” Gackt promised as he wrapped his arms around the other man. “I understand,”
“You do?” Kami asked, his warm eyes meeting Gackt's gaze.
“We're soulmates,” Gackt answered, gently meeting Kami's lips with his own. “And from now on we'll hardly be parted. That I can promise you.”