Falling in love with a fox -chapter 9, Ruka/Yomi
Author: yukigafuru
Title: Falling in love with a fox
Chapter: 9/?
Genre: AU, romance, fluff
Pairing: Ruka/Yomi, Ruki/?
Rating: PG-13, for now; will rise
Summary: Ruka is content with his not out of the ordinary, more than normal life, when fate decides to intervene and throw him into a roller coaster of feelings and impossible things.
Warnings: manXman love, sex and possible male pregnancy, angst
Disclaimer: This is all fiction, I don't own them, unfortunately.
Notes: Your comments really are what keeps this fic going, so drop me a line, ok?
Chapter 9
"The sentence"
Time’s flow was definitely off, Ruka caught himself thinking quite often during those two days. He felt like he was standing on needles all the time. And he was thinking about Yomi all the time. The Yomi he had picked up under that garden tree, he Yomi smiling at him, the curious Yomi, the sleeping one, the one he made love to, the one he saw in the crystal. Every single memory made his heart and his head, ache. It was all so complicated and at the same time so simple. Who or what Yomi was, that was complicated, their future was complicated. But on the other hand, Ruka loved Yomi. It was as simple as just. If someone asked him if he’d do anything to be with him, he’d say yes, without thinking twice. He loved him so much that he couldn’t sometimes fall at sleep at night for hours just thinking all the scenarios in his head: what if he didn’t get there in time; what if they already did something to hurt him; what will we do after we get out; will they really leave us alone. He didn’t know. He couldn’t answer those questions no matter how many times he replayed everything in his head.
Ruka also tried and tried and every time he failed at using the hoshi no tama. He tried talking to it, he just felt like an idiot, he tried rubbing it (hell, if it worked for Aladdin), concentrating, putting it under water, and throwing it against the wall… (ok, that was just because he had been mad). Basically, he had tried every single thing he could think of and nothing had worked. He was really apprehensive of the moment he’ have to use it. He just had to hope and pray.
Finally, the two days passed and Ruka was once again in the old ladies apartment, asking for Uruha. This time the cat was in the kitchen licking at his milk, seemingly without a care in the world. Ruka really wanted to strangle him at that point but he tried to contain himself. He was a bit rough when picking him up though and taking him out for the ride.
“Geez, I thought I told you last time to be careful with the fur.” Uruha whined.
“Yeah, yeah.” Ruka really was not in the mood for any jokes. He just wanted to get on with the plan. “Have you talked with Hitsugi lately?” Ruka asked.
Uruha didn’t look at him while answering but all of the sudden he was serious. Ruka found that his voice had this ring in it; it was like piercing through his skin, the weirdest sensation. He almost preferred a joking Uruha.
“Actually, no. And that worries me. Listen, if Hitsu, somehow is not able to come for you, if you have sufficient use of the hoshi no tama you can still break through. Of course after that you’ll have to run like a mad man and find Yomi and then until you say the things I told you before the elders, they have the write to harm you both… So it’s risky. But if somehow they found out…”
Ruka almost stopped breathing at Uruha’s words. If they had found out, what if they had done something to Yomi already? He just needed to move, not waste any more time.
“What do I do?” Ruka asked anxious.
“How about saying “Power of the silver crystal, transform me?” And I’d love to see you in a sailor uniform.” Uruha said while snickering.
Ruka really wanted to kill the cat by then but he needed Uruha, just for a while longer though. He did grab his tail and pulled a bit though and Uruha mewled. Revenge was sweet, Uruha thought. But in a second, the cat was out of his arms, on the ground, looking fixedly at him. Uruha’s gaze was so cold, it made Ruka feel as if he was in a giant freezer. He stopped dead in his tracks and just stared at each other, Uruha staring back at him. And all of a sudden, the surroundings had changed. He was no longer in the park; actually he was in no place he could recognize. There was white, pure, unblemished white all around him and the only spot of color other than himself was Uruha, still staring at him and not saying a word. And then all of a sudden the cat disappeared and Ruka thought he heard Uruha’s voice screaming and in front of Ruka were two massive fox-shaped gates.
………………………………………………..
That morning two guards entered his room instead of Hitsugi. There were still a couple of days left until the time his punishment would be applied but there was just something so menacing about these two that Yomi couldn’t help the shiver that went up his spine and the veil of tears that clouded his eyes. He could feel why they had come. He had secretly, in the deepest corners of his heart, clung to Hitsugi’s words about Ruka coming to save him. He knew it was impossible, Ruka was just human after all, there was no way he could come after him; but somehow those words had refused to leave his mind all those days. But now, his last hope was dead because he was seeing the face of his executioners. Yomi just hoped Hitsugi was all right. He couldn’t bare it if something had happened to him.
They led him to the Council chamber. Lined in a semicircular fashioned were the elders, looking at him with disapproving gazes, some whispering, keeping there eyes pointed at him. Without his jewel, Yomi couldn’t keep his human transformation for long but when he had entered that room, he decided to spite them, face them as what they now hated and he had come to love: a human. But his powers were still very limited so the transformation wasn’t complete: his beautiful nine tails could be seen, white as snow, surrounding him like an aura. He didn’t realize it himself but perhaps like that he was the most beautiful thing that had stepped in that room for a long time. Even the elders seemed a bit moved and some of them had mumbled “what a pity”. Their pity wasn’t enough though.
And then Rona (one of the elders that had come for him in the human world) spoke:
“We have given you seven days to reflect on your crimes but it seems we were too generous. We have seen Hitsugi coming out of your place and then sneaking off to the human world. Unfortunately we were not able to follow him there but it is obvious that you tow were plotting something. So your punishment has been advanced. It will take place immediately. Because you are a nine-tailed you have the right though to ask how many questions you want or say whatever you please.”
Yomi was shocked at the elders’ words. He didn’t know anything about Hitsugi’s doings but he assumed he had met Uruha in the human world.
“I haven’t planned anything with Hitsugi. I give you my word as a nine-tailed fox. He must have gone to the human world for different reasons. Is he alright?” Yomi asked.
He hoped his word would get Hitsugi out of most of the troubles. A fox could not lie and give his word at the same time.
The elders talked amongst them for a while and then said to him.
“Your word means a lot. We accept that he has not committed treason. However, going off to the human world without permission is a serious offence. He will be punished for it. Not too severely though. You don’t need to worry. He’s just locked up now. That’s all. Once your punishment will have taken place he will be released. Actually we figured he would be one of those assigned to take care of you.”
Yomi sighed relieved. At least Hitsugi will be okay. Yomi knew that making Hitsu care for him was a big part of the punishment. Hitsu would be so hurt seeing his friend in that state, not remembering anything about himself. Sure foxes maintained their ability to speak, recognize things, and react, basically they could function as usual, and they were just left without the memories and the feelings. They were deprived of their own individuality and there was no way of getting it back because they’d never experience the same things. A fox whose memory had been changed in a couple of dozens of years would be someone completely different, and Yomi imagined the elders would want to shape him to their pleasure. Yomi hated that. He preferred death in a way. Losing all memories of Ruka was worse than death.
“I have only one last thing to say. You are wrong about the humans. They are not the vile creatures you think they are. Sure they can be pure evil but among them there are some with beautiful hearts and even more that just wonder through life just trying to survive. They are much like us in that aspect. And what you are planning on doing to them makes you the same as those humans that started destroying everything in the first place. That was all I wanted to say. I just hope you’ll reconsider.”
There was no answer but he could almost feel the reproach in their gazes. Yomi could see them preparing themselves, taking out their hoshi no tama. It would be painless. Yomi knew it. And quick. But somehow Yomi would have preferred it to hurt and last longer then maybe he wouldn’t feel so guilty for betraying Ruka - forgetting about him-, he’d remember Ruka a few seconds more. Tears were welling up in his eyes. And then everything around him went white and everything was gone.
………………………………………………………
Ruka stopped in front of the gates, staring at them. They seemed made of gold or some kind of yellow metal that shined even though there was no sun there. Ruka noticed from the start that the foxes had nine tails and each fox had a hoshi no tama on the middle tail. They somehow seemed both menacing and inviting to Ruka in their solemn beauty. But Ruka didn’t have time to admire them. He made the first steps towards the gates when suddenly this excruciating pain stopped him in his tracks and made him crouch on the floor. And the jewel somehow fell at his feet, shining red, looking as if t was bleeding. And Ruka felt like his heart had been split into two. There was only one image in the hoshi no tama. He could see it clearly, even clearer than the fox guardians, he thought: Yomi’s teary face whispering two words: “Sorry, Ruka.”
And then the pain was gone, the image was gone and the jewel had returned to its previous color but Ruka’s mind was still stuck on that image because he knew that something was wrong, Yomi had been hurt, Yomi had been in so much suffering… And all Ruka could do was hurry up, pass through the gates in front of him and get to his love. That was all he could do and he felt so helpless.
Notes: I know you'll want to kill me because of this chapter. I'm sorry for making Yomi suffer like this too but I just couldn't avoid it in the end after all.
Title: Falling in love with a fox
Chapter: 9/?
Genre: AU, romance, fluff
Pairing: Ruka/Yomi, Ruki/?
Rating: PG-13, for now; will rise
Summary: Ruka is content with his not out of the ordinary, more than normal life, when fate decides to intervene and throw him into a roller coaster of feelings and impossible things.
Warnings: manXman love, sex and possible male pregnancy, angst
Disclaimer: This is all fiction, I don't own them, unfortunately.
Notes: Your comments really are what keeps this fic going, so drop me a line, ok?
Chapter 9
"The sentence"
Time’s flow was definitely off, Ruka caught himself thinking quite often during those two days. He felt like he was standing on needles all the time. And he was thinking about Yomi all the time. The Yomi he had picked up under that garden tree, he Yomi smiling at him, the curious Yomi, the sleeping one, the one he made love to, the one he saw in the crystal. Every single memory made his heart and his head, ache. It was all so complicated and at the same time so simple. Who or what Yomi was, that was complicated, their future was complicated. But on the other hand, Ruka loved Yomi. It was as simple as just. If someone asked him if he’d do anything to be with him, he’d say yes, without thinking twice. He loved him so much that he couldn’t sometimes fall at sleep at night for hours just thinking all the scenarios in his head: what if he didn’t get there in time; what if they already did something to hurt him; what will we do after we get out; will they really leave us alone. He didn’t know. He couldn’t answer those questions no matter how many times he replayed everything in his head.
Ruka also tried and tried and every time he failed at using the hoshi no tama. He tried talking to it, he just felt like an idiot, he tried rubbing it (hell, if it worked for Aladdin), concentrating, putting it under water, and throwing it against the wall… (ok, that was just because he had been mad). Basically, he had tried every single thing he could think of and nothing had worked. He was really apprehensive of the moment he’ have to use it. He just had to hope and pray.
Finally, the two days passed and Ruka was once again in the old ladies apartment, asking for Uruha. This time the cat was in the kitchen licking at his milk, seemingly without a care in the world. Ruka really wanted to strangle him at that point but he tried to contain himself. He was a bit rough when picking him up though and taking him out for the ride.
“Geez, I thought I told you last time to be careful with the fur.” Uruha whined.
“Yeah, yeah.” Ruka really was not in the mood for any jokes. He just wanted to get on with the plan. “Have you talked with Hitsugi lately?” Ruka asked.
Uruha didn’t look at him while answering but all of the sudden he was serious. Ruka found that his voice had this ring in it; it was like piercing through his skin, the weirdest sensation. He almost preferred a joking Uruha.
“Actually, no. And that worries me. Listen, if Hitsu, somehow is not able to come for you, if you have sufficient use of the hoshi no tama you can still break through. Of course after that you’ll have to run like a mad man and find Yomi and then until you say the things I told you before the elders, they have the write to harm you both… So it’s risky. But if somehow they found out…”
Ruka almost stopped breathing at Uruha’s words. If they had found out, what if they had done something to Yomi already? He just needed to move, not waste any more time.
“What do I do?” Ruka asked anxious.
“How about saying “Power of the silver crystal, transform me?” And I’d love to see you in a sailor uniform.” Uruha said while snickering.
Ruka really wanted to kill the cat by then but he needed Uruha, just for a while longer though. He did grab his tail and pulled a bit though and Uruha mewled. Revenge was sweet, Uruha thought. But in a second, the cat was out of his arms, on the ground, looking fixedly at him. Uruha’s gaze was so cold, it made Ruka feel as if he was in a giant freezer. He stopped dead in his tracks and just stared at each other, Uruha staring back at him. And all of a sudden, the surroundings had changed. He was no longer in the park; actually he was in no place he could recognize. There was white, pure, unblemished white all around him and the only spot of color other than himself was Uruha, still staring at him and not saying a word. And then all of a sudden the cat disappeared and Ruka thought he heard Uruha’s voice screaming and in front of Ruka were two massive fox-shaped gates.
………………………………………………..
That morning two guards entered his room instead of Hitsugi. There were still a couple of days left until the time his punishment would be applied but there was just something so menacing about these two that Yomi couldn’t help the shiver that went up his spine and the veil of tears that clouded his eyes. He could feel why they had come. He had secretly, in the deepest corners of his heart, clung to Hitsugi’s words about Ruka coming to save him. He knew it was impossible, Ruka was just human after all, there was no way he could come after him; but somehow those words had refused to leave his mind all those days. But now, his last hope was dead because he was seeing the face of his executioners. Yomi just hoped Hitsugi was all right. He couldn’t bare it if something had happened to him.
They led him to the Council chamber. Lined in a semicircular fashioned were the elders, looking at him with disapproving gazes, some whispering, keeping there eyes pointed at him. Without his jewel, Yomi couldn’t keep his human transformation for long but when he had entered that room, he decided to spite them, face them as what they now hated and he had come to love: a human. But his powers were still very limited so the transformation wasn’t complete: his beautiful nine tails could be seen, white as snow, surrounding him like an aura. He didn’t realize it himself but perhaps like that he was the most beautiful thing that had stepped in that room for a long time. Even the elders seemed a bit moved and some of them had mumbled “what a pity”. Their pity wasn’t enough though.
And then Rona (one of the elders that had come for him in the human world) spoke:
“We have given you seven days to reflect on your crimes but it seems we were too generous. We have seen Hitsugi coming out of your place and then sneaking off to the human world. Unfortunately we were not able to follow him there but it is obvious that you tow were plotting something. So your punishment has been advanced. It will take place immediately. Because you are a nine-tailed you have the right though to ask how many questions you want or say whatever you please.”
Yomi was shocked at the elders’ words. He didn’t know anything about Hitsugi’s doings but he assumed he had met Uruha in the human world.
“I haven’t planned anything with Hitsugi. I give you my word as a nine-tailed fox. He must have gone to the human world for different reasons. Is he alright?” Yomi asked.
He hoped his word would get Hitsugi out of most of the troubles. A fox could not lie and give his word at the same time.
The elders talked amongst them for a while and then said to him.
“Your word means a lot. We accept that he has not committed treason. However, going off to the human world without permission is a serious offence. He will be punished for it. Not too severely though. You don’t need to worry. He’s just locked up now. That’s all. Once your punishment will have taken place he will be released. Actually we figured he would be one of those assigned to take care of you.”
Yomi sighed relieved. At least Hitsugi will be okay. Yomi knew that making Hitsu care for him was a big part of the punishment. Hitsu would be so hurt seeing his friend in that state, not remembering anything about himself. Sure foxes maintained their ability to speak, recognize things, and react, basically they could function as usual, and they were just left without the memories and the feelings. They were deprived of their own individuality and there was no way of getting it back because they’d never experience the same things. A fox whose memory had been changed in a couple of dozens of years would be someone completely different, and Yomi imagined the elders would want to shape him to their pleasure. Yomi hated that. He preferred death in a way. Losing all memories of Ruka was worse than death.
“I have only one last thing to say. You are wrong about the humans. They are not the vile creatures you think they are. Sure they can be pure evil but among them there are some with beautiful hearts and even more that just wonder through life just trying to survive. They are much like us in that aspect. And what you are planning on doing to them makes you the same as those humans that started destroying everything in the first place. That was all I wanted to say. I just hope you’ll reconsider.”
There was no answer but he could almost feel the reproach in their gazes. Yomi could see them preparing themselves, taking out their hoshi no tama. It would be painless. Yomi knew it. And quick. But somehow Yomi would have preferred it to hurt and last longer then maybe he wouldn’t feel so guilty for betraying Ruka - forgetting about him-, he’d remember Ruka a few seconds more. Tears were welling up in his eyes. And then everything around him went white and everything was gone.
………………………………………………………
Ruka stopped in front of the gates, staring at them. They seemed made of gold or some kind of yellow metal that shined even though there was no sun there. Ruka noticed from the start that the foxes had nine tails and each fox had a hoshi no tama on the middle tail. They somehow seemed both menacing and inviting to Ruka in their solemn beauty. But Ruka didn’t have time to admire them. He made the first steps towards the gates when suddenly this excruciating pain stopped him in his tracks and made him crouch on the floor. And the jewel somehow fell at his feet, shining red, looking as if t was bleeding. And Ruka felt like his heart had been split into two. There was only one image in the hoshi no tama. He could see it clearly, even clearer than the fox guardians, he thought: Yomi’s teary face whispering two words: “Sorry, Ruka.”
And then the pain was gone, the image was gone and the jewel had returned to its previous color but Ruka’s mind was still stuck on that image because he knew that something was wrong, Yomi had been hurt, Yomi had been in so much suffering… And all Ruka could do was hurry up, pass through the gates in front of him and get to his love. That was all he could do and he felt so helpless.
Notes: I know you'll want to kill me because of this chapter. I'm sorry for making Yomi suffer like this too but I just couldn't avoid it in the end after all.