krystalkatzficz | The War part nine

This is more a SakurAiba chapter but you really need to read it or some of the stuff that happens later will not make sense >.<

“Nino…?” Masaki whispered weakly entering his master’s bedroom his heart growing cold when he saw that the bed was empty and the room was empty. Tears filled his eyes and he rammed his fist into his mouth to stop himself from screaming. The last thing that he wanted now was to draw attention to the fact that the prince to the werewolves had fled. The panic that would cause would only serve to bring on more fighting something that he knew that his master wouldn’t want. Nino hated fighting and had never actually killed anybody before. He had even saved him because he was so nice and didn’t want to hurt him even if he was useless. Sighing Masaki took a breath and blinked away the tears chewing hard on his lower lip as he focused his mind on Nino.

He wasn’t completely sure when he had discovered his abilities but he supposed that it was around the same time that he had found ‘Sho-chan’ and his library. At first he had thought that Sho-chan was a dream creation something that his mind had given him to talk to when he was frightened as a child before he was found by Nino. But Sho-chan never acted like a dream creation would he had been surprised to find him in his library looking at the pretty picture books but he hadn’t gotten angry. If anything he had been amused by him and then had taught him about his abilities.

He still wasn’t very good at controlling them but he knew enough to be able to focus on Nino and follow his energy. Nino’s energy was like a bright yellow light that drew people to him even though the man himself wanted nothing more than to be left alone. It had been murky for the last few days and fading quickly but it was still strong enough for Masaki to follow it. People left him alone as he walked through the werewolf compound. He was well known as Nino’s favourite pet and even if the world wary werewolves didn’t respect him as their prince Nino still was the son of the prince and he had power that he had never fully utilised and nobody wanted them to be the first he used his power on. Masaki’s fear grew as he realised that Nino’s trail of energy was leading him away from the compound and out into the scarred landscape ahead.

The sight of broken homes, scarred by years of battle, had always scared him as before he had met Sho-chan he had been able to hear the screams and the tears of those that had died. He been wandering around the wastes when Nino had found him. The werewolf had taken him in without question thinking that he had escaped from one of the many human farms. It was possible that he had but he didn’t remember being in a farm or with anybody else. There had only been him and Sho-chan for as long as he could remember. His dream friend had visited him less and less lately and that made him sad but he had promised that he would be with him when he needed him.

>Sho-chan?< He whispered softly in his own mind searching around for his friend relieved when he felt a mental brush of Sho-chan’s mental energy around him. Sho-chan felt strange though panicked as though he too was looking for somebody. >Sho-chan…I have to go out into the wastes...<

>Why? It’s not safe…< Sho breathed back his voice sounding as if he was right there with him >Stay where you are…<

>I can’t Nino has gone missing…He isn’t right…He is acting…Strange...< Masaki whispered back through their strange link pushing through some of the fear that he had been feeling for his master and around him. Sho-chan’s energy brushed against him a little frantically searching him to make sure that he was okay. >I’m fine he didn’t hurt me…Just scared me…But now he’s gone and I have to get him back…<

>Ki…Please be careful…< Sho-chan whispered urgently now and Masaki nodded climbing over the wall that had been constructed around the werewolf compound focusing on Nino’s energy. His feet slipped a few times on the broken rubble that made it up and he couldn’t help but ask in a small voice;

>Stay with me?<

>Of course…Just be careful, Ki…And if the voices get too much…<

>Sing for me?< Masaki chuckled remembering the lullabies that Sho-chan had made up for him to drown out the voices in the dead city before he had learnt to control it himself. The voices had been so terrifying back then, the little gasps as people begged for help, the last moments of children begging for their parents. He had heard them all. He often wondered why he didn’t hate Nino for being a werewolf but Nino had been born during the time of peace he had never known fighting and would never had taken part in the destruction of the cities and the scorching of the sky. If anything, he convinced himself, Nino would have stopped it if he was alive.

>Now, since we're met, let's merry, merry be, in spite of all our foes; and he that will not merry be, we'll pull him by the nose. Cho. Let him be merry, merry there, while we're all merry, merry here, for who can know where he shall go, to be merry another year…< Sho-chan sang against his ear and Masaki let out another chuckle remembering the song as one that his friend had sang to him over and over. The soft sound of his voice was soothing now as he slipped down the other side of the wall and landed in an almost painful heap on the other side. >Ki?<

>I’m fine…< He huffed getting to his feet and straightening his clothing out as he looked around at the desolate former city. His stomach churned as he looked at the old broken buildings and then he took a few steps forward moving away from the werewolf compound. Wind whipped around the former proud buildings and for a moment he heard the soft shout of somebody. He closed his eyes and put his hands to his ears as he moved forward singing the same song as his Sho-chan.

The wind howled again and Masaki gripped his hands tightly his nails digging into his sensitive flesh as he was positive that he heard another voice. Nino’s energy was growing stronger the further he went into the town though and he knew that he had no choice but to follow. Even with Sho-chan’s voice in his ear and his ability to shut out the voices in the major parts of town where the most people had lost his lives the voices were always the stronger there and managed to break through his defences. Still he moved knowing that in his normal state Nino wouldn’t abandon him and he couldn’t either and he listened to the song Sho-chan sang.

“…Please…I…Don’t want to die!” Masaki flinched at the high pitched screaming that he heard coming from his right before a childish voice from his left sobbed brokenly saying;

“I want my mummy!”

“Please…Please…I’ll do anything…Please…” A male voice pleaded sounding on the edge of tears and Masaki squeezed his eyes shut again using his ability to guide him as he walked Sho-chan’s energy brushing against his in a comforting manner as his singing grew louder trying to drown out the voices that were around them as he walked between the former houses. Nino’s energy turned right and he followed realising to both his surprise and horror that he was walking to the Vampire encampment. There was no logical reason that Nino would go to the vampires unless the vampire had done something to him when they had fought. An image of the wounds on Nino’s neck came into his mind and he was positive that he heard Sho-chan gasp his energy flexing in and out around him a few times. Before he could ask him what was wrong a new sound pulled his thoughts from the question and he breathed shakily hiding behind a wall as a squad of Vampires walked passed his hiding spot.

>Ki…It isn’t safe…Turn back…Now…If the vampires find you they will drain you and kill you…< Sho-chan told him stopping his song as his energy wrapping around him like a blanket. Masaki knew that he should leave that he shouldn’t have come here in the first place but had promised Nino that he would follow him to hell and back again. Nino was the first real person that had held him that had stroked his hair and tucked him into bed. He had stopped the voices and when he was near him they stayed away more than that though he loved Nino.
>Nino…Nino is out here somewhere…I have to find him! I have to save him! He’s my friend!<

>He’s your master and you’re his slave…That is all! He’s done nothing to deserve this loyalty from you…Just turn around and go back…< Sho-chan growled and Masaki knew that he was saying these harsh things just because he was worried but they still hurt him.

>If I go back without Nino…The werewolves wouldn’t want me…Nino is the only person that has ever wanted me!< Masaki whispered tearfully as he pressed his back against the wall and hugged his knees to his chest.

>Ki…I want you…I’ve always been with you…<

>You’re just a voice in my head…Sho-chan…< He whispered his voice wet as he pressed his face into his knees >For all I know you might just be another ghost…<

>Then find me…Make me real…< Sho-chan urged as Masaki heard more vampires passing his hiding place. He pressed down even further and concentrated on making his scent less noticeable by covering himself in dirt. It wasn’t the first time that Sho-chan had tried to get him to find the library from his dreams. In fact, he had been looking for the library when he had found Nino but it had been a long time since then.

>I don’t know…I can’t…I promised Nino...I promised…< He breathed wishing that he could find his master his heart growing colder and more scared the more he pressed down into the dirt that was surrounding him. >Nino…Please…Please…Find me…<

TBC
A/N: Welp this chapter was completely new…I hope that you enjoyed it ^_^