The Tattoo chapter forty-seven
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krystalkatzficz"My tiger if you truly desired me I would not even make you ask but now you are so afraid and so confused you wish for normality..." Ohno sighed heavily shattering a tense silence that had built up in the room since Nino had made his statement and just like the silence shattering it felt as if his heart made the same movement "like in my room that night you first gave me your sweetest of gifts, you want me to be like all of the others so it makes sense to you..."
"You gave in then..." Nino pointed out his voice hollow now without emotion as an odd shiver broke out over him in spite of the heat that was in the room. Ohno looked pained, like he had been struck, as he gave a nod fingering the wood of his scabbard.
"I did and it was a mistake for us both...I should have known this would happen..." the older man sighed heavily his eyes closing and his hand gripping at the katana so tight that his knuckles went white.
"You should have known it from the moment you started to change, to say sweet words to me, this is my weakness is it not?" The assassin asked sinking back into an awkward seated position. Ohno was silent causing him to look up reluctantly and tilt his head to one side trying to explain "That I am so hopeful, in spite of everything, that somebody could love me..."
"No, my sweet tiger” Ohno denied with a heartbreakingly sweet smile on his face as his head moved from side to side “that just means that in spite of everything you are indeed human, everybody desires to know they are loved...even you are no exception to that trick of the heart I am afraid..."
"All these flaws in my make-up and one by one you tell me they are not weaknesses..." Nino laughed mirthlessly hugging his legs "You must really see some failing in me that I cannot..."
"...Because you are looking in the wrong places, Tiger," the prince told him with a sigh his eyes screwing up as he seemed to have an internal battle with himself before continuing "Look to me, find my weakness and you shall find your own, we share the same kind, it why I know you and you feel as if you know me... I will leave you to your letter, your uncle is waiting on me..."
Nino watched silently as the prince left the room puzzling over what he had just been told. His mind was far to clouded with a churning wave of emotions to think about it too deeply now. He clenched his hands and exhaled loudly his eyes boring a hole in the wall opposite him trying to calm his racing heart. His eyes went to the letter scuffed up from the dropped brush and ink and a tear rolled down his face burning at the rim of his eye.
“I am sorry…Takayuki…” He whispered softly to the air holding his head a letting the tears take him until he fell into an uncomfortable heap on the floor into a troubled and broken sleep.
*~*~*~*~*~*
Nino opened his eyes his back was burning but it wasn’t a real pain anymore he didn’t know how long he had been there in the cave with the man sticking his needles into him and if he was honest he didn’t care anymore. All he wanted was peace to die here in the dark and let all of the emotions inside of him vanish. Tears were worthless as were shouts or curses, nothing that he did stopped the shadow or made any difference in how he was treated. There was a small rock fall beside him and Nino closed his eyes again pressing his face into the dirt as footsteps came towards him. He expected him to go behind him again but instead the man knelt in front of him. A painfully gentle hand brushing over the side on his face and lips before it moved up and stroked at his hair.
The gentle action was almost as cruel as the needles and Nino fought back the whimper that wanted to tear from his mouth. Surprised when his ties were cut and he was lifted up into a strong and gentle pair of arms. The man smelt bitter like alcohol and sour milks and, even though he managed to keep up his pretence of being asleep Nino felt his mouth and nose wrinkle in protest of the smell. He was carried slowly through the cave and then he felt it sunlight it caused his eyes to glow red and his face to tingle with the heat. A soft wind blew and he could smell the tang of the ocean and hear the call of a gull. He had only been once to the ocean with his father, it had been a long ride but he had been proud of the journey and that he hadn’t fallen to sleep. The vastness of the water had terrified him then and it did so now as he heard the roar of it, the waves crashing over the beach and against his better judgement he recoiled back deeper into the arms that were holding him.
The man never spoke but his hand moved calmly up and down his side as he began to rock him lightly from side to side. His every action in complete contrast to what he had come to expect of the man that had murdered his family and taken him. They came to a stop and his eyes opened knowing that it was useless to feign sleep anymore. Before him was the ocean as big and as terrifying as he remembered. He felt sure that he was going to be tossed into the cold water and he tried to tell himself that it was okay, at least then he would be free but after only a few minutes staring at the swirling mix of grey and white they turned and headed back up the beach.
There was a man waiting for them on the sand dune, his hair was grey and his teeth yellow and rotten stumps in his mouth. He cast a wary eye at the shadow but Nino noticed that his eyes moved eagerly over him as his tongue moved over his lips.
“A fine boy…Yes well worth the gold…”
“Remember have a care how you treat him…I will return for him…”
*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Nino gasped loudly opening his eyes and sitting upright surprised to find that he had been tucked up in the bed. The sun had gone in the lamp and fire had been lit to ward off the darkness. His eyes adjusting to the semi-light he looked around surprised that Ohno was sitting beside him polishing his katana and looking more at ease than he had when he last saw him.
“You were asleep when I entered…I moved you to the bed…You appeared to be dreaming but you did not call out so I did not wake you…” Ohno explained as he set aside his polishing cloth peering at him in the gloom.
“I…It was my last day with the shadow…” Nino whispered softly drawing his knees up to his chest hugging them tightly his cheek pressing against the knobbly knees feeling cold. “I had never heard him speak…Everything that he did was in silence but that day I heard him…You were right…He said that he would return for me…”
“I see…I had no doubt that he would…He worked hard on the marking on your back…He cared too much for you to let you go…” Ohno whispered causing Nino to let out a painful bark of laughter a sound that echoed dully around the room before he said;
“If he cared for me he would not have sold me to the monster that he did…That man…He…Introduced me to the ways of the world…You say that I need the comfort of sex to feel normal and it is true…I do because it is all I have known…”
“Then your lord…”
“My lord did not take me he was not that kind of monster…” Nino whispered not even looking at the prince now turning his face to the fire the images of his life playing around in his mind “But there are other ways to make a person feel used…He would make me sit in the room with him as he…Took other people so that I would learn what pleased him…”
“My tiger…I swear to you…”
“There is only one thing that I would have you swear to me…And that is when I have completed your task that you will kill me and take care of my boy…I care no longer for revenge I just wish to be free…”
TBC
A/N: Wow…Depressing chapter >.< I’m sorry but Nino is feeling very, very alone and confused right now ne, all these years he’s kept everything in and now it’s all coming out at once >.< I’m sorry...>.<
"You gave in then..." Nino pointed out his voice hollow now without emotion as an odd shiver broke out over him in spite of the heat that was in the room. Ohno looked pained, like he had been struck, as he gave a nod fingering the wood of his scabbard.
"I did and it was a mistake for us both...I should have known this would happen..." the older man sighed heavily his eyes closing and his hand gripping at the katana so tight that his knuckles went white.
"You should have known it from the moment you started to change, to say sweet words to me, this is my weakness is it not?" The assassin asked sinking back into an awkward seated position. Ohno was silent causing him to look up reluctantly and tilt his head to one side trying to explain "That I am so hopeful, in spite of everything, that somebody could love me..."
"No, my sweet tiger” Ohno denied with a heartbreakingly sweet smile on his face as his head moved from side to side “that just means that in spite of everything you are indeed human, everybody desires to know they are loved...even you are no exception to that trick of the heart I am afraid..."
"All these flaws in my make-up and one by one you tell me they are not weaknesses..." Nino laughed mirthlessly hugging his legs "You must really see some failing in me that I cannot..."
"...Because you are looking in the wrong places, Tiger," the prince told him with a sigh his eyes screwing up as he seemed to have an internal battle with himself before continuing "Look to me, find my weakness and you shall find your own, we share the same kind, it why I know you and you feel as if you know me... I will leave you to your letter, your uncle is waiting on me..."
Nino watched silently as the prince left the room puzzling over what he had just been told. His mind was far to clouded with a churning wave of emotions to think about it too deeply now. He clenched his hands and exhaled loudly his eyes boring a hole in the wall opposite him trying to calm his racing heart. His eyes went to the letter scuffed up from the dropped brush and ink and a tear rolled down his face burning at the rim of his eye.
“I am sorry…Takayuki…” He whispered softly to the air holding his head a letting the tears take him until he fell into an uncomfortable heap on the floor into a troubled and broken sleep.
*~*~*~*~*~*
Nino opened his eyes his back was burning but it wasn’t a real pain anymore he didn’t know how long he had been there in the cave with the man sticking his needles into him and if he was honest he didn’t care anymore. All he wanted was peace to die here in the dark and let all of the emotions inside of him vanish. Tears were worthless as were shouts or curses, nothing that he did stopped the shadow or made any difference in how he was treated. There was a small rock fall beside him and Nino closed his eyes again pressing his face into the dirt as footsteps came towards him. He expected him to go behind him again but instead the man knelt in front of him. A painfully gentle hand brushing over the side on his face and lips before it moved up and stroked at his hair.
The gentle action was almost as cruel as the needles and Nino fought back the whimper that wanted to tear from his mouth. Surprised when his ties were cut and he was lifted up into a strong and gentle pair of arms. The man smelt bitter like alcohol and sour milks and, even though he managed to keep up his pretence of being asleep Nino felt his mouth and nose wrinkle in protest of the smell. He was carried slowly through the cave and then he felt it sunlight it caused his eyes to glow red and his face to tingle with the heat. A soft wind blew and he could smell the tang of the ocean and hear the call of a gull. He had only been once to the ocean with his father, it had been a long ride but he had been proud of the journey and that he hadn’t fallen to sleep. The vastness of the water had terrified him then and it did so now as he heard the roar of it, the waves crashing over the beach and against his better judgement he recoiled back deeper into the arms that were holding him.
The man never spoke but his hand moved calmly up and down his side as he began to rock him lightly from side to side. His every action in complete contrast to what he had come to expect of the man that had murdered his family and taken him. They came to a stop and his eyes opened knowing that it was useless to feign sleep anymore. Before him was the ocean as big and as terrifying as he remembered. He felt sure that he was going to be tossed into the cold water and he tried to tell himself that it was okay, at least then he would be free but after only a few minutes staring at the swirling mix of grey and white they turned and headed back up the beach.
There was a man waiting for them on the sand dune, his hair was grey and his teeth yellow and rotten stumps in his mouth. He cast a wary eye at the shadow but Nino noticed that his eyes moved eagerly over him as his tongue moved over his lips.
“A fine boy…Yes well worth the gold…”
“Remember have a care how you treat him…I will return for him…”
*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Nino gasped loudly opening his eyes and sitting upright surprised to find that he had been tucked up in the bed. The sun had gone in the lamp and fire had been lit to ward off the darkness. His eyes adjusting to the semi-light he looked around surprised that Ohno was sitting beside him polishing his katana and looking more at ease than he had when he last saw him.
“You were asleep when I entered…I moved you to the bed…You appeared to be dreaming but you did not call out so I did not wake you…” Ohno explained as he set aside his polishing cloth peering at him in the gloom.
“I…It was my last day with the shadow…” Nino whispered softly drawing his knees up to his chest hugging them tightly his cheek pressing against the knobbly knees feeling cold. “I had never heard him speak…Everything that he did was in silence but that day I heard him…You were right…He said that he would return for me…”
“I see…I had no doubt that he would…He worked hard on the marking on your back…He cared too much for you to let you go…” Ohno whispered causing Nino to let out a painful bark of laughter a sound that echoed dully around the room before he said;
“If he cared for me he would not have sold me to the monster that he did…That man…He…Introduced me to the ways of the world…You say that I need the comfort of sex to feel normal and it is true…I do because it is all I have known…”
“Then your lord…”
“My lord did not take me he was not that kind of monster…” Nino whispered not even looking at the prince now turning his face to the fire the images of his life playing around in his mind “But there are other ways to make a person feel used…He would make me sit in the room with him as he…Took other people so that I would learn what pleased him…”
“My tiger…I swear to you…”
“There is only one thing that I would have you swear to me…And that is when I have completed your task that you will kill me and take care of my boy…I care no longer for revenge I just wish to be free…”
TBC
A/N: Wow…Depressing chapter >.< I’m sorry but Nino is feeling very, very alone and confused right now ne, all these years he’s kept everything in and now it’s all coming out at once >.< I’m sorry...>.<
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Date: 2014-04-22 10:16 am (UTC)Ohno had better make him feel better...
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Date: 2014-04-23 10:52 am (UTC)I promise he will :D
Thanks for reading ^_^
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Date: 2014-04-22 10:41 am (UTC)So sad ! I'm confused, I've many ideas in my head but one question recurring..
What shade looking for really get ? I've thoughts at beginning it's like a punishment for not forgotten, a reminder of what he has done and means to atone for mistakes with taking care of Nino for all his life. Arg ! I love this story ~
Wonderful chapter ! Like always !
Thank you ~
XOXO
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Date: 2014-04-23 11:12 am (UTC)I promise that his reasons will come to light...He does seem to want to care for Nino ne...:D
Yay I'm really glad that you're still enjoying it :D
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Date: 2014-04-22 12:05 pm (UTC)I'm speechless... poor Kazu T.T
I'm beginning to suspect of the identity of 'the shadow'... now... I defenitely don't have any clue of how this will probably end XD
Thanks for the update Krys ^^
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Date: 2014-04-23 10:54 am (UTC)>.< he's been through more than enough :D
:O really...Hehehe I actually have the last chapter all written out which is a first for me! I don't normally write with a fixed goal in mind :DDD
Thanks for reading ^_^
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Date: 2014-04-22 01:06 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-04-23 10:54 am (UTC)Thanks for reading ^_^
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Date: 2014-04-22 01:10 pm (UTC)Ohno better get him some sense xD
Somehow I get the feeling that shadow is closed to Nino's family..
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Date: 2014-04-23 10:55 am (UTC)I promise that Ohno will make him feel better :D
hmmm :D
Thanks for reading ^_^
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Date: 2014-04-22 02:49 pm (UTC)Thank you for update!!!
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Date: 2014-04-23 10:56 am (UTC)Thanks for reading ^_^
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Date: 2014-04-22 11:37 pm (UTC)I will support Oh-chan if he wants to kill Sho. I was so angry at what Sho makes Nino to do >"< Nino is a kid and he made Nino watch those things? That's disgusting and unforgivable >"<
Can't wait for next chapter. Thanks for sharing ^^
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Date: 2014-04-23 11:06 am (UTC)>.< Sho really was a very horrible person to him...I regret giving him somebody as sweet as Masaki but he's messed up too >.<
Thanks for reading ^_^
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Date: 2014-04-23 08:17 am (UTC)Ps: maybe ohno should give him a little peck once Nino asked him (an egoist thought of mine)
thank you so much for this Krys <3
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Date: 2014-04-23 11:09 am (UTC)hehehe :D
I'm really happy that you're liking it :D
Thanks for reading ^_^
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Date: 2014-04-23 09:45 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-04-23 11:10 am (UTC)Thanks for reading ^_^
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Date: 2014-04-23 03:35 pm (UTC)