Tokyo Babylon Fan Fiction / X/1999 Fan Fiction ❯ To Rewrite Destiny ❯ Untitled ( Chapter 2 )

Author's Note: Orion's being a bitch. He's taking advantage of the fact that I can't kill him.

Chapter Two

Seishirou watched as Subaru accompanied Kamui towards the van. He wasn't too pleased that the young man was going to be living with Subaru. He could be a problem. With Kamui around, Seishirou's `relationship' with Subaru could be in jeopardy.

Kamui was wearing black slacks and a white t-shirt that was at least three sizes too big for him. It had obviously been given to him by a doctor. Seishirou couldn't help but chuckle at the thought of the lecture the young man would receive from Hokuto. The older Sumeragi twin would not stand for such a wardrobe.

"So," Seishirou said as Kamui and Subaru climbed into the van. "Anyone up for a quick lunch?"

"Actually, I was hoping to get Kamui home," Subaru said. "I mean, he should get settled in..."

"Lunch sounds good," Kamui interrupted.

After his dreams last night, Kamui had decided that Subaru needed to be with Seishirou and that he would do anything within his power to get them together and change their future. He figured that he was sent to give them a second chance. As much as he had loved Subaru, Kamui knew that Seishirou was who Subaru belonged with.

//I'm sorry, Kamui. I can't live without him...//

Subaru looked at Kamui. "Are you sure?"

"The food at the hospital was hardly worth eating. I'm looking forward to something real."

Seishirou looked back at the two teens through the rearview mirror. Kamui's amethyst eyes were looking forward, so Seishirou could see straight into them. Something about those pale violet orbs unnerved the man.

The café was small, but comfortable. Subaru, Seishirou, and Kamui sat at a table. Seishirou had an arm around a blushing Subaru. Kamui was thinking of how he could get Seishirou to truly fall in love with Subaru. He had to prevent Subaru from becoming what he was in 1999.

"So," he said. "How did you two come to know each other?"

"We met at Ikebukuro," Subaru said simply.

"He tripped at the station," Seishirou added. "When I helped him up, I noticed how beautiful he was and immediately fell in love."

Yeah, right, Kamui thought. You just began an act that will eventually lead to both of your deaths.

//Seishirou fell into Subaru's arms, blood gushing from the hole in his chest.//

//Subaru was bleeding heavily from where he had cut both arms, elbow to wrist.//

Kamui drove the images from his mind. "So are you two lovers?"

"No!" Subaru blushed.

"Subaru-kun, you wound me," Seishirou said. "Don't you remember our night together on Tokyo Tower?"

"S-S-Seishirou-san!!"

Kamui couldn't help but laugh.

After Seishirou dropped Subaru and Kamui off at the apartment, Hokuto came out of her apartment to greet the two teens. She stopped in her tracks when she saw Kamui.

"Eeeek!" she screeched. "Kamui-san! I can't believe you wear clothes such as that!"

"Hokuto-chan," Subaru said. "Those are the only clothes he has."

"Then we'll just have to go shopping, won't we?"

With that, Hokuto grabbed Kamui's arm and began pulling him away. Subaru tried to stop his sister, saying that Kamui had just been released from the hospital, but Hokuto merely ignored her brother and went out to call a taxi. She shoved Kamui in and told the driver where to go as Subaru reluctantly got in the taxi with them.

Twenty minutes later, the driver pulled up in front of the department store. Hokuto bounced out, dragging Kamui along with her. Subaru thanked the taxi driver, paid for the ride, sighed, then ran to catch up to his sister and his friend.

Hokuto led Kamui to the men's section and immediately began looking. She threw several pairs of pants to the amethyst-eyed boy, most black and dark denim. When she finished with pants, she ran over to shirts and began poking through the selection. Several black shirts flew at Kamui. Soon, the boy was hidden under a small mountain of clothes.

"Well, that's a start," Hokuto sighed.

"A start?" Kamui gasped. "I have enough clothes here for an army!"

"Well, we're not buying all of them. You need to try a few things on!"

"I don't think they'd allow me to take this many items to the dressing room."

"Just go!" Hokuto exclaimed, pushing the Kamui towards the dressing room. She took a few things from Kamui and waited outside.

"I wanna see each thing on you, Kamui-chan!" she said.

Kamui nodded meekly and went into the stall. He pulled on the first pair of jeans and a black mock turtleneck. The jeans were tight, but not too much so and the shirt was actually quite comfortable. He opened the door and went to show the older Sumeragi twin.

"You look great, Kamui-chan!" Hokuto squealed. Then she frowned. "It's missing something though."

She looked around and grabbed a low necked charcoal gray sweater. She handed it to Kamui, who quickly slipped it on.

"That's perfect! We're definitely getting that outfit for you!"

Kamui turned and looked at himself in the full length mirror. The ensemble actually didn't look that bad on him. He closed the stall door, stripped down and began to change.

After about an hour and a half of changing, showing the outfits to Hokuto, the elder Sumeragi suggesting something different, more changing and more modeling, Hokuto finally allowed Kamui to change back into his own clothes. Kamui quickly changed and was immediately dragged to the fabric department by Hokuto as Subaru pushed a cart full of clothes behind them.

"Come here, Kamui-chan and let me look at your eyes," Hokuto said.

Kamui did as instructed, wondering what his eye color had to do with whatever Hokuto had in mind. The girl hummed as she studied his eyes. She muttered something then went to look at the selection of silk fabric. She picked up a roll of pale violet silk and compared it to the color of Kamui's eyes. Hokuto nodded and put the fabric under her arm.

In the next ten minutes, Hokuto had picked out a selection of violets, reds, and teals. She asked for five yards of each roll and went back to the fabrics. She grabbed a roll of mesh fabric, black elastic, and a few zippers.

An hour later, the three teens finally left the department store and headed back to the apartments, their arms full of bags.

The next morning, Kamui woke up around ten o'clock. Subaru was already awake and just finishing putting his clothes on. The young onmyouji turned to Kamui and smiled.

"Ohaiyo, Kamui-san. Hokuto has already set out some clothes for you."

"She picked out what I'm wearing?"

"She does the same with me," Subaru said, shrugging. His gloved fingers tugged at the bottom of the black turtle neck he wore.

Kamui looked at the pile of folded clothes next to his bed. He got out of bed and changed as Subaru left the room. The outfit that Hokuto had set out for him consisted of tight black jeans, a shirt made out of a tanktop with mesh sleeves sewn onto it, and black silk gloves, identical to the ones that Subaru wore.

Kamui went out to the kitchen, where Subaru and Seishirou sat at the table. Kamui surpressed a shudder and sat down next to Subaru. Hokuto was in the kitchen, busily cooking away in a Victorian-style dress.

"Ohaiyo, Kamui-kun," Seishirou smiled. "I hope you slept well."

"Yes, I did," Kamui replied. "It's good to be out of the hospital and in a normal home again."

"I though so. You certainly slept through the commotion this morning."

"Seishirou-san!" Subaru exclaimed, blushing like mad.

Kamui chuckled. He may not like it, but Subaru and Seishirou truly seemed as though they belonged together. The conversation around him continued, but he paid no attention to it, as he contemplated if it was possible to get Seishirou to truly fall in love with the young onmyouji.

"Come to think of it, you got a fax today from the Sumeragi home," Hokuto said, breaking Kamui's concentration.

"What is it?" Seishirou asked. "Another job?"

"Yup."

"Onmyouji are so trendy these days, receiving work details via fax!"

Kamui shook his head and once again went back to work figuring out how to get the Sumeragi Clan Head and the Sakurazukamori together. When he finally began paying attention again, Subaru and Seishirou were gone and Hokuto was at the front door, pulling her shoes on. Kamui stood up.

"Finally decided to stop spacing off, eh, Kamui-chan?" Hokuto asked, turning around.

"Where'd Subaru and Sakurazuka-san go?" Kamui asked.

"Weren't you paying attention during breakfast?" Hokuto asked, her hands on her hips. "Subaru-chan has a job to do in Ebisu and Sei-chan took him there. Jeez, Kamui-chan, pay attention. Now come on, I'm going to try to get you enrolled at our school."

Kamui nodded and went over to the door to put on his shoes. Hokuto handed him a deep indigo denim jacket with a smile.

"I stayed up late last night making that for you," she beamed. "Hope it fits."

Kamui slipped the jacket on. It fit well.

"Come on, Kamui-chan."

Later that day, Kamui and Hokuto sat in Subaru's apartment. Kamui was looking though a bunch of textbooks, studying for the test that his class was going to be having in a few days. Hokuto had managed to pull a few strings and got Kamui enrolled. The elder Sumeragi twin was currently preparing dinner in the kitchen.

The door opened and Subaru stepped in. He toed his shoes off and hung up his jacket and hat.

"Tadaima," he called.

"Okaeri, Subaru-chan!" Hokuto called back from the kitchen. "Is Sei-chan with you?"

"No, he had to work. An emergency came up at the clinic and he has to perform surgery on an injured dog."

Kamui looked up from the textbook in his lap and saw that Subaru looked a bit sad.

"Something wrong, Subaru?" he asked.

"Huh?" Subaru asked. "Oh, it's nothing, Kamui-san. It's just that something bad happened to an old friend of mine."

Kamui nodded and decided not to pry as Hokuto had just asked him to set the table for her.

Kamui's dreams had changed. In his dreams, he saw the time when he had first met Subaru.

//"On arikya maribori sowaka...Noubou akyasha kyarabaya...//

Kamui had gone Within himself after Kotori had been killed. He hadn't wanted to face reality and hid; ran away. Subaru had pulled him out, sharing his own experiences.

//The man's hand shot through the girl's chest. Subaru's twin sister couldn't even scream as her heart was pierced.//

Subaru had done just the same as Kamui had. And he was determined to help Kamui avoid becoming like him. Now, Kamui had the chance to repay the Sumeragi; by preventing the tragedy altogether.

It wouldn't be easy. The Sakurazukamori had no real emotions. But according to what Kamui knew, Seishirou had at least been somehow obsessed with the Sumeragi. And Subaru had always been in love with Seishirou.

//"So this is how she died?"//

//"How she was killed. And I couldn't do anything to stop it."//

He didn't know how he would do this, but he had to try. He would need help, that was certain. He just had to find the right person to help.

Author's Note: That whole scene with the fax is from volume two of Tokyo Babylon. I got the dialogue from the TokyoPop translation. I figured that if this was going to be Tokyo Babylon, it had to have scenes from the manga. And that seemed the easiest to start with.

Also, there's going to be a new character soon. She's going to help Kamui with his self-appointed task of getting Subaru and Seishirou together.

Also, we'll be seeing Kakyou soon. Just a heads up.

Orion: *comes in carrying a book labeled "War and Peace"* STOP GIVING AWAY THE STORY!! *Repeatedly whacks Koichi with the book*

Owwww!!!! I TOLD you he was being a bitch!