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Chapter 11 "Break-up"

Chapter 11
Break-up

“I was expecting you.” Ketsu places the magazine on the coffee table and smiles at Siko and Katuo. He notices their new wings. “So, you finally met Hikyou-sama.”

“Cut the chase.” Katuo snaps at him. “You have some explanations to do. We know that you’ve been talking to him ever since you were born.”

“Actually, he first talked to me when you guys were born… I was about two years old at that time,” Ketsu says. “I received the power of the angel… as in the result, I became your guardian angel."

“Guardian angel?” Siko blinks in surprise.

“But…” Ketsu gets up from the couch. “That’s not what you are here for though. You want to know more about Hikyou-sama, right?”

“Yes. Why were we chosen to be the Gods? And you to be an angel?” Katuo demands for the answers.

“If you want the answers, ask Hikyou-sama.” Ketsu shrugs his shoulders.

“Ketsu…” Siko says. “Is it… this… wings… Is it our true form?”

“You have the souls of Myou and Hikari.” Ketsu nods his head. “They were reincarnated into you… for the fifth time. That makes you the sixth pair of Gods of the Fifth Universe.”

Siko almost collapses, but Katuo catches him on time. “I… This… I can’t believe this…”

“Siko, sit there.” Katuo helps Siko to walk to the couch. “Ketsu, it does not make any sense to us. If we are Gods, then why didn’t we know before?”

Ketsu looks away from Katuo and Siko. “It’s… Kira.”

Siko and Katuo almost go pale at the simple mention of Kira.

“Kira? She’s alive?” Katuo asks.

Almost everyone on Earth knows about Kira for many generations. Kira was frozen in the orbit of Planet Earth for a thousand years but just sixteen years ago, she was freed. The humans were so shocked to discover her there when they first went out into space a few decades ago. The myths and legends of Kira and Gods became the facts, which were now in the history textbooks everywhere in the world.

Ketsu does not say anything more about Kira. Instead, he says, “It’s best you ask Hikyou-sama about her.”

“Fine. I’m going home.” Katuo sighs in frustration. “I’ve got some thinking to do.”

“Wait, before you go. Wear this.” Ketsu takes out a black headband. “Cover the mark on your forehead. Your wings will go away. And… Hikyou-sama wouldn’t want you to use your powers riskily.”

“Like this?” Katuo ties the headband around his head. By covering the mark on his forehead, his black wings disappear suddenly.

“Yes.” Ketsu hands the white headband to his cousin. “Now, you know why I kept coming back from the university. Your emotions are like roller coasters!”

Katuo rolls his eyes at Ketsu. He takes Siko’s hand and kisses it. “See you tomorrow.”

“Yeah… see you.” Siko smiles lovingly at him and watches him leaving his house. “Is Dad home?”

“Yes, he’s upstairs in his office,” Ketsu says. “I’m going back to the university. I might not come back for a while… now that Hikyou-sama is finally watching over you guys.”

“Yeah… thank you,” Siko says quietly. “Send me a text message whenever you are back in town?”

“I will!” Ketsu winks at him before he leaves Siko’s house.

Many questions are now running through Siko’s head. Why would his own father do that to his son? Was it because Siko was dying when he was a baby?

“Welcome back.” Ryu smiles at his son when he enters his office. “Did you have fun at the White House?”

“Dad…” Siko mumbles quietly.

Ryu looks up from the paperwork. He widens his eyes in shock when he realizes that Siko is wearing white headband… and no shirt. He gets up fast and walks to Siko. He rips the white headband off to find the HIKARI mark on his son’s forehead. “No… Then, did you…?”

“I met Hikyou-sama.” Siko looks away from his father and blushes lightly. His new white wings wrap his body shyly. “After Katuo and I… did it…”

“You slept with Katuo! What the hell were you thinking?!” Ryu yells. “You lost your virginity to Katuo?!”

“Dad!” Siko yells. Suddenly, the walls in the room begin cracking loudly. “You are the one who did this to me in the first place!”

“Calm down!” Ryu is now panicked at the fact that Siko is able to break the walls without even touching. “Siko… please tell me… what did Hikyou-sama tell you?”

“You made the deal with him. You sold my fucking soul to him!” Siko is now shouting. “You did this to me… when I was only a fucking baby!”

Ryu has never heard his own son cussing before. “Siko, you were dying! After you were born, your mother could not get pregnant again. We didn’t want to lose you!”

“So, you replaced my soul with… the stranger’s soul?!”

“It was Hikari’s! It was better than you being dead in my arms! I had no choice!” Ryu yells. “With Hikari’s soul, you received the ability to heal fast because of Hikyou-sama’s powers! Because of it, he saved your life!”

“You…” Siko rubs his eyes that already start crying. “I don’t want to do this anymore…”

“I’m sorry,” Ryu says quietly and gives his son a hug. “I did what I thought was best for you and your mother. She… she didn’t know either… and she still doesn’t. I love you, my son.”

Siko sighs softly. “Dad…”

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On the next day, Katuo receives a text message from his boyfriend stating that they need to talk, so he will be at the park soon. Without any second to waste, Katuo gets in his car and heads for the park.

He checks his watch and waits for about ten minutes until Siko finally shows up. He raises an eyebrow when he spots the dry tears on Siko’s face. “Siko? What happened?”

“Katuo…” Siko tries to rub his aching forehead, but he forgets that the headband is in the way. “Um… I’ve been thinking… about us lately.”

“We will try to make it work somehow.” Katuo goes to give him a hug, but Siko pushes him away.

“Please stop it,” Siko says firmly. “I can’t do this anymore. This is too overwhelming for me. Finding out that we are the Gods just because we made love in order to awaken Hikyou-sama.”

“Siko, what are you trying to say?”

“It… just…” Siko almost chokes on sobs. “It always feels so good to be with you, but… I feel like I’m not in control of my life anymore. Please… don’t come and see me anymore.”

“Wait.” Katuo grabs Siko’s wrist before he walks away. “You are breaking up with me?”

“Yes.” Siko looks down at the floor sadly. “I’m sorry. I don’t want to do anything with… stuff like that anymore.”

Katuo pulls Siko’s wrist so he kisses him hard but passionately. When the kiss ends, he says, “I’m not letting you go. We will do something about Hikyou-sama --”

He is in complete shock. He does not realize until his face cheek begins stinging after a sudden slap to his face. “S-Siko?”

Tears refuse to stop streaming down Siko’s face. “I love you, Katuo. That’s why I made the decision to let you go. We are only making things worse for ourselves.”

As soon as Katuo lets go of Siko’s wrist, it is all over. Siko is not in his sight anymore after he runs away.

Katuo collapses to his knees and slams his fists on the ground, almost cracking it. “Siko… Why…? Siko!!”

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“Hikyou-sama!” Katuo yells angrily. “It’s because of you, Siko fucking broke up with me!”

“Broke up with you? Uh-oh. That can’t be good.” Hikyou groans. “I was worried that it might happen, but I didn’t think it would be this soon. Oh well. It’s too late anyway –“

“What?!” Katuo explodes into anger. “You made this happen to us! You said we are the Gods, right? Fine, then, we are the Gods! Teach me everything you know! Just… tell me how to get Siko back…” At the end, he says quietly.

“There’s nothing I can do.”

“Fine. Take my soul,” Katuo says. “You made the deal with my father, right? You kept me alive with Myou’s soul, and Tezuka had to keep secrets from me. Since he replaced my soul with Myou’s, then take it back anyway.”

“Impossible. Don’t you know what happens if I take your soul?” Hikyou scoffs.

“Yes.” Katuo surprises him once again. “If that happens, then I die, right? Without Myou’s soul, I won’t be able to survive, correct? I was supposed to die when I was born. You did the same thing to Siko too. So please… ”

He closes his eyes trying not to cry, but tears slide down his face anyway. “Please… I want everything to go back to normal.”

Hikyou is speechless. This… this is different. Katuo is not like the previous Gods. They were not this desperate like he was. Is it because of his human heart?

“Why?” He asks. “Why are you willing to go this far? You refused to accept the fact that you are the Dark God. Now, you’re asking me to take your soul away just for Siko’s sake?”

Katuo wipes away the tears. He looks up at Hikyou with a lot of confidence in his dark green eyes. “Because I love him.”

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