"gojyo"

s s s s tenpou wanted to cry out, but his body wouldn't let hi the body illg, yet the d was not and it was probably the body's urggs that got hi this position the first pce self b got the better of hi he wasn't thkg the d didn't want gojyo; wanted kenren the body wanted gojyo; who the hell was kenren?

/of all the idiotic thgs i have ever done/

it was rciless torture and tenpou seezed his eyes shut, tryg to keep at bay the ories retaed by this piece of once huan flesh sothg about the scargojyo's touch woke it up

he saw blood; a lot of blood god how he hated blood war, verg hi, bitg acrid heard the cries of the tornted

saw deonic eyes fsh before his own pair after pair after pair after pair bloody eyes his own bloodied eye warth racg to his hands, the blood this body spilt the blood of others the blood of a thoand

saw a girl with a knife, cryg, whisperg a thoand 'i' sorrys' that were enough to kill a thoand souls whose poas a thoand tis that of tenpou becae with jt one tear she changed an entire nd watered it with blood ade bloody flowers grow ade the ra turn to hellfireburn burn burn and screa up to the heavens to those who shall never hear your pitiful cries for rcy

"hakkai!" gojyo shook tenpou violently as tears stread fro the rners of his closed eyes the o of the were surrounded by bright green light war, so war "you're energy's floodg out ntrol it or you'll wear yourself out pletely!"

"i can't let your body absorb it or it's lost for nothg" his voice was already fadg

/ah, so this was the hell you wanted to know /

gojyo did as he was told and took it he uld feel his wounds healg faster his fever liftg as he broke to a sweat the surge of ki fally started to ebb as the saller of the o bordered the abyss of unnscioness hakkaihe was gettg lder

gojyo's grip around hi tightened "suicidal idiot" and before tenpou slipped tiredly to the darkness of sleep, he felt a kiss brh the nape of his neck, then another, and then another- warg his sk with each passg send

a stab of guilt and then, /sobody kill /

chapter 7: thgs too stupid for words:

gouj was easy to spot out aong the spectators, standg rigidly away fro the crowd, ars crossed, face cross and white braid heavily hangg down his back redg hi of the burden of his position kenren walked o paces towards the white dragon sped, then turned around walked sped turned around and faced the back of his superior once ore

"i reest that i be transferred fro the and of field arshal tenpou gensui to" well, he wasn't sayg it, but the words ca out clear his d anyway all it took was jt a tap on the shoulder and he was sure that gouj would be ore than pleased - if 'pleased' would do any jtice to the ner euphoria the dragon kg would feel- to have kenren out of his sight

the drus announcg the entrance of his n started up, slow and steady as a heartbeat, but there was a certa zess to it that ade it sound like so sort of death arch gouj tipped his head up to the air, sniffed, then returned to beg a arble statue a death arch and the people cheered wildly

nfetti and strears raed down upon hi fro the balnies of the holy city, but kenren's d was far fro it all he absently reached for his e fsk, poured hiself a sall sip sothg felt utterly wrong about the situation a breeze swept through the gates of heaven, utterly freezg and utterly unnoticed by the likes of every kai sight poured hiself another sip, ward up and utterly fot about it

litouten was sputterg sanely nataku tried not to take notice, his eyes ged to the proudly archg (and proudly sirkg, the boy did not fail to note) regint as if they had jt e back fro so victory stead of so loy snowstor and then litouten was cursg, sackg a servant the face for so "ultiately unaeptable faire, you loe, get soone out there to do it right this ti!"

his father ca back to the balny to sit beside hi, red the face and breathg heavily "danable fools," litouten grubled behd his teeth as he leaned over the railg to ake sure that the bespectacled an the white at was really who he seed to be "are the hardest to get rid of"

nataku pretended not to hear pretended to be dub pretended to be still, when his eyes were actually scanng the crowd for a certa itan a shock of brown hair would be the biggest tip off he sahite statuewhich ovedwhich then t have been gouja little behd hi was kenren (nataku frowned) drkg out of turn