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It seemed like their third round of torture wasn't going to get here, not when Chiaki, jumping up from his place on the floor, the loud crashing of noises in the distance making him startle awake. Haruie was right beside him, her blue eyes now wide and staring out into the darkness.
"What the hell was that?" She sat up and passed her hand through her hair.
"I don't know." Chiaki walked over to the bars and peered down the corridor. He couldn't see the 1.shikigami that was posted at the entrance anymore. "Dissension in the ranks?"
Haruie despite the situation laughed at Chiaki, as the man turned around to face her. "Let's hope so. I can't stand it in this cage anymore. I'm getting split ends." She held up some strands of hair, like Chiaki would want to see the proof of all her turmoil in this place.
"I think it's getting closer." Chiaki put his ear to the wall. Haruie mimicked him.
"I think you're right. Shouldn't that be a bad thing?"
"Not if it's a good thing."
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"Naoe." Takaya, shaking the older man by the shoulder tried to get him to wake up. "Naoe, please." He didn't want to wake him up, but what choice did he have. That noise was getting louder. Naoe had to be seriously injured if he could just sleep through it.
"Takaya?" Naoe blinked and then rubbed the side of his neck. "Tak-" Then the hazy film over the Possessor's eyes seemed to clear away, as the mysterious sound started to bombard his now attuned hearing.
"What-"
"Shit. That's what I'd like to know." Takaya, putting his hands on Naoe's shoulders helped the man sit up. "All I know is that it's getting closer and that has me all kinds of nervous."
"Kousaka." Naoe said all of a sudden, his eyes finding their focus in the dark room, those plum purple orbs strangely illuminated in the darkness, like ebony catching the glare of white light and letting it slide along its varnished surface.
Takaya found himself inevitably drawn. He breathed a belated sigh of relief at the realization that he had come very close to losing one those jeweled amethyst eyes and that he had dodged such a horrifying reality by the skin of his teeth. He could worry and fret over his earlier decision, the one that might cost him a friend, but right now, all he found himself doing was gazing into Naoe's eyes and thanking whatever of the good karma he had left that Naoe still had a matching pair. Naoe really did have the nicest eyes he had ever seen.
"Did you hear me Takaya?" Naoe asked; those eyes no longer focused on the far wall and whatever was behind it, but on him. 2.Tyrian purple like a majesty of kings swept over his dazed face, making his heart beat just a bit faster. It felt odd, but nice, and completely baffling, because he wasn't paying attention, so he had no idea what was going on or why his lips suddenly felt so dry, his skin so sensitive.
"I told Kousaka where we were headed before we left. He wanted me to inform him of our progress. I thought it wouldn't hurt to have a helping hand if something like this were to happen."
And all the while Takaya was hearing Naoe's words, but not really listening to them, as his mind was somewhere else entirely.
"Please don't be upset about it Takaya. We should take all the help we can get."
Mad? Why would he be mad? Takaya thought, and then he realized a bit too late that Naoe thought his silence was just a fit of pique he was indulging. It caught him off guard how help from a bastard like Kousaka, who would probably laugh snootily and pass judgments all the while taking on this rescue mission hadn't made him as angry, as he thought he should be. Kousaka just bugged the living hell out of him, but Naoe's stare seemed to counterbalance those feelings. Like a rush of morphine introduced into his veins and taking effect, or being doused from head to foot in cooling river water, the feeling, soothing more than shocking.
"Naoe..." Takaya said, without really thinking, just wanting to run those syllables over his tongue and caress them, like he wanted to the man in front of him. Takaya, completely forgetting himself and swept up in enough emotion to drown in leaned forward and pressed his lips to Naoe's. Naoe's mouth had been slightly open when Takaya kissed him, as it seemed he was about to make another inquire into his strange quietness.
Takaya ran his hands like rain over Naoe's chest and leaned in, as much as he could go without scooting forward, the subtle force of the kiss making Naoe tip his neck back. Takaya shifted his mouth and Naoe felt a pool of arousal liquefy in his stomach at that move, the boy then gripping him by the lapels of his shirt and yanking him down on top of him. Naoe hadn't been ready for that and his palm scratched against the concrete floor they were on, the sting making him more aware of his current position, which was half lying, half looming over Takaya. Takaya looked up at him. Naoe felt hands tracing over his nape, fingernails slightly digging into the skin there with the need to get a securer hold.
"Takaya? I know it's been a couple of days...but you realize what you're doing?" Naoe said, his eyes somehow looking iridescent in the dark room, like he was trapping the light from Takaya's own eyes and making them his own. Naoe smirked. "You're very cute, but if I go ahead and do this, you might get mad at me for helping myself to you while you weren't conscious of your actions." Naoe smiled at him, that understanding, patient unfurl of the mouth that he had showed Takaya many times when he was being less than hospitable. "However if you think..." Naoe trailed off when he saw the look of recognition in the boy's eyes, like he was becoming aware again.
Takaya, feeling supremely stupid and somewhat out of place, nudged at Naoe's shoulder. He thought he should try and play this off with a joke, and so he quirked his lips, his eyes however not matching up with the expression his mouth had taken. �Just getting� back at that bastard�and what better way than to have sex at his gravesite.� He got up and dusted off his knees, noting that the noise was coming ever closer.
�You have a warped sense of humor.�
�You just now realizin� that.� Takaya said and winked at Naoe, as he moved towards the wall. He pressed his ear to the surface and felt it tremble slightly.
Naoe pressed his palm flat against it. �It feels like the tremors from a working.�
�You mean someone�s setting up an incantation.�
At that moment, the ground shook and a huge explosion was heard through the walls and floor. The concrete above them shaking, bits of stone chipping away from the rock and crumbling like fine dust to the ground.
�It sounds like someone�s throwing around energy blasts.�
�It seems Kousaka has made good on his word.�
�Damn how many people did he bring?�
Naoe watched the absorption seal around their room, the green Sanskrit circling their prison cell and rendering their powers completely useless. He hated that he could still do nothing about this technique, even after thirty years, it was still as effective as ever. Even more so, since it seemed Ranmaru had perfected it and made it possible to use without him being here to reinforce it.
�Takaya,� Naoe turned to the boy, �When we are released from here. We must leave immediately. Do not go after Nobunaga. You can not handle him.�
�Can�t I just throw something at him then?�
�Do not seek out his attention. He will be especially looking for you throughout all of this.�
�Then I can�t disappoint.�
�Takaya.�
�Alright, alright. Like a mouse, okay.�

The trembling was getting stronger, and suddenly a crack formed in the outer wall. The fissure breaking open more, as the wall continued to shake. Takaya with one lunge planted his sneaker where he thought the break was weakest, and part of the wall gave away, a small hole opening up at the base of the wall where the crack seemed to affect the most.

Takaya, getting on his hands and knees and looking into the darkness that awaited him on the other end, didn�t feel so sure about his rabbit hole now. But hell if he wanted to say in here and rot the rest of his life. Takaya began to crawl in. It was a tight squeeze, especially around his shoulders, but he couldn�t back down now.
�Hey Naoe you comin?� He called behind him, but saw that no Possessor was following.�
�I don�t think I can fit.� Naoe said, as he crouched down near the hole.
�Damn.� Naoe definitely had broader shoulders than him and if he could barely fit, then there was no way Naoe could follow behind. �Look, I�ll come back around and open the cell door okay, so you just wait.� Takaya shifting his shoulders and feeling them scratch along the sides of the crawl space, gritted his teeth and pushed ahead. He came out into another room and feeling his way to something that seemed like a door, he opened it. Only to find himself in the room where he had been tortured.
Nobunaga was sitting in the middle of said room, his chair facing towards the door that Takaya had just opened, and casually smoking a cigarette like he didn�t have one care in the world.
�Whoops.� Takaya slammed the door closed, then realized how utterly stupid he looked. �Oh like he didn�t just see me.� He said to himself and threw the door open again. Naoe would just have to forgive him, since he owed Nobunaga some hits over the cuts on the Possessor�s face. He wasn�t going to let that bastard get away with it.
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�Naoe!� Haruie yelled, her hands clutching onto the holding cell bars. �Chiaki,� she turned her head to the side and yelled down the corridor. �Naoe�s here.�
�Haruie,� Naoe said, and got up from where he had been stooping over by the tunnel. He came up to Haruie and the woman smiled at him.
�Thank goodness.� She said and she searched around the cell for Takaya, but when she didn�t find him, Naoe explained quickly that Takaya was reenacting Alice in wonderland. He pointed over to the tunnel.
�Oh geez.� Haruie said. She looked over to where Chiaki was. �Hey are you done taking down those seals Ranmaru placed up?�
�Almost. Damn that bastard, using layered spells like this. I fucking hate layered spells,� Chiaki grumbled. �Just so he doesn�t have to be here. He�s probably off kidnapping Yuzuru right now.� Chiaki pealed off the multiple paper seals stacked one on top of the other, one of his hands committing mantras as he dispersed off the green light like threadwork laced around the kanji and special fibers that came from a sacred tree to form the paper seals.
�Open it up.� Chiaki yelled when he was sure the absorption seal was no longer effective.
�On it.�

Naoe backed up and Haruie used a small chi blast to shake the bolt lose.

The barred gate creaked open, but Naoe instead of coming out, trained his eyes on the rabbit hole Takaya had taken.
�Naoe c�mon.� Haruie said.
�You two go on ahead and help out Kousaka, I�ve got some business with Nobunaga.� Naoe said and his palm warmed with orange light, the manifestation of his power coloring and shredding through the room, the wall crumbling.
�C�mon Haruie! Let that idiot go save his hime-sama.� Chiaki said, and grabbed the woman by the wrist, tugging her in the direction from which the fighting was concentrated.
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�That offer still stands.� Nobunaga said and laughed because this was just wonderful. �We could be comrades.�
�Something tells me that you don�t really mean any of that.� Takaya answered back, eyes trained on the sneaky bastard�s hands. �You�re just waiting for a chance to betray me. Like you do to everybody. You don�t have any loyalty to no one but yourself. Don�t think I�m stupid.� Takaya clenched his fingers and took a step forward.
�Ah, alas you�re right.� Nobunaga sighed, like he had just been caught with his fingers in the cookie jar. �I�m a liar. What can I say? Runs in the blood.� He turned his arm so the Oda insignia on the inside of his wrist showed. The black-five-petal flower, with what looked like another flower inside of it, like an eternal blossoming, contrasting coolly against his pale skin. �We Odas don�t have one decent bone in our bodies.� Nobunaga cackled. �Well except the one in our pants.� He mocked, and leered at Takaya.
�You like �em young, don�t you?� Takaya asked, remembering Ranmaru skipping around here. �I hope you don�t mind when I beat the living snot out of your plaything.� Takaya calling upon his energy, cool purple light suffusing his body and making the room even darker, pointed his palm towards Nobunaga. �You think I don�t know where he�s off to. I won�t just stand here and watch you mess with my best friend.�
Takaya, releasing the energy watched it blow into the wall behind Nobunaga, the man having suddenly flickered from his sight, a red aura now surrounding him. Takaya, readying to unleash more was cut off as the wall beside him blew out, a gale of dust and rubble blowing past and pelting him.
�Naoe!� Takaya yelled when he saw the Possessor step out from the destroyed wall.

�Takaya.� Naoe said, in a very disappointed voice, as he noticed whom Takaya was with.
�What the hell do you think you�re doing?� Takaya bellowed. �I said to wait in the-�
�Takaya, I thought I told you to not come in contact with him.� Naoe whispered as he came to the boy�s side.
�Yeah�well, what are you doing here?� Takaya accused, trying to turn his fault over to Naoe. �You can�t have a double standard like that. You were plannin� to come here the whole time and leave me out, weren�t you?� Takaya narrowed his eyes.
Nobunaga clapped his hands together and that brought both of them out of their staring. �Well aren�t I popular, and here I thought I�d only have to entertain one guest.�
Takaya, stepping forward readied another blast, but Naoe�s hand on his wrist stopped him. �Takaya please step aside.�
�Huh?� Takaya gave Naoe an incredulous look. �You mind tellin� me what the heck you�re doing?�
�Please step aside and allow me this fight.� Naoe said; his eyes trained on Nobunaga.
�No.� Takaya answered back immediately. �You selfish bastard. This is my fight. Go away.�
�Ah yes, you should step aside Takaya. We men have some business. No room for little boys you see.� Nobunaga supplied and waved him off like he was just the desert and not the full course meal.
Takaya grew indignant. �You--� Then when he saw Naoe moving forward off his own accord, he turned his eyes on the Possessor. �Naoe, I command you to leave.�
�Please go help Chiaki and Haruie.� Naoe answered back without missing a beat, as he continued to move towards Nobunaga.
When Takaya realized that Naoe wasn�t listening to him anymore, he clenched his fist so hard that his fingernails left red-half moons in his palms. He didn�t want to leave, not like this, but when Naoe turned his head slightly towards him, one dark violet eye piercing through the semi-darkness, he knew his course of action had already been decided for him. He cursed Naoe under his breath and spun around and ran towards the door, never looking back. He knew what Naoe was doing. He was giving him the time to escape. Nobunaga was far more powerful than him, that knowledge hadn�t escaped his insight, not when he saw how fast Nobunaga could move without even trying. Toying with him, like a cat would the mouse. Naoe could tell how powerful Nobunaga was, because he had faced him before. Naoe, the stupid idiot was playing the martyr so he could escape.
�You fool.� Takaya said and his voice cracked on the words. �You better not die or I won�t forgive you.�

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�We can�t stay here.� Chiaki said and got pissed when Takaya rooted to his spot by the entrance didn�t budge at his words. �Takaya, c�mon. Naoe will meet up with us.� Chiaki coerced, and he trusted his friend to not get caught by Nobunaga�s web. Naoe was a clever bastard when he wanted to be, he�d find a way out. He wouldn�t be done in so easily and Chiaki even though he had the utmost confidence, still felt the need to pray for his friend.
�But-� Takaya made a face. �I�ll stay. You guys go find Yuzuru. Ranmaru�s probably already gotten to him. You can�t stick around here.�
�Yeah, well neither can you. Naoe�s fighting in there for you, you want that to be in vain. He wants you to get out of here. He�s giving us a chance. You think Nobunaga would just let us escape here if he could help it. Now c�mon!� Chiaki said firmly and roughly snatched Takaya by the wrist.
�No!� Takaya yelled and pulled his hand away. �I�m staying. I never agreed to any of this. We can�t just leave Naoe.�
�Fuck it!� Chiaki cursed and without warning punched Takaya in the stomach, his fist ramming into the boy�s gut and knocking the wind right out of Takaya. His eyes widened for a split second, and when Chiaki leaked some of his spiritual energy into the punch, the ki flowing into his body and further compressing his ribs, combining with the kinetic energy from the punch, Takaya felt the constriction and passed out.
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He woke up in an apartment that he didn�t recognize and when he tried to get up, the pain in his stomach kept him from getting very far.
�Where do you think you�re going?� he heard Chiaki�s voice cut through the air, the man sitting in an open windowsill across from him. Takaya pressed his hands against his stomach and recalling what had happened turned enraged, jade eyes on Chiaki. �Goddamit Chiaki. Why didn�t you leave me behind?� His tone sounding thick with unshed tears as his fingers clenched the sheets of the futon he was laying on.
�Shut up.� Chiaki said and slipped off the windowsill. �I don�t need your bullshit right now. You can�t even get up, so when you manage that then come find me in the other room.�
�Chiaki!� Takaya called out and the man stopped despite his words. �I know I�m no match for that guy�I know-but you didn�t have to choose for me. You guys are always doing that. Choosing for me when I don�t want it. You, and Naoe, and Haruie. I don�t want this.� Takaya put his face in his hands and Chiaki turned around and suddenly sat himself cross-legged in front of the boy.
�Takaya.� He started up and something in his voice made Takaya pull his hands away and stare him in the face. �Takaya, I�m not gonna lie to you. Why, I think outta all your generals I�m the only one that�s gonna be straight with you. I�m not gonna bullshit, or hold your hand, or coddle you.� Chiaki said and his eyes were focused and direct in a way that caught and held Takaya�s attention. �There was a time, Takaya that even I thought of joining Nobunaga�s forces. It was a long time ago, before you lost those memories and I can tell you right now, I was pretty damn close to switching alliances. You wanna know why?� Chiaki asked, not really caring if Takaya wanted to know. �It was because I hated you. I hated what you did to Naoe and I hated how Haruie was always caught in the middle. I hated how fucking cold and hateful you were. I just plainly hated you.� Chiaki said. �I�m not gonna lie to you. I even thought of assassinating you once.�
Takaya breathed in and his eyes looked a little hurt.
�Tch. Don�t look at me like that.� Chiaki said and he looked down at his lap. �And damn if I wasn�t tempted to just abandon your ass this time around when you were being a royal prick to Naoe. I really thought about switching sides, maybe going off to join Takeda, or hell the Hojo. Anybody that wasn�t you, Takaya.� Chiaki said.
Takaya took a shaky breath and his eyes scrunched up like he was on the verge of tears. Chiaki took one good look at him and shook his head. �Don�t start crying on me when I haven�t even gotten to my point.�
Takaya furrowed his brow and pouted. �I�m not crying you fucker.�
�Yeah. You�re not.� Chiaki said, and smiled a smile that actually reached his usual apathetic stare. �Takaya, I was so tempted to just up and leave, and I was gonna do it�but then�� Chiaki made a motion in the air with one of his hands, and then he looked conflicted, before suddenly moving forward and putting his hands on Takaya�s shoulders, those pale fingers gripping the skin there and holding Takaya still, even more than those eyes. �You�re not like him Takaya.� Chiaki said with enough emotion that had Takaya doubting if this was even the same man. �You want to be with Naoe. I don�t know when it started with you, but you just stopped doing things the way Kagetora does them. You�re not the same person that I met four hundred years ago on that battlefield.� Chiaki shook him a little. �You�don�t hold your feelings to yourself anymore. You tell us what you want, you make demands, you piss us off, not because you won�t say anything, but because you�re truthful. We don�t know what to do with you�� Chiaki said and his eyes glassed over. �And the reason why we make all your decisions is because we: me, Haruie, Naoe, we don�t want to see you get hurt. Kagetora never gave us that right. He was distant. You�we just don�t want to see you get hurt.� Chiaki released his shoulders and he seemed to finally compose himself. He looked down at his hands and they were shaking slightly. When he spoke again, his voice was quieter, but the emotion there was overwhelming. �Takaya, after four hundred years of serving you as your first general�I can finally, honesty say that I would happily die for you.� Chiaki looked at him directly, �So you don�t say stupid, selfish shit like we have to leave you. You think I want to get bitched out by Naoe and Haruie together. It�s not fun, believe you me.�

�Chiaki�� Takaya said, looking down at his hands, truly touched by what the man�no his friend had just said. He turned his green gaze on Chiaki. �Chiaki�I�I�m not�interested in you that way.� Takaya finished, a slow teasing smile spreading on his face all of a sudden. He laughed when he saw the irritated expression on Chiaki�s face at his teasing. However Takaya, despite the teasing knew he had needed that, needed those words from Chiaki, because the empty hole in his heart that was consumed with Naoe was screaming at him. Chiaki�s words had seemed to dull the ache�even if for a little while.
Chiaki smirked back at him. �Yeah, you wish. I like the ladies, thank you very much.� He countered and spun around towards the door. �You sit tight. Haruie should be back with some news. We have to get ready to leave soon. You think you can manage.�
�Yeah, I�m fine.� Takaya said, and wiped at the corners of his eyes.
�We�ll see him again you know.� Chiaki said, his back still to Takaya. �And then when he shows up, you can kick his ass how much you want.�

�Yeah�� Takaya laughed a little, �I bet.�
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A/n: Sorry for the lateness again, but other stories and RL biting away at my backside. I enjoyed writing this chapter. I didn�t want to stick to one perspective, as I bounced around as you can see by the sections I divided this chapter into. I think it makes for a more dramatic telling of a story. Or it mirrors how episodes usually run, with different screen shots of different characters. Something like that. Also Chiaki�s confession has some basis in the manga or novels, SPOILER ALERT, as I�ve read that he actually goes over to Nobunaga side for a while�or something like that. I just wanted to show the change in the dynamic between everyone since Naoe and Takaya started their relationship. I feel like the reason Chiaki defered over to Nobunaga in the manga was because his own team was so messed-up. Now in this story, since he has trust in Takaya and feels that they are all stable, he has no need to leave. Look at me bending the rules.
1.Shikigami- spirits summoned to serve or protect the summoner. Can take the forms of birds, animals, or humans.

2.Tyrian purple- a crimson or purple dye that is related to indigo, was made by the ancient Greeks and Romans. The color purple got it connotation with royalty since this dye is incredibly expensive (more than gold) and only the rich could afford it. Also called Imperial purple. (There is something inherently princely about Naoe, don�t ask me why I think this way, but he just seems the type.)
3. Oda family crest- (Go to wikipedia) The outline looks like a sakura petal, except it�s black and white. I thought it would be interesting to have Nobunaga display this, since it shows how proud he is off his name, even though he says that he�s progressive in this story. I like to portray him as an egomaniac.
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