Gifts

Gifts

Flora Winters

I do not own Gakuen Heaven or any of its amazing characters.

Summary: Bell Liberty Academy is home to the most gifted boys in Japan. All of the students possess a very special ability, making them outcasts from the rest of society. This school is their haven, their heaven. This story will contain male/male parings, and some strong language here and there. This story may even remind you of X-Men. I’m not really sure if this will be a crossover or not, since there will be no characters from X-Men in it. It might even remind many of Heroes, too. Hmm, such a dilemma this is. Oh, well, enjoy the story, ya’ll.

Chapter Nine

Keita gawked and Kazuki pursed his lips when Naruse pulled a bottle of expensive looking sake out of the yellow picnic basket. He was grinning with really white teeth as he poured three glassfuls.

Well, Kazuki thought with a mental groan, at least I got to have a picnic with Keita.

“Don’t you dare tell the temple elder, Kazuki,” Naruse hissed, handing him a cup. “Or I’ll really make you sorry for ruining my date with Honey.”

“Your date?” Kazuki asked, sniffing the liquor. “This isn’t a date.”

Naruse ignored him, handing Keita his cup. “Here you are, Honey.”

Keita took it with a smile and Naruse purposefully caressed his fingers. It sent chills rushing like warm water over his flesh.

“Tell me something,” Kazuki said, taking a sip, looking at the blond tempter. “Were you planning on getting him drunk on sake and pheromones?”

Naruse came close to breaking the glass bottle over his head and gutting him with what was left. He was so going to beat the hell out of him.

“I would never do such a thing, Kazuki,” Naruse snarled, setting the bottle down before he went through with his wild plan. “And you know that.”

“Please,” Keita said, holding up his free hand. “Don’t speak as though I’m not here to defend myself.”

Emerald and lavender eyes fell on him and there was such tenderness in both sets. It made him blush like a scarlet rose and he sipped his sake. He was not use to such affection by sexy guys.

“I don’t need pheromones and sake to get what I want,” Naruse told Kazuki, sneering at him. “People are just naturally attracted to how awesome I am.”

“Uh huh,” Kazuki said, putting his empty glass down, pouring another. “Keep telling yourself that, you cheater.”

Keita was seriously starting to get upset and the wind began to blow a little harder through his red locks. What the hell were they doing? Why were they fighting like this?

“I can’t help it that I’m sexier than you,” Naruse chuckled, grabbing the bottle from him, filling his own cup up again.

“Funny,” Kazuki said, snatching the bottle from him, setting it aside. “Without your powers, you’d just be left all alone in an icy bed filled with ashes.”

“How dare you!” Narsue yelled, getting to his knees, eyes blazing like twin emerald abysses. “I’m a virgin!”

Kazuki giggled. “Bingo.”

Keita was blushing furiously. He wanted to knock them both out and run the fuck away.

Naruse’s eyes widened and he looked away. “I don’t play around. I’m saving myself for the one and what about you, Snow Prince?”

Kazuki shrugged, drinking his yummy. “I’m waiting for the one, too.”

“Well,” Keita said, rising to his feet like a storm cloud, walking off without his sake. “When you two happen to find the one…keep the noise down.”

Both teens blinked, stumbling over the other to go after him.

“Oh, Honey,” Naruse cooed, pushing Kazuki as they ran. “I’m just being funny.”

Keita ignored his new friend.

“Sake is evil, Keita,” Kazuki said, wishing the vile stuff had never touched his tongue. Alcohol affects them differently than with humans. One sip and they’re instantly on a buzz trip.

“Don’t you dare tell the elder,” Naruse snapped like a deadly whip. “Or I’ll tickle your fancy till it can’t be tickled again.”

“Shut up.” Kazuki said. “You’re making Keita angry.”

“Me?” Naruse asked in outrage, stomping his heel.

“Both of you!” Keita yelled, thunder booming. “Leave me alone!”

Both teens gawked when the gorgeous redhead turned and fled off through the woods in a swirl of leaves. Kazuki smacked his forehead and Naruse’s broad shoulders drooped with a sigh.

“See what you did?” Kazuki asked, almost saying how he had always done this to get Keita all to himself, but, only winding up to get him mad at the both of them instead.

“Me?” Naruse yelled, punching him in the shoulder. “You did it, too, you jerk!”

Kazuki rubbed his shoulder, smiling at the blond. It caused Narsue to leap back like a phantom with talons ready to strike. He didn’t trust the look in those spooky lavender eyes. In all honesty, Kazuki did scare him at times.

Kazuki shook his head. He had hoped the feelings Naruse had held for Keita would have stayed buried with the memories he had suppressed to the point of not existing at all.

“You want to fight?” Naruse asked, snapping a mouthful of deadly fangs at him.

“I could pin you to the ground like a butterfly,” Kazuki said in a calm voice. “And pluck every hair from your nose holes.”

Naruse gasped, putting his talons over his nose in fear. It made Kazuki laugh.

“Come on, you blonde idiot,” he said, running off down the trail Keita had taken. “We need to find him before he gets lost or worse.”

Naruse nodded, following after him.

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Keita was furious. He couldn’t believe those two guys. Why were they acting like total idiots? Well, that was a really stupid question to ask. They both liked him and by the tone and volume of arguing, they liked him a lot. It kind of made him feel all warm and fuzzy inside.

He shook his head. He didn’t want them fighting over him. He wasn’t some Helen of Troy. His face sure as hell wouldn’t launch a thousand ships. That was for damn sure.

He decided to go off the trail and into the dark forest. It was so pretty and he wondered if they were coming after him. Deep down, he hoped they were.

“Honey!” He heard Naruse call out.

“Keita!” Kazuki called out just after.

He jumped behind a big tree and listened. The two of them were snarling at each other over who he would answer first. It made him roll his eyes. Men really were funny now that he thought about it. Why wasn’t he like that? Oh, that’s right. He was just fucked up. Here’s your sign.

“Honey!” Naruse called. “Are we playing Hide and Seek?”

“Keita!” Kazuki yelled after. “You can come out now! Naruse said he was sorry for being a smelly brute!”

He leaned his head back against the tree’s bark when they started yelling at one another again. It really was comical. Those two were complete and total opposites. They simply could not get along at all. The two of them must constantly pinch and poke at each other just to get a rise.

He heard a slight gasp and then a thud, causing him to peak his head around the tree. The two of them were rolling around on the ground, snarling and snapping at each other like a pair of dogs. He put a hand to his mouth to muffle an escaped giggle. The two of them froze, snapping their heads around in his direction, causing him to step out with his hands on his hips, and a frown on his face. They tripped and stumbled over each other, trying to get up. Their clothes were covered in grass stains and other debris. Naruse had leaves and twigs in his hair and Kazuki had dirt on his cheeks.

“Oh, Honey,” Naruse grinned happily, pushing Keita aside. “I found you.”

He moved towards him and Kazuki stuck out his foot, causing him to stumble, falling flat on his face with a muffled grunt.

“Oops,” Kazuki said, grinning down at the blonde. “My foot slipped.”

Naruse raised his head, spitting grass out of his mouth, growling angrily. That had really hurt and worse of all, it had surprised him. The lavender eyed twit was so damn annoying.

“That wasn’t nice, Kazuki,” Keita said, shaking his head, walking over to help his newest friend up, picking the leaves out of his hair.

“I’m sorry,” Kazuki said, looking down at his feet, feeling slightly ashamed for what he had done.

“Aw, thanks, Honey,” Naruse said, getting to his feet with his help. He kept holding his hand, and stuck his tongue out at Kazuki.

Kazuki pursed his lips and looked away. He was not going to mentally squeeze his nose and mouth shut until he turned purple and passed out no matter how much fun it might seem to do so.

“Come on,” Keita said, holding out his hand to Kazuki. “You two can shake and make up.”

Naruse blanched and Kazuki scoffed. The beauty had to be joking. They looked at each other with pure unbridled malice.

“Please,” Keita sniffed, acting like he would break down and sob at any moment.

Kazuki sucked in a breath and begrudgingly held out his hand for the blonde to take.

Naruse narrowed his green eyes and took his hand, shaking it.

Keita watched as their knuckles turned white and how the evil grins never left their faces. Did they have to make everything a competition?

“Well,” Keita said, putting his hands over theirs, pulling them apart with surprising ease, for they allowed him to do so. “How about we head back, clean up our mess, and…”

Kazuki’s cell phone began to ring and he rolled his lavender eyes in anger at the interruption as he pulled it from his back pocket. “Hello?”

Keita watched him with big blue eyes and Naruse looked over at a spirit house tucked into some moss covered tree roots. There was a firefly dancing inside. He pointed it out to Keita, earning a beautiful smile. It made the blonde’s heart soar.

“I see,” Kazuki said. “I’ll be in as soon as I can.”

He hung up with an exasperated sigh. Apparently the temple elder had misplaced his Tonka trucks and was making a big fuss over it. Why did his life have to be so damn complicated?

“What is it?” Keita asked, turning back to him.

“I have to go to work,” he said, frowning when Naruse grinned.

“Oh,” Keita said. “Well, I’ll help clean up then.”

Kazuki nodded, looking at the smiling blond, mentally filling his head with an ominous warning.

Naruse looked away. He hated it when he did that. He knew Kazuki had the power to really hurt him, if not kill him. He didn’t know what he was so fucked up about. It wasn’t like he would do anything to hurt his Honey.

Kazuki suddenly gave Keita a hug from out of the blue and took off running, waving back at him. The blue eyed pretty shiny just stood there, waving back with a happy smile on his face. Kazuki made him feel so warm and comforted. It made him dizzy with nostalgia, too.

“Come on, Honey,” Naruse said, gently tugging on his sleeve. “Let’s go for a walk down at the beach.”

Keita looked up at him with a smile. They really should go cleanup and then head back, but the beach was calling to him. “All right.”

Naruse took his hand. “There are lots of pretty rocks to be found, too.”

“Oh,” Keita said, strolling along beside him. “Like crystals?”

Naruse nodded. “I’ll make you a shiny friendship bracelet.”

Keita grinned. Naruse’s personality was a little overbearing, but, he was genuinely sweet. Plus, the handsome blond had said he’d protect him from any of the big bad wolves.

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Kazuki had his eyes on Keita. There was no way he could allow him to truly be alone with that Naruse. He wasn’t a bad person, he was just too unpredictable.

He was watching the two of them through the amber eyes of a beautiful yellow canary. It looked like they were looking for crystals down by the shore. Well, that made him feel a little bit more secure.

“Kazuki,” the elder said, tossing a Tonka truck at his face, only to pout when lavender eyes froze it, making it fall to the floor. “It is time to determine Keita’s level.”

Kazuki nodded, frowning. He had been dreading this.

“In one week,” the elder said, causing a Tonka pileup of doom. “Bring him to me.”

“Yes, Sir,” Kazuki said, turning to exit the room.

“Oh, Kazuki,” the elder smiled, finger on his bottom lip, looking like any adorable nine year old. “I want ice cream.”

Kazuki sighed.

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“Oh, look at this one, Naruse,” Keita said, walking barefoot through the water to where the blond was looking for shiny rocks, too. “Isn’t it pretty?”

Naruse turned around, nearly slipping on the slippery rock under his bare feet, catching himself, laughing. “He looked at the shiny little crystal orb Keita was holding in his palm.

“Wow, that’s a rare one, Honey,” he said, taking it. “I’ll make it the centerpiece.”

“What did you find?” Keita asked, looking at his other hand.

Naruse held it out and dropped a few tiny pearls into his wet palms. He smiled when those blue eyes lit up.

“Pearls?” Keita asked in shock, looking at them. They were so pretty.

“Yeah,” Naruse said, looking the crystal over. “The island has always had these things ever since I first came to this place.”

“Really?” Keita asked, handing them back to him. “How long have you been here?”

“Three years,” Naruse said, looking down at the rock in front of his left foot. “I’m safe here.”

He nudged the rock out of his path with a toe. All he needed to do was fall over it, get soaking wet, and embarrass himself in front of his Honey.

Keita looked up at him. “Safe?”

“The world out there beyond this island is so cold, Honey.” He said, turning away from him with a sad look in his eyes. “I was treated like a monster and locked away.”

Monster? Locked away? Keita could feel the darkness closing in on him, smothering him. He could hear the yelling and the name-calling.

“Can I show you something, Honey?” Naruse asked, voice sounding a little scared. “And promise not to get scared?”

Monster? Locked away? Was Naruse going to show his powers?

Keita nodded. “I promise.”

“I have the power of seduction,” he said, stepping away. “My body can make those I choose desire it and they can do nothing but find ways to please me.”

Keita softly smiled.

“But,” he said, looking away from him, making his golden mane hide his emerald orbs. “When I get angry or feel nervous…”

Keita watched as his large hands began to transform into long and deadly looking talons. They looked like they could tear through metal with one swipe.

The wind blew his golden locks from out of his face and Keita looked at him. His face was so striking, even more so than before. His skin was filled with more gold and his eyes were like molten green gemstones with silver slits. He smiled shyly with a mouthful of fangs. They looked like razor sharp moonbeams.

Keita gasped and a deep hurt filled those beautiful snake-like eyes. He shook his head and went up to him without even thinking about it. He took a massive taloned hand in his own, looking it over. His fingers were so long, black, smooth as glass, and sharp as daggers. He let the talons go and wrapped his arms around him.

Naruse felt like he was going to shatter from joy. Only Kazuki and the elder knew about this side of him. Why wasn’t Keita screaming and running away from him? The twins had done so when he had shown them and Kazuki had to zap their memories. Not everyone could handle looking at him. He liked all of his friends, but, not a single one of them had been able to handle what he truly was. He hated them a little for it. He was always hiding.

“You’re not a monster,” Keita said, kicking his parents out of his mind. “You’re my friend.”

The two of them just stood there in silent reverie. Those words echoed around them and it was like they had been spoken before.

Naruse slowly turned back to his human form and gently hugged him back. He was silently crying.

“Thank you, Keita,” he whispered, squeezing him gently.

Keita stepped back, smiling up at him, wiping the tears away from his green eyes. “Let’s find some more pretty shiny.”

Naruse laughed. “You bet.”

Keita held his hand. If Naruse was a monster then he considered himself a demon.

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Kazuki stood still. He wanted to think himself shocked, but, he wasn’t. That was so Keita. No wonder the two of them loved him so much.

He held out his finger for the canary to perch on. He stroked its featherd head with a gentle finger.

“Well, Kushi,” he said, smiling softly. “I guess I need to find some way to get along with that dumb blonde.”

Kushi chirped softly. She was happy.

“Come on,” he said, having her to perch on his shoulder. “Let’s go see if I can’t jerk his chains some more.”

The canary chirped in birdie laughter.

TBC…

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Flora.