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 Six

Keita decided on trying some of the yummy looking noodles that caught his sparkly blue eyes. He put the yellow bowl on his tray and added a little carton of grape juice. For some odd reason, he was craving the stuff. He wasn’t really all that hungry, so this should do.

“Is that all you’re going to eat?” Niwa asked, looking over his shoulder, causing him to jump at least twenty feet in the air.

“I said I was sorry.” The feisty green eyed student snarled, thumbing his nose. “What more do you want from me, Koji?”

Keita was a little perturbed by the serious looking student. He looked like the kind of guy who was really responsible and that you never wanted to cross in a million years. But, he also kind of had that big-brother feel to him, too. He noticed how Iwai seemed to hang and fawn over his every word. It was really cute. Was Iwai sweet on the guy?

“I want for you to slow down,” Koji said, ruffling the guy’s wild hair. “Before you hurt someone or yourself, Shunsuke.”

“Slow myself down?” Shunsuke asked, gawking. “Are you mad?”

“Not everyone is like Shin,” Iwai whispered, picking up a yummy looking apple off the food line. “You’re lucky he decided to become like mist and not rock.”

Shunsuke growled. “Don’t you have some plants to go water?”

Iwai dropped his shiny red apple. “I forgot.”

“I’ll help you with that later,” Koji said, picking the apple up for him. “Right now, I would like to see you eat.”

He glared at Shunsuke, who put his hands up in defense. He meant it to only be a joke. People really needed to learn not to take everything that came out of his mouth so freaking seriously.

“Hey, King,” a voice said from behind. “Do something with your wings, will you? I almost lost my head there.”

The king chuckled, turning around one more time. “What was that?”

The green haired guy ducked, cussing at him.

Keita giggled. He couldn’t help it. They were all like family. It made him feel warm and really sad, too.

“Hey,” Niwa asked, looking at him in concern. “What’s wrong, Red?”

Keita shook his head, picking up his tray off the line. “I had something in my eye.”

“Ah,” the king said, having him follow him over to a table where they could sit. “I hate it when that happens.”

Niwa positioned his wings so that Keita could easily set down next to him. He really liked this kid. He was sweet, funny, and drop drawers gorgeous.

“Where’s your birdseed?” Keita asked, eyeing the four large hamburgers that angel had piled up on his plate. He had never seen such huge slices of bacon in all his life on a burger.

The king playfully swiped him with his right wing, making them both laugh.

“Do you mind if we join the two of you?” Koji asked with Iwai standing to his left just slightly behind him.

Keita grinned. “I don’t mind at all.”

“Sweet,” Shunsuke said, setting down next to Keita, instantly beginning to chow down on his yummy goodness.

Keita blinked. Wow, he really was super fast. He made Clark Kent move like a turtle.

“Seriously,” Niwa said, looking at Keita as the other two set down across from them. “Is that all you’re going to eat?”

Keita nodded his head. “I’m not all that hungry right now. New places tend to make me really nervous. And when I’m nervous, I can’t eat.”

Iwai looked like he sympathized greatly with him. He was always nervous.

“Don’t be,” Niwa smiled, gently slugging his left cheek. “We’re all family here.”

Keita began to eat. He didn’t know what to say to that. So, he just picked up a noodle, grinned at the king, and ate it.

“So, Keita,” Shunsuke said, wiping the rice from his mouth with his sleeve. “What are your powers?”

The king nodded.

“I, uh,” Keita said, feeling the spotlight shining right on him. Oh, it burns us! It burns us!

“Keita,” Iwai said, feeling sensitive to his sudden discomfort. “Hold out your palm for me.”

Keita looked across at him and did so. Iwai placed a tiny little apple seed in his palm. He looked at the little thing and his blue eyes watched it begin to sprout in amazement. He watched as it grew like a thin green vine around his pale wrist, turning a soft brown color, and sprouting a single sweet smelling apple blossom. He just looked at his living bracelet in awe. It was so pretty.

Koji’s lips twitched upwards. It looked like Iwai really liked this new kid. He didn’t do something like that just for anybody.

“It’s beautiful,” Keita said, sniffing the lovely blossom, smiling brightly up at him.

“You can uncoil it off later,” Iwai said, smiling softly back at him. “And I’ll give you a pot so you can keep it in your room.”

Niwa could not help but notice that this was twice now that something had conveniently interrupted him in finding out what Keita’s powers were. Why was that? Was there some mystical force out their playing with him (winks)?

“Aw,” Keita said, looking at the beautiful flower around his wrist. “Thank you.”

Iwai nodded, sampling his fruit salad. He liked seeing Keita smile. It was so bright and warm. Oh, it inspired him greatly. He really wanted to draw.

Koji blinked. Iwai was going to town on his food.

“Good?” He asked.

Iwai nodded.

Shunsuke yawned. “So, what are your powers?”

And the spotlight was burning down bright as the sun on his little head once more. He looked at the apple blossom and smiled. Eh, what the hell?

“I control the weather,” he said, taking a quick sip of his grape juice.

You could have heard a pin drop in the nearly empty cafeteria. Shunsuke’s drink was flowing from his mouth like a waterfall.

Niwa snorted. “Was that you playing with the weather earlier today then?”

Keita gulped.

“Were you the one who caused that freak blizzard?” Koji asked with a cocked brow. He did not look amused at all. Poor Iwai had nearly had a heart attack. He had been so scared for his flowers.

“Yeah,” Shunsuke asked. “Did you have lightning hit that tree?”

Keita slowly nodded. “I’m sorry about that.”

“You don’t have to be,” Iwai said, looking across the square table at him. “You saw what I did. Sometimes, you just can’t control it.”

“Huh?” Koji asked in deep concern. “What did you do?”

Iwai instantly paled.

Koji dropped his chopsticks, crossing his arms across his chest. “Well, Taku?”

“I, uh, broke the residence lobby,” he said, jumping up, sprinting away like a nymph from a horny satyr.

“You did what?” Koji snapped, jumping up, running off after him.

“Hey!” Niwa shouted after him. “The queen scorched the place up, too!”

Koji roared as he ran through the doors, literally. It was like he had been a ghost or something.

Keita picked his jaw up off the floor. “Should we go after them?”

“Nah,” Shunsuke snickered. “In all honesty, Iwai loves being yelled at and chased after by Koji.”

So, Keita thought to himself, I was right.

“You can control the weather,” Niwa said, setting back down next to him again. “What’s it like having that kind of power?”

“It’s hard,” Keita told him truthfully. “And I’m always messing up.”

“Hey,” Niwa said, brushing a loose lock out of his face. “Imagine what it was like to suddenly sprout these snow white babies in the middle of a crowded shopping mall the day before Christmas. People thought that some guy named Jesus had come back.”

“Or be playing tag with your cousin and suddenly finding yourself a thousand miles away from home in an eye blink,” Shunsuke added.

“Or hurting your parents and leveling your whole neighborhood with a tornado,” Keita suddenly blurted like lightning out of the blue without thinking, instantly covering his mouth with a quivering hand.

“You win,” Niwa said, holding up his hands.

Shunsuke nodded, turning pale. They had both seen the flash of neon blue lightning spark from the corners of his molten jewels. Thunder echoed.

“Don’t cry,” Niwa quickly said, noticing how the sky was darkening. “We’ve all done some bad things.”

“I used to rob banks,” Shunsuke said, grinning like a cat.

“And I used to fly above people I didn’t like and take a…” Niwa said, suddenly changing his story. “And drop rocks on their heads.”

Keita snorted.

“Wow,” Shunsuke said, rubbing his chin. “That would put you right up there on the pedestal with Kazuki.”

Keita’s blue eyes lit up like fireflies. He couldn’t wait to see him again. The sky was getting brighter out again.

“He’s the most powerful student here,” Niwa told him.

“How do you know?” Keita asked, wiping at his eyes.

Shunsuke told him that they were tested. Their abilities were monitored and the results indicated their levels. Apparently, according to the student rumors, Kazuki had the power of a god.

“Who does the testing?” Keita asked.

“The temple elder,” Niwa told him.

Keita made a face. He was not all that religious. But, after seeing all these amazing people, he could believe in something.

“Come on,” Niwa grinned. “Let’s go back to my room you two. I have all these new video games that just came in today and I don’t want to go into the office.”

“A sapphire eyed monster haunts the place.” Shunsuke snickered again and Niwa glared at him. He was on his feet in a whoosh. “Race you two there.”

He was gone in a flash.

“My goodness,” Keita said, looking around, getting to his feet. “People come and go so quickly here.”

Niwa nodded, only for another whoosh to mess up his hair.

Shunsuke was back. “I got bored waiting on your slow butts.”

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The temple elder was blind as a bat and crazier than a fox on crack. He was older than the leaks in the ceiling he had been meaning to get fixed for years and didn’t look a day over nine.

“Yes,” Kazuki smiled, playing with a toy car. “The pretty shiny does go zoom-zoom.”

The temple elder cackled. “It goes zoom-zoom all right.”

Kazuki watched, sighing as he rolled his eyes for the tenth time. “Right into a wall I see.”

“BOOM!” The temple elder shouted, causing the little toy car to explode into flames. “Ah, good times, Kaz!”

“Indeed,” Kazuki smiled. “Now, about Keita, Sir…”

“Don’t know the bitch,” the temple elder said, tripping over his too big robes. “Never met her.”

Kazuki’s left eye twitched. Keita was not a bitch, and he was not a she, either!

“I kid, I kid,” the elder giggled, just missing the door frame. Luckily it had sense enough to jump out of his way. “The whispers tell me he is a real looker.”

Kazuki blushed a pretty blossom pink. The whispers were not wrong. Keita was gorgeous. He was drop-your-pants gorgeous. Not that he would ever do such a thing…unless Keita told him to.

“I hear you!” The elder shouted, tripping over his robes again. “Don’t get your gasoline panties in a twist!”

“She’s calling?” Kazuki asked in shock, looking around with wide lavender eyes.

“When is she not ringing at my door?” The elder asked, suddenly throwing up his hands that were covered by his long silk sleeves. “Oh, great, now she’s knocking.”

“Is it wise to speak to her so?” Kazuki asked.

“What’s Mommy Dearest going to do?” He asked, snorting. “Ground all of us?”

Kazuki caught the sarcasm. “What of Keita?”

“What about him?” The elder asked, reaching a locked door that was too tall for him to reach the doorknob. So, he had the door shrink down to his size. “He has great power and your heart.”

Kazuki blushed deeper.

“I’ll let you know,” the elder laughed, vanishing into the bright room beyond the door.

Kazuki turned to gaze upon the mother of them all. Her statue had been carved out of solid quartz crystal so that the sun could shine through her, reflecting all her glory.

He looked upon her brilliant face with such sadness in his beautiful eyes. “I’m so sorry. Please, forgive me for what I did to Keita, Amaterasu.”

It was like the sun got brighter and he had to close his eyes as the warm beams played across his golden face.

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Niwa looked over to see that Keita had fallen asleep between him and Shunsuke on the rug in front of the plasma screen. He laughed when Shunsuke threw down his controller in defeat once more. They were playing a game called Okami. Apparently the eight headed Orochi had defeated him again. It made Niwa laugh. He didn’t know that he was supposed to use the celestial brush to cause the wine to make the silly dragon drunk.

“I hate this game!” He yelled.

Niwa told him to hush his head. Keita was asleep.

“Aw,” Shunsuke giggled. “Him so cute.”

Niwa agreed.

“How about we have a party?” He asked, smiling.

“Huh?” Shunsuke asked in confusion.

“You know,” Niwa said, smacking him with a wing. “A welcoming party for Keita.”

Shunsuke grinned with sharp fangs. “That sounds like a lot of fun.”

The king nodded. “I know.”

They both looked at Keita and pounced, waking him up with tickles of doom.

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Keita made his way from the second floor back up to the fourth. He was proud of himself. He had made some new friends. He looked at the living bracelet around his wrist and smiled.

He walked up to his door, looking down to see that there was a pretty blue pot sitting next to it with potting soil in it. It looked like Iwai had dropped by to give it to him and had just left it. He would have to apologize for missing him and thank him for it later. He bent over, picked it up, and carried it inside.

He turned on the light and carried the pot over, putting it down on his empty desk. He slowly began to unwind the apple blossom from around his wrist. It really was amazing how fresh it still looked. It had not wilted or anything. That was when a knock came at his door.

“It’s open!” He called out, turning around to see Kazuki come walking around the corner. “Hi.”

“Hi,” Kazuki smiled at him, happy to see him. “What are you doing?”

“I made some friends,” Keita said, showing him his pretty flower.

“Ah,” Kazuki said, sniffing the lovely fragrance. He loved apple blossoms. He could still remember all those summers ago. “I take it that Iwai is responsible for the little mess downstairs.”

Keita explained what happened. It wasn’t really Iwai’s fault. He had only been concerned about the plants.

Kazuki shook his head. “The king and queen are always like that.”

Keita left out the whole almost getting a face full of fire. He didn’t want to really upset the lavender eyed stud.

“Koji is the Dormitory Head,” Kazuki told him. “I’m sure he’s happy.”

Keita looked down, covering the roots with moist soil. “He wasn’t too happy.”

Kazuki chuckled. “He really cares for Iwai, so, don’t worry too much.”

Keita nodded and smiled at his little plant friend. He was going to try his best and not kill it.

“How’s your head?” Kazuki asked. “Is it better?”

“Yes,” Keita said, turning to smile at him. “It is much better and I’m starting to feel sleepy, too.”

“That’s good,” Kazuki told him, giving him a playful wink. “You start classes tomorrow.”

Keita gawked. “Huh?”

“Yep,” Kazuki grinned. “You have mythology and Biology.”

“I feel sick,” Keita said, holding his stomach as if in pain. “I think I’m going to vomit.”

Kazuki laughed, handing him his class schedule. Blue eyes raced down the page. He only had 12 hours a week. That wasn’t too bad. He was down for Mythology, Biology, Literature, and P.E.

“Ah,” Keita hissed, falling forward into Kazuki’s startled arms. “I’ve twisted my ankle. I think I’m in need of a note from Dr. Matsuoka.”

Kazuki rolled his eyes. “I have P.E. with you.”

Keita’s eyes lit up. “Really?”

Kazuki nodded. He had to protect Keita from certain peoples. Oh, they were not bad peoples, just crazy when it came to beauty.

“Cool,” Keita said, turning from him. “You can help me skip it then.”

Kazuki snorted. “I don’t think Mr. Shindo will be too happy about that.”

Keita’s shoulders sagged.

“Go to bed,” Kazuki told him, putting a comforting hand on his shoulder. “And I’ll walk you to biology tomorrow.”

Keita suddenly felt frightened. He didn’t want to be left alone. It was night and all of this was so new to him.

“Don’t leave me,” he said, spinning around, looking up into those kind lavender eyes. “Stay with me.”

Kazuki kept his face warm, but, neutral.

“I, uh,” Keita stuttered, turning pink, feeling his knees shaking. “I just don’t want to be alone right now.”

Was Keita still afraid of the dark, Kazuki wondered.

He felt silly. Why was he shaking? Kazuki had held him while he tried to sleep earlier. It had to be because it was night. Yeah, he blamed it on the night.

“All right,” Kazuki said. “I’ll stay until you fall asleep.”

Keita smiled. “Thank you.”

He made his way into the bathroom to change into his night clothes he had laid out earlier. He quickly changed and brushed his teeth. He walked out, finding that Kazuki was sitting on his bed, looking at him.

“What?” He asked, feeling his cheeks warm.

“I forgot to mention how nice your new clothes looked on you,” he said, clapping his hands. “I see these do as well.”

Keita blushed, loving how comfy the pajamas were. They were a yummy light blue with fluffy white cloud designs on the pants and shirt.

Kazuki stood up and Keita crawled onto the bed and under the covers Kazuki had pulled down for him. Oh, he loved how comfortable the bed was. He scooted over, making room for him.

Kazuki curled up next to him and Keita smiled as he closed his eyes. It all felt so familiar. He felt like he had done this with Kazuki even before this day. It was so weird. It reminded him of déjà vu, only he couldn’t remember. Damn! It was so frustrating.

“Goodnight, Keita,” Kazuki whispered, warm breath tickling the back of his neck.

“Night, Kaz,” he said, slowly drifting off in the bigger teen’s warm embrace.

Kazuki smiled. “Sweet dreams.”

And they were.

TBC…

Please review and tell me what you think. I want to say thank you to the one’s who are actually taking the time to read and review this story. Thank you so much.

Big hugs from PRETTY SHINY!

Flora.