Studies of the Heart

Oh dear flippin christ this is inexcusable. A bloody year is too damn long! Now those of you who wish to murder me forgive me for taking so long but I'll shut up now and start writing. I finally found my muse and feel i can pick up my invisible pen of justice and continue. Hope there are still some loyal to me out there. Now without further ado! Chapter 7!!

DC=Oh yeah i don't own it........XP
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Studies of the heart
Chapter 7

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Vash settled back against the tree staring up at the stars through it's branches, Wolfwood's head in his lap. He smiled and sighed in content feeling that nothing could go wrong in the world as long as he had the one he loved and all the time in the world to share with him. He looked down at the sleeping form of his lover and brushed back the ebony strands of hair so black they almost looked blue.....He shivered suddenly remembering another person who had blue hair, and the scratches on his chest ached with a phantom pain even though they had healed by now. The memory of that man's taste and touch were still fresh in his mind, and even thought he would rather not think about it he knew that if he hadn't fought back against him he would have most likely been raped in that alley. Even so the thought of having to explain to Nicholas that he was tainted by another would have broken his resolve and he was glad he'd had the strength to fight him away. He looked back up at the stars again and smiled, but a small movement caught his eye and he blinked and looked back to the path. Something was making a small noise he could hear and it sounded almost like a crying child. He frowned, knowing that a lot of children got seperated from their mothers while walking through the park and he wasn't one to ignore those in need. Very carefully he eased Wolfwood's head off his lap and settled him down, then got up and went towards the source of the noise. As he did he noted that it kept sounding further away but still he followed thinking maybe the child was scared and was trying to run. He kept walking not noticing he was moving further and further away from where he'd just been and he kept following the path as the noise seemed to be getting louder. He bit his lip and tried calling out.

"Um...hello?....are you ok? Do you need any help?"

There was no answer from the voice, in fact the crying had ceased completely and Vash began to become wary. He'd wandered very far from Wolfwood and the park had become more woodsy in the direction he'd gone. He stepped into a clearing partially lit by a sputtering streetlamp on it's last leg, the dim bulb blinking on and off like a strobe light. The hairs on the back of his neck rose as he suddenly became apprehensive about his surroundings, feeling as though he was being watched. He spun in a circle trying to discern where this feeling was coming from, but it felt like all around, as though he were surrounded and he felt trapped.

"Hello?....is anyone there...?...hello?..."

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Nicholas awoke with a start having suddenly gotten a very very bad feeling he just couldn't ignore. He sat up thinking it had just been some strange trick of his mind caused by sleep, but he quickly became panicked when he realized Vash was nowhere to be found, and jumped to his feet. He got about two steps before something hard and heavy and feeling a lot like someone's balled fist slammed into the side of his head and he saw stars. He slumped to the ground his vision swimming before his eyes. The last thing he saw before everything went black was a sinister smirk baring white teeth, and pair of golden hazel orbs, and his heart sank in his chest, that bad feeling lending itself to be true, and he knew it could only mean that Vash was in danger...

"No...don't....touch him...."

Legato smirked even wider as he watched the man lose consciousness and heard his final plea.

"Oh don't worry Nicholas.....I'll make sure he never wants anyone to touch him again...even YOU.."

Satisfied he'd made his threat even if the other couldn't hear him Legato ordered his men to tie Nick to the tree then vanished into the brush to claim his unsuspecting prey.

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Vash whirled on his heel as he heard someone coming and made ready to defend himself should it be unfriendly company. He was puzzled when a tall lanky man with black hair and a suit with a pink collar stepped out and regarded him with a smirk

"Hello there.lovely evening isn't it? Just makes you want to get out and have some fun"

His eyes flashed dangerously in the dim light and Vash backed up a step looking about to run.

"Wh-what do you want?! Where's Nicholas?!"

The man chuckled and his smirk grew wider

"Oh that guy...hehe you won't have to worry about him because in a few minutes you won't be able to think of anything but the pain..."

Vash gasped and his eyes widened. They'd hurt Nicholas! He had to go to him and help him. He turned and made to run but the man in front of him blocked his way leaping in his path. Vash twisted and tried to fake him out, but the other grabbed his shoulders and roughly pushed him to the ground, holding him there.

"Ah ah ah can't have you escaping on us. My master has plans for you and so do I. just cooperate and you won't get hurt....much"

The last was said with every promise of pain and Vash struggled to fight him off, but the dark-hiard man was too strong and he held firm. Midvalley laughed at his efforts to free himself and dragged him over to another tree turning him to face it, and pulled out a pair of handcuffs, cuffing his arms around it's slender trunk. Vash struggled the entire time but his efforts were fruitless and now he was trapped. He gasped as lighter but familiar footsteps were heard and the one man he least wanted to see again emerged from the shadows, a wide grin spread across his face. Legato walked over to his prize and inspected vash breifly as though sizing him up and then snapped his fingers and barked orders at two men that seemed to appear out of nowhere from the foliage.

"Strip him!"

Vash gasped and cried out in shock as the men came over, grabbed his clothes, and ripped them from his body, tossing the rags aside. They did the same with his shorts and he shivered, his eyes watering as he was fully exposed to the world. Legato made an approving sound and came over reaching out and trailing his fingertips down the length of Vash's form causing the blonde to jerk and try to shrink away, but the cuffs stopped him short and he whimpered letting the tears fall. Legato smirked.

"What's wrong Vash I thought you liked men. Or is that blubbering excuse for a boyfriend of yours just a boytoy?"

Vash growled and glared back at him.

"Don't you hurt him Legato! I swear to god I'll kill you if you hurt him!"

Legato laughed aloud and Vash shivered again just from the sound of it. It held no emotion but stabbed the soul.

"Hah! You make me laugh! In a few moments you'll be too focused on your own hurts to worry about his. I suggest you get used to it because from this point on you are my slave to do with as I please."

Having said his peice legato began to slowly tease Vash's body with his hands, earning him forced and half choked out moans and gasps as his touches reached more intimate areas. Once he was satisfied he'd toyed with his victim enough he called over the men again and held his arms straight out at his sides making sure vash heard him loud and clear as he spoke.

"Remove my clothing I wish to take him now."

Vash's heart turned to ice at those words and he began to struggle again, even as Midvalley came over and held him still forcing him to bend over and spread his legs to give his master easier access to his victim. Tears fell from Vash's eyes and splashed uncaring to the ground to be soaked up by the cold earth as Legato walked over and Grabbed his hips, roughly thrusting completely inside of him without warning and tearing him in two body and mind, and he screamed.

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Nicholas's heart leapt into his throat and he jerked against his bonds having woken up and heard Vash's scream, tears bursting in his eyes knowing Legato was hurting him, and he struggled even harder.

"Nngh no!! Vaaaaash!! God damnit you sick bastards let me go! Let me go to him!!Please!!!"

He kept up the struggle until he was suddenly pushed to his knees crying out in pain as the action made the bark of the tree he was cuffed to scrape against his back, and he winced. But he didn't have long to react to it before a rough hand grabbed his hair and yanked his head up and something warm and hard was shoved down his throat. When he regained his focus he found one of the men had shoved their cock down his throat and he nearly gagged at the discovery, but the man began to move and he could no longer fight anymore, tears of pain and grief flowing down his cheeks.
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"AAAAAAAAAAAGHGH!!!!!"

Legato's eyes lit up as his unwilling victim clamped around his shaft in an involuntary spasm of pain. His movements within the blonde were made smooth by the blood from the wounds he'd caused when he'd thrusted in with no lubrication. He knew such a thing was key or else it would cause great damage but he wanted Vash to suffer. Legato had always watched him from afar, joking, laughing and even being close with Nicholas and the jealousy of wanting him for himself had driven him mad. When The two had gotten a dorm together it had been the final straw. legato could wait no more and he'd chosen to take him by force as he was doing now. He moved faster, his need replaced by a lust for revenge against his scorned heart, driving deeper into the tight heat and making his captive scream again and again as he raped him. Vash's eyes were bloodshot with shed tears and he looked slightly pale from blood loss. The sight of his flushed face and the sound of his panting pained breath however were what drove legato over the edge and with a cry of accomplishment he came hard inside of vash earning himself another scream of pain as the hot liquid seared his insides stinging terribly. Vash slumped forward with an agonized groan, and his eyes shut. Legato ripped out of him without mercy, and used the rags of Vash's torn clothes to wipe the blood from himself before redressing and settling back on a park bench to let Midvalley have his turn. But instead of a smile on his face he wore a frown knowing that no matter what he did to him Vash would never love him like he did Nicholas. As Midvalley took his turn thrusting in and out starting to move, Legato's mind began forming a plot, and the smallest hint of a grin spread across his face.

"If you won't come to me willingly....perhaps you will if forced to have him watch you break....my sweet Vashu...in time you will learn the pain of denying Legato Bluesummers what he seeks.."

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As Nicholas and Vash were tortured each of them had only one thing on their minds and that was the safety of the other. For what legato didn't know was that no matter what happened to each of them, that they would always pick up the peices and move on. but most importantly no matter what happened, no matter how bad things were, they would always love each other.

Vash shut his eyes as he thought this, a couple more tears falling as he looked again to the stars, searching for hope. For a breif second, as the waves of pain brought on by Midvalley's torturous movements against him began to render him unconscious, he smiled inwardly at those stars, and knew even if they broke his body they could never break his soul or take from him the one he loved. He whispered to the darkness that enveloped him as his strength gave out the words of his heart.


"Nicholas......I love you.....forever..."

To Be Continued.......

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TOT OMG.....I won't cry....that was so sad....I didn't know i was capable of writing such things....I wanted to write this as a memento that love never dies. No matter what happenes if you keep love in your heart and never shy away from it you'll have it forever. Oh and they will get out of this if you wanted to know no one is dying in my fics if I say so and it's sure as hell not gonna be the main characters if i want to keep this story going. Once again Gomen nasai for my long ass abscnese, but I finally got free time to type without any interruptions like school or work. So make sure you reveiw and tell me if you liked the latest chapter. Until next time! Ja ne! X3

J-chan (Vash)