Here's part 11 of Crimson Sky, titled "Breaking Point."  Constructive C&C
are welcome.  I hope you enjoy this.  There's a bit of m/m (shounen ai) in
here, but nothing really graphic or sexual.

Shuichi Minamino
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CRIMSON SKY
Part 11 Breaking Point 


They sit in silence as the car is being driven back to their hiding place.
Ryan keeps his eyes on the picture while Reshion focuses his attention on
the road before him. Ryan goes to his own room without a word after they
arrive at the hideout and closes the door behind him. 

Reshion throws the keys onto the kitchen table before opening the door to
Ryan's room. He closes the door behind him after entering, ignoring the
frown on Ryan's face. 

"Do you mind?" Ryan snaps. 

"No." 

"Well I do, now leave!" 

"No." 

Ryan can feel his anger rising by the second, taking his anger out on
someone else is the last thing he wants to do right now. "I'm serious, get
the hell out of here." He punctuates every word as he speaks, making it
clear that he is dead serious. 

Reshion pulls out the chair and sits down facing Ryan. Interesting, he has
never really seen Ryan angry before. Who would've thought that someone who
seems this innocent and friendly is actually not what he seems? 

"What if I don't leave?" Reshion asks coldly. "Are you going to shoot me
too?" 

"What..." Ryan stammers in shock. "What the fuck are you talking about?!" 

"It's not that hard to kill that man, is it?" Reshion speaks slowly,
watching Ryan's expression. "did it make you feel better?" 

"None of your business," Ryan clenches his fists in anger as he turns
around to go to the restroom to wash his bloody hands. The wound on his
side has stopped bleeding but his hands hurt like hell for some reason.
It's often the unnoticeable wounds that are the most painful. 

"The Danzlers were not your real parents," Reshion can see Ryan tensing up
upon hearing his words. "You and Derrick were adopted. Your original last
name was obliterated due to security reason." 

"Stop it..." 

"You had a sister by the name of Ellie who disappeared about six to seven
years ago," Reshion can see that each of his comment has hit home. "you
were somehow associated with the same group who tried to track me down." 

"Shut the fuck up damn you!!!" Ryan yells as he finally loses his temper
and knocks everything on the table to the floor. "I'm warning you here, you
better shut up now." 

"Who would have thought a straight-A student with a cheerful personality is
actually someone with a past," Reshion continues. "Your mother was killed
by them, wasn't she?" 

Ryan doesn't reply this time, instead he grabs Reshion by the shoulders and
shoves him roughly against the wall. The next thing he knows, he is
pounding on Reshion. He feels his fist making contact with Reshion's jaw,
following by a sharp pain in the knuckles before Reshion pushes him away. 

Reshion dodges another punch from Ryan and steps behind him. Growling, Ryan
lashes out again and gives Reshion a round-house kick but is blocked by the
latter. Furious, Ryan starts to throw punches at Reshion in rapid
successions, surprising even himself with his own strength and speed.
Reshion brings up the wooden chair to shield himself from Ryan's kick and
the furniture shatters under the impact of the attack. Ryan ignores the
growing pain on his side and continues to take out his anger. 

For the first time Reshion has seen Ryan's ability to fight, he is
definitely no amateur. Ryan gives an inhuman cry as he slams against
Reshion, bringing both of them to the ground. Reshion takes this
opportunity to roll over and pin Ryan down. 

"You done?" Reshion inquires without interest. 

"Why didn't you fight back?!" Ryan hisses. 

"I don't fight unnecessary battles," Reshion replies as he finds himself
gasping for air. It's a rare occurrence for him to get a workout like this. 

"You trying to insult me here?" 

"If I start hitting you, you'll be dead within seconds." 

"What a joke, don't tell me you're scared," Ryan mocks. "what's the matter?
You're afraid that you're going to lose? Was that what they teach you over
there besides killing people?" 

"They've taught me nothing that I want to know..." 

"They taught you to be the cold-blooded murderer that you are," Ryan shoots
back. "the same kind of murderer who murdered my family. Isn't that what
you are Reshion? Or should I say...Nemesis?" 

"Do you know that anyone who looks upon Nemesis dies a horrible death?" 

"I'm dead already," Ryan laughs bitterly. "I've been dead ever since I've
done my first kill." 

"You don't know Death," Reshion says quietly, aloud to himself as he is
lost in thoughts. It is then that he is caught of guard by Ryan, who has
managed to shove him off and hold the latter down. 

"Fuck you! I know Death!" Ryan screams at him. "I wish I don't but fuck
yeah I do!!! Fuck. You. You hear me? Fuck. You!!!!" 

"You don't even know the definition of fuck," Reshion laughs sarcastically.
"you should watch your mouth because you probably don't know half of it." 

Ryan yanks at Reshion's hair hard in anger and is about to hit him when he
feels himself being flung across the room. He coughs painfully as the wind
is knock out of him and before he can recover, Reshion delivers a punch
that sends him sprawling to the floor. 

"Shit~~~~!!!!" Ryan grips his side when he feels a sharp pain coming from
the bullet wound. He can't believe he is being beaten up by someone younger
than he is. Before he can recover again, Reshion has grabbed him by the
collar and pinned him against the wall. Both of them now heaving with
exertion. 

"What are you going to do now Reshion? Are you going to show me what is
really called 'fucking' then? Are you going to rape me now that you've had
me pinned against the wall? Is that what they teach you there? Fucking up
people's lives?!" Ryan laughs suddenly, he feels like shit but he is
laughing nevertheless. He can feel hot tears rolling down his cheeks as he
does so and soon he is laughing and sobbing at the same time. "God damn it!
I hate you!! Why do you have to be one of them?! Why?!!!! Fuck...you...!
You cold-blooded dumb mother fucker!!" 

"How can you call someone cold-hearted, when you have killed without a
second thought and have not mourned; how can you use the word 'rape' when
you don't even know what is really called rape?!" Reshion comments coldly
as one of his blue eyes starts to gleam and turn to that shade of gold again. 

Somewhere along the line, Ryan knows that he has hit home with one of his
insults. But he doesn't care. He doesn't care if Reshion is going to kill
him now. All the anger that he has bottled up for the past six years
surfaces all in this one night. He needs it, he needs the catharsis and he
doesn't care about the consequence anymore. 

"Show me what's 'fuck' then, if you really know that much!" Ryan retorts. 

"Trust me Ryan, I will..." Reshion replies softly, his hand reaching for
the buttons of Ryan's shirt. "and it's awfully stupid of you to lose your
virginity with someone you hate..." 

"That's my problem, not yours." Ryan gasps in pain when Reshion grabs a
handful of his hair and yanks it roughly before biting on to his neck. 

"You don't know half of the story..." 

"And you hardly know me." 

"Now that I've seen the other side of you, I have no intent to know more. I
know you." Reshion replies with a strange smile before leaning forward to
give Ryan a bruising kiss. 

---------------Crimson Sky: Breaking Point End (TO BE CONTINUED)--------