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Warning:Quite colorful language and the usual EveryoneXFuruichi. And this time in my opinion, OOCness.

Disclaimer:For the characters' joy, I don't own them or this manga/anime. The original story belongs to Tamura Ryuuhei.

OGA

Oga ran.

He ran will all his might, pushing his muscles to their limits as his legs felt numb and his heart almost bursted out of his chest.

He panted open-mouthed, feeling a bit of blood in his mouth, not sure if he somehow bit himself while running or if it was his throat being scratched by the cold air.

What Oga knew was that he couldn't care less, as much as it concerned him, he could even cough blood but he wouldn't stop running.

He ran as fast as he could, but even so, it didn't felt like he was going fast enough. It was unlike him to run like this, no, he definitely never ran desperately like this before.

That morning nothing special happened, he went to school with Furuichi and 'attended' the lessons like a good student that he was. What was a bit out of the ordinary was that Furuichi didn't come to him at lunch, and when he went to the silver-head's classroom, his classmates told him that he was called out by a girl.

Not exactly their routine, but not really something out of the ordinary. Expecting his friend not to return too soon, Oga went and had lunch on his own.

When school ended, Oga waited for Furuichi at the shoes-lockers, but when almost everyone left and the silver-head still hand't showed up, Oga went to check in his classroom, to find that Furuichi's jacket and bag were still on his seat.

A shiver run down the brunette's back as he felt a disgustingly bad sensation at the sight before him. «No good.»

He slowly walked towards his friend's seat, examining everything, looking for a clue of the other's whereabouts.

Then he found a letter under Furuichi's desk.

{We got your friend. Come to the bridge.}

Oga crushed the sloppy written letter.

He felt burning rage spreading into his body, but at the same time, his skin felt as cold as ice.

He threw his own bag next to Furuichi's and ran at full speed out of the school.

It wasn't the first time that Furuichi got involved because of Oga, but he always managed to intervene before his friend got hurt, but this time, Oga felt that something was definitely different, incredibly wrong.

As he reached the bridge, he jumped right down the hill, knowing full well that that spot was one of the preferred location of delinquents.

With his chest still rising and falling heavily, Oga wiped his forehead from the sweat as he ran towards the group that gathered under the bridge.

Until just now his heart was beating like crazy, as if it was going to explode anytime soon from how fast it was going, but at the sight in front of him, Oga felt his heart stop.

On the floor, laid Furuichi.

With his pure silver-hair covered in mud, his usually well worn uniform messed up, laid Furuichi.

A foot on his head and another on his hand, with only his uniform on in this freezing weather, was a shivering Furuichi.

Oga wanted to pull his friend out of the others' grasp, but for a moment he couldn't move. He, who could beat anyone, he, who could kill with just his look, that very same well-known and feared Oga Tatsumi, felt his keens weakening.

"Oh look who's here!" one of the delinquents seemed to notice Oga's presence.

Oga was staring at them, he was definitely focused on them, however he could not tell how many people there were. He knew that there were quite a number of them, but aside from Furuichi, he couldn't clearly see anyone else.

His vision blurry as his mind went blank.

"Hey, princess aren't you happy? The knight came to save you!"

One of them, got hold of Furuichi's head by grabbing his hair. He pulled strongly, forcing Furuichi to look up, to look at Oga.

When their eyes met, Furuichi apologetically bit down his lower-lip and closed his eyes.

Seeing Furuichi's face full of bruises, burning anger arose within Oga.

"Let go of him." his words spoken with composed rage and raw blood-lust.

"Hey hey, shouldn't you watch your tone here?" said one of the delinquents.

"Tell him something, won't you?" another delinquent pointed to Oga, as he spoke to Furuichi with a sarcastic pout.

"Oga, you know what? This one kept saying that you wouldn't come, that no matter how much we waited you wouldn't show up just because we got him."

As he said that, the delinquent pulled Furuichi by the hair, until they were right in front of the river.

"So~ for being wrong, I'll punish you~!"

Furuichi's face got pushed down in the river, and was held still by the hand that was still grabbing his hair.

The silver-head tried to struggle, but the grip on his head was much stronger than him.

When the delinquent decided that it was enough, he pulled Furuichi's face up.

As Furuichi cough out water, the delinquents laughed amused.

Oga didn't know why he didn't move until now, why he wouldn't move until now.

What he could tell was that at the sight of a drenched and suffering Furuichi on the floor, something in his mind snapped.

Truth is, he didn't remember much about what happened afterward.

He remember dashing at full speed towards the delinquents, but after that all he remember is white…or rather, silver.

"Oga! Stop it's enough, you'll kill them!"

When he finally came to and snapped out of his trance, all he saw was red instead.

The others laid on the floor, all unconscious.

The familiar voice that called out to him belonged of course to Furuichi.

The silver-head was holding him by the shoulder, trying to stop Oga from further punching the unconscious delinquent he was grabbing by the collar. Oga let the limp body fall heavily on the floor.

He tuned towards Furuichi who was looking at him with desperate, confused and almost tearful eyes.

«Why…Why are you trying to stop me when they did this to you…»

As Oga looked at Furuichi, he hissed at the sight in front of him.

Furuichi was drenched in blood, which didn't belong to him, but that was all over his body.

That moment, Oga realized how the color red, how blood, didn't suit Furuichi. In Oga's eyes, Furuichi was as white as snow, and such a strong color as red, painfully stood out on that pale skin and hair.

«So dirty…»

Oga raised his hand, reaching out for Furuichi's face, but as his own hand came into vision, he noticed how his hand was the most drenched in blood.

Before his fingers could touch Furuichi's cheek, Oga crunched his hand into a punch and lowered it, where it belonged.

«No more.»

Oga turned around without saying anything and started to walk towards his home.

As Oga walked in silence, he could hear Furuichi calling out to him, but he didn't register any of that.

He knew that Furuichi was behind him, but he didn't want that, he no longer wanted Furuichi by his side.

«No more.»

When they arrived at Oga's house, the brunette said nothing as he sat on the side of his bed. Furuichi went to take the kit and started to treat their wounds.

Oga said nothing and did nothing as he let Furuichi do whatever he wanted. When the silver-head was done, Oga also finished to sort out his thoughts.

"Furuichi." Oga's voice was deep and heavy.

"Hm? What?"

Oga's mouth gaped open for a few moments, before he closed it bitterly. "Get out."

"Eh?" Furuichi's voice mirrored his expression of pure confusion and surprise.

"I said get out. Never get into my sight ever again."

His words as sharp and painful as poisoned swords, swords that were double-edged.

Oga looked at Furuichi and saw that the other was only staring at him wordlessly, his eyes begging for an explanation.

"Oga, I know that you're bad at jokes, but to think that you're so bad at-" Furuichi was interrupted by Oga slamming his fist on the floor.

"It's no joke, you know that." said words silenced the silver-head immediately.

"Listen, I'm tired of having to look out for you."

«If you hang out with me this will happen more and more.»

"It's annoying having to always run and save your ass."

«I won't always he able to be there to save you, just like today.»

"You're so weak that you can't even put up a decent fight."

«Don't get hurt, not because of me.»

"You're a burden."

«I'm not doing this for you, I…»

"I don't want to have anything to do with you."

«It hurts to see you in pain…»

"So, get lost."

«No more…please…»

Oga felt his chest tightening around his heart. It hurt, but this was for the best.

He always thought that Furuichi had given up lots of things because of him, that from the very first day they talked, Oga had cut off Furuichi's wings.

Now he wanted to break the chains that linked them together, that held both of them down.

He didn't want to lose Furuichi, but he feared even more losing himself. Feared that one day, Furuichi would tell him that he hated him. Feared that Furuichi would throw him away, to leave him and go somewhere he deserved to be.

He wanted to end everything now, now that the hole was not so deep, now that he could still keep on living with that missing part.

Before he got in too deep to let go, before he lost himself.

In the end, Oga realized how egoistic he was.

He did noting for Furuichi's sake, all of his actions were moved by his own reasons.

There were many options to solve this matter, he could teach Furuichi how to fight or he could even keep him locked away. But no, until the very end, he wanted to protect Furuichi, even if Furuichi himself didn't know. He wanted to egoistically tell himself that he protected him, even as he pushed him away.

Oga felt a bitter flavor in his mouth as his tongue was numb. His fingertips cold but his throat burning hot. His chest heavy but his mind lightheaded.

His face was covered by his bags, so one one could see how his usually devilish look now looked tired, stressed and pained.

While Oga was still lost in himself, he was yanked by the collar by Furuichi.

As the silver-head was holding his shirt, his stern face showed scolding and disagreement.

"Shut up! What do you mean 'get lost'? What right do you have to tell that to me, huh? We're friends so of course we're going to help each other out, and I know that between us you're always going to be the one who does the saving, but that's just because we were given different strength. Besides, what are you trying to act all cool about, pretending to be tired of me? You suck at acting, idiot. Let me remind you, I was the one who spoke to you first, I was the one to took the first step, so I am the one who will decide when we'll be over. If you really think that I'm a burned, that staying with me brings more trouble than fun, then let me kwon, because that day I'll take my leave. But, if you're trying to put distance between us just because you don't want me to get hurt, then don't just run away. Even if you're late, I'll always wait for you, after all you know how resistant I am at being beaten up. And if you're not confident about your strength, then gain more power and become stronger, so that you'll protect both yourself and me. I'll do my best to improve as well, so don't you dare saying something like that ever again. What, you think it doesn't hurt to be told that? Next time you say something like that, will be the time you really lose me, so think carefully about what you say. Maybe I'm selfish at forcing this on you, but I still want us to hang out together. So Oga, just accept it, because I'll be by your side for a long time and you won't get rid of me so easily!"

Furuichi panted heavily after screaming his lugs and thoughts out. He said everything he was holding up, because he needed to empty himself, and indeed, he felt much better.

Oga, on the contrary, said nothing as he held his head low.

Furuichi sighed as he let go of his friend.

"I'll leave you alone now, just clear your mind. See you." as he said that, Furuichi got up and walked towards the door.

His hand reached out for the handle, but before his fingers could touch it, he found himself face-down on the floor.

"What was that for? It hurts!" Furuichi rubbed his reddened nose.

Just now Oga wrapped his hand around Furuichi's ankle as he pulled his friend backwards. His fingers were still around the silver-head's pale skin.

"You sure?" Oga's voice was barely a whisper, a voice so soft that until today was unheard by Furuichi.

"If you say that, then I'm not going to hold back. No matter what, I won't let go. Whatever I do, whatever you do, I won't. People will treat you badly, you'll be beaten up, they'll hurt you physically and mentally, are you prepared for that? I won't let you leave my side. I won't forgive you if you die before me, because even if you do, I'll bring you back. It's too late you regret your decision now, even if you beg for me to let you go, I won't. We'll go trough hell, so you'd better prepare yourself."

His words held darkness and danger, but were also spoken with so much loneliness and longing that Furuichi couldn't help but smile.

His hand reached out to Oga. His fingers run down the brunette's hair as he ruffled his head.

"Bring it on!"

Fuurichi's light yet so full of meaning reply made Oga feel as if a heavy boulder had been lifted from his chest.

As they laughed idiotically, Oga thought how glad he was that Furuichi decided to reach out to the hand that he was trying to pull away.

«You alone…I will never let you go.»

Omake

Oga was surrounded by lots of people, everyone was talking to him as they smiled and laughed.

Everyone was there, except…

"Hm? Where's Furuichi?"

Oga looked for his friend among the crowd around him, but he couldn't spot that certain silver-head.

He turned around still searching for his friend, but when he turned back, the people who were in front of him disappeared. As he quickly looked around, no one was there.

He stood alone, in the middle of pure darkness.

As he walked around, he heard a voice, and decided to go in that direction.

A white light blinded him, forcing him to cover his eyes with his forearm.

When he lowered his arm, the background changed. He recognized the landscape, it was Ishiyama High's courtyard.

Oga then noticed that not far from him, stood Kanzaki and Himekawa, who seemed to be discussing something.

"Hey, have you seen Furuichi?" he called out to them in his normal nonchalant, almost cheeky tone.

Both looked at Oga, then back at each other. Kanzaki raised his shoulders while Himekawa shook his head.

"Ok, thanks."

Leaving them behind, he decided to enter the school, and as soon as he got in, he found himself in a hallway.

There, gathered together, were Kunieda and the red tails.

Oga approached them and asked "Do you where Furuichi is?"

At his question the girls talked among themselves, but Oga couldn't seem to hear what they were talking about.

Then Kunieda turned to Oga and shook her head, accompanied by an apologetic smile.

"Thanks anyway."

Oga continued to walk and when he turned the corner, this time he was on the rooftop.

Leaning against the fence, were Toujou and his two friends Aizawa and Jinno.

Again, Oga tried to ask for Furuichi's whereabouts, but he got noting this time as well.

After he closed the door of the rooftop behind him, he noticed that the stairs in front of him were not Ishiyama's but Saint Ishiyama's.

When he got downstairs, in front of him was Miki, leaning against a wall.

"Furuichi?" at the very simple question, came a very simple answer, Miki only silently shook his head.

As Oga continued to walk, in front of a classroom, he spotted Kazuya and Azusa.

When they noticed him, both approached him with a beaming smile and sparkling eyes.

But when he asked them if they had seen Furuichi, they shook their head sadly.

Then Oga decided to get into what used to be their classroom, but when he opened the door, he found himself in the teachers staffroom instead.

The odd thing was that the room was empty except for one seat, were right now Saotome was sitting.

"Old man, you know were Furuichi is?"

Saotome raised an eyebrow at his pupil's question. That was enough to tell Oga that the man had no idea where the silver-head was.

When he turned around, he almost pumped into Takamiya and Fuji, who surely were't there earlier.

"Did you two see Furuichi?"

And again, he got a negative reply.

He knew what the answers to his questions were before asking them, but somehow he couldn't help but ask anyway, holding into that tiny thread of hope.

When he opened the door, he expected to be back in the hallways, but to his surprise he found himself into Furuichi's house.

As he walked further in, he saw Lamia sitting in the kitchen.

"Lamia, have you seen Furuichi?"

The child thought about it for a bit, but then shook her head.

Oga directed his attention towards the living room, noticing that someone was sitting on the sofa.

Hoping to see his friend, Oga was a bit disappointed to find Honoka instead.

And when he asked her if she knew where her brother was, he shook her head as well.

Oga turned around a second to look if Lamia was still in the kitchen, but she was no longer there.

And when he turned around again, in front of him was no longer Furuichi's living room, but his own, and instead of Honoka, laying on the sofa was Misaki.

She shook her head too when her brother asked her about Furuichi's whereabouts.

As he opened the main door of his own home, Oga was invested by hot air, while outside was supposed to be winter.

When he opened his eyes, he found himself in the Royal Palace of Hell, right before the Great Demon Lord.

Oga tried to call out to the demon, but the king was too engrossed with his game to pay him any attention.

When he pushed he door open, instead of being in the halls, he was standing in the middle of another room.

There, he found En, surrounded by his maids.

When Oga asked about Furuichi, En quickly shook his head in an honest reply.

Again, as he pushed the door open, he was standing in another room, one that that was filled with demons.

He recognized some of them…they were the Pillars.

Everyone chatted and the volume was quite high. Oga tried to get their attention, but to no vain.

"Has Furuichi been here!?" he had to shout to be listened.

At the very last, he got their attention as everyone turned to look at him.

But no one replied him, they all resumed their talk as if he wasn't even there.

Annoyed, Oga kicked the door open.

This time, the room in front of his was the most familiar one, it was Oga's bedroom.

Inside, sitting on the floor, where Alaindelon and Hilda, who was holding Beel.

"Do you know where Furuichi is?"

He was tired and annoyed, but he just couldn't stop himself from asking.

Hilda silently closed her eyes while Alaindelon shook his head as he placed a hand on his cheek.

Beel opened his arms as he tried to reach out for Oga.

Seeing that the child wanted to be picked up, Oga helped him and positioned him in his usual spot, on his shoulder.

Then, Beel placed his small hands over Oga's eyes, covering the brunette's vision. Oga was a bit surprised at the sudden action, but let Beel do whatever he wanted.

When Beel'd grip loosened more and more, until Oga could no longer feel the child's soft hands on his skin, he opened his eyes.

And again, there was nothing, with the difference that this time, it was all white.

"Furuichi!" he didn't know why, but he felt the urge to call out to his friend.

He continued to walk around and calling Furuichi's name, without knowing where he was going.

"Furuichi!"

Then he noticed that something in the landscape moved.

As he got nearer, he understood that that something, was Furuichi.

The boy was sitting on the floor, wearing white clothes. From behind, his hair, his clothes and his skin got mixed in the white background.

Upon hearing his name called, Furuichi turned around.

Furuichi was on the floor with his legs crossed, while Oga was standing just a few meters away from him.

"Furuichi…" Oga noticed only now that he was breathing slightly heavily because he ran towards his friend. "Do you have any idea how much I looked for you? Come on, let's go back."

Furuichi smiled kindly at his friend, and still with a very serene face, he shook his head.

"What are you saying let's go."

As Oga said so, he reached out to Furuichi, but before his hand could touch the other, Oga stopped.

Furuichi was slowly opening his mouth to say something.

His mouth moved, opening and closing, but no words came out.

No sound left those thin, pale lips.

...

"…a…O…"

Oga squeezed his eyes at the noise that was bothering him.

"…ga…I said Oga!"

Surprised by the sudden shout, Oga opened his eyes.

The light in the room blinded him, giving him a sense of dizziness.

"Furuichi?" he asked for confirmation, although he could recognize that voice among millions.

"Yeah, now wake up idiot. Beel and Nico are waiting for you to take them to the park."

"Mhnn." Oga nodded in reply as he rubbed his eyes.

"Hurry up, I'll wait downstairs."

As Furuichi said so, he turned around and was about to leave, but then Oga, pretty much unconsciously, reached out to Furuichi, grabbing his wrist.

He yanked strong enough to make Furuichi almost lose his balance.

"Wha- that hurts!"

Oga's bigger and rougher hand was still wrapped around Furuichi's thin pale wrist, both of them looked at their linked hands surprised.

"What's wrong?" asked Furuichi, seeing that Oga didn't seem to have stopped him on purpose.

«I won't let you go.»

"It's nothing. My bad, I was still half asleep."

«Don't be kind to others.»

"Are you sure?"

«Don't smile at them.»

"Yeah, don't worry."

«Don't show them sides of you that even I don't know of.»

"Alright, then I'll wait downstairs."

«Don't charm them...»

"Ok, I'll be down in a bit."

«Am I not enough?»

As the door closed behind Furuichi, Oga sighed as he let himself drop on his bed.

He didn't think that spending some time away from his friend could cause him so much damage.

But then he thought how, after all this time, Furuichi was still by his side. Especially the last 3 years gave Furuichi lots of reasons to leave, but he didn't.

No matter what happened, or who came, in the end Furuichi still stayed by Oga's side.

At the thought, he just couldn't stop his lips. It was neither a smirk nor a sad smile, it was something bitter-sweet in between.

Oga's words were barely whispered, words lighter than air but that could bound the fate of two people together. A treat, a warning, a promise.

"You're to blame for calling out to me for the first time that day. Brace yourself, because I won't let you go."

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